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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

VOLUME LX, NUMBER 9

Freshmen elections postponed, students will still vote to pass one of the community rep. referenda today Freshman elections for the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate have been postponed 24 hours due to a technical glitch in Tufts Election Commissions’ (ECOM) voting software.

Students will still vote today on two separate proposals concerning reforms to the community representative system on the TCU Senate.

ECOM reported early this morning that the vote would be pushed back due to a problem with VoteNet, the online system used in campus elections.

This problem has occurred many times in the past, most recently during freshman elections two years ago, according to ECOM Chair Katherine McManus, a sophomore. She

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called the problem “out of ECOM’s control.”

While freshmen will not be able to elect their senators, the vote on community representative reform is unaffected.

The ballot allows students to vote for one of two referenda, named Referendum 3 and Referendum 4, or to abstain from the question.

“We are encouraging everyone who can access the referenda to vote,” McManus said.

The referenda vote is a revote from last semester’s April elections. During that election, both referenda reached the participation threshold necessary to pass but could not be simultaneously adopted as they are competing proposals.

Tufts ECOM and the TCU Judiciary have determined that this vote is, in effect, a runoff between the two referenda, meaning that one of the two will pass and be implemented.

While abstaining from the vote is an option, the Judiciary decided yesterday that voting against both referenda is not an option and abstentions will not count as rejections of both.

In the event of a majority abstention vote, the referendum with the higher total vote will be adopted.

Voting for freshman Senate seats will begin early Thursday morning at 12 midnight and will continue for 24 hours.

—by Matt Repka

Passion Pit to headline Tufts’ fall concert

BY MATT REPKA AND MITCHELL GELLER

Daily Editorial Board

Boston-based electronic indierock outfit Passion Pit will headline Tufts’ October fall show in Carzo Cage, Concert Board announced Tuesday.

Hip-hop artist K.Flay and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears will also perform at the first annual “Cage Rage” event on Oct. 26, which merges Tufts’ traditional pair of fall semester hip-hop and rock shows into a single, larger event.

Tickets will go on sale beginning next Wednesday.

Passion Pit comes to Tufts through the Campus Consciousness Tour, an initiative from Reverb, a

non-profit organization that partners with touring artists to “green” their tours and educate fans about sustainable and eco-friendly practices for everyday life.

The contract with the performers was finalized late last week, according to Concert Board Co-chair Nicole Goodwin, a junior.

Goodwin expressed enthusiasm for the headlining act Passion Pit. “From everything I’ve heard, they give a great performance,” she said. “I’m personally very excited about it.”

In total, 1,800 tickets will be made available for the show. Tufts students will be able to buy special presale tickets for $10 beginsee CAGE RAGE, page 2

Hiring freeze continues but with limited effects BY

ALEXANDRA BOGUS

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Even as the university continues to operate under the “flexible” hiring freeze it mandated two years ago, administrators in the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering are loosening their hiring practices and welcoming 30 new faculty members to the Hill this year.

In response to the economic crisis, administrators announced in the fall of 2008 that the university was enacting a socalled flexible hiring freeze, under which it would only fill positions deemed to be critical. Two years later, Tufts still remains cautious in its hiring practices, but the freeze seems to have thawed a little bit.

Among the new hires are four professors, including new Professor of Biology and Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger-Sweeney, 10 assistant and associate professors and 16 lecturers.

These figures mark an increase from last year — in which only 21 faculty members began jobs at Tufts — and a small decrease from the three academic years between 2006 and 2009. Hiring of full, assistant, and associate professors — all tenure-track positions — hovered at similar numbers over the past five years. The higher number of total new faculty this year comes largely from an increase in the number of lecturers hired.

“I think it’s safe to say that we are not quite on par, but almost on par with

where we’ve been in the past,” Provost and Senior Vice President Jamshed Bharucha said.

Bharucha added that the hiring figures often vary based on the number of retirees in any given year. “It is a flexible freeze,” he said. “We’ve always said that we would continue with significant faculty hiring.”

While the freeze has not seemingly destabilized hiring practices significantly, Tufts currently finds itself faring better than a number of comparable institutions. This is due in large part to the administration’s decision during the economic crisis to absorb the full impact of the endowment’s decline at once, while many other schools chose to spread the loss over several years. These

schools are in turn not as able to offer competitive packages to potential new faculty members.

“The university as a whole has viewed this as a strategically good moment to hire new faculty, a moment when we’ve been able to devote new resources to that and many other institutions have not,” Executive Administration Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Leah McIntosh said.

Bharucha agreed that Tufts finds itself less adversely affected by the financial crisis than other leading schools and has used this as a competitive edge in pursuing talented personnel. see HIRING, page 2

New farmers’ market brings local food to Tufts community BY

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Bob Burns is the new head of the Department of Facilities Services.

New facilities director outlines vision BY

MONICA MOWERY Daily Staff Writer

The formerly separate departments of Facilities and Construction have a new name and a new, unified focus, as newly appointed director Bob Burns looks to adopt a more customer-oriented approach.

Burns, who took the job two months ago, announced the name change to the Department of Facilities Services in part to emphasize a renewed com-

mitment to providing improved service to the Tufts community on all three campuses.

“Our department has a new name. The staffs of the Facilities and Construction Departments have been merged into one department, Facilities Services,” Burns said in a memo to department staff at the beginning of the semester.

Vice President for Operations Dick Reynolds explained that the merger of see FACILITIES, page 2

Inside this issue

Tufts students can now enjoy fresh, locally grown produce at a new, weekly on-campus farmers’ market.

The market, held at the Mayer Campus Center lower patio from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday, is a collaborative project between Dining Services and two local initiatives that assist economically disadvantaged individuals in getting a fresh start through commercial farming.

Farmers from the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project rely on volunteers from the United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) in Lowell to transport and sell their array of seasonal vegetables, fruits and baked goods at the market, according to New Entry Project Director Jennifer Hashley.

The market allows students to experiment with varied types of foods, Director of Dining and Business Services Patti Klos said.

“I’m particularly thrilled to bring a wide variety of fresh produce to students who want to cook for themselves,” Klos said. “I hope that by presenting recipes and food demonstrations, we might

entice students to try things that they have not been exposed to.”

The wide range of produce available includes corn, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, heirloom tomatoes, squash, leeks, green onions, peppers, cherries, apples and cantaloupe. The market also sells flowers, honey, baked goods and gelato.

Vendors will feature demonstrations of various recipes and goods every week, according to Klos.

New Entry, founded in 1998 by the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, helps underprivileged individuals acquire the skills and resources they need to become successful farmers and start their own farms in Massachusetts.

“We work with multicultural individuals all over the world and the United States who want to do commercial farming and help them approach farming as businesses to sustain themselves,” Hashley said.

UTEC Lowell’s Fresh Roots Program, which exposes high school students from Massachusetts to aspects of sustainable farming, is the other organization involved in the farmers’ market, according to UTEC see FARMERS, page 2

Today’s Sections

Porter Square may not be on the radar of most Tufts students but it has plenty to offer.

Tufts sailing has a strong start despite disqualification of a one boat.

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Inaugaural fall concert will feature indie-rock and hip-hop groups

University uses financial edge to attract top faculty to Tufts

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ning at 11 a.m. next Wednesday at the Mayer Campus Center’s Information Booth. One hundred presale tickets will be available at this price each day for five days.

Students can purchase one ticket per student identification card during this time.

Presale purchasers will be entered into a draw to win two backstage passes for the show, Goodwin and sophomore Theodore Finn, the other Concert Board co-chair, said. Concert Board will host a special “launch party” next Wednesday on the campus center upper patio, which will feature a raffle for a large Passion Pit poster signed and donated by the band.

Ticket sales to the general public begin Oct. 6 at $20, or $15 for undergraduate students.

Concertgoers can buy up to five tickets for outside guests.

Finn said that because the general ticket price is lower than that for many comparable area shows, the event could attract broader interest from the greater Boston community. Additionally, Passion Pit’s contract with Campus Consciousness means that they cannot schedule other performances in the Boston area throughout the duration of the current tour, making the show an exclusive opportunity for Tufts students.

Passion Pit, the tour’s headlining act, is a Boston favorite. The indie-rock/electro-pop group was founded in 2007 at Berklee College of Music and got its start playing small gigs at local venues.

The band’s debut EP, “Chunk of Change” (2008), gained popularity after the track “Sleepyhead” was featured in early 2009 as a free download on iTunes.

“Manners,” the band’s first LP, was released last year to critical and commercial success. Its singles “Little Secrets,” “The Reeling” and “To Kingdom Come” all showcase the band’s unique blend of high-energy pop with electronic influences, creating something fresh, exciting and generally joyous. Even when their lyrics are ambiguous and

“Even though we’re being very cautious, we are also taking this opportunity to recruit some outstanding faculty,” he said.

Professor of Religion Brian Hatcher is one new faculty member attracted to opportunities at Tufts. Having worked for 18 years at Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU), most recently as the chair of its religion department, Hatcher was not actively looking for another position until members of Tufts’ Department of Religion approached him.

Describing the new position at Tufts as “immediately attractive” for its accompanying research opportunities, coupled with the promise of chairing the department next year, Hatcher said Tufts presented an offer that IWU could never match.

“That is, unfortunately for them … how the game gets played,” he said.

Hatcher took the offer as evidence that he was filling a critical position. The administration, he said, “saw the religion department as perhaps in need of a little boost and was savvy enough to see that there are people at institutions that might be lured away.”

The ability to bring in new faculty is less clear-cut for some departments. Of the 30 full-time members brought to Tufts this year, none belong to the Department of Economics.

Professor Enrico Spolaore, the department chair, said that the administration allowed them to hire one new assistant professor this academic year. The department has filled the position, but the individual is pursuing a postdoctorate degree and will not start at Tufts until next September.

Spolaore was pleased to have made the hire but said the hiring freeze meant that other posi-

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Passion Pit comes to Tufts’ Carzo Cage on Oct. 26. bordering on the darker side — such as on “The Reeling” (“Now I’m dreaming somebody / Would simply come and kidnap me oh no, oh no”) — their energy keeps the mood light and fun.

While Passion Pit is a fairly well-known band, K.Flay and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears are not as big but they are exciting new acts on the verge of breaking into the mainstream.

K.Flay, whose real name is Kristine Flaherty, originally hails from the Midwest but now calls the West Coast home.

She has been compared to rapper Lady Sovereign, party girl/hot mess Ke$ha and even Taylor Swift, but the truth is, this Stanford grad is in a league of her own. Her self-produced songs combine a tight flow with well-sung hooks, and her fans — including Snoop Dogg and Ludacris (she’s opened for both) — already know what everyone else is about to learn: K.Flay is about to blow up.

Another rising star, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, fresh off a major summer tour opening for Dave Matthews Band, will be bringing something very different, although just as exciting, to Tufts’ Cage Rage. The band, which formed in 2007 in Austin, Texas, was recently singled out by Esquire magazine as a band set to breakout. Lewis and company specialize in a mix of blues, soul and jazz, blending influences to

make contemporary songs that sound like classics.

Reverb was founded in 2004 by two Tufts graduates: Guster guitarist Adam Gardner (LA ’95) and his wife Lauren Sullivan (LA ’96). This is the second time a Campus Consciousness Tour is making a Tufts stop; the first was the 2006 edition of Spring Fling, featuring Guster.

Campus Consciousness will host an environmental sustainability-themed event at the campus center at noon on the day of the show, according to both co-chairs.

“I’m really excited about the show,” Finn said. The band was “the number one choice” among Concert Board members, he added.

Goodwin described Concert Board’s methodology in booking artists.

“Ideally, we need someone who fits in our budget but will be popular on campus,” Goodwin said.

“We try to find artists who are up-and-coming. Our philosophy is that bands are affordable either right before they become famous, or on their way down,” she said.

Finn said that Concert Board sought to attract an act with wide appeal. “Since we only have one show, our goal is to please as many people as possible,” he said. “Boston is Passion Pit’s largest market and we think that students are really going to love the show.”

tions had to remain vacant for the time being.

“We were lucky that we were able to search for somebody,” he said. “That said, we had asked for more positions. We have needs, so we had to postpone a search.”

The Department of Economics has received the go-ahead to search for two more professors who will fill slots next year, Spolaore said.

In the interim, the department is relying on a good number of part-time faculty.

While Spolaore commended part-time workers for their caliber and teaching ability, they cannot serve as advisers or faculty committee members. “That’s where you feel a bit [of ] the constraints,” he said.

Bharucha said the administration always receives more requests for positions than it is able to authorize. Each school’s dean reviews the requests from the departments and prioritizes hiring based on the budget, academic needs and personnel opportunities, he said.

In light of the freeze, the School of Engineering has not been as quick to replace retiring faculty or to transition lecturers into more “refined” positions, according to Scott Sahagian, executive associate dean of the School of Engineering.

Still, some engineering administrators have found a way to skirt the freeze’s constraints by employing so-called “professors of the practice.” These non-tenured professors are leaders in their fields and are hired to bring real-world experience to the classroom. They generally work on a part-time basis and are not permanent appointments, Sahagian said.

“While we do not want to see that supplant tenured faculty, we do see it as a viable mix,” he said.

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the departments under a single head will improve overall coordination and communication.

“Facilities Services combines the old construction group and the maintenance group, so we’ll have one place to go for anything to do with facilities,” Reynolds said.

Burns said that under his leadership, the department will focus on putting student and faculty needs first.

“No matter what building you may be in, we will try to stay as contemporary as we can and make sure all of the buildings are comfortable and acceptable,” he said. “We’re responsible for heating the dorms up and ensuring that everything works properly.”

Reynolds is confident that Burns can successfully cater to students’ needs.

“You will receive better service with Bob. Parents were e-mailing me complaining about things, and we [have been] able to respond quickly,” Reynolds said. “We want to make sure the dorms and labs are befitting the Tufts reputation,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds emphasized the importance of interacting

with students in order to get feedback.

“I will be meeting with the [Tufts Community Union] Senate on a regular basis,” Reynolds said. “The goal is to maintain an open line of communication and be transparent. I can’t always do what you want us to do but at least can explain the issues.”

In his short time at Tufts, Burns has already overseen the completion of several projects on the Medford/ Somerville campus, including the Mayer Campus Center and several dorm renovations.

Burns and Reynolds also have several goals to improve the department this year, including modernizing its technology.

“We are working to improve Maximo, the work order system,” Reynolds said. “That way we can get the right people out to it and keep track of problems.”

“I’m learning and understanding what’s going on.

There are a lot of diverse interests and challenges; the veterinary school is different from medical school, which is different from main campus,” Burns said.

Burns’s background includes

30 years of experience working in the newspaper industry, with an extensive background in repair and maintenance. He was previously the senior vice president of production operations at the Boston Globe.

“I’ve worked around the country, outside of higher education, in 67 locations,” he said.

Reynolds explained that Burns will undoubtedly face a number of challenges implicit in his new role.

“You have three very different campuses: rural Grafton for [the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine,] the high -rises of downtown Boston for [Tufts University School of Medicine,] and a myriad of buildings on the main campus, including houses, dorms and laboratory buildings,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds said the variety of issues the three campuses present are a challenging but interesting part of the job.

“Every day is something different, whether we’re worrying about how to keep the chemistry labs from having power outages, to running the medical facilities. Literally every day is something different,” Reynolds said.

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Professor Brian Hatcher is one of 30 new faculty members at Tufts.

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Workforce Development Director Derek Mitchell.

UTEC provides support to young people who are susceptible to violence and self-destructive behaviors by advocating social change through diverse youth development and grassroots organizing programs.

Most of the New Entry farms are located in Lowell, UTEC’s home, Hashley said.

UTEC offers teens from lowincome families stable housing, a support network and opportunities to acquire transferable skills, Mitchell said.

Additionally, the positive interactions between Tufts students and UTEC’s teen volunteers are important in raising the teens’ self-esteem, which Mitchell called critical in help-

ing the youths recognize their own potential.

Tufts’ Medford/Somerville and Boston campuses are two of 11 distribution sites where New Entry delivers produce weekly, according to Hashley.

New Entry also leases farmland for up to three years and gives farmers assistance during their transition to farming.

“Part of the mission is also to promote farming and maintain viable farming businesses so as to prevent farmlands from going into development,” she said.

The farmers’ market highlights the existing connection between New Entry and the Tufts curriculum, from research and internships with New Entry to coursework and discussions in biology and nutrition classes, according to Hashley.

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Make sure to stock up on sparkly leggings, leotards and onesies before Tufts’ favorite party clothing store is no more.

American Apparel experiences inancial woes BY

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Hundreds of styles of cotton fabrics in countless colors, racy advertisements featuring scantily clad women in provocative positions, neon and gold lamé leggings and leotards, and leg-warmers fit for any 1980s-themed party are all common sights at American Apparel, home to hipsters and spandex-lovers worldwide.

The company’s future might not be as bright as the clothing it sells, as a recent spate of financial woes has left the company on the brink of bankruptcy.

According to the New York Times, the Los Angeles-based company is now

the largest clothing manufacturer in the United States in terms of domestic production, but its roots can be traced much closer to the Hill: Dov Charney, American Apparel’s founder and CEO, spent three years at Tufts, from 1987 to 1990, where he was an American studies major. It was here that he first started making and selling T-shirts out of his dorm room, first printing on Hanes T-shirts and then manufacturing his own.

Although the company’s popularity among young people fueled its initial success, American Apparel now finds itself saddled with $123 million in debt and a warning from the New York Stock

Exchange that a delisting of the company could be in order.

Still, the brand’s wares remain a popular choice for Jumbos.

“The clothes are really comfortable and include a lot of basics that go with every outfit,” junior Tiffany Casanova said. “The quality is good, and I think they have pieces that make every outfit.”

Another reason for its sustained popularity on campus, it seems, is the politics behind the label. The company has consistently espoused what it says are progressive labor and immigration practices, and every tag on an American see AMERICAN APPAREL, page 4

ON THE T

Second Stop: Porter Square

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KORONES

Daily Editorial Board

On the T is a continuing feature about Greater Boston neighborhoods along the five lines of the T. The dedicated members of the Daily Features Department will fill up their Charlie Cards and be your guides to the vast expanses of Boston (or the ones easily accessible to you by subway).

Out of the squares in Somerville and Cambridge, Porter Square typically gets the short end of the stick in terms of press coverage and reputation. It seems to lack both the hipster charm of its northward neighbor, Davis Square, and the intellectual ambience of nearby Harvard Square.

Tufts students cruising the Red Line will almost never make a pit stop at Porter, sophomore David Schwartz said.

“I never say, ‘I want to go to Porter Square,’ really, because it’s overshadowed

by Harvard and Boston,” he said. “I’d like to learn more about Porter, but I never really plan to go [to Porter] if I plan to go off campus.”

But the shopping center that spans Porter Square and the surrounding stretch of Massachusetts Avenue, full of specialty stores and avant-garde sculpture, may deserve a second look.

After emerging from the T station that is the deepest underground, the first attraction that marks Porter Square to visitors is a large red metal structure. Visible for miles down Massachusetts Avenue, this futuristic work of art titled “Gift of the Wind” was erected by Japanese sculp-

tor Susumu Shingu, and its movement is entirely driven by wind. The statue — in addition to the black-andwhite striped stones, carefully placed boulders and various sculptures that dot the square — was part of a 1997 initiative to increase visual appeal amid the urban sprawl.

Perhaps the biggest draw to Porter Square for Tufts students is Shaw’s Supermarket (49 White St.), the grocery store situated in the heart of the Porter Square Shopping Center.

One of closest supermarkets to campus, Shaw’s is a practical place to stock up on a week’s worth of groceries or to buy a box of Funfetti cake mix for a friend’s birthday party.

A few doors down sits Porter Square Books, one of the few remaining independent booksellers in the area. The small shop stresses its independent, local status and boasts a small café that carries specialties and baked goods from around the Cambridge area.

One of the store’s managers, Jane Dawson, explained that locals are attracted to the shop because they are tired of the chain bookstores popping up across the country.

“It’s very local. It’s very neighborhood,” she said. “We order our books locally. We see everyday what sells, and we gear our collection [and] our books to the neighborhood, while the ‘big boys’ do it in a central office in a very cookie-cutter way.”

On the other side of the shopping

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center, the Mudflat Gallery exhibits the work of 47 ceramic artists affiliated with the Mudflat studio, one of Boston’s few professionally run ceramics schools.

Like Porter Square Books, Mudflat supports the independent, local feel of the neighborhood. “The [art]’s all handmade by local artists,” Kayla Esce, a gallery employee, said.

The stretch of Massachusetts Avenue between Porter and Harvard Squares is sprinkled with small, independent shops, often selling products from around the world. For home furnishings, jewelry and clothing, NOMAD (1741 Massachusetts Ave.) offers an impressive Fair Trade collection, including pieces made in Africa, Afghanistan, India, Mexico, South America and Southeast Asia. For those looking to spruce up their apartments or dorm see PORTER SQUARE, page 4

e at Tufts love to ban things.

Basically, each year some students decide to try and ban one or more “luxuries” from our campus in order to contribute to an overarching cause. It’s known to students as activism, active citizenship, citizen activism, social justice and other fun terms; I know it only by the entailments this grim reality imposes despite its connotatively cheerful vernacular.

Bans begin when Tufts students first realize that they possess the unique ability to know what is right for the world and, therefore, other students at Tufts. Instead of making a personal choice to refrain from the behavior, they force an entire student body to do so as well, often without legitimate consent.

I applaud these students’ lofty goals, which I read firsthand in uninspiring Facebook event headers as well as through catchphrases sewn into bracelets that often coordinate with a practically requisite “Save Darfur” T-shirt. From time to time, I even envy these students’ thick layer of high school-esque naïveté, which seems to fuel unparalleled empathy for all things of this universe.

It’s unnecessary to crush these students’ spirits with news of the futility of their individual actions; they are already routinely informed of this news every day. Still, we have a right to be frustrated when one day a proposed ban is successful and the next day a handicapped student finds out he probably can’t transport his food and drink to his dining hall table because trays waste water.

To those unfamiliar, let’s go back to when a campaign by a small yet vocal group of students led to a question on the potential ban of dining hall trays in a student life survey. While students routinely ignore these surveys and sometimes express a preference for nothing more than paper towels in bathrooms, the tray vote was taken seriously. The movement culminated in the banning of trays from Tufts dining halls until further notice.

My sophomore and freshman years at Tufts also featured bans. There was the hush-hush backdoor ban on table tents, the folded flyers that adorn dining hall tables and advertise events like AOII bake sales or the I-Cruise where the boat never actually leaves the harbor. The ban on table tents was initially successful; however, it was overturned in months once people realized the arguments in favor of the ban did not make any sense.

The second ban was on bottled water. The goals of the organization behind the ban are to shed light on the harm caused by bottled water production and the dishonesty of the corporations behind it. But they didn’t stop there. They made it their goal to make others feel bad for drinking bottled water, as if they were violating a social stigma. My friends and I bonded over the ban and spent hours fashioning trap doors in our dormitories as a means of concealing Poland Spring 24-packs.

The top-down approach taken in the eradication of table tents was much different from the grassroots Think Outside the Bottle campaign in that the latter relied more heavily on shaming those who defied expectations. Still, it was an exciting time to be a Tufts student caught up in the politics of that era.

With the start of my final year at Tufts, I find myself most cognizant of the short time I have left to live among bans. I want to cherish such an opportunity, though this time around, I hope to use my column as a way of finally contributing to this charade of shame, using my limited wisdom — and worldly education — as well as the advice of my readers to identify which witch we can burn next; I’ll hopefully lay the foundation for some open-minded activists to step up and carry on the cause. Now is the time to ban together!

CJ Saraceno is a senior majoring in political science. He can be reached at christopher.saraceno@tufts.edu.

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Porter Square may not be the most eye-catching location, but it’s still worth a look.

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rooms with slightly more high-end goods, Abodeon (1731 Massachusetts Ave.) offers a range of highly modern and aesthetically pleasing knick-knacks.

Eco-conscious advocates should walk farther down the avenue to Greenward (1764 Massachusetts Ave). The shop sells everything from backpacks to sunscreen and claims that every product is either recyclable, sustainable, energy-efficient and biodegradable, or made from recyclable, organic or sustainable materials.

Although Porter’s nightlife also tends to be overshadowed by the bars of Davis, Harvard and Central Squares, the area does offer a number of entertaining options. Tavern in the Square (1815 Massachusetts Ave.) gives students a

chance to test all that they’ve learned in trivia nights, taking place every Monday and Wednesday. At the Lizard Lounge (1667 Massachusetts Ave.), students can listen in on or participate in open mic nights and poetry readings.

Of course, a description of Porter Square would not be complete without a nod to the area’s many restaurants and dining options. Popular picks include Christopher’s (1920 Massachusetts Ave.), a perfect spot for when a burger craving hits, the slightly more upscale Temple Bar (1688 Massachusetts Ave.), which offers New American and Irish fare, and the everpopular Thai establishment Sugar & Spice (1933 Massachusetts Ave.).

Porter Square is easily accessible from the Tufts campus and can be reached by the Red Line, the 96 bus or by foot.

Apparel garment reads “MADE IN THE USA” in bright, capitalized font. All of American Apparel’s workers are based in its Los Angeles headquarters, where they receive almost unprecedented pay for clothing manufacturers; the average experienced sewer makes $12 an hour, according to the company’s website. Employees also enjoy a variety of other amenities, such as health care and free English lessons. Because many American Apparel employees are Spanish-speaking immigrants, in 2001, the company shut down its headquarters so that immigrants could participate in an annual immigration rally in downtown Los Angeles.

But the company is still subject to scandal; in 2009, the company was forced to fire 1,800 workers, some of whom had been with the company for a decade, after an investigation revealed immigration documentation problems.

Charney’s liberal labor practices have made him a hero among labor and anti-globalization activists, but he has been equally dogged by controversy and criticism.

Charney directs all American Apparel advertising, much of which features young women wearing little clothing in sexually explicit or suggestive positions.

Many of the models are employees of the company or friends and strangers who send in their pictures.

Some students find that while American Apparel clothing has, so far, been fairly successful on campus, the company actually targets a very specific customer and repels students who are not entertained by Charney’s everything-goes demeanor.

“I wouldn’t want to buy their clothes judging from their ads,” junior Marianna Zak said. “It looks like they are serving a very narrow demographic. Their ads make their clothes look like costumes.”

The sexuality of the company’s ads has also allegedly extended into the

American Apparel workplace. Charney has been accused of walking around company headquarters in his underwear, plastering pictures of Penthouse over the walls of his office and giving women vibrators. Four former employees have filed sexual harassment suits against him, and a reporter for Jane, a now-shuttered women’s magazine, reported that during an interview with her, he engaged in oral sex with a female employee and masturbated. Charney has not denied the claims and confirmed to Businessweek that his language “can get pretty salty.” Charney refused to speak to the Daily on the record for this story.

“I have to admit that I like their clothes, and I like shopping there, but there are other stores that offer similar fashions at cheaper prices.”

Sarah Rauh junior

American Apparel’s reported discriminatory hiring practices — including a noted lack of overweight employees — have also generated criticism.

With the company’s future uncertain, American Apparel devotees at Tufts are now forced to consider the possibility of patronizing alternative retail outposts.

“I have to admit that I like their clothes, and I like shopping there, but there are other stores that offer similar fashions at cheaper prices,” junior Sarah Rauh said. “I would be sad to see a company with such progressive labor policies go under, but on the other hand, I think they set a precedent, and I hope another company will replace it.”

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ASHLEY WOOD | FASHION CONTRACEPTIVE

Who needs protection when there’s Vogue?

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In ‘Business Casual,’ P-Thugg and Dave 1 of Chromeo bring the ‘80s back to life for listeners.

Chromeo’s ‘Casual’ offers sleek, sexy fun Throwback group sounds like cool, robotic Hall & Oates BY

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Chromeo lives in a smooth world where lovers are wooed in falsettos, synths drip sex, and bass lines walk real

Chromeo Business Casual Atlantic smooth and slow. “Business Casual,” the group’s third LP, extends an invitation to Chromeo’s sultry world and suggests that listeners dress down.

P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) — keyboardist and guitarist, respectively — make up the electro/disco/throwback duo, specializing in slow jams, hot tracks and smooth ballads. It’s a short

record, coming in at just under forty minutes, but the album’s 10 songs beg for sunglasses to be worn at night.

The songs are too cool to be listened to through headphones in a library. They’re too sexy to be heard on a wimpy car stereo. When P-Thugg utters lyrics through his vocoder, it’s hard to not start dancing like an awesome robot (programmed to love) and never stop.

It used to be important to keep in mind the fact that Chromeo exists with its tongue planted firmly in its cheek, but with “Business Casual,” that distinction isn’t really necessary: Everything here feels fully realized.

Most of the album’s 10 tracks stand on their own without irony.

Electronic music isn’t for everyone, but there’s a human element to “Business Casual” that many electronic albums lack and could potentially appeal to fans of other genres.

It could be the heavy disco influence,

or the almost painful yearning for the mid-1980s. Or maybe it’s the band’s message — the idea that broken hearts can be healed with electronic organ chords and tinkling synthesizers.

More likely, it’s the combination of the two together, creating an irresistible pastiche of sexy-awesome-cool.

This is electronic music made with much assistance from cold, calculating computers, but it also manages to feel fully human.

It’s hard to pick out particular tracks from “Business Casual” as standouts; the songs bleed into one another to create a mood, rather than existing as a series of stand-alone tracks.

Melodies and bass lines slowly morph, tempos shift and computer-generated sound effects punctuate certain lines throughout the album. Listening to “Business Casual” from start to finish is a painless, exhilarating experience. see CHROMEO, page 6

MFA’s College Night promises free music, food and art The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) will host its annual College Night tomorrow, featuring musicians, a DJ, activities and a surprise guest artist.

The MFA started this annual event, now in its sixth year, to expose local college students to the museum and its collections, and to generate interest in the thousands of students who receive free admission to the MFA through their universities.

This year’s College Night will run from 7 to 11 p.m.

The musical program highlights artist Liz Longley, who will return after a successful performance at last year’s event.

Longley gained popularity thanks to her folk-music style and earthy voice, and she will perform from 8:30 to 10

p.m. in the museum’s Bravo restaurant; complimentary coffee will be served alongside her performance.

The museum will also play host to DJ Taylor Walker, who will run a dance party from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the European Masters Gallery.

The highlight of the musical events, though, will be a surprise performance by a guest artist — whose identity the MFA is keeping secret because of the performer’s popularity among college students — from 8:45 to 9:30 p.m. in the museum’s Calderwood Courtyard.

Seating will take place on a first come, first served basis.

During the evening, attendees will have access to the MFA’s entire permanent collection, as well as a number of

special exhibitions. These include two photography collections, “Nicholas Nixon: Family Album” and “Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000,” as well as “Under the Skin: Tattoos in Japanese Prints” and “Romantic Interludes: Women in Firdawsi’s Shahnama.”

The museum has also entered into a partnership with the online game platform SCVNGR to present attendees with a scavenger hunt in which local universities will compete for a prize, airbrush temporary tattoos and an opportunity to draw in the galleries from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Snacks from Chipotle will be provided from 8 to 9:30 p.m.

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omewhere along the line, we were fooled by the fashion industry. I’m not sure when this occurred — perhaps around the time everyone was sporting Queen Elizabeth I’s receding hairline — but regardless, we were made to believe that being fashionable was the same as being attractive.

Ignoring the discrepancy between models for women’s magazines and men’s magazines (think asparagus vs. pear) and the tendency to only talk about distorted body images, I’m going to focus purely on the clothing and its direct negative correlation with hotness.

After all, unless you’re attending a Victoria’s Secret runway show, the chances of the pieces draped across a hanger-thin model getting said-model laid are minimal. And with the emergence of androgynous styles, goth-chic and the “safari” look hitting the runway, it would seem that in order to be fashionable, you must sacrifice the likelihood of ever snagging a significant other (or, if you’re still in the non-committal stage, even someone who just wants to sleep with you).

Now, in case you’ve been watching too much Bravo and think that the relationship between Rachel Zoe and her (probably gay) husband makes my argument void, I suggest you turn off the television and check out a fashion blog called “The Man Repeller.”

Leandra Medine, the blogger, defines the act of man-repelling as “outfitting oneself in a sartorially offensive way that will result in repelling members of the opposite sex. Such garments include harem pants, boyfriend jeans, overalls, shoulder pads, full length jumpsuits, jewelry that resembles violent weaponry and clogs.” My only disagreement with her newly coined term is that it suggests that “man-repelling” is a conscious decision we make, rather than a fashion industry conspiracy to enforce population control.

Regardless, the conclusion remains the same: Fashion is not sexy. Although I do have a boyfriend (I must’ve been having a less Vogue, more Paris Hilton/Carl’s Jr.commercial moment when we met), if anything, it will make my claims in this column all the more legitimate. I have a direct reference for man-repelling wardrobe verification. Example: “You mean you don’t find my high-watsted, men-inspired trousers sexy?”

And in order to further your confidence in my credentials (perhaps at my own expense), I own every item Leandra Medine lists in her definition, from boyfriend jeans to jewelry representing “violent weaponry” (Professor: “Is your necklace a cross or a dagger?” Me: “Ummm … it’s, you know, just a knick-knack … well yeah, I guess it is a dagger.”)

Don’t get me wrong, being fashion weekworthy has its upsides. At your best, you could be mistaken for a model and streetsnapped by a handsome metrosexual à la The Sartorialist (not likely), and at your worst, you could be labeled by your friends as “interesting,” or in a more backhanded compliment kind of way, “unique” (much more likely). And if you’re really, really lucky, you could end up like Rachel Zoe and get a handsome, rich gay man to convince himself that he’s in love with you (this goes for both guys and girls ).

However, if after reading this column, you’re still convinced that donning designer gear can equal sex and glamour, take a look at Adriana Lima in the fall Givenchy advertisement. Let me know how the sexiest woman alive now looks without eyebrows. That’s right, apparently it is now “in vogue” to look like a vampiric-alien-fetus lady. Something tells me society hasn’t evolved much since people started shaving their foreheads to imitate the Queen’s. Buy hey, Elizabeth I never needed a man either, right?

Ashley Wood is a sophomore majoring in child development. She can be reached at Ashley.Wood@tufts.edu.

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Even Chromeo’s album cover is cooler than you’ll ever be.

Despite uninspired lyrics, ‘Business Casual’ brings the fun CHROMEO continued from page 5

These guys aren’t lyrical masterminds.

“Don’t walk away / And leave me to stay / If you don’t turn away / We could be lovers,” Dave 1 croons on “Don’t Walk Away.” Similarly, on “Don’t Turn the Lights On,” he sings, “Don’t turn the lights on / ‘Cause tonight I want to see you in the dark.”

“J’ai Claqué La Porte,” a song sung entirely in French, begs for no translation: It’s clearly about love — either trying to obtain some, reclaim some, reaffirm some or steal some. Those themes are the only real possibilities on a Chromeo record.

There really isn’t anything deep here, but after all, not everything needs to be heady and academic. Inconsequential electro-funk has something to teach, too.

On “The Right Type,” Chromeo stresses the

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importance of waiting for true love, while “Grow Up” is about acting like an adult to fix things; both are important lessons, and both are presented in too-cool packages over music that sounds like it comes directly from a computer from 1992.

Most listeners will never be as smooth as P-Thugg and Dave 1, but that’s fine — Misters Gemayel and Macklovitch aren’t as smooth as P-Thugg and Dave 1, either.

Rather than try to live in Chromeo’s world, listeners would be better served by bringing the record into their own worlds.

Though Chromeo hails from a smooth realm, “Business Casual” is a way of life that can be lived anywhere, at anytime. It isn’t the catchiest or most timeless record ever produced, but for an impromptu party, a quick day-booster or a soundtrack for the intimate moments, it’s more than ideal.

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An investment in Tufts’ future The Tufts administration’s gradual “thaw” of the university’s two-year old flexible hiring freeze has brought on 30 new faculty members and is a strategic move in a time of economic recession. Emerging from the economic crisis in an advantageous position relative to that of other universities, Tufts has been able to offer competitive salaries and benefits which have attracted professors from around the country. While budget constraints have forced the university to put projects such as renovating athletic facilities or providing need-blind admissions to incoming students on hold, bringing some of the nation’s best and brightest professors to campus is a worthy investment in the education of current and future Jumbos.

While Tufts has been lucky to have the opportunity to bring on many highly qualified faculty members in the face of budget constraints, nationally many universities are struggling to retain or hire new professors. Almost a third of college faculty took a pay cut in 2009 and 2010 in contrast to

previous years in which professors’ pay increased at a rate of 4 percent annually according to a report that the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources released in March.

This will likely have a negative impact on the quality of higher education in the United States, and it is especially worrisome given that the higher education sector tends to take longer to recover from the effects of an economic recession when compared to other industries, according to American Association of University Professors Director of Research and Public Policy John W. Curtis.

Interestingly, at the same time that faculty salaries have declined nationally, the compensation packages for university presidents have been steadily growing year-on-year.

This is an outrage to students and parents, especially at public universities, which have been forced to raise tuition costs, let faculty go and eliminate courses due to high budget cuts. It seems that many universities have not chosen to allocate their budgets in the

best possible way to ensure the retention and continued hiring of qualified professors — one of the most important investments a university can make.

The inability of universities to hire enough qualified faculty members will make it difficult for them to continue to provide students with quality higher education and may reduce the United States’ economic competitiveness in the long run. If American students are forced to graduate without the skills needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive global job market, America’s economic woes may even be prolonged.

All this serves as further evidence that Tufts has made the right decision in using its limited budget to attract and hire highly regarded professors to the Hill. While it is unfortunate that this has diverted funds from other projects at the university, maintaining or even improving the quality of education at Tufts will help to sustain the future competitiveness of the university and its graduates.

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MARLEY HUGHES

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I hate to say it, but Washington, D.C., has a pretty terrible record of helping the little guy, even when they try the hardest.

It seems like a never-ending saga. Our representatives have lengthy [month-long] arguments about the exact details of any bill in consideration, and then sometimes they give us Americans a piece of garbage bill we’re supposed to be happy about.

A perfect case and point is the [Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009.

The idea behind the [CARD] Act was good in nature, but like most government ideas, the people the government was trying to protect actually got hurt.

Washington was trying to regulate credit card companies that were suddenly raising interest rates on their most risky customers.

Those same companies were also swindling their customers by putting shady rules into the often overlooked contracts that it had each of its applicants sign.

However, since the inception of the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, we have only seen interest rates on credit cards go higher; completely the opposite of what Washington’s original intention was.

Since the passage of the [CARD] Act, Americans have seen the spread between the prime rate and their credit card interest rates climb to new 22-year highs: 11.45 percent. Ouch.

On average, Americans are now paying

14.7 percent on their consumer credit cards, a rate which is only expected to grow in the future.

Business leaders tend to be much smarter than their Washington counterparts when it comes to looking out for their constituents.

The original intent of the [CARD] Act was to give card issuers less flexibility to raise interest rates in a snap of the finger.

Those who were hit with the stark increasing rates were almost always people who were missing payments.

Nowadays, credit card companies are just giving new card applicant[s] higher starting rates and not worrying about the potential default of individuals, as the default risk is already figured into the higher initial rates.

Overall, everyone is paying for the mismanagement of a select few due to the passage of the 2009 Act. As we experience one of the greatest credit freezes ever seen, credit card companies are now earning more profit and taking fewer risks thanks to Washington’s attempt at helping the little guy.

I have always been convinced that businesses employ some of the brightest individuals on Earth, not Washington, and laws like this give me confidence in my thinking.

I don’t blame them either. Why make $140,000 a year working for Washington when you could be making millions upon millions working as an executive for a big firm?

The intelligent characters at these credit card companies are now not only penalizing every American who has a line of credit card by hitting them with much higher

initial rates, but those companies are also now becoming much more innovative as Washington puts small obstacles like the [CARD] Act in their way.

Spurring credit card innovation has almost never resulted as a benefit for normal Americans.

Companies like Citi and J.P Morgan have realized that the rules in the [CARD] Act don’t apply to “professional” credit cards that are normally intended for small business owners.

Incidentally, companies like Citi sent out 256 percent more applications in the first quarter of 2010 for the professional cards than they sent out before the passage of the [CARD] Act. Now professional card applications only ask you to check that you are “a business professional with business expertise,” not if you are an actual business owner.

According to the credit card executive’s, they have “simplified” their application process. Beware of these professional cards, even if you have “business expertise.”

Washington gets an A for effort, but unfortunately we Americans who rely on lines of personal credit are bearing the brunt of Washington’s failed attempt.

Hold on to your wallets, folks, because credit card companies are now working even harder to trick us into paying outrageous interest rates and fees due to the [CARD] Act. Sometimes governments do their best work by not doing anything at all. And they think that they have the solutions to solve our unemployment crisis.

Correction Monday’s letter from the editor-in-chief incorrectly identified C.J. Saraceno as a former editor-in-chief of the Primary Source.

Saraceno has not served as the editor-in-chief of the publication but is a former editor.

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Vote yes on Referendum 3 BY

MATTHEW KINCAID

Referendum 3 and Referendum 4 are about more than just community representation. In fact, I would argue that they are less about community representation and more about how we operate and function as a Tufts community. We are re-evaluating how we elect community representative positions with two proposals which seek to enhance the influence of these individuals. We are seeking to bring more legitimacy to this position on the Tufts Community Union Senate, because frankly, it is necessary.

So why is one better than the other? I believe that the answer to that question is found in the ever-present inquiry, “Why do we need them in the first place?”

Unfortunately, the answer to the aforementioned question about necessity is not one that we like to deal with at Tufts. Fruitful conversations about racial progress, inclusion and functional diversity are often discredited as superfluous. Despite our ability as students to grapple with complicated texts, speak fluently in an academic setting and stretch our understanding in seemingly limitless ways, it seems that the issues of race and representation have this student body conspicuously confused and paralyzed. We would rather make fun of our seemingly annual, large-scale reported bias incidents and ignore the ones that go unreported than engage with them. Those who promote a meaningful conversation about race and representation on this campus are often typecast as oversensitive or misguided.

This brings us to our referenda, which, in my opinion, once again are more about community than community representation. I hope everyone will choose to cast a vote and, in doing so, think about the community that we wish to create. In Referendum 4, community representatives are not voted onto the Senate by the entire campus, nor are they allowed to vote on fiscal matters. In Referendum 3, community representatives are voted onto the Senate by the

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entire campus and have fiscal voting powers. On a campus that has already identified these positions as essential to a functioning Senate, why would we then turn around and stifle their ability to contribute?

Why, when we have a chance to provide underrepresented communities on campus with a voice on the Senate, should we force them to have a lesser role than any other senator?

I have heard the argument from proponents of Referendum 4 that it would be a conflict of interest if a community representative voted to fund an initiative that directly affects his or her community. This argument unfortunately implies that a community representative would somehow have less capacity to be objective than any other heavily involved student on campus.

I have heard the argument that minority students would have “extra” representation on the Senate if Referendum 3 passes. For those who have those

concerns, I would ask that they first look at empirical data based on Senate demographics for the last (insert number here) years.

My favorite argument against Referendum 3 is: “Look at the Senate now — it’s diverse!” My response to that is: Good, let’s keep it that way. Let’s foster a community in which minority voices are not only accepted, but also encouraged. Let’s support the existence of a community that would rather have a surplus of racial and cultural dialogue than none at all.

When it comes down to it, there are students on this campus who walk into classrooms every day and feel that they stand alone as the sole member of a minority group, or that they are only one of few with whom they can share an identity. Those students are often asked to speak on behalf of their entire minority group and are expected to function as an isolated body in those settings. Then, when they leave their classrooms, they are told that they are self-segregating if, at the lunch table, they choose to sit with those who share their identity. And if that weren’t enough pressure, they are told that they are too sensitive if they choose to speak up about their lack of representation on campus.

The conversation around Referenda 4 and 3 is about community and not community representation. We have the opportunity to create an environment in which everybody has somebody to represent him or her and no voice goes unheard. Today, we have the unique opportunity to vote for a community in which all voices on the Senate are equally important. We have the capacity to send a message that we value our community representatives. While Referendum 3 does not solve all of the representation issues that we have at Tufts, it does start the conversation and moves us one step closer to achieving the functional diversity we all believe we can attain on this campus.

Matthew Kincaid is a senior majoring in American studies.

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U.S. government should ratify women’s rights treaty BY

BETH MENDENHALL

Kansas State Collegian

Sexism and gender discrimination exists. Patriarchy operates subtly, insidiously and on a daily basis.

It’s not as overt as it once was, but that doesn’t make it less powerful or harmful. Traditional gender roles are as oppressive as they are rigid. “Pussy” is commonly used to equate femininity with degradation, and many people don’t see a problem with it.

Benevolent sexism reinforces the relative weakness and dependence of women.

The wage gap still exists, significantly. Female genital mutilation is real, though international, and most people don’t even know. In short, the feminist movement is not fighting paper tigers.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is a United Nations treaty that’s lauded as an international bill of rights for women. It defines what constitutes as discrimination against women and commits parties to the treaty to a domestic agenda that combats discrimination. The treaty recognizes discrimination in both public and private realms and progressively describes tradition and culture as determinative of sometimes oppressive gender roles and family dynamics.

It is the only comprehensive document that details an account of, and specific solutions to, global discrimination against women. One hundred [and] eighty-five countries have ratified it. Unsurprisingly, culturally oppressive countries like Iran, Sudan and Somalia have not. Oh, and neither has the United States.

This [non-ratification] is a product of political apathy. Since the 1980s, support for the treaty was relatively strong and consistent. Despite the lack of ideological obstacles, the convention hasn’t come to a floor vote. Its possible ratification has simply been delayed by the State Department, which thoroughly reviews each treaty under consideration. Regardless, no one on Capitol Hill seems to care.

Support of and adherence to the convention is the best way to advance feminist policies on a global scale because it not only includes a thorough definition of discrimination against women, but has a forum for reviewing and ensuring compliance. Ratification could also reaffirm our status as a global leader for human rights, which would make it easier for us to shed the image of hypocrisy and more stringently enforce repercussions for other human rights violators.

Our failure to ratify also undermines the convention’s underlying principle that women’s rights are universal. While the treaty is not a complete remedy, it can provide a roadmap for improving women’s rights and legal recourse for victims. U.S. leadership can have even greater effects on developing democracies. The impact on our international relations is

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real; a bipartisan letter to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell from members of Congress, ambassadors and diplomats stated, “We strongly believe that our failure to ratify this treaty has compromised our diplomatic relations. Most troubling, it permits regimes committing violations to distract attention from their own conduct.”

According to Amnesty International’s May 2010 article on the topic, the treaty was influential in reforming citizenship rights in Japan and Botswana and property rights in Costa Rica. It encouraged the development of anti-domestic violence laws in Turkey, Nepal, South Africa and South Korea. It rescinded a Turkish government policy forcing female students to undergo virginity exams, its ratification resulted in a notable increase in girls’ education in India and it was used to strike down a Tanzanian law forbidding women’s inheritance of land. U.S. ratification could further strengthen the international force of the treaty.

U.S. ratification would mandate some domestic policy changes. For example, Article 11c stated women should have “the right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value.” This would likely require strict enforcement of the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Ratification might also require passage of the Equal Rights Amendment but would likely not strike down protective laws like maternity leave, as its definition of discrimination explicitly includes harm or disadvantage to the woman. Most of the other provisions of the treaty, like equal rights to political participation or independent nationality, are already accounted for in U.S. law.

There is no good reason not to ratify; doing so would not negatively affect U.S. law. However, it would fight gender discrimination domestically, rebuild our international image and increase our ability to solve global human rights violations.

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Tufts routs Roger Williams, Salve Regina to start the season Men’s tennis drops only one match in 18 over the course of the weekend

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The Tufts men’s tennis team began its fall season with two wins in Rhode Island, defeating Roger Williams University 8-1 and Salve Regina 9-0.

The Jumbos split up their team in order to face both schools. In the first match against Salve Regina, Tufts utilized its new freshmen talent, as first-years Pat Monaghan, Austin Blau, Zach Ladwig and Matt Pataro contributed three of the six convincing straight-set singles victories.

“We have a bunch of new guys and a new coaching staff; we got a lot of the guys involved in the matches, and any time you can split your squad and play two matches against two teams’ entire squads, it really helps your confidence, and I think it’s a great way to start the season,” senior Paul Kohnstamm said.

In the doubles matches, Tufts’ top pairing of Kohnstamm and Monaghan defeated Salve Regina’s pair of Zachary Rosenfeld and Chad Strong.

“It was our first match together, we are still getting used to playing together,” Kohnstamm said. “There were games in the match that we should have closed them out. And they got back in the match, and that is something that we are going to do better, in terms of closing out our own service games, if we want to do better against stronger competition this weekend.

But it was good to get that first win.”

In the second match, Tufts comprehensively defeated Roger Williams 8-1.

Sophomore Andrew Lutz won 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 1 singles spot and also teamed up with fellow sophomore Ben Barad to win the No. 1 doubles match 8-2. Barad and classmate Mark Westerfield also had convincing singles wins, winning 6-0, 6-4 and 6-2, 6-4, respectively.

“We thought going in that we would have a good chance to win,” junior

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Senior Paul Kohnstamm, pictured here, partnered with freshman Pat Monaghan to pick up a No. 1 doubles win against Salve Regina.

SAILING

Disqualified Jumbos hope to recover

Racing from Russo-Larsson, Magee keeps Jumbos afloat

BY SARAH

TRALINS

Contributing Writer

The co-ed sailing team came into the year aspiring to reach the top five in the highly competitive New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) and at least the top 10 in the United States.

So far, the team is on track to achieve that goal.

Ranked No. 9 nationally, the Jumbos this past weekend dealt with difficult conditions and a setback involving a disqualification in the A division boat in one race, but then still managed to pull away with a solid finish.

The team fought and scrapped its way to an overall seventh place out of 18 in a field of the nation’s top teams at the Hatch Brown Trophy Regatta on the Charles River.

The Jumbos would have finished even higher if a disqualification in the A boat’s fourth start hadn’t led to a bloated score on that race. By rule, a disqualification is scored as a last-place finish plus one extra, or in this case, a 19thplace finish. Ultimately, the A boat, skippered by junior Massimo Soriano and crewed by senior Margaret Rew came in 13th with 73 points in its division, while the B division

boat finished fifth with 49 points in its division.

Soriano’s Saturday was a frustrating one because of the disqualification.

“I believed I had been fouled by the sailor from the Naval Academy,” Soriano said. “In the protest hearing, I failed to convince the committee of that, which led to my getting a disqualification.”

Still, the lowlight of the weekend for Soriano came on Sunday.

“More disappointing really than the frustrating Saturday in which we had some bad luck was the fact that we were not able to sail more than one race on Sunday,” he said. “We had managed to put the bad day behind us and were psyched to string together some better results, but the weather didn’t cooperate.”

“The team could’ve done better this weekend, but conditions were light and shifty,” senior Roisin Magee, who crewed for the B Division, added.

The total of 184 points that left the Jumbos in seventh place was not far off the pace of rival Boston University’s 167 points and sixth-place finish.

But despite some of the team’s inconsistency in the light breeze, the Jumbos have

an optimistic outlook on future regattas in the same conditions, according to Magee. Her junior skipper, Nicolas RussoLarsson, agreed.

“We are happy with our results,” he said, “but there were some unlucky things in the A team that didn’t go our way.”

Nevertheless, the Jumbos are confident that the mishap will not affect their position in the national standings. Both Russo-Larsson and Magee agree that getting the rust off early in the season is important in gaining momentum for the middle and end of the season, during which the most important races will be held.

Seniors Sara Carnahan and Catherine Swanson, the latter of which made her co-ed sailing debut, sailed the C Division boat to a ninth-place finish with 62 points.

At the prior weekend’s Harry Anderson Trophy, the Jumbos raced 420s to come in sixth out of 20. 420s are similar to the FJs that the team usually races but are more streamlined.

Both boats hold two people and are used at various levels of competition.

The women’s sailing team was also relatively successful this past weekend at the Mrs. see SAILING, page 13

Morrie Bossen said. “I think we have a very deep team; we weren’t too worried even though we split the teams up. We thought as long as we split them up evenly we would be fine.”

Bossen took his match in the four spot easily at 6-1, 6-1, though he and Westerfield dropped their doubles match in the Jumbos’ lone blemish of the weekend.

The last time the Jumbos took the court was in May when they lost to the Bates Bobcats, knocking them out of contention for the NESCAC title.

“We have a great group of freshmen and a lot of returning players, so our goal is to make it to the NESCAC tournament, which we didn’t make last year, and we are looking to get over that hump,” Kohnstamm said.

This summer has also been one of personnel changes at the top for the team, with the removal of coach Doug Eng, who has now been replaced by interim coach Jim Watson, who had coached the Jumbos from 1981-2004.

“With Coach Watson, we are trying to look forward; that’s what Paul and I are trying to emphasize to the freshmen,” Bossen said. “Coach Watson runs very efficient practices and he’s always pushing us. We are working harder this year and that’s a big difference.”

The Jumbos’ fall schedule continues with a three-day meet at the ITA Div. III championships at Williams College this weekend, which will be the Jumbos’ first big test of the new season.

“We are really looking forward to ITAs this weekend,” Kohnstamm said. “It’s always a good test to see how the top of our lineup will do against other top teams and it’s always a fun tournament. We are looking forward to build on last weekend and get our season off to a good start, and then working hard through the offseason so that we are ready for the main part of the season in the spring.”

GOLF

Solid outing leaves golf team looking to future success Buoyed by great performances from two new players, the Tufts golf team tied for 11th place at this weekend’s Duke Nelson Invitational. The Jumbos shot a combined 312 on Sunday, besting their score of 320 from the day before.

This total of 632 was enough to make the top half of the 25 teams in attendance.

Rensselaer won the tournament held at Ralph Myhre Golf Course, with St. Anselm, Manhattanville, Hamilton and Skidmore taking second through fifth place, respectively.

The par-71 course gave the team some trouble, but senior tri-captain Cal Shapiro saw many positives in this weekend’s effort.

“We could have done better, but I’m happy with the placement,” Shapiro said.

Another senior tri-captain, Luke Heffernan, was especially proud of the new players: senior Lindsay Walker and freshman Sebastian Vik. Heffernan spoke especially highly of Vik, saying that the rookie was “playing really well and had a great weekend.”

In terms of individual scores, Vik’s two-day, 12-over 154 tied for 24th overall and Walker’s 157 tied for 39th.

Walker, however stated that

both he and the team have “room for improvement” and was especially critical of his own performance despite his placement.

“If [the team] can get five guys playing real well, we can do some damage,” Heffernan said. Both captains stressed the depth the two rookies added to the team, allowing the Jumbos to perhaps go further in playoff tournaments than they have in previous years.

When asked about the reason for their success at last weekend’s invitational, both captains were quick to give credit to their coaches as well as the community that is the Tufts golf team. “ A s s i s t a n t coach Matt Malone was with us on every hole, a huge confidence boost, and we have the unrivaled coaching ability of Bob Sheldon,” Shapiro said.

The Jumbos get another opportunity this weekend with the Williams Invitational, which will provide a tuneup for the NESCAC Qualifier Oct. 2. and 3. The captains feel confident that the team, with Vik, Walker and fellow tri-captain Dan Moll, is strong enough to contend at the NESCAC tournament.

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Next weekend, the Jumbos will host the Hood Trophy regatta at Upper Mystic Lake, pictured here, where they hope the home water advantage will give them a leg up on the competition.

Sailors look to capitalize on home waters this weekend SAILING continued from page 11

Hurst Bowl hosted by Dartmouth, scoring 143 points in 16 races, good for ninth place out of 19 teams. The B division fared particularly well, scoring 48 points for a sixth place in the division despite a lack of wind on Sunday that caused a delay in the racing. The A division, on the other hand,

struggled to 14th place with 95 points in eight races.

As for the co-ed Jumbos, it was unfamiliar winds and miscommunication that held them back this past weekend. The coming weekend promises a more familiar race for the squad. The Hood Trophy, hosted by Tufts at Upper Mystic Lake, will provide Jumbo sailors with more familiar

boats in the Larks, a lighter, faster boat better designed for lake sailing than 420s. The team sails Larks every day at practice.

Above all, familiar waters and scenery means more comfort, better teamwork and more fun.

“We’re at home next weekend and we know our boats better, and it’ll be really fun,” Magee said.

Athletes of the Week MATT BLUMENTHAL, MEN’S SOCCER The Jumbos hadn’t scored a goal against the Lord Jeffs since the 2006-07 men’s soccer season. But with 18 minutes to play in a scoreless draw, Tufts junior midfielder Matt Blumenthal gave Amherst its first deficit of the season.

Blumenthal took a shot that an Amherst defender blocked on contact. The ball came back to Blumenthal, who laced the rebound into the upper left side of the Amherst goal from just outside the 18-yard box.

It was Blumenthal’s first goal of the season, coming off a team-leading two goals and one assist last year. Last year, Amherst defeated Tufts 4-0.

Although Amherst scored the equalizer minutes later, Tufts earning a point at Amherst could prove important in the push to make the NESCAC tournament.

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MELISSA BURKE, FIELD HOCKEY

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Senior forward Melissa Burke took two shots on goal on Friday at Amherst, and she made both count. The No. 3 nationally ranked field hockey team won 3-0, with Burke scoring the decisive first goal 9:20 in and sealing the game with a final goal in the 63rd minute.

Burke capitalized on a fortuitous rebound opportunity for her first goal, following a Sarah Cannon shot off a penalty corner. The junior was denied on a stick save by Amherst’s goalkeeper, but Burke scooped the ball up and rocketed a shot to the far post that gave Tufts a 1-0 lead.

Burke took advantage of another opportunity when the Jumbos found themselves on a man advantage, and Burke notched her second unassisted goal of the game.

She now has three goals on only six shots this season, tying for the team lead in points with NESCAC Player of the Year Tamara Brown.

The Jumbos have relied on a stellar defense that has allowed only one goal thus far, but Burke and Brown have provided enough offense to get the team off to a 3-0 start.

he NFL, hands down America’s most-beloved sports league, opened its season two weekends ago with a depressing reminder that it might not be doing the same come next September.

The current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and the owners expires at the end of the 2010-11 season. This means that if DeMaurice Smith of the NFLPA and commissioner Roger Goodell can’t forge a new deal within the next 136 days, a training camp lockout looms — with the ugly possibility of it spilling over into next fall, shortening or even cancelling the 2011-12 NFL season.

A status quo deal doesn’t seem particularly likely. Under the current CBA, players receive nearly 60 percent of NFL revenue.

The owners, claiming this current model is unsustainable in the long run, are seeking to slash this percentage to somewhere in the range of 45 to 50 percent. The players are understandably opposed to any sort of decrease in the percentage of revenue they receive. They have certain other beefs with the owners, including complete disclosure of revenue and profit statements.

In this vein, a number of players took the field during opening weekend with one finger raised in a show of union solidarity.

In the case of the Colts-Texans game, the Houston crowd responded to this display by booing. As SI.com’s Don Banks put it, “The fans just want their football without interruption, and I think any reminders of the potential trouble to come is going to elicit a building sense of wrath.”

This is certainly one possible explanation for the fans’ reaction, and it’s a logical notion at that. But I don’t think it’s necessarily right.

For all the childhood adulation we heap upon athletes, our adult selves resent professional athletes in a very real way.

The most popular salary-related gripe for the average sports fan boils down to “I make $15 an hour to shovel crap and these guys get paid millions to play a game — AND THEY WANT MORE!?!” Completely ignored in this populist angst is the fact that someone has to take the billions of dollars in revenues that professional sports garner on an annual basis, and if it’s not going to be the players, then it’ll be the (almost exclusively) rich, old, white, male owners of the teams.

Yet the anger flows toward the players when any work stoppage would be the result of the owners locking out the players, rather than the players going on strike.

Banks makes another slightly depressing point in his next sentence: “And for the record, I’ll believe in the players’ unity once they don’t crack by August or so next year, once the owners have locked them out for five months. Until then, pregame displays such as holding up an index finger, en masse, deserve the heading of ‘empty gesture.’”

The truth is that there’s a very good chance, in the manner Banks describes, that the union will cave. That’s because, despite the fact that the Tom Bradys of the world are signing $72 million extensions, a surprising number of players are living paycheck to paycheck, with a median NFL career of fewer than four seasons. If this reality — one that the average fan is loath to accept (“I would be set for life if I EVER made a million dollars a year!”) — could be realized, it might help bring a quicker resolution to the labor strife.

In the meantime, though, let’s jeer any concerted attempt to change this situation and just watch these guys concuss each other. Are you ready for some football?!

Ethan Frigon is a senior majoring in economics. He can be reached at ethan. frigon@tufts.edu.

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