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Tufts Trustee Deb Jospin (LA ’80) will receive this year’s Light on the Hill Award in April, in recognition of her continuing outstanding impact on the Tufts community. Jospin epitomizes Tufts’ values through her accomplishments as a Tufts alumna, including her service on the Board of Trustees and her work on President Barack Obama’s transition team, Tufts Community Union (TCU) President Duncan Pickard told the Daily. Every year, the TCU Senate chooses an alum as a recipient for the Light on the Hill Award — the highest honor that the under-graduate student body bestows on Tufts alumni. “We are honored to invite Ms. Jospin back to campus to receive this award,” Pickard said in a press release. “Her career and success in public service make her a great example of the kind

of Tufts alumni I’m proud to look up to.” Jospin, who told the Daily she was “surprised, thrilled and hon-ored” to receive the award, has made substantial efforts to give back to the Tufts community.

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tufts trustee Deb jospin (La ‘80) will receive this year’s Light on the Hill award.

Posters that were put up last week over an on-campus mural with messages that many inter-preted as deriding the queer community have provoked just what the student who posted them wanted: discussion. The postings came about as a result of a project in an Experimental College course on performance art. Since their discovery and partial removal last Tuesday, they have sparked a Tufts University Police Department report and an inves-tigation by Office of the Dean of Student Affairs. They have also provoked ongoing dialogue over free speech, the institution of marriage and about how the greater Tufts community engag-es and views issues pertaining to social justice. The posters, which conveyed messages disparaging gay mar-riage displayed over photo-

graphs of a penis and of a naked man with a sex toy, were part of a bigger collection of an ExCollege class’ work posted on top of a mural that the artist Shepard Fairey put up on Jan. 24 next to the Jumbo Express convenience store at the campus center. The other posters attacked subjects ranging from Israel to President Barack Obama. Milan Kohout, a perfor-mance artist and the lecturer who teaches the class “Guerilla Performance Art and Politics,” asked students to design politi-cal posters and floated the idea of placing them over a mural. “Students had the assignment to create political posters in the sort of similar game of Shepard Fairey,” said Kohout, who called Fairey a “hypocrite” who has sold himself out. “I asked them to cre-ate posters that would use the principle of freedom of speech … I didn’t censor the expression of my students at all because I believe that it is actually the uni-

versity ground which should … nurture the principle of freedom of speech.” An individual who said he was a gay student told the Daily last week that he put up the gay marriage-related post-ers with the intention of pro-moting discussion about the general concept of marriage. The person, who requested anonymity, said he did not aim to offend anyone. Bias Education and Awareness Team (BEAT Bias), an on-cam-pus group that promotes issues of dialogue and tolerance, held an open meeting yesterday for those affected by the gay mar-riage postings. Attendance at the meeting, co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, the LGBT Center and Tufts Hillel, largely consisted of administrators and BEAT Bias members, though. The group of about 15 dis-

President Barack Obama’s announce-ment last week of his intention to nominate Tufts professor Kathleen Merrigan to the No. 2 position at the United States Department of Argiculture (USDA) has been met with praise from colleagues and outside experts in the field. Before beginning her new position as U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary, Merrigan must be formally nominated and then con-firmed by the Senate. If confirmed, Merrigan will oversee over 1,000 USDA employees and supervise a multitude of topics, from the future of the world food supply and the childhood obesity epidemic to agricultural subsidies and food imports and exports, according to Jeanne Goldberg, director of the Tufts Center on Nutrition Communication at the Friedman School. Merrigan has declined to comment publicly until after her Senate confirma-tion hearing. The White House has not yet set dates for her formal nomination and

Senate confirmation. “As recently as last Friday, [Merrigan] didn’t know when it was going to be,” Goldberg said of the Senate confirmation. Merrigan currently serves as the direc-tor of the Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment as well as the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at Tufts’ Friedman School but will leave her position at Tufts to work full time at the USDA if she is confirmed, according to Goldberg. “I think that her vision for the future of agriculture both in the U.S. and around the world is really on target,” Goldberg said. “Our loss is the USDA’s gain.” Goldberg emphasized Merrigan’s experience in politics as one of her qualifications for the deputy agriculture secretary position. “She really understands policy and how policy gets made in Washington,” she said. “She has huge experience with working with Congress. She’s worked in the Department of Agriculture before at a high level, so she knows her way around. She will hit

Amid instability in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, two Tufts professors grap-pled last night over the issue of the moral and political feasibility of military intervention in con-flicts of genocide. Antonia Chayes, visiting profes-sor of International Politics and Law at the Fletcher School and Professor of Sociology Paul Joseph, director of the Peace and Justice Studies program, took opposing sides on whether the United States should uphold the Responsibility

to Protect (R2P) in an ongoing genocide. R2P is a recently created concept relaying the commitment of the international community to intervene in grave foreign cri-ses, such as genocide and crimes against humanity. Beginning the debate, which was held in Braker Hall, Joseph made his case in favor of military intervention. He cited the ongoing brutality in Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has lasted for years, as a conflict that may not fall into the technical definition of genocide, but still merits the need for intervention. “When I read this, not only the

scale of the numbers of sexual vio-lence or killing on a massive scale, but the individual concrete quotes that tell us the exact costs, the bile rises in my throat,” Joseph said. “To be aware of this and do noth-ing about it is not only injurious to the fabric of the world, to this thing called global community … In the end, it’s a violation of ourselves.” Chayes, who is also the chair of the Project on International Institutions and Conflict Management at the Harvard Law School, diverged from Joseph’s moral perspective and said that

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Professors tackle genocide intervention in debateby AlexAndrA bogus

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Jospin to receive awardby TessA gellerson

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Obama’s selection of Tufts professor met with praise

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Posters spark discussionby ben giTTlesonDaily Editorial Board

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professor of sociology paul joseph, director of the peace and justice studies program, argued in favor of military intervention in the face of genocide, in a debate in Braker Hall last night.

after speaking yesterday to a political sci-ence class, former massachusetts gov. jane swift met with the Daily to discuss the Bay state’s response to the financial crisis. swift said she is concerned that the billions in federal stimulus money that will flow into the state will create a dependence that will plague politicians in the future. “i just am fearful that the appetite we are building for federal funds just isn’t sustainable,” she told the Daily. “i

worry [about] in the long-term how we’re going to pay for it all.” swift, a republican and the state’s only female governor to date, occupied the corner office between 2001 and 2003. she was on campus for the political science seminar “topics in american politics: politics of Local government,” which is taught by for-mer state senate president tom Birmingham.

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the deck running. She certainly understands issues that are criti-cal to our food supply.” Other agriculture specialists and sustainable farming advo-cates reiterated Merrigan’s experi-ence in policymaking. “She’s a very bright profes-sional person who obviously has worked extensively in agriculture throughout her career, and I think that experience will be valuable in the position as deputy secretary,” National Farmers Union President Tom Buis told the Daily. Buis noted that Merrigan’s objectivity distinguished her work in the USDA. “When she worked at the Department of Agriculture under the Clinton administration, she did a lot of stuff under the marketing pro-gram of the USDA, and I always thought she did a very good job of balancing the demands and listening to the viewpoints of all the players,” he said. David Murphy, founder and director of Food Democracy Now, praised Merrigan’s work in “pro-moting sustainability and family farmers” as well as her policymak-ing background. “She was very instrumental in writing the national organi-zational standards as a staffer for [Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)], and she’s gone on and had a really remarkable career when you look at it, at Tufts and beyond Tufts,” Murphy told the Daily. “She’s got a great track record. I think she’s a really top-level choice for them. And she’s a really fair-minded candidate … I think that [Merrigan’s] background will allow her to design more creative solutions rather than the standard can-didate that has been chosen for that job.” Goldberg also spoke highly of Merrigan’s personal qualities. “She is a compassionate and insightful person, so her per-sonal characteristics will hugely

contribute toward who she is what she will be able to accom-plish,” she said. Before coming to Tufts in 2001, Merrigan held various policy-making positions on the state, federal and international levels. She administered the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service between 1999 and 2001 and served as an aide to Leahy from 1987 to 1992, during the period that the senator chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Merrigan, an expert on organic farming and sustain-ability, helped draft legislation

that defined organic food and established which products can be marketed as organic during her time in the Capitol. She also served as an expert consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1998 and 2008, a senior analyst to the Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture between 1994 and 1999 and a special assistant to the Texas Department of Agriculture from 1986 to 1987. Merrigan earned her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in public policy and environmental planning in 2000.

“I work really hard in helping Tufts graduates get internships in their first jobs in the non-profit public sector,” she said, noting her work as president of the Daniel A. Dutko Memorial Foundation. The foundation, created to commemorate her late husband, helps a number of Tufts graduates who have demonstrated clear interest in public policy and management find jobs in Washington. Jospin, who directed AmeriCorps between 1997 and 2001, now heads a consulting firm she co-founded called sagawa/jospin, which advises nonprofits, corporations and foundations. She chairs the board of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and was elected to the Tufts Board of Trustees in 2002. After graduating from Tufts, Jospin studied at the London School of Economics, where she received a master’s degree in public policy in 1983. She earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1989 and began working at the Corporation for National Service, now known as the Corporation for National and Community Service, in 1993. President Bill Clinton appointed Jospin the director of AmeriCorps in 1997, a position she held until 2001. Jospin con-tinues to be actively involved

with AmeriCorps through her involvement with Sports4Kids, an AmeriCorps program. Jospin, who co-authored “The Charismatic Organization,” a book offering advice and insight into the business and the non-profit worlds, encouraged stu-dents to engage in public ser-vice and nonprofit work despite the economic crisis. “Don’t dismiss the plethora of service opportunities that are out there,” she said. “I would encourage people to use as much social networking as they can … really casting a much wider net and being open to possibilities that they may not have considered before.” She further advised students to show versatility when apply-ing for their first job in the face of an increasingly competitive applicant pool. “Don’t be embarrassed to say, ‘I am not only an engineer but I’m bilingual,’” she said. “Give people the full flavor of who you are.” Jospin will address the Tufts community on Apr. 22 in the Coolidge Room of Ballou Hall, when she receives the award. Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler (A ’77) received the Light on the Hill Award last year. Other previous recipients include actor Peter Gallagher (A ’77), actor Hank Azaria (LA ’85), former NBC News President Neal Shapiro (LA ’80) and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (A ’70, F ’71).

R2P called for the United States to follow a legal route to mili-tary action involving the inter-national community. “I absolutely don’t agree with Professor Joseph,” she said. “If you think of Rwanda and 1 mil-lion people killed, I don’t have any problem with the use of force to prevent that killing … but inter-national legal action is by far the best route.” Chayes cautioned the United States against intervening in another country, having armed forces already “strung out” in Afghanistan and Iraq, without multilateral support and inter-national legal backing. “The situation that we’re likely to face is that the United States is practically constrained, may be politically constrained domestical-ly, and even if it’s morally commit-ted to stopping genocide, the rest of the world is reluctant,” she said. The best solution, Chayes said, was for the United States to approach the U.N. Security Council to obtain a resolution that autho-rizes the use of force. Joseph agreed that the United States had “substantial commit-ments” and added that the call to respond to genocide and egregious humanitarian conflicts has been made increasingly difficult in light of a poor economy. Still, he contended that the authority to act surpassed the United Nations and the Security Council. “The U.S. may not have an interest in most places to inter-vene,” Joseph said, “but I like to think our national interest is best served by making good on our promise to protect.” Chayes said that R2P was weak in outlining the proper protocol if the international community is reluctant to act, even if a resolution is passed. “The issue to me is not the issue

of genocide but how the inter-national community goes about responding,” she said. “In the first instance, I’d say go the legal route. It has the most legitimacy, but the dilemma is that’s very hard to attain. The issue we all have to grapple with is what happens in a situation where that legal route is blocked.” Joseph proposed that the global community build up resources to bolster R2P, including a “re-edu-cated” media to better inform the public about international conflicts and an international peacekeep-ing force that was better trained in police-keeping than in exercising military might. Both Chayes and Joseph agreed that prevention is the key to avert-ing conflict. Chayes said that a multilateral “standby rapid-reaction force” should be created to preempt humanitarian conflict before it worsens. “In the event that a genocide should happen, then at least there are international forces there that have trained together,” she said. Questions from the audience followed the debate. One student asked if the professors felt the United States had responded suf-ficiently with respect to Darfur. “The simple answer is no,” Joseph said. “Genocide treaty doesn’t call for the U.S. or any other signatory to the treaty to do anything more than report to the United Nations,” he said. “But if their responsibility is held up to a questioning, skeptical media and to an informed public, then I think their responsibilities would be greater than [legal].” The event was the third installment of an annual debate sponsored by the International Relations Director’s Leadership Council (DLC). “I think it went really well,” said sophomore Soraya Alivandi, a DLC member. “We were happy with the turnout, and we thought the debate topic was really relevant.”

cussed issues pertaining to the debate over marriage within the queer community, ways to engage students not involved in issues pertaining to social justice for two hours. As a jumping-off point, they used the online comments made on sophomore Ryan Heman’s Mar. 2 Daily op-ed, a piece that focused on Heman’s frustration with the way that the situation has been handled by members of the Tufts community. Senior Sofia Nelson, who has been involved since her freshman year with the “Group of Six” — an assemblage of Tufts student centers that seeks to promote diversity — particularly the LGBT Center, said that the discussion centered around how to engage a larger swath of the Tufts commu-nity on topics like race, identity and socioeconomic status. “The tone was how do we talk about and educate the greater community about these things that they don’t necessary feel compelled to … explore on their own,” Nelson said. On Friday, workers tore down the Fairey mural, after it started to become an “eyesore,” according to Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman. Parts of the mural, which consisted of series of mod-ular paper pieces of varying size, had been removed by passersby in recent weeks. “The wall was becoming a tar-get for graffiti in general,” he said. The university obtained the permission of Fairey and the Institute of Contemporary Art/

Boston, which opened an exhibit of the artist’s work around the time of the placement of the Tufts mural, before tearing down what remained of the work, Reitman said. Kohout pointed out that his students placed the posters only over Fairey’s mural — not on other sections of the wall. “We discussed where to place it, and I suggested that they could consider [creating] another con-ceptual layer on Shepard Fairey’s hypocritical freedom of speech.” Reitman said that the universi-ty will continue to investigate the postering throughout this week by talking to students in Kohout’s class. His office will also examine rules that relate to vandalism and freedom of speech, particularly as they pertain to material gener-ated by courses at the university, he said. The incident has brought up

questions over the definition of street art, as well, Reitman added. “What are the rules about a piece like that? It’s very complex,” Reitman said. “Is it still street art once you sort of endorse it and make it part of Tufts?” Outside of the investigation, other groups on campus are tak-ing different steps to move beyond the incident. According to LGBT Center Director Tom Bourdon, communication between the administration and the student body, including freshman orienta-tion programming, may serve as first steps to creating safe spaces on campus and respect between students, even if they disagree with each other. “I think we’re really looking at how we can strengthen our efforts to have conversations about diversity and reach people … that we might not normally get to speak with,” Bourdon said.

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a poster with a message disparaging gay marriage was partially torn down last week. the posting was put up over an on-campus mural by the artist shepard fairey, which workers tore down on friday.

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tufts professor Kathleen Merrigan is under consideration for the posi-tion of u.s. deputy agriculture secretary.

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In 2004, Tufts sophomore Sam Johnson was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leu-kemia. He underwent chemotherapy until May 2007 and fortunately survived, but he still has to undergo monthly blood tests and endure the unsure life of a cancer survivor. Cancer is ubiquitous in modern soci-ety. An estimated 12 million people world-wide are diagnosed with cancer each year; approximately 7.6 million of these cases lead to death. “Cancer is so widespread that I doubt that anyone hasn’t had cancer impact

their family or their friends,” Johnson said. “Everyone needs to do their part and help to find a cure.” It is with this spirit that Tufts students gath-er each year to participate in Relay for Life, an annual fundraiser in which high school and college student participants, as well as other participants from all walks of life, accumulate sponsorship and spend 12 hours walking and running around a track to help promote cancer research and raise money for can-cer prevention and treatment. This year, the event will take place on the Hill from March 27 to March 28. “We don’t raise — in terms of the grand scheme of things — that much [money] at Tufts for cancer research,” freshman Meredith Dworkin, a Relay committee member, said of the program. “But I think it’s also about get-ting people aware … There aren’t that many people who we go to school with who are fighting cancer [or] who are survivors. As much as the money aspect, it’s important to get people thinking about what happens outside Tufts.” Johnson — who has been participating in Relay for Life since his junior year in high school — also feels that the event is as much about the symbolism of cancer awareness as it is about raising funds. “We’re up [all night] because the can-cer never sleeps, so we don’t sleep either,” Johnson said. “I think the meaning of the night [of Relay for Life] definitely resonates with me … It’s not just walking around the track all night, there’s a deeper meaning.” Relay for Life has existed since the mid-1980s when Tacoma-based surgeon Dr. Gordy Klatt decided to take it upon himself to raise extra money for cancer research by running and walking around a track for 24 hours. That night, nearly 300 friends and family members helped him to raise $27,000 for cancer research and began the Relay for Life legacy that exists today. The program has grown immensely from its humble roots, as millions now participate in it each year to raise money and awareness. Relay for Life is now approaching its seventh year at Tufts. One of the fundraiser’s prime objectives is to give researchers the resources to find new cures and treatments for cancer. When Dworkin’s mother and aunt were diagnosed with cancer, alternative treatments and research helped them prevail over the illness. “When I was in the fourth grade, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and at

the same time my aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer,” she said. “Luckily both of them went through treatments and were fine, but a lot of it was because they did alternative therapy and treatments and those wouldn’t have been discovered without a lot of [mod-ern] cancer research … so I definitely wanted to get involved with it.” While students decide to participate in Relay for Life for a number of reasons, some, like Dworkin, are driven by their own experiences. Johnson, for instance, has also had friends and family members who have had to, and are still, fighting cancer. “I started relaying because my uncle … has been having a long fight with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and my best friend Andy was diagnosed in middle school with Hodgkin’s lymphoma,” he said. “I’ve just had a lot of people diagnosed with cancer around me.” Similarly, senior Zach Parris’ experi-ences play a huge role in his Relay for Life involvement. “My personal motivation comes from the fact that my mom had cancer,” Parris, who is co-chair of the Relay for Life Committee at Tufts, said. “She was first diagnosed when I was in eighth grade … It was caught rela-tively early so she went through chemo-therapy, went through radiation treatment, did essentially everything that she was sup-posed to do and came out of it on the other end pretty positively.” “The treatment is pretty gruesome,” Parris continued. “You’re essentially poisoning your body with the assumption that everything else in your body can hold out longer than the cancer cells can … but by the time she fin-ished this pretty harsh regiment of treatment, they told her there was a 95 percent chance that she would never see cancer again.” But for Parris’s mother, 95 percent was not enough. During one of her routine follow-up appointments, doctors found that cancer had developed in her kidneys. “She spent a lot of time thinking about what she wanted to do; you know, the treat-ment is pretty brutal; she took a little bit of time, and even in that short amount of time, the cancer spread, so it was clear that it was moving really, really quickly, so she would have had to go through an even harsher regi-ment of treatment,” he said. “The only sure thing was that the next couple months of

FeaturesCaryn Horowitz | tHe Cultural Culinarian

Diners, drive-ins

and credit

Every time I go home, I am greeted by a stack of newspaper articles on my bed; my mom has a habit of cutting out clip-pings from our local papers and saving

them for me to read. I normally just skim through the articles and then toss them in the recycling bin, but a piece with the headline “Students get credit for road trip assessing merits of Southern barbecue” caught my eye on my most recent trip home. My local paper on Feb. 15 ran an Associated Press article about four students from Birmingham-Southern College. They took a trip through Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, eat-ing barbecue for credit through their school’s winter term program that allows students to design their own courses. The “course” was created to help the participants “develop their writing … their storytelling and descriptive skills.” The students, who dubbed themselves the Southern BBQ Boys, have a Web site, Southernbbqboys.com, where they blogged about their travels. On the site, they describe their project as a “17-day academic journey across the South to eat, analyze, and blog about Southern barbecue … [focusing] on the cultural origins, differences in style, and sig-nificance of Southern pork barbecue through the framework of food and travel writing.” When I finished reading the article, I imme-diately had visions of grandeur of traveling across the South Guy Fieri-style, from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, eating some ’Q and somehow swinging course credit for it. When I came back to reality and gave up my short-lived dreams of backwards sunglasses and a sweet red Camaro, I still couldn’t get the thought of food for an academic purpose out of my head. I think the Southern BBQ Guys are on to something; in terms of studying the culture of a people from any time period in any part of the world, food is a constant that can always be analyzed. Methods to procure, prepare and store food have occupied people’s minds basically since homo became erectus. Certain parts of the country are defined by popular foods; the Deep South has pork barbecue, Texas is the home of all things beef and the Pacific Northwest is known for fresh fish. If there is one food I can think of that is quintessential New England fare, it is seafood and — more specifically — it’s lobster. My all time favorite lobster preparation that screams summer on a beach in New England is a lob-ster roll. When it’s done right, a lobster roll has chunks of chilled lobster meat mixed into a salad with just enough mayo to bind every-thing together, maybe a few finely-chopped veggies and lemon juice, all piled high onto a buttered, toasted hotdog roll. It’s sweet, salty, savory, crunchy, creamy perfection. So in the spirit of the Southern BBQ Guys, historical analysis and culinary adventure, I propose a study of New England through lob-ster rolls (can anyone say potential ExCollege class?). I would start the journey off in Maine and travel down through Connecticut, sam-pling different varieties of the dish along the way — Maine lobster rolls are traditional, restaurants in Boston feature rolls with a gourmet twist, places in Rhode Island use hamburger buns instead of hotdog rolls and the Connecticut lobster roll is often made with drawn butter instead of mayo and is served warm. These various preparations are as diverse as the local histories of the regions that serve them. But back to reality again. Maybe actually traveling through New England wouldn’t work logistically, but using lobster as a jumping-off point to study the culinary and cultural his-tory of our part of the country, just like the Southern BBQ Boys did with pork and the South, is a tasty twist on academia.

Caryn Horowitz is a junior majoring in history. She can be reached at Caryn.Horowitz@tufts.edu.

united States cancer statisticsThe American Cancer Society projected that in 2008, approximately 745,180 men and 692,000 women would be diagnosed with cancer; approximately 294,120 cases in men and 271,530 in women would lead to death.

In 1930, approximately 114,186 total men and women died from cancer.

African-Americans are more likely than any other racial or ethnic group living in the United States to die from can-cer. Asians/Pacific Islanders are the least likely.

Today, cancer death rates are higher in men than women in every racial and ethnic group.

For both men and women in 2008, the most deaths occurred from lung and bronchus cancer.

Cancer accounted for 22.8 percent of all deaths in the United States last year, second only to heart disease as the lead-ing cause of death.

From 2001 to 2005, the median age of cancer diagnosis in the United States was 67 years of age.

-— compiled by Christina Pappas

Students relay for friends, family and lifeby Kerianne OKieDaily Editorial Board

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Senior zach Parris, co-chair of the Tufts relay for Life Committee, has been an active member since his freshman year at Tufts.

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her life would be pretty miserable; she would pretty much have to live in the hospital if she chose this route, and with the cancer having spread to her brain, to her eyes and her lymph nodes, she decided that she had lived a happy enough life, that she had left a good enough legacy and that she didn’t want to spend the last several months of her life really weakened and sick and in a really bad place because of the treatment. So when I was a freshman in high school, on Dec. 2, my mom passed away.” In the midst of tragedy, Parris has devoted himself to finding ways to prevent cancer from affecting the lives of others the way it has affected his. “My real hope is that I relay so that no one else will have to … come to college like I did having lost a parent from cancer and be so motivated like I was to go do Relay for Life,” he said. “If I do this hard enough, if I work enough at it, I can really and truly prevent that — by beating cancer and by really finding a cure

and working to make sure that that cure is distributed to the people who need it.” He has continued this pledge and has helped the Relay for Life Committee grow from a group of three students his sophomore year to its current staff of 37. “I felt like my mom’s passing was some-thing, obviously, that I couldn’t do anything about and nothing I did would ever change that; she was gone and it was just that simple. But if I do anything and everything that I can do to help out and make sure that no one else [has] to go through what I had to go through, that would be a really meaningful contribu-tion,” Parris said. “I’m not very talented with science, so I wasn’t going to be a doctor and I couldn’t do research; I don’t really have that many other skills to be honest, but what I can do is just commit [and] make a very real, very deep personal commitment to Relay for Life.” “Every time I really stop and think about it, I always think of it as, this is my contribution, this is what I’m able to do,” he continued. “I can’t do much else, but hopefully it’ll be enough to make a difference.”

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the relay for Life Committee will be “painting the campus purple” tonight in order to pro-mote their upcoming event on March 27.

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The “Jonas Brothers: 3D Concert Experience” is pure pop crap, the kind a 13-year-old girl will love now but will for-

get in a few years (or months, if she’s lucky). It has no lasting quality. Nevertheless, tweens and teens alike are sure to adore getting up-close and personal with the Jonas Brothers through a movie that makes them feel as if they had a front row seat to the Jonas Brothers’ 2008 summer concert tour, “Burning Up.” The film, which is a compilation of songs from several concerts in California and New York, begins by pay-ing tribute to The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964) with the brothers run-ning through New York City chased by screaming fans. It is cheesy but entirely what you would expect from the alco-hol-shunning and purity-ring-wearing bros. They are puppy-dog cute and, to a particular audience, superstars. For those blissfully unaware, the

Jonas Brothers are Nick, the soulful songwriter; Joe, the hot singer; and Kevin, the other one. For most non-followers, the Jonas Brothers are nice young gentlemen who happen to per-form catchy pop ballads with a Freddie Mercury-esque stage presence. They make huge amounts of money for tal-ent furthered by — if not created by

— Disney. On the big screen though, their endless energy makes their tirade of formulaic pop songs bearable as they dance and sing their way through about a dozen songs including, “Hold On,” “BB Good” and “That’s Just the Way We Roll.”

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Devin Toohey is a senior majoring in clas-sics. He can be reached at Devin.Toohey@tufts.edu.

Revenge of the overrated movies

T his week, I’ve been invited to appear on Full Moon Fever (Thursday at 10 a.m. on WMFO) to talk about movies and address the hosts’ dis-

agreements with my picks for overrated movies. In honor of this appearance, and because I like throwing more fuel onto the fire, I give you a second installment of overrated movies! This time, however, they’re all united by a theme: movies that think they’re a lot smarter than they are. (Insert joke about a certain pop culture columnist here.) “Donnie Darko” (2001): We all know the high-school kids out there who revel in feeling smarter than everyone else, even though they are far from the smartest kids in their classes. Thankfully for them, this self-indulgent film exists. I “got” it (though fans will insist that I didn’t), but frankly, in the end there was not much to get. The film is intentionally vague and convoluted, whilst half-heartedly throwing in some freshman-year philosophy, so that it can say very little but appear to say a lot. But like I said, it has the perfect defense of saying to all of its detractors that they just don’t “get” it. It can’t lose. “Scarface” (1983): This film suffers from what I have termed “Dark Knight Dilemma.” It is too stupid to be taken seriously, but I can’t turn my brain off and enjoy it as dumb fun either because it’s so slow and ponderous. Yes, the last scene is fun, blow-’em-up insanity, but is it worth the three hours of build-up and dealing with Pacino’s cringe-worthy accent? No. I’m not a big fan of MTV’s “Cribs,” but at least that show has the sense to strip down the appeal of gawking at lots of bling to simply gawking at lots of bling without try-ing to shoe-horn in a plot or characters. “V for Vendetta” (2005): This movie is a perfect example of anarchy made for mass consumption. In true Hollywood fashion, it does away with the source material’s scary and disturbing ideas, like having a prosti-tute as the point of identification or, even worse, actually placing the blame of the status quo on the people and not just the big, bad, shadowy government. The film even gives us a completely unnecessary romance between main characters V and Evey; in Hollywood logic, why else would there be a man and woman on screen together? Furthermore, while I’m not nec-essarily opposed to changing things for movies, I must ask why they even both-ered using “V for Vendetta” as a basis for a Bush-administration allegory: the comic book is so much about Britishness and Thatcherism that to change it as they did completely ripped out the story’s core. It would have made sense to go all the way and transpose it fully to America or just leave well enough alone. But all these changes made the movie far more palat-able to an American audience. They got a vague criticism of Bush (that exonerated them of guilt) with the comfort of not see-ing their country in ruins, but a similar, though ultimately foreign, one in its place. “The Boondock Saints” (1999): God, I wish I could remember this movie well enough to rip into it. The problem is that it is just like every other action movie, so it’s tough to recollect or even properly hate it, except that it has religion. And religious references automatically kick everything up a level on the class scale, right? Also, this movie has the “appeals to a certain group” benefit. Unsurprisingly, I was shown this movie by two Bostonians who strongly embraced their Irish-American heritage: I suspect that they had more incentive to rally around this film than just its quality.

Movie review

Jonas Brothers’ 3D new concert film targets (surprise) teen girls

see JonaS, page 6

by EmEi Willis Daily Staff Writer

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The Joe bros probably own that building; they’re working on taking over the world.

albuM review

U2’s latest release harkens back to the glory days but fails to create anything new

A new U2 release is always a momen-tous occasion. After five years without anything new from these Irish rock-

ers, “No Line On The Horizon” hit shelves in North America yesterday. A bit of a departure from 2004’s “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,” parts of this new record harken back to U2’s ’80s roots with soaring vocals, delay pedals and driving rhythms. The title-track opener is a high-en-ergy jump start to the album. Bono’s vocals belt out over a driving wall of guitar, drums and synth and really carry the song. Catchy and fresh, “No

Line on the Horizon” proves to be one of the album’s strongest tracks. The next three songs on the album are also quite notable and bring to mind the U2 of old. Songs like “Magnificent” and “Unknown Caller” continue to drive the album with the Edge’s signature delay-heavy guitar style and Bono’s ear for catchy choruses. However, there is a fine line between familiar and over-done. Some guitar riffs are immediately reminiscent of past albums, and while the tracks are still enjoyable, they don’t feel particularly new. Over the entirety of the album, the band struggles to develop a new sound or branch out from its past works. Sticking with its old formula, howev-er, has some benefits. The ’80s-sound-ing songs are some of the album’s most successful ones; it’s when U2 starts to move away from their tried-and-true approach to songwriting that the album really falls flat. The middle of the album

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it was a good five minutes before the teacher called on bono.

by WEs EngElContributing Writer

gallery review

New MFA exhibit shows cultural tension

The Japanese art scene in the 1930s, known as the Showa era, was dominated by the rapid mod-

ernization and fierce materialism that ripped through Japan. After the fire of Tokyo in 1923, the gov-ernment took advantage of the destruction to revolutionize the capital. Massive department stores and Western hotels were built, as the Japanese government focused on attracting international tourists for the first time. The fixation on Western capitalistic culture per-meated the Showa era art, which reflects a tension between those who embraced the government’s ambitious goals and those who opposed it. “Showa Sophistication,” now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), features part of the pri-vate collection of a Japanese busi-nessman named Hosokawa Kikizo. Miraculously, the collection man-aged to survive World War II, after which it was put in a wedding hall in Tokyo. Finally dismantled in 2002, the MFA received about a

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no line on the horizon

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Jonas brothers: The 3D concert experience

starring Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin JonasDirected by Bruce Hendricks

Showa Sophistication: Japan in the 1930sThrough november 8museum of Fine arts 465 huntington ave.617-267-9703

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third of the collection in 2007. Most of the pieces are paint-ed in the traditional medium of watercolor on silk, but the themes are distinctly Western-oriented. Beautiful Japanese women in the latest fashions from Paris take the place of traditional images of courtly geisha girls. The method of painting in the pieces often differs from the traditional as well; more shading is added and the images are less focused on line. One painting, enti-tled “Clover,” borrows from a convention of European Impressionism by portraying two young women lounging in a large green field, a com-position which can be closely compared to the work of art-ists such as Mary Cassatt. One piece which glorifies the Westernized technologies of the age is “Foot of the Falls” by Shindo Riemir. “Foot of the Falls” is a set of two large silk screens displaying the bot-tom of a huge set of waterfalls, most likely the Kegon Falls in Nikko National Park. Although the piece is painted using a traditional medium, not only is it painted in a Western, less linear manner, it also plays off older depictions of waterfalls in Japanese ink paintings. In many ink paintings, it is customary to show mon-umental views of waterfalls from the bottom. At the national park where Kegon falls is located, an elevator had been newly installed for visitors to view the falls from this traditional vantage point. By depicting the falls in a tra-ditional format which visitors could now see for themselves without the aid of an artist, Riemir was glorifying the capabilities of the new mod-ern Japanese government. One particularly striking piece entitled “Tearoom” by the artist Saeki Shunko por-trays two fashionable young girls in their place of work, one of the many department stores built during the 1930s. These stores became a source of pride, and, in order to make them as appealing as possi-ble, were staffed with young, attractive Japanese girls.

These girls wore chic uni-forms and became the signa-ture of the Japanese depart-ment stores. The two girls in “Tearoom” occupy such posi-tions. Both stand in the same yellow and red Western-style dresses on the left side of the canvas in a room with simple shelves, potted plants and a tiled black-and-white floor. They both have one foot stick-ing out and their hands behind their backs; their haircut and facial expressions are nearly identical. This intense simi-larity strips the girls of their identity so that they are more closely allied with the decora-tive plants in the background than human beings. They are simply installed as another way to improve business. The artist’s concern with the dress and ideal facial fea-tures of the girls lends itself to a comparison with the older portrayals of geisha girls. In a way, the societal positions of both sets of women are very

similar. They were admired for beauty and generated revenue through that beauty. “Showa Splendor” offers a glimpse into a rapidly expand-ing, rapidly changing Japan. Some of the images focus on the glory of the new possibili-ties of a global and Westernized Japan, while others hint that all new developments are just more of the same in glossier packaging. There is a tension between the Western commer-cial culture and the vestiges of traditional Japanese culture working within the pieces. Adding a sense of forebod-ing to the works is the fact that while Japan was looking towards a glorious, global-ized future, everything came to a screeching halt with the Japanese government’s 1938 invasion of China. Once again, the Japanese government would turn in on itself and focus on domestic issues, but the reality of Japan would for-ever be changed.

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Two other Disney artists known mainly by the pre-pubescent, Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift, join the Jonas Brothers on stage. Swift sings her song “Should’ve Said No,” and Lovato performs “This is Me.” Swift is severely bor-ing, whereas Lovato holds her own on the stage with her co-stars of this summer’s “Camp Rock.” While these Disney cre-ations are the stars of the concert and the focus of the movie, one cannot possibly fail to mention the excruciat-ing shots of hyperventilating young girls watching the con-cert live. They seem to be in quite some pain as they are constantly screaming and cry-ing. Their behavior is enough to make viewers seriously concerned about the future of American women.

Bruce Hendricks, the mas-termind behind “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour,” (2008) directs this pop concert documentary. As in his previ-ous film, Hendricks breaks up the performance with clips of the backstage life of the brothers. Do not expect a film that rivals the quality of rock doc-umentaries like The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” (1970) and The Band’s “The Last Waltz“ (1978), though. The Jonas Brothers are filmed during a very busy day of talk show appearances, radio interviews and even an iTunes listening party. These clips are mind-numbing, pointless and utter-ly boring. Frankly, this behind-the-scenes footage of the three acting “normal” feels suspi-ciously staged and scripted and does little to humanize the pop princes.

The technology behind the 3D screenings, which will last for a limited time, certainly does make the audience feel like they are genuinely a part of the concert. Guitar picks are thrown out into the crowd, foam is sprayed over the audi-ence and a fireworks display looks amazingly real. For a movie with such a contrived subject, it’s surprising that the 3D effect never feels too gim-micky. Even without the twirl-ing and the bouncing of the energized Jonas Brothers, the film is visually stunning, prov-ing that the latest 3D technol-ogy is a worthy investment. For an adoring fan of the Jonas Brothers, the 3D screen-ing of their summer concert is an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours. For a more general audience; however, this film affirms the power of Disney to breed and raise mil-lion-dollar cash cows.

contains a few tracks obviously intended to be the “rockers,” but the harder U2 attempts to rock, the weaker the songs feel. The first single, “Get On Your Boots,” ends up sounding a lot like “Vertigo,” the first single from “Atomic Bomb.” It’s got the same fuzz distortion, the same muffled guitar stabs dur-ing the verse and it leaves the exact same sour taste in listen-ers’ mouths.

Other tracks, like “Stand Up Comedy,” fall into the same cat-egory of disappointing, grun-gier rock that U2 always seems to feel compelled to include in a record. The opening riff sounds like the main guitar line from Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” (1970). Regardless of one’s feel-ings for Ozzy and company, that comparison can’t mean any-thing good for U2. The album’s middle songs seem to be thrown in as a statement that the band members still young and hip, but that’s just not the case any-more and they would do well to grow old gracefully. Luckily, “No Line” picks up again with “FEZ — Being Born.” The song has an open-ing that seems to act as buffer between the less-stellar mid-dle tracks and the rest of the album. This song is probably U2’s most significant move away from the familiar, and, for once, it works very well.

It still sounds like U2, but it showcases each band mem-ber’s talents in a fresh way. “FEZ” is also one of the only tracks in which Brian Eno’s production improves the song. Much of the album is drowned in synths or excessive studio effects. Gone are the days of the stripped down, intimate and edgy U2. Following a trend in a lot of modern music, synth organs and heaps of vocal pro-cessing decorate most of the album. There is even a moment in “Unknown Caller” in which the rest of the music dies down and a Coldplay-style synth dominates the mix. Even though U2 has worked with Eno for a long time, their collaboration this go-around hasn’t created anything stel-lar. There are still some great moments and catchy songs, but the album as a whole never really shines. The production often hinders the music more than helps it. While modern studio tricks can be interesting at times, the band has come to depend on them when it real-ly doesn’t need to. Everyone knows Bono can sing and the Edge can play guitar, and it is frustrating when these ele-ments, the core of U2, have to compete with generic-sound-ing synths. The value that exists in U2’s latest release is interrupted by throw-away grunge songs, and nearly every track has some layer of overproduction that keeps the listener from really connecting to the heart of the music. Bono’s lyrics, while at times sappy, always convey the emotional content driving each track. Like any U2 album, “No Line on the Horizon” requires a lot of listening for fans to real-ly understand. Unfortunately, the end result of that listening might be disappointment with a band that is struggling to redefine itself.

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‘Showa’ exhibit shows Japan’s relationship with the West in the 1930s.

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U2 is a band of giants. they are way taller than you think.

Nearly every track has some layer of overpro-duction that keeps the

listener from really connecting to the heart

of the music.

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During a visit to Israel yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the new American administration believes that “moving toward the two-state solution, step by step, is in Israel’s best interests…But obviously, it is up to the people and the government of Israel to decide.” While it is true that the onus always falls most heavily on the involved parties, Secretary Clinton and President Barack Obama’s admin-istration should be wary of taking a position that negates a strong American role in the determination of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The United States has a long history and close ties with Israel based on shared ideals and strategic importance. While we at the Daily do not deny that the United States’ Middle East policy depends in part on a close relationship with the Israeli government, the United States cannot be seen as beholden to the Israelis, for two reasons. First of all, it sows a great deal of distrust on the side of the Palestinians and diminishes the Obama administra-tion’s ability to act as an honest broker in the peace process. Secondly, it gives the

administration less authority in situations where it may be necessary to support the Israeli Prime Minister’s policies instead of those of his critics. The first point is rather self-explana-tory; after all, former President George W. Bush’s perceived unflinching support of Israel was part of what made his mod-est Middle East policy impotent. The second is somewhat more complex, but no less important. The Israeli government is currently in a state of flux. Though right-wing Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu appears to be the country’s next Prime Minister, Tzipi Livni’s recent refusal to join the govern-ment makes it less likely that Israel will be able to forge a more moderate Likud-Kadima coalition. Therefore, it is prob-able that Netanyahu will be forced into a rather unstable right-wing coalition of smaller hard-right parties. In these cir-cumstances, Netanyahu—who is more of a pragmatist than an ideologue, no matter his reputation—will have to make unde-sirable concessions to the extreme fringes of his alliance simply to keep its various members from bolting the government

and forcing new elections. In a situation like this, Netanyahu will need the United States to stand up to the extremists in his government; though far-right fringes will have bargaining power with Netanyahu, they will have none with the Obama administration, and the Israeli Prime Minister will need the American government to be able to invoke its own (and Netanyahu’s) priori-ties when he is unable. The oversimplification of the American-Israeli relationship does a disservice to the complexity of nations and politics in general, and by defer-ring to the Israeli government on all matters, America would lose its ability to serve as loyal opposition to errant policy. That’s not the kind of special relationship that Israel needs. The American public is strongly sup-portive of the state of Israel, and the government no less so. Still, Secretary Clinton and the Obama administration must take care to ensure that this sup-port is intelligent, precise and coherent. To do otherwise would damage our ally and our friend.

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A more perfect community

The financial meltdown of the past six months has changed everything from our financial institutions to the way we invest to the products we buy. The world as we knew it in early September no longer exists. Unfortunately, the economy is likely to get worse before it gets better, and we are still a long way from the bot-tom. However, amid the pessimism and the gloom, we as a community have an opportunity to make a profoundly positive statement and alter the life of one of our friends by contributing to the Tufts Student Fund. Tufts has been hit hard by the financial crisis. Staff members have already been cut at the medical school and professors here in Medford are going without pay raises for the foreseeable future. Although the fiscal budget for 2009 will be balanced, the effects of deep cuts have yet to be felt and key positions will be left unfilled. As a result, many student services will likely suffer. Fortunately, the administration has committed to prioritizing students above all other aspects of the uni-versity. Staff members are forgoing pay raises because more money than ever before is being channeled to financial aid — in fact, the financial aid budget is seeing a $3-million increase in the 2009 financial year alone, a remarkable statistic given that many schools, such as Middlebury College, are actually cutting financial aid to make up for budget deficits. One professor has even donated a portion of his own salary toward financial aid, and everywhere around us we see signs of the university coming together under our shared values of community and active citizenship. Given the university’s commitment to helping students and the selfless actions of university staff, it behooves stu-dents to step up to the plate and help our own. It would be a poignant symbol if students rose to the occasion and declared that they value, above all else, a community in which all students have the opportunity to live and learn regardless of financial means. One of the foremost obser-vations made about Tufts is that, all too often, students go through their experiences at the university in a vacuum and that they don’t feel connected to something larger than themselves. This lack of community is reflected in our 21 percent alumni donation rate, one of the lowest in the country for a school of Tufts’ size and prestige. The Student Fund presents us with a clear opportunity and a clear choice: We can continue floating on by through our college years, disconnected from the institution which has afforded us so many incredible opportunities, or we can seize the initiative and give back to a fellow student, thereby strengthening our bond to the university and to each other. Six hundred thousand jobs were lost nationally in January alone, a number that is likely to increase in the coming months. Doubtless among those 600,000 were fathers, mothers, uncles and sisters of Tufts students. According to CampusGrotto.com, Tufts is the 22nd

most expensive school in terms of total cost for the 2008-09 school year, and for many students, making ends meet is one battle after another. From filling out the complicated Free Application for Federal Student Aid, to dealing with the financial aid bureaucracy on campus, to buying books and covering the costs of meals, many of our peers are quietly struggling to stay afloat in the demanding college environment. We see this every day, as we make the decisions to eat out less, to spend less money going into Boston or to not go to that show or see that Celtics game. However, these cost-cutting measures are often not enough. Many of our peers need a little bit of help. Many of us were initially skeptical about donating money toward financial aid; even those who can afford to come to Tufts have been hit by sinking market values, and both the affluent and less-well-off have been affect-ed by job losses. With the already-high cost of atten-dance at Tufts, some oppose giving any more money to the school. But this is different. Any money donated to the Student Fund will go directly toward helping another student — no administrative decision-making and no

endowment. The money raised will go directly to a fellow classmate. Those of us who had qualms about giving any more money to Tufts realized that this isn’t about that. It is about helping your roommate, teammate, fraternity brother or sorority sister, and classmate stay at Tufts. Everyone has been pushed to make sacrifices. It is at times like these that we see what a community is all about and what we, not as an abstract entity, but as a solid, united group of students, value. It is easy to be supportive when times are good and the Dow is at 14,000, but when it comes down to it and everyone is struggling, that is when we must show just how unique Tufts is and what it means to help our own. To give, please see today’s Tufts Student Fund ad for more information or visit www.tufts.edu/givenow.

by Chas Morrison and saM Wallis

Chas Morrison is a sophomore majoring in International Relations. He is a member of the TCU Senate. Sam Wallis is a sophomore majoring in political science and eco-nomics. He is also a member the TCU Senate. They are both members of the Tufts Student Fund Committee.

FrOm thE public EditOr

Tufts media and the economy

These are dark days for the newspaper business. Newsrooms are shedding jobs by the hundreds; major metropolitan newspapers such as The Philadelphia Inquirer have cut their foreign desks (according to The New Republic, only four U.S. newspapers now have one); and whole sections are vanishing, as evidenced by The Boston Globe’s recent decision to do away with its weekly stand-alone Health/Science section. Essentially, newspapers have become obsolete. More than anything, they have been undercut by the Internet, whose proffered plethora of free information makes paying for a newspaper simply unnecessary for most people. As circulation declines, advertisers — who his-torically have been the main bastion of newspaper rev-enue — are beginning to take their services elsewhere. Perhaps newspapers will formulate a brilliant and forward-looking business model for the 21st century. Perhaps they will simply become an anachronistic curi-osity, or perhaps they will go the way of the evening edition and disappear altogether. Whatever happens, Tufts is not an island and student publications are strug-gling with how to sustain content as wallets everywhere tighten up. The Tufts Daily’s editor-in-chief Evans Clinchy’s Feb. 23 letter, entitled “Cutting back,” spoke to the spirit of the times. Clinchy writes that “We’re cutting the little things here and there — a comic strip today, a sports article tomorrow and so on — to make ends meet.” Clinchy also underscores the migration of content from printed pages to the Daily’s Web site, a move he correctly identifies as paralleling “the way of the future in journalism.” The Daily, as Clinchy is careful to mention, is Tufts’ only fully self-sufficient student publication. That means that they don’t show up in the expenditures column for the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate’s budget. This allows the Daily to ensure absolute autonomy, preclud-ing the possibility of the administration exercising any

sort of editorial review. Financial struggles are nothing new for the Daily, Clinchy told me, noting, “We’ve always had to make these difficult calls.” The price of refusing the admin-istration’s largesse is a perennial balancing act, as the paper’s staff tries to maximize content while remaining fiscally stable. As rising paper prices push up the costs of printing, the Daily will have to drop down from 16 to 12 pages more frequently, according to Clinchy. “Cutting content is a last resort,” managing editor Sarah Butrymowicz told me, an assurance that Clinchy echoed. Butrymowicz added that the Daily is trying to forestall taking on additional debt “to make it easier on future generations.” The Daily aside, Tufts features a multitude of campus publications that do rely on a flow of money from the university’s coffers to stay afloat. The administration has already staked out its position in regard to the financial crisis’ impact on the Hill: Offering the financial aegis to allow students to remain at Tufts is the preeminent con-cern, followed by retention of quality faculty. So in the interest of balancing the budget, cutbacks are coming. Any campus editor has to be warily scruti-nizing the horizon for the specter of curtailed funding, something that will necessitate tough choices about content and visual quality. Additional pages or more professional-looking glossy material cost money, and editors are going to have to make some tough decisions about which aspects of their respective publications are ultimately expendable. “A couple magazines or newspapers may have to sacrifice an issue here or there,” TCU Treasurer Matt Shapanka told me. “We’re not forcing them to; we’re not asking them to accept a reduction in quality. At the very least, we’re trying to maintain the status quo.” Michael Snyder, editor-in-chief of the Tufts Observer, told me that he is “not concerned” about appreciably diminished scope or quality of content. He noted that the magazine’s level of funding is not a constant but

fluctuates from year to year, which has always forced the Observer to adjust accordingly. He said that the Observer may be forced to reduce the length of some issues, but will continue to put out the same number per year. Shapanka’s use of the term “status quo” is telling. What constitutes the status quo? I would be shocked if cam-pus fixtures such as the Observer, The Public Journal or The Zamboni ceased to exist. But less established media would seem to be more susceptible to potential future rounds of cutbacks. Of course, the Internet has a role to play in all of this. By bolstering its Web site’s content, the Daily can avoid having to omit stories or attenuate coverage when financial constraints limit the amount of avail-able page space. The growing number of blogs on the Daily’s Web site speaks to the advent of the Internet, particularly in expanding the news cycle beyond the timeline of a publishing schedule to allow for a far more flexible (and often more demanding) timeframe for coverage. The small litany of user comments appended to numerous Daily articles online tells me readers are attuned to the switch. But the stakes are not the same for publications such as The Zamboni or The Public Journal, whose focus on students actually picking up an issue and leafing through is evidenced by the fact that these publications’ Web sites stop at offering PDFs of back issues. Onyx, Tufts’ black literary magazine, is still basically in the planning stages with its Web site. Such publications rely on the availability of physical copies — and I fear that as financial woes intensify, these issues could become thinner and more infrequent.

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by JereMy White

Jeremy White is a senior majoring in English. He is the university’s public editor. His columns are available online at http://ase.tufts.edu/publiceditor and he can be reached at jeremybw1@gmail.com.

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MarrieD To The sea

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Please recycle this Daily

Evans: “I don’t think you understand how good Tetris is.”

Carly: “I don’t think you understand how stupid that sounds.”

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tUesDay’s soLUtioN

The battle is about to begin in the always hotly contested NESCAC women’s lacrosse arena. While Tufts is ranked nationally at No. 17 in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) preseason poll, it still sits behind conference foes Middlebury, Colby, Amherst and Trinity. With six total teams ranked in the top 20, the NESCAC is easily one of the best Div. III lacrosse conferences in the nation, if not the best. But this is nothing new. “In any given year, NESCAC teams that get to the NCAA Tournament do very well,” Amherst coach Christine Paradis said. “Getting there from the NESCAC situation is the toughest thing because we beat up on each other so much.” In 2008, four NESCAC teams earned bids to the NCAA Tournament. Trinity and NESCAC champion Colby were downed in the first and second rounds, respectively, while Middlebury and Amherst garnered

two tournament wins apiece before being knocked out in the regional finals. Middlebury’s regional loss, which came at the hands of even-tual national champion Hamilton, marked the first time that the Panthers lost before the semifinals after having made it at least that far for 14 straight years. Clearly, the women of the NESCAC know how to play lacrosse. “It is an outstanding group of schools academically, and we often draw a lot of two-sport athletes who come to the NESCAC for the aca-demics or a chance to play two sports,” Paradis said. “We draw tal-ent away from a lot of Div. I schools.” “From the top down, [the NESCAC] schools are attractive,” Colby coach Karen MacCrate Henning said. “Who wouldn’t want to go to them? We have competitive, driven students who also play lacrosse, which just adds to that next level of competi-tion.” At 5-4 in conference play last year, Colby may not have been the obvious choice to win the NESCAC

The fencing team is running on fumes. After the Jumbos’ sixth meet in the last six weekends on Saturday at Rutgers, conference play has finally and fortu-nately come to an end. Tufts finished the National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association (NIWFA) Championship, a competition in which they did not com-pete last year, sixth overall out of 17 teams despite a roster depleted by inju-ries and absences. Last weekend at New England Championships, Tufts finished sixth overall as well, but though the end results were the same, the means this time were much different. In foil, the Jumbos were without senior captain Christine Lee, freshman Meredith Paul and sophomore Nadia Nibbs, who all competed last week and helped Tufts to a sixth-place finish in the weapon. This week, the foil squad suffered a harsher fate, as junior Naomi Bryant fenced in the A slot and fresh-men Magda Kwieciszewska and Brianna Smith were forced to fill in as regulars for the first time this season.

“Briana Smith is a first-year sabre fencer, but we put her in for foil because we were out of options,” sophomore epeeist Georgia Ranes said. “Our foil team was knocked down. Meredith Paul had a serious illness, [Nibbs] had a whole bunch of work and Christine was out of town, so we were really scraping. We figured a sabrist would fence foil better than an epeeist because of right of way, and she won three bouts in her first time ever fencing foil, which was really impressive.” “I fenced foil for about a month three years ago, but never at a competition before,” Smith added. “The rules are the same as my weapon, and I won three bouts and got close to winning a lot of other ones. I ended up 13th out of 17 overall, which I feel is impressive since I didn’t know what I was doing.” Though the epee squad did compete with its normal rotation, the exhaustive schedule had clearly taxed the team’s bodies, as Tufts was at the meet for eight and a half hours, fencing 17 schools along the way. Nevertheless, the epee squad had the best finish of any weapon on the day. Ranes, who fenced B, said that her most

memorable bouts were defeating an epeeist from Temple, the eighth-ranked team in the nation, and fencing a girl who was competing with a broken arm. Ranes was in better health than she was in past weeks, but she could not say the same for her teammates junior epee captain Rebecca Hughes and sopho-more Coryn Wolk, who both are suffer-ing from knee problems. “I think injuries played a huge role in the outcome,” Hughes said. “My knees really hurt, so practicing has been a lot more difficult, and [Wolk] is pushing through injury, which makes it harder to compete.” “We hadn’t had much sleep, so we were all tired, but all in all, we per-formed well,” Ranes added. “I’m proud of our performance, but if we were a little more focused and had better, more consistent practices — people have been out due to injury and sick-ness — we probably would have pulled ahead more. It’s been a long season, and there are a few scheduled meets we didn’t necessarily have to go to, but we did. Next year we’ll probably cut

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Evans ClinChy | Dirty WatEr

Pastime of the past

This past August, I spent two weeks absolutely glued to the TV watching the United States Olympic men’s bas-ketball team.

You just couldn’t tear me away. I spent my nights reading articles and looking over stats, and my mornings were reserved for the 7 a.m. games that were aired in prime time across the globe in Beijing. Somehow, I managed to avoid skipping work. I don’t remember when, if ever, I slept. My inter-nal clock was fried worse than the clock tower in Hill Valley. I wasn’t alone. In the States, the story of the Redeem Team captivated a nation. In China, basketball continued its rise to the top. Forty-four percent of Chinese TV viewers watched Yao Ming at least once last August — that’s 585 million people. The international game had become an international sensation. There was something irresistible about watching the best in the world play their game. Seven months later, I find myself wonder-ing why the same isn’t true of baseball. The 2009 World Baseball Classic begins tomorrow. If you’re even the least bit aware of that fact, then congratulations. You’re part of a knowledgeable minority. Interest in base-ball around the world appears to be at an all-time low — baseball has already been eliminated from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, making it the first sport nixed from the Games in 76 years. On Aug. 9, the day before the USA-China game that many believe to be the most-watched basketball game ever, a feature in the New York Times estimated that there are 450 million NBA fans in China. Think about that number! For every fan Liu Kai has, Yao must have thousands. How has this happened? How has baseball taken the backseat so quickly? The players themselves, of course, have noticed. Why else would they all be finding excuses to get out of playing in the WBC? They know they have little rea-son to play. That’s why in the States, we see Grady Sizemore, Carlos Quentin and Vernon Wells sitting the tournament out with minor injuries. You think Dwyane Wade would sit out the Olympics due to groin soreness? Please. Then there are the players who have no excuse but are saying no anyway. Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, CC Sabathia, Tim Lincecum and Jonathan Papelbon are the tip of the iceberg. It’s gotten to the point where guys like Mark DeRosa and Chris Iannetta are out there representing the stars and stripes. Talk about red, white, blue and unqualified. I fear that this is a downward spiral. The fans care less about the baseball; the players care less about pleasing the fans; the baseball only becomes worse when the player pool shrivels up; and the worse the games are, the less the fans show up. Maybe I’m overreacting here, but the WBC seems doomed to fail. It’s frustrating because, in theory, the con-cept is an amazing one. Baseball has always been popular worldwide — it’s easy to learn and appreciate, but it’s nuanced enough that it never ceases to be interesting. And the idea of seeing all of the world’s best in one three-week tournament is a great one, but it came a few decades too late. It’s not enough to bail out a sport that is on the decline worldwide. Maybe it’s people’s dwindling atten-tion spans for long games; maybe it’s the black mark left on the sport by the Steroid Era; maybe it’s just great marketing that’s propelled other sports, like basketball, to overtake what used to be our national pastime. Whatever the reason, baseball appears to be in trouble. The first pitch for Team USA in the Classic is at 2 p.m. Saturday in Toronto. It may not be Kobe versus Yao, but it still might be worth watching. I just thought I’d remind you all, just in case you’d forgotten. If you had, I can’t blame you.

Evans Clinchy is a senior majoring in English. He can be reached at Evans.Clinchy@tufts.edu.

WomEn’s laCrossE

Women’s lax season opens this weekend

Just over 10 months after bowing out of the NESCAC Tournament at the hands of the No. 5 seed Colby Mules in the first round, the women’s lacrosse team is about to start all over again. With the season opener at Amherst just a few days away, the Jumbos are looking to roll into the Lord Jeffs’ Gooding Field — and the rest of this season’s matchups — on a team-oriented path. With last season ending on a sour note — the Mules, whom the Jumbos defeated in the regular sea-son, upset them 22-14 on the way to win-ning the conference championship — the Jumbos, who earned the No. 4 seed in last year’s conference tournament, are hoping to bring a new level of concentration and mental preparation to the field. After posting a 10-5 overall record with a 5-4 conference record in 2008, the Jumbos are looking to capitalize on their greater depth this year. Keeping in step with its reputation as a competitive NESCAC opponent, Tufts has spent the offseason toiling away in the weight room and Carzo Cage. During the fall, the Jumbos embraced their intensity and excitement and coupled it with performance- and strength-building activi-ties. The team seems to have established a regimen that has led to the development of successful players in past seasons — in the last five years, coach Carol Rappoli has produced 11 All-NESCAC players. Outside of the weight room and fall practices, the squad spent time together to build a solid team. “We were extremely serious about the preseason,” senior co-captain Caroline Roma said. “Due to this focus, we feel pre-pared for the upcoming season.” As a result of a large freshman class, the squad has expanded from 18 in 2008 to a substantially larger 23 players this year. While such expansion can create friction in the form of competition for starting positions, the additional players may be key to creating a balanced lineup as talent runs deep into the roster. Moreover, the team has a history of turning out solid first-year players, like current sophomore Amanda Roberts, who recorded a 10-goal weekend at one point in her 2008 freshman season and a team-leading 39 goals on the year. Also returning is sophomore goalie Sara Bloom, who started her freshman year and racked up 151 saves. Although the team graduated four seniors in May, three of the top five scorers were underclassmen in

by AdAm mAndellContributing Writer

Jumbos prepare for opener at Amherst

NESCAC stacked with lacrosse talentby evAn Cooper

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senior midfielder Courtney Thomas is one of twelve midfielders on the women’s lacrosse team, a testament to the exceptional depth of this year’s squad, something the Jumbos will need in order to make a championship run in may.

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FEnCing

Fencers place sixth of 17 teams at Rutgersby Jeremy Greenhouse

Daily Editorial Board

see FEnCing, page 13

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Cincinnati may be putting the National League on Red alert

Every Major League Baseball regular season seems to pro-duce at least one fast-rising “Cinderella” team. Last year, it was the worst-to-first Tampa Bay Rays, who used an influx of young talent to capture the AL pennant. The year before that, the Colorado Rockies extended a summertime streak all the way to the Fall Classic. So which team is most likely to break out in 2009? The Cincinnati Reds seem like a viable option. The Reds enter the 2009 season riding the longest active losing streak in the majors after drop-ping their last five games in 2008 and finishing at 74-88 — good for fifth place in the mediocre NL Central division. General man-ager Walt Jocketty spent most of the time from the end of the World Series until the beginning of Spring Training sitting on his hands. The only Major League additions made by the notori-ously frugal Jocketty this winter were catcher Ramon Hernandez, via a trade with the Baltimore Orioles, and lefty reliever Arthur Rhodes, who inked a two-year contract in December. So what makes the Reds a solid choice to suddenly surge into playoff contention? The maturation of an impressive pair of young pitchers, com-bined with an expected rebound from their veteran ace, tells half the story. A pair of young bats ready to anchor an improving lineup round out the reason-ing. Two years ago, the Reds’ farm system was teeming with prospects. In 2008, those pros-pects got their first taste of big-league action. Now, with a year of experience under their belts, they’re finally ready to make a difference in The Show. On the pitching end, the promising youngsters are right-handers Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto. The 25-year-old Volquez, acquired from the Texas Rangers for Josh Hamilton a year ago, brought back visions of vintage Pedro Martinez, baf-fling hitters with a phenomenal fastball-changeup combination to the tune of a 17-6 ledger, 3.21 ERA, 206 strikeouts and just 167 hits allowed in 196 innings of work in his first full big league season. Cueto, who turned 23 in

mid-February, posted an unim-pressive 9-14 record and 4.81 ERA for the season but showed just how dominant he can be in the one-hit, no-walk, 10-strike-out, seven-inning masterpiece that was his Major League debut, in which he was the first Red since 1900 to throw 10 strikeouts in an opening game. But perhaps no single player will be as important to the Reds’ revival as the former ace of their rotation, Aaron Harang. From 2006 through 2007, Harang was among the top starting pitch-ers in baseball, compiling 32 victories and a 3.75 ERA over that span. But his arm may have been severely taxed by the aggregate 466 innings of work, the likeliest cause of his disas-trous 6-17, 4.78 ERA campaign last year that was marred by forearm soreness. At 30 years of age, the 6’7” behemoth should still have a few strong years left in him, and he shed 25 pounds this offseason to be in tiptop shape for Opening Day. If Harang, Volquez and Cueto all pitch to their potential in 2009, the Reds will have a for-midable 1-2-3 punch in their rotation with a couple of other promising young righties in Daryl Thompson and Homer Bailey pushing for spots at the back end. Additionally, the Reds’ offense should mirror its rotation in both potential and excitement. Cincinnati’s farm graduated two of the top hitting prospects in the league last year in Jay Bruce and Joey Votto, and together they could produce 60-plus homers in 2009. Brandon Phillips remains one of the top offensive second basemen in baseball, Edwin Encarnacion has 30-homer pop at third and Ramon Hernandez should out-hit the lesser Reds catchers from last season. While not an ideal option in the leadoff spot, 2008 steals champ Willy Taveras will add a new dimension of speed to the lineup, and young left field-er Chris Dickerson has 20-20 potential. Manager Dusty Baker won’t be working with the best lineup in the world, but it’s a diverse group that should vastly improve on the Reds’ abysmal .247 team average and 4.35 runs per game from last year. In the field, the Reds struggled mightily in 2008, ranking above

only the Rangers in defensive efficiency. But the addition of the agile Taveras to play center field, in tandem with Phillips at second and Alex Gonzalez at short, gives Cincinnati three strong up-the-middle defenders — an impor-tant step toward reducing the number of balls put in play that go for hits. The Reds’ bullpen ranked third in the National League last sea-son with a 3.81 total ERA, and even with the departure of Jeremy Affeldt in free agency, the current group — led by closer Francisco Cordero and setup men David

Weathers, Jared Burton, Bill Bray and the recently added Rhodes — is good enough to replicate that effort. Also working to the Reds’ advantage is that they play in the NL Central division, where the Chicago Cubs are the only other team expected to compete. Lou Piniella’s Northsiders are certainly the favorites to repeat as the divi-sion champs, and the Reds don’t have the talent to match up with them just yet. But Cincinnati’s potential path to a Wildcard berth will be made much easi-er by the presence of the lowly

Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros, plus the middling St. Louis Cardinals and the now pitching-deprived Milwaukee Brewers. If things break right, they’ll have little trouble keeping up with the senior circuit’s other wild card contenders. The Reds probably won’t take the National League by storm and race to a division crown the way the Rays did last season. But they do have all the pieces in place to make plenty of noise in 2009 and are the best choice to improve by more wins than any other team.

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Cincinnati pitcher Aaron Harang, shown here in 2006, has fatigued in recent years but figures to factor promi-nently into the young Reds’ playoff hopes. Harang boasts a 4.25 ERA over almost 1,200 major league innings in seven big league seasons.

by Daniel RathmanDaily Staff Writer

off a few to give us some downtime during the season.” Wolk and Ranes both advanced to the individual competition, though they were sent home after the first elimination round in bouts to 15, but their sabre counterparts fared better, finishing seventh out of 17.

It was the weapon’s second consecutive winning weekend after finishing fourth at the New England Championships. Sabre was led by freshman Sarah Danly, who rebounded from a 12th-place finish last week with a better performance, and junior sabre captain Alexandra Cheetham, who fence A and B, respectively. Next Sunday, Tufts will send six team

members to NCAA Regionals at MIT — epeeists Wolk, Ranes and Hughes; foil-ists Lee and Paul; and sabrist Danly. Though Lee has the best shot to advance to Nationals, all of the fencers are at a dis-advantage coming from a Div. III school, which is a negative in the convoluted ranking system. “I would like to fence well, but I don’t

expect to go to Nationals or anything like that,” Ranes said. “I’m just looking to have a good day fencing and have a good end to the season. It’s hard to have the neces-sary points to advance to Nationals in the position we’re in coming from [Div. III]. It’s not really in reach for me, so my goal is realistic. I want to fence well and be proud of the season I’ve had.”

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The 2008-09 season for the Middlebury men’s basketball team has been one of historic proportions. Having already finished first in the NESCAC regular season and earned the right to host the conference tournament, both firsts for the program, the Panthers (24-3, 8-1 NESCAC) took it to a new level, winning their first-ever NESCAC championship with a win over Amherst on Sunday afternoon. With the 77-68 victory comes an auto-matic berth to the NCAA Tournament, for which Middlebury received a first-round bye as well as the right to host its first tournament game. Amherst, which finished the season at 21-6 with a 7-2 record in conference play, also received an invitation to the tournament. The story of the weekend, however, was the Panthers’ victory over the Lord Jeffs, which snapped Middlebury’s seven-game losing streak against the visiting Amherst team. “It was an exciting environment and a great basketball atmosphere, and it was really special day for us,” Middlebury coach Jeff Brown said. With the championship on the line, the game was tied at 65 with just over four minutes to play. But Middlebury turned up the defensive intensity and held the Lord Jeffs scoreless for the next three minutes, taking a 73-65 lead on a jumper by senior co-captain Ben Rudin with 1:27 left, a lead it would never relinquish. Amherst couldn’t hit its stride down the stretch and managed only three points in the concluding four minutes, sending the Panthers to an 11-point victory. “We were fortunate to get several con-secutive stops against them,” Brown said. “During that stretch, we got a lot of

offensive rebounds. A couple times we missed the first shot, but we got the ball back and we were able to convert to cre-ate that bit of separation.” “They had trouble covering our more mobile power forward, so they took out one of their bigs and put in [sophomore Jamal Davis] and he’s a very tough, defensive-minded kid,” Amherst coach Dave Hixon said. “They made a really nice chess-type adjustment there. So we just had to run our sets and see what we could get against the new defense, but we struggled to get the looks that we wanted.” The game saw Amherst take an early 10-4 lead behind five points from senior co-captain Brian Baskauskas to silence the passionate crowd of 1,200 dressed largely in navy and white. The rest of the half featured quick spurts from both teams, and the hosts managed to take a 42-37 lead into the locker room. While the Panthers didn’t shoot the ball particularly well throughout the game, making just over 41 percent of shots from the field, they were able to use their size and strength to bring down 20 offensive rebounds which gave them plenty of second-chance points. “Their size and effort on the offen-sive boards is what gave them the edge,” Hixon said. “They got a lot of second chances that generated extra shots for them. If we were able to rebound the ball, then we get an extra look instead of them. It was like people playing volleyball — the ball would be tipped four or five times and then end up in their hands.” The Panthers started the second half off strong, building the lead up to nine, 52-43, on a three-point play by fresh-man Ryan Sharry with 13:15 left in the contest. But soon after, the Lord Jeffs

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by Alex lAchSenior Staff Writer

see Men’S BASKetBALL, page 15

862Saves on the season by freshman hockey

goalie Scott Barchard, a new Tufts record, as he surpassed Ben Crapser (E

‘04) by 164 goals. Barchard solidified his place in the record books on Saturday with a 50-save effort against Amherst in the team’s season-ending NESCAC

Tournament loss. Additionally, within a 24-hour period two weeks ago, Barchard

made an aggregate 112 saves to net NESCAC Player of the Week honors.

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Home losses that the Moravian College women’s basketball team, Tufts’ first-round NCAA Tournament opponent,

has this season. The Jumbos will travel to Bethlehem, Penn. on Friday for the

tournament opener. Although Moravian is just 6-6 on the road, they boast a

14-0 record at home, while the Jumbos are 11-2 outside Cousens Gym. The vic-tor will move on to face the winner of a contest between The College of New

Jersey and DeSales on Saturday.

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16Teams competing in the second annual World Baseball Classic, set to kick off

action tomorrow morning in Puerto Rico. The United States will be competing in

Pool C along with Canada, Italy and Ven-ezuela and will begin play this Saturday

at 2 p.m. Japan, nicknamed the Samurai, features five big-name Major Leaguers

and will embark upon the defense of its world title tomorrow against South Korea.

The average number of months the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which is handling Barry Bonds’ appeal on perjury charges,

takes to make a decision. According to the Administrative Office of the federal courts, the circuit to which Bonds appealed takes 50 percent

longer than their colleagues in the rest of the nation. At this rate, a

decision on Bonds’ fate would occur in Sept. 2010.

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James Longhurt set the NESCAC and Tufts record in the 50-yard backstroke last week-end at the conference meet at Wesleyan.His winning time of 25.82 seconds was also a

Natatorium Pool record, as he outdistanced himself from defending champion and

senior co-captain Tyler Bonewell of Williams by .52 seconds. Longhurst also placed first in the 200-yard medley relay and third in

the 100-yard backstroke.

23 millionContract amount, in dollars, that Super Bowl-losing quarterback Kurt Warner proposed that the Arizona Cardinals offer in order to get him to stay with

the defending NFC champions. After a recent visit to San Francisco, the free

agent Warner returned to demand the two-year, incentive-laden deal. Ad-

ditionally, Warner agreed to reduce his contract by $1 million if his favorite

target, wide receiver Anquan Boldin, is re-signed by the Cardinals.

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Men’s swimming and diving earns nine All-NESCAC selections

Not to be outdone by their female counter-parts, the men’s swimming and diving squad pulled out a second-place overall finish at this past weekend’s NESCAC Championships, marking the third time in four years that the Jumbos brought home the silver from the championship meet. Leading the way with All-Conference honors were nine Jumbos: senior quad-captains James Longhurst and Andrew Shields; junior diver Rob Matera; sophomores Andrew Altman, Gordy Jenkins, David Meyer and Chris Vorlicek; and fresh-men Owen Rood and E.J. Testa. On the swimming front, Shields finished on the podium in five events, including a win in the 200-yard medley relay. Longhurst swam to Tufts’ only first-place finishes in two events, setting a NESCAC record in the 50-yard breaststroke in addition to winning the 200-yard medley relay and taking a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. Rood was also part of the winning 200-yard medley squad, and he contributed second-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle relay. On the diving board, Matera took second in the 1- and 3-meter events, joining Longhurst and Jenkins among the ranks of triple All-NESCAC honorees. Breaking 15 school records on their way to the second-place finish, the Jumbos also suc-ceeded in qualifying their 200-yard medley relay squad for the NCAA meet with an A-cut time of 1:31.04.

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Sophomore David Meyer was part of a 200-yard freestyle relay group that swam a Tufts record of 1:22.39 to earn a second-place finish at NESCACs and garner All-Conference honors. The foursome also hit the NCAA B-cut qualifying time. —by Evan Cooper

championship. But with the top offensive numbers in the conference, Colby knocked out No. 4 Tufts, No. 1 Middlebury and No. 3 Trinity on their way to victory. Now ranked No. 9 in the nation in the IWLCA poll, the Mules may be in line for another stellar season in a tough league. The team lost just two seniors in the offsea-son, and the return of the 2008 NESCAC scoring leader, senior co-captain Kate Sheridan, will be a huge plus. “Kate helps make other play-ers look better,” Henning said. “But to be a success we have to raise our game because if we stay the same and don’t improve in the NESCAC, you won’t see any success because all the other teams will improve.” Ranked No. 5 on the IWLCA poll going into this Saturday’s

season opener, Middlebury is intent on building on last year’s success as well. The Panthers went 8-1 in NESCAC play last season to claim the regular season title for the eighth straight time before succumbing to eventual cham-pion Colby in the semifinal of the conference tournament, ending their reign of seven straight NESCAC Tournament titles. Middlebury will undoubt-edly look to restore itself atop the NESCAC this year with another championship and will rest much of those hopes in the hands of returning start-ing goaltender, senior tri-cap-tain Blair Bowie. On the other hand, the Panthers will be without their most dangerous scorer from 2008, Katherine Entwisle. “You lose your top scorer every year, but that is the great thing about college lacrosse

— you have to rebuild every year,” Middlebury coach Missy Foote said. No less formidable is pre-season No. 10 Amherst, which went 7-2 for second place in the NESCAC last year before losing in double overtime to Trinity in the semifinal of the confer-ence tournament. Extending their 2008 season to the NCAA quarterfinals, the Lord Jeffs laid a solid base to build on this year, but the loss of four high-impact seniors, including starting goalie Linda McEvoy, will not make their job easy. The team will have to rely on a roster heavy in underclassmen to get the job done. “We are not going to ride on our past success, and we will take this season for what it is,” Paradis said. “It will just take some time for [the new play-ers] to learn our systems of play.” Third in the NESCAC last

year at 6-3 and second in the conference tournament, Trinity is now ranked at No. 14 in the nation coming into the 2009 season. The appearance in the NESCAC final in 2008 was the first ever for the Bantams, a sure sign that the team is on the rise. But if they hope to build on last year’s success and possibly earn another NCAA bid, the Bantams will have to find a way to replace graduated goalie Michelle Smith, who led the NESCAC in saves and save percentage in 2008. At No. 17 in the preseason poll, the Jumbos don’t look too bad, either. Tufts ended the 2008 campaign tied with Colby for fourth in the NESCAC at 5-4 but lost in the first round of the championship tourna-ment to the eventual champi-on Mules. On the plus side, the Jumbos did not suffer a single out-of-conference loss all sea-son, ending the year at 10-5

overall though not earning an NCAA bid. Despite graduating four seniors, the Jumbos were fortunate in retaining sopho-more Amanda Roberts, who led the squad with 39 goals last year, as well as starting goalie sophomore Sara Bloom. Second in the league in team assists and the league-leader in assists per game last year, Tufts will be looking to its ball-sharing abilities to carry it through the NESCAC gauntlet this year. The NESCAC opener will take place this weekend, and with all 10 NESCAC teams squaring off against each other on the same day, all the heated rival-ries from years past should be quick to rekindle. Tufts will kick off its season at Amherst, which ended the Jumbos’ six-game winning streak late last season. The chance for revenge and a solid start to the season should make for an exciting day.

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the 2008 season, so the Jumbos will still be able to rely on much of the talent that carried them to success last year. “We have more depth with 23 peo-ple as compared to 18,” senior co-captain Chrissie Attura said. “All of the girls are athletic, strong and solid players. The freshmen have stepped it up, too. Every single one has stepped it up to a higher level.” “All 23 members of the team are great players,” Roma added. “There are no wasted spots on the roster.”Finishing the 2008 season ranked No. 14 in Inside Lacrosse’s ranking of Div. III programs, the Jumbos currently hold the No. 17 position from the Feb. 24 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) national poll. The Jumbos are looking to improve upon last year’s fourth-place finish and move up in the NESCAC rankings, beginning with their first game of the season this Saturday when they visit Amherst. The old rivalry should be quick to reignite, as last year’s late-sea-son match between the Jumbos and Jeffs led to the end of the Jumbos’ six-game winning streak with a 14-7 loss. Attura attributed the unfortunate outcome to a loss of focus and lack of preparation. “This game means an immense amount to the rest of the season,” Attura said. “It sets the tone for the season.” “We were definitely unprepared mentally for the game,” senior Courtney Thomas added. “I feel from watching the game film this week that we all are on the same page for this Saturday.”

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regained their stroke from the first half and went on a 10-0 run to take a 55-54 lead with 9:42 remaining. From there, the two teams traded baskets for five minutes before the final stretch when Middlebury took over. Rudin led all scorers with 18 points, which gave him a total of 77 for the tournament, a new NESCAC record. He also came down with nine rebounds and dished out five assists, while center and fellow senior co-captain Aaron Smith had 11 points and nine rebounds and Sharry had 15 points off the bench. Baskauskas led Amherst with 17 points and a game-high 14 boards.

In Saturday’s semifinal games, Middlebury defeated Bowdoin 76-46, while Amherst took down Williams 86-74. Both teams now look ahead toward next week-end when they will begin the quest through the 60-team NCAA Tournament. With a first-round bye, Middlebury will await the winner of St. Joseph’s and Bridgewater State, while Amherst will travel to Richard Stockton College in Pomona, N.J. to face Gwynedd-Mercy College. Both coaches possess NCAA Tournament experience and are ready to prepare their teams for the upcoming chal-lenges. “Gwynedd-Mercy has some size and some quickness,” Hixon said. “They don’t appear

to be deep, at least not on paper. We’re going to use a lit-tle of what NESCAC does, and that’s executing well. We have to be able to handle what they’re doing and make shots, but we’re also going to have to stop some quick, athletic kids that like to press and get to the basket.” “I think we’re going to be confident,” Brown said. “I think it comes with experi-ence: We have four seniors on the floor a lot and the team has the experience from playing in the NCAAs last year and in the championship this weekend, so I really don’t expect our guys to be very nervous. I think we’re going to be relaxed and energized to compete against whoever we face.”

Middlebury to open NCAA Tournament with a first-round bye and a Saturday home gameMEN’S bASkEtbALLcontinued from page 14

COuRTESy MiDDLEBuRy COLLEGE SpORTS iNfORMATiON

Senior co-captain Aaron Smith had 11 points and nine rebounds as the Middlebury men’s basketball team defeated Amherst, 77-68, in the NESCAC championship game on Sunday afternoon.

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