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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010

VOLUME LIX, NUMBER 16

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A panel of speakers discussed Afghanistan at the EPIIC symposium.

EPIIC symposium panelists explore conflict in South Asia KATHERINE SAWYER AND SAUMYA VAISHAMPAYAN

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The 25th annual Norris and Margery Bendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) symposium came to an end yesterday after five days of panels discussing pressing issues in South Asia.

This year’s symposium, entitled “South Asia: Conflict, Culture, Complexity and Change,” featured an array of speakers from both the academic and political world.

Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) Director Sherman Teichman called the programming a success.

“The content of the panels was sterling,” he told the Daily. “It’s been a very eclectic, very, very powerful five days.”

The symposium began on Wednesday with the South Asian Cultural Evening at the Remis

Sculpture Court. The event included a non-governmental organization (NGO) fair, student performances and South Asian food.

A key lecture on Friday evening, “Buzkashi: Afghanistan’s Recurring Great Game,” featuring Said Jawad, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States, focused on the current situation in Afghanistan.

Jawad hailed the timeliness of the panel, which took place on the seventh day of the aggressive Operation Moshtarak, a joint Afghan-NATO offensive.

“The operation ... will put gradually Afghanistan and the Afghan government into a dominant military position,” Jawad said.

He continued to speak about the progress Afghanistan has made and the role of international support in this process.

“What we’ve accomplished in Afghanistan is incredible,” Jawad said. “The Afghan people are

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determined to build their country, but we do need your support and partnership.”

Jawad also spoke about the impediment corruption in Afghanistan poses to development and the need to establish institutions to fight corruption.

Noor ul-Haq Olomi, leader of the United National Party of Afghanistan and chair of the Armed Services Committee in the Lower House of the Afghan National Assembly, echoed Jawad’s views on corruption.

“The prime enemy of the Afghan people is corruption, not the Taliban,” he said.

Olomi added that corruption comes in multiple forms, including Pakistan’s role as a safe haven for religious extremists associated with the Taliban. He questioned the lack of results from the United States’ see EPIIC, page 2

Beyond Boundaries: The Campaign for Tufts on Jan. 31 reached the $1.05 billion mark and is nearing its goal of raising $1.2 billion to support the Tufts student experience and to foster excellent teaching.

Beyond Boundaries is the university-wide campaign for pecuniary contributions that began in 2002. With $1,055,700,000 raised as of this month, the fundraising campaign has achieved approximately 88 percent of its goal, which the University Advancement Division hopes to reach in the 2011 fiscal year.

More than 105,000 friends, alumni, parents and groups have donated thus far. This level of donation shows trust in the school and its ability to persevere through difficult times, according to Director of Advancement Communications and Donor Relations Christine Sanni (LA ’89).

“Tufts’ global reputation in higher education and research, combined with its prudent fiscal management, have made it a resilient institution of solid integrity during these challenging economic times and one that inspires trust, loyalty and giving,” Sanni said in an e-mail to the Daily.

Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler recognized the milestone as a testament to the university and its generous supporters.

“Reaching the $1.05 billion mark is wonderful news for Tufts,” she said in an e-mail to the Daily.

“It’s a tribute to the generosity of Tufts’ donors and to the incredibly talented faculty, students, alumni and staff across the university.”

So far, the campaign has raised $369,387,790 to support students; $358,980,766 to support faculty and research,

including 19 new endowed professorships; $537,309,697 for the endowment; and two gifts with the intent of having schools named for the donors.

University President Lawrence Bacow believes that the campaign has greatly enhanced the university’s ability to support students and high-quality faculty.

“The campaign has already had a huge impact on campus,” he said in an e-mail to the Daily. “Because of the campaign we have been able to double the amount of financial aid for students. We have been able to recruit countless new faculty to Tufts because of newly endowed chairs and faculty fellowships.”

Bacow also believes that Beyond Boundaries has helped Tufts increase its support for active citizenship and philanthropy in concrete ways.

“It has allowed us to roll out the first university-wide loan forgiveness program in the nation for students pursuing careers in public service,” he said. “We have created a funded public interest internship program.”

The campaign has also funded the construction of new facilities such as Sophia Gordon Hall, the Granoff Music Center and the William A. Shoemaker Boathouse, and provided funds for the renovation of Cousens Gymnasium.

To make the final push toward completing the campaign, university advancement officials stress the importance of fostering meaningful relationships with donors.

“Successful philanthropy is not merely a matter of transactions — it reflects positive relationships,” Sanni said. “It’s about building relationships over time and about building a broad and stable base of support.”

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Contestants compete to be crowned Mr. Jumbo

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Black History Month celebrations at Tufts climaxed on Feb. 20 with the Africana Center’s 40th Anniversary Gala at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge.

The Africana Center was founded in the fall of 1969 to facilitate the access of Tufts’ black student population to both cultural and academic resources. It also serves as a student residence.

Over 300 people attended the sold-out gala, which was a night of dancing, student performances and dining. A large percentage of the attendees were alumni, according to Denise Phillips, coordinator for programs and special projects at the Africana Center.

The event included performances by the

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Ten contestants on Friday competed for the title of Mr. Jumbo 2010, awarded to the most spirited students. Participants went through talent, fashion and interview rounds judged by Adele Fleet Bacow, among others. The Tufts University Spirit Coalition sponsored the event.

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Visiting the Hill this week MONDAY “Breaking into Wall Street with Jared Pollard” Details: Jared Pollard (LA ’05), a Goldman Sachs & Co. associate in the equities division, will share his experiences and provide tips on entering the finance industry.

When & Where: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.; Alumnae Lounge Sponsor: Tufts Economics Society TUESDAY “Women Soldiers in Conflict: Difficult Testimonies from the West Bank and Gaza” Details: Dana Golan, executive director of Breaking the Silence and former Lieutenant Education Corps officer, will discuss the experiences of female Israeli Defense Force soldiers and show clips from the documentary “To See If I am Smiling.”

When & Where: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Mayer Campus Center Large Conference Room Sponsor: New Initiative for Middle East Peace “Imaginet Presents: Dorie Clark” Details: Dorie Clark, head of Clark Strategic Communications, is a consultant specializing in helping clients increase sales, enhance brand reputation and move policy issues forward. She will speak on social marketing.

When & Where: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Pearson 106 Sponsor: Imaginet “Friends of Israel — Sarri Singer” Details: Sarri Singer, co-founder of One Heart and the lone survivor of a 2003

terrorist attack on a Jerusalem bus, will share her story.

When & Where: 8 p.m.; Eaton Hall 206 Sponsor: Friends of Israel

box office.

When & Where: 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Cohen Auditorium Sponsor: Tufts Hillel

“The Evolution of Black Dance through the eyes of Germaul Barnes” Details: Germaul Barnes, past winner of the Bessie Award and former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, will be giving a lecture-demonstration on the pioneers of black dance. Contact dance@tufts.edu to reserve seats.

When & Where: 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Jackson Gymnasium Dance Lab Sponsor: Department of Dance

THURSDAY “Exploration of Ice-Covered Lakes — Experiments with the ENDURANCE AUV in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys” Details: Lead Control Systems Engineer from Frontier Astronautics Kristof Richmond will describe the technical aspects of the exploration of ice-covered lakes using the ENDURANCE AUV in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys.

When and Where: 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.; Anderson 208 Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series

WEDNESDAY “Africa: The Final Frontier” Details: Emanuel Katongole, chief executive officer of Quality Chemicals Limited, Uganda, and Zain Latif, principal of a London-based private equity firm, will discuss current and projected economic and business trends for the continent.

RSVP required at africafinalfrontier. eventbrite.com When & Where: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; ASEAN Auditorium Sponsor: The International Business Center Global Speakers Series, Fletcher’s Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, Fletcher International Business Club and TIE Boston “Moral Voices Lecture: Erin Gruwell” Details: Erin Gruwell, an advocate for innovative educational reform and subject of the movie Freedom Writers, will speak about her approach to education and current issues with our education system. Tickets free at Cohen

“Engineering Networking Workshop” Details: Mona Masghati, a Tufts alumna and networking expert, will discuss the importance of networking and give tips and sources for where and with whom to network.

When and Where: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m; Dowling Hall Sponsor: Career Services “Ethernet: Internet Lessons for Solving Energy” Details: Dr. Robert Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet and partner at Polaris Venture Partners, will give the 2010 Engineering Dean’s Lecture about how lessons from the development of the Internet can help meet the pressing global demand for cheap and clean energy.

When & Where: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Nelson Auditorium Sponsor: School of Engineering

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tance of forming connections with alumni as part of this effort toward relationship building.

“We stay connected to our constituents by sustaining and strengthening outreach to alumni, parents and friends,” she said.

There are now 68 alumni chapters around the world. With initiatives such as the Tufts Financial Network — which seeks to connect finance professionals — operating successfully and high attendance at career networking events and special events at Tufts and around the world, advancement is working to link alumni more closely to the university and communicate the significance of the campaign more widely.

Sanni explained that the impact of the campaign will continue even after fundraising has been completed.

“We strengthen volunteer leadership,” she said. “We build a stronger culture of philanthropy and fundraising capacity that endures long after this campaign is over.”

After Beyond Boundaries reaches its target of $1.2 billion, fundraising efforts will continue and Sanni hopes that the atmosphere of philanthropy the campaign has created will remain.

“Fundraising campaigns essentially amplify and articulate the ongoing priorities of the university — the formal construct or overlay we call Beyond Boundaries will end, but our work will continue; we will continue to engage alumni, parents and friends in the Tufts mission and seek to support our students and faculty,” she said.

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Third Day Gospel Choir and the female step team ENVY, according to sophomore Gabrielle Horton, a Pan African Alliance (PAA) board member.

Africana Center Director Katrina Moore said that the gala was a good chance for current students and alumni to interact.

“This is an intergenerational event,” she said. “It is a good opportunity for students to make connections with alumni and to also have an idea of what students are doing.

Hopefully some long-lasting connections will be made tonight.”

Horton said that the event melded the past and the present well.

“The Gala celebration was a great experience because, while there was an introduction to the history of the Afro-American Center, there were

also combined elements representative of the Tufts Black community today,” she said.

Current students who attended the event found looking back at the rich history of the black community at Tufts very helpful.

“Seeing what our predecessors have done and the impact of their actions has helped us see why the Africana Center exists,” Horton said. “We have learned why we have to have the various groups on campus that make the black community at Tufts stronger, and why it is necessary to keep them alive.”

The Africana Center held a series of events for alumni before the gala. Alumni gathered for an informal reception in the lounge of the Africana Center and then had the opportunity to speak with University President Lawrence Bacow at Gifford House.

Every ten years the center invites alumni to reunite and celebrate their experiences, Phillips said.

The celebration, which students largely organized in conjunction with the Africana Center, was part of February’s commemoration of Black History Month.

“They have done a wonderful job planning for Black History Month along with figuring out how to collaborate with the Center,” Phillips said.

While the 40th anniversary has been the main focus of this year’s celebrations, a variety of on-campus events led up to the gala celebration, including a showing of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” (1989), hosted by the PAA on Friday. The film tackles issues of racial conflict in a multiethnic neighborhood in New York.

Other events included Black

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The Africana Center on Saturday night celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gala.

History Trivia Night and a lecture by African-American author, poet and activist Sonia Sanchez.

The marking of the Africana Center’s anniversary made this year’s celebration of Black History Month at Tufts more meaningful than those of previous years,

according to Moore.

“I’m very happy for this year; that we’re able to celebrate our own history,” she said. “We aren’t just looking at what has happened in the past, but we’re looking at our own history and sharing that during Black History Month.”

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continuing provision of money for Pakistani efforts to fight the Taliban.

“The [United States] pays billions of dollars to Pakistan to fight the Taliban. Unfortunately, Pakistan still remains the most important haven for religious extremists,” Olomi said.

Dipali Mukhopadhyay, a doctoral candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Jennings Randolph Dissertation Scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace, discussed the conflict between state building and counterinsurgency in Afghanistan.

“The basis for intervention was not to rebuild the Afghan state, it was described as a campaign to eliminate a safe haven for Al Qaeda in Afghanistan,” he said.

As a result, Mukhopadhyay said, in the state building process there is a confusing relationship between informal power entities, such warlords and the government.

Eight students from the EPIIC class also gave presentations during the Afghanistan presentation.

Another panel on Saturday morning “Violent Discontent: Addressing Regional Insurgencies,” tackled the issue of the use of violence to fulfill political demands.

In his presentation on the transition to peace after the decade-long Nepalese Civil War, Ian Martin, former special representative of the United Nations secretary-general in Nepal, discussed how the country “owed

its success to the determination the people of Nepal showed in the people’s movement for peace and for change.”

Martin posited that the country must commit to negotiation rather than force or terrorism to quell insurgencies and must successfully integrate opposing parties to achieve a lasting peace.

“It is important to address the needs of victims not just as a moral imperative, but also because failure to address their needs can undermine the peace process,” he said.

Hassan Abbas, senior advisor at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University and a former Pakistani government official, shared his insights on the insurgency in Pakistan.

Abbas believes that successful reconciliation will require the involvement of both regional and global agents because the success of the militaristic regimes depends on the global response to their actions.

In order for effective de-radicalization to occur, there must be “justice, democracy, and reconciliation,” he said.

Zachariah Mampilly (LA ’99), assistant professor of political science at Vassar College, and Keith Fitzgerald (LA ’91), senior conflict advisor for the Asian Development Bank both focused on the transition to peace in a postwar Sri Lanka.

Mampilly explored the question of the political impact of violence, discussing the effects on the country of the defeat of the

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

He proposed that because Sri Lanka defeated the LTTE through sheer force, the country has become militarized and corrupt, with a huge power concentration that leaves little room for variation in political viewpoints.

Fitzgerald delved into the causes of the conflict, questioning the traditional belief that the basis for the Sri Lankan Civil War was ethnicity.

“Sri Lanka’s civil war was never actually an ethnic conflict,” he said. “The war between the LTTE and the government was a secondary conflict.”

Fitzgerald asserted that the true disagreement in the country is one between differing political groups, an issue that has not been resolved.

“That conflict which has driven all the other conflicts in Sri Lanka is still very much alive,” he said.

The “Emerging India: The Use of Hard and Soft Power” panel on Sunday looked at India’s ability to use attractive versus coercive power to develop as a global player.

Jalal Alamgir, assistant professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, discussed India’s inability to wield soft power successfully as a result of a lack of consistency and legitimacy in the country’s strategy.

“Soft power derives from a sense of moral authority,” Alamgir said. He explained that until India’s core political values of democracy,

non-violence and non-colonial nationalism are reflected in the nation’s policy, India cannot use soft power in its foreign relations.

Ananya Vajpeyi, assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, explored India’s relation to China in the competition for leverage using soft power. Vajpeyi believes India will not be able to contend with China until it reforms its higher education system.

With an overhaul of the system and a focus on India’s past that gives the country cultural and political identity, Vajpeyi believes India can advance with soft power.

“Reform of the higher education center and establishing clearer lines of values that ground India in our past and heritage are the way forward,” she said.

Teichman cited not only the content of the panels but also the interaction fostered among students from different countries and backgrounds as well as between EPIIC students and leading intellectuals as keys to the success of this year’s program.

“On one level, behind the scenes of all of this is as important as the content of our symposium,” he said. “I am tremendously satisfied intellectually, emotionally, humanly.”

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Numerous Tufts students have likely had to deal with the following conversation: “So, where do you go to school?”

“I’m a senior at Tufts.”

“Where’s that? I’ve never heard of it.”

Indeed, with neighbors like MIT and Harvard and without the status of the Ivy League or the endowment of a university like Duke or Stanford, Tufts can sometimes seem underrepresented on the national stage.

Tufts students are proud of its famous and notable alumni like Meredith Vieira (J ’75), Peter Gallagher (A ’77) and Bill Richardson (A ’70, F ’71). And it’s flattering to the university that celebrated pop culture figures, like neurotic Elaine Benes from “Seinfeld” (1989-1998), ostensibly went to Tufts. However, Tufts still does not have the name recognition of some of its peer schools.

So when acquaintances don’t know about the school, students smile politely, inwardly offended, and fight off the urge to write off the person as ignorant. They are frustrated to realize that, after working so hard to get here, the prestige of a Tufts degree is not universally appreciated.

Recently, however, it seems as if Tufts has shot into the spotlight.

Because of the national media coverage of the new rule of The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ORLL) regulating sexual activity in dorms, the Beelzebubs’ participation in NBC’s “The Sing Off” (2009), the election of alum Scott Brown (LA ’81) to the US Senate and references to Tufts in NBC’s “30 Rock,” Fox’s “The Simpsons” and the blockbuster romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day,” Tufts’ name has recently been cited in the mainstream media for reasons other than faculty research studies.

Julie Dobrow, the director of the Communications & Media Studies program at Tufts, said that she did not think media coverage was inordinately high this year.

“I’ve been here 16 years and I can remember times when Tufts has been in the news a lot and when we don’t hear about it all,” Dobrow said.

She noted that while Tufts may not have the name recognition of a Yale or a Georgetown, it is well-respected in the academic field.

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“Valentine’s Day,” starring Jessica Biel, is one in a recent string of Tufts media mentions.

The proliferation of Tufts references in the news is in part due to the hard work of Tufts’ public relations team.

Among other duties, the group works to determine which stories might be of interest to the mainstream media and to communicate with journalists by “pitching” stories and responding to reporters’ inquiries. The PR team, for example, recently worked with the Boston Globe on an article about President Lawrence Bacow’s tenure at Tufts.

Kim Thurler, director of public rela-

tions at Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus, said that her office, along with the PR offices of the Boston and Grafton campuses, which are led by Director Christine Fennelly, employ a variety of tactics to monitor coverage of Tufts in mainstream media, including a service that aggregates mentions of Tufts.

In a rough comparison of Tufts’ “hits” (for both undergraduate and graduate schools) in newspapers, magazines, see PR, page 4

Tufts participation in Healthy Minds Study aims to enhance knowledge of mental health issues on campus BY

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Chances are, if a Tufts student has not gotten an e-mail asking him or her to partake in a mental health survey over the course of the last month, that student knows someone who has. With students’ mental health increasingly becoming a priority on college campuses, the university is once again taking the initiative by being a participant school in the 2010 Healthy Minds Study (HMS).

The HMS is an annual study that examines mental health issues among college students across the nation. Its purpose is to estimate the prevalence of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders in college environments.

Daniel Eisenberg, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, is directing the study. This year there are 28 participating schools across the nation. By taking part in this national study, the HMS provides Tufts with information about how its students compare with other schools participating in this year’s survey.

“We hope this survey will enhance our understanding of mental health concerns

for undergraduate and graduate students in general,” Marilyn Downs, the supervising clinician and prevention director of Tufts Counseling and Mental Health Service (CMHS) and the Tufts principal investigator for the survey, said.

Another purpose of the HMS is to study stigma and how it affects students’ attitudes toward mental health. “We would like to better understand the needs of students who are at risk or struggling with mental health problems but who have not sought help so that we might tailor our services or outreach to better address their needs and increase access to services,” Downs said.

The survey, which takes approximately 15 minutes to complete, has been sent out by e-mail to a random sample of 4,000 undergraduate and graduate Tufts students.

All information is completely confidential, and students’ responses cannot be linked to their names or any other identifying data.

Students selected to participate in the study have received several e-mails that are intended to induce students to fill out the survey. They start with questions such as, “Did you know that nearly half of college students report that at least once in the past year they have felt so depressed that they had difficulty functioning?” and “Have you

ever wondered whether your fellow students are as happy as they sometimes seem on the surface?”

Sophomore Alexa Firmenich explained that when she got the survey she was immediately interested in the subject. “As I completed the survey it made me wonder if I actually have all the problems it listed,” she said. “I feel like if you were depressed and completed the survey you would get even more depressed, but I guess these feelings that arise are what this survey is studying.”

Freshman Scotty Shuldiner was one Tufts student who did not receive an invite to partake in the survey but heard about it from his friends. “Mental health is a serious problem in the U.S., so I think we should definitely be addressing it in colleges,” he said. “I would have taken a look at the survey if I would have been selected.”

Tufts participated in this study in 2007 as well. “The rationale for our participation was to gain a better understanding of the particular mental health needs of Tufts students in order to inform the continued development of programs and resources that promote the mental health of all our students,” Downs said. see MINDS, page 4

ast December, as I settled down to watch the finale of NBC’s “The Sing Off” (2009) with a friend from high school, she started giggling about how her housemate went on a date with a guy on the football team and reminiscing about spending hours of her Saturdays shivering in her university’s grandstands.

“Mmhmm…” I nodded, only half paying attention as I turned up the volume when the opening credits rolled.

It wasn’t until the commercial break that it dawned on me that, well, I didn’t actually identify with college sports culture or worshipping football players on campus. In fact, the only time I’ve ever seen Tufts grind to a halt — like when a football game shuts down a Big 10 school — was for “The Sing Off,” during finals period no less.

I eagerly cheered on our argyle-clad “home team” for the next hour, mulling over how atypical it is that an a cappella group is as popular at Tufts as a football team would be at any other school.

In many ways, the Bubs’ popularity on campus, even pre-national television, is one reminder of how it’s cool to be a little bit nerdy at Tufts. Dorky qualities, be it all-male a cappella talents or knowledge of every U.S. president, are often considered cool and attractive — it’s in the culture of our school.

While some argue that “nerd chic” has been a growing national trend ever since comic-book-collecting Seth Cohen started breaking hearts on “The O.C.” back in 2003, the geek-attractiveness factor is especially high at Tufts.

There are innate quirky qualities that permeate our student body — our campus is full of high school debate team captains and French horn enthusiasts with a few eccentricities. If you need any reminder of what we were all like before fitting into the “Tufts norm,” just search YouTube.com for “Tufts supplement” and get back to me.

Even my FOCUS co-leader, one of the most stereotypical Theta Delta Chi frat bros, is a ChemE prodigy and Academic Resource Center (ARC) tutor who aces his orgo exams, even after going out hard on Thursday nights.

I doubt he’d admit his inner-nerdiness outright, but the point is that it exists in even one of the most unexpected students at Tufts.

While out at a bar a week ago, a Tufts friend said, “Yeah, my ideal type is like, 55 percent dorky and 45 percent cute.” I couldn’t help but grin, thinking that she had hit the jackpot at Tufts if that was what she was after.

It’s that type of comment that I hear echoed all across campus. I have a friend who’s currently swooning over a crush’s passion for history, and another who admires a girl who works nonstop for different Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO) projects on campus. I remember freshman year developing a crush on a guy who sat next to me in my EN 2 lab as he literally coached me though all of those Auto-CAD renderings.

Beyond the initial attraction, dorky quirks keep people interesting too. One of the most attractive qualities someone can exude on a date is the ability to passionately describe something they’re really interested in.

Sitting across from someone over coffee who can pique your interest in a subject you’ve never thought about before is attractive, and there are an uncanny amount of students at this school running around with unusual interests who are willing to nerdout over a date.

I’ve heard many complaints about the level of attractiveness of Tufts students (“Tufts goggles,” what have you), but I think we really ought to take a second look around. For many of us, the “Tufts type” is right up our alley, and we should just embrace the inner-geek niche charm that we’ve got going for us.

Emily Maretsky is a senior majoring in engineering psychology. She can be reached at Emily.Maretsky@tufts.edu.

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Counseling and Mental Health Service hopes that the university’s participation in the Healthy Minds Study will yield valuable data on the mental health of Tufts students.

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The study also reviews how mental health issues may affect other aspects of a student ‘s life, such as his or her academic performance and the frequency of his or her use of medication and counseling services.

“Understanding the mental health needs of students is integral to promoting their academic and personal success,” Downs said.

“Developmental, social and environmental factors pose a constellation of challenges that can precipitate or exacerbate mental health problems in this population. Mental health issues affect not only quality of life, but also academic, social and occupational outcomes.”

In 2007, only 1,000 undergraduates were asked to complete the survey, and the response rate was 52.5 percent. This year, the number of students has increased, giving Tufts a broader sense of mental health issues on campus. “We are excited to be administering the expanded 2010 survey, which will give us current information that can inform the

enhancement of our programs and services,” Downs said.

As for student and faculty access to the survey’s processed data, it is still not clear how it will be handled. “We will be reviewing the data extensively in order to determine how best to disseminate the information,” Downs said. “Our 2007 Healthy Minds data has been utilized many times in presentations to Tufts students, faculty and staff.”

As a student, Firmenich commented that she would be interested in looking at the study’s results. “People generally seem quite happy here and I would be interested in knowing if this is really true and if [during] midterm and final seasons things change,” she said.

HMS participants across the country are encouraged to take part in this survey by rewarding them with the possibility of winning one of 10 $250 cash prizes or one of three $500 prizes. Tufts students will also be entered to win an iPod Touch or one of 10 $25 gift certificates to the campus bookstore if they complete the survey.

major Web sites and blogs, Thurler found that in 2008 there were 21,000 hits, whereas in 2009 hits increased to 26,000.

However, Thurler cautioned that quantity of hits is not the most important goal of Tufts PR. “Quality to us is more important than quantity,” Thurler said.

The PR team also distinguishes between positive and negative or neutral coverage. Thurler estimated that 90 percent of the Tufts coverage that people from the PR office examine is positive. They analyze the message points of coverage to see if any of Tufts’ fundamental positive characteristics are mentioned, including the university’s promotion of active citizenship, its international outlook, and the reputation of its faculty and students. Often her team compares Tufts’ hits to those of peer schools in order to discern how the school fares against the competition.

“What we find is that while of some of these schools have greater volumes in terms of media coverage, when we look at the top-tier media universe, Tufts has the same or higher percentage [of positive coverage] than most of our peer schools,” Thurler said.

Arguably the most controversial media coverage occurred this fall, when the ORLL prohibited students from having sex in their roommates’ presence in the 2009-2010 Habitats: Guide to On-Campus Living booklet.

It is doubtful that ResLife foresaw the media coverage the rule would unleash.

Over a period of a few days, the story was covered on major websites like CNN.com and on late-night talk shows.

“The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” featured a skit of a nerdy, college-aged O’Brien attempting to concentrate on his fantasy games while his roommate and his roommate’s girlfriend “fornicated.”

Overall, the angle of coverage ranged

from laudatory to sarcastic.

“I would say that some of the coverage was more or less positive,” Thurler said.

“I think it depended on the person writing or editorializing. I think there was a lot of subjectivity in how people viewed [the rule.]”

Dobrow said that, even though the coverage of this rule was not overwhelmingly positive, it did not negatively affect Tufts’ reputation.

“I think it’s the kind of thing that is gone tomorrow,” she said.

Thurler stressed that all schools must occasionally cope with negative exposure: “The reality is that any institution that is an active, leading institution is going to sometimes be the subject of negative attention.”

And because Tufts’ reputation is buffered by lots of positive coverage, including the Bubs’ well-received performance on “The Sing Off,” the public’s memory of negative or neutral coverage is even more likely to fade away.

With the world of media continuously and quickly changing, Tufts and its PR team have had to incorporate new social media tools into its communications plans. The university has, for example, a Facebook.com fan page and a Twitter.com account. The PR team now aims to place stories in certain blogs — a sign of blogs’ rising importance. Thurler hinted that the team will continue to test out new social media tools in the future. “[It’s] safe to say that we’re going to be looking at new media and multimedia tools in addition to the traditional channels we’ve been using,” Thurler said.

All of these tactics will, hopefully, continue to build the name, recognition and reputation of the school in a positive way. Dobrow believes that Tufts is well on its way to doing so.

“I think that maybe not in a huge, trumpeting way, but in a quiet way, Tufts is really making a name for itself,” Dobrow said.

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Due to not wanting to step on NBC’s sports coverage of the Winter Olympics, American TV has more or less shut down for the past two weeks. But for viewers hungering for new and different scripted TV, there’s another place to look: across the pond.

The United Kingdom has a history of prolific television production. It produced “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (1969-1974) and then John Cleese’s “Fawlty Towers” (1975-1979), both of which are generally regarded by critics and experts as some of the best television comedies ever made. But not everything the UK has to offer lately is as polarizing and British as “Are You Being Served?” (1972-1985). The BBC and other British networks have many intriguing and unique series easily available to eager, TV-loving American audiences.

These shows come in all shapes and sizes. On and off since 1963, the BBC has been churning out different incarnations of the family-friendly sci-fi adventure show “Doctor Who,” a series that has now seen 11 different actors playing its protagonist. With its low-tech, low-budget special effects and heartfelt storytelling, “Who” has a reputation in Britain and around the world as a family institution that has won over multiple generations of audiences.

A new season, featuring 27-yearold Matt Smith as the Doctor, will premiere on BBC and BBC America later this year. Episodes from the series since its 2005 revival — including those featuring doctors Nine (Christopher Eccleston) and Ten (David Tennant) — are available on iTunes.

“Doctor Who” has recently inspired two spin-offs, including “Torchwood,” a more adult-oriented, salacious chronicle of a division of alien-fighters, starring Scottish song-and-dance

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For teens (and teens at heart), BBC America also offers “Skins” and “The Inbetweeners,” shows with attractive teenagers (like The CW’s “Gossip Girl”) frankly discussing serious problems (as in Canada’s “Degrassi High,” 19891991). The second series (season in American speak) of “The Inbetweeners” premieres Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. on BBC America.

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Stellar cast powers creepy ‘Shutter Island’

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Many consider Leonardo DiCaprio to be the best actor of his generation. For some this statement is not speculation or hyperbole — it is fact.

Shutter Island Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley Directed by Martin Scorsese Since turning in a string of highcaliber performances that date back to Martin Scorsese’s 2002 crime epic “Gangs of New York,” DiCaprio began to establish himself as the most prominent leading man of the 21st century.

With the release of “Shutter Island,” his latest collaboration with Scorsese, DiCaprio gives another superb performance, cementing his position at the top of the heap of Hollywood actors.

Based on the 2003 Dennis Lehane novel of the same name, the film opens in 1954 with Federal Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) suffering from seasickness aboard a ferry that is on its way to a mental institution located on the secluded Shutter Island off the coast of Massachusetts. Teamed with fellow marshal Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo),

Daniels is sent to Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane to investigate the disappearance of a patient. When the two arrive, they are greeted by electric fences and armed guards. They begin to realize that Ashecliffe is not a normal mental institution and that they are not going to get the open-and-shut case that they hoped for.

When a severe storm hits, Daniels and Aule are forced to stay extra nights on the island. They interrogate a few of the patients who knew the missing woman and find a clue that may hold the answer to her whereabouts. But midway through, it becomes clear that Daniels has other motives for coming to Shutter Island. Through brief flashbacks and dream sequences, the audience comes to understand Daniels’ past as a World War II soldier and, later, as a husband back in Boston.

DiCaprio’s performance is phenomenal. His role requires stunning depth, and he pulls it off flawlessly and disappears into the character. He is fierce in the beginning and vulnerable toward the end, but the intensity of his performance never wavers.

At first glance, Ruffalo’s performance as Chuck Aule appears a bit dull. He is a quiet sidekick, speaking only when necessary. His suppressed character, however, is a perfect fit for the film’s see SHUTTER, page 7

Last summer, BBC America broadcast the first series of “Being Human,” a horror-dramedy that follows three friends living together in Bristol: Mitchell (Aiden Turner), a moody, century-old vampire, George (Russell Tovey), an uptight Jewish werewolf and Annie (Lenora Crichlow), a bubbly, recently-deceased ghost.

The first full series of “Being Human” runs only six hour-long (i.e. 60 minutes, with no commercials) episodes, which were all filmed on location in see BRITAIN, page 7

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Dangerous Man’ enthralls audiences BY

REBECCA SANTIAGO Daily Staff Writer

A wartime nation is much less a body of emotional, interested and varied individuals than it is a well-

The Most Dangerous Man in America Starring Daniel Ellsberg Directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith greased and intricate machine.

Within this jingoistic device, each human being satisfies a particular role, subjugating personal needs and values for the good of the unit. Yet what happens when one cog sickens of the operation and springs free?

Judith Erlich and Rick Goldsmith address this in “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers,” a documentary about the government insider who exposed to the public the ugly realities of the Vietnam War. see DANGEROUS, page 6

alentine’s Day is a tough holiday.

Single people are bitter on Valentine’s Day; people who are not single are stressed. Regardless of relationship status, however, everyone should remember one thing: Candy goes on sale Feb. 15, the day after Valentine’s Day. Say what you will about how the holiday is nothing more than a sham thought up by greeting card companies to make money.

Whine about the futility of love. Hell, criticize the color red if you want. Whatever you do, though, don’t hate on the candy. That cheap, cheap candy.

For less than a dollar, I was able to buy two bags of Necco Sweethearts Tiny Conversation Hearts (“#1 Valentine Candy,” according to the bag), and, with the help of the contents of these two bags, I could get on, and stay on, a sugar high that will last me more than a week.

The net weight of each bag is seven ounces. Think of that in drug terms if you like, because these are powerful stimulants! Let’s get these onto the streets, ASAP! Barksdale won’t hold those towers for long!

Necco is not messing around.

Looking at the ingredients of Necco Sweethearts, one may be completely unsurprised to learn that the primary ingredient is sugar. After sugar comes corn syrup and corn starch. Basically these hearts are sugar that’s only held together by corn byproducts.

But let’s focus on that first one, shall we?

It’s capitalized on the bag. All of the ingredients are capitalized, but this pink bag of tiny little heart-shaped candies is screaming to potential consumers that what they are about to consume is sugar. Pure sugar.

And let’s not forget that actual, biological hearts look nothing like these hearts.

It has been suggested that this particular geometric shape came about because if you turn it upside down it appears to be a buttocks. A female’s buttocks. And that is a sign of fertility and getting freaky. It makes sense if you think about it a little, but not too hard. Consequently, that’s what she said.

I just popped eight of these things and I feel like I drank an entire Box O’ Joe. I’m not going to be able to sleep any time soon.

If these sugary rumps weren’t good enough on their own, Necco turns them into adventures in literature by printing a phrase on each tiny, edible female buttocks, whispering sweet nothings to the eater. Some of them are poorly printed and the occasional heart is blank, but how often does such a powerful stimulant tell a user to “Kiss Me,” or “Be Mine?” Or, for that matter, “Top Chef,” or “Got Love?”

I love it when my candy makes outdated references to wildly popular but mostly forgotten ad campaigns for extremely mundane products. Also, Tony Montana snorted that mountain of yayo, but it never once called him “Top Chef.” Not once.

Aside from the chalky Reader’s Digest/ Don Juan of the confectionary world, Feb. 15 also offers sweet deals on other types of terrible candies: oversized boxes of disgusting chocolates with fillings like maple-crème, stale toffee and cherry-or-isit-strawberry and bags of red-only M&M’s.

Candy lovers everywhere can find themselves sugared up and stomach-ached for weeks on end with the bounties bought on this glorious day.

So, to recap, say what you will about Valentine’s Day, but everyone can agree that the day after Valentine’s Day is awesome.

What’s better than cheap candy? Nothing.

Almost nothing.

Almost.

Feb. 15: four and a half out of five stars.

I just ate a couple more hearts and now I’m shaking a little bit.

Mitchell Geller is a junior majoring in psychology and English. He can be reached at Mitchell.Geller@tufts.edu.

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Documentary brings depth to Ellsberg and his heroic act DANGEROUS continued from page 5

Originally an enthusiastic minion of the government, Ellsberg worked as a military analyst for the RAND Corporation think tank in California. His charisma and brilliance earned him recognition from his peers and superiors, including Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

Upon a visit to Vietnam, Ellsberg’s confidence in the military effort was shattered.

When Ellsberg voiced his doubts to McNamara, the latter launched a top-secret investigation into the origins and nature of the conflict.

Upon reading the report, Ellsberg discovered that the gruesome war was founded on false and decidedly ignoble premises. Championing his morals over the lofty government position his silence would have ensured him, Ellsberg painstakingly photocopied the 7,000-page report and leaked its contents to the New York Times.

Erlich and Goldsmith’s documentary is a worthy wedge of history in its own right.

“Dangerous Man” thoroughly covers the domino effect of Ellsberg’s self-sacrificing action, accrediting him with President Richard Nixon’s impeachment and the modern relationship between the government and the press. The project’s success is made evident through its nomination for a Best Documentary Oscar this year.

Yet the documentary’s comprehensive historical analysis is of secondary importance.

Erlich and Goldsmith’s most praiseworthy accomplishment is in rendering a genuine, tan-

gible portrayal of Ellsberg, the eminent man whose name often gets glazed over in history textbooks. Ellsberg’s own narration is of course central to this effect. With his earnest and rational demeanor and a voice that fluctuates between dulcet and dull, he presents himself as anything but an unstable radical.

Occasional non-sequiturs from the weighty subjects of war and justice serve to make Ellsberg even more relatable.

The audience warms to him as he performs magic tricks for an eager crowd of children and relaxes to the melodic strain his fingertips pluck from a modest piano.

In one scene, Ellsberg stoically outlines the day his father fell asleep at the wheel, which resulted in an accident that killed Ellsberg’s mother and sister. In doing so, he injects a poignant note of pathos into the film while revealing the roots of his personal and political commitment to vigilance.

Thoughtful interviews with his contemporaries also add to Ellsberg’s own performance, painting a fuller portrait of his character. His wife, Patricia, lovingly describes his implausible transformation from pro-war patriot to righteous martyr. Egil “Bud” Krogh, who attempted to burglarize the office of Ellsberg’s psychiatrist at Nixon’s request, expresses remorse for his blind faith in the ethical veracity of the government. Krogh wistfully praises Ellsberg for upholding the scruples that the ambitious so readily dismiss.

Though the format of the documentary at times teeters dangerously towards that of

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Daniel Ellsberg in 1973, speaking against the Vietnam War. a dry historical lecture, genuine, if only partially successful, efforts are made to liven up the story from its commencement.

The film opens in an unsettling blackness that is soon pierced by flashes of lurid green and the monotonous whirr of a photocopier. In a monologue that is in equal parts a boast and a confession, the disembodied voice of Ellsberg expounds on the mind-boggling task of illicitly reproducing the seemingly interminable document.

This dramatic opening

automatically piques viewers’ interests, and their attention is maintained throughout the film with pace-quickening audiovisual gems. Some of these points of interests are glib, like the cartoons used to recreate important events in Ellsberg’s storyline. Others, like the footage of Vietnamese families under siege and sound bites from Nixon’s infamous Watergate tapes, are appalling and distressing.

Though “The Most Dangerous Man in America” makes a name

for itself in the realms of both art and history, its greatest success is in a field considerably more abstract. The film’s full strength lies in its reaffirmation of the power and potential of an individual who chooses to take a stand for what is right over hiding in the shadows of government secrecy. Nothing could be more inspirational than a true story of a one-man revolution, and on that premise it is possible that this underappreciated documentary might stand the test of time.

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Bristol over about a month. In the U.S., a season typically runs between 13 and 24 episodes, paving the way for narrative fragmentation and necessitating a handful of subpar “filler” installments.

For many British series, including “Being Human,” the small episode order lends itself to a cohesive story arc that functions more like a serialized film. Creator Toby Whithouse structures a salient story arc for the show’s first series. By closely following only three or four story lines, hitting a climax in episodes four and five and ending strong, the series leaves audiences satisfied in the end.

The show does a fantastic job of concentrating on the realistic, though supernatural, friendship between the three leads, while furthering a well-

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plotted and surprisingly intense story.

Because of Britain’s more forgiving standards and practices regulations, “Being Human” is not forced to shy away from fairly graphic violence or nudity, but the excess of blood and brutality feels honest and earned.

Though the central conceit of “Being Human” sounds gimmicky, Whithouse’s examination of the realities behind the three types of creatures is more sincere than that of “Twilight” (2008), for instance. The show is extremely engrossing, surprisingly smart and very fun to watch.

“Being Human” Series One is available now on iTunes, and Series Two, currently airing in the UK, will begin on BBC America in July.

Bolstered by the continued success of NBC’s version of “The Office” (based, of course, on the Ricky Gervais BBC series) and the foreign formatting trend in general, both “Being Human” and “Torchwood” have been secured for American remakes. Fox has ordered “Torchwood,” which will also be written by the original series’ creator, Russell T. Davies. Star Barrowman may also be following the series over the pond, perhaps because he already speaks with an American accent. The US version of “Being Human” will air a 13-episode season on Syfy as that network’s first original series since its name change (from Sci-Fi).

It is difficult to predict what the outcomes of these experiments will be. Because one of these shows is often very sexual (Barrowman’s Captain Jack Harkness is proudly bisexual) and the other is often very violent, it seems likely that American neutering will at least hamper some of these shows’ impact. But since both of these British series are now available to Americans via iTunes and other means, they are definitely worth checking out while American television is taking a breather.

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surprising end. Ben Kingsley is both feeble and quietly stern as Dr. Cawley, the head of Ashecliffe’s operations. Michelle Williams, best known for her Oscarnominated role in “Brokeback Mountain” (2005), fits perfectly as Dolores, Daniels’ deceased wife, in the flashbacks and dream sequences.

Both the story and the direction unsurprisingly match the quality of the cast.

Scorsese brings the audience into an eerie and sinister environment. At times, the director employs distracting lighting techniques that may be uncomfortable to watch, but these scenes are consistent with the tone of the film. He also frequently shoots close-ups of DiCaprio, capturing the madness on his face perfectly. This is the fourth film Scorsese and DiCaprio have shot together, and their chemistry is obvious throughout

the movie. When director and actor are in sync, everything in a film feels more natural and believable, and “Shutter Island” is no exception to this rule.

Musically, the film excels as well. The classical selections chosen by music supervisor Robbie Robertson are dark and simple, but they resonate with the movie’s tone. Silence also plays a crucial role; in some scenes, the suspense is built without any music at all.

The movie has a few faults. The running time is 138 minutes, which makes it a fairly long movie for today’s standards, but it can feel even longer as the plot drags at points before the explosive ending. The climax has a few twists, but the narrative may be too clever for its own good, potentially leaving viewers confused. The final scene, however, is an excellent and haunting conclusion that is sure to leave viewers pondering the meaning of the entire film.

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The responsibility of reporters and celebrities This past Friday, Tiger Woods joined the ranks of the many politicians and celebrities who have had to face the media with an official recognition of and apology for their personal transgressions. In his long-awaited press conference, Woods addressed his automobile accident on Thanksgiving night of 2009 and the reports of his infidelity that later emerged. While he expressed his deep apologies to his family, fans and those involved in his foundation, he also admonished the media for its intrusion into his private life and the lives of his family members.

Though this tenuous balance between the media and the people whose lives have become front page news is not a new conflict, Woods’ case raises questions about the responsibilities of both parties.

As a celebrity, Woods has made a concerted effort to keep his personal life hidden from the media spotlight that has accompanied his remarkable career.

This aversion to the public eye was never more evident than in the nearly three months that passed after the Thanksgiving incident before Woods’

public statement. During that time, rumors circulated throughout the media concerning the state of Woods’ marriage and the future of his career — rumors that were, no doubt, exacerbated by Woods’ persistent silence. In waiting so long to address the incident publicly, Woods not only exposed himself but also his family to further media intrusion, as reporters and bloggers searched for the answers that he refused, until recently, to give. In essence, Woods defaulted on his responsibility to his followers and the media in general by refusing to come out publicly concerning his infidelities and the accident on Thanksgiving.

A more appropriate course of action would have involved Woods making a public statement as soon as possible, addressing the seemingly burning questions that the media felt needed to be answered and thereby removing himself from the rumor mill and allowing him to focus on rebuilding his private life rather than keeping it hidden from view.

This would also have allowed him to immediately answer the worries of his fans and the golf community — people to whom he owed an explanation.

This is not to say, however, that the Daily in any way supports intrusive actions of the media into the lives of celebrities going through personal turmoil. Following Woods’ two-year-old daughter to school and photographing her is in no way a mark of professional journalism of any sort. However, though it may be regrettable that it is now impossible to keep a public figure’s private life out of the national spotlight, Woods should have recognized that the nature of the current media environment, considering the power of the Internet and the 24-hour news cycle, makes this inevitable.

Therefore, public figures must learn to build positive relationships between themselves and the media, even if it is difficult at times.

As someone knowledgeable about the expectations of the media, especially where sensitive situations such as marriage and infidelity are concerned, Woods played his cards poorly and, in not addressing the issue, sparked the media to inappropriately and unfairly invade his life and the lives of those closest to him.

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Nothing says “Olympic athletes competing at the top of their game” like a Big Mac, large fries and a Coke.

This year’s advertising campaigns for the Olympic sponsors are a little more transparent than usual.

McDonald’s has been running ads featuring young athletes celebrating a hard fought game with a hearty meal of factory-processed food and high fructose corn syrup based beverages.

There is something wrong about telling children with dreams of competing in the Olympics that the athletes they look up to and aspire to be typically eat a dose of fried foods and sugar water after grueling physical activity.

There may be a few athletes that like to indulge themselves with the occasional fast food burger, but for the most part, these highly disciplined athletes maintain a strict diet; one that helps them reach the top, not get dragged down by their own mass to the bottom.

It is believable that someone like Michael Phelps would satisfy his munchies at Subway, an eatery that provides low fat and nutritious alter-

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natives to the usual fast food offerings.

But there is no possible way that Apolo Anton Ohno became one of the fastest skaters in the world by scarfing a double cheeseburger and downing a bucket o’ cola after every race.

Canadian McDonald’s ads feature various athletes talking about their favorite items on the McDonald’s menu. In one of these commercials, Canadian snowboarder Brad Martin talks about how he gives into temptation and eats McDonald’s french fries every chance he gets. McDonald’s goes beyond simple implication to directly telling the viewers that athletes in peak physical condition can stay that way while eating McDonald’s.

The United States Olympic Curling teams are possibly the only grouping of “athletes” that could feasibly eat at McDonald’s on a regular basis and still be competitive in sweeping ice and sliding rocks. (It’s like bowling without all the cigarette smoke and claw machines.)

Can anyone imagine the typical McDonald’s consumer sliding down the luge track without their gut obstructing their view or slowing them down?

It is understandable, however, given the state that the Winter Games are in, that the International Olympic Committee would accept any sponsors willing to contribute money.

But consideration needs to be given when it comes to the message being broadcasted to children all over the world. These messages of eating “like an Olympian” are not exclusive to the obese children of America, but to children across the globe.

Companies like GE, who had ad campaigns during the Olympics about energy conservation, and Nissan, with their popular ads for the new all electric car, the Leaf, need to advertise with and help sponsor the Olympics more.

There are several organic, healthyliving food corporations that could potentially advertise with the Olympics but don’t. Why? Because of the financial risk of such pricey ad space?

What better demographic than thousands of children looking to get fit and eat healthy so they too can be an Olympian?

This is a negative message being spread like special sauce, not only in the U.S. but all over the world by American companies.

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A hidden illness BY

CHRISTINE O’BRIEN

Fellow Tufts students and honored Tufts alumni, I find myself required by Evan Wecksell’s Feb. 8 op-ed “How to beat ‘depression’” to come out of the Depression Closet. I, Christine O’Brien, Class of 2011, had to come back from my year abroad in London a semester early because of depression. Yes, my friends, I know I told those of you who know me that it was severe bronchitis.

That was because of people like Mr. Wecksell, who often, regrettably, leap to conclusions without knowing all the facts.

I find it difficult to concur with Mr. Wecksell’s assessment of my illness as merely a feeling or a “funk,” having experienced it firsthand. I have had a complete personality change since beginning college. I’m irritable, rude and sometimes completely lacking a sense of humor. Less visibly, I can be insecure, lacking confidence and completely convinced that I am worthless. I spent most of the last year convinced that I had no friends and that those that I considered friends were only tolerating me and actually found me irritating and mean.

Here, this has been seen as my personality, but in high school I was completely different. I smiled all the time and had a wonderful, if cynical, sense of humor. I had many very good friends and a wonderful family, and was secure in my belief that I was high in their esteem. Far from being irritable, I was easy-going, laughing at deliberate attempts to make me angry, and always believing the best of anyone around me, including strangers. I was always confident that a great future lay in front of me, that I was ready to face it, and that any obstacles were only fleeting barriers. In other words, I used to be happy.

This summer, I cried almost every day. I became convinced that my lack of a summer job in a summer filled with general

unemployment, particularly student unemployment, foreshadowed a future of the same. I distanced myself from my friends, many of whom didn’t even realize I was unhappy, as I became convinced that they disliked me or were at the least annoyed by me. My family, at least, knew that something was wrong, after I slept and cried through three different vacations and all five months of my summer break. We tried treating it as anything from anemia to late-onset teenage angst before it was finally diagnosed in September as what we had been subconsciously denying — depression. We started treatment and I went to London, hoping that the summer brush with depression would end with a combination of medication and a change in situation.

To some degree, it did. I found myself believing that I had good friends, and even, eventually, dating a wonderful guy. For the first month there, it was wonderful — the best I had felt in years. As the work picked up, though, I began having panic attacks. I was wringing my hands, hyperventilating, shouting and crying any time there was even a little bit of work to be done — even though the assignments barely counted and all my credits would transfer as pass-fail. I was exhausted, but I couldn’t sleep at night. Eventually, I reverted to my summer habit of napping during the day. Some afternoons, I would nap for several hours, and then I would go to bed at 10 p.m. that evening. When at the end of November I had a six-hour-long panic attack, a total breakdown, I realized something had to change. That’s why I’m back at Tufts now, taking three courses and attempting to minimize stress while undergoing treatment.

No situational change helped this depression. It began over a year ago, and the change in situation never helped it. My summer should have been extremely relaxing and pleasant.

Instead, it was miserable. My Christmas break was much the same, made even more stressful as I tried to keep my depression a secret from my extended family. After all, with the way our society reacts to people with mental illnesses, who knew what they would think of me? Unhappy as I was, I realized that this misery I was experiencing went above and beyond any situation in which I found myself. Most frustratingly, I knew that I should be happy. No matter how hard I tried, though, it didn’t work.

If this still doesn’t refute Mr. Wecksell’s argument well enough for you, look beyond the emotional symptoms. In all of high school, I napped maybe five times. The past year, I have had to take a nap almost every day. I’m always cold and always tired. Even after a nap, I wake up feeling as though I hiked a mile. Even now, when I am doing much better, I still have to lay down for about an hour every day. Before, this was behavior I only ever saw when I was sick. Now it seems proof that I still am.

If you have received nothing else from this story, I hope you have learned this: Depression is real, and anyone can have it.

Most of my family and almost all of my friends still have no idea that I am depressed. These people who know me so well still haven’t noticed. Anyone can be depressed. Anyone can have a mental illness. Before you call depression an emotion instead of disease, look around you. Approximately one in four Americans have a mental illness. That means that, in all likelihood, someone you know is suffering in silence.

Christine O’Brien is a junior majoring in economics and history.

Tufts should lead the way in football safety BY

DAN LEWIS

According to Malcolm Gladwell’s Oct. 19, 2009 article in The New Yorker, “A football player’s real issue isn’t simply with repetitive concussive trauma. It is, as the concussion specialist Robert Cantu argues, with repetitive subconcussive trauma. It’s not just the handful of big hits that matter.

It’s lots of little hits, too … In an average football season, a lineman could get struck in the head a thousand times, which means that a ten-year NFL veteran, when you bring in his college and high-school playing days, could well have been hit in the head eighteen thousand times.”

Football is going to change.

Toward the end of his life, Mike Webster — who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 years — suffered from depression, amnesia, dementia and other symptoms consistent with brain damage. Many speculate that Webster’s symptoms — and death in 2002 — were a byproduct of thousands upon thousands of hits to the head. That is, Webster, quite literally, may be a victim of the violence inherent to succeeding on the gridiron.

The above-quoted passage and Webster’s tragic story are part of a greater movement to quantify, and likely further prevent, the damage done to football players by the trench warfare-like environment that linemen and others experience on the field. Already, Congress has summoned NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to appear and explain what, if anything, the league is doing to prevent brain injuries from repetitive on-field trauma. Michael Oriard, a former NFL player and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University — a Division I (“Bowl Championship Series,” or BCS, if you prefer neologism) school — wondered on the sports news Web site Deadspin.com, “[w]ill it one day make as much sense to keep your son away from football as it does to strap your toddler into a car seat?” The question, sadly, is not far-fetched. Rather, it is quite likely that football, as we know it today, is soon to undergo a radical change. The more likely question: Who is going to lead the way?

Hopefully, Tufts.

The most visible leagues — the NFL and BCS football programs — are also the least likely to make non-cosmetic reforms, for obvious reasons. Many high school programs will similarly be unwilling to change their rules dramatically lest they become incompatible with large college systems.

The most viable option is a Division-III school. Even then, there is an enormous problem: the Div.-III school would need its opponents to also subscribe to these reforms. Only one Div. -III conference plays all of its games within its own conference — the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), of which Tufts is a member. The NESCAC, uniquely, is well positioned to implement brainsafety reform.

Of all the NESCAC schools, three factors suggest that Tufts should lead the way. First, as far as I can tell, Tufts is the only NESCAC school with an affiliated medical school. This allows Tufts not only to be a leader in implementing reforms, but also to develop these much-needed changes. And as any

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meaningful changes to the game are certain to face staunch opposition, it is imperative that whatever suggestions the reform-oriented leaders develop be backed by science more so than policy or politics. Second, Tufts famously lays claim to the first-ever U.S. intercollegiate football game, back in June 4, 1875. We were leaders once, and we have the opportunity to be leaders again, and the story, from a publicity standpoint, is both compelling and endearing. Finally, with President Lawrence Bacow announcing his retirement from the Office of the President, he provides the university with a leader who is immune from recourse — a necessary trait given the backlash that may be brought by those who see football as a sacred cow.

Football will change. It has to, because a generation

of parents — this one, maybe, but if not, the next — will likely agree with Dean Oriard: Playing football is too dangerous. When your choices are to evolve or die, the former is typically a better option. The question, therefore, is not if, but when. Now is better than later, as we do not need another group of Mike Websters on our collective consciences. And Tufts should take the lead, because the result — lives improved, and lives saved — is everyone’s obligation to achieve.

Dan Lewis graduated from Tufts University in 2000 with a degree in economics. He was a regular contributor on football to Foxsports.com and the National Review Online.

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Baily, from doing much of anything in the added time in an effort to extend her own collegiate basketball career.

OUT IN THE COLD The women’s basketball team’s first-round overtime loss to Bowdoin in the NESCAC Tournament continued the Polar Bears’ historical dominance over the conference. Though Tufts beat Bowdoin on Jan. 23 by 12 points in a battle of two top-25 teams, the Jumbos have still struggled offensively recently in battles with the Polar Bears. The Daily takes a look at Tufts’ offensive statistics in two games versus Bowdoin this year in comparison to its 23 other contests.

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“I’m a senior, so that was enough motivation for me,” Hynes said. “There was nothing that was going to make me lose that game. I felt like we had the momentum going into overtime, and we capitalized on that.”

Tufts’ best chance at victory came at the end of regulation. After sophomore forward Kate Barnosky missed a 3-point shot and recovered her own offensive rebound with 30 seconds left, the Jumbos were able to hold for a last-second attempt. They turned to junior tri-captain Colleen Hart, the NESCAC’s leading scorer.

Hart attempted to drive the lane but was cut off, forcing her to throw up a desperation underhanded scoop shot. The ball rattled out but fell into the hands of Miller, who forced the ball back up towards the hoop; it too

bounced out as time expired.

Regulation largely featured a oneon-one battle between Baily and Hynes. Hynes, who tallied 16 points in the first half, helped her team to a 32-27 lead at intermission.

“We prepared really well,” Hynes said. “This was the one game we focused on all week. I felt like I knew exactly what moves would work and our guards knew exactly where to put it against their post defense.”

Baily responded in the second half, taking complete control of the paint.

She came back with six points and 10 rebounds in the latter period while holding Hynes to a single field goal, allowing the Jumbos to edge their way back into the game.

But Tufts could not overcome its own poor shooting both from the field — just 28.1 percent on the game — and from the charity stripe. Hart and sophomore Tiffany Kornegay combined to make only 4-of-26 field goal attempts. They were stymied by a Bowdoin defense that ranks second in the NESCAC in points allowed.

However, the Jumbos were their own worst enemy at the line, managing to make less than 60 percent of their free throws.

“We are generally one of the best foul shot shooting teams in the NESCAC,” said Miller, whose .824 free throw percentage has helped Tufts rank second in the conference at 74 percent from the line. “Not making our free throws was definitely a big difference maker.

Just one of those goes in and it’s a win in regulation. It was abnormal, but we have to figure out how to get those shots down the line in big games.”

The win fortifies Bowdoin’s NCAA

tournament hopes. Once sitting as high as No. 4 nationally, the Polar Bears struggled down the stretch, eventually falling completely out of the top 25 by the end of the season.

But if the Polar Bears, who improved to 25-1 all-time in the NESCAC championships with the win, advance to the finals, they may look appealing to the selection committee.

Bowdoin will take on the secondseeded Colby Mules next Saturday at Amherst. The Mules are the hottest team in the NESCAC but lack the experience the Polar Bears possess.

“We have played them twice, and we won once and lost once,” Hynes said. “It is always exciting to play a rival team. The time we lost to them, I don’t feel like we had a great game.

Now that we are in our best form, I think we can play a good game against them.”

For the Jumbos, who will not be competing in the NESCAC semifinals for the first time since they lost in the first round to Bowdoin in 2006, it will be a long week of waiting leading up to the tournament selection show on Feb. 29. The Jumbos have some high-caliber, non-conference wins, but losing their last two conference games and being knocked out of the NESCACs in the first round will not sit well for the selection committee.

“I think we definitely deserve to be in,” Miller said. “We played one of the hardest schedules in the country, we have some great wins, and we play in the toughest league. There is something to be said for playing in that league and coming out as one of the top teams. There are a lot of things that I think are on our side.”

Athletes of the Week LINDSAY GARDEL, WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING On the biggest stage of the season thus far, senior diver and All-American Lindsay Gardel won her first conference title in the one-meter event at the 2010 NESCAC Championships on Friday at Middlebury College.

Her score of 457 in the preliminaries broke the Middlebury Natatorium record, topping a field of eight qualifiers for the finals by nearly 55 points. Additionally, Gardel’s 437.95 score in the finals handily beat Middlebury sophomore Meagan Collins’ 419.60.

In the 3-meter event on Sunday, Gardel, who injured herself earlier in the weekend, finished fourth with a 406.55 score, well behind Collins, who set a new pool record with 442.35 points.

Gardel was the runner-up last year at NESCACs in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events where she failed to break the 430-point mark in either event, but her improvements this year placed her squarely atop the conference, and have made her a viable contender for the NCAA Championship, where she placed fifth last year with a score of 419.75.

JARED ENGELKING, MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Senior quad-captain Jared Engelking dominated the field in the pentathlon on Friday at the New England Div. III Championships at Bates College. Engelking’s score of 3,513 surpassed the 3,350 NCAA Div. III provisional qualifying standard and was 74 points off breaking the current Tufts record, set by Nathan Scott (LA ‘08) in 2008.

Engelking becomes the third Jumbo in the last four years to New England Div. III indoor pentathlon. His best showing of the day came in the 55-meter hurdles where he finished in 7.89 seconds, winning the event and scoring a remarkable 860 points and edging out Williams junior Isaac Nicholson, who ended up finishing in second.

Engelking was consistent throughout the events, scoring at least 600 points in each one, including four top-five finishes out of the 15 competitors. His victory and subsequent second-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles allowed Tufts to earn third place at the meet.

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Theiss, who not only provisionally qualified for NCAAs with her thirdplace 11-foot-5.75-inch pole vault, but also improved on the program record that she had previously set last year at the Tufts Invitational with a vault of 11 feet, 2.5 inches. The talented sophomore had yet to break 11 feet this season up until the weekend.

“I’ve been vaulting at the same height every single meet, so I’ve been getting frustrated as a result,” Theiss said. “I had to be patient, since I knew I was on the verge of a PR [personal record], so it was just a when and where kind of thing. I knew it was going to happen, and it was super exciting and such a relief to clear 11 [feet] and 11 [feet], 5 [inches].”

According to Ferri, Theiss’ success has been the result of dedication and hard work adapting to the new pole that she has been using this season.

“The pole vault is hard to adjust to right away, so it’s good that she got it done at this important meet,” Ferri said. “The practice has paid off. She got one PR, then at the next height another PR, and she deserved it. She’s been working so hard.”

Sophomore Nakeisha Jones earned Tufts’ sole second-place result, as her leap of 38 feet, 1.25 inches in the triple jump fell half an inch short of Springfield senior Nikki Hay’s. Jones also placed fourth in the high jump.

Freshman Kelly Allen managed a third-place finish with a shot put throw of 39 feet, 5.5 inches. The Jumbos tallied a couple of third-place finishes in the track events as well, as Caruth ran a 59.08-second 400-meter dash and senior Logan Crane sprinted the 55-meter dash in 7.4 seconds.

Williams, whose 156 points were well ahead of runner-up MIT’s 90, won the overall team competition. The Ephs and Engineers were the same two teams that finished ahead of the Jumbos last year, but while last year MIT took first with 134 points, this time Williams ended the weekend on top.

While at both last season and this season’s Div. III New England Championships the Jumbos finished third, the team’s 73 points in 2010 paled in comparison to last year’s 108 points. Although the Jumbos did finish ahead of 22 teams once again, the squad recognized room for improvement.

“We knew MIT and Williams were super strong,” Ferri said. “And one distance runner who would have scored points for us has been out injured — [junior] Steph McNamara. It’s been closer in the past, and it was a fight, but I’m really happy we got third.”

The Jumbos will be occupied next weekend with the All-New England Championships at Boston University, where they will try to improve on last year’s tie for 11th place. Theiss placed 11th last year in the All-New England pole vault event, and she hopes to improve on that outing this year, and perhaps set another personal best. Her goal will be doing something no Jumbo pole vaulter has ever done before.

“It would be great if I could get 12 feet, and I have two weeks left to do it,” she said. “If not, I always have spring season.”

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were able to get three scoring positions, which was really important for our team’s score.

Freshman Matt Rand placed third in the 5,000-meter run, finishing in 15:19.71. “Matt Rand ran an awesome 5K,�

Marvel said. “To come as a freshman and run against some guys

who have run incredible times, he makes it look like he’s done it a million times. He really looks likes a veteran out there, and he was able to get us six points.�

Freshman Sam Haney also contributed four points to Tufts’ score with his fifth-place finish in the 1,000-meter run, crossing in a time of 2:32.93 in a packed field house. “There was so much energy,�

said Marvel of the meet. “It had a completely different atmosphere [than other meets]. It got everyone pumped up, and everyone was out there determined to score points for their team. It was definitely the most competitive meet I’ve been to this year, not necessarily time-wise, but tactically, trying to score points for their teams.�

MIT and Williams dominated the team scoring in the meet, taking first and second with respective scores of 132.5 and 109 points. However, the competition for third was much tighter. The team scores remained close throughout the meet, and the final places were not determined until the last event of the day, the 4x800-meter relay.

Going into the relay, Tufts had a one-point lead over Southern Maine and a six-point lead over Amherst.

To secure the third-place finish, the Jumbos had to beat Southern Maine and hold off Amherst.

Marvel, Hanrahan, and Kirschner returned from their top-10 finishes in the 800-meter run to compete in the relay, accompanied by senior quad-captain Billy Hale.

The team stepped up to the challenge and finished third in the event, crossing the line in 7:58.01, finishing behind Amherst and Bowdoin, and securing the team’s third place finish. Tufts’ final score was 65 points, just barely in front of Amherst’s 63. “I think we did great as a team,�

Engelking said. “We knew Williams and MIT were strong, but it was very tight after that between us, Southern Maine and Amherst ... All around we had some really good performances, and we were pretty pleased with the outcome.�

The Jumbos will compete in the All-New England Championships this weekend, hosted by Boston University, before participating in the ECAC Championships the ensuing weekend at Smith College. Tufts hopes to use the strong efforts seen at the Div. III Championships to propel the squad through the rest of its championship season. “Our goal was to get in the top three, so we definitely accomplished that,� Marvel added. “It was a really hard-fought victory ... We only won the pentathlon, so the meet consisted of guys giving small contributions — guys getting one or two points here or there that added up — so it was not one or two guys scoring all the points for us. It was really a team effort, and that was neat.�

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these milestones, but our real goal this year was to get into the playoffs, and now also to win that first playoff game.”

Despite racking up new benchmarks over the course of the year, the Jumbos were unable to end the regular season on a high note as they were trampled by nationally ranked No. 2 Norwich on Saturday, 7-1.

Early on, the Jumbos did not seem fazed by the Cadets’ impressive oneloss record. Norwich got on the board first when freshman Kyle Thomas banged in his 19th goal of the season at the 6:43 mark of the opening period, but Tufts junior Tom Derosa knotted things up just 34 seconds later with his 14th of the year for a team-leading 30th point. Unfortunately for the Jumbos, though, the period of competitiveness was short-lived.

Just 36 second later, Cadets freshman Scott Schroeder gave Norwich back the lead at 2-1, and it was all Cadets on the ice from then on.

“We weren’t as consistent as we wanted to be,” Murphy said. “We did a good job in the neutral zone ... but we need to be better at getting pucks to the net.”

Bombarding Tufts with 22 shots on goal in the second period, the Cadets added four more goals to their tally before the end of the stanza, notching one more in the third for the final six-point margin. Thomas, who scored two goals and registered one assist on the day, and classmate Blake Forkey, who scored a total of one goal and three assists, were the Cadets’ offensive leaders on Saturday as Norwich out-shot the Jumbos 50-14.

The Jumbos, though, were not discouraged by the outcome against one of the best teams in the nation.

“The score and shots don’t reflect how well we think we played [against Norwich], especially in the first and second period,” junior tri-captain Dylan Cooper said. “Even though it wasn’t a good game on the scoreboard, it was good to get used to that pace of play.”

“Playing Norwich made us realize how it’s going to be in the playoffs,” sophomore goaltender Scott Barchard added. “These teams are at the top of their game, and we’re going to have to be at the top of ours.”

Senior Jay McNamara minded the net for Tufts on Senior Day. Making the second start of his career, McNamara tallied 41 saves before being relieved by sophomore Evan Koleini in the final three minutes.

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Junior tri-captain Tom Derosa scored a hat trick on Friday night against St. Michael’s while notching Tufts’ only goal against national No. 2 Norwich over the course of the regular season’s final weekend. not relinquish.

“Everyone just started to realize that this is our home rink and worked extra hard to make [Saint Michael’s] uncomfortable and not give them a chance,” Barchard said.

Derosa scored his second goal with under three minutes remaining in the period to make the score 4-1 as Tufts went on to outshoot Saint Michael’s 18-6 in the stanza and 46-28 for the game.

The Jumbos added three more goals to their tally to make it a 7-1 game before Saint Michael’s finally got back on the board in the waning minutes of action. Junior Zach Diaco’s powerplay goal at 11:09, which made it a 6-1 game at the time, was Tufts’ fourth power-play tally of the game — they went 4-for-10 on the day — and Diaco’s team-leading 15th goal of the season.

Barchard racked up 25 saves compared to one goal against in 55 minutes of play before Koleini relieved him with five min-

Purple Knights. With a Derosa hat trick, a dominant three-goal second period and a six-goal, unanswered scoring streak, Tufts overcame a closely contested first period to comfortably walk away with the 7-2 win.

“We came out ready to play,” Murphy said. “It was a game at home that we felt like we had to win and we did. We wanted to clinch that [No. 7] spot so we wouldn’t have to worry about it the next day.”

Tied 1-1 at the first intermission, the Jumbos and Purple Knights remained deadlocked until halfway through the contest, when Derosa provided the spark Tufts was looking for. At 11:53 of the middle stanza, Derosa delivered the first of his three strikes on the evening, a power-play goal assisted by classmate Andy Davis. Two minutes later fellow junior Lindsay Walker found the back of the net on another man-advantage opportunity, lifting the Jumbos to a 3-1 lead that they would

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(20-5, 6-3 NESCAC)

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

NESCAC

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

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

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 25 22 18 20 20 14 15 8 10 8

L 0 3 7 5 5 11 9 15 13 16

Individual Statistics RPG 4.2 9.1 5.4 6.4 4.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.1

utes remaining, surrendering one goal on a Purple Knight’s power play.

“Our power play is doing really well,” Cooper said. “That’s going to be important next weekend — and staying out of the box. If we can stay out of the box and capitalize on our chances, we can do well [in the playoffs].”

With the final weekend of the regular season behind them, all that remains for the Jumbos is to rest and fine-tune their play, because come Saturday, it’s win or go home. The Jumbos travel to Kenyan Arena to take on NESCAC No. 2 Middlebury in round one of the NESCAC tournament. Unlike their season opener, which ended knotted at 3-3, there are no ties now.

“We understand now that it’s going to take a full 60 minutes, because there is no letting up against these teams,” Barchard said. “It’s just about slowing down and playing our game, not worrying so much about what [the other team] is going to do.”

APG 2.4 0.5 1.8 1.9 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0

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

PPG 16.6 15.6 11.8 9.1 5.3 2.6 1.9 1.9 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.9

Team

66.6 37.9 9.9

W Bowdoin 14 Middlebury 12 Williams 13 Amherst 11 Trinity 11 Hamilton 11 Tufts 8 Colby 7 Conn. Coll. 7 Wesleyan 4

L 4 3 5 4 6 7 8 8 11 15

T 1 4 1 4 2 1 3 4 1 0

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

S 936 61 931

WED

THU

FRI

Men’s Basketball

OVERALL

W 17 16 15 16 14 14 12 11 8 7

L 5 4 5 4 8 8 9 8 15 16

T 1 4 3 4 2 2 3 4 1 0

Individual Statistics G 14 15 9 8 6 5 3 4 5 2 79

TUE

Pts. A 16 30 11 26 11 20 12 20 11 17 11 16 12 15 10 14 13 8 7 5 134 213 GA 58 9 61

S% .942 .871 .939

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ICE HOCKEY

Polar Bears put Jumbos’ season on ice

New heights reached in season finale

BY

ETHAN STURM

Senior Staff Writer

For the Bowdoin women’s basketball team, there is no place like the NESCAC championships.

BY

EVAN COOPER

Daily Editorial Board

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (20-5, 6-3 NESCAC) Cousens Gym, Saturday OT Bowdoin 32 18 15 — 65 Tufts 27 23 4 — 54

With a split in its final weekend of regular season play, the hockey team set a new mark for the Tufts program

Facing the favored fourth-seeded Jumbos at Cousens Gymnasium, fifthseeded Bowdoin outscored Tufts 15-4 in the overtime period to claim a 65-54 victory, earning a semifinals berth and putting the Jumbos’ season on life support in the process.

In a game that featured 11 ties and seven lead changes, Bowdoin’s domination of the overtime period came as a surprise. The Jumbos shot 1-for8 from the field in the five-minute overtime period, while the Polar Bears jumped ahead quickly and iced the game by shooting 9-for-10 from the free throw line.

“I think that it was a combination of bad breaks and running out of energy,” senior tri-captain Vanessa Miller said. “It was a really physical game and really tight. It got tiring. It was a combination of losing steam and a couple balls that didn’t go our way.

They made the shots that they needed to and we didn’t.”

Bowdoin senior tri-captain Caitlin Hynes, who led all scorers in the game with 24 points, made six rebounds and three blocks and pulled down two rebounds in the overtime session.

Hynes prevented her Tufts counterpart in the paint, senior forward Julia see WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 13

ICE HOCKEY (12-9-3, 8-8-3 NESCAC) Valley Forum II, Saturday Norwich Tufts

2 4 3 0 0 1

— 7 — 1

Valley Forum II, Friday Saint Michael’s Tufts

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Sophomore Kate Barnosky recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds in the fourth-seeded Jumbos’ overtime loss to fifth-seeded Bowdoin in the opening round of the NESCAC tournament at home on Saturday.

1 0 1 1 3 3

— 2 — 7

in the NESCAC era. Though the Jumbos fell 7-1 to Norwich on Saturday, their 7-2 victory over Saint Michael’s on Friday night secured the Jumbos’12th victory of the season and their 27th point in the standings — the most since they joined the league in 2001.

Tufts capped off the current regular season campaign with a 12-9-3 record, surpassing the 25-point total from 2004-05 that was the program’s previous best since joining the NESCAC. And with an 8-8-3 NESCAC/ECAC East record, the Jumbos also notched 19 inconference points, the most since they joined the league.

“The talent on this team has improved and we now feel like we can play against all the better teams,” said coach Brian Murphy, who has been at the helm since 1998. “It’s nice to have see ICE HOCKEY, page 15

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Engelking propels Jumbos to third place

Victorious 4x400 team leads way at New England Div. III Championships

BY

LAUREN FLAMENT

Daily Editorial Board

Behind another outstanding performance from senior quad-captain Jared Engelking, the men’s track and

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD New England Div. III Championships at Lewiston, Maine, Friday-Saturday

1. MIT 2. Williams 3. Tufts 4. Amherst 5. Southern Maine

132.5 109 65 63 61

field team narrowly claimed a third place finish at the New England Div. III Championships hosted by Bates this weekend.

On Friday, Engelking, who delivered the Jumbos their only first- and second-place finishes of the weekend, started the meet off strong with his victory in the pentathlon.

Engelking’s point total of 3,513 was a personal best and a national provisionally qualifying score, the 10th best pentathlon score made by a Div.-III athlete this season.

Engelking returned to competition Saturday with a runner-up finish in the 55-meter hurdles, finishing in 7.85 seconds, .06 seconds

behind the first-place finisher.

“The pentathlon obviously went really well. I think my score is good enough to travel for Nationals, so that was a good start,” Engelking said. “It was tough coming back the second day, and I don’t think I really had as much pop as I had hoped for, so it was a little tougher to run the hurdles … But all in all, I was pretty pleased.”

Following Engelking in the hurdles was classmate Trevor Donadt, who finished in 7.90 to take third.

Freshman Jeff Marvel also delivered a third-place finish for Tufts, running a time of 1:57.01 in the 800meter race.

“We got out pretty slow [in the 800],” Marvel said. “It was a really tactical race, but we closed really hard, and I was able to put myself in a good position and really just outkick some guys in the last 100 or 200 meters.”

Senior Jason Hanrahan and freshman Dan Kirschner also were able to score in the 800, placing fifth and eighth, respectively.

“There was definitely a lot of talent in the race,” Marvel said. “It was nice to be able to run in that competitive of an atmosphere, because that really brings out the best in you as a competitor as well … [Hanrahan, Kirschner, and I] were able to work as a team in the last 200 meters and see MEN’S TRACK, page 14

BY JEREMY

GREENHOUSE

Daily Editorial Board

The women’s indoor track and field team got its championship season underway on a

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD New England Div. III Championships at Lewiston, Maine, Friday-Saturday

1. Williams 2. MIT 3. Tufts 4. Springfield 5. Bowdoin

156 90 73 66 57

strong note Friday with its second consecutive third-place showing at the New England Div. III Championships.

The meet, which was held last Friday and Saturday at the University of Southern Maine, was highlighted with a first-place finish by the 4x400 meter relay team. Last year, the 4x400 team — composed of current juniors Andrea Caruth and Kaylee Maykranz, current sophomore Kayley Pettoruto and then-senior Halsey Stebbins (LA ’09) — placed second with a time of 4:04.25, just over a second out of first.

But this year the Jumbos were able to flip the script, as, with senior co-captain Andrea Ferri replacing the graduated Stebbins and the other three members of the squad returning, the Jumbos posted a time of 4:02.41, 0.43 seconds ahead of runner-up Bates.

“I ran the anchor leg, so I got to see everything, and I got super inspired by the girls running before me,” Ferri said. “At first, everybody was really close, so the first exchange was really messy.

Then Andrea Caruth went out on the second leg, and she was passing people one by one. So she comes out in the lead and passes off to [Maykranz], and there’s a girl right behind her.

Kaylee has this burst of energy and doesn’t let her pass her, handing it off to me, and I just went.”

The relay finish accounted for 10 of Tufts’ 73 total points in the team standings, enough to vault the team past fourthplace finisher Springfield — which ended up with 66 points — into third place.

“It was really exciting because it was during the end of the meet and everyone was cheering,” Ferri said.

“We weren’t sure how we were

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Senior Logan Crane’s 7.4-second 55-meter dash was one of Tufts’ three third-place finishes. going to do, so we needed that to clinch third.

The top individual performer of the day for the Jumbos was sophomore Heather see WOMEN’S TRACK, page 13