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Happy Birthday, President Monaco!

Berman appointed dean of Tufts School of Medicine by

Gabrielle Hernandez Daily Editorial Board

After ushering in a period of growth and increased revenue during his nearly twoyear service as interim dean of Tufts School of Medicine, Harris Berman was last week appointed permanently to the position.

The Office of the Provost decided not to conduct a nationwide search to fill the opening because the post was vacated at a time when both the positions of university president and provost were in transition, according to Interim Provost Peggy Newell.

“He was doing a great job as interim dean,” Newell said.

Former Dean Michael Rosenblatt stepped down after a six-year tenure in Dec. 2009 to assume the role of chief medical officer at pharmaceu-

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University President Anthony Monaco visited the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate meeting last night to meet and answer questions from the student representatives. To honor the president’s birthday, which was yesterday, TCU Senate surprised Monaco with a double-layer ice cream birthday cake. Senators also elected junior Jeremy Zelinger and sophomore Lia Weintraub as co-chairs of the Senate Services Committee.

Tufts considers eventual plan to relocate Greek houses to one block by

Laina Piera

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University administrators are considering long-term plans to move all fraternity and sorority houses in the block bounded by Professors Row, Sawyer Avenue, Packard Avenue, and Curtis Street, where most Greek houses are already located.

“I think everybody’s thinking that this is a good concept,” Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman said. “It serves many agendas: school spirit, social venue, towngown, fraternity and sorority life.”

Reitman said he would prefer to relocate Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp), who this year left their house at 114 Curtis St., within this block.

Vice President for Operations Dick Reynolds said the longterm plan involves gradually converting the other housing and office space in the block into units appropriate for the remaining Greek houses that are not located in the block.

“The concept is that we only have three or four [Greek houses] that are outside of this block,” Reynolds said.

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Delta Chi (123) and Zeta Psi — would not need to move because they are close enough to the block at their location across Packard Avenue, according Reynolds.

Four remaining Greek houses — Theta Chi, Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII), Alpha Phi, and SigEp — are now outside of the block and would most likely be affected if plans materialize.

Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman said that the plan is longterm and gradual, with no specific timetable for moving forward.

“It’s a conversation that I’ve had with any number of people, but never do we talk about it as if we’re going to see it in two or three years,” Reitman said. “This is a long-term, evolutionary process as opportunities become available.”

Administrators said removing Greek houses from residential neighborhoods would improve community relations, while a planned outdoor common space in the middle of the block would benefit Greek activities.

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tical company Merck & Co., Inc. Prior to his appointment as interim dean, Berman served as the dean of public health and professional degree programs at the School of Medicine.

Berman worked in the field of health management before coming to Tufts, serving as chief executive officer of the Tufts Health Plan for 17 years and co-founder of the Matthew Thornton Health Plan in New Hampshire.

Dean of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Naomi Rosenberg expressed support for the work that Berman had accomplished during his time as interim dean.

“By developing new programs and focusing on new programs that are educationally responsible but will bring in revenues to the school, he’s improved the school’s finan-

cial stability,” Rosenberg said.

Over the past two years, Berman has created three new educational programs: an expanded public health program, a master’s program in biomedical science and a postbaccalaureate program to bolster the School of Medicine’s revenue.

“I think he’s engaged and reenergized our faculty in thinking about new ways of contributing to the school by working to develop new educational programs; that’s a really big plus,” Rosenberg said.

During his time as interim dean, these programs turned the School of Medicine’s annual deficit into a $2.7 million surplus.

“By doing that, we’ve taken the pressure off,” Berman said.

“Now, we can just worry about see MEDICAL, page 2

Tufts students join Occupy Boston march downtown by

Corinne Segal

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Hundreds of students from Boston and elsewhere joined together in a march yesterday to protest — among other concerns — American economic systems, corporate corruption and a lack of affordable education.

The student march began in the Boston Common and met a larger march of community groups and labor unions in Dewey Square, where they continued on toward the North Washington Bridge. The whole group marched throughout Boston for approximately four hours.

Students at the march represented a range of schools, including Boston University (BU), Tufts, Northeastern University, Emerson College, Harvard University, Boston College, University of Vermont, Salem State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Fitchburg State University.

Students first gathered at 1:30 p.m. on the Boston Common, where Occupy Boston members informed the group that they risked arrest by marching.

Speakers at the gazebo on the Boston Common recommended that students keep track of the legal observers, volunteers present to monitor police actions. The speakers also reminded students that the protest needed to remain nonviolent.

Many protesters expressed student-related concerns,

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Tufts students prepared for the Occupy Boston march yesterday by making signs on campus before setting off for the Boston Common. including a need for affordable education and financial transparency in schools.

Signs read, “State school student and proud of it” and “Pay your share — we do!”

Beau Lyle, a member of the movement who attended the College of Charleston, said that students accumulate

debt in their attempt to get an education.

“Students are getting out of college and being enslaved to debt,” Lyle said. “I know a lot of students are really scared.”

R i c h a rd Pe e t , a Massachusetts resident, see OCCUPY, page 2

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Visiting the Hill this week TUESDAY “Phenomenology of the CAH+ Measure” Details: Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University Michael Salem will speak at this week’s Tuesday Cosmology Seminar hosted by the Tufts, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) joint partnership.

When and Where: 2:30 p.m.; Robinson Hall 250 Sponsor: Tufts / CfA / MIT “ECE Seminar: Members of INTEL Tech Staff” Details: Visiting INTEL Tech staff members will offer a lecture through the Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series.

When and Where: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Halligan Hall 111A “Drugging the Undruggable” Details: Drug researcher and University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Hubert Yin will speak at this week’s Department of Chemistry seminar.

When and Where: 4:30 p.m.; Pearson 106 Sponsor: Department of Chemistry WEDNESDAY “Secondary Schooling in Kenya” Details: Isaac Mbiti, assistant professor of economics at Southern Methodist University and MLK Jr. visiting professor at MIT, will speak.

When and Where: 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.; Cabot 703 Sponsor: Department of Economics and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy “Artist Lecture: Ken Gonzales-Day” Details: Los Angeles-based artist Ken GonzalesDay will discuss his exhibition “Profiled,” which is currently on display at the Tufts Art Gallery.

When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tufts Art Gallery Sponsors: Tisch Scholars Program, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, the Department of Art and Art History, and the Latin American Studies Program

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brought his six-year-old daughter to the march. She held a sign that read, “Education not speculation.”

“I think education should be subsidized by the government,” Peet said.

Tufts sophomore Lucas Koerner, who participated in the march, expressed concern about universities’ lack of transparency in financial budgets and decisions.

“As students, there are very real grievances and very legitimate reasons for us to be here,” he said. “We don’t have any voice in how our university runs.”

Jill McDonough, an adjunct lecturer at Harvard University, BU and University of Massachusetts (UMass) Boston, said that the UMass Boston Faculty Staff Union sent an email encouraging members to support students at the march.

McDonough said she was concerned about students’ futures in a tough job market.

“I’m worried about my students getting jobs when they graduate,” McDonough said.

Other marchers aired grievances against corporate culture.

“Corporate greed and corruption have reached an all-time high,” Sarah Lombardo, a freshman at Northeastern, said.

“The corporations have too much influence in the government,” Meredith Willmoth, a sophomore at Emerson, said.

Students began marching at 2 p.m.

The march first headed down Beacon Street and stopped to protest outside of the local Fox affiliate offices on Park Street.

The march proceeded on Summer Street to Dewey Square, where students met with protesters from different groups, such as teachers, labor groups and political groups like Socialist Alternative.

Once united, marchers walked through Boston, passing area landmarks such as City Hall, Faneuil Hall and TD Garden, chanting, “How do we fix the deficit? End the war, tax the rich!” as well as “This is what democracy looks like!”

The march temporarily blocked traffic at several points, but at some points in the march the police appeared to redirect traffic to allow protesters to pass.

The march came to an impasse with the Boston Police Department when police prevented protesters’ entry to the Charlestown Patriot-Bridge. The police had blocked the bridge with cars, bikes and over two dozen policemen, all of whom appeared armed with guns.

As protesters saw policemen blocking the bridge, they chanted, “The whole world is watching!”

The police arrested one person, according to Tufts junior Rachel

Greenspan.

As of the writing of this article, that person was in contact with the National Lawyers Guild, a nonprofit organization that offers aid to people arrested in political protests, Greenspan said.

This marks the first time anyone has been arrested in connection with Occupy Boston, according to Danny Foster, a junior at Tufts and member of the movement.

The Occupy movement began in New York on Sept. 17, when protesters formed a group called “Occupy Wall Street” to protest economic inequality in American society.

Since then, the movement has gained a following in cities around the United States and outside the country.

Occupy Boston protesters began occupation of Dewey Square on Sept.

30. The occupation tent city includes tents for food, medical care, legal advice and general supplies. These resources are communal and funded by donations.

Tufts junior Jack Thomas, a member of the movement, said students decided to organize the group Students Occupy Boston based on different schools’ interest in the Occupy movement.

When Tufts students created a Facebook group for Tufts Occupy Boston, students from other schools started joining, Thomas said.

“When we realized there was interest from not just Tufts but many other institutions, we decided it would be a good idea to form some kind of organizing body to coordinate events,” Thomas said.

Representatives from Tufts, BU, Simmons College and UMass Boston met last Monday in the Mayer Campus Center to begin discussing how to coordinate student efforts, Thomas said.

A larger group of students from 10 schools then met last Thursday and decided to march in a show of solidarity among students, according to an Occupy Boston press release.

“When students are banding together to cooperate and act in each others’ interests, it can be very powerful,” he said.

Thomas hopes that members of Students Occupy Boston will meet regularly to continue to discuss objectives for students in the movement.

“We’ll decide what it is we want to accomplish as students in the Boston area, and how it is that we want to work together to make that happen,” he said.

He hopes the Occupy movement will inspire a new respect for compassion between people.

“The point is to change the way that people interact with one another, think about one another,” Thomas said. “A lot of our culture operates on the idea of watching out for yourself and screwing everybody else.”

“Early Modern Absolutism in 18th-Century India” Details: Columbia University Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Partha Chatterjee will discuss absolutism in India.

When and Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Cabot 7th Floor Sponsor: Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies THURSDAY “The Financial Crisis and the Descent of the West” Details: Noted economic historian Niall Ferguson will deliver this year’s Richard E. Snyder President’s Lecture.

When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Distler Performance Hall Sponsor: University Advancement

University of Singapore will discuss the effects of emotional perception on one’s ability to make moral judgments.

When and Where: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Miner 224 Sponsor: Department of Philosophy “The New Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities” Details: This year’s Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Annual Conference will cover various topics relating to the Middle East, and it will feature a keynote address from the Thomas R. Pickering (F ‘54), former ambassador to Russia, India, the United Nations, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria and Jordan.

When and Where: Oct. 13 and 14; Cabot Intercultural Center Sponsor: The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies

FRIDAY “Emotional Perception of Morality” Details: Neil Sinhababu of the National

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Reservation of a block for Greek houses may create green space GREEK BLOCK

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campus residents.

“Some of the houses that are located more peripherally…tend to be irksome for the neighborhood,” Reitman said. “The kind of purpose and social function that they have is exactly the kind of thing that stresses town-gown relations most.”

“To have the social venues be a little bit internal to the campus is probably a good thing,” he said.

A green space that would open up in the middle of the block would be ideal for cookouts and sports, according to Reynolds.

“Essentially make this block a Greek quad and then open up the middle as sort of a park area so you can have cookout areas behind there,” Reynolds said.

Alpha Tau Omega (ATO), Delta Upsilon (DU), Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta (DTD), Sigma Nu, Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT), and Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) are already located in this block and thus would not need to move.

If a fourth sorority comes to campus, then that sorority would also ideally be included in this block, according to Reynolds.

President of SigEp Stephen Gurdo said that this concept recently came up in a meeting with one of the organization’s alumni and university administrators while discussing the fraternity’s future options. “[They were] talking about our options after we heard from [Walnut Hill Properties]

that we wouldn’t be able to use Curtis Street for the year,” Gurdo, a senior, said. “[They were] just thinking about the future of what could be a possibility because it was something that they thought Tufts thought about looking into.”

To accommodate Greek organizations, the many buildings currently on the block would be rebuilt to house a larger number of people, according to Reynolds.

“In many of the cases, the houses that are there that might be the spaces, the lots, that convert to fraternity or sorority or other lodging house use, have facilities on them that aren’t large enough to be lodging houses themselves,” Reitman said. “So you need to raise them and rebuild something specifically for that purpose.”

Health Service would retain its location on Professors Row despite any changes, Reitman said.

“Health Service is also there, obviously, and is not likely to change purpose or function,” Reitman said. “That facility is built specifically to be what it is.”

Walnut Hill General Manager Bruce Ketchen first proposed consolidating the Greek houses more than 10 years ago, according to Reynolds.

“For a variety of reasons, [it] never got traction,” Reynolds said. “I think it’s come up again because I’m more interested in the fraternity system than [the Vice President for Operations] that preceded me.”

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how we better build our program.”

Berman hopes to use the School of Medicine’s new financial stability to get the school moving toward educational innovation.

“I think what we really need to do now, and we’re well-positioned for this with Anthony Monaco as president, is think through with the faculty what is science and what is research in the 21st century, and question if we are organized to do that best,” Berman said. “I need to make decisions with the faculty as to where we want to concentrate our research and our energies.”

“One of the important things that a medical school does is create knowledge,” he continued.

“We’re a small-enough university and a small-enough medical school that we can’t do everything, but we need to focus on the things that we do best, and this is an exciting opportunity to do that.”

Berman pushed to expand the School of Medicine’s Global Health Program during his interim service, an effort primarily motivated by his experience as a doctor for the Peace Corps in India.

“It was a life-changing experience for me,” Berman said. “It was a chance to think about preventative medicine and public health, not just from a patient care point of view.”

Many administrators and faculty members are happy to once again have permanent leadership.

“I think it brings us better stability,” Marsha Semuels, executive administrative dean of the School of Medicine, said.

“We’re not hobbled by the fact that we don’t have a permanent dean.”

Many who have worked under Berman thus far have been pleased with his leadership style.

“We’re all thrilled at the Medical School,” Semuels said. “He’s been a great leader and a wonderful person to work for.”

Rosenberg added that Berman’s warm personality has created a positive atmosphere within the school.

“His interactions with our faculty and our students have just been very positive,” Rosenberg said. “He creates sort of a warm, positive feeling when he interacts with them, and I think that’s because he’s able to show that he genuinely cares about students, faculty and staff here.”

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The Baha’i faith promotes the belief that globalization and multiculturalism are a part of God’s plan. At Tufts, Baha’i students integrate their education with practicing this aspect of their faith by thinking on a global scale.

The world’s youngest independent religion, Baha’i was founded in the mid-19th century by the prophet Bahá’u’lláh, who preached a message of salvation and world peace. A key tenet of the faith is the idea of progressive revelation — that the human race is progressing spiritually as well as technologically and socially.

While the Tufts Baha’i community is still quite small — sophomore Baha’i practitioner Fiona Weeks said she was aware of only four currently practicing Tufts undergraduates — they all find a variety of connections between the international focus of their faith and Tufts’ emphasis on global thinking and active citizenship.

“The students here are looking for solutions for the world, and Baha’is believe that the Baha’i faith will bring those,” sophomore Navid Shahidinejad said. He explained that he was born and raised in the Baha’i faith, and that his decision to attend Tufts was shaped by the teachings he learned growing up.

“In the Baha’i faith we believe the central purpose in life is service, to serve humanity. So even your education fits into that scheme of serving humanity,” he said.

Sophomore Alexander Kolodner echoed this sentiment, explaining that Baha’i tradition encourages its followers to take a year early in life to do service abroad, a tradition to which he gladly dedicated himself.

Kolodner spent a year after graduating high school teaching at a secondary school in Iringa, Tanzania.

“The Baha’i faith, from my experience in my year of service, gave me the reason I needed to come to school because … how can you teach if you don’t already know? My activities at Tufts try and mirror that mission,” Kolodner said.

Kolodner, who was born into a practicing Baha’i family, formally declared his allegiance with the faith when he was 15 — although he says that the religion’s high standards make it difficult to truly adhere to all of its tenets. In addition, according to Shahidinejad, a principle of Baha’i states that human beings can and should seek out what they believe to be true. This means, he explained, that Baha’is do not necessarily follow their parents into the faith — rather, they reach the decision themselves through studying the religion’s traditional readings.

In line with Tufts’ philosophy of active citizenship, the Baha’i community reaches throughout the world, working toward the ambitions that their faith dictates. A structured international organization allows Baha’i committees around the world to work on service and development projects as well as spiritual matters.

The small size of the Baha’i community at Tufts provides an intimate setting for the students to practice their faith. Prayer sessions are scheduled at the convenience of the group, and unlike other major religions, a spiritual leader does not stand at the head of the group. Although their worldwide community relies on democratically elected leadership to function, there is no clergy in the Baha’i faith.

“We have spiritual autonomy,” Shahidinejad said.

Despite this autonomy, Shahidinejad added that for Baha’is, daily life consists of a spiritual “goal” of sorts.

“The main point of the Baha’is’ daily life is to live according to [Bahá’u’lláh’s] teachings,” Shahidinejad said. On an

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The Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Ill. is the only Baha’i temple in North America. individual level, a Baha’i follower’s daily routine involves studying the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and choosing a daily prayer from among three to recite. In addition, Baha’i groups have feasts every 19 days to discuss spiritual and administrative matters, but also to socialize and connect with one another.

Although religion can often come into conflict with college social or academic life, there is very little friction between Baha’i doctrine and students’ life at Tufts. Consuming alcohol is not allowed for those who practice the Baha’i faith, but the followers at Tufts don’t find this restricting to their social lives.

“We go to social events where there is alcohol, but Baha’is don’t drink,” Shahidinejad said. Kolodner is an active member of Theta Chi, and says that he joined because he felt that he would be under no obligation to drink as a member of the fraternity.

The Baha’i students also pointed out that their faith is very progressive with respect to science — the writings of Bahá’u’lláh support the notion that humankind is still figuring out the universe.

“Religion and science should exist in harmony,” Kolodner said. It’s a belief that he said also reflects the teachings of the larger Baha’i community.

The Tufts Baha’is are eager to welcome others who are interested in the faith.

“We are a small community but very welcoming. We don’t limit our activities on campus to Baha’is,” Weeks

said. Weeks has only been a Baha’i since last November — she says that so far, the experience has been a fulfilling one.

“The Baha’is have been very, very welcoming and warm and just some of the most sincere, loving people that I have ever met,” Weeks said. She first became interested in Baha’i when she visited the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Ill. New followers like Weeks are always welcome in the Tufts Baha’i community — like their larger global counterpart, the Tufts group hopes to grow.

“Right now, our numbers are in the 7 millions, but if you look at our rate of growth, it is far surpassing some of the other groups. I think that is because we bring a solution to society’s modern-day problems,” Kolodner said, explaining how he believes the global Baha’i community has the potential to expand beyond its current numbers.

In the future, Tufts Baha’is would also like to see more of the campus informed about their faith. They are considering a number of options, including casual fireside conversations about spiritual topics and possibly even an Experimental College course. Overall though, the Baha’is feel that their spiritual beliefs fit in well at Tufts, where cross-cultural solutions and understanding are important concepts no matter what degree a student is pursuing.

“We believe that Baha’is and everyone should be working toward human unity, and we believe that the way to do that is through God,” Weeks said.

ello, everyone. Up until now, my scathing written complaints have been directed primarily toward more visually observable topics.

This week, I’ve chosen to write about something that may not be immediately irksome to anyone who is not me ... unless, like me, you have a long torso and also find it exhaustingly difficult to buy pants.

Yes, you read right: This week’s topic is pants. If you know me at all, you’ll know that I complain about pants a lot. About half of my daily complaints are in some way related to clothing.

Belts and I don’t get along well, either.

I only own one, and I fight daily battles with it. These daily battles are necessary because, without a belt, my pants will fall off upon sitting down and standing up again. As long as I’m standing up, they’re fine. As soon as I sit down, game over. I either have to grip them by the belt loops and hold them as I stand, or resign myself to wearing my least favorite human invention (besides low-rise pants): the belt.

But wait, wasn’t this column about pants? I felt that the little belt segue was necessary before I even began to delve into the pants crisis. But now I’m delving, and there’s no turning back.

It seems like every pair of jeans these days is marketed to either the super skinny (I’m looking at you, hipsters, and your abysmal invention, the “cigarette leg”), or girls who have larger waists and tiny thighs. Neither of these descriptions applies to me, and as a result I struggled through middle and high school wearing ill-fitting pants.

Over the past year or so, I came to realize that it was not my legs that were “wrong” but my torso — I have a longer torso than most pants retailers apparently manufacture for. As a result, low-rise jeans cut my hips right in the middle. It’s not flattering, to put the situation lightly. If the rise of the jeans is just right, then the thighs are too small because the pants were built for a mannequin whose thighs and waist are both approximately the same size as each other and both roughly the width of a pencil: again, not the case with me. My waist is smaller than my thighs, so if the pants fit there, chances are they won’t fit somewhere else. This never-ending circle of pants anger threatened to place me in the realm of A-line skirts forever, until something happened last November that flipped my situation upside down.

I found them — the perfect pair of pants. Well, not perfect, but pretty darn close. My legs actually looked normal!

My hips were not cut in half at an awkward, hideous angle! I only needed a belt sometimes! There was only one problem: the price.

Yes, I do own a few pairs of these heavenly pants. I nearly had to part with my right arm in order to pay for them, but I’ve worked it out so that I sometimes get a pair as a gift during the holidays.

Or I save up and foot the bill myself. It’s a not-so-small small price to pay for having pants that fit — and to anyone for whom this article has hit home, feel free to email me, and I’ll hook you up with the name of these wonderful pants.

I’m still working on the belt issue, though — maybe someday I will find the perfect belt, and then all of my clothes-related troubles will be over.

But I think we all know that would be a true miracle.

Kacey Rayder is a junior majoring in English. She can be reached at Kacey.

Rayder@tufts.edu.

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We are students, professors, administrators, and staff, and we are just a few of the intelligent, creative, and supportive lesbian, gay, bisexual, same gender loving, queer, or transgender individuals who are part of the diverse Tufts community.

We invite you to join us in celebrating National Coming Out Day. Alon Agai, Philosophy '12  Matthew Alander, Undergraduate Admissions  Timothy Atherton, Assistant Professor of Physics  Michael Baenen, Office of the President  Sheryl Barnes, University Information Technology  Ben Baum, Undergraduate Admissions  Jocelyn Berger, The Fletcher School  Kara Bilotta, University Information Technology  Tom Bourdon, LGBT Center Director  Michelle Bowdler, Senior Director, Health and Wellness  Kathryn Burns, Institute for Global Leadership  Jeff Carbone, The Fletcher School  Will Carpenter, Political Science Major  Allister Chang, Senior  Andrew Collins, Junior  Pat Cordeiro, Athletics  Thom Cox, Tisch Library  LC (Laura Crossley), UEP graduate student  Jordan Dashow, Sophomore  Caleb Davis, Department of Philosophy  Mary Davis, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning  Laura DeAmato @TAB  Laura Doane, Undergraduate Studies  Trevor Donadt, Undergraduate Admissions  Michael Downing, English Department  Daniel Embree, Museum of Fine Arts  Steven Fenton, Boards of Overseers Program  Doug Ferraro, Human Resources  Hana Frankova, Fletcher School  Susan Fuller-DeAmato, Community Relations  Alex Freedman, senior, IR & Environmental Studies  Brian Ganson, Senior Fellow, CEME, The Fletcher School  Steph Gauchel, Women’s Center  Lincoln Giesel  Calvin L. Gidney, Associate Professor, Child Development  Lenny Goldstein, Tufts Hillel  Joe Golia, Campus Life  Branden Grimmett, The Fletcher School  Miles Grover  Belle Haggett, Bio/Music 2013, bisexual female  Kris Hameister, Junior  Aaron Hartman, Tufts LGBT Center  Ben Hescott, Computer Science  Julia C. Keller, School of Engineering  Heather Klish, University Library Technology  Leah Knobler, Student Services  Eleni-Alexandra Kontou, Graduate Student, Physics Department  Kris Manjapra, Faculty, History, member of the queer of color community  Rae Mansfield, UIT  Chris Mason, Sociology Major  Michael McLaughlin, Music Department  Phillip McMullen, The Fletcher School  Emily Mears, Staff Assistant LGBT & Latino Center  Stephen Meno, Senior  Ben Mesirow, Time Lord  Neil Miller, Lecturer in English  Heather Montana, Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences  Monica Mowery, Junior, Biology and Community Health  George Murphy, Gay Christian  Matthew Nelson, Ph.D. student in English  Marisel Perez, Associate Dean of Students  Matthew Ryan, freshman  Pedram Razghandi, badass bisexual bio major  C. Daniel Redmond, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of English  Michael Rogan, Music Librarian, Lilly Music Library  Laurence Senelick, Fletcher Professor of Drama and Oratory, FRAC Distinguished Scholar  Ben Serrano, 2013 Jumbo  Gina Siesing, University Information Technology  Christina Sharpe, Associate Professor, English & American Studies  Tony Smith, Political Science  Cindy Stewart, Experimental College  Jonathan Strong, English Department  Nandini Talwar, Psychiatrist, Tufts Counseling and Mental Health Service  Max Tanguay-Colucci  Kendrick Terrell Evans, fierce gay Jumbo  Nino Testa, Doctoral Candidate, English Department  Elaine D. Theodore, Health Education and Prevention Coordinator  Matthew Thompson, Undeclared Freshman  David Valdes Greenwood, English  Sabina Vaught, Education  Andrew Warburton, English Department  Keiko Zoll, Program Coordinator, Residential Life

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Huntington’s adaptation of Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ delights as satire with a twist by

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If you’re wondering where to look for quality musical theater, the answer is Boston University’s

Candide Written by Leonard Bernstein Directed by Mary Zimmerman At the Huntington Theatre through Oct. 16 Tickets $25 to $45 Huntington Theatre. Mary Zimmerman, known for adapting classical theater, directs Leonard Bernstein and Richard Wilbur’s musical “Candide” based on Voltaire’s novella, “Candide, ou l’Optimisme.”

Debuted in 1956, this incarnation successfully melds a complex score with genuinely witty lyrics, bold satire, boundless energy and even emotional depth. With aid from Zimmerman’s new adaptations, Bernstein’s upbeat score and Wilbur’s lyrics salute and parody operatic style, adding a dimension to the satiric arc. Overall, the production pays homage to tradition while making the show engaging and accessible.

Candide, a young man living with his wealthy relatives, learns from the philosopher Dr. Pangloss that because God can create an infinite number of worlds — and they live on this particular one — that this world must be “the best of all possible

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‘Candide’ is both moving and hilarious as a political satire. worlds.” This fatally optimistic mantra guides Candide’s journey, even when he discards it in pursuing his cousin Cunégonde.

In exile, he travels the globe and discovers war, deceit, lust, greed and a fair deal of pessimism. Along the way, he picks up a few friends, makes a few enemies and eventually reunites with Cunégonde, her brother Maximilian and Dr. Pangloss.

The show ends on a melancholy, yet appropriately optimistic note, as Candide and Cunégonde discover that although the world has its fair share of hardships, they can live happily together.

The ensemble and the principle characters seamlessly depict

Candide’s expedition. Geoff Packard, playing the title role, brings an appropriately youthful naivete to the part and performs the operatic score beautifully.

Despite Cunégonde’s shallowness, Lauren Molina endows her with an engaging energy, especially as she sings the faux aria “Glitter and Be Gay” from a bathtub. Larry Yando plays Dr. Pangloss as an endearing, if foolish, elderly gentleman overflowing with optimism — think Albus Dumbledore with more energy and less wisdom.

Other notable performances include Erik Lochtefeld as the flamboyant Maximilian, Tom Aulino as the pessimistic phi-

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losopher Martin and Rebecca Finnegan as the conniving Vanderdendur. The cast members impressively balance their characters’ roles with ensemble cohesion.

“Candide” relies on wit and slapstick humor, but concludes with a tender, sincere turn.

Worn from his travels, Candide has an epiphany, and announces, somewhat taken aback, that he is “no longer an optimist.”

Nevertheless, he realizes that relinquishing optimism does not equate misery. He and Cunégonde embark on a life together as they sing “Make see CANDIDE, page 6

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‘Biophilia’ defies expectations ‘Real Steel’ to melodious ends crumples Matthew Welch

Even on its third full listen, Björk’s “Biophilia” still turns up surprises. More so than any of her albums by

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Biophilia Björk Nonesuch since “Homogenic” (1997), “Biophilia” is a nuanced, mysterious album that only divulges its secrets after multiple solid listens. The lush production of the record gives it a depth that defies initial impressions. Every aspect of Björk’s varied sound is contained somewhere on this record: Her love of unusual acoustic instrumentation with improvised instruments, her meticulous usage of electronic elements and her keen ear for vocal harmonies are all evidenced in full.

The opener, “Moon,” begins with a descending harp melody that persists through most of the song. Björk soon throws an ominous electronic bass drum into the mix, recalling the sparse juxtaposition of acoustic and synthesized sounds that characterized past Björk classics like “Joga” from “Homogenic.”

Even though the song dwells on a handful of musical elements, they are in constant flux, repeating different phrases in an elaborate pattern that mimics the phases of the moon itself.

Since “Vespertine” (2001), Björk’s songwriting style has always favored free moving structures over more rigid verse/chorus forms. “Biophilia” is a testament to the strengths of this approach.

The listener never knows where the song is headed. Björk’s unusual sense of melody and harmony makes it impossible to predict the future of any of the tracks.

This is not to say that expectations aren’t fulfilled — they just rarely take the form one anticipated. One of the most satisfying things about “Biophilia” is how it plays with these expectations and subverts them to create an even richer musical experience.

No track exemplifies this principle more than “Crystalline.” The song opens with a delicately rhythmic line on the “gameleste,” a hybrid of a Javanese gamelan and a celeste, which Björk had built for the album.

Though the song goes through several repeated cycles in its initial phases, its conclusion peaks with one of the most unexpected moments in recent musical history. What starts as a relatively dainty track breaks down with one of the most aggressive samplings of the fabled amen break ever. For just a few moments, Björk goes into the same territory as Squarepusher and other IDM legends, all before finishing the track up and moving on to the next one.

“Biophilia” had a strange release strategy. Björk first released songs from the see BIOPHILIA, page 6

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As a rule, most films about giant, humanoid robots smashing each other to pieces are cheap, fun action flicks.

Real Steel Starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo Directed by Shawn Levy “Real Steel” is no exception, despite director Shawn Levy’s attempt to craft the film into something more meaningful.

Unfortunately, his efforts only manage to detract from the film, creating something that is part action, drama, humor, thriller and melodrama, which is altogether utterly confused as to its own tone.

Set in a future in which regular boxing has been replaced by robot boxing, “Real Steel” tells the story of Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), a has-been boxer down on his luck and trying to make a name for himself in this new sport. Paired with his confident and defiant son, Max (Dakota Goyo), the reluctant father makes his way through the robot-boxing underworld, learning what it means to be a parent while striving for the glory he’s always wanted.

Bailey Tallet (Evangeline Lilly), Charlie’s long-time friend and love interest, supports see STEEL, page 6

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rom Jay McInerney’s New York, let’s venture into a real depiction of the Big Apple with our first non-fiction book, a memoir by an artist about artists.

Here’s my breakdown: Author: Patti Smith Title: “Just Kids” (2010) Number of Pages: 304 in Ecco’s first edition Catalyst: Robert Mapplethorpe In my opinion, if being an artist is your profession, you’re pretty awesome. I sometimes daydream about running far from the academic quad and diving into the creative world. What’s more romantic than lounging about, meeting people at party after party and, later, making an impact by sharing all your experiences with everyone? Well, as Smith points out in “Just Kids,” there’s more to it than that. Really, being an artist is just as difficult as any other job, or, perhaps, even more so.

First thing’s first: Get on the Internet and type in “Patti Smith Robert Mapplethorpe Interview Magazine” in an image search.

Take a look at these people. They are amazingly cool. I want to be as cool as them — and I can sometimes delude myself into thinking I am — but really, have you met anyone as cool as this couple?

My favorite of the pictures is the one with Mapplethorpe on the left and Smith’s arm on his shoulder. They’re both kind of smoldering at the camera, Mapplethorpe in a dirty white shirt and Smith all in black.

They look really comfortable with each other, just standing in someone’s kitchen with a shelf of spices behind them.

Moreover, they look vibrant, eclectic and so freaking mysterious.

In “Just Kids,” Smith chronicles her young adult life; at 21, she moves to New York and meets Mapplethorpe, also 21. Her life there starkly contrasts her past. Born in Chicago, Smith grew up in New Jersey with modest means and was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. Yet, with Mapplethorpe — who also had a religious upbringing in a Catholic home — Smith constructed a new life, one that she desperately wanted. Together, they struggled for years before finally moving into the iconic Hotel Chelsea, where they met countless celebrated artists. The two created an enduring love that defied definitions.

With dogged determination and grit between them, Smith and Mapplethorpe did discover creative success. Nowadays, Smith is famous for charting the punk-rock scene, as well as her writing. She has inspired musicians like R.E.M., U2, Garbage, The Smiths and KT Tunstall, as well as actress Ellen Page. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Mapplethorpe, her friend and inspiration, became successful as a talented and controversial photographer. But back then, when they were our age, they were nobodies who took turns paying for dollar meals and worked random jobs to get by.

“Just Kids” is a heartwarming and heartbreaking tale, relevant to us for many reasons. As Millennials — a generation marked by entitlement — the struggles of these artists put our so-called roadblocks into perspective. Smith describes how one apartment was more like a warehouse; without a toilet in the premises, she’d utilize cups to get her through the shady night. Meanwhile, Mapplethorpe fights illness in hotel rooms without the aid of a hospital or medication.

Secondly, reading about living in the ’60s and ’70s while being artists and rubbing elbows with Andy Warhol’s crowd is a glamorous delight. The book’s crowning achievement is Smith’s ability to balance hardship and allure.

Finally, the human emotion captured between these pages is unparalleled. The pages ring true and triumphant — maybe because Smith wrote it for Mapplethorpe himself. Also, did I mention they’re really cool? And without even trying?

Alexandria Chu is a junior majoring in English. She can be reached at Alexandria.

Chu@tufts.edu.

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the pair throughout their matches.

Charlie and Max’s medium during battles is an old robot named Atom. Though Atom’s written off as outdated, he seems to share the underdog team’s determination.

With Atom in tow, the Kentons start their journey, and the film plummets toward its all too predictable ending.

Jackman, handsome and charming as always, does his best with the material presented to him. He even manages to develop some measure of chemistry on screen with Goyo. Unfortunately, Goyo’s performance, which calls to mind a young Anakin Skywalker from “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” (1999), squanders Jackman’s talent.

When the overconfident, seemingly mature child isn’t dancing like Justin Bieber inside the boxing ring or needing his father to save him, he is screeching his dialogue and putting the audience in literal pain.

The film isn’t aided by its slew of no-name actors either, especially since each is pumped with tacky dialogue. “Real Steel’s” decent actors, such as Anthony Mackie or Kevin Durand, aren’t utilized nearly enough, and Lilly is regrettably employed as strictly eye-candy.

The main issue with “Real Steel,” however, is its lack of tonal direction.

The film’s soundtrack demonstrates this fairly well. The movie opens by panning over Midwest fields at dusk with alternative singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch playing in the background. Three scenes later, Eminem is blasting while robots bash one another in seeming futility. Such haphazard transitions are devoid of any fluidity and are consequently rather unsettling.

The majority of the film progresses in this manner, shifting between moments of sentimentality, violence and weak humor without logical transitions. Furthermore, the dramatic moments are completely over emphasized, almost as

if Levy doesn’t realize the audience’s intelligence. The biggest issue is that Atom, the only character ever in real danger, is a robot. Despite numerous hints that he might actually have emotions, at the end of the day, he’s still just an expendable hunk of metal. Without any human repercussions, the scenes become exaggerated and melodramatic.

Some of the film’s finer points mar its composition as well. This film is rife with ethnic stereotyping, mainly involving the Japanese and technology; this becomes highly offensive at times. Furthermore, the amount of product placement is obnoxious.

Sprint, Bing, Xbox, Dr. Pepper, HP … it never stops! Perhaps Levy is trying to make a statement about consumerism in the future, but if he is, “Real Steel” isn’t deep enough to accomplish that feat.

The film also manages to ignore almost every issue that one might actually be concerned about in the future — climate change, global conflicts and resource scarcity, to

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Robotic Atom nearly comes alive in ‘Real Steel.’ name a few. Instead, it depicts a world only concerned about the outcomes of robot-boxing matches.

Though this film doesn’t intend to predict how the earth will turn out in a decade or so — the exact year of the film’s setting isn’t stated — it could have benefited by touching on a few of these issues.

Despite its many faults, “Real Steel” does have a few golden

moments. When Levy isn’t trying to turn a simple, cheap and fun sci-fi action flick into a melodrama, the movie is actually amusing.

The added enthusiasm of Jackman and Durand goes a long way, and frankly, the robot battles are entertaining. If you can see through “Real Steel’s” confused tone and ignore its poor dialogue, you might actually enjoy it.

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album as iPhone and iPad apps, placing the tracks within the context of strange mini-games that influenced the audio in different ways. While many were skeptical about how such a release pattern would affect the album’s conventional release, those fears can be safely put aside. Even though the songs may have been written with this interactive medium in mind, they are the most cohesive set of tracks Björk has released in years.

One of the most impressive achievements of the album is how utterly distinct each track is. Even after the first listen, the different moods and aesthetics of each song continue to stand out. Despite how unique each track is, they all coalesce

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‘Biophilia’s’ unpredictability is its greatest strength.

Huntington Theatre successfully revives Bernstein’s ‘Candide’ CANDIDE

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Our Garden Grow,” a heartbreakingly gorgeous song.

Packard sustains his energy throughout the show, conveying Candide’s revelation with the emotional gravity it demands. His Candide hasn’t lost his optimism — just his innocence.

The song’s rich orchestrations and aurally overwhelming harmonies are enough to soften any pessimist’s heart.

While the performances shine, the artistic design needs fuller collaboration. The show begins in a drawing room where Dr. Pangloss preaches about optimism; after the lesson, Candide’s world literally collapses.

As he is thrown out of the house, a painted backdrop and cutout chandelier fall, leaving Candide alone on stage in a large, woodpaneled room. The set’s vast, intimidating starkness conveys Candide’s isolation and the shock he experiences upon entering the real world. Furthermore, the set adds a dimension, shifting from a flat backdrop to a deep room.

From there, instead of entirely altering the stage, the wood background creates a blank slate that allows single elements to set the scene. The wood panels are not entirely neu-

tral, but they suffice. Some pieces add simple but substantial touches, such as a sign from a tavern that pops up along Candide’s route, translated into the language of the country he’s visiting.

In contrast, some pieces detract more than they add: for example, an actor wielding a “Lion King-esque” (1994) seagull on a pole when Candide travels by boat crowds. This piece of puppetry not only upstages the action, but also seems incongruent with the automated, mostly realistic scenery. Perhaps this prop would be more effective in larger venues, but it feels cramped on the Huntington’s stage.

Another noticeable artistic contrast lies in the lavish, period-specific costumes; though beautiful, they clash with the scaled-down set. Individually, most of the design elements work well, but together, they seem out of place. The incongruent designs are not altogether distracting — they’re just not as seamlessly executed as the performances.

Despite the mildly mismatched designs, this production successfully adapts Voltaire’s novella and delivers solid performances. For both “Candide” aficionados and anyone looking for a fun theater production, “Candide” excels. Be prepared for a fun time, and don’t be surprised when you find yourself moved.

beautifully, creating a unified album that is more than the sum of its parts. Part of this has to do with the brief silences that separate each song. Unlike previous albums, Björk wisely chooses to eschew the inter-track segues that permeated “Homogenic.” The brief gaps between each song build anticipation and cleanse the listener’s palette, making each song all the sweeter when it starts.

By the time “Biophilia” concludes, the listener has been legitimately taken on a journey, as cliched as that sounds.

Listening to the album straight through is one of the most immersive musical experiences to be had this year. Grab a good set of headphones, turn out the lights and enjoy the album from its first second to its last — you won’t regret it.

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Tuesday, October 11th at 6:00pm Dowling Hall Resource Library

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Monday, October 17th at 6:00pm Dowling Hall 745B Other Upcoming Tufts Programs Events:

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Among some of its more notable alumni, Tufts can claim former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (LA ’70), J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (LA ’78), eBay founder Pierre Omidyar (LA ’88), and “Wicked” (1995) author Gregory Maguire (GSAS ’90). Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass., LA ’81) is also on that list.

Thus, it came as a surprise last week when, in response to a comment made

by Democratic senatorial candidate and Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren concerning Brown’s nude spread in Cosmopolitan during his time in law school at Boston College, he announced that he had in fact graduated from “the school of hard knocks” and not from Harvard. Warren, by the way, did not attend Harvard as a student.

While we at the Daily are aware that we do not attend Harvard, Tufts is a far cry from the story Brown is telling.

Though Brown’s Jumbo pride could be categorized as questionable, the real intention of the comment was to make

Warren seem like an out-of-touch elitist, a common allegation made by politicians toward their opponents. We are less concerned about who — if anyone — is actually the elitist, and more about the fact that both sides of the aisle seem to have adopted the mentality that political leaders should be — or at least pretend to be — nothing more than the “average Joe.” From Sarah Palin to Michele Bachmann, it seems that every Republican is intent on proving how having his or her own reality TV show or being a successful tax lawyer or even having a college education does not, in fact, make them in any way out of the ordinary. There is a dangerous aversion in America away from leaders who appear too educated, too intelligent or, dare we say it, too qualified for their positions. While the beauty of the U.S. political system is that anyone can rise to become president, it does not mean that just anyone should be president.

It would not be right to advocate for

political leadership that is out of touch with the American public, but one would hope that those people whom we choose to be our leaders are above the average.

We would hope that the people who are making policy decisions that impact the entire American population are more educated, more eloquent, more experienced and more worldly than the common American citizen; that they will be able to make difficult and informed choices; that they will accomplish greater things than the average person and that they will avoid the mistakes that an average person might make.

So Scott Brown, we at The Tufts Daily — all hurt feelings and wounded pride aside — would like to remind you that you received a good education from a great university, that you have a degree from a renowned law school and that you shouldn’t have to sell yourself or your opponent short for being educated, qualified and knowledgeable — for being above the average.

the creation of an Africana studies department, among other goals. An Africana studies department would not completely overhaul Tufts curricula related to race and ethnicity because Africana studies is not race studies, black studies or AfricanAmerican studies, but instead provides a lens to view a variety of disciplines, such as economics, literature and philosophy, through the unique experience of the global African Diaspora.

The proposal that Dean Berger-Sweeney released this fall does not provide this.

Instead, it would place Africana studies under an umbrella that would also contain such varied fields as Latino/a studies, Asian-American studies, Judaic studies and perhaps even queer and gender studies. This grouping of identities does not create a place for in-depth and serious study of a unique field, namely, Africana

Studies. Many students involved last April, myself included, are unhappy with this proposal, and do not feel that Dean Berger-Sweeney listened to what changes we would like to see in the university curriculum. While I appreciate the attention paid to student activism on campus, I don’t believe the Daily accurately represented this particular action. I also don’t believe that Dean Berger-Sweeney’s proposal will fix problems in the curricula. It is rarely the case that change comes easily or in such a short time. For many students involved in the April Open House, Dean Berger-Sweeney didn’t seem to hear the chorus of voices calling for Africana studies after all.

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Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the article “Student activists bring what they learn in the classroom into campus policy” from Oct. 5, 2011. In the discussion of the 2011 April Open House action, the author misrepresents the goals of students involved and gives the false impression that Dean Berger-Sweeney’s new proposal for a program relating to comparative race and ethnicity was created as a direct response to their wishes. As a participant in that action, I hope to explain our aims, as I perceived them.

The students who were involved in April Open House were not asking for an “overhaul of the university’s approach to incorporating the study of race and ethnicity in its academic structure” but instead hoped to send a message to the Africana Studies Task Force in support of

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experience. A C-shaped and raised hand signifies a question, which, once acknowledged, is intoned through a most powerful megaphone: the People’s Mic. Here’s how it works: The inquiring person shouts “Mic Check,” and everyone within earshot then shouts the same. Then everyone within earshot of these shouters does, too.

Within seconds, you have a rippling wave of sound far louder and infinitely more beautiful to hear than any proper PA system could ever hope to be. Now, with everyone attentive and involved, the speaker shouts his or her question in fragments short enough to be easily heard and repeated until finished. The person addressed is then free to offer any response back with regular old electronic amplification.

If you’re still wondering what exactly is so extraordinary about the People’s Mic, let us explain. First of all, it works extremely well. More importantly, however, it distills the aim of the occupation — of reclaiming our access to equal and just representation — and gives life to it. The People’s Mic can put the voice of an individual into the throats and lungs of thousands, regardless of who that person is, where he or she comes from or has to say. For many of us involved in the occupation, our voices have never felt so loud, much less so listened to, as they have with the People’s Mic — and certainly not by voting.

To be clear: Most of us that do vote will not stop now that the occupation is underway. We do acknowledge that such conventional political expression still serves important functions in party politics at all levels of government. All that we intend to suggest by our explanation of the GAs, and especially by the example of the People’s Mic, is that there are other ways of doing democracy, vibrant and perhaps even viable ways. We, for our part, are taking these alternatives seriously — engaging and refining them so that when we are ready and able to take serious political action and make concrete policy proposals, we can be sure that they represent the will of the 99 percent, not just the lobbying dollars of the one percent.

Our suggestion is that you do, too.

If you’re uncertain about occupying, then at least join the conversation — go to Dewey Square, call a Mic Check and see what democracy looks and sounds like. That seems like a reasonable enough first demand.

t a recent Dewick breakfast, fellow freshman, the great Syed T. Habib, looked up from his copy of the Times to pose a question to the table.

“What is the national debt — really?”

I tried to give a simple but concrete definition: “Debt is what you owe. A national debt is just the amount that one nation owes.”

Yet this definition provoked more questions: “How do countries incur such massive amounts of debt? Does the debt ever have to be paid off? Doesn’t the national debt have an effect on the country’s citizens?”

I quickly realized that the national debt and its implications run far deeper than a simple definition. Nonetheless, my simple definition still stands: Debt is that which is owed. But to give a more in-depth explanation of the modern definition of national debt, we’ll travel back to Colonial America, a time before credits cards, standardized currency and, perhaps most shockingly of all, Ke$ha’s dollar sign really meant anything.

So what exactly was going on in Colonial America that involved debt, you ask? War; all wars cost money. When America set out to claim its independence from England, it required the firepower and funding to do so, and needed them quickly. So how does a country come up with a massive amount of capital in a short period of time? It takes out loans — in this case from France. In 1791, after the dust had settled and we had that “new country” smell, the first national debt figures were published. The debt stood at more than 75 million in 1791 dollars, which is equivalent to roughly $1.4 billion today.

Since the Continental Congress released this figure more than 200 years ago, the United States has constantly been in debt.

So how can we repay a loan if we’re already in debt? The answer again lies in Colonial America, where horses were awesome, everyone wore wigs and Congress was considering Benjamin Franklin’s proposal of naming the turkey our national bird.

Alexander Hamilton first proposed nationalizing (at this time individual states had individual debt) the debt in the 7th Federalist Paper in 1787, a favorite source of my high school history teacher. Hamilton argued that nationalizing the debt would both unite the states and give the colonies more credit in the eyes of foreign nations, even if we never paid all of it off.

Congress approved Hamilton’s system in 1791, and it remains largely in use today: Instead of entirely repaying the debt, the United States repays the old loans with smaller, new loans, gradually shrinking the debt over several decades. Although the United States has remained in debt since 1791, the money it owes now stems from more recent loans, not the initial loans made 200 years ago.

To handle this massive amount of debt, the United States created the Treasury in 1789. The Treasury constantly refinances by renewing the debt by selling bonds and securities to the public and corporations in the form of Treasury bonds, notes and bills. When they mature, the holder trades the security in for the face value of the bill. For instance, a Treasury bond can be bought for $100 today and redeemed for $105 in 30 years.

But doesn’t the national debt have an effect on the public? In short, the answer is yes, but in a much less significant way than most would expect. Many politicians claim that our country’s debt will “be a burden on future generations,” but when citizens buy bonds, they forgo money in the short term, not the long term. The only profound effect the debt can really have is if it prevents government from funding programs. Yet thanks to the handy tool of refinancing, the national debt has not stopped the United States from spending billions of dollars a year.

Danny Foster is a junior majoring in international relations. Josh Savala is a graduate student of history.

Walt Laws-MacDonald is a freshman who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at Walt.Laws_MacDonald@tufts.edu.

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Mic Check: Who wants to join us?

In response to the Oct. 3 editorial, “Occupy movement needs to grow up,” we’d like to begin by expressing some solidarity with our friends at the Daily. We believe that the skepticism expressed in the Daily and elsewhere is well-intentioned and justified, as the form and scope of these occupations are virtually unprecedented as a means of social and political organization, especially among the youth, in this country. Indeed, many of us involved in the occupation have had our moments of doubt and hesitation.

Nevertheless, there are some important points of clarification that we’d like to make in order to address, and hopefully assuage, such concerns.

Foremost among these are the issues of our message and our demands, which, the Daily was correct to note, are central to the long-term success of a social movement. The grievances expressed by participants in the occupation are many, diverse and, even this early on, common knowledge, so we will not address them in this space.

Whatever our grievances, though, our message so far has been quite clear: We have had enough of politics, and of business, as usual. And while the discussion of how best to generate and convey specific demands in response to this frustration is ongoing, it has not stopped us from beginning to enact a solution.

How can this be? Well, assume for the moment that our main grievance is the oft-cited failure of the state to act on behalf of its constituents, inundated as it has become with corporate money. ( This is only one of many explanations we might suggest, but in a political system in which corporations such as Koch Industries or Berkshire Hathaway, each estimated to earn over $100 billion annually, have political rights equal to those of actual, flesh-and-blood American citizens, it does not seem an especially drastic claim.) We express our frustration over this feeling of disenfranchisement first by the act of occupation itself. Before any substantive, goal-oriented action can take place, we must ensure that the political and economic actors we believe to be responsible for usurping our voices in the democratic process hear our complaints and engage them.

But because the persistent inability of traditional institutional processes (such as voting) to facilitate this conversation is exactly our complaint, we vote instead with our feet and with our bodies. These we carry to the by

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very doorsteps (or, more accurately, the front lawns) of the houses of corporate power, where those within will no longer be able to ignore us indefinitely. And when skeptics and antagonists try to forestall the dreaded dialogue with demands for more concrete demands, we again use our bodies — a truly just and fair form of political action and representation — to show them that a solution is in fact tenable. More specifically, we organize not vertically or hierarchically, but rather horizontally.

So what does horizontal democracy mean? It means that we reject the oppressive dynamics of having leaders and followers in favor of a system based on equality and consensus. In a horizontal democracy, every participant is entitled to speak and to have his or her voice heard with absolutely equal clarity and legitimacy. This way, everyone who wants to can be a leader, and not just figuratively.

The backbone of the occupations is a massive gathering of anyone present and interested, called a general assembly (GA). All important discussions, planning and decision-making occur at these GAs, or in smaller, interest-oriented and fully open working groups (including but not limited to media, medical, legal, food, tactics, sanitation, security and recess) which reproduce the horizontal organization of the larger body. Important questions, pertinent announcements, the occasional impassioned diatribe — all are made by speakers who simply have to sign up on a chronological list and wait for the microphone to be passed their way. Of course, the execution of so radical a model will never occur without missteps, but we learn from these so that every misstep is still a step closer to our goal of a truly horizontal democracy.

Members of the assembly, meanwhile, convey their reactions through a set of easy, identifiable and frankly fun hand gestures: hands up and fingers wiggling for support or approval, extended outward for uncertainty, and downward for disapproval ... and so on. These gestures make the general sentiment of the assembly visibly clear and voting by consensus exceptionally easy. Moreover, borrowed as many of these practices are from similar protest movements around the world, they locate us in a blossoming tradition of direct democracy, with practitioners of all imaginable ages, races and creeds, from Argentina to Italy to Spain to the Czech Republic and beyond.

Questions from members of the assembly get a special treatment, one that is actually astonishing to

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Women’s Soccer

Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville

Rediscovered intensity leads to resounding victory by

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On Saturday, the women’s soccer team scored twice in the first half and once more WOMEN’S SOCCER (4-1-1 NESCAC, 5-2-2 Overall) Kraft Field, Saturday Conn. College Tufts

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in the second to down Conn.

College 3-1 on Kraft Field, improving to 5-2-2 on the season. The win propelled the Jumbos into second place in the NESCAC standings, following losses by Williams and Middlebury.

Tufts had lost 2-0 to nonconference foe Endicott earlier in the week, and was determined to come out of the gates fast. The Jumbos did just that, pressuring the visiting Camels early and often.

In just the 10th minute, junior Alyssa Von Puttkammer sent a dangerous corner kick into the box. Senior co-captain Lauren O’Connor corralled the delivery and drilled it past freshman goalkeeper Natalie Signor, inside the far post, giving Tufts a quick lead.

“We’ve been working a lot on corner kicks, so on those we have a lot of people in the box bodying up against the defense,” Von Puttkammer said. “On Lauren’s goal it wasn’t much of a surprise that she was able to get on the other end of it and put

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Sophomore forward Maeve Stewart scored the Jumbos’ third goal of the day, sealing their win. it in.”

Tufts continued to dominate play throughout the first 45 minutes, and had the ball for the majority of the opening period. In the first half alone, the Jumbos outshot the Camels 17-4, and demonstrated the intensity that they lacked at Endicott last Tuesday.

They peppered Signor, forcing the first year netminder to make five saves for the Camels.

“We were all pretty disap-

pointed in ourselves from the Endicott game and we kind of wanted to channel that energy into playing as well as possible on Saturday, and that was one of our main motivations for how we played in the first half,” sophomore Maeve Stewart said.

“That’s the kind of soccer we want to strive to play every game for the rest of the season.”

Despite several close calls, however, the Jumbos

were unable to add to their lead until nearly 25 minutes later. Then, in the 33rd minute, senior Alix Michael took a pass from freshman Alina Okamoto. Michael used her left foot to boot a long-range shot up and over Signor to give the Jumbos a two-goal margin that stood as time expired in the first period.

“One of the things that [head coach] Martha see WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 12

Men’s Soccer

Tufts unable to overcome slow start against visiting Conn. College by

Matt Berger

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Following a slow start in its Oct. 3 home match against NESCAC foe Trinity, the men’s MEN’S SOCCER (2-2-2 NESCAC, 4-2-2 Overall) Kraft Field, Saturday Conn. College 0 0 0 0 — 0 Tufts 0 0 0 0 — 0

soccer team was saved in the 98th minute when freshman midfielder Kyle Volpe found a wide-open Gus Santos on the left wing.

Santos, also a first year midfielder, corralled the pass, took a couple of quick touches and beat Trinity senior goalkeeper Grant Schonberg at the near post to give the Jumbos a 1-0 sudden-death victory and a much-needed momentum boost after a 3-0 loss the day before against No. 4 Amherst.

Faced with the same situation on Saturday — as neither the Jumbos nor visiting Conn. College could even muster a first-half shot on goal — Tufts could find no answer in the second frame and subsequent overtime periods.

After 110 minutes of uninspiring offense, extremely physical defense and six yellow cards on a beat up Kraft Field, the Jumbos and Camels were forced to settle

for a 0-0 draw.

“I think we were definitely disappointed with the outcome,” senior tri-captain midfielder Matt Blumenthal said. “We felt that we were the better team, but I think that’s also a good thing because last year after a game like that, I think we might have felt satisfied with how we played. This year, we know that we can really win every game, so we certainly could have had a better result.”

One of the Jumbos’ biggest problems thus far has been their inability to create and finish chances in the attacking third. Tufts currently ranks seventh in the NESCAC with 13.38 shots per game and ninth in scoring with just nine goals overall.

In six conference matches, the Jumbos have scored only four goals, while powerhouses Wesleyan, Amherst and Williams have netted 14, 12 and 11 scoring tallies, respectively, in their NESCAC fixtures.

If the Jumbos want to join these teams at the top of the table and secure a bid to the conference tournament, they will have to find a way to be more dynamic offensively and capitalize on their limited opportunities.

“You’ve got to be a little more cold-blooded,” head coach Josh Shapiro said.

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see MEN’S SOCCER, page 14

Sophomore midfielder John Lewis had the best scoring chance of the game for Tufts, but airmailed his shot over the crossbar.

apanese children’s author Taro Gomi once wrote that everybody poops.

He should write a sequel informing America’s naive and reactionary sports fans that everybody curses.

Insults are harmful, racial epithets, damaging and backwards, but what about the occasional A-, B- or C-words that have inserted themselves into our everyday lexicon? When does casual slang transform into national outrage? The line, it seems, is drawn along the same boundaries that separate everyday citizens from celebrities.

On Saturday, Daily Executive Sports Editor Daniel Rathman wrote that he was tired of “athletes being blamed for dropping F-bombs on TV, and having to apologize for being excited about a big win. If you feel it’s wrong, blame the station for putting a mic and camera in front of them in the heat of the moment.”

Rathman is referring to the non-incident surrounding Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan, who said the F-word a few times during a postgame interview after his walk-off single sent Milwaukee into the NLCS. With the Miller Park crowd calling for “T-Plush,” Morgan’s overly confident entertainer of an alter ego, Morgan dropped a couple naughty words into TBS reporter Sam Ryan’s microphone, exhibiting a blatant disregard for America’s children.

That seemed to be the general consensus surrounding Morgan’s — or T-Plush’s — actions. He’s a renegade, people tweeted, a terrible role model who sets an example no child should dare emulate. This is about as idiotic as trying to ensure that your kid never curses by never cursing yourself.

Think about the flip side, about the video.

Ryan approaches Morgan and comments, “T-Plush, they’re calling you.” Morgan walks away from the microphone, inching closer to the stands to cheer with Milwaukee’s fans.

Ryan then thrusts the microphone into his face. One F-word ensues. Apparently that wasn’t enough for Ryan to remove the microphone. Two more come spilling out. It was a moment of jubilation, of pure candidness by a player who has become baseball’s most exciting personality east of San Francisco.

An interesting paradox exists within the public-athlete relationship. We crave for our sporting heroes to be more open, to eschew the cliched — “We gave 110 percent,” “Let’s take it one game at a time,” “We just have to work harder.” — for the charismatic. We plead for transparency yet moan when it crosses the line, when emotion manifests itself in words arbitrarily decided as taboo.

The Brewers are, as a whole, a boisterous bunch, the perfect foil to the all-business St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS. Excitement won out in Game 1; the Brewers turned a 5-2 deficit into an 8-5 lead on three at-bats in the fifth inning. Morgan was entered as a pinch-hitter in the seventh, striking out swinging.

But that strikeout hardly matters in the grand scheme of things anymore. Morgan could go the rest of the postseason without an at-bat and he would still maintain that polarizing charm exhibited in the NLDS. Like the rest of the Brewers, he has built an identity — one that’s rallied a city and called attention to a dangerous team.

Whether his reputation becomes predicated on cursing is up to us. When discussions emerge about today’s youth, words like “sheltered” and “entitled” are inevitably associated alongside them.

Role models cannot curse. Idols are built on the notion of perfection, hoisted onto a pedestal by glorified images of athletic prowess and model citizenship. Babe Ruth was a womanizer and a drunk, yet the media covered up his off-the-field actions.

That cannot happen with players like Nyjer Morgan. Controversy, not idolatry, drives today’s sports media. If Morgan wants to embrace his inner T-Plush, then fine. If he realizes the consequences of cursing on national television and then actively rejects them, then that’s a personal choice.

Now it’s up to us to realize that too.

Alex Prewitt is a senior majoring in English and religion. He can be reached on his blog at http:// livefrommudville.blogspot.com or followed on Twitter at @Alex_Prewitt.

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Football

Inexperience at key positions pushes losing streak to 10 Despite 0-3 start, Jumbos staying positive, patient by

Ben Kochman

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For a fleeting moment on Saturday, the football team looked like a team capable of ending its FOOTBALL (0-3 NESCAC, 0-3 Overall) Ellis Oval, Saturday Bowdoin Tufts

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nine-game losing streak, which dates back to last season’s homecoming loss to Bates.

With 8:34 remaining in the fourth quarter, junior Dylan Haas returned a Bowdoin kickoff back to the Polar Bears’ 27. On the first snap of the drive, senior quarterback Johnny Lindquist — in only his third collegiate start and with just one touchdown pass in his career — confidently planted and hit junior receiver Mike Howell in stride on a deep post in the end zone.

If a spectator had walked in at just that moment, they would have been forgiven for believing that Saturday was the day when Tufts football finally flipped the script, the day things clicked for a team with inexperienced players at many key positions.

But then they would have looked at the scoreboard, and seen an all-too-familiar line for fans of the brown and blue: Bowdoin 20, Tufts 6.

“I think it’s hard when you put in as much work as these guys have, and it’s just, the outcome of the game isn’t what they want, isn’t what we want. We want to win games,” interim head coach Jay Civetti said after the loss.

“Part of it is understanding, hey, we have a lot of work to do as a team,” he said. “We just aren’t a great team yet, in terms of executing and making the outcome fortuitous for us. But in terms of staying together, in terms of rallying each other, in terms of keeping pushing, there wasn’t a kid on that field who didn’t give it his all. You would have thought it was a tie game, or we were ahead — it didn’t matter.”

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Senior quarterback Johnny Lindquist (above) threw two red-zone interceptions that were returned 99 yards the other way for touchdowns in Tufts’ 27-6 loss to Bowdoin on Saturday.

Tufts last won a football game one year and two weeks ago. But even as the losses pile up, the Jumbos are doing their best to stay positive after starting a season 0-3 for the first time in the NESCAC era. The only choice, echoed players and coaches after Saturday’s 27-6 loss, is to keep working and keep growing. “[The mood in the locker room was] I guess somber, [but] you can’t really dwell on s--t like that too much, because every game is its own entity.

It’s not like we play playoffs,” senior linebacker Zack Skarzynski said. “I mean, everybody’s pissed off that we lost the game. If a couple plays go different ways we’re at least in it, or gonna win it.”

For much of the first half Saturday, Tufts was more than just in the game; the Jumbos were arguably outplaying the Polar

Player of the Week

Rand earns second weekly NESCAC honor For the second time this season, junior Matt Rand earned the title of NESCAC men’s cross country Performer of the Week, this time for his finish at the All New England Championships on Saturday.

Rand crossed line of the 8,000-meter course in sixth place overall among New England’s top Div. I, II and III athletes.

He was the first NESCAC and Div. III athlete to finish, and he logged a new personal best time of 24:55 — his first ever under 25 minutes.

Rand edged out Middlebury’s Michael Schmidt by just one second to secure the spot as the top runner in the conference, a showing that led Tufts to an eighth-place finish among 43 teams and third among Div. III schools behind Middlebury and MIT. Rand’s sixth-place finish matched the Jumbos’ best individual result in the last five years and was a huge jump from past two results — 54th and 103rd, respectively. Just four weeks into the season, Rand holds half of the Performer of the Week honors — the first for his victory at the Maine Invitational on Sept. 17 with his previous best 8k time of 25:05 — and looks to be in top form as the Jumbos prepare for their championship season, which begins with the NESCAC Championships on Oct. 29.

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Bears. Tufts had 113 yards of total offense in the first two quarters to Bowdoin’s 104, including 81 yards through the air.

With 10:43 remaining in the half and the game still scoreless, Tufts was on an eight-play, 46-yard drive down the field to the Bowdoin fiveyard line when the tides turned.

Lindquist, whose greatest asset as a quarterback might be his ability to keep plays alive with his legs, scrambled to his right and was hit as he threw.

Polar Bears sophomore linebacker Joey Cleary snagged the interception and took it 99 yards the other way for a touchdown.

Bowdoin never looked back.

“I’m not sure exactly how many times we’ve been down there in the red zone as a team this season, but that’s exactly how many times he’s been down there as our

quarterback,” Civetti said.

Lindquist had a chance to redeem himself in the red zone in the fourth quarter, as Tufts put together another impressive drive inside the Bowdoin 10, this time down 20-6 and looking to make it a one-possession game. On thirdand-goal and under pressure again, Lindquist showed a bit of savvy by throwing the ball away. But on the next snap, his desperation throw ended in yet another interception return for a score, marking the first time in Div. III history that two interceptions have been run back at least 99 yards for touchdowns.

“He understands that anytime we get into the red zone, that’s a feat in itself against a good defense,” Civetti said. “That’s a great thing and the last thing we want to do is have turnovers or take a sack, because that’s points.

At the end of the game, we had to throw it. If we ran, the clock would have kept running and we wanted a chance to score, get the ball back and do it again.”

Civetti brought in Lindquist’s backup, junior John Dodds, for the final drive of the game, which ended in a three-and-out. The interim head coach downplayed the possibility of the battle for the starting job reopening.

“He gets a shot every day,” Civetti said of Dodds. “Johnny’s done a nice job. I’m not pulling any fire alarms. We’re going to keep doing the same thing that we’re doing.”

On defense, Skarzynski led the way with 16 tackles as Tufts let up 190 rushing yards to a Polar Bears team that thrives on its ground game. Bowdoin was able to put together a couple of long drives in the second half to close the game out, but more than anything else it was Lindquist’s two costly interceptions that turned the game in the Polar Bears’ favor.

“We knew that they would be prepared; they had us very well scouted,” Bowdoin starting quarterback Grant White said.

“Throughout the game, they were yelling out the plays we were running, from the sideline and from the players. They were very well coached and had us well-scouted, but we just executed a little bit better than they did today.”

Tufts will have to improve quickly to compete in its next two games, which are against 3-0 Trinity on Homecoming Weekend, and perennial conference power Williams in two weeks.

The team plans to stick with its game plan, and keep working hard in practice toward getting that elusive first win.

“You’ve got guys here that fight for each other — and I’m not just saying that because we’re O-andthree — you have to recognize that stuff in order to get better,” Civetti said. “We’ll put the film on, see where we need to make corrections. We’ve got a great opponent next week, we’ll be back home again and get another chance at it.

It’s been only three games, and my mentality isn’t changing.”

Jumbos to face MIT on Tuesday Women’s Soccer continued from page 11

[ Whiting] said to us was, ‘Everything you wish you could have given to the Endicott game, give it now,’” Von Puttkammer said. “That kind of got us pumped up and we used our frustrations to come out really strong against Conn. College.”

Early in the second half, Tufts, still playing with a sense of urgency, looked to add on to its lead, and Stewart stepped up to answer the call. In the 51st minute, senior Jamie Love-Nichols tapped a pass to Stewart, who buried a shot in the back of the net for the Jumbos’ third tally of the day.

Stewart’s insurance goal was comforting but ultimately unnecessary, as the Jumbos’ defense allowed only one slipup for the remainder of the afternoon.

Fifteen minutes after Tufts

extended its lead to 3-0, Conn. College freshman Astrid Kempainen assisted on teammate Grace Bilodeau’s sixth goal of the season, which she buried past junior keeper Phoebe Hanley.

“It was pretty disappointing that they scored on us. I think we played so well that we maybe got a little complacent,” Stewart said. “Our goal is really to keep our focus and keep playing our game at the level we want to play for the full 90 minutes.”

The 3-1 mark held for the remainder of the second half, but Tufts’ first-half performance was far more dominant than its play in the second period.

While Tufts’ defense limited the Camels to just one goal, Conn. College improved markedly in the second period.

Hanley was forced to make two saves to preserve the margin, and the Camels also out-

shot the Jumbos in the second 45 minutes.

“Right now we’re just trying to score goals,” Von Puttkammer said. “That’s the biggest thing. And we just want to play with heart and use the first half against Conn.

[College] as a model [for] how we can play and just bring that for the next few games.”

Today, the Jumbos will travel to MIT for a non-conference matchup with the Engineers. The Jumbos will look to bounce back from last week’s non-conference loss and tack on their sixth win of the season.

“Last year we didn’t get an atlarge bid to the NCAA tournament, so all of the out-of-league games are very important to us this year,” Stewart said.

“That’s definitely a motivation for Tuesday’s game and it will also prepare us for our future NESCAC games.”

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Notebook: Diminishing returns

Polar Bears ice Jumbos with back-breaking Interceptions by

Alex Prewitt

Daily Editorial Board

Dave Caputi knows statistics are everywhere, but Bowdoin’s football coach keeps track of a simple few: turnovers, explosive plays and touchdown efficiency in the red zone.

The Polar Bears passed with flying colors in those categories on Saturday.

With their offense stalling in the first half against Tufts, a pair of sophomore linebackers stepped up. The Jumbos had just driven down to the Bowdoin 5-yard line and, on 2nd-and-goal, senior quarterback Johnny Lindquist found himself flushed out of the pocket by Bowdoin’s Griffin Cardew, who hit Lindquist as he threw. Joey Cleary picked off the pass and scampered 99 yards down the far sideline for the touchdown, giving Bowdoin a 7-0 lead and recording the longest play in the Polar Bears’ 120-year history.

Cardew must have wanted a piece of the action. On 4th-and-goal from the Bowdoin 6-yard line in the fourth quarter, the sophomore one-upped Cleary, intercepting Lindquist at the goal line and taking it back for a 100-yard return, sealing his team’s 27-6 win.

It is believed to be the first time in Div. III history that one team had two interception returns of 99 yards or more in a single game.

“That’s some guys making some

great plays, doing a good job in a lot of the things we’ve been coaching,” Caputi said. “We’re doing some things a little bit differently, and that was a great effort on some young guys’ parts.

They’re both playing new positions this year, so they’re both getting their feet wet and starting to make some plays.

We’re excited about their development and how the defense has been playing.”

The Jumbos had been rolling upfield until Cleary’s game-changing interception. Lindquist put together an eightplay, 46-yard drive that included consecutive completions of nine and 14 yards to sophomore running back Ryan Pollock, a 12-yard scamper himself and a 22-yard pass to junior receiver Dylan Haas.

Given that Bowdoin’s offense had mustered just 43 yards on 15 plays in the first quarter, the defense stepped up in a big way.

“The first play got us on the board early, [and] especially Tufts’ defense was playing well, giving [the offense] a hard time,” said Cleary, the NESCACs Defensive Player of the Week. “But our offense picked it up from there and we were able to keep rolling off that. If the offense is struggling, the defense has to put the team on our backs.”

Caputi returns Four years after graduating from

Middlebury, Caputi latched on as the Jumbos’ quarterbacks’ and secondary coach under then-head coach Duane Ford. The luster of returning to the Hill hasn’t been lost on Caputi in his 12th season with the Polar Bears.

“I was just a young guy fresh out of college, and I was here at a good time with some really good football players,” Caputi said. “It’s fun to come back here and reconnect with those guys, because now that we look back at it now, we’re all the same age, we’re all middle-aged men. I had a lot of fun here.”

Indeed, during Caputi’s tenure, Tufts went from a 0-7-1 team in 1984 to a 7-1 squad in 1986. He left the Jumbos to become Williams’ offensive coordinator for 13 seasons, helping the Ephs to an 88-13-3 record over those years, including four undefeated campaigns.

Injuries, returns The revolving door of injured Jumbos continued on Saturday, as senior tricaptain linebacker Nick Falk made his return after suffering a high ankle sprain during a preseason scrimmage against Bowdoin. Falk, the team’s leading returning tackler from 2010, had one tackle for a 2-yard loss in sparse playing time.

Junior Mike Howell, meanwhile, caught a 27-yard touchdown pass — the Jumbos’ only score of the afternoon — from Lindquist on a post pattern

in the fourth quarter. Howell missed the season-opener versus Hamilton and had one catch for 20 yards against Bates last week, but made his presence felt versus Bowdoin.

“Mike, he just got back after ... an injury, caught a great pass, but that’s the expectation from that position,” Tufts interim head coach Jay Civetti said. “Your job is to catch passes and score touchdowns. I was happy that we scored. He did a nice job.”

On the flip side, senior defensive end Nick Croteau went down with what appeared to be an elbow injury and was put into a sling for the rest of the game.

He finished the game with six tackles, including one for a loss of 11 yards.

Croteau, whose status was uncertain as of press time, leads the team with 3.5 tackles for a loss and is the only Tufts player to record a sack.

Quick hits JumboCast founder Steve Clay (A ’90) made his return to the broadcast booth, calling the game for Tufts’ sports webcasting group. Clay founded JumboCast in 2001, but he hadn’t called a Tufts game since he traveled to Trinity in 2007 for the football team’s 1,000th contest.

Cleary and Cardew wound up on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” top-10 plays at No. 4 and No. 3, respectively, for their historic interception returns.

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Jumbos second in NESCAC heading into home stretch by

David McIntyre

Daily Editorial Board

The volleyball team emerged from its only home NESCAC weekend of the year with a pair of straight-set victories over Amherst on Friday and Middlebury VOLLEYBALL (6-1 NESCAC, 14-3 Overall) Cousens Gym, Saturday Middlebury Tufts

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on Saturday. With the two wins, Tufts improved its winning streak to five and launched itself to second place in the conference standings.

The Middlebury match was a dominant display from Tufts, as the Jumbos held the Panthers below 16 points in all three sets, en route to a 25-13, 25-15, 25-12 victory. The victory was made even more impressive given that Middlebury had won five straight matches coming into Saturday’s match and had a 3-1 record in the NESCAC, good for fourth in the conference.

The first set against the Panthers was a sight to behold for the Jumbos, who finished with a remarkable 17 kills and a .333 hitting percentage. The dominant attacking had Middlebury immediately back on its heels, and the Panthers only managed eight kills with six errors in the frame.

“I’m extremely pleased [with] the way that we’ve come together as a team, and it really showed this weekend,” senior tri-captain Lexi Nicholas said. “But that being said, we’re still focused on working on the process and doing the little things right so that we can improve even more.”

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Junior setter Kendall Lord had eight of Tufts’ 16 service aces in victories over Amherst and Middlebury last weekend.

Tufts outperformed Middlebury in almost every statistical category, leading in kills, digs, assists, hitting per-

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centage and aces. It was probably the Jumbos’ most complete performance of the season, and nothing pleased the team more than doing it in front of the home crowd on the team’s parents’ weekend.

“Playing in front of the parents was just really cool,” Nicholas said. “Some people had siblings and relatives here, and I think it made it more comfortable and more fun for us to play.”

The Jumbos never even got close to losing a set during the weekend after

the first frame in Friday’s match against Amherst. The set featured four ties and two lead changes, and the Lord Jeffs actually took the lead at 10-8 before Tufts retied the frame and never trailed for the rest of the match. After Amherst pulled to within 22-20, the Tufts defense stiffened, and the Jumbos won three of the next four points to take the set.

In comparison, the second and third sets of the Amherst match were a breeze for the Jumbos, as they took big leads both times and put away any hopes of an Amherst rally. Capitalizing on large advantages was a focus for the Jumbos coming in, as they wanted to avoid being victimized by another large comeback the way they were against Bowdoin, when they let an 11-1 lead slip away and eventually lost the match in straight sets.

“I think the key was coming out with a sense of urgency from the very start of the match,” junior setter Kendall Lord said. “We’ve really focused on being more consistent and getting through those ups and downs so we can continue to play our game.”

Tufts’ young, balanced team was again on display in the Amherst match, with the Jumbos having four players with at least eight kills and four players with at least nine digs. Freshman Hayley Hopper led the way with 15 kills.

In contrast, the Lord Jeffs, who substituted much more frequently than the Jumbos, got very solid contributions from senior Cristy Meier, with 16 kills, and junior Kristin Keeno, with 21 digs — both match highs — but could not find much production from their other players.

“I think we’re playing the best we’ve played since I’ve been on the team,” Lord said. “I’m so impressed with the whole team, not just the freshmen but the captains as well. We tried to keep the tempo up and the momentum on our side, and we really succeeded.”

The team will have no time to rest on its laurels, however, as the Jumbos immediately take on Colby-Sawyer at home tomorrow. Tufts will then travel to Trinity for a pair of critical NESCAC games with Wesleyan and the host Bantams that will go a long way toward determining where Tufts finishes in the final conference standings.

“Obviously we have some important games coming up,” Lord said. “But if we continue playing the way we’re playing, the sky’s the limit.”

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“Sometimes you’re not going to get 10 chances, you’re going to get four, and you’ve got to find a way to take one of those and make a play.”

Another concern for Tufts is a continuing trend of slow starts. The Jumbos haven’t scored a first-half goal in their last four matches and have only gone into halftime with a lead twice this season.

In the first 45 minutes against Conn.

College, the Jumbos failed to record a shot on goal, as they spent too much time battling for possession with the physical Camels in the center of the field.

“I was very frustrated with our start,” Shapiro said. “I thought we were flat and lacked energy. When that happens, you’re not getting the ball down as much, and you end up in a lot more physical battles. It took 60 minutes before we really got going, and that makes it a lot harder towards the end.”

Once the Jumbos started holding the ball offensively, they were able to find seams in the Camels’ defense.

Tufts’ best chance came midway through the second half when freshman midfielder Kento Nakamura gave Volpe a chance to set up a play. Volpe sent the ball deep in the box to junior John Lewis, who had a good shooting opportunity, but the right-winger sent the ball high, leaving Tufts frustrated once more.

On a positive note, the Jumbos’ defense is beginning to establish itself

as one of the best in the conference, recording its fourth shutout of the season.

Tufts has typically gone with a fiveman rotation on the back line, made up of freshmen Peter Lee-Kramer and Sam Williams, sophomore Ben Ewing and juniors Michael Walker and tri-captain Pat Bauer.

After starting Saturday’s game on the bench, Williams, typically a center back, showed off his versatility by playing the rest of the match at right back to counter the Camels’ most explosive offensive threat, senior midfielder Oscar Brown.

Williams neutralized Brown and again earned high praise from teammates.

“He did a great job,” Blumenthal said.

“It was obviously a shutout, but [Brown] didn’t have any chances whatsoever, and Sam’s been playing absolutely great this season. He can do a lot at both outside back and center back.”

The Jumbos, who are now 4-2-2 overall, return to action today with a nonconference home match against UMass Dartmouth. Last season, the Corsairs scored three times against Tufts — the last goal coming in overtime — to hand the Jumbos a tough 3-2 loss.

Unlike the Camels, the Corsairs prefer a more open offensive style, which will put the emphasis on Tufts’ play at the back.

“Coach has said that they’re very good offensively,” Blumenthal said, “So our defense will have to be on their game again if we want to come away with the win.”

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