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Val Faces Worker Shortage Amidst Student Unemployment Darrian Kelly ’15 News Section Editor

Administration Downplays Pest Problem Ethan Corey ’15 Staff Writer

Although work-study jobs may seem GLIĂ€ FXOW WR Ă€ QG IRU VRPH 9DOHQWLQH 'LQ ing Hall has many opportunities to earn money. Regardless, Val is still facing the issue of a lack of student workers. “Students don’t have an interest in working in Val because they think it would be ‘gross’ or somehow uncool,â€? said Megan Duff ’14, a student who’s worked in Val for over a year. “I also think it’s just a part of culture on campus that jobs during which you can do your homework are ideal. Honestly, I would just tell them it’s not that bad.â€? As the semester has progressed, the lack of student workers in Val has also UHVXOWHG LQ UHGXFHG HIĂ€ FLHQF\ IRU HPSOR\ ees, student workers and diners in Val alike. If Val had more student workers, ´WKH VWXGHQWV ZRXOG EHQHĂ€ W E\ KDYLQJ what they need more readily available to them,â€? said Robert Campbell, the Dining Hall Supervisor. “It would allow us to process the dishes through the dish room ... get them back out into the servery quicker and free up our full time people to make sure that other items are kept stocked,â€? Campbell said. :RUNLQJ LQ 9DO ZDV WKH Ă€ UVW MRE IRU *DMX 0XKLJL D Ă€ UVW \HDU DW WKH &ROOHJH According to her the application process was simple, compared to that of other

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Valentine Dining Hall continues to hire a low number of student workers, despite the fact that many students are still searching for campus jobs. campus jobs. As she learned the skills required for the job, she felt the employees gave the explanations in a straightforward, brief manner. $QRWKHU À UVW \HDU VWXGHQW 6KDQQRQ Brathwaite, is a table cleaner in Val. From KHU À UVW H[SHULHQFHV RI ZRUNLQJ LQ 9DO she believes the non-student employees

“treat [student workers] like associates,� rather than “a student that happens to be in their workspace.� Recently, Val has advertised jobs like food server attendant, stir-fry station

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Last week, Danny Lee ’13 was working on an essay in his Valentine Hall dorm room when he heard a rustling noise. When he looked down, he saw a rodent, which he was unable to clearly identify as either a rat or a mouse (the administration says that there are no rats on campus), sitting on a piece of paper on WKH Ă RRU %HIRUH KH FRXOG JUDE WKH FUHDWXUH LW EROWHG out of his room. When Lee reported the incident to the custodian, he was handed a mousetrap and caught the rodent a few hours later. Lee remarked, “It seems like rats can’t resist peanut butter.â€? As the weather has gotten cooler, insects and rodents have migrated indoors to escape the cold. Inevitably, this means more mouse-human interactions in dorm rooms and other buildings. This year there have already been at least six sightings of mice, although certainly not all sightings are reported to the administration. The reported sightings have occurred in Valentine, Garman, Hitchcock, Humphries, Taplin, Morrow and the Rainbow Room, which received a visit from a mouse when it entered through an open window over the summer. “Amherst College responds to all reports of bugs and other pest calls, including mice. The response FRXOG EH IURP WKH FXVWRGLDO GHSDUWPHQW P\ RIĂ€ FH or by Minuteman Pest Control directly,â€? said Rick Mears, Environmental Health and Safety Manager for the College. “Typically, the mice want to get out of the cold.â€?

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Campus Critiques Continued Noise Pollution Shellby Fabian ’14 & Brianda Reyes ’14 Staff Writer & Managing News Editor

Professors and students have noticed a great amount of noise caused by lawnmowers, trucks or construction that has been interrupting classes. The noise drowns out voices in the classroom, forcing professors to have to keep their windows shut despite the uncomfortable humidity that stays trapped inside buildings. According to several students, the work usually happens at times that are inconvenient for classes. “I have a class in [Chapin Hall] in the afternoon, and we frequently have to pause because of the lawn mowers,� Greg Johnson ’14 said. “We brought in a fan as a solution to the heat after closing the windows, but it doesn’t seem to help.� Professor of History Sean Redding has also noted the noise pollution around campus. “It can be annoying,� said Redding. “We usually shut the windows.� “This time of year it is a problem because of the heat,� said Redding, but added that she had no overt complaints “because once it gets colder, as it already has, it won’t be.� Another student taking a class in Chapin also complained about the noise. “The room gets really hot, so we have to open the windows,�

Madeline Marucha ’14. “But when we do, we can’t hear the lecture over the sound of the lawn mowers, so it kind of presents D GLIĂ€ FXOW FKRLFH EHWZHHQ QRW EHLQJ DEOH WR KHDU WKH OHFWXUH DQG having to bear the heat.â€? Yasmina Martin ’14 also complained of the sound of lawnmowers in her classes in both Chapin and Barrett Hall. She said that the disturbances usually occur during her 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. classes. “It’s pretty distracting because someone either has to get up and close the window, or no one ever does and they keep going by,â€? Martin said. Director of Facilities Jim Brassord said he was aware of the issue, as it arises every year. “[Noise pollution] is not entirely avoidable given the fact that the operations of the College must continue to be able to support the enterprise,â€? said Brassord. “But it is a problem that can be minimized.â€? Brassord explained that steps have been taken to minimize noise, including scheduling activities such as mowing and leaf removal closer to dormitories during class time, and maintenance around academic buildings during morning hours when classes are not taking place. Despite Facilities’ attempts to schedule mowing at later times, some students, like Diwa Cody ’14, a Resident Counselor at South Dormitory, complain of waking up between 7 a.m. and

8:30 a.m. to the noise of lawnmowers. Other students, like Emma Hickman ’15, have also experienced disruptions in Converse Hall. “Every single class, the lawnmowers are going off, and it’s very annoying,� Hickman said. “The professor tries to talk louder, but she’s not a loud speaker.� “If we are causing disruption, we are eager to work with faculty and students to minimize it,� Brassord said.

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Students Overlook Job Opportunities

Fresh Faculty of the Week Brigitte Libby is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics. She received a B.A. in Classics from Columbia College and a Ph.D. in Classical Philology and Literature from Princeton University. Her research focuses on Latin literature.

Continued from page 1 worker and beverage attendant with a willingness to train all hires. ´&HUWDLQO\ VWDIĂ€ QJ WKH GLVK URRP LV LPSRUWDQW EXW KDYLQJ students capable of working at the various stations, especially the salad bar and stir fry, is also very helpful,â€? said Campbell. “Table wiping and vacuuming the dining rooms are also critical functions, providing a better dining experience for all students.â€? Not only does Val have a higher hourly wage for student workers than other work-study jobs, but Campbell also menWLRQHG WKH Ă H[LELOLW\ DQG RWKHU LQFHQWLYHV “We can usually accommodate most students’ schedules by offering not only meal hours, but mid-afternoon and later evening hours as well,â€? Campbell said. “Students that work 120 hours in an academic year, and return to work the following year will get a $0.25 per hour raise.â€? With the shortage of student workers in Val, Duff explained the reality of work-study. “Any student who complains about needing a job, but refuses to work at Val is simply kidding themselves,â€? said Duff. “They don’t want a job ... they want to be paid to do their homework.â€? “We know that academics have to take priority, but it does make it a bit harder for us,â€? said Campbell. At some colleges and universities, students interested in work-study are assigned a job, rather than being afforded the liberty to choose a job that suits them. When considering the possibility of such a policy at Amherst, Catherine Amaya ’14 disagreed with the premise for instituting the policy. “I don’t believe students would appreciate being assigned where to work,â€? said Amaya. “There are students who voluntarily sign up to work at Val and then decide to miss a shift every now and then.â€? “We usually have enough students scheduled for shifts, but unfortunately we rarely get all of them to show up,â€? said Campbell. “Often, the students don’t even call to let us know that they won’t be in.â€? Duff believes the recent renovations have “helped to imSURYHG HIĂ€ FLHQF\ Âľ “Working at Val is better than it’s ever been,â€? she said. Amaya complimented Val’s work environment as well, calling it a suitable place to take escape the constant pressures of life as a college student. “The newly-renovated Dining Hall is a bright and more comfortable place to work,â€? said Campbell. “We are a very fastpaced, socially-energized atmosphere ... Our student workers are very much appreciated and valued, and we’re a fun bunch of people to work with.â€?

How did you begin studying Classics, and what made you decide to pursue it? I had the opportunity to start taking Latin in seventh grade, and I jumped on it because I remembered loving doing a presentation on the goddess Athena in fourth grade, so, as with many classicists, mythology was the hook for me. I had already learned the case declensions for Latin, too, because my dad, when he tried to entertain me when we were waiting for food in restaurants when I was a kid, decided to have me decline a whole bunch of nouns and taught me how to decline in Latin. Why did you decide to teach at Amherst? Amherst has a reputation of being one of the top liberal arts colleges, and I believe in a strong liberal arts education, so that was number one for me. And the idea that the most important thing here is the teaching of undergraduates, and that sense of an academic community focused on teaching and learning is very important. I think that I was right in thinking that students here would be very exceptional because that’s been very exciting to see come true here. I love the students here. What classes are you teaching this semester? I am teaching an intermediate Latin course on Catullus and the lyric spirit. Catullus is a Latin lyric poet from WKH Ă€ UVW FHQWXU\ % & DQG >KLV ZRUN@ LV D JUHDW ZD\ WR start reading Latin poetry because it’s relatively conversational so it’s not too poetic in the sense of outrageous vocabulary, but it still really grabs you and makes you feel like you are getting some insight into the life of someone who lived 2,000 years ago. I am also teaching an advanced seminar on Ovid’s “Metamorphosesâ€? and that has just been a blast because there is nothing funnier than reading Ovid in Latin. What aspects of Amherst do you like the most so far? As I said, the students who are so smart here, and also this feeling that there is so much more to the classroom than what is going to be on the next quiz. Students are interested in being here to learn and to discuss and to ques-

WLRQ UDWKHU WKDQ MXVW JHWWLQJ D JUDGH ZKLFK , À QG UHDOO\ nice. There is also a sense of teamwork in the classroom instead of competition, so you have a bunch of bright minds working together instead of against each other. You get a lot more done that way. I also love my colleagues. The faculty here has been so welcoming. I have been talking with representatives of WKH OLEUDU\ DQG WKH 0HDG $UW 0XVHXP DQG WU\LQJ WR À J ure out how to bring those resources into the classroom. Basically any idea that you have, something for your class, somebody can make it happen, so there are a lot of resources available. Also, I guess because I am a New Englander myself, I have an innate love of New England colleges, and this is a premier one of them. I think students here are really forward-thinking, and we change the way we are teaching a subject or the subject we teach and the way that the discussion goes, but we’re still having discussions sort of in the same buildings and the same rooms that people have had academic discussions for generations. If you look at the glass in the window pane RI VRPH RI WKH EXLOGLQJV \RX FDQ VHH KRZ ROG LW LV , À QG it very comforting that even as we are moving forward, we’re still part of the tradition that reaches back into the beginnings of liberal arts education. Are you working to publish anything? <HV DOZD\V \HV , UHFHQWO\ À QLVKHG P\ GLVVHUWDWLRQ which I am working on making into a book, and that’s about Trojan myth and Roman poetry and how the past JHWV UHLPDJLQHG WR À W WKH SUHVHQW , DOVR KDYH D ORW RI DU ticles bouncing around in my head and in my desk and on my computer that need to see the light of day one day or another, but they are mostly based on Latin literature and on the intersection between myth and history and how we construct our versions of the past. What do you hope to contribute to Amherst in your time here? A lot of enthusiasm, for sure. I love what I do and I hope that, whether or not people major in Classics, they’ll at least take a classics course while they’re here. They have a great opportunity with the open curriculum to do so. Whether it is the translation or the original language, you learn so much, so I want to try and encourage people to look at the classics more. Also, I like to bring a little bit of levity and a sense of humor. I think I have a quirky sort of attitude towards humor in the classroom and I think that it has its place in education. — Alissa Rothman ’15

THE CAMPUS CRIME LOG Entries from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, 2011 September 28, 2011 9:42 p.m., Appleton Dormitory 2IĂ€ FHUV DQG WKH )LUH 'HSDUWPHQW responded to an alarm that was activated by a detector in the east vestibule. A strong odor of cologne was detected, but no one was in the area. The system was reset. September 29, 2011 12:04 a.m., Stone Dormitory 2IĂ€ FHUV UHVSRQGHG WR D QRLVH FRP plaint and had music shut down in a VHFRQG DQG WKLUG Ă RRU VXLWH 6RPH alcohol and paraphernalia were also FRQĂ€ VFDWHG 7KH PDWWHU ZDV UHIHUUHG WR WKH 'HDQ¡V 2IĂ€ FH

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October 1, 2011 12:43 a.m., Chapman Parking Lot $Q RIĂ€ FHU RQ SDWURO ZDV Ă DJJHG down by a female who told him that she felt that she was being followed by a man as she walked along the URDG 7KH RIĂ€ FHU ORFDWHG WKH PDQ and determined there was no problem. The two just happened to be walking in the same direction.

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2:38 a.m., Off-Campus Locations $Q RIĂ€ FHU HQFRXQWHUHG DQ LQWR[L cated man on Snell Street. He was transported to his residence on Kellogg Avenue.

9:56 a.m., Cadigan Center for Religious Life $Q RIÀ FHU UHVSRQGHG WR D FRPSODLQW of construction noise and spoke with a supervisor. 10:50 p.m., Pond Dormitory $Q RIÀ FHU RQ SDWURO HQFRXQWHUHG D group of students with alcohol in the basement. The abandonded alcohol ZDV FRQÀ VFDWHG DQG HYHU\RQH OHIW the area. 11:44 p.m., Davis Dormitory $Q RIÀ FHU RQ SDWURO HQFRXQWHUHG D student urinating outside the buildLQJ +H ZDV À QHG IRU WKH RI fensive behavior. October 2, 2011 1:49 a.m., Morris Pratt Dormitory 2IÀ FHUV DQG WKH )LUH 'HSDUWPHQW UHVSRQGHG WR D À UH DODUP DQG IRXQG that it was activated when someone SXOOHG D À UVW à RRU DODUP VWDWLRQ IRU no apparent reason. The system was UHVHW 7KH UHVLGHQWV ZHUH À QHG 2:23 a.m., James Dormitory 2IÀ FHUV DQG WKH )LUH 'HSDUWPHQW UHVSRQGHG WR D À UH DODUP DQG IRXQG

that it was activated when someone SXOOHG D À UVW à RRU DODUP VWDWLRQ IRU no apparent reason. The system was UHVHW 7KH UHVLGHQWV ZHUH À QHG 3:20 a.m., Hitchcock House $Q RIÀ FHU SDVVLQJ WKURXJK WKH EXLOG ing found unattended alcohol in the FRPPRQ URRP ,W ZDV FRQÀ VFDWHG 3:56 a.m., Taplin House $Q RIÀ FHU UHVSRQGHG WR D FRPSODLQW of loud people and doors slamming in an upper level suite. Upon arrival, WKH RIÀ FHU OHDUQHG WKDW D JURXS RI people had just left the building, and they were the source of the noise.

4:54 p.m., Valentine Dormitory $Q RIÀ FHU UHVSRQGHG WR D FRPSODLQW of the odor of burning incense on the VHFRQG à RRU 8SRQ DUULYDO WKH RI À FHU GHWHFWHG D VOLJKW RGRU EXW WKH RULJLQ FRXOG QRW EH LGHQWLÀ HG October 3, 2011 12:30 a.m., Morrow Dormitory $Q RIÀ FHU UHVSRQGHG WR DQ DQLPDO complaint. Services were rendered. 3:03 a.m., Merrill Science Road $Q RIÀ FHU RQ SDWURO FKHFNHG RQ D parked vehicle that had its truck open. No one was in the area, and nothing appeared to be amiss.

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First-years Set Record for Senate Race Alissa Rothman ’15 News Section Editor

Posters, emails, postcards, Facebook event pages, statuses and videos bombarded the freshman class last week with one clear message: “Vote for me!â€? After a rigorous advertising campaign by the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) Elections Committee, the Class of 2015 had a record QXPEHU RI FDQGLGDWHV LQ WKH Ă€ UVW \HDU

Senate elections, with 18 students running on the ballot. “The Elections Committee met and we talked about way to advertise the Senate race in ways that we hadn’t done it before,� said Noah Gordon ’14, senator, AAS Webmaster and chair of the Elections Committee. “This year we advertised both the election and the speech night, so that could account for the high turnout both on the ballot and at speech night. Voter turnout didn’t increase

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The AAS Elections Committee campaigned aggressively to encourage members of the Class of 2015 to run for Senate.

VLJQLĂ€ FDQWO\ EXW LW GLG LQFUHDVH :H like to think it’s because of our advertising.â€? Through these efforts, the AAS ZDV DEOH WR DOHUW Ă€ UVW \HDUV WR WKH upcoming elections. “I think AAS did a great job advertising the election, especially the fact there are very few female senators. I know that when I saw those SLH FKDUW Ă LHUV , ZDV HYHQ PRUH GH termined to run,â€? said Christina Won, a new senator for the Class of 2015. The high turnout also inspired strong campaigning for the competitive seats. “My election race wasn’t very competitive,â€? Gordon said. “This year, I noticed a tendency [among the freshmen] to go beyond posters and table tents and engage their classmates personally. Also the high attendance at speech night probably helped spread the word about each of the candidates.â€? Upwards of 100 students attended speech night, where the 18 freshman candidates pitched their bids for 6HQDWH DQG Ă€ HOGHG TXHVWLRQV IURP their peers. Their passion and platforms had both students and current senators excited. “As opposed to what I’ve seen in years past, the candidates at speech night didn’t simply talk about joining a student government, they were runQLQJ VSHFLĂ€ FDOO\ WR VHUYH RQ WKH $$6 Most of them actually knew a ton of

Housekeeping Blamed for Rodent Sightings in Dorms Continued from page 1 Mears said that the mice are typically drawn to places with “housekeeping issuesâ€? on the lower Ă RRUV ´,Q PRVW RI WKRVH URRPV ZH Ă€ QG ZDVWH RQ WKH Ă RRU VSLOODJH LQFOXGLQJ IRRG GLUW\ GLVKHV LQ SLOHV DQG RYHUĂ RZLQJ ZDVWH FRQWDLQHUV Âľ 0HDUV VDLG “We require the areas to be cleaned, request that food be placed in durable plastic containers, like Tupperware, and then, if still necessary, ask Minuteman Pest Control to assist us with additional control measures.â€? According to Mears, most mouse sightings occur in poorly-maintained rooms. But Lee maintained that that analysis was too harsh. “Certainly poor housekeeping might propagate the problem, but I think blaming the students for the problem is rather a medieval argument: it’s not as if poor housekeeping results in rodents suddenly PDWHULDOL]LQJ IURP WKH Ă€ OWK OLNH KRZ PHGLHYDO Europeans thought maggots materialized from raw meat,â€? Lee said. Lee believes that the College extending the blame to students is irrational since students have no control over the “movement of a mouse.â€? Once inside the building, she said, the mouse is not going to leave until it is caught or leaves on its own. Charles Thompson, Director of Dining Services, says that College food is not at risk of contamination by the mice. College food supplies are kept in secure storage, and food preparation areas are kept clean. Minuteman Pest Control, employed by the College to combat the mouse problem, places mousetraps around campus and performs monthly maintenance in Val. The traps used kill mice, and although some have proposed to use humane traps, this option has been ruled out because freed mice will try to get back into buildings. Pamela Stawasz, Associate Director of Residen-

tial Life, says students can avoid mouse infestations in their rooms by maintaining good housekeeping habits. “Unfortunately, we (those of us who live on campus) often encourage this ourselves by leaving food around and not cleaning up after events and parties where food and drinks are spilled,â€? Stawasz said. “It is important not to leave food out, to clean up any spills and to put any unused food in sealed Tupperware-type containers.â€? Students, according to Stawasz, also tend to leave dirty dishes out in open area, which only serves to propagate the problem. “We need to be aware that our (lack of) housekeeping practices are affecting this problem,â€? she said. 6WXGHQWV ZKR Ă€ QG PLFH DUH DVNHG WR UHSRUW sightings to the Service Center (413) 542-2254.

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The Mus musculus, commonly referred to as the house mouse, is known to invade domociles in search of food and shelter.

VSHFLĂ€ FV DERXW KRZ ZH IXQFWLRQ Âľ said AAS President Romen Borsellino ’12. “These freshmen have read stories about us in The Student, attended our town halls, contacted their Senate-dorm representatives directly and have been engaged in conversations about some initiatives that we’ve taken on.â€? The higher number of candidates was shocking to many on campus, including some of the candidates themselves. “I was super intimidated! I had heard that Senate elections aren’t all that competitive, so it was a shocker when I saw that I was running against DPD]LQJ KLJKO\ TXDOLĂ€ HG FDQ didates with lots of potential,â€? Won said. The 18 candidates for the class of 2015 was only rivaled in recent years by the class of 2013, who placed 16 candidates on the ballot after the AAS ran a strong advertising campaign. The class of 2014, however, only had eight candidates run for the eight freshman senate spots, after lackluster advertising. “When we ran for Senate, there was no advertising. All we had to go on was the email from the thenElections Committee Chair, [Philip Johnson ’11] ‌ Everyone was aware of the election because of the initial email, and so many people planned to run but forgot because they were never reminded. This year we re-

minded people with our posters, etc. and maybe that spurred them to continue their campaigns,� Gordon said. Current senators are looking forward to working with the new senators, especially after they worked to familiarize themselves with the student body. “The AAS this year, especially the executive board, is making a concerted effort to try and connect more personally with the student body and engage with issues that are important to students,� Gordon said. “The mindfulness of the candidates in this election towards such personal connections could have something to do with that.� Current senators also urged freshmen who did not win seats not to not get too discouraged. “The downside, as with any election, is that there were a lot of great candidates who didn’t win,� Borsellino said. “It upsets me to think about the fact that so many students were eager to serve who just didn’t get the chance. But I hope they understand that this is just the beginning. Honestly, some of the best senators that I have seen in my time here are students who initially lost their elections, but refused to give up, ran again the following year, and got elected.� —Brianda Reyes ’14 contributed reporting

The Amherst Student

Opinion

Letters to the Editor Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011

Editorial

College Must Recapture School Traditions

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quick google search for “Amherst College traditions� uncovers a 1913 New York Times article about the College’s lively and numerous student traditions. Fast forward 98 years, however, and those selfsame traditions have largely faded into obscurity. Whereas our peer institutions take care on their websites and guided tours to highlight their unique traditions, Amherst’s only comparable practice is the myth of the Sabrina statue. The statue has been MIA for years now, however, and many students are unaware of its existence or history. This is a severe blow for a school that already lacks substantive traditions. Instead of school-wide pillow fights (Wellesley), winter carnivals (Dartmouth) and watch dropping (Williams), Amherst students can look forward to going out to local bars as part of a now-strictlynon-school-sponsored Senior Bar Night. One might argue that college traditions are, in fact, unnecessary and even frivolous. This is categorically untrue, however, as traditions serve a function far more important than providing a

bit of light-hearted fun. Traditions are a way of connecting students to alumni, to their alma mater and to each other. Anemic school spirit and low turnout at sports games are endemic problems for the College. Furthermore, on a campus as diverse as ours, the social glue of college traditions is more important than ever for fostering community and inclusiveness. Resident counselors may plan dorm-bonding events, student activists may rally for shared causes, and the Singing College’s musicians may harmonize beautifully together — but no affinity group can ever bring the entire school together as traditions can. A latenight rave in Williston is simply not the same as a campus-wide Mountain Day. Being situated in a geographical region as beautiful as the Pioneer Valley makes it doubly a crime that the College no longer has a Mountain Day. For those unfamiliar with the term, Mountain Day is a day during the fall semester when the President of the College spontaneously cancels classes due to unusually good weather. Students go out to enjoy a day of hiking, picnicking and socializing,

all on the College’s dime. As interand intra-class bonding opportunities decrease due to lack of social spaces, reviving the tradition of Mountain Day could be the perfect answer to raising school spirit and building campus community. One major concern about Mountain Day is, understandably, the potential disruption to classes and professors’ carefullyconstructed syllabi. Being a New England school, however, the College is more than experienced with seasonal challenges — including snowstorms, ice storm and even hurricanes. As this year demonstrated, our staff, faculty and students are more than prepared to weather whatever meteorological challenges blow our way. Mountain Day would be less of a disruption than a late-December blizzard. In fact, Mountain Day would be less disruptive than classes cancelled due to inclement weather; while we cannot guarantee a severe ice storms every winter, a tradition does promise that element of consistency, year to year. The importance of continuity and shared experiences among students, past and present, cannot be overestimated.

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Campus Religious Life Needs Some Prayer

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o longer must I worry for my HWHUQDO VRXO 7KDQN *RG , Ă€ QDOO\ found a church service. Vita Nova, as it is called, is the only church service I know of held inside a bar. There were two or three dozen other cool young people there, all enthusiastic about Christ without pretension. And they have a real rockin’ band for the contemporary hymns we sang. What could be better? But before a leader from freshman Bible study had emailed me about Vita Nova, I was completely lost about how to get to church. For three Sundays in a row, I had slept in until noon or later after staying up all night either hanging with friends or witnessing the drunken revelry that we all know and love. I would wake up, look at my clock, groan and throw my head back into my pillow, refusing to get XS WR Ă€ QLVK WKH KRPHZRUN RI %LEOLFDO SUR portions I had to complete. Sunday morning was behind, all the Protestant church services I knew of were over and there was nothing I could do about it. Amherst and religion seem like oil and vinegar. They don’t mix well. If anyWKLQJ RYHU P\ Ă€ UVW PRQWK RU VR KHUH FRO lege has truly been an obstacle to my spirituality. I hadn’t established a supportive spiritual network, especially since I kept missing Wednesday Bible study due to homework. But worst of all, the Saturday night party culture presents a conundrum of the worst sort: go to church, or have a social life and get the “full college experienceâ€?? , DP ZLOOLQJ WR VDFULĂ€ FH VOHHS DQG DO cohol to both have fun with my friends at parties and go to church. That’s because I want the best of both worlds. Like the bluesmen of days gone by, I want to sing the blues and party on Saturday night, then wake up and sing spirituals in praise of Jesus on Sunday morning. People have been forced to make such decisions between pleasure and religious IXOĂ€ OOPHQW IRU WKRXVDQGV RI \HDUV EXW why does it have to be so stark here at Amherst? My faith is an important part of my identity, and I really want to go to church, but I feel guilty and asocial sitting in my dorm room on Saturday nights and getting to bed at a reasonable time. Part of the problem is also that the College seems to barely acknowledge religion. There is the Cadigan Center, which is neatly hidden away from the rest of campus down a random side street. Jewish Hillel meets there every Friday but, as far as I know, they are the only ones who consistently use the center. The College’s site lists of local church services that are outdated and full of errors, leading me to walk 20 minutes to a 1 p.m. service at MercyHouse that didn’t actually exist. And during Orientation, we learned much about respecting others of different racial and class backgrounds — but nothing of respecting people of different religious backgrounds. That’s no knock on most of my fellow students here, whose openness and respect awes me. I’ve had several com-

Stewart Longsworth ’15 is a contributing writer. fortable and truly meaningful discussions about religion here, something I could never have in high school without people ridiculing or criticizing me. But religion is just not something that pops up on most people’s minds. This applies both to people with and without religious backJURXQGV ,Q IDFW VHYHUDO RWKHU Ă€ UVW \HDUV I’ve talked to have started skipping out on church services in favor of either sleep or homework. For anyone who wants to continue with their faith during college, becoming part of a religious community is essential. I know that Jews have Friday Hillel at 6:30 p.m. in Cadigan, and that Christians have the Friday Night Fellowship in Chapin at 7 p.m.; these are probably good places to start meeting fellow believers. From there, I’m sure other members of the religious community will point you towards services you can attend. Either that, or you can just Google “church services in Amherst,â€? and go to one on a whim. To aid those of us who want to continue living spiritual lives, the College could update its website to provide more accurate information, and give students a handout with information about local religious services in the Orientation packets. At an even deeper level, Amherst could better incorporate religion into Orientation activities, since spirituality is important to so many students. Amherst’s Saturday nights aren’t going to change anytime soon, but a healthy dialogue about religion would more than make up for that by making religion something that everybody is aware of and concerned with. It’s tough, balancing faith with the demands of college. Moving away from home to a challenging academic environment and hard-partying social scene can distract from religion. There is so much to try, so much to think about, so much to do and, mostly, so much to get done. But whether you believe in the God of Abraham, in the teachings of the Buddha, in ghosts or in any sort of spirituality, your spiritual beliefs will always be relevant to your life and always shape how you live, whether you have 100 pages of reading due Monday or not, whether you party or not. Whatever decisions you make, wherever you plan to worship, I wish you the best of juggling.

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Welcome, Senate Class of 2015; Goodbye, Tenure Immunity

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he full 2011-2012 Senate has Ă€QDOO\ EHHQ VHDWHG Indeed, the fourth meeting of the AAS on Monday night began with a classic Senate tradition — the swearing-in ceremony. Those elected to the Senate by the student body last Thursday were QRW RIĂ€FLDOO\ VHQDWRUV XQWLO WKH\ UHFLWHG DQ ´RDWK RI RIĂ€FH Âľ 7KHVH 10 senators-elect — eight from the class of 2015 and two from the class of 2013 — had to assure the rest of the Senate that, among other things, they had no “mental reservationsâ€? or “purpose of evasionâ€? before being sworn in. It dawned on me during this swearing-in that we could improve WKLV ´RDWK RI RIĂ€FH Âľ RU SHUKDSV eliminate it entirely. Who joins the Senate with a “purpose of evasion?â€? Evade what? The Senate? And don’t we all have some “mental reservationsâ€? about the choices we make? On the one hand, this is kind

bylaws, of course), and judge for themselves. Judiciary Council Chair George Tepe ’14 announced at Monday’s meeting that there are going to be a series of 20-plus amendments that will go to a referendum in the comLQJ ZHHNV WR Ă€[ VRPH RI WKH FRQWUDdictions in the Constitution, but I’m still under the impression that we may need to scrap the entire thing and start over. In news that people might care about, the Social Policy “task forceâ€? reached an agreement with the administration to throw a pilot party of sorts in a social space not generally accustomed to parties: O’Connor Commons. The party will be 90sthemed, complete with Dunkaroos, Nickelodeon fruit snacks and other delicious 90s treats. The administration wants to know which spaces might be good for campus parties, so this will be a test trial for the infrequently used O’Connor Commons.

“The party will be 90s-themed, complete with Dunkaroos, Nickelodeon fruit snacks and other delicious 90s treats. The administration wants to know which spaces might be good for campus parties, so this will be a test trial for the infrequently used O’Connor Commons.â€? of a pointless discussion. But there is a larger issue here, which is that there are a lot of us on the Senate who think that the AAS ConstituWLRQ Âł ZKLFK VSHFLĂ€HV WKLV ´RDWK RI RIĂ€FHÂľ Âł LV D EORDWHG PRQVWURVity of a document. Anyone can read all 400 pages of it (not including the

Also of note is that, with AAS funding, Justin Baker Rhett ’12 is trying to assemble an Amherst pep band that would play at major sporting events. There was a small movement to do this last year, but this year there is a general consensus on the Senate that we need to do more

to encourage school spirit at sporting events. Look out for information on that group in the coming days. There is also one issue that the Senate is championing that may get some more attention in the coming weeks. As many students know, Amherst does not have any sort of

Pain in the AAS John Yarchoan ’13 Senators from the Association of Amherst Students are writing a weekly column to keep the student body informed about the goings-on in the Senate.

at Amherst, so any policies that challenge some of their privileges are understandably controversial. In any event, Matt DeButts ’14, who serves on the Committee on Educational Policy, is serving as our liaison on

this issue. Finally, congratulations again to the 10 new AAS members. And, dear God, I hope none of you have any “mental reservations� or “purpose of evasion.�

“It dawned on me during this swearing-in that we could improve this ‘oath of office,’ or perhaps eliminate it entirely.� evaluations for tenured professors. While junior-level professors are constantly evaluated, both by colleagues and students, tenured professors are not required to seek any input about their teaching. What students might not realize is how unorthodox this policy is. Virtually all peer institutions have some sort of evaluations for tenured professors, and we believe that Amherst should have these evaluations as well. We don’t think tenured professors are bad or need more oversight, we just think Amherst should fall in line with peer institutions and allow students to give input to all professors. It is worth noting, also, that these evaluations would not be seen by anyone other than the professors themselves. This might seem like a harmless proposal, and I would argue that it is, but we have gotten serious pushback thus far. Tenured professors have an enormous amount of power

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Some members of the AAS would like to remove the ability of tenure to shield faculty members from critique and review.

Obama’s Universal Healthcare Bid Was A Mistake H

ealthcare was a bad idea. Does this sound ludicrous and insane? Well ‌ it is. After all, this country did need VRPH IRUP RI KHDOWK OHJLVODWLRQ ,¡OO EH VSHFLĂ€F WKH EDG idea was to present universal healthcare legislation to Congress in the midst of the worst recession in the U.S. in decades. It is often said that presidents are able to get the most done immediately after they’ve been elected. Universal healthcare is something Democrats have repeatedly championed. The president was looking to pass a bill Democrats hadn’t had the opportunity WR SDVV IRU VRPH WLPH 3UHVLGHQWLDO VXFFHVV KRZHYHU LV GHĂ€QHG in much broader terms than one act. It’s obvious that this was a mistake on the part of the President for a few reasons. First, President Obama was elected on a wave of resentment on the part of the American people against the Republican Party for plunging them into recession. Before the economic meltdown, he wasn’t leading his opponent by a YHU\ ODUJH PDUJLQ +LV PDQGDWH ZDV FOHDU Ă€[ RXU HFRQRP\ +H was provided with a large majority in both houses of Congress (which he needed to carry out his mandate). Why, then, did the President decide to act against what the American people wanted? Let’s take a closer look at the healthcare debate. Even though

“[C]onsider the economic results of such inaction. Where was the comprehensive job creation bill needed immediately after the President’s election?� it dominated news headlines, there was an undercurrent of informed opinion in the media emphasizing that Americans were concerned about healthcare, but even more so about jobs. People were being laid off and were running scared. When you’re in

Elson Browne-Low ’15 is a contributing writer. GDQJHU RI ORVLQJ \RXU KRXVH RU ZRUULHG DERXW ÀQGLQJ D MRE VR \RX can feed your children, health programs tend to come second. Yes, healthcare was important, but the economy was more important. Focusing on the wrong priority led many Americans to become displeased with the President and the Democratic Party as a whole — hence the loss of many Democratic seats in Congress. Healthcare was a mistake because the President lost much of the support of the people. Time will tell whether that hurts him in the next Presidential election. Second, consider the economic results of such inaction. Where was the comprehensive job creation bill needed immediately after the President’s election? This lack of government action, whilst focusing on healthcare legislation, did nothing for the economy in the short run. We have experienced little or no growth in the past two years. Recall that the bailout plan aimed to stabilize the economy. Where was the similarly powerful plan to stimulate the economy? President Obama made a mistake in that he listened to party leadership rather than his electorate. A political party’s goals and the needs of society are not always in sync. The next point to consider is what this lack of synchronization resulted in. Democrats lost many of their seats in Congress. Many far-right Republicans were elected. Focusing on healthcare legislation was an unwise move because in order to do anything with relative ease in the American governmental structure, one requires a majority in both houses, or at least a cooperative opposition. Did our President, after the Republicans gained so many seats in Congress, possess either of these? In order to pass bills in Congress you need majorities in both houses. His healthcare legislation caused the President to be put into a situation where his hands were tied. He must now reach across the aisle in order to get anything done. Put simply, he has lost the power to act quickly and decisively. Now he must convince the most unwilling of opponents.

Finally, the last negative generated by the passing of healthcare legislation was the creation of extremist movements. Granted, many of these movements would have been spurred on even without such legislation. Look closely, however, at what Demo-

“Thus, we now have a situation where the President has lost the mandate to act quickly and effectively in the face of economic underperformance.â€? crats tried to do. They took an issue long on their agenda and, while the Republican Party was weak, tried to force action. Put yourself in the Republican Party’s position. Wouldn’t this anJHU \RX" +HQFH ZH REVHUYH WKH WKUHDW RI Ă€OOLEXVWHUV DJDLQ EHLQJ utilized. Politics became more partisan because the Democratic Party thought it could satisfy its own agendas without opposiWLRQ 7KLV ZRXOG KDYH EHHQ Ă€QH LI WKH HFRQRP\ ZDV QRW LQ D UHcession and jobs were not the top concern on American minds. Thus, we now have a situation where the President has lost the mandate to act quickly and effectively in the face of economic underperformance because he is forced to cooperate with those who appear most uncooperative. He has lent momentum to extremist groups. President Obama now faces a disenchanted national audience in the next election. Lastly, he has not been able to do as much for the economy as he would have done otherwise. Let me rephrase: he has not been able to carry out as many efforts as he would have if healthcare had been put off. Perhaps our president made a wise decision in passing universal healthcare legislation. Perhaps he operated with vision, foreseeing a crisis on the horizon. One way or another, however, he was looking to the horizon when he should have been focusing on the punishing sun overhead.

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Arts&living Amherst Bytes: Moore Dylan Herts ’13 Staff Writer

Anyone who has purchased a personal computer in the last decade knows that computers tend to grow more powerful at an amazing rate. Buy a MacBook, wait 12 months and the next model runs at what seems to be twice the speed as your old one. People complain that we all just bought a new machine, wonder if anyone needs this level of speed and ask when the hell that Steve Jobs guy is going to stop telling me I need new gizmos and gadgets and whatchmacallits. This conspiratorial trend, however, is nothing more than a simple law of progress in computing design. In 1965, Electronics Magazine published an article in which Gordon E. Moore observed that the increases in integrated circuits’ transistor counts had been accelerating. A decade after the original article and seven years after he had co-founded Intel, Moore revised his thesis to specify that such counts doubled every two years. With the increasing performance of transistors factored in, a colleague at Intel then concluded that integrated circuits themselves doubled in performance every 18 months. In plain terms, computers double in speed every 18 to 24 months. Frequencies may stay the same, so you won’t notice the number of gigahertz increase, but new processor architectures and more cores mean our computers keep on getting faster and faster. There is a theoretical limit to Moore’s Law — a moment beyond which computing progress slows —

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

v Koomey: The New Law of the Land

but we have yet to catch sight of it. In Moore’s own words, “Moore’s Law is a violation of Murphy’s Law. Everything gets better and better.â€? But Moore’s axiom may become obsolete before it expires. It’s becoming more and more apparent that computing power eclipses the needs of most consumers these days. MacBook Airs and iPhones can accomplish most of our routine tasks without working up a sweat. The real power LQ PRGHUQ FRPSXWLQJ LV FRQĂ€ QHG WR server farms, stashed miles away from users. It might be time to admit that most of us just don’t need that much more power. Think about the most frequent problem with your computer or cellphone. Sure, you have the occasional virus, perhaps a persistent software bug, and maybe even the rare hardware failure. But every day, we’re confronted with the incontrovertible fact that we live by the batteries. Realworld computer benchmarks would be measured in minutes of battery OLIH QRW JLJDKHUW] RU JLJDĂ RSV RU KRZ PDQ\ VHFRQGV D Ă€ OH WUDQVIHU WDNHV Enter Dr. Jon Koomey, the lead author of an article in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Annals of the History of Computing. Koomey and his colleagues describe a long-term trend similar to that law Image courtesy of economicsofinformation.com Ă€ UVW SXW IRUWK E\ *RUGRQ 0RRUH LQ 1965. In view of increasing energy According to a new study, battery power for computing systems doubles HIĂ€ FLHQF\ LQ FRPSXWLQJ KDUGZDUH every 18 months. .RRPH\ FRQFOXGHV ´D Ă€ [HG FRPSXW offer more mid-powered models taiing load, the amount of battery you per kilowatt-hour. The discovery itself doesn’t lored to the needs of consumers, the need will fall by a factor of two every year and a half.â€? For the past four change the technology, but it names GHĂ€ QLQJ D[LRP IRU WKH GLJLWDO PDUNHW decades, the data presented shows a DQG LGHQWLĂ€ HV D WUHQG WKDW ZDV FHQWUDO place is going to be Koomey’s Law. steep relation between the passage of to the development of the market. As Moore’s axiom is alive and well, but time and the amount of computations processors improve and tech vendors its relevance to everyday consumers

is set to decrease. Today’s computing landscape shows a hastening shift towards mobile devices and a shrinking space for consumer desktop computing. With each new processor release, mainstream vendors and consumers will place increasing value in procesVRU HQHUJ\ HIĂ€ FLHQF\ DQG HVFKHZ GLV FXVVLRQV RI JLJDKHUW] DQG JLJDĂ RSV The trend has already begun. 6PDOO HIĂ€ FLHQW V\VWHP RQ D FKLS platforms from Samsung, ARM and Qualcomm have stormed to the forefront of the marketplace. The question of which original equipment manufacturer will supply the components for the iPhone 5/iPad 3 has held the attention of industry speculation for the last six months. Moore’s Intel still maintains a dominant grip on the traditional market, churning out energyHIĂ€ FLHQW QRWHERRN GHVNWRS &38V DQG HDUQLQJ LW WKH QLFNQDPH ´&KLS]LOOD Âľ but its attempts to penetrate into mobile space have been unimpressive. The recent obsolescence of Moore’s Law might just prove to be an appropriate prediction for the fate of Moore’s other great accomplishment within the next decade. But time will tell. The cloud still needs servers, and servers still need big, hungry, powerful processors. Moore’s Law might lose some of its charm but it will lose none of its truth for the foreseeable future. For now, Koomey’s Law is the golden child of computing progress, offering vital and consistent growth in energy efĂ€ FLHQF\ $V ERWK ODZV KROG WUXH DQG RXU GHYLFHV JURZ IDVWHU DQG PRUH HIĂ€ cient, we can expect a third function to continue its meteoric growth: the inevitable and increasing omnipresence of these devices in our everyday lives.

The Jeff Prince —Po-Po Problems by Evan Karl ’14 of Amherst

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R ENAISSANCE C HAOS The Renaissance music of the 16th century is easily associated with sexual dramas. 6XVDQ 0F&ODU\ WKH PRVW HPLQHQW VFKRODU RI feminist musicology, wrote a whole book, “Modal Subjectivities,â€? to describe the various sexual scenes she found in late RenaisVDQFH PXVLF GXULQJ WKH Ă€QDO GHFDGHV RI WKH 16th century. To understand such drama, it is necessary to trace the footprints of such music, which was born out of a confusing and chaotic time. The 16th century started as a Golden Age of musical creation. At the very beginning, Ottaviano Petrucci and Pierre Attaignant introduced movable type to music-printing. Prior to that, making music scores and partbooks had been a slow, expensive and painstaking process that relied on manual copying, which resulted in the many inevitable mis-

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Josquin Desprez, a Franco-Flemish composer, was dubbed the “godfatherâ€? of Renaissance music for his early work with the rising polyphonic music style. takes made in different copies by the poor VFULEHV 6XFK PLVWDNHV KDYH GHĂ€QLWHO\ KHOSHG to create more jobs in academia, as scholars are hired to spend their lives trying to decide which copy is more “authentic.â€? With the introduction of printing, however, the production and dissemination of music had never been cheaper and faster, as the newest FRPSRVLWLRQV DQG SDUW ERRNV ZHUH Ă RDWLQJ around Western Europe amongst not only the nobles and the bourgeoisie, but even well-off city dwellers. Thanks to this invention, Josquin DesPrez became the “godfatherâ€? of Renaissance music, since composers everywhere could study how ingeniously, through points of imitation, he shattered the old tenor-oriented structure and established a sense of equity among voices in the polyphonic texture. His cunning use of musical parody and paraphrase, the “arrangingâ€? of pre-existing melodies (such as Thomas Aquinas’ “Pange Lingua Gloriosiâ€?)

and polyphonic pieces (such as his own chanson “Mille Regretzâ€?) into full masses, almost became “the wayâ€? of mass composition in the following century. His careful declamation of liturgical words also led to what modern historians call ars perfecta (“the perfect artâ€?). DesPrez was the “leading starâ€? of the Franco-Flemish school, a group of composers that not only shared DesPrez’s composition techniques and visions, but also part of his biography: they were born in Flanders DQG QRUWKHUQ )UDQFH DQG Ă RXULVKHG XQGHU the patronage of the Italian city-states and the German court of the Holy Roman Emperor. /R\VHW &RPSqUH VHUYHG WKH 6WUR]]L LQ 0LODQ DesPrez and Obrecht the Este in Ferrara, Agricola the Medici in Florence, and Heinrich Isaac and Pierre de la Rue the emperors. With the death of the “godfatherâ€? in 1521, however, 16th-century music became rather chaotic. In the same way composers such as Brahms struggled throughout their lives under the light and shadow of Beethoven, the “post-Josquinâ€? generation of composers such DV :LOODHUW *RPEHUW DQG &OHPHQV QRQ 3DSD seemed unable to break new ground in the composition that DesPrez and his contempoUDULHV KDG UHGHĂ€QHG 7KH RQO\ DSSDUHQW ´FRQtributionâ€? they had made was the increased interests in the parody technique. In the Renaissance, “parodyâ€? implied not sarcasm but noble imitation and elevation — of course, what else could you do besides “parodyâ€? the composer that always made you feel impotent? Meanwhile, as the composers found themselves unable to innovate, traditional music theories, poetics and aesthetics were XQGHU Ă€HUFH DWWDFN IURP WKH QRZ KXPDQLVW minded theorists. In 1547, Heinrich Glarean published his Dodecachordon, (the “TwelveStrings,â€? not to be confused with dodecaphone, the Schoenbergian “twelve-toneâ€?), in which he claimed that, based on the musical practices of the ancient Greeks, there were 12 musical modes instead of eight as prescribed E\ WKH &DWKROLF &KXUFK DQG WKXV DWWDFNHG 3Letro Aaron, who adhered to the later system (imagine modern theorists arguing with each other over how many major keys there are). Gioseffo Zarlino, a later theorist and pupil of Willaert, agreed with the 12-mode system but disagreed with Glarean in nomenclature and numbering (imagine modern theorists disDJUHHLQJ DERXW ZKLFK QRWH ´& PDMRUÂľ VWDUWV on). Thus, modern musicologists are often confused with a collection of pieces carefully ordered by their composers according to their modes: before they can celebrate the discovery of this precious source to study how each PRGH EHKDYHG PXVLFDOO\ WKH\ KDYH WR Ă€JXUH out which modal system the composer used. Such “modal chaosâ€? led some modern theo-

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Nicola Vicentino, an Italian music theorist, was famous for his “Archicembalo,� which divided the octave into 31 microtonal parts.

Lester Hu’13 tracks the history of music in the 16th century, which was fraught with the confusion and chaos that gave birth to the madrigals and eventually the Baroque style.

rists such as Harold Powers to abandon all historical modal systems and embrace modern analytical methods, which seems like a sin among the current waves of “historically informed performance practices.� The humanists invaded even further.

expression of words and their passions over actual music, which is but an expressive vehicle. Humanists claimed a clear-cut triumph in the real musical world as composers started to focus on madrigals. A secular genre from

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The Organ and Choirs of San Marco Basilica, Venice are a reminder of Venice’s prominence in 16th century European music. Nicola Vicentino, a pupil of Willaert, constructed his “Archicembaloâ€? (the “big keyboardâ€?) that divided the octave into 31 equal parts (modern pianos only go down to 12). Vicentino claimed that such microtonal division of the octave was a restoration of the musical practice of the ancient Greeks, who used three genera: diatonic (the normal one), chromatic (the frequent use of unnecessary “accidentalsâ€?) and enharmonic (microtonal). Not arguing for a return to Greek music per se, Vicentino advocated for wider use of the latter two genera in contemporary polyphonic music for expressing the “passionsâ€? of the words, just as the title of his book indicated (“Ancient Music Restored to Modern Practiceâ€?). Vincenzo Galilei, father of the more faPRXV *DOLOHR DQG KLV &DPHUDWD D JURXS RI humanists, musicians, poets and intellectuals in late Renaissance Florence, laid a humanist siege on contemporary music from a totally different direction. They also appealed to the Greeks and the need to express the words. They argued that the contemporary vocal polyphony was inferior to ancient Greek monody. They believed that the art of polyphony, which was but to please the senses of the ears, circumscribed the expression of the words and this should have been ended. They progressively called for a monadic style, where a soloist, instead of a group of singers, is supported by instrumental accompanies and can thus freely bring “passionsâ€? to the audience. Indeed, one of the most important arguPHQWV RI WKH UDGLFDO KXPDQLVP LQĂ XHQFHG side — besides its varied “Grecophiliaâ€? — is that word should be the mistress of music, and should have the musical license to transgress certain harmonic, formal and textural conventions. It is really a humanist attack into music making — one that favors the

Italy, a madrigal is a polyphonic musical interpretation and “sing-outâ€? of serious Italian OLWHUDWXUH GHĂ€QLWHO\ QRW RQRPDWRSRHLF IDQIDUHV VXFK DV WKH 3HWUDUFKLDQ VRQQHWV &HUtain professional musical groups, namely the King’s Singers, would like to call every 16th century secular piece a “madrigal,â€? whereas every serious scholar knows “La Guerreâ€? by Janequin and “Il est bel et bonâ€? by Passereau are actually French chansons. Even Palestrina, mainly famous for his mass settings, had a series of madrigals. Such madrigals are a forum to explore text-painting possibilities, and composers such as Willaert, Arcadelt, &LSULDQR GH 5RUH :HUW 0DUHQ]LR *HVXDOGR and Monteverdi developed a shared toolkit of text-painting devices, which, varying between composers, could feature outrageous chromaticism and obnoxious ignorance of contrapuntal rules (the all too clichĂŠ A-F leap LQ 0RQWHYHUGL¡V &UXGD $PDULOOL %HFDXVH it interprets a literary style distinguished by endless antitheses of “joy in painâ€? and “love in deathâ€? the text-painting art of madrigals developed its own “mannerism,â€? where you would expect certain “clichĂŠd specialtiesâ€? to happen at certain characteristic words. Eventually, more radical humanism took over. As the madrigalists subjected their polyphonic music to the expression of the word, WKH SURJUHVVLYH PRQRGLVWV IURP WKH &DPHUDWD got rid of everything. Fifteen ninety-seven ZLWQHVVHG -DFRSR 3HUL¡V 'DIQH WKH Ă€UVW RSera in music history, where virtuosic soloists instead of grouped singers came to the center of the musical scene. Music historians marked it as the start of the “Baroqueâ€? style, ZKLFK LV GHĂ€QHG E\ LQVWUXPHQW DFFRPSDQLHG monody, and by the new humanist aesthetics WKDW ´H[SUHVVLRQÂľ VKRXOG DOZD\V FRPH Ă€UVW Âł an ideal that would have a long term musical LQĂ XHQFH

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We’ll Always Have “Midnight in Paris� Yilin Andre Wang ’14 Contributing Writer

Warm, sentimental and funny, “Midnight In Paris� beautifully explores the clash of nostalgia and reality among fantastical encounters. Director Woody Allen takes us on an exquisite journey through time, span-

Film Review “Midnight in Paris� Written and Directed by Woody Allen Starring Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates and Owen Wilson

ning across the present, the 1890s and the 1920s — in the City of Light that reeks of wine, music, poignancy and genius, while effortlessly depictLQJ FRQĂ LFWV LQKHUHQW LQ WKH KXPDQ nature. Only with such grace can the movie truly do Paris justice, and Allen doubtlessly did that, regardless of the extra crème layer on top. The 100-minute fun ride opens with a heart-stopping montage of Pariscapes — clichĂŠ, yet luxuriously so. It is what a travel ad of France should look like, only far more deliFDWH VWDWLF VKRWV Ă LS E\ OLNH YLQWDJH slideshows, showcasing the tenderness of street corners, the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, people and, most importantly, rain. With the eyes of cinematographers Darius Khondji and Johanne Debas, we feast on dripping succulence and sensual glimmer. Nesting into Sidney Bechet’s “Si tu vois ma mèreâ€? jazz saxophone, we sway into an elegant dream that starts with Owen Wilson’s feverish rave about Paris and how romantic it would be to move there. A contrast in tone? Maybe. A miscast? Far from it. Playing the Ă€OP¡V SURWDJRQLVW *LO 3HQGHU :LOVRQ embodies the naĂŻvetĂŠ and enthusiasm of a Hollywood screenwriter who

aspires to write a great novel. Enamored by the city, the fantasy-struck would-be novelist starkly differs from KLV VSRLOHG %HYHUO\ +LOOV Ă€DQFpH 5Dchel McAdams), who dismisses his idealistic vision of Paris’ ambience and vainly idolizes the elitist pseudoVFKRODU 3DXO 0LFKDHO 6KHHQ ZKR snottily rebuffs a Versailles guide played by First Lady of France, Carla Bruni herself. After declining an evening dance LQYLWDWLRQ WKDW KLV Ă€DQFpH JODGO\ DFFHSWV D WLSV\ *LO PHDQGHUV LQWR WKH night, soon losing himself in myriad alleys. As the clock strikes midnight, an antique taxicab pulls up and a group of festive partygoers call him in. As KH HQWHUV D EDU ZLWK KLV FRPSDQ\ *LO soon realizes the smoky, sophisticated bar, studded with literature and music stars like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Cole Porter, is a cultural hub of the 1920s, the era that he has been transported to. 8SRQ KHDULQJ DERXW *LO¡V HQGHDYRUV Fitzgerald introduces him to Ernest +HPLQJZD\ ZKR DJUHHV WR WDNH *LO¡V PDQXVFULSW WR *HUWUXGH 6WHLQ .DWK\ %DWHV IRU FULWLTXH :LGH H\HG *LO rushes to fetch the manuscript, only to Ă€QG WKH EDU GLVDSSHDULQJ DQG KLPVHOI sliding back to the present. Over the next several nights, the midnight clock chimes and CinderHOOD¡V SXPSNLQ FRDFK RU WKH UHYHUVH of that, really. No, she does not make D FDPHR DSSHDUDQFH EULQJV *LO EDFN to the golden age of Paris in his mind, the 1920s of Stein, DalĂ­, Picasso and $GULDQD 0DULRQ &RWLOODUG 3LFDVVR¡V ORYHU ZKR DSSUHFLDWHV *LO¡V QRYHO DQG WR ZKRP *LO LV LQVWDQWO\ DWWUDFWHG $V his novel becomes more polished, his relationship with Adriana develops and his real-life collision with his disVDWLVĂ€HG Ă€DQFpH KHLJKWHQV *LO Ă€QGV his situation more complicated than ever when Adriana, now the girl of his dreams, is anxious to leave her times and is ecstatic when both of them are transported back to la belle ĂŠpoque, what Adriana considers the “golden DJH Âľ $ VREHUHG *LO OHDUQV WKDW WKH nostalgic allure is always relative and unattainable, ironically resonating with Paul’s equation of nostalgia

with denial. Facing the conundrum, *LO KDV WR PDNH D FKRLFH EHWZHHQ SDVW and present, his love and rationality. $OOHQ Ă€QH WXQHV :LOVRQ¡V FRPHGLF SURZHVV LQ *LO ZKR LV EHGD]]OHG by dreams but grappling with the bitWHUQHVV RI UHDOLW\ *LO LV HQGHDULQJ D protagonist we root for from the start. We forgive his follies, social awkwardness and occasional duplicity because of the overwhelming disregard he faces from all those around him, which is subtly yet unmistakably established by the scenes in which he is dragged away from writing by his Ă€DQFpH WR PHHW KHU SDUHQWV YLVLW WRXUist spots with her friends and put up with constant sneering and isolation. ,Q HPSDWKL]LQJ ZLWK *LO ZH WRR FRXOG not help sinking into the haven he escapes to: the air of love, the fragrance of art and literature and the boisterous Bohemian laughter. Though surely not as probing as his signature works, Allen knows better than to drench the plot in honey; for a reverie is only a reverie, but a movie embraces more than the remembrance of things past. Indeed, this Ă€OP LV D JHQWOH UHPLQGHU RI WKH UHVW RI the “dream-come-trueâ€? story. But the keyword here is “gentleâ€?: even the confrontation scene — which takes place after Adriana helplessly drowns LQ WKH DIWHUWDVWH RI PHHWLQJ *DXJXLQ and Degas in the famed Maxim’s Paris restaurant — rounds up with soft edges and sentimental luster: no drama, no frustration, only the oozing melancholy choreographed with the strumming tunes of Left Bank guitar. This is Woody Allen’s world: hopeful, imperfect and saccharine in a lovely way. Maybe the take-home message easily vanishes as soon as we Image courtesy of imdb.com step out of the cinema; maybe it is too palatable, too feel-good. But how can “Midnight in Parisâ€? mashes reality with fantasy when Gil Pender (Owen we complain about a gorgeous tour Wilson) gets transported into the 1920s. de force of vivid bygone past, wistful H\HV DQG ZLWW\ GLDORJXHV *LO WR 7 6 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. cussion of existentialism, relativism Eliot: “Prufrock is my mantra!â€? Or on ,OOXVLRQV DUH Ă HHWLQJ EXW WUXH VHOI or even time travel. Just cash some WKH PRYLH KLV Ă€DQFpH¡V SDUHQWV KDYH remains. Hemingway thinks mak- euros – 500 francs to buy a Matisse seen: “Wonderful but forgettable. It ing love to a truly amazing woman while it is still cheap, just in case you VRXQGV OLNH D Ă€OP ,¡YH VHHQ , SURE- LPPRUWDOL]HV D PDQ GXK %XW WKH fall into the same ripple in time – and ably wrote it.â€?)? solace and pure joy of watching ERRN \RXU Ă LJKW WR 3DULV IRU VSULQJ Yes, we get it. The present is dull. “Midnight in Parisâ€? outweigh the dis- break next year.

This Week in Amherst History: Oct. 3, 1990

Five College Events Oct. 5 “Renaissance Science and Art,� UMass, 4:00 p.m. Based on the work of Aristotle, Renaissance science reached its peak with Galileo. Alex Chajes will discuss the development of the portrait and landscape perspectives, which were two major innovations of Renaissance art. The Renaissance Center and the Amherst Woman’s Club will host this event, which is free to the public.

Oct. 6 “Wu Man: Chinese Pipa,� UMass, 7:30 p.m. Wu Man, a Grammy-nominated pipa virtuoso, is one of the world’s greatest players of this ancient lute-like instrument. The performances feature classical and contemporary pieces alongside her own compositions, showcasing her skill with the littleknown instrument. Man has worked with famous musicians, such as Yo-Yo Ma. Robert Shulz, who has also been nominated for a Grammy, will accompany Man in this concert, which will be held in Bowker Auditorium and is free to the public.

Oct. 6 “Timothy D. Wilson Lecture,� Hampshire College, 5:30 p.m. Timothy D. Wilson, Hampshire alumnus and author of “Redirect: The Surprising

New Science of Psychological Change,� will present a lecture based on his recentlyreleased book. The book focuses on the technique of story editing, which is used to help people make positive change by altering the stories that shape their outlook and approaches to life. The talk will take place in Franklin Peterson Hall and is free and open to the public.

Oct. 9 “Arcadia Players in Concert,� Smith College, 4:00 p.m. The Arcadia Players, a Massachusettsbased period-instrument ensemble led by conductor Ian Watson, will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fifth and Sixth symphonies. Tickets are $35 for this concert, which will take place in Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall.

Oct. 11 “Tuesdays in Bezanson,â€? UMass, 8:00 p.m. Works by Johannes Brahms and Dmitri Shostakovich will be performed in Bezanson Recital Hall by Elizabeth Chang, Laura Klock, Astrid Schween, Nadine Shank and Gilles Vonsattel. Ticket prices are ten dolPEVW JSV XLI TYFPMG ½ZI HSPPEVW JSV EXXIRHIIW 17 and under and seniors and three dollars for UMass students. — Ashley Hall ’14

Photo courtesy of Amherst College Archives & Special Collections

The Student published an article detailing a new Amherst town law stipulating that all keg purchases in town must be accompanied by a $50 despoit. Passed to curb underage drinking, the new law also stipulated that all kegs sold in town had to be registered with serial identification numbers and all customers purchasing a keg had to give their name, address and age. Despite its good intentions, concerns were raised over the efficiency of the law, and many assumed that it would be inneffective unless other nearby towns adopted a similar plan. The picture is of the owner of Russell’s Liquors Inc., a liquor store that remains in Amherst.

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Women’s Soccer Juggles past Jumbos in 2-0 Win Carlyn Robertson ’14 Managing Sports Editor

With two wins this weekend, the women’s soccer team matched the school record for best start to a season at 7-0-0 (5-0-0 NESCAC). The Jeffs beat Trinity and Tufts, both by scores of 2-0. “I think a huge part of our success so far this season has been our team chemistry; we all have a common goal, to reach our collective potential

and compete for every single game, and have bought into it 100 percent,� senior tri-captain Jess Wall said. The Jeffs faced Trinity on the road. 'HVSLWH KDUG SOD\ LQ WKH ÀUVW KDOI ERWK teams remained scoreless. The Jeffs held a 7-5 edge in shots, but were frustrated by the Bantam goalie and strong defense. On the other side of the ÀHOG WKH %DQWDPV ERXQFHG D VKRW RII WKH FURVVEDU PLGZD\ WKURXJK WKH ÀUVW frame, but didn’t put any other shots on goal. The sophomores pulled through

Football Pummels Polar Bears 20-3 in Home Opener Continued from page 12 costly penalties and turnovers that really gave us a boost,â€? Bunker said. “We were able to capitalize on their mistakes.â€? The Jeffs will take on Middlebury at home this Saturday. In last year’s road contest against the Panthers, the Jeffs found themselves trailing 9-0 DW KDOIWLPH $PKHUVW RYHUFDPH WKH GHĂ€FLW LQ D ZLOG VHFRQG KDOI SUHYDLOLQJ 38-31. Middlebury enters the game with some momentum after routing Colby 41-15 in Vermont last weekend. The Panthers amassed 553 of yards on offense, demonstrating an explosive passing attack. On defense, the Jeffs will have to “stop the run early and force them to be one dimensional,â€? Ferber said. “If we execute, we will have a ton of success come Saturdayâ€? he continued. From the Jeffs’ offensive perspective, “Middlebury has a stronger defense than Bates and Bowdoin so we need to be prepared,â€? Bunker said. “As long as we continue to succeed on the ground and continue to improve through the air we should be in good shape.â€? Last season, the football team rode the arm of quarterback Alex Vetras ’11 – the Amherst record-holder in career passing yardage (5,141) – to a 6-0 start. While the passing game has been dialed down this year, the 2011 Jeffs have established their identity as a physical team in the trenches, SRXQGLQJ WKH EDOO RQ WKH JURXQG RQ RIIHQVH DQG VWLĂ LQJ WKH RSSRVLWLRQ RQ defense.

for the Jeffs in the second half. Kate Sisk ’14 broke the deadlock at the PDUN ZLWK KHU Ă€UVW FDUHHU JRDO off an assist from classmate Sarah Duffy. Chloe McKenzie ’14 sealed the deal with her second career goal at the 80:36 mark, also off a pass from Duffy. The Jeffs were more dominant in the second frame, out-shooting the Bantams 7-2. Goalkeeper Allie Horwitz ’12 had one save in the second half for her fourth shutout of the season. The Jeffs defeated Tufts at home this Saturday, dealing the Jumbos their Ă€UVW ORVV RI WKH VHDVRQ 7XIWV DWWDFNHG the Jeffs right from the get-go, earnLQJ WZR FRUQHU NLFNV LQ WKH Ă€UVW Ă€YH minutes. The Jeff defense remained composed and managed to clear both without giving up a shot on goal. 7KH -HIIV¡ Ă€UVW VFRULQJ RSSRUWXQLW\ came in the 33rd minute when Kathryn Nathan ’13 sent a pass to McKenzie. But the Tufts goalie reacted quickly and slid to cover the ball. Emily Little ’13 had the next scoring attempt for the Jeffs, following a cross to the right side of the box. The diving Tufts goalie managed to get a hand on that shot too. McKenzie went after the rebound, but a Tufts defender cleared the ball off the goal line, keeping the game scoreless. The Jeffs continued to be aggressive and challenge the Jumbos, as Duffy launched a shot in the 23rd minute, but it bounced off the crossbar. 7KH -HIIV¡ RIIHQVLYH SUHVVXUH Ă€QDOly paid off with just over a minute left LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI 7XIWV KDG D KDQGEDOO LQ the box, which gave the Jeffs a penalty kick. Nathan capitalized on the opportunity, scoring easily and putting the Jeffs up 1-0 at the intermission.

Men’s Golf Narrowly Misses NESCAC Cutoff Nicholas Koh ’14 earned individual honors with a third-place finish Varun Iyengar ’14 Sports Section Editor

Last weekend, the men’s golf team traveled to Wesleyan to compete in WKH 1(6&$& &KDPSLRQVKLS 4XDOLÀHU tournament. The Jeffs were looking to build on their success last year when they placed third, earning a spot in the spring NESCAC Championship for WKH ÀUVW WLPH LQ WHDP KLVWRU\ The Jeffs started out the weekend quite strong, putting themselves in great position to qualify for the spring championship. Their opening-day 301 was the third-lowest score, giving the Jeffs a two-shot lead over Middlebury and a three-shot cushion over Hamilton and Colby. The lead was not to last, however. %RWK 0LGGOHEXU\ DQG +DPLOWRQ ÀHOGHG strong teams and Amherst was unable to fend off their Sunday charges. The Panthers shot a day-two 291, while the Continentals were on their heels with a 296, leaving the Jeffs’ and their closing round 311 far behind. :LWK WKHLU ÀIWK SODFH ÀQLVK $PKHUVW fell one spot short of qualifying for the NESCAC championship. There was a silver lining for the Jeffs, however. In addition to the team results, individual play actually carries extra weight at the Championship

4XDOLĂ€HU DV WKH WRS Ă€QLVKHUV HDUQ All-NESCAC honors. This year, Amherst’s individual hopes rested on the shoulders of NichRODV .RK ¡ ZKR Ă€QLVKHG LQ WK place last year, one stroke shy of earning Second-Team honors. This season, Koh has been on a tear, setting career-low scores each of the last two weekends. Those impressive performances would pale, however, in comparison to the show Koh SXW RQ DW WKH &KDPSLRQVKLS 4XDOLĂ€HU He began his weekend by resetting his career-low round, once again, with D RQH XQGHU RQ 6DWXUGD\ WKH Ă€UVW time in his collegiate career that he has gone under par. His impressive opening round put him into a three-way tie for second place, in prime position to earn conference honors. With eight players all within four strokes of him, it made for DQ LQWHQVH Ă€QDO URXQG To his credit though, Koh did not blink, putting together a solid 73 on 6XQGD\ WR Ă€QLVK LQ VROH SRVVHVVLRQ RI third place and wrapping up All-NESCAC Conference First-Team honors. 2YHUDOO ZKLOH WKH -HIIV¡ Ă€IWK SODFH Ă€QLVK GRHV FRPH DV D GLVDSSRLQWPHQW the team can take solace in Koh’s great performance. The rest of the team will hope to build off his momentum as WKH\ ORRN WR Ă€QLVK RII WKHLU IDOO VHDVRQ in style against Williams next weekend.

Photo courtesy of Kate Berry ’12

Kathryn Nathan ’13 scored a penalty kick, accounting for one of the Jeffs’ two goals in their shutout victory over Tufts. The Jumbos put up an early shot in the second half off of a free kick, but Horwitz was there with the save. The Jumbos pressured Horwitz with under 19 minutes left to play, sending a cross-pass towards the goal, but Horwitz made the save. Less than a minute later, Stewart received another pass in the box, but couldn’t control the ball. Horwitz came out to dismiss the scoring threat once again, holding on to her 16th career shutout. With eight minutes left to play, Ă€UVW \HDU 0HO 6WLHU IHG D SDVV WR 6LVN on the left side of the box, and the sophomore put away her second career goal to give the Jeffs a two-goal cushion. The Jeff offense was clearly dominant, holding a 17-5 edge in shooting and an 8-4 advantage on corner kicks. Wall said “I think that every game,

we’ve been growing and improving as a team, and our performance against Tufts this weekend was our best yet.â€? But she thinks her team can do even EHWWHU ´:H GHĂ€QLWHO\ KDYH QRW UHDFKHG our full potential yet.â€? The Jeffs return to action at Williams next Saturday. The game will be streamed live online. Wall said that “we need to just come out hard and play a full 90 minutes.â€? The last time Amherst faced the Ephs was in the NESCAC Championship, which they lost %XW :DOO LV FRQĂ€GHQW WKDW WKH -HIIV can be victorious this time around. “Past results don’t matter; what matters is how we show up to play this Saturday,â€? she explained. “If we come out with the intensity and focus that we’ve been bringing to our recent training sessions and games, and PDLQWDLQ LW XQWLO WKH Ă€QDO ZKLVWOH ZH can absolutely come out on top.â€?

In Da Club

Recaps and Results for the Club Sports Teams The Yo-Ho Penguins dominated Pratt Pool this weekend. Continuing their undefeated streak (8-0), the Yo-Hos secured the top seed for the division championships, which will be held at Bowdoin Oct. 29-30. 7KH <R +RV ÀUVW JDPH DJDLQVW Tufts was their toughest and most anticipated matchup of the weekend, but they came away with a 10-8 win. The Yo-Hos played strong for most of the game, but started to fall apart in the fourth quarter. Bad passes and poor awareness almost cost them the game, but they pulled themselves together and held onto the win. They bested Coast Guard Sat-

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urday night by the same score of 10-8. The Yo-Hos far outplayed Coast Guard, but had another rough fourth quarter that cost them some goals. The Yo-Hos faced Williams early on Sunday morning. After a YHU\ VORSS\ Ă€UVW TXDUWHU WKH <R Hos picked up some momentum, eventually crushing their rivals 15-9. 7KH <R +RV¡ Ă€QDO JDPH RI WKH tournament was against UMass. What should have been an easy win proved to be a struggle, however. After being down 2-0 for most of the game, they came EDFN WR ZLQ Ă€QDOO\ Ă€QLVKLQJ a game strong.

Oct. 1: W vs. Tufts (10-8) W vs. Coast Guard (10-8) Oct. 2 W vs. Williams (15-9) W vs. UMass (8-4) This has been the Yo-Hos’ best season in years, and as tricaptain Ben McBratney ’12 puts it, the team is “really, really, ridiculously good.� They will continue to train hard with their sights set on the division championship. — Carlyn Robertson ’14

By the time the men’s rugby team took the pitch on Saturday to play Plymouth 6WDWH WKH Ă€HOG KDG EHHQ WXUQHG IURP JUDVV to mostly mud. Last fall, this match had been one sided and rather chippy even by rugby standards. The Jeffs kicked off and had a try in WKH Ă€UVW PLQXWH DIWHU WKH IRUZDUGV VHW WKH aggressive tone that lasted the entire game, ZLWK SURS -RH 0RIĂ€WW ¡ WDNLQJ WKH EDOO RYHU WKH WU\ OLQH IRU WKH Ă€UVW RI KLV WZR WULHV in the game. 3O\PRXWK SLFNHG XS D WU\ ODWH LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI WR WLH WKH PDWFK DW EXW WKH VHFRQG KDOI ZDV DOO $PKHUVW 7KH IRUZDUGV SDFN GRPLQDWHG DQG ZKDW KDG EHHQ Ă€YH PHWHU UXQV LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI EHFDPH meter runs in the second as the Jeffs exhausted the Plymouth defense. ,QVLGH FHQWHU -XOLDQ 6FRWW ¡ WRRN D WU\ LQ XQGHU WKH SRVWV DQG 0RIĂ€WW VFRUHG KLV VHFRQG WU\ WR SXW WKH VFRUH DW ZKLFK HQGHG XS EHLQJ WKH Ă€QDO WDOO\ DV WKH -HIIV PDGH DPHQGV IRU ORVLQJ ODVW IDOO Sitting at 2-0 at the top of the conference alongside Williams, the Jeffs are taking it one game at a time and are focused on their game against Castleton State this weekend. Castleton is 0-2 after playing Williams and Plymouth State, but is still a dangerous opponent, as they beat the Jeffs 27-15 last autumn. — Carlyn Robertson’14

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GAME OF THE WEEK

Schedule WEDNESDAY: Volleyball vs. WNEC, 7 p.m. FRIDAY: Field Hockey @ Williams, 5 p.m. Volleyball @ Tufts, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Volleyball vs. Conn College, at Tufts, 11 a.m. Men’s Tennis @ John’s Hopkins, 12 p.m. Women’s Soccer @ Williams,12 p.m.

Women’s Cross Country @ Franklin Park (NEICCCA Championships), 12:30 p.m. Men’s Cross Country @ Franklin Park (NEICCCA Championships), 1:15 p.m. Football vs. Middlebury, 1:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Coast Guard, 2 p.m. Women’s Tennis @ Middlebury (Day 1 of 2), all day Women’s Golf @ Williams (Day 1 of 2), all day

Volleyball vs. Conn. College

IN DEPTH Time: Saturday, Oct. 8 Site: Tufts Key Players: Amherst Lauren Antion ‘15 KC Kanoff ‘12 Cristy Meier ‘12

Conn. College Rachel Schroff ’13 Amy Newman ‘12

:LWK WKH )LUHGRJV¡ UHFRUG VWDQGLQJ DW DQG WKH &DPHOV¡ DW 6DWXUGD\¡V JDPH EHWZHHQ WKH WZR ZLOO SURYLGH D KLJK OHYHO FKDOOHQJH WR ERWK WHDPV $PKHUVW FRPHV RII D ZLQ RYHU .HHQH 6WDWH LQ ZKLFK /DXUHQ $QWLRQ ¡ OHG WKH ZD\ KLWWLQJ ZLWK NLOOV DQG IRXU VHUYLFH DFHV &ULVW\ 0HLHU ¡ ZKR OHDGV WKH -HIIV LQ WRWDO NLOOV ZLWK SURYLGHG WKH DVVLVWV DORQJ ZLWK .& .DQRII ¡ 7KH WZR FRPELQHG IRU VSLNHV RQ 6DWXUGD\ (YHQ WKRXJK $PKHUVW WUDLOHG DIWHU WKUHH VHWV they took both the fourth set and the tiebreaker, hitting .333 in WKH Ă€QDO IUDPH The Camels played strong volleyball last weekend, beating ERWK &ROE\ DQG %DWHV 5DFKHO 6FKURII UHFRUGHG D GRXEOH GRXEOH DJDLQVW &ROE\ DQG DQ LPSUHVVLYH NLOOV DJDLQVW %DWHV %HWZHHQ WKRVH WZR PDWFKHV KRZHYHU &RQQHFWLFXW GLG IDOO to Bowdoin, which has been virtually unbeatable in league play this year. In addition to Schruff, Amy Newman has earned NESCAC Player of the Week honors twice this seaon while leading the Camels in scoring. 7KH )LUHGRJV ZRQ Ă€YH RI WKHLU ODVW VL[ PDWFKHV ZKLOH &RQQ College has won four of its last six. With both squads excelling lately, Saturday’s game looks to be hard-fought and decisive.

Players of the week

— Karl Greenblatt ‘15

Eric Bunker ’12 — Football

Kate Sisk ’14 — Women’s Soccer

:LWK UXVKLQJ \DUGV DQG RQH WRXFKGRZQ (ULF %XQNHU ¡ KHOSHG OHDG WKH IRRWEDOO WHDP WR D victory over Bowdoin last Saturday. With rainy conditions preventing the Jeffs from relying on their passing game, they turned to their senior running back for offense. Bunker’s most crucial play of WKH JDPH FDPH RQ WKH -HIIV¡ Ă€QDO SRVVHVVLRQ RI WKH Ă€UVW KDOI :LWK

$PKHUVW WUDLOLQJ KH PXVFOHG KLV ZD\ IRU D \DUG JDLQ WKDW HYHQWXDOO\ VHW KLP XS IRU D \DUG WRXFKdown dash with 59 seconds on the clock. His effort gave the Jeffs a lead they would never relinquish. Bunker ÀQLVKHG WKH DIWHUQRRQ DYHUDJLQJ yards per rush, paving the way for WKH WK ZLQ LQ SURJUDP KLVWRU\ — Varun Iyengar ’14

.DWH 6LVN ¡ EURNH WKURXJK LQ VW\OH ODVW ZHHN ZLWK KHU Ă€UVW two collegiate goals. Netting two impressive shots in as many games, Sisk led the women’s soccer team to two solid victories, helping to preserve the Lady Jeffs’ undefeated record on the season. On Wednesday, Sisk broke a scoreless tie against Trinity by talO\LQJ KHU Ă€UVW FROOHJLDWH JRDO 6KH

broke the game open in the 53rd minute, allowing the Lady Jeffs to coax out the victory. Sisk backed up her performance on Saturday against Tufts, slotting a cross into the right corner to give Amherst a third-quarter two-goal lead. That margin of victory held, giving the Jeffs their seventh consecutive win. — Varun Iyengar ’14

Jeffs Duo Wins ITA Regional Volleyball Nets Five-Set Doubles Championship Victory over Keene St. Emmett Knowlton ’15 Contributing Writer

After opening their season with a 3-6 loss to Williams, the women’s tennis team looked to rebound with a strong performance at the USTA/ITA New England Regional Tournament last weekend. The Lady Jeffs headed to Bates for the event, which was unique in that each player competed individually, instead of as part of the team. After the departure of six key seniors from last year’s national runner-up squad, Amherst hoped to use the weekend as an indicator of how well they should match up against their NESCAC and Div. III rivals this year. Highlighting the Jeffs’ performances this weekend was the dynamic doubles duo of sophomore Jordan Brewer and senior Laura Danzig. Seeded second in a Ă€HOG RI WKH SDLU RSHQHG XS SOD\ DJDLQVW :HOOHVOH\¡V Marie Watanabe and Sojung Lee, earning a hard-fought 9-7 victory. In the next round, Brewer and Danzig slotted an 8-4 win over Williams’ Maria Pylypiv and Monica Pastor, before dispatching Tufts’ Lindsay Katz

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Laura Danzig ’12 paired up with Jordan Brewer ’14 to win the doubles title.

and Shelci Bowman by the same score. ,Q WKH VHPLĂ€QDOV %UHZHU DQG 'DQ]LJ GHIHDWHG Middlebury’s Sally Wilkey and Lok-Sze Leung, 9-7, WR HDUQ DQ DSSHDUDQFH LQ WKH Ă€QDOV DJDLQVW :LOOLDPV¡ Nancy Worley and Kara Shoemaker. In last weekend’s matchup, Brewer and Danzig defeated Worley and 6KXPNDHU 7KH Ă€QDOV ZRXOG SURYH WR EH PRUH RI WKH VDPH ZLWK WKH /DG\ -HIIV FDSWXULQJ WKH GRXEOHV title with a decisive 8-5 win. On the other side of the doubles draw, sophomores -HQ 1HZPDQ DQG =RH 3DQJDORV UHDFKHG WKH VHPLĂ€QDOV with impressive wins over teams from Conn. College DQG :LOOLDPV DV ZHOO DV WKH WKLUG VHHGHG GXR IURP 0LGGOHEXU\ ,Q WKH VHPLĂ€QDOV SOD\LQJ IRU DQ DOO $PKHUVW Ă€QDO 1HZPDQ DQG 3DQJDORV IHOO WR Williams’ Worley and Shoemaker, 5-8. Amherst head coach Jackie Bagwell was pleased overall with her team’s doubles efforts, especially Newman and Pangalos, who upset Middlebury’s top-seeded doubles pairing and beat the same Williams team that they had lost to earlier in the season, 3-8. Bagwell did not fail to mention her doubles champs either, who according to her, “just got better and better, ending with WZR YHU\ VROLG PDWFKHV LQ WKH VHPLĂ€QDOV DQG Ă€QDOV Âľ In their singles matches, however, the Jeffs were OHVV VXFFHVVIXO 6HHGHG Ă€UVW RYHUDOO %UHZHU FUXLVHG E\ %DEVRQ¡V 6DUDK :KLWDNHU DQG %UDQGHLV¡ &DUO\ &RRNH EHIRUH EHLQJ XSVHW E\ QLQWK VHHGHG (SK /HDK .HSSLQJ LQ WKH WKLUG round. 6HHGHG VHYHQWK 'DQ]LJ DOVR ZRQ KHU Ă€UVW WZR matches before losing to Kathleen Elkins of Williams, $OVR SRVWLQJ Ă€UVW URXQG ZLQV IRU WKH -HIIV ZHUH /DXUHQ 6OXWVN\ ¡ 1HZPDQ DQG 3DQJDORV though all three failed to make it past the second round. Middlebury’s Leung ended up winning the singles title after not dropping a single set over the course of the weekend. Though it’s early in the year, Bagwell already feels her players need to step up. “I was extremely pleased with the doubles results, but I thought we could have fought harder in the singles bracket. I felt most of our players are better than what their singles results VKRZHG Âľ VKH H[SODLQHG 6WLOO ZLWK WKH GRXEOHV FKDPSLonship and several other big wins this past weekend for a relatively young team, the tournament was certainly a step in the right direction early in the season for the Jeffs. Amherst travels to Middlebury this weekend to compete in the Gail Smith Doubles Tournament.

The Firedogs fall to 10-3 after dropping match to Middlebury Kevin Hoogstraten ’15 Staff Writer

7KH YROOH\EDOO WHDP FDPH EDFN IURP D GHĂ€FLW WR Ă€QLVK WKH ZHHNHQG RQ D KLJK QRWH 6XQGD\ GHIHDWLQJ .HHQH 6WDWH DW 0LGGOHEXU\ ,Q 6DWXUGD\¡V DFWLRQ KRZHYHU WKH )LUHGRJV IHOO WR D VWURQJ 0LGGOHEXU\ WHDP With Sunday’s win — their second over Keene this year — the team LPSURYHG WR RYHUDOO Amherst and Middlebury were tied in NESCAC standings heading into Saturday’s conference matchup, with both teams having performed similarly against Tufts and Wesleyan. The Jeffs were ranked ninth in the New England Women’s Volleyball Association Div. III Regional poll, while the 3DQWKHUV ODJJHG EHKLQG DW WK 5DQNLQJV DVLGH KRZHYHU WKH 3DQWKHUV MXPSHG RXW WR D OHDG LQ WKH PDWFK DQG ZHUH DW RQH SRLQW OHDGLQJ LQ WKH WKLUG VHW 7KH )LUHGRJV OLPLWHG 0LGGOHEXU\ RXWVLGH KLWWHU DQG 1(6&$& Player of the Year Jane Handel to just one kill in her return from injury, but WKH 3DQWKHUV RXWSHUIRUPHG $PKHUVW RQ WKH RIIHQVLYH HQG KLWWLQJ DV D team and recording more kills and assists. 7KH )LUHGRJV VWUXJJOHG WR SXW DZD\ SRLQWV KLWWLQJ D ZRHIXO DV D WHDP /DXUHQ $QWLRQ ¡ OHG WKH WHDP ZLWK HLJKW NLOOV ZKLOH KLWWLQJ DQ HIĂ€FLHQW The senior captains racked up the majority of the team’s other kills, with seven, six and four kills for Cristy Meier, KC Kanoff and Mary ReiVHU UHVSHFWLYHO\ .ULVWLQ .HHQR ¡ KDG D JDPH KLJK GLJV Sunday’s opponent was a familiar one: the Firedogs beat Keene State DOPRVW D PRQWK DJR GURSSLQJ WKH Ă€UVW VHW EHIRUH ZLQQLQJ WKUHH VWUDLJKW to close out the match. Amherst started out as the stronger team this time around, winning the Ă€UVW VHW %XW WKH )LUHGRJV ORVW WKHLU PRPHQWXP DQG IRXQG WKHPVHOYHV ORVLQJ DIWHU GURSSLQJ WKH QH[W WZR VHWV DQG 7KH\ UDOOLHG EHKLQG VWURQJ KLWWLQJ WR ZLQ WKH IRXUWK DV D KLWting percentage helped them pull away. They then put away the tie-breaker WR VSRLO WKH 2ZOV¡ ELG IRU UHYHQJH KLWWLQJ D PDWFK EHVW .DQRII Ă€QLVKHG ZLWK NLOOV WR OHDG WKH WHDP ZLWK $QWLRQ DQG 0HLHU DGGLQJ DQG HLJKW NLOOV UHVSHFWLYHO\ $QWLRQ DOVR VHUYHG IRXU DFHV LQ WKH PDWFK .HHQR KDG GLJV DQG FRQWLQXHV WR OHDG WKH 1(6&$& LQ GLJV SHU JDPH .DQRII DGGHG GLJV ZKLOH &ODLUH +RIIPDQ ¡ WDOOLHG HLJKW 6HWWHU &DOOLH 1HLOVRQ ¡ UDFNHG XS GLJV DV ZHOO DV DVVLVWV The team returns to action Wednesday against Western New England University before traveling to Medford for the weekend to take on Connecticut College and Tufts.

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No. 4 Men’s Soccer Cruises to 3-0 Week Andrew Kurzweil ’15 Staff Writer

The men’s soccer team capped a successful and busy week with three wins against Gordon, Tufts and Lesley, pushing their undefeated streak to eight games. The Jeffs rode a quick start WR D YLFWRU\ DJDLQVW *RUdon. Amherst opened the scorLQJ LQ WKH WK PLQXWH ZKHQ %UHQGDQ &DVOLQ ¡ Ă€QLVKHG D FURVV IURP -DH +HR ¡ ,W ZDV WKH Ă€UVW JRDO RI &DVOLQ¡V FDUHHU It took just three minXWHV IRU 6SHQFHU 1RRQ ¡ WR extend the Jeffs’ lead. Noon headed in a cross from Chris /HUQHU ¡ IRU KLV IRXUWK JRDO in as many games. Amherst’s third goal came via another FURVV DV %HQ 1RUWRQ ¡ Ă€Qished a pass from T.J. Kelley ¡ WR JLYH WKH -HIIV D OHDG Kelley then scored on a free kick to put the Jeffs ahead DQG FDS WKH VFRULQJ +HDG coach Justin Serpone was disappointed that the Jeffs could not hold the clean sheet, however, when Gordon converted D SHQDOW\ NLFN IRU WKHLU Ă€UVW and only goal of the game. “While I was happy with our offensive output against them, I am disappointed that ZH JDYH XS D JRDO Âľ 6HUSRQH VDLG ´*UHDW WHDPV ZLOO Ă€QG D way to get a shutout in a game like that and we didn’t. If we want to be great, we cannot NHHS OHWWLQJ XS JRDOV Âľ Captain Thebe Tsatsimpe ¡ VDLG WKH WHDP XVHG *RUdon to guage their preparation for the Tufts game. “This was actually a pretty good test for us as it was a mid-week game, away against a team which had played many more of these than us this season. We had to adjust in order to be successIXO 7KH WHDP UHVSRQGHG ZHOO Âľ Tsatsimpe was glad that a variety of his teammates were contributing. “It was good for other players to get a run as well because as the season continues injuries will be picked up and different guys PLJKW EH QHHGHG WR Ă€OO GLIferent roles. So it was good to keep everybody engaged and sharpen them up because games are very different to SUDFWLFHV Âľ In their most important game of the week, the Jeffs defeated NESCAC opponent

The Green Monster

Karl Greenblatt ’15

Karl discusses the factors that he believes contributed to the Red Sox’s stunning collapse in September. After leading the Tampa Bay Rays E\ JDPHV RQ 6HSW WKH 5HG 6R[ ZHQW WKURXJK WKH UHVW RI WKH PRQWK DQG PLVVHG RXW RQ WKH SOD\RIIV 7KH\ ÀUHG WKHLU PDQDJHU D IHZ days after their season ended.

Anatomy of a Collapse: What Went Wrong for the Red Sox

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Ben Norton ’14 scored in a 4-1 win against Gordon, and also helped anchor the Jeffs’ defense against Tufts. 7XIWV WR PDLQWDLQ WKHLU SHUfect record. Both teams were KHOG VFRUHOHVV GXULQJ WKH Ă€UVW half, but the Lord Jeffs made adjustments that allowed them to jump-start their attack despite the wet, soggy conditions. Tsatsimpe said the coaching staff’s tactical changes triggered the second-half scoring outburst. “The conditions were not conducive to playing good soccer so the game ended up being about taking the few chances that were presented and winning the one-on-one EDWWOHV Âľ KH VDLG 7KH FRDFKHV “made a great tactical move in changing the formation which led to more service for the forZDUGV Âľ Tsatsimpe thought his team learned from past mistakes, as well: “We did well to keep playing after scoring as opposed to defending the game out. We made this mistake in the past few games and DUH WU\LQJ WR JURZ RXW RI LW Âľ 7KH Ă€UVW JRDO FDPH LQ WKH WK PLQXWH FRXUWHV\ RI \HW DQRWKHU FURVV 0D[ )LNNH ¡ sent a ball toward the middle RI WKH ER[ DQG -DH +HR ¡ won a contested header to bury it into the left corner for the Jeffs’ breakthrough goal. Noon scored just four minutes later, when Tsatsimpe served a cross from the right VLGH RI WKH SLWFK WKDW 1RRQ Ă€Qished near post. Alejandro SuFUH ¡ FDSSHG WKH VFRULQJ MXVW six minutes later, redirecting a VKRW IURP 1RRQ IRU WKH Ă€QDO

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Spencer Noon ’13 tallied a goal against Gordon and a goal and an assist against Tufts.

JRDO 7KH -HIIV KHOG D VKRW advantage, while the Jumbos KHOG D FRUQHU DGYDQWDJH “I was happy that we found a way to win the game with so many different playHUV SOD\LQJ LPSRUWDQW UROHV Âľ Serpone said. Tufts is a very good team and we knew it was going to be a tough match and WKDW¡V H[DFWO\ ZKDW KDSSHQHG Âľ The key to the weekend PD\ KDYH EHHQ ZLQQLQJ ´ Âľ EDOOV 7VDWVHPSH VDLG ´:LQQLQJ DHULDO DQG ´ Âľ balls is dictated by whether one is willing to scrap for them or not. The team has generally done a good job in contesting, and luckily we’ve mostly been on the winning side of these contests. Winning the loose balls takes pressure of the defense and if connected, kickVWDUWV WKH RIIHQVH Âľ Serpone agreed. “Soccer LV DOO DERXW ZLQQLQJ Ă€UVW DQG second balls so if we have any chance at winning games we KDYH WR EH JRRG DW WKHP Âľ The Jeffs completed their perfect weekend Monday, with D ZLQ RYHU /HVOH\ 7KH team used a superb performance by substitute forward &DVH\ 0F1DPDUD ¡ DQG some solid defending to imSURYH WR D SHUIHFW RQ WKH season. McNamara had a pair of goals and an assist. Sucre and Heo were the other goal scorers. Tsatsimpe thinks his team may have played at the high level they are capable of for WKH Ă€UVW WLPH WKLV VHDVRQ DQG hopes it will continue. “That was good as it is getting us closer to being able to play a VROLG PLQXWHV RI VRFFHU Âľ KH said. “Tufts was a start towards that, and now Lesley was anRWKHU ERRVW RI FRQĂ€GHQFH Âľ Serpone was pleased to end a stellar week on a winning note. “Anytime you win three games in a week you KDYH WR EH KDSS\ Âľ With a huge clash against Williams looming this Sunday, team members said that they cannot afford to be complacent. Last week “is all behind XV Âľ 6HUSRQH VDLG ´:H QHHG WR regroup and get ready for Williams on Sunday. Williams is a great team with great history and it should be another great FKDSWHU LQ WKH ULYDOU\ Âľ

At the beginning of September, the Red Sox were a lock for a playoff spot. Three weeks later, DIWHU JRLQJ LQ 6HSWHPEHU WKHLU :LOG &DUG lead reduced to three games, they still were, by any reasonable expectations. I myself proudly SURFODLPHG WKDW WKH\ ZRXOG EH MXVW Ă€QH (YHQ RQ WKH VHDVRQ¡V Ă€QDO GD\ ZKHQ WKH 5HG 6R[ found themselves somehow tied with the Rays, it seemed easy enough. With Tampa Bay quickly IDOOLQJ EHKLQG WR WKH <DQNHHV DOO WKH\ KDG WR do was beat the Orioles, the worst team in the American League, and they could avert any potential disaster. Obviously, we were wrong. One strike away from at worst a one-game playoff, Jonathan Papelbon coughed up the game in virtually the blink of an eye, and, literally minutes later, Evan Longoria’s walk-off home run sealed things. The Red Sox had blown a nine-game September lead over Tampa: no other team in Major League history has KHOG VXFK D ODUJH OHDG LQ WKH VHDVRQ¡V Ă€QDO PRQWK and found itself playing golf in October. This dramatic end, however, was merely symptomatic of a gradual demise that began long before that last game — one that extends far beyond Papelbon or Marco Scutaro, whose baserunning gaffe cost the Red Sox a potential insurance run. A combination of astoundingly poor performances in all SKDVHV RI WKH JDPH DQG D IHZ FULWLFDO RII Ă€HOG issues doomed the Red Sox; we’ll never know H[DFWO\ KRZ WKHVH FRQVSLUHG EXW IRU D SRVW PRUWHP ZH VKRXOG VWDUW E\ SRLQWLQJ WKH Ă€QJHU DW what transpired between the white lines. In September, Josh Beckett and Jon Lester VWDUWHG D FRPELQHG WRWDO RI JDPHV 7KH\ ZRQ exactly two. On four of those occasions, they GLGQ¡W PDQDJH WR JHW SDVW WKH Ă€IWK LQQLQJ 7KH Yankees tagged Lester for eight earned runs in his VHFRQG WR ODVW VWDUW RQ 6HSWHPEHU WK DQG %HFNett yielded six runs in each of his last two outings: not what we would expect from two historically lights-out guys who entered September with (5$¡V RI DQG UHVSHFWLYHO\ %XW ZKHQ LW FRPHV WR ELJ PRQH\ Ă RSV LQ UHFHQW PHPRU\ -RKQ Lackey may take the cake. +LV VHDVRQ ZDV VSHFWDFXODUO\ DZIXO DQG KLV JDUJDQWXDQ (5$ RQO\ EHJLQV WR WHOO WKH story. And, as those who watched him this season know, he was not exactly what one would call a FODVV DFW 7R PDQ\ WKH RQFH GRPLQDQW ´/DFNÂľ KDV Ă€QDOO\ WDNHQ KLV ULJKWIXO SODFH DV WKH PRVW HJUHgiously scrubby athlete currently employed in Boston. Clay Buchholz and Daisuke Matsuzaka were neutralized by injuries, forcing the Red Sox to resort to such household names as Erik Bedard, Kyle Weiland and Andrew Miller, none of whom ZHUH UHPRWHO\ LPSUHVVLYH 7LP :DNHĂ€HOG GHspite his illustrious career in Boston, simply no ORQJHU EHORQJV RQ D EDVHEDOO Ă€HOG (YHQ 'DQLHO Bard, who had at times looked unhittable, caught WKH EXJ KLV VWHOODU VHDVRQ ZHQW GRZQ LQ Ă DPHV DV he posted an unspeakable September ERA over DQG ORVW IRXU JDPHV The pitching, although it was the team’s most consistently mediocre area, was not the only late-season shortcoming. As I read Carl &UDZIRUG¡V Ă€QDO OLQH IRU VWHDOV , laughed with perverted nostalgia, remembering his days of stealing three bases a game against WKH 5HG 6R[ RQ KLV ZD\ WR DQRWKHU VHDVRQ It seemed, too, that every time I turned around in DQ H[SUHVVLRQOHVV - ' 'UHZ KDG MXVW UROOHG a weak ground ball to second in a key situation. Mercifully, we were spared his presence for all of August and most of September, but he made a glorious four-game return at the very end, going D VSHFWDFXODU 8QOLNH 'UHZ -DUURG 6DOWDODPDFFKLD GLG ORRN JRRG DW WLPHV LQ EXW KH IDOWHUHG EDGO\ GRZQ WKH VWUHWFK PLVVLQJ WKH Ă€QDO two games. Kevin Youkilis, nagged all year by injury, missed the last two weeks of the season. In all, even MVP-caliber seasons by Jacoby Ellsbury,

Adrian Gonzalez and Dustin Pedroia, all of whom accounted for Boston’s AL-second-best offensive showing, weren’t enough to carry the Red Sox in September. There were simply too many holes. When a team that is expected to win doesn’t, the manager is usually right behind the players as the popular scapegoat, whether deservingly or undeservingly. Four years ago, Terry Francona was Boston’s savior, the man who had done WZLFH ZKDW QR RWKHU KDG EHHQ DEOH WR GR IRU years. Now, however, as he parts ways with the Red Sox, Francona’s much-lauded cool demeanRU VHHPV WR KDYH EDFNĂ€UHG $W WLPHV WKLV \HDU especially in September, the Red Sox’s play suffered from a palpable lack of intensity. It manifested itself in little ways (the failure to run out URXWLQH JURXQGEDOOV IRU H[DPSOH DQG LQ WKH QRZ infamous September 7th team meeting, Francona apparently addressed this issue. Whatever he said didn’t work. Regarding Francona and his hands-off methRGV , VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ UHPHPEHU DQ LQFLGHQW IURP mid-July. In the sixth inning of a game against Tampa, with the Red Sox leading 6-4, Francona came to the mound to pull the aforementioned Lackey, who publicly showed him up in an infantile display of rage. Many, even NESN’s Jim Rice, called out Lackey, known for such antics, for his insubordination, but Francona took no disciplinary action. I don’t dispute for a moment Terry’s managerial abilities. My contention is that, once the slide began, Francona was not the right man to turn it around; he’s not, and never ZDV D JX\ ZKR FRXOG RU ZDQWHG WR" H[HUW WKDW level of control. The reality, however, is that clubKRXVH YHWHUDQV DV WKH 5HG 6R[ KDG LQ DEXQGDQFH :DNHĂ€HOG 9DULWHN 2UWL] %HFNHWW HYHQ /DFNH\ DUH QRW DOZD\V HQRXJK WR HIIHFWLYHO\ lead a team. Browsing the internet on the day after the collapse, I came across some interesting remarks from Theo Epstein on the issue of team condiWLRQLQJ DQG , ZRXOG OLNH WR RIIHU WKLV DV D Ă€QDO factor in what went wrong. According to Theo, WKH 5HG 6R[ GLGQ¡W VWD\ LQ VKDSH DV ZHOO DV they should have, a no-no for a modern day athlete at any level. In retrospect, this is not all that GLIĂ€FXOW WR VHH Baseball players have never been known as the most well-built of athletes, but some of the 5HG 6R[ HYRNHG LPDJHV RI SRW EHOOLHG ¡V EDOOSOD\HUV VPRNLQJ LQ WKH GXJRXW :H DOO think of Ortiz and the disastrous Bobby Jenks, who missed the whole year, but look closer: I FRQWHQG WKDW :DNHĂ€HOG /DFNH\ %HFNHWW *RQ]Dlez, Youkilis, and Matt Albers, all key contributors, suffered from sub-par conditioning. I don’t bring this up only because it may have impaired RQ Ă€HOG SHUIRUPDQFH RU OHG WR LQMXULHV EXW DOVR because it serves as an indicator of something that was missing in the readiness of this team. When RQH JDPH LV WKH GLIIHUHQFH DV LQ VHQGLQJ a message of complacency both internally and externally, however slight, is never a good thing. So, for a seemingly physically and mentally lax team that has just pulled off a collapse of record-breaking proportions, the obvious quesWLRQ LV ´:KHUH GR ZH JR IURP KHUH"Âľ )RU QRZ I think, the answer speaks largely for itself. The end of the Francona era is obviously the biggest FKDQJH ZKRPHYHU 7KHR Ă€QGV WR Ă€OO WKH YRLG ZLOO SOD\ D VLJQLĂ€FDQW UROH LQ GHWHUPLQLQJ WKH GLUHFWLRQ of the team. Whether the likes of Buchholz, Matsuzaka, Lackey and Crawford can bounce back will also be instrumental. In the end, however, WKH DWWLWXGH RI WKH WHDP ZLOO SXVK WKLQJV RQH way or another. Boston baseball teeters precariRXVO\ EHWZHHQ LWV SUH KDSOHVV SHVVLPLVP DQG LWV SRVW ´FXUVH Âľ ZLOO WR ZLQ G\QDPLF ,I WKH latter is to prevail, next year’s team needs to be EHWWHU HTXLSSHG ERWK RQ DQG RII WKH Ă€HOG WR TXLW DIWHU JDPHV UDWKHU WKDQ VRPHZKHUH DURXQG

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Eric Bunker ’12 gashed the Polar Bears for 134 yards on 26 carries. Bunker leads the NESCAC in rushing yards per game (120.0) and ranks second in yards per carry (5.2).

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