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Monday, October 24, 2011

VOLUME LXII, NUMBER 31

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Phase I of Dental School renovation complete by

Melissa Wang

Contributing Writer

The School of Dental Medicine last month completed the first stage of its renovation by unveiling its newly designed second floor for student, staff and patient use, according to Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs James Hanley.

The second floor of the building, which is located on Tufts’ Boston campus, now boasts increased clinical space for the graduate school’s four-year Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) program, Hanley said.

The addition of 53 new treatment rooms enlarged the DMD clinic capacity by 50 percent, he noted.

“It was a major renovation in which we basically stripped everything down to the bare walls, rebuilt it and installed the latest state-of-the-art dental equipment,” Hanley said.

The renovation project began in November of 2010, following

the completion of a five-story vertical expansion project in 2009, which allowed for greater space for patient treatment and post-graduate programs.

With the 53 new and more intimate treatment rooms, the academic clinical area is now organized more like a real dental practice, according to Robert Quigley, a principal at ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, whose firm was responsible for the re-design project.

“I think what’s beneficial is that we have more clinical availability, so that allows us to be more efficient in patient treatment and management,” Division Head of Operative Dentistry and Clinical Associate Professor Peter Arsenault said.

Arsenault’s department, the Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, is one of the programs now housed on the building’s second floor. see DENTAL, page 2

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Monaco inaugurated as 13th university president Amid pomp, circumstance and a resounding verse of “Tuftonia’s Day,” Anthony Monaco was inaugurated as Tufts’ 13th university president on Friday. “If we focus on shared goals and integrate our activities across schools, we can greatly amplify Tufts’ impact on society,” he told the crowd of students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the Board of Trustees.

Evening showcases importance of performing arts in peacebuilding

by Julianna

Ko

Contributing Writer

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The City of Somerville’s initiatives to improve pedestrian safety and accessibility resulted in the area being named the 10th-most walkable city in the nation last month.

Somerville named 10th-most walkable city in the nation by

Alex Kaufman

Daily Staff Writer

Somerville last month was named the 10th-most walkable city in the country, following on the heels of successful initiatives by the City of Somerville to make the area more pedestrian-friendly.

Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone has over the past several years spearheaded large-scale projects designed to make Somerville more walkable with the aim of improving the health, safety and economy of the city.

“The city has been working to

improve walkability for eight years,” Somerville’s Director of Parks and Open Space Arn Franzen told the Daily. “When the Mayor came in, it was one of his main agendas.”

The initiatives were recognized

by Walkscore.com, a website that ranks cities based on how easy it is for its residents to travel without the use of a car. The website ranked Somerville the 10th-most walkable city with a population over 10,000 and fifth for cities with populations greater than 70,000.

The website bases the ranking of a city on the Walk Score it assigns each individual resident. Rankings

range from 0 — meaning a resident is car-dependent and requires a car for almost all errands — to 100, indicating that a resident does not require a car for any daily errands.

One-hundred percent of Somerville’s residents received a Walk Score of at least 70, which means that most errands can be done by foot.

Regional Active Transit Director Nicole Rioles noted that the city’s new initiatives involved efforts to increase the city’s accessibility for all people, including those with

Inside this issue

see WALKABLE, page 2

Artists, peacebuilders, students and educators gathered last night in Distler Performance Hall for the Boston premiere of “Acting Together on the World Stage,” a documentary about artistic groups around the world who use creativity in the performing arts to address conflict resolution.

Libana, a local women’s world music ensemble, opened the program with a musical performance of pieces from countries including Bulgaria and India.

Audience members then participated in a candle lighting ritual, symbolizing the arts’ uplifting, hopeful nature as well as the interaction of performers and audience members characteristic of the performing arts.

The documentary screened during the event is a product of Acting Together, a collaborative six-year project between Brandeis University and Theatre Without Borders, a New York-based theater group focused on connecting artists around the world.

“Our goal is to document the contribution of ritual and theater to peacebuilding … and to support artists and peacebuilders to collaborate and to understand how their work can strengthen each other,” Cynthia Cohen, producer of “Acting Together on

the World Stage” and director of Brandeis University’s Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts told the Daily in an interview.

Film director Allison Lund herself became involved in the project as she was filming a documentary on the Yuval Ron Ensemble, a group that fosters creative collaboration between different cultures, ethnic groups and religions of the Middle East.

She said the Acting Together project demonstrates the healing power of the arts.

“It’s really based on the idea that communities have the creative capacity to transform conflicts nonviolently,” Lund told the Daily in an interview.

Cohen noted that collaboration between peacebuilding and the arts is instrumental in bringing about change.

“There are artists in many toxic regions all around the world who are given a lot of peacebuilding tasks, like speaking truth to power and resisting abuses of power in creative and nonviolent ways, like building bridges across differences, like grieving losses and helping communities address painful legacies in ways that they can move into the future,” she said.

Senior Emily Pantalone, who was responsible for organizing logistics for the evening, believes there is a need for this collaboration. see ACTING, page 2

Today’s sections

A look at the way Tufts measures diversity.

Volleyball goes into its final week after another victorious weekend.

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see SPORTS, page 11

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Student groups discuss education inequity in open forum Sharon Lam

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Students and representatives from six organizations on Friday discussed education inequality and reform in an open forum held in the Rabb Room of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.

Organizations present included Teach for America (TFA), Tufts Education Society, LIFT, The Roosevelt Institute, Generation Citizen and Peer Health Exchange. Seniors Marysa Sheren and Allison Hoffman, Tufts campus campaign coordinators for TFA, moderated the bagel brunch forum.

Conversation topics included standardized testing, the theory and practice of civic education in public schools and what constitutes a “true education.”

“There’s a disparity in academic performance between children who come from low-income families and from more affluent backgrounds,” Sheren said.

Participants also discussed the sometimes-negative connotation associated with teaching and the evolving charter school movement.

Hoffman, who has also worked as both a coordinator and health educator for Peer Health Exchange, said the forum was designed to consider solutions to disparities in the education system.

“What we’re trying to address is that TFA is a viable solution, but there are other ways to go about addressing this issue,” she said. “I believe [education inequity] is a solvable problem and it’s not something we can write off.”

Co-Coordinator for Generation Citizen Kira Hessekiel, a junior, saw the forum as an opportunity for organizations and individual students to exchange ideas.

Generation Citizen is a program through which college students serve as mentors and implement civic education programs in schools.

“We’re just looking to have an open and real discussion about what it’s like to ... be a teacher in a school where there are limited resources, the challenges involved in educational inequity and the myriad [of] ways and ideas that exist in the world of education reform,” Hessekiel said.

The forum served a dual purpose of bringing student groups together to generate conversation and garner interest for positions with these organizations in light

of their upcoming recruitment periods, according to Sheren.

TFA’s third-round application deadline for teaching positions is on Oct. 26.

“Tufts has been written up as one of the top contributing communities to TFA,” Sheren said. “There’s a lot of untapped potential at Tufts and I think a lot of people who don’t know about the organization and have some misconceptions.”

As the discussion drew to a close, Hoffman alluded to the possibility of more forums in the future, judging from general interest.

“In my past four years at Tufts I haven’t seen anything like this before,” she said.

“People are coming together from different perspectives … it’s really cool to get everyone together and talk about something that really matters.

Acting Together highlights power of performing arts in promoting peace ACTING

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Pantalone became involved in the Acting Together project because she felt the emotional aspect of conflicts and post-conflict environments were not adequately addressed in the international system of state building and peacekeeping.

“I got really fed up with everything I was learning about nation-building and state-building processes because they focused so much on economics and development and government,” she said in an interview.

Following the film screening, a panel discussion of leading experts and activists in the field discussed the meaning of cultural diplomacy.

Panelists shared a general consensus that involving the performing arts

in diplomacy allows people to access their expressive potential and bring about more lasting change.

The film is one step in a larger movement to bring people together to share and discuss the artistic power of performance and the strategic power peacebuilding, Cohen said.

“I hope that people will feel inspired by meeting courageous artists that are featured in this field,” Cohen said.

“I hope that people leave with more confidence in the resilience of human communities and human beings and our ability to find creative ways to address the conflict and divisions in our community.”

“It’s really a celebration of creativity in zones of violent conflict, where so much energy is devoted to destruction,” she said.

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Women’s musical ensemble Libana kicked off last night’s event focused on the importance of the performing arts in peacebuilding.

Somerville recognized for initiatives to improve city’s walkability

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disabilities, and to ensure the safety of pedestrians.

“Design considerations have been put in place, especially with intersections and road designs,” she told the Daily. “Crosswalks have been made more visible so that they are safer for kids walking to school.”

Rioles said that the mayor partnered with the City of Somerville’s Departments of Planning and Building, Police, School, Traffic and Parking to discuss an optimal plan of action to make the city more accessible and safe.

Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Justin Hollander noted that Somerville’s “walkability” makes it a more environmentally-friendly community.

“The more walkable a city is, the less people

need to depend on driving cars and other modes of transit. It’s the most sustainable method of transport and creates no green house emissions,” Hollander said. “Walkability promotes free and sustainable modes of transport.”

During his tenure, then-University President Lawrence Bacow was involved in the city initiatives designed to make Somerville more accessible for families and Tufts students, Hollander said.

“Larry Bacow was an urban planner himself and Tufts should get a lot of credit, as well the students pushing for this agenda,” Hollander said.

Increasing a city’s walkability has other fringe benefits, Rioles added, like fostering a more active and closer-knit community.

“Walkability makes people healthier, more physically active, and air quality improves,” she said. “There is less driving, and the cul-

ture of the city is great. You see people smiling, engaging each other on the street; it’s a much more social place on the sidewalk since people are out and about.”

Hollander added that the increased sense of community created by a more pedestrianfriendly environment can break down racial, ethnic and other stereotypes.

“Chance encounters with people on the street breaks down stereotypes, and people become less prejudiced because they encounter people who are different than they are more often,” he explained.

The economy of Somerville can also be positively affected by the city’s new initiatives, according to Hollander.

“It helps to create centers within the city like commercial centers, such as Davis Square and Union Square,” Hollander said. “People are more likely to walk into shops and business, so it keeps the business at home.”

Visiting the Hill this Week MONDAY “Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto” Details: Matthew J. Hoffman, associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto, will host a discussion of his recent book of the same name. This marks the first in a series of lectures to discuss Durban, South Africa’s climate negotiations, set to take place this November and December.

RSVP required.

When and Where: 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.; Cabot Intercultural Center, 102 Sponsors: Center for International Environment & Resource Policy “Imperial Archaeology: The American Isthmus as Contested Scientific Contact Zone” Details: Professor of American Studies at Rostock University in Germany Gesa Mackenthun,

an expert in colonial and postcolonial theory, will deliver a lecture.

When and Where: 5:30 p.m.; Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT), 48 Professors Row Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program; American Studies Program; Department of Anthropology; CHAT WEDNESDAY “Oh Megan Presents Fornification 101” Details: Sexologist Megan Andelloux (“Oh Megan”) presents a sex-education workshop designed to introduce students to safer sex behaviors and discuss comfort in awkward situations.

When and Where: 8 p.m.; Cohen Auditorium Sponsors: VOX: Voices for Choice THURSDAY “ENVS Lunch & Learn: Savory Green, Inc.” Details: Tracy Stamos, found-

er of Savory Green, Inc., will discuss patterns of unhealthy and unsustainable food provided by America’s food industry in this installment of the Environmental Studies Lunch & Learn program.

When and Where: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.; Lincoln Filene Center Rabb Room Sponsor: Environmental Studies Program; Tufts Institute of the Environment FRIDAY “Author Talk Featuring Judith Nies, J62” Details: Author Judith Nies (J ’62) will discuss topics including the 1960s anti-war and women’s rights movements and the environmental project on which she is currently working.

When and Where: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Tisch Library Hirsh Reading Room Sponsor: Friends of Tufts Libraries; University Advancement; Tufts University Bookstore — compiled by Bianca Blakesley

Somerville should serve as a good model for urban planning practices, according to Joseph Cutrufo (GA ’10), program coordinator for WalkBoston, a nonprofit organization devoted to improving walking conditions in cities throughout Massachusetts.

“There are nearly two dozen planning initiatives going on in Somerville right now, from the Green Line extension to the Community Path to the grounding of McGrath Highway and streetscape improvements on Broadway in East Somerville,” Cutrufo told the Daily in an email.

Hollander hopes that the trend of making cities more walkable continues nationwide, and that Somerville will serve as an example in urban planning curricula.

“Somerville hasn’t come into the curriculum just yet but as it gets this recognition, soon we will be turning to case studies in Somerville,” Hollander said.

Future renovations ambiguous DENTAL

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“[The renovation] really allowed us to enhance the student experience as far as giving them more opportunities to provide clinical care to patients,” Arsenault said.

“It also enhanced the care of those patients because we can now provide the care on a more timely basis.”

Hanley believes that the teaching environment has been enriched by the expansion.

“All of the care that is provided in those clinical areas is supervised by our clinical faculty, so the design down there really improves the teaching environment for the faculty,” he said. “This then translates into advantages for the students and patients.”

Before the vertical expansion, few architectural changes had been made to the original building, which first opened in 1973, according to Hanley. The only alterations were replacement of dental equipment with new gear, he said.

Hanley explained that the next step of the renovation process

remains ambiguous.

“We’re not sure what we’re going to do next and how we’re going to do it either,” he said.

Dean of the School of Dental Medicine Huw F. Thomas, who assumed this role in August, has decided to slow down any projects until he and his colleagues map out a strategic plan for the future, according to Hanley.

They still hope to renovate other areas of the original 10-story building, Hanley noted.

“It’s just a matter of financing and prioritizing the renovations based upon our overall plan for the dental school facilities,” Hanley said. “If we were going to do to the third floor what we did to the second floor, we would look at the cost of that [and] the importance in the realm of our mission, which is patient-centered education.”

“How is it going to improve patient care and improve the education of our students, and is that the next thing we have to do?” he continued. “We’ll know better when we do an overall assessment and come up with a plan.”

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After incoming undergraduates check a box on their applications, information about their race or ethnicity is used across the school’s organizations and departments.

Checking the box: Tufts puts undergraduate race and ethnicity data to use by

Margaret Young

Daily Editorial Board

Anyone who has spent more than 10 minutes on Tufts’ campus has heard about the school’s global focus and emphasis on diverse points of view.

In fact, even the mission statement posted on the website for the School of Arts and Sciences includes “a dedication to globalism and active citizenship [and] a commitment to humanitarianism and diversity in its many forms…are deeply held ideals.”

So how do these ideals carry over into the composition of the student body? How does Tufts keep track of “diversity in its many forms”? Where does Tufts’ data on diversity come from, and what does the university use it for?

According to Director of Diversity Recruitment and Associate Director in the Tufts Office of Undergraduate Admissions Karen Richardson, prospective students report demographic data — including that specifically regarding race and ethnicity — in their applications to the university.

“Students totally self-identify and some students decide not to, but you have the option to check race and ethnicity,” Richardson said.

Once the Office of Undergraduate Admissions collects this data, they enter it into the Student Information System (SIS), where the Office of Institutional Research can access and analyze it. The process of carrying out this analysis is not always simple, however, according to Associate Provost of Institutional Research and Evaluation Dawn Geronimo Terkla.

“It’s pretty complicated, as far as counting people,” Terkla said. She explained that guidelines for collecting and interpreting data on race come from the National Center for Education Statistics, which outlines specific procedures for asking students about their racial and ethnic background, and makes a distinction between the two.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) page on statistical standards, ethnicity is based on whether the individual identifies as Hispanic, whereas race indicates whether the individual is AmericanIndian or Alaskan Native, Asian, black or African-American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or white.

NCES specifies that on a survey, ethnicity must be questioned before race, and that a question of race must ask for a selection from at least one of five racial groups.

According to Terkla, these are also the guidelines that the Office of Institutional Research uses when they report statistics to the federal government and compose the Tufts University Fact Book.

“When we report those numbers to the federal government, if someone has identified themselves as Hispanic, then they are reported as that regardless of race. So if they mark no to Hispanic but they mark other races, then they are reported as two or more races,” Terkla said.

Other Tufts organizations, specifically members of the Group of Six ,also use this race and ethnicity data.

Rubén Salinas Stern, the director of the Latino Center at Tufts, said that his program receives a list of incoming students from the registrar identifying the students’ racial or ethnic background. Based on this list, the center offers services such as Latino peer leaders to incoming students who have identified themselves as Latino or Hispanic.

Additionally, Stern said, students who do not have Latino or Hispanic roots can become involved with the Latino Center.

“Anybody can sign up to get emails about Association of Latin American Students meetings and stuff like that, and many students do that are not Latino,” Stern said, adding that racial self-identification can often be a confusing issue for students.

“The whole thing about racial iden-

tity development is that it has a lot of components to it, and for a lot of people, college is a time that they are exploring that … When a student just puts [Hispanic], then it’s hard to tell what that is because they don’t associate with a particular country … and I know that some of them probably don’t relate to being Latino,” Stern said. “All of it is voluntary, but it can be emotional for people.”

In the 2010-2011 school year, of the students who provided data about their race or ethnicity, approximately 30 percent of Tufts students in the Undergraduate School of Arts and Sciences identified themselves in a category other than “white non-Hispanic,” according to the 2010-2011 Tufts University Fact Book.

This does not include race and ethnicity data for its international students, however, which Tufts does not collect or provide. International students are grouped in the category of “non-resident aliens” and constitute 5.7 percent of the School of Arts and Sciences.

The School of Engineering fared slightly differently, with approximately 26 percent of students identifying themselves in a category other than “white non-Hispanic.”

While Tufts does keep track of socioeconomic data for students, Terkla said it does not keep track of some other metrics of diversity, such as sexual orientation or religion.

“Students are never asked to identify their sexual orientation on any of the student surveys,” Terkla said. “We don’t ask anyone about religion except on the matriculation survey and even now we’re moving that over the chaplaincy.”

According to Richardson, Tufts seeks more than just racial and ethnic diversity when considering a pool of undergraduate applicants.

“It’s also about socioeconomic diversity and sexual orientation. We try to bring together a class that will be interesting and learn a lot from each other,” Richardson explained.

o I was watching the Tufts women’s rugby game against the United States Coast Guard Academy when I remembered that I had to write this column. Deadlines? More like dreadlines.

Luckily it’s not too hard to knock out a couple of self-deprecating one-liners and tie them together with some semblance of a theme, especially with my inspirational-movie-score Pandora station playing at full blast. Not so luckily, time goes by really fast here, and there is too much to do.

Why, just today I had to balance a jam-packed schedule that included eating breakfast, napping, watching an episode of “The West Wing” (1999-2006), grabbing lunch, going to an info session for the brand-spankin’-new food-rescue program (hit me up if you like feeding the homeless and driving white vans) and, finally, watching the game. Still ahead are finishing this thing, eating dinner and going krazy at Cage Rage.

Man, how do I do it all?

The weekdays pose enough of a problem. I remember initially being super excited when I first saw the incredible array of activities and opportunities posted on TuftsLife. Now I can’t even get my ish together enough to remember to reserve a ticket to hear my favorite living former president of the United States speak (sorry George, George, and Jimmy). Hey, speaking of that, anyone have an extra ticket? I will trick-turn you endless cookies.

And I’m not even super involved with anything. My commitments outside of schoolwork extend only as far as this column and a one-hour practice for TDC once a week — apparently Mondayevening Zumba doesn’t count. I can’t even begin to imagine how athletes and active citizens manage to get it all done.

Then the weekend rolls around. My mom, who often worries about my sanity and general well-being, regularly asks me if maybe this Saturday night I’ll just watch a movie or even do some homework. She’s not a freshman, so I can’t blame her for not understanding my need to stand on 123’s patio for extended periods of time, wondering how much longer it will be until the bros stop being annoyed by my presence. It’s all about priorities. And couches.

As a wide-eyed freshman, the prospect of missing out on a whole night of fun is nothing short of terrifying. I like to be a part of the group relaying the juicy details of the weekend’s wild events to the poor soul who decided to ship off to another campus for the night, not the other way around.

So here I am once again, trying desperately to fluff up a column on a topic that’s overdone at the least. I’ve pressed Ctrl + Shift + C so many times, I think all three of those keys are about to break. Don’t tell my mom I’m saying this, but she might have been a little bit right. There are far worse things than having to dip out of a wild night once or twice. I’ll just use all that classic freshmanic enthusiasm that you would totally expect from me to make the most out of every night out.

There’s no point in counting missed opportunities: It’s better to focus on everything you can do. I might not get a chance to hear former U.S. President Bill Clinton talk, but I can still gush with my roommate over fictional president Jed Bartlet (It’s not a big deal. I’ll get over it.

I’m fine. Really. I’m not bitter. I’m fine).

By the way, my email is printed right below this in case you were wondering how to get that ticket to me.

Hannah Furgang is a freshman who has not yet declared a major. She can be reached at Hannah.Furgang@tufts.edu.

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Cage Rage gets Tufts students on their feet by

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Brotherly love, dutiful hand bobbing and ecstatic dancing pervaded Cousens Gym’s Carzo Cage on Saturday night. Tufts students spanning varying levels of sobriety tottered through the New England dark to witness the performance of growing indiepop icons Matt & Kim and their supporting group, Tufts alumni Timeflies, as they tore it down for Tufts’ annual Cage Rage.

After wading through the scrupulous security of metal detectors and security guards, this reporter was given audience to an event of considerable sociological and musical significance.

The strobe-lit, smoke-filled air of Carzo Cage was tinged with an air of adolescent anticipation as growing masses of expectant Tufts students filled the space.

“I’ve never been to a legit concert, so this is a good plunge for me. I’m looking forward to Timeflies.

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Matt & Kim and Tufts alumni band Timeflies rocked the Carzo Cage on Saturday. alums, so it’ll be good to see them coming back. I’ve heard Matt & Kim are the real deal,” said Tufts junior David Gertner.

Once the show began, the tense air of the gym explod-

ed. Cal Shapiro (LA ’11) and Rob Resnick (E ’11) strode onstage with the confident air of seasoned performers despite their relative newness to showbiz — the duo only graduated from Tufts

last spring. The crowd was quickly grooving to the music of Timeflies, which was mostly provided by the duo’s laptop. As edgy synth see CAGE, page 6

Saturday’s witty comedy show stars Tufts alumni

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of course — with Jimmy’s plans to undercut Nucky’s liquor trafficking into New Jersey. The two strike out on their own, weaving a web of deceit and moonshine that stretches from the East Coast to Chicago.

As Jimmy and Eli are finalizing their plans for their conquest, The Commodore (Dabney Coleman), Jimmy’s biological father and wellconnected former ruler of the boardwalk, suffers a stroke after watching his young ex-wife perform a striptease of sorts — if there’s one way to go, it’s while watching a striptease.

Eli and Jimmy were counting on the Commodore’s connections to seal the deal on their power consolidation and takeover, and with the Commodore physically paralyzed, the question of who possesses power in Atlantic City remains uncertain.

Meanwhile, Jimmy’s friend and protector, the perpetually secretive and extensively disfigured World War I veteran, Richard Harrow ( Jack Huston),

Even before midterms started, Tufts was a pretty unfunny campus. It’s this uptight atmosphere that drives many Jumbos off-campus for laughs. This past Friday, The Precinct Bar in Union Square played host to several comedians for a free comedy show entitled “Midnight Comedy for the Undead.”

The Precinct is a great bar in an unexplored area. What was once the home of the Somerville Police Department is now a large and lively bar, complete with a performance stage in the back. While The Precinct does serve brunch, the comedy is served up late at night: “Midnight Comedy for the Undead” started — fittingly — at midnight.

The show featured a variety of comics such as Phoebe Angle and Nick Ed Palm. Shawn Donovan and Mr. Goodnight — whose real name is Joe Possemato — headlined the show. Donovan just released a comedy CD on iTunes, and Mr. Goodnight just wrapped a guest appearance on the hit television show “Weeds.”

Scott Oddo (LA ’87) organized the show. Oddo lives in the area, pursuing comedy and various entrepreneurial ventures. When asked to organize a free show, Oddo saw an opportunity to feature up-andcoming comics.

“I wanted to make a certain kind of show,” Oddo said, “not with the typical kind of comedian.”

One of these comedians, Tufts alum Katherine Ghiloni (LA ’02), got into comedy after losing her job in journalism.

“I wanted to write, and decided I wanted to write comedy,” she says.

Both Ghiloni and Oddo spoke highly of Boston’s comedy scene.

According to Oddo, Boston is a great town from both a comic and audience perspective. “Boston is great for comics to train because it’s

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‘Boardwalk Empire’ picks up speed in its dramatic second season.

‘Boardwalk Empire’ hits its stride in second season

Copious nudity, deceitful mistresses and socio-political maneuvers that would make George W. Bush blush are by

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Boardwalk Empire Starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald Airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO standard fare on “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO’s wildly successful drama, which is inching its way toward the middle of its second season.

In this week’s episode, Jimmy (Michael Pitt), gangster wannabe and ex-protege of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), has planned an elaborate scheme to reclaim Atlantic City from Nucky, the show’s protagonist, county treasurer and king of corruption.

Thompson’s brother, Eli (Shea Whigham), gets in bed — figuratively,

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ll right, kids, it’s that time of year.

Bust out the pumpkin beers, slutty outfits and high-fructose corn syrup: it’s Halloween.

Yes, candy corn may taste like earwax after the first handful, but that’s beside the point. All Hallow’s Eve means an absence of morals and family values, at least for a little bit.

The month of October also heralds a plethora of horror films. I don’t enjoy the horror genre, but I will always make an exception in October. It’s the one time of the year I want to be scared. This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a couple of scary events: “Paranormal Activity 3” (2011) and a concert led by Tyler, the Creator.

To paraphrase “Scream” (1996), let’s lay down a couple of ground rules: What makes a successful horror movie (or concert) so scary? “Horror” is not synonymous with “thriller,” which in turn is not to be confused with zombie-themed Michael Jackson music video.

Quite simply, horror movies try to elicit a sense of horror (i.e. fear, disgust or shock), whereas thrillers contain plot-driven suspense. Much like squares and rectangles, a horror film can always be a thriller, but not necessarily the other way around. Think of “Black Swan” (2010) as a thrilling horror film. Unfortunately, the gory shock schlock “Saw” franchise has damaged the reputation of horror films, as the films’ plots are seen as obstacles in the way of volcanic eruptions of bloody entrails.

But enough theory, let’s get into “Paranormal Activity 3.” This film, like its predecessors, incorporates a lot of cheap shocks — silence followed by sudden, loud noise. But for me, the scariest moments are the ones that come after leaving the theater.

I grew up in an old house that made a lot of noises. As a kid and teenager, I would often hear creaking sounds and think that someone — or something — was after me. It got to the point that I would put on the alarm system or barricade myself in the room. Given my age, we could write this paranoia off as a side effect of too much Mountain Dew. But that’s exactly why the “Paranormal Activity” movies resonate with so many people. It’s the idea that our home — our supposed haven — isn’t actually safe.

That idea of not feeling safe perfectly describes the Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA) concert. For the uninitiated, this rap collective features raging lyrics that would make even a Juggalo blush. The concert at the Royale Theatre left me drenched in sweat and fear. The throbbing crowd was like a fluid mosaic model, but with vitriolic adolescents instead of lipid molecules. I made the mistake of not double-knotting my shoelaces before the show started, so when the crowd began to shove and sway, my Converse sneakers fell off. At one point, a rogue crowd surfer kicked me in the face. Before I knew it, I was on the floor getting stomped by kids spewing psychopathic lyrics. For a moment, I felt like Mufasa in his final moments under the herd of wildebeests.

Looking back on those frightening moments, I’m glad I went to the concert.

Was I scared? Oh, heck yes! But that’s the point: the perverse desire to feel disgusted and uncomfortable.

Seeing Tyler, the Creator, and his “gang of wolves” chant about “socking ... [ladies] in their mouth” is a bit like watching a ridiculous slasher movie from the ’80s: it’s all funny until someone actually takes the concept seriously.

After the movie and concert this weekend, I’ve had enough scares for this year. All I need now is a Twix candy bar and some sequins for my Liza Minnelli outfit.

Chris Poldoian is a senior majoring in Spanish and economics. He can be reached at Christopher.Poldoian@tufts.edu.

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very supportive, more so than New York,” he said.

Ghiloni echoed that feeling.

“It’s definitely collaborative, not as competitive. Boston is a very academic town, and that spills over into comedy,” she said. “Boston comedians are concerned with joke structure, and they’re all comedy nerds, so it’s very self-policing. It’s like a baby grad school. A less expensive grad school spent in dark, dingy bars.”

Boston’s reputation as a training ground has its downsides, too. Oddo spoke about the financial and critical consequences of Boston’s glut of amateur comedians.

Oddo said, “It’s a big debate in the Boston comedy scene.

Start-up comedians are in a hurry to get stage time, and it’s devaluing the comedy to do free shows. The feeling within the establishment is that there has been a devaluation of the Boston comedy scene.”

However, Oddo immediately regained his optimism, praising young comics for bringing a fresh perspective to comedy.

Ghiloni and Oddo had interesting observations on Boston audiences as well. Oddo praised Bostonians for their intelligence.

“Boston is a very smart audience, which means that there’s a lot of smart humor. Other places are more low-brow. New Hampshire can be … it’s also more opinionated. If they don’t agree with your point politically, they won’t laugh,” he said.

Ghiloni tempered Oddo’s comments on Boston’s sense of humor, saying that Boston’s liberal mindset doesn’t necessarily translate into a comedic openness.

“In terms of gender norms, Boston is very puritanical.

Trying to get people to laugh at certain bits … you have to deal with a lot of silence.”

Ghiloni’s self-deprecating set included jokes about female masturbation, Facebook stalk-

ing and self-mutilation.

“I’m working on training myself to just do my character. I’m not gonna alter it for audiences. Let the audience come to you. It takes a little while, because you never get up as a comedian and not want someone to like you,” she said.

“Regular people aren’t socialized [to be offensive.] You want to be likeable.”

Oddo mentioned plenty of places where Tufts students can go to watch comedy, including but not limited to The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, Mottley’s near Faneuil Hall and the Middle East in Central Square.

Ghiloni performs at Nick’s Comedy Stop on the third Thursday of every month. Her set, “Baggage Claim with Kate Ghiloni,” costs only $5 with student ID. Oddo encouraged Tufts students to get involved.

“There are tons of openmics around town for anyone looking to learn,” he said.

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bass lines and familiar chords oozed out of the speakers, the duo traded lines and sang full-tilt over their electronic backing tracks.

“Tufts — it feels good to be home!” cheered Shapiro as he bounced about the stage with the cheerful exuberance of a Pilates instructor. The crowd responded with equal vigor as particularly enthusiastic dancers moved to the periphery of the crowd, where they would have enough space to fully flaunt their skills.

Shapiro and Resnick soulfully crooned lines of their most popular songs like “Turn It Up.” The pair’s choice to include identical, pre-recorded vocals in the backing tracks of their music established a strange dynamic that made distinguishing between live and recorded vocals somewhat difficult.

There was an unexpected visitor on stage throughout Timeflies’ performance — a sweater-clad man whose only discernible purpose was to record the audience’s behavior with his camera phone. When Shapiro beckoned the audience to record a song on their own camera phones, the concert became an unexpected postmodern tableau, as audience members recorded a man

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Matt & Kim, with their catchy percussion and synth lines, put on a successful show.

recording them videotaping the performance.

By the time Matt & Kim mounted the stage, the audience was craving even more tunes. The music piped in during the intermission elicited the same passionate dancing that Timeflies produced. The crowd needed more. Matt & Kim dutifully responded, delivering an electric performance that stunned the audience with its nuance and bravado.

Matt & Kim opened their set with Europe’s synth-driven classic “The Final Countdown,” which powered up the already bumping crowd. The athletic grit of the song’s melody, coupled with Kim’s catchy percussion, gave the audience what it needed to truly let loose.

As leagues of dancing youths swayed their hands and bounced to the beat, it became evident that this concert was a resounding success. Carzo Cage was surprisingly well-suited to the task.

The acoustics fully accommodated the subtlest details of the performances — from the gravelly bass lines of Timeflies to the crunchy synth lines of Matt & Kim. Those who were lucky enough to attend this fall’s Cage Rage concert were given a night worth remembering.

Though the tickets cost $15 for Tufts students, the memories are priceless.

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opens up to Jimmy’s wife and allows her to sketch a portrait of him without his Phantom of the Opera-esque mask. In one of the show’s most tender moments yet, Harrow reveals his family troubles and deep insecurities about his marred appearance.

Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams), an Atlantic City bootlegger and Nucky’s occasional partner, faces the wrath of community members whose loved ones were murdered in a hatred-fueled rage against him. Chalky internalizes his anger and thirst for vengeance, only to take it out on his family and his daughter’s boyfriend, a light-skinned “well-to-do” who comes over for dinner.

The scene wonderfully portrays Chalky’s home life and his family structure. It provides viewers with insight into why he works as a bootlegger and entrepreneur: to provide a comfortable, lavish lifestyle for his family. Hopefully, the

show’s writers will continue to expand on White’s family dynamics.

In the final scenes of the episode, Gillian (Gretchen Mol) exacts her revenge on a helpless Commodore, recounting his sexual advances on her while she was a child.

Remembering her tarnished past, Gillian begins to slap the Commodore hard, filling her blows with the passion and rage of a childhood lost.

As Nucky’s legal troubles in Atlantic City build up around him, he begins to lean on his friends in high places for favors and advice, securing himself a sort of amnesty. Though Nucky often comments on his financial and legal woes, the viewer never feels a sense of urgency — his character seems perpetually suspended in a state of pseudo-need. The writers appear to truly take joy in drawing out storylines and character arcs, often to such tedium that viewers lose interest or altogether forget the drama of a situation or episode.

Buscemi’s expert acting appears to be an effortless extension of himself, through the lens of a 1920s gangster of sorts. He extends careful attention to his character’s mannerisms and skilfully navigates Nucky’s emotions and situations, reeling his character in when necessary, and never faltering.

Williams, formerly on “The Wire” (2002-2008), is no stranger to the role of a striving street-smart mover and shaker, and he lends his accomplished acting and genuine originality to the role of Chalky White.

Williams successfully humanizes the character, fleshing him out as not only a family man, but also a community leader who risks his life for the security of those he loves.

Jimmy, as portrayed by Pitt, has an air of yearning and striving that never quite goes away. He is always in the shadows of other men in his life — Nucky, the Commodore, etc. — and is even upstaged by his incredibly intelligent and intuitive mother, Gillian.

Jimmy’s desperation to com-

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Michael Pitt infuses his portrayal of Jimmy with tangible desperation. pete and succeed in the underbelly of Prohibition-era New Jersey seeps through his character’s pores.

The overwhelming, overarching sense that everything is about to go haywire continues to permeate the episode and the show’s numerous peripheral characters elevate its chaos levels. Finally, the

legal and social web of wheelings and dealings between these charactrers and the mainstays of the cast make it difficult to know just who is on whose side.

Nevertheless, the madness is part of “Boardwalk Empire’s” charm: everyone’s playing the same game, but no one quite knows all the rules.

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Goodbye, weekend excursions

No one wants to be on a train when it derails, so at first it might be hard to criticize the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) for its announcement on Oct. 22 that it would close the Red Line north of Harvard Square on weekends starting on Nov. 5.

According to the MBTA, the closures are necessary to perform urgently needed repairs to the tunnels, and the scale of repairs means that workers can’t make progress during the hours of the night that the T is closed.

While weekend T riders at the Porter, Davis and Alewife stations will not be stranded completely, as the MBTA will offer a bus shuttle service between the stations, it would be foolish to think these buses will run at nearly the speed and frequency of the actual trains.

For Tufts students and all residents living near the three T stops affected, this means that weekend excursions into Boston are about to get a lot more inconvenient until March, when the project is scheduled to be completed.

What is easy to criticize is how the MBTA has handled the situation. Again,

no one wants to put his or her safety at risk when they ride public transportation, but the MBTA would not have to take such drastic measures if it had addressed these concerns earlier.

The sections that will soon be under repair were called out in an overwhelmingly negative 2009 independent review as being an “unfunded but critical safety project.” The report cited dangers such as, “In some areas, the fasteners are no longer holding the track in place, causing track to move out of alignment and presenting the possibility of train derailment,” and, “In addition … water is corroding the signal system along the track and compromising the cable and wire conduits.”

While the project hopes to patch up these problems, one has to wonder why, considering these problems were wellknown two years ago, riders have only been given mere weeks’ notice that a disruptive repair effort will be under way.

The main reason the tracks have been allowed to dilapidate into such poor condition is due to money. The MBTA is spending $80 million dollars

on the project as it faces a huge debt.

Performing expensive last-minute patchwork on a collapsing system is not a way to maintain a city’s public transportation. We’d be lying if we said we knew how to manage the system, but if things keep going the way they have been, a significant shakeup of MBTA management should certainly be in the cards.

Plans for a large-scale expansion to the Green Line seem like even more of a pipe dream when large sections of the Red Line can’t stay open for tens of thousands of weekend riders. Here’s to hoping the MBTA, given its demonstrated incompetence, is actually capable of finishing the repairs by the projected completion time.

In the meantime, we implore Tufts to fund a weekend shuttle taking students directly to Harvard Square — where T service resumes.

Given that the university’s last fiscal year accrued a $32 million operating surplus, it certainly could afford, unlike the MBTA, to spend some money to improve conditions for its riders.

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I can tell that the Daily is trying to encourage dialogue on this issue, but is this type of inflammatory article really moving either side toward understanding and peace? I hesitate to call this racism because it is something that should never be taken lightly, but in his summary of the event, Pierce has accused a human rights advocate and pacifist of sharing the views of terrorists simply because he is of Palestinian origin.

Anything written on the IsraeliPalestinian conflict is bound to be controversial. It is a highly sensitive issue, but isn’t there a difference between controversy and sensationalism? I respect

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Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I am Munir Atalla, a freshman here at Tufts. I have been enjoying the Daily since the first issue you published this school year. I am an aspiring journalist and hope to one day write for the Daily.

Recently, however, I was disheartened upon reading the Oct. 11 op-ed entitled “In Search of a Two State Solution.” I understand that with an opinion piece, the writer is entitled to his own views, whatever they may be, but when someone presents something untrue as factual, it ceases to be a matter of opinion and a matter of the author’s own journalistic integrity. I am referring to freshman Ayal Pierce’s likening of Lecturer Sa’ed Atshan to the known terrorist organization Hamas.

I am in one of Atshan’s classes and was shocked to read this comment.

Atshan openly opposes violence in all

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Fathi El-Shihibi

Despite the fact that the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States on American soil has been received with varying degrees of skepticism, nevertheless the Islamic Republic of Iran has been known to violate the sovereignty of other nations in the past.

Even though the Iranian regime — which was established by the leader of the 1979 revolution, Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini — adopted a stance of noninterference in the internal affairs of countries in the region, its clandestine activities in Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the Gaza Strip and Yemen say otherwise.

To start with, the continued occupation of the three United Arab Emirates islands in the Arab (Persian) Gulf, which include Tunb al-Kubra (the Greater Tunb), Tunb al-Sughra (the Lesser Tunb) and Abu Musa, goes against Iran’s claim that it is championing other nations’ aspiration to live free and independent of any sort of foreign influence or interference. Despite the fact that the aforementioned islands were occupied during the reign of Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi in 1971, the Islamic Republic of Iran does not only reject relinquishing control over the islands but has been taking steps to enforce its unilateral sovereignty over them and is drastically increasing its military presence there.

Along with such obvious imperial ambitions, the country’s involvement in the Bahraini uprising is also suspect. Iran’s involvement in the internal affairs of Bahrain and Iraq does not exactly coincide

with the Bahrainis’ and Iraqis’ aspirations to establish democratic institutions, but rather, to realize the Iranian regime’s agenda for the entire Gulf region. In this case I found myself in agreement with the notion expressed by Jordan’s King Abdullah II regarding the Shi’a Crescent. According to this notion, Iran’s penetration into the Arab world begins in southern Iraq and then goes through Syria to southern Lebanon, thus forming a crescent of Shi’a influence which is expanding to absorb surrounding Shi’a enclaves. Along with establishing such a crescent, which I regard as a beachhead into the center of the Arab world, Iran has been actively involved in the agitations among Shi’a minorities in the entire region, including the Houthis Zaidi Shi’a in Yemen and the Baharma Shi’a in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia, most of whom concentrate in the provinces of Qatif, alAhsa and Dammam.

This brings me to Iran’s role in today’s Arab world and particularly in regards to the Arab Spring. While Iran is directly involved in the uprisings in Bahrain and Syria, the country seems to adopt a mostly hands-off approach concerning the revolutions in Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. Iran’s direct involvement with its ally Syria, which happens to be in the grip of the Alawite Shi’a minority, is another instance of how the moral campus of Iran changes direction and points towards an expedient political agenda instead. News about the escalating violence on either the Syrian national TV or the Iranian al-Alam TV clearly share the same newsfeed, which is none other than

the Syrian propaganda machine. I am always at a loss when I watch the Iranian television’s anchormen rehashing lies and fabrications manufactured by the Assad regime, knowing full well that by doing so they are actually participating in covering up the atrocities being perpetrated by the Syrian regime against its own people.

Despite being somewhat aloof regarding Libya’s revolution, however, describing the Libyan situation as being a “War on Libya,” according to the Iranian al-Alam Satellite TV as well as Iranian officials,

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is intentionally misleading. Using such a headline makes it sound like Libya is being attacked by NATO air forces rather than being protected by them. This is another example of how the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran deliberately forsakes its policy of noninterference for the sake of its narrow political agenda.

Fathi El-Shihibi is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Northeastern University.

The road we ride together

by Issac

Anderson

Hello you, female driver of a latemodel sedan full of college friends driving down Highland Avenue into Davis Square at around 9 p.m. last Friday night. This is the angry bicyclist from the group of two you found yourself to be “stuck” behind, and I figured this would be the best way to contact you.

This isn’t the first time I’ve been commanded to use the sidewalk by motorists in the roadway, but something about the way you twice implored me to get out of your way, something about your wanton assumption that the roadways are solely for cars really just rubbed me the wrong way, and,

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In a recent New York Times article, environmental journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal asked, “Where did global warming go?” It is the question of a confused and frustrated person who was hopeful about climate change mitigation in 2008 but has lately become more pessimistic. In many ways, her feelings echo mine.

Both politicians and the public seem less concerned with climate change than they were three years ago, and governmental action seems unlikely in the near future.

While this can partially be attributed to the powerful fossil-fuel lobby and the economic recession, I think a large part of the problem stems from the way we talk about climate change. Climate scientist and Princeton professor Robert Socolow addressed this in an essay published last month.

Socolow’s main claim to fame in the climate world is a 2004 paper that argued that, contrary to popular belief at the time, it was possible to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions for the next 50 years using technologies we already had. Though no technology was sufficient on its own, we could achieve this goal if we combined seven technologies. (Disclaimer: My thesis advisor, Stephen Pacala, coauthored this paper.)

Many climate scientists and activists

rather than engaging in a constructive dialogue about road sharing, I just responded by blurting out raw obscenity. I was surprised by my knee-jerk “F--k you!” and middle-finger response, and I immediately regretted it, as it does nothing to foster understanding between users of a shared public resource — rather, it promotes antagonism — but I guess I’ve been harboring a lot of anger on the subject. Because I’m generally a proponent of the “angerbad, communication-good” school of thought, I thought I’d use this venue to start a conversation on this issue.

The fact of the matter is that cities are densely populated areas, and for reasons of congestion alleviation,

air quality improvement and increasing community and livability, means of transportation other than cars, such as trains and bicycles, are integral to the functioning of a desirable city. Living in an awesome community makes life so much more rewarding and enjoyable; Tufts wouldn’t be what it is if it weren’t near Davis Square and Boston. The law (MGL c.90 § 14) goes as far as to codify the roadway as a shared public space that all vehicles, both motorized and human-powered, are allowed to use. It basically seeks to make the roads a safe, usable route for all, allowing for cars to share the roads with streetcars — for example, some sections of the Green Line — and bicycles alike.

In the interest of keeping the area a cool place to be, let’s learn to share a bit and enjoy the road together. And hey, if you wanted to, next time you could try getting to where you want to go on a bicycle, too! It’s not just for Lance Armstrong-types — anyone can do it. If you don’t have a bicycle of your own, Tufts has its own free bike share in Tufts Bikes, and you can also rent from Boston’s Hubway at a reasonable rate. And after taking out a bike a few times, you might even find that you like it. Just saying.

Isaac Anderson is a graduate student studying biomedical engineering.

Find global warming greeted this paper with excitement. Here was a precise, doable plan for the next 50 years. Surely the government and the public would take heed. In his recent essay, Socolow mused on why his paper failed to galvanize action. Mainly he sees this as a failure of communication, and I think there is truth to what he says. The current rhetoric is both divisive and alienating. Many skeptics refer to climate advocates (both scientists and activists) as global warming alarmists. Activists, on the other hand, dismiss skeptics as climate deniers and idiots.

Certainly, this is not a productive way to have a conversation.

The thing is: both camps are correct.

There is uncertainty in the science and as a result, climate models predict a variety of possible future scenarios. These scenarios include both extremes — situations where carbon emissions do not have much environmental impact (for a while, that is) and situations where the world spirals out of control with a five-meter sea level rise by 2100, massive drought and flooding, human conflict over resources and ultimately massive human mortality. More likely is a middle scenario, with significant harmful effects that are not of such apocalyptic magnitudes. The problem is, it is hard to predict exactly where the threshold levels are. We know that increased carbon dioxide levels will have certain effects; we

just don’t know when exactly those effects will materialize.

Scientists and activists seem reticent to mention uncertainty or that the more stable scenario is possible (though I will add unlikely). They fear that doing so will lead to inaction. But, rather than spurring action, the “alarmist” approach has opened the door for skeptics to poke holes in the story and to accuse climate scientists of lying or distorting the data. A different approach, as proposed by Socolow, would be to present climate change as a risk, rather than as a doomsday prophecy lurking around the corner. In doing so, scientists and activists would acknowledge that the scenario painted by skeptics is plausible (in the short term — at some point, our emissions will catch up with us), thus at least somewhat neutralizing that argument. Climate scientists and activists would seem reasonable and trustworthy rather than extremist. And if we told Americans that there is a small chance that greenhouse gas emissions might have little effect over the next 100 years, an equally small chance that these emissions could be catastrophic, and a big chance that these emissions would cause very severe (but not catastrophic) problems, I think most would rather play it safe. We could get past this stalemate of “he said, she said.”

But the issues addressed by Socolow are not the only problems with climate change

communication. Part of the problem stems from how we talk about the environment more generally. Climate change and environmentalist rhetoric often pits humans against or outside of the environment. We must “save” the planet. Though dramatic expressions may rouse some, I believe that this strategy is actually alienating to many.

No one wants to save the planet — or even cute polar bears — if it is at the expense of oneself or one’s family. No one wants to save the planet by destroying the economy. Skeptics often warn that our focus on climate change distracts attention and resources from alleviating world poverty.

But the truth is, we are part of the system and our rhetoric and policy should both reflect that. Alarmist scenarios are so alarming because of how they affect people and societies, not merely because of how they impact animals or plants.

If greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the problems of the developing world such as drought, hunger, poverty and conflict will only get worse. As one of my Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professors explains, the world is not made up of ecosystems, it is made up of socialecological systems in which we affect the environment and the environment affects us. It is not us or the environment. It is us and the environment. By saving the planet, we are saving ourselves.

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Victories over Westfield State, Springfield, Williams give Tufts 20th win of year by

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After a crushing defeat against Endicott mid-week, the volleyball team was looking for a strong response at the Hall of Fame VOLLEYBALL (8-1 NESCAC, 20-4 Overall) at Northampton, Mass., Saturday Tufts Williams

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Tournament at Mt. Holyoke and Smith.

What Tufts got was exactly that: after a fairly easy victory on Friday against Westfield St., the Jumbos earned arguably their two most impressive victories of the season over regional powerhouse Springfield and conference foe Williams.

“We went into the weekend off that tough loss wanting to change the way we play, and focus on the mental game,” junior setter Kendall Lord said. “We had to change our strategy, not get down in the tough matches and the tough points, and it really paid off this weekend.”

The Saturday afternoon victory against Williams was particularly important, because the Jumbos were able to beat their always-competitive conference rival for the second time this season, giving the team a boost of confidence heading into the NESCAC tournament.

Although the win will not count in the conference standings, defeating the No. 10 team in the region in straight sets will certainly serve as a springboard for a Tufts team that was ranked No. 4 in the region by the New England Volleyball Coaches Association prior to the tournament.

“Williams is always one of our biggest rivals, and they have a good team every year,” senior tri-captain Cara Spieler said.

“It was the last game of the weekend, so both teams were tired, but we were able

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First-year outside hitter Hayley Hopper had 33 combined kills in the three victories this weekend. to act like we weren’t tired. We kept up that super high energy, and even when they got close in the third set, we were able to pull it out. We didn’t fade, which was awesome to see.”

But without question, the biggest game of the weekend for the Jumbos was the Saturday daytime matchup

with Springfield. The Pride were ranked No. 20 in the country coming into the game, having lost just one match all season while dropping just 13 sets in the process. Additionally, Springfield had already beaten Tufts once this season, on Sept. 24, so the Jumbos came into the match looking for revenge against a

team that consistently ranks among the best in the region.

The match was predictably close, with Tufts winning in four sets while only outscoring the Pride by four points overall.

The first set was the key to the match, and after the Jumbos emerged with a 29-27 victory in that frame, they knew that they were in a strong position to even their record against the Pride on the year.

“We’ve had a lot more playing time since that first match, including some tough losses,” Lord said. “But because of that, we’ve learned what to do in the tough situations, we’ve learned what we were doing wrong before.”

The Jumbos finished the weekend threefor-three, with their Friday victory against Westfield State marking the 11th time this season that they have won in straight sets.

The Owls only really threatened in the second set, but the Jumbos rode out the rally, taking the frame 25-23 and seeing out what was a fairly straightforward victory.

“We knew that against Endicott we weren’t playing our game,” Spieler said.

“But we came out this weekend, took control, did all the little things right, and really picked up our play.”

The three wins also brought Tufts’ win total to 20, the fourth straight season that they have reached that plateau and a tribute to the team’s consistency and the steady leadership of coach Cora Thompson.

“Cora’s amazing, she really knows how to light a fire under the team, how to put that fire in us,” Lord said. “Getting 20 wins really shows the quality of the coaching staff and the great players that she continues to recruit.”

The strong weekend could not have come at a better time for Tufts (20-4), which now has just four games remaining on the schedule before the NESCAC tournament, all of which will be played this week. That includes likely their last home game of the year on Wednesday against Emerson, a bittersweet moment for the three seniors on the team — Spieler, Lexi Nicholas and Audrey Kuan, who was named to the AllTournament. Kuan is also the executive online editor for the Daily.

“Of course it’s bittersweet, but it’s not too sad because it’s been such a good experience and we’ve played so well,” Spieler said. “I’m thankful for everything I’ve done here, and we’re looking forward to NESCACs and the rest of the season, not bumming too much about the last home game.”

Field Hockey

No. 13 Jumbos keep winning streak alive at Hamilton Tufts secures home-field advantage in NESCAC quarterfinals by

Claire Kemp

Daily Editorial Board

In September, Hamilton field hockey looked to be a real contender in the NESCAC after FIELD HOCKEY (7-2 NESCAC, 11-2 Overall) at Clinton, N.Y., Saturday Tufts 1 Hamilton 0

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posting a 2-1 victory over No. 7 Amherst. But on Saturday, the No. 13 Jumbos proved too much for the new conference foe and posted a critical 2-0 victory on the road over the Continentals. The definitive win secured a quarterfinal game on Bello Field in the quicklyapproaching NESCAC Tournament and helped energize the team for Wednesday’s showdown against undefeated No. 2 Bowdoin.

The game was an undeniably defensive battle with Tufts posting its two goals on just 10 shots and eight penalty corners. But Tufts’

defense was stronger on the day, as the Jumbos allowed just one of each in the match. Senior goalkeeper Marianna Zak was challenged just once, as the Jumbos posted their sixth shutout of the season.

The offense was efficient with its chances. After battling with the Continentals for almost 25 minutes, junior forward Lia Sagerman made good on a penalty corner off of sophomore forward Chelsea Yogerst’s initial shot. The Jumbos went to halftime with the 1-0 lead and full control of the game.

After intermission, Tufts did not relinquish the momentum, and it took the Jumbos just five-and-ahalf minutes to double their lead.

This time, sophomore midfielder Emily Cannon lent an assist to junior forward Kelsey Perkins for the score. The goal solidified Tufts’ dominance on the day as Hamilton continued to struggle. At the end of the game, the Jumbos celebrated their sixth straight win — a streak see FIELD HOCKEY, page 14

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Junior midfielder Rachel Gerhardt contributed one of the Jumbos’ 10 shots in Saturday’s win over Hamilton.

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Ephs score big as Tufts drops to 0-5 Williams puts up 24 unanswered points to pull away by

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For the first 27 minutes on Saturday, the football team traded blows with Williams, scoring touchdowns on two 70-plus yard FOOTBALL (0-5 NESCAC, 0-5 Overall) at Williamstown, Mass., Saturday Tufts Williams

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drives and controlling possession to bring the score to 14-14 with 2:55 remaining in the second quarter.

Then Ephs junior Darren Hartwell caught a punt and took it to the house.

Hartwell, who was named NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week, returned it 77 yards, and a Williams extra point made the score 21-14. After Tufts punted on its next possession, Ephs sophomore running back Marco Hernandez ran it in from the one-yard line to cap a five-play, 67-yard drive with 44 seconds left in the half.

Hartwell and Hernandez’s scores were part of a run of 24 unanswered Williams points that propelled the Ephs to a 38-17 win Saturday on Weston Field. Tufts drops to 0-5 with the loss, the Jumbos’ 12th straight defeat dating back to last season.

“Between the first and second half, there wasn’t any kind of physical or mental breakdown,” senior tri-captain center Luke Lamothe said. “There was never a point when we backed down and admitted defeat. Their defense was giving us some different looks and got us out of some of our pass protections. They were throwing some heavy pressure on us, and we had some blown opportunities.”

Tufts’ offense, which struggled in last week’s 9-0 loss to Trinity, responded by moving the ball well throughout the first half. The Jumbos answered two Williams touchdown drives with their own scoring marches of 70 and 75 yards.

“We were moving the ball pretty well,” Lamothe said. “With something like that, it’s hard to explain. You just stay focused and do your job. I just kept going back to the huddle and kept moving.”

After the Ephs opened the game with a three-play scoring drive that ended with a 45-yard toss from sophomore quarterback Adam Marske to senior receiver Tomas Kearney, the Jumbos struck back with a seven-play, 70-yard drive of their own.

Senior quarterback Johnny Lindquist hit junior receiver Mike Howell for a 39-yard strike down to the Williams 5-yard line, where sophomore running back Ryan Pollock finished the drive off with a oneyard touchdown scamper.

Williams responded with the help of a short field after a Lindquist interception was returned by senior Dan O’Hara inside the Tufts 10. Hernandez scored a touchdown on the first play of the second quarter, but again, the Tufts offense responded in kind.

This time it was sophomore receiver Pat Nee scoring with a touchdown catch of 11 yards to cap a methodical 12-play, 75-yard drive that killed nearly seven minutes. Early in the drive Lindquist hit junior receiver Dylan Haas for a 20-yard gain, and Pollock contributed four carries for 23 yards. The drive demonstrated the Jumbos’ improved red-zone offense. Just two weeks ago against Bowdoin, Lindquist threw two interceptions inside the 5-yard line that were returned for touchdowns.

“I remember being down there in the end zone and thinking about all the times we haven’t been able to score and telling the guys ‘we need this now,’” Lamothe said.

The Jumbos’ success was short-lived, however. Next came the 14-point Williams

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Senior quarterback Johnny Lindquist showed improvement in Saturday’s game, completing 17 of 29 pass attempts for 150 yards. spurt to end the half, and with it Tufts’ momentum was sapped. The Jumbos’ two first-half touchdown drives ended up accounting for 145 of Tufts’ 190 offensive yards in the game.

After Hartwell’s touchdown return, five of the Jumbos’ remaining nine drives in the game ended in three-and-outs. Tufts was held scoreless in the third quarter, and the team only managed a 35-yard field goal from senior Adam Auerbach in the garbage time after a fumble recovery by junior defensive back Sam Diss.

Marske threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns in the game, including a 33-yard touchdown throw to Hartwell in the fourth quarter. Williams, which boasts the second-best scoring offense in the NESCAC through five weeks, outgained Tufts 325-190 in the contest.

“They have some really good, skill[ed]

players, and they had some success downfield,” senior linebacker tri-captain J.T Rinciari said. “For the most part it was a perfect throw, perfect catch kind of thing.

We had good coverage on them, but they came down with some big balls.”

Senior linebacker Zack Skarzynski led the Jumbos with 11 tackles. Rinciari was taken out of the game in the first quarter with an injury. Junior lineman Chris Toole and senior lineman Nick Croteau also did not play.

Next week, the Jumbos will be back home to face Amherst, which currently sits atop the conference standings at 5-0 and set numerous offensive records against the Jumbos last year in a 70-49 win.

“They’ve been a great team ever since I’ve been here,” Rinciari said.

“We know they’re going to run the ball and are a talented team.”

Zach Drucker | The Loser

The evil empire

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ast week, I lamented the Mets’ mediocrity, and — while I still rue every single member of that organization — my life is made infinitely more miserable by Yankee fans. Even though the Yankees had an early exit from this year’s playoffs at the hands of some guy named Fister, I still hear it from my Yankee-fan friends because the Mets are constantly cast in the shadow of the most successful sports franchise in history. Our crosstown rivals outclass us in every way: legacy and championships, not to mention those fancy pinstriped jerseys. After each Yankees victory, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” (1977) can be heard booming from the PA system. It doesn’t get classier than that. Do you know what they play after the Mets win? Me neither, ’cause I’ve never seen it actually happen, but I’m pretty sure it’s in Spanish.

The Mets are so bad, they have to regurgitate the mantra “Ya Gotta Believe!” just to sell some tickets. The Yankees could tell their fans to shove it, Jeter could flip everyone in Yankee Stadium the bird each time he blasts a home run and A-Rod could shoot up steroids in the on-deck circle, and the Yankees would still sell out every home game.

To illustrate my point, there is an advertisement for Manhattan Mini Storage that is plastered throughout New York City that reads, “Why leave a city that has six professional sports teams, and also the Mets?”

The owners of Manhattan Mini Storage share one of two mindsets by running this advertisement: (1) No one is more self-deprecating and critical of their own ball club than Mets fans, so they will totally get a kick out of this new line of advertising! Or, (2) Mets fans are so sparse and insignificant, we really don’t give a s--t if we alienate each and every one of them!

The fact of the matter is: The owners of Manhattan Mini Storage have a point. The team known as the “Amazin’s” has played more like the A-insert fart noise-in’s. The closest I have come to ever tasting a World Series title was in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS, when Carlos Beltran watched — as if a Marvel supervillain had shot him with a freeze-ray — as an Adam Wainwright breaking ball cut right over the heart of the plate on an 0-2 pitch with two outs, the bases loaded, in the bottom of the ninth inning of a two-run game. Only an inning earlier, I felt like we were a team of destiny when Endy Chavez (of all people!) robbed Scott Rolen of a home run with a miraculous snow-cone catch you only see in kidfriendly baseball movies.

I still feel like the 2006 Mets were the best team in MLB that year, but I have no trophy to cite as evidence. Instead, my fondest Mets memories boil down to Robin Ventura’s “Grand Slam Single” and a Jay Payton extrainning, hit-by-pitch walkoff.

On the other hand, any season in which the Yankees don’t win the playoffs is shocking to Yankees fans. The Yankees constantly feel like the favorites simply because they are the Yankees. As much as it pains me to say it, the Yankees breed winners. It’s a selffulfilling prophecy: potential superstars and big-name free agents want to play on the Yankees because of the legacy. When players put on the pinstripes and walk out on that field, they see the numbers of DiMaggio, Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle and Berra and they realize that they are a part of history. So, they begin to play like their boyhood heroes.

Mets players play like their boyhood heroes, too … if their boyhood heroes were Mario Mendoza and Michael Jordan, when he tried the whole baseball thing.

Zach Drucker is a senior who is majoring in international relations and Spanish.

He can be reached at Zachary.Drucker@ tufts.edu.

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Disappointing weekend hurts Jumbos’ NESCAC aspirations

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Two late goals led to a disappointing loss for the men’s soccer team on Saturday.

It was a disappointing first trip to upstate New York for both the men’s and women’s soccer teams on Saturday. The women were held scoreless for their third straight match en route to a 0-0 draw with Hamilton, while the men lost in overtime for the first time this season, falling 2-1.

The men, who had not lost since Oct. 1, jumped out to an early lead on a 27th-minute goal by freshman midfielder Gus Santos. The goal was his seventh — good enough to tie him for third in the NESCAC. It looked like the goal would stand, but in the 79th minute a long pass fell loose in the box. Continentals freshman Griffin Abbott got to the ball first and slipped it into the back of the net, bringing the score even at one apiece.

The game moved on to overtime, a period in which the Jumbos were 3-0-2 coming into Saturday. But just a minute into the second overtime period Abbott struck again, running onto a

pass in the box and sliding it into the left corner of the net, giving Hamilton the win.

The women’s game had less action, though the Tufts defense helped the team escape with a point. Jumbos senior forward Jamie Love-Nichols had the best chance of the game, putting a shot on goal that sophomore keeper Liza Gergenti was able to deflect just enough to send it off the post. Much of the game was played on even footing: Hamilton held the shots edge 12-11, but Tufts forced Gergenti into eight saves while the Continentals only challenged sophomore keeper Kristin Wright seven times.

Both squads finish their regular seasons Wednesday at Bowdoin. They both have the chance to earn a home quarterfinal matchup next Saturday. Check tomorrow’s Daily for complete coverage of the games.

— by Ethan Sturm

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in which they have outscored their opponents 32-4 — and a rattled Hamilton squad left the field with its fifth conference loss in a row.

“It’s always good to get a NESCAC win on the road, especially on such a long trip,” Sagerman said.

“Saturday was not our most offensive game but there are things we saw we can work from.”

The Jumbos don’t have much time to revel in their recent success.

On Wednesday, they will travel to Maine for their annual clash with the Polar Bears, last year’s national champions.

Since 2008, the Jumbos have won each of these season finales in dramatic fashion. The rivalry is intense, and an upset would undeniably spark the Jumbos heading into the playoffs; not only would they post their first victory over a top-10 team this year, but they would also greatly improve their chances for an atlarge bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Despite their stellar streak, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association has held or downgraded Tufts each week since their season-starting No. 6 ranking.

Sitting outside the top 10 with three conference teams above them, the Jumbos know that a NESCAC championship is a must, and, more than likely, they would have to go through Bowdoin to get it.

Wednesday’s stakes are high, but Tufts has the tools to get it done. First, a defensive performance like Saturday’s will be key against a gifted Bowdoin offense that will be at home on their fast AstroTurf. The Jumbos will have to work on defending the fast breaks that have caused their two losses this season. Tufts’ five-midfielder system can create voids in the backfield when continued offensive pressure draws the lower line forward, and Bowdoin is nothing

but opportunistic; the Polar Bears will capitalize on any major defensive breakdown Wednesday.

“We’ve been really working on recovering and communication, and we’re improving and working on tackling before the 25 and the apron because we cannot let them in our circle,” Cannon said.

On attack, Tufts will have to be opportunistic as well. Bowdoin’s defense has allowed an average of just 4.73 shots per game from their opponents — and just 2.00 on goal. The Jumbos’ offense, despite a league-leading average of 4.17 goals per game, has let too many would-be goals slip through their fingers this season and cannot afford to let good chances go to waste this week.

“Against Bowdoin, every shot we’re gonna take could be a game changer,” Sagerman said. “All the forwards are really working on their movement off the ball to help us be more effective in transition and be more of a threat against Bowdoin.”

All eyes will be on Tufts on Wednesday. The NCAA will be looking for bid potential, and the NESCAC will be waiting to see if the Jumbos can keep their threeyear streak alive and do what no one else has done in 2011 — beat the Polar Bears.

“I think it would be huge to have a win against them,” Cannon said.

“We always have a good game against them every year and a win would get us really pumped up heading into playoffs. But, we’re just going to come out, play our game, play as hard as we can and give it all 70 minutes and, hopefully, we’ll come away with a win.”

“Wednesday is going to be a great opportunity,” Sagerman added. “We believe we can be a championship team … and we just need to come out and show the top team in the league that we’re a championship team, too.”

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