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Serious crime down 10 percent in Somerville by

Lizz Grainger

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Statistics released by the Somerville Police Department (SPD) showed a 10 percent drop last year in serious crime in Somerville compared to the rate observed in 2010.

The statistics show the differences in Part 1 crime rates from 2009 to 2011.

Part 1 crime as defined by the SPD includes violent crime and property crime. While property crime decreased by 14 percent in 2011, violent crime actually increased by eight percent.

Property crime includes burglary – commercial and residential – and larceny – motor vehicle, non-motor vehicle, and vehicle theft. Commercial burglary and non-motor vehicle crimes were the only property crimes that increased from 2010 to 2011.

Violent crime includes homicide, rape, robbery, assault and domestic assault. All types of violent crimes saw an uptick in occurrences, except assault, which decreased by one percent. Rape was the crime that increased most last year, jumping 115 percent.

City of Somerville Director of Communications Tom Champion said the overall decrease in crime is largely due to improvements within the police force.

“Overall, the trend lines on crime in Somerville have been going down in the past few

years, and it’s due at least in part to a major reorganization of the [police] department and a major investment in additional training and equipment and new officers on the street,” Champion said.

More rapes were reported in Somerville in 2011 than 2010 and 2009 combined. SPD Crime Analyst Frank Bates told the Somerville Patch that at least six of the rapes reported in 2011 did not happen that year and most of the reported rapes involved family members or acquaintances of the victim; there were no reported stranger rapes.

One homicide was reported in 2011. There were none in 2010 and three in 2009. The incident involved two brothers, according to a SPD report.

SPD Captain George Fazio said a combination of factors have contributed to the overall decrease in crime.

“What we always do in Somerville is directed patrol,” Fazio said. “Basically when we notice an increase in activity in a particular area, we step up patrols and enforcement in that particular area.”

Motor vehicle theft decreased most in 2011, falling by 37 percent from 2010 and 20 percent from 2009.

“Our officers are diligent when conducting motor vehicle stops and detecting illicit activity,” Fazio said. “Because of this see CRIME, page 3

Andrew Schneer / Tufts Daily

The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation is awarding the prestigious 2012 Erasmus Prize to Professor of Philosophy Daniel Dennett for his contributions to translating the cultural importance of technology.

Dennett receives 2012 Erasmus Prize for cultural contributions Tyler Agyemang

The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation, a Dutch nonprofit founded to strengthen the position of the humanities, the social sciences and by

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the arts, has awarded the 2012 Erasmus Prize to Professor of Philosophy Daniel Dennett, according to the Foundation’s Jan. 25 press release.

The Foundation praised Dennett, who will also receive a 150,000 euro prize, for his

contribution to translating the cultural importance of technology and science to a broader audience, according to the press release.

The Board of the Foundation see DENNETT, page 2

Obama waives Massachusetts The hands that feed us: from No Child Left Behind Carmichael Dining Center by

Audrey Michael Daily Staff Writer

President Barack Obama announced on Feb. 9 that ten states, including Massachusetts, have been waived from the controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001.

The waiver will allow Massachusetts additional flexibility on certain provisions of NCLB, including the ability to adjust policies for particular schools and districts.

NCLB was signed into law by former President George W. Bush on Jan. 8, 2002 and set a goal of having 100 percent of children in public schools perform proficiently on state standardized exams in English and math by 2014. In Massachusetts, 80 percent of schools and 90 percent of districts are on track to miss that goal.

Obama said in a Feb. 9 press release that the purpose of the waiver is to allow states to create their own means of measuring and improving student performance.

“What might work in Minnesota may not work in Kentucky, but every student should have the same opportunity to reach their potential,” he said.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education sub-

mitted a waiver application on Nov. 14 to the U.S. Department of Education. A revised application was submitted on Jan. 6.

Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee also received waivers.

In the press release, Obama highlighted particular features of each state’s application.

“Massachusetts … has set a goal to cut the number of underperforming students in half over the next six years,” he said.

NCLB enjoyed strong bipartisan support after its initial passage. But public opinion toward the law soured in the years that followed as school districts around the country complained that the measure is inadequately funded and places undue emphasis on standardized testing.

Obama acknowledged that the law exerts pressure on teachers to spend excessive class time preparing students for yearly exams.

“We’ve got to do [education reform] in a way that doesn’t force teachers to teach to the test, or encourage schools to lower their standards to avoid being labeled as failures,” Obama said.

Steven Cohen, a lecturer in the see NCLB, page 3

Inside this issue

by Jacob

Passy

Each day upon entering the dining halls, hundreds of Tufts students mechanically hand off their ID cards to get swiped before moving on to the food stations. We usually give little thought to the people behind the scenes — the men and women preparing our food, cleaning up after us and swiping us in — or to the fact that they all have their own stories beyond the dining hall.

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Carlton Sewell: Second cook and stirfry specialist Although he’s spent the last thirty years in the United States, Carlton Sewell was born and raised in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. When Sewell was a child, his father worked in the security sector.

“If you are a policeman in Jamaica, you can work for the government and then be a security guard,” he said.

His father’s double employment helped bring in extra money to help support Sewell’s family. But his father’s job also brought Sewell face-to-face with the rich and famous.

“I had a lot of experience growing up in the Playboy [Club-Hotel] as a kid,”

said Sewell, whose father worked as a security guard for the celebrities that came to stay in the Ocho Rios.

“I used to see [Hugh Hefner] around the hotel because my father was head security,” Sewell said.

Sewell’s culinary expertise, however, grew out of the time he spent in the kitchen cooking with his mother.

“I grew up with food a lot, and I liked to cook,” he said. “And [my mother] is where it comes from.”

Sewell said he plans to incorporate Jamaican flavors into his dish in the upcoming Chef’s Challenge at Carmichael dining hall.

Sewell’s love of cooking took him from his mother’s kitchen to many Bostonarea restaurants, including Souper Salad on Newbury Street in the Back Bay neighborhood. Eventually, Sewell made his way to Carmichael, where he’s been for over five years now. The difference, he said, is in the chance to socialize with students.

“They talk to you, they respect you,” he said. “I’ve never had a bad experience.”

Sewell said he also enjoys the input he can have in student’s dining choices see CARMICHAEL, page 2

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when cooking for them, especially on stir-fry nights.

“I can see a student coming up on the stir-fry line, and I know what he’s going to order,” Sewell said.

This passion for his work fuels Sewell’s ability to be imaginative in the kitchen.

“We always try to be creative with the menu,” he said. “We always try to make the place more lively.”

Linda Borelli: Cashier Born and raised in Medford, Linda Borelli said she’s admired Tufts since she was a kid.

“Everybody wanted to go to Tufts, especially when you were in high school,” she said, adding that Tufts was kind to Medford-area schools, accepting many of its students into the university.

But Borelli’s family history in Medford doesn’t begin with her and her two brothers; her father was born and raised in Medford as well. Her mother, on the other hand, emigrated from Ireland as a teenager.

Soon after graduating high school, Borelli got married and had four kids, who now work in various fields.

Her daughter is a registered nurse who works as the nurse manager of the Sumner Redstone Burns Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston.

Her son, a former Marine, just finished five years of service, which included tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“Five years is a long time,” she said but added that he returned to the United States unharmed and has plans to become a police officer.

Borelli said working in Carmichael for 11 years has made her push her kids to work harder in their educational pursuits. But she acknowledged that going to college is unfamiliar terrain in her family.

“In my day, not everybody went to college. In the ’50s, that wasn’t a big deal,” she said, adding that she is very proud of all of her children for continuing their education beyond high school.

Anna Rico: Head cafeteria worker Originally from Abruzzi, Italy, Anna Rico learned to cook alongside her mother at the age of 12. Although she has lived in America for many years, Rico continues to cook food reminiscent of her former home in Abruzzi and has since expanded upon what her mother taught her. She can craft sculptures, animals and flowers out of fruits and vegetables, she said, but her favorite food is still relatively simple.

“Gnocchi,” she said matter-of-factly.

Born in 1937, Rico lived through the worst of World War II. “We had to leave our house and go into a cave,” she said, discussing her family’s efforts to escape from the soldiers. But

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Sewell learned to cook in his mother’s kitchen as a child growing up in Jamaica. her hardships in Italy extended beyond the war.

“We had no water or lights in the house back in the day,” she said. During the war, jobs in Italy were in short supply, which she said fueled her husband’s decision to move to the United States 42 years ago. She eventually followed with their two young children and settled in Medford.

Before he died, Rico’s husband worked as a mason after arriving in America, working on many of Tufts’ buildings throughout his career. Rico herself has worked in the dining halls for about 25 years.

Rico hopes that her family’s legacy at Tufts will continue. Her youngest granddaughter is waiting to find out whether she has been accepted to Tufts. Rico

said that she would love for her granddaughter to join her here, where she has enjoyed working for many years.

“I like to work with the kids,” she said.

“This is the kind of job I like to do.”

Although Rico fondly remembers how she used to set up holiday decorations in Carmichael Dining Hall, nowadays she takes it easy and doesn’t get up on the ladders like she used to.

“I’m too old,” she said.

As a veteran of both Carmichael and Dewick dining halls — having worked in Dewick for many summers — Rico said that she prefers Carmichael because of its atmosphere, suggesting that many students feel the same way about its cozy feel.

“Dewick is too big,” she said.

“Carmichael is more like a family.”

Previous prize recipients include Buber, Levi-Strauss DENnETT

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selects a yearly theme to narrow down the type of candidates they consider. This year, the theme was “the cultural meaning of life-sciences,” Max Sparreboom, the director of the Foundation, told the Daily.

To choose the winner, the Foundation — which counts the ideas of renaissance Dutch humanist and proponent of religious tolerance Desiderius Erasmus as its basis — set up a search committee composed of its members as well as external specialists, Sparreboom said.

The committee concluded that the character of Dennett’s work aligned with the values of the foundation, which include tolerance and unbiased critical thinking. Sparreboom added that Dennett’s teaching style and academic effort outside the classroom demonstrated a high level of scholarship.

Dennett, who learned he won the award while in Amsterdam, said he was very proud to be chosen because the desire to translate the importance of technology and science to a broader audience is his personal career goal.

“The most important job for philosophers is to negotiate traffic between our

everyday vision of the world with science,” Dennett said.

Sparreboom emphasized that the Erasmus Prize is intended as a reward, rather than as a grant.

“The prize is awarded for acknowledged achievements and is not intended as a stimulant to young talent,” he said.

“Dennett receives the prize not just for one book, but for his entire oeuvre.”

Dennett’s status as a renowned scholar was also a key factor in his selection, according to Sparreboom.

“Dennett was not nominated by somebody, but his work was known to each committee member,” he said.

He will officially receive the award Nov. 14 in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, according to Sparreboom.

Since its creation in 1958, the Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize to scholars such as philosopher Martin Buber, anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss and former Irish President Mary Robinson.

Dennett’s lauded scholarship — for which he has received such awards as the American Humanist Association’s Humanist of the Year - has focused on topics such as secular thinking and

atheism. As a result, he has become one of the “Four Horsemen of New Atheism,” a group that includes fellow scientists Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, as well as the late Christopher Hitchens, Dennett said.

Dennett has also presented several times at the elite Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference — commonly known as TED talks — where he has discussed topics ranging from consciousness and memes to the science behind humor and cuteness.

In addition to his position as the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts, he also serves as Co−Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies.

Apart from his lectures at TED and his academic papers, Dennett recently cowrote a book, “Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind,” which examines the evolutionary basis for humor.

“A lot of people want to keep science at bay,” Dennett said. “I want to show them that all of these treasures are more wonderful when you show them how they work. I want to understand the mind and religion.

All of these things are natural. There’s got to be a natural as opposed to supernatural account for them.”

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Department of Education at Tufts, agreed that successful education reform will have to place less importance on standardized testing, but he doesn’t believe Obama’s NCLB waiver does enough to alleviate the problem.

“As much as [Obama] has lately been talking about how teachers shouldn’t be teaching to the test, as long as there’s a test, they’re going to be teaching to it,” Cohen added. “There’s been a constant struggle in Massachusetts over standardized tests.”

In accordance with NCLB, students in Massachusetts currently take the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and are required to pass the English, math, and science sections in order to receive a high school diploma, according to Cohen.

Cohen also believes NCLB failed to properly address the “achievement gap” between students who attend well-resourced schools and those who do not.

“One of the assumptions that I think was behind No Child Left Behind was that we were somehow going to test our way to equality,” Cohen said. “I don’t see any evidence [of that].”

Another goal of the waiver application is to create a scale for measuring school performance that does not consider Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), which is the measurement that allows the Department of Education to determine how public schools and school districts are performing based on standardized test results.

Massachusetts is the state with the highest scores in the country, according

to Cohen. However, over 80 percent of public schools in Massachusetts did not make AYP, Cohen said.

“It’s certainly nice for the schools to not have to worry about this annual process and being labeled as ‘failing,’” Cohen said. “The flip side is that as part of the waiver, there’s been a demand that teachers be evaluated on a basis of their students’ test scores.”

“Evaluating teachers by student test scores is a very blunt instrument. It’s not very calibrated to individual students or teachers,” he added.

Though some worry that the waiver will lead to more high-stakes testing, Department of Education Lecturer Martha Tucker believes any relief from the current culture of teaching to the test is worth it.

“Test preparation has become the main goal of learning in our schools, and what the tests measure is very narrow in comparison to what we hope students will learn and be able to do,” Tucker wrote in an email to the Daily.

Cohen hopes that schools will begin to broaden the ways they assess student performance rather than relying on machine-scored testing.

“I would like to see a new attempt to truly reform education and to put student learning at the center in all its complexity, and to recognize that there’s not going to be a single bullet theory that is going to make everyone learn,” Cohen said.

“Kids learn differently, and we should be trying to assess them differently,” he added. “We shouldn’t be trying to straightjacket them into one [method of evaluation].”

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President Barack Obama earlier this month announced that ten states, including Massachusetts, have been waived from the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, allowing the state more flexibility on adjusting policies for schools and districts throughout the Commonwealth.

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Serious crime in Somerville, including property crime and motor vehicle theft, decreased by 10 percent last year, relative to the levels seen in 2010.

SPD captain credits increased police presence for decrease in crime CRIME

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those looking to commit crime tend to avoid Somerville as a result of our aggressive officers.”

Champion said the SPD Advisory Group made a series of recommendations that created more flexibility in officer’s schedules so they can patrol areas where there is high activity.

“Several years ago [the SPD Advisory Group] made a very specific series of recommendations on how shifts assignments are made, creating an overlay of special shifts during the busiest times for the police so that they actually had extra officers on the street during those hours,” Champion explained.

The SPD increased patrols in Davis Square and Porter Square after a series of indecent assaults in 2011.

“This show of presence causes the criminal element to cease their activity [and] relocate to different areas or different towns,” Fazio said.

Somerville opened two new police precincts in 2009, according to Champion.

He noted that the decrease in crime is built on the change within the police department.

Fazio said the SPD has partnered with

the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office by providing a detective to assist with their Narcotics Task Force. This partnership adds to the presence of more police patrol in Somerville.

“Downtown, our officers focus on quality of life offenses such as persons in possession of open containers of alcohol, sleeping in benches, offensive language or disorderly persons offenses,” Fazio explained.

“This keeps the downtown safe, as the officers’ activity keeps the criminal element at bay and is another reason crime is down,” he added.

Champion explained that in addition to the increase in police presence, demographic trends also factor into the decrease in crime.

“We have one of the best educated populations in the area in terms of residents who have four years or more of college,” Champion said. “We also have an unemployment rate that is below the state average and is well below the national average.”

“It is very hard to assign a specific cause and effect relationship to any of these factors, but it’s clear that each of them can play a role in declining crime in an urban environment,” he added.

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Denève’s uninspired conducting leads to uneven concert Boston Symphony Orchestra lacks energy while performing 20th-century program by

Will Myers

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For the second time in three weeks, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) presented a concert of exclusively 20th-

Boston Symphony Orchestra At Symphony Hall, through March 3 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115 888-266-1200 century music, performing Maurice Ravel’s 1910 suite “Ma mère l’oye,” (Mother Goose Suite), Igor Stravinsky’s 1924 Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments with pianist Peter Serkin and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (1937). Unlike Charles Dutoit’s superb all-20th-Century performance two weeks ago, conductor and music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève was unable to draw a consistent performance out of the usually impeccable BSO. The concert began with the Ravel, which was an unusually mellow way to start a concert. Denève was clearly in his element here — the orchestra’s performance was exquisitely delicate, which was reinforced by Denève’s reserved conducting. Throughout much of the suite, the BSO managed to keep within a remarkably compact dynamic range. As a result, the few moments in which the music opened up were particularly special. Because of the restrained arrangement, the orchestra was able to cultivate a sound reminiscent of chamber music.

Denève’s conducting reflected this as well: He avoided emphasizing beat patterns, instead using his position on the podium almost exclusively to indicate phrasing. While this tendency was entirely apt during the Ravel, it proved problematic elsewhere in the program.

The Stravinsky was definitely the low point of the concert. It’s a shame, because Serkin, who is a contemporary music specialist, performed the piano

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Stéphane Denève’s reserved conducting failed to energize the Boston Symphony Orchestra. part superbly. But the woodwinds and especially the brass were far too heavy, and it was nearly impossible to hear Serkin under their overzealous playing.

Most of Stravinsky’s music — most notably the music of his neoclassical period from which the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments hails — calls for a light, crisp touch. His wind parts in particular are best when performed articulately and without too much sustain.

(According to the program notes from the concert, one of Stravinsky’s early

piano teachers forbade that he use the sustain pedal, which might have contributed to this particular aesthetic.)

The BSO winds, unfortunately, failed to capture the requisite crispness, and the resultant muddiness frequently obscured the piano work. It’s hard to fault the players for this, though, because Denève’s conducting of the Stravinsky barely differed from his conducting of the Ravel. That is, he never struck a clear beat, which left the pared-down ensemble at a loss for where to start

their notes. Because the BSO is a worldclass orchestra, it never failed to play together, but the lack of sharp attacks and quick releases sapped the ensemble of its typical energy.

To end the concert, the emotional restraint of the first two pieces on the program was left by the wayside in favor of the heartrending anguish and biting sarcasm of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Arguably one of the most see ORCHESTRA, page 6

Dance Review

‘Triple Play’ visually, musically stimulates audience Boston Dance Ensemble dazzles in well-choreographed, diverse show

by Yasmine Swanson

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In one room, Piotr Tchaikovsky, Duke Ellington and John Adams make quite the party, and in

Triple Play Music by Music Division Students Choreography by Cathy Young, Daniel Pelzig and Doug Varone At the Wang Theatre through Oct. 29 “Triple Play,” dancers performed brilliantly to each of these composers’ works.

What was surprising was that three very different dances still formed a cohesive experience for the audience. And it was that, in part, that made the show a success. The grace, the heat and the excitement were all part of one overarching emotional journey. Triple the

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Beautiful choreography coupled with flawless execution made for an aesthetically-pleasing peformance.

dances in this case definitely meant triple the fun.

The choreography of the Boston Conservatory Dance Ensemble’s Feb. 18 production was striking. The order of the show contributed, in part, to the unification of the progression of eras the dance and music portrayed. The performance began with the classical period, a ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s Trio in A Minor.

The second segment of the show switched to dancing to excerpts from Duke Ellington’s “Far East Suite” and “Latin American Suite.” Finally, a modern dance to John Adams’ “Hallelujah Junction” made for a fitting conclusion.

The audience embarked on a journey through time, movement and emotion, beginning with classical dance and music.

The effect that the dancers created was very aesthetically pleasing. Hues of blue, pink and purple were prevalent onstage. There was a continual see DANCE, page 6

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recognizable pieces of the past century, in part because of the circumstances surrounding its inception, the symphony is now understood to have been written under duress. Shostakovich had to abandon his avant-garde and supposed anti-Stalinist inclinations or risk ending up one of the thousands of victims of Stalin’s ire, and he did — on the surface.

He dressed up his Symphony in the trappings of Soviet nationalism but somehow managed to include a third movement of what to today’s audiences is clearly unbridled grief and a fourth movement of bitterly passive-aggressive compliance.

The BSO was at its best in these final two movements; the first two again suffered from Denève’s lack of clarity and were on the subdued side for performances of Shostakovich’s symphonic oeuvre. But from the downbeat of the third movement, it was clear that Denève and the orchestra understood the music’s intense emotionality, and they fed off it until the end of the symphony. It is nearly impossible to perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 with reserve or concern for dignity — such is the irresistibility of the grim feelings involved in the work. From the moment Denève and the BSO gave in to those feelings, the audience had no choice but to give in as well.

The last thirty minutes of the concert were received with rapt attention. No one dared fidget, and it seemed as if few dared to breathe. Even the traditional between-movements audience chorus of coughs was barely present between the last two movements. When the symphony finished, it was met with enthusiastic and thunderous applause, vastly overshadowing the polite ovations the first two works drew.

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sense of grace and fluidity in movements at all times, as women were lifted into the air or smoothly flipped over their partners’ shoulders. Dancers also took advantage of the fact that the Trio in A Minor is divided into a theme and 11 variations. Because each of the variations had its own feel, each had a “mini-plot” that was portrayed through dance. Every one of the 11 seemed to have a beginning, middle and end to a story. Some were romantic, some were desperate and others were funny and lighthearted. Beautiful choreography, dancing, costumes, music and lighting characterized the first third of the performance.

Then the show changed gears.

Besides seeing a familiar face or two in dancers who had shed their leotards and who now bore tight hot-red and black outfits, a single element traversed the different styles of dance.

This unifying element can be accredited to the choreography. In both the first and second dance, the dynamic created between the sexes was fully exploited. A certain effect was produced when only women or men were on stage, or when the boys started to mingle with the girls. Some dances were all male — almost “West Side Story”-esque in their method — while others with pairs were very sexually intensified and some that featured solo dancers were more introspective.

Each of these “sub-dances” had its own unique mood.

A little disappointing in the jazz dance was the lack of dramatic investment among the performers. However, one performer in particular carried out the Latin-influenced jazz dance with a spark and a smile. Sometimes it seemed like she was flirting with the audience. Her movements and facial expressions had such energy that I could not help but sit back, relax and have fun with her. The other dancers would have done well to follow

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Gerald Watson, Brett Sjoblom and Rebecah Goldstone were graceful in ‘Constant Shift.’ her example and, simply put, to have more fun on stage. Despite this minor flaw, the jazz dancing was still fun, hot and spicy.

Finally, as the time-traveling dance moved to the present, the modern world was accented with faded jeans and plain colored shirts. With plenty

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of interesting choreography, this was quite a sight to see.

It is worth mentioning, too, that all of the music in the production was live and performed by conservatory students. The musicians’ performances, as well as the dancers’, were certainly commendable.

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Barchard, who returned after an ankle injury last season, has been sensational, posting 770 saves for a .922 percentage. Although Murphy pulled Barchard in Tufts’ penultimate regular season contest — a 9-2 home loss to Bowdoin during which Murphy utilized all three of his eligible keepers — the defense will rely on him to make big stops in the most important game they’ve played in a long time.

“Having Scotty in between the net is always a great thing for our team because it gives guys the confidence that they can take an extra chance here and there,” Amico said. “You know what you’re going to get from him every single day, and he comes to play and compete. He’s able to do some pretty special things between the pipes.”

The Ephs enter their rubber match with the Jumbos after an 8-8-2 season in the NESCAC. Their conference record includes just one win and one tie against the four teams seeded higher than they are. Williams ranks fourth in both offensive and defensive scoring but has been less impressive in power play and penalty kill situations, where they rank seventh and sixth in the conference, respectively.

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Conn. College team. With the advantage of home ice, the Jumbos appear to have the edge going into their third bout with the Ephs.

“The beauty of the NESCAC is that it is so competitive, but we competed with almost every team in the league this season,” Amico said. “We’re confident going into the playoffs that we can compete with anybody left in the tournament, so it’s a really exciting time.”

The Jumbos are most successful when holding opponents to two scores or fewer.

If Tufts allows Williams to go on a goalscoring run, the likes of which Bowdoin, Hamilton, and Amherst recently had at the Jumbos’ expense, the hosts may find themselves on thin ice.

In what will be a culmination of a season’s-worth of hard work, the Jumbos are ready to seize the moment.

“From day one in practice we set the goal that we wanted to have a home playoff game, and that was what we were really shooting for all season,” Amico said. “We’re going into every day not trying to change too much up.

We want to keep the same rhythm that we’ve been in all season, and especially for us seniors we’re trying to enjoy the ride and the time we have left. We have a special opportunity that not a lot of Tufts teams have had in the past, so we’re really trying to take full advantage and extend the season while we have the opportunity.”

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Following a national search that reportedly included more than 100 applicants, Colby ultimately removed the interim tag from longtime assistant coach Jonathan Michaeles, effectively making him the Mules’ new head coach.

This comes months after Ed Mestieri, a 23-year employee of the school and an eight-year head coach, abruptly resigned for unspecified reasons, though his departure coincided with sexual misconduct allegations that brought substantial attention to the Maine school. While no students were named in the case, rumors surfaced that members of the football team were involved.

Michaeles, a 1992 graduate of Bates, had been the interim director of football since December. In the past, he worked as the tight ends coach at UPenn, the offensive coordinator at Saint Anselm and a wide receivers coach for Fordham.

“I’m thrilled to name Jonathan Michaeles as the next head coach of the Colby football program,” Athletics Director Marcella Zalot said in a press release. “Not only does he know the game, he also knows this program and the College. I think that continuity is going to reap big benefits for us in the years ahead.”

Women’s Soccer | Amherst sophomore lives the dream It’s not often that two Div. III soccer players make a national team. It’s even

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Amherst sophomore Kate Sisk followed in the footsteps of junior Brandon Saldana, who took on a starring role for the Puerto Rican senior national team last fall. After taking a call from Saldana — who informed her that the Puerto Rican U-20 team was looking for players for the final stage of Caribbean qualifiers for the 2012 CONCACAF Championship in Cuba — Sisk flew down for tryouts, made the team and appeared in a couple of qualifying games.

During the fall season with the Lord Jeffs, Sisk appeared in all 21 games, tallying seven points on two goals and three assists.

Ice Hockey | Semifinalists named for Joe Concannon Award Of the 16 semifinalists for the 12th Annual Joe Concannon Award, given to the best American-born college hockey player in New England at the Div. II and Div. III levels, five were from the NESCAC. The semifinalists include Mike Baran (Amherst), Nik Tasiopoulos (Wesleyan), Ryan Purdy (Williams), Jordan Lalor (Bowdoin) and Michael Doherty (Colby).

Finalists for the award will be announced prior to the start of the Frozen Four on April 5-7, and the winner will be given his award during the New England Hockey Writers dinner in mid-April.

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The Jumbos, who have never won a NESCAC title and are making their first semifinal appearance in three years, will be looking for revenge after the Polar Bears defeated them by a single point on Jan. 13. Tufts, which ranks second in Div. III in scoring defense, gave up an uncharacteristically high 57 points, well above their season average of 45.2. The Jumbos will need to do a better job defensively this time around.

“We have been going over how to defend them in practice,” said senior guard Tiffany Kornegay, who is in the top five in the NESCAC in both rebounding and steals. “Coach [Carla Berube] is going over the sets they like to run based on their [NESCAC quarterfinal] game from Saturday so we know how to defend them.”

The key for the Jumbos will be containing NESCAC Player of the Year frontrunner senior guard Jill Henrikson.

Henrikson, who leads the NESCAC with 17.2 points per game and 2.84 steals per game — plus a second-best 89.3 percent mark from the charity stripe — torched the Jumbos for 19 points on 60 percent shooting in their last matchup. The three-time Player of the Week’s well-rounded offensive game, coupled with her on-ball defensive prowess, has given opponents nightmares all season. Shutting her down, or at least containing her, will be crucial for Tufts to stay with the Polar Bears in points as the Jumbos have no players averaging above nine points per game. Kornegay, who is a top candidate for NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year, will likely be called upon to match up with Bowdoin’s star.

“We just know she is a versatile player,” Kornegay said of Henrikson.

“She can shoot the three well and she loves to drive right. We need to know where she is on the court at all times and focus on closing out on her with a

hand in her face.”

“I think we need to play great team defense and just play our game,” added senior co-captain Kate Barnosky, who leads the team with nine points per game. “We need a great all-around effort from everyone.”

The Jumbos will look to make better use of their inside game on Saturday than they did last time against Bowdoin. The Polar Bears have no players over six feet tall, and the Jumbos will be focused on working the ball down low to their best post players — Barnosky and 6-foot-2 freshman Hayley Kanner. Defensively, Bowdoin’s lack of height will also allow Tufts to switch on-ball screens.

“Last game [against Bowdoin], we had a problem keeping the floor spread and taking advantage of opportunities down low,” Kornegay said. “We didn’t see them when we were playing, but watching film we noticed things we can take advantage of.”

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Jumbos would most likely take on top seed and national No. 1 Amherst, barring a miracle upset from Colby. The undefeated defending national champions have won 61 straight games on their home floor and enter this weekend as heavy favorites to take the NESCAC crown.

No one has had an answer for the Lord Jeffs this season, including the Jumbos, who managed just 31 points against them on Feb. 4.

Right now though, the team’s focus is on Saturday’s game against Bowdoin, which will tip off at Amherst’s LeFrak Gymnasium at 3 p.m.

“The key for us this weekend is going to be our communication on defense,” Kornegay said. “We saw in film [on Wednesday] that they definitely took advantage of our lapses and miscommunications.”

“We need to attack from the start and play our best basketball for all 40 minutes,” Barnosky said.

Long’s numbers were not flashy, but his leadership will be hard to replace MEN’S BASKETBALL continued from Back

two years is that he is a natural leader,” senior forward Alex Orchowski added. “Without hesitation, I would say he served as the voice of our locker room through the good times and the bad. It was a privilege to play alongside him.”

Long’s passion is what drew head coach Bob Sheldon to him in the first place.

“We recruited him because he plays so hard,” Sheldon said. “Everything he did, he did at 100 percent. He’s a little undersized for a big man as far as height is concerned, so we took a chance and thought he would make up for his size with his heart and leadership, and I think he really did that.”

But the transition from the bench to a position of leadership was not easy for Long.

At Norwell High School, Long served as the first two-time captain in the basketball program’s history, amassing 1,421 points and over 1,000 rebounds.

Long was also a captain for the football team while rising to the top five in his academic class. In 2008, he was awarded the Boston Globe/Richard Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award, and upon graduation he was elected by his classmates to speak on their behalf.

When he arrived at Tufts, Long had to adapt to a new role outside the spotlight.

“It was a hard adjustment to make sure my teammates respected me when I wasn’t going out and scoring 20 points a game,” Long said. “I had to learn how to lead when the team needed it, without necessarily being one of our go-to guys.”

Where Long was the go-to guy, though, was on defense.

In his freshman season, Long emerged as one of the team’s best options to guard opposing centers, drawing offensive fouls and forcing tough post plays. Sheldon adopted the much-debated practice of alternating offensive and defensive forwards on lategame possessions.

“I went out with high school friends after [Saturday’s loss against Bates] and it’s a running joke that now I’m a defensive specialist,” Long said. “My friends all laugh at me now that I get subbed out when we’re on offense and put in on defense.”

His teammates aren’t laughing.

“James plays better defense than Orchowski and I and some of the best defense on the

team,” Anderson said. “James is a guy you love to play with because he gives it all he has at all times and really makes an investment into the team every year.”

Still, his teammates do get a good laugh talking about the one aspect of Long’s game that is, well, slightly lacking.

“Above all, we’re going to really miss James’ free-throw shooting. As one of the best free-throw shooters in the league, James was a great guy to have in late game situations,” Anderson said with loving sarcasm.

Long shot 38.9 percent from the line for the Jumbos and often vocalized his disappointment once the ball left his hands. Still, Long kept his sense of humor, often smiling and shaking his head after almost puzzlingly bad misses.

Long blames his lack of freethrow success on his running inner dialogue.

He admits that with the leadership role came constant responsibility and worry for the team’s performance, and that he often found it hard to clear his head of strategizing thoughts.

“Free throws are such a mental thing,” Long said. “I just think I always have trouble getting to the line and removing myself. I struggled with that the last few seasons because so much of my game is thinking and being smart. I was never a good free-throw shooter in high school either, but it wasn’t a duck-and-cover kind of thing.”

Some people still have faith that Long’s free-throw shooting will improve in his postcollege career. “[Assistant] coach Chad Onofrio says that they’re bound to start falling … that I’m going to be the best men’s league free-throw shooter of all time,” Long said.

“His mother taught him how to shoot free throws,” Sheldon joked. “Put that in the article.”

Long’s parents have been there for every missed free throw, every rebound and every charge drawn. They missed only two of their son’s collegiate tournaments, in Los Angeles and Virginia, while maintaining careers as attorneys. That allowed Long to develop into the confident leader the Jumbos needed during their rougher seasons.

“They have probably missed single-digit games in my career since third grade,” Long said.

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A self-proclaimed “Latin scholar,” Long is double majoring in Latin and Political Science and will follow in his parents’ footsteps by attending law school in the fall.

“It’s something I’ve grown up around, but I don’t have the overbearing parents with my dad pasting my face on a graduation photo from Princeton Law,” Long said. “It’s something that interests me.”

But Long is keeping an open mind — and a sense of humor.

“There’s also a strong chance I buy a gold dredge and move

up to the Klondikes in Alaska,” he said. “I’ve caught gold fever from watching ‘Gold Rush’ on the Discovery Channel.”

Whether he ends up at a top law school or mining his own claim up north, Long will always be proud knowing he played a part in the turnaround of Tufts men’s basketball.

“Four straight losses to end the season definitely sours it a bit as a senior,” Long admits. “I just think in time I will look back and know that I helped move the program along a little bit and left it in a better place than it was before — just like [Sam]

Mason (E ’11) and [Matt] Galvin (E ’11) did the year before — and set the guys up for an even better year next year.”

While Sheldon has already gone to work on recruiting taller players to fill Long’s spot in the post, the coach knows that what he brought to the program was something special.

“Every coach talks about the intangibles,” Sheldon said. “As far as James is concerned, the leadership will be the hardest to replace. He made them come to practice, he made them work hard and he made them live hard.”

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Freshman point guard Kelsey Morehead, who is third on the team in scoring and first in minutes played, will run the offense on Saturday when the Jumbos take on Bowdoin in the conference semifinals.

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Fresh off a 57-40 NESCAC quarterfinal victory over Conn. College this past weekend, the No. 2 seed women’s basketball team will take on Bowdoin tomorrow at Amherst in the semifinals

of the conference tournament. The winner will face either No. 1 Amherst or No. 4 Colby in the finals on Sunday.

The Polar Bears, the third seed with a record of 19-6, beat Wesleyan last weekend by a 16-point margin. see WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 11

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To other teams in the NESCAC, the impending graduation of senior tricaptain forward James Long may not look like a huge loss for the Jumbos.

At 6-foot-5, Long is an undersized post player and has averaged just 4.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in his four years at Tufts. But ask Tufts fans — or, better yet, ask his teammates — and they will tell you No. 55 is an invaluable asset to the squad.

In his own way, the two-year captain has helped usher in a new era of Tufts basketball.

During his first two campaigns on the Hill, the Jumbos mustered just nine and six wins, respectively, and were locked in the conference cellar. The team’s talents were not translating to success on the court, and the mentality was one of defeat.

“My senior year of high school we were 19-1. … We always won,” Long said. “It was an adjustment [coming to Tufts]. My freshman year I don’t want to say I was star-struck, but I was just too happy to be here. … Losing became the expectation and winning brought out this massive celebration. [Last year]

there was a huge change in culture as winning became the expectation and losses were harder. And that’s all about the identity of the team and trying to develop a winning culture.”

Last year, under Long’s first captainship, the Jumbos succeeded in making the transition to winning basketball, making the playoffs for the first time in the careers of any of the team’s players. This past weekend, the Jumbos hosted their first tournament game in six years.

Affectionately called “the best sixth man in the league” by his teammates, Long became a symbol of hard work and fundamental post defense for the Jumbos over the last two seasons.

“I really can’t think of another sixth man who has had more of a significance for a team in the NESCAC than James has,” junior tri-captain forward Scott Anderson said. “It’s going to be tough losing him, especially for myself because whenever James came in the game, I knew we were in just as good of shape as if both of our starting forwards were still in the game.”

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Tomorrow, the fourth-seeded Jumbos will host their first-ever home NESCAC tournament game, welcoming the fifthseeded Williams Ephs into Malden Forum in the conference quarterfinals.

In the regular season, Tufts split its two-game series with Williams, first falling 4-1 at home before redeeming the loss with a 3-2 overtime victory in Williamstown on Jan. 27.

Last season, the Jumbos missed out on the tournament altogether, but now they are putting in the preparation needed to come out firing on all cylinders.

“Obviously we go game-by-game,” junior tri-captain defenseman Nick Metcalfe said. “We have reports on other teams and we practice things during the week, but just knowing that we’ve played [ Williams] before and using the video to pick out plays that we can repeat, we have confidence that we can play our game.”

The season has been full of ups and downs for the Jumbos, who finished 9-8-1 in conference play. At times they looked strong, grabbing big NESCAC wins and narrow overtime victories in both conference and out-of-conference play. Other outings were more nightmarish, though, including a 7-1 loss to No. 1 Amherst and a 5-1 defeat at the hands of No. 2 Bowdoin early in the schedule.

“Obviously we had tough games, but every season is like a roller coaster ride,” Metcalfe said. “You learn what not to do, and what to do, for upcoming games, and we’re going to use what we learned there to approach the game this weekend.”

After a six-game unbeaten streak that extended from late January into early February, the Jumbos have struggled of late. Tufts dropped three of its last four games in ugly fashion, suffering each defeat by six goals or more and getting outscored 23-2 by Amherst, Hamilton and Bowdoin.

Tufts’ inability to win toward the end of the season allowed Middlebury to clinch the No. 3 seed. “[Amherst, Hamilton and Bowdoin] are all great teams, but I think the biggest problem we had over those

three games was we got ourselves into penalty trouble so we were shorthanded a lot,” senior tri-captain Matt Amico said. “When you give teams like Bowdoin and Amherst opportunities on the power play, they’re going to cash in very frequently.”

While their opponents capitalized on power plays, the Jumbos struggled to take advantage of mistakes.

“We also just got into a little bit of a funk where we were getting opportunities but we couldn’t put the puck in the net, and you get to that point where you start gripping a little bit tighter on the stick and everybody gets a little bit frustrated,” Amico said.

Despite the late-season slip, coach Brian Murphy’s Jumbos went out on a strong note in their last outing, earning a 3-2 victory over Colby to clinch home ice for this weekend’s contest.

While the Jumbos are just 5-5 at the Malden Forum this winter, they doubled their win percentage in the conference from last season’s dismal 5-14 mark and achieved their highest-ever finish in the NESCAC standings.

“We’ve really just tried to calm everybody down and relax and work on finishing opportunities,” Amico said. “We’re making sure that we put everything in the back of the net when we have the chance. Going forward that’s going to be a big key for us.”

The Jumbos are led by a strong corps of freshmen, including forward Tyler Voigt and defensemen Shawn Power and Blake Edwards — all of whom rank among the team’s top six scorers — and sophomore Kyle Gallegos, who is the Jumbos’ leading scorer with 16 goals and nine assists.

“The freshmen have really been an accomplished class. They’ve done more than most classes I can remember coming in,” Amico said. “But I think the biggest thing that I see in the difference this season is the attitude.

From the goaltender on out, the freshmen to the seniors, everybody made the commitment that we were going to make the sacrifices on and off the ice to accomplish our goals, and we were able to take a big step forward with the program.”

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Senior forward Evan Story, who has contributed 12 points this season, will look to skate the Jumbos past the Ephs tomorrow in Tufts hockey’s first-ever home playoff game.