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THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, September 25, 2008
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Drawing on experience, envoy

offers advice on Afghanistan
by Nate Breg
Contributing Writer
Former U.S. Special Envoy
Building James Dobbins drew on his
personal experience in helping
communities rebuild Afghanistan, giving the
situation there a “mostly posi-
by day, tive” review yesterday despite
what he called serious bungling
spitting socially by the Bush administration.
Dobbins, an envoy for Haiti,
conscious rhymes Somalia and Bosnia during
American nation-building oper-
by night ations in those countries, also
said that proposals from presi-
dential candidates Sens. John
McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack
Obama (D-Ill.) to send more
American troops to Afghanistan
would not be enough to improve
conditions there.
Lecturing in Paige Hall,
Dobbins described scenes from
“After the Taliban” (2008) his
first-hand narrative of diplomat-
ic events following the American
toppling of Afghanistan’s former
government. He is currently the
director of the International
Security and Defense Policy
Center at the RAND Corporation’s
National Security Research
Division.
The formation of an anti-Tali-
ban coalition, the removal of the
Taliban from almost all major
Afghan towns and the establish-
ment of a widely recognized gov-
ernment to succeed Taliban rule
were “very smooth” processes,
Dobbins said.
courtesy pete shungu
But he blamed Washington’s
During his time on the HIll, Tufts alum Pete Shungu (LA ’03) discovered his two passions, music and
aversion to spending money on
social activism. He strikes the perfect balance between them in his recently released hip-hop album,
regime transition for the instabil-
“Elevation.” For more see Weekender, page 5.
ity that now plagues Afghanistan.
“The Bush administration was
going to do the least amount of
nation building that they could
get away with,” Dobbins said.
“Many [past] missions, mostly
U.N. missions, were success-
ful, but the unsuccessful ones
tended to gain more publicity,”
Dobbins said of nation-building
missions in the 1990s.
“When the Republicans came
into office, they bought into that
criticism – you know, that’s what
the opposition’s supposed to
do,” Dobbins said.
“And they were quite explicit
about this,” he continued.
“[Former Secretary of Defense
Donald] Rumsfeld wrote articles
and gave speeches in which he
said the Clinton administration
and international community as
a whole had flooded Bosnia and
Kosovo with military manpower,
and economic assistance had
effectively turned those societ-
ies into international wards. And
[they said] that we were going to
avoid that by not flooding Iraq
and Afghanistan with money and
troops so they would become
more self-sufficient sooner.”
Dobson said that this philoso-
phy of self-sufficiency, which he
compared to arguments for wel-
fare reform, led the government
to focus only on tracking down
terrorists.
“In the Afghan case, the
administration said U.S. troops
would do no peacekeeping, that
they were just going to chase
around al-Qaeda elements,” he
said.
see TALIBAN, page 2

Trane considers legal Speaker advocates for socialist solution in Iraq

action against Journal by Geoffrey Gaurano
Contrbuting Writer


by Sarah Butrymowicz
Daily Editorial Board Socialist activist Ayisha Zaki urged
Tufts students to join a movement to
Somerville Alderman Bob Trane, who push for the interests of the working class
lost to state Rep. Carl Sciortino (LA ’00) in the Middle East, blaming corporate
in a primary contest last week, is pur- interests for social plight in countries like
suing legal action her native Lebanon.
against the Somerville Zaki, a member of the Community
Journal for publish- for Workers International, told an audi-
ing a cartoon that his ence of about 40 Tufts students that the
campaign described only way to solve the current crisis in the
as “outrageous and Middle East is to have the region’s gov-
unfair.” ernments become socialist.
The cartoon, pub- “There is no other way to solve the
lished in the newspa- problems other than to change the sys-
per’s Sept. 11 edition, tem to a socialist alternative,” Zaki said.
courtesy bob trane suggests that Trane Zaki told the audience that some
Bob Trane stole signatures from Middle Eastern governments forfeit
Sciortino’s campaign. The Sciortino representation of the working class to
campaign says the signatures went miss- advance the interests of the United States
ing this summer. and multinational corporations.
Sciortino, the two-term incumbent in “We are getting impoverished and jo duara/tufts daily
the 34th Middlesex District, ran a write- exploited by multinationals, by big cor- Ayisha Zaki has traveled from Lebanon to do a speaking tour of U.S. colleges and universities.
in campaign after the lost papers kept porations, by big companies — and we’re
him from appearing on the ballot; Trane also facing war and invasions,” Zaki said. industries,” Zaki said. lecture was interesting but did not sway
was the only candidate listed. Sciortino She turned to the Iraq war and derided Zaki went on to describe the war’s him. “It’s rare to hear from such a differ-
alleges that the signatures were stolen the Iraqi government’s acquiescence to effects on Iraq. ent perspective,” Perricone said. “But I’m
from the Statehouse but has not blamed privatization. “It is occupied and has no electricity or still not a socialist.”
Trane. “We hear that businesses can go and water. It is suffering because of the loot- Perricone said Zaki’s speech failed to
The Trane campaign insists that invest their money in Iraq. There are ing of the resources and the mess and include enough feasible solutions. “She
its loss in the election will not stop it contracts being signed — contracts of the chaos that [have] been created by the did not elaborate on any policy. It’s easy
up to 20 to 25 years of private com- U.S. administration,” Zaki said.
see CARTOON, page 2 panies going in and taking over the Freshman Francis Perricone said Zaki’s see SOCIALIST, page 2

Inside this issue Today’s Sections

Health Service imple- Alum and former track
ments a new survey in star Jennifer Toomey News 1 Op-Ed 11
an attempt to combat receives award for Features 3 Comics 12
student depression. athetic achievement. Weekender 5 Classifieds 13
Editorial | Letters 10 Sports Back
see FEATURES, page 3 see BACK PAGE
2 The Tufts Daily News Thursday, September 25, 2008

After loss in election, Trane looks to take legal action against Somerville Journal
cartoon
continued from page 1
from suing the newspaper. In the Journal’s cartoon,
the word “Trane” is crossed out and replaced with
“someone” in a sentence that reads, “Someone is
alleged to have stolen Sciortino’s nomination signa-
tures.” The image also shows a voter writing in “Mr.
Right” on his ballot.
In addition to running the cartoon, the Somerville
Journal also failed to print a prepaid, full-page adver-
tisement from the Trane campaign on Sept. 15, the
day before the primary.
“The cartoon strongly and unambiguously implies
that Mr. Trane was somehow involved in the loss or
disappearance of the nomination papers of his oppo-
nent for state representative, a candidate whom the
paper has endorsed,” Trane’s campaign said in a press
release. “ The defamatory cartoon combined with the
Somerville Journal’s refusal to run a prepaid adver-
tisement collectively evidenced a purposeful malice
intended to injure Mr. Trane’s reputation and nega-
tively impact his campaign for state representative.”
Greg Reibman, editor-in-chief of the Somerville
Journal, said that the cartoon and the advertising
mistake were unrelated incidents. “I understand how
[the Trane campaign] could think they could be con-
nected, but they’re not,” he told the Daily.
Reibman attributed the paper’s omission of the ad to
a random mistake in the advertising department. The
paper has apologized and refunded the campaign.
As for the cartoon, Reibman maintained that as a
part of the Op-Ed page, the ideas it expressed were
“totally independent from the paper.”
“It was solely the opinion of our editorial cartoon-
courtesy david omar white
ist,” he said.
Cartoonist David Omar White has said that he was perhaps too harsh on Alderman Bob Trane in this illustration. Still, he
The cartoonist, 81-year-old Somerville resident
said that it did not reach the level of a formal accusation. Trane is now pursuing legal action against the Somerville Journal,
David Omar White, said he drew the cartoon because
claiming that the publication of the cartoon was part of an attempt to negatively impact his campaign.
of the way Trane reacted to the disappearance of
Sciortino’s signatures.
“Bob Trane should have turned away suspicions that
would lie in his lap by advocating that Mr. Sciortino “Given that there is not one scintilla of evidence “We haven’t seen anything other than a press release,”
be allowed to recover those signatures, but he didn’t,” connecting Mr. Trane to the disappearance of Mr. Riebman said.
White said. “People did suspect him of shenanigans.” Sciortino’s nomination papers, there can be no conclu- Sciortino, who recently assumed personal responsi-
White, who has been supplying the paper with car- sion other than the Somerville Journal intentionally bility in a district-wide mailing for failing to submit his
toons for about two months but does not receive pay- and with malice maligned Mr. Trane,” he said in the signatures on time, won approximately 55 percent of
ment for his work, expressed some regret. Trane campaign’s press release. “We will vigorously the vote in the primary.
“I was pretty rough on [Trane], and in a way, I’m kind pursue all legal remedies available to Mr. Trane.” That’s up from the 47 percent predicted in the hours
of sorry I was that rough,” he said. The Trane campaign said it will be filing a complaint following the election.
While White said he “didn’t actually accuse him of in the coming weeks. Trane’s campaign insists the defeat will not affect
stealing,” Trane’s attorney, John Harrington, feels the As of right now, the Somerville Journal has not had the lawsuit. “We intend to see it through until the end,”
implication was enough to justify legal recourse. any contact with campaign members. said Melissa Hurley, Trane’s press secretary.

Sponsoring organization looks

to promote more dialogue
socialist
continued from page 1
to say we are going to do this, but
how exactly?” he said.
Senior James Clark was
impressed by Zaki’s lecture and
hopes that Tufts will bring more
radical speakers to campus.
“I felt like [the speech] was
very impassioned, even though I
don’t agree with socialist ideas,”
he said. “We need more speakers
like these at Tufts.”
Socialist Alternative, a nation-
al organization advocating for
workers’ rights, brought Zaki
across the Atlantic to speak at
Tufts and other universities.
Socialist Alternative member
Joshua Koritz (LA ’05), a main
organizer of the event, wanted
the discussion to offer Tufts stu-
dents an eye-opening viewpoint.
“It was an honor to bring
someone from another country
and to hear [her] perspective,”
Koritz said.
Koritz also said he wanted to
connect Tufts students to the
Socialist Alternative community.
“I wanted to reach out to
students and break down the
division between them and the
community. This conversation
on socialism should be shared,”
he said.

Dobbins: Cooperation is key

Eating Disorder Treatment
taliban
continued from page 1
Dobbins also said that
Rumsfeld refused to work with
top officials, Dobbins met joint-
ly with Rumsfeld, then-National
Security Adviser Condoleezza
Rice and then-Secretary of State

Treatment of Adults
Iran when an Iranian repre- Colin Powell.
sentative reached out to the “Rumsfeld was sort of fiddling
United States to help rebuild with documents, didn’t look

Suffering from Anorexia and

Afghanistan. up, didn’t react,” Dobbins said.
The representative, whom “When I finished, there was a
Dobbins met at a 2001 confer- long pause; nobody said any-

Bulimia Nervosa
ence where officials drafted a thing. And Rice, after waiting
constitution for Afghanistan, about 20 seconds — nobody
“said that Iran was prepared to said anything — went on to the
participate in an American-led next item on the agenda, and the
For the most effective treatment and highest staff-to-client ratio in New program to rebuild the Afghani
army.”
Iranians never got an answer.”
Dobbins added, “In fact, Iran
England, informed clinicians refer their clients to Laurel Hill Inn. We According to Dobbins, any
solution would need to be mul-
had been part of the anti-Tal-
iban coalition long before the
provide extensive programming in a highly structured and supervised tinational. “We weren’t going
to bring the various opponents
U.S. was. The truth is that after
9/11, we joined an existing coali-
non-institutional therapeutic setting. Evening, day, residential, and aftercare of the Taliban together unless
we could bring together a
tion that had been against the
Taliban for a decade.”
programs in West Medford and West Somerville. Call Linda at coalition of states neighboring
Afghanistan to put pressure on
The talk was part of a series
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After a number of meetings with
Tisch College of Citizenship and
Public Service.
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3

tuftsdaily.com

With depression on the rise among college

Michael sherry | political animal

Barack
students, Health Service starts screening bounces
Students have mixed opinions about personal questions during routine visits
by Kerianne Okie
back
Daily Editorial Board

I
t wasn’t long ago that Barack Obama’s
As bundled Tufts students make the campaign for the White House was, in the
trek to Health Service this winter in eyes of the Washington pundit class, in
pursuit of a respite from a trouble- serious danger.
some cough or cold, they may get Two weeks ago, McCain was riding high,
more help during their medical con- flush with a strong bounce in the polls from
sultation than anticipated. the Republican convention and his choice
As the medical community con- of Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
tinues to publicize new correlations Obama’s numbers in the critical battle-
between mental and physical health, ground states of Ohio, Colorado and New
it is becoming increasingly common Hampshire (and elsewhere) were sinking
to screen patients for depression and into the mid-to-low 40s while the newly
other psychological problems in addi- minted McCain-Palin ticket, all bright and
tion to the standard checkup routine. shiny and fresh, was reaching up to scrape
Tufts’ Health Service office is keeping the critical 50 percent mark. Democratic
up with these trends. donors and activists felt that nervous, sick-
Dr. Margaret Higham, the office’s ening feeling in the pit of their stomachs —
medical director, said that the univer- that they’d seen this movie before in 2004,
sity is hoping to screen every student and 2000, and 1988, and so on.
for depression once a year. To do that, Politico.com found the perfect quote to
Health Service employees have started summarize the growing panic among the
Mitchell duffy/tufts daily
asking students who enter the office Democratic Party’s leadership: “A major
The Health Service office is using surveys to screen for depression.
for any reason to fill out a mental Democratic fundraiser described it a good
health survey. of students nationwide had seriously to Health Service because she was sick bit more starkly after digesting the polls of
“[Having students fill out depression considered suicide, and 15 percent were with a cold, was frustrated that the pro- recent days: ‘I’m so depressed. It’s happening
surveys] is becoming more and more diagnosed with depression. This marks cess of filling out the survey detracted again. It’s a nightmare.’”
common practice,” Higham said. “The a 10 percent increase from the statistics from her immediate medical care. Things have changed profoundly in the
Institute for Health Care Improvement taken in 2000. “Because I don’t suffer from [depres- last week and a half. Obama is in the
and the Task Force on Preventative Junior Logan Crane said that the sion] myself, I didn’t find it helpful,” driver’s seat of the campaign once again,
Health Care have [both] recommended depression surveys may prove useful. Shrodes said. “I do think it’s possible riding a wave of state and national polls
that the primary care settings should “I think that a lot of students overlook that there are a lot of people that are which are almost invariably putting him
be screening for depression as long as the symptoms of depression, and they depressed out there who don’t know in the lead in the places he needs to win.
they’re able to then deal with the situa- get caught up in believing that depres- where to go for help, so it could be a For the first time, national polls are show-
tion. It’s something we’re doing to keep sion only affects some people,” Crane useful tool, but I don’t know how many ing him breaking the 50 percent mark, a
up with all of that.” said. “It’s important that students are of them are sick and dying and happen critical milestone for a party which has
Screening for depression in college both physically and mentally healthy.” to go into Health Service.” not won a majority of the presidential vote
comes in step with a hike in the num- Sophomore Nancy Shrodes, howev- In addition to questions about depres- since LBJ routed Barry Goldwater in 1964.
ber of afflicted students. According to er, argued that the process of having sion, it is not uncommon for doctors States which voted for Bush in 2004, like
a survey taken in 2006 by the American every student fill out a survey is some- Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico and Virginia,
College Health Association, 8.5 percent what impractical. Shrodes, who went see DEPRESSION, page 4 are looking as though they’ll flip to Obama
in November. And the Obama financial
juggernaut continues apace, raising a cool
The Microblog $66 million in August — the most amount
raised in a month by any campaign in his-
Honey, what did you learn in school today? tory. Politico’s nervous Democratic fund-
raiser is no doubt breathing a bit easier.
Maybe near-sunrise study sessions or untamed caffeine cravings were culprit, but when Jumbos were asked what they had Why the sudden shift? Part of the answer
learned in class yesterday morning, most initially responded with a long pause or a blank stare. “I don’t even remember what classes is the simple fact that part of McCain’s
I had today,” sophomore Emily Starck said. lead in the polls was a product of the fleet-
But when given ample time, they came up with answers that ranged from slightly vague to intellectually complex. Keep those ing bounce that usually follows a party’s
brain juices flowing … Pax et Lux, baby! national convention. Obama’s numbers
spiked in the days following the Democratic
What was the most interesting thing you learned today? convention, but the Republican con-
vention followed so closely after it (and
“We learned how to deal with a homeless man who was asking for money to buy food. The lady behind us McCain picked Sarah Palin the day after
asked him where the bar was and to show us the food. It was a smart way to handle the situation.” Obama’s acceptance speech in a clever ploy
Seniors Yolanda Fair and Yushu Cheng to stomp on the glowing news accounts
Obama would otherwise have earned) that
his bounce vanished in a matter of days.
The McCain bounce, however, had much
more time to affect the polls. The recent
drop in McCain’s numbers is partially a
“I learned that if my parents had raised me differently, I could have been ambidextrous.” reflection of the inevitable fading of the
Senior Daniel Buonaiuto bounce from the Republican convention.
But the other factor at play is the recent
crisis on Wall Street, which coincides nearly
exactly with the sudden spike in Sen.Obama’s
numbers. The financial meltdown on Wall
Street may come to be seen as the economic
“Terrestrial planets — Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars — are small, dense, solid and close to the Sun.” equivalent of 9/11. People are scared, really
Sophomore Oliver Wells scared, and the Democratic Party’s long-
held advantage on economic issues, coupled
with McCain’s weakness on them, is allowing
Obama to pull away. Most people, myself
included, don’t fully understand the nature
and origin of the problem, and absolutely
“I learned about the duties of a fire marshal and the boiler rooms and sprinklers. I’m an assistant fire marshal.” nobody is sure of the best way to get us out.
Sophomore Renee Corbie It’s a frightening thing when those smart
people on the financial shows start using the
phrase “Great Depression 2.0.” And in times
like this, McCain’s famous line, “The issue of
economics is not something I’ve understood
as well as I should,” is getting people with
“If you’re nice to people at the Tower, sometimes they’ll give you a cup of tea on the house.” retirement portfolios nervous.
Sophomore Caitlin Payne As we march toward November, look
for Sen. Obama’s poll numbers to be
closely aligned with how pants-wettingly
terrified people are about a full-blown
economic meltdown.

“I learned about enzymatic activity — I’m working on a huge bio lab.”

Sophomore Phil Ramirez 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
On Campus Recruiting Physical and mental health can overlap
in college environment, says Higham
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continued from page 3
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According to Higham, many doctors
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questions] unless it affects [a patient’s]
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Shrodes also insisted that the defini-
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
ing are unrealistic on a college campus.
The popular definition of binge drink-
ing is the consumption of five or more
drinks in one sitting for men, or four
drinks for women.
“With those statistics about alcohol,
practically every college student is [a
binge drinker],” Shrodes said. “When I
had mono they told me not to drink, and
that was very pertinent information that
I needed to know … but accusing some-
one of being an alcoholic — not helpful,
not productive.”
“If you have a Venn diagram
of health and mental health,
there’s a huge overlap. We’ve
always been oriented towards
seeing that and understand-
ing that — particularly in
college students — so when
people come in for all sorts of
types of visits we’re open to
hearing that information.”
Dr. Margaret Higham
medical director of Health Service
For patients who are diagnosed with
depression and other psychological prob-
lems, there is a careful process to which
the university must adhere in order to
ensure optimum care for students.
“Students who we think might need
medication — or who they think might
need medication — we recommend they
have an evaluation at the counseling
center,” Higham said. “If the counseling
people also feel that that might be useful,
[the student] would have a consultation
with a psychopharmacologist here and
then a decision would be made about
whether that was the right step.”
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Arts & Living tuftsdaily.com

Tufts alum leaps

by Mike Adams
Daily Editorial Board
Pete Shungu (LA ’03) has, at the
age of 27, achieved what few musi-
cians have the time or patience to
do: He has kept up with his passion
for music and social activism, which
began in college, and created an
impressive work of art. Last night,
he took the stage for the biggest
show of his life. He’d performed for
large crowds before, but rarely as the
main act, and never had the stakes
been so high. Shungu, a.k.a. Afro
DZ ak, had just released his very first
solo album, “Elevation,” which had
been several years in the making.
Imagine this: Shungu steps up
to the mic and loses himself in the
performance, doing what he’s done
for years to create the loyal follow-
ing standing in front of him. He says
something clever like, “These young
dreams gettin stopped like a red
light/ But yo, I shed light like a gold-
en retriever/ Cuz if young minds are
clay/ I’m tryin to mold an achiever.”
The next day, Shungu wakes up at
6 a.m. and heads off to work, help-
ing high school students prepare for
college as a financial aid advisor for
the Boston public school system.
Last night’s album release party
for “Elevation” at Bob’s Bar in Boston
was just another installment of
the busy routine that has become
Shungu’s daily life. Though he’d been
recording his debut album for about
a year, Shungu must now wait until
the summer to promote it aggres-
sively, as his day job requires him to
work five days a week through May.
Finding a balance
Like so many other aspects of his
life, this balancing act is captured
poetically in one of Shungu’s songs,
the aptly-titled “Balancing Act:”
“Some people tellin me that I’m a
talented cat/ But at times it feels
like/ more of a curse than a bless-
ing/ Got so many things to juggle/
Can you tell that I’m stressin?” Due
to his busy schedule, Shungu will
concentrate on a mini-tour in areas
where he has connections, stopping
in Worcester, where he lived briefly
into hip-hop scene,
keeping one foot in
courtesy pete shungu
community
after graduating from Tufts, and
New York City, close to his native
New Jersey.
Despite the stress, Shungu wel-
comes this busy lifestyle as a natu-
ral part of his life. “I’m the type of
person where, if there’s something
I’m interested or passionate about
,I make time for it,” Shungu told the
Daily. Although it’s taken some time
to get his solo act to the point where
he could record a full-length album,
Shungu has already tasted his share
of fame. Included among the vari-
ous groups of which he has been a
member is The Eclectic Collective, a
Boston-based genre-defying group,
with a sound integrating soul, jazz
fusion and pop-punk, for which
he played trumpet. The group has
recorded two albums with Shungu,
“Time Flies” (2006) and “The Flux”
(2007), and has toured up and down
the East Coast.
Though he admits that touring
with a band is a rare, fun experience,
Shungu found his role as a trumpet
player to be limiting, especially con-
sidering the time and energy that
was required. “I’m not the type of
person who wants to go on tour so
I can just get drunk every night and
be crazy,” he said. “I want to have
a good time with music and play
shows, and I love the whole atmo-
sphere around that, but I feel like for
me having that balance is impor-
tant. I want to make music to make
change and to make music to reach
as many people as possible, [but]
I would be a hypocrite if my entire
life was about being a rock star while
making music that says ‘we need to
make these changes in society.’”
Becoming an active citizen
Like many other Tufts students,
Shungu arrived on the Hill fresh-
man year thinking he wanted to be
pre-med but soon decided to pur-
sue other interests.
Shungu took an Explorations
seminar for incoming fresh-
men through the Experimental
College called College Students
and Community Service, taught
by the presidents of the Leonard
Carmichael Society. Shungu cites
that class as a major reason for his
dedication to social activism, which
has since led him to participate in
AmeriCorps and Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Massachusetts Bay.
Shungu also played a major role
in the early stages of the Multiracial
Organization of Students at Tufts
(M.O.S.T.). His father was born in
the Democratic Republic of Congo,
formerly known as Zaire, and his
mother is from Kansas. He remains
active in the Boston chapter of Swirl,
a broader multiracial organization.
It was at an event hosted by Swirl
two months ago that Shungu con-
nected with saxophone player and
Tufts junior John Mason, who plays
in the Tufts Big Band, just as Shungu
had during his time on the Hill.
“He mentioned a bunch of gigs
he was doing, and we kept in touch
throughout the year,” Mason said.
“We [met up] a couple times, and
about a month ago he asked me if
I wanted to play a gig with him at
Northeastern.” The show went so
well that Shungu invited Mason
see AFRO, page 6

Afro DZ ak’s debut soars into the Stratosphere

Afro DZ ak is more than your average MC,
but that statement doesn’t nearly do justice to
his art. In truth, this artist isn’t an MC, he’s not
a singer, he’s not an arranger and he’s not a
trained trumpet player; he’s a light in an other-
wise dark and somber hip-hop world.
As he says in the opening lines of the first
track on his debut album, “Elevation,” “A
lot of cats claim to be shining the light/ But
we’re still in the dark because they ain’t shin-
ing it right/ Is this over your head? Or should I
start rapping about rapping about bustin gats
instead/ But nah, that ain’t me I can’t take that
route/ I’m diggin in the batter’s box and I can’t
make that out.” In fact, almost everything
about Afro DZ ak’s place in the modern music
scene can be derived from his lyrics.
It becomes readily evident on “Elevation”
that DZ ak is taking a firm stance against the
negativity and pessimism of the hip-hop genre,
but his message goes beyond music alone. DZ
ak’s sound is a perplexing mix of hip hop, jazz,
R&B and pop that leaves the listener with no
choice but to sit through every cut at least five
times in order to pick out the intricacies of the
layered rhymes, trumpet swells and sampled
and live beats.
But listening to the album is most definitely
a labor of love. Each layer only gives the songs
a newer and brighter meaning. The opening
track, “Shine,” kicks off with a sampled vocal
melodically yet fervently repeating the word
Afro DZ ak demonstrates his balancing act in the cover art.
“shine,” and quickly throws in a drum loop.
After that point, it’s difficult to tell which parts
are instrumental and which are sampled. In the
end, though, this question doesn’t really matter
CDbaby.com
— the music melds together as an even more
potent whole.
“In the Zone” is one of the most genre-
bending songs on the album — the boundar-
ies are so faint already that that’s really saying
something. Even though the hook is a simple
trumpet line, it holds together under incredible
duress. From the start, the track sounds like a
smooth jazz standard, with a simple piano and
shaker duo creating a lightly rolling surface for
DZ ak to pave his way with words. At about
two minutes in, a trumpet solo takes the fore
and, surprisingly enough, fits in perfectly with
the rest of the track. For these 30 seconds, it
sounds as though the music could be com-
ing from a Miles Davis record, not a hip-hop
album.
Perhaps one of the closest-to-home tracks for
Tufts students comes in the form of “Balancing
Act,” a lyrically focused track that deals with
DZ ak’s struggle to balance his wide range of
passions. “Whether it’s a mic or some chalk in
my hand/ I’m just trying to reach the youth any
way that I can,” says Shungu, who, in reality,
splits his days between playing gigs at night
and working for a nonprofit during the day.
Throughout the course of “Elevation,”
the positivity of DZ ak’s lyrics, beats and
instrumentals shines through, even the tracks
in the darkest of minor keys. It comes as a
welcome reminder to all Tuftonians, no mat-
ter how close to graduation, that a higher
education means worlds more than simply a
larger paycheck.
— by Grant Beighley
6 The Tufts Daily Weekender
From the Office of Tufts grad shows a degree means
more than a bigger paycheck
The TUfts Daily AFRO
continued from page 5
to join him on stage a second
Dear Clay Aiken, time for last night’s album release
party. Though Mason hasn’t had
the opportunity to play many
We at the Daily are not exactly hip-hop shows in the past, he
shocked by your recent announce- enjoys branching out into differ-
ent styles. “[His music] is real laid
ment. Gay, you say? Was this back; it’s got a good positive vibe,
really a surprise? We saw the but at the same time, you can get
signs early on, though you may down to it,” Mason said.
have tried to be so subtle, “a fly on The start of something big
the wall” even, if you don’t mind Shungu established his stage
us quoting your biggest hit. name, Afro DZ ak, during his days
Your range of hairstyles and as a Jumbo, and was featured on the
short-lived Jumbo Audio Project, a
fashion sense were the first things mix tape containing music from a
we noticed. You followed what we wide variety ofTufts bands and musi-
dub the “Spider-Man Progression.” cians. His first break came directly as
a result of that project, when he got
You began geek, let the American noticed by a local promoter and had
Idol experts turn you chic, and the opportunity to play a solo gig in
then sported a dark, emo-bang Boston. Though it’s been five and
a half years since his graduation,
cut to show us your phony sen- Shungu has retained the same spirit
sitive side. Once you had made of active citizenship in his day job as
the transformation, your sense of well as in his music.
style rivaled that of even the great After a quick listen to the tracks
on “Elevation,” it’s easy to identify
Ryan Seacrest. It’s no wonder one elements of “positive” or “conscious”
of your best American Idol perfor- styles of hip hop, but Shungu prefers
mances was your rendition of an to avoid labels. At the same time,
he realizes that in the current state
Elton John hit. of popular hip-hop music, Shungu
Another indication should have celebridiot.com needs to set himself apart.
been the age gap in your audience. “I think it’s unfortunate that
You grabbed the attention of 12-year-old girls, skipped the teen and young adult crowd, and
won the hearts of middle-aged suburban housewives. Yes, my aunt frequently belts out your
song “Solitaire,” but most of us wouldn’t be caught dead within ten feet of your CD. Hugh Top Ten | Games that should be made into game shows
Hefner has hot, young “playmates” while you attract a crowd of toddler-toting “Claymates.”
In case you’ve been living in a
At the end of the day, Clay, we had already forgotten about you long ago when you fell just box for the past week, you may
short of winning American Idol Season Something-Or-Other (they’re all a blur now). Thus, have missed the debut of FOX’s
your coming out would have only been noteworthy had you broadcast it during your short classiest show to date: “Hole In
The Wall.” Essentially, the show
stretch of fame (though you seemed to have met CNN’s standards as a newsworthy story). puts everyday nimrods in jump-
You said it yourself when you wrote, “If I was invisible … Wait, I already am.” suits and forces them to shape
their bodies to the contours of a
hole that’s cut into a moving wall.
Yours truly, Think Tetris, only with humans.
The Daily Arts Department To add insult to injury, the show’s
motto is “It’s Time To Face The
Hole!”
Such drek got us here at the
Daily thinking: What other incred-
ibly simple board games could be
made into live-action game shows?
After ruling out Hangman as too
blatantly violent, we got down to
some serious thinking.
Earn your MPA in 10. The Game of Life: Turn the
spinner carefully, or you might find
Environmental Science and Policy yourself with a station wagon full
of blue and pink kids you have to
support as a travel agent making
10k a year. Good thing you cured
the common cold.
9. Clue: The sexual innuendos
would be the icing on the cake in
a live-action version of Clue. Miss
Scarlet in the conservatory with the
rope? I never knew she was into
that kind of thing, but sure...
8. Mouse Trap: What is bet-
The Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental ter than running around a large,
Science and Policy is a twelve-month program that combines complicated death trap that was
designed by you? Nothing, silly!
Columbia University’s hands-on approach to teaching public policy The goal of the game would be
to grab the cash from under the
and administration with pioneering thinking about the environment. large hanging net without one
of your opponents activating
Application deadline for early decision: November 1 the large Rube Goldberg-esque
device that could lead to you
Fellowship consideration: January 15. Final deadline: February 15 being chopped in half. The prize?
Not getting chopped in half. Hey,
For more information, please call 212-854-3142, e-mail: lar46@ it works in Japan!
columbia.edu, or visit: www.columbia.edu/cu/mpaenvironment 7. Hungry Hungry Hippos: This
classic game has taken other forms
For information about SIPA programs, visit sipa.columbia.edu in the past, such as your typical
hot-dog eating contest at a car-
nival. But this time you’d actually
T U F T S U N I V E R S I T Y I N F O R M AT I O N S E S S I O N have to use your teeth to eat little
white plastic balls launched around
Monday, September 15, 2008, 2:00–3:00 p.m. the arena. $5,000 of orthodontia,
Dowling Hall, Room 745A down the drain…
419 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
6. Don’t Wake Daddy: Hey kids!
RSVP: Ali Frohman, afrohman@ei.columbia.edu A game just for you! No other
game has encouraged mischief as
Thursday, September 25, 2008
there’s so much negativity in hip
hop that I need to be called positive
hip hop so people don’t assume that
my music is about killing people
and disrespecting women and stuff
like that,” he said, “but I’m perfectly
comfortable considering myself
a positive hip-hop artist or a con-
scious hip-hop artist.”
For the time being, Shungu is
focusing on making an impact
through his music while continuing
to back up his words with action.
Though he’d like to one day expand
his current fan base, Shungu takes
pleasure in seeing his words and
sounds connect with those around
him. “Some of my students have
seen me perform … and in their
free time they just listen to Young
Jeezy and Lil’ Wayne,” he said, “but
they see me do this and they’re
like, ‘Wow, there is another side to
hip hop.’” Though “Elevation” is
solid enough to launch his career,
Shungu is keeping his mindset
more down to earth and focusing
on his social activism. So, whether
or not he makes it big, Shungu’s
story is already impressive.
For a recap of last night’s
performance, a photo slide-
show complete with streaming
audio, and the transcript of the
Daily’s interview with Shungu,
visit the Arts section’s brand-
new blog, “The Scene,” on www.
TuftsDaily.com.
much as this one. Daddy needs
to get some rest before his gruel-
ing 9-5 job, but that’s no fun!
Tiptoe down to the kitchen for a
midnight snack instead, teehee.
While you’re there, drink the things
under the sink, it’s fun!
5. Uncle Wiggly: Although rela-
tively unknown to most nowadays,
Uncle Wiggly was the classic tale
of an elderly rabbit sick with rheu-
matism who must brave the forest
to get to Dr. Possum’s house. But
watch out! You don’t want to
run into the skeezicks! And if you
make it out alive, you still have
a chance with Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy — she’s such a fox...
4. Operation: Just imagine every-
day Joe Schmoes performing tasks
that professionals train for nearly
ten years to be able to do and
eventually make millions of dol-
lars for. Of course, instead of that
annoying buzzing sound, contes-
tants will also have to face the
consequences of mutilating/killing
anyone who volunteers to be a
victim — unlike real doctors …
3. Guess Who?: Uh oh, you’re
pregnant! Want to know the iden-
tity of the father? Narrow down a
list of your closest friends by asking
questions like “does he wear a
bonnet?” and “does he have a
big red beard, squinty eyes, giant
eyebrows and a double chin?”
2. Risk: There are very few flaws
in this classic game aside from
the fact that a single round can
drag on for countless hours until
everyone gets bored and quits.
Want to spice things up? Replace
those slow dice rolls with actu-
al close-range combat! All you
need is a giant map of the world,
some guns, horses and tanks and
four hundred of your closest (but
expendable) friends!
1. Mr. Bucket: “The game’s Mr.
Bucket. The first to get their balls
into Mr. Bucket wins! But look
out! Because, the balls will pop out
of his mouth!” This is the actual
advertising slogan; look it up.
— compiled by the Daily Arts
Department
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Weekender Interview | Michael Cera
and Kat Dennings
Cera and Dennings talk about the fun, joyful
vibe of their newest, ‘Nick and Norah’s’
by Matthew DiGirolamo
Daily Editorial Board
The Daily spoke with Michael Cera and
Kat Dennings about their new film, “Nick
and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” The film fol-
lows Nick (played by Cera), a member of
a band called “The Jerk Offs” who sees his
ex-girlfriend with a new guy at one of his
gigs. Nick quickly turns to Norah (Dennings)
to be his makeshift girlfriend for a few face-
saving minutes. The rest of the film follows
the pair as they run across New York City to
see a band’s secret performance. Cera and
Dennings were both exhausted from their
long press tour but took some time to kick
back and answer some questions.
Question: Since this movie is about a crazy
night following an underground band, can
you tell me the craziest night you’ve ever
had?
Kat Dennings: We had some crazy nights
filming the movie. Well, you know, middle
of the night in New York City, drunk people
throwing things, yelling at us, wanting us out
of their places where they like to be. I under-
stand, I totally understand. I think they’ll
be happy, though, when they see it. We got
kicked out of a music store because we were
kind of disrupting their sales. We went in and
we all started to play the instruments and
kind of have a jolly time, and they were like,
“You’re ruining our store.”
Michael Cera: It was understandable.
Q: Why do you think this film will connect
with audiences the same way I’m assuming
it did with the two of you?
TV Review
Kryptonite for ‘Heroes’: over-
complex plot, poor writing
by Wes Engel
Contributing Writer
Well, the unimaginable has happened:
“Heroes” got even worse. For those who
have never had the pleasure of seeing NBC’s
Heroes
Starring David Anders, Santiago
Cabrera, Kristen Bell, Jack
Coleman
Airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on
NBC
silliest “X-Men” meets “The Young and the
Restless” superhero drama, don’t bother
starting now.
In a mere two hours, the writers of
“Heroes” have managed to completely
destroy what little credibility they had left
over from season one. Some questions are
answered, but after the conclusion, count-
less more arise, not the least of which is,
“Where did it all go wrong?” “Heroes” started
out as an interesting, mysterious action-dra-
ma that played out like a comic book. Sure,
some of the characters were pretty shallow,
the acting quite stale and the plots over-the-
top, but that’s the way comics are. Before,
these shortcomings could be overlooked.
Season two took those faults and exagger-
ated them in every way by adding the same
kind of boring characters and the exact same
“oh-my-God-the-future-has-been-destroyed-
Peter-save-us” storyline. People blamed it on
the writers’ strike. In season three, the strike
wasn’t to blame; it was the writers.
Season three, entitled “Villains,” kicks off
with a bang. The future, once again, has
become a cesspool of destruction, and it’s up
to Peter Petrelli (played by Milo Ventimiglia),
everyone’s favorite invincible protagonist, to
change the past to save the future. Back in
the present, Sylar (Zachary Quinto) makes
his grand appearance at the home of a cer-
The Tufts Daily
“See, you’re actually pretty. I’m just this awkward kid who keeps getting roles because my entire
adolescent existence is funny to people. You’ll still have a job when you’re 25 ... I’m jealous.”
MC: I think Pete has a really authentic direct-
ing style and he really captures this kind of
tone of like a one-night adventure kind of
thing. He does it really truthfully, I think. And
anyone who has had a night like this or got-
ten to know someone over a —
KD: Or wanted to have a night like this.
MC: Yes, made a friendship over a condensed
period of time can relate or at least fantasize
about it.
KD: I agree, and also, one thing that is really
cool about watching the film, that Mike and I
both think, is it feels, when you watch it, like
it felt making it. It just feels really joyful and
fun and adventurous when you watch it.
tain Texan cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere).
After a painfully drawn-out game of cat and
mouse in which Sylar seems to forget his
superhuman abilities, he eventually has his
way with Claire’s brain.
Seeing as how season one was all about
preventing this from happening, the writers
have decided to completely disregard all
sense of proportion. Knowing that basically
everyone’s immortal really takes the punch
out of scenes in which Sylar gets pum-
meled with bullets or Claire stands in front
of a train. “Heroes” has a beautiful knack for
bringing characters back to life every chance
it gets, and season three is no different.
Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar), after being
shot in the season two finale, miraculously
comes back to life. What’s most miraculous
about the incident is future Peter’s total lapse
in judgment. Sure, he could teleport or fly his
brother away to stop the speech, but shoot-
ing him in the chest works just fine, too.
What else has writer Tim Kring decided
to do with everyone’s favorite nerdy sci-
entist? Why not make Mohinder (Sendhil
Ramamurthy) Spider-Man, complete with
super strength, super wall-crawling and
super shirt-ripping sex appeal? Despite these
kinds of blatant out-of-character sequences,
the show is still entertaining to watch. There’s
a good deal of action riddled with lightning,
telekinesis and fireballs. If only Kring would
just focus on the action and superpowers.
No one actually cares about the convoluted,
repetitive story anymore.
As in season two, “Villains” starts off with
Peter losing his powers once again after his
future self traps him in the body of some fat
criminal, who of course has a superpower
of his own. Sylar, on the other hand, despite
suffering a similar no-power phase through-
out the entirety of season two, has regained
his abilities fully. As mentioned above, how-
ever, Kring seems to be making up for his
lack of abilities last season by making him
even more unbeatable this season. But isn’t
that what “Heroes” is all about, fighting the
same insane, disproportionately mighty vil-
Weekender
Hollywood.com
Q: How do you prepare to do a kissing scene
in a film with someone that you’re working
around all the time?
KD: You brush your teeth.
MC: Eat a sandwich.
KD: Michael eats sandwiches and I brush
my teeth, because I’m from Philadelphia and
that’s how they do it there.
MC: I eat a toothpaste sandwich.
Q: What is it like working on a movie based on
see CERA, page 8
nbc.com
“Don’t judge me for dating a guy almost twice
my age. It’s Peter Petrelli, for God’s sake.”
lain before the world blows up in some
slightly more heinous way than it was going
to last season?
Season three manages to set the stage
for an even more unfocused plot. The pro-
tagonists are all divided up, and a whole
new slew of evil super-powered jailbreaks
have been added to the roster. The only
thing that saves the two-hour premiere is
the fact that Kristen Bell now has guest-
star status. While one can be almost cer-
tain that a dead character is not actually
dead, billing as a guest star is hopefully
more concrete proof that Bell won’t be
around much longer. In the convoluted,
repetitive, campy world that is “Heroes,”
less is always more, a formula currently
lost on the writers. They assume more
characters, subplots and sappy father-
daughter moments will fix what is wrong
with the show. Unfortunately, the season
three premiere begs the question, “What’s
not wrong with ‘Heroes’?”
7
Mikey Goralnik | Paint the Town
Brown
A Clean,
Well-Lit Place
L
et’s play word association!
“Pandas” — cute. “Sarah Palin”
— librarian porn. “Boston clubs”
— gold chains, yuppy dress code,
hulking bouncer, red velvet walls, girls
dancing in cages and a gigantic aquari-
um with exotic-looking fish.
Blacked-out idiots spilling expensive
brightly colored drinks on my sneakers.
An experience so comically unpleasant
it should be in a Ben Stiller movie —
only slightly funnier. Hell.
I’m not sure why I thought seeing
glitch-hop producer edIT was worth
subjecting myself to this associative
nightmare. Maybe it was one of the
many fond memories I have of seeing
edIT perform his spastic crunky beats
with his partners in the Glitch Mob.
Maybe it was my burning desire to
finally, FINALLY hear his “I’m in Love
wit a Stripper” remix live.
Whatever the reason, I jumped when
I saw that edIT was coming to a club I’d
never been to, and I started gearing up
for an evening of forward production, fist-
pumping bass, and d-bags with fake tans.
I was, at first, pleasantly surprised.
Just looking at the chain smokers
posted up outside The Good Life, a
club near the Downtown Crossing T
stop, helped quiet my second guesses.
Apparently, The Good Life doesn’t have
a dress code as much as a uniform: fit-
ted hats, sneakers, track jackets/hood-
ies, which is fine with me because that
was exactly what I was wearing/wear at
all times (also to bed).
It got better. When I approached the
scraggly, pimpled kid at the door to see
if he could direct me to the terrifying
bouncer so I could pay and get inside,
he said that he was in charge. I handed
him my measly $5 (!) and entered into
a velvet-less, cage-less room. Instead
of manta rays and cuttlefish, The Good
Life had two TVs on the wall, both of
which were showing baseball.
At this point in my evening, The Good
Life had so thoroughly defied my expec-
tations, relieving my fears and opening
my mind, that I decided to celebrate
with a drink. Just as I was about to ask
for the fruitiest, neon-est beverage pos-
sible, I saw something that shocked
and delighted me more than all of the
evening’s other revelations combined,
squared: The Good Life served Schlitz;
IN TALL BOYS! Oh Boston, what splen-
dor this city holds! What could possibly
spoil this timeless night?!
edIT.
Something that apparently got lost in
my panicked shuffle before this show is
that I’ve seen edIT several times before,
and every show has been almost identi-
cal. Inexplicably, despite his disgusting
amount of talent, edIT has been recy-
cling roughly the same 90-ish minute set
at least since I first saw him in 2006.
I realized why at The Good Life.
2007 edIT was the same as 2006 edIT,
which, not shockingly, was the same
as 2008 edIT. “Artsy,” Straight Heat,”
The Sirens,” “Back Up Off the Floor;”
they were all there two years ago, and
they’re all still here, and they all sound
the same.
Where’s the old stuff? Where are the
remixes? Where are any number of
things that would both represent the
man’s tremendous abilities and indicate
that he gave a rat’s behind about per-
forming them? His whole set reeked of
disinterest, something that left a gross
taste in my mouth.
Music aside, I had a great night paint-
ing the town brown. After three years of
seeing shows in Boston, I found some-
thing I have truly never seen before: a
comfortable, not-at-all lame club that
books awesome electronic musicians
(producers anyway). I found a new
place that I like going to, a new niche in
the city I live in and a new way to look at
the local live music scene. And the best
part: not one gold chain!
Mikey Goralnik is a senior majoring in
American studies. He can be reached at Michael.
Goralnik@tufts.edu
8 The Tufts Daily Weekender
Master of Engineering in Manufacturing
‘Nick and Norah’ co-stars
Creating Global Professionals discuss improv, kissing scenes
Manufacturing is more important than New technologies and markets require a new kind of CERA
ever, in the U.S. and around the world. professional. We prepare students with the knowledge and continued from page 7
experience they need to become innovators in the field of a book, compared to working on
global manufacturing. comedies that can be improvised
China and changed like “Charlie Bartlett”
The Master of Engineering in Manufacturing is an intensive [2008] or “Superbad” [2007]?
one-year program with an integrated, project-oriented
Japan curriculum grounded in engineering science. A group project MC: No difference to me. I mean,
in industry gives students real-world experience. those movies still have scripts and
United States structure, and that dictates what
Fellowships and opportunities for global study are available. scene you’re going to work on and
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% what is going to happen in it that’s
Percent of Global Value-Added Become a leader in manufacturing and learn the process, going to drive the story, but you just
Manufacturing, 2005 product, system, and business aspects of manufacturing. have some freedom to say whatever
Source: United Nations Statistics Division
you want. But in terms of schedul-
For more information, including application materials, visit ing and procedure it’s the same; it’s
http://web.mit.edu/meng-manufacturing/ just that there’s less of a strict dia-
logue situation. And with this movie
we could say whatever we wanted
Master of Engineering Program MIT Room 35-231
617-258-5622 77 Massachusetts Avenue
because the only real story was us
menginfo@mit.edu Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 getting to know each other, so it was
kind of irrelevant what the conver-
sations were that we were having.
KD: Yes, interestingly enough
“Charlie Bartlett” was pretty script
driven. I don’t recall improvising
that much on “Charlie Bartlett”
at all. But, this was filmed during
the writers’ strike. But like Mike
said, it’s all just us getting to know
each other and liking each other,
so it kind of didn’t matter what we
said, and we improvised a bit. But
I think it all flows pretty well, if I do
say so myself.
Q: You play like the awkward teen-
ager really well, and you’ve been
doing that in a lot of movies. Do
you want to branch out and kind
of play some other types of char-
acters? And if so, which types of
characters would those be?
MC: I’m currently working on proj-
ect where I kidnap a young boy and
proceed to smack him around.
Q: In the movie, your characters
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are running all over New York,
looking for this band. What would
you guys run all over New York all
night to find?
MC: Oh, a child.
KD: Yes, if I lost like a family mem-
ber, if there was an emergency, but
probably not for leisure. I don’t
find those types of things relaxing.
Q: I have a question about your
Web shows that you both have. I
know Kat has kind of a YouTube
channel and also, Michael, you did
Drunk History on YouTube. What
attracted you guys to that whole
scene of filming?
MC: I just did it with my friend,
you know, my friend Derek Waters
does this live comedy show in LA,
and he was making it for that, and
it was fun.
KD: I’ve had this written blog for
seven years, so when YouTube
came around, it’s another way to
blog and it just seemed like a natu-
ral thing and a kind of fun thing.
Q: Okay, and you guys have both
been doing the comedy movies,
and I was wondering if you would
want to do a different type of
movie in the future and, if so, what
kind would it be?
KD: I think I can speak for both us
when we say that it just depends
on the script. And, if the script
happens to be funny, then so
be it. But also it comes to hap-
pen where you playing a sort of
dramatic role in a comedy or
vice versa. It just depends on
the material and the director and
what you want to do. It’s not
really a calculated decision.
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10 The Tufts Daily Editorial | Letters Thursday, September 25, 2008

EDITORIAL
THE TUFTS DAILY
Robert S. Silverblatt Surveying the problem
Editor-in-Chief This year, Tufts’ Health Service office university should be sending. Health Service Center. If the university wants
Editorial has added an extra service to its repertoire. As Tufts designs its screening process, to raise awareness and increase treatment for
Students who go in for a regular checkup it is important to note how students will mental illnesses, why not expand the services
Rachel Dolin Managing Editors may get a little extra bang for their buck — view the efforts. Those who walk into of the Counseling Center?
Kristin Gorman an unwarranted, spontaneous mental health the Health Service are most likely there While we understand the goal of further
Jacob Maccoby Editorial
Editorial Page
Page Editors
Editors screening. In an attempt to curb depression, because they have a cold or the flu or any linking the Health Service office and the
Jason Richards suicide and other psychological issues, the other of a score of similar ailments. They Counseling Center in order to maximize
Giovanni Russonello Executive
Executive News
News Editor
Editor office recently began requesting students to are not looking to be mentally analyzed, their effectiveness, the surveys seem like an
fill out a survey used to evaluate their mental and many will view the surveys as a nui- odd way to generate crossover gains. Health
Sarah Butrymowicz News
News Editors
Editors health. Although we recognize the serious- sance. Certainly, the surveys are somewhat Service is already providing students with
Pranai Cheroo
Nina Ford ness of depression among college students sophisticated, but they can hardly account significant benefits. By attempting to cover
Ben Gittleson and understand the need for more services for students who find them meaningless mental health along with physical health,
Gillian Javetski to help students recognize and treat men- enough to rush through them, providing the office could end up overextending itself
Jeremy White
tal sicknesses, we question the validity and any answers that will not raise red flags. and not providing either service effectively.
Alexandra Bogus Assistant News Editors effectiveness of Health Service’s actions. Not only will the surveys fail to catch many Tufts needs more comprehensive men-
Michael Del Moro Assistant News Editor A person’s mental health status should cases of depression, but they also serve as a tal health services, but this solution misses
Carrie Battan Executive
Executive Features
Features Editor
Editor not be reduced to a small set of questions. turnoff and give the impression that mental the point. Expanding student awareness
To do so is to trivialize the problem — to health services at Tufts are more rudimen- about mental illnesses and about how
Jessica Bidgood Features
Features Editors
Editors try to oversimplify mental conditions that tary than they are. Such personal questions common these illnesses are can be done
Robin Carol are nothing if not complex. Sure, this is need not be asked at Health Service. Instead much more effectively. Mental health ser-
Kerianne Okie
Charlotte Steinway not an attempt to replace other diagnostic of making students feel as if they are being vices are crucial ones that every university
techniques; it’s just another tool for the box. silently judged, Health Service should focus should provide, and this is certainly some-
Sarah Bliss Assistant
Assistant Features
Features Editors
Editors But the fact that it applies to so many stu- on the problems that really do cause students thing the university seems to recognize.
Meghan Pesch
dents may lead to the perception that it is a to seek the help of the professionals there. But while it is commendable that Tufts is
Mike Adams Executive
Executive Arts
Arts Editor
Editor signature aspect of mental health screening Tufts already has a center for mental health aiming to expand them, its methods leave
on campus, and that’s not the message the — it’s called the Counseling and Mental something to be desired.
Jessica Bal Arts
Arts Editors
Editors
Grant Beighley
Sarah Cowan Don Wright
Catherine Scott
Emma Bushnell Assistant Arts Editors
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Jyll Saskin Executive Op-Ed Editor
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David Heck
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Scott Janes Assistant Sports Editor
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PRODUCTION
Marianna Bender Production Director
Emily Neger Executive
Executive Layout
Layout Editor
Editor
One hell of a hangover: Wall Street’s credit crisis
Kelsey Anderson Layout
Layout Editors
Editors by Donial Dastgir would take notice and back up their bets in life in college. That is to say, it’s very hard
Leanne Brotsky Cornell Daily Sun case something went wrong. to have fun while sober at a party where
Jennifer Iassogna
Julia Izumi As every good drunk (and investment everyone is drinking.
Amanda Nenzen It’s no surprise that as the market con- banker) knows, though, to get around this These problems apply to Wall Street, too.
Andrew Petrone tinues to dramatically fall apart, the intense system, all you need to do is change what Being reckless with money is taboo (we’re
Muhammad Qadri
Daniel Simon debate around underage drinking has qualifies as drunk. In this case, the bankers often encouraged to be prudent and frugal
Amani Smathers resurfaced. At least that’s what my organi- set overly optimistic conditions so when but rarely are so). Events like the 1929 stock
Steven Smith zational behavior professor said earlier this they fed the risk models through the com- market crash are distant enough that they’ve
Katie Tausanovitch week. Citing many regulatory failures and puters, there was no alarm even though taken on a feeling of being an improbably
Adam Raczkowski Executive
Executive Technical
Technical Manager
Manager lack of oversight, many see the crisis as a the market was getting ever closer to falling reproduced legend. And money is vital in
product of an over-eager and greedy Wall apart into the chaos we saw this week. life. You can’t buy a house, a car or drinks, for
Michael Vastola Technical
Technical Manager
Manager Street that’s gotten out of hand. Just like In other words, Wall Street tried to drink that matter, without money.
John Sotherland Executive
Executive Online
Online Editor
Editor your buddy who doesn’t know his tolerance more than it could actually handle and In order to deal with binge drinking and
and when to quit, Wall Street just needed thought that it had come up with the per- the debauchery that follows on campus,
Hena Kapadia Online
Online Editors
Editors one more drink and he would be set. fect way to hide the level of its problems. currently, 129 university presidents have
Minah Kim
Basically, the wealthier bankers on Wall Wall Street, in essence, is just like that per- signed the Amethyst Initiative, a measure
Matt Skibinski New Media Editor Street engaged in high-risk finance ven- son at the bar who’s had ten shots of vodka calling on elected officials to openly debate
New Media Editor tures without care or concern for the dan- and can barely stand while insisting to his the drinking age. By signing this measure,
Kelly Moran Webmaster gers they were creating for themselves and friends that he can take one more. the presidents have indicated that the laws
Webmaster
Caryn Horowitz Executive Copy Editor for the American public. In a post on The In that scenario, you can hear some peo- and standards governing drinking should
Executive Copy Editor New York Times’ blog “BITS,” writer Saul ple snickering in background, kind of like be scrutinized, realizing the current laws
Grace Lamb-Atkinson Copy Editors Hansel noted how Wall Street executives the way college kids do after finding out are not working. Some argue that the drink-
Michelle Hochberg Copy Editors
Ben Smith deliberately “chose to program their risk- their friend can’t remember peeing on the ing age should be lowered, while others
Christopher Snyder management systems with overly optimis- coffee table the night before because he was believe that more regulation needs to be
Elisha Sum tic assumptions and to feed them oversim- so wasted. But it doesn’t seem right to treat put in place if the drinking age is lowered.
Ricky Zimmerman
plified data. This kept them from sounding financial chaos with the same attitude. At the other end are those that advocate the
Brianna Beehler Assistant Copy Editors the alarm early enough.” As I’ve mentioned, there are a lot of drinking age should actually be raised.
Casey Burrows Assistant Copy Editors Not keeping track of their bar tab, the similarities between the issues of under- What the financial collapse ultimately
Alison Lisnow
Rachel Oldfield people on Wall Street had a lack of regula- age binge drinking and Wall Street’s chaos. tells us is that it is worth looking at the
Mary Jo Pham tory oversight in the actual lending of sub- Underage drinking is taboo, and like all current systems in place and whether
Lily Zahn prime mortgages. Still, the bankers weren’t things taboo, it becomes incredibly inter- they are achieving their desired goal. Who
completely drunk on wealth. According to esting as a result. The potential problems knows what will result in the next few
Hansel, there was some effort to ensure that come about from binge drinking are years, but it’s certainly time to reopen the
BUSINESS that bankers paid close attention to the risk sensationalized and often dramatized to debate and consider if the policies we’ve
Malcolm Charles Executive Business Director
models projected by the computers so that a point that they can seem improbable. set in motion have put us in a place we
if the model saw trouble looming, bankers Drinking is also inextricably tied to social want to be.
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Brenna Duncan Head Ad Manager
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Give Greeks the credit they deserve

On Monday, the Daily published
an editorial concerning the Greek
community (“A strong start for the
Greek system”) that was inaccurate
and misleading.
The editorial calls Chi Omega’s
“Swishes for Wishes” event a great
kickoff to the year for the Greek
community. It is important to get
across, however, that this was not
the “first event,” nor was it the
beginning of the year for the Greek
community. In fact, we began the
year with the Greek Move-In before
school had even started, as more
than a hundred Greeks came back
from summer vacation early in
order to help the new freshmen
move in. Greeks volunteered to be
stationed at every dormitory car-
rying boxes, lugging suitcases and
making the new freshmen feel at
home in their new community.
Even before the beginning of
this year, Greeks have been doing
great things at Tufts. Philanthropy
and service are not new for our
community — each Greek chap-
ter participates actively not only
in raising money for its own phil-
anthropic endeavors but also in
community service every semes-
ter. We do it not to burnish our
reputations or stroke our collective
ego but because we care about bet-
tering our community together.
Greeks go far beyond philan-
thropy, too. With the help of our
Greek director, Patrick Romero-
Aldaz, our community has been
able to take large strides in making
our actions count toward the four
major values the Greek commu-
nity stands for: leadership, service,
scholarship and brotherhood/sis-
terhood. Last year, we had our first
Inter-Greek Council (IGC) execu- Dance Marathon and LCS’ Semi- been highlighted in this publication to applaud chapters when they
tive council retreat. With only five Formal; this year, the Programming and in general was that we also cre- succeed and support them when
people present, IGC solid- ated the Greek Judiciary they struggle. We will rise together,
ified a five-year strategic that tried the chapter. and we will fall together — but we
plan and revamped the Sanctions were handed will always be united as a family.
entire council structure down by a group We are proud of Chi Omega for
for this year. Only one of Greek Swishes for Wishes — that’s why
year later, this fall, the peers who Greeks turned out in such large
executive council suspend- numbers to support the event. We’re
retreat had 18 lead- ed the proud of Sigma Nu for establishing
ers present. And sorority to the Sausagefest to raise awareness
all three councils give it the of testicular cancer. We’re proud
(the Panhellenic oppor- of Alpha Epsilon Pi for doing the
Council, the tunity to Luckiest Run on the Face of the
Inter-Fraternity improve its Earth to raise money for research to
Council and sisterhood this combat ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
the Inter- year before recruiting We’re proud of Theta Delta Chi
G r e e k again, as well as to show when the brothers have a mustache-
Council) the rest of the Tufts com- growing contest in support of cancer
were filled, munity that we as Greeks research and Theta Chi when the
as opposed to just one. We spoke Board is partnering with us to make do not condone hazing. The soror- brothers shave their heads to raise
about the goals set out a year earli- our Greek Block Party a huge suc-
cess. We also passed a resolu-
tion through the Senate stating
that, as a community, we are
working harder than ever before
to make sure we promote lead-
ership and achieve our goals
as a strengthened community. The
bottom line is this: We now have
the resources, commitment and
motivation to work together — not
just as a collection of chapters but
as a family — in order to better
ourselves, our campus and our
community.
No group is perfect, and we money
are no different in this respect. for the
Though there have been prob- American
er, added new ones and developed lems, the important thing is that we ity is still a robust, positive presence Heart Association. We’re proud of
a strategy to achieve them. We are work through them positively, togeth- in our community, and we are all Sigma Phi Epsilon, Zeta Psi, Delta
now determined to get them done. er. When a sorority was sanctioned working together to ensure that it Upsilon, ATO, Zeta Beta Tau, Alpha
Since then, in just these first this past year, that chapter and the emerges from this experience a bet- Omicron Pi and Alpha Phi for the
four weeks of school, we Greek ter and stron- money, time and energy they spend
have greatly stream- ger chapter doing great things for worthy causes
linedandstrength- than when it in addition to all the other leadership
ened com- began. their members provide on campus
munication It is unfortunate and elsewhere. We are proud of our
between the also that positive brothers and sisters — and if you
chapters and events in the Greek knew what they’ve been doing, you
IGC, held our community are report- would be too.
second semes- ed as isolated incidents These are your friends, your team-
terly president’s concerning individual mates, your hallmates and peers, and
retreat and built chapters, while nega- they are our family. We’re doing great
upon our tive occurrences things this year, and we’ve already
strong are consistently started strong.With your help and your
legacy of blamed on the support, we can be even stronger.
co-spon- entire com-
sorship and munity. We
partnering are bound Jessica Snow is Vice President of
with other together by Marketing and PR for the Inter-Greek
Tufts student groups. Last year we community received a great deal of the brotherhood and sisterhood Council and is writing on behalf of
co-sponsored the TCU Senate’s negative press. What should have between us; we will come together the Greek community.

Off the Hill | Harvard University

by Jan Zilinsky
Harvard Crimson
When my best friend told me she was
going to spend the end of August in
Maine, I suddenly felt that my resolu-
tion to monitor the two political con-
ventions was a responsible one. How
wrong I proved to be: No doubt two
weeks spent away from the mass media
would have been much more rewarding
than savoring the political landscape
as I did. The least I can do to make my
“vacation” worthwhile is to transcribe
a few of the fallacies and suspicious
statements I’ve heard in recent weeks.
Take the case of José E. Serrano
(D-N.Y.), a charismatic Congressman
from New York who said in Denver that
the Bronx is the poorest district located
in the “richest city in the world.” But
measured by personal net earnings,
New York did not even make the global
top ten last year. Did Mr. Serrano mean
to make a more modest U.S.-limited
comparison, perhaps? A 2005 Forbes
rating by the highest median house-
hold income reveals that neither New
York nor Los Angeles are among the
ten richest cities, even in the United
States. Andrew Tobias, Democratic
Truth on a diet
Party treasurer, gave a passionate
speech that could have been a high-
light of the convention. But when he
said, “In just the last eight years, the
Republicans have cut the value of the
U.S. dollar almost in half,” my neck got
another workout.
Political parties — I pray their mem-
bers know — do not set the value of the
dollar (which is a floating currency).
Presidents only appoint a Chairman
of the Federal Reserve who has (lim-
ited) control over interest rates. Those
rates influence the dollar’s value — as
does demand from abroad. In the end,
a prolonged and unsustainable trade
deficit is more to blame for the weak-
ening of American currency than any
one president.
Mr. Tobias was also one of sever-
al speakers who freely associated
Republican policies with the image of
bigwigs flying around in private or
corporate jets. Such implications made
me wonder whether these speakers
read the memoir of the candidate they
are so enthusiastically supporting. The
Democratic nominee himself does not
appear to share the outspoken belief of
many delegates that using a private jet
is shameful — in fact, there is a well-
written passage in “The Audacity of
Hope” (2006) where Sen. Barack Obama
(D-Ill.) describes just what makes fly-
ing in a private jet so enjoyable. Since
this man was offered the nomination
for president, maybe his party could
recognize with him that wealth and
vice are not synonyms.
The other convention in St. Paul,
Minn. had its own eyebrow-raising
moments. You may think equating
opposition to a war with some fanciful
will to surrender is a trick so old it must
be collecting dust away from the top
levels of American politics. If so, Sen.
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) proved you
wrong when he announced, “Barack
Obama’s campaign is built around us
losing in Iraq.” It may be a red-meat
line to the base, but this is certainly not
a fact.
Once again, the media proved their
inclination to pursue maximum read-
ership, throwing to the wind the rel-
evance and propriety of the informa-
tion they provided. But I’m used to
some outlets resisting gossip more
than others. As the Republican con-
vention started, even The New York
Times’ headlines included words like
“Family Problem,” “Palin Daughter’s
Pregnancy” and “Disclosures on Palin
Raise Questions.” Top journalists were
splitting hairs about the extent of
McCain’s knowledge about Palin — but
the only questions successfully raised
were those about the renewal of my
subscription.
Worst of all are the laughable
hypocrisies American politicos force
themselves into as they try to be all
things to all people. The panel on A. J.
Hammer’s CNN program spent more
than seven convention minutes com-
plaining about the fact that Palin’s style
is becoming a hot topic. “Isn’t it sad
that we always judge women by how
they look?” Lisa Bloom, a panelist, said,
seemingly oblivious to her own role in
the phenomenon (the bottom of the
screen read “Sarah’s Style!”).
Many journalists, when not pin-
pointing market failures, capably
supply what sells big, and politicians
know few things better than devising
and repeating popular messages. I
guess it can’t hurt to be attentive to
the news before a major change in
leadership in this country. But part of
me is sure I should have bought the
early ticket to Maine and skipped out
on the charade.

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Young roster has nearly outdone last season’s disappointing 5-8-1 performance
MEN’S SOCCER
continued from page 16
“Coach told us that we had been solid in
the first half but that we needed to add a bit of
creativity to the offense,” Schoening said. “We
were being a little bit predictable with our ball
movement.”
The second half told a different story. The
Jumbos posted nine shots — their most in
a single half this season — compared to just
one from the Pride, taking control of posses-
sion. Tufts’ first goal came in the 68th minute
when sophomore forward Alex Lach headed
the ball into the net off a cross from senior tri-
captain Peter DeGregorio. The goal was the
first of the season for Lach, who was second
on the team in goals scored during his rookie
year.
The Jumbos struck again 15 minutes later
when Schoening blasted his team-leading
third goal of the season into the right corner
of the net off an assist from sophomore for-
ward Mike Fitzgerald. Schoening credits the
entire team’s play up front with his and the
rest of the offense’s success thus far.
“None of the goals that I’ve scored have
been created on my own,” Schoening said.
“We’ve had very few unassisted goals this sea-
son. My goal today was 100 percent because
of the pass from Mike. It was a complete team
play.”
The team’s closeness off the field has paid
dividends on the field, where the squad has
shown a tendency to play as a cohesive unit
rather than as a group of individuals.
“It’s helped that we have no one go-to guy
up front or no one stalwart on defense to rely
on,” Tonelli said. “Everyone knows their role
and everyone has contributed.”
“We’ve built up a lot of trust among the
people on the field,” Schoening said. “People
are giving the ball up first knowing that they’ll
probably get it back. We’re continually play-
ing more as a team. The defense has been
absolutely lights out, and we’re building up
momentum for this weekend.”
This weekend’s contest will be the team’s
Homecoming matchup with conference rival
Bates, a team the Jumbos have beaten two
years running, including a thrilling overtime
win in Lewiston, Maine last season.
“This game means a lot,” Tonelli said.
“There are a lot of soccer alumni coming
back, which is a good feeling. But it’s still a
NESCAC game. In our conference, the bot- Andrew Morgenthaler/Tufts Daily
tom team can beat the top team in any game, Sophomore Alex Lach, who scored his first goal of the season in a 2-0 win over the Pride
so we have to be ready for a tough, physical Tuesday night on Bello Field, dribbles past a Springfield defender. Lach led the Jumbos in
game.” goals scored last season.

Jumbos take fourth out of 20 SCHEDULE | Sept. 25 - Oct. 1

Thu fri sat sun mon tue wed

at Nevins Trophy Regatta Football

vs. Bates
(H)
1 p.m.
SAILING ishes, two by Hornos and Hwa
continued from page 15 and one each from the Potts-
scoring 207 total points in 27 Kelly duo and Criezis. The vs. Bates
Field Hockey vs. Gordon
(H)
races across the three divisions. overall high finish was due to 4 p.m.
1 p.m.
The Tufts attack was led in the the Jumbos’ ability to limit the
A division by junior Tomas damage on races that were not vs. Bates
Hornos with senior tri-captain going their way: They finished Women’s at Wheaton vs. Babson
Soccer 4:30 p.m. (H)
Lara Hwa, as well as senior tri- in double digits in only 10 of 4 p.m.
12 p.m.
captain Baker Potts with senior the 27 races.
In the B division, Potts gar- vs. Bates
Men’s
nered 69 points and finished in (H)
“I was very happy third place.
Soccer
2:30 p.m.
with the finish and “I was very happy with the
at Conn.
finish and the performance, College
the performance, but but we definitely could’ve Cross Country Invite
we definitely could’ve done better,” Potts said. “We’re 12 p.m.
always trying to get better each
done better ... We’re weekend.” Volleyball
at MIT
Invitational
at MIT
Invitational
Coming up this weekend is
always trying to get the Hood Trophy regatta, one
4 p.m. 10 a.m.

better each weekend.” of Tufts’ biggest regattas of the ITA Regional ITA Regional ITA Regional
fall, held at Upper Mystic Lake. Men’s Tennis Champs. Champs. Champs. vs. Babson
9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
Baker Potts There, the Jumbos will have
senior tri-captain home-water and home-boat
advantage as well as the confi- Women’s ITA Regional ITA Regional ITA Regional
dence that they can win. Tennis Champion- Champion- Champion-
ships 9 a.m. ships 9 a.m. ships 9 a.m.
Christina Kelly in the B division “We have a very good chance
and junior Andrew Criezis in of winning,” Potts said. “We
the single-handed C division. won it pretty easily last year, **(H) =
JumboCast Football Homecoming
The Jumbos combined for and hopefully we can continue Game
a total of four first-place fin- that and do well.”

StatISTICS | Standings
Field Hockey Women's Soccer Men's Soccer Volleyball Football
(5-0, 3-0 NESCAC) (2-0-0, 2-0-0 NESCAC) (4-1-1, 1-1-0 NESCAC) (9-0, 2-0 NESCAC) (1-0, 1-0 NESCAC) NCAA Div. III Field Hockey
(Sept. 23, 2008)
NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL
L W L PF PA Points (First-place votes)
W L W L T W L T W L T W L T W T W L W L
Amherst 1 0 30 6 1. Bowdoin, 782 (29)
Bowdoin 3 0 7 0 0 Amherst 2 0 0 2 1 0 Williams 2 0 0 3 1 0 Amherst 3 0 9 1
Middlebury 1 0 42 28 2. Middlebury, 691 (2)
Tufts 3 0 5 0 0 Tufts 2 0 0 2 0 0 Middlebury 1 0 1 3 0 1 Tufts 2 0 9 0
Trinity 1 0 17 7
2 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 Wesleyan 1 0 1 2 1 1 Williams 3 1 6 6 3. TCNJ, 687 (1)
Middlebury Williams Tufts 1 0 20 14
2 0 5 0 0 1 Conn. Coll. 2 1 6 5 4. Johns Hopkins, 678 (5)
Trinity Colby 1 1 0 4 1 0 Amherst 1 1 0 3 0 Williams 1 0 28 0
Middlebury 2 1 4 3 5. Messiah, 627 (1)
Amherst 2 1 3 1 0 Middlebury 1 1 0 2 3 2 Colby 1 1 0 2 2 0 Bates 0 1 7 17
Wesleyan 2 1 7 3 6. Ursinus, 523 (1)
Williams 1 1 3 2 0 Bowdoin 0 1 1 1 1 2 Conn. Coll. 1 1 0 1 2 0 Bowdoin 0 1 28 42
Trinity 1 2 5 5 7. Rowan, 507 (1)
Colby 0 2 2 3 0 Wesleyan 0 1 1 2 1 1 Trinity 1 1 0 4 1 0 Colby 0 1 0 28
Colby 0 1 4 3
0 3 2 4 0 1 0 4 1 1 Hamilton 0 1 6 30 8. Lebanon Valley, 491
Bates Conn. Coll 0 1 0 2 1 0 Tufts 1 Bates 0 2 3 6
2 Wesleyan 0 1 14 20 9. Salisbury, 490 (1)
Conn. Coll 0 3 1 4 0 Trinity 0 1 0 4 1 0 Bates 0 2 0 1 0 Bowdoin 0 2 6 3
0 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 Bowdoin 0 2 0 1 3 0 Hamilton 0 4 5 8 10. Tufts, 445
Wesleyan Bates

G A Pts G A Pts G A Pts Offensive Kills SA Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD N.E. Div. III Women's
T. Brown 10 1 21 C. Cadigan 2 0 4 D. Schoening 3 1 7 C. Updike 62 3 W. Forde 27 133 4.9 2 Soccer
A. VonPutt- R. Coleman 2 1 5 S. Filocco 59 9 D. Ferguson 6 63 10.5 0 (Sept. 23, 2008)
M. Kelly 5 1 11 K. Anderson 7 33 4.7 0
A. Russo 3 5 11 kammer 1 0 2 M. Fitzgerald 1 1 3 B. Helgeson 54 1 1. Williams
D. Joyce-Mendive 54 0 2. Wheaton
B. Holiday 2 1 5 F. Gamal 0 1 1 A. Lach 1 1 3 L. Nicholas 43 0 Passing Pct. Yds TD INT
M. Burke 2 0 4 L. O’Connor 0 1 1 P. Doherty 1 0 2 K. Denniston 41 10 A. Fucillo 50.0 178 1 0 3. Western Conn. State
L. Griffith 2 0 4 S. Nolet 0 0 0 B. Green 1 0 2 D. Feiger 21 8 4. Tufts
I. Lewnard 2 0 4 J. Love-Nichols 0 0 0 N. Muakkassa 0 1 1 Receiving No. Yds Avg. TD 5. Springfield
M. Scholtes 1 1 3 A. Maxwell 0 0 0 C. Flaherty 0 1 1 Defensive B Digs S. Black 5 84 16.8 0
S. Cusano 2 42 21.0 0 6. Amherst
M. Kutcher 1 1 3 C. Hirsch 0 0 0 P. DeGregorio 0 1 1 N. Goldstein 0 132
C. Spieler 2 86 7. Eastern Conn. State
S. Filocco 8 83 Defense Tack INT Sack 8. Bowdoin
Goalkeeping GA S S% Goalkeeping GA S S% Goalkeeping GA S S% R. Crisco 10.0 0 0
D. Feiger 8 75 9. Colby
M. Zak 1 5 .833 H. Jacobs 0 1 1.00 D. McKeon 3 28 .903 M. Ripecky 0 75 A. Perry 6.0 0 0
K. Hyder 2 3 .600 K. Minnehan 0 0 P. Tonelli 0 4 1.00 J. Lechleiter 4.0 0 0 10. Salem State
D. Joyce-Mendive 5 20
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131
The number of shots the field hockey
team has fired off in just five games
this season. The Jumbos have scored
Domestic Politics on 29 of those shots, which means
they’ve notched more goals than
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The number of players named “Tiger
Woods” the U.S. needed to win the
Ryder Cup for the first time since
1999. Despite competing without
the world’s best player, the U.S.

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their opponents have attempted
against them (23) this year. The team
has won four of its five games by a
margin of at least five goals.
team defeated Europe 16.5-11.5, its
largest margin of victory since 1981.
Woods is out for the remainder of
the season with a torn ACL.

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Majority and Minority Leader, Candidate for The number of rushing yards ac-
President in 1988 and 2004 cumulated by the football team
in a 20-14 win over Wesleyan on
Thursday, September 25, Noon-1:15 Saturday. That’s the highest mark
the Jumbos have reached since they
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against Bates on Oct. 9, 2004. The
Jumbos will look for a repeat perfor-
mance this weekend when they take
on the Bobcats in their Homecoming
game.
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1.000
The save percentage of the
women’s soccer goalie tandem of
junior Kate Minnehan and sopho-
more Hannah Jacobs. The two have
combined for one total save, as
Tufts has allowed only a single shot
on goal in its first two games of the
season, blanking both conference
opponents. Shutouts are nothing
new to the Jumbos, who recorded
seven in 18 games last year.
The number of World Series games
played in Yankee Stadium. The sta-
dium saw 37 of the 85 World Series
that took place during its existence,
with the Yankees winning 26 of
them. With 161 playoff games to its
name, Yankee Stadium has hosted
more postseason contests than any
other stadium in baseball history.
67
The number of passing attempts by
Brian Griese of the Tampa Bay Bucca-
neers in an overtime win against the
Chicago Bears on Sunday, which set
a franchise record and fell just three
attempts short of the NFL record.
Griese, who this week supplanted
Jeff Garcia as the Bucs’ starter, tallied
407 yards and two touchdowns (but
also threw three interceptions in the
game).

Team puts record on line against

New England rival tomorrow
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NESCAC standings. Tuesday,
however, the Jumbos came
out of the gate slowly in the
Your community service could equal a first set, falling behind 17-15
before rolling off a six-point
Jumbos’ team assists in addi-
tion to tying for a team-high 23
digs and recording three kills
in only five attempts. Joyce-
Mendive’s 17 kills were the
most recorded by a Tufts hitter
this year, but she credited her

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In the second, Tufts built up
a seven-point lead, then cap-
tured the set 25-21. The Judges
rallied back in the third, taking
leads of 9-2 and 20-12. But the
Jumbos rallied late to push the
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anthony.dematteo@tufts.edu or 7-2811 “Our serve receive-pass-
ing was doing really well,”
Goldstein said. “It let [junior
Dena Feiger] set outside and
in the middle. Consistent serve
receive-passing helps us take
control of games. Plus, we were
serving tough against them,
which takes them out of their
offense and comfort zone.”
Feiger continued her recent
strong play, tallying all 42 of the
performance to Feiger.
“I don’t think I played that
well, but great passing lets
us get good sets from Dena,
which always helps,” Joyce-
Mendive said. “Dena runs the
offense and is always on the
court. She makes sure we keep
our focus.”
Brandeis was led by soph-
omore twin sisters Paige and
Abby Blasco. Paige finished with
12 kills and 15 digs while Abby
posted 32 assists and 24 digs.
Tufts will put its undefeated
record on the line tomorrow
in the opening leg of the MIT
Invitational. The Jumbos will
face Colby and the winner of
Wellesley versus Vassar before
traveling to MIT, which defeated
Tufts three times last season.
“It’s such a good feeling to
be undefeated,” Joyce-Mendive
said. “Last year, we were kind
of underdogs all year when
we started 0-4. But this year,
from the beginning it’s been
great. We just want to keep our
winning streak alive. We have
Wellesley, a team that’s been
winning a lot against good New
England schools, so hopefully
we beat them. The key is to stay
mentally strong.”
“This weekend is going to
be very exciting,” Goldstein
said. “MIT is a huge rival. Last
year when we went to the MIT
tournament, we made it to the
finals, and they beat us. So
this year, we really want to get
some revenge.”
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Sailing David Heck | The Sauce

Sailing team posts disappointing 13th-place Oh Captain,

finish at weekend Hatch Brown Intersectional My Captain
Philip Dear responsive Larks in Tufts’ boathouse get to the front than to be in the front

“
by
Daily Editorial Board on Upper Mystic Lake, the FJs in which and stay there … if you put yourself For all of us up here, it’s a huge
the Jumbos sailed at the Hatch Brown in the doghouse early, it’s hard to get honor to put this uniform on
The sailing team just couldn’t find regatta are shorter and heavier and out.” everyday and come out here and
its rhythm during the weekend’s Hatch have less sail area. This difference Looking at the scores, Tufts’ final play. And every member of this
Brown Intersectional on the Charles seemed to affect the Jumbos more than result wasn’t what it had hoped it would organization, past and present, has been
River. they anticipated. be, but both Altreuter and Rosenberg calling this place home for 85 years.
The Jumbos’ struggles were largely “I was having a bit of trouble at the acknowledged the improvement seen There’s a lot of tradition, a lot of history,
due to the combination of difficult beginning,” Altreuter said. “I was feel- in the second day of racing as con- and a lot of memories.” — Derek Jeter
conditions on the river, different boats ing slow.” ditions improved and comfort levels Excuse me for a minute, my spine is
and stiff competition. As a result, Tufts In a sailing race, the start makes all rose. shuddering uncontrollably … What, too
was unable to get good momentum off the difference. Particularly in inconsis- “We started improving at the end of corny?
the starting line, leaving it deep in the tent, light-air conditions, it is a tough the day [on Saturday] and were able to Not to me. Maybe Jeter’s speech wasn’t
fleet and with considerable ground to task to build up any momentum in carry it into Sunday,” Altreuter said. on par with Lou Gehrig’s farewell — what
make up early in the races. order to come from behind. The numbers appear to agree: In could be? But man, it was moving.
In the end, this proved too steep a Practicing in their Larks, the Jumbos five of the first seven races, at least I was there, sitting at field level a few
task, as the Jumbos finished 13th out are able to get aggressive at the starts, two of the three Tufts boats finished in rows from left, and let me tell you this:
of 18 teams, accumulating 373 points but in new boats with a different feel, double digits, as compared to only two The most exciting part of the night was
in 36 combined races between three this strategy didn’t produce the same of the last five races Sunday. In the first not seeing some guys dressed up as Babe
divisions. results. seven, only twice did a Jumbo boat fin- Ruth and Lou Gehrig, nor was it seeing
“We didn’t do very well,” junior Nate “I tweaked my starting strategy ish in the top five, including a win from the team unveil an old pennant flag, nor
Rosenberg said. “We were all getting to make it a bit more conservative,” Bermudez in the A division, whereas was it watching Brett Gardner score the
back into the flow of FJs … we were Altreuter said. in the final five races, there were seven last run ever at Yankee Stadium. It was
shaking off the dust.” Likewise, Rosenberg, in his first top-five finishes, including one race in witnessing a composed but teary-eyed
Rosenberg sailed in the C division career intersectional as a skipper, which all three fielded boats finished Jeter deliver his farewell to the House that
along with senior Meredith Groff as noted that his starting is the most in the top five. Ruth Built.
crew, while senior Peter Bermudez prominent element of his sailing that Meanwhile, at the Nevins Trophy Everyone was captivated by it. The
and junior Jennifer Watkins sailed needs improvement. regatta at Kings Point, the Jumbos put entire night built up to it. The fans knew
the A division and senior tri-captain “A problem was learning to accel- in a strong effort to come away with that that speech, not Jose Molina’s final
Dan Altreuter and sophomore Sarah erate properly off the starting line to a fourth-place finish out of 20 teams, home run, was the historic moment of
Carnahan sailed the B. keep up with the more experienced the night. That’s what you were going to
In contrast to the light, fast and sailors,” Rosenberg said. “It’s harder to see SAILING, page 13 tell your kids about.
As Jeter started to walk from third up
the left field line, waving goodbye to all
Former Jumbo goes from amateur to national champion the fans, nobody could take their eyes
off him. I’m not using hyperbole. Every
TOOMEY cess to her relationship with renowned nap and you go right back at it. You eye in the stadium was on Jeter. I didn’t
continued from page 16 running coach Tom McDermott. need the mentality that you can do even notice that there were other Yankees
But there aren’t too many national “I found a really famous teacher anything. The reality is that you’re walking with him until he reached the
champions in any line of competition in Coach McDermott,” Toomey said. competing against people who are as foul pole.
who begin their illustrious careers “Within a year he helped me get to talented, if not more talented, than Nobody cared about Giambi and his
on a wager — which is exactly how the point where I was able to qualify you.” ridiculous mustache; he almost looked
Toomey began hers. for the Olympic trials. Although I was After all of her success, Toomey has like he didn’t belong. Nobody cared that
“One of my co-workers at my day nowhere near being the most talented finally returned to working a day job. Alex Rodriguez may go down as the best
job bet me $100 to run the Boston in the country, I still had enough skill And despite returning to normal life, player ever to wear the Yankee pinstripes.
Marathon,” Toomey said. “After some and focus that I was able to leave my Toomey still finds a similar inspira- And it got me wondering.
convincing, I decided I would. So I ran day job and go for it.” tion in everyday life. I love Derek Jeter. But why? Why do I
as a bandit with all the crazy people It wasn’t an easy road to the top “When I’ve helped coach younger love this man?
in the back who weren’t registered to for Toomey, and she will be the first athletes, I get the chance to see some He’s obviously won the rings. And he’s
run, but I actually finished the race.” to say that. Throughout her whole really cool moments — moments when definitely made the plays, like the under-
Toomey didn’t start her competitive career she has dealt with more expe- the young runners finish way above handed flip, or the home run past mid-
running career until she was 25 years rienced runners, forcing her to com- what you would think is possible,” night on Nov. 1, 2001, or that dive into the
old, well after her departure from the mit that much more attention and she said. “When you see those special stands against the Red Sox.
Hill. After competing cross country determination to the sport. moments, that’s inspiration to me. He says all the right things, he’s never
as a freshman in high school, Toomey “You have to be so focused on the You can find those little moments in used an injury as an excuse and he’s
turned to diving for the remainder of task at hand; you have to eat, sleep anyone in your life, and those are the always claimed to care only about win-
her academic career. But after running and breathe running,” Toomey said. types of things that are really few and ning, even when he was an MVP candi-
the marathon, the rest was history. “Everything is so intense: You wake far between. When you find those, date.
Toomey attributes much of her suc- up, you go for a run, you take a you find the greatness in everyone.” But there’s another reason that Jeter is
a Yankee legend: because he always has
been, and always will be, a Yankee.
Games of the Week How many other great players from
this age have played with just one team?
There’s Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell
looking back (sept. 21) | Final Game at Yankee Stadium with the Astros. Chipper Jones and John
Smoltz will probably be a couple more.
The Bronx Bombers put on their Sunday best as they said farewell to the baseball cathedral on And Trevor Hoffman is another. But that’s
Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. pretty much it.
Johnny Damon and Jose Molina each bopped home runs and Andy Pettitte led the way with his People complain about loyalty and
2,000th career strikeout as the Yankees took down the O’s 7-3 in Yankee Stadium’s final contest. sports these days, but too often it’s in
Herds of Yankee greats flooded the field during a pregame ceremony that did its best to pay hom- reference to the player and not the team.
age to one of baseball’s national monuments. Yogi Berra, Reggie “Mr. October” Jackson and recent Red Sox fans all hate Johnny Damon for
retiree Bernie Williams donned the pinstripes and took one last walk around the hallowed Yankee joining the Yanks, but the Red Sox as an
Stadium turf before the lights were turned out for the final time. organization aren’t angels. Who does Trot
It wasn’t all hugs and kisses, however, as the Yankee faithful still clung to hopes of another dose Nixon play for these days? Where was
of Yankee playoff magic late into Tuesday night. Following Sunday night’s defeat of Baltimore, the Nomar Garciaparra during that magical
Yankees still mathematically remained within reach of catching the wild card-leading Boston Red Sox. World Series run in 2004?
And despite a Red Sox loss on Monday night, the Yankees’ last glimmer of hope vanished as the Sox In New York, if you play well, not only
kicked aside Cy Young shoo-in Cliff Lee Tuesday night and sealed the Yankees’ 2008 fate. will you be loved, but also rewarded. The
Yankees understand that loyalty is a two-
way street, and so do the fans. That’s why
MCT the greatest closer of all time has only
played for one team. That’s why, at age
36, Jorge Posada got a four-year contract
— and nobody was angry. That’s why,
looking ahead (sept. 27) | homecoming Saturday vs. Bates while Paul O’Neill, Tino Martinez, Scott
Brosius and Bernie Williams all received
Ah, Homecoming. loud applause on Sunday, one man got a
With four teams — field hockey, football and men’s and women’s soccer — in home action Saturday 10-minute standing ovation.
afternoon and a victim already selected (the Bates Bobcats), there’s ample space to spread the Jumbo spirit And that’s why Jeter is The Captain:
around. Once more, none of Bates’ four squads have posted a single NESCAC win this season, which ought He’s always been there, whether celebrat-
to herald a thrashing on all fronts courtesy of the currently streaking Jumbos, who are a collective 7-1 thus ing a World Series win or consoling us as
far in conference play. we close our home.
The women’s soccer team, fresh off its upset win over nationally ranked No. 8 Wheaton and riding a Years ago, when A-Rod first came to
three-game winning streak, kicks things off when it takes Kraft Field at noon for the first contest of the day the Yankees, there was a lot of discussion
against the cellar-dwelling Bobcats. Both the field hockey and football teams follow with games at 1 p.m., about what a “true” Yankee was. Did you
and men’s soccer rounds out Homecoming play with its game at 2:30 p.m. have to play well? Win a championship?
The trifling play of Bates so far this season aside, history is also on Tufts’ side: The Bobcats visited the Hill No; Donnie Baseball never won anything.
two years ago for Homecoming 2006 and came up empty-handed as all four Jumbo teams emerged victori- There’s only one requirement to be a true
ous. That fall afternoon saw the field hockey team outlast the Bobcats 3-2 after three overtime periods, the Yankee: be only a Yankee.
football team capture its 21st consecutive win against Bates 21-12, the men’s soccer team score two in the
second half to win 2-0 and the women’s soccer squad edge the Bobcats 1-0.
See tomorrow’s Daily for our Homecoming preview. David Heck is a junior majoring in phi-
losophy. He can be reached at David.Heck@
tufts.edu.

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Volleyball
Jumbos advance to perfect 9-0
in Tuesday battle against Judges
by Jeremy Greenhouse
Senior Staff Writer
The undefeated volleyball team faced
its toughest challenge yet on Tuesday
night but ultimately prevailed with
VOLLEYBALL
(9-0, 2-0 NESCAC)
Cousens Gymnasium, Tuesday
Brandeis 22 21 29 23 — 1
Tufts 25 25 27 25 — 3
a 3-1 victory over the Brandeis Judges
in Cousens Gym. With the win, Tufts
improved to 9-0 and handed the visiting
Judges their second loss of the season.
The Jumbos had already beaten reign-
ing NESCAC champion Williams in an
early season tournament, but Brandeis,
the defending ECAC champion, entered
the match at 8-1, the best record of any of
Tufts’ opponents to date.
Last year, Tufts beat Brandeis twice
by a score of 3-1, with then-freshman
Dawson Joyce-Mendive tallying 21 kills
in a contest that ended the Judges’ 17
home-match winning streak. This time,
Joyce-Mendive followed up with a similar
performance, recording 17 kills to help
Tufts to its seventh consecutive win in the
head-to-head series.
“It was a really big game for us, and
we kept our composure,” Joyce-Mendive
said. “This and the Williams matches
were our two biggest wins. Williams won
the NESCAC, and last year we went to
Brandeis and shut down their winning
streak, so they wanted to do the same
to us. They’ve got a good team, but we
pulled it out.”
Last weekend, the Jumbos won their
first two conference matches and cur-
rently trail only 3-0 Amherst in the
see VOLLEYBALL, page 14
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Jumbos tame No. 8
Lyons in 2-0 upset
on the road
For the first time since 2005, Tufts
derailed the regional powerhouse
Wheaton Lyons, ranked second in
the region, yesterday afternoon by a
score of 2-0.
The win, which broke a series of
frustrating losses to Wheaton and
preserved the Jumbos’ spotless 3-0
season record, ended a six-game win-
ning streak for the Lyons, who were
8-1 prior to yesterday’s contest.
Tufts, currently ranked fourth in
New England, turned the tables on
nationally-ranked No. 8 Wheaton,
which has shut the team out the
past two seasons. This time, the
Jumbos held off an offense that
has posted 16 goals in its last four
games alone. Tufts has yet to give
up a goal this season.
Tufts got the scoring started in the
42nd minute when sophomore Sarah
Nolet sailed a free kick into the upper-
right corner of the goal, which would
put Tufts on top for good. Junior
tri-captain Cara Cadigan added an
insurance tally with four minutes to
go, bringing her season total to a
team-high three goals. Junior Kate
Minnehan and sophomore Hannah
Jacobs combined for the shutout.
See tomorrow’s Daily for further
coverage.
—by Carly Helfand
Sports
tuftsdaily.com
Senior Maya Ripecky launches a serve during Tuesday night’s contest against the Brandeis
Judges. Tufts fought the Judges throughout the contest before emerging victorious 3-1
in Cousens Gym.
Alumni Profile
Athletics Department will honor graduate
and former track star Toomey tomorrow
by Scott Janes
Daily Editorial Board
Tomorrow night, as the Athletics
Department officially launches
Homecoming festivities with its
Annual Awards Ceremony, Tufts alum
and three-time USA national cham-
pion runner Jennifer Toomey (LA ’94)
will find herself the recipient, not of
a gold medal or another national title,
but instead the Tufts University 2008
Distinguished Achievement Award.
Following in the footsteps of fel-
low New England sports greats such
as New England Patriots owner Bob
Kraft, legendary Celtics coach Red
Auerbach and Olympic medalists Joan
Benoit-Samuelson and Nancy Kerrigan,
Toomey was humbled and honored
to learn that she will be receiving the
highly prestigious award in a ceremony
to be held in Cohen Auditorium.
“It’s really amazing,” Toomey said.
“I was stunned when [Tufts Athletic
Director] Bill [Gehling] asked me if I
would accept the award. I was really
just shocked.
In 2004, Toomey became the first U.S.
athlete in history to win the national
championship in both the 800- and
1500-meter events in the same year.
One year later, she posted her third
national championship with another
top finish in the 1500-meter race. She
was also a member of three world cham-
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pionship teams, with a fourth-place
showing in the 800-meter run at the
2004 World Indoor Championships.
“It sounds slightly odd to say, but
I’ve never really felt like my accom-
plishments were that important,”
Toomey said. “Probably because run-
ning is more of a personal thing, but I
really couldn’t believe it. When I look
at [past award recipients], I see some-
thing so great; I have a lot of respect
for them. I feel very fortunate to have
been named the recipient for this year’s
Distinguished Achievement Award.”
Both local alumni and award com-
mittee members submitted nomina-
tions for the award to Gehling. After
discussing the DAA finalists with his
fellow committee members, Gehling
made the final selection.
He noted that Toomey was most
deserving of this year’s award due to
her significant accomplishments on
the track, her close Tufts connection
and her unique story.
“Obviously she’s won multiple
national championships and she’s a
Tufts alum, but the great part about
her story is that she didn’t really start
running until her mid 20s,” Gehling
said. “The last time she ran track was
ninth grade in high school. Within five
or six years, she had become a national
champion.”
see TOOMEY, page 15
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Men’s Soccer
Night fight: Tufts
downs Springfield
2-0 in evening play
by Noah Schumer
Daily Editorial Board
On the heels of a 2-1 victory over NESCAC
rival Conn. College on Saturday, Tufts defeat-
ed the Springfield College Pride 2-0 Tuesday
MEN’S SOCCER
(4-1-1, 1-1-0 NESCAC)
Bello Field, Tuesday
Springfield 0 0 — 0
Tufts 0 2 — 2
on Bello Field. With the win — which extend-
ed the Jumbos’ undefeated streak to three
games — they improved to 4-1-1 overall, their
best record through six games since 1999.
After its veteran roster severely underper-
formed in 2007, Tufts, in what was thought to
be a rebuilding year, has turned it around and
already exceeded last year’s squad. The team
has displayed tremendous balance, collect-
ing four shutouts in six matches while also
improving its goals per game average from
1.29 last season to 1.50 this year.
“There’s something to be said for coming
into a season with nothing to lose,” junior
forward Dan Schoening said. “We haven’t had
seniors grilling us that this is their last year.
There’s been more of a feeling that this season
will be what we make of it and that the sky is
the limit.”
Despite riding into Tuesday night’s game
on a high from the win against the Camels —
the team that ended their hopes of a NESCAC
tournament berth in 2007 — the Jumbos
got off to a tepid start against the Pride.
Springfield outshot Tufts 6-3 in the first half,
forcing junior goalkeeper Pat Tonelli, who was
making his first start of the season in place of
senior tri-captain Dave McKeon, to make four
key saves in order to keep the contest score-
less heading into the break.
At halftime, coach Ralph Ferrigno stressed
the importance of being more aggressive
offensively.
see MEN’S SOCCER, page 13
courtesy Jennifer Toomey
The Athletics Department will award alum
Jennifer Toomey (LA ’94) with the Distinguished
Athlete Award tomorrow night.