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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010

VOLUME LIX, NUMBER 13

Report’s findings raise questions about endowment practices BY

MICHAEL DEL MORO Daily Editorial Board

This article is the second in a two-part series examining college endowments. The first section, printed in yesterday’s paper, looked at the findings of a recent report showing huge endowment losses.

Today’s article focuses on endowment investment and management practices.

A National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) report revealing that universities across the country had suffered major endowment losses in the 2009 fiscal year, has thrown a spotlight on the management of university endowments.

One question that has arisen is whether these losses, which averaged 18.7 percent, were the result of risky investments or simply a product of the ongoing economic recession.

In an interview with Bloomberg’s Bostonbureau,UniversityPresident Lawrence Bacow claimed that the significant endowment losses at institutions like Harvard resulted from risky investment strategies.

Bacow also noted in the interview that wealthier endowments tended to engage in riskier investments.

According to NACUBO’s Director of Research Policy and Analysis Ken Redd, however, this past year’s widespread losses were less a product of risk and more the result of the worldwide economic crisis.

Still, Redd agreed that “some of [the institutions] are a lot riskier than others,” but emphasized the limits on universities’ possible investment strategies.

“There really is no safe place to go for investors,” he said, citing treasury bonds and cash as the few arenas immune to economic troubles.

Redd pointed out that the outcome could have been more severe. “[University endowments] didn’t do well but it could have been a lot worse had they not been invested the way they were,” he said.

In regards to investment guidelines, the NCSE report revealed that just 178 of the 842 schools see ENDOWMENT, page 2

Massachusetts aims to ban drivers from texting BY

CORINNE SEGAL

Daily Editorial Board

The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Feb. 4 approved a bill banning text messaging while driving and requiring drivers to use hands-free cell phone devices.

The bill further eliminates the use of all cell phones while driving for individuals under 18 and institutes a mandatory vision test for drivers over 75, who must renew their licenses every five years.

The bill, which passed 146 to nine, must be approved in the state Senate before it is put into effect. If passed, it would add Massachusetts to the ranks of the 19 other states that already prohibit sending text messages while driving and the six states that ban drivers’ use of handheld cell phones.

David Procopio, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts State Police, said that distracted drivers are often the cause of road accidents.

“The state police is very concerned about all types of distracted driving,” Procopio told the Daily.

“We see numerous accidents and

crashes that are caused by drivers not paying attention to the road.”

Massachusetts State Rep. Carl Sciortino (LA ’00) said that while some representatives believe that giving the government control of cell phone use in the car is an encroachment upon civil liberties, the risk such usage poses to public health takes precedence.

“I disagree with that argument strongly,” Sciortino (D-Medford/ Somerville) told the Daily. “When you are on a public road and you are endangering other people with your behavior, it is something that the state needs to deal with and has a responsibility to deal with.”

Although he could not comment on the merits of this specific bill, Procopio said that the state police supports policies that improve public safety.

“Very generally speaking, we support anything that policymakers believe will help reduce distracted driving,” he said.

Sciortino said he expects the Senate to vote on the bill during this year’s session, which ends in July.

A similar bill was presented in the House two years ago but failed to pass in the Senate.

Sciortino is more hopeful about the future of this bill since spokespeople for State Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth/ Barnstable) have announced her support for it.

“It’s looking very promising,” he said.

Sciortino explained that the original version of the bill was limited to issues concerning text messaging while driving and elderly drivers. Representatives later amended the bill to ban all use of any handheld cell phones while driving.

If the bill passes in the Senate, the state will institute an educational campaign to ensure that drivers are aware of the new law, which imposes a fine of $100 for a first offense, $250 for a second and $500 for all following offenses, according to Sciortino.

“I think the state has a responsibility to educate people about the dangers of using a cell phone see DRIVING, page 2

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First lady Michelle Obama last week launched Let’s Move, a national youth obesity prevention initative.

Local program model for national initiative

BY JENNY

WHITE

Daily Editorial Board

A Somerville obesity prevention program with Tufts roots last week took the national stage as Mayor of Somerville Joseph Curtatone joined First lady Michelle Obama at the White House for the launch of a national initiative to tackle childhood obesity.

The first lady on Feb. 9 held a news conference after President Barack Obama approved up to $1 billion per year over 10 years for the new initiative, Let’s Move.

Let’s Move, a government program proposed and promoted by the first lady, is designed to inform Americans about obesity and to help the population, especially the youth, adopt healthier lifestyles.

Both Curtatone and Christina Economos, associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, were invited to the launch because of their joint

efforts and success at promoting consciousness about health and obesity in Somerville through Shape Up Somerville, a local initiative targeting youth obesity.

Curtatone delivered remarks on behalf of Shape Up Somerville at the launch, which he called a rewarding experience. “[It was] a gratifying moment for everyone who has been involved in our project to reverse the trends of childhood obesity,” he told the Daily.

Economos was unable to attend the event due to weather disruptions.

Shape Up Somerville began as a Tufts program, sponsored by a Center for Disease Control (CDC) grant, according to Jaime Corliss, director of Shape Up Somerville.

Corliss said that the program, which started out as a community task force, has become a see OBESITY, page 2

Plans for campus center renovations pick up steam BY

MARTHA SHANAHAN Daily Editorial Board

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Plans are underway for a renovation of the lobby in the campus center.

Students are closer to having a new and improved campus center as plans for the potential renovation of the Mayer Campus Center lobby are progressing steadily, with drawings slated for completion in the next two months.

“We are moving forward with some design work to at least develop a good, firm concept for the [lobby],” Director of Construction Management Mitch Bodnarchuk said.

Facilities staff and members of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate have continued to work to develop plans for the lobby area and the lounge with representatives from architecture firm Tappé

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Associates, Inc., which last summer designed improvements to the Rez Café, according to Bodnarchuk Senior Duncan Pickard, a trustee representative on the TCU Senate, said that improvements would include new staining on the wood panels, new carpets in the lobby and the replacement of the white vinyl coating on the columns near the main entrance to the campus center.

Pickard, who on Feb. 5 secured the Board of Trustees’ approval for the project, added that a new light fixture would be installed to “add light to the mezzanine level study spaces.” He noted that the existing fixture “has not been touched since the campus center was built.”

Bodnarchuk said that the light replacement would give the lobby a

“more contemporary look.”

He also explained that the initial intention of building a new information booth was excluded from the eventual design plan due to excessive costs. “It was taking up one third of the cost,” he said.

“That’s pretty expensive.”

Bodnarchuk said that the renovations are scheduled to take place over the coming summer, depending on the availability of funds.

Pickard is currently working with the Board of Trustees to find funding for the project, which, in his proposal to the Board of Trustees, he estimated would cost $150,000.

This estimate, he explained was “totally speculative,” and it remains uncertain where funding for the see RENOVATIONS, page 2

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New FX series “Archer” is an animated spoof on the classic spy genre.

Women’s squash finished the regular season on a high note with a win over Wellesley.

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2 Police Briefs BLAME IT ON THE A-A-A-ALCOHOL While checking students at Aidekman Arts Center who were in line to board buses for Winter Bash on Feb. 5, Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers stopped four students from attending the event.

Two of the students were transported to Somerville Hospital at 10:20 pm and 11:40 pm respectively; the other two students, who were attending the event together, were taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 11:04 pm.

One of the students, when asked her age, insisted she was 16 years old. The girl later admitted to being 18 years old as she

was getting into an ambulance. TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy said that she was, in fact, 18 years old.

McCarthy said that that was the extent of hospital transports for the night. Another student passed out upon arriving at Winter Bash and Boston Emergency Medical Services treated the student at the scene.

MORE TROUBLE IN THE STACKS TUPD received a call at 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 15 from a female student in Tisch Library who had been studying in a small study room in the basement area. The student stated that there was a man present in the room who was exposing himself to her.

Upon arriving at the library, officers

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caught a man leaving the area whom the student identified as the culprit.

The man was arrested for “open and gross lewdness,” according to McCarthy.

He was transported to Somerville Police Department. “I believe he’s been let out since then,” McCarthy said.

The perpetrator was given a trespass warning from Tufts and will be scheduled for a court date in the future.

McCarthy commended the female student involved. “The student did a good job,” he said. “The main thing was, she called right away.”

— compiled by Corinne Segal CREEPY MUCH? TUPD received a report at 10 p.m. on Feb. 6 from residents of a house on Raymond

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and educate them that the law is going into effect,” he said. “It’s important to make sure we get the word out.”

Procopio said that the state police currently runs educational programs for high school students about the dangers of drunk or distracted driving. He added that one aspect of the program replicates the experience of driving while text messaging.

“It’s a way to teach young people that there really is no way to drive safely while you’re texting somebody,” he said. “The kids almost always end up crashing.”

Procopio said that many young drivers feel invincible and fail to take the dangers of driving seriously. “One of the things we try to do is shatter that attitude,” he said.

“Some kids do get the message, but there will always be segments of any population that will be tougher to reach than others,” he said. “We just keep working on it.”

Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) Sgt. Robert McCarthy said the uni-

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committee comprised of community members who meet to discuss possible changes that will foster a healthier city.

She explained that efforts thus far have included intervention in schools to increase physical education and healthy eating options and teaming up with local restaurants to offer smarter menu selections. Another major aspect of Shape Up Somerville has been improving infrastructure to augment access to areas for walking and biking.

Economos led the research that laid the groundwork for the program. According to Corliss, she found that 40 percent of children in first through third grades were overweight, leading her to contact Curtatone about measures to combat this problem.

“The theory was to change the children’s environment to improve their health, a real wraparound intervention,” Corliss said.

This idea, configured by Economos, her research team and the city of Somerville, was unique at the time.

“It became the first community-wide intervention to reduce unnecessary weight gain in growing children,” Economos said.

“We focused on making changes to the

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project will come from. “No one has promised money yet,” Pickard said. “There hasn’t been an RSVP.” Richard Reynolds, the interim vice president for operations, echoed Pickard, saying that the trustees supported the project “at the level it was presented, which is entirely conceptual.”

Reynolds said that meetings are being planned with TCU representatives to determine funding for the project, and added that his department will “coordinate with the deferred maintenance program, which provides funding for these kinds of projects.”

Bodnarchuk noted that revisions to the design and reduced construction material costs due to the economic downturn may result in a lower estimate, and a more definitive cost will be calculated once the plans are drawn.

Pickard said that this project is a con-

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A new bill passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives bans text messaging while driving in the state. versity receives complaints from people who nearly got into accidents because of another driver’s text messaging.

He added that young drivers are not the

only culprits; he has seen adults in their early thirties text and drive as well.

“In general, I see it a lot … I wouldn’t say it’s just college students,” McCarthy said.

environment and policies to produce that environment.”

Obama’s Let’s Move initiative takes inspiration from Shape Up Somerville’s approach to reducing the number of overweight children, according to Curtatone.

“It uses as a foundation a lot of the things we did in Somerville,” he said. “It’s exciting to see the first lady base her Let’s Move initiative on Shape Up Somerville. We were happy to comment and assist her.”

Corliss agreed that the two programs shared many similarities. “What we’re doing is in line with what the first lady is doing,” she said. “She talked about coalition efforts, and we’re taking the same approach.”

Given the similarities between the ideologies of Shape Up Somerville and Let’s Move, Economos feels Obama’s initiative is likely to see similar successes as the Tuftsbred project.

“I’m hopeful for the future that if these programs are replicated across the country, then we can make a real dent in this epidemic,” she said.

At Tuesday’s event, the primary goals of Let’s Move for the coming years were outlined. The program will seek to make policy changes that will provide consumers

with more food nutritional information, increase physical activity levels, increase access to healthy foods and endorse personal responsibility.

“The main goal is to raise the issue to a level of social consciousness so that we can eliminate childhood obesity,” Curtatone said.

Economos is optimistic that Obama’s efforts will instigate enduring reform and community health improvements.

“We’ve been waiting for a large-scale, government approach to this problem,” she said.

“If they are successful at [garnering] influence at the local level, the difference could be quite profound. Policy at the federal, state and local levels will have a really big impact on millions of children.”

Curtatone is proud of what Somerville has accomplished through the program and hopes to continue efforts with Tufts and all of the community partners.

“As leaders, it is our responsibility to make decisions and develop policies that create environments that improve quality of life for all those who want to live, work, play and raise families in our communities,” he said in his speech at the event. “We can overcome this epidemic. Somerville’s obesity prevention program can be replicated.”

Designs for new campus center lobby are in the works RENOVATIONS

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First lady’s program informed by Shape Up Somerville OBESITY

Avenue about an intruder.

The residents heard someone walking around on the bottom floor and, upon checking out the noise, heard someone leaving the apartment. A room check revealed that a window in one of the bedrooms was open, and the resident of this room stated that her backpack, which contained her laptop and several IDs, was missing.

The Somerville police were also notified. “There is an ongoing investigation with that department in Somerville,” McCarthy said.

tinuation of efforts to refurbish the campus center.

“This is something that is part of a larger set of renovations that are being done pieces at a time,” he said. “We wanted to keep the momentum going from the Rez renovations.”

Pickard emphasized the importance of the appearance of the lobby, saying that “it is the first space visitors see when they come in.”

According to Bodnarchuk, TCU Senate representatives last year met with an architect from Tappé and named the lobby as the area of the campus center that “[bugged them] the most.”

Following from that discussion, renovating the lobby became a priority.

Reynolds explained that the Department of Construction Management will take a holistic approach in attempting to coordinate current efforts to make over the lobby with future plans for renovating the campus

center as a whole.

“We’ll work with facilities and construction management [on] funding, timing, finishing and getting it into production,” he said. “There will clearly be more work to do, the question is how long [it will it take], what the need is for infrastructure elements.”

Raymond Santangelo, senior construction project manager, said that architects have already conceptualized an overall design for the whole campus center.

“We had [the] architect do a master plan of the campus center; and we are looking forward to the next few projects creating the same feel in the building [as the completed ones have],” he said.

Bodnarchuk added that progress was being made slowly but surely.

“It’s a slow process, but it’s moving forward in the right direction,” he said.

“We’ll have those drawings done and a price [set], and we’ll see what it is and where we go next.”

surveyed reported having an investment policy that uses so-called “socially responsible” investments. Just over half of those claimed to fully screen their portfolios.

Screening typically seeks to eliminate investments related to tobacco, gambling, pornography, abortion and armaments.

According to Redd, the remaining institutions are likely to have comparable investment guidelines, but lack a more exclusive responsibility plan.

“The other institutions certainly do, they just don’t have investment policies that restrict them from investing in certain types of companies,” he said.

Tufts investment officers declined to go into the specifics of the university’s investment practices, citing the need for a degree of confidentiality.

Chairman of Tufts Administration and Finance Committee Andrew Safran (LA ’76) defended Tufts’ lack of endowment transparency, noting that it was largely a restriction imposed by third-party investment managers.

“We’re as transparent as we can be, given the restrictions that we have on the confidentially that we’re bound to with some of the managers that we invest with,” Safran said.

He noted that third parties manage virtually all of the positions in the endowment.

Tufts Chief Investment Officer Sally Dungan said that the reason for the lack of transparency is to protect the integrity of the investments.

“Most of the university’s investments, and in particular those with the highest-quality managers, are accessed through funds governed by confidentiality agreements,” Dungan said in an e-mail to the Daily. “The level of transparency is intended to provide as much information as possible to the community without jeopardizing the quality of the investments the university is able to make.”

All endowment investments are made with the goal of supporting future generations of Tufts students and faculty, according to Dungan.

Though it is too soon to draw firm conclusions, the 2010 fiscal year may show improvements in endowment returns, according to Safran.

“Clearly, the financial markets have experienced extraordinary volatility, and Tufts has not been immune to that volatility,” he said.

“Halfway into the 2010 fiscal year, the endowment already recovered a significant portion of its losses from the previous year.”

Safran attributed these inroads to the prudent stewardship of the investment committee.

Dungan pointed out that Tufts’ Beyond Boundaries campaign is “well on its way” to reaching its goal of raising $1.2 billion for the university and that despite its recent losses, the university did better than anticipated.

Redd explained that while considering the subject of endowments, it is important to maintain a long-term view.

“For many students and faculty, a decline in the endowment is something that is worrisome,” he said. “I think that you have to keep in mind that endowments are unique investments and they’re designed to last in perpetuity — a decline this year is not something to panic about because they are long-term. The most important thing is to keep the endowment sustainable over the long term to support generations of students and faculty.”

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Several attempted robberies have occurred near campus recently.

Recent string of crimes raises questions about safety of surrounding communities BY

KELSEY MARIE BELL Contributing Writer

The recent series of attempted robberies involving Tufts students on and off the Tufts campus has some students questioning their safety. Some wonder if these incidents are normal, given the open campus’ location in an urban environment, while others believe the towngown tensions between students and residents have contributed to making Tufts students targets of crime.

One victim, a sophomore varsity athlete who has requested anonymity, told the Daily his first-hand account of a Jan. 20 incident that later arrived in Tufts students’ inboxes as a “Safety Alert.”

The student explained that he turned a corner and was grabbed from behind by his attacker, who covered his mouth with his hand.

“Are you a Tufts kid, motherf----r?” the attacker asked, according to the victim.

“I shook my head yes,” the student said.

“He then put something cold and metal and circular to my head. [I didn’t] know whether it was a gun or not — I never saw it — but it was cold and metal.”

The attacker then asked if the victim had any cash.

“I shook my head no, ’cause I didn’t have any cash,” the student said. “He knocked my headphones out and said, ‘Well, I’ll take the iPod.’” As the victim reached into his pocket to give the attacker his iPod, a car approached. Caught in the headlights, the attacker “just booked it down Powderhouse [Boulevard.],” the victim said.

The student said he believed that the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded effectively. “They were there really quickly,” he said. “A cop car drove by maybe a minute after and a cruiser later. The safety alert they wrote was right on target. They said it was an iPhone and not an iPod, but that’s [the only mistake they made].”

In the months prior to this occurrence, Tufts had been ranked fourth in an article on colleges with the worst crime problems on the news Web site TheDailyBeast. com. The article, titled “How safe is your

college?” explained that Tufts’ rank was skewed by the inclusion of crime statistics from the medical school campus in downtown Boston, but it also mentioned the “working-class neighborhoods” that surround the Medford campus.

Carmen Rico, an exchange student from Spain in her last year of university study, does not believe that Tufts’ ranking in the article is the best representation of safety on campus.

“[I] understand … the tension between the surrounding community … towards students who complete their education on the Hill without ever forming ties to Medford and/or Somerville.”

Nora Chovanec senior

“I think that it’s a really safe place. I don’t feel threatened. When I was thinking of coming to the States, my parents were more worried about safety, because in Spain we hear a lot of things about, like, last week the teacher that killed three people,” Rico said, referencing an incident involving University of Alabama Professor Amy Bishop Anderson.

Rico cited the e-mail alerts and blue lights in the streets as provisions that made her feel the university cared about and adequately looked after the safety of its students.

“It’s just bad luck, and it can happen anywhere,” she said.

However, sophomore Melanie Papadopoulos expressed a different opinion. “[The recent alerts] make me wonder if [the victims and locations of the incidents] are just coincidences or if there is a rise in systematic crime just around Tufts,” Papadopoulos said. “I usually feel safe around campus, but this has been happening a lot.”

Papadopoulos said she wondered if awareness of the university’s proximity and its possible targets made it a prime spot for thefts and break-ins.

There is also potentially concern in the area that students are transient residents and not part of the towns.

Senior Nora Chovanec has worked in Somerville for four and a half years. “[I] understand … the tension between the surrounding community … towards students who complete their education on the Hill without ever forming ties to Medford and/or Somerville,” Chovanec said.

In 2005, such frustrations became visual in the form of “Kill a Yuppie” graffiti scrawled on public property around Davis Square, among other sites. The man responsible, Jason Cutter, then 19, had recently moved to Somerville and had made prior statements expressing anger about the effects of gentrification, the lack of police response to residents’ issues in Somerville and the police’s focus on keeping wealthy people and students safe.

TUPD Captain Mark Keith couldn’t recall the graffiti incident as it was not something TUPD would have been involved with, but disagreed with the statement that Tufts students are targets of crime.

“I don’t think that’s an issue,” Keith said, citing the current economy as a greater factor.

“People prey on anyone they see vulnerable,” Keith said. He added that one would have to compare the number of incidents involving Tufts students with the other areas of Medford and Somerville surrounding campus to get an accurate perspective on the issue.

The victim of the Jan. 20 incident did not believe he was held up because he was a Tufts student. The student acknowledged that wearing headphones while walking home at night alone was a mistake, and that it was probably what made him an appealing target.

“These situations aren’t common to us, but you have to know they happen ... I still walk to Davis, even at night, but not with my headphones on,” he said.

ven at the ripe age of twentysomething, we have all had to make some important decisions by now.

Choosing a major is no easy task (I still don’t know what ILVS stands for), nor is choosing a roommate or what shirt to wear as a dress on Saturday night.

There is one choice, however, that greeted me with a smack on the butt at orientation and has been slapping me around ever since, forcing me to choose my loyalties again and again as people continue to get drunk and ask the age old question: Team Oral? Or Team Cheese?

Now, I’m not saying that oral sex hasn’t been making millions of Americans happy daily since its invention in 1967.

I’m not saying it doesn’t feel fantastic, or that we all shouldn’t be ... well, you know. In this world, where we can have as much of either as we want (in most states, that is), I can’t say that I’ve ever turned either down.

Nevertheless, in that cruel alternate reality ruled by a single ultimatum, created and immortalized by the warped minds of Tufts students, I would choose easily if I had to. Like a mother with a favorite child, what I am saying is this: It’s not that I don’t love you, oral sex. I just love cheese more.

Why, you ask? I’ve heard this from many a shocked, disturbed, even outraged individual. I think this overzealous rage on behalf of Team Oral may stem in part from our first days at Tufts (or in the woods, naked), when this question was posed to one and all, with the implicit assumption that everyone’s life experience was substantial and varied enough to make an educated decision.

Anyone who has ever been an 18-yearold or been friends with one can tell you that at least half the time this assumption is wrong. Mix clandestine inexperience with peer pressure and maybe a little alcohol, and you’ve got a recipe for a bunch of Team Orals who will do anything not to admit that they couldn’t possibly have any idea which they prefer.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of Team Orals who speak with a seasoned authority about their decision.

“You just haven’t had the right oral sex,” they tell me, shaking their heads sadly. I firmly disagree — they just haven’t had the right kind of cheese! Seriously — there are so many kinds of cheese.

How many kinds of oral are there? I mean, there are a few variations if you are willing to get creative, but even some of those are pretty well-worn territory, and the others tend to lose the forest for the trees.

Cheese is everywhere in all its glory, by which I mean that every kind of cheese is delectable, and you can get it literally on every street corner (as for oral ... were we all so lucky).

Bottom line? Oral rocks, but cheese rocks harder.

I promise you that, unless you are tragically lactose intolerant (in which case, go Team Oral!), cheese will be there for you at times when oral is not. Cheese will compliment every meal and be sure to maintain variety to keep you excited. It is an equal opportunity source of pleasure, it doesn’t expect anything in return and you can eat it anywhere — in public, with your parents, on the go! Cheese doesn’t care if you spit or swallow, and you can get it delivered to your house. Cheese will always be good, even if you just picked it up at a bar at 2 a.m. In fact, it will probably be better that way. Can oral say the same? I think not.

Jessie Borkan is a senior majoring in psychology. She can be reached at Jessie.

Borkan@tufts.edu.

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Seniors: what are you going to do during your last 100 days at Tufts?

— compiled by Emily Maretsky

“I’m going to run the Boston Marathon to take advantage of my senior year.”

—Arielle Carpenter

“All I want to do is figure out where I’m going to be next year!”

—Matt Thoms

“I really wanted to get my picture in the Daily.”

—Josh Gordon

“I’m looking forward to Senior Week.

I’ve done a capella during Senior Week every year, so I’ve gotten to see what seniors do and I’m excited.”

—Lori Allen

“I’m looking forward to doing fewer things and relaxing … Plus, meeting seniors I’ve never met before at senior events.”

—Sarah Ullman

“I’ve always wanted to go to a Red Sox game … ice skate on the Commons and go on a boat on the Charles River!”

—Titania Ng

“I want to paint the cannon! I’m not leaving Tufts without painting the cannon!”

—Anne Lewis

“Study hard!”

—President Bacow “Do all the things in Boston that you were never able to do!”

—Adele Bacow

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These spies may look competent, even though they’re anything but.

Animated series ‘Archer’ hits the mark with all-star cast BY

ANDY MILGROOM

Contributing Writer

Nothing beats the spy genre. Ever since the Cold War, America has been living out its fantasies through the likes of James

Archer Starring H. Jon Benjamin, Jessica Walter, Aisha Tyler Airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on FX Bond and Jason Bourne. It’s just plain silly not to want to play out that dream of sneaking onto an island full of hot babes through a mechanical alligator submarine, like in “Octopussy” (1983).

FX’s new animated series “Archer” is the next installment of that American tradition, but with a perverse twist. At the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) acts out those wild spy fantasies, but he’s not as slick as he thinks he is, and his heroic ventures rarely work out the that way he plans.

As the chauvinistic, incompetent and arrogant son of the service’s head honcho, Archer is surprisingly only slightly less competent than the rest of his coworkers.

There to balance out Archer is his corrupt, alcoholic mother Malory (Jessica Walter), his gun-toting, buxom spy ex-girlfriend Lana Kane (Aisha Tyler) and a ditzy secretary who inexplicably changes her name every episode (Judy Greer), among others.

Though “Archer” is often entertaining,

GALLERY REVIEW

‘Virtuoso Illusion’ deconstructs gender binary BY

KATHERINE DEANE Daily Staff Writer

Society has taught us that there are only two possibilities when it comes to the issue of gender: Everyone in the

Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde At the Hayden, Reference and Bakalar Galleries, through April 4 MIT List Visual Arts Center 20 Ames St., Bldg. E15, Cambridge 617-253-4680

world is either a man or a woman. There are certain guidelines that dictate how people are supposed to fulfill their designated role. However, there are some people who feel that they do not fit neatly into either of these categories.

This gray area is often expressed through the act of cross-dressing, which becomes a way for individuals to express their identities outside of the sex they were assigned at birth. These gender explorations have led to exciting new forms of art, especially in the mediums of film and photography, and see VIRTUOSO, page 7

it perhaps lacks the potential to rise to the ranks of landmark animated shows like “South Park” or “Family Guy.” FX is the new kid on the block when it comes to animated series, so they were wise to turn to creator Adam Reed, whose previous oddball animated series include “Frisky Dingo” (2006-2008) and “Sealab 2021” (2000-2005).

Reed’s signature choppy, Hanna Barberainspired animation style sometimes seems to fall short of being able to truly sell the comedy coming from the voice actors.

Still, the scatological and non sequitur tone of “Archer” is well-matched to Reed’s previous work. Fans of his shows and other Adult Swim favorites may recognize many of the voices on “Archer.” The new series is laden with an all-star cast from see ARCHER, page 7

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Percy Jackson’ boring, despite potential BY

KEITH HINTON

Daily Staff Writer

Director Chris Columbus’ new film “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” suffers from an

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Starring Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario Directed by Chris Columbus unfortunate affliction: It’s a fantasy story made in the 21st century. As such, there are really only two movie franchises to which it will eternally be compared — “The Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” — and “Percy Jackson” simply can’t keep up. Where “Potter” and “Rings” had characters with depth, stunning sceneries and intriguing plots, “Percy Jackson” has only characters who are more like cartoons and settings like Las Vegas, the Empire State Building and Hollywood that are as inconsequential as they are clichéd.

Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) appears to be a typical teenager; he

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ave you ever met a tough guy?

We’re talking about a guy with huge muscles, a black leather jacket, a short fuse and speaking skills equivalent to The Situation’s after a couple of drinks. These men are everywhere, and they’ve been lionized in the WWE, professional (real) sports and the film industry. But lately the movie biz has used these hulk-like figures in a new manner: for comedy.

That’s right — though you would never have seen Steve McQueen or Paul Newman in a family comedy, today’s action heroes are abandoning their butt-kicking ways and losing their street cred.

Let’s take Vin Diesel. This guy was a Nazikilling rifleman in “Saving Private Ryan” (1998), a street-racing hijacker in “The Fast and the Furious” (2001) and an anarchic, extreme-sports-enthusiast secret agent in “xXx” (2002). So what did Vinny think would be a good change of pace? Becoming a militaristic babysitter in “The Pacifier” (2005).

In moving from snipers to diapers, Diesel soiled his Pampers and his tough guy persona. We were glad to see him return to his roots for “Fast and Furious” (2009) and hope that “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage” comes together next year.

Diesel isn’t the only macho actor to turn to kiddie comedy. Just the other day, while we lay weeping in our respective rooms due to the untimely end of this season of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” — yes, we are using two “J-Shore” jokes in one column — and the subsequent themed frat parties (too soon, guys), we saw a trailer for the upcoming “Tooth Fairy.” This film stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a minor league hockey player who gets selected to be a tooth fairy after shattering children’s dreams. Strangely enough, The Rock’s career path is similar to Diesel’s. The Rock went from being a wrestler to the mythological juicehead Mathayus the Scorpion King to a tutu-wearing, wandwaving, foo-foo tooth fairy. All we’re saying is, think before you accept a movie role, bro.

Pink’s not your color.

Hollywood is in a bad habit of coaxing manly men into weenie roles for unfunny comedies. These action heroes are taking all those crappy family parts away from people like Rick Moranis, who has been forced to sell drugs on the streets for bread money ever since the “Honey, I Shrunk the (insert family member here)” well dried up. What happened to the glory days when Bruce Willis could gun down some Euro-terrorists, win a boxing match that he promised to throw and even record an EP? Now, he has to costar around Tracy “I’m only funny because I yell jokes at people” Morgan in the upcoming “Cop Out.” The film industry is in a state of flux; actors are always seeking new genres and directors are constantly searching for uncharted territory. Yet we want our heroes to always be our heroes. Take one of our favorite professional badasses, Sean Connery, for example.

In his younger years, he expertly portrayed James Bond, but even as he aged he transitioned to venerable action roles, such as Professor Henry Jones Sr., in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989). Since Sir Sean has never made a mockery out of his roles, we have retained our respect for him and his delicious accent. Even at 79, he is the last guy we’d want to face in a bar fight.

We hope we aren’t coming off too bitter.

In fact, we like when Judd Apatow’s goofball protagonists double as brave men. But seeing Jackie Chan, our favorite “Drunken Master” (1978), turn into a toothless nanny is depressing. When Quentin Tarantino starts directing Disney Channel Original Movies, we’ll really blow a gasket.

Zach Drucker is a sophomore majoring in International Relations, and Chris Poldoian is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major.

They can be reached at Zachary.Drucker@tufts. edu and Christopher.Poldoian@tufts.edu.

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hates his school and his smelly stepfather. His only abnormalities are an ability to hold his breath under water for seven minutes and a strange case of dyslexia.

Percy’s life takes a wild and mythical turn when his school field trip brings him to a museum with sculptures of the various Greek gods and goddesses. At the museum, Percy’s substitute teacher quickly turns into a Fury — a creature that resembles a bird if its feathers are shaved and it has rabies — and attacks him. Percy’s seemingly crippled teacher Mr. Brunner (Pierce Brosnan) and his best friend Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) come to his rescue.

As the plot hurtles forward at breakneck speed, Hades (Steve Coogan), the god of the underworld, kidnaps Percy’s mother, and Percy discovers that he is a demigod: half human, half god.

With his newly discovered godlike powers, Percy accompanies Grover (who is actually a halfhuman, half-goat creature called a satyr) and another demigod Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), who is the daughter of Athena, on a quest to rescue his mother from the underworld and stop the imminent war of the gods.

The real crime of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is the potential that it squanders. The story of an impending war between the ancient Greek gods and a young, vulnerable, not-quite-Herculean hero rising from obscurity to save the day is

one that could have been epic. It could have had all the relatability of “Harry Potter” combined with the fantastic imagery of “Lord of the Rings” or “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006). Unfortunately, this film has neither of these things.

The entire leading trio is guilty of bad performances. Lerman fails to inject any emotion into the story’s subtext of parental abandonment and teenage rebellion.

Jackson seems to have lost the edge that made him brilliant and hysterical in “Tropic Thunder” (2008), failing to establish his character as anything more than comic relief. Daddario’s tough exterior crumbles all too easily when in the gaze of the young, attractive Percy.

Columbus, who directed the first two “Harry Potter” films, deserves equal blame for his propensity to insult the viewer with over-explanation, his failure to make one of the coolest concepts in fantasy-movie history visually appealing, and his deus ex machina style of plot resolution. One unbelievable instance in the plot comes when, after successfully navigating the entire country, thwarting inexplicably nonexistent police and constantly risking life and limb, the three heroes are unable to remember that when going on a rescue mission with three people, four escape methods are required in order to include the rescuee. The demigods make the mistake of not being able to count to four.

No matter, this problem

resolves itself with a little help from several previously uninvolved characters, and the plot continues to its unbelievably anticlimactic ending. The only bright spots of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” are its cameos, some of which are just as disappointing as the movie itself.

Two stand out in particular:.

Uma Thurman gives a wonderful, albeit brief, performance as Medusa, the snake-haired monster of Greek epic, and Coogan gives the funniest and (ironically) most believable performance of the film as the sarcastic and slightly self-loathing Hades.

The performances of these veteran actors could have possibly saved the film were their powerful characters not dispatched as unceremoniously as most of the other obstacles standing in our heroes’ way. This ease of journey leaves the audience with nothing to enjoy other than the more awkward moments between actors not quite mature enough to anchor a film. Also not helping was the uninspired guidance of a director who failed to realize that he had more to work with in this film than he did in his first two “Harry Potter” films combined.

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” may appeal to very young children, but their parents or siblings will be bored to tears and will certainly wonder whether the magic of the first two “Harry Potter” films came to being in spite of Columbus, rather than because of him.

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every corner of comedy. Walter (Lucille Bluth from “Arrested Development,” 2003-2006) and Chris Parnell (cast member of “Saturday Night Live”) bring familiar voices to new faces. All of the voice actors excel in the improv-heavy, informal acting that is required by shows in this genre.

Perhaps most recognizable of all is the voice of main character Sterling Archer. Benjamin is the vocal patron saint of Adult Swim, the adult-oriented late-night programming block on Cartoon Network, having had major roles on both“AquaTeen Hunger Force” and “Home Movies” (1994-2004).

Benjamin’s masculine baritone voice is the perfect match for the effortless cool Archer tries to project, which makes it all the more humorous when he makes yet another near-fatal error.

Despite his tactless, blunt demeanor and frequent sexual misconduct (often aimed at Tyler’s sexy spy Lana), Archer is somehow a lovable character.

He is that guy who is so politically incorrect, one can’t help but laugh with him as he makes fat kid and “your mom” jokes — and the only thing more appalling than the wisecracks themselves are the smirks on the characters’ faces afterwards. Archer, as a character, is a guilty pleasure and a one-man punch line factory.

Perhaps James Bond and Archer Sterling aren’t so different. Both of them seem to play

out the scenarios that real people would never be able to actually play out. Although Bond may play the more venerable fantasy, Archer gets to say the things that most people would just flat-out feel guilty and dirty saying.

For those with any sense of public decency, Archer is their alter ego incarnated through an animated character with a peculiarly limited amount of facial expression. With an even blend of action, comedy, romance (well, it’s complicated) and drama, FX’s new animated series will be sure to satiate that urge to see suave spies and hot babes living the American dream, secret-agent style.

MIT exhibition explores cross-dressing, homosexuality and role-playing

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COURTESY SUSANNA BROWN

Matthew Gurren and Rachel Schoenbrun star in reinterpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play “Hedda Gabler.”

Tufts’ drama department updates Ibsen classic ‘Hedda Gabler’ This semester, Tufts’ Department of Drama and Dance tackles a dramatic classic as it stages “Hedda Gabler.”

First published by Henrik Ibsen in 1890 and premiered onstage the following year in Germany, “Hedda Gabler” tells the story of the title character’s marriage and her attempt to improve her life. When her husband’s academic rival appears to be threatening her husband’s livelihood and success, Hedda decides she must intervene. Between these attempts and her own struggle to overcome her intense boredom with the life she leads, Hedda loses control, and her actions lead to disastrous consequences.

At its heart, Hedda Gabler revolves around the trials and tribulations of its main character, and Tufts’ production remains true to this theme. “Hedda’s goals are completely of herself,” freshman Rachel Schoenbrun, who plays Hedda, said.

Director Sheriden Thomas, a lecturer in the drama department, also sees Hedda’s inner struggles as a leading element of the play. “Hedda is a thwarted male energy in a female body,” Thomas said.

The play highlights this disconnect between Hedda’s inner self and the society

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in which she lives.

With the aide of an updated adaptation by playwright Christopher Shinn, Tufts’ production of “Hedda Gabler” transplants the late-19th century work into a more modern setting. Thomas has chosen to place the production in the late ‘60s, bringing the themes of the original work to a setting more familiar to a college audience.

“We are going for something like ‘Mad Men’ style,” Thomas said, referencing the popular television drama also set in the ‘60s.

Thomas’ interpretation will also feel more cinematic than many plays, with a dramatic musical underscore setting the tone during many of Hedda’s solitary moments. These new elements promise to make Tufts’ production of “Hedda Gabler” an interesting take on a classic play and worthy of an evening at the theater.

“Hedda Gabler” will be onstage in Tufts’ Balch Arena Theater from Feb. 18 through Feb. 20, and Feb. 25 through Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 for Tufts students and senior citizens and $12 for the general public.

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they are the subject of a new exhibition at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, titled “Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde.”

This show explores role-playing that asks questions about the fluidity of sex and gender and why certain aspects of culture are deemed masculine or feminine. To investigate identity and societal conditioning, artists interested in avantgarde practices and ideas have taken on the issues of gender and cross-dressing as subjects for their work.

This exhibition was organized by guest curator Michael Rush, former director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, and it fills the List Center with a plethora of sights and sounds that overwhelm viewers from the moment they enter the space. The show features the work of over 15 artists, ranging from the iconic figure of Andy Warhol to lesser-known contemporary artists like John Kelly.

Although the works chosen for the exhibition are diverse, there is a cohesive theme to the show that ties all the pieces together and creates an exciting lens through which to view them.

Each of the artists explores the meaning of gender identity in a unique way.

The pieces ask about what happens when one crosses the invisible line that leads into the oft-misunderstood areas of cross-dressing, homosexuality and role-playing.

The exhibition, though it has some photography, is dominated by films, which leads to an overwhelming number of sounds competing for space and attention. Although this can be distracting and frustrating at times, it lends to the eerie quality that permeates the entire show, with a cacophony of voices and melodies blending together as visitors walk through the winding space.

Upon entering the exhibition, viewers immediately encounter pieces that are undeniably controversial, yet easily relatable to the history of art, such as a work

by Yasumasa Morimura, a Japanese artist

born in 1951, titled “Futago.” This giant framed photograph, made in 1989-90, depicts a double self-portrait of the artist in the exact setting depicted in Édouard Manet’s “Olympia” (1863). Morimura plays the role of both the white prostitute and the black maid in this composition, and in doing so appropriates the power of Western art for himself, a Japanese man. As a man, his nude figure is confrontational and offsetting when he plays a woman, but the kitschy feel of the work makes it digestible, even for those with relatively conservative taste.

As viewers progress through the show, many of the works become darker and more disturbing. This exhibition is not one for the faint of heart, but it is well worth the uncomfortable feelings it provokes. It frankly discusses a subject that is very present in the world, yet is relegated to the outskirts of society and receives very little attention.

Films such as Michelle Handelman’s “Dorian” mesmerize viewers while simultaneously repelling them, due to the subject matter and style of the work.

Handelman chose to display her film on four large, overlapping screens, which keep the eye jumping from place to place in order to depict the dark underworld of cross-dressing, lesbianism and drug abuse. Her unabashed yet stylistically beautiful depiction of a woman as she is pushed deeper into self-obsession and addiction tells a story that not many people want to hear, but that desperately needs to be heard.

Seeing life through the eyes of these artists and their many different personas creates a show unlike anything most viewers have ever seen. It is intimately personal, while maintaining an air of isolated detachment, and it has the ability to evoke both laughter and tears.

Do not expect to walk quickly through this show, as its many films take hours to watch in their entirety.

This should not be a deterrent, since each piece is a poetic destruction of the binary division that categorizes everyone.

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The brothers of Theta Chi sold bracelets that read “Tufts for Haiti” to raise funds for the Red Cross.

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At To Haiti with Love, a Valentine’s Day benefit concert for Haiti, different musical groups, including the Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir, performed to raise funds for relief efforts.

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A group of Fletcher students and other volunteers are mapping information related to the Haiti crisis to aid relief efforts on the ground.

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Tufts Hillel and Moral Voices, in partnership with Chabad, organized two fundraisers for the American Jewish World Services, which is supporting local NGOs’ relief efforts. At one event, the groups made and sold Challah, and at the other they sold cookies, some of which student decorated themselves.

In the wake of the 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti in January, Tufts groups and individuals rapidly united and mobilized to raise funds and aid relief efforts for quake victims. Activities included crisis-mapping by Fletcher students, a music benefit concert and a clothing drive.

— compiled by James Choca, captions by Ellen Kan, design by Leanne Brotsky

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In support of the Schumer-Van Hollen Bill The Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which holds that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts during elections cannot be limited, has generated a significant amount of controversy in political and media circles. Supporters consider the decision a victory for free speech, and the opposition, largely consisting of Democrats, considers it a misapplication of the First Amendment that will have disastrous consequences.

Both sides have reasonable cases.

Corporations have long been recognized by the U.S. government as legal persons; they pay taxes and are allowed to own property, enter contracts and sue and be sued. United States Code Title 1, Chapter 1 explicitly states that “In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress … the words ‘person’ and ‘whoever’ include corporations … as well as individuals.” Given that spending on communication (i.e. advertisements) is legally considered a form of speech by the government, the

First Amendment appears to protect corporate spending as much as individual speech.

The setback that the ruling signifies for campaign finance reform, however, may end up limiting the ability of less wealthy candidates to make their points. Now that campaign finance safeguards are so much weaker, corporations can flood television and radio with advertisements promoting candidates of their choice, actually limiting free speech by drowning out politicians who aren’t able to attract extremely wealthy supporters.

One bill that has emerged from the controversy appears particularly capable of addressing the problems Citizens United would create. Proposed by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md), the bill would limit the amount of money that companies that received government bailouts from the Troubled Asset Relief Program can spend on political advertisements, ban foreign companies from any spending on advertisements, attach

disclaimers to the ads (the CEO of the company would have to visibly approve the ad like political candidates currently do, and the top five donors to the company’s political wing must also appear in the ad) and impose new disclosure requirements on the company’s political donations. The Schumer-Van Hollen proposal will be submitted to Congress after the Presidents Day recess.

The bill is not perfect. Exactly what constitutes a “foreign” company is debatable, and non-bailout companies may gain an edge on their competitors that did receive bailouts. However, given the degree of the potential harms, some measure of precaution should be adopted, and the Schumer-Van Hollen Bill can provide that. Political campaigns are already influenced by the wealth of the candidate, but the Supreme Court’s decision could eliminate the possibility of grassroots campaigns and underdog candidates almost completely by making money the central factor in choosing to run for office.

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The Tufts Daily’s editorial on community reps (“Community reps system should be standardized,” Feb. 16) misses the mark.

Contrary to the editorial’s assertion, the current system is standardized. Any group recognized by the Tufts Community Union (TCU) may petition for a rep, subject to the approval of the student body (not the TCU Senate, as the editorial erroneously said). This, as illustrated in the 2001 TCU Constitution, is far better than the pre-2003 system of representing abstract “cultures”: a system which the Senate Culture, Ethnicity, and Community Affairs Committee’s proposal would bring us back to. Our predecessors before 2003 couldn’t readily define what constitutes a culture (as evidenced by the debate over The Primary Source’s 2002 petition for a conservative culture rep).

How will we be able to?

The editorial also puts forward the dangerous assumption that a “broadbased” community rep system is required, implying that our elected senators alone can’t “represent the range of diversity at Tufts.” This implication, offered without proof, is unfair to our senators.

If we think that each non-majority section of the Tufts population needs a special representative, where do we stop? Engineers, Greek life members, Evangelical Protestants, Healthy Living residents, musicians...? In recent memory, no grouping besides the four currently recognized has petitioned for a rep (except for The Primary Source). Procedurally speaking, it’s just about as easy for nonTCU groupings to get reps as it is for TCU groups. Where are the petitions?

Where are the campus-wide votes?

Ask the groups that aren’t petitioning.

Under the present system, commu-

nity reps represent their student groups, which in turn represent populations of students. Take the Association of Latin American Students (ALAS), for example.

The group’s primary goal is “to meet the needs of the Latino student population at Tufts,” according to its Web site. And yet there is confusion about what the ALAS rep to Senate is supposed to do?

This issue is far more complex than pithy statements like “tie reps to the centers and make more reps” or “get rid of the reps.” This is why TCU President Brandon Rattiner is convening a task force to examine the broader issue of representing minority views.

Hopefully, the Daily’s editorial page will reserve judgment until the task force can do its work.

Sincerely, Christopher Snyder Class of 2011

Corrections Yesterday’s article “Senate to bring discussion on the body’s diversity representation to wider community,” based on the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate’s Web site, incorrectly stated that Rob Siy is a community representative from the Asian American Alliance. He is actually representing the Asian Students Union.

Yesterday’s editorial “Community reps system should be standardized” incorrectly stated that Tufts Community Union senators vote to approve community representatives to the Senate. In fact, the entire student body votes to approve community representatives.

Clarification Yesterday’s article “Universities’ endowments saw major losses last year, report shows,” contained quotes attributed to Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler. Thurler clarified that the information was forwarded from officials from the investment office.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

‘Jersey Shore’

BY LUCY MCKEON Good people of Tufts University, I would like to tell you why I’m wary of what I’ve read in the recent debate about the reality television show “Jersey Shore” (based on The Tufts Daily’s Feb. 2 article, “New Jerseyans sound off on the traits of ‘Jersey Shore’”). Why has this particular show achieved such astonishing national popularity? And what does it have to do with the way the Tufts community, at least as documented in that article, has responded to the particular demographic that “Jersey Shore” defines and targets?

According to the article, ABC News reported “Jersey Shore” the “most-viewed program of the 12-34 age group during its nine-episode first season.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t go much longer than a day without hearing it referred to in some way, anywhere from endearing references to the pre-clubbing and gym-tan-laundry routines, to encountering anti-“Guido” hate groups on Facebook.com.

Think about it. If Jews, women or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people were being so blatantly represented in this way, an outcry would be quick and loud — not to say it would resolve the controversy. I realize there are issues within most reality TV shows — and the media at large — that are problematic or worthy of exploration. I also realize that different histories of prejudicial targeting resist easy comparison. However, for the moment, let us focus on “Jersey Shore.” “Jersey Shore” defines its target group, repeatedly and insistently, as “Guidos,” which originated as a derogatory term that refers to culturally unsophisticated Italian-Americans, especially those whose dress and behavior are viewed typically as lower-class suburban, and most especially to Italo-American men who are aggressively masculine and vain about their appearance and possessions.

The argument that since the people on “Jersey Shore” are self-proclaimed “Guidos” it makes it OK is itself problematic, and it is irrelevant to insist that they are enacting free will to take part in the show since, as we know, exploitation can take multifarious forms and appearances. The free-willed participants in reality shows may not realize (or care, sure) that their stereotypes are being manipulated by big business. Who truly profits economically from the show,

the shore-goers or the executives behind the scenes of MTV? And what about benefits and detriments unrelated to economics at all, like the pursuit of five minutes of fame above all else? Do you see a range of representations of “Guidos” in the media, from negative to positive?

Back to the term itself. In contrast to my hypothetical Jews, women and LGBTs, the identity of the target group in “Jersey Shore” is muddied by the fact that it is defined not only by national ethnicity but also by locale, not to mention the show’s inclusion of many non-New Jersey natives and even non ItaloAmericans. Because discrimination against the target — be it Italian-Americans or a definition of a certain culture associated by some combination of income bracket, style or fuzzy geography — is on the back burner of the contemporary U.S. public consciousness and conscience, viewers of “Jersey Shore” have little to guide their response to the show’s aim at portraying “Guidos.”

In the absence of this sort of community guidance, many viewers are thrown back on the fact that the show can be funny, a response that gains a blanket sort of sophistication when attached to the term satire.

Everyone knows reality shows use clever marketing strategies to represent “reality” in exaggerated, fictionalizing and sometimes satiric terms. From this perspective, perhaps “Jersey Shore” isn’t targeting real people at all but amusing stereotypes? If you take it literally, seriously or personally, you miss the point of satire, one might argue: lighten up, learn to laugh.

By my reading, the opinions recorded in the Daily article, whether from ItaloAmericans, New Jerseyans, both or neither, don’t typically resort to this argument.

Instead, they tend to confirm its underlying message that a personal response to the show’s attack is beside the point, while simultaneously acknowledging that real people are being represented.

These opinions can be divided into two seemingly opposite reactions: First, as a real person, I’m not offended by “Jersey Shore” because the show doesn’t represent me.

Second, as a real person I am offended, not because “Jersey Shore” represents me but because it uses negative generalizations to portray a group I associate myself with (example: Italo-American organizations opposing harmful stereotypes or New Jersey

TEDDY MINCH | OFF MIC residents claiming the existence of “nicer” areas in New Jersey).

What strikes me is the way these two responses, although very different in the scope of awareness and concern they bring to the issue, seem to converge. I feel it’s necessary to broaden the discussion from this so-called controversy surrounding the show, since both reactions — which involve distancing oneself from the targeted group yet conceding that “Jersey Shore” represents someone real, who presumably should take it personally — demonstrating that there is much to be examined about the show, its popularity and its implications within our society today.

Jonathan Swift describes satire as “a sort of Glass, wherein Beholders do generally discover everybody’s Face but their Own; which is the chief Reason for that kind Reception it meets with in the World, and that very few are offended with it.” Each response to “Jersey Shore” easily evades the ethical responsibility involved in personal response, as the comparatively safe nature of the target precludes the galvanizing connection that occurs when we viscerally feel that hate speech directed at others is also an attack on ourselves.

I guess my discomfort surrounding “Jersey Shore” lies somewhere in the following questions: Why are we all so insistent on separating ourselves from, while simultaneously voyeuristically steeping ourselves in, “the Guido aura,” and what is suggested by the enjoyment in mimicking this way of life or culture? What exactly does the humor in the show rely on? Is the sensation of feeling separate from and superior to a targeted group integral to the show’s popularity? Should one’s own sense of identity play the only role in determining offense at stereotypes?

If I were simply attempting to moralize at you, good people of Tufts, this would be a different article. I’m not saying I never watch reality TV and before you tell me to relax and lighten up, I tell you that I am quite relaxed, thank you, but am interested in thinking about complexities surrounding the show, not in merely preaching against it. Instead, I urge you to take a step back and consider some of the questions I raise.

Lucy McKeon is a senior majoring in English.

Women and EPIIC

BY JULIA EVANS In the early 1990s, the United Nations and the World Bank began to argue that the empowerment of women “may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.” Because developing states are prone to rigid social hierarchies, women must contend with positions of inferiority and ineffectual powerlessness. With this in mind, it is supposed that nations with history of women in political power correlate with higher levels of gender equality, but this is an obvious generalization. In the context of South Asia, women have held the premier office of prime minister in four countries: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan. However, all of these countries still lag far behind in the World Economic Forum Annual Index Report on Gender Inequality. This raises the point that change in society requires bottomup strategies of development.

Beforebeingtheworld’sfirstelectedwoman prime minister on July 20, 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaik was widow of the assassinated Sri Lankan prime minster. Similarly, Indira Gandhi, one of the more infamous political figures of India, was daughter to India’s first statesman, Jawaharlal Nehru. Rather than promoting gender equality throughout the developing nation of India, Gandhi has claimed her role as a woman to be arbitrary, saying “I am not a woman prime minister, I am only a prime minister.” Ultimately, Indira Gandhi devastated her career and legacy in her unrighteous obsession for unitary power.

The same goes for Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan, a politician by her father’s dynasty. Bhutto and Gandhi only operated upon the narrow political lens of their prede-

cessors from within family political parties, and their ease into power left them weak, vulnerable to defeat. Ultimately both Bhutto and Gandhi were assassinated, which only reinforced the dismal tone for women and their constant defeat.

If political power is achieved only through corrupt means, the nation and its people receive nothing in return. The rocky political history of South Asia has been shaped by a constant state of paranoia and political games. Politicians in South Asia are notorious for their petty engagements and hollow campaign promises. For in the countries mentioned, the women amounted to such powerful positions only by way of cronyism and corruption. The intrinsic dynasty effect, bloodline of power in South Asian politics sets the political priorities. Thus, most South Asian politicians lose the ability to engage in credible policy reforms, and this is why civil society retains such chaos and disorder. The phenomenon impedes adequate progress of society and in this case closes the windows of opportunity for women.

Amid the cultural complexity of South Asia, the glass ceiling for women is relative to each individual and the mentality of her community. For instance, a burgeoning middle class in India opens up entrepreneurial opportunity in single business markets to women, but poverty crossed with rigid tradition prevents such access for most South Asian women. Until politicians reach a point of investing in honest public utility, localized mechanisms for the empowerment of women work best amid the economic and cultural differences throughout South Asia.

For as always, it is one thing to recognize the need for empowerment of women, but it is something else to act upon it. As such, the capacity for federal politicians to make any

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overarching change in the empowerment of women is lost.

By strengthening local political participation and fair job opportunity, the pledge to empower women uncovers the “double dividend.” Active roles of women in communities yield strong advantages for developing societies. UNICEF research points out two assets: economic productivity and reduction of infant mortality. Promise comes in incremental gain and derives from instances of patient investment like the microcredit loans of the Bangladeshi Grameen Bank and the girls’ education projects of the SAARC in small communities of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc. In order to conduct such projects, enthusiasm must be organic and can be stimulated by the determination of individual women, excitement from the whole community and willingness of the researchers. The central governments tend to have only shortsighted goals and opinions that subvert the importance of empowering women and attach a stigma to the role of women. As progress is made, government must respond accordingly.

Perhaps the legacy of prime ministers as women can be saved throughout the nonWestern world.

In Nicholas Kristof’s book “Half the Sky” (2009), he writes about a song from a woman, Meena, whom he met in India: “India will not be free/ Until its women are free/ What about the girls in this country?/ If girls are insulted and abused and enslaved in this country/ Put your hand on your heart and ask/ Is this country truly independent?”

Julia Evans is a freshman who has not yet declared a major. She is a student in this year’s EPIIC colloquium.

Reid it and weep

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n his State of the Union Address, U.S. President Barack Obama declared that “jobs must be our number one focus in 2010” and called for the creation of a new jobs bill. Obama also called for a renewed sense of bipartisanship on the Hill. Both calls to action seemed to be, if not promising, then at least moving in a quasi-positive direction as of the middle of last week.

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Republican Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) combined efforts to quickly create a bill that would cost approximately $85 billion over ten years.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) worked closely in developing the jobs bill and had, by last Tuesday, pledged to pass it.

The bill seemed poised to break the partisan gridlock that has plagued Congress for months while creating badly needed jobs.

All parties involved were understandably stunned when Reid declared last Thursday that he was scrapping the bill. Reid has since proposed a watered-down bill that would cost only $15 billion over the next decade but has considerably less meat than its predecessor. Reid’s cheaper version excludes key elements — namely a bevy of tax incentives as well as an extension of unemployment benefits and subsidies intended to help the jobless retain their health insurance.

After what began as a bipartisan endeavor, the jobs bill looks sure to be ripped apart before the Senate, with Republicans still fuming over Reid’s actions; Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a co-sponsor of the original bill, has already jumped ship. Still further, Senate Democrats are equally upset — Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Baucus are among those particularly vexed.

Why would Reid, at the eleventh hour, torpedo a jobs bill with bipartisan support that he helped to write? One word: partisanship.

Reid slashed benefits and tax incentives, but kept the central job creation mechanisms from the Baucus-Grassley bill intact — albeit to a lesser extent. Reid is playing politics, daring his Republican colleagues to vote against a bill that promises to create jobs, even if the Congressional Budget Office has validated neither the bill’s cost nor its effectiveness. At a time when American political rhetoric has become “jobs, jobs, jobs,” Reid is baiting the Republicans into a no-win situation. Reid has already set the stage, stating that “the Republicans are going to have to make a choice … I don’t know in logic what they could say to oppose this.”

Forget the fact that Reid blindsided the Obama administration, forcing the White House — caught with its pants down — to defend his new, scaled-down jobs package a day after it had formally endorsed the bill he scuttled. Forget the fact that Reid has singlehandedly destroyed any hope of engendering Senate bipartisanship before a 2010 midterm election that may very well be the second coming of the Civil War. Forget the fact that Reid has alienated not only the Senate Finance Committee Chairman — twice — but also the few moderate Republicans willing to break lock-step and talk to the Democrats.

And forget the fact that Reid took an already questionable bill and turned it into a piece of toothless legislation (see “health care”).

The greatest, most egregious transgression Reid has committed is his willingness to play politics with the fates of the more than nine million unemployed Americans.

He has no problem eliminating unemployment benefits, health care subsidies and key tax incentives to vilify the Republicans in a juvenile, spineless attempt at saving the Democrats come November.

Furthermore, the Senate’s partisan impasse will now only continue to grow, further stifling any efforts to attain veritable legislative progress. Now, as the Senate debates a watereddown jobs bill meant to lure Republicans into a political trap, the question must be asked: Are the Democrats working for the American people, or for re-election? In Harry Reid’s case, the answer is crystal clear.

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

OP-ED POLICY The Op-Ed Op-ed section of the Tufts Daily, an open forum for campus editorial commentary, is printed Monday through Thursday. Op-Ed Op-ed welcomes submissions from all members of the Tufts community. Opinion articles on campus, national and international issues should be 600 to 1,200 words in length. All material is subject to editorial discretion, and is not guaranteed to appear in The Tufts Daily. All material should be submitted by no later than 1 p.m. on the day prior to the desired day of publication. Material must be submitted via e-mail (oped@tuftsdaily.com) attached in .doc or .docx format. Questions and concerns should be directed to the Op-Ed Op-ed editors. The opinions expressed in the Op-ed Op-Ed section do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Tufts Daily itself.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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WOMEN’S SQUASH

Tufts closes out regular season with 8-1 defeat of Wellesley Jumbos went 3-3 in February, 1-10 in other months BY

ALEX PREWITT

Daily Editorial Board

February as a whole has been very kind to the women’s squash team.

After going a combined 1-10 over the first three months of its season, Tufts has put together an impressive string of matches at the right time, capping it off Thursday night at the Belmont Hill School when the Jumbos dispatched national No. 31 Wellesley College 8-1 to round out their regular season on a high note.

“As a team we stepped up,” sophomore Alix Michael said. “Obviously we haven’t had the most successful season but we haven’t let that deter us. We stepped up in a situation that was necessary to step up in, and there were some really good performances. As a whole we realized that this was a match we should win.”

The Blue, whom Tufts had rolled over in December 9-0, were no match for the Jumbos’ deep roster on Thursday and managed to push just one match into more than three games. That one contest — a five-game victory by senior Rachel Amrhein at the No. 9 slot over Tufts senior Sairah Mahmud in

which no individual game was decided by more than three points — was Wellesley’s lone highlight.

From there, the Jumbos dominated the night.

At the No. 1 position, junior tri-captain Val Koo defeated senior Ashley Stevens in straight game, as did Michael at the No. 2 slot. Both Koo and Michael allowed just 16 combined points apiece over the course of their sweeping wins.

Sophomore Mercedes Barba, taking on junior Ally Ewing at No. 3, had an even easier time, winning by scores of 11-4, 11-1 and 11-2. Additionally, firstyear Jess Rubine allowed just seven total points at the No. 4 position, opening up with an 11-1 margin in the first game over freshman Cara Kaufman and rolling to a straight-set victory.

Rounding out the Jumbos’ winning efforts was sophomore Alyse Vinoski, who won her third game 11-1 over senior Jess Whitley to finish the match, in which she allowed 11 aggregate points. Freshmen Madison Newbound and Ushashi Basu, in addition to senior tri-captain Erin Bruynell, won their matches at the No. 6, see WOMEN’S SQUASH, page 19

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Sophomore Alix Michael defeated Wellesley’s Laura Wehl in straight sets in the No. 2 match of the women’s squash team’s 8-1 victory over the Blue on Thursday. Wellesley’s only win came in a five-game battle in the No. 9 spot.

MEN’S SQUASH

Bears and Big Green hand Jumbos winless weekend Tufts heads into Nine-Man Nationals on losing streak BY

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9-0 loss. Sitting at No. 7 in the nation, Dartmouth took all but one match in straight sets.

In the No. 1 position, however, junior Alex Gross temporarily fended off Big Green freshman Christopher Hanson, who ranked at No. 2 in the nation among squash players under the age of 19. Gross won the first set 11-9 but lost the remaining three sets by an average margin of 11-6. Despite straight-set defeats, players in the No. 3, 6 and 9 positions pushed their final sets into extra points. While Tufts remained scoreless at the end of the match, these competitive showings bode well for the nationally ranked No. 19 Jumbos as they look towards Nationals.

“The opponent Alex [Gross] played was ranked among the top players in the country,” Dalury said. “Since his freshman

After two defeats at the hands of Brown and Dartmouth, the No. 19 men’s squash team will travel to Yale for the Nine-Man Nationals hoping to avenge regular-season losses against Amherst and Middlebury.

see MEN’S SQUASH, page 19

MICHAEL SPERA

Daily Editorial Board

The men’s squash team wrapped up its regular season schedule against some of its stiffest competition of the year with bouts against Ivy-Leaguers Brown and Dartmouth. Though the Tufts squad came back to the Hill with two losses in hand, the Jumbos took away some positives from going up against higher-level competition.

“Going into this weekend, we were playing very highly ranked teams, and I don’t think we’ve ever beaten those teams before,” senior co-captain Max Dalury said. “It’s good for us to play these teams, though, because it is great preparation for Nationals.”

On Saturday’s final match against the Dartmouth Big Green, the Jumbos saw nothing but red in a disappointing

Snowed out: Women’s basketball postponed 2010 Winter Olympics Medal Count Tallies accurate as of Feb. 16

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With the No. 4 seed in the NESCAC Tournament wrapped up, the women’s basketball team will turn its attention to the regular season finale at home against Worcester State. Due to inclement weather, the game has been postponed and will be played tonight at 7 p.m.

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SPORTS

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

WANT A FREE TRIP TO ISRAEL???

If you are Jewish and have never been on a peer trip to Israel, Tufts Hillel has the trip for you!

Registration Opens on February 17th at noon!!! To register for the winter break trip or for more information visit the Shorashim website at Israelwithisraelis.com Want more details? Questions? Concerns?

Contact Gordon Dale at Tufts Hillel: (617) 627-3242 or gordon.dale@tufts.edu THIS TRIP IS A GIFT OF TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL

SPACES WILL FILL QUICKLY

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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INSIDE NCAA BASKETBALL

ETHAN LANDY | CALL ME JUNIOR

Atlantic 10 looks to be Cinderella story BY

A dud in Dallas

ETHAN STURM

Daily Staff Writer

The Atlantic 10 is a typical mid-major conference. While it occasionally produces a shining moment, it is annually overshadowed by the power conferences. Xavier has been the only Atlantic 10 team making headlines in recent years, and even the Musketeers have struggled to make it deep into March.

But the stars seem to have aligned for the A-10 this season. With the Pacific 10 faltering and other prominent conferences weaker than ever, the door has been opened for mid-major conference teams who are seeking at-large bids.

Having a trio of teams rated in the top 25 of the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) means that A-10 games carry more significance than ever. In past years, Xavier was the only quality opponent for most teams on the conference schedule, but this year almost half of the conference holds clout in the eyes of the tournament committee.

The Atlantic 10 has developed a hardnosed style of play similar to that of its regional big brother, the Big East.

A-10 squads all look for high-percentage shots on offense and rely on their defense to win games, allowing them to contend with some of the country’s best teams. Here are the ones to watch for come tournament time.

Less than four years after the retirement of Hall-of-Fame coach John Chaney, Temple (20-5, RPI 12) is once again the cream of the crop in the Atlantic 10. Led by senior guard Ryan Brooks (15.1 points-per-game) and junior forward Lavoy Allen (11.4 points-per-game and 10.4 reboundsper-game) the Owls mix a very clean offensive side with a stifling defense.

Temple, currently ranked No. 21 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll, has the sixthranked scoring defense in the country and, over the course of the season, has held No. 10 Georgetown to 46 points and No. 3 Villanova to 65 points. The Owls’ opponents have only surpassed 65 points six times this season. Temple does not give its opponents free points, as evidenced by its high assists-toturnover ratio, which, at 1.36, is good for 17th in the country.

The Owls are 4-2 against the RPI top 25, including a definitive 10-point win over Villanova, one of only three the Wildcats have suffered all year. Temple is currently predicted to be a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament by ESPN.com,

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Featuring strong Xavier and Temple teams boasting high RPI ratings, the Atlantic 10 Conference is often overlooked but should not be underestimated this March. and the Owls certainly have the tools to go deep in the tourney.

After two straight Sweet 16 finishes, it should surprise no one to hear that Xavier (17-7, RPI 19) is once again in contention. With two returning starters and sophomore guard Jordan Crawford’s evolution into arguably the best scorer in the A-10, Xavier will have little to worry about come Selection Sunday.

Crawford, a transfer from Indiana, is averaging 19.6 points per game, the best mark in the conference, and is the catalyst for a prolific offense.

But Xavier is not built in the same

mold as many of the A-10 teams. The Musketeers are a high-scoring team, ranked 19th in the country, and they are not afraid to get into a shootout. They also have a deep bench, with eight players averaging at least 6 points per game.

However, the Musketeers have struggled against the top teams in the country and are 0-5 against the RPI top 20. Even though they have been competitive in every game, they are going to need to step up to the level of competition in March. see INSIDE NCAA BASKETBALL, page 19

DAILY DIGITS

Dollars, in millions, that Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski will earn over the next four years, making him the richest kicker in the history of the league. The deal, signed on Tuesday, also removed arguably the top kicker from the free-agent market.

In 10 seasons with the Raiders since he was drafted in the first round out of Florida State, Janikowski has scored 1,000 points, converting 78.4 percent of his field goal attempts.

He has also attempted a record-long 76-yard field goal in 2008, which he missed.

911 Saves this season for sophomore goalie Scott Barchard, a new Tufts record.

Barchard surpassed the mark of 862 he set last season thanks to a 60-save performance in a 4-2 win Friday at the University of New England. Barchard’s career save total of 1773 is just 393 behind the all-time program career mark set by James Kalec (LA ‘08). At his current pace of 38.54 saves per contest, Barchard could break Kalec’s record in the next 10 games.

2 Bench points scored by the men’s basketball team in its season-ending 64-55 loss on the road at Bates on Saturday. The Jumbos, fresh off a historic upset of NESCAC rival Amherst, fell victim to a cold second half in which they shot 32.1 percent from the field, relinquishing the nine-point lead they built at halftime. The fact that junior Matt Galvin was the only Tufts reserve to net any points did not help, as the Jumbos’ season ended on a sour note.

108,713 Fans who attended Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, demolishing the old record for crowd at a basketball contest. The total was about 10,000 more than expected as the East held on for a dramatic 141-139 win over the West behind MVP Dwayne Wade’s 28 points and 11 assists.

With its monstrous TV screens above the court, Dallas treated the numerous fans to quite a show.

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76.66 Points awarded to the married Chinese couple Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo in the couple’s skate short program on Sunday, which was a record score for the event.

The two-time bronze medalists in figure skating came back to Vancouver for one last shot at gold and nailed it on Monday, winning the overall competition with 216.57 points, more than three points ahead of Chinese teammates Pang Qing and Tong Jian.

58 Consecutive games the women’s basketball team had gone without a double-digit, in-conference loss before Saturday’s defeat at Bates. The thenNo. 13 Jumbos tumbled to fourth in the NESCAC standings as the Bobcats snapped a seven-game losing streak against their conference rivals. Bates went up by 12 at halftime and never looked back, cruising to a 71-55 win that had little implications on the postseason hopes for either team.

have a newfound attitude when it comes to one of my favorite annual sporting events. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, well, still shame on you. I’m not the one to blame.

That is my new sentiment about AllStar Saturday night, the supposed highlight of the NBA All-Star festivities in Dallas. Every year, for as far back as I can remember, I have sacrificed four hours to watch the evening unfold. I hate to say it, but this might be the last time I do so.

There was really not one memorable moment from this past Saturday. The H-O-R-S-E contest was an OK start, but it has not lived up to my expectations since it came into inception last year. Maybe it was an overdose of TNT commentators Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, or the fact that it turned into a three-point contest in its own right, or, finally, that there was little real creativity, but the H-O-RS-E contest once again lacked the flair I had imagined.

Not even the presence of my favorite player, Rajon Rondo, and his unbelievable shooting display (seriously, he has not shot that well in a game since, well, ever) could save the night from starting on a sour note.

It got worse from there. The Shooting Stars competition was as boring as ever, plus the team that won was from “Texas.”

Texas is huge, and there are three NBA teams there. How can you put them all under one umbrella? The Skills challenge was semi-original about five years ago.

Now? The most exciting part is whether a guy will miss the bounce pass.

The Three-Point Shootout, by far my favorite part of All-Star Saturday, was surprisingly dull, even with Paul Pierce pulling out an improbable win eight years after he came in last place.

But an All-Star weekend is usually judged by one thing: the Slam Dunk Contest. And that is where the league has dropped the ball. Forget the farce that is Nate Robinson becoming the first three-time champ. Seriously, forget it.

Even as a short kid who is probably the only person to ever count Earl Boykins among his heroes, I can’t root for the guy. But it was the contest as a whole that was the problem.

Anyone who watched will know that there was not one memorable dunk on the night. There was not really a single moment that stood out, and I am writing this three days after it occurred. The only victory to come out of this was that I finally perfected my All-Star Saturday drinking game.

For perspective, here is a list of things I recently watched that were infinitely more entertaining than any part of AllStar Saturday: men’s short track speed skating (which I found out is surprisingly cool), women’s moguls and an old episode of Criminal Minds — which I had never watched before but which I found out has that guy from the movie “Airheads” (1994) in it who also does the voice of Fat Tony on The Simpsons.

So what is the point in watching anymore? If I were to miss something — and somehow I doubt I’ll be kicking myself for not seeing Robinson’s fourpeat in 2011 — I can always watch it on YouTube.com. Plus, the bitter taste I had from the evening made me skip the All-Star game itself, usually not a problem, except that this year it was about a thousand times more entertaining than anything else that occurred that weekend. It even featured some dunks that were actually good.

And why was that? Because it is the part of the weekend that actually has the best players. And maybe that is the simple solution to fixing the Saturday events — having more superstars, like Pierce, actually participating. But until something is done, this might be the last time I watch. And if I forget all about this and get disappointed again next year, this time I’ll say shame on me.

Ethan Landy is a senior majoring in English. He can be reached at Ethan.

Landy@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos prepare for Howe Cup hosted by Yale in upcoming weeks WOMEN’S SQUASH

come with time. But ... the freshmen and the new sophomores have been improving a lot, and the matches have been going a lot better. Even losing in more than three games improves your mentality. It’ll make us more competitive down the road.”

“We definitely need to improve our mental game,” Michael added. “I think that’s the biggest thing, but that’s a very hard thing to do. The girls have definitely improved, but we need to work on that. As a team, we need to be more consistently mentally tough, but we have a very young team with some inexperienced players also. A lot of that mental toughness comes with experience, so it’s not an easy thing to accomplish.”

With over two weeks separating the Jumbos from their date at the Howe Cup hosted by Yale University in the last weekend of February, Tufts has wrapped up its regular season schedule at a 4-13 clip, its lowest win total since archivekeeping began in 1999.

This mark, though, can partially be attributed to Tufts’ youth. Of its top nine, just two are seniors, and those two play at the No. 8 and No. 9 positions.

This inexperience, and consequently a lack of mental toughness, according to the Jumbos, have seen marked improvements over the year.

“I think because we’re young, it has to do with confidence issues we’re having,” Koo said. “Experience can really help in a match, and that will only

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No. 7 and No. 8 slots, respectively.

The victory for national No. 25 Tufts came on the heels of a 9-0 defeat on Feb. 9 at the hands of Brown University, the 10th-ranked school in the latest College Squash Association poll.

Versus Brown, Michael took the second set against senior Kali Schellenberg 15-13 before succumbing in the final two to lose the overall match. Barba, additionally, enjoyed some success after capturing the first game 11-8 before dropping three straight to sophomore Erika Rhonen. In nine total games against Tufts’ bottom three players, though, the Bears allowed just 22 combined points.

Redemption on the line for Jumbos at Nationals MEN’S SQUASH continued from page 15

year, though, Alex has gone out and won every match he was supposed to and has played strongly against players ranked above him. It’s great for Alex to play tight squash like that, and it bodes well for us as a team going into Nationals.”

Facing off against No. 14 Brown earlier that day, the Tufts squad hoped to grasp its first win against the Bears in at least a decade. Despite early losses in the No. 1 and 2 positions, senior co-captain Zach Bradley controlled the T for a four-set victory in the No. 3 match.

“He was a huge guy, and I was able to get him into the corners and keep him moving around, and that kept him off guard enough for me to get a win,” said Bradley of his opponent, Bears junior Benjamin Clayman. “He came off strong in the first game, but I knew I could get points from him in the rest of the games by just keeping him moving.”

In the No. 4 game, junior Ben Rind was tied 1-1 with his opponent going into the third set, but

broke through by winning the following sets 13-11 and 11-8.

Although the Bears took the remaining matches in straight sets, the Jumbos kept the matches close. In the No. 6 position, Taylor lost his last two sets in 12-10 grudge matches, while senior Scott Leighton dropped his No. 7 match in close 11-9 and 11-8 games. Falling 7-2 on the day, the Jumbos experienced a number of near-misses in relatively close matchups.

“Brown was really able to put away the ball in a bunch of matches,” Dalury said. “Points get extended and our team is fit right now and we’re pushing ourselves, but the Brown kids did a very good job at finishing … In my own match, my opponent had a much better front court game than I did and that put me under greater pressure, which ultimately ended in a close match in his favor.”

The Jumbos will travel to Yale this weekend as they begin postseason play at the Nine-Man Nationals. Slated to compete in the third division, Tufts could see rematches against similarly talented squads like Hamilton,

Middlebury and Amherst.

Marking the last team competition of the year, Nationals could give Tufts a chance to avenge a close 6-3 loss against Amherst as well as an 8-1 drubbing at the hands of Middlebury earlier this year. As Tufts holds a 10-11 overall record on the year, Nationals could determine whether the Jumbos end the year with a winning or losing record.

“We should be competing in the third division, and our goal is to win the division,” Bradley said. “We’ve played a bunch of teams around us in the rankings, so we know what to expect. We’re hoping that by playing teams a second time we could get different outcomes against those teams that we lost by close margins to ... Going into Nationals, and the outcomes we get there, will really determine how the season went.”

“Hopefully we’ll get a chance at redemption against teams like Amherst and Middlebury who beat us early this season,” Dalury added. “It’s not going to be a cake walk, and we’re preparing for a very tough weekend ahead.”

STATISTICS | STANDINGS

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As the hottest team in the A-10, Richmond (20-6, RPI 27) has won eight of its last nine games, including wins over Temple and Rhode Island. The Spiders have the 11th-best scoring defense in the league, and they do it largely by contesting every shot. Teams are only shooting 38.3 percent against them, the 14th-lowest percentage in the country.

The Spiders have been battle-tested, and have proved that they deserve their shot time and time again. Outside of their big conference wins, they have also beaten fellow bubble contenders Mississippi State, Missouri and Old Dominion, and only fell to No. 23 Wake Forest by six points.

Dayton (17-7, RPI 32) has made the least noise of the A-10 contenders, but may actually have the best chance at playing Cinderella come March. Dayton has rebounded extremely well all year, and has

Men's Basketball

Women's Basketball

Ice Hockey

(6-17, 2-7 NESCAC)

(19-4, 6-3 NESCAC)

(11-8-3, 7-7-3 NESCAC/ECAC East)

NESCAC

L 0 1 3 4 5 6 6 6 7 7

OVERALL

W 23 21 18 13 13 14 10 11 10 6

L 1 2 5 11 11 10 13 13 14 17

Individual Statistics PPG RPG Jon Pierce 18.3 7.3 Dave Beyel 16.5 5.1 S. Anderson 9.0 5.2 Dan Cook 6.6 2.5 Alex Goldfarb 4.4 2.0 Matt Galvin 3.1 2.2 Sam Mason 2.3 2.5 A. Quezada 2.3 0.5 Reed Morgan 2.0 1.2 James Long 2.0 2.6 Tom Selby 1.3 2.5 Bryan Lowry 0.8 0.9 Team

APG 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.7 1.6 3.2 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3

65.7 37.4 10.7

a rebounding margin of 6.8 — the 17th-best in the nation. As players start to miss shots in the pressure-filled climate of the tournament, the Flyers’ ability to prevent second-chance points could be the difference between an upset win and a ticket back to Ohio.

Though it is sputtering out down the stretch, it appears as though Rhode Island (19-5, RPI 22) will still be headed to the tournament for the first time since 1999, when it fell in the first round in overtime. Senior guard Keith Cothran and classmate forwards Delroy James, and Lamonte Ulmer all average over 10 points a game to lead the team, while freshman guard Akeem Richmond provides 8.4 points-per-game off the bench.

The selection committee will have its work cut out for it come Selection Sunday, as several teams vying for midmajor Atlantic 10 have built legitimate cases, but only a few will be granted the chance to dance in March.

SCHEDULE | Feb. 16 - Feb. 20 WED

W Williams 9 Middlebury 8 Colby 6 Bates 5 Bowdoin 4 Amherst 3 Trinity 3 Wesleyan 3 Conn. Coll. 2 Tufts 2

Yet, thanks to their recent surge, the Jumbos are playing their best squash when it counts the most: in the postseason. Tufts will prepare for the Howe Cup with unofficial matches with Boston-area clubs this weekend before taking consecutive weekends to compete at Yale and then the CSA Individual Championships at Trinity. In the Howe Cup, the Jumbos are currently seeded first in the “D” division and have a realistic shot at bringing home the sectional trophy.

“We’re very excited, but a break is also nice because we can actually focus on things we want to work on and have harder practices,” Koo said. “We want to make the best use we can out of these two weeks and I think we’ll be ready to go for the Howe Cup.”

NESCAC

W Amherst 9 Colby 7 Williams 7 Tufts 6 Bowdoin 5 Bates 4 Trinity 3 Wesleyan 2 Middlebury 2 Conn. Coll. 0

L 0 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9

NESCAC

OVERALL

W 24 21 18 19 19 13 15 8 10 8

L 0 3 6 4 5 11 8 14 13 16

Individual Statistics RPG 4.3 8.9 5.4 6.2 4.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.6

APG 2.4 0.6 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0

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

PPG 17.1 15.7 12.1 8.3 5.4 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.9

Team

67.3 37.5 10.3

W Bowdoin 12 Middlebury 10 Amherst 10 Williams 11 Trinity 10 Hamilton 9 Tufts 7 Colby 6 Conn. Coll. 6 Wesleyan 4

L 4 3 4 5 5 7 7 7 10 13

T 1 4 3 1 2 1 3 4 1 0

Tom Derosa Zach Diaco Dylan Cooper Trevor John Dylan Plimmer Mike Vitale Lindsay Walker Matt Amico Andy Davis Cory Korchin Team Goalkeeping Scott Barchard Jay McNamara Team

S 911 20 931

FRI

SAT

SUN

Men’s Basketball

OVERALL

W 15 14 15 13 13 12 11 10 7 7

L 5 4 4 5 7 8 8 7 14 14

T 1 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 1 0

Individual Statistics G 10 14 9 8 6 5 3 5 3 2 71

THURS

Pts. A 16 26 23 9 10 19 11 19 10 16 14 9 10 12 11 7 6 8 6 4 121 192 GA 57 2 61

S% .941 .909 .939

Women’s Basketball

vs.

Worcester St. 7 p.m.

vs. Bowdoin 3 p.m. vs.

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vs. Norwich 3 p.m.

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New England Div.-III Championships

Women’s Indoor Track and Field

New England Div.-III Championships

New England Div.-III Championships

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Nine-Man Nationals at Yale

Ice Hockey Men’s Swimming and Diving Women’s Swimming and Diving

Women’s Squash

Nine-Man Nationals at Yale

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