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VOLUME LX, NUMBER 14

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Despite price hikes, meal plans enroll high numbers BY

ALEXANDRA BOGUS

Daily Editorial Board

Even as rates increased slightly this year, student enrollment in Dining Services meal plans remained strong.

Five out of the six meal plans offered by Dining Services increased in price from last year. The 40 Plan, which offers 40 meals per semester, is $22 more this semester than last spring, a price hike of nearly 5 percent.

The 80 Plan increased by 3.5 percent, while the Premium Plan, which offers unlimited access to Carmichael and Dewick MacPhie Dining Halls, climbed 2 percent in price.

Only the 160 Plan dropped 3 percent below last year’s rate.

But even though the increases make buying meals a la carte more advantageous, the strong numbers are an indication students continue to believe that the cost of dining on campus under a meal plan is fair.

The number of students purchasing a Premium Plan has increased over the last several years, and this year’s participation is on par with last year, according to Director of Dining and Business Services Patti Klos.

Overall, 50 fewer students enrolled in meal plans this year compared to last, but Klos interpreted the high enrollment in the Premium Plan as a sign that students continue to see the dining halls as not only convenient but affordable.

“We’re seeing people stay-

ing on that full plan, I think because it is a good value and because they know how to use it to their best advantage,” Klos said.

Junior Louis Tamposi, who has chosen the Premium Plan every year he has been at Tufts, agreed.

“I think it’s fair,” he said.

“I eat a lot, and I think it’s worked really great for me.”

Still, a little math reveals that purchasing a meal plan may not be as advantageous as buying in bulk commonly is.

A meal purchased as part of any of the five limited plans comes out to between $11 and $12. The only instance of a meal ringing in below $11 is on the Premium Plan, with which meals are technically unlimited.

An individual meal purchased with either cash or JumboCash, however, more often than not comes to less than this $11 price tag. The “door price” of breakfast purchased at the dining hall is $6.17, while lunch costs $10.09. Only dinner, priced at $12.10 with JumboCash, is more expensive than the cost of a meal on a meal plan.

Senior John Atsalis purchased the 40 Plan this semester with this price disparity in mind. Atsalis uses his meal plan only for dinners, though even the savings on that, he said, are slim.

“It’s not a lot of incentive,” Atsalis said, citing a mere see MEAL PLANS, page 2

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ARC Director Carmen Lowe, center, was appointed interim dean of undergraduate education.

ARC director Lowe becomes interim dean after Glaser move BY

AMELIE HECHT

Daily Editorial Board

Director of the Academic Resource Center (ARC) Carmen Lowe is taking up a new appointment as interim dean of undergraduate education, Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger-Sweeney announced in an e-mail to the Tufts community yesterday.

Lowe, who is also the director of the Writing Fellows Program, succeeds James Glaser, who is now serving as

Crisis mapping organizers hope to forge connections BY

KATHRYN OLSON

Daily Editorial Board

Tufts students last semester successfully used crisis mapping to aid rescue and relief efforts in the wake of the Haiti earthquake in January.

This semester, crisis mapping makes its return to the Hill in a bid to build on

that experience.

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy on Friday will host the second annual International Conference on Crisis Mapping: Haiti and Beyond with the International Network of Crisis Mappers (CM*Net). see CONFERENCE, page 2

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Crisis mappers at Tufts in January contributed to the relief effort following the devastating Haiti earthquake.

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the dean of academic affairs.

She sees her role as ensuring a seamless transition following this personnel change.

“I am honored and excited and a little humbled. Jim Glaser left me some really big shoes to fill,” Lowe said. “I am mainly here to see that things run smoothly this academic year and make sure that everything that is supposed to happen continues to happen.”

Lowe has a number of personal goals for the year, including improving contact with students

and between the undergraduate and graduate programs.

“I want to enhance communication to undergraduates in Arts and Sciences and in Engineering,” she said. “I also want to ensure better coordination between the [Office of Undergraduate Education] and the Office of Graduate Studies.”

Glaser praised Carmen for her work as ARC director.

“Carmen has a lot of experience working with students as see LOWE, page 2

Brown and Brew nixes weekend hours BY

DAPHNE KOLIOS

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Brown and Brew has altered its business hours once again and will no longer open on weekends.

This schedule change is not unprecedented. The coffee shop, located in Curtis Hall on Boston Avenue, got rid of Saturday and Sunday hours two years ago. Last year, it expanded its hours to include Sundays, but effective this month, it has eliminated those hours again, according to Director of Dining and Business Services Patti Klos.

Citing a decrease in overall customers, Klos said Dining Services made the decision late last spring.

Klos said weekend business had been slow for several years. “Every week we look at participation and we look at times of day, and we had noticed this trend all year long,” Klos said.

Despite calls from students requesting weekend hours last year, Sunday Brown and Brew patronage still lagged behind the shop’s number of weekday customers, according to Ralph Perrotto, assistant director of dining and business services.

While students may have utilized Brown and Brew during the weekend, their presence did not necessarily translate into business for the café, Klos said.

“We know that some students are impacted because they might have gone there and we regret any inconvenience that might cause, but there just wasn’t enough activity going on other than just a study space, and we can’t afford to staff just a study space,” she said.

Perrotto attributed the decline in weekend sales to the availability of other on-campus alternatives.

“Many of the students that used to patronize Brown and Brew now utilize The Tower [Café], and we also are required to have operations open in the [Mayer] Campus Center for extended hours,” he said. “So there are only just so many operations that can be open at any given time.”

Brown and Brew and The Tower Café, which is located in Tisch Library, are both under the auspices of Dining Services; they share a manager, supervisors and some employees, according to David Ford, the manager of both locations.

As a result, student workers at Brown and Brew have not lost any shifts despite the cut in operating hours, according to Ford.

“Whoever is looking for a shift has been taken care of at Brown and Brew or The Tower Café,” he said.

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nity to move throughout the various Dining Services facilities, Ford added.

“We all work for Dining Services, we all work for Tufts,” Ford said. “If [employees] don’t have enough shifts, they’re free to look elsewhere on campus.

If you really want to work, you can find somewhere to work, whether it’s The Tower, the campus center. We all try to help each other out.”

Joshua Hale, the student manager of Brown and Brew and The Tower Café, agreed.

Student employees usually work two shifts a week, according to Hale, a senior.

“It hasn’t really affected people too much,” Hale said. “It just meant that I had to hire one less worker.”

Klos said the turnover at Brown and Brew resulting from student employees graduating reduced the number of potential employees who would have been displaced.

Non-student employees work only Monday through Friday and thus were not impacted by the elimination of weekend hours, according to Klos.

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director of ARC for the past several years,” Glaser said. “She has done a tremendous job there and in that capacity worked with students, managed a staff and a large budget.”

He expressed confidence that Lowe will succeed in her new role.

“She has the experience to help us through this period of time where the dean’s position is not filled,” Glaser said. “She has a great track record of getting things done that matter to students.”

In her new position, Lowe will oversee many of the university’s key programs catering to undergraduates. She will also continue directing the ARC, according to BergerSweeney’s e-mail.

Berger-Sweeney could not be reached for further comment.

“The position will involve overseeing the basic working functions of the university — the advising system, Summer Scholars, programs abroad, the ARC, the associate deans, the senior thesis program, among other responsibilities,” Lowe said.

“I will be working on the whole undergraduate experi-

ence — everything outside the classroom that links through students’ four years as” undergraduates, she said.

A Tufts alumna, Lowe in 1995 earned a master’s degree in English from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

She joined the staff of the ARC in 1999 and has served as director since June 2000.

“In that capacity, she developed the time management and study skills program, developed a public speaking program, and expanded access to tutors by locating them across campus, in addition to Dowling and the residence halls,” BergerSweeney said in her e-mail.

Despite the recent turnover in staff, Berger-Sweeney also stressed the university’s continued emphasis on clear and effective communication with students.

“It is important to us that our students know where to bring the day-to-day matters that need swift response and tempered and knowledgeable adjudication,” Berger-Sweeney said.

The search for a permanent appointee to fill the vacated position should begin shortly, though details of the search process are as yet undetermined, Glaser said.

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The conference brings together policy makers, humanitarians, technology groups and students to discuss the potential use of crisis mapping technology in humanitarian disasters, according to Patrick Meier, CM*Net co-founder and Fletcher Ph.D. candidate.

Meier defined crisis mapping as the process of collecting, mapping and analyzing information to address humanitarian needs on the ground in the event of an emergency.

“During a humanitarian disaster, crisis mapping allows us to make better informed decisions,” he said. “Maps are very important, but they are static. Crisis mapping reflects the rapidly changing environment in real time.”

Meier said that a key goal is to link aid groups with organizations possessing technical expertise.

“We want to create partnerships between technology and humanitarian groups, to get formal actors like the United Nations (UN) and FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] to interact with Google and smaller groups so that we can bridge the gap between these two communities,” he said. “This way, when disaster strikes we can respond more effectively.”

The conference, free for Tufts students and faculty, will host over 300 groups, including the United States Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mercy Corps and Humans Rights Watch.

The event will feature a hands-on crisis mapping training session on crisis mapping the day before the conference, short presentations on crisis mapping projects called “Ignite Sessions” and a technology fair.

Kurt Jean-Charles, direc-

tor of the Haitian technology company Solutions, and Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer for the UN Secretariat Choi Soon-hong are scheduled to speak.

CM*Net, launched in 2009, held its first conference at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, in conjunction with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. It helped formalize a network of crisis mappers and participated in the disaster response to the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, Meier said.

C M * Ne t Co - f o u n d e r Jennifer Ziemke noted that the network’s response to the earthquake, while not without flaws, helped save lives by mobilizing people hundreds of miles away.

“People could share highresolution satellite imagery and aerial photography of the refugee camps or damaged areas,” she told the Daily. “We created a message board where people could pose technical questions about mapping hospitals or geo-locating aid stations, and people would respond within minutes. It became a way for various agencies to inform one another: The Red Cross was doing one thing, the UN was doing something else. We helped all of these different actors work together.”

Ziemke said that the Fletcher students’ involvement in crisis mapping during the crisis factored into the decision to hold this year’s conference at The Fletcher School.

“Fletcher has been a great example of student volunteers using crisis mapping,” she said. “They seized the opportunity and put in so many hours during what was at times a very stressful situation. We felt the world should know that Fletcher was the center of the Haiti deployment.”

A key component of the conference is a series of 28 short information presentations, or “Ignite Sessions,” by groups such as Development

Seed, which implements technology projects for large international development organizations, the World Bank, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Fletcher School, followed by breaks during which students and presenters can discuss the information.

“These presentations are designed to ignite the audience,” Fletcher student Rosalind Sewell said. “These slide shows are different from the usual long-winded presentations: Each slide advances every 15 seconds. It’s a way to hit the audience with a lot of info without boring them.”

The first series of sessions will focus on crisis mapping in response to the Haiti earthquake, while the second series will look at the potential for using crisis mapping technology in areas such as Pakistan, Chile and Burma, according to Meier.

Sewell also noted that the technology fair scheduled for Friday afternoon will allow people to physically interact with new technologies, including an interactive map used to evaluate the BP oil spill.

Meier added that crisis mapping conferences like this one are instrumental in educating students about new technologies, due to the lack of college courses about crisis mapping despite a growing demand for mapping technologies.

Crisis mapping projects can satisfy students’ desire to participate in a global culture while learning about cuttingedge technology, Ziemke said “There is this huge desire to help people around the world, but previously there hadn’t been a way to create immediate change. …

Through the network, I could respond to a question from someone around the world,” she said. “I don’t know if anyone will pick up the message, but the idea is very motivating. We don’t always know if our system is working, but we do know that it helped save hundreds of lives.”

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20-cent savings between the cost of dinner on his meal plan and buying dinner with JumboCash. “I might as well just pay.”

Klos acknowledged the disparity in price between the cost of meals purchased through a plan and those purchased individually, but said that the latter will soon catch up with the former.

“The cost per meal on a plan is a better [reflection] on what those services really cost,” she said. “Door prices will likely change in the next year or two to more accurately reflect the real cost of those meals.”

Meal plan rates historically correlate with tuition raises, Klos said. This fall’s small spike in fees can also be attributed to inflation of the cost of food and supplies, coupled with giving Dining Services employees a small raise.

“This year, the university said it would budget in a 2 percent raise for everyone, and that’s the majority reason why the Premium Plan went up 2 percent,” Klos said.

Sophomore Christina Luo said that even though eating in the dining hall may be expensive, prices are reasonable for what it offers.

“Considering the fact that it’s like an all-you-can-eat buffet,” she said, “I definitely think it’s a fair price.”

As a fully self-supporting institu-

tion, Dining Services does not receive money from anywhere within or outside the university, according to Klos.

Dining administrators, in turn, determine meal plan rates with the knowledge that they must cover all of their operating expenses on their own.

The move to make Tufts’ dining halls trayless, however, may offer some leeway. Klos estimated that Dining Services could this year save about $52,000 on electricity and food waste with the elimination of trays.

This translates to a savings of only $13 for each of the roughly 4,000 students on meal plans. Yet any additional food savings that the trayless measure generates could translate into more savings down the road.

“If you take less, we might have to buy less,” Klos said. “One possibility is to decrease price hikes on meal plans or not go up at all.”

For freshman Laura Suarez, though, the issue is not just the price of the plans, but the fact that freshmen and sophomores are required to purchase one at all. Next year, she plans to purchase the smallest meal plan she can.

“I would be better off getting a cheaper meal plan and eating fewer meals,” she said. “I know how to cook my own meals.”

Despite their relationship with tuition increases, dining hall plan rate hikes should not have a major impact on students receiving financial aid.

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At the Mayer Campus Center, above, students only have the option of purchasing food a la carte.

The Office of Financial Aid works with students to make sure that the cost of meal plans does not tempt students to cut down on food intake. Patricia Reilly, director of financial aid and comanager of Student Financial Services,

said that when determining the aid awarded to a student, her office uses a budget that includes the cost of the Premium Plan.

“It’s important that students have enough to eat,” she said.

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As written material goes digital, will books become a thing of the past?

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DEREK SCHLOM

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New e-readers have given students options beyond the traditional printed book. play well on small screens,” the company explained in a press statement.

“Textbooks are very different than just a general reading book,” LaQuaglia said.

“There are charts and graphs, and those are complicated to translate perfectly.”

Also preventing full conversion is reticence on the part of publishing companies, LaQuaglia said.

“Publishers are very protective of their materials, so the way they release them electronically depends on each book,” she said. “There are sometimes limits with e-books to how long you can look at material and how many pages you can print, which publishers set. So that creates a roadblock.”

Even if those barriers are eventually broken, LaQuaglia doesn’t see a bookstore without actual books as a realistic possibility, at least in the near future.

“If and when it does happen, it’s going to be a very long time,” she said. “That’s a huge change in the way people learn and the way people teach. There’s always going to be a group out there that prefers textbooks, but there are just going to be a lot more options. It’s just going to depend on the professor and the class and the school.

But a book will never run out of batteries.”

The future is indeterminable Laura Walters, Tisch Library associate director for teaching and research

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The campus bookstore says it will not exchange its wares for digital alternatives any time soon.

We’re not quite there yet Carolyn LaQuaglia Tufts University Bookstore The Tufts University Bookstore, which is owned by Barnes & Noble, has been quick to respond to shifting paradigms, according to Bookstore Manager Carolyn LaQuaglia.

During the period at the beginning of each semester when textbooks are sold, tags are displayed next to the information for each course’s texts indicating whether an electronic version of the book is available for purchase. E-books are often as little as half the price of a physical textbook, according to LaQuaglia.

Despite the significant cost differential and the increase in general popularity of e-books and e-readers, sales of e-books in the bookstore haven’t risen substantially this year, LaQuaglia said.

“I think that the generation that is currently attending college has learned from childhood to use a book, so, unless they want to save a tree, they’re going to buy a book,” she said.

The ultimate turning point for e-readers, according to LaQuaglia, may be when software is available that can fully convert the experience of reading a printed textbook into a digital format.

Barnes & Noble released a free downloadable application for PC and Mac in August called NOOKstudy, which attempts to replicate the textbook experience. But NOOKstudy is not yet available for Barnes & Noble’s own Nook e-reader, or others for that matter. “Textbooks are complex and usually graphic-intensive; they do not dis-

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The advent of e-readers — like Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Apple’s iPad — seems to present academia with a proverbial fork in the road: conform or go extinct.

Reading for pleasure has gradually become more and more of an electronic endeavor; Amazon.com recently reported that sales for its Kindle-compatible e-books have been outpacing those of their hardcover counterparts for months.

And the viability of e-books as an academic tool seems clear; the integration of electronic books into the classroom curriculum, whether via Google Books’s massive database or photocopied documents posted on websites like Blackboard.com, is hardly novel.

But to what end? Is it that simple — are paper books doomed to utter extinction?

How will the emergence of e-readers affect academic life at Tufts? The Daily investigated the impact of e-books by opening the discussion to four different viewpoints: those of the Tufts University Bookstore, the Tisch Library, the student body and an expert on reading processes.

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Tisch Library would likely be the Tufts institution most affected in the event of paper books going the way of the compact disc. But Tisch’s Associate Director for Teaching and Research Laura Walters said that empty stacks are hardly in the cards, at least for the time being.

year, all of which can be read on most devices with internet access, including iPads.

“Those 30,000 are actual books that students either read for a class or use to do a research paper,” Walters said. “Most are in the sciences because, based on our research, people in those fields don’t always have to read the entire book. What they’re looking for is an essay or a journal article, and they don’t mind reading those online or [in] print.”

For now, Walters said, any plans for expansion into e-textbooks, as well as a wider range of books used for humanities classes, will depend on focus groups to determine interest.

“We need to get a feel for how the faculty and students feel about the e-books we have now,” Walters said. “We need to know how people want to use books. Do people really want to read entire books online, given that you can’t print them because of copyright laws? How do people want to read them? On their laptops?

On a smartphone?”

Three new scanners have recently been installed in Tisch to facilitate the digitizing of material, Walters said. Selections — though not entire books, due to copyright laws — can be uploaded onto the Tufts shared hard drive and printed or downloaded to individual laptops using USB cables.

“If they want to use our print collection in the digital style, if they prefer that, then they can do that,” she said.

As for what the future holds for the role of libraries in the increasingly digital world of books, Walters isn’t certain.

“If I knew what would happen 90 years from now, I would be a wealthy woman,” she said. “I don’t think we can even predict more than five years out, things are changing so quickly. But I don’t think [that e-books will entirely replace paper books] in my lifetime. There are fields, disciplines, which are still very bookdependent.”

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Tisch Library plans to continue adapting to changing technology.

“We’re in a state of flux, no doubt about it,” Walters said. “We’re living in both the print world and the e-world, which makes it so complex for us. We still have to have the space for the print books but provide access for things in the way in which people want to use them.”

More than 30,000 e-books have been added to the Tisch collection in the past

Several students voiced three primary concerns regarding the shift in technology: the price of electronic books, the userfriendliness of e-readers and the custom of reading physical textbooks. So does the uniformly lower cost of e-books negate their perceived inefficiency or a lack of desire to change study habits?

For freshman Gabriel Nones-Newman, the price disparity between e-books and their paper alternatives is simply too large to ignore.

“My calculus book can be bought as an e-book for $10, and it costs $180 in the bookstore,” Nones-Newman said.

In contrast, junior Stephanie Phoutrides said that the difference in cost isn’t enough to convince her to change her routine.

“I can kind of trick myself into justifying spending $80 on a textbook, but I can’t justify spending $70 on an e-book. It sounds silly, but you can’t cuddle up with an e-book,” she said. see E-BOOKS, page 4

orry, readers. It’s just that I found this new enemy that’s so vile, so repugnant, that I had to abandon my original plans to write an engaging little piece that would have brought a smile to some homesick freshman girl’s face while she ate her cottage cheese and honeydew wedges for breakfast in Carmichael. Instead, today’s target is the very publication you are reading. That’s right: I propose a ban on the Tufts Daily.

The Tufts Daily is bad not just because it wastes paper in printing far too many copies. My beef runs deeper than that. For me, it is a constant reminder of Tufts’ affinity for mediocrity. It instills in us the very traits that our campus was supposed to expunge.

It breeds tendencies to assume that whatever is printed is fact, which enslaves us to others’ versions of reality. Overriding these urges becomes even more difficult when a publication exists in a widely distributed, neatly formatted hard copy. But if we never question the work of amateur writers who cover inconsequential issues that affect only 5,200 undergraduates within a tiny campus, how will we question issues when they actually matter?

Our complacency is equally eminent in the way we tolerate our representative newspaper’s underpinning structure. If we compare the Daily to other campus organizations, we see that the latter acquire their funding from the student activity fee that is tacked on to our tuition. Thus, every student is connected to every student organization. So, even if I think an organization is stupid (Strategic Gaming Society), pointless (Jumbo Janitor Alliance) or downright dangerous (Students Promoting Equality, Awareness and Compassion, or SPEAC — formerly known as BEATBias), I can rightfully infiltrate it, write about it and criticize it because I supply their capital. By funding these clubs, the student body asserts its control over them, giving you the right to hold them accountable for wrongdoing.

However, the Tufts Daily proudly stands apart from these student-dependent organizations. They face no budgetary obstacles, nor any student oversight, unless you consider the public editor a significant force. But that’d be the equivalent of labeling Larry and Adele a cute couple — it’s nice to think, but in the back of your head you know it is false.

This disconnect from our own student newspaper lets the organization run rampant with useless content, attempting to cover everything that happens at Tufts, while other student publications fight over what remains: nerdy audiences and trivial topics.

This process is self-sustaining so long as the university is open to giving the Daily another deadline-free loan.

Because the Daily holds a monopoly over student publications, the incentive to write quality articles plummets. Articles covering on-campus events like Spring Fling and Fall Ball devolve into an echo chamber of administrators making vague statements with a smattering of comments from students whose only source of authority is being a Tufts student. And speaking of echo chambers, let’s not forget the Tufts Community Union Senate and the coverage it receives. Just last week the Daily endorsed abstaining on a referendum that further institutionalizes segregation. As a result, 149 kids abstained, and Tufts was once again made worse by an organization that does not know what is best for Tufts.

We must ban the Tufts Daily because it is low quality. It is filled with baseless opinions, rambling columns and inherent assumptions that it represents the student body. It abuses its power by relying on emotional appeals and popular support without ever demonstrating why it should be our de facto voice. They also have word limits, which are bad because CJ Saraceno is a senior majoring in political science. He can be reached at Christopher.Saraceno@tufts.edu.

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Sophomore Emily Friedman agrees that reading a printed book is more pleasurable experience. “It’s easier for me to read in an actual book and not on the computer,” she said. “I also like being able to highlight in a textbook. It helps me learn the material.”

For junior Annie Dreyer, the choice boils down to tradition.

“I’m not technologically advanced enough and way too old-fashioned for [e-readers],” Dreyer said. “But I realize that e-books are probably a lot more environmentally friendly, so if they were easy to use, I’d consider making a switch. I also forget and lose books all the time, but if everything was on a computer, that would be really helpful.”

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Screen reading is different reading Maryanne Wolf, Professor of Child Development Maryanne Wolf’s perspective on e-books is informed by her areas of expertise: Wolf founded the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts and teaches in the EliotPearson Department of Child Development in the School of Arts and Sciences.

Though Wolf stresses that conclusive data about the physiological impact of e-readers isn’t yet available, she has concerns about the ability to retain knowledge through what she deems “screen reading” on devices like the Kindle.

“My worry is that there will be an atrophy to the reading process, to what I call ‘deep reading’: things like critical analysis, novel thought, all of what happens when you look straight at text and which goes beyond the information,” Wolf said.

“My worry is that, because [screen reading] constantly pulls attention forward, it will actually short-circuit the ‘deep reading’ process,” she continued. “The book itself is a powerful way to contemplate and think about what we’re doing, and the e-book might short-circuit that.”

Wolf said that the screen itself acts as a conditioning tool for increased expediency and that research must be conducted as to how that impacts brain function and

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Maryanne Wolf believes people absorb information differently when reading e-books. learning processes.

As for the future, Wolf predicts that readers will differentiate between e-books and hard copies based on individual circumstances.

“My opinion is that we will have reading that is specific to purpose and that we will find certain mediums for certain purposes,” Wolf said. “For really analytic reading, I don’t think anything beats holding a book in your hand and writing all over it. For pleasure, there’s the pleasure of curling up with the tactile object that lends itself to quiet and to pause, and the book is far better for that. But for things like reading on a plane or on vacation, there’s an e-book advantage.”

Much of personal preference, Wolf said, will likely be based on generational differences.

“For me, nothing replaces a book, but I’ve grown up with the book. … I know what to expect from the book, but without the data, I don’t know if there’s the same kind of concentrated reading [with the e-book].”

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Both plays document the events surrounding the brutal 1998 hate crime against and eventual murder of Matthew Shepard, examining its effects not only on the town in which it happened but also on the broader American population. As one character mentions in the play, there is a difference between his friend Matt and the mythic Matthew Shepard, the symbol. Shepard still serves as a tragic example in the ongoing debate about the prevention of hate crimes and protection of human rights for all people, regardless of their sexual orientation.

Many will be familiar with the first play, written and directed by Moisés Kaufman and members of his Tectonic Theater Project — it is one of the most frequently performed plays in the United States, especially by high schools.

“The Laramie Project” is based on interviews that these theater practitioners conducted with residents of Laramie, Wyo., just months after the murder. The play is a semi-linear narrative, describing life in Laramie both before and after Shepard’s death, supplemented with

ner goes missing, and for some mysterious reason, their old boss thinks that the Blooms are the only two spies who can find him.

Once they begin their mission, the flame of passion that had disappeared under the monotony of their marriage begins to rekindle. The couple clearly thrives on adrenaline — after ascertaining the whereabouts of the missing partner, they are inspired to dance a tango together in a gilt ballroom. see UNDERCOVERS, page 6

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sincerity is the next-best alternative.

Just ask Leonard Cohen. Since his 1967 debut with “Songs of Leonard Cohen,” Cohen has established a reputation as one of the world’s most insightful singer-songwriters. While his voice can hardly be considered beautiful, it has delivered some of the most compelling lyrics of the last 50 years.

His songs unerringly reveal the beauty and the absurdity of human relations; “Bird on the Wire” is as much a pledge of loyalty as it is a confession of past transgressions.

Now at age 76, Cohen is as probing as ever in his music. His new live album, “Songs from the Road,” contains recordings of his live tours from 2008 and 2009. Happily, his voice has improved with age.

While Cohen awkwardly skirts the baritone range in his earlier recordings, more than 40 years later, he’s hitting the low notes with seductive, raspy zest.

Cohen’s stage presence jumps right through on the recordings, delivering the lyrics with a conviction absent in the studio versions.

Those looking for reiterations of Cohen’s solo acoustic days will not find them on this album. Every Cohen

‘The Laramie Residency’ says a lot with a little, presenting a play chock-full of emotions on a nearly empty stage.

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tap into a zeitgeist. This is certainly the case with Tectonic Theater Project’s “The Laramie Residency,” a double-whammy production of “The Laramie Project” and “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later,” now playing at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston.

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s we all know, college life is not without its occasional embarrassments — whether it’s slipping on a patch of ice in front of your peers, participating in the Naked Quad Run, drinking too much and accidentally saying or doing something stupid (and typically overtly sexual), or getting locked out of your dorm room in nothing but a towel. Being under minimal adult supervision leaves plenty of opportunities for funny-yet-mortifying moments.

Fortunately for us, the fashion world has recently offered a solution to at least one of these embarrassing traditions — the “walk of shame.” The walk of shame is that inevitable trek one makes across campus after one has slept in the bed of a stranger/friend/lover without having the foresight to pack a change of clothes (probably because this “slumber party” was not planned and only occurred due to copious amounts of alcohol consumed), therefore forcing one to wear last night’s attire.

But with the ironically named “boyfriend look” running rampant in women’s style magazines, who says last night’s mistake can’t be today’s fashion opportunity? Upon exiting your sleeping lover’s room, simply grab from his closet a dress shirt or oversized comfy sweater (avoid hoodies and crew-neck T-shirts) and a pair of jeans, roll up the pant hems and shirt sleeves, pair them with last night’s slutty heels and voilà — fashion!

I decided (more like I was forced) to test this theory out one morning using my boyfriend’s closet. I started by putting on a pair of slim grey jeans and a red flannel shirt. Then I slipped on my black heels from the night before and asked him what he thought. He replied that I looked “cute” and kissed me on the forehead. Something told me he was merely indulging me and would probably prefer it if I stuck to wearing my fitted skinny jeans instead.

Regardless, I continued to march out to my 8:05 a.m. nutrition class, suspiciously eyeing others to see if they suspected my walk of shame. Judging by the fact that it was 8:05 a.m., wearing anything other than sweatpants could make a person stick out.

However, the fact that it was 8:05 a.m. also meant that no one was awake enough to pay attention to whatever the hell I was wearing.

I sat next to my friend when I got to class and she greeted me with a normal “hey” and got back to focusing on the lecture. She either truly didn’t notice or she’s so used to my androgynous clothing choices that she didn’t bother to say anything. After class, I walked back to my dorm room, seemingly unobserved by any judgmental or overly observant peers.

I conclude that wearing men’s clothing has been a success, but only in one respect.

I may have managed to escape the embarrassment of a walk of shame, but with a glance in the mirror, I realized that if I had shown up on a first date wearing this same outfit, I’d probably still be single. I looked like a tomboy stuck in the ’90s grunge era.

Not even stilettos could make that frumpy mess seem sexy.

Nonetheless, as days went by, I continued to steal more clothing out of my boyfriend’s closet and pretended they were my own. Why? Because Vogue told me to.

And if all those fashion-loving guys out there are feeling a bit left out at this point, don’t worry. There’s a solution to avoiding a male walk of shame as well. With kilts making a comeback, why not try borrowing your partner’s pleated skirt from her former Catholic school days? Marc Jacobs would be proud.

Ashley Wood is a junior majoring in English. She can be reached at Ashley.

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the story of the hate crime itself. The ensemble cast of eight faces a daunting challenge — to inhabit these characters and their real words in the inherently unreal world of theater.

The potency and vitality of “The Laramie Project” as a play is undeniable. The magic of the piece is that it dramatizes these individual’s real words, conveying the power and necessity of storytelling and bearing witness to our history and ourselves.

This production is mounted by some of the original cast members who actually conducted the interviews. Though the play is weighty in and of itself, seeing those people who played a hand in its creation and dissemination over the past 12 years is nothing short of extraordinary. The potency of the story combined with these actors, their connection to it and the growth of this connection over the years makes this a theatrical event with the best kind of artistic sucker punch. That these actors are still so deeply entrenched in this work brings a new level of intensity that is not to be missed, even for those who have previously seen it.

Kaufman’s production takes cues from its dramatic predecessors, namely Thornton Wilder’s distinctively deconstructed “Our Town” aesthetic. Both productions use little more than wooden chairs to create powerful and theatrical images. Actors don pairs of glasses, hats or distinctive shirts to become Laramie’s characters; a row of eight chairs becomes the haunting image of the fence to which Matthew was tied while being beaten. This simplicity in presenta-

tion allows the audience to completely focus on the power of the actors’ words and the beautiful images they create together.

All eight actors give incredible performances that draw the deepest of meanings out of the most natural of portrayals.

The powerful and arresting quality that so defines “Laramie Project” was not as evident in the world premiere performance of “Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.” Working under much the same premise as the first production, Kaufman and his company in 2008 returned to Laramie to conduct follow-up interviews about what Shepard’s death meant after

a decade had passed. Easily the most significant and chilling feature of this play is the addition of testimony from the two murderers.

The company’s work brings forth the controversy over the label “hate crime” and current legislation concerning human rights, especially issues affecting the gay community. Given that legislators did not repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” this past week, it remains clear that these issues are still very relevant. As Judy Shepard, Matthew’s mother, remarks in the play, “Ten years of change and no progress.”

Sadly, the follow-up play does little

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She tosses her head back in laughter as he holds her hands in his. The playful wind picks up the corners of her Dior coat and they glide

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This iconic 1956 image of fashion model Suzy Parker and her unlikely male counterpart Robin Tattersall epitomizes the theme of theater and illusion that penetrates Richard Avedon’s work. In fact, on the other side of Avedon’s lens, nobody is roller skating, there is no trace of wind and the couple isn’t even moving.

When medical student Robin Tattersall walked into Avedon’s studio to do some parttime modeling to help pay for school, he didn’t realize a proficiency in roller skating was a job requirement. After many failed attempts to

more than recount the issues and does not match its predecessor’s creativity in its writing or staging. The new piece seemed stilted, and the actors did not own their roles in the same way. At the outset of “Ten Years Later,” a member of the company calls it an epilogue to the original “Laramie Project.” This qualification is apt and, frankly, should have been its actual presentation, rather than being its own full-length play.

The shows are a pair that should be consumed consecutively, but if it comes down to one or the other, be sure not to miss the original.

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‘Ten Years Later’ proves the continuing relevancy of hate crimes like the Shepard murder.

skate through the streets of Paris, the photograph was ultimately turned into a still image, with both models balancing in place. It is not the wind that picks up the corners of Parker’s coat but very thin cables tied to each end.

“Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000” traces the work of fashion photographer Richard Avedon across six decades, during which he photographed for Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and The New Yorker. The exhibit sprawls across four main rooms, threading together ever-changing standards of beauty and fashion and the attitudes toward each.

From Audrey Hepburn and Brigitte Bardot to Elizabeth Taylor and Kate Moss, Avedon’s photography captures countless fashion icons at the height of their influence.

Avedon’s photos are at once iconic and playful. His high-contrast, sculptural studio images seem to meld the female body with the clothes covering it. A 1968 nude of Lauren Hutton, shot on a beach in the Bahamas, depicts a glistening young woman with her chest thrust toward the sun and her head tilted back so far that she appears like a headless bust.

Avedon was known for contorting the poses of his female models to the extent that they are nearly stripped of their human quality. The female body becomes see AVEDON, page 7

If the plot sounds familiar, that’s because it is. From the marital bickering to the rescue missions, from the lack of passion pre-mission to the abundance of it post-mission, the entire pilot reeks of Doug Liman’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.”

It’s entirely possible that “Undercovers” will soon pick up the pace and become a show with its own little niche, as past Abrams endeavors have. But in the pilot stage, with its uninspiring plotlines and corny, by-the-book dialogue, the show has a long way to go.

Kodjoe and Mbatha-Raw, both relatively unknown actors, are the best parts of the otherwise banal story.

They skillfully sell the rut in their marriage while maintaining a lighter, comedic undertone.

Most importantly, they have real onscreen chemistry. It’s not Brangelina caliber, but it’s certainly good enough for the small screen. The tango scene, though completely expected, actually has quite a bit of heat; you find yourself finally rooting for this couple to prevail. If the show has one thing going for it, it’s the performances.

Everything else falls short. Most significantly missing is the unexpectedness that we’ve come to expect from

an Abrams-backed show. The so-called missions that the Blooms attempt are relatively basic, and they hardly encounter any foes. The only scene that even resembles an action scene is one where Samantha quickly dispatches three or four bad guys with a couple of well-placed kicks and judo chops.

The show also tries to be too many things at once: an action thriller, a suspenseful drama, a romance between the leads and a comedy of marital strife. It seems that in trying to appeal to everyone, the show loses its way. Nothing ever hits the mark, lending a sort of lackluster feel to every part of the show.

However, if there’s one man that can turn an uninteresting show around, it’s Abrams. “Fringe” had a rocky start and has only just now hit its stride with the beginning of its third season.

So maybe this sort of start isn’t bad for “Undercovers.” As long as the writers can figure out how to make the weekly missions smarter, they shouldn’t have any problem pulling in new viewers.

NBC has also been given the chance to really delve in and explore the fantastic metaphor that marriage is like a mission in more than the two hours that “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” lasted. The writers just need to take risks and work with Kodjoe and Mbatha-Raw’s undeniable talents to achieve this.

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obscured and begins to act in tandem with the clothes, forming sculptural contours, sharp points and languid lines. It is as if the human body becomes a part of the fashion, rather than the other way around. His studio photographs, like the 1966 image of the lithe Donyale Luna, are at once statuesque and dynamic.

For the care that he took in contriving his pieces, Avedon was as much a director as a photographer. The theatricality in the image of Parker and Tattersall on roller skates is also evident throughout the whole body of Avedon’s work.

In a 1962 image of Parker with Mike Nichols, Avedon captures Nichols mid-gesture as he tosses the contents of his champagne flute at an impeccably styled Parker, who throws up her hands while looking shocked. The high-contrast image is hyperbolically kitschy.

Some of Avedon’s most striking images are those of post-war Paris, in which he attempted to recreate the glitz and carefree luxury of the pre-war city.

One of the rooms in the exhibit, entitled “Paris at Night,” is dedicated to this series. In the dark space, a concentrated spotlight shines directly on the surface of each photograph.

One of the photos in this series is a 1957 image of Suzy Parker at the Moulin Rouge; she glances over one shoulder as the train of her Grès evening gown glistens in the spotlight. The museum wall text explains how Avedon employed a set and crew comparable to those used in a feature film to create the effect. The

exhibit succeeds in replicating the dazzling lights and glamour of Parisian nightlife while concealing most of its superficiality from the viewer.

Avedon was the first-ever staff photographer for The New Yorker, where he executed a series in 1995 entitled “In Memory of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Comfort.” The photographs depict model Nadja Auermann in gilded dresses. She stands alongside a ghostly skeleton referred to as “A Person Unknown,” which many speculate represents the artist himself.

In one image, Auermann lights her cigarette using two flaming hundred-dollar bills offered up by the skeleton’s hand in a grotesque exaggeration of the decadence of past decades.

While the fashions, hairstyles and poses change throughout, the exhibit projects a consistent image of a confident and independent — if objectified — 20th century woman. This is a woman whom Avedon seems to strive consciously to create.

“Dress designers lent me textures, shapes, patterns that became the ally of my true work, which was always about women — what was going on beneath their clothes, beneath the hats,” Avedon had previously said.

Whether or not his images reveal anything of their subjects beyond superficial façades, his work undeniably defines a chapter in fashion history.

“Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000” is on display at the Foster Gallery of the Museum of Fine Arts through Jan. 17, 2011. The traveling exhibit was arranged by the International Center of Photography and admission is free with a Tufts ID.

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classic, with the exception of “Avalanche,” is rearranged with a full, live band. Band members vary between songs; the Spanish guitar of Javier Mas and Dino Soldo’s woodwind work provide the most compelling instrumentals on the album. Their solos between Cohen’s progressions give the songs a musicality they lacked in their initial versions. Mas’s introductory solo to “Lover, Lover, Lover” adds an exotic tinge that invigorates Cohen’s performance.

The glossy musical additions don’t always benefit the songs, though. Though Cohen’s backup singers provide gorgeous accompaniment throughout the album, their contribution at times feels inappropriate. The heavenly harmonies on “Bird on the Wire” come off as more than a little incongruous with the lyrics, “Like a baby, stillborn / Like a beast with his

horn / I have torn everyone who reached out for me.”

Matching aesthetic to message might have been an easier task for Cohen when he only had to worry about his own guitar accompaniment. With a larger band, he seems to have difficulty complementing the song with its sound.

Regardless of these occasional discrepancies, the song choices on the album are very strong, including Cohen’s now-famous version of “Hallelujah” from Coachella 2009. They offer a great balance between Cohen’s earlier songs and his more production-heavy work from the ’80s to the present.

Cohen’s entire catalogue is cohesive, and the singer can easily pick and match songs from completely different parts of his career.

The only seriously questionable song choice is the opening track, “Lover, Lover, Lover,” in which Cohen’s crowd can be heard clapping jovially, but hor-

rifically off rhythm. This cacophonous start is hardly the best way to kick off a live album, especially when the producers could have picked from 20 other live recordings of the song.

“Songs from the Road” concludes with equally soulful renditions of “Hallelujah” and “Closing Time.” Unlike some of the earlier songs, both of these versions show the instruments working in perfect equipoise with Cohen’s voice.

The bluesy organ passages between verses of “Hallelujah” never infringe on the weight of the lyrics, and in “Closing Time,” Cohen sings spiritedly over the country-tinged backup band to the audience’s delight. The crowd’s obvious enthusiasm is one of the best parts of the album.

One generally doesn’t see acoustic folk heroes inspiring the same fevered cries as a stadium rock band, but maybe that’s just another part of Cohen’s magic.

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Maintain American pressure on Netanyahu The Obama administration yesterday desperately tried to salvage the IsraeliPalestinian peace process, calling for a 60-day extension of the Israeli settlement construction freeze that expired on Sunday. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may rebuff the administration’s plea, President Barack Obama must stand strong and continue to oppose the expansion of Israeli settlements. Failure to do so will likely mark the death knell of current Middle East peace negotiations — a threat to American national security and our nation’s strategic interests in the region.

While settlement construction is by no means the only issue that could potentially cause the talks to break down — and is certainly not the most important facet of the conflict — its continuation in an unrestrained manner would make progress in the negotiations next to impossible. By unwisely placing so much emphasis on the settlement issue from the start, the Obama administration has unwisely boxed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas into a domestic political position that has threatened to make him look weak if he budges too far from the United States’ original demands of

the Israelis. It seems unlikely that the Palestinians will remain at the negotiation table if Israel resumes construction in an unrestricted manner on the land they hope will eventually form part of a Palestinian state.

Despite the recent impasse, Abbas has smartly agreed to stay in the peace talks and has given Israel until Oct. 4 to halt expansion. He should continue to compromise with the Israelis and should resist taking stances that might bolster his domestic popularity but limit his flexibility later on.

Like Abbas, Netanyahu has also found himself in a difficult political position as he faces a great deal of pressure from his right-wing coalition to continue settlement construction. But last year when he faced similar pressure to impose the freeze in the first place, he was able to finagle a deal through his coalition. Although he promised the just-expired moratorium would be a one-time measure to get talks rolling, he may still have some political wiggle room. Even if a new freeze was more limited than the last, it could still conceivably appease the Palestinians — at least temporarily.

By not flexing his political muscle and acting in Israel’s long-term interests, Netanyahu is giving the clearest sign of his lack of resolve — and essentially permitting the downfall of the floundering peace process.

“One of the great myths of Middle East diplomacy is the old cliché that ‘the United States can’t want it more than the parties do,’” Stephen Walt wrote in Foreign Policy this week. Even though the United States certainly does not have more riding on the peace process than the Israelis and Palestinians do, a resolution of the conflict is in our national security interests. Obama and American military leaders like Gen. David Petraus have indicated as such, and the president has made finding a peaceful solution a national security imperative.

While the United States does not have to want peace more than the parties do, sometimes it must be the one to show the most political determination.

Obama must actively compel Netanyahu to extend the moratorium on settlements in some manifestation, and he must continue to encourage Abbas to compromise. Otherwise, the peace process is likely to crumble once again.

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You might not be as vegan as you think BY

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Making the switch to being a vegan — someone who does not consume or use any products that contain animal products — is undoubtedly a huge lifestyle change, and an admirable one at that. Walking by those big tubs of ice cream, leaving the gooey cheese off your sandwich and skipping the omelet bar line can be difficult, and making the change takes some extreme dedication.

Even all these measures may not be enough. Animal products are lurking in the most obscure places, sneaking their way into your foods, your beauty products, and your clothing, even when you thought you had escaped them completely.

Ever heard of [amino acid] L-cysteine?

Me neither, but it’s creeping into your baked goods. It’s a product derived from animal hair and feathers, and it can be found in the ingredient lists of

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bread and crackers. Breads enriched with whey protein or omega-3 fatty acids also don’t fall into the veganfriendly category since whey is a milk product and omega-3’s can contain fish oil. Scan your bread labels carefully for these ingredients, but chances are, a bread with a laundry list of chemicals shouldn’t be entering your stomach anyway.

One of the most ambiguous categories of food where you would never expect to find animal products (with the exception of milk chocolate) is candy. Marshmallows and Jell-O both contain gelatin, a product made from animal bones. Any food or candy containing lard (pie crusts, many fried frozen foods, cookies, candy and everything else dangerously delicious) [is] a no-no; lard is pig fat and that’s definitely not vegan.

Even some food coloring can slip onto the prohibited list. Red food coloring is generally made from cochineal.

If being vegan doesn’t deter you from

eating this, learning what cochineal actually is will. Ready? It’s a parasite native to South America and Mexico.

Yes, it is made from insects and that should be a food group strictly confined to “Fear Factor.”

Hidden animal products don’t just creep into what you eat — they can be around your house, too. First, any product that doesn’t have a label that says something along the lines of, “This product was not tested on animals,” most likely was. Many soap products are made with sodium tallowate, which is just a fancy name for animal fat.

If you’re ever not sure of an ingredient in a product or a food, it never hurts to do a quick Google search before you buy anything. Do your homework if you commit yourself to the lifestyle of eliminating animal products from your life. Being a vegan isn’t about depriving yourself of everything you once loved, but rather exploring new options and choices that suit you and your new lifestyle too.

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Alcohol more dangerous than marijuana BY

MATTHEW KENNEDY

Last week, Tufts was ranked as the most dangerous college campus in the United States by The Daily Beast, an opinionated news website. Although it is obvious that the Chinatown location of the Boston campus was the overwhelming reason for the high ranking, I still believe we are far from perfect here on the Hill.

As most upperclassmen realize, quite a few Tufts students do not know how to drink alcohol responsibly and sometimes are taken to the hospital as a result. The reckless drinking culture here is so prevalent that even University President Lawrence Bacow admitted in a June article to the Boston Globe that binge drinking “is not a problem that anyone is going to solve. It’s a condition that needs to be managed.”

Living in South Hall last year, it was not an uncommon sight to see Tufts Emergency Medical Services and officers of the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) outside the side entrance, assisting an incoherent student after a drunken weekend night. Despite never having witnessed any serious crimes on campus, it is obvious to me that alcohol plays a major role in the large number of rapes, aggravated assaults and unintentional injuries happening every school year.

With this in mind, I had an experience two weekends ago that had me thinking about the problems regarding drugs and alcohol at Tufts. A TUPD officer on Saturday night appeared at the door of my Wren Hall single, asking if I had any marijuana in my room and claiming he smelled it throughout the suite. Being surprised and somewhat intimidated, I simply responded no and decided to shut the door. The officer continued to ask my friends in the common room the same thing, and when they also responded no, he hinted at doing a search of the entire suite. Hearing this, I was intrigued by what his motives were and walked out into the common room. By then, one of the students had handed over an eighth of an ounce of pot.

The account of the incident that TUPD gave to the Daily for its police briefs was a misrepresentation of what actually happened, as the brief said a Wren resident handed over a small amount of marijuana once the officer arrived at his room. To my knowledge, nobody was smoking, and the person caught with the Class D substance was in the common room at the time and also lives downhill. In my opinion, the officer acted as if he had definitive probable cause to search our suite because he smelled the aroma of the cannabis, and an intimidated student took the fall. The herb handed over to the police officer was contained in an airtight bottle inside the student’s bag, so whatever the officer was sensing with his olfactory organs, it seems likely to me that it was not what he confiscated.

After the officer left, we reflected about the potential crimes that had been prevented as a result of an eighth of an ounce of marijuana being confiscated. Then we realized that there were none.

Our logic was based on the fact that the worst-case scenario resulting from a student smoking an inordinate amount of Cannabis sativa on a weekend night is the possibility of ordering an excessive amount of Pizza Days or Helen’s Roast Beef. On the other hand, the worst-case scenario after imbibing too much alcohol is death or waking up at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with no shoes, phone or memory of what happened.

Possessing alcohol underage in Massachusetts can get you arrested and, depending on the situation, a court date. Across the nation, campuses are dealing with the serious safety risks associated with the college binge-drinking culture. In two arbitrary years, I will be able to legally buy booze and drink until my heart is content. On the other hand, because I am over 18, here in Massachusetts I may have to pay a $100 fine for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana.

Though I believe that decriminalization is better

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than outright illegalization, it seems counterintuitive to fine for small possession while simultaneously classifying cultivation and distribution as criminal offenses, because the only way to possess the plant is to acquire it from a dealer or grower. If anything, the decriminalization of pot in Massachusetts attracts more citizens to buy it because of the lack of serious punishment, leading to the underground exchange of more untaxed black market dollars.

In less than six weeks, California will vote on Proposition 19, the passage of which would legalize marijuana for persons over 21 and tax its production, distribution and sale. I encourage all Californian students to submit an absentee ballot by Oct. 26 and support the effort to bring the Golden State’s most valuable cash crop into the free market while simultaneously dealing a major blow to the powerful Mexican drug cartels.

But California is definitely not alone in regard to the reformation of marijuana laws. A week and a half ago, what is purported to be the second-largest annual cannabis legalization rally in the country took place on Boston Common. It was the 21st annual Boston Freedom Rally, also known as Hempfest.

Still, one doesn’t need to ride the Red Line down to Park Street to observe the prevalence of marijuana in our society.

Every year, marijuana smokers at Tufts come out of the woodwork and congregate on the library roof on April 20 to enjoy a communal smoke session. It is by far the largest act

of civil disobedience the Tufts student body participates in annually and indeed by students at many other universities around the world. So my question is, if there are so many students who use marijuana here, then where are the statistics for the safety issues caused by the drug use on campus?

According to CollegeDrinkingPrevention.gov, 1,825 college students are killed because of unintentional alcohol-related injuries every year. Another shocking statistic is that every year 696,000 college students are assaulted by students who have been drinking. There are zero documented cases of someone dying solely from the use of marijuana. Go ahead, Google it.

After being questioned by the TUPD officer about the possibility of possessing marijuana on that weekend night, I couldn’t help but try to understand what problems on campus he was trying to prevent. I believe that TUPD should focus more of its efforts on preventing irresponsible drinking on campus instead of pursuing marijuana smokers, because drinking can lead to a myriad of dangerous situations while those smokers here at Tufts cause practically no safety problems.

I conclude with this question: Would you rather eradicate a drug that could put you in a medical coma or a drug that could put you in a food coma?

Matthew Kennedy is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major.

Open minds SPEAC out

BY SAMANTHA

FRANK AND ALEXANDRA LIS-PERLIS

Have you ever talked about the Tufts hook-up culture with your friends? Have you sat around discussing how politically correct Tufts is? Have you talked about what interracial dating looks like at Tufts and in the real world?

These are all programs that our group, formally BEATBias (the Bias Education and Awareness Team), facilitated over the past year. This year we are off to a fresh start and have renamed ourselves SPEAC — Students Promoting Equality, Awareness and Compassion. We changed our name this summer because we feel that the acronym SPEAC better addresses our goals for the Tufts campus. We want to promote honest campus dialogue through which people feel comfortable expressing their views and opinions on issues that are important to them. We are trained in facilitation of such dialogue and hope to create spaces where people can have these tough discussions in a way that promotes a more cohesive community.

Tufts is a campus full of active citizens and public service scholars — people who are real “doers,” who are itching to get out on the front lines of all kinds of issues relevant to our society. This makes our student body quite a force to be reckoned with.

While pursuing discourse can be difficult and emotionally loaded, we believe that conversation is a very productive action, in and of itself. Promoting conversation about issues specifically pertinent to our campus and our student body allows us to turn a critical and analytical eye on the issues that are not only at our doorstep, but are also inside our home that is Tufts University.

The fact is that despite the general belief that Tufts is an accepting and liberal space, incidents of intolerance happen year after year. These incidents result from a myriad of factors, but the SPEAC team believes that having conversation around the root issues of these situations and implementing proactive programming can help our community reduce these occurrences and respond to them in a unified way.

We hope to promote a campus environment in which students feel safe expressing their views —

including, but not limited to, those on religion, sexuality, race, culture and current events. This means that no matter what you identify as or where you come from, you should feel comfortable sharing your experiences. We do our best to create this space at all of our events and hope to promote this environment throughout our campus.

If you are interested in creating a space to talk about an issue that is important to you, we are excited about the opportunity to collaborate. We would love to hear from you at tufts.speac@gmail.com.

We also hope to see you tomorrow evening at “Open Minds SPEAC Out” at 7 p.m. in the Hill Hall lounge. We will be breaching the topics of race and white privilege in response to guest speaker Tim Wise’s ticketed lecture, “Colorblind,” which is tonight at 7 p.m. in Cohen Auditorium.

Samantha Frank is a senior majoring in French and community health. Alexandra Lis-Perlis is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major.

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Women’s sailing wins at BU regatta in A Division SAILING continued from page 16

Soriano teamed with his crew of Rew and sophomore Madeline Luce to place seventh out of 20 teams in the A flight.

“It’s a little below where I wanted to be, but our overall result was one better than last year and helps our performance power rankings substantially,” Soriano said.

Soriano’s boat was called for being over the starting line early twice in the first four races as a result of overly aggressive starting tactics. After being called over at the start, a boat must sail back through the line completely before it can restart, a task which can prove incredibly frustrating and complicated when it is stuck in the middle of a fleet of over 15 boats with no room to maneuver or turn back without fouling another boat in the process. Consequently, an early start often leads to a poor finish.

Soriano tried to adjust by sailing more conservatively to avoid being over the line

early, but this tactic bore little fruit.

“After that, I think I entrenched myself in some more conservative sailing, which unfortunately yielded only some middling results,” he said.

Rew and her team hope to take the momentum from the home regatta and keep it rolling through some tougher events that will be in unfamiliar waters against more difficult competition. Rew said that she wants to avoid the occasional deep finishes and keep the results to mid-fleet or better finishes.

The conditions this weekend were shifty, resulting in numerous mark positioning adjustments on Saturday, while Sunday brought five to 15 knots of wind.

Senior Roisin Magee, sailing in the B Division, noted that the conditions were “mystical,” varying from close to nothing in the lulls to full-fledged puffs. The Jumbos, however, were well-prepared, she said, as they practice in those conditions almost every day.

While the co-ed squad was pillaging at Upper Mystic Lake, the women’s team sailed the Women’s Regis Bowl at nearby Boston University on the Charles River and won the overall regatta by 14 points.

The women’s team, like the co-ed team, is ranked No. 9 nationally.

Senior Catherine Swanson and her crew of senior Sara Carnahan came in first place in the A Division.

Sophomore Natalie Salk, the B Division skipper, said that there were catch-ups to be made after getting fouled off the line and a restart in the last race on Saturday.

The B division boat was nevertheless successful, coming in third in its division.

Next weekend, the co-ed sailing team will travel to face tougher competition in the Danmark Trophy at Coast Guard Academy, but the Jumbos have high expectations of success.

“We’re ready for the challenge,” Rew said, “And I’m excited to get back out there.”

Few competitors lead to few chances for success for men’s tennis MEN’S TENNIS continued from page 16

“Larry stepped up his game and I got down 5-1 quickly,” Lutz said. “I broke back, but it wasn’t enough to win the set.”

The turning point of the match for the Jumbos’ second-year Jumbo was the first game of the third set. Lutz weathered a strong challenge from Pang and held on to start the set on the right foot. Afterwards, there was not much Pang could do to stop Lutz from winning the set easily.

Lutz’s success was short-lived, however, as he then lost in the next round to the No. 1 seed of the tournament, Middlebury senior Andy Peters.

“Going into the match, Peters had won the same tournament last year and ranked [in the] top five in the nation,” Lutz said.

“I knew I had gotten a big win the match before, and I knew there was no pressure for me. Peters has the biggest serve I’ve ever returned against, at around 125 to 130 mph. I knew that if I managed to block his serve back and get into the point, I could give him a run for his money.”

Lutz managed to win the first game of the match, breaking Peters, but the Panthers’ star settled into the match, eventually winning 6-3, 6-0.

“I had a lot of games in the second set [at] 30-all on his serve and [at] 40-30 [with] game points on my serve, but he just came up with the bigger shot at the bigger time,” Lutz said. “I thought I played better than the score reflected, and we had some hardfought games and I wasn’t playing badly. But overall, I’d say he was a top player and I got to see what it’s like to play against the best in Div. III tennis.”

In the other singles match, freshman Pat Monaghan opened with a convincing victory over Mitchell College sophomore Kyle Carmona, winning 6-2, 6-1, before losing to Bowdoin junior Stephen Sullivan, the No. 2 overall seed in the tournament.

Monaghan also played doubles with senior co-captain Paul Kohnstamm, but Tufts’ top doubles pairing fell 8-3 to the Bates tandem of freshman Tim Berg and sophomore Matt Bettles.

“We knew they would be tough; they

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Sophomore Andrew Lutz, pictured above, and freshman Patrick Monaghan won their firstround matches, while Monaghan teamed up with senior co-captain Paul Kohnnstamm in an 8-3 doubles loss at the ITA Regional Championship this weekend. were the fifth seeds in the tournament,” Kohnstamm said. “During the match, we had some loose points on our service games, and we got down a break early and we didn’t return well enough to get any chances to break their serve. But we definitely felt like we were in the match, and it was a lot closer than the final score indicated.”

For Kohnstamm and Monaghan, the match also served as a measuring stick to make further improvements.

“We definitely have a sense of what we need to work on going into the spring, shoring up our service games and working on the fundamentals,” Kohnstamm said.

Tufts continues its fall schedule on Oct. 8 with split-squad matches at home against Babson and on the road against Merrimack.

“It will give guys a chance to get involved, especially the guys that didn’t play in the ITA tournament, and it will be good to get another match under our belts heading into the offseason,” Kohnstamm said.

Jumbos prepare for Head of the Charles next month WOMEN’S CREW continued from page 16

The Jumbos appreciated the low-key atmosphere as it gave them a chance to ease back into racing, practice a new method and not worry too much about the results.

“We’ve only been out on the water for three weeks, and then we had to race competitively,” Velayo said. “So it was a really nice opportunity to learn to row again, be competitive and practice and see where it can take us.”

“It was very different from a lot of the

regattas that we participate in, especially Head Regattas, because they’re so big,” Steward added. “But because this was only sculling events, it was a [much] smaller scale.”

This weekend, the Jumbos will send the rowers who did not compete on Sunday to the Textile River Regatta in Lowell, Mass., where they will race quads, doubles and singles boats. Once again, the focus will largely be on refining their sculling abilities.

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building on right now,” Velayo said. “I think that it’s really going to help us when we go to sweep rowing because the same principles that you apply with the stroke in sculling, you can transfer over to sweeping.”

Meanwhile, the Green Mountain Head participants are preparing for the squad’s first sweeping regatta, the Head of the Charles, on Oct. 23-24.

“We’re just trying to play around with some boatings and start reacquainting ourselves with sweeping so we can start putting together some fast boats,” Velayo said.

ETHAN FRIGON | THE BEARD ABIDES

What’s a Haynesworth worth?

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lbert Haynesworth is an idiot.

Throughout his summer-long refusal to show up for Redskins training camp and his repeated failures of a conditioning test that my grandmother could probably pass on the first try, I tried to withhold judgment of the big fellow. Maybe Washington made some promises to him last year when they inked him to a six-year, $100 million contract that they were no longer upholding. Or maybe Haynesworth was just a hypocrite, or just lazy. Still, I was sure that he had his reasons and that his reasons were in some way justified.

On Saturday, I was forced to change my mind once and for all about Haynesworth. The reason? Only the dumbest interview given by an athlete this year — no small feat in and of itself.

In a recent interview with Washingtonarea radio station 106.7 The Fan, Haynesworth spoke about his ordeal: “I guess in this world we don’t have a lot of people with, like, backbones. … Just because somebody pay you money don’t mean they’ll make you do whatever they want or whatever. I mean, does that mean everything is for sale?” That is exactly what it means, you carbuncle.

Sorry, Albert, you don’t get to sign a $100 million deal and collect a $21 million roster bonus this April and then pretend that you don’t understand the rules of capitalism.

Why exactly was Haynesworth refusing to show up for training camp, anyway? Because the Redskins wanted to switch his position from defensive tackle in a 4-3 defense to defensive tackle in new coordinator Jim Haslett’s 3-4 scheme. Although both Haynesworth and the Redskins agreed that he would be playing in a 4-3 defense, this is a change Haynesworth probably should have been ready for.

As a ninth-year veteran, Haynesworth should know by now that coaching changes are a way of life in the NFL and that with new coaches, a new formation or style of play often comes along. Instead of accepting this like every other NFL player — and like an adult — Haynesworth whined and pouted and dogged his conditioning test for weeks on end.

And what happened when he finally showed up? He found out that the system wasn’t nearly what he thought it was, and now he actually kind of likes it. Maybe he could have gotten to that point in the spring if he had just resigned himself to the change and gotten over it like every other defensive player on the Redskins.

But the real problem with Haynesworth’s interview — and the real reason I’m calling him an idiot now — is in this next line: “I mean, I’m not for sale. Yeah, I signed the contract and got paid a lot of money, but … that don’t mean I’m for sale or a slave or whatever.”

First of all, Albert, a new coaching staff asking you to do a slightly different task on the field doesn’t make you a slave — it makes you every single person in the world who has ever had a job. And a pretty well-paid one at that.

Second, it’s impossible to come off as anything other than intractably ignorant when you call yourself a slave or compare cashing a $21 million check in April to slavery. You might as well call training camp the Holocaust. And that, Albert Haynesworth, is why you’re no longer just lazy or hypocritical.

You’re a goddamn fool.

Ethan Frigon is a senior majoring in economics. He can be reached at Ethan.

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Home waters of Mystic Lake bring co-ed sailing team success Jumbos take second in Professor Steadman Hood Trophy with home-water advantage

BY SARAH

COURTESY KEN KLEGLER

A Division skipper junior Massimo Soriano agreed. He also believes that sailing on friendly waters creates the expectation of good results and thus the tendency to sail conservatively, even though the sailors have a good mindset and a better idea of what the wind might do. The home crowd did act as a positive influence on the team.

“I have always been proud of our team spirit, I think it’s one of our real strengths,” senior Margaret Rew said. “We had a huge team of people who gave up their weekend to help run an excellent home regatta.”

All things considered, Russo-Larsson was pleased with the weekend’s overall results “I think we sailed very well in our division,” he said. “A second-place finish overall out of 20 teams, in the true only intersectional of the weekend, is great for our performance rankings.”

Intersectional regattas involve more than just members of the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association. This past weekend, the University of South Florida and the University of Florida represented the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association at the regatta.

Senior Roisin Magee and junior Nicolas Russo-Larsson came in second to Harvard by five points in the B Division at the Steadman Hood Trophy on Mystic Lake.

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TRALINS

Contributing Writer

Home advantage is a phenomenon that sports psychologists break down into four categories: crowd, familiarity, travel and rules. The co-ed sailing team certainly took advantage of all these factors, coming in second overall in the Professor Steadman Hood Trophy regatta this past weekend.

This year’s finish was a spot higher than 2009’s, when Roger Williams and Salve Regina came in first and second place, respectively. Tufts’ 173 points was enough to edge out national powerhouse Yale by three points, although Harvard was able to distance itself from the pack with 141.

Home advantage, however, also has its ups and downs.

“There is an advantage to sailing at home.

We know the boats and lake really well,” B Division skipper junior Nicolas RussoLarsson said, referring to the familiar lark sailboats on Mystic Lake. “Like in any sport, it allows us to sail more conservatively and not take too many chances.

“At the same time, there is a lot of pressure,” the junior said. “It feels like everyone is expecting you to win, and that can be hard to deal with at times.”

WOMEN’S CREW

No trophies, just apple cider and maple syrup for crew Low-key event yields unusual prizes, strong results for Jumbos in Vermont BY

AARON LEIBOWITZ Contributing Writer

Despite a runner-up finish, the women’s crew team found no trophies or plaques awaiting it for its efforts at the Green Mountain Head Regatta in Putney, Vt., on Sunday.

Instead, at the Jumbos’ relatively casual season-opening regatta, sophomore Ali Maykranz and her sister, senior Kaylee, finished second in the six-boat, open-age race in 3:25:10 and were awarded a gallon of apple cider at the finish line for their success, in addition to the homemade doughnuts and Vermont cheese that awaited all competitors. “[The Maykranzes] are amazing rowers, so we were expecting them to do well,” senior tri-captain Rachel Steward said. “But it’s always awesome when one of the boats wins something.”

Tufts entered four singles and four doubles as it began its fall season at the Dummerston Boat

Landing on the Connecticut River, racing in an event open to scullers of all ages.

Three other Tufts pairs also participated in the open-age race: seniors Barbara Franco and Lindsay Hull, senior Caccy Bowlus and sophomore Caroline Patterson and senior Katherine Rosenblatt and junior Erika Parisi. Those tandems finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.

In a 17-boat singles race for ages 19 to 34, the tri-captains Steward, junior Kathleen Holec and senior Bianca Velayo occupied the 12th through 14th spots, respectively, with only 12 seconds separating their three times.

This was the first singles competition of the season for all three tri-captains, and it was far from an easy introduction: The field was skilled, and the course ran three miles long.

“I think that it was a nice experience for everyone,” Steward said.

“Just finishing the race on its own

was great.”

Many of Tufts’ rowers entered the regatta with little or no experience in sculling, where each rower uses two oars, so it provided a good opportunity to practice a skill that coach Brian Dawe continues to emphasize in his second year with the team. While the NCAA qualifying races in the spring are sweeping (one-oar), sculling comes in handy in the fall.

“Sculling is a great way to build technique, build power and work on balance,” Velayo said. “You’re able to be in smaller boats — oneperson, two-person boats — versus eight-person boats, which is what we do in the spring.”

The regatta was a far cry from the typical collegiate crew event. The Jumbos were one of the few collegiate teams present, and there was a wide array of competitors, from an 80-year-old man to members of the Australian National team.

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see WOMEN’S CREW, page 15

The women’s crew team races the quad in the Head of the Charles Regatta last fall.

MEN’S TENNIS

Fast-serving Peters dooms Tufts’ Lutz at ITA’s Jumbos’ sophomore falls in second round

BY JESSE

WEINBERG

Senior Staff Writer

With a short fall schedule consisting of only four dual matches, the biggest event for the men’s tennis team in the fall season is typically the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) New England Regional Championships, held this weekend at Williams College. With only three Tufts players competing at the tournament, Tufts fared well against its toughest competition of the season thus far, earning wins in two opening-round singles matches.

“The selection committee for the tournament is comprised of coaches in our conference, and they gave us the bare minimum of

bids for the tournament,” sophomore Andrew Lutz said. “We didn’t have a great season last year, so they gave better teams more players.

We were only allowed to have our top two singles players and our top doubles team.”

In the first singles match, Lutz, one of two Jumbos selected to play singles, defeated MIT sophomore Larry Pang 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

“Going in, I knew it would be a tough match,” Lutz said. “He hits the ball really hard and flat. I got down 2-0 in the first set, and that’s when I kind of was getting used to his style of play.”

After winning the first set, Lutz dropped the second after falling behind early. see MEN’S TENNIS, page 15

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Brown, Updike get NESCAC nods This weekend was a fruitful one for Tufts athletics, as the football, field hockey, volleyball and men’s soccer teams all won their respective contests in front of home crowds.

In honor of their stellar play, two athletes — senior Tamara Brown of the field hockey team and senior quad-captain Caitlin Updike of the volleyball team — received NESCAC Player of the Week honors in their respective sports.

As she has over the past three seasons, Brown led the offensive juggernaut field hockey team to two victories last week, scoring two goals in each contest. Her most important goal was a game-winning, overtime strike against Wesleyan on Saturday at Bello Field.

After Brown scored that game’s first tally, Wesleyan responded 10 minutes

later to knot the game at one apiece.

Eight minutes into overtime, Brown found the back of the net, earning the victory for the Jumbos and preserving Tufts’ undefeated season.

On Wednesday, Brown scored two of three goals for the Jumbos as they steamrolled UMass Dartmouth 3-0.

Updike and the volleyball squad had several 3-0 victories of their own last week, sweeping all four matches (Smith, Vassar, Williams and Wellesley) at the MIT Invitational and a mid-week game against Brandeis as well.

In those five matches, Updike, the MIT Invitational MVP, averaged 4.6 kills and 2.8 digs per set. A twotime All-NESCAC First Team selection, Updike currently sits in fourth in the league in kills per game (3.73).

—by Philip Dear