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Professors receive national engineering research grants BY

CORINNE SEGAL

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Three professors from the School of Engineering recently received Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Department of Energy to support the continuation of their research.

The U.S. government typically gives the awards, which rank among its most prestigious, to non-tenure faculty members who are still in the early years of their independent research.

The three grant recipients will use the money to further their research in emerging fields that fuse science and technology. Each professor’s research is a part of a larger effort to develop technology with important applications.

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Valencia Joyner received a five-year $541,000 grant from the NSF to support her work developing a specific biological imaging technique for viewing small biological structures.

“The goal of the program is to develop a novel type of optical sensor that has a number of unique characteristics that enable very high-resolution imaging in biological structures,” she said.

Joyner said that her research into this new technique would lead to better imaging methods for doctors hoping to diagnose diseases.

“If you look at current imaging technology, there are a number of limitations to standard image sensors that you can buy commercially,” she said. “What we’re looking at is trying to develop a new type of image sensor.”

This advancement is based on the development of advanced infra-red spectroscopy, according to Joyner.

“You want to look at not only how

much light is absorbed through the tissue, but also the travel time through the tissue,” she said. “It allows you to determine, in some instances, the size and diameter of the structure inside of the tissue.”

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Luisa Chiesa received a five-year $750,000 grant for her research on superconducting materials with applications for fusion energy, a potential alternative energy source.

Chiesa said her work with superconducting materials will ultimately contribute to the formation of a fusion power machine, which will be the first of its kind.

“There is a machine that we will build in the next few years in France,” she said. “It will be the first machine to show that fusion power is possible.”

Chiesa, who has been researching superconducting materials for the past 10 years, said that researchers are planning to complete the machine within the next decade.

“The application is for a very powerful magnet to confine high-temperature plasma and to produce energy,” she said. “One of the big components of this machine is the conducting magnets and their use to confine the plasma.”

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Sameer Sonkusale received a five-year $400,000 grant for his research into the use of nanowires grown on silicone chips. Sonkusale is developing new ways to assemble and grow nanowires, which can serve as highly effective sensory devices.

Sonkusale said that a large component of his research focuses on conducting chemistry experiments to explore the properties of silicone chips. “If you do small-scale chemissee ENGINEERING, page 2

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The Department of Philosophy will host the new linguistics minor program.

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Faculty members onWednesday approved a new minor in linguistics that the School of Arts and Sciences will start to offer next fall.

Ray Jackendoff, a distinguished linguist and Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy, said that the minor, to be hosted by the Department of Philosophy, is an amalgamation of current course offerings.

“There has been, for now about three years, a collection of courses in theoretical linguistics, and there has been a lot of interest from students in the linguistics courses, so we felt it might be useful to collect what we had into a grouping of courses and give students an opportunity to get a bit of depth,” Jackendoff said.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Ariel Goldberg noted that the number of linguistics offerings has grown at Tufts over the past several years, in conjunction with rising student demand.

Goldberg, who specializes in the cognitive processes of language, worked with Jackendoff to develop the minor. They will serve as co-directors of the minor program.

Jackendoff said the minor was created in response to sustained interest over the years in linguistics courses.

“Over 40 people take Introduction to Linguistics every year, and there has been a fairly steady enrollment in other theoretical linguistics courses,” Jackendoff said. “The minor gives people an opportunity or a see LINGUISTICS, page 2

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Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity will today be hosting the Boston premiere of “Rebuilding Hope,” Gabriel Bol Deng’s documentary about a group of Sudanese refugees, as part of its commitment to the Sudan cause.

The film follows the return of three “lost boys” to their homes in Darfur in the aftermath of their displacement by the civil war in Sudan.

It will be screened at 8 p.m. in Cabot Auditorium and will be followed by a question-andanswer session with Deng, the founder of the nonprofit organization HOPE for Ariang.

“We’re really happy to be hosting Gabe and his documentary,” sophomore Andrew Brinson, president of DTD, said.

Deng founded HOPE for

Ariang to provide education and health services to people affected by the conflict in Sudan. Among other things, the organization helps build schools and provides resources, such as food and vaccinations, to schoolchildren.

DTD last September sponsored Deng’s first visit to Tufts, during which he shared his experiences in Darfur.

Sophomore Ben Davis, DTD’s philanthropy chair, said that the fraternity is bringing Deng and his documentary back to campus as a continuation of its involvement with HOPE for Ariang. “We’re glad to have [the film] here,” he said.

Davis said that the film’s message was an uplifting and encouraging one that the fraternity wanted to share with Tufts community.

“It follows [Deng] and two other lost boys of Sudan who

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Founder of HOPE for Ariang Gabriel Bol Deng’s documentary will be screened tonight. returned to Sudan in 2007,” Davis said. “It’s a really inspiring film, so we wanted to give people the opportunity to meet him and be inspired by him, so we raised the money to bring

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him back in April.”

Sophomore Alex Stein, the event’s co-organizer, agreed and added that the fraternity’s interaction with Deng has had an impact on the DTD brothers.

“It put a lot of things in perspective,” Stein said. “It’s been really inspiring to our fraternity, and we hope it will be as see SUDAN, page 2

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reason to take more of them.”

Students pursuing the minor are first required to take three theoretical linguistic courses, according to Jackendoff.

He explained that approximately 20 selected philosophy, psychology, child development, romance languages, classics and English courses will be crosslisted as linguistics courses to count toward the minor. Students must choose three additional electives from this list of courses to complete the minor.

“Could be historical linguistics, or child language development, or psycholinguistics, or philosophy of language — a variety of things,” Jackendoff said.

Goldberg said the courses counting toward the minor are typically offered every year and focus primarily on the scientific study of language. The interdisciplinary minor will allow students to pursue their own interests within the field.

“Language is the object of study, either exploring how the mind produces language or the historical development of language over time,” Goldberg said.

Jackendoff reiterated that there would be a great degree of flexibility in the minor.

“It’s pretty much whatever they want,” he said. “If this were a major it would have more structure. [With] a minor, we’re trying to give people some idea of the range of things you can study that have to do with language.”

One requirement for linguistics minors, however, will be that their foreign language and culture requirements be fulfilled entirely through foreign language classes, whether through six semesters of one language or three semesters of two languages each, according to Jackendoff.

Senior Laina Rosebrock, who is majoring in cognitive and brain sciences, applauded the new program.

try, they have very interesting properties,” he said.

According to Sonkusale, this research will help develop new technology with the ability to assess the content of biological fluids such as blood. “The ultimate goal of the research is to start this new concept of nano electrochemical systems,” he said.

Sonkusale’s research also has implications for other fields, according to an NSF release containing a description of the award.

“The research, if successful, will have tremendous economic and societal impact through innovation and product development in areas of chemical and biological sensing, high-speed electronics, and devices for energy generation and storage,” the release said.

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Valencia Joyner and Sameer Sonkusale were recognized by the government for their research.

“I started to get interested in linguistics even in high school, and so when I came here the cognitive and brain sciences major was the only thing that really encompassed linguistics, so I think it’s really cool that they’re making this minor,” Rosebrock said.

Rosebrock said the linguistics courses she has attended have been engaging.

“For the most part they’ve been really well attended and people get really into the discussions,” she said. “Most of the people that are in the [psychology] major are really interested in the language side of it.”

Sophomore Christopher Stoj said that the new minor was a pleasant surprise.

“I’m taking several linguistics classes because I’m interested in it; I didn’t expect that [to] be recognized by a major or a minor,” Stoj said. “I do appreciate that there’s a label for the amount of study that I put into linguistics.”

He expressed his hope that the school would go further and establish an official linguistics major program.

“It’s sort of a shame that I may take more linguistics courses than the minor requires,” Stoj said. “It’s certainly a very promising department at Tufts; the faculty are excellent … It’s very connected to other departments.”

He cited the new Psycholinguistics and Linguistics Lab that Goldberg established as a significant development in linguistics at Tufts.

“It’s an indication of Tufts’ investment in the linguistics program, which is definitely going to grow in upcoming years,” Stoj said.

Rosebrock, who works in the lab, echoed this sentiment, saying it adds on to existing research being done in psychology labs.

Jackendoff said that information about the minor will be posted on the philosophy department’s Web site in the coming weeks.

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inspiring to everyone at Tufts who comes to see it.”

The DTD brothers have decided to adopt a school in Darfur as their philanthropic cause, which Stein says makes Deng’s cause especially relevant.

Brinson explained that the fraternity has already raised a significant amount of money for the school.

“We were lucky that we met [Deng] and got paired up … we’ve raised a little bit over $2,500 already,” Brinson said.

“Hopefully by the end of the semester, it will be $3,500. It’s something we look forward to doing. This will be the charity we’ll be raising for in years to come … [The organization] is looking to break ground on a school in Ariang soon.”

Brinson pointed to the school as a milestone achievement for the fraternity’s efforts.

“We kind of always envisioned it as a two-part thing — raise interest on campus about [Deng’s] cause, help our fraternity … [The school] is essentially

the culmination of a little bit over 12 months of fundraising,” Brinson said.

Stein hopes the screening in Cabot will also lead to a local partnership. “We’re hoping to connect with Somerville Theatre and work out a partnership to get Gabe’s documentary presented at the theater,” Stein said.

He expressed his hope that the film screening will promote student involvement in the Sudanese cause.

“What I hope is that [students]

will get a better education about the causes affecting this area, and that they will gain a better understanding of opportunities to get involved,” Stein said.

He added that student participation in the cause will help raise awareness about the situation in Darfur.

“Tufts students have a certain awareness of privilege, and it’s important to be aware of a scenario that’s the complete opposite of the Tufts environment,” Stein said.

DTD will continue to work

with Deng and HOPE for Ariang.

“It’s a continued cause,;we hope it will … set a momentum and be a catalyst for further donation to this cause,” Stein said.

“We will definitely … continue to work with and raise money for this cause,” Davis said.

Brinson added that DTD was last semester awarded the Tisch Civic Engagement Fund award, a $1,000 grant from the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service supporting active citizenship projects.

VISITING THE HILL THIS WEEK MONDAY “Inside the Activist’s Study: Bill McKibben” Details: Environmentalist Bill McKibben will join host of “Democracy Now!” Amy Goodman to discuss his work and issues in education and the environment.

When and Where: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Barnum 008 Sponsors: Peace and Justice Studies Program, Communications and Media Studies Program “Charles Francis Adams Lecture” Details: Scottish Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism Jim Mather will discusses “Scotland’s Constitutional Approach to Independence.”

When and Where: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.; Chase Center Sponsor: Charles Francis Adams Lecture Series TUESDAY “Weiner Lecture Series: Undergraduate Seminar” Details: Professor Robert Ghrist from the University of Pennsylvania will discuss Sheaves and Data.

When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Bromfield-Pearson 101 Sponsors: Tufts Mathematical Society, Department of Mathematics

“Michael and Kitty Kukakis: Do We Remember the Armenians” Details: On Tufts Day of Remembrance, a commemoration of the Armenian genocide, former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis and his wife will present a view on the world’s recollection of the Armenian Genocide from a human rights perspective.

When and Where: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Goddard Chapel Sponsors: Tufts University, the DarakjianJafarian Professor in Armenian History, the Department of History and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) “Imaginet: Chief Marketing Officer Speaker” Details: Anne Malloy Tucker, chief marketing officer at the law firm Goodwin Proctor, will be discussing her work on strategic positioning and brand management. She will be take questions after the talk.

When and Where: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Pearson 106 Sponsor: Imaginet WEDNESDAY “What it means to rebuild Haiti” Details: A panel including Haitian government Minister for the Diaspora

Edwin Paraison will discuss legal reform and educational reform in Haiti. The panel will focus on the importance of integrating Haiti into the international community.

When and Where: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Cabot ASEAN Auditorium Sponsors: The Haitian Coalition of Somerville, Students at Tufts Acting for Immigrant Rights (STAIR) and Tufts Department of Sociology “Israel in a Changing Middle East” Details: Nadav Tamir, the Israeli consul general to New England, will speak about Israeli politics and current events.

When and Where: 7:30 p.m.; Hotung Café Sponsor: Tufts Hillel “Chaplaincy Forum on Religion and Media” Details: Michael Flaherty (LA ’90), cofounder of Walden Media, will discuss religion and the media.

When and Where: 6 pm.; Goddard Chapel Sponsor: Office of the University Chaplain THURSDAY “Climate Change and Economic Development” Details: Rosina Bierbaum, a member of

the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, is the author of the recently released World Development Report 2010. Bierbaum, who is also the dean of the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment, will speak about this year’s report. RSVP to Mieke.Wansem@tufts.edu When and Where: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.; Alumnae Lounge Sponsor: Center for International Environment and Resource Policy “Rebecca Goldstein Lecture” Details: Rebecca Goldstein, professor of philosophy and research associate at Harvard University, will deliver a lecture.

When and Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Remis Sculpture Court Sponsor: Center for the Humanities at Tufts FRIDAY “Sixth John Holmes Memorial Poetry Reading” Details: American poet and translator David Ferry, professor of English at Wellesley College, will provide a reading of his poetry and be available for a book signing.

When and Where: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Hirsch Reading Room, Tisch Library Sponsor: Friends of Tufts Libraries

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Tufts senior manages program to help local juveniles get back on track BY

MARISSA CARBERRY

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Senior Dean Ladin was recently announced as one of the recipients of Tufts’ 2010 Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service for his extensive work on and off campus. The award is given annually to undergraduate and graduate students who show great achievement in community service and leadership. In addition to serving as a Tisch Scholar, Ladin is also a residential assistant in Wren Hall and Teach for America’s on-campus marketing recruiter. Despite the prestige of the Presidential Award, Ladin says that he is most proud of his Tisch Scholar Project, which he founded, and his continuing management of the Middlesex District Attorney’s Juvenile Diversion Program.

The program seeks to help the local community by offering juvenile offenders who have committed petty crimes an opportunity to avoid tarnishing their permanent records by successfully completing individualized restitution plans.

During high school, Ladin worked for a similar program in his hometown of Gurnee, Ill. When he came to Tufts, Ladin learned that the local community lacked such a program, and he resolved to create one through the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.

“I realized there wasn’t [a juvenile diversion program] — there were only three in the entire state of Massachusetts, which I thought was unacceptable, so for my Tisch Scholar Project, I wanted to start one,” Ladin said.

In September 2008, Ladin contacted the Medford Police Department to gauge interest in the project. A lieutenant informed him that the district attorney’s (DA) office had coincidentally been contemplating starting a similar program. The lieutenant brokered an introduction to Robyn Pontremoli, the community programs coordinator for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.

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For college students looking ahead to a bleak job market, there’s at least one piece of good news: Spending hours on Web sites like Facebook.com and Twitter.com may not be a waste of time.

As companies tweet about their latest products and non-profit organizations gain awareness through “Fan pages,” job opportunities involving managing various social media updates have become more prevalent. The position of social media coordinator has blossomed to fill a growing need for managing these outlets.

“Companies, from startup to [Fortune 500], are harnessing the power of social media to reach their target audiences. A Coordinator role would give a new professional an opportunity to showcase his/her talents with Web 2.0 platforms and, in particular, social media sites,” Director of Career Services Jean Papalia said in an e-mail to the Daily.

“I’ve heard of companies definitely wanting to use more social media, and that probably translates into jobs,” said senior Daniel Enking, who interned with the nongovernmental organization Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy, which maintains a Twitter account.

Senior Charlotte Steinway has had several jobs involving new media and currently works as the social media coordinator for the Tufts Summer Session office.

“So far, what I’ve been doing with that is I created a Twitter account and I started following other Tufts Twitter accounts,” she said. “I realized there is a Twitter for everything at Tufts — for example, anthropology majors, the Jackson Jills and a lot of different niches. I’ve been tweeting, but also primarily

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Senior Dean Ladin’s program aims to help local juvenile delinquents avoid repeat offenses. ture of the program.

“It was obviously just an exploratory thing at the beginning, to see how our ideas matched up,” Ladin said. “And then it seemed like a good fit to partner up with the DA.” The program is eligible to adolescents aged 12 to 17 who hail from about 20 cities in Middlesex County. Ladin said that participants come from a diverse range of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. In its first year, about 40 adolescents enrolled in the program. This year, enrollment climbed to about 60.

The juveniles in the program have committed non-major, petty offenses such as shoplifting or underage possession of alcohol. Ladin said that the juveniles he works with have typically made a few poor choices that could unfortunately end up on their permanent records, or land them in juvenile hall for up to 30 days.

“They’re kids who may be starting to head down not such a great path, but who can still

get back on the right one,” Ladin said.

After the police have apprehended the juvenile offenders, they are taken to the police office where their cases are recorded and forwarded to the DA’s office. The DA reviews the case and decides whether or not the person in question can choose to take part in the diversion program.

Should a case be forwarded to the juvenile diversion program, Ladin goes through the police report and schedules an interview with the offender and his or her parents. Together, they come up with an appropriate plan of action, which typically includes things like community service, curfews and classes on decision-making and alcohol awareness.

So that they know the child actually completed the specified actions, Ladin and Pontremoli require a sheet with the letterhead of the organizations; the dates, times and nature of service spelled out in detail; see LADIN, page 4

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working on a blog where we upload content about Summer Sessions.”

Steinway said that she believes this type of advertising is effective and has plenty of future potential.

“It’s an important use of marketing,” she said. “No one really reads print anymore and if it’s done through these social networking sites, it is more subliminal marketing and it infiltrates through a social niche you have already established.”

Among the various forums that are used by organizations for marketing, there is some debate as to which works best to get out a message.

“I think Twitter is more effective,” Steinway said. “The job that I’ve had that’s really been focused on social media was last summer [at Viva Swag, an online shopping company, and my official title was marketing manager. I had to friend random people [on Facebook], which was bizarre, and it wasn’t very effective on the Facebook front. I think Twitter works well with promotional items. I know that a local cupcake bakery in L.A. has had a lot of great success with Twitter. They’ll tweet a code word and if you say it, you get a free cupcake when you go there. It’s great for marketing because people on Twitter are expecting a lot of updates whereas Facebook is more personal.”

However, senior Kailah Hayden-Karp, who uses Facebook frequently in her job at the Women’s Center, believes it has been a useful tool.

“I’m definitely more comfortable using Facebook,” she said. “It feels natural because I use Facebook outside of work as well. It’s kind of fun and a really effective way to advertise, we’ve found.”

With entry-level jobs becoming more competitive in the downturned economy,

Papalia said that this emerging field has distinct benefits.

“Entry level positions in social media, such as the coordinator role, are a valid route for those interested in breaking into marketing, public relations, and advertising,” she said.

“In particular, new college graduates have a competitive edge because they have come of age using these tools. They can leverage this expertise now to land a job.”

Many students agreed that college students often are more qualified than older colleagues when it comes to social media expertise.

“I definitely feel like I have an advantage,” Hayden-Karp said. “My supervisor, who is in her 30s, has her own Facebook, but she definitely trusts my opinion and lets me make decisions about Facebook things because she doesn’t really understand Facebook.”

“For us, it’s completely easy to make any of these sites or to update these accounts,” Steinway said. “It’s so integrated into our lifestyle already. Between texting, Facebook and AIM, we grew up sharing and hyperlinking. For us it’s easily comprehensible, but for another generation it’s really daunting.”

Enking said that it is comforting to know that there is at least one skill set in which college graduates might have a leg up.

“Everybody I’ve ever worked with aged 30 and above does not know the first thing about how to work with Facebook and Twitter,” Enking said. “The way the world is going, our generation needs some kind of advantage, especially in today’s job market.”

But not every student feels that an abundance of social media positions would be entirely positive.

“I personally wouldn’t really enjoy that see COORDINATOR, page 4

hile it’s impossible to generalize for a whole gender, I feel like women appreciate random things that guys are somewhat unaware of, while they complain about small things guys do all the time. There are a whole slew of things that women jokingly wish guys knew, and despite the Cosmo for Men-sounding title, I thought I’d try compiling a list of a few of them: 1. The five o’clock shadow: OK yeah, it’s cute sometimes. But really, have you tried making out with sandpaper recently? The word “stubble” even sounds rough. There are some guys out there who can get by due to naturally soft facial hair, but if you’re noticing a pattern of girls running for their Chapstick after a long liplock and a reddish facial tinge that has nothing to do with a natural flush, keep it smooth or grow it out!

2. Making the call: If you said you’d call

by Thursday and it’s now Sunday, you’re probably already written off. Yeah, we get that you’ve “been busy,” but if you were really interested, you’d have found a few minutes to call. Also, the “wait three days” rule for calling after getting a phone number is ridiculous. I promise you don’t look desperate if you call the next day.

3. Mr. Manners: This one’s a little more obvious, and I feel like most Tufts guys have this one down pretty well, but holding open a door is always a nice gesture. Even most feminists will appreciate it and will simply hold the next door for you. However, I was once involved with a guy who never let me touch a door handle, walk on the outside edge of a sidewalk or get in the elevator after him. It was “nice” but kind of awkward when he ran ahead to hold open literally every single door.

4.What you’re really excited about: Sitting across from a guy whose eyes light up when he talks about something — say politics, an engineering project, or ’80s movies — is exciting. You know a date’s going well when you can get the other person interested in something you’re passionate about. One of my guy friends, a computer whiz, commented recently about how he likes passing on computer skills to girlfriends and teaching them how to use different programs.

YES. Sharing your enthusiasm and niche skills is ridiculously charming.

5. Pushing the button: “Why would you rev the engine if you’re not going to take the car out for a ride?” Some guys assume that lines like this are OK as long as they don’t demand, umm, certain things mid-hookup, but it’s really not a joke. If a woman has indicated that she doesn’t want to take things further, do you want to guilt her into doing something she might regret?

6. Cooking: It’s attractive, hands down.

You don’t have to have Iron Chef-style skills; just cooking a simple dinner (or breakfast the morning after) is a winning gesture.

7. Complimenting: My housemate and former Daily columnist Griffin Pepper described the art of taking a compliment in “Eight Girls and a Guy” last semester, but there are a few pointers on how to give them too. I think the issue is mostly about under- and over-complimenting. Everyone appreciates a compliment, and I’ve heard many a girlfriend complain about how their significant others never notice when they’re dressed up. On the other hand, too many compliments carry such diminishing returns and sound kind of fake. My dad wonders why I roll my eyes when he tells me I look nice — for the fourth time that day.

8. Choice adjectives: Speaking of compliments, one girl I know said, “I don’t like being told I’m cute, I don’t really take it as a compliment.” While “cute” see MARETSKY, page 4 Emily Maretsky is a senior majoring in engineering psychology. She can be reached at Emily.Maretsky@tufts.edu.

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and the supervisor’s name, phone number and e-mail address. According to Ladin, the project’s contact with these non-profits has been extremely positive.

“We’ve established good relationships with a lot of the places that we send these kids to,” Ladin said.

Ladin tries to ensure that the program does not negatively affect parents’ lives by forcing them to take time off from work in order to chaperone their children to classes. He said that parents are typically extremely supportive of the program and are crucial in constructing an appropriate plan of action.

“Parents recognize that this can really help their kid,” Ladin said. “We need them to be on board, because they usually play a role in policing something like the curfew.”

He remembered one instance in which a child requested a different curfew than he had suggested.

“My rule of thumb [for curfews] is usually 8 p.m,” Ladin said. “But there was one time when we had a kid and he seemed like a nice kid, so I gave him a curfew of 9 p.m. And he asked if he could change the curfew to 8 p.m. because he didn’t want to be tempted.”

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and “pretty” are generally nice, most women agree that you can never go wrong with “gorgeous” or “beautiful.”

“Hot” is both context- and individualdependent. While one girl I know said she would never want her boyfriend to tell her she looked hot, another thought it was great compliment in the right moment.

9. Eye contact: If we’re chatting and your gaze is about 12 inches south of eye level, we can tell. Every. Time. Test it out and ask someone to even stare at your chin for a minute while you talk — isn’t it ridiculously obvious?

10. When we’re in a bad mood: Don’t suggest it’s “that time of month” when we’re acting less than our usual cheerful selves. As one of my friends said, “Am I the only one that finds this aggravating?

Just tell me to stop being pissy or get me some chocolate.”

11. Kissing on the first date: Why is this still an issue for some guys? It shouldn’t be — if it was a good date, then go for it. Otherwise she’ll be wondering what went wrong or if she had broccoli in her teeth half the time. For all of you “leaving her wanting more” types, you’re driving us nuts.

12. Snoring: I want to know about this deal-breaker habit before getting too attached. Kidding (sort of), but if you really do snore, please let us know before it’s too late to politely suggest that we “have to wake up early tomorrow,” or at least so that we can scrounge up some earplugs and know that it’s OK to jab you in the side when the decibels reach a certain point.

13. The toilet seat: No complaints if it’s a house full of guys, but seriously, if you’re in a woman’s house, put it down. It’s just one of those “polite things.” Also notable: We get used to not looking before we sit when stumbling half-asleep into the bathroom at 4 a.m.

You know what I mean?

The program for each participant lasts from about four months to a year, with an average length of six months. Ladin and Pontremoli determine the length based on the offense and the offenders’ attitudes when they come to the DA’s office.

“If the kid doesn’t seem serious, or that they care enough, then we’ll say, you’re more than welcome to go in front of the judge and have it on your record,” Ladin said.

More often than not, however, Ladin said that the program’s participants are appreciative of their chance to redeem themselves.

“We had one kid that we thought didn’t really understand what he had done and didn’t really care,” Ladin said. “Until his Mom asked him to step out for a second, and she told us that the only reason he was acting like that was because he was trying not to cry and was so glad he was getting a second chance.”

Once the contract has been signed, Ladin and Pontremoli check in with the participants a few times during the program’s duration.

Ladin goes to the Cambridge Juvenile Court House every other week to meet with about half-a-dozen juvenile offenders, both new enrollees and those already working to complete their plan.

If successful in completing the diversion contract within the specified time period, participants’ offenses do not show up on their records. According to Ladin, the percentage of students who repeat offenses after having completed the program is lower than those who go to court. Ladin sometimes asks juvenile offenders who have graduated from the program to write a short essay on their experience. Ladin said that many of the essays have been inspiring.

“The best part is to see kids who were maybe going down the wrong path, and then six months later, to see that this program really did have an impact and that I was a part of that in their life,” Ladin said.

“Recidivism is significantly lower than if they were to go through the traditional court process,” Ladin added.

Though Ladin will graduate in May, the program will continue next year. Junior Matthew Kincaid, another Tisch Scholar, has elected to replace Ladin next year and would like to not only expand the program in order to encompass all of Middlesex County, but to also form more partnerships with local non-profits.

As for Ladin, next year he will serve through Teach for America as a seventh- and eighthgrade social studies teacher in Chicago.

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all that much,” senior Heather Buckner, who updated Facebook pages for the environmental non-profit Will Steger Foundation last summer, said. “I feel like if that was my job, it wouldn’t feel like a very meaningful job to me. There are upsides and downsides with the fact that people are using social media sites all the time. It makes it easier for companies to advertise, and it’s useful for nonprofits since it’s sort of like free advertising. But at the same time, it just is feeding into the fact that people are living their entire lives on Facebook and Twitter, and it probably takes away more

direct contact and communication.”

Hayden-Karp also stressed that college graduates should not feel that a job using Internet marketing will be as simple as using social media for personal life.

“I think those jobs are misleading because I think there’s a lot more to those jobs than having your own personal Facebook, and young people might not realize that,” she said. “I think it can be really difficult to represent a professional organization at all times in social media because it is such an unprofessional, anything-goes sort of arena. It can be difficult to have to use that no-rules, out of control medium to be professional because so many

of the people that are on it aren’t thinking professionally.”

Despite the challenges of integrating social networking sites into a professional environment, many workplaces are currently moving in that direction, with top companies like Toyota, Google and Pepsi all having a presence on Facebook and Twitter.

“I feel like its pretty inevitable, and it is a good way to reach people,” Hayden-Karp said.

“From the side of someone who does it for work, it’s really effective. But from the side of a personal user, it can be too much at times. If people get oversaturated, they won’t respond to the information.”

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‘Clash of the Titans’ resembles uninspiring video game on the silver screen BY

ALEX MASUROVSKY

“Clash of the Titans” is like watching someone else play a video game for 188 minutes.

Clash of the Titans Starring Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Ralph Fiennes Directed by Louis Leterrier

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Sam Worthington spends yet another film in testosterone-fueled battle. cally, the last hope for mankind in its war against the gods. Like any good video game, this film features beautiful women, muscle-clad men in short skirts and an endless supply of mythological butt for the hero to kick, culminating in an awesome final boss fight against Hades’ (Ralph Fiennes) dreaded Kraken.

Is Leterrier’s epic flop any better because it is in 3-D? This is a compli-

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Although ABC Family’s “10 Things I Hate About You” claims to be loosely based on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of

10 Things I Hate About You Starring Meaghan Jette Martin, Ethan Peck, Lindsey Shaw, Nicholas Braun Airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC Family the Shrew,” it is more clearly a replica of the beloved 1999 movie of the same name. Recreating all of the plotlines from the eponymous film, the show deals less with the feminist issues of “Taming of the Shrew” and more with the romantic entanglements of the movie.

All of the actors from the original film have been recast with the exception of Larry Miller as the leads’ father, Dr. Walter Stratford. Perhaps in an attempt to make the characters their own, the new actors have become caricatures, playing exaggerated versions of the originals.

The protagonists, sisters Kat

cated question to answer. Trying to make a film look beautiful in 3-D right now is like trying to use plastic surgery to make a person look beautiful: The technology is just not there yet.

Hades’ 3-D pterodactyl-like creatures thrill when they fly right at the viewers’ faces, but there is almost no effort to bring the trees and mounsee TITANS, page 6

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Thank Louis Leterrier, the director of “The Transporter 2” (2005) for “Transporter 3: Ancient Greece.” It’s clear that Leterrier is trying to jump on the 3-D bandwagon following recent sensations “Avatar” (2009) and “Up” (2009) with this CGI-filled remake of the 1981 cult classic.

For a movie whose plot presentation and acting are worthy of a low-budget pornographic film, the special effects in “Clash of the Titans” are vastly underwhelming. Not to mention that the characters are all Greek, yet mysteriously have British accents, though this may be a throwback to the original.

Sam Worthington of “Avatar” returns to the green screen as Perseus, the illegitimate son of Zeus and, ironi-

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(Lindsey Shaw) and Bianca (Meaghan Jette Martin) Stratford, epitomize high school stereotypes. Kat is the opinionated feminist and overachiever with her heart set on becoming an activist at Brown University.

In contrast, Martin’s Bianca is a petite blonde set on becoming popular regardless of how many boys or girls she must kiss to obtain this goal. Meanwhile, Cameron as played by Nicholas Braun is even more socially awkward than Joseph Gordon-Levitt was in the original film.

The only character to have sufficiently diverged from the original is Patrick Verona, played by Ethan Peck, grandson of Gregory. As if the footsteps of an Academy Award-winning relative were not sufficiently challenging to follow, Ethan Peck is also attempting to fill the shoes of the late Heath Ledger. Ledger’s performance as Patrick in the original film was his big break into the world of mainstream Hollywood and female hearts everywhere. Peck’s valiant attempt is fueled by his ample charm. His character’s good looks, bad-boy appeal and clear affection for Kat render him incredibly endearing to watch.

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Unlikable lead drives plot of ‘Greenberg’ BY

RACHEL CHARATAN Contributing Writer

Like so many dramedies in the past few years, “Greenberg” tells a coming-of-age story about a man who is decades past

Greenberg Starring Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh Directed by Noah Baumbach adolescence. The film raises important issues of identity and provides countless triumphant moments of dark comedy.

Unfortunately, the story’s lack of direction and the unlikeable protagonist mean “Greenberg” falls short of success.

In his seventh directorial effort, director Noah Baumbach crafts another indie tale of woe and regret. Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is a New York-based carpenter with a history of mental instability who comes to Los Angeles to housesit for his brother, Phillip (Chris Messina), and his family, who are vacationing in Vietnam.

Since it is Greenberg’s first time on the West Coast in years, he reconnects with old friends. Many of these friends were his band members before Greenberg refused a contract that could have landed the group its big break.

Rhys Ifans, a talented British actor recognizable to American audiences from “Notting Hill” (1999), appears as Ivan, Greenberg’s only true friend despite having lost the most due to Greenberg’s age-old mistake. In this sense, the story is one of redemption — the hero tries his best to reconnect with those with whom he has lost touch and to become a better person.

At the same time, Baumbach tells a love story between Greenberg and the quirky-

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e don’t deserve technology. We deserve a good, hard beating.

Sexting is in the news again.

Sexting is always in the news. While policy makers, parents, principals and middle school boys everywhere are up in arms about the practice, the truth of the matter is that sexting is nothing more than the unique result of a high-tech culture that’s too stupid to properly utilize the advanced technology that’s so readily available.

Back in the ’30s, Dick Tracy had a watchphone; everybody wanted one. Later, Maxwell Smart from “Get Smart” (1965-1970) had a shoe phone. Everyone wanted one of those, too. Soon enough, however, phones moved to cars and then to pockets, purses and embarrassing hip-holsters everywhere.

Everyone finally had mobile phones.

At the turn of the 21st century, mobile phones became so mundane that, in order to make them interesting again, phone makers — in a move that no one will ever understand — decided to put cameras in phones. Clearly the next step was to take naked pictures of oneself and loved (used very, very loosely) ones.

Sex as a driving force is arguably more powerful than both wealth and religion, and we can add the success of picture messaging to the long list of media conquered by mammaries — a list that already includes the internet, the VCR and cable television. And that’s just during the last half-century.

Most states prosecute underage “sexters” — those who send, receive or store “pornographic” pictures of themselves on their phones — as sex offenders or child pornographers, which is clearly ridiculous. The good news is that these laws, in many states, are being reexamined and reformed. The bad news is that it’s even necessary to have legal precedents regarding teenagers who take pictures of their junk.

And it isn’t just picture messages that have been tainted by sex organs. Anyone who is currently alive has heard of Chatroulette. com. For those uninitiated few, however, allow me to explain: Chatroulette is a Web site where fat men go to touch themselves inappropriately in front of webcams.

But this wasn’t always the case. A few short months ago, Chatroulette had unbridled potential. Visitors who logged onto the site around the end of 2009 found a magical place where they could chat, sing, dance and generally be strange via webcam with other anonymous users worldwide. On my first visit, I had a number of quick conversations with people in places ranging from Chile to Paris to Turkey and everywhere in between.

Then everyone heard about it. As soon as my mother asked me if I had heard of Chatroulette — she heard about it on NPR — I knew it was too late (no offense, mom or NPR). Within days of every major news outlet running related stories, the site was overrun by wankers.

Now most are too timid to troll the penisinfested waters of Chatroulette for fear of seeing what cannot be unseen. Society has lost another skirmish with technology, and the battle cry was “show me ur boobs.”

The thing that I can’t understand is who actually did it. At some point, somewhere, some woman must have shown said boobs.

Who knows why; maybe it was some sort of kinky thing, maybe she was drunk. I don’t know. What I do know is that was stupid, and it’s her fault that all of this is happening.

Maybe it wasn’t Helen’s face that launched all those ships.

But then, who is more guilty: the flasher or the heckler who demanded bosom?

Maybe we don’t have rocket packs or laser guns yet because we can’t be trusted with them — or because we can’t use them to see boobs.

Technology-enabled perverts: 0 out of 5 stars.

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

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is even more evident in the show’s return from a midseason hiatus, especially when contrasted with Bianca’s new relationship with Joey Donner (Chris Zylka). Bianca, though painfully superficial, is not dumb.

As she herself points out, she understands the subject matter of her classes: “It’s history. I know how it ends. Everyone dies.”

Joey, on the other hand, has the attention span of an ADHD-ridden fiveyear-old. Albeit, he is good looking and goal-oriented — he is set on becoming a model — but unfortunately, he’s the exboyfriend of Bianca’s best friend Chastity Church (Dana Davis), the most popular girl in school.

Joey’s relationship with Bianca is a major source of drama in last week’s episode, in which Bianca finds herself lying to and manipulating those around her to keep their secret romance hidden before she eventually comes clean after being drenched in frozen yogurt.

Kat, on the other hand, finds freedom in standing up for Patrick and her rights. She

wonders if “Gandhi ever felt this — so alive, so inspired, so hot” between passionate kisses. Her actions unfortunately result in a suspension, a punishment that forces her to receive an automatic F for missing her English test.

In an attempt to salvage her grade and fulfill her Ivy dreams, she sneaks into the school to take the test by following the advice of a pot-smoking student who uses an application on his iPhone to track the locations of the teachers. This scene is illustrative of ABC Family’s attempt to both assimilate and mock teen culture.

The show may not be a completely accurate depiction of a real high school, but its caricaturing does emphasize real issues that plague today’s teenagers. The juxtaposition of Bianca and Kat’s personalities serves to demonstrate the two ends of the social spectrum. Their sisterhood and wildly varying personalities reveal that ultimately — when social class is erased — honesty, sincerity of character, family and boys are what matter most.

“10 Things I Hate About You” airs on Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC Family.

tains behind them out of drab 2-D space. Because it is not seamless, the effect is actually a regression for the viewing experience because it’s like watching a live performance in front of a TV screen. However, it is cool to get a pair of 3-D sunglasses to take home because, let’s face it, life looks so much better in 3-D. While “Clash of the Titans” lacks any actual Titans (rulers of the Earth before the gods in Greek mythology), it does essentially stay true to the myth of Perseus. In order to prepare for the imminent coming of Hades’ Kraken, the young hero sets off with a band of soldiers to take the head of Medusa, whose gaze, even in death, will turn any living creature to stone.

This is where the fun begins.

During a “manly” campout on the road, the captain of the soldiers initiates an impromptu, action-packed sparring session with Perseus to music colored by what can only be described as heavy-metal rock cellos.

This scene transitions quickly into an ambush by a pack of giant scorpions.

The structure of the film is thus fight scene, travel to the next fight scene,

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The action is fun and pseudo-3-D, and the humor is light and sophomoric. A line from Perseus, just before he and his fellow soldiers enter Medusa’s cave, captures the essence of the dialogue throughout this movie: “Don’t look this b---h in the eye.” There are also quick nods to elements of Greek mythology, such as the ritual of placing two coins over the eyes of the dead to bribe the ferryman in Hades.

The few joys that the movie has to offer are also clearly more plentiful for those who have seen the 1981 original. As a quirky reference, Perseus picks up a strange mechanical owl that was a prop in the original for no apparent reason, quickly observes it and moves on.

Perseus gets plenty of divine help along his journey. Io (Gemma Arterton), another illegitimate child of Zeus, watches over Perseus along the way, and nearly has a romantic encounter with him. She ultimately doesn’t, which is disappointing for a movie that is full of attractive people, set in ancient Greece and offers only the most superficial of entertainment.

One of the movie’s more interesting scenes is when Perseus encounters the Fates, three gruesome sisters who share one eyeball and spend their days measuring lengths of string to represent peoples’ lifelines. Against Io’s warnings, Perseus cannot help but sask the Fates about his own future. “Perseus will die by the Kraken,” they hiss, to Perseus’ dismay, granting the movie its only moment of real tension.

If nothing else, “Clash of the Titans” teaches that with a little courage and a ton of divine help, anything is possible. The Fates may have been wrong about Perseus dying at the hands of the Kraken, but they set the right tone of dismay.

Bottom line: skip watching this video game in theaters.

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yet-endearing Florence (Greta Gerwig), Phillip’s assistant. As she tries to tie herself to him emotionally, he consistently pulls away, afraid of abandoning his plans to “do nothing” for a while.

This tangled web of storylines fails to come to any grand conclusion. Instead of walking a path of romance or self-improvement or both, as some would argue “Garden State” (2004) accomplished, “Greenberg” wanders, feeling longer than its 107-minute running time. By the film’s abrupt end, its titular character seems to neither grow nor improve in any visible manner.

In terms of romance, the chemistry between Stiller and Gerwig works despite the age difference between their characters.

Florence is adorable and chipper, and exposes Greenberg to her youthful love of life. She is simultaneously tragic and impulsive in her decisions, engaging in a hook-up that she doesn’t want and singing onstage at a performance that only a handful of people attend.

Her old soul drives her to be with Greenberg, and their relationship, though flawed and unlikely, at times warms the heart. Both Gerwig and Ifans hold their own in wonderful supporting performances.

In a rare foray into drama for Stiller, “Greenberg” is reminiscent of Jim Carrey’s turn in “The Majestic” (2001) or that of

Robin Williams in “Dead Poets Society” (1989). Stiller even looks different, with longer locks and eyeliner, and acts differently, with a weight appropriate for Greenberg’s personal history.

Stiller remains at his best when comedic, such as in one scene when he feels the effects of a line of cocaine at his niece’s party. In fact, he is particularly unbelievable in scenes that call for an angry outburst, usually with Florence at the receiving end. It’s impressive to see how far Stiller has come as an actor, especially from past outrageous comedies such as “There’s Something About Mary” (1998) and “Zoolander” (2001), but in reality, he has ways to go before pulling off a dramatic lead completely.

To be fair, Stiller is not the only problem with “Greenberg.” The character, developed by screenwriters Baumbach and Jennifer Jason Leigh, is, at his finest moments, awkwardly charming. At his worst moments, Greenberg is an insensitive, overly critical, overgrown teenage boy who seems to judge everyone in his life and reject all criticism of himself.

Greenberg condemns everyone and everything from a pet taxi service for its inadequate floors to a stranger in a restaurant who laughs loudly. His negative personality makes it impossible to relate to him and become emotionally invested in his feature-length plight.

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Internships not an excuse for unpaid labor In an increasingly competitive job market, it seems that internships are becoming an essential facet of every qualified candidate’s résumé. As such, college students as well as a number of recent college graduates are jumping at the chance to take advantage of the ever-growing number of unpaid internships offered.

Recently, however, there have been questions raised about the legality of certain unpaid internships, specifically whether interns are being treated more as free labor as opposed to being given the learning experience and training that internships are supposed to offer.

For an internship to be unpaid, it must comply with the conditions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which includes the stipulations that the employer gains no immediate advantage from the work of the unpaid intern (or “trainee”), that the trainee does not “displace regular employees,” that “the training is for the benefit of the trainee” and that the aforementioned training is akin to the type of education one would receive in a vocational school or a formal academic setting.

If the internship fails to meet these regulations, it is required that the business pay the intern at least minimum wage for his

or her work.

With these guidelines in mind, it is not hard to see how some internships, especially ones in which interns spend more time doing menial labor than learning the ropes of their chosen profession, are pushing the boundary between unpaid, résumé-building experience and exploitation.

Especially in light of the country’s current economic state, it is tempting for companies to take advantage of unpaid interns, and young future professionals in today’s job market often feel that they have little choice but to accept these internships to bolster their work experience.

Under the current system, some companies have increasingly begun to see interns not as future professionals in search of training but as a source of free labor to fill menial jobs that offer little insight into the professional world many interns are hoping to break into. This not only means that interns are not receiving any training that would help them to gain valuable skills that would assist them in the working world, as is required by FLSA, but also that their work is of immediate advantage to their employer, often at the expense of any meaningful training. Indeed, in a recent New York Times article, some students reported hav-

ing supposedly competitive internships end up looking more like janitorial work than hands-on learning.

As long as companies continue to offer unpaid internships as a way of filling their lowest positions, students will continue to jump at the chance to bolster their résumés, despite the unfavorable work conditions and the questionable level of experience gained, because it has become assumed that the unpaid internship is an acceptable institution. While some states like California and Oregon have already begun to prosecute and fine employers who violate the laws surrounding unpaid internships, more needs to be done to ensure that students and recent graduates do not fall prey to companies in search of free labor.

As companies cannot be expected to follow these guidelines if they are not properly enforced, it is necessary that a third party intervene. If the government required that companies submit some form of training plan or outline for their internship positions to either a state or federal agency, as well as enforced more strictly the FLSA regulations already in place, it would help to lessen the number of college students who spend their summers in unfair unpaid internship programs.

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Student Senate elections are not the only elections students should pay attention to in the third week of April. Sudan will hold its first competitive elections in almost a quarter of a century when citizens go to the polls from April 11 to 13 to vote in presidential and parliamentary races.

These elections come during a heated time in Sudan. The International Criminal Court issued a warrant for President Omar al-Bashir’s arrest a year ago. Yet, not only is Bashir still free, but he continues to exercise control over Sudan.

In February, the Sudanese government said it expected to sign a peace agreement with the Justice and Equality Movement, a Darfur rebel group, by March 15. That did not happen. Talks are reportedly ongoing, but skepticism remains in the air, especially since previous peace talks have failed to eliminate violence in the region.

Given the instability of the state, fulfilling

the reality of free and fair elections will be a hefty challenge — and the prospects are dim. Some elections observers from foreign entities, namely Carter Center, which is based in the United States, have said it would be best to postpone the elections for a short time. The purpose would be to take care of logistical issues that affect the nature of free and fair elections, such as environmental insecurity and the ability for candidates to campaign freely.

According to The Guardian, a British newspaper, Bashir threatened to cut off the fingers and promptly expel from the country any foreign election observers who demand delaying the elections. This response doesn’t exactly reflect a government that is taking steps toward free and fair elections or toward eliminating human rights abuses. If Bashir and the current Sudanese government don’t ensure fair elections or if they do anything to hinder the process of fair elections, there could be jolting ramifications for the next important vote in Sudan.

In 2011, Sudan is supposed to hold an independence referendum that would determine whether the southern part of the country should secede. Many have argued that if Sudan simply evades the long-waged conflict between the north and the south with a permanent border division, the result would be chaos. But, a vote for separating the country could be a reality if voters do not get the sense that their government allows fair elections.

Besides encouraging students to pay attention to elections and political controversy outside of the United States, I also cannot stress enough the importance of remembering we don’t have as many problems as some of these countries do.

Say what you want about our government or the validity of elections at the national, state or local level, but please remember that any problems could be far worse than they are. It is by acknowledging this advantage that truly meaningful discourse may arise to build our political systems rather than tear them down.

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Teddy Minch’s column published in The Tufts Daily on March 17, 2010, expressed that “the United States should have instilled great fear in the Israelis and made sure they understand who dictates policy in this international relationship” after Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel midMarch. Yet, with a sharp understanding of the international arena, it is clear that the United States-Israel relationship that has been cultivated for decades is vital to both sides, and it is not Israel but rather the United States that is tearing the alliance apart in the past few months. The United States and Israel face many of the same threats, including Iranian nuclear proliferation and state-sponsored terrorism. Many claim that Israel is the only true, stable democracy in the Middle East and has worked with the United States to overcome aggressors in the region and to support moderate regimes.

According to Minch, “soon after Biden’s arrival, Israel’s Ministry of the Interior announced that it had approved construction of 1,600 new settlements.” This is inaccurate and academically lazy; 1,600 refers to the apartment units to be constructed in Jerusalem, not “new settlements” — Israel, the size of New Jersey, is far too small to ever see construction of 1,600 new towns out of the blue. The announcement regarding housing construction in Jerusalem is a regrettable incident because of the poor timing. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologized for the awkward announcement, and yet the Obama administration has decided to start a pointless fight with Israel. President Obama’s current stance of overwhelming, one-sided demands from Israel are unlikely to advance the peace process; he has demonstrated that he is not committed to Israel’s rights, as poignantly evident in his demand that Israel halt construction in Jerusalem.

Indeed, just as recently as November 2009,

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the Obama administration had applauded Netanyahu’s announcement to make an unprecedented concession: a ten-month moratorium on new Jewish housing in the West Bank. Netanyahu said he did it to “encourage resumption of peace talks with our Palestinian neighbors.” The agreement did not, in fact, apply to Eastern Jerusalem, which is home to around 180,000 Israelis.

Furthermore, according to the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, it is U.S. policy that “Jerusalem should remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected.” Now, Israel's announcement to construct housing in Jerusalem in the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo has been greeted with much U.S. hostility and a diplomatic mess.

Israel wants peace more than anyone, but without a partner for peace, there is no hope. President Obama is not pressuring the Palestinians to commit to peace talk

and action; on the contrary, his policies discourage the Palestinian leadership to negotiate because they simply have no incentive for peace. Netanyahu has taken bold risks and made serious concessions in the name of peace in the past months: Netanyahu has endorsed a two-state solution with a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state of Israel, a 10-month construction halt of homes in the West Bank, the removal of more than 210 checkpoints and the release of Palestinian prisoners.

On the other hand, the Palestinian leaders are still unwilling to meet with their Israeli counterparts, and moderate Arab states fail to support a peace process with Israel.

The obstacle to peace lies not in Jewish housing construction but in the Palestinian refusal to accept a new state next to Israel, instead of one replacing it. A brief examination of history paints the picture clearly: Between 1949 and 1967 there were no

Jewish settlements, as the West Bank was under Jordanian control and Gaza under Egyptian, and yet neighboring Arab States refused to make peace with Israel. On the other hand, in 1977, Likud, the Israeli party intent on settlement construction, signed a peace treaty with Egypt. Likewise in 1994, Israel signed a peace treaty with Jordan while the number of Jews living in the territories was actually growing. In 2005, Israel withdrew completely from the Gaza Strip; in return, instead of building a state, the terrorist organization Hamas gained control of the region, and attacks unto Israel magnified.

As is the case with any relationship, no state is perfect, and there will be times of tension and disagreement between Israel and the United States. Nevertheless, the United States needs to keep the larger picture in mind when it comes to the Middle East, for U.S. security is intertwined with Israel’s. The current U.S. administration is not behaving like a mediator dedicated to peace in this conflict, while just last spring, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told The Washington Post that he has no intention of negotiating with Israel.

Indeed, this has been the approach of the Palestinian Authority since the current U.S. administration took power — to agree to nothing and to wait for the United States to pressure Israel. Abbas told The Washington Post on March 21, “the Americans are the leaders of the world … They can use their weight with anyone around the world ... I will wait.” Israel has demonstrated a commitment to peace; the Palestinians have not. Now, it seems that the United States is trampling on the Israeli relationship instead of objectively approaching the peace process.

Ariella Charny is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. She is a Tufts campus fellow for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.

Finding principles: self, school, president BY

FANNA GAMAL

Shortly before spring, a small yet exquisite example of intellectual exploration took place on this very campus — a symposium analyzing the presidency of Barack Obama and the state of democracy, race relations, social inclusion and national identity. A group of experts, intellectuals, authors and activists gathered at Tufts to help speak to the complex events that have occurred in America these past 16 months. I attended this event not as a particularly active member of this conversation at Tufts, but more as a student and citizen hoping to reexamine this particular political figure who once ignited so much excitement and hope in me, but was beginning to leave me with more questions and confusion.

For the past few months, my questions about President Obama had become so emotionally complex that I had, at times, chosen to not adequately reflect on them. I was engaging in what Tufts Professor of English Christina Sharpe accurately described at the symposium as the “politics of unspeakability.”

But more than that, my confusion about President Obama was often unthinkable, and unimaginable — never mind unspeakable. I could not help but remember the deep sense of possibility and delight I had when I read his autobiography “Dreams of My Father” early last year. In those pages I encountered a man formulating strong principles in the wake of fascinating, emotional and powerful experiences. These were the types of attitudes that I imagined he might inject into our public policies and our democracy but also, most importantly, into this thing we call “American identity.” Yet as I reach for the news stories today, I am dismayed by the function and form of our governance. I see us further away from a sense of moral standards. In fact, it is common for me to see what I believe is the worst in our abilities for positive and ethical civic cooperation emerging in this era.

It was with this overwhelming sense of uncertainty that I went to this symposium, to see if those professors, intellectuals and activists, who knew much more than I could, would help articulate a sense of the emptiness I was feeling. What I

received from them was a greater understanding of this emptiness. I realized that what I perceived as a moral void began in the spaces that I inhabited everyday and rose up to the top shelves of our government. Ultimately, I felt motivated to examine the injustices that existed all around us, before bringing all my grievances to the White House doors.

One clear origin for this examination was our conversations about race and racial equality in the age of Obama. Now, while I am someone who has always occupied multiple social identities, the way I understand my own racial identity can at times vary from others. Yet hearing some of my fellow students speak of their everyday encounters with racism and other social injustices here at Tufts was deeply saddening. Indeed, these immoralities — big and small — exist all around us, in a myriad of ways. I am sure a number of Tufts students — white, black, Asian, Hispanic, male, female, gay, straight — can empathize here. To be able to have publicly and directly spoken about them is something I wish I could have done in my earlier years at Tufts — but here too, many students may empathize with me in the time it often takes to articulate one’s convictions.

After hearing the thoughtful words of our faculty, I began to understand something central about my own principles that will change the way I approach these types of conversations forever. In its simplest form, I realized that it truly is knowledge that gives us the ability, courage and conviction to speak about injustice. You see, it was my lack of knowledge of the particular experiences at Tufts and my connection to them that made me silent about these inequalities. In contrast, it was the wealth of knowledge of the faculty that shed light in this darkness for me. In absorbing a little bit of this knowledge, I was able to formulate one of my convictions, one of my core principles — that the dispersion of this type of knowledge is not so much a question of feasibility for an institute of higher learning, as it is a question of morality. Perhaps it is this institution’s ethical obligation to provide students with more comprehensive intellectual spaces to examine the social issues that affect them and their communities the most. This is why I believe that the creation of an Africana Studies Department is this university’s

pressing moral obligation.

To be sure, as an Africa in the New World minor I have been able to take courses on the black experience and racial history in the United States. In fact, in many of my courses, professors have deliberately broached issues of race relations in depth — in order to fulfill this moral obligation I suspect. Yet without a coherent curriculum, a thoughtful set of requirements and above all, an institutionally supported faculty and program, the breadth and depth of a true liberal arts promise will never be attained. Moreover, students who are not structurally guided as such will rarely achieve the valuable synthesis of ideas, meanings, literature and experience.

Most importantly, the lack of an Africana Studies department represents one of the most blatant moral violations an institution can commit — it represents an intellectual exclusion, a silencing of complete and powerful narratives ... a withholding of knowledge. If there is one thing Tufts has taught me, it is that this type of exclusion is perhaps the most dangerous, and that allowing students to reject disparity is entirely different from limiting their possibilities to perceive it all together.

I suppose then that the moral peculiarities I feel are happening under the Obama administration are not unlike the peculiarities I find happening around me at Tufts. And since I am asking for the same sort of moral re-examination from my government, I can certainly ask it of my school. In the end, it is out of a sense of hope and devotion to this university that I seek to examine the basic conflicts that exist at our core. Once we find the principles that govern them, we may seek to act by fulfilling our most basic but pressing obligation — releasing the limits on students’ perceptions and educating them. An investment in an Africana Studies department is a long-overdue step towards this process, not only for black and minority students but all for all students at Tufts who are coming of age in a society that is undergoing tremendous racial transformation. Let us not be left out of this new national conversation.

Fanna Gamal is a senior majoring in political science.

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said. “We’d been trying to play our uptempo style all day, and [during the run] we got some good plays from a lot of different players, and the team defense did a great job clearing and getting the ball back.”

Junior D.J. Hessler started the Jumbos’ run with a goal from behind the net, before junior Matt Wilko added an unassisted goal just over a minute later. With the Wesleyan defense now on its heels, the Jumbos tacked on three more goals in the third quarter before time expired, including another by Wilko and junior Ryan Molloy’s third of the day.

“Sometimes we don’t make the best decisions, but in that four-minute span we showed that when we do make good decisions, we can put up big numbers,” Molloy said.

After the 5-0 third quarter spurt vaulted the Jumbos ahead, the team was able to hold on in the fourth despite being outscored in the period 4-2. The game ended with Tufts on top 14-11, which moves the Jumbos’ record on the year to 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the NESCAC. The victory over Wesleyan was extra sweet for the Jumbo upperclassmen who had revenge on the mind after being knocked out by the Cardinals in last year’s conference championship game.

The difference for the Jumbos on Saturday also appeared in less glamorous categories: face-off wins and ground balls. In their 2009 NESCAC title game win over Tufts, the Cardinals had 56 ground balls to the Jumbos’ 48,

while the face-off battle was close to even. But on Saturday, Tufts showed the mental toughness that has led the team to an undefeated record in 2010, dominating the Cardinals 48-34 in ground balls and 17-12 in face-offs.

“Wesleyan is not an easy place to play, and the revenge factor was definitely in the back of our minds,” Molloy said. “[Saturday] was another chance to show that we’ve improved from last year, and that we can hang with anyone in the NESCAC and in the country.”

“Winning face-offs is always a team battle, and our unit did a great job yesterday,” Droesch added.

In Saturday’s game the Jumbos only trailed once, 1-0, after Wesleyan junior Gabe Kelley netted a goal only 12 seconds into the first frame. Kelley’s goal marked the third time in four NESCAC games that Tufts has given up the first goal, with the lone exception being the March 27 matchup with Williams. So far this season, the Jumbos have been able to endure these early deficits, but as the team begins to face tougher opponents, falling behind early will likely have a higher cost.

“We have to start games being firedup,” Molloy said. “We sometimes let other teams get out early, before we then say ‘Now it’s a game.’ It would really help to be able to fire ourselves up and jump on teams early.”

Tufts’ next game will be tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Bates College. The Jumbos are content with their undefeated record and hope to extend it against a team that they throttled 22-3 last season.

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Junior D.J. Hessler netted a game-high 17 points in the Jumbos’ 14-11 road win on Saturday versus Wesleyan.

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Last spring, Tufts jumped out of the gate at a similarly blazing pace, reaching 8-0 before dropping three out of its next four NESCAC games, including road losses to Middlebury and Trinity.

The 2010 Jumbos are motivated to avoid such mid-season struggles this year.

“Our goal is not to go 8-0; our goal is to win a national championship,” Molloy said. “The difference [between last year and this year] is that last year we were crushing teams, but this year we’ve been playing teams closer. This year, the goal is not to have a loss as our wake-up call, but to make these close games our wake-up call.”

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in the seventh.

“Aly did a fantastic job in a tight game today,” Silberman said. “It was a very important win for us, and that put a lot of pressure on a freshman pitcher. I thought she improved as the game went on, which really says a lot about her ability to step up in big games. As the game continued to be tight inning after inning, she made it increasingly difficult for the other team giving us a chance to score.”

Santone gave up a one-out double before retiring the final two batters, earning herself the save and the Jumbos the series with a 3-2 victory.

While Moskowitz’s performance was impressive, fellow freshman Rebecca DiBiase may have been even better in the first game Saturday. DiBiase surrendered only one run, striking out four while only allowing one extra base hit all game.

“Rebecca has been throwing extremely well so far,” Silberman said. “I think what’s so impressive about her is not only her skill, but the fact that nothing rattles her when she’s pitching. Being mentally tough is very important as a pitcher, and she really allows the rest of the team to feed off her poise and intensity. I think this is especially important after a tough

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loss, and she really handled the situation well.”

While Dibiase quieted the Bowdoin offense, the Jumbos’ offense jumped out on Nilan early and often. In the second, Beinecke crossed the plate on a throwing error before freshman outfielder Liz Pinzino sent a towering home run down the left field line, the first of her collegiate career. Iuppa also scored twice, driven in by Sullivan both in the third and the fifth. The Jumbos added one more in the fifth, and took the game by a comfortable score of 5-1.

The Friday afternoon game was a rough way to start the conference slate for the Jumbos. Entering the game, they had not lost at home since 2008 and had not lost to the Polar Bears since 2004. Tufts jumped out first on a solo home run by senior outfielder Stefanie Tong in the bottom of the second. The teams went back and forth, and eventually a two-RBI single by Silberman in the bottom of the sixth gave the Jumbos a 4-3 lead.

Santone stayed on for the Jumbos in the seventh, looking to get the complete game, but she could not shut the door. Bowdoin put the first two batters of the inning on base after an error and a hit-by-pitch and, after a groundout moved both over, freshman outfielder Gen Barlow tied the game with a base hit to left.

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Tufts put the tying run on second base and the winning run on first in the bottom of the seventh, but a groundout ended the game, giving the Polar Bears the win.

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16 13 2 7 2 2 1 3 2 2 62

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12 7 10 4 5 3 1 2 2 0 47

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Ian Goldberg Ben Walkley Frank Petroskey David LeResche Sam Sager Chase Rose Nate Bankoff Corey Pontes David Orlowitz Alex Grzymala Team

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GA 66 8

Sv 41 3

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Pitching Pat O’Donnell Dave Ryan

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Emily Beinecke Casey Sullivan Stefanie Tong Lena Cantone Christy Tinker Lizzy Iuppa Mira Lieman-Sifry Julia Silberman Izzie Santone Liz Pinzino Team

.447 .417 .415 .318 .314 .310 .256 .233 .211 .200 .305

Pitching Aly Moskowitz Izzie Santone

W L ERA SO 3 0 2.37 15 2 3 3.27 6

Ranking, team (No. 1 votes) 1. Stevenson (8) 2. Salisbury (6) 3. Gettysburg 4. Corland 5. Dickinson 6. Tufts 7. Middlebury 8. Roanoke 9. Geneseo

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won four straight contests. The latest was an 18-13 win over NESCAC opponent Wesleyan at home on Saturday.

“It feels great to be on such a good streak,” senior co-captain Jenna Abelli said. “We’re taking it one game at a time and working off the momentum from the previous games. Hopefully we’ll just keep playing off that energy.”

The Jumbos’ offense, now with an impressive 72 goals in the team’s last four games, got the team back in the game in the first half before exploding in the second half to pull away and capture the victory.

Senior Emily Johnson led the assault with six goals and one assist on the game.

Wesleyan took an early 5-2 lead, but Jumbos sophomore Steph Perez helped turn the tide, scoring two straight goals that were followed by a goal by Johnson to tie the game halfway through the first half.

Wesleyan then responded with two unassisted goals, which launched the Jumbos into action. In the last 10 minutes of the half, Tufts scored three goals, including two by first-year Kaitlin Leidl, to take an 8-7 lead going into the break.

The Jumbos came out strong in the second half, scoring five goals in 11 minutes, including a pair by Abelli.

“We regrouped and refocused at halftime both on attack and defensively. We picked up the energy and did what we had to do,” Abelli said.

Despite the flurry of Tufts goals, Wesleyan continued to fight hard, scoring four of the next six, and narrowing Tufts’ lead to three.

But with 8:22 left in the final stanza and with the score 15-12, Johnson widened the Jumbo lead with three consecutive goals.

“At first we came out not entirely on our game, but I think the most important part was that we didn’t give up,” Leidl said. “We knew that we should win this game, so we just had a lot of intensity, especially after halftime, and we were able to put it away after that.”

The Tufts win was in large part due to the success of the team’s underclassmen, as the majority of goals, save Johnson’s sixgoal outburst, were scored by freshmen or sophomores.

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Sophomore Casey Egan, pictured, and the 12th-ranked Jumbos took down Wesleyan at home on Saturday, 18-13, with three points from the second-year and six goals from senior Emily Johnson.

“Since the beginning of the season, our young players have improved. They’ve gotten a lot more confident,” Abelli said.

“It’s been great having a lot of talented young players this year. They really contribute to the team, as was shown in the Wesleyan game.”

Tufts outshot Wesleyan 36-30 and won the groundball battle 24-16. Perez had three ground balls, five draw controls and two assists, while senior co-captain Alyssa Kopp won three draw controls and picked up three ground balls. Junior Sara Bloom

shined in goal with eight saves.

The Jumbos (5-2, 3-2 NESCAC) travel to Babson for a nonconference game on Tuesday and to Connecticut for their next NESCAC match against Trinity on Saturday.

“Next game, we need to come out really strong in the first 10 minutes, which is what we did during the other games in our streak,” Leidl said. “Wesleyan was an exception where it took us longer to really start scoring. When we come out really strong, it really sets the tone for the rest of the game.”

Athletes of the Week EMILY JOHNSON, WOMEN’S LACROSSE After the women’s lacrosse team opened up its 2010 spring campaign with two losses in its first three games, both of which came against NESCAC schools, the squad needed an offensive boost to get the Jumbos back on track. In a four-game span, Tufts has scored a total of 72 goals — capped off most recently by an 18-13 victory at home versus Wesleyan on Saturday — led by senior Emily Johnson.

Johnson, who is currently first in the NESCAC in points, points per game and goals per game and is second in goals, racked up an impressive six goals and one assist versus the Cardinals, leading Tufts to its fourth straight victory and getting the Jumbos above the .500 mark in conference play.

Her first tally tied the game up at five a piece at the 14:34 mark in the first half, firing a shot on a pass from freshman Kerry Eaton. Though Johnson didn’t score for the rest of her half, her efforts with less than 10 minutes left in the second half more than solidified Tufts’ rout.

Johnson notched three of her game-high six goals in a five-minute span, which came shortly after she scored once unassisted and another on a free position shot at the 13:58 and the 12:21 mark, respectively. The former Second Team All-Region selection also had two goals and a pair of assists in Tufts’ midweek 17-14 squeaker at home against NESCAC foe Bates.

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DAVID ORLOWITZ, BASEBALL With one swift swing of the bat, junior outfielder David Orlowitz finally put the Jumbos back on top.

In the midst of a historic offensive season in which the baseball team is hitting .324, the hard-hitting Orlowtiz provided the final blow in the latter contest of Saturday’s doubleheader at Bates, blasting a game-winning grand slam to give the Jumbos the overall series win with a 6-5 victory.

After junior outfielder Ian Goldberg singled to lead off the eighth inning, sophomore second baseman Sam Sager walked, as did junior outfielder Ben Walkley. Though sophomore Matt Collins struck out, the Jumbos plated another run when freshman Erik Weikert walked, setting the stage for Orlowitz, who blasted the pitch over the center field fence for his first round-tripper of the season, putting Tufts in the lead for the first time all day and giving it a 6-5 win to push the Jumbos to 2-1 in NESCAC play.

Orlowitz also went 2-for-4 with one RBI in Tufts’ series-opening 5-2 victory, but was 0-for-3 in the Jumbos’ 0-3 loss on Saturday. His grand slam, though, more than made up for it.

In 14 games this season, Orlowtiz has a .269 average with 14 RBIs and three doubles in addition to a .423 slugging percentage. This recent power surge comes one year after he posted a .524 slugging percentage and two home runs, coming on strong toward the end of the 2009 spring season.

picked up his second RBI of the game.

All was quiet in the middle innings, until the Bobcats came to bat in the bottom of the seventh. Two hits and an error by Miller chased the Jumbos’ starter from the game, and senior reliever Tom Hill allowed two of the inherited runners to score on a single by junior outfielder Rich Velotta. Miller’s final line on the day was 6.1 innings, 11 hits, five runs (three earned), three walks and five strikeouts.

Now down 5-1, the Jumbos were determined not to let the series slip away. They knocked Bates’ starter from the game with two singles and a walk to begin the eighth frame. Freshman outfielder Eric Weikert then worked a walk to narrow the gap to 5-2, bringing David Orlowitz to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. The junior could not have picked a better spot for his first home run of the season, launching a grand slam over the centerfield fence to give Tufts a 6-5 lead.

“I wasn’t really thinking about much going into the box, but I’d been struggling that day and wanted to get a good pitch to hit,” Orlowitz said. “Obviously the one I got, I hit it pretty hard, and that made the difference.”

That eighth inning outburst broke a string of 14 innings during which the Jumbos scored only one run. They made it count, as junior Ed Bernstein and sophomore Chris DeGoti made the one-run edge hold up, with the latter picking up his third save of the season.

Hill also picked up the win, improving to 2-0 on the year.

Earlier that afternoon in the series’ second game, the Jumbos had been tamed by sophomore righty Karl Alexander, who upped his record to 3-0 on the season with a seven-inning shutout effort. Both teams had seven hits in the contest, but Bates had the big ones — a two-run homer in the secondinning by Lynd, and an RBI hit by Webb in the fourth. The loss was charged to junior Pat O’Donnell, who allowed six hits and all three runs in just three innings of work, falling to 2-1.

On Friday, Tufts enjoyed a stellar pitching performance from sophomore Dave Ryan, who was making his first NESCAC start of his young career.

The righty matched goose eggs with Bates’ junior Paul Chiampa for six innings, finally getting some help from the Jumbos’ offense in the seventh to improve to 2-0. In all, Ryan hurled seven shutout frames, giving up three hits and three walks, while fanning five.

“I basically just treated this as any other game and felt pretty good throughout,” Ryan said. “It was definitely a good start for me, but there are a lot of things I need to keep working on to get better later on in the season.”

Meanwhile, the offense ensured that Ryan’s effort would not go unrewarded, as Petroskey drove in a pair with a double, and later scored on a triple by junior outfielder Ian Goldberg. Tufts added another run in the eighth on an RBI double by Orlowitz, and scored its fifth of the game in the ninth on a bases-loaded walk drawn by sophomore infielder Sam Sager.

Although sophomore Jake Crawford got into some trouble and surrendered two runs in the bottom of the ninth, DeGoti was there to close out the opener by getting the Bobcats’ No. 3 hitter, junior Chris Burke — representing the winning run — to foul out with the bases loaded.

Tufts will next be in action when it hosts Brandeis on Tuesday before taking on NESCAC foe Colby this weekend at Huskins Field. The Jumbos will look to continue the momentum garnered from a series win in their first threegame conference slate.

“This weekend was a good start to the season for us,” Ryan said. “We pitched well, played good defense — I think those are things we can build off and keep doing better in the future.”

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Jumbos exact revenge on Cardinals

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improvement over the 2-9 ledger it brought into conference play last season. But after averaging a terrific 9.1 runs per game over their first 11 contests, the Jumbos found runs a lot harder to come by during their weekend series against Bates (10-5 overall, 1-2 NESCAC) at Lewiston, Maine.

Nonetheless, thanks to stellar pitching and some late-inning heroics at the plate, the Jumbos took two games of the three-game set, improving to 11-3 on the season and 2-1 in NESCAC play. Tufts won the series-opener on Friday by a final score of 5-2, but was then shut out in the seven-inning middle game of the series 3-0. And the Jumbos needed a dramatic comeback to capture the rubber match.

Bates’ bats were hot to begin the series finale, as the Bobcats collected four singles off Tufts’ starting pitcher, junior Derek Miller, in the first inning.

The Bobcats took a 2-0 lead on a pair of RBI singles by junior first baseman Noah Lynd and junior catcher Gordy

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After a 5-4 loss on Friday, the Jumbos rebounded quickly, and on the back of dominant freshman pitching, swept the Saturday doubleheader.

“We were definitely frustrated after that first game,” said junior catcher Julia Silberman, who had four RBIs on the weekend. “We hadn’t played up to our potential and had given away too many outs.

We knew that since it was our mistakes that had led to a defeat, if we could play a little tighter and more cohesively, we could come back the next day. There is nothing better than being able to come back the

next day and prove yourselves, and I think that’s what we did.”

After splitting the first two games of the series, Bowdoin handed the ball to its freshman ace Tricia Thibodeau, while Tufts countered with a freshman hurler of its own in Aly Moskowitz. Moskowitz, now 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA, was making the first start at Spicer Field of her Tufts career.

“It felt great to finally pitch at home,” Moskowitz said. “We work so hard in the preseason, it is great to get out on the field and show what we can do.”

The Polar Bears drew first blood in Saturday’s second game, using small ball to turn a first-inning leadoff single by junior Kara Nilan into a run. Nilan stole second, advanced to third on a ground ball and scored on a sacrifice fly. Bowdoin kept the momentum into the top of the second, and Moskowitz found herself in a jam after allowing the first three batters of the inning to reach base.

But after Tufts co-captain Casey Sullivan nailed senior Lauren Coven at the plate, Moskowitz settled down, inducing a strikeout and a groundout to get out of the frame.

Meanwhile, Thibodeau, who had retired the first four batters she faced, hit a rough patch in the second. Freshman second baseman Emily Beinecke found a way to get on base with an infield single to the left side. This brought Silberman to the plate, and with one swing of

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But the Bobcats restocked their lead in the bottom of the third, as Webb

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Despite having played in just 12 games, junior outfielder Ian Goldberg is second on the team in hits and leads the Jumbos with a .468 batting average, aided by his 4-for-10 performance this weekend in Tufts’ series win over Bates.

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The Jumbos countered with a run of their own in the second on a two-out, RBI single by junior infielder Frank Petroskey, who ranks third on the team with a .418 batting average in his first

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Poll, showed the kind of form that makes the Jumbos legitimate contenders for the national championship.

Late in the third quarter, on the road against Wesleyan — the same team that had beat the Jumbos in last year’s NESCAC Tournament title game — the physical, back-and-forth affair was tied 7-7. After being down 1-0 early, the Jumbos had jumped out to a 5-2 lead, only to have the Cardinals grind their way back into the game with some tough defense that limited the Tufts attack in the second quarter to only one goal. With 5:18 remaining in the third, the Jumbos appeared to be in danger of dropping their first game of the season, and perhaps losing their top-10 standing in the national poll.

But then, sparked by some stellar playmaking on both offense and defense, the Jumbos shifted into another gear, going on a 5-0 run to take the lead for good.

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the bat, she tied the game at two.

Silberman sent a screaming line drive just over the centerfield fence, good enough for her third long ball of the season.

“It was still early in the game when I had this at-bat, so although it ended up being a close game, at this point my teammates and I were confident we could come back,” Silberman said. “So I was just looking for a way to get myself on base to help start a rally. I was looking for a pitch low and inside and when I got one was able to hit it hard.”

“Julia’s home run was absolutely a game changer,” Moskowitz added.

“Tying up the game like that gave us the mental boost we needed to fight for the win, and it definitely helped me settle down on the mound, knowing that we were right back in that game.”

Both pitchers settled in after the home run, exchanging scoreless frames until the bottom of the fifth, when Tufts sophomore outfielder Lizzie Iuppa manufactured a run singlehandedly. She worked a one-out walk, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and then scored on a sacrifice fly by fellow sophomore Lena Cantone.

The Jumbos’ staff made Iuppa’s run stand as the game winner.

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Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, shown here in 2009, keyed a furious rally with a two-run homer in the seventh inning, helping Boston to a 9-7 opening day win versus the Yankees.

Photos of last night’s game were not available at press time.