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Sciortino introduces bill to support transgender rights BY

MICHAEL DEL MORO Daily Editorial Board

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The library will start extended late-night study a week earlier than before.

Library experiments with extended hours BY

MARTHA SHANAHAN Daily Editorial Board

Extended late-night study hours in the Hirsch Reading Room at Tisch Library will begin a week earlier than was previously scheduled in response to students’ concerns. The doors of the reading room will

Women’s Studies faces staffing difficulties BY

CORINNE SEGAL

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The loss of a critical staff member in the Women’s Studies Program has raised questions about the program’s future as remaining faculty struggle to fill the resulting manpower void. Women’s Studies Program Administrator Aileen Kounaves left Tufts in November to join Harvard University as a data administrator/ specialist. Due to the university’s current modified hiring freeze, a replacement has not been hired. This has created difficulties for the program, according to Director of Women’s Studies Modhumita Roy. “It does mean a net loss for women’s studies, there’s no question about it,” she said. “We had a designated person, and now we don’t.” Sarah Pinto, professor of anthropology and a board member for the program, agreed with Roy and added that this vacancy places a huge strain on already limited resources. “I think it affects all of us in that we all work together to run a really great program, and certain things are just beyond the time and capacity of those of us who are already deeply engaged in our work for women’s studies,” she said. Dean of Undergraduate Education

stay open until 6 a.m. beginning April 25, a week before the end of classes, according to library staff and Tufts Community Union ( TCU) senators on the Library Committee, a board made up of faculty and student representatives. In previous years, extended see LIBRARY, page 2

Massachusetts State Rep. Carl Sciortino (LA ’00) is working to add gender identity to the state constitution’s anti-discrimination statute in the hopes of strengthening legal protection for transgender rights. The bill, which Sciortino (D-Medford, Somerville) is co-sponsoring in the legislature, would include “gender identity and expression” in the statute. Its passage would make Massachusetts one of 14 states to explicitly protect transgender persons from discrimination. It would also amend the state’s hate crime laws accordingly to equate the punishment for gender-based crime to that for racially or ethnically motivated crimes. Sciortino, who originally filed the bill in January 2007, hopes it will make it out of the legislature’s Judiciary Committee in time for a vote this spring and is optimistic about its passage. The committee must pass the bill internally before it can be put to a full vote in the legislature, both of which must be accomplished by March in order for the bill to become law this term. “I expect that we have the votes to pass the bill,” Sciortino told the Daily. “Our cosponsors alone already constitute a majority of both the House and Senate.” According to Sciortino, the bill had 23 co-sponsors just two years ago. Since then,

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State Rep. Carl Sciortino is seeking to strengthen legal protection for transgender individuals. the number has grown to 104. “It’s actually quite a remarkable process for a bill that was introduced only a couple of years ago on an issue that most people don’t have exposure to,” he said. see LGBT, page 2

Despite steady ticket sales, drop in Winter Bash attendance expected Tickets for Break the Ice, the re-branded Winter Bash, have enjoyed steady sales since they began selling at the start of last week, despite the new $10 ticket fee. By 1 p.m. on Sunday 1,545 tickets had been sold through the Web site, according to junior Sarah Habib, co-chair of Tufts Programming Board. The purchasing site indicated that slots for the buses leaving at 10 p.m. buses had been completely filled. Tickets for the upcoming Feb. 5 event, which has seen significant changes including a move to an off-campus location, were available for students to purchase online over the past week. Online sales ended Sunday and students can now buy tickets at the Mayer Campus Center Information Booth until the event. Habib feels that this ticket arrangement has enhanced students’ inclination to purchase tickets as it provides several payment methods and the option to avoid potential lines. She said that the Programming Board is “really optimistic about this week’s sales” at the campus center, based on interest generated by online sales. Organizers anticipate that attendance at Break the Ice will see a decline compared to last year’s Winter Bash, which was held at Gantcher Center and did not require a ticket or have a cover charge. Habib said that Programming Board is planning for 3,000 attendees, a drop from the 4,100 who attended the event last year. She feels that the decline in interest is not due to the $10 fee but rather the loss of convenience. “In past years, you could just show up, you didn’t have to plan accordingly,” Habib said. “Now you can’t just walk down the street and walk in the door anymore.” Former Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate President Duncan Pickard felt that the changes were entirely positive despite the institution of a ticket charge.

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Pickard, during his term as TCU Senate president, sought make Tufts more financially equitable for students by reducing extraneous costs that would not have been covered by financial aid. In line with this initiative, the TCU Senate last spring voted to eliminate ticketing costs for on-campus events sponsored by TCU-recognized groups. Safety concerns and the history of events like Winter Bash, however, justified the changes that have taken place, according to Pickard. “I always think that we should reduce costs to students for student programming across the board,” he said. “Given security concerns about past events like Fall Ball … though, the decision to move Winter Bash off campus was prudent.” He added that every effort was made to keep the cost of attending Break the Ice to a minimum.

“The Senate did all they could to reduce the costs of this event and worked really hard to make this a great event for students,” Pickard said. The university will actually be losing money on the event because of the Senate’s determination to make ticket prices as low as possible for the student body, according to Habib. “It’s a very expensive event, and sales are not nearly enough to pay for it,” she said. The ticket charge will at least significantly contribute to the costs of the function hall and food at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, as well as the security presence and shuttle transportation between Tufts and the event, Habib said. She added that the rest of the funding will be procured by the TCU Senate after an analysis of the university events budget. — by Jenny White

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Women’s Studies Program struggles to cope with manpower shortage WOMEN continued from page 1

James Glaser said that because of budget constraints, the university is no longer automatically rehiring for staff openings. “We’re in a period of austerity with regards to the budget, where there’s been greater scrutiny of position request,” he said. Glaser added that there were many unfilled positions and Kounaves’ former position was no exception. “There are many, many positions that are on hold throughout [Arts, Sciences and Engineering],” he said. “There are choices that have to be made. And sometimes it means that staff positions are not replaced.” Roy said that while she understood the circumstances requiring the position to remain vacant, the loss in manpower was a definite blow to the program. “Given the dire financial situation everyone finds themselves in, including Tufts, maybe it’s not an unreasonable way to go, but I certainly feel

the loss keenly,” she said. Roy said that while Kounaves’ former responsibilities have been partially allotted to Andrea Carlino, program coordinator for the Center of Interdisciplinary Studies, the situation remained uncertain. “Andrea Carlino is a magnificently able person, but we don’t know yet how things will work out because she has other responsibilities as well,” Roy said. “Because Andrea has other responsibilities, it means that we do lose some hours.” Pinto explained that women’s studies’ designation as a program means that it draws on faculty from other departments; therefore, the role that the program administrator plays in uniting faculty and administrators from different departments is especially critical. “We’re all very committed to women’s studies, and having someone in place like Aileen means that things can continue to run smoothly,” Pinto said. “We are all distributed around the university, so it means the role of the coordi-

nator is extremely important in maintaining communication between people who are dispersed spatially.” Professor of English Carol Flynn, who also serves on the program’s board, said that programs such as women’s studies are not given high priority due to the small number of students who pursue it as a major. “Different programs are judged by how many people major in the programs,” she said. “There’s not a huge amount of people who major in women’s studies, so we’re not seen as a big department needing a lot of administration.” The Women’s Studies Program, which was originally created within the Experimental College as an interdisciplinary approach to gender studies, became a separate program offering its own major in 2000. Roy said that there are currently approximately 18 students pursuing a major and four pursuing a minor in women’s studies. Flynn believes that the worth of the program goes beyond the

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The Women’s Studies Program is trying to manage the loss of a key staff member. number of students majoring in it. “I always think of women’s studies as a program that serves the entire university, and I don’t think it should just be judged as something that produces majors,” she said.

Glaser said that he was uncertain when the partial freeze on hiring would end. “I don’t know what the economic situation and the budget environment is going to look like as time goes on,” he said.

Sciortino sponsors bill extending anti-discrimination statute to transgenders LGBT continued from page 1

“I’m really impressed that we built support so quickly.” Still, support for the bill, while extensive, is not universal. Some have claimed that the bill would allow sexual predators of one sex to use facilities intended for the opposite sex by claiming a different gender identity. However, Sciortino refuted the claim that the bill would condone such activity. “Our opponents have used misinformation and fear tactics to try to garner opposition to the bill,” Sciortino said. “Whether transgenders or not, criminals will be prosecuted.” The bill also includes a provision that women using female facilities would have to certify their gender using standard medical protocol, according to Sciortino. Although no single bill can change bigotry, Sciortino hopes this one will provide

legal protection for a group that has long been subject to unfair treatment. “Transgender people face unacceptably high rates of violence and discrimination in all aspects of life and society,” he said. He added that the bill would help to overcome what he considers to be a societal failure. Sciortino said his support for the bill goes back to his time at Tufts when he witnessed the struggles of his transgender friends. “Now as a legislator, seeing their legal troubles is unconscionable to me,” he said. Even now, discrimination and bullying against transgender persons is not uncommon both on and off campus, despite recent efforts to provide equal legal protection for such students, according to Tom Bourdon, director of the Tufts LGBT center. “At Tufts, we see bias stuff happen here

and there against the LGBT community,” he said. “Sometimes it will be in regards to people’s sexuality, and other times it will be in regards to gender or gender issues — the way that one expresses their gender on campus.” According to Queer Straight Alliance representative to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate Cory Faragon, although transgender discrimination is not quite as pervasive as that against the homosexual community, it is not uncommon. Faragon said that the new bill would equate to a modern recognition of all people in “their full personhood.” “You can only receive respect in society with full civil rights, so anything like this is a step in the right direction,” he said. Bourdon praised Sciortino’s legislation and called it a “critical” move. “Carl is a huge advocate of the LGBT community and he understands, as do many other people, that without this mea-

Library increases duration of extended latenight study period by one week LIBRARY continued from page 1

late-night study began only during reading period. The policy change will be tried this semester before a decision on its permanency is made. This adjustment in library hours has been in the works for a long time, according to Nunu Luo, a sophomore and chair of the TCU Senate Education Committee. “Over the years, the Senate has pushed for changes, and this semester was a culmination of complaints forwarded to [University President Lawrence] Bacow, senators and the library,” Luo said. Danielle Cotter, a sophomore senator on the Library Committee, raised the issue to Tisch Library Director Jo-Ann Michalak last semester noting that “a lot of students had requested [the extended hours].” Executive Administrative Dean of Arts and Sciences Leah McIntosh then approved the trial extension over winter break. Laura Walters, associate director of teaching and research at Tisch Library, said that students’ need for a quiet study area before the official reading period begins played a large role in the library’s decision. “What really made the case for us was that so many undergraduates finish up before

reading period starts,” she said. “That’s when papers are due, and they often don’t take finals for a class.” Due to budget restrictions, a permanent extension of the trial beyond this semester depends largely on the demand of the students, according to Walters. She stressed that such a move has to be “sustainable.” “We have to consider what would be a good use of very tight money,” she said. “If we have to pay a security guard when there are only two students studying, it wouldn’t make sense.” Tisch Library staff will perform regular hourly attendance counts in both the reading room and the rest of the library to collect information during the trial. “If we get the data to show that people are really in there, we may keep it as a permanent policy,” she said. Cotter agreed that students’ responses will be key to the decision to make this extension permanent. Michalak said that a biennial user satisfaction survey will be distributed to students and faculty via e-mail Feb. 8 to ask for their opinions on current library and reading room hours. The 2008 survey revealed that 92 percent of students polled indicated that they

were satisfied with the library’s existing hours, according to Walters. These results led the library staff to decide that library hours were not their “number one issue,” especially since the results showed a higher level of dissatisfaction with the amount of study space available. Responding to claims that students had been turned away from the reading room in the week before reading period last semester, Michalak said that attendance in the 120-seat reading room “never gets above 60” and that “the room was not full.” She also explained that the country-wide trend of having later library hours has not been as prominent in New England. “[ We] constantly look at [other colleges’ policies], but it’s hard to tell whether it’s the whole library that’s open or just [specific rooms],” Michalak said. Dan Pasternack, a junior TCU senator who has been on the Library Committee since last year, is “hopeful that the library will see the need to support [the change] and make the hours permanent.” “It’s still an issue for the future,” he said. “It’s great that the library is listening to our concerns.”

sure people could be fired based on their gender identity, they could be kicked out of their house, they could not receive adequate health care,” he said. “These are some very basic protections that most people in society receive and take for granted every day that certain people such as the transgender community do not currently have.” Sciortino’s bill closely mirrors efforts at Tufts to broaden the university’s antidiscrimination statutes. University policy already bars discrimination based on gender identity and expression, and similar provisions were added to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) constitution last spring as a result of student-led efforts. Sciortino said his bill would extend the protection transgender students now have on campus into the off-campus realm as well. “It reinforces and strengthens what is already Tufts University policy,” he said.

Relay for Life kicks off tomorrow with higher fundraising goals Relay for Life of Tufts University tomorrow will host its kickoff event, marking the beginning of a major registration and fundraising push for the annual American Cancer Society (ACS) benefit. The kickoff event, which will feature performances by entertainment groups and stories shared by cancer survivors, will take place in Hotung Café from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The kickoff is the main publicity event for Relay for Life, which is now in its eighth year at Tufts, according to junior Tala Kayyali, a member of the organization’s publicity committee. “We’re going to have many different laptops out so that people can sign up to join a team or donate,” she said. The sign-up fee is $5 this year, instead of the traditional $10. Relay events take place in colleges and communities worldwide to raise funds for the ACS, which sponsors cancer research. The participants also aim to raise awareness about the subject and celebrate its survivors. This year’s Relay for Life will be held on the night of April 10 and will go on for twelve hours; college and university Relay events are

only twelve hours long, as opposed to some community-wide events that run for a full 24 hours. Participants form teams to raise funds leading up to Relay for Life, and the teams do a continuous walk for the duration of the event around the indoor track in Gantcher Center. Over 600 Tufts students raised more than $84,000 at last year’s Relay, according to Whitney Downum, ACS community executive for income development, who is overseeing planning for the event. She hopes that this year’s effort will see more participation and raise more funds. “Our goal for this year is $89,000. We also have a goal of getting 65 teams for the event, and we already have twenty, so we’re well on our way,” she said. The Relay for Life movement started in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt ran around a track for 24 hours, singlehandedly raising $27,000 for his local ACS chapter. It has grown to over 5,000 events in the United States each year, with events also taking place in 21 countries worldwide. — by Marissa Gallerani

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New Jerseyans sound oﬀ on the traits of ‘Jersey Shore’ MTV reality show creates controversy among some of the state’s residents BY

DEREK SCHLOM

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The self-described guidos and guidettes of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” may have packed up their bronzer and hair gel at the conclusion of the series’ first season two weeks ago, but the controversy over the show’s depiction of Italian Americans, New Jersey and its residents lives on. The reality show, which depicts eight East Coast twentysomethings living and partying together at a shore house in Seaside Heights, N.J. for the summer, can’t quite be confused for educational programming, nor its cast members for scholars. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi claimed that “Thomas Ernest” invented the light bulb and that the name of the vice president of the United States was “Krone” during an appearance on “The Jay Leno Show” in December. But, according to ABC News, the show was the most-viewed program of the 12-34 age group during its nine-episode first season. The series hasn’t been as kindly received by Italian-American advocacy organizations and New Jersey lawmakers. In a letter sent in December to Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom (MTV’s parent corporation), the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus urged MTV to cancel the show, asked advertisers to withdraw their support, condemned the cast members’ behavior as “disrespectful and inappropriate” and deemed the show “a fabrication that damages our state and cultural reputations.” One major criticism of “Jersey Shore” is that it is vastly inaccurate as a representation of the youth culture (ItalianAmerican or otherwise) in the Garden State. But the show’s burgeoning popularity makes winning an argument with the network difficult. Freshman Sammy Glickman, a Livingston, N.J. native who is not of Italian descent, has never visited the shore. However, she claimed that she watched the show “religiously” during its run. “I can relate to many of the protagonists, because I also have a genuine love for the gym, tanning and laundry,” Glickman said, referring to the preclubbing ritual of two of the show’s male cast members. But the similarities, according to Glickman, end there. “If someone took out a map of New Jersey, they would

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The majority of the action on “Jersey Shore” was filmed on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. acknowledge the fact that the shore is a very small sector,” she said. “We are more about corn and tomatoes than we are about ‘juiceheads.’” Still, Glickman said that she believes many aspects of the show to be genuine. “The show is accurate and there are actually people like that, but I’m from suburbia … I feel so far removed.” Glickman said that encounters at home with any so-called guidos and guidettes have been rare. “I’m sure I’ve run into some at the supermarket, but I’ve never befriended one, and I wouldn’t unless I need to borrow hair gel,” she said. More distasteful to Glickman than the show’s depiction of New Jersey as a hotbed of drunken debauchery was the manner in which Jews were portrayed. Glickman, who is Jewish, specifically referred to the numerous impromptu appearances by Danielle, an Israeli tourist who gave

cast member Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio a shirt featuring an Italian flag and the phrase “I Love Jewish Girls.” “She was a clingy freak ... I genuinely found it offensive,” she said. Freshman Amy Straus of Princeton, N.J., who has visited the shore in the past “ever so often” found the show more humorous than objectionable. “It’s not offensive at all, because it’s not my life that it’s mocking. It’s mocking the true people who spend the summer at the Jersey Shore,” she said. “There are clubs where you can find blow-outs and fistpumping guidos, but there are also nice parts of the shore.” Still, Straus finds those who associate the entire population of New Jersey with the summertime denizens of the shore “annoying.” “There is some truth to it, and they’re real people, but for someone who lives far

from Jersey, that’s what the state is getting represented by,” she said. “It’s not like the whole state is like that.” Only one of the show’s eight primary cast members, Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, is a fulltime resident of the state. Much of the show’s controversy has centered on the cast members’ proud use of the term guido (described on the show by Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino as, “a good-looking, smooth, tan Italian”) and guidette (“somebody who knows how to club it, has pretty hair … [and] pretty much they know how to own it and rock it,” in the words of Giancola, who did not specify what exactly “it” is). Media watchdog groups and ItalianAmerican advocacy organizations disagree. In an open letter sent in November to Dauman, a spokesman for the National see JERSEY SHORE, page 4

Increasing number of students getting licenses late Young people today are more likely to turn to alternate modes of transportion BY

ROBIN CAROL

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Freedom? Independence? Wheels? These milestones have long been equated with turning 16, but many teens and college students are saying, “Not so fast,” to getting behind the wheel. Recent statistics released by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that young people are waiting longer to get their driver’s licenses than they were two decades ago. A Jan. 24 article in the Washington Post detailed a nearly 15-percent drop from 1988 to 2008 in the number of 16-year-olds who got their licenses, highlighting the growing number of young people who still have to call for a ride. Tufts senior Lucía Flores is one of these students. She has yet to get her driver’s license, something she attributes largely to timing. “I’m younger than a lot of my friends, and they all got their licenses before I did,” Flores said. “Since they were all driving around, I didn’t have to push myself to get my

license, so it never happened.” Flores, who is from Medford, Mass., said she usually can find a way to get around on her own, and if not, she can find a ride with her parents or friends. “For the most part, someone’s driving anyway, and I’m just going along for the ride,” she said. “If I did have my license, I wouldn’t have a car, so I feel like it’d be the same thing with having to ask for the car.” But as she prepares to leave college, Flores has become more interested in eventually getting her license. “I’ve been sort of trying to take steps to get it recently. Sometimes, when I’m looking for jobs, one of the requirements is that you have to have your license, so eventually I’m going to have to get it,” she said. “But right now I’m trying to graduate too, so that’s a priority.” Another senior, Becca Mohr, had a rocky start to her driving education, and didn’t get her license in high school. “I started learning to drive around

the same time as everyone else, but I was just a really bad driver,” Mohr said. “My dad took me out and I almost rear-ended a police car. He said, ‘I don’t really want to take you driving,’ so I didn’t really do it.” Mohr said that being able to drive wasn’t important in her Washington, D.C.-area high school, when her friends could pick her up or she could take the subway. Her parents encouraged her to get her license in college, and hired a driving instructor to teach her, which eventually paid off. “My mom would sit in the car and scream the whole time. The driving instructor was calmer and a better teacher,” she said. “My parents begged me to do it for a while because I’m probably not always going to live in a place where I won’t need [a license].” Mohr was finally able to drive by herself by age 19, but so far it hasn’t changed her life. “I’ve only driven like six times since I’ve gotten my license,” she said. “I drive about once a year, usually to the doctor’s office. It’s about

10 blocks, then I turn around and drive another 10 blocks home.” Even though she hasn’t used her driving skills much yet, Mohr said that it will probably be important to have her license next year. “My ultimate goal is to live in a city with good public transportation. It’s better for the environment, it’s convenient. I think it’s more fun to live in bigger cities, which tend to have established public transportation, but those are the more expensive ones,” Mohr said. “Next year my salary will suck, and I probably can’t afford to live in the center of a city, so it would actually be really useful if I was a good driver.” Yale University senior Callie Lowenstein, who also lacks a driver’s license, said that she prefers other modes of transportation. “Environmentally, I don’t have any great interest in having a car and cruising around. I’d rather use a bike,” Lowenstein said. “It’s a huge expense. My little brother is really into having his own car, so he works as a busboy to have enough money to buy a car and buy gas. Those are

his decisions and his priorities.” So why are fewer and fewer teenagers prioritizing driving? Rob Foss, the director of the Center for the Study of Young Drivers at the University of North Carolina, suggests that“graduated” state licensing systems with added requirements and curfews could be contributing to the decline. But students had their own ideas. “It might just be a financial issue. Even though I haven’t set foot in a driver’s ed course, taking the class is expensive to begin with, and so is insurance and owning a car,” Flores said. “You might be able to attribute it to the green movement too, because riding bikes is no longer uncool.” However, Mohr didn’t think driving a car has lost much of its importance as a status symbol. “When I was in high school, it was still pretty cool to drive,” she said. “It gives you a lot more freedom. You can stay out later and choose when you want to leave. Driving is still cool; I just wasn’t a cool kid.”

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New Jersey residents split over show’s depiction of their state JERSEY SHORE continued from page 3

Italian American Foundation wrote, “We find this program alarming in that it attempts to make a direct connection between ‘guido culture’ and ItalianAmerican identity … ‘Guido’ is widely viewed as a pejorative term and reinforces negative stereotypes. While some Italian Americans may adhere to the guido culture, the attempt to directly interconnect Guido and Italian American is not only inaccurate but alarming. A show such as this one is a giant leap backwards for our society and damages the image and sensibilities of Italian Americans.” Freshman Justin LaTorraca, an Italian American from New York, said that though he has never actually seen the show, he does not find that the hype about it has caused problems for Italian Americans. “Obviously I’ve heard stuff about it,

and I don’t particularly find it offensive,” he said. “I don’t really identify with those people, so I could care less about them.” LaTorraca, who said that he went to high school with a few self-identifying guidos and guidettes, doesn’t find either label derogatory. “I would use [guido and guidette] in conversation,” he said. Still, the perception fueled by “Jersey Shore” that Bumpet-hairstyle-sporting women and often-shirtless, tattooed men comprise a significant portion of the Italian-American youth population is false, according to LaTorraca. “They aren’t uncommon, but people think that there are more people like that then there actually are,” he said. So, will fans like Glickman stick around for the recently confirmed second season? “Hell yes,” she said. “How could I not?”

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Sundance Film Festival makes its way to Boston BY

CHARISSA NG

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When it comes to independent film, the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah is the place to be. This annual 10-day event in late January is the largest independent film festival in the country, boasting an exclusive guest list of industry big shots and Hollywood celebrities. For most everyday indie film aficionados, however, jetting off to Utah in the dead of winter to see a movie or two isn’t exactly feasible. Luckily, Boston got a little taste of Sundance last Thursday night, Jan. 28, when the Coolidge Corner Theatre hosted an advance screening of the new Boston-based production “The Company Men” (2010). As part of the first ever Sundance Film Festival USA, this special, one-night event featured eight filmmakers showcasing their Sundance submissions beyond the slopes of Park City in eight different cities across the country. “Sundance is devoted to the idea of fostering new voices and developing artists with independent visions,” Lisa Viola, associate programmer of Sundance, said the night of the event. “Sundance Film Festival USA transferred these artists and their work to us in hopes of extending the dialogue of the ideas and the emotions in these new films here on the mountains of Utah into communities who have shown passion for independent cinema.” According to Beth Gilligan, the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s associate director of development, marketing and outreach, the theater was preselected to take part in Sundance USA after receiving a call from John Cooper, the artistic director of the Sundance Film Festival. Gilligan explained that the Coolidge Theatre has worked with Sundance in the past, which made it a likely choice to host the festival’s “The Company Men” screening. “We had been linked to Sundance through The Art House Project every January for the past few years,” Gilligan told the Daily. “It’s basically a conference and a chance for art house cinemas to come together and collaborate. So I think our name and reputation in Sundance really sort of grew through that.” The evening of the Sundance USA event kicked off in Boston with a few unexpected snow flurries, leaving first-time director and screenwriter John Wells to joke that maybe this was the Sundance Festival in Utah after all.

The Coolidge Theatre was abuzz with excitement as people settled into the theater’s plush red seats and took in the majestic art deco decor of the room while waiting for the film to start. With a packed house full of press, Sundance reps, Wells himself and an unexpected appearance by one of the film’s young actors in the audience, the lively Boston crowd really felt like Sundance had made its way to Beantown. “It’s hard for members of the general public to go to Sundance, especially from the Boston area, so we were happy for the opportunity that Sundance got to open its doors,” Gilligan said. “We just saw Sundance USA as another service to the community, because we are a non-profit, mission-driven theater. It’s a very good, nationally recognized addition to our theater’s special programming.” Wells’ “The Company Men” follows three hotshot businessmen (Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper) in Boston’s shipbuilding industry who are forced to face the realities of the current economic crisis. After their company’s corporate downsizing, the men find themselves struggling to protect their families and maintain their lavish lifestyles, while trying to cope with their newfound unemployment. The drama poignantly portrays the present dismal economic situation, and with the film set and shot on location in many popular places around Boston, “The Company Men” hit particularly close to home on Thursday evening. As part of Sundance USA’s initiative to foster a dialogue between audiences and filmmakers about their work in a more intimate setting, Wells also held a Q&A session after the screening, allowing many Boston natives in the audience to voice their strong, emotional reactions to the film. “It was very special having the director there, because it’s not something you get every day. It’s a timely film, and I think it was just emotionally resonant given the realities of the economy and what’s happening in the news,” Gilligan said. And with the success of last week’s first annual Sundance USA event, Boston residents and the Coolidge Theatre are eager to take part in Sundance USA again in the future. “If Sundance decides to do this next year, we’d love to be involved,” Gilligan said. “I heard back from John Wells and his people ,and they were very happy about how the screening went. If they find a film for us, we will happily show it.”

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Sundance entry “The Company Men” came to the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Jan. 28.

ALBUM REVIEW

THEATER REVIEW

Cold War Kids find their niche with new EP

‘Gatz’ brings ‘The Great Gatsby’ to life

PAUL REILLY

Contributng Writer

Though it is likely too early in the year to call, “Behave Yourself” is a contender for the Most Appropriately Titled Release

Behave Yourself Cold War Kids Downtown Records of 2010. While this seems like a neutral description, it reflects a positive development in Cold War Kids’ sound. On their new EP, the maturing Kids move in a more soulful, melodic direction while sacrificing some of the innovation and sharpness that marked their youth. The EP arrived on shelves Jan. 19, the latest in a growing catalogue of Cold War Kids releases. Starting in 2005, the band built a name for itself in the indie-rock community with a string of EPs. They would not break into the mainstream until the release of their critically successful debut LP, “Robbers and Cowards” (2006). Vintage instruments powered the precocious record’s dusty percussion, and thick bass lines created an old-fashioned

atmosphere, much like the work of The Walkmen, that sounded more like attic rock than garage. The formula wore thin on the Kids’ follow-up “Loyalty to Loyalty” (2008), in which any attempts to deviate were too meager to be effective. Rather than trying a radically different approach on “Behave Yourself,” Cold War Kids have decided to, well, behave. The result is an EP that is easier on see COLDWAR, page 6

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They didn’t have enough money for a full album or a professional cover.

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The American Repertory Theater is showcasing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American classic “The Great Gatsby” (1925) like never

Gatz Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald Directed by John Collins At the American Repertory Theater through Feb. 7 Student rush tickets $20 before. Director John Collins’ current production of “Gatz” is a drama that incorporates a full-length reading of Fitzgerald’s novel. The play takes an impressive six hours to complete, with two intermissions and an hour-long dinner break to keep audiences going. While the play’s slow beginning may scare away less dedicated theatergoers, it adds to the plotline’s gradually building momentum and the overall experience of the play. “Gatz” opens with an office worker, suffering from an indifferent work ethic, finding a copy of “The Great Gatsby”

in his rundown, low-budget workplace. The employee reads the first few pages in a monotone voice, feigning only vague curiosity for the novel. As he half-heartedly tries to get his computer to work, the employee quickly becomes absorbed in the text. He blocks out the movements and mutterings of those around him until a remark from one person startles him; his coworker says the same sentence as the one he’s just read in the book. As the novel progresses, so does the involvement of the office with the text. The overlapping interactions between the two realms are exaggerated to the point where they can no longer be passed off as coincidences. The office workers’ strange and erratic behavior can only be explained in the context of the novel. What began as seemingly distinct story lines for the office and the novel eventually culminate into one single jazz-ridden cadence. Due to the nature of the show, it takes a while to understand the many characters silently working in office. Their presence is at first disconnected and distracts from the reading, as they whisper to one another, grab files and make phone calls. With an ensemble cast of 13 actors, all of the characters make their appearances one by see GATZ, page 6

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ARTS & LIVING

‘Gatz’ portrays Fitzgerald’s cherished novel with a modern twist

Maturation evident as Cold War Kids ‘Behave’

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one over the course of the play, making their corresponding roles in the novel evident. It is immediately apparent that Nick (Scott Shepherd) is the reader, equivalent to the narrator of the novel, and that Jim, aka Gatsby, (Jim Fletcher) is the more serious and senior employee of the two. For the other characters in the office, it is only a result of their not-so-subtle actions that the audience realizes their place in the novel. One of the more brilliantly executed scenes in “Gatz” occurs at the end of chapter five when Jim is flustered seeing Daisy (Victoria Vazquez) again for the first time. The music playing is a mixture of rainfall and a woman’s soft singing, providing an ominous,

sensual tone for the scene. At this moment, the novel is all that matters, making the fact that all the play’s props resemble office supplies — Vazquez drives over for tea on a swivel chair — simply irrelevant. At heightened moments like this, such disparities are much more entertaining than distracting. The set for “Gatz” is a detailed, authentic reproduction of a dingy, generic office. Filing cabinets, an old sofa and swivel chairs clutter the set and impede the movement on stage as the actors are forced to stumble, push and toss the objects out of the way. Dim, flickering fluorescent lights recreate storms while maintaining the essence of a rundown office space. Far away from West Egg, the wealthy suburban setting of the novel, the office is trans-

formed through the actors on stage, so that no separation is noticeable between the two. However exciting it may be to combine the staged business office and its employees with “The Great Gatsby,” the most interesting element of the entire production lies in their differences. The juxtaposition of a mundane, uninspired workplace to the glamorous and self-destructive West Egg seems ludicrous, but ultimately, that odd combination is what makes the play succeed. “Gatz” is an Elevator Repair Service production and is running at the Loeb Drama Center until Feb. 7. Student rush tickets are available for $20 two hours before the performance. A boxed dinner is also available for pre-order, if one can sit through the entire production.

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the common ear, albeit sonically unadventurous. The off-beat cymbal washes and dissonant chimes of “Saint John” (from “Robbers and Cowards”) won’t be found on any new tracks, except the bonus CD-only oddity “Baby Boy.” This miniature tune seems to shave all the potential pandemonium off the full-length tracks and confine them to a 37-second throwaway. It pointlessly disturbs the powerhouse finale of “Sermons” in the context of the record and, out of context, it stands only as a short, wistful reminder of the childlike vigor that gets abandoned with adolescence. Thematically, the EP covers starkly different ground. Frontman Nathan Willett’s despairing cries against the vices and iniquities of humanity from “Robbers and Cowards” don’t show up here. Instead, a shy croon crawls through “Coffee Spoon,” a song concerning compulsive consumerism. With dripping guitars and a softly “oohing” chorus, “Coffee” sounds like the closest thing to a straight-up love song in Cold War Kids’ discography. That title, however, truly belongs to “Santa Ana Winds.” In this quick piece, Willett serenades his California hometown of Los Angeles — the figurative prodigal son expressing his love and yearning for both its urban and natural beauty. Emotion is delivered through an uneven variety of viscerally effective descriptions (“Seatbelt sticks in the poison heat”) and questionable name-drops (“Chutes and ladders leaving me where I begun/

Like Joan Didion”), muddling the passion with an unwelcome dose of pretension. While it ultimately falls short of delivering lyrically, the band compensates with pulsing, upbeat rhythms and staccato guitars. The EP’s trend toward streamlined structures and focused melodies pays off in spades. Case in point: The minimalist melodies of the opening track, “Audience,” are timely and powerful, augmenting the strength of the catchy refrain, “Playing for an audience of one.” The repetition is hardly forced, as each verse eases into the catchy phrase with a fluidness that’s at once casual and theatrical. A sizeable portion of Cold War Kids’ new melodic tightness stems from the EP’s notably crisper production. Again, a single track can be used as a clear example of this improvement: in this case the closer, “Sermons.” Fans of Cold War Kids’ previous work will recognize this track as a revitalized version of “Sermons vs. the Gospel,” the acoustic tidbit hidden at the end of “Robbers and Cowards.” A studio facelift does wonders for the song, enhancing the raw soul of Willett’s stellar vocal performance with the most haphazardly beautiful musical climax found on the EP. The raw power and innovation that marked “Robbers and Cowards” and failed to translate onto “Loyalty to Loyalty” has finally been comfortably restrained on “Behave Yourself.” Maturation is both a blessing and a curse that can shroud the future of most bands in uncertainty, but based on the consistency of “Behave Yourself” — to paraphrase Vampire Weekend — the Kids do stand a chance.

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It doesn’t pay to Break the Ice Programming Board has taken various steps in an attempt to make this year’s Winter Bash a safer, less alcoholsodden student event. However, several of the changes for Winter Bash 2010 — now known as Break the Ice — compromise the event’s role as a safe, fun night for all Tufts students. Break the Ice marks the first time that one of Tufts’ major student events has charged for tickets, and last semester’s Fall Ball was the first time tickets were required at all. Winter Bash last year required only that students show up at the door on the night of the event with their student IDs. Requiring that students get a ticket beforehand is a measure that reasonably seeks to regulate attendance and make the event more organized, and while the long lines of last semester served as deterrents for some students, the event was still widely accessible. Charging for tickets, however, unfairly targets those students who are on a tight budget. Break the Ice cannot fairly be called an event for all Tufts students. Charging $10 for a night out dancing is enough to be prohibitively expensive for some students, given the free alternatives available for partying on campus. Programming Board is estimating that attendance will be more than 1,000

people fewer than at last year’s Winter Bash. Break the Ice does not feel like the all-inclusive gathering that it was when tickets were free. An even more potentially troubling change for Break the Ice has been to move the event off-campus. Students will take shuttle buses from campus to the Sheraton Boston Hotel for the event. Former Tufts Community Union Senate President Duncan Pickard has called the move off campus “prudent” with regards to “security concerns.” But it is hard to see how transporting thousands of Tufts students off campus to a location in the heart of downtown Boston is a safer choice than keeping students on campus where the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) can keep a close watch on the event. Last year’s Winter Bash was marred by drinking-related problems like public urination and harassment of volunteers. Spring Fling was declared a “mass-casualty incident,” as over 30 students called Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS), and more than 10 were transported to local hospitals. Given this precedent, it is reasonable to believe that drunkenness will cause at least some problems at Break the Ice, but simply moving students to a different location is not going to

solve this problem. As the event will take place off campus, students may be even more likely to drink heavily beforehand, since they will be anticipating a 20-minute bus ride to and from the event. Once there, TEMS will not be a phone call away to deal with potential alcohol poisoning, and students are potentially less likely to call for help if they have to call 911. Any problems with public drunkenness will have to be dealt with not by TUPD, but by the Boston Police Department. It is laudable that Tufts and the Programming Board are trying to strike a balance between offering fun events for the whole campus and keeping students safe. However, the measures taken for Break the Ice come at the cost of student welfare. Charging for tickets in an effort to reduce attendance unfairly targets students without a disposable income, and shoving the potentially messy problems associated with the event off campus will not necessarily solve the issue of excessive alcohol consumption. Hopefully Break the Ice will be a fun, safe event for those who attend, but Programming Board and the administration should reconsider the steps they have taken in light of fairness and student safety.

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Every student thinks his choice of music is supreme and believes his favorite band deserves a Grammy. Every music aficionado has probably thought that if only she would have chosen the winners, the music world would be in its proper place. However, the group that does choose the winners of the esteemed Grammy Awards is prestigious and prominent in the music industry. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is composed of more than 18,000 members, including musicians, producers, songwriters and other recording professionals. The list of members is confidential and not published. To become a voting member of the Academy, one must have creative or technical credits on a minimum of six commercially released tracks within the United States, according to the Grammy Web site. Receiving a Grammy is considered a high achievement because the awards are the only of their kind to be peer-presented and honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the record-

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ing industry, without regard to album sales or chart position. Academy members and record industries can nominate any recordings or music videos released during the year that they think are worthy of a Grammy. The nominations are then reviewed by experts in various fields for eligibility and to place each artist in the appropriate category, such as rock, jazz, new age or hip-hop. The ballots are sent to Academy members who are directed to vote only in their field of expertise in nine of the 29 categories, as well as the four general categories: Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best New Artist. After being tabulated by Deloitte — an independent accounting firm — final-round ballots are sent to voting members who are allowed to vote once again in the four general categories and no more than eight other categories. The results are kept confidential until the evening of the Grammys and are then delivered in sealed envelopes by Deloitte. Voters are trusted to vote without prejudice toward a particular record company, a personal bias or bias towards nominees with

higher album sales or chart performance. Though the nomination and voting appear impartial, some students don’t think the Grammys are a clear representation of the music scene. “My honest opinion is that the Grammys are a totally inaccurate representation of the massive pool of talent in the music world,” senior Hans Saunders said. “It’s really just a huge concert for the Top 40 kids. Most of them wouldn’t know music if it hit them in the face.” Other students enjoy the Grammys, but would like to see a wider range of performances and “have voting for who performs so that a larger audience would watch them,” UA junior Jacob Cockrell said. But, overall, Cockrell said he thinks the Grammy show “is a very respectable awards show that is fun to watch and offers great performances from today’s popular artists while rewarding them for their achievements.” While some might not find the Grammys to embody all the music industry has to offer, the awards still represent what many to believe is one of music’s highest honor and biggest night of the year.

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‘Bush kept us safe’ debunked BY

GREG BEACH

Jan. 20 marked the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, an event so fresh in my mind it feels like yesterday. That day, whilst working at my then job of dutiful factotum to a crotchety, retired Harvard professor, I couldn’t find a room that didn’t have some device broadcasting coverage of the event. Despite the bitter cold, I maintained inner warmth. My boss and his wife, having come of age in the segregated South, were overwhelmed; change could come to America, they thought, as it unfolded before our eyes and ears. Now, enough of that sappy stuff. I could write an evaluation of President Obama’s first year in office; however, there are plenty of these out there on the blogosphere. I mention Obama’s inauguration not simply to bring some nostalgia to a bleak political landscape. Obama’s first day in office was also Bush’s last. Most folks, including the current president, choose to put the terrible mistakes of the Bush-Cheney years behind them and engage the problems of the present and the future. Unfortunately, many continue to compare Obama’s handling of national security to Bush’s, claiming that Obama is endangering the nation while Bush “kept us safe.” This persistently popular meme is indisputably false. Rudy Giuliani claimed last month that, "We had no domestic attacks under Bush, we've had one under Obama." OK… the World Trade Center, Mr. Mayor? Remember those Twin Towers in Manhattan? Whatever happened to them? Ignoring the fact that the worst terrorist attack on American soil happened on Bush’s watch is beyond stupidity. Despite signs of danger, such as the now-infamous national security memo, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.,” which warned of “patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings,” the Bush administration was too preoccupied with its imminent invasion of Iraq to take this threat seriously. According to the Sept. 11 Commission in 2004, counter-terrorism officials "were so worried about an impending disaster that they considered resigning and going public with their concerns." It is unclear whether Bush could have prevented the Sept. 11 attacks. What is clear is that he certainly did not try very hard to do so. Let’s examine the post-Sept. 11 era. Many claim that, with his policies of torture, suspension of habeas corpus, illegal wiretaps and a global War on Terror, Bush kept this country safe. Oh, gosh. Where to begin? Well, there was the 2002 attack against the El Al ticket counter at LAX, in which Hesham Mohamed Hadayet opened fire upon a crowd, killing two in what was designated by the Justice Department as “an act of international terrorism.” Then, we have the anthrax attacks of 2001. There was the 2006 UNC SUV attack conducted by Mohammed Reza Taheriazar to “avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world.” Don’t forget the 2002 D.C. snipers who were indicted on terrorism charges by the state of Virginia, and one of whom was subsequently executed. Before the Underpants Bomber, there was the Shoe Bomber, Richard

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Reid, who, like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, only failed in his mission due to technical malfunctions. Also, we consistently ignore the numerous cases of domestic terrorism aimed at abortion providers that occurred during Bush’s administration. Surely, Bush should have kept these folks safe as well. If the argument only maintains that Bush kept us safe from Islamic extremist terrorism, this is demonstrably untrue. However, this picking and choosing of what constitutes Bush keeping us safe and what doesn’t is disingenuous in itself. Bush certainly didn’t keep Virginia Tech students safe. Some may say that you can’t expect Bush to stop every incident of mass violence. I agree. Conversely, you cannot credit him with keeping us safe when things seem like they’re going well. My writing this article was sparked by a Gallup poll that reported that 44 percent of Americans want Bush back. Oh, how quickly we forget. Beyond the relatively insignificant issue of terrorism, at least in comparison to the other pressing issues of our time, the Bush Administration did anything but keep us safe. It engaged our country in a three-trilliondollar war on terror with still no end in sight, refused to take action against or even acknowledge the threat of climate change, encouraged Wall Street to gamble away our finan-

cial stability and failed to address America’s broken health care system. In 2008, the poverty rate hit its highest point in eleven years, with 13.2 percent of the population living in poverty. Bush did not keep the poor safe. Adjusted for inflation, the median household income was lower in 2008 than it was in 1998. Bush did not keep the middle class safe. In 2004, the richest one percent of Americans held 34 percent of the country’s wealth. Bush certainly kept the rich, and their money, safe. I don’t write this as an opportunity to bash Bush, and nor will I use my arguments to excuse Obama for his failings. After a year in office, Obama owns this country and all of its problems. I understand that terrorist attacks have occurred under Obama’s watch; this is to be expected. Things happen. In our interconnected world, all it takes is one lone-wolf extremist to inflict so much harm onto so many. In such a world, no one man can be credited with keeping an entire nation safe. To hide behind the illusion that Bush kept us safe in order to take cheap shots at Obama is intellectually dishonest and displays great ignorance of our recent history. Greg Beach is a junior majoring in political science.

A march to remember? BY JACLYN

THOMAS

On Jan. 22, a crowd of around 400,000 — the majority of them young women — gathered from all over the United States and some from as far away as Canada and Europe at our nation’s capital. Some made this annual pilgrimage by plane, others by car, and some, like me, charted redeye buses from New England, while a group of 35 elderly women from storm-plagued Louisiana embarked on a more-than-24-hour bus journey to reach the National Mall in time for the march, which kicked off at noon on Jan. 22. This year’s march marked the 37th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States. In the last two years the total number of abortions since the 1973 decision climbed above the 50 million mark; the current number is around a staggering 52 million. That is more than 38 times the number of all American lives lost in all wars fought since our country’s founding. What struck me most about the march this year was not the number of dedicated pro-lifers on a mission, although this has been one of the biggest turnouts so far in the history of the march. In fact, more people turned out this year than last year despite a positively gloomy weather forecast of snow, sleet and rain (fortunately the precipitation stayed away). It wasn’t the elderly in walkers or the toddlers pushed along in little red wagons … no, what stuck in my mind wasn’t their dedicated presence but what wasn’t present: reporters and protesters.

It is easy to be complacent when your side is up, and with our nation now under the leadership of the most pro-choice president America has had, even those few fervent pro-choice protesters chanting “my body, my choice” were nowhere to be found. The media, which historically have understated the scope and effect of this annual march, were notably underrepresented as well. In fact, the lack of media coverage of this event has been nothing short of astounding. Just a few months ago the Balloon Boy made headlines for weeks, but when nearly half a million people gather at the mecca of our country for a cause they believe in, they can’t even make the last page of a national newspaper, let alone a mention in the top five pages of a Google search result in a recognizable paper or journal (a single photo in the Washington Times appears half-way down on page five). This begs the question: Where were CNN, NBC, ABC and even FOX? Aside from Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), a Catholic network, no other recognizable media names could be seen. Are they so unwilling to devote so much as a nod to the largest annual gathering of pro-life supporters in America because they disagree, or because it simply isn’t newsworthy? But despite the lack of media attention, there was a renewed sense of strength and determination among marchers this year. Many were still fired up over the recent election of Scott Brown to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat formerly occupied by the late Ted Kennedy. I myself was fortunate enough to be able to tour the Senate office building the morning before the march and

to attend a caucus hosted by Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc. Walking through the enormous Hart building, I overheard several senators discussing the recent special election. Some seemed wary of the newcomer from the Northeast, but most just laughed him off. The whole scene reminded me of a movie I had seen recently called “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” The plot centers on a down-home, relatively unknown man going up against impossible odds who gets the chance of a lifetime to make a difference in Washington. Now Senator-Elect Brown will get his chance to make a difference. The election of Republican Brown breaks the Democratic 60-seat hold on the Senate, giving Republicans back the filibuster power, which will likely be used to halt the health care bill. Brown has been very vocal in his opposition of this and any health care bill put before him that would include tax-funded abortions. Despite being aware of the obvious consequences, President Barack Obama seemed determined to give Brown his due by delaying the Senate vote on the health care bill until the new senator is sworn in next week, a move I would deem respectful, courteous and just. I think this country and its media could stand to take a page out of President Obama’s book; he is willing to hear out the opposition — why aren’t we? Jaclyn Thomas a senior majoring in chemical engineering. She is chair of Jumbos for Life.

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major and a 10-minute misconduct for hitting from behind, leaving the Jumbos down a man for the remainder of the contest. With 1:54 on the clock, Skidmore took advantage as freshman Zach Menard potted the game-tying goal — the Thoroughbreds’ only power-play goal of the game — to send the contest to overtime and the eventual tie. “Honestly, we’re pretty disappointed,” junior Zach Diaco said. “We were in a position to win against Skidmore, and we couldn’t hold it together. It’s kind of a big letdown, because we’re in the end of the season and we need the points.” After a slow start to the game, Skidmore got on the board first when sophomore Tyler Doremus cashed in on a rebound to beat sophomore goaltender Scott Barchard, who posted 15 saves in the first period alone and 41 on the game. Barchard kept up his stellar play through the second period, blanking Skidmore despite a 16-8 shot advantage for the Thoroughbreds, and the Jumbos’ penalty kill continued their lock-tight performance, neutralizing three manadvantage opportunities. “Without Barchard, we don’t have a season,” said Diaco, who scored the Jumbos’ lone tally in the first period and had a hand in all three of Tufts’ goals. “He’s the backbone of our team. We try to help him out as much as we can, but usually he’s helping us out.” The action picked up in the final stanza when Diaco netted his second goal of the game and ninth of the season at 7:50 to tie the score at 2-2. He then grabbed his third point of the game with an assist on classmate Mike Vitale’s go-ahead goal with 7:33 to go in the game. Friday night saw the Jumbos host Castleton, who they easily dispatched 5-2 earlier this year in the final of the Rutland Herald Invitational. The Spartans have apparently added some firepower

since that November meeting, this time playing to a 2-2 draw and outshooting the Jumbos 51-25. Despite being more than doubled in shot count, the Jumbos were never more than a goal behind. Even with a 19-4 shot advantage through the first period, the Spartans entered the intermission with just a 1-0 lead thanks to an 18-save performance by Barchard. “Scott Barchard is the best player in Div. III hockey right now — period,” Murphy said. “The guys that surround him need to do a better job of showing their stuff, and we need to take advantage of what we have in the net.” In the final stanza, Barchard blanked Castleton with 15 saves, giving the Jumbos a chance to get even once more, which they promptly did as freshman Trevor John found the back of the net for the seventh time this season to even the score at 2-2 with 11 minutes remaining. Vitale assisted on both of the Jumbos’ goals, making him the lone multiple-point scorer of the contest, while junior Andy Davis notched his third goal of the season in the second stanza. Both teams launched two shots on goal in the extra session, but neither could break the tie. Barchard, who leads the NESCAC with 724 saves and a .943 save percentage, finished with 49 saves on the night. Now 8-7-3 (4-6-3 NESCAC/ ECAC East), the Jumbos hold a four-point lead over Conn. College (4-13-1, 3-9-1 NESCAC) for the No. 8 playoff spot. Though the two points they garnered this weekend were an important step toward locking up that spot, the Jumbos will be looking to make amends next weekend in their final two NESCAC games of the year when they host Wesleyan and Trinity. “We need to be more energetic and prepared and more excited to go out there with energy,” Murphy said. “We’re at home at [this weekend], and we need to take advantage of that.”

Tufts suﬀers tough losses WOMEN’S SQUASH continued from page 15

while Koo fell to freshman Pamela Chua, the 17th best player in the country. “I think Alix played pretty well this afternoon,” Koo said. “Her opponent was pretty tired from playing Harvard right before us, and she really capitalized and managed to get a lot of points against her.” During Friday’s action against Wesleyan, only two Jumbos were successful in forcing a fifth game. Michael and classmate Mercedes Barba — playing at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively — earned Tufts’ two individual victories on the day, winning in five and four sets, respectively. Michael dominated her opponent in the fifth game 11-4, while Barba followed suit and pulled out an 11-8 victory in the final game. Unfortunately for Tufts, though, the power generated from the

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sophomore class was not enough to carry the team as it fell 7-2 to the Wesleyan. Aside from Michael and Barba, only Koo, who played at the No. 1 spot, did not get swept in three games, as the third-year took Casey Simchik into five sets, falling despite leading 2-0 early. But while they did not get the results they were looking for from the first match, the Jumbos felt that they started the weekend off on a good note. “I think overall we did pretty well,” Koo said. “[Wesleyan] is seeded pretty high, and they are slightly stronger, but it was a pretty good match for all of us.” With several of their toughest matches behind them, though, the Jumbos look forward to a big month in February, beginning with the NESCAC Championships at Trinity this weekend. Separating the squad and that pivotal match will be Tuesday’s road matchup versus local rival Northeastern.

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Tufts must refocus before crucial conference slate MEN’S BBALL continued from page 16

three-point attempts from senior Dave Beyel and freshman Alex Goldfarb, succumbing to a bitterly disappointing defeat. Three Jumbos — Pierce, Beyel and freshman Scott Anderson — registered double-doubles in the lengthy contest, with Pierce and Beyel each scoring over 30 points. Beyel played an exhausting 50 minutes, while Pierce led all players with 55. “I didn’t realize that I hadn’t come out [of the game] in overtime, because during the game you’re caught up in adrenaline and you’re not thinking, ‘Wow my legs are going to be tired tomorrow,’” Pierce said. “The toughest thing was waking up Saturday with really sore legs, but during the game it’s easy not to think about it.” After the setback against Wesleyan, Tufts traveled to Conn. College determined to come home with at least one win from the weekend’s competition. And at the game’s midpoint, it appeared as though the Jumbos would do exactly that, as they led the Camels 40-28. But Conn. College put together an 11-2 run in the middle of the second frame, bringing the team within one point of Tufts at 65-64 with 6:54 left. The Camels kept it close after that point, even tying it up a couple of times, but they were never able to take the lead — that is, until the final 30 seconds. Despite being down four points with just over a minute to play, the Camels stormed back as freshman Rob Harrigan hit a trio of free throws after being fouled behind the arc. Sophomore Demetrius Porter hit a layup soon after to give Conn. College a one-point edge — the team’s first lead since the opening two minutes of the game. Pierce hit a jumper with 13 seconds left to again give the Jumbos the lead, but with time dwindling down, Harrigan again stepped into the spotlight and drained a last-second three-pointer to give the Camels the 83-81 victory. “I think that Saturday NESCAC games are about mental focus, and unfortunately we played really well for about 35 minutes, but we had a couple of lapses where people got open shots, and at the end we had three or four calls in a row not go our way,” Pierce said. “Combined with what happened the night before, it was really tough to overcome that.” “To turn around [after the Wesleyan game] and have to play 16 hours later, it was just tough to bounce back,” Sheldon added.

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Senior tri-captain Jon Pierce netted 77 combined points in two contests over the weekend and earned NESCAC Co-Player of the Week honors, but the Jumbos lost two heartbreakers to fall to 5-14 on the year. “And we went in there and got ahead at halftime, but I think we just ran out of steam ... I think it was physical and mental fatigue. It’s tough to go into four overtimes and lose and then come back the next day — if you win, then maybe you go in [the second game] on adrenaline and win. But we fought as hard as we could; we just came up short.” Three Camels scored over 20 points, while Pierce led all scorers with 35 points. He earned NESCAC Co-Player of the Week honors after racking up 77 total points over the weekend and is now just 22 points shy of Tufts’ alltime scoring record of 1785. “I think that anytime anyone gets close to a record, it crosses your mind, and you have people who inform you,” Pierce said. “I’m aware, but again, it’s much like the fatigue thing in a game

— unless it’s one or two points, you’re not going to know in a game when it happens.” Coming off such bitter defeats, the Jumbos will now look to get back on track against UMass Dartmouth on Tuesday and are still hopeful of earning their first NESCAC playoff berth in three years. Tufts’ final three conference games will come against Amherst (3-2 NESCAC), Trinity (2-3) and Bates (2-4). “We’ve just got to refocus, as tough and nearly impossible as it’s going to be after this weekend” Pierce said. “As far as the playoffs, we still control our own destiny. So if we beat Amherst, Trinity and Bates, then we’re in ... So we’re still alive — we just have to find a way to rebound and, as tough as it’s going to be, forget about this weekend and move past it.”

National No. 2 Amherst looms for Jumbos in the coming weekend WOMEN’S BBALL continued from page 16

sound as we hoped it to be,” Baily said. “It made our offense more stagnant and more onedimensional than it has been in the past. It was a rough game.” This weekend, Tufts will face a Trinity team that sits in the middle of the NESCAC and

would love nothing more than to upset the Jumbos on Friday to bolster its playoff hopes. On Saturday, Tufts will spar with nationally ranked No. 2 Amherst. A victory over the Lord Jeffs would be one of the biggest for the program in recent memory. “We are definitely looking forward to the Amherst game,”

Baily said. “But just like every other game, we want to get the win on Friday night and are definitely looking to win that game first. We have to take it one game at a time.” See pictures from all the weekend action in the Daily’s Week in Tufts Sports slideshow. View the gallery at tuftsdaily.com/sports

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

SPORTS

MEN’S SQUASH

Four-match slate pushes Jumbos to .500 BY

MICHAEL SPERA

Daily Editorial Board

In last weekend’s four-match slate that pitted the men’s squash team against some of the best teams in the nation, the Jumbos accomplished a feat that had eluded them since Jan. 2009: a .500 record in season play. The nationally ranked No. 19 Tufts squad moved to 7-7 on the season with consecutive victories against Stanford, Bard and Wesleyan, marking its longest winning streak this season, despite falling to topranked Trinity on Saturday. In Sunday’s 6-3 win against the No. 21-ranked Stanford Cardinals, the Jumbos went to five sets in as many matches, notching three as victories. In the No. 4 position, senior cocaptain Max Dalury dropped his first two sets, going 9-11 before picking up the win in the remaining three sets. In the No. 3 position, senior co-captain Zach Bradley capitalized on his opponent’s fatigue to close out his match in the last two sets of his five-set victory. “I wasn’t playing my best today, but I stuck with it,” Bradley said. “I knew my opponent had a tough match against Northeastern earlier in the day, so he was a little tired out. My shots weren’t really there today, but I was able to wear him down.” Versus Bard, the Tufts squad made the Raptors an endangered species in a sweeping 9-0 victory. Bard was left in the dust, without a single set victory on the day. In the No. 4 position, junior Ben Rind allowed just two points in his straight

set victory, while junior Alex Gross allowed four points in his No. 1 position win. On Saturday, however, the Jumbos faced stiffer opposition via the No. 1 nationally ranked Trinity Bantams, who have won 216 straight matches and 11 straight national championships. Despite the nine straight-set defeats against Trinity, the Jumbos put up a deceptively tough fight. In the No. 6 position, freshman Sheldon Taylor nearly pulled out a set victory against his opponent in a 17-15 loss in the middle set. In all, the Tufts squad was proud of its performance against such a Goliath in the squash world. “A bunch of us seniors have never played Trinity before, so we were excited to match up with them,” Bradley said. “We knew Trinity had its streak going, so we just wanted to go out and have fun against them. We were competitive in a few games, and Sheldon Taylor got 15 points in one set and nearly got the victory, which was exciting to see.” Despite the Trinity loss, the Jumbos rallied later that afternoon, pulling off their third consecutive 8-1 victory against the No. 27 Wesleyan Cardinals since the 2007-08 season. In that contest, Tufts went into four or five sets in four of the matches, while Bradley, Dalury and junior Henry Miller had victories in straight sets. “To go out and win against a good Wesleyan team was great,” Bradley said. “Everyone took care of business … Some matches went into four or five sets, but we pulled them out.”

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With three victories over the weekend, senior co-captain Max Dalury and the men’s squash team rose to .500 for the first time since Jan. 2009. Today, the Jumbos head to Huntington Avenue for a faceoff against Northeastern, a team they have beaten every

year since the 2004-05 season. “We’ve played Northeastern many times over the year, so we know what to expect,” Bradley

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WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Tufts places third at Bowdoin in preparation for home meet BY SAM

O’REILLY

Senior Staff Writer

With the roster split this weekend between Saturday’s Bowdoin Invitational and Friday’s Terrier WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Bowdoin Invitational at Brunswick, Maine, Saturday 1. MIT 2. Bowdoin 3. Tufts 4. Colby

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Classic at Boston University (BU), the Tufts women’s track and field team turned in a solid performance across the board, placing third at Bowdoin with 112.5 points, just behind Div. III rivals MIT (210.5) and Bowdoin (159), while also posting many solid individual performances at BU.

“It was a really positive weekend overall for us,” senior cocaptain Kerry Virgien said. “There were a lot of Div. I schools [at BU], so some of us got to see really good competition.” With the Div. III Championships taking place in three weeks, the Jumbos have been methodically working to hit their stride during the latter half of the season. Over the last few weeks, they have gotten to see a lot of the schools that they will be competing against in late February and early March, testing their times and scores against some of the area’s best. “Our big goal is to win [nationals],” Virgien said. “Some people say that a lot of these meets leading up to the championships are like ‘pre-wars.’ They are like a show of what Div. IIIs will be like, but there is also strategy involved in the events

leading up to them. During the pre-championships meets, we are simply working to improve people’s times and marks and trying to feel out who is best competing where.” The weekend was marked by a number of Jumbos setting personal records, with the squad enjoying particular success in the field events. Senior Julia Feltus won the weight throw with a toss of 13.21 meters and was runner-up in the shot put. Additionally, freshman Kelly Allen won the shot put with a distance of 11.95 meters and came in second behind Feltus in the weight throw at 12.18 meters. Sophomore Nakeisha Jones posted a mark of 11.63 meters in the triple jump at BU, beating her season best of 11.60 meters set last week at the Wheaton Invitational. At Bowdoin, Jones

came in second place in the high jump after putting up a mark of 1.52 meters. The Jumbos will be hosting other Div. III competitors this weekend at the Tufts Pentathlon on Friday and the Tufts Invitational on Saturday. “It will be fun doing the pentathlon,” said Virgien, who will compete in the event on Friday. “We are really looking forward to it. We love the ‘multi.’ It’s really a treat when we get to do a lot of different things. It’s also hectic because we have to practice so many different events. We are all running around trying to get to everything.” The entire team will compete in more specialized events in the invitational on Saturday, the Jumbos’ second and final meet of the season at home. At the first Tufts Invitational on Jan. 16, the Jumbos finished first out of

seven competing schools. “It helps being at home because we are familiar here,” senior co-captain Andrea Ferri said. “We are used to the long jump runway and the track. I guess we are just comfortable at home where we practice all the time. I think it is also very nice logistically because we don’t have to travel or worry about food, which makes it easier for us to be comfortable and compete our best.” But whether or not home will bring another victory for the Jumbos, the squad is more focused on individual athletes qualifying for the championship season. “The goal is [nationals],” Virgien said. “We have three more meets before [the NCAA Championships]. That means three more chances for more people to qualify.”

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Jumbos take fourth at Bowdoin Invitational BY

Though the men’s track and field team took fourth at the Bowdoin Invitational in a field of five teams Saturday, the big-

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Bowdoin Invitational at Brunswick, Maine, Saturday 1. MIT 2. Springfield 3. Bowdoin 4. Tufts 5. Colby

place finish for the Jumbos, crossing the finish of the 5,000-meter run in 16:01.80, while Kirschner took third in the 800meter run with a time of 1:59.34. MIT dominated the meet, scoring 264 to clinch the win, followed by Springfield and Bowdoin. Though Tufts held off Colby to avoid a last-place finish, the Jumbos will square off against the same teams it faced Saturday again in three weeks at the New England Div. III Championships. “I don’t really think our performance is like or indicative at all of what we can do at Div. IIIs,” Engelking said. “Usually we step up pretty well in the championship meets … I don’t think the fourth-place finish says much about us, because I know we have a lot better performances in us basically across the board, so in terms of New Englands, I know we will place a lot better than that.” The Jumbos also sent part of their

which provisionally qualifies him for the NCAA Championships in March. Engelking’s first-place finish is the seventh-fastest posted in the 55-meter hurdles so far during the 2010 Div. III indoor season. The senior also placed fourth in the pole vault with a personal best height of 4.35 meters. Freshman Michael Blair took home the other victory for the Jumbos on the day in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.87 meters. Senior teammate Isaiah Paramore cleared the same height to claim second, which was based on attempts. “I think we did pretty well as a team,” Engelking said. “That said, I think we can do a lot better. We had some good performances, but ... I know a lot of the guys are capable of doing a lot better. But then again, our team was split up.” Freshmen Nick Ferrentino and Dan Kirschner also had strong performances for Tufts. Ferrentino claimed a second-

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gest story for Tufts came via senior quadcaptain Jared Engelking, who took first in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.71,

squad to the Terrier Classic at Boston University (BU) Saturday. Senior Scott Brinkman had the highest finish among the Tufts athletes at the meet, placing 10th in a field of 34 athletes in the 500meter dash. The meet featured athletes from all three divisions, and Brinkman was the second-place Div. III finisher in the 500-meter contest. Senior quad-captain Billy Hale finished as the first Div. III runner in his race, posting a 2:31.13 time to place 15th in the 1,000-meter run. Classmate Matt Tirrell was close behind, finishing in 2:31.32 to claim 17th. With the New England Div.-III Championships rapidly approaching in under three weeks, the Jumbos will next host the second Tufts Invitational on Saturday and the Tufts Pentathalon Friday in the Gantcher Center, the last home meet of the year for the squad.

WOMEN’S SQUASH

Nationally ranked opponents drop Jumbos in landslides BY

EMILY BEINECKE

Contributing Writer

Less than one week after consecutive doubleheaders, the Tufts women’s squash team took on No. 21 Wesleyan and No. 6 Stanford,

seeking its first victory in 2010. But in the end, Tufts fell to both opponents, bringing its record down to 1-10 overall. In Sunday’s matchup against Stanford, a traditional squash powerhouse, the Tufts squad knew it

needed to be prepared to face one of the toughest opponents of the season. The Jumbos put forth a valiant effort, but they still were unable to notch a victory at any spot, falling 9-0 to the No. 6-ranked team. “[Stanford’s] program is really

STATISTICS | STANDINGS

good,” junior tri-captain Valerie Koo said. “They were obviously a lot stronger than us, but we did what we could and played our hardest.” Although no Tufts player was successful in forcing a fourth game againstheropponent,manystepped

Men's Basketball

Women's Basketball

Ice Hockey

(5-14, 1-5 NESCAC)

(18-2, 5-1 NESCAC)

(8-7-3, 4-6- NESCAC/ECAC East)

NESCAC

L 0 0 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5

OVERALL

W 15 19 17 13 11 9 10 8 5 8

L 2 1 2 5 7 10 10 12 14 12

Individual Statistics PPG RPG Jon Pierce 17.3 7.2 Dave Beyel 16.8 5.2 S. Anderson 8.1 5.0 Dan Cook 7.6 2.7 Alex Goldfarb 4.6 2..0 Matt Galvin 3.1 2.4 Sam Mason 2.4 2.6 Reed Morgan 2.4 1.4 A. Quezada 2.3 0.5 James Long 2.1 2.4 Tom Selby 1.6 2.8 Bryan Lowry 0.9 1.1 Team

APG 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.4 1.5 3.5 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.3

66.3 38.1 10.7

NESCAC

W Amherst 5 Williams 5 Tufts 5 Colby 3 Bowdoin 2 Middlebury 2 Trinity 2 Bates 2 Wesleyan 1 Conn. Coll. 0

L 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 6

NESCAC

OVERALL

W 19 16 18 15 15 9 14 11 7 8

L 0 4 2 3 4 9 5 10 11 12

Individual Statistics RPG 4.2 8.5 5.6 6.1 4.0 1.3 1.5 1.5 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.6

see WOMEN’S SQUASH, page 13

SCHEDULE | Feb. 2 - Feb. 6 TUES

W Colby 5 Williams 5 MIddlebury 4 Amherst 3 Bowdoin 3 Trinity 2 Bates 2 Conn. Coll. 1 Tufts 1 Wesleyan 1

up their play against a very talented Stanford squad. Sophomore Alix Michael, for one, tallied 22 points in her loss to nationally-ranked No. 24 Kerrie Sample in the No. 2 slot,

APG 2.6 0.6 2.1 2.0 2.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0

Colleen Hart Julia Baily T. Kornegay Kate Barnosky Vanessa Miller Lindsay Weiner Sarah Nolet Samantha Tye Katie Wholey Bre Dufault S. Robinson D. Collins

PPG 16.8 15.7 12.3 8.7 5.5 3.0 2.4 2.2 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.9

Team

68.4 37.5 10.8

W Amherst 9 Williams 8 Middlebury 6 Bowdoin 8 Trinity 7 Colby 6 Hamilton 7 Tufts 4 Conn. Coll. 3 Wesleyan 3

L 2 3 2 4 4 4 5 6 9 10

T 2 1 4 1 2 3 1 3 1 0

FRI

SAT

vs. Trinity 8:00 p.m.

vs. Amherst 4:00 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

vs. Trinity 6:00 p.m.

vs. Amherst 2:00 p.m.

Ice Hockey

vs. Wesleyan 7:00 p.m.

vs. Trinity 7:45 p.m.

Men’s Swimming and Diving

at Wheaton Invitational 6:30 p.m.

at Wheaton Inviational 1:00 p.m.

Women’s Swimming and Diving

at Wheaton Invitational 6:30 p.m.

at Wheaton Invitational 1:00 p.m.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field

Tufts Pentathlon 5:00 p.m.

Tufts Invitational II 1:00 p.m.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field

Tufts Pentathlon 5:00 p.m.

Tufts Invitational II 1:00 p.m.

Men’s Basketball

OVERALL

W 14 10 9 11 10 10 10 8 4 6

L 2 3 3 5 6 4 6 7 13 11

T 2 3 4 1 2 3 2 3 1 0

Individual Statistics Tom Derosa Zach Diaco Trevor John Mike Vitale Dylan Cooper Matt Amico Dylan Plimmer Lindsay Walker Andy Davis Nick Metcalfe Team

G 7 9 7 5 5 4 4 2 3 1 53

A 12 9 8 7 7 6 6 8 6 5 96

Pts. 19 18 15 12 12 10 10 10 9 6 149

Goalkeeping Scott Barchard Jay McNamara Team

S 724 20 744

GA 44 2 46

S% .943 .909 .941

WED

vs. UMass Dartmouth 7:00 p.m.

THURS

Men’s Squash

at Northeastern 7:00 p.m.

NESCAC NESCAC Championships Championships at Trinity at Trinity

Women’s Squash

at Northeastern 7:00 p.m.

NESCAC NESCAC Championships Championships at Trinity at Trinity

Sports

INSIDE Men’s Squash 14 Men’s Track and Field 15 Women’s Track and Field 15

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Hart tops career century mark, Jumbos go 2-0 over weekend BY

ETHAN STURM

Senior Staff Writer

Last Saturday, the No. 12-ranked Tufts women’s basketball team was deep in the WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (17-2, 4-1 NESCAC) at New London, Conn., Saturday Tufts Conn. College

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at Middletown, Conn., Friday Tufts

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midst of a mundane game against Conn. College. The Jumbos had dominated from the beginning, and with less than a minute to play, they led by more than 20 points en route to a 64-39 thrashing. But with a single free throw, junior tri-captain guard Colleen Hart turned an otherwise unremarkable game into a historic one. By hitting the first of a pair from the charity stripe, Hart eclipsed 1,000 career points and bec only the ninth player in team history to reach that milestone. “What made it fun was that my team was definitely excited for me,” Hart said. “That was the best part.” After a 24-point night in a 62-53 win over Wesleyan on Friday, Hart entered the game only four points shy of the achievement. After making a jumper early in the first half to

pull within two, Hart began to struggle slightly, missing her next seven attempted shots from the field. Yet when put on the line with a little under two minutes remaining, Hart only made one of two shots, leaving her one shy of 1,000 points. However, she was fouled once more, and she sank both free throws to surpass the milestone. Now, with 29 more points this weekend, Hart sits only 256 away from the record, with more than a season left in her career. She also passed both Linda Amoroso (LA ’87) and Stephanie Buia (LA ’99) on the all-time list, moving up to the ninth spot. “For the past three years, Colleen has been a great point guard,” said senior tri-captain forward Julia Baily, who has spent as much time on the court with Hart at Tufts as anyone. “I have a lot of confidence in her when she has the ball, and a lot of confidence in every shot she takes. She is always looking to make us as successful as possible.” As Hart continues to move her way through the history books, the rest of the team is looking to continue what is shaping up to be one of its finest seasons. With the two conference victories over the weekend, the 18-2 Jumbos are in a prime position to break into the top 10 in the national poll for the first time in the team’s history.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Jumbos lose pair of NESCAC road games BY

DAVID HECK

Daily Editorial Board

Looking for two wins to rise to .500 in conference play and essentially secure a NESCAC MEN’S BASKETBALL (5-14, 1-5 NESCAC) at New London, Conn., Saturday Tufts Conn. College

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at Middletown, Conn., Friday

Tufts Wesleyan

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playoff spot, the men’s basketball team scored 174 combined points against Wesleyan and Conn. College — and still failed to win both games. The Jumbos suffered two of the most demoralizing losses in recent history on the road over the weekend: a heartbreaking quadruple-overtime letdown at the hands of the Cardinals and a bitter defeat on a last-second three-pointer against the Camels the ensuing afternoon. “It’s really tough to put into words what losing like that in back-to-back games was like — four overtimes and literally a buzz beater,” senior tri-captain Jon Pierce said. “It was devastating. The locker room was silent, and the bus [on the way back] was pretty silent. I think people just wanted to reflect and move on in whatever way they chose from what had happened.” “It may have been in my 22 years of coaching the toughest

two losses on a back-to-back weekend that I’ve had,” coach Bob Sheldon added. “And what makes it worse is that these guys have never given up on us and have just kept fighting and fighting and fighting. And I just feel bad for them; we’re 5-14 but we’re just [a few] shots away from being 12-7 or 13-6.” Tufts began weekend play against a Wesleyan squad that was 7-11 overall and 0-4 in the NESCAC. The contest was close throughout the first 40 minutes — there were four ties and five lead changes — but nobody could have predicted that it would carry over into four additional overtimes. The Cardinals had multiple opportunities to end the drama, missing potential game-winners at the end of regulation, the first overtime and the third overtime. Meanwhile, the Jumbos’ best chance to win the game came in the second overtime, when they had a three-point lead with a little over two minutes left in the frame. But a trey from Cardinals freshman Shasha Brown — the NESCAC’s third-leading scorer with 18.1 points per game — sent the game into yet another overtime period. Eventually the Cardinals were able to squeak by the Jumbos in the fourth overtime despite Brown being on the sidelines due to cramps. Tufts found itself down three points with 20 seconds left but failed to convert on see MEN’S BBALL, page 13

On Saturday against Conn. College, Baily registered a double-double with a game-high 22 points and 11 rebounds, accentuating Hart’s mark. Sophomore Tiffany Kornegay added another 19 points and 10 rebounds as the Jumbos allowed just 10 first-half points, forcing 20 overall turnovers and rolling to a 64-39 win over the Camels. Against Wesleyan, Hart broke a 50-50 tie with five minutes remaining, shaking off her recent shooting woes to finish with a game-high 24. Kornegay, additionally, continued her hot shooting, tallied 16 points and combined with Hart to score the final 16 points for the Jumbos. But despite the weekend sweep, the Jumbos are not planning on letting the success go to their heads. “Coach has been saying the whole season that we as a team have a huge target on our back,” Baily said. “A number means nothing if you cannot play up to it. We just want to be as successful as possible. A number is just a number.” The Jumbos know that they need to stay grounded in order to continue winning. The ninepoint victory over NESCAC bottom-feeder Wesleyan on Friday was far from optimal, and another lackluster performance could easily result in a loss. “Our defense was not as see WOMEN’S BBALL, page 13

JAMES CHOCA/TUFTS DAILY

Junior Colleen Hart recorded her 1,000th career point with Tufts over the weekend as the Jumbos cruised to weekend victories over Wesleyan and Conn. College.

ICE HOCKEY

ANNE WERMIEL/TUFTS DAILY

The men’s hockey team recorded back-to-back ties over the weekend against Castleton and Skidmore, preserving the Jumbos’ eighth-place standing in the conference.

Consecutive ties disappoint Jumbos, but squad still in playoﬀ hunt BY

EVAN COOPER

Daily Editorial Board

Tied up in a tough battle for a conference playoff berth with just a month left until the start of the ICE HOCKEY (8-7-3, 4-6-3 NESCAC) Valley Forum II, Saturday

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postseason, the Tufts hockey team desperately needed to earn some points and reverse its recent funk in order to cling to the No. 8 spot that it currently occupies. With back-to-back ties against Castleton and Skidmore, the Jumbos emerged from this weekend with two valuable points, strengthening their lead over Conn. College in the conference standings. But the team remains anything but satisfied. “We need to be better at home,” coach Brian Murphy said. “We didn’t come out with the sense of urgency that we need to have at this time of year.” On Saturday, the Jumbos wel-

comed the SkidmoreThoroughbreds to the Malden Valley Forum for an afternoon showdown with a great deal at stake for both squads. Tufts was seeking its first league win since Jan. 8, and the Thoroughbreds were trying to put a stop to a three-game skid. The resulting 3-3 tie met both sides’ needs but did not necessarily fulfill their hopes. With a 3-2 lead entering the final minutes of play, it looked as though the Jumbos were going to come out on top. However, with under five minutes left, Tufts senior Matt Ryder was served a five-minute see ICE HOCKEY, page 13