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TUPD officer
assaulted while
making arrest
by Sarah Butrymowicz
Daily Editorial Board
A Melrose man allegedly attacked
a Tufts police officer as the officer
attempted to arrest him near Sophia
Gordon Hall early Saturday morn-
ing.
Paul McClory, who is not a Tufts
student, was arraigned at the
Somerville District Court yesterday
on charges of assault and battery
of a police officer, resisting arrest,
disorderly conduct and breaking and
entering at night with the intent to
commit a felony.
The Tufts University Police
Department (TUPD) received a call
at 1:21 a.m. on Sept. 6 saying that an
individual had entered the Zeta Psi
fraternity house at 80 Professors Row
without permission.
McClory fled out the back of the
house toward Latin Way and Talbot
Avenue, according to a police report.
When police followed in that direc-
tion, they saw a crowd of people
standing on Talbot Avenue in front
of Sophia Gordon Hall, TUPD Sgt.
Robert McCarthy said.
The group was watching two
white males wander away from the
gathering; the men were yelling at
see ASSAULT, page 2
Freshman vote for senators today
At Monday forum, candidates made pitches to voters
by Giovanni Russonello
Daily Editorial Board
The predictably congested flock
of freshman Tufts Community
Union (TCU) Senate
candidates is facing
off today in an elec-
tion for the class’
seven seats. Today’s election began at 12:01
Nineteen of the
20 hopefuls con-
vened to pitch their
candidacies and respond to ques-
Freshman candidates for the TCU Senate gave statements and answered
questions at the Candidates Forum in Hotung Café on Monday evening.
Inside this issue
Colleges across the coun-
try struggle to keep their
yearbooks afloat in the
digital age.
see FEATURES, page 5
Brown and Brew
Café closed on weekends, late nights; students air disappointment
Students study at Brown and Brew, which is no longer open late at night or on weekends. Some
students say the schedule change takes away from the appeal of the campus coffee house.
tions at the Candidates Forum on
Monday evening.
TCU President Duncan Pickard
attended the event. “I was really
impressed by all the candidates,”
he said. “I thought that they were
all very well spoken and talked
about some very pertinent ...
issues on campus.”
a.m. and will continue until mid-
night. Only freshmen can vote.
At the forum, which was in
Hotung Café, each candidate
emily eisenberg/tufts daily
The women’s soccer
team will kick off the sea-
son on Saturday against
NESCAC rival Colby.
see SPORTS, page 19
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
trims hours
gave statements and answered
questions — some prepared by
the Elections Committee and
some submitted by audience
members.
Many of the candidates, quick
to admit that after less than two
weeks on campus they still had
a lot to learn about their school,
landed flat-footed when trying
to answer on-the-spot questions
about how to remedy problems
with the Office of the Residential
Life, enhance public safety or
improve students’ social life.
Some highlighted experi-
ence in student government
during high school, while oth-
ers admitted to being newcom-
ers. One even came dressed
up as Abraham Lincoln, and
another sang and played a Dave
Matthews Band song on the gui-
tar during his opening remarks.
Twenty-one candidates origi-
nally sought the freshman seats,
but Maya Kohli has dropped out
of the race. The following is a
list of the remaining candidates:
Seth Rau, Manuel Guzman,
Danielle Cotter, Aaron Bartel,
Abe Stein, Elliott McCarthy, Colin
Smith, Thomas Martinez, Arturo
Gomez, Hershal Dave, Jason
Rosenbaum, Katharina de Klerk
– who did not attend Monday’s
forum – Nunu Luo, Greg Dong,
Jimmy Zuniga, Danny Weiner,
Christina Pappas, Joel Greenberg,
Syed Asad Badruddin and Jibade
Sandiford.
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by Pranai Cheroo
Daily Editorial Board
Students looking to Brown and Brew
for late-night coffee or a sandwich on
the weekend will have to search else-
where, as the campus café is now closing
at 11 p.m. and will no longer be open on
Saturdays and Sundays.
Brown and Brew, currently devoid of
its familiar couches and coffee table, will
soon have new furniture. This will com-
plement menu changes implemented
over the summer.
Before this school year, the café typi-
cally stayed open until 1 a.m. each day of
the week.
Tufts made the weekday timing chang-
es because Brown and Brew was no lon-
ger seeing as many customers late at
night, Dining Services Director Patti Klos
said. She attributed this in part to the
success of Hotung Café, which under-
went renovations in 2007.
Klos mentioned that Tisch Library’s
Tower Café is also open late. “Prior to
[the construction of ] the Tower Café,
students leaving the library would stop
at Brown and Brew before returning
home,” she said. With the construction
of other late-night spots on campus,
Brown and Brew’s popularity waned, she
said.
But some students expressed frus-
tration with the time changes. Junior
Laura Curren, a frequent Brown and
Brew patron, used to enjoy the café’s
danai macridi/tufts daily long hours. She said the Tower does
see CAFÉ, page 2
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The Trail | Blogging the 2008 Election
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential pick, has
re-energized the Republican Party since her nomination nearly two
weeks ago.
But relatively little is widely known about Palin’s positions on national
issues; as a governor, most of her work has focused on reform-
ing her own state. This week, ABC’s Charlie Gibson
will be the first mainstream media personality to
interview Palin one-on-one about her views on
national policy.
What questions do you think
Gibson should ask in order to
best inform prospective voters?
Submit your dream questions
in the open thread on our cam-
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check back in the days ahead,
when we will post the submis-
sions of some of Tufts’ foremost
professors and political minds.
DiBiase, two others to be student
liaisons to Board of Trustees
by Jeremy White will work with the board’s
Daily Editorial Board Administration and Finance
Committee and Jen Bailey will
Former Tufts Community be the liaison to the board’s
Union (TCU) President Neil Academic Affairs Committee.
DiBiase and two other seniors The elections were open to
won positions Sunday as this all interested students, but vot-
year’s TCU Senate trustee rep- ing for the three trustee rep-
resentatives. resentatives was internal, with
DiBiase will represent stu- only senators casting votes.
dents on the Board of Trustees’ The representatives do not
Committee for University
Advancement, Laura Herman see TRUSTEE, page 2
Today’s Sections
News 1 Op-Ed 13
Features 5 Comics 17
Arts | Living 9 Sports 19
Editorial | Letters 12 Classifieds 23
2 The Tufts Daily
Student trustee
representatives
to plan projects
TRUSTEE
continued fom page 1
vote on Senate matters, but they
attend Senate meetings to stay attuned
to student issues. They cannot vote
on board matters either; they instead
provide trustees with information and
suggestions.
“Ultimately, they’re all in it to rep-
resent us and take our concerns to
the trustees,” said TCU Historian
Antonella Scarano, a senior.
DiBiase believes that the central
role of the student representatives is
to keep trustees informed about stu-
dents’ view of the university, bridging
the gap between the campus and the
boardroom.
“A lot of trustees don’t have an
opportunity to interact with students,
so we try to give a good picture of
what life is like on campus,” he said.
“A lot of trustees don’t
have an opportunity
to interact with stu-
dents, so we try to
give a good picture
of what life is like on
Neil DiBiase
TCU Senate trustee
representative
Their efforts culminate in a February
meeting of the Board of Trustees, at
which the student representatives
make presentations to their respective
committees. Often, student represen-
tatives propose specific projects that
they have devised.
DiBiase said that he will be exam-
ining the possible repercussions on
students of Tufts’ recently adopted
practice of need-blind admissions,
and he may encourage the trustees to
subsidize events or grant some level
of financial support to less affluent
students.
“I want to ensure that as we con-
tinue to diversify socioeconomically
as a school, student life isn’t impacted
and there isn’t an informal stratifica-
tion of students socioeconomically at
Tufts,” DiBiase said. “Where $10 for
a cultural event might not be a big
deal for some students, as we become
more socioeconomically diverse, it
might become a bigger deal for other
students.”
Bailey will be focusing her efforts
on how to best foster a stronger sense
of community at Tufts, an endeavor
that will involve both speaking to stu-
dents directly and combing through
data from student surveys like the
Senate’s annual senior exit survey and
sophomore survey.
“One issue that I hear repeatedly
from recent alumni and even students
here is that they feel connected to their
friends and student organizations, but
when it comes to feeling connected to
Tufts as a whole, that universal com-
munity doesn’t exist for them,” Bailey
said. “I’d like to look at questions that
have already been asked about com-
munity and see where the gaps really
lie in our programming.”
Herman, who covered the Senate
as a writer for the Daily during her
freshman year, said that projects
such as construction and renovation
impact student life strongly. In partic-
ular, Herman mentioned updating the
campus center, which she said lags
behind other facilities on campus, as
a possible goal.
“I think the current state of the
campus center is pretty bad and
needs a lot of work, and it’s some-
thing that is at the heart of student
life on campus,” Herman said. “It’s
the first thing people visit when they
come as prospective students. I don’t
think the building is on par with the
rest of the university, the way we
present ourselves.”
Police Briefs
Identity crisis: Two addresses
to match those two IDs
Tufts University Police Department (TUPD)
officers responded to a call at 12:30 a.m.
on Aug. 28 from Bartol House, commonly
called the Arts Haus, at 37 Sawyer Ave.
The caller reported that a suspicious male
was knocking on the house’s front and
back doors. Upon arriving, officers found
a student at the rear of the Health Service
building.
When they asked the individual where
he lived, he pointed to the Health Service
building, which is at 124 Professors Row,
and said 98 Professors Row, according to
Sergeant Robert McCarthy of TUPD.
The individual was asked for identifica-
tion and produced two different driver’s
licenses, one that indicated he was 21 and
one that said he was 20. “Guess which
one was the real one,” McCarthy said.
TEMS was called and the individual was
eventually deemed well enough to be
released and then was brought back to his
fraternity house.
Reveries early in the year cause
late-night violations
Some off-campus parties the first week-
end back at school resulted in noise viola-
tions and fines for Tufts students.
Students eat and study in Brown and Brew, where shorter hours have drawn gripes from some students.
Limited hours leave Brown and Brew worse off, some say
CafÉ
continued from page 1
not offer a comparable environment.
“Having [Brown and Brew] open late
on weeknights or weekends is a good
alternative to going to a party or social-
izing in a different way. I think it’s
bad that it’s closing [earlier],” she said.
“Obviously you have the library for just
studying, but for places that can double
as a social environment as well, Brown
and Brew is the only place I want to sit
in.”
She added, “The Tower is right next to
the library, so I don’t go there to social-
ize. I don’t feel bad about talking to my
neighbor at Brown and Brew. The Tower
is just a study place for me and not a
destination like Brown and Brew.”
Curren said Brown and Brew fills a
distinct and important niche on cam-
pus. “I don’t feel like Tufts is a school
that has that many places to go to be
social and do work at the same time and
be a community,” she said. “I think it’s
really good that we revamped Hotung,
but it has that weird neon-light-and-
football vibe. I think that a campus cof-
fee shop is a really important aspect of
a college.”
Curren added that a lot of students
had enjoyed relaxing at Brown and
Brew on the weekends. “On weekends,
when people don’t have classes, you can
spend a lot of time there doing home-
work,” she said.
Junior Helen Corless, one of the few
News
TUPD officers responded to a call at
12:40 a.m. on Sept. 1 from West Adams
Road reporting a loud party. Officers from
the Somerville Police Department also
came to the scene and fined the residents
$300 for a noise violation.
Later that night, at 1:30 a.m., officers
from both departments went to Ossipee
Road to follow up on a report of a noise
disturbance.
The officers found about 25 people in
the backyard playing beer pong, McCarthy
said. Somerville Police officers fined the
residents $300 as well.
Basement Boozin’
A resident from Miller Hall called TUPD
at 11 p.m. on Sept. 2 to complain about
noise coming from Oxfam Café, which is
located in the dormitory’s basement.
When police arrived at the scene, sev-
eral people were in Oxfam, and some were
drinking. They had been using Oxfam for
an event, McCarthy said. Some people
brought alcohol and it developed into a
small party.
The officers broke up the gathering and
forced everyone to leave.
—compiled by Sarah Butrymowicz
people sitting in Brown and Brew at
10:30 on Monday night, was annoyed
when she learned her friends would
have to leave at 11 p.m. “One of the rea-
sons we came here today was because
we thought we would have at least three
hours to work,” she said.
Klos said Dining Services removed
the café’s four couches last semester
because they were too worn out. Brown
and blue armchairs will soon replace
the couches. “We were all in agreement
that the furniture was old and needed
to be replaced,” she said. Klos, who was
part of a university-wide committee
that wrote new fire codes, explained
that the furniture in Brown and Brew
was purchased before the codes went
into effect. Klos said some of the old
furniture might have been against the
new codes.
The armchairs are expected to arrive
this month, according to David Ford,
the manager of Brown and Brew.
Corless frequented the café last year
when her a capella group, the Jackson
Jills, practiced on the second floor of
Brown and Brew’s Curtis Hall. She said
that she was eager for couches to arrive
and called Brown and Brew “less friend-
ly” without them.
Nathan Ricci, a fourth-year graduate
student, was glad Tufts would supplant
the couches. “To be honest, they looked
like they needed to be replaced. They
were pretty beat up,” he said.
A new velour curtain will be installed
Melrose man
assaulted TUPD
officer during
arrest, police say
Assault
continued from page 1
each other.
An officer returned to Zeta Psi to
retrieve the man who had originally
called TUPD.
He was brought to the scene and
identified one of the straying men as
the person who had been inside the
house.
The other male was said to have
had nothing to do with the break in.
When the officers attempted to
arrest the man for breaking and
entering, he assaulted one of them,
grabbing the officer and trying to
throw him to the ground, the police
report said.
McClory was then transported to
the Somerville Police Department,
where he was booked.
Giovanni Russonello contributed
reporting to this article.
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behind the café’s small stage by next
week, Ford said. The stage received new
carpeting over the summer.
The café also received a new, light-
brown paint job this summer.
Klos and Katia Porzecanski, a senior
who works at the café, both noted
extensive changes to Brown and Brew’s
menu, including different brands of
coffee and ice cream and the addition
of a new waffle maker, chili and hot
sandwiches. “The main goal is to offer
more variety,” Klos said.
The café will now offer Pura Vida coffee,
which is fair-trade, and Edy’s ice cream and
new toppings for the ice cream, according
to Porzecanski. With the help of the new
waffle maker, students can make “waffle
and ice cream combos,” she said.
Quote of the day
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international flight from
hamburg in which all of the
passengers and crew inhale
some kind of poison that
melts all of the flesh off of
their bodies.”
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Interdisciplinary studies at Tufts on the rise

Integrating different disciplines raises questions about academic focus, organizational difficulties
by Jess Bidgood
Daily Editorial Board
The Chronicle of Higher Education
reported last year that “interdisciplin-
arity,” which is an approach to learning,
teaching and research that transcends
and unites a variety of traditionally
separate academic disciplines, was
becoming increasingly agreed upon by
the university community — a commu-
nity, they added, which often tends to
argue over its philosophy of learning.
A quick stroll through Tufts’ aca-
demic buildings would easily reveal
that Tufts falls in line with this trend.
Many of Tufts’ specialized pro-
grams, from the Center for South
Asian and Indian Ocean Studies to the
Wright Center for Science Education
to Fletcher’s International Business
Program, all boast an interdisciplinary
approach.
Undergraduates can choose from
several interdisciplinary majors, and
some of the university’s most cutting-
edge research is based on using an
interdisciplinary approach — a con-
cept that has broken academic barriers
while creating points of tension recog-
nizable to both faculty and students.
“There’s a new vibrancy around
interdisciplinary programs,” Dean
of Undergraduate Education James
Glaser said. “Students are interested
in programs that allow them to reach
into different departments [to] make
connections and have a holistic experi-
ence.”
The preeminence of interdiscipli-
narity at Tufts today is a result of a
period of growth and development that
stretches back at least 30 years. sented,” Tufts IR Director and Associate
Glaser remembers when interdis-
ciplinarity was in its early stages of
development.
“A couple of years ago, we had a
professor [ Jesper Rosenmeier of the
English Department] who retired, who
spent his whole career talking about
tearing down the walls between the
disciplines,” he said. “I think a lot of
people didn’t agree with him, but that
idea has been around for quite a long
time.”
Rosenmeier was one of the found-
ing members of the American Studies
department, which recently celebrated
its 30th anniversary.
Tufts’ undergraduate International
Relations (IR) program is a historically
interdisciplinary major that typically
graduates the most students of any
major from the College of Arts and
Sciences.
“While other IR programs have a
range of disciplines comprising their
majors, my impression is that the IR
program at Tufts includes a greater
[variety] of disciplines than many, with
19 programs and departments repre-
Professor Malik Mufti said.
Mufti believes that the IR program’s
interdisciplinary nature gives it a spe-
cial strength, one that is much needed
in a discipline as complicated as IR.
“Without multi-disciplinarity, it
would be difficult for us to treat some
of the most critical concerns in inter-
national affairs today,” he said. “Take
our specialization in global health,
nutrition and the environment. With
participation from biology, civil and
environmental engineering, econom-
ics and others, we can offer high qual-
ity training in issues ranging from sus-
tainable development to global pan-
demics.”
Mufti said he recognizes, however,
that interdisciplinarity may also pose
challenges to undergraduates engaging
in the study of International Relations.
“Some students do not find focus
early enough,” he said. “They risk stay-
ing on the surface and not creating
a coherent and rigorous program of
study in which they can build knowl-
edge on knowledge and gain mastery
over specific knowledge sets.”
Mufti explained that the International
Relations program is working to address
this problem.
“The curriculum reform process we
went through recently was actually
motivated by this concern,” he said.
Glaser believes that, since the pro-
fessors of interdisciplinary majors
come from separate departments, the
disciplines can be vulnerable to sud-
den changes. One, he said, is a “people
problem” that occurs when many pro-
fessors within a smaller major concur-
rently take sabbatical, for example.
see INTERDISCIPLINARY, page 7

The yearbook: a record of the past, or simply a relic of it?

by Robin Carol
Daily Editorial Board

The Tufts yearbook can

in some ways be likened to
Bigfoot or weapons of mass
destruction — something that
is often discussed, but rarely
seen.
“I’ve heard of it, but I’ve
never seen one and never had
any interactions with it. I have
no idea if I’ll end up getting
one,” senior Stephen Sherman
said.
College yearbooks are
becoming increasingly rare
and unpopular.
In the age of Google and
Facebook.com, the question,
‘Where are they now?’ is fairly
easy to answer, leaving the rel-
evance of a hardcover year-
book under scrutiny.
Colleges nationwide are
weighing decreases in sales
and interest against the notion
of tradition. For example,
Purdue University recently
announced that the 2007-2008
edition was the final publi-
cation of its yearbook, the
Debris.
The Tufts yearbook, which is
sold primarily to seniors and
their families, has recently
faced its own challenges.
Office for Campus Life
Director Joe Golia has been
actively recruiting students
after the majority of the year-
book staff graduated last year.
“We didn’t have any stu-
dents signed up,” Golia said.
“I’m serving as advisor of the
yearbook. We hope to not need Tien Tien/Tufts Daily
an advisor because we’ll have The college yearbook, formerly a method of keeping records of classmates, is slowly becoming obsolete.
students, but [for now], I’m
guiding them.” to leave feeling really connect- the yearbook, they’ll go on are starting to get rid of them. yearbook preserves our com-
After seeing Golia’s recruit- ed with this campus.” Facebook for that person,” he In this day of technology, a munity, the Tufts community,”
ment ad on TuftsLife.com, According to Golia, the said. book is not the thing any- she said. “With Facebook, peo-
senior Emily Roitman decided Internet is changing the role This has left administrators more.” ple have privacy settings set
to join the staff this year. of the yearbook on college nationwide in a tough spot. Roitman said that she hopes so only their friends can look
“It’s something I’d been campuses. Whereas the year- “Every college is talking Tufts is not heading in the at them, and photos can be
thinking about for a while, and book formerly served a practi- about this. Some administra- direction of eliminating the removed. [Also], some people
I [wanted] to work on it as cal purpose, it now exists for tors would say that we abso- yearbook. take away their profiles when
a senior because that’s when sentimental value. lutely have to have a yearbook “I think that students realize they enter the workplace, but
it’s most beneficial,” Roitman “I don’t think anyone grabs a every year, but lots of student that the two entities are meant that’s not going to happen
said. “I think it was the idea of yearbook now to contact some- activities offices are seeing to serve different purposes. with a yearbook.”
being part of something that’s one. They grab it to remember whether this is needed any- Facebook puts a large empha-
going to last. As a senior I want someone, and before they get more,” Golia said. “Colleges sis on the individual, while the see YEARBOOK, page 6
6 The Tufts Daily Features Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Parents keep
Tufts’ year-
book sales alive
YEARBOOK
continued from page 5
Golia said that the yearbook
might need to change so that
it aligns with student needs.
“I’m absolutely going to start
looking at sales and student
interest and make a decision,”
he said. “Are parents just buy-
ing it or do students actually
care about the yearbook? I need
to see what people want. If the
yearbook is not of interest to
people anymore, we can do a
booklet of senior portraits.”
Sales of the Tufts yearbook
have not suffered significantly.
Over the past 10 years, an
average of 700 books has been
sold annually. At $85 each,
book sales along with advertis-
ing cover the cost of producing
the book.
According to Golia, the book
has been particularly popular
among parents, but that too
may change.
“A parent will buy a book
for a student and a book for
themselves,” Golia said. “As
parents of college students
become younger and [more]
tech savvy, I think the trend
will be towards [fewer] books
being purchased [because]
they won’t think that a nice tien tien/Tufts Daily

cover or leather really means
anything. Parents are still at
the age where they think that’s
a neat thing to have.”
Some students see eye-to-
eye with their parents on the
value of a tangible product.
“I think it’s still nice to have
something physical that you
can have in your hands and
look at. It’s still important to
Schools across the country are evaluating whether or not to keep printing their yearbooks.
people,” sophomore Molly and that would have every- Although the future of the to capture a time in your life,”
Dow said. thing I want to see,” Sherman college yearbook is uncertain, Roitman said.
Still, the need for a college said. “All the information I for now it remains a subtle “It’s a collection of perma-
yearbook is less pronounced need I can find online in two staple of the undergraduate nent memories; it’s something
than it used to be among most searches. It’s the same thing experience. nice, something nostalgic.
students. for pictures of friends and “I don’t think it’s a top prior- You can sit down with your
“There’s too much that loved ones.” ity on campus, but for senti- family and point out pieces
goes on [here] to really have a Senior Phil Marsel agreed. mental reasons … I might get of your college experience. I
comprehensive yearbook that “I have my own pictures of the one,” senior Alec Lewis said. think that’s something spe-
wouldn’t be 5,000 pages long people I care about,” he said. “Yearbooks have the ability cial.”
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Fletcher School’s International Business Program features and inter-
disciplinary approach.
Health studies need broad focus
INTERDISCIPLINARY
continued from page 5
Glaser said he knows that
interdisciplinary study is
subject to other obstacles, as
well.
“Most of our professional
lives happen in disciplines,
our professional networks are
in disciplines, our day-to-day
contacts are within our depart-
ments,” Glaser said. “It’s time-
consuming and effortful to
join other disciplines and net-
works.”
Although he doesn’t think
many Tufts faculty are hostile
to the idea of crossing disci-
plinary boundaries, he under-
“At this point in time,
we are concerned that
people don’t necessar-
ily understand what
an undergraduate
major in community
health means, in terms
of what the students
know and what they
have studied. So if a
student has studied
biology/community
health or anthropol-
ogy/community health
[etc], then when they
graduate, employers
and graduate pro-
grams will have a bet-
ter idea of their inter-
ests and abilities.”
Edith Balbach
director of the community
health program
stands that it poses a chal-
lenge to all involved.
“In practical terms, it’s hard-
er to accomplish,” he said.
Glaser pointed to Tufts’
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these barriers can be broken
down.
“The kinds of collaboration
going on here are really amaz-
ing. That’s a kind of thing that
TEN
I think is part of the future,”
he said.
Edith Balbach, the direc-
tor of the community health
program, one of Tufts’ fastest
growing majors, believes that
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to a student’s understanding
of health.
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social well-being,” Balbach
said. “When you do that, it’s
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Gallery Review

Extravagant jewelry makes for bedazzled display at MFA

Priceless Art Nouveau artists take Eastern symbols and add a Western interpretation to their pieces
by Lumay Wang
Daily Staff Writer
A blooming flower, a butterfly spread-
ing its wings and a beautiful young
woman are transient symbols with their
Imperishable Beauty: Art
Nouveau Jewelry
At the Torf Gallery, through Nov. 9
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
617-267-9300
energy and youthfulness doomed to
wane in the future. When these images
are incorporated into jewelry, however,
they become transfixed in time. These
symbols of the brevity of life are the
main focus of the Museum of Fine Art’s
(MFA) current jewelry exhibit.
“Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau
Jewelry” is a compilation of more than
120 pieces by several different artists. It
brings together the stunning skills and
the luminescent jewels of the late nine-
teenth and early twentieth centuries
into two rooms. Colorful and exquisite,
this exhibit is surely a feast for the eyes.
A highly imaginative style, Art
Nouveau is a reaction to the naturalis-
tic and perhaps boring decorative style
present during previous periods of time.
Art Nouveau is exciting and organic and
“choos[es] to interpret nature rather
than imitate it,” according to the wall
text. The rainbow of colors used creates
a decadent and rich feeling. As a result,
the jewelry, with its attention to minute
details, is extravagant yet creative.
An artistic conversation about the
juxtaposition of ostensibly opposite
concepts persists throughout the exhib-
it. Ideas such as delicateness, strength,
permanence and transience are preva-
lent. Many Art Nouveau artists bor-
rowed Japanese symbols and images
and gave them Western significance. For
example, the peacock, which tradition-
ally stands for divinity and power, has
become a study of detail. Stripping it of
its Asian meaning, the artists explored
new ways to bring out color, shine and
features in the feathers.
The artists take these transforma-
tions one step further when they chal-
lenge our conceptions of preciousness.
Using mainly semi-precious stones and
Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A single dangling pearl completes this deli-
cate “Pendant/brooch with female bust”
from the early 1900s.
gold and silver, the artists forwent more
rare elements such as diamonds.
The thistle necklace by René Lalique,
a renowned Art Nouveau jeweler who
has several works in the show, is a per-
fect example of the theme of opposites.
Crafted from gold enamel, pearls and
cast glass from 1904 to 1905, the neck-
lace is formed from many intertwining
thistle branches. Lalique has taken a
normally prickly and undesirable plant
and transformed it into a delicate and
wearable piece of art. The prickles have
been tamed with blunt edges while
small diamonds accent the branches.
Worn upon a woman’s neck, the neck-
lace would appear sexy and dangerous
at the same time, evoking the idea of
the femme fatale.
One of the most stunning pieces of the
collection appears right at the entrance
to the exhibit. The orchid brooch by
Charles Desrosiers is a fairly large piece
of jewelry. It is absolutely breathtaking,
capable of stirring any girl’s heart. The
petals are created from gold enamel,
using a technique called “plique à jour,”
or the backless technique.
“Plique à jour” means that the viewer
can see straight through the enamel. It
is truly a difficult technique to master,
see JEWELRY, page 10

What’s hot: young sexy Asian men. What’s not: receding hairlines.
Movie Review
Cage’s reputation isn’t the only thing wrecked in
abhorrent Thai film remake ‘Bangkok Dangerous’
by Matthew DiGirolamo in 1999 by the Pang Brothers,
Daily Editorial Board who returned to the project
to remake it into the biggest
Every now and again, the flop of the summer. Nicolas
action genre spits out films Cage stars but has no nota-
which feature a hardened ble supporting actors by his
side. Unrecognizable foreign
Bangkok Dangerous actors play the other charac-
ters who either get killed or
do the killing.
The two films remain the
Starring Nicolas Cage, same only in title and basic
Shahkrit Yamnarm and idea; most of the plot points
Nirattisai Kaljaruek have changed, as well as the
Directed by the Pang way in which the characters
are portrayed. For example,
Brothers the original film portrays
criminal or hit man who has assassin Joe (played by Pisek
decided to take one last “job” Intrakanchit) as a deaf and
and then quit the business mute hit man who falls in love
forever. And yes, Nicholas with a pharmacist while work-
Cage has starred in the vast ing on jobs with his friend Kong
majority. Of course, nothing (Pawalit Mongokolpisit). The
ever goes smoothly, but over- new version of the movie has
the-top action and occasional Cage’s Joe going to Bangkok for
humor tend to make these his final job, falling in love with
films worthwhile. “Bangkok a deaf and mute pharmacist
Dangerous,” however, drags and hiring a con man named
on with stale acting, drab Kong — quite a difference.
scriptwriting and just plain The movie begins as Joe
awful cinematography. blabs on about his job and
“Bangkok Dangerous” was the rules he lives by in order
originally a Thai film made to make it work. His voice has
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no emotion and will surely
put any viewer to sleep. Joe
completes his kill with ease
and then goes on to cover his
tracks by snuffing the “delivery
man” who brings money and
supplies back and forth from
the person who placed the
hit. All of this action is com-
pleted at a painstakingly slow
pace, making for extremely
boring plot sequences.
Joe decides to take one
last job in Bangkok before
he hangs up his sniper rifle
for good. The job consists
of four kills, and each time
he receives an assignment
he reminds the audience, “I
don’t ask why.” Kong (Shahkrit
Yamnarm) is one of the more
interesting and entertaining
characters in the film. He’s
trying to understand the
shady nature of Joe’s work
while going to strip clubs to
deliver and pick up pack-
ages from Surat (Nirattisai
Kaljaruek), the man who puts
the jobs into place. Kong falls
in love with an exotic dancer,
see BANGKOK, page 11
TV Review
Twists, turns and complexity
thrill audiences in premiere of
J.J. Abrams’ supernatural ‘Fringe’
by Catherine Scott
Daily Editorial Board
There seems to be a sort of cult
surrounding producer/director
J.J. Abrams that grows each time a
Fringe
Starring Anna Torv, Joshua
Jackson, John Noble
Airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on
FOX
new movie or TV show is released
with his name attached. The new
FOX series “Fringe” will more than
likely succumb to the J.J. mania.
While the premiere has its fair
share of flaws, namely the medio-
cre acting and somewhat clichéd
plot and dialogue, the exciting
and fairly original premise — a
government conspiracy with the
world as its test lab — grabs view-
ers’ attention and keeps them
wanting more.
The pilot opens with an inter-
national flight from Hamburg in
which all of the passengers and
crew inhale some kind of poi-
son that melts all of the flesh off
their bodies. Of course, the FBI is
This woman is overwhelmed by the sheer number of “Fringe” plot
twists.
called, and Agent Olivia Dunham
(played by Anna Torv) swoops in.
Dunham insists on shoving her
way onto the case, only to have
her boyfriend, Agent Scott, caught
up in a chemical fire started by the
man they are trying to catch. Scott
does not die, but he is infected
with the flesh-melting chemical,
giving Dunham an excuse to get
the real plot rolling.
She tracks down the origi-
nal “fringe” scientist, Dr. Walter
Bishop (John Noble), who is now
residing in a mental institution,
and enlists the help of his son
Peter, played by Joshua Jackson of
“Dawson’s Creek.” Together they
recreate the doctor’s old lab to
find a cure for Dunham’s boy-
friend. The doctor, his son and
Dunham decide the cure lies with
the man who blew up the lab.
They come to this conclusion
during a drug-induced dream
in which Dunham’s mind joins
together with her comatose boy-
friend’s.
As if that storyline wasn’t com-
plicated enough, once Dunham
discovers the bad guy’s identity
and cures Scott, the government
and international corporation’s
see FRINGE, page 10
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10 The Tufts Daily Arts & Living Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Art Nouveau pieces uniquely interpret natural elements, adding a modern twist
JEWLERY
continued from page 9
and Desrosiers has executed
it with perfection with his iri-
descent petals. The stamens
are pearls, and tiny drops of
dew are accented by miniscule
diamonds. The orchid brooch
definitely preserves the fragil-
ity of a blossomed flower.
“Imperishable Beauty” fea-
tures not only rings, brace-
lets and other popular forms
of jewelry, but lesser known
ones such as hair combs and
spectacles. Lalique has cre-
ated a hair comb of ivy leaves,
rivaling the feather headpiece
worn by Carrie Bradshaw in
the film version of “Sex and
the City” (2008) in luxurious-
ness. It is elegant and deli-
cate with its large sapphires,
Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
René Lalique studs this carefully
crafted “Hair comb with ivy leaves”
using precious sapphires.
gold enamel and smooth horn.
The hair comb is the ultimate
piece of jewelry for the most
feminine of women.
Though the exhibit reflects
the artists’ move away from
precious elements, the pieces
are not intended to confront
ideas of socio-economic class.
Indeed, the jewelry is impecca-
bly crafted; only the elite would
have been able to afford such
beauty. Works by Tiffany and
Co. are prominently displayed,
for example.
The Art Nouveau style as
portrayed by the MFA is eas-
ily recognizable in many of
today’s trends in jewelry. Its
influence is far and wide, but
“Imperishable Beauty” has an Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
invaluable selection of the rich- In the orchid broach by Charles Desrosiers, diamond and pearl droplets
est and most beautiful pieces. breathe life into the shimmering orchid brooch.

Earn a Master of Public Health Degree at Brown ‘Fringe’ is sure to scratch the
Learn Public Health by itch for fans of ‘The X-Files’
FRINGE
Doing Public Health continued from page 9
conspiracy kicks in. Dunham dis-
* Partner with faculty to analyze data covers her boyfriend is in on the
conspiracy, leading to his death
and engage in public health research
and opening up an avenue for
* Inform local, state, national and her to act on the sexual tension
international health research, policy between the younger Bishop and
and practice herself in future episodes.
* Benefit from an unusually high
faculty-to-student ratio The show’s acting fre-
quently falls flat, espe-
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The plot is complicated, but
it contains nothing that a viewer
of average intelligence can’t fol-
low. Although the inspiration for
the show is exciting and new, the
storyline can be fairly predictable
at times. There is nothing new
Active Citizenship in Urban when it comes to car chases or
witness interrogations — just the
such as Agent Scott’s duplicity or
the mega-corporation abusing its
power.
The show’s acting frequently
falls flat, especially in the case of
Torv. Her tough-cop act is almost
amusing, as she tries to intimidate
while keeping up her appearance
as a life-sized Barbie. Jackson’s
acting is better with his point-on
comedic timing and conflicting
dramatic emotions, but that could
be because the writers have given
him more to work with than Torv
in terms of character complex-
ity. The star of the show is Noble
as the mad scientist father who
seems to be an omniscient figure
while the rest of the characters
run around desperately search-
ing for solutions to problems they
don’t understand.
The most compelling aspect
of “Fringe” is its theme of los-
ing control in the technologically
advanced 21st century. The idea
that technology can spiral wild-
ly out of control if placed into
the wrong hands resonates with
American viewers in the world of
post-9/11 uncertainty. As long as
the show can keep finding new
supernatural and/or technologi-
cal ideas to expand upon, it might
have a chance at success. “Fringe”

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Cage slams into rock bottom with new
action flick, ‘Bangkok Dangerous’
BANGKOK
continued from page 9
who later gets caught up in the drama
surrounding the final kill.
During all of these events, Joe meets
a deaf and mute pharmacist while look-
ing for some medicine and takes her
out on a few dates. These scenes are
particularly awkward and tedious, as
Cage’s character tries to find out what
the girl wants to say. Conversations
over dinner at the park and visiting
family are all drawn out, and it is hard
to feel any connection or chemistry
between the two.
The film does have some decent action
sequences, including a boat chase that
turns into a boat and motorcycle chase.
It ends with Cage jumping from the
motorcycle onto the boat and complet-
ing the assignment. The film also con-
I spy with my little eye … a potential title for Cage’s next box office flop.
Goddard Chapel, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, (617) 627-3427
The Tufts Daily Arts & Living 11
AMER 131
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY:
tains a strange side plot (if you could call
it that) in which Joe teaches Kong how to
RACE, CULTURE, POWER, AND POLITICS
defend himself with a weapon. The only Monday 6 – 9 p.m. Rabb Room
reason provided as to why this lesson is
so imperative is revealed in a line of dia-
logue which explains how Kong was tor-
mented throughout his life. The scenes
are unnecessary, however, as Kong does - get to know a neighborhood in Boston –
not seem to use any of what he learns for
more than thirty seconds.
- study its history and current issues –
“Bangkok Dangerous” is one of those - work with the people who live there –
films that should have never been remade.
Cage’s action flick is unspeakably hor-
rendous, as “Bangkok Dangerous” makes COURSE DESCRIPTION
the video-game adaptation “Hitman”
(2007) look like an Oscar-winner. The film
grossed the most money compared to There are two main goals for this course. First, it gives students the
other movies in its opening weekend, but opportunity to get to know the history and politics of a
a mere $7 million debut at a time when
competition isn’t all that stiff is a sure sign community and how these shape the lives of people who live there.
that, ultimately, this film won’t go very far. Second, the course encourages students to develop life-long skills
for social justice work by engaging in direct service and advocacy
within a community.
The community is Boston’s Chinatown, a very diverse urban neighborhood
that is home to about 5,000 people. New immigrant families live side by
side with many long-time residents, local businesses, Tufts Medical School
and the Tufts Medical Center.
Students will take a seminar at Tufts as well as engage in weekly service
at non-profit community organizations and schools. Each student is placed
at a non-profit community organization throughout the academic year to
participate in community-generated projects. Project issues include:
environmental justice, sustainable development, affordable housing,
immigrants’ and workers’ rights, youth services and advocacy, public
health, legal assistance, ESL, citizens’, and civil rights education.
This is a year-long course and students will receive 2 credits after they
complete all requirements.
Interested students should contact Professor Jean Wu directly at
jean.wu@tufts.edu or come to the first class.
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EDITORIAL
THE TUFTS DAILY
Robert S. Silverblatt
Editor-in-Chief
Brewing up ideas for social space
Editorial Recently, Brown and Brew has times affect very few Tufts students, of the room. The current campus cen-
begun closing at 11 p.m. during the although the Brew does serve a seg- ter, constructed in the 1970s in a way
Rachel Dolin Managing Editors week and remaining closed on week- ment of campus that is removed from that suggests an administration’s fear
Kristin Gorman ends, much to the chagrin of the other dining establishments. of rioting, simply cannot serve this
Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors five or six students who frequent the In fact, to hear people talk about purpose.
Jason Richards Brew that late. Yes, there are occa- the charm of Brown and Brew is to be The Hotung renovations are excel-
Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor sionally students between about 213 bombarded with names of other such lent — for Hotung. The change in
College Ave Avenue and Halligan Hall hangouts and eateries: The Tower Café furniture in front of the Commons is
Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday nights, jone- has a “library atmosphere,” Hotung is an improvement — for the Commons.
Pranai Cheroo
Michael Del Moro sing for a Roadrunner and a packet too distracting and the rest of the The game room has enhanced equip-
Nina Ford of pita chips, and they have found campus center is too boring/loud/ ment, but it is not big enough or
Ben Gittleson their hopes for a coffee-based bever- quiet/small. Brown and Brew too open enough to be inviting to a large
Gillian Javetski
Jeremy White age and a collegiate atmosphere most receives its fair amount of critiques number of students. Right now, Tufts
cruelly dashed. from students who find it too far away has a place where students can find
Alex Bogus Assistant News Editor While debate has raged fiercely in for their needs. everything that they need, but what
Carrie Battan Executive Features Editor the last six months over the wisdom The common thread in such com- Tufts really needs is a place students
of removing the couches from our plaints is that there simply is not a can enter without a purpose and find
Jessica Bidgood Features Editors venerable coffeehouse (some stu- central place on campus that fulfils something to do. That is where you
Robin Carol dents called the move “bad” because students’ needs, be it for socializing, will find the Tufts students of tomor-
Kerianne Okie
Charlotte Steinway the couches were comfortable; others studying or staving off starvation. row.
called it “good” because the couch- The campus center, designed (in This is a dream that will likely be
Sarah Bliss Assistant Features Editors es were gross), arguments reached a theory) to fill these needs, is woefully unfulfilled; it is an enormous project
Meghan Pesch
shrill but decidedly muted crescendo divided. If you want to do a mix of that would require huge amounts of
Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor in the last week as the management socializing and studying, you often money that is currently earmarked for
of Brown and Brew elected to shut need to physically move from place to a new sports center, new science cor-
Jessica Bal Arts Editors
Grant Beighley down operations after 11 p.m. and on place. ridors and other worthy projects. But
Sarah Cowan weekends. Thwarted Tuftonians can What Tufts needs is a central loca- it is a dream nonetheless. We at the
Catherine Scott be found wandering the streets, com- tion where students can do all of the Daily offer this thought not with an
Emma Bushnell Assistant Arts Editors plaining that coffee from Hodgdon is above — not in separate rooms, but expectation that we will see it com-
Matthew DiGirolamo “too commercial,” wallowing sadly in in a big, open atrium where hundreds pleted, but with a hope that it will be
their collective despair. of students can gather without feeling considered. Until that happens, you
Jyll Saskin Executive Op-Ed Editor In all seriousness, the new closing that they are violating the “purpose” can find us … well, somewhere.
Thomas Eager Executive Sports Editor
Sapna Bansil Sports Editors
Evans Clinchy
Philip Dear Wayne StaysKal
David Heck
Carly Helfand
Noah Schumer
Scott Janes Assistant Sports Editor
Jo Duara Executive Photo Editor
Alex Schmieder Photo Editors
Laura Schultz
Rebekah Sokol
Annie Wermiel
James Choca Assistant Photo Editors
Emily Eisenberg
Aalok Kanani
Danai Macridi
Tim Straub
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PRODUCTION
Marianna Bender Production Director
Emily Neger Executive Layout Editor
Kelsey Anderson Layout Editors
Leanne Brotsky
Jennifer Iassogna
Julia Izumi
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Andrew Petrone
Muhammad Qadri
Daniel Simon
Amani Smathers
Steven Smith
Katie Tausanovitch
Adam Raczkowski Executive Technical Manager
Michael Vastola Technical Manager
John Sotherland Executive Online Editor
Louise Galuski Online Editors
Hena Kapadia
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 The Tufts Daily Op-Ed 13

John McCain: the leader our country needs

by Michael Hawley

With the end of the Republican National

Convention, the official general election
campaign for President of the United
States has begun. Rarely in the history
of this country have the American peo-
ple been given the opportunity to elect a
man whose independent spirit so attracts,
whose experience is so comprehensive
and whose passionate love of country has
been proven through the toughest of tri-
als. John McCain stands ready to lead this
country to peace through strength and to
prosperity through the free market.
As America stands once again at its
quadrennial crossroads, it will choose
between two very different men and two
divergent visions for the future. Barack
Obama, a brilliant orator and the first
African-American candidate for president
of any major party, appears to many as a
wholly new kind of politician. But there is
little new about the policies he espouses.
Faced with a war on the brink of victory,
he wants to retreat. Faced with an econ-
omy in trouble, he wants to raise taxes on
businesses that create jobs. Faced with a
looming energy crisis, he refuses to con-
sider increased domestic oil production as MCT
central to the solution. to close down the prison at Guantanamo of Iraq, thanks to John McCain, they will tion and healing. McCain opposes torture
Indeed, Barack Obama’s plans for Bay. He has stood fast against corruption be returning with victory. Barack Obama on the grounds that it is inhumane to do
America appear almost identical to those and waste in both parties and is a tireless would have brought them home in humili- such things, even to our enemies.
put forth by Democrats in the 1960s and fighter against Congressional earmarks. ating defeat. On a more personal note, he and his
1970s, which were resoundingly rejected John McCain has proven himself will- In an absurd Daily op-ed last week, wife Cindy were so moved with compas-
by the American people. Depicted as a ing to risk his very reputation on what he Jimmy Pianka argued that McCain’s mili- sion for a young Bangladeshi girl trapped
transcendental political figure, his record believes to be right. From almost the very tary experience actually disqualifies him in terrible poverty that they spontaneously
is that of a hyper-partisan who voted the beginning of the war in Iraq, he was loudly to be commander in chief. Using griev- adopted her. These are not the actions
Democratic Party line more often than calling for more troops to be committed — ously tortured logic, Pianka suggested of a man warped by violence and rage.
even the Senate Democrat leadership. a very unpopular position. Barack Obama that a man who has been in combat Rather, McCain’s actions prove that he
Reasonable people can disagree on the opposed any surge in troops, declaring: “I and in a POW camp is less qualified to feels deep empathy and has a sound grasp
issue of abortion, but surely a respon- am not persuaded that 20,000 additional lead our armed forces than a man with of the subtleties of this complex world.
sible legislator would support protection troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectar- no military experience who associates However, he also has seen the face of evil,
for infants born alive in abortion clinics? ian violence there. In fact, I think it will do with an unapologetic former domestic and America’s allies and enemies alike will
Barack Obama voted against just such a the reverse.” terrorist. Pianka condemned America as have no reason to doubt his resolve in the
measure. Thus, while McCain was advocating for “a culture still very much enamored with face of danger.
In contrast, John McCain has a long reinforcements, Obama was demanding war” and John McCain as “shaped pro- Obama, on the other hand, has vowed
record of opposing his own party when a phased withdrawal, effectively agree- foundly by violence and cruelty, whose to bomb our ally Pakistan without its per-
he feels the good of the country requires ing with Senate Majority Leader Harry only visible passion is the spread of mission while simultaneously promising
it. He joined the bipartisan “Gang of Reid, who said “this war is lost.” Now, American values by force,” incapable of to talk to our enemy Iran without precon-
Fourteen” to find common ground on even Obama admits that the surge has “compassion and the basic identifica- ditions. Such a scattershot foreign policy
the issue of judicial appointments. He been extremely successful (long after most tion with all humans as kin.” can only serve to confuse our friends and
supports federal action to halt climate independent observers had come to the Contrast these maliciously false state- embolden potential foes.
change. McCain championed the cause same conclusion). However, Sen. Obama ments with Senator McCain’s actions. After
of immigration reform but has accepted continues to argue that our impending his horrendous treatment at the hands of
the American people’s demand that the victory is evidence that he has been right the North Vietnamese, McCain led the push Michael Hawley is a sophomore who has
border be secured first. He opposes torture all along. While it is true that the United to normalize relations with that country, not yet declared a major. He is the president
and aggressive interrogation, promising States will soon begin pulling its troops out realizing the need for national reconcilia- of Tufts Republicans.

Response: Why Palin is a problem

by Ethan Hochheiser
I was dismayed by Mr.
Ladner’s Sept. 8 op-ed. Because
there is no substantive evi-
dence that Sarah Palin is quali-
fied to be on the national tick-
et for the vice presidency, he
resorts to ad hominem attacks,
labeling democrats as the
“liberal elite” with “an ideol-
ogy of victimization and anti-
establishment self-pity.” Yet,
at the same time, Mr. Ladner
seems to suggest that Palin is
the victim who was ruthlessly
attacked by the ‘liberal’ media
and Democrats. As any reason-
able person might understand,
I became a little perplexed as
to why Mr. Ladner accuses
Democrats of displaying “per-
verse hypocrisy” when he both
issues personalized attacks
and plays the victim.
It would require a short book
to respond to every statement
that Ladner takes right out of
Karl Rove’s play book — from
making a not-too-subtle insinu-
ation that Michelle Obama is
unpatriotic to somehow saying,
by the end of the article, that
only Republicans are patriotic
because they chanted “USA!
USA!” at their convention while
democrats chanted “Obama!”
(Although if he had watched
the DNC, he would know that
the Democrats chanted “USA!”
plenty. Certainly, Ladner would
agree, that saying three letters
doesn’t demonstrate one’s patri-
otism; only one’s actions do.)
Mr. Ladner parodies the divi-
sive attacks of the Republicans
and attempts to rally American
against American. Ladner
issues sweeping generaliza-
tions about who is more in touch
with “ordinary Americans,” and
he completely avoids the issues
and facts. Even though Ladner
may not think so, Republicans
and Democrats are patriots.
However, that is irrelevant in
terms of how one decides to
cast his or her vote in the pres-
idential election.
As Sen. Obama said at the
Democratic convention,
“enough!” This country has
had enough of presidential
elections centered on super-
ficial aspects of the candi-
dates and their lives rather
than the issues. Rather than
make sweeping generaliza-
tions about how Gov. Palin is
more “in touch with ordinary
Americans,” it would have been
more useful for the student
body if Mr. Ladner had argued
that the McCain-Palin poli-
cies are stronger than those of
Obama-Biden.
What is really disturbing
is the little time that Senator
McCain spent on vetting Gov.
Palin. What does it show about
McCain’s management style
that he evidently chose Palin
to woo potential disaffected
Clinton supporters and to pull
the attention of the media
away from the DNC? It is clear
that Sen. Joe Biden is ready to
be president, and after Sen.
Barack Obama served eight
years as a state senator, three-
and-a-half years in the U.S.
Senate (more experience than
Abraham Lincoln had when he
was elected president) and a
year-and-a-half of vetting by
the national media, it is clear
Sen. Obama has the necessary
credentials to be president.
The same cannot be said
of Gov. Palin, who served less
than two years as governor of
Alaska and served two terms
as mayor of Wasilla (1996-02).
While she was mayor, the pop-
ulation of the town, accord-
ing to the 2000 Census, was
about 5,470, or in other words,
the size of the undergraduate
population at Tufts University.
Because about a third of the
population is under 18, it actu-
ally has a smaller voting popu-
lation than Tufts.
Sarah Palin has never dealt
with national issues or foreign
policy. Her entire speech at the
RNC was written by George W.
Bush’s speech writer Matthew
Scully. She certainly can read
speeches with style, but there’s
no content, and Americans
deserve something better than
the last eight years of Bush
politics flowing out of Sarah
Palin’s mouth. No solutions
at the RNC were presented to
solve people’s problems; only
venomous attacks on Obama
were issued. What the McCain
campaign should be discussing
is how it is going to improve the
economy, what foreign policy it
plans to enforce and how a
McCain administration would
confront the healthcare crisis.
Additionally, why did
McCain choose a vice presi-
dential candidate who, in July,
responded to a question posed
by Larry Kudlow from CNBC
in this manner: “As for that VP
talk all the time, I’ll tell you,
I still can’t answer that ques-
tion until somebody answers
for me what is it exactly that
the VP does every day.”
Recently, the McCain-Palin
campaign has been trying to
promote this phenomenon
that he is in fact the “change
candidate.” One only needs
to look at the McCain-Palin
records and who runs their
campaign (Washington lobby-
ists) to understand that this is
completely false. McCain voted
Republican more than 90 per-
cent of the time over the last
eight years ... a real “maver-
ick.” As mayor, Palin hired a
lobbyist for $27 million and,
according to Fox News’ Chris
Wallace, hardly a “liberal”
newscaster, asked for $589 mil-
lion in earmarks as governor. In
fact, Alaska got “more federal
money for pork-barrel projects
per capita than any state in the
country.” McCain’s campaign
itself is run by lobbyists.
One former lobbyist, McCain
campaign manager Rick Davis,
said just a few days ago that
“This election is not about
issues. This election is about a
composite view of what people
take away from these candi-
dates.” Let’s make sure that we
do pay attention to the issues
and not get drawn in by the
Rick Davis or Matthew Ladner
tactics. Let’s make sure to talk
about the issues of the day.
Ethan Hochheiser is a junior
majoring in international rela-
tions. He is also the co-head
of Tufts Students for Barack
Obama.

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Women’s Soccer Preview

Tufts hopes new faces produce old results

Jumbos eye second consecutive opening- Whiting welcomes eight freshmen to
day victory over NESCAC rival Colby roster after departure of seven starters
by David Heck
Daily Editorial Board
The women’s soccer team is arguably
one of the most established and successful
programs at Tufts: The team has posted 13
consecutive winning seasons and has only
two losing records to show for 29 years
of competition, it has made the NESCAC
tournament for eight straight years and
has drawn five invitations to compete at
NCAAs and it is coming off a 13-3-2 sea-
son in which it has competed in both the
NESCAC Championship game and the
NCAA Tournament (and was defeated in
both by penalty kicks).
And yet, with its history of excellence,
this will nevertheless be a trying year for
coach Martha Whiting and her Jumbos.
While the tradition of success is inher-
ent to the Tufts name, the roster will be
very different.
Not only did the team graduate seven
starting seniors — something that would
severely damage any program — but
those seniors were part of arguably the
most successful and prolific class in Tufts’
history. The group’s accomplishments
Laura Schultz/Tufts daily
included over 40 wins in four years, a .750
Junior tri-captain Cara Cadigan will anchor the offense this fall after posting a school-record winning percentage against conference
19 goals last season. The Jumbos will look to prove themselves in their opening game opponents and two trips to the NCAA
against Colby Saturday, despite having lost seven starters to graduation last spring. tournament, highlighted by a run to the
final four in 2005.
by Carly Helfand take on the 2008 campaign with a “They were very impressive, especially
Daily Editorial Board clean slate. in the NESCAC,” Whiting said. “Over the
“Because we have so many new course of four years, this could’ve been the
Exiting both the NESCAC players — we have eight new play- most successful group that we’ve had in
Tournament and the NCAA ers out of 20 — I’m sure the other terms of wins and losses.”
Tournament on penalty kicks is hard- kids are disappointed over our loss, “They were the center of the team for
ly an easy thing to forget. but it’s kind of a distant memory at the past few years,” junior tri-captain Cara
But for the women’s soccer team, this point,” coach Martha Whiting Cadigan said. “We’ll definitely need to work
the graduation of seven key seniors said. “Everyone is so ready to move hard to fill a lot of their positions.”
could make putting the past behind forward, and with so many new kids, The group featured forward Lauren
it comparatively easier than anyone there’s a whole new kind of feeling on Fedore (LA ’08), midfielders Rebecca Abbott
anticipated. the team.” (E ’08) and Martha Furtek (LA ’08) and
And with eight new players joining defenders Annie Benedict (LA ’08), Julia
the roster this year, Tufts is ready to see WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 22 Brown (LA ’08), Joelle Emery (LA ’08) and
Jessie Wagner (LA ’08).
Furtek and Benedict made an impact
early on in their careers, garnering All-
NESCAC second-team honors. The next
year, Wagner and Brown transferred to Tufts,
while Furtek improved to All-NESCAC first
team status and Emery emerged as All-
NESCAC second team. That was the year
that the team made its NCAA run, coming
back against regional juggernaut Wheaton
in the Sweet Sixteen and clinching a pen-
alty-kick victory over Oneonta State in the
Elite Eight, all before falling to the College
of New Jersey in the NCAA Final Four.
“They were a significant part of the
team,” Whiting said. “Most of them were on
the field almost 90 minutes of every game.
So you figure half the kids on the field at any
one time were those girls.
“I think that’s a really hard thing to do,”
she continued. “To advance that far in a
sport where there are potentially 400 Div.
III teams. The fact that they went that far
was phenomenal.”
Over four years at Tufts, Benedict earned
three All-NESCAC second team selections,
while Furtek earned three first-team nods
and was named an All-American in 2007.
Now, in the wake of their graduation,
Tufts is left with a clear and sizable void.
The Jumbos will have to make up for that
production from somewhere, which is part
of the reason that there are eight freshmen
on the squad this season.
“[The freshmen are] very versatile,”
junior tri-captain Whitney Hardy said.
“Regionally, they come from all over the
country. Their styles of play are all very
different, which makes the team better
because we’re playing against different
styles of play every day.”
“The new class is one of the most tal-
ented that we’ve had in a while,” Whiting
said. “They could potentially rival last year’s
see SENIORS, page 23

Professional Lacrosse

Blazing ahead: professional lacrosse franchise comes to Boston

by Scott Janes
Daily Editorial Board

In a city bursting at the seams

with professional franchises,
National League Lacrosse is
banking that Beantown can
adopt one more.
After a 12-year hiatus, pro-
fessional indoor lacrosse is
making its return to Boston in
the form of the Boston Blazers,
a team that will assume the
Blazer moniker with a tip of the
helmet to the former, but unre-
lated, Boston Blazer lacrosse
franchise of the Major Indoor
Lacrosse League that competed
from 1992 through 1997. The
Blazers will become the 13th
team to compete in the National
Lacrosse League (NLL) starting
with the opening of the 2009
season in January.
With the understanding that
the team is entering one of the
most fan-intensive markets in
the nation, Blazers executives
said they are optimistic that the
team will become a mainstay in
the Boston sports culture.
“We believe that the city of
Boston and the greater New
England area is the perfect
place for indoor lacrosse, and
the TD Banknorth Garden is the
ideal home for our eight-game
regular season,” Blazers Team courtesy Elevate Communications
President Doug Reffue said. The Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League hosted Blazers Day, an indoor/outdoor fan festival, at the TD Banknorth Garden Saturday to
introduce local lacrosse fans to Boston’s newest sports franchise. Blazers players Sean Morris, Mitch Belisle and Jack Reid met with fans and signed
see BLAZERS, page 22 autographs at the event.
20 The Tufts Daily Sports Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Inside the AL

Rays of light: Tampa Bay clings to a tenuous AL East lead

by Phil Dear
Daily Editorial Board

Despite the doubters, the naysayers

and the analysts who all said that the
Tampa Bay Rays would tank midway
through the second half of the season,
their rise to power continues to be
the dominating story in the American
League.
Tampa Bay, who has yet to play a sin-
gle playoff game in its franchise history,
is in unfamiliar territory. But that past
has not made the Rays shy away from
the limelight this year, as they hold the
second-best record in baseball behind
the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
After a four-game losing streak, the
Rays turned things around last night
with a dramatic 5-4 comeback against
Jonathan Papelbon and the Boston Red
Sox, giving themselves a little more
breathing room — one-and-a-half
games — in the standings.
Tonight’s finale will prove crucial for
the Rays, as it will be the difference
between a relatively comfortable two-
and-a-half- and a nearly invisible half-
game lead, heading into the third week
of September.
After this series concludes tonight,
the Sox still have games against the
Toronto Blue Jays, winners of ten
straight; a four-game set against the
70-73 Cleveland Indians; three more
against Tampa Bay; and another three
against the now fourth-place New York
Yankees. MCT
On the other hand, the Rays have Josh Beckett, who came off the disabled list last Friday, will face off against Andy Sonnanstine of the Rays tonight at Fenway. Beckett has a
two series against the second-place 2.57 ERA in three starts against Tampa Bay this year but also sports a 6.02 ERA in 10 home starts.
Minnesota Twins and the 70-75 Detroit
Tigers. 14 games over .500 against its division between the Sox and the Twins. oned with in recent years. But their only
Still, no matter who finishes the sea- this season, indicating that it’s well Moving over to the AL West, the World Series victory came in 2002, and
son on top of the division, it is almost within its ability to stay atop the divi- Angels are cruising to a division title since then, they have failed to make it
guaranteed that both the Sox and the sion. once again. With the best record in back to the Fall Classic. This year, they
Rays will make the playoffs, as the Twins The Twins, on the other hand, might baseball at 87-57, the Angels hold a hope to finish the season strong and
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Inside the NL

Mets set sights on NL East

division title hoping to avoid
another September collapse
by Evans Clinchy
Daily Editorial Board
The following events are all possible
signs that you’re not having a very good
September:
Your shortstop, already a two-time All-
Star at age 24, hits .205/.279/.333 for the
month. And to boot, he’s caught stealing in
four of nine attempts. Your pitching rota-
tion, one of the league’s best, manages an
ERA of 5.51.
The 41-year-old ace of said rotation, a
virtual Cooperstown lock, goes winless in
his last four starts by allowing 19 runs (all
earned, of course) in 18 innings. Your team,
on paper the best in the National League,
loses six of its final seven games, all at
home, against a motley mix of the barely
.500 and the absolutely awful.
Alone, any of these occurrences can be
troubling. But together, they are more than
the sum of their parts — they comprise
quite possibly the worst collapse in the his-
tory of the National League. Such was the
story of the 2007 New York Mets.
A year later, everyone in Queens is now
well aware that absolutely no lead is safe.
And with this year’s Mets finding them-
selves, just as they did a year ago, neck-
and-neck with the Philadelphia Phillies in
the NL East race, there will be no room for
error this September.
The Mets have plenty to worry about this
time around. Their closer, Billy Wagner, has
a torn MCL and is out for the rest of this
season and likely all of the next. One of
their promising young arms, John Maine,
is on the DL with bone spurs in his pitching
shoulder. One of their best veteran arms,
Pedro Martinez, is perfectly healthy but is
starting to pitch like a 36-year-old.
Note: He is one.
All of that said, the Mets are still clear
favorites to win the National League East.
And one would be hard-pressed not to
believe it after the events of this past week,
as the Mets won four of six against two
playoff contenders, the Phillies and the
wild card-hunting Milwaukee Brewers.
The hard part is over. This week the Mets
kick off a 12-game stretch against the divi-
sion’s two bottom-feeders: six games with
the bad Atlanta Braves and six with the
even worse Washington Nationals, giving
New York ample opportunity to pad its
lead. Johan Santana is the game’s greatest
second-half pitcher, and the Mets will no
doubt get a boost from the 9.92 strike-
outs per nine he’s averaged in 44 career
September games.
If Johan can be Johan, Oliver Perez and
Mike Pelfrey can continue their strong
second halves and 21-year-old rookie
finesse pitcher Jonathon Niese turns out
to be the real deal, then the Mets’ starting
pitching should be fine. And none of that
seems like too much to ask. A repeat of
the rotation’s 2007 meltdown seems vir-
tually impossible.
The offense, one of only two in the NL
— after the Chicago Cubs — to pound
out 700 runs already this season, is a non-
issue. That leaves the bullpen as the Mets’
only area of concern. With Wagner out of
commission, the closer role falls to Aaron MCT
Heilman, a serviceable middle reliever If the Mets complete their run to the playoffs this year, Carlos Delgado will almost certainly
whose walk rate has taken an alarming have a hand in their success. After starting the season off sluggishly, Delgado has been on a
hike this season, especially over the last tear since the All-Star break, hitting .288 with 16 homers and 48 RBI in 47 games.
two months.
After Heilman, the Mets are filling unreliable. The bullpen is capable, but the Nats now, they’ll be well in front for that
innings six through eight with a strange Mets can afford few slip-ups if the Phillies final week.
cast of characters. Scott Schoeneweis and get hot in the coming weeks. And once again, they’ll need only to
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Loss of three out of four defenders leaves the Jumbos with a young defensive line
WOMEN’S SOCCER
continued from page 19
But with so many new faces making
up the roster, Tufts will have no easy
task at hand.
“The fact that we lost so many
seniors is so big because they all
played such key positions on the field,”
junior goalkeeper Kate Minnehan said.
“Three of the four defenders were
seniors and two of the midfielders and
one of the forwards, so we’re kind of
feeling it all over the field. I think it’s
going to be important to see how the
freshmen step up, not only because
we lost so many seniors, but because
almost half the team [are] freshmen.”
But the team will hardly be short
on leadership. While the Jumbo roster
boasts only one senior, tri-captain
Maya Shoham, the team will return
with a strong core of talented sopho-
mores and juniors who will help ease
the adjustment.
“We have such a great group of
returning kids,” Whiting added. “Maya,
along with our juniors and sopho-
mores, [is] so ready, and they have a
ton of experience. They’re really going
to set the tone for the year.”
“Since we knew so many people
were graduating, we were all pretty
prepared to step up into leadership
roles and take charge,” junior tri-cap-
tain Whitney Hardy said. “As far as
challenges go, for a team that lost
seven seniors, it’s really important to
come together early on as a team and
get to know each other so we can start
having team chemistry on the field.”
Key for the Jumbos will also be the
returning of junior tri-captain Cara
Cadigan, 2007’s NESCAC Rookie of the
Year. After sitting out her entire fresh-
man year with an injury, Cadigan led
the NESCAC in goals scored and oblit-
erated the Jumbos’ single-season scor-
ing record, tallying 19 throughout the
season. After last year’s unprecedented
success, Tufts will look to Cadigan to
lead the charge offensively.
“I always think it’s a little tough-
er the second year just because now
everyone has played us once at least
and some teams twice,” Whiting said.
“They know who she is, and they will
defend her very closely. But Cara is a
special player. She’ll find her ways to
score, whether through breakaways,
beating people one-on-one, or shoot-
ing out from a distance.
“I think we’ll also have kids around
her that will score for us, so teams will
McNamara takes
NESCAC Performer
of the Week Award
Sophomore runner Stephanie
McNamara is proving to be a cross-coun-
try star, opening the season on a high note
by winning the Trinity College Invitational
on Saturday and pacing the Jumbos to a
first-place finish.
In November, McNamara finished 30th
at the NCAA Div. III Championships and
was one of three Jumbos to earn All-
American honors. After two of those
All-Americans, Cat Beck (LA ‘08) and
Katy O’Brien (E ‘08), graduated last year,
McNamara was expected to pick up the
slack.
She’s certainly doing her part.
Running the 4k Wickham Park course
in Manchester, Conn., McNamara domi-
nated the 175-runner field with a time
of 16:31; over 20 seconds faster than the
second-place Lyra Clark of UMass Lowell.
The race marked the first time in her bud-
ding collegiate career that McNamara
finished first.
Her exceptional performance helped
Tufts secure a comfortable victory over the
other 13 teams competing Saturday. Five
Jumbos finished in the top 16, giving Tufts
a final score of 48 and a victory in their first
meet of the year for the third consecutive
season. Stonehill College came in second
with 95 points.
The Jumbos now look to their only home
meet of the year, the Tufts Invitational, this
weekend. The team finished third at their
home course in Grafton, Mass. last year.
— David Heck
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Junior goalkeeper Kate Minnehan will compete behind a young Tufts defensive line this season. Minnehan boasted a .789 save percentage
last season, leading the Jumbos to a 12-2-2 record in games where she defended the net.
have to seriously contend with other
players, which might give Cara more
opportunities,” Whiting continued.
“She’s a goal scorer; she’ll be great for
us no matter whether she scores 100
goals or three goals.”
Minnehan will also be critical for
the Jumbos in the backfield. After
posting a .789 save percentage last
season, she will anchor a defense fea-
turing four new starters this season
in freshman Cleo Hirsch and sopho-
mores Audrey Almy, Carrie Wilson and
Bailey Morgan.
The season will kick off this Saturday
when the Jumbos continue a tradition
started in 2004, playing their opener
against the Colby Mules (0-7-2), a
NESCAC foe that they defeated last
year 2-0. While the Mules tied Bates
for the bottom of the league standings
in 2007, Tufts will not be taking any
NESCAC matches for granted.
Pro lacrosse league hopes to draw college crowd to games
BLAZERS
continued from page 19
“Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing
sports in the country, and recent surveys
by US Lacrosse [the national govern-
ing body of lacrosse] show that par-
ticipation in lacrosse throughout New
England has grown by 500 percent in
the past decade,” Reffue continued. “We
think the combination of those facts
bodes very well for the Boston Blazers as
we launch our franchise.”
The team was purchased by Google
executive Tim Armstrong in early 2007,
and the franchise attempted to join
the NLL for the beginning of the 2008
season.
In late 2007, however, complications
arose with the league’s collective bargain-
ing agreement. When other unforeseen
logistical issues cropped up soon there-
after, the team was forced to disperse its
players back to the league’s twelve other
teams and regroup for another — this
time successful — attempt to join the
NLL for the 2009 campaign.
With the Blazers’ acceptance into the
league official and the season a few
months away, discussion moves to the
team’s potential performance in a city
that has recently enjoyed winning sea-
sons and titles from teams like the Red
Sox and Celtics.
“In order to play for the Blazers you
must be tough and athletic,” head coach
Tom Ryan said. “We have something to
prove to the fans of Boston and to our-
selves. The Blazers will be characterized
by effort and attitude.”
Last weekend, the team hosted the
NLL entry draft and scouting combine
at the TD Banknorth Garden in what is
the last major step towards constructing
Sports
“For us, as cliché as it sounds, we
just have to focus on playing one
NESCAC opponent at a time,” Whiting
said. “We can never get ahead of our-
selves, and we need to do our best to
compete as well as we can each time
we step on the field for a game.”
But while the Jumbos remain
focused on the task at hand, the team
is grateful that the game with the non-
conference Wheaten College Lyons, an
annual contest since 2004 that usually
serves as Tufts’ second game of the
season, doesn’t fall until Sept. 24.
The delay will give the Jumbos time
to squeeze in another NESCAC home
game against a traditionally weak Conn.
College team before Tufts squares off
against a Lyons team that has defeated
the Jumbos the last two seasons.
“It’s definitely going to help,”
Whiting said. “Maybe Colby and Conn.
College didn’t have the best years last
the 2009 squad. The Blazer squad will be
headlined on offense by the brother tan-
dem of Dan and Paul Dawson, as well as
No. 1 overall draft pick Daryl Veltman, a
graduate of Hobart College in New York.
“Daryl was an All-American and the
leading scorer in the ECAC, and he has
a very promising future with our team,”
Reffue said.
Defensively, the team will be anchored
by recent UMass-Amherst grad Jack
Reid. Reid won’t be the only local face,
however, as Ryan and assistant GM
Randy Fraser have made it a point to
keep a hometown feel to the Blazers.
Attackman Sean Morris, a native of
Marshfield, Mass. and a UMass alum,
is among the Blazers who call the Bay
State home.
This summer the team also took
strides to dig deep roots into the Boston
sports community in order to ensure
that its first season would be a success.
The team made appearances at vari-
ous local community events, including
the NCAA Lacrosse Championships at
Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. in
late May.
The team hopes that the time it took
to meet local lacrosse families and
reach out at tournaments and events
will pay dividends in terms of atten-
dance come January.
“One of the most important goals
we’ve set for our franchise is to welcome
the youth lacrosse community of New
England with open arms,” Reffue said.
“We’ve been doing that throughout the
spring and summer.”
The team also hosted an interactive
fan day, called Blazers Day, in conjunc-
tion with the draft Saturday and invited
over 20 youth teams from around New
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year, but any NESCAC game is always a
battle, so they’re great preparation for
playing against a team like Wheaton.
We’ll be happy to have those two
games under our belt.”
“Because our team is so young, I
think every game we can get … before
we play some really competitive teams
will help us out,” Hardy said. “We’re
still trying to figure out how each
other plays and learning our system,
so I think it helps. Basically just hav-
ing as many games as possible is going
to be beneficial for us.”
For now, the Jumbos will concen-
trate on a number of aspects of their
game as they await the Mules, includ-
ing defense, the attacking phase and
maintaining general fitness.
“We’re just trying to work really
hard and stay focused on doing what
we can do and not worrying about
what we can’t do,” Hardy said.
England to participate. Reffue said he
hopes the weekend went a long way in
helping to build a local fan base.
“We thought it was very important to
work together with the NLL to stage the
best combine and draft in the league’s
23-year history,” he said. “To accom-
plish that goal, we staged Blazers Day,
a full day of activities and promotions
to reach out to our fans. From all of the
feedback we heard from league execu-
tives, our players, coaches and the many
fans who attended, Blazers Day was a
tremendous success.”
The team also hopes to make a splash
with area college students. Citing the
team’s proximity to the T and the fast-
paced, hard-hitting nature of the NLL,
Reffue said college students would likely
be drawn to the Garden for Saturday
night contests.
“Blazers tickets are affordable, and
our games will offer tremendous enter-
tainment value to the college crowd
who love to enjoy a night out,” Reffue
said. “We hope that Tufts students take
advantage of the great ticket prices,
jump on the T and come out to support
the Blazers.”
In the end though, the Blazers man-
agement knows that Boston fans place
heavy emphasis on winning and a team’s
on-the-field results.
“Our goal for this year is to win
games and play hard so that the fans
of New England will be proud to sup-
port us,” Ryan said. “Despite being an
expansion team, our goal has to be to
get in the playoffs.”
The Boston Blazers will roll out the
turf for the first time in January, mak-
ing their return to the Garden Jan. 17
against the New York Titans.
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New group of freshmen will be tested in first game of the season on Saturday
SENIORS “We have a returning group that the Jumbos will be on defense College last season, will be crucial that the more they play together
continued from page 19 is very experienced,” Whiting said. where the team will be starting to the Jumbos’ success this year. the better they’ll get.”
class, which is exciting. Still, they’re “I think we’re only starting one four new players. Freshman Cleo “They need to get a game under “They’re learning to work
inexperienced, and it’ll take a while freshman at the outset, which is Hirsch, sophomores Audrey Almy, their belt to get confidence,” together as a unit,” junior goal-
for them to get their feet wet.” impressive considering how many Carrie Wilson and Bailey Morgan, a Whiting said. “But they’re good keeper Kate Minnehan said. “They
That’s why Tufts will be relying seniors we graduated. I’m very transfer student who won Southern players, good athletes, and they just need to become more familiar
mostly on team veterans to pick excited about the group we have.” Collegiate Athletic Conference understand the game. I have with each other, and once they
up the slack, at least for this year. The biggest question mark for newcomer of the year for Rhodes extreme faith in them and know learn that they’ll be successful.”

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StatISTICS | Standings SCHEDULE | Sept. 10 - Sept. 16
Field Hockey Men's Soccer
(1-0, 1-0 NESCAC) (1-0-0, 0-0-0 NESCAC) WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE
NESCAC OVERALL
NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L T W L T W L T
Amherst 1 0 1 0 0 Amherst 0 0 0 1 0 0 Tufts
Cross
Tufts 1 0 1 0 0 Bates 0 0 0 0 0 0 Invitational
Country 12 p.m.
Bates 0 0 1 0 0 Bowdoin 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bowdoin 0 0 2 0 0 Colby 0 0 0 1 0 0
Colby 0 0 0 1 0 Conn. Coll 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIddlebury 0 0 1 0 0 Middlebury 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field Hockey vs. Wellesley vs. Colby at Babson
Trinity 0 0 0 0 0 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m.
Trinity 0 0 1 0 0 1
Williams 0 0 0 1 0 Tufts 0 0 0 1 0 0
Conn. Coll. 0 1 0 1 0 Wesleyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Football
Wesleyan 0 1 0 1 0 Williams 0 0 0 1 0 0

G A Pts Women’s vs. Colby

G A Pts
M. Fitzgerald 1 0 2 Soccer 3:30 p.m.
M. Kelly 3 1 7
D. Schoening 1 0 2
T. Brown 3 0 6
N. Muakkassa 0 1 1
A. Russo 1 2 4 at Southern
R. Coleman 0 0 0 Men’s vs. Colby
M. Scholtes 1 1 3 Maine
C. Flaherty 0 0 0 Soccer 1 p.m.
B. Holliday 1 0 2 4:30 p.m.
A. Hart 0 0 0
I. Lewnard 1 0 2
A. Kobren 0 0 0 at Brandeis at Brandeis
B. Cilley 0 1 1 vs. Gordon
A. Lach 0 0 0 Invitational Invitational
C. Kemp 0 1 1 Volleyball 7 p.m.
J. Molofsky 0 0 0 4 p.m. 12 p.m.
D. Orlowitz 0 0 0
Goalkeeping GA S S%
Goalkeeping GA Svs Sv% JumboCast
M. Zak 0 1 1.00
D. McKeon 0 4 1.00
K. Hyder 1 1 .500

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