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BY SAMUYA VAISHAMPAYAN

Between filling final major requirements, researching for honors theses and beginning the dreaded job search, seniors often look to social outlets in hopes of blowing off some steam.

But Senior Pub Night, long a Tufts tradition, may no longer be an option for seniors looking to celebrate their final year.

Roughly 600 Tufts seniors attended this year’s first Senior Pub Night on Thursday, Sept. 24 at Gypsy Bar in Boston. Although many students said they had had fun at the Senior Class Council-sponsored event, some behavior there has thrown the future of the pub nights into question.

However, many students who attended the event claimed they weren’t privy to the gravity of the instances cited in an e-mail that two seniors sent to the entire Class of 2010 over the weekend suggesting Senior Pub Nights had been suspended.

“I thought we all seemed pretty well behaved, despite what it said in the e-mail,” senior Alec Jahncke said.

Senior Sarah Cleary agreed. “I don’t think it was that sloppy at all … and I was completely sober,” Cleary said.

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The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate will host the second-ever Boston Intercollegiate Leadership Council (BILC) summit on Saturday, bringing together student government leaders from 10 Boston-area colleges and universities in an effort to share ideas on ways to solve common problems in governance.

The TCU Senate passed a resolution on Oct. 4 recognizing the BILC, making Tufts the first school to officially agree to the mission statement of the intercollegiate organization.

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Staff at the Gypsy Bar in Boston shut down this semester’s first Senior Pub Night halfway through due to unruly student behavior and reports of students stealing alcohol from the bar.

“I loved Gypsy Bar — the venue was really cool, and I don’t think it got out of hand.”

Senior C.J. Mourning, a member of the Senior Class Council, explained that the event did go smoothly for the most part, but on an individual level, certain isolated incidents were

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responsible for the reaction.

“For the most part it was a great night — everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. It really was a select few that ruined the night for the rest of the class,” Mourning said.

Acutely drunken behavior during this year’s first Senior Pub Night has cast doubt on the future of the event, widely seen as a staple of senior year — and now an independent student group is spearheading an alternative event to fill the void.

After the first Senior Pub Night of the semester went awry last month, Tufts administrators wanted to cancel the rest of the pub nights scheduled for this fall, but the Senior Class Council pushed them to scale back their demands, according to senior C.J. Mourning, the class council’s vice president of social programming. The administration currently plans to call off the next originally scheduled pub night, set to take place on Halloween, Mourning said, but has left decisions about later events pending.

Rowdy behavior during the Senior Pub Night at Boston’s Gypsy Bar on Sept. 24 prompted the venue’s managerial staff to cancel the event halfway through, according to Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman.

Bouncers refused to admit some students who arrived noticeably intoxicated, and asked several unruly students already in the bar to

The BILC aims to create a network between student leaders in area schools, enabling them to coordinate on similar projects and disseminate ideas. Intercollegiate collaboration in the greater Boston area, the resolution said, has been “sparse and intermittent” in the past.

TCU Senator Edward Chao, a junior, authored last week’s Senate resolution. He hopes to increase cooperation between schools, saying there is often overlap in the problems that different student governments confront.

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The Medford and Somerville Police Departments have incorporated new technology into their operations in an effort to provide more up-to-date information to their communities about crimes occurring in their area.

The Medford Police Department has implemented CrimeReports. com, an online crime data system that allows officers to share crime reports filed by their department with the public on a real-time basis, identifying the location of the incident on a map of the city.

“The whole site is intended to allow police departments to share data with the public,” Greg Whisenant, founder and CEO of CrimeReports.com, told the Daily.

“It’s easy, affordable, and it lives inside police department software.”

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By working with TUPD, the Somerville Police Department hopes to incorporate TIPS 411, a text messaging crime alert system, within the Tufts community.

CrimeReports is used by police departments across the country and by over 20 universities including University of Georgia and University of Utah, according to Whisenant. The system provides

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The TCU Senate will host the Boston Intercollegiate Leadership Council, a group promoting dialogue between area student governments.

A group of politically-driven students brought to Tufts this semester a chapter of the Roosevelt Institute, a completely student-led think tank, with the goal of giving students a greater voice in national political issues.

The Roosevelt Institute, named in honor of the three progressive leaders Franklin, Theodore and Eleanor Roosevelt, is made up of a national network of university branches

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aimed at bringing students to the center of critical policy issues.

The new Tufts chapter’s efforts are in line with the Institute’s “Think Impact” strategy, according to sophomore Sigourney Norman, co-president and policy director of Tufts’ new branch.

“We want students to own their ideas and to do more than just go door-to-door, but to combine that with the brainpower that we have, take ownership and make relationships in the community,” Norman said.

Sophomore Julie Kalt, copresident and administrative director, believes that the institute creates a forum for students from diverse backgrounds to share ideas. She said that the institute is comprised of more than just politically driven liberal arts students.

“It’s progressive and really capitalizes on student ideas,” Kalt said.

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The volleyball team extended its winning streak to 19 games with two victories over the weekend.

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leave. Some partygoers urinated in the venue’s main room, and some did not cooperate with security personnel. Others stole alcohol. One student attempted to expose himself to a female worker.

Upon hearing that Senior Pub Nights were in danger, seniors Raoul Alwani and Kevin Wong created the independent group Senior Club Life, and blasted an e-mail to the senior class on Saturday advertising an alternative “Senior Club Night” on Oct. 28 at Ned Devine’s, an Irish pub in Faneuil Hall.

“We don’t want the majority of our class to be penalized for the actions of a few,” Alwani said. “We’re not going to lose our senior year. You are a senior once in your life and we want to have a fun time — a safe, fun time.”

Alwani and Wong’s e-mail, which stated that Senior Pub Nights had been “suspended,” a claim the university and Senior Class Council contest, garnered a startling response: Upwards of 750 seniors have already signed up to receive club night tickets, far exceeding the 500-person limit Wong and Alwani have imposed.

Senior Class Council members and administrators are planning discussions for this week and next to determine the fate of this semester’s Senior Pub Nights and how to convey the necessity for a change in student behavior at pub nights.

Reitman did not confirm that the administration has officially called off any of the Senior Pub Nights, but he said adjustments need to be made.

“It’s not canceled and it’s not even under suspension,” Reitman said. “We’ve asked the Senior Class Council to figure out how to address problematic behavior that results in the class getting thrown out of clubs.

They’re trying to increase individual accountability.”

Gypsy Bar’s managerial staff sent Reitman an e-mail after last month’s pub night reporting the disorderly behavior.

In response, members of Senior Class Council and administrators in the Office for Campus Life and the Office of Student Affairs have planned a meeting for Thursday to discuss how to proceed with Senior Pub Night. Discussions are expected to continue into next week as the parties try to reach a resolution.

Reitman emphasized that the discussions about Senior Pub Night have no relation to other alcoholrelated episodes this year. Rather, he said a history of disorderly behavior at Senior Pub Nights over the years sparked the need for action.

“It is the track record of this type of event,” Reitman said. “This was the third time in four years that the senior class was thrown out of a club.”

Mourning said that her group is trying to preserve a senior tradition. “Senior Class Council is working with the administration to make sure that Senior Pub Nights continue,” she said.

The class council invited seniors to participate in a town hall-style

meeting last night in Pearson Hall.

The gathering aimed to provide an open forum for students to air questions and concerns. No university administrators were present.

About 10 students showed up, a turnout that Mourning attributed to poor timing during midterm season.

Attendees of the meeting discussed how to hold students more accountable for their actions and “make [pub nights] more fun-based, as opposed to alcohol-based,” she said.

When Alwani and Wong sent out their e-mail advertising their alternative Senior Club Night, students responded in droves. Alwani and Wong made 500 tickets available via an e-mailing system, but the system crashed minutes after tickets became available after approximately 300 students logged on virtually simultaneously, according to Wong. The next day, the two students designed a new online ticketselling registration database. Tickets sold out in less than three hours.

Alwani and Wong are in discussions with the managerial staff of Ned Devine’s about upping the 500person capacity.

Tickets to the club night cost $10 — the same amount the Senior Class Council typically charges for Senior Pub Night tickets. Alwani and Wong said that they do not aim to make any profit on the event.

Because the event will be independent of Tufts, Senior Club Life plans to use its own methods to control the actions of students.

Alwani and Wong plan to invest $1,200 from ticket revenue toward increasing security inside and outside the event. The duo will also be responsible for controlling behavior on the buses to and from the venue and removing students from the location, if the need arises.

The duo believes that fewer than 10 students engaged in the rowdy behavior that caused problems at last month’s pub night. The organizers said that these students, whom they have identified through “eyewitness reports,” will not be allowed to attend the event.

“We told [those responsible] that we don’t want them to attend the event and we’re going to prevent them from appearing,” Alwani said.

Alwani and Wong insisted that if the administration brings back Senior Pub Nights, they will see no need to host further Senior Club Life events.

Mourning offered no opinion on their venture but said that if Tufts restores pub nights, there will be no need for the alternative events.

“I don’t see them competing with one another,” she said.

In the meantime, Senior Class Council President Anita Wu said the class council will keep working to maintain Senior Pub Night.

“We are talking and trying to reach a decision,” she said. The future of Senior Pub Night has been put on hold.”

Charlotte Steinway, Alexandra Bogus and Giovanni Russonello contributed reporting to this article.

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issues,” Chao said.

A number of schools, including Tufts, helped found the BILC last spring, and Boston University held the council’s inaugural meeting that semester. But the initial gathering was limited in scope: Only BU, Brandeis University and Tufts representatives attended, according to Chao.

This time around, there is broader interest in an intergovernmental organization. “A lot of other schools were interested in the idea,” Chao said.

The Berklee College of Music, Boston College, BU, Brandeis, Bentley University, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University and Wellesley College have all “tentatively agreed” to the mission statement, according to the text of the resolution.

“I think that the information sharing is going to be the best thing that comes out of it — to learn how other leaders and other governments handle issues,” TCU President Brandon Rattiner said.

Student representatives from Bentley, Brandeis, BC and BU confirmed their attendance for this weekend’s summit, to be held in the campus center. Several more schools have yet to confirm.

The BILC has some historical precedent. In 2003, representatives from several schools formed the Boston Intercollegiate Government (BIG), which existed for two years

before effectively disbanding in 2005, according to Chao. Tufts was not a BIG member school.

Chao said the inspiration for the BILC came directly from the TCU Senate’s work on Tufts projects, including expanding wireless Internet access and furthering campus center renovations. While researching these topics, the Senate found itself “looking at other student governments for inspiration,” he said.

Rattiner, a senior, is looking forward to putting what he learns at the BILC to practical use. “We’ll see if we can make any improvements in our own policies and practices based on the recommendations” from the BILC, added Rattiner.

Samantha Lipscomb, a senior at BC who serves as the school’s undergraduate government communications director, hopes the BILC will help avoid redundancies among the student governments.

“We can make sure we’re not all doing the same work on the same projects,” Lipscomb told the Daily.

“We all have to deal with administrations, with bureaucracies.

We can use each other to make sure these problems or issues get solved.”

Chao said the summit will aim to create a solid organizational structure to sustain the BILC in future years and help it avoid the BIG’s fate. The member schools have tentatively agreed to hold one summit per semester going forward.

The organizational structure of the BILC calls for new leadership positions to be established within the council. While the presidents of the various student governments collectively serve on a board of directors that heads the organization, the framework also calls for an executive director who will coordinate between the schools.

There are several other positions within the BILC. Among them, a communications director will manage public relations, and a government affairs director will oversee relations between city and state governments and the BILC. Bentley Student Government Association President Puja Shah told the Daily she is looking forward to the summit on Saturday.

Shah, a junior, listed vandalism, class size and sustainability initiatives as “hot topics” within the Bentley student body.

Devin Cole, the manager of ONEin3 Boston, will speak about the importance of student government at the summit. ONEin3 Boston is an arm of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, a city-run initiative focused on promoting civic engagement among Boston’s young adult population.

Lipscomb expressed her support and enthusiasm for the new initiative. “I’m really excited about the council,” she said. “It’s a good way to make sure that the undergraduate governments are using resources.”

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Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The Medford Police Department began using the system six months ago in order to improve communication with the public and to help them be more aware of what occurs in the community, according to Medford Police Lieutenant Paul Covino.

“It’s a good public information tool,” Covino said. “It gives people an idea of what’s going on and makes them more aware of the types of crimes that are prevalent in the city.”

Nearby, the Somerville Police Department is also looking into new methods of connecting with the public and raising awareness about crime in the area.

Somerville Police Chief Anthony Holloway told the Daily that the department is currently exploring the possibility of incorporating CrimeReports and is in the process of building a crime reporting text-messaging service known as TIPS 411.

“We’re trying to find the quickest way to get the information out to the community,” Holloway said.

“If that’s CrimeReports, we’ll use it.

If that’s TIPS 411, that’s what we’re going to use.”

Whisenant, a former Somerville resident, believes the increased use of CrimeReports marks a shift in philosophy among police departments.

“The existing paradigm is to not share data, to be protectionist, but I think police are finding that if they give information to the public, the public can better avoid being a victim,” Whisenant said. “Knowledge is power. Police departments realize that it’s about putting the public on their side in fighting crime.”

Covino, however, was quick to warn against reading too much into the usefulness of the site. “CrimeReports gives you a very simple view of what is going on. Let’s say when you look at the map, you see several ‘As’ for assault. What it doesn’t tell you is how those assaults occur,” Covino said. “It can paint a false picture.”

Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) Captain Mark Keith voiced similar concerns.

“I’m not sure how long the reports are kept on there or how often they renew it, but sometimes it can just become a clutter of information,” Keith said.

Covino remained skeptical as to whether the system will lead to a reduction in crime on campus and in the community.

“The only way CrimeReports helps reduce crime is if it inspires people to get more involved and we get back to working with citizens on a ground level in target areas,” Covino said.

Keith was more optimistic.

“Anytime people have the awareness of what’s going on around them, it helps in being able to foresee and prevent some incidents from happening,” he said.

For now, according to Holloway, Somerville’s top priority is ensuring that the new TIPS 411 system is introduced smoothly.

TIPS 411 allows anyone in the community to submit anonymous tips to the police through either text messages or picture messages of the suspects. Somerville police will also send out text-message alerts related directly to crime in the person’s neighborhood if community members sign up for alerts.

Holloway is trying to implement TIPS 411 within the Tufts community as well. “We want to get information out to the community, and Tufts is part of that,” he said.

TUPD has not looked into either system particularly extensively. Keith said TUPD will try to raise awareness about TIPS 411 on campus once Somerville finishes implementing it.

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The institute’s focus is “promoting [students’] ideas and empowering them to take an active role in the process,” Kurston Cook, the Roosevelt Institute’s national field director, told the Daily.

“The Institute is a process more than having an end goal,” Cook said. “It isn’t a single-issue based campaign. It is ensuring that progressive change happens consistently and that youth are consistently at the tail when decisions are being made about policy issues.”

The Tufts chapter will focus on guiding Tufts students in policy creation, which Norman identified as a unique opportunity for students.

“We’re trying to reach out to student groups to let them know that we are a policy resource

for them,” she said. “If there is an issue on how to write a policy or how to get it published, we will try to pair their topic of interest with people that work in the community.”

Norman said that what she thinks is most important about the Roosevelt Institute is the opportunity for students to get their policies published; students can publish op-eds, policy papers, blogs and journals on the Roosevelt Institute’s Web site. Kalt said she hopes the Tufts branch will be “a policy outlet to help groups further their goals.”

A group of liberal students at Stanford and Yale University started the think tank after the 2004 presidential election, according to Cook.

“This group of students … [was] frustrated with how the electoral process went and felt that they had something to contribute

other than manpower and that young people should get a greater say in their government,” Cook said.

Kalt brought the Roosevelt Institute to Tufts after an alumnus, a former president of the Tufts Democrats, approached her with the idea of heading up a Tufts branch.

Kalt, a former member of the Tufts Democrats, said she felt the group’s reach lacking.

“It was a lot of door knocking, canvassing, campaigning for the Democratic platform and agendas,” she said. “I wanted to do something where it wasn’t representing another person’s agenda.”

Unlike most other groups on campus, the Roosevelt Institute is not strictly liberal. “We are a nonpartisan nonprofit by definition, but we have a strong progressive value set

and think that the government should do more for the greatest number of people,” Cook said. “If a Republican senator comes out with something about environmental protection that we agree with, we value ideology over partisanship.”

Norman echoed this idea. “It’s about trying to come up with what is an improvement on a policy, not any particular idea,” she said. “Any and all students of any political affiliation or background are welcome. We want to have diverse political opinions and backgrounds so that we will be able to write the best solution.”

Kalt encouraged students interested in all fields, from science to political science, to get involved in the Roosevelt Institute.

“If you’re into biology you can do something with biology, if you’re into engineering you can write a policy on that,” Kalt said.

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This is the second article in a two-part series on free activities, items, food and events available to Tufts students.

It costs a lot to attend Tufts. The least a kid can do is take advantage of the few extra thingsthe university gives us. The thing is, those extra offerings aren’t always easy to find. Here is a little bit of help spotting them.

Will tweet for food: FreeFoodAtTufts Twitter If free-loading as much food as possible from professors, follow the FreeFoodAtTufts Twitter.com account, run by one hungry graduate student. The account updates readers on the many general interest meetings, club gatherings and campus events that offer free food. While the account does not provide a completely comprehensive list of all the complimentary food events on campus, it does do a good job of updating frequently and proposing creative ideas.

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The Crafts Center provides students the opportunity to work on art projects at no cost.

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While admitting that certain individuals indeed committed offensive acts, some seniors claimed the management of the bar was overly stringent in supervising of the night’s events.

“The bouncers and the owners of Gypsy Bar ran things almost too strictly,” senior Erik Hyman said. “When you’re doing a pub night, you’re going to expect people to be having a lot of fun — perhaps being rowdy, but not violent or anything.”

Hyman told of a specific instance in which he believed the bouncers were being unjust in their treatment of the Tufts seniors.

“At one point, I went [out of the bar]

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Mooch off your professors: SPIRIT fund Practice networking skills and simultaneously enjoy a delicious cup of joe by treating a professor to drinks at Tower Café, compliments of the Tufts Students and Professors Integrating Recreation, Intellect and Teaching (SPIRIT) fund. The fund aims to do all that by financing formal and informal Tower Café meetings between students and their professors.

If Tower goes well, students and their favorite professors can bond over a cost-free meal through SPIRIT’s Take a Faculty Member to Lunch program. SPIRIT will also contribute up to $85 so that professors can entertain students in their own home, but convincing them to host is another matter.

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to take a break, and there were all these people outside — the bouncer was telling them, ‘You guys are clearly intoxicated, and a display of everyone who’s inside right now, so we’re not letting you back in,’” Hyman said. “These people were my friends, and they were clearly sober. It was pretty arbitrary.”

But apart from the bouncers’ actions, Hyman said he had enjoyed himself at the event.

“It was a nice bar, the drinks were very well done, even though they were expensive. It was also my 21st birthday, so that was fun,” he said.

Discussing the future of Senior Pub Nights, Mourning said it will take a series of talks with both the students as well as the administration before distinct conclu-

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Senior Pub Nights are a long-standing tradition, but unruly conduct has stood out in recent years.

sions can be drawn.

“In terms of what we could do differently, we’re working with the administration to make sure that people don’t [hold] the school accountable for accidents, so that they know that if a student messes up, there will be personal repercussions,” Mourning said.

Seniors Raoul Alwani and Kevin Wong sent out an e-mail on Saturday saying that “official Tufts pub nights have been suspended.” In truth, Mourning said, while the administration had initially moved to cancel all Senior Pub Nights this semester in the wake of last month’s event, the Senior Class Council is negotiating to salvage some pub nights this fall.

“Everything’s so up in the air in terms of the administration that it’s hard to say anything in terms of the rest of the year.

We’ll hope to have answers later this week, and hopefully they’ll be good answers,” Mourning said.

But with the future of Senior Class Council-sponsored pub nights in question, Alwani and Wong spotted an opportunity: They created “Senior Club Life,” a program sponsoring so-called Senior Club Nights in lieu of the traditional pub nights, and announced it in their e-mail to seniors.

The venture has proved successful: Tickets for the first club night, to be held on Oct. 28, have already sold out.

Mourning said that the Senior Pub Night that was also scheduled for Halloween is almost certain to be canceled.

Since the Senior Club Night was announced via e-mail Oct.10, more than half the senior class has pre-registered for the event, and many have welcomed it with open arms.

Senior Ty Burdette, for one, sees it as potentially superior to Senior Pub Nights.

“I think [the Senior Club Night] is a better solution because it’s treating it like a private party,” Burdette said.

udging from my experiences, there are two kinds of people in this world: those who want everything to do with the French and those who want nothing to do with them. OK*, perhaps that’s a slight oversimplification, but I’m sure you’ve seen it play out. For centuries, the French have been celebrated as sexy, sophisticated, stylish and classy — all of the things that are inherently “un-American” and inspire dishes like freedom fries and toast.

At the other extreme lie those who find such despicable, un-American traits rather attractive, and, mind you, you can find said person in any upper-level class on campus, be it the professor or the student in the row right in front of him. Said person, whom we’ll call “X,” will always know the mot juste to drop at every occasion. Whether over hors d’oeuvres at a soiree or a confidential tête-à-tête, X will point out every double entendre alluded to with rolling R’s, sans a hint of embarrassment.

It is only logical that most languages borrow words from one another, given that a secondary language oftentimes carries the perfect expression — “le mot juste,” as it were — for something you can only begin to hint at in your mother tongue. These words are not cheating devices but legitimate parts of the language called loanwords (a loanword itself from the German “Lehnwort,” meaning a word that is translated from one language to another and naturalized into the latter).

After all, whom else could we rely on for the German “schadenfreude” or the Modern Hebrew “chutzpah?”

Sometimes, though, when words are traded back and forth, their meanings get a little fudged. Everyone knows that the English word “entrée,” for example, originates from the French word with the same spelling.

Even the Microsoft Word 2004 Edition knows to place the French “accent aigu” over the penultimate e. But in France, the “entrée” actually refers to the course that precedes the main dish — the American “hors d’oeuvre,” another loanword — rather than the main dish itself, “le plat principal.”

What’s even more curious, however, is the phenomenon of re-borrowing words. And at this point, X would be saddened to find that some of the words he’s been using to flaunt his French are only loosely derived from French words, having in fact been integrated into and then changed by the English language before moseying on over back to France.

For examples, X might like to order “le biftek” rather than plain old beefsteak when he goes out to dinner because it sounds French and sophisticated and unAmerican. But while the English word beef originally comes from the French “boeuf,” the French “biftek” is nothing but a directly translated loanword from the English compound word “beefsteak.”

Another favorite re-borrowing story of mine is the one behind “tennis.” A game of French origin, tennis was originally played with the palm of one’s hands rather than with racquets and was called “la paulme,” the palm. However, the sport became more recognized for the verbal punches the players would throw at one another, often “tenez,” take that! According to one etymological theory, the shouts were misunderstood as “tennis,” which gained popularity in non-French languages and was only later adopted by the French to replace “la paume” as the formal name of the game.

Those who prefer Freedom to France probably don’t care very much that not all of X’s French words are quite as French as he might have thought. But Xs of the world fret not, these words make for a lovely soirée story in and of themselves. And as the French (and B*Witched) wisely put it, “c’est la vie.” *For an explanation, find this column in the Daily from three Wednesdays ago.

Romy Oltuski is a junior majoring in English. She can be reached at Romy.

Oltuski@tufts.edu.

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looking to work on independent art projects, make a gift for Mother’s Day or just spend an afternoon with an expansive crayon collection.

The center provides supplies and machinery for silk-screening, button-making, ceramics, sewing, candle-making, wood-shopping, drawing, painting and miscellaneous crafts. On Saturdays, members of the volunteer staff hold workshops to teach visitors a specific craft.

The Crafts Center is open Monday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Friday through Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. It is accessible through the basement of Lewis Hall or the lawn between Lewis and Tilton Halls.

“The only expectation is that you go crazy, have fun and get creative,” said Crafts House member Tom Calahan, a junior.

Get artsy: MFA admission Because Tufts is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Tufts students need only their school IDs to gain admission to the respected museum. Home to 450,000 works of art, the MFA changes its exhibitions frequently and often hosts special events. The museum is located at the Museum of Fine Arts T stop, but Tufts provides a shuttle bus that brings students there straight from the Aidekman Arts Center. For information about hours and tours, visit the MFA’s Web site.

Point your toes: Dance classes Students who would rather break a sweat while expressing their inner passion can attend a variety of free on-campus dance lessons.

JumboDance offers drop-in, student-led classes in multiple types of dance. Student group La Salsa also offers weekly introductory, intermediate and advanced Salsa

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In an effort to encourage safe sexual behavior, Tufts Health Service will provide students with a plethora of contraceptives for free. lessons in Jackson Dance Lab. For soloist types, space in the Jackson Dance Studio can be booked by contacting the dance department.

chures, Health Service will provide latex condoms, oral dams, polyurethane female condoms and lubrication for free.

Ultimate wingman: Health Service As part of its campaign to promote safe sexual behavior on campus, Tufts Health Service offers a number of sex-related products up for grabs. Students can save themselves a CVS trip before a hot date, because aside from the cool bro-

Mayer, that good Samaritan: Bike pump The Mayer Campus Center, along with its yummy food options and study spaces, has a bike pump to assist with repairing flat tires.

Students that find themselves with a broken bike by the time

they make it halfway up the hill only need to stop by the Campus Center Information Booth and the desk attendant will direct them to the pump.

Study up: ARC Nervous about a big test? The Academic Resource Center offers to set each student up with a one-onone tutor in any subject for up to one hour per week. Book an hour using the Online Tutor Finder on

the ARC Web site.

Save your JumboCash: Free printing at the Women’s Center Sick of spending money on the often-dysfunctional library printers? Head to the Women’s Center during their Wednesday night Evening Study Hours (7 p.m. to 11 p.m.) for free printing galore. The Center will even provide entertainment, tea and snacks, wireless Internet, computers and cable TV.

Committee on Student Life (CSL) is now accepting nominations for the…

2010 WENDELL PHILLIPS AWARD The Wendell Phillips Memorial Scholarship is one of two prize scholarships (the other being assigned to Harvard University), which were established in 1896 by the Wendell Phillips Memorial Fund Association in honor of Boston’s great preacher and orator. The award is given annually to the junior or senior who has best demonstrated both marked ability as a speaker and a high sense of public responsibility. The recipient of the award receives a cash prize and traditionally is selected as the only student speaker at the Baccalaureate Ceremony in May. Nominees will be invited to apply and following a throughout review of finalists, the Committee on Student Life will select this year’s recipient in March 2010. .

To nominate student(s) go to Office for Campus Life Website at ocl.tufts.edu Click on Wendell Phillips Award Nominations Use “Wendell Phillips” as Account/Username.

Nomination Deadline: November 2, 2009, 5:00 pm Nominated students must be a current Senior or Junior.

Students may nominate themselves or other students.

For further information contact Joseph Golia, Director Office for Campus Life at joseph.golia@tufts.edu or x73212

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Beantown meets Paris in new exhibit

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Adam Kulewicz: How did this “Paris In Boston” exhibition come about?

Jack Dzamba: Every time I walked by the Boston Public Library, I kept saying, “This could be in Paris.” And, secondly, you know how Hemingway says that once you’ve been to Paris, it stays with you for the rest of your life? That’s the way I felt the first time I went to Paris. I didn’t go until I was an adult, in 1980, but when I got there, I [realized] I’ve been looking for this all my life.

I’m not from Boston, I’m from Connecticut, and I lived here 30 years ago but I never really felt at home here … I guess I wanted to be in Paris so much that I said, “I bet it really is here ...”

I did the book [“Paris in Boston” (2008)] totally on instinct. I didn’t do any research ... After I finished, then I did do some research, and I found the most amazing thing is that the architect who designed the façade of the Boston Public Library studied architecture at the [École des] Beaux-Arts in Paris — Charles McKim. Also, he says in his notes that he modeled the façade of the Boston Public Library on the façade of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. So I’m like, “Wow, there really is something here.”

But it wasn’t the history first and then the pictures; it was totally the pictures as fine art, and then it’s nice to know that there’s some historical support, but also you can see that all of it is artistic interpretation: the Louis building, the Public Garden, the sunset at Copley Station … the pyramids at the Louvre. It’s South Station but to me [and] to a lot of people it evokes the pyramids at the Louvre.

AK: What decided what made it into the book and what made it onto the walls [at the French Library of Boston]?

JD: I first started out with a 40-page book and then I looked at it and I said, “There’s so much good stuff here ...” so I went up to an 80-page book and I didn’t leave a lot of stuff out. As for the walls, I just picked 10 that I thought were indicative of a range of my style, and told the story the way I wanted it told. And that is that some is architectural with architectural history, some is artistic interpretation, and overall, I hope we see it all as fine art photography.

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For centuries, artists, writers and intellectuals have traveled to Paris to be inspired. It has always been a cultural

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Paris in Boston At the French Library Alliance Française of Boston, through Oct. 31st 53 Marlborough St., Boston 617-912-0400 center, and for many — including Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Diego Rivera and Ernest Hemingway — the city’s beautiful streets, people, culture and “je ne sais quoi” forever altered their lives and shaped the rest of their careers.

This migration to Paris continues today, and contemporary photographer Jack Dzamba, whose new exhibition, “Paris in Boston,” recently opened at the French Library Alliance Française of Boston, presents a modern manifestation of the city’s profound effect on its visitors. For many artists, the memory of a Parisian sojourn is a lens through which they come to view everything else in their lives. As they continue to produce new works, many return to their experiences in Paris with its distinctive character, people and architecture. Dzamba, in his new exhibition, references this trend but does so in a very unique way; he examines those aspects of Boston that are imbued with the likeness and spirit of the city of light.

In the exhibition, which is comprised of 10 photographs, Dzamba presents well-

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Dzamba effectively captures the dreariness of a New England winter in the photograph, “Boston Winter #6.” known Boston landmarks such as the Boston Public Library at Copley Square, the Boston Common and the Charles River in small, black and white photographs.

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“The Caretaker” is a disturbing paradox in both title and essence. Centered around two brothers and a homeless man, the

The Caretaker Written by Harold Pinter Directed by Daniel Gidron At The Nora Theater Co through Nov. 1 Tickets $15 to $35 play unfolds the seemingly ordinary plot into an eerie vortex of mental twists.

The Nora Theater Company presents Harold Pinter’s play with a strong cast of Boston actors, led by director Daniel

Gidron, who masterfully presents the show’s disturbing themes. Utilizing the muggy feel of the script as well as a simple yet telling scene, Gidron leaves audience members questioning their own sanity.

The set is simplistic yet quirky, containing a few items whose significance is never truly explained. Frustrating at times, unexplained symbols adorn the stage, and it slowly becomes clear to the viewer that the set has little bearing on the play’s plot. The show’s focus is on the inner complexities of each character instead of on the physical world around them.

“The Caretaker” seems to convey a stern warning about stereotypes and insanity. Pinter artfully crafted the play in order to force his audiences to consee CARETAKER, page 6

CONCERT REVIEW

Rock supergroup delivers fantastic live show BY

RYAN ZUCKMAN Daily Staff Writer

These days, there are few rock bands that can sell out a gig in mere minutes.

Fewer still can inspire ticket-holding fans to line up four blocks from the venue before doors open, and even fewer can inspire such anticipation that audience members will heckle the opening act before they even start. But the House of Blues in Boston played host to no ordinary band on Sunday night, nor even an ordinary supergroup. With nary a single to their name, Them Crooked Vultures brought their first-ever tour to Boston and stunned the audience with a lean, mean set of never-before-heard songs.

The hype is understandable, of course.

With a lineup consisting of Josh Homme, (guitarist and singer for Queens of the Stone Age), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters

had been waiting for this past weekend since 4:49 p.m. on May 27. At that precise moment, my mother received an e-mail update from the Food Network’s New York City Wine & Food Festival telling her that tickets for the event would go on sale June 15. We immediately circled the date on our calendars — this was not going to be a repeat of last year, when the unthinkable happened: Tickets sold out before I even heard that Food Network was finally hosting a festival in NYC. My mother and I spent the 28 days between May 27 and June 15 poring over the event schedule online. Every time we received an e-mail notifying us of a new event, we would change around our game plan. This was like our Food Network Olympics, and we were not going to miss one second of it.

Then we realized how completely ridiculous we were being.

The second annual Food Network festival took place at various locations across Manhattan from Oct. 8 to 11. We realized that, no, it would not be possible to go to events on every day of the festival, and, no, it is not an option to leave one event at TheTimesCenter on 41st and 7th and make it to The Tishman Auditorium at The New School on 12th and 5th within four minutes — no matter how quickly we run or how crazily our cabbie can drive. It’s also pretty damn expensive to be a Food Network devotee: The cheapest events were lectures that went for $30 a ticket, and some of the dinners cost upwards of $300 a plate. For the sake of our bank accounts and our sanity, we calmed down and purchased tickets to two events on Saturday, Oct. 10.

The first event we attended was a TimesTalk lecture with Ina Garten and Alex Witchel, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.

Witchel asked Ina the kinds of questions that I’ve always wanted to ask her. I hate when people interview Food Network personalities and ask them about their favorite dishes, their culinary background, etc. I want to know the nuts and bolts behind the operation, like how they film their shows or what their writing process is like for their cookbooks.

I can officially say that Ina Garten is a complete control freak, but it pays off.

Ina stressed numerous times that she’s a businessperson, and her business just happens to be food — she approaches everything methodically. It used to take her three days to film one episode of “The Barefoot Contessa,” but over the years they’ve condensed it down to one as she got more comfortable in front of the camera. It takes her two years to write a cookbook — one year to write the recipes and one year to test all of them. There isn’t a single color, font or piece of flatware in the book that she does not approve.

Witchel started the event by proclaiming, “Loving Ina is like a religion,” and it was definitely apparent in the question-andanswer session after the talk. Everybody from young kids to senior citizens gushed over Ina, complimenting her on everything from her approachable style to how she deveins a shrimp. I have to say, however, that I was a little disappointed with the TimesTalk.

Witchel spent too much time talking about how she met Ina for the first time and what she’s learned from her, rather than actually letting Ina speak for herself. Overall, it was an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the “Barefoot Contessa” brand, but it was nothing compared with the antics that went on at Guy Fieri’s culinary demonstration later in the day.

Guy is absolutely out of his mind. He has so much energy he can barely get out a sentence before being distracted or moving on to another story. Either he tones it down while he is filming his shows, or the Food Network must have an amazing editing team.

His personality is completely reflected in his fans: The only time I have ever seen so many middle-aged people scream so loudly was at

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Fans can breathe easy, though, because the veteran musicians that make up Them Crooked Vultures have crafted some of the most dynamic and satisfying hard rock tunes in ages and play together with astounding chemistry.

A deafening roar greeted the band as it walked on stage, with members grinning from ear to ear. Immediately they launched into “Elephants,” a blazing number with an extremely catchy riff that whipped the crowd into a frenzy.

Building on this momentum, they frontloaded the set with a string of massive head-banging songs. “Scumbag Blues” was a standout: While Grohl and Jones sang backup vocals, Jones improvised a classic blues bassline, and Homme crooned in falsetto over some indelible guitar licks, together sounding like a modern version of Eric Clapton’s seminal super-group Cream. They later explored pulsating, rhythmic grooves with disco-stomp beats and heavily textured “Kashmir”-style arrangements.

They even ended the set with a sprawling progressive-rock odyssey containing multiple movements and motifs. Every song was a slick surprise, with various time signatures, tempo and key changes sprinkled in, executed with a precision far beyond most modern rock bands.

As a rhythm section, Grohl and Jones make a thunderous pair. Grohl may strap on a guitar when he plays with Foo Fighters, but it is abundantly clear that his true home is behind the drum set. As he hammered away at the skins all night with the intensity of the Muppet drummer Animal, he displayed an impressive array of beats and fills, never showing off but always driving the songs forward.

Jones played with an incredible tightness and musicality that can only come from decades of experience and served as the

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John Paul Jones, at left: “Not really sure what’s going on here, but this young fella on the guitar seems pretty good, and there appears to be some kind of hairy beast behind the drum set.” musical backbone for the entire group.

Rounding out the Vultures, Homme’s smooth voice and loose, improvisational guitar playing complemented the band in an entirely unique way.

Them Crooked Vultures don’t suffer from a clash of egos and muddled influences — it’s clear that the primary songwriting force is Homme, and the best frame of reference for this new batch of songs is the discography of his band, Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA). From the hard-hitting riffs of QOTSA’s “Songs for the Deaf” (2002) to the pop influences of “Lullabies to Paralyze” (2005) and the unconventional bridges and harmonic left turns of “Era Vulgaris” (2007), there’s plenty of variety, and his stamp is all over the material.

At the same time, it also sounds like nothing Homme has ever done. Perhaps it is the readily apparent joy he derives from playing with some of rock’s greatest musicians — who all shared his

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the viewer to examine Boston itself more closely.

One of the photographs, “Sunset over the Charles River” (2007), captures the Charles just before dusk. The image is not in full focus, and as a result, the curving Charles, surrounded on both sides by buildings and traversed by a bridge, bears a striking resemblance to Paris’ river, the Seine.

Another photograph in the exhibition, “Boston Winter #6” (2004), depicts the edge of a Bostonian park as seen between two highrise buildings. The photo captures the park’s trees and an ambient wintry mix, and once again, the scene bears a strong likeness to Paris. Indeed, were it not for the photograph’s title, it would be easy to assume that this was an image of the Parc Monceau, which is situated in one of the French capital’s most elegant neighborhoods.

The exhibition’s photos are also part of a book that the artist produced entitled “Paris in Boston” (2008).

The book features many more images that Dzamba has captured that link Boston to Paris.

Though some are more compelling in their connections between the two cities than others, they provide an excellent complement to the works displayed on the room’s walls.

Another wonderful aspect of this exhibition is its setting in the French Library Alliance Française of Boston (FAB). The FAB, located in Back Bay, is a center for French culture and learning, and accord-

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ing to its Web site, it offers the second largest private collection of French books, periodicals, DVDs and audio and video cassettes available in the United States. The FAB also offers French language instruction courses and numerous programs for French enthusiasts such as French-themed lectures and dinners.

The FAB is located in a large mansion on Marlborough Street, and the exhibition — which is open for free to the general public — is displayed on the walls of one of the first-floor reception rooms. With its crystal chandelier, elaborate mantle piece and large windows, the room itself has a Parisian feel, which adds a great deal to the photographs displayed and serves to reinforce the connection between these two cities.

“Paris in Boston” demonstrates that the City of Light casts a longlasting spell on those who visit its famed streets and experience its captivating culture. For Dzamba, like many artists, it has changed the way he views his surroundings. For Bostonians, this exhibition both draws surprisingly forceful connections between Boston and Paris and forces its residents to examine their own city more closely.

Thanks to the exhibition, French enthusiasts in Boston can now experience the City of Light by walking through the Boston Common. But they should be forewarned: With Dzamba’s creative take on the city, they may feel a strong urge to hail a cab to Logan Airport and catch the next Air France jet to Paris.

enthusiasm on stage — as well as the fresh creative input from their different backgrounds. Not all of the songs were received well by the crowd, as Homme noted: “If you don’t like some of these songs, just drink a little faster.” But in the crucible of live performance, the hit/miss ratio for the new band playing entirely original material was surprisingly strong, with only two or three songs that didn’t quite click — a good sign indeed for the forthcoming album, reportedly due out on Interscope Records before the end of the year.

Them Crooked Vultures seem to have achieved the impossible. Not only have they lived up to the overwhelming hype surrounding their project, but they have also defied expectations, debuting a killer batch of fresh-sounding, original material while establishing themselves as a hard-hitting live band. Clearly, the reports of rock and roll’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

a Bruce Springsteen concert — my mother shouted louder than I did on both occasions.

For the demonstration, Guy made “Pork El Fuego,” the same dish he prepared when he was on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno in March. It’s stir-fried pork and vegetables that get lit on fire and served on ciabatta with cheese; I think he said, “You can’t have a party without the havarti” about 10 times in the 40-minute demo. He talked so fast and spent so much time interacting with the audience that he barely got the sandwich finished — he described his energy level as being like “nitrous oxide put in a lawn mower.” But the crowd ate it up, literally: He threw slices of cheese and hunks of bread into the audience while he was cooking.

Robert Irvine, the chef from “Dinner: Impossible,” showed up completely out of the blue right before the demo started. “The Irv,” as Guy called him, even made Guy more energetic. He tossed him a beer from the onstage fridge, and they swapped stories about their travels. It was completely surreal to sit in front of two Food Network stars and just listen to them chat like old friends.

The thing that impressed me the most about the entire Festival experience — aside from Guy’s inability to stand still for more than 10 seconds — was the difference in the types of people at all of the events. Ina’s audience was mainly groups of older women and a few families; Guy’s audience looked like it should have been tailgating instead of watching a culinary demonstration; and there were mainly 30-something women coming out of Rachael Ray’s demo, which ended right before Guy’s began. The people at the Festival, and how quickly the tickets sell out, are really a testament to how farreaching and well loved the Food Network is. I’m already marking my calendar for when tickets go on sale next year.

Caryn Horowitz is a senior majoring in history. She can be reached at Caryn.

Horowitz@tufts.edu.

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continued from page 5 stantly change their opinion of each character’s insanity, and the very dialogue of the piece openly criticizes common, offensive stereotypes. While the open jabs at discrimination have a method to their madness, some of the lines are actually offensive to a modern audience’s ears because of their incorporation of various racial slurs.

In addition to the keen insight provided by Pinter’s writing, the actors also add a great deal of depth to the performance. Aston (John Kuntz) and Mick (Joe Lanza), two brothers living under the same roof, initially seem like nothing but harmless, quirky men. Slowly, however, it is subtly revealed that Aston hides some worrying complexities. Kuntz artfully plays to the audience’s sympathies through his body language and masterful delivery of his lone monologue.

Lanza also presents Mick as a sympathetic character through manipulative facial expressions and body language. Though Mick is bipolar, viewers will often catch themselves investing their trust in his words, as he is persuasive whether ecstatic or erratic.

Actor Michael Balcanoff embodies Davies, at once messenger, instigator and manipulator. His threefold control mimics the three-way dictatorship of the play itself. Clearly the oldest, his character is the most obnoxious, but the audience puts up with him because of his moments of gentility. Balcanoff executes his role skillfully, as he is not only able to gain audience members’ trust but entertains them and pains them

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Michael Balcanoff and John Kuntz in “The Caretaker.” when his façade is revealed. This emotional attachment gives more credibility to his character, and results in a greater interest in the play itself as well.

Though the plot is peculiar, it is the actors who truly draw the question mark in the mind, leaving the audience both unsatisfied and in awe. Not sure what to make of the characters or the various symbols throughout the play, viewers wonder about the mysterious nature of the unknown and the desire to explain everything.

This pivotal question is one that drives the main point home and will leave one wondering: What is classified as “insane?”

Harold Pinter, recently deceased,

was a literary giant who made his first of many commercial successes with “The Caretaker.” The Nora Theater Company has taken this dark piece and executed it wonderfully, making it not only enjoyable for the audience, but also unforgettable. The simplicity of the cast size and set contrasts with internal complexities, making viewing the show a mentally compelling experience.

“The Caretaker” is showing from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 at the Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. Tickets are $35, $25 for seniors, $20 for students with a valid ID and $15 for student rush, a same-day sale to students, when available.

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Ambassador John Limbert TODAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 12-1:30pm, Barnum Hall, Room 008 Lecture and Book Signing A hostage for 14 months in Iran, Ambassador Limbert holds the Department of State’s Meritorious Honor Award, two Superior Honor Awards, and the Award for Valor. Before joining the Foreign Service, he taught in Iran, both as a Peace Corps Volunteer (1964-66) and as an English instructor at Shiraz University (1969-72). A career Foreign Service Officer since 1973, Ambassador Limbert’s overseas experience also includes tours in Algeria, Djibouti, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. From 1981 to 1984 he taught Political Science at the U.S. Naval Academy, and in 1991-92 he was a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs.

A Senior Foreign Service Officer, Limbert served as president of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) from 2003-2005. Prior to this appointment, he was Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (2000-2003). While serving as Ambassador, he was one of the first civilian officials to enter Baghdad in April 2003, with the Organization for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance. There he was responsible for cultural affairs, including restoring the looted Iraqi Museum. In March-May of 2004 he returned to Iraq, leading a team in support of the U.S. mission there. Earlier he had been Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism in the U.S. State Department (2000); member of the State Department’s Senior Seminar (199798); Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Conakry, Guinea (1994-97); and Director of Orientation at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute in Washington (1992-94). Ambassador John Limbert is currently a visiting professor at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.

He also holds the American Foreign Service Association’s Rivkin Award for creative dissent.

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EDITORIAL

Honor true heroes, not just big names Much controversy has arisen over the bestowal of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize last week to President Obama, who had been nominated before even being elected president.

Alfred Nobel, the founder of the award, specifically stated that it go “to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” While Obama is making a concerted effort to solve world issues through diplomacy, it does seem clear that he is not worthy of the award.

It is the belief of the Daily that the Nobel committee should generally refrain from awarding any politician its Peace Prize. A fundamental part of being a successful politician is pandering to the public and cutting deals — a public official’s main focus rarely lines up directly with Alfred Nobel’s vision. Though most politicians do want to foster peace, and Obama certainly does, there are other individuals who devote their lives to social activism and are not hindered by the complexities of being a politician. It is these individuals who deserve to be recognized, and the Nobel committee would do the world a great service by highlighting this type of outstanding

activist, who too often goes unnoticed by the public eye.

The committee has been rightfully chastised in the past for awarding the Peace Prize to politicians with spotty records. In 1973, then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger received the prize for ending the Vietnam War, despite his role in expanding the war and fostering great instability in Southeast Asia. Even North Vietnamese peace negotiator Le Duc Tho, who received the prize along with Kissinger, returned his award in disgust. Theodore Roosevelt, who oversaw a bloody, inhumane war in the Philippines during his tenure as our 26th president, received the prize for negotiating the end of the RussoJapanese War. Mikhail Gorbachev essentially won because he eventually realized that the Soviet Union was falling apart and decided it was better to let go than keep fighting the inevitable. The Nobel committee overlooked the middling nature of these politicians’ achievements, ostensibly for the purpose of presenting the award to someone famous.

But the Nobel committee has not amassed a record of total failure.

Eliezer Wiesel, a concentration camp survivor, won the award in 1986 for forcing a resistant world to acknowl-

edge the horrors of the Holocaust, and for his continued work to promote tolerance of Jews around the world. René Cassin, who received the award in 1968, drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, presided over the European Court of Human Rights and headed many NGOs. The 2006 winner, Muhammad Yunus, created the Grameen Bank, which provides microloans to impoverished people, assisting them in rising out of destitution. On the global scale, these humanitarians were littleknown before the committee recognized them, but they are among the recipients who best embodied Alfred Nobel’s vision.

The Nobel committee should concentrate on awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to activists who are committed to a cause and work diligently to highlight humanitarian issues that are not necessarily widely known to the public. Such endeavors are becoming increasingly important as we moved toward a globalized society and economy. Recognizing the efforts of people who are quietly creating a better world is a much more effective way to cultivate peace and global awareness than handing out the award to supposedly altruistic, bigwig politicians.

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The Oklahoma state legislature, which has helped put Oklahoma at the forefront of anti-choice legal experimentation, is at it again. A new bill, which takes effect Nov. 1, forces doctors to publish on a public Web site a laundry list of data for every abortion performed in the state.

Not only does this measure openly flout a patient’s right to privacy, but it also unnecessarily perpetuates the stigma surrounding abortion as a means to deter women from undergoing the procedure.

It can be argued that this new legislation, which mandates the publication of the date of the abortion, the county in which it was performed, the mother’s age, the mother’s marital status, the mother’s race, the mother’s level of education, the mother’s state or country of residence, and the mother’s total number of previ-

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ous pregnancies, means only to advance the promulgation of data for the sake of academic research and curbing the number of abortions in the state. However, given that the measure comes in the wake of the legislature’s passage last year of what is to date the strictest ultrasound law in the nation, requiring physicians to verbally depict the ultrasound image to women seeking abortions, we doubt that the motive of those pushing the new legislation is merely research and prevention.

Staff Attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights Jennifer Mondino agreed, saying, “These bundled abortion restrictions have nothing to do with protecting the people of Oklahoma and everything to do with lawmakers who have political agendas trying to make it harder for women to get abortions and harder for doctors to provide them.”

Mondino also pointed out that this legislation further dissuades doctors from

providing abortions in addition to deterring women from seeking them. Doctors who refuse to comply, after all, are faced with the specter of the loss of their license and criminal sanctions.

Most insidious of all is the claim that this new measure does not infringe upon a woman’s privacy. While the legislation does not require the publication of the patient’s name, as Feminists For Choice argues, “In reviewing the actual text of the law, the first 8 questions that will be asked and reported could easily be used to identify any member of a smaller community.”

There is a lawsuit pending filed by former state Rep. Wanda Jo Stapleton and Oklahoma resident Lora Joyce David to strike down this bill. For the sake of the privacy and safety of the women of Oklahoma, we hope that they succeed in undoing the damage inflicted upon Oklahoma by its state legislature.

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Why health care reform matters BY

TEDDY MINCH | OFF MIC

Thanking the academy

ANDREA LOWE

Health care reform — the buzz phrase that has been on everyone’s lips and on the front page of all major newspapers since early in the summer. However, despite the headlines and the promises of politicians, we are dangerously close to failing, once again, to produce coherent, lasting health care reform.

The debate over reforming the American health care system started long before this past June, the presidential race in 2008 or even the 1990s. Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign platform in 1912 included universal health care coverage and other radical positions including women’s suffrage and more adequate workers’ compensation programs.

In Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, implementation of a government-run health plan to complement unemployment insurance and social security programs was discussed but never came to fruition. Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy both pushed for healthcare reform, but a fear of socialized medicine quickly brought the debate to an end. Health care reform advocates won a victory in 1965 with the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, extending coverage to elderly, poor, blind and disabled Americans.

Since then, very few components of the American health system have been changed or updated, aside from the creation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program in 1997 and the controversial passage of Medicare Part D, whereby Medicare was extended to cover prescription drugs in 2003. President Obama campaigned on promises of reforming America’s health care system, and Republicans and Democrats alike in the House and the Senate noted that the system was broken, and also promised change.

So what went wrong?

We’ve all heard the numbers: 46 million Americans are uninsured. National health care expenditures for 2009 will total about $2.5 trillion. The average family currently pays $12,300 for coverage. Something obviously needs to be done. However, ever-present political pressures have caused the existing bills in the House and the Senate to be marked up and ripped apart. This is how the political process works, but we need to be careful in making sure that if health care reform does indeed pass, it is something meaningful that will address the flaws in the system. In order to live up to what has been promised and sought after for years, this elusive health care reform should make coverage more affordable and provide options for American citizens who do not have insurance, including those who were previously denied coverage for pre-existing conditions.

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Unfortunately, these basic tenets that should be included in any health care reform bill are now in jeopardy, as Republican voices have clung to a few sticking points. Besides the plainly ridiculous accusations, which I will not discuss here, Republicans have complained about the lack of tort reform and the claim that small businesses will go bankrupt if a health bill includes language mandating that employers provide coverage for their employees.

A focus on frivolous malpractice suits and the large awards handed out by juries for punitive and pain and suffering damages as a primary driver of health care costs makes sense, but oversimplifies the problem.

Health care costs are high for many reasons, one of which is sky-high malpractice insurance costs. However, the state of Michigan’s cap on medical malpractice awards has left malpractice insurance costs virtually unchanged. Additionally, despite numerous studies of the cost savings of tort reform proposals, no complementary studies have been undertaken to assess how quality of care for patients would change.

As for the claim that small businesses will not be able to handle mandatory coverage for their employees without going bankrupt, different plans provide different ways to deal with this very real and important issue.

Obama’s original health plan provided tax credits to help alleviate the financial burden.

Specifically, one bill in the House gives a 50 percent credit for small businesses that employ fewer than 25 people who on average make less than $40,000 a year to put toward premiums. More importantly, small businesses are strained because they want to

offer health care but cannot, since costs are so high. Fixing soaring health costs would significantly help.

I don’t have a magic solution to fix rising health care costs that would benefit Americans from all income levels. I do, however, know that focusing in on fringe issues takes away from the original intention of the debate, which was to figure out a way to provide more comprehensive and better coverage for Americans.

To my knowledge, there is no way to keep costs down and make insurance available to the average citizen without a government-run insurance option. The existence of a so-called public option will increase competition by providing an incentive for private companies to keep costs down.

Pre-existing conditions cannot be a basis for rejecting individuals who seek health care. A comprehensive health plan needs to include these components.

Democrats and Republicans are both guilty of pandering and maneuvering without addressing the primary flaws in our health care system. The Democratic leadership has let us down in failing to fully back comprehensive reform, and, given recent developments, it seems that America will be disappointed by whatever form of health care reform eventually passes. All we can do is wait and see what happens, and hope that we don’t have to wait another hundred years before the debate resurfaces.

Andrea Lowe is a senior majoring in international relations and economics. She is president of the Tufts Democrats.

The meaning of maturity

BY PAUL RICHARDS Young adulthood in America has many defining characteristics and events. Voting?

Of course. A growing sense of independence? That’s included as well. Urinating on the walls of a club? Maybe not so much.

But when one looks back to the events from the first Senior Pub Night on Sept. 24, the realization that Tufts seniors may not have grasped that concept arises. The various less-than-socially-acceptable actions displayed by those who attended Senior Pub Night have created doubts as to the future of the event. Two seniors unaffiliated with the Senior Class Council have created the group Senior Club Life and plan to go ahead with a Halloween club night at Ned Devine’s. This new event, of course, inspires the question: Will this one be any different or is history doomed to repeat itself?

One would like to hope that the more questionable events of Senior Pub Night could merely be attributed to the novelty of the event. Seniors have waited three years to finally be able to take part in this hallowed tradition and may have gone a little overboard. The rather exorbitant prices at the club also may have encouraged people to drink more before actually leaving Tufts and to sneak in alternate sources of alcohol once they were at the club.

And, of course, one also has to consider that those who were engaging in the more outrageous behavior weren’t in the majority. This was not an instance of a mass riot, or a scene from a Tufts Gone Wild video. For the most part, the seniors who attended were respectful and seemed to have a good time.

Despite all the reasons and excuses, the actions displayed at Senior Pub Night must act, in words stolen from Barack Obama in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech,

as a call to action. When preparing for the Senior Club Night at Ned Devine’s, maybe seniors should avoid that last Keystone or shot of Captain Morgan. The nips of vodka that seem like a great addition to the evening are probably better left at home. If a friend goes to urinate in a corner, maybe take them by the arm and guide them to one of the more bathroom-designated areas. So, Tufts seniors, when preparing for a night out on the town in a few weeks, put on your rabbit, cat, Mother Theresa or Spartan warrior costume and make sure that you look your best. And, before you leave your apartment, remember to check your pockets or purse and ensure that your dignity is safely tucked away in there as well.

Paul Richards is a senior majoring in English and community health.

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Obama said he was both “surprised and deeply humbled,” suggesting he felt odd “to be in the company of many of the transformative leaders who have received this prize.” The speech was concise, and Obama was back at work inside the White House before most in Washington had begun their lunch hour.

Only two other sitting presidents — Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt — were given the Nobel Peace Prize. Many have asked, as Obama joined that list on Friday, whether he has, in fact, accomplished anything meriting a Nobel. In reality, however, the more pertinent questions arise concerning the meaning and context of the Nobel Peace Prize itself — what is its actual meaning for global politics, or even its ability to highlight points of international progress?

In 1867, Alfred Nobel patented a safer, more stable form of explosive that he termed dynamite — a rather counterintuitive claim to fame for the man with a famous peace award named after him. The Nobel Foundation, created through Nobel’s last will, gives out a series of awards and cash prizes annually in the fields of physics, chemistry, economics, literature and peace. The Awards Committee is appointed by the Norwegian Parliament, and though it is not legally stipulated, all on the committee are Norwegian nationals.

Given the modicum of respect the United Nations receives as a multinational body, one can’t help but ask the question of why in the name of all things rational the Nobel Peace Prize — awarded unilaterally by Norwegians who are appointed by Norwegians — matters at all. The case for the award’s requisite legitimacy is further muddled when considering recent recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize: Jimmy Carter in 2002, Dr. Mohammed El-Baradei of the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) in 2005, and former Vice President Al Gore in 2007. At last check, Carter has busied himself emboldening Hamas, the IAEA’s non-proliferation strategies in Iran have failed miserably, and Gore’s global warming PowerPoints have all but disappeared with little meaningful, tangible impact on global policies beyond abstract pledges.

In short, the Nobel Peace Prize has not been a particularly useful tool in measuring individuals’ impact on global peace, especially when considering this year’s thought-to-be-short list.

Morgan Tsvangirai — the opposition leader of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change Party who was savagely beaten by President Robert Mugabe’s goons — successfully led an electoral struggle against Mugabe’s decades of tyranny, forcing Mugabe to sign a power-sharing agreement last year. He was passed over for the award. Wei Jingsheng, Hu Jia and Gao Zhisheng, Chinese dissidents and human rights activists, have been repeatedly imprisoned and tortured.

They were all passed over as well.

Instead, the committee awarded Obama, crediting him with creating “a new climate in international politics,” certainly unarguable given the fact that he isn’t George W. Bush. The committee has, of late, been privy to playing self-righteous politics with peace, and this year’s selection is no exception to the rule. The Nobel Peace Prize is in no way a legitimate metric with which to objectively measure political progress, currents of international politics or significant achievements in the large-scale reduction of global conflict. Obama’s receipt of the award should not imply that his domestic or international agendas are progressing, or that he has achieved the change for which he so staunchly campaigned in 2008. It simply means that our president is currently very popular in Norway.

Teddy Minch is a senior majoring in political science. He hosts “The Rundown,” a news and sports talk show that airs from 3 to 5 p.m. every Friday on WMFO. He can be reached at Theodore.Minch@tufts.edu.

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have long tournaments or long matches, it really helps to know that anyone can come in and play. Whenever one of us gets tired, there’s always eight other girls that can come in with fresh legs and a different perspective.”

The offensive trio of senior co-captain Brogie Helgeson, Updike and JoyceMendive was its usual dominant self, combining for 30 of the Jumbos’ 38 kills.

Running the show with 33 assists was Feiger, whose 688 assists give her the most in the league.

Though momentum is clearly on Tufts’ side, the worst is yet to come for the Jumbos, as they still have to run the gauntlet of NESCAC opponents hoping to finally bring a halt to their charge.

Up next is a trip to Middlebury, where they will face the Panthers on Friday before taking on Hamilton and Williams on Saturday. Though Middlebury and Hamilton are both near the bottom of the standings, owning 2-2 and 0-5 conference records, respectively, Tufts insists that no NESCAC contest is ever a sure thing.

“We’re doing a great job of taking it one match at a time,” Thompson said.

“Middlebury is a very strong team and much better than their record shows.”

The Ephs (12-5, 4-1 NESCAC), though, should be the biggest challenge of the weekend. Though the Jumbos handled Williams rather easily in their first meeting back in September, the two teams have a history that will bring a little extra edge to the match.

The Ephs were responsible for putting an end to the Jumbos’ bid for a NESCAC title last year, handing them a 3-2 defeat at home in the tournament semifinal. It seems that the Jumbos’ memory is short, though, and they are more excited than anxious about the match.

“We always love playing Williams, and they’re always a fun team to play and a challenge,” Feiger said. “But we’re looking forward to next weekend and feeling confident.”

junior Jeff Ragazzini and senior Ryan Lena were right on his heels, finishing in 107th and 110th place, respectively.

“The course was a little soft, and guys like Matt and Ryan both really gutted it out by working it out in big packs, moving it up when they needed to and staying aggressive through the third and fourth miles,” assistant coach Mark Carberry said.

“Matt Rand [has] been sick at least the past week if not more, but he just had a really gutsy race,” he continued. “Knowing that he’s a little bit under the weather, he still really pulled through.”

Though he was the third runner for Tufts at this race last year, Lena improved on his time by 17 seconds.

“For a kid who’s still working and building on his base training, [Lena] had a great closing mile and looked really smooth all throughout the race,” Carberry added.

“The strategy going in was pretty much to get out hard and just try and move up throughout the race,” Lena said. “I myself was focusing on the middle miles, not lagging in that part of the race, and it played out pretty well overall.

“It was definitely an improvement over last year,” continued Lena, who ran an 8K personal best over the weekend.

Rounding out the scorers for Tufts was freshmen Kyle Marks in 26:53, claiming 181st place. Though the Jumbos fell one spot from their finish last year, they were pleased with the results, particularly considering the absence of Welch.

“I think this was a great step in the right direction for where we see ourselves by the end of the season,” Carberry said. “Considering our No. 2 guy was on the shelf for the weekend, we are right where we want to be on the conference level, as well as on the regional level. We see ourselves with Nick [Welch] in the bunch as being at or with the top people in the region; that’s Brandeis, Williams, Amherst. We think that we can be right with them when push comes to shove. “ “We were resting Nick, so we didn’t

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if we had run Nick, we would have probably gotten third.”

In a field of 320 runners from all three divisions, the race dynamic changes significantly from the smaller meets earlier in the season. “[In larger races like this], you can’t really tell where you are in the race, which affects your strategy in the middle miles and your strategy towards the end in terms of kicking and knowing when to go,” Lena said. “The hardest part is just knowing where you are.”

Leading the way for the Jumbos in the subvarsity race was sophomore Scott McArthur, who took 15th, crossing the line 26:35, a time that would have taken 144th place in the varsity race and would have made him the fifth finisher for Tufts.

“In the JV race, Scott McArthur really had one of the most outstanding performances of the day,” Lena said.

McArthur’s time was 2:21 faster than at the same race last year, moving him up 177 places in the sub-varsity race.

“For Scott to be in the front pack of the sub-varsity race, that means you really have to be aware of when the guys in front of you are going to move, and he was able to counter all of those moves very effectively,” Carberry said.

“I wanted to set myself in a position so that I’d be passing people the entire race,” McArthur said. “I think in the last three miles I moved up about 15 places and didn’t get passed by anyone.

“Last year I was running in the middle of the pack, and this year I felt like I was helping to lead to rest of the JV team,” he continued.

“It was an improvement from last year that I never would have expected.”

The Jumbos will travel to Williams on Saturday to take part in another 8K at the Plansky Invitational.

“We’re looking to go into Plansky and send our top 12 and have a good tempo effort in the form of keeping everyone together, remembering what it’s like to run together,” Carberry said.

“We’re only running our top 12, our NESCAC team,” Lena said. “Williams will be there, so that will be a good test of how we run against other NESCAC teams.”

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followed up that performance by scoring two touchdowns — including one that tied the game late and sent it into overtime — over the weekend against the Patriots.

After his game winner against the Cowboys, the cameras captured an emotional scene in which Marshall embraced McDaniels in a huge bear hug. That moment between diva wide receiver and first-year head coach solidified the fact that Belichick’s latest disciple has what it takes to be a winning coach in the NFL. To further reinforce that notion, just take a look at what happened to another former Patriots coordinator over in Cleveland. Eric Mangini, the former head coach of the New York Jets and the new head coach of the dreadful Cleveland Browns, could not get on the same page with his own star wide receiver, Braylon Edwards. Like Marshall, Edwards wanted to be traded from Cleveland over the offseason, but unlike Marshall, Edwards got his wish. Last week Mangini and the Browns finally caved and shipped Edwards — who was far and away the Browns’ most talented player — to the Jets for a third round pick, a fifth round pick and two utility players.

Mangini failed in New York and is already on the hot seat in Cleveland, and his latest gaffe provides more evidence that he does not have the “it” factor that McDaniels seems to possess.

Although the presently flawless Broncos are certainly not the best team in the league, they are definitely headed for greener pastures.

McDaniels still has a ways to go, but if he can keep his passion and dedication pointing in the right direction, Broncos fans should be happy with him as their head coach for years to come.

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the honor after registering her first collegiate victory in the first race of the year at the Trinity Invitational. In finishing 22nd, Wilfert just missed out on becoming the fourth Jumbo in as many years to finish in the top 10 of the All-New England Championship.

“The course was muddy, and when it’s dry and solid, it can be fast,” Wilfert said.

“Provided that it was muddy, my time was better than expected, but my place was not quite where I was hoping for it to be.”

In addition to the muddy conditions, the race also contained the largest number of competitors that most Jumbos will run with this season.

“I think that it’s always a hard race because of the sheer volume of people,” sophomore Anya Price said. “It’s crazy from the start, pace-wise … There’s a large field that suddenly turns into a much smaller path, so naturally there’s a lot of jostling and shuffling around. In general, there’s slowing down around a bottleneck.

“It’s tough to gauge your pace because you’re never really sure how fast you’re going with the pack,” she continued.

“Sometimes you get a little overzealous with so many competitors, and sometimes you’re slowed down by the crowd.”

“In a race like that, because there are so many people, it’s hard to keep in mind the team aspect,” sophomore Bryn Kass added. “Instead of shooting for the teammate 200 yards in front of you, there’s a mass of 100 girls in a 20-foot radius.”

Kass and Price placed in their usual respective spots at second and third on the team. Kass came in 115th, 1:19 behind Wilfert and 28 seconds ahead of Price. While Wilfert and Kass improved on their times at the Championships last year, Price was disappointed with her performance, having slowed by 18

seconds from last year. But according to Wilfert, this was due to a cramp in Price’s thigh suffered during the second mile.

“It could’ve gone better; we had some people who weren’t feeling 100 percent,” Price said. “I didn’t have the best race. My body wasn’t cooperating, and there have been some nagging injuries that we’ve been taking care of. I think there’s always room to improve, and while there were definitely some great performances in our showing, it didn’t fully represent what we can do. We’re capable of taking it to another level.”

Junior Jen Yih and sophomore Kelsey Picciuto rounded out Tufts’ point-earners, coming in 176th and 207th, respectively. The top freshman on the squad was Julia Hajnoczky, who finished seventh for Tufts.

After racing just twice in September, Tufts will compete the next six weekends as the team prepares for conference and national championships, starting off with the Plansky Invitational at Williams on Saturday.

Wilfert plans to take two weekends off between now and mid-November as she hopes to peak around the NCAA Championship held on Nov. 21. Other Tufts runners will focus on training for the NESCAC Championship, held on Nov. 1 at Trinity.

“I think our goal really is to peak in hopes of qualifying for nationals,” Kass said. “We definitely want to do well at NESCACs. We want to find out what our potential is in the next few weeks.

We have a busy schedule, but you learn how you run every time you race, so it’s good to get all these races under our belts. Every race is different, and though we don’t expect to be at our maximum potential yet, we hope to learn enough and practice enough so we can eventually get there.”

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Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels deserves a lot of apologies from members of the professional sports media. McDaniels was judged from the moment he stepped inside the Broncos’ headquarters in Englewood, Colo. As soon as he took over the reins of the Broncos organization, McDaniels dove headfirst into the fire, making a number of puzzling moves, including one in which he traded away Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler.

Now the Broncos’ are 5-0 despite dumping Cutler, whom McDaniels handed over to the Chicago Bears in exchange for quarterback Kyle Orton and a number of draft picks. Orton, who never had much success in Chicago, was seen as a low-end NFL quarterback and at one point during the preseason, rumors circulated that journeyman Chris Simms would possibly beat him out for the starting spot.

Orton held on to his job despite Simms’ best efforts and was able to play with a lacerated finger on his throwing hand, which he injured during Denver’s third preseason game.

Now the Broncos appear to have a firm grip on the AFC West following their early season success. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders are two of the most pitiful teams in the league, and the San Diego Chargers are off to their usual slow start. The Broncos have won in a number of ways, including a miracle Week One victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, but the most impressive aspect of the team is its revamped defense.

In years past, the Broncos were always able to score points but could not stop an opposing team’s offense. In fact, the situation was quite similar to the one that consistently derailed the New Orleans Saints in recent years.

But this season, under new defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, the Denver defense is allowing an unbelievably low 8.3 points per game. Outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil has recorded eight sacks in five games, and the defensive unit as a whole received a much-needed boost in leadership when McDaniels signed veteran safety Brian Dawkins to a five-year contract during the offseason.

However, it’s not the personnel moves that have this team off to a 5-0 start: it’s the coaching staff — namely McDaniels. While he certainly made some strange moves that may or may not work out in the long run, it became

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Brandon Marshall and the Denver Broncos are flying high after a 5-0 start, thanks largely to new head coach Josh McDaniels. apparent after his team’s 23-20 overtime victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday that McDaniels’ heart is in the right place.

Sometimes coaches are deliberately overemotional in an attempt to inspire their players. Not McDaniels. The firstyear head coach’s gigantic fist pumps, which were directed towards the Denver fans at Invesco Field at Mile High after the victory, were completely genuine.

McDaniels could not have been more excited to beat his former mentor Bill Belichick — whom he highly regards — at his own game. The raw emotion displayed by McDaniels over the past few games has proven that while he still has a lot to learn about being a head coach, he has the drive and desire to succeed in the NFL. As if the fist pumps were not enough evidence, McDaniels has even pulled

disgruntled wide receiver Brandon Marshall onto his bandwagon.

Marshall was a malcontent throughout the offseason and preseason, and eventually his bad attitude resulted in a suspension handed out from his new head coach. Marshall demanded a new contract even though he still had time left on his current deal, but McDaniels and the rest of the Broncos’ front office would not budge.

When Marshall went the Cutler route and asked to be traded, McDaniels continued to hold his ground. By the time the regular season rolled around and Denver had won their first few games, Marshall snapped out of his funk, scoring the game-winning touchdown in a Week Four game against the Dallas Cowboys. He then see NFL, page 14

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Number of runs the Yankees and Angels scored from the seventh inning on during their respective American League Division Series sweeps. Both teams put together impressive rallies against elite closers, with New York overcoming a two-run deficit against Minnesota’s Joe Nathan Friday night, and Los Angeles following by touching up Boston’s Jonathan Papelbon for three runs Sunday afternoon.

Number of consecutive winless teams the Washington Redskins have played to open their season. Despite a soft schedule, the 2-3 Redskins are in last place in the NFC East, setting off speculation that head coach Jim Zorn will not be retained through the season. Washington welcomes the 0-5 Kansas City Chiefs to FedEx Field on Sunday.

Number of passes, out of 17 attempts, that Browns quarterback Derek Anderson completed in the team’s win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. In its first game since trading wide receiver Braylon Edwards to the Jets, Cleveland managed just 193 yards of total offense, with Anderson completing one pass for seven yards in the entire second half. Still, it was enough to get head coach Eric Mangini his first win as a member of the Browns.

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43 Number of games junior Tamara Brown needed to become the field hockey team’s all-time points leader. The All-American forward recorded the 98th point of her career during the Jumbos’ Homecoming win over Colby on Saturday, passing Aryn Landau (LA ’90) atop the program’s scoring list. Heading into Tufts’ tilt against Conn.

College this afternoon, Brown needs one goal to tie Landau’s program mark of 44 career goals.

The women’s soccer team’s goal differential in its five victories, all of which have come by shutout.

The latest of those wins came on Saturday, when Tufts ripped conference rival Colby 3-0 at Kraft Field.

Still, the Jumbos have managed just a 5-4 record this season thanks, in part, to one-goal losses against Middlebury, Amherst and Babson.

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Number of receiving and rushing yards senior fullback Noah HatfieldBiondo had accumulated in his career prior to the football team’s Homecoming game against Bowdoin. The Southampton, N.Y. native enjoyed quite a coming-out party on Saturday, scoring one touchdown through the air and another on the ground as part of the Jumbos’ thrilling overtime victory over the Polar Bears.

have absolutely no interest in politics.

And I go to Tufts. Figure that one out.

But I do have an interest in sports, and when these two mix — oh the possibilities. Such is the case with the recent hoopla over the possibility of famed political pundit Rush Limbaugh buying a stake in the NFL’s St. Louis Rams.

What I know about Mr. Limbaugh boils down to three things: He is a right-wing advocate and a Republican; he once commented for ESPN and was quickly run out of Bristol, Conn. for his racially charged criticisms of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Donovan McNabb; and he is the basis for “The Simpsons” character Birch Barlow, who helped get the despicable and criminal Sideshow Bob elected as mayor of Springfield.

Oh, and he was also addicted to pills at some point or another. That would be four.

So I went back and did my research on the finer points of Limbaugh’s career.

Things did not stack up so well for Rush.

A history of racially charged comments littered his resume, ranging from a remark claiming that all criminals look like Jesse Jackson to his recent spat with President Barack Obama.

Even conservatives will have to agree that the man who is labeled by many as the “voice of the GOP” takes things too far sometimes. But hey, he has to get people to listen to his radio show somehow.

Regardless of his political views, Limbaugh has every right to put in his bid to buy the Rams franchise. I don’t think that part is up for debate, even if the Reverend Al Sharpton disagrees with me. But why would Limbaugh want to own an NFL team?

Owners in the NFL, for whatever reason, are the most visible of all professional sports leagues. You could probably rattle off as many NFL owners right now as MLB and NBA owners combined, and that might be partly because owning an NFL franchise is so lucrative.

This might be the method behind his madness, but does Limbaugh really need to be in the limelight any more than he already is? If anything, haven’t his slip-ups proven what can happen when you put too much focus on someone who is so outspoken?

Like it or not, owners are just as representative in sports as players. In fact, they may even be more so.

When you think of the New York Yankees, you think of George Steinbrenner (or you did). Washington Redskins? Daniel Snyder.

Dallas Mavericks? Mark Cuban. These people are all the faces of their franchises.

Players can come and go on a whim, but ownership changes are a rarity.

How would a Rush Limbaugh-owned team ever recruit key players? Already New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott has called Limbaugh a “jerk” and the New York Giants’ Mathias Kiwanuka has echoed similar sentiments, with both players saying they would not play for a team owned by Limbaugh.

Clearly the Rams need some kind of change; they have lost 15 straight games, after all. But this isn’t the direction the team needs to be heading in. Owners are the ones who have to decide to open their pocket for the best players, but what if no one wants to play there? In a league where almost threefourths of the players are African-American, why would players want to be associated with someone like Limbaugh?

St. Louis should be trying to sell players on joining the organization, not alienating them from the top down. Have you seen the team’s defense? Go ahead and try to name one guy on their starting 11.

Unless you knew that Leonard Little still had a pulse or you are a Rams fan, you probably couldn’t.

And that is why Limbaugh shouldn’t buy the Rams. If he wants to help bring a winning football team back to the “Gateway to the West,” he should stay as far away as possible. Because if Rush is signing the paychecks, then you can bet a lot of players won’t be interested in collecting them.

Ethan Landy is a senior majoring in English.

He can be reached at Ethan.Landy@tufts. edu.

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opponents as they have all season, sweeping Colby and Bates in the first two of six consecutive NESCAC matches and in the process gaining sole possession of the top seed in the conference with a perfect 5-0 mark.

Taking on the cellar-dwelling Colby Mules on Saturday, the Jumbos proved why they are currently the No. 1 ranked team in New England. Riding a combined 27 kills from juniors Dawson Joyce-Mendive and Caitlin Updike, the team’s top offensive producers this season, the Jumbos dominated the Mules in straight sets — 25-12, 25-19 and 25-13 — to garner their 19th consecutive victory.

“We want to win all of these and win them playing well, because we’re playing a lot of different levels throughout the NESCAC,” coach Cora Thompson said. “The challenge is to keep our level of play up so we’re ready for bigger and stronger teams.”

“It feels good to finally have a couple of NESCAC games under our belt,” senior co-captain Dena Feiger added.

While Tufts’ attack was firing on all cylinders — six dif-

ferent Jumbos converted on Feiger’s 37 assists — another aspect of the team’s game was especially impressive. Behind a powerful four-ace performance from junior Nancy Shrodes and another three from firstyear Brittany Neff, the Jumbos combined for nine service aces and just two errors on the match. With 21 aces on the year, Shrodes has proven the Jumbos’ most dangerous player from behind the line.

“When people get back there and someone like Nancy is just acing people, we’re still working for them, but that’s the best way to get points,” Joyce-Mendive said. “Coach has really been harping on us to work on our serving and Nancy has definitely done that.”

“We want to toughen up our serving and Nancy is on the top of my list [for that],” Thompson added. “Her serve is just aggressive; her ball really does float, kind of like a knuckle ball. We can ride Nancy’s serve all game — she’s what we’d call a steadyEddie.”

Friday’s contest against Bates provided a bit more of a challenge for the Jumbos, but thanks to a gutsy defensive effort, they were able to grind out yet another 3-0 win.

The first set was a testament to why the NESCAC is one of the toughest conferences in the country, as the teams needed a lot more than the usual 25 points to decide the victor.

Yet, the Bobcats could not claw their way past the Jumbos, and Tufts finally pulled off the win 31-29. Though they never needed to go the extra distance again, the Jumbos did not cruise past the Bobcats as they did against Colby the following day, claiming the second and final sets 25-23 and 25-21.

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Freshman Brittany Neff was a key contributor over the weekend as Tufts kept its winning streak alive with victories over Bates and Colby.

“It’s hard when we play teams that are a little below our caliber,” Joyce-Mendive said.

“But this team definitely has a refuse-to-lose attitude … so when it got tight [against Bates] we really stepped up our game a notch.”

“This team refuses to not only lose matches, but to lose sets,” Thompson added. “Bates is a team that we should beat in three [sets], and the girls knew

that. Bates would not go away, though, and they forced us play our best defense and step up our game.”

The Jumbos’ front line proved a major asset in the win, posting 6.5 total blocks. As she has been all year, six-foot junior Erica Lokken — the Jumbos’ only player over six feet tall — was a wall at the net, stuffing the Bobcats four times. She leads the Jumbos with 37 blocks on

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Defensively, the Jumbos were protected by a three-pronged safety net, as sophomore Audrey Kuan, Feiger and Updike came up with 14, 10 and 10 digs, respectively.

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ed 680 points, 45 behind 21stplace UMass Amherst.

Though she crossed the line 10 seconds away from finishing either within the top five or outside the top 20, Wilfert separated herself from her teammates with an 18:18 time — a 5:53-mile pace.

“I think the race wasn’t as spread out as it was in past years,” said Wilfert, who finished 21st last year with a time of 18:27. “I started out pretty far back, so I had to work my way around large groups of people. Being stuck in a group makes it harder since you can sometimes fall into a lull.”

Maine sophomore Corey Conner, who took first place overall, made quick work of the competition, outdistancing the next-closest runner by nearly 30 seconds.

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on Saturday, but the Jumbos didn’t let that faze them as they earned a 20th-place finish in a field of 47 teams.

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