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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010

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Off-campus parties deemed rowdy run into harsher fines and penalties BY

AMELIE HECHT

Daily Editorial Board

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A fire truck outside the Mayer Campus Center yesterday.

Smoke shuts down campus center The Mayer Campus Center was shut down yesterday evening after smoke spread throughout the building due to an elevator machinery malfunction.

The campus center elevator’s hydraulic oil overheated and smoked, creating a pungent smell throughout the building, according to the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD). No actual fire was reported, nor were any injuries, TUPD Capt.

Mark Keith said.

The Somerville Fire Department responded to the incident.

People streamed out of the campus center when the fire alarm sounded around 5:30 p.m. yesterday. The building was closed down so that it could be ventilated, according to TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy; large fans were placed in the campus center.

McCarthy said yesterday that the building would most likely remain closed throughout the night and reopen today.

When the fire alarm originally went off, senior Jaya Birch-Desai was at a dinner in the campus center’s Zamparelli Room, prior to last night’s Lyon & Bendheim Lecture.

“We didn’t really see anything, but as soon as we left the room you could smell something,” Birch-Desai said. “It smelled like an electrical fire. It wasn’t like somebody was barbecuing something on the grill and it was burning — it was very distinct.”

She said the dinner moved to Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall due to the evacuation.

Senior Holly Stewart was attending a meeting at the campus center for Tufts Timmy Foundation when the alarm went off. Like Birch-Desai, she went to Dewick to eat dinner.

Stewart said she initially thought the alarm was for a fire drill but eventually realized that was not the case.

Andrea Ness, a senior, also did not see smoke when the alarm went off.

“I thought it had gone off by mistake,” she said, “because nothing seemed out of the ordinary to me.”

—by Ben Gittleson, with reporting contributed by Alexandra Bogus and Meredith Klein

Holocaust survivor tells tale of sadness, hope BY

CORINNE SEGAL

Daily Editorial Board

A crowd of several hundred gathered in Cabot Auditorium Tuesday night to hear an extraordinary story of endurance during the Holocaust.

Eliezer Ayalon, who survived five concentration camps during the Holocaust and was the sole survivor of a family of six, recounted his experiences at an event run by Tufts Hillel. His visit was sponsored by a donation from Trustee Emeritus William Cummings (A ’58) and his wife Joyce.

Ayalon was born in 1928 in Radom, a town in central Poland, where he lived with his parents, sister and two brothers. German soldiers entered Radom on Sept. 8, 1939.

“That is exactly when my life changed dramatically,” Ayalon

said. “To live in a ghetto means to live in a prison.”

Ayalon said the ghetto’s inhabitants were unable to earn money or buy food. “I remember days when my family could not afford to buy more than a half loaf of bread each day,” he said.

At age 13, he obtained a job at the German military base outside the ghetto, becoming the sole money earner in his family in the process.

German soldiers began emptying Polish ghettos in the summer of 1942, sending inhabitants to concentration camps. Ayalon’s family was sent to the Treblinka concentration camp.

His mother convinced him to use his work permit to avoid the euphemistically named “resettlement,” which, at the time, exempted him from deportation. see HOLOCAUST, page 2

Responding to a rise in complaints from local residents, the university has this year significantly increased the fine imposed on students throwing overly loud or rowdy parties off campus.

A number of students, increasingly feeling the burden of enforcement, aired frustration and often surprise at the university’s penalties over events held off campus.

The fine, given to off-campus houses that violate the noise levels mandated by local city ordinances, rose from $200 to $300.

The $100 increase for students hosting parties off campus was a product of negotiations over the summer between the university and local community members, including city council members

and Medford and Somerville police officers, according to Judicial Affairs Officer Veronica Carter.

Director of Community Relations Barbara Rubel said local residents expressed more frustration than ever before at off-campus students’ disregard for their neighbors.

“We heard from neighbors [that] they didn’t think the fine that was in place last year was making any difference, that $200 wasn’t enough to really wake people up,” Rubel said.

“I don’t know if it is an especially high level of activity this year, or if it’s just another year of activity that makes the neighbors feel like they have had enough.”

These grievances, Carter said, prompted the university to decide to up the fine.

“Every year we meet and talk about off-campus parties,” Carter said, referring to talks between Tufts

administrators and community members. “They said what we are doing is not enough, so we increased the fine.”

According to the updated university policy on off-campus living, students will generally receive a house fine of $300 for the infraction and can be subject to additional disciplinary action. Subsequent violations result in a doubling of the fine to $600.

Somerville and Medford police also have the option of imposing their own fines, typically an additional $300 fine per resident present at the time of the offense, according to Somerville Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Upton.

Beyond raising the noise regulation fine, the university has not changed its approach toward dealsee PARTIES, page 2

Firefighters, police and chili combos spice up Carmichael Dining Hall BY

ELIZABETH MCKAY Contributing Writer

Dining Services yesterday hosted its eighth annual Station House Chili Fest, inviting firefighters and policemen and women from Medford and Somerville to join Tufts students in Carmichael Dining Hall for a hearty lunch of chili, burgers and other spicy dishes.

The Chili Fest was originally conceived as a way to thank and honor the community’s firefighters in the wake of 9/11, Carmichael Dining Manager Dave Kelley said. Since its inception, the event has grown to incorporate local police as well.

“We really appreciate Tufts doing this for us,” Medford Fire Department Chief Steve Howe, who attended the event, told the Daily.

Firefighters used the visit to campus to educate students about fire safety. A fire safety display included tips, kitchen safety pamphlets and even the actual results of unsafe equipment use, including a melted boom box.

Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers were also present, handing out foam police cars, flashlights and candy.

Kelley said the event was a way to give back to these service people.

“You have these guys here who are dependable and sacrificing for our safety. It’s all about them,” Kelley said.

The event connected Tufts students to officers and firefighters, sophomore Belle Haggett said.

“It’s really important to reach out to that community — make figures of authority friendly, not scary,” she said.

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A student enjoys a selection of chili at Carmichael Dining Hall.

At the event, students chose between seven different types of chili, including this year’s new recipe, Santa Fe Chicken. Also available were such fire-themed dishes as the Station House pizza and the Felony & Smokin’ Fries.

Howe and fellow firefighter Jim Flynn preferred the steak tip chili, which they both described as “excellent.”

Haggett and freshman Anna Graham opted to mix types of chili. “It’s delicious. Definitely

worth trying a whole bunch,” Haggett, who chose her concoction based on a fireman’s suggestion, said.

Before the event, Kelley said he expected Carmichael would serve between 120 and 140 service people throughout the day, in addition to the student population.

Howe said firefighters rotated shifts on duty and at Carmichael in order to remain prepared for an emergency while their colleagues attended the event.

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Holocaust survivor Eliezer Ayalon recounts how he survived the Holocaust HOLOCAUST continued from page 1

Ayalon said he resisted, wanting to stay with his family.

“I begged my family,” he said.

“I cried, ‘Let me stay. I want to stay with you.’ My mother insisted I should go.”

Ayalon was eventually forced to go to a concentration camp 80 miles away.

“I refused to die. I did everything possible to survive,” he said.

In the different camps in which he resided between 1942 and 1945, Ayalon barely ate, worked from dawn until dusk and shared a bunk bed with six people. He showed a sign to the audience with the number 84991, his designation at the third camp.

Ayalon said he walked for two days straight from the fourth to the fifth camp, Ebensee, where he remained until American forces liberated it in May 1945.

“I remember the last week. I was in a state of protracted starvation,” he said. “I could count my ribs. I was a walking skeleton like the others.”

When Gen. George Patton’s army liberated Ayalon’s camp, Ayalon was 17 years old and weighed 55 pounds.

“To me, they were not American soldiers. To me, they were angels who came down from heaven to save our lives,” he said.

Ayalon moved to Palestine in Nov. 1945, where he met and married his wife, to whom he is still married. He has two children, five

grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

“I think that I accomplished everything I wanted,” he said.

“My life is a continual defeat for the Nazis.”

Ayalon urged the audience to prevent genocide from ever happening again.

“Speak out against racism, against baseless hatred,” he said.

“We have to speak and to make sure that the Holocaust will never happen again.”

“If you do that, you will contribute a lot to this world,” he said.

Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, the executive director of Tufts Hillel, told the audience beforehand that he hoped to make students more responsive to injustice in the world.

“We want to sandpaper our students’ sensitivity so that they’ll be among the first to recognize and respond to injustice in society,” Summit said.

Hillel President Rachel Finn called the event a success.

“I think it went incredibly well. I thought there was excellent turnout,” Finn, a senior, said. “I think the crowd listening really understood the magnitude of what he was speaking about.”

“He was an incredible speaker,” sophomore Miriam Ross-Hirsch, a co-chair of freshman programming at Hillel, said. “I thought it was a really moving story.”

A short clip of the documentary “Genocide” and an introduction by junior Hillary Sieber preceded Ayalon’s remarks.

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Holocaust survivor Eliezer Ayalon spoke to a packed Cabot Auditorium on Tuesday night.

The Cummings, who recently presented Tufts with a $1 million challenge grant to form a new program through Tufts Hillel for Holocaust and genocide education, were touched when hearing Ayalon speak in Israel; Ayalon was partly responsible for their decision to give.

Summit stressed the importance of education in propagating moral

values across the world.

“Many people here, at some point, will be called on to make moral decisions where our actions will count, and where we can have a profound impact on others’ lives,” he said. “We believe that education can and should move us to action, and that engaged citizens can and will raise a moral voice and rise to moral actions in our lives.”

Ross-Hirsch said she hoped that the lessons from the Holocaust would help prepare students to fight to prevent future genocides.

“I think one of the positive things that can come out of the Holocaust, of these survivors,” Ross-Hirsch said, “is the motivation to really make sure that other holocausts and other genocides really don’t happen again.”

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ing with off-campus parties, Carter said.

“As far as I know, there has not been any concerted effort by the university to crack down harder on students this year.”

Carter said that she was not aware of offcampus incidents occurring more often than last year.

“The numbers have not gone up, as far as I know,” Carter said.

Reports of noise disturbances, however, have increased by roughly 25 percent between Sept. 1 and Oct. 20 of this year as compared to the same time period last year, according to Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) Capt. Mark Keith. Specifically, Keith said, TUPD reported 45 noise incidents last year compared with 56 over the same time interval this year.

Still, Keith said that TUPD has maintained the same attitude toward parties as in years past.

“I don’t think there is a new concerted effort to crack down,” Keith said. “We haven’t changed any type of tactic. We are employing all the same measures as we have in the past to maintain the peace.”

Upton was not surprised by the spike in noise-related incidents, explaining that the number of disturbances is typically highest at the beginning of the school year and decreases as the semester progresses and the weather turns colder.

“As far as I know, this year was no worse than previous years,” Upton told the Daily in an e-mail. “It may have been a little better.”

Questions of jurisdiction Even as the university maintains its approach to dealing with off-campus parties, several anecdotal accounts show that the students may be feeling the pinch more than administrators let on.

“I definitely have felt like there have been a lot more stories of parties being broken up this year,” one junior, who lives on Mason Street and was fined $300 for noise violations during a party he hosted, said. “I have heard stories of parties that were really low-key, and the cops still showed up.”

All students quoted anonymously in this article requested anonymity on the grounds that they did not want to be publicily associated with rule violations.

Though students in off-campus houses live independently from Tufts, the university maintains jurisdiction over their behavior, according to Carter.

“The university’s jurisdiction is not limited to the campus,” Carter said. “This is not new.

It has been in place for years.”

This extended jurisdiction is one source of frustration for students who feel that living off campus should afford them greater autonomy.

“It seems odd that the university can take action against us just because we are Tufts students,” the junior residing on Mason Street said. “These violations are completely unrelated to our status as students.”

Another off-campus student, however, recognized the university’s right to hold its students responsible for their actions.

“We do live independently, but we are representing Tufts University,” the student, who hosted a party on Conwell Avenue and whose house was fined $300, said.

Senior Chris Nolop, who lives on College Avenue and was also fined for noise violations, accepted police authority to quell rowdy events but questioned the high fine. The money collected from these incidents goes toward the Student Activities Fee to help organize non-alcoholic programming on campus, according to Carter.

“I think it is reasonable that the cops showed up to tell us to quiet down,” Nolop said. “I don’t think it is reasonable that we have to pay $300 for a noise complaint to the university’s Student Activities [Fee].”

The senior living on Conwell disagreed, adding that it may deter future parties from getting out of hand.

“I don’t have any problem with the money going to the Student Activities [Fee], because in the end the money will benefit Somerville because, ultimately, it will mean there are fewer students going out to parties and being noisy,” the student said.

Crime and punishment Each party is handled on a case-by-case basis, according to Carter. TUPD files a report, no matter how serious the situation, and forwards it along to the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, according to Keith.

A number of factors are taken into consideration when the offices of Judicial Affairs and of the Dean of Student Affairs determine how to discipline a particular house, Keith said.

Similarly, there are no established criteria used to determine when a party will be fined by the City of Somerville, Upton said.

“Disturbances of the peace are handled on a case-by-case basis. It depends on how bad the disturbance really is. A party with 20 people is usually handled differently than a party with 200,” Upton said. “Officers have several options, from verbal warning to civil fines to Tufts discipline to arrest.”

Upton said that Somerville police attempt

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Off-campus partiers must keep the noise down to avoid a heftier fine. to work with students, but often the situation may prove too severe to offer warnings.

“In most cases, we try to give the party sponsors an opportunity to police themselves,” he said. “In some cases, there are far too many people present to allow a late night party to continue. We have ended parties with 300 or more people packed into a two and a half story house. This is a serious fire hazard, and we have to act the first time.”

Many students found the lack of a uniform disciplinary system frustrating, particularly given the steep fine.

“There are students who can take a $300 hit and students for whom that is a very significant sum. When there is a situation like that, there should be more transparency,” the Conwell senior said. “I think they should have very strict rules about where they do and don’t give fines.”

A senior living on College Avenue also found the rules on off-campus incidents arbitrary.

She hosted a large party with several hundred attendees over the first weekend of the school year. Though TUPD shut down the party and took her and her housemates’ ID numbers, they never received any disciplinary action, she said.

“We feel like we should have been fined, whereas my friend who had a small party should not have been,” she said. “They warned us and they scared us; I think the warning was enough in our case.”

Bad reputations Some students believed they were treated unfairly, claiming that the perceived reputation of their houses — in some cases acquired by previous tenants — made the police more likely to fine them.

“Before us, there were a bunch of guys who threw parties a lot and were very noisy,” a junior who lives on Teele Avenue said. “They got a terrible reputation for the house, and now we are paying the price for it.”

The student said one of her housemates and two of their friends were sitting on their front porch after Fall Ball. An unrelated disturbance on the street led Somerville Police to come to her house, where they fined her and two of her housemates each $300.

“This incident had nothing to do with our house, and yet we were held responsible for it,” she said. “We were told we are being patrolled and red-flagged.”

Keith said that TUPD works with students who live in homes that historically have had issues in order to avoid further confrontation with neighbors.

“If there are particular houses that have had more complaints than others, we may try to make contact with the residents in person,” Keith said. “We try to explain to them why there have been many complaints in the past and see if they can try and respond to the wishes of the neighbors when they have parties.”

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An American education vs. experience abroad: Jumbos weigh the pros and cons BY

EMILIA LUNA

Daily Editorial Board

The cost of attending an American university tends to rise every year, and as those paying for a Jumbo education know, Tufts — with a price tag of $51,088 — ranked last year as the most expensive school in Massachusetts.

This year, some schools are expected to hit the $60,000 mark for one year of tuition, room, board and fees, according to U.S. News and World Report, with New York’s Sarah Lawrence College leading the way.

But with such high costs and a job market that is less than welcoming to recent graduates, it is hard to overlook the fact that there are quality degrees to be had for far less money abroad.

U.S. News reported that, over the last two decades, the number of American students studying abroad for one semester or more has quadrupled; few study there for graduate degrees, though.

Senior Valerie Moon, who participated in the Tufts-in-Madrid program for the entirety of the 2009-10 academic year, said that while in Spain, she often could not help but consider the benefits of studying in a foreign country full-time.

Learning a new language, gaining exposure to a new culture and paying less than half the money for one’s education made the idea appealing, she said.

Additionally, while American universities are generally successful in advancing academic learning, Moon thinks they often fail to encourage education through other outlets and resources, like Moon’s program in Spain promoted.

“Tufts keeps students so busy that lots of us find it very difficult to have a life off campus and learn from other sources, like museums, institutions, et cetera,” she said. “In Europe, students and people in general seem so much

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With American university tuitions rising to record levels, international institutions like the University of Hong Kong offer another plan. more culturally aware just from actively being a part of their larger environments outside of the university.”

At the end of her time in Spain, Moon returned to her studies at Tufts, but she is still thinking of heading back to Europe for graduate school.

She said many disadvantages are associated with studying abroad full-

time, perhaps the most obvious being the distance from home, friends and family. The lack of the ever-romanticized American college experience, pestering bureaucratic responsibilities like applying for visas, and differing opinions on the caliber of academics abroad relative to those at prestigious U.S. colleges are also significant drawbacks, she said.

On top of all those uncertainties is the greatest of them all: whether foreign degrees are akin to American degrees in the eyes of American employers.

According to Donna Milmore, assistant director of Career Services, they might not be. It depends on the prestige of the university that issues them, she said.

“I doubt that U.S. employers would value a non-U.S. degree as highly as a Tufts degree,” Milmore said.

On the other hand, she said, some employers seek applicants with a more global education. Experience abroad — whether for one semester or four years — can be a valuable tool in both marketing oneself and adapting to certain work environments.

The Tufts experience is valuable to many companies, Milmore said, in that it combines an American education with an emphasis on international affairs and a reputation for promoting experience abroad.

“The Tufts brand is very attractive to employers, and the inclusion of a semester studying abroad enhances a student’s well-rounded, global profile,” she said.

Further, Milmore said, when it comes to looking for employment, the advice and resources American universities have to offer is far better quality.

“Non-U.S. schools do not typically provide students the extensive career resources that are available at a college like Tufts,” she said.

And when it comes to weighing the cost and quality of an educational see ABROAD, page 4

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When the flu strikes

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ast year’s H1N1 scare was enough to make any college campus go crazy.

Solitary confinement was the new black, students were dropping like flies, and everyone was expecting the apocalypse.

While everyone was hand-sanitizing and vaccinating, school health authorities were frantically implementing an all-time high number of precautionary measures. You couldn’t walk within 100 feet of the Health Service building without being blinded by signs warning you, “Wear this mask if you have a cough.”

The line for a walk-in appointment was ridiculous — whether they were sick or not, people were ready and willing to use the outbreak as an excuse to cut class. Although flu shots have stepped it up and protect against H1N1 this year, here are a few tips to make the flu season more manageable.

1. Get a flu shot. It sounds simple, but for whatever reason, people are truly at their laziest from matriculation to graduation.

Without any immediate benefit, why wander out of a warm room for a flu vaccine, only to have to wait in line like a herd of sheep when you could be watching every season of “How I Met Your Mother”? Even though it sucks to have to plan a time to go and the administering clinicians never explain why being allergic to eggs matters — which, if you start to ask questions, is kind of creepy — your immune system will thank you later.

2. Be understanding of roommates. Of course it’s annoying when your roommate is coughing away in his or her sleep while you stare wide-eyed at the ceiling, wondering how someone can sleep through what sounds like his or her own seizure. What’s important to remember, though, is that they are suffering equally — it may look like they’re sound asleep, but a night’s worth of coughing does not a sound sleep make.

So long as the germs stay with him and he covers his mouth, you’ve already won. You should be sure to keep antibacterial soap or gel on hand to keep germs at bay, since rooms and houses retain them. If the noise gets too bad, you can always try earplugs or an iPod, or just go old school and use your pillow.

3. Try to get enough sleep. I realize that when you are in the middle of classes, you can’t exactly just stop doing work because you want to sleep. However, a few nights of peaceful slumber make a huge difference.

The best way to do this is to prioritize; be efficient during the day on weekdays and weekends so you can rest on weeknights and do fun activities on weekend nights.

If you manage to accomplish your tasks and score a few nights of quality sleep, you won’t be the most hated audience member at “The Social Network” the following Saturday — theater crowds are grumpy when you violate the whole “silence is golden” thing. Go figure.

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Since the announcement of the Green Line extension from Lechmere to Mystic Valley Parkway, scheduled for completion in 2015, many have wondered how the Somerville and Tufts communities will be affected.

It certainly will make Boston much more accessible for Tufts students and area residents. Currently, the only T stop in the Somerville area near Tufts is the Red Line stop in Davis Square.

Increased accessibility is particularly important for the area surrounding Tufts, as most of Somerville’s residents rely on public transportation.

Somerville is also the most densely populated city in New England, with 77,478 inhabitants in an area of four square miles, according to the 2000 Census.

“Somerville has 5,000 people per square mile without access to a car,” Wigton Zamore, a founding member of Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership (STEP) and the Mystic View Task Force (MVTF), told the Daily.

What many are worried about, however, is that while the extension will make commuting much easier, it may also push lower- to moderate-income families out of the area as Somerville becomes more appealing to wealthier individuals. “[Neighborhoods] often get gentrified, [which is] definitely a fear,” Shirley Mark, director of the Lincoln Filene

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The stops added to the Green Line will allow Tufts students and other Greater Boston Area residents to access public transportation more easily.

Center for Community Partnerships at the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, said. “A lot of people would be happy if the impact on housing didn’t change drastically — if families living in Somerville now could still live there 10 to 15 years from now.”

Zamore believes that although pro-

tecting the community’s diversity is important, the extension may not be as problematic for low-income families as some think. He explained that most T stops act like a bull’s-eye, with lower-income families tending to live near the rail line and higher-income see GREEN LINE, page 4

With the impending low temperatures, sickness is just around the corner. If you haven’t experienced illness yet this season, it’s most likely only a matter of time. So long as you plan ahead with a vaccination, are understanding — but cautious — toward sick friends and stay ahead on sleep, sickness won’t keep you down for too long.

Remember all the age-old precautions that mom told you: Cough into your elbow, don’t share cups, etc. There’s nothing fun about being sick, and unfortunately, the “my H1N1 made me do it” excuse probably won’t hold up this year. However, if used sparingly, the occasional sick day can revolutionize the excruciatingly long — and fast-approaching — winter months.

Anna Christian is a junior majoring in psychology. She can be reached at Anna.

Christian@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos weigh the costs and benefits of an American education ABROAD continued from page 3

institution, the price gets put on the back burner for some.

Esra Korkut, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry, came to the United States to earn a postgraduate degree after completing her undergraduate education in Turkey. She explained that while the cost is significantly higher, the resources available at American universities are more abundant than those at Turkish institutions.

“I chose to come to the United States to pursue my PhD because there are a lot of good universities with good opportunities here,” she said. “To do research is easier than in my country. … Also, discipline is greater here.”

Junior Martin Ribadeneira, who is from Ecuador, said that American degrees also streamline the process of starting a career in Latin America.

“Getting a job in my country if you have a degree from a prestigious

American university becomes much easier,” he said.

Access to higher education in the United States is not available to all, however, given the high costs involved.

“I had to get my undergraduate degree in Turkey because my family could not afford an education in” the United States, Korkut said.

She explained that in Europe, public universities are very accessible pricewise, and even European private institutions are significantly cheaper than public universities in America, let alone private schools like Tufts.

Universities abroad have also begun to appeal to American students by offering programs taught in English, like those at the University of Hong Kong, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Helsinki.

Moon said that the cost of an American degree makes it hardly seem worth the money when there are so

many good alternatives abroad.

“European schools tend to be outrageously less expensive and oftentimes just as good of universities, academiawise,” she said.

“The Tufts brand is very attractive to employers, and the inclusion of a semester studying abroad enhances a student’s well-rounded, global profile.”

Donna Milmore assistant director of Career Services Nevertheless, Moon said she still would have chosen to study in the United States if she had to make the

choice again, because she believes higher education involves a lot more than just academics.

“The American college on-campus living is so specific to the United States and generates such unusual and close relationships between friends and peers,” she said. “In Europe, people don’t generally live on campus, so there isn’t nearly as much varied interaction as there is at American universities.”

Ribadeneira said there was, after all, a reason why so many people are willing to pay the cost associated with an American degree.

“Many people are willing to pay for this kind of education because of the opportunities that come with it,” he said. “Compared to the educational systems available in Latin countries, schools like Tufts offer a well-rounded education and experience that broadens not only your academic but your personal horizons.”

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families tending to live farther away from it.

“Wealthy people don’t like living close to a T stop,” Zamore said.

Thus, the extension is unlikely to inspire housing homogeneity, as it did when the Davis Square Red Line stop first opened in 1984.

“When the Red Line came into Davis Square, it changed the dynamic,” he said.

When the Red Line was extended through Davis Square in the ’80s, he said, its presence had an incredible impact on the character of the area, which at the time was in decay. The Green Line, however, has different associations than does the “sophisticated” Red Line that connects the city to elite schools like Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to Zamore.

“The Green Line is also not as highspeed as the Red Line,” Zamore said. “[It is] appropriate for absolutely preserving the character of the community.”

The extension will also bring with it more paying customers and visitors, which will ameliorate the area’s financial troubles, Zamore said.

For the Tufts campus, the effects of the proposed extension plan will be significant, as it will create a stop right at the campus’s doorstep, at the intersection of College and Boston Avenues, by October 2015.

For the first time, Tufts’ undergraduate campus will be directly connected to its medical and public health campuses, Zamore said.

Currently, he said, the commute time between the campuses has been an obstacle to potential cooperation and multidisciplinary study across schools.

Zamore, who is working on a research

project at the Boston campus, explained that half or more of the graduate students who are involved in the study must commute from the main campus — and don’t enjoy it.

“It will be easier for students who take classes on both campuses and easier for faculty and staff who work universitywide,” Mark said in agreement.

According to Mark, the extension could also encourage university members to be more actively involved in Somerville communities beyond Davis Square.

“We have a commitment to our host communities,” she said. “[The extension] will make it a lot more feasible to get closer to the high schools, Union Square and neighborhoods that aren’t as feasible today.”

Sophomore Erica Satin-Hernandez, a Tisch Scholar who works for the immigrant advocacy organization The Welcome Project, can currently only get to her job

by taking the 89 bus, which runs infrequently and takes up a lot of her time.

The Green Line would cut a lot of time off her commute and leave her with more time to focus on her academic work.

“It runs once an hour when I’m going to work, and it’s not reliable, so sometimes I end up walking 45 minutes,” she said. “[The Green Line] would be really helpful in getting to work, and I think there are a lot of people who will end up relying on it heavily. There are environmental issues involved in extending the transportation, but if you need it, you need it.”

Zamore believes Tufts has been involved in the Somerville community in the past but hopes the Green Line will work to further the connection. “[The new line will] provide foundation for [more] citizenship efforts and extend the range of Tufts students across different parts of Somerville,” he said.

TCU Senate Bulletin Excerpt from last TCU Senate Meeting: Approved projects: 1. Class registration times: explore options to change the current class registration time scheme.

2. Explore the formation of a Cyber-bullying Task Force.

3. Explore a safe-rides project; student-run escort service.

4. Explore options with Tufts Student Resources (TSR) to create a partnership with local storage facilities for summer storage.

5. Explore option to use competing offer in rental car service from I-Car in order to have current service provider Zip Car lower age of use from 21 and to offer vans.

6. Explore option to have publicity regarding online facilities request to students.

Open Forum: • Discussion of the possibility for the creation of an Africana Studies Department

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the weekly TCU Senate Bulletin. People often ask, “What does the Senate actually do?” In our weekly bulletin, we are offering a glimpse of the big issues we face as a body, as well as an upcoming agenda and past meeting minutes.

We meet every Sunday at 7pm in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room. Our meetings are always open, so feel free to stop by and voice your opinion!

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This Halloween, Boston houses host of interactive and spooky theatrical offerings BY

REBECCA SANTIAGO

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Some people are simply born with theater in their blood. Gifted by some divine hand, these natural performers have the ability to transition in and out of themselves with ease, and they possess the power to captivate an audience as they strut across a stage.

For the rest, there’s Halloween.

Admittedly, the holiday is partially defined by eeriness, cheesy costumes and gluttony; for children, this means massive amounts of candy, and for college students, massive amounts of booze. Setting commercialization aside, however, it is also the closest any non-actor comes to experiencing firsthand the vivid intersection of fiction and reality that theater embodies. Parading through the streets on Halloween night, even the dullest of average Joes can channel his inner thespian during this surreal fete.

Though this annual habit of sporting a costume is, for most, rooted in the youthful quest for Hershey’s bars (and, for the love of all that is holy, no raisins), the act of donning a disguise holds significance far beyond anything a cooing adult can plunk into a trick-or-treater’s plastic pumpkin basket. Dressing in costume is the quickest way to transform a person into a personage. And the garment is almost immediately effective: Shortly after slipping into those clown pants or that never-appropriate Borat banana hammock, something changes in the wearer.

Whether ridiculously, scarily or scandalously outfitted, the costumed Halloweenie has stepped out of his quotidian comfort zone and into the public eye. Like an actor, he or she is the conspicuous center of attention, ready to perform.

Another theatrical aspect of Halloween is its unlikely coupling of horror and

lightheartedness, which unite in a way that calls to mind the comedy-tragedy masks that are so symbolic of the dramatic world. Although Halloween is by definition a celebration of the creepy and the paranormal, humor and fun make their presence known in the unlikeliest places. The holiday’s focus on the uncanny is perpetuated through tales of ghouls and goblins, building storytelling into the melee of costumes and candy. And as any former summer camper can testify, a good ghost story should not only terrify but also titillate its listeners, ending in shrieks of delighted laughter accompanied by pure fear.

Considering the theatricality of the holiday, it’s no wonder the Boston theater scene has this season embraced the Halloween spirit in all its spine-chilling glory. The formats of these haunting productions are widely varied — they span everything from traditional plays to interactive performances, whose incorporation of the audience champions Halloween’s theatrical impact on the individual. The treatment of Halloween’s multifaceted nature is equally comprehensive. Performances encompass expected elements of horror and the spectral world but also involve comedy and audience participation in a nod to the holiday’s fun side.

So throw on a costume and hit up some shows in town this October to get in touch with your inner thespian. But again, please, no Borat swimsuits.

GhostBashers For a night of good food, good comedy and bad ’80s music, check out “GhostBashers,” a joint production from Mystery Café and Haunted Dinner Theater.

In this spoof of the famed 1984 comedy flick, “Ghost Busters,” the basement of Elephant and Castle Restaurant and Pub is transformed into a bed-and-breakfast

overrun by all manners of spirits, both ghastly and alcoholic. For $50, audience members are treated to a three-course meal and subjected to mild mockery in this laugh-out-loud whodunit.

Though “tame” is not a suitable adjective for the performance, “GhostBashers” does provide an evening of family fun.

“A lot of our shows tend to be more adult-themed, stuff that kids wouldn’t necessarily relate to,” Creative Director Shannon Stillings told the Daily. “And so we decided that for this Halloween season … we want to have kids coming to the Mystery Café. It’s a real familial holiday.”

Stillings also said that one of the goals of “GhostBashers” was to encourage audiences to “engage and interact … [because] it’s kind of like everyone wants to be a performer on Halloween.”

Happily, “GhostBashers” successfully involves its audience while acknowledging and nourishing that ubiquitous urge to perform. Audience members are encouraged to construct and solve the murder mystery that unfolds throughout the performance, and the actors alternate between presenting their own kooky antics and poking fun at hapless theatergoers. But never fear: The actors’ jokes are never humiliating, and “GhostBashers” is all fun and games — although ladies who do not wish to become the object of fixation of smarmy twin brothers, Benton and Kenton Denton (both played

by Christian Galpin), should consider wearing a mask and a very concealing costume to the performance.

Boston Ghost Cruise Nothing captures the blending of the real and the otherworldly this Halloween better than the Boston Ghost Cruise.

Theater groups Pastimes and Comedy Theater Productions, the latter of which produces the Mystery Café, come togeth-

er for this nautical performance that costs $32 to experience. Producer David Goldstein, the founder of Comedy Theater Productions, teams up with writer David Stickney, the founder of Pastimes, to take ghost tours to the next level through interactive theater. As the ship glides through the Boston Harbor at night, a cast dressed as ghoulish 18th-century privateers guides audiences through sites of Boston’s historical horrors.

Stillings said that the Ghost Cruises are “a little more adult-geared [than ‘GhostBashers’].” One reason she cites for this shift in targeted audience is that the Ghost Cruises “are a little spookier. The ghost stories are based on true stories, which is kind of freaky, in all honesty.”

The Ghost Cruise’s website acknowledges this elevated fear factor — at the bottom of the page in bold font, it challenges potential cruise-goers, “Do you dare to experience these real tales of terror in the very places they happened?” Since Stillings described the Ghost Cruises as “really fun and spooky,” this is a challenge that thrill-lovers will gladly meet.

GoreFest 8: Cirque du Slaughté The comedy masters of ImprovBoston want you to attend “The Goriest Show on Earth” — but show up at your own risk, since the website promises the show is “completely inappropriate for people of all ages.” ImprovBoston crafts an original, annual “GoreFest” musical comedy, and the show’s sales have been wildly successful in the past.

“Cirque du Slaughté” is directed by Don Schuerman, who has played a guiding role in all seven preceding “GoreFest” performances. This year’s “GoreFest” installment features a hopeful magician at a Depression-era circus, who watches the see HALLOWEEN, page 7

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That’s not really a tetherball — it’s a hive swarming with over 50,000 killer bees.

‘Jackass 3D’ provides pure entertainment in its crudest form Johnny Knoxville and the gang are back for more pain and humiliation … in three dimensions!

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ZACH DRUCKER

Daily Editorial Board

In a tradition that hearkens back to the oft-romanticized gladiators of Ancient Rome, mankind has

Jackass 3D Starring Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O Directed by Jeff Tremaine found simple, sadistic pleasure in watching men confront treacherous obstacles. Now, centuries after these armored slaves struggled for their lives against skilled swordsmen, ravenous lions and other exotic beasts to entertain a blood-

thirsty crowd, the boys of “Jackass 3D” are making human pain capitalistic once more. But don’t worry, folks: The fact that the “Jackass” crew members actually survive their “professional stunts and activities” gives audience members the right to raucous laughter in our warped society.

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of “Jackass,” the television series that ran on MTV from 2000 to 2002 and started a pop culture phenomenon, the “Jackass” crew is back with their third feature film to hit theaters. This time, sparked by the fad that followed the success of James Cameron’s “Avatar” (2009), the screwball squad is in 3-D, meaning audience members will get an even better look into the tattooed troop’s demented antics.

Truthfully, the fact that the film is in three dimensions barely adds any character to the film itself.

The one real advantage of the high quality footage is the focus of the slow motion scenes. In the previous installments of the “Jackass” trilogy, there have always been recurring sketches.

Oftentimes, a cast member dons a sock puppet and, to John Williams’ ominous theme from “Jaws” (1975), proceeds to viciously smack a napping crew member in the face with the puppet. Next, the “Jackass” guys took their pranks to the next level, sneaking up to an unknowing victim with an electric razor in hand and scalping a large patch of the witless prey’s hair as the “Psycho” soundtrack buzzed eerily in the background.

WEEKENDER INTERVIEW | NATE DONMOYER OF PASSION PIT

Passion Pit promises euphoric dance explosion BY

CYNTHIA BRUNELLE Contributing Writer

Passion Pit burst onto the electropop scene in 2008 with the release of their EP, “Chunk of Change.”

Originally passed from friend to friend, this dreamy and danceable record included their soonto-be incredibly popular single, “Sleepyhead,” penned by Michael Angelakos (vocals/keyboard) and performed by the band’s current lineup of Ian Hultquist (guitar/ keyboard), Ayad Al Adhamy (keyboard/samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass) and Nate Donmoyer (drums).

Cementing its thick, synthesized vibe in its full-length release, “Manners” (2009), gave the band a chance to tour internationally.

Now back in Boston, Donmoyer gave the Daily’s music reporter, Cynthia Brunelle, a minute of his time to talk about where Passion Pit has been and what Tufts can expect from the Oct. 26 concert.

Cynthia Brunelle: I’ve seen from your tour schedule that you’ve been [to] some pretty incredible places.

Do you have a favorite tour stop or performance?

Nate Donmoyer: For me, Dublin

last March was one of the highlights. That was insane — I mean, the crowd was so much fun. And [as] far as really nice places — and I mean really pretty — Montreux, Switzerland. The massive Swiss Alps just drop into this crystal clear blue lake, and it’s really gorgeous.

CB: How long has it been since Passion Pit performed in Boston?

ND: We did something at the beginning of the summer, a free show at [downtown club] Royale.

It was okay, but because it was a corporate event, we didn’t get to bring our full set-up with our lights and everything, so it wasn’t the full-on concert that we love to do. And before that — well, I feel like it’s been almost nine months since we’ve done a full show in Boston.

CB: As for your college years, when was it that you first got involved with Passion Pit? ND: I was friends and in a different band with Jeff. Then Passion Pit needed a new bass player and a new drummer. I was the last

one to join the band in August of 2008. Actually, oh-eight-oh-eight was our first show as this current lineup.

CB: What do you think is your contribution to Passion Pit’s sound? As a drummer, can you compare “Chunk of Change” (2008) to “Manners” (2009) in the shift from using mostly “electrodrums” to actual drums?

ND: I guess the most literal, obvious difference is my addition [of] the “real drums.” [laughs] But I also do a lot of programming and synth, designing the background stuff. Mike writes all the songs — I’ll help with the arrangement, too — and the electro-drums on “Manners,” I did that too.

CB: So you’re involved in the computer software programming aspect?

ND: It’s kinda my obsession.

CB: Did you always have that obsession?

ND: Probably longer than I’ve see PASSION, page 8

“Jackass 3D” conjures a new brutal gag and couples it with cinematic expertise. In slow motion, skateboarder and stuntman Bam Margera sidles up behind people with a glass of water in one hand and a boxing glove on the other.

He proceeds to splash the oblivious party in the side of the face, causing his head to swivel in a reactionary spasm.

The target ends up leaning into impending doom: In a manner that would make Muhammad Ali cringe, Margera ruthlessly smashes his mark in the face.

In these repeated instances, the multidimensionality of the film is truly experienced, as the ripples that reverberate throughout the victims’ faces are seen in nearperfect clarity.

Yet “Jackass” is not solely about a couple of pugilistic hooligans beating the piss out of each other; director Jeff Tremaine and his crew of daredevils seek out more dangerous beasts. Between Preston Lacy lying vulnerably as a gargantuan hog snacks on an apple out of the crevice of his glutes, and Ryan Dunn and Steve-O playing brass instruments intent on aggravating a pugnacious adult ram, the guys definitely have their fun with farm animals.

Many critics write off the film as a prime example of the deteriorating state of American youth. For many, “Jackass 3D” represents stupid people doing see JACKASS, page 8

What’s up this weekend Want to make your weekend artsy? Check out these events!

Cheap Sox: Tufts’ only improv comedy troupe is kicking off Parents Weekend with their first show of the semester.

Come laugh, participate and support the funny people in pink. (Tomorrow at 9 p.m. in the Crane Room. Admission is free.)

The Black Crowes: ‘90s fans have two chances to see the Atlanta-based rockers in Boston this weekend.

No doubt the hard rock will be “Hard to Handle” (1989).

(Tomorrow, doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m.

Saturday, doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. at the Boston House of Blues.

Tickets $45 to $55.)

6th Annual Boston Bike Film Festival: A fundraiser for local cycling advocacy groups, including MassBike, this yearly film festival showcases works by filmmakers with a passion for biking. Films range from animated shorts and digitally enhanced clips to

feature-length documentaries.

(Tomorrow and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre.

Tickets $15 for one night, $25 for both nights.)

One Small Step: Three, two, one, blast-off to the moon in “One Small Step,” David Hastings’ out-of-this-world play.

Toby Hulse directs this piece, in which Robin Hemmings and Oliver Millingham re-enact the history of the space race. The performance opens with the first dog to be rocketed into space and continues through the 1969 moon landing; it is brought to life with simple props like a cardboard box.

(Tonight at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1 and 4 p.m. at the Paramount Black Box Theatre.

Tickets $39.)

—compiled by the Daily Arts Department Involved in an event you would like to see listed here?

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pieces, including Richard Strauss’ “Allerseelen” and Daniel Montoya’s “Voodoo.”

“We’re [also] featuring the fourth movement of Symphonie Fantastique

by Hector Berlioz, which recounts an artist’s hallucinogenic vision of himself being escorted to his own beheading.

Creepy, right?” Solomon said. Creepy, indeed. Of course, WE will be dressed for the occasion.

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production collapse around him in a series of bloody accidents. The performance promises irreverence and, obviously, gore. If past performances are any indication, sanguinary corn syrup will likely squirt all throughout the theater during “GoreFest,” so it’s best to dress down for the show. Tickets are $19 with a student ID.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Last but not least is the Boston Conservatory Theater Ensemble’s (BCTE) production of “Sweeney Todd,” the classic opera featuring the titular murderous barber and his partner in crime, Nellie Lovett. This twisted tale of love and revenge is set in London during the Industrial Revolution and touches on the ways Londoners grappled with the repressive nature of the revolution.

“I think what makes [“Sweeney Todd”] really great for Halloween is that it … sounds like a macabre and horrible [story], but it’s done with such a glint in the eye,” Director Neil Donohoe told the Daily. “It combines the horror and the fun of Halloween.”

Donohoe also criticized Tim Burton’s 2007 film interpretation of “Sweeney Todd” for focusing too much on the grotesque aspects of the opera.

“They took out all the glorious choral music, and they also took out all the humor in it,” he said.

Luckily for theatergoers, Donohoe promises that the BCTE will not make that same mistake. “We’re definitely playing at the mad antics and humor of the piece, so it does combine the horror and the joy of something this macabre,” he said. “[It’s] chilling but thrilling.”

I Am Hamlet This Halloween at the Boston Center for the Arts, a classic Shakespearian tale will assume new life in “I Am Hamlet,” a fastpaced, one-man show replete with ghosts, daggers and a haunting soundtrack. This American “pop” vaudeville is directed by Joseph Siracusa and stars Brian Morey.

“It’s really exciting to see young people genuinely having fun with Hamlet,” Siracusa said in an e-mail to the Daily.

And genuinely being able to afford it, with $10 student tickets.

The timing is certainly perfect to relish this particular play: “Hamlet” teems with supernaturalism and a meaty revenge plot, both of which suit the Halloween spirit impeccably. Also, the idea of assuming different identities is embodied to the extreme in this play, as Morey goes through a series of lightningfast costume changes in his effort to depict a full cast of characters.

Sacred, Scary, Spectacular!

Music lovers need not look farther than Distler Hall to celebrate Halloween with the Tufts Wind Ensemble’s (WE) Oct. 31 concert, “Sacred, Scary, Spectacular!”

“This concert is going to be sort of out of the ordinary, and the spectacle that might ensue is a bit unorthodox for a symphonic band performance, but that’s just how we roll,” WE President Danna Solomon, a senior and a contributing writer for the Daily, said.

The program of “Sacred, Scary, Spectacular!” includes a medley of

Though several of these productions promise to hide a few tricks up their sleeves, theatergoers are definitely in for a treat this Halloween season.

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been playing drums. I’ve just always loved dance music, electronic music — I don’t know, it’s always sounded more attractive to me. I love rock and hip-hop or whatever, but for some reason, dance music, I don’t know, it just … does it for me.

CB: Do you remember any of your favorite dance songs from high school?

ND: High school? Oh man. I was really into jungle — drum and bass — and my group of friends, we would go up to D.C. — I’m from Maryland — to hear the drum and bass raves. There’s this Cleveland Lounge song called “Drowning” (2000). That just takes me back to when I first got into that stuff. But I don’t know how popular that is now. … It’s definitely from late 2000. And it definitely sounds like it too.

CB: Speaking of favorite songs, is there a band that you’re listening to right now that gives you a lot of inspiration?

Then there’s Plus Move, there’s Dirty Dishes, Mystery Roar…

CB: So much inspiration! Are you one of those people who always had headphones on as you’re walking around?

ND: I used to be, and then I got tired of it, just hearing music all the time … I actually get really paranoid when I’m in the city, not getting out of the way of a bicycle or car or something.

But I’ve been trying to do better about that.

CB: As for biggest question for all of us fans, what’s going to happen when the tour ends in December?

ND: Well, we’re finishing up in Hawaii, doing a New Year’s show, and that’s it. We’re going right back in the studio. Well, actually, we’re going take a couple of weeks off to relax and then right back in the studio to work on the next record, which we’re really, really excited to do. We’re going to try to make the best record we possibly can make.

CB: That’s a pretty big goal.

ND: Ramadanman man. He’s doing a lot of really cool stuff.

And another guy called Untold; he’s from the UK. Also, there’s a lot from Boston. There’s this band called Gentlemen Hall — I just heard their new album and it’s really, really well done. …

ND: Well, it could be our last, you never know.

CB: Do you have any concepts for the album, any idea of where it’s going to be headed?

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ND: Nothing less vague than — well, we want it to be really gorgeous.

More songs like “Moth’s Wings” and “Swimming in the Flood” [both from “Manners”]. I don’t know. It’s too early to tell. We’re going to make as much material as we can and then mix from there.

ND: I’ve definitely walked through the campus — I had some friends who went there. It’s all Boston and everyone knows everyone at different schools. It’s nice.

CB: As for the show, can you describe your general theme in one or two words?

CB: Have you visited Tufts before?

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insanely stupid things for the purpose of making stupid people laugh. Admittedly, there is an overabundance of moronic stunts in the film.

In one such instance, three grown men with metal buckets on their heads drive a solid golf ball off the wall of a squash court in order to inflict each other with welts the size of kiwis. But some of the stunts are the result of

the stunt coordinators’ pure ingenuity, like when Steve-O and Dave England play tetherball with a beehive swarming with upwards of 50,000 killer bees, clad only in bear hats and skimpy underwear.

Ad d i t i o n a l l y, Du n n becomes a flying human target in the “Duck Hunt” segment, in which participants are rocketed over 20 feet in the air off an inflatable lake toy, each dressed in a duck costume. A boatful of Dunn’s

compatriots fire stinging paintballs at his open flesh as his hang-time accumulates. Clearly, creativity and idiocy are two standards for which the “Jackass” guys strive.

The most off-putting and uncomfortable aspect of the film, however, lies in its grotesqueness. Frequently appearing in the film are phallic images, excrement (human and other), farting and vomit — which, in turn,

induces more vomit. Many scenes are difficult to bear, but once the repulsive clips end, audience members uncoil and return to laughing uncontrollably.

At the end of the day, “Jackass 3D” has grossed over $50 million in its first weekend for a reason.

Americans love to laugh at people whom they deem stupid, and “Jackass 3D” provides an outlet for this that delivers hysterics.

ND: I guess … euphoric dance explosion. I don’t know, it’s really fun — recently, we’ve finally gotten our live show where we want it. With all the lights and everything, we make it more of a show and less a concert.

Hopefully everyone likes it and dances and leaves with a smile on their faces. That’s our goal.

TOP TEN | THINGS JUSTIN BIEBER DID THIS WEEK Now that 9-year-old Willow Smith’s catchy debut single, “Whip My Hair,” is garnering explosive popularity, where does that leave Justin Bieber? We Google- and Twitter-stalked this just-displaced baby of the music industry to see how he’s handling the disappointment. He seems to be doing fine.

In fact, Bieber has been very productive lately. Here are his top ten accomplishments of this past week.

10. Played Rovio’s puzzle video game, “Angry Birds” (2009).

9. Named his 3-D biopic “Never Say Never.”

8. Celebrated the release of the Chilean miners.

WEEK IN REVIEW | TV

Deep into the fall season, the networks reassess We’re now a little over a month into the fall TV season, which means the networks have had just enough time to evaluate how their new series are performing and can start making some decisions about whether or not to order additional episodes. Most new shows start off with a 13-episode order, with the option for a back nine if the ratings are good enough.

This year, though, “good enough” doesn’t set the bar very high. Primetime broadcast ratings are down almost across the board, and NBC, in particular, is struggling. On Monday, the network announced full-season pickups of “The Event,” “Law & Order: Los Angeles” and “Outsourced,” even though none are averaging over a 3.0 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic.

On Tuesday, NBC followed up with more pickup news. The network ordered 11 additional episodes of fan-favorite “Chuck,” bringing the total episode count to 24 for the season.

“Chase,” despite low ratings and lack of critical support, also received a full-season order. (Apparently, NBC really wants to stay in business with producer Jerry Bruckheimer.)

And “Undercovers” got an order for four more episodes, even though the show fell flat after a big marketing push over the summer (same goes for J. J. Abrams).

7. Wished his “big bro” Usher a happy birthday.

The concern now is what NBC will do with its midseason shows. It already has “Parks and Recreation” waiting in the wings from last season — the sooner we see Ron Swanson again, the better — and a large crop of new series is waiting for time slots as well. Something’s gotta give.

Over on cable, ABC Family decided to pull “Friday Night Lights” off its schedule. The network had been airing the syndicated repeats of the critically acclaimed football drama; it cited low ratings as the reason for its quick disappearance.

Finally, AMC aired the season finales of two of its original series on Sunday night. After last week’s explosive penultimate episode, “Rubicon” wrapped up its season-long conspiracy in a fairly uneventful and disappointing fashion. The drama grew over its 13 episodes from a tedious start to a compelling look at the world of intelligence analysis, but its ratings were low — even by AMC’s standards — so it will be interesting to see what happens with the second season.

“Mad Men” also wrapped its fourth season, and while I haven’t caught up on the show, judging from reactions on Twitter, it was quite the season-capper.

6. Announced his plans to take over Punk’d (2003-07).

5. Dissed Tom Brady in a rap song: “Call up Mr. Brady/Tell him leave his hair to the guy who sings ‘Baby.’” You tell him, Biebs.

4. Released an autobiography called “First Step 2 Forever: My Story.”

3. Teamed up with Nicole by OPI to launch a line of sparkly nail polish called “One Less Lonely Girl,” to be sold exclusively through Wal-Mart retail stores this December.

2. Punched some kid in the face while playing laser tag — and now the Mounties are after him!

1. Declared, “I’m white.” You know, just to clear up any misconceptions.

—by Ben Phelps —compiled by the Daily Arts Department COURTESY VTKPRODUCTIONS.COM

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this is a matter of basic respect and consideration for those around us.

As Tufts students, we often forget or are not cognizant of the fact that we share a living environment with nonstudents, including families, elderly people and children, who keep “regular” and not “college” hours. To this end, the dialogue that occurred this summer between the university and residents of Medford and Somerville is laudable, and the ensuing attempts to curb unruly behavior are justified.

However, in light of the increased fine, the university needs to be more transparent and fair in its enforcement of the rules. Since the change, a perceived lack of consistency in issuing fines has been a major problem. Reportedly, hosts of smaller gatherings have received fines, while hosts of much larger parties have escaped financially unscathed.

For many students, $300 is no small sum of money, even if it is divided among the members of a house. The criteria for what constitutes a violation of community standards should therefore be spelled out more clearly to students to avoid any

confusion about why they were or were not fined after having a party broken up.

Furthermore, being transparent about the process is a more constructive way to address the problem, in that it also presents clear guidelines for students, outlining appropriate standards to maintain when living alongside a local community.

This is more likely to foster change than issuing fines without proper explanation and therefore seeming arbitrary.

As a final point of contention, the Daily finds reports of students being fined or pigeonholed as a result of the reputation of their house’s former occupants to be unacceptable, if true.

Even if the students’ claims that the fines are undeserved are not valid, more transparency in enforcement of noise ordinances would pre-empt such contentions and would ensure students have a greater respect for law enforcement officers.

We call on the university and police departments to publish clear and detailed policies and standards on offcampus noise regulations, even as they continue to impose harsher fines.

Dear Editor, On Oct. 13 I happened to be touring the Tufts campus with my daughter, who is a prospective student. Wanting to become familiar with the Tufts campus and the community, we picked up a copy of the Tufts Daily. As our visit happened to correspond with the Coming Out Day celebration, I read with interest CJ Saraceno’s piece on ending “segreGAYtion.” During our brief time on the Tufts campus, we experienced what I later described to my wife as a palpable

energy coming from everyone we contacted that day. It left us with the feeling that the Tufts student body is comprised of progressive, forward-thinking “doers” and not passive complainers who accomplish rather than stagnate, and who do so without regard to race, religion or sexual orientation — the very “global citizens” that CJ referenced.

We also had the feeling from those we communicated with that Tufts was a place where tolerance wasn’t preached — it was practiced. All this is to say that

if our perceptions of the Tufts campus community were correct, then I think CJ’s point that there is no need for any housing at Tufts to be designated as “gay-friendly” is valid. If our perceptions were incorrect, then I am truly sorry if we wrongfully assigned such positive attributes to the Tufts community.

Dear Editor, Regarding “The Primary Source of willful ignorance,” which appeared in the Oct. 20 issue of the Daily: Despite its name, the Tufts Freethought Society seems only to promote the opposite, calling The Primary Source ignorant instead of addressing its points, and claiming that disagreement with the idea of a Humanist chaplain is also ignorant. “From the Elephant’s Mouth” is a humor section, and our comments were structured accordingly. Still, there are many hollow arguments in this op-ed.

The Freethought Society tries to claim solidarity with other religious faiths (“Not only are we insulted, but the other chaplains should be outraged as well”).

But the Source’s main contention is that such a union is fallacious, as atheism is distinctly and self-consciously not a religion. Additionally, Goeman and Johnson quoted University President Lawrence Bacow as saying in 2007 that “a discrete minority within our community has been singled out for ridicule.” The Source didn’t ridicule atheism, it simply disagreed about the creation of a chaplaincy based on atheism.

As described in the op-ed, the only legitimate function of a humanist chaplain would be for “questions about ethics or morality.” Ignoring the fact that counselors regularly deal with such issues, it seems as though a chaplain would only be equipped to tell a student struggling with Humanism and college life to take

a d--n philosophy class.

The entire op-ed, beginning with the title, reeks of self-promotion and relies on misconceptions about The Primary Source that have been clearly proven false. The fact that an entire halfpage op-ed was dedicated to refuting a two-sentence joke illustrates this point well. We urge the Freethought Society to attempt to live up to its name instead of promoting its own beliefs as the only true “free thought,” and to be more selective when calling other groups “ignorant.”

Many Tufts students living in off-campus housing this fall have noticed that a greater number of their parties have been broken up by the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and/or the Somerville and Medford police. The feeling is more than just anecdotal, as figures provided by TUPD show that there has been an approximately 24 percent increase in the number of offcampus parties broken up by the police as compared to the same period last year. Additionally, the university has also increased, from $200 to $300, the fine levied on students who violate community standards with regard to overly raucous off-campus parties.

The university has stated that it has not changed its approach to dealing with off-campus parties this fall. However, the increase in the fine was in response to complaints from local area residents about the rowdy behavior of Tufts students living off campus.

Indeed, Tufts should seek to improve its relationship with the local community by listening and responding to the grievances of its residents. Further,

ERIN MARSHALL

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Obama’s stump speech for Patrick misses the point BY

WILLEM SANDBERG

Less than a year ago, the people of Massachusetts heard President Barack Obama speaking in Boston about why Martha Coakley was the right choice for senator of Massachusetts. History seemed to replay itself this past weekend as Obama stood before the people of Boston on Saturday in an attempt to rally support from an unenthusiastic Democratic base for the re-election of Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick, under pressure from Republicans who are speaking out and showing tight polling results to support it.

With travel expenses covered by our tax money, the President has once again left behind his job in Washington, D.C., to travel to Boston and rally for one of his fellow party members. In the rally this weekend, he talked about the need to move forward, the same concept he used in his speech in January to support Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley. Speaking to a crowd as some sort of a celebrity, while 63.5 percent of Americans believe America is on the wrong track, according to “direction of the country” polls, he explained that Deval Patrick would be the right choice for governor of Massachusetts.

After hearing his speech and the reaction from Tufts students in an article that appeared in the Daily on Monday, I find it tough to understand his logic and that of the people who follow him. It made me wonder whether perhaps the 2010 gubernatorial race in Massachusetts is following the same path as the Senate election only a few months ago in which Scott Brown won “the people’s seat” of our state.

Obama praised Gov. Patrick for the state’s highly rated health care system, a system he failed to acknowledge was over-

hauled by former Gov. Mitt Romney, not Gov. Patrick. In carrying out this bipartisan health care bill created by the Romney administration, Patrick has overseen the institution of a health care program with fewer options, more mandates and higher costs to be absorbed by the state. This system is strangely reminiscent of the highly debated and unpopular health care bill that arguably lost Martha Coakley the Senate seat in January.

In the Monday’s article in the Daily about Obama’s stump speech for Gov. Patrick, the co-chair of Tufts Students for Deval Patrick was quoted as saying, “What it will come down to on Election Day is how many folks appreciate [Patrick] and what he’s doing and really realize that it’s important.” When looking at the facts about the condition of the state of Massachusetts, one must wonder what exactly it is that “he’s doing.”

Along with countless other forms of government spending, Gov. Patrick raised the salaries of government workers, idly standing by as the unemployment rate increased to its highest in 34 years in Massachusetts during Patrick’s term and now remains, as of August, at a high 8.3 percent. Despite Patrick’s vowing, “I have no plan to raise taxes,” he raised taxes eight times while in office, causing a one billion dollar increase in taxes. Even this outrageous tax increase could not keep up with his uncontrolled spending. Patrick entered office with no deficit, yet the current Patrick administration is slated to leave behind a $2.5 billion shortfall, according to Mike Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Meanwhile, Obama claimed at his speech in Boston that a conservative economic agenda “turns record surplus into record deficit.” Please, take a look at our state, Mr. President.

This same Daily article also quoted the president of The Tufts Democrats as say-

ing, “The reason they’re having the rally is because there’s an enthusiasm gap” between Democrats and Republicans.

Many in the Democratic community, including Obama, seem to be somewhat confused by this “enthusiasm gap” and are approaching the problem by trying to “fire up the base.” It seems, however, that now, just like in January, the underlying problem is not just a lack of enthusiasm, but rather a change of attitude and an understanding that these liberal policies simply are not working. The people of this state demonstrated this by electing Scott Brown to the “people’s seat” in the Senate. If this attitude holds true, I see no reason why they would not, despite Obama’s desperate, repeat rallying efforts, elect Charlie Baker as governor of Massachusetts.

“Governor Patrick is a champion of our system. … That’s why Tufts, and [its] forward-looking student body, is really behind it,” continued the co-chair. Upon hearing this bold statement, I wonder, if perhaps we need to reconsider what “moving forward” and “moving backward” really mean.

Is a state moving forward when its deficit is projected to increase by $2.5 billion in only four years? Is a state moving forward when its governor does not take action and only continues to break his promise by raising taxes to make up for his outrageous spending? Is a state moving forward when it sees the highest rate of unemployment in the past 34 years?

What kind of a “champion” is this?

Please, Tufts, let us look at Gov. Patrick’s performance and reconsider what will move Massachusetts forward and what will hold us back.

Willem Sandberg is a freshman who has not yet declared a major.

OFF THE HILL | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Despite fiery speech from Obama, I’ll be sitting this election out

BY VANESSA SPATES

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Excitement is the single most palpable feeling in the world. And it was available in abundance at the “Moving America Forward” rally at [The Ohio State University] featuring President Barack Obama to raise support for the Democratic Party before elections in November.

There seemed to be an endless number of speakers who were basically saying the same thing: “Democrats good.

Republicans bad.” But it’s still a surreal feeling to know that Ohio is a “battleground state.” We can make a huge difference here and we have in the past.

Normally I don’t like discussing politics, but when politicians literally come to your backyard to plead for your votes, it requires a step back to evaluate the situation. Ohio

is classified as a swing state, and everyone in the audience Sunday knew that, as a whole, we are one of the reasons why Obama won the presidency in 2008. Ohio has gone to the winner of the presidential election in all but two since 1892.

That’s why those good old politicians keep coming back to our lovely state for more — we are so mixed in our political views here. It’s empowering and inspirational to know that we pack that kind of punch. Now the Democrats are trying to hold on to their thrones in Ohio, and with the estimated 35,000 people that showed up at the rally on Sunday, they might have just succeeded in getting people fired up.

There’s no better motivator than anger, and the president’s message that Republicans want to take this country and state a step backward had the crowd up in arms. There was plenty of catcalling and

jeering anytime a politician mentioned the other side. It wasn’t unlike being at a high school pep rally.

Michelle Obama started off her brief speech with the one thing that can win over any Buckeye — the “O-H-I-O” chant. That increased the feeling of otherworldliness that had been settling on the audience all evening. It really drives home the fact that our state is a pivotal one, and this university is the epicenter of it all.

What does that mean for me and the rest of my peers? Will students actually rise up and exercise their right to vote in November? I don’t know. As for me, I’m sitting this one out. I personally don’t think much gets done in Washington besides a lot of mud-slinging and hair-pulling. I have better things to do than worry about overprivileged men and women who want to take over the world.

et’s take a break from national politics. I would like to delve into something a little closer to home: the socalled student activism at Tufts.

Over the last few weeks, I have been involved with the Tufts Democrats’ effort to register as many students as possible to vote in this year’s Nov. 2 elections. You may have seen us sitting at tables in Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall, Carmichael Dining Hall and the Mayer Campus Center, signing up people to register to vote in Massachusetts’ hotly contested elections. You may have been visited by our canvassers who went door to door in Carmichael Hall registering students.

Aside from registering voters, we have been educating people on the issues and candidates of this state, as well as informing them on how to vote in their home states, if they so choose. Through these efforts, the Tufts Students for Deval Patrick have registered over 267 Tufts students to vote in this election, most of whom will vote in Massachusetts.

These achievements are impressive, and hard-working volunteers and receptive student targets have made them possible. Yet amid the successes, there have also been failures, which can be attributed to students’ lack of interest in the elections.

One student in Carmichael Hall slammed his door in our faces after he exclaimed he was “apathetic” to everything we were talking about and could not be bothered by us pests. The hundreds of students that we registered are somewhat overshadowed by the hundreds more who simply ignored our requests or those who quickly walked away at the mention of the word “vote.”

Why is it that at a university supposedly brimming with student activism, whose vision statement includes the words, “active citizen participation is essential to freedom and democracy,” so many are reluctant to engage in practices so often associated with these themes? Wouldn’t someone like CJ Saraceno, who writes notably satirical pieces on Tufts’ many contradictions and shortcomings, agree that the Tufts student body is all but saturated in student activism?

Perhaps Tufts’ stated “global orientation” has led many to overlook the importance of issues at home. The problem of student “apathy” may also stem from a general disillusionment with the political system.

Both of these notions must be amended. The elections coming up this year will unquestionably have countless effects on us students here. To name a few: sales tax adjustments, availability of student loans, community improvement initiatives and many more. I don’t quite understand why so many people have shown such little interest in current politics.

These issues will affect all of us, so we should at least pay attention. This is not to say that the aforementioned voter registration accomplishments are for naught; however, there is much work to be done.

Raising awareness is just the first step, albeit a crucial one. But as long as a large proportion of students remain unreceptive, there is little that can be done in this regard.

Yet it looks as though students are not the only ones lacking excitement in elections.

Nationally, the trend of low voter turnout is a troubling one. Over the last three general elections, we have seen modest gains in the percentage of the voting-age population turning out to vote. In 2008, one of the most exciting years politics has witnessed, little more than half of the voting-age population turned out to vote. With 56.9 percent voting, our democracy certainly is not operating at full strength. Being apathetic to a system that has the potential to influence many aspects of one’s life is not a character trait I would flaunt. On the contrary, it would be most advantageous to take action and impose an influence on the system itself.

Joshua Youner is a freshman who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at Joshua.Youner@tufts.edu.

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any successful rowing team.

On race day in between events, the rowers will try to remain as inactive as possible in preparation for the incredibly demanding competition.

“The key is being prepared and trying to stay dormant during the hours before the race,” McConnell, who will not race in the event due to a hand laceration, said.

The men’s four team on Oct. 9 placed 14th out of 19 at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta in Worcester, Mass., while the eight boat took 16th. McConnell said that this weekend’s regatta will give the Jumbos the opportunity to improve on their last performance.

“Our goal is to go out there and fix some of the mistakes we made last time out and have a good row,” McConnell said.

“It’s a really fun regatta to do. Tufts has been taking part in it for a long time,”

Jordan said. “It’s more of an experience than a race we gear up for.”

Fans coming out to watch Saturday’s fours race will see Jordan on stroke, senior tri-captain D.J. Ambrozavitch in the third seat, sophomore Kyle Flood in second and senior tri-captain Eugene Kim in the bow seat, with sophomore Alicia Williams as coxswain. Sunday’s eights team will consist of junior Matt Goldenberg as coxswain, junior Michael Bai on stroke, sophomore William Hickey in seven, senior Ryan Flood in six, senior Alex Ross in five, freshman Chris Penny in four, junior Seth Lampert in three, sophomore Matthew Parsons in two and junior Chris Park in the bow seat.

The races will begin at the DeWolfe Boathouse at Boston University, and will finish at the Artesani Playground in Brighton, Mass., about three miles upriver. Men’s Collegiate Fours is scheduled to begin at 3:41 p.m. on Saturday, while the eights race will begin at 1:57 p.m. on Sunday.

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Williams squad that will visit Bello Field for Saturday’s Parents Weekend clash.

“I think the defense needs to keep doing what we’re doing and building on the positives,” Guttadauro said.

“We’ve done a really good job of communicating this year, and it’s at the point now where we know where each other are going to be on the field, and we truly are a fully functioning system. … The reason our defense is so good is that we work so well together, and that will be so valuable against a strong offensive team like Williams.”

No. 5 Bowdoin, though they sit in ninth place in the NESCAC at 1-6 in the league, barely escaped Williams on Saturday,

scoring late for a 1-0 win. The Williams attack is something to be reckoned with, and the Jumbos will have to continue to improve their own attack in order to cut Williams out of the equation early and send a message to the Polar Bears, who will fight to defend their NESCAC lead at Tufts next Friday night.

“The one thing we’re really focusing on is playing our game,” Dyer said. “We are working on not adapting to other teams’ styles of play but just playing the way that we know how — the way that has been successful for us in the past. So, obviously we need to be aware of how Williams plays and make necessary adjustments, but we really want to control the pace and style that we’re comfortable with — and know how to win with.”

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Bring on the chaos.

This weekend, the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crew team will compete in the Head of the Charles Regatta, the largest two-day regatta in the world, racing in the Collegiate Four and Eight categories. The colossal spectacle, in which rowers, fans and food vendors all converge on Cambridge, Mass., will afford the Jumbos the opportunity to gauge their competitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; strength, as well as their own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fall races are like a benchmark to

see how we are,â&#x20AC;? junior tri-captain Thomas Jordan said.

Tuftsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fourth regatta of the season, the Head of the Charles, is immensely popular among rowers of all classes and not just collegiate competitors. Racers are separated by age, with groups ranging from children to adults older than 60. While Tufts will compete in only two races â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fours and eights â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the squad will be able to watch a total of 55 official races over the two-day event.

Despite the inordinate number of competitors, Jordan and the Jumbos have

honed in on fellow NESCAC schools as the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest foes. The Head of the Charles will give the Jumbos a chance to determine the strength of conference rivals, which may have drastically changed since last season due to graduation and matriculation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since the race is so early [in the year], it is a good experience for freshmen and anyone just starting out,â&#x20AC;? Jordan said.

The Jumbos have maintained their vigorous practices going into the Head of the Charles. The team trains at 5 a.m. every day and frequently tests different lineups

until the best combination is found. Then, once they achieve a more consistent lineup, the rowers begin to run mock races.

A newcomer to the varsity team, freshman Ian McConnell, says that recent practices have had an extra focus on technique. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need more than just power. We need to be in sync,â&#x20AC;? McConnell said.

Jordan added that the Jumbos practice as many new strokes as possible, primarily to achieve the perfect rhythm that marks see MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CREW, page 13

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feet wet working with the team, so that in 2011 when many of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best players were going to be seniors, I could film their potential championship run,â&#x20AC;? he continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I turned down the offer, citing a full course load and other film projects as a limit on my free time.â&#x20AC;?

Nevertheless, Innis continued to urge Ladue to join the campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the time we started exchanging e-mails, Arlin was busy making videos for the soccer and ski teams and balancing

a busy engineering academic schedule, and it was not so easy convincing him to work with the lacrosse team,â&#x20AC;? Innis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I basically had to beg him for an entire year, plead with him that it was in his best interest. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what it was â&#x20AC;&#x201D; maybe he just knew the team was going to win the title the second year and not the first â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but luckily for all of us, he eagerly started shooting the team in the spring of last year of their historic season.â&#x20AC;?

Innis eventually took Ladue under his wing and, within the first few weeks of working together, he could already tell

how skilled Ladue was and how much of an asset he would be to the team. Moreover, Ladueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress even caught the eye of Daly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We shot a game or two together in the beginning so I could show him the ropes, so to speak, since shooting lacrosse can be pretty difficult for someone who has never played the game,â&#x20AC;? Innis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the games, I would critique his shots and give him some direction, but he really had a great knack for it right from the beginning.

Both myself and Coach Daly were really amazed by his prog-

ress from game to game. Arlin would send me the first cuts of games for my commentary, and at times they would give me goosebumps.â&#x20AC;?

With Innisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; help, Ladue continued to make progress all the way to the end of the season.

And just as Ladue progressed, so did the team, making for the most historic season in Tufts athletics history. Ladue was there, day by day, recording that season into the history books with his film.

Ladue thanked Daly for his support and decision to take him along on the bus to the NCAA

tournament games; Howard Woolf and the Experimental College for the use of their equipment in producing the film; and, of course, Innis for helping to oversee the whole process and giving invaluable feedback throughout.

The documentary was shown at the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NCAA Championship Ring Ceremony on Homecoming Saturday and has already garnered the attention of alumni across the country. In the future, it will be available for purchase online. Suffice to say, when this thing wins an Oscar, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised.

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Junior defender Taylor Dyer helped earn Tufts’ seventh shutout of the season, allowing no shots on goal or penalty corners in the team’s 8-0 victory on Tuesday over Gordon. Dyer also began the scoring for the Jumbos with her first collegiate goal just three minutes into the game.

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off their first loss of the season to thenunranked Trinity, the team set out to take Gordon by storm. And, with the 8-0 romp, any doubts of the team’s confidence being rattled were quickly erased.

“I think that Tuesday was a great win, and we were all a lot more fired up for it than I think we would’ve been had we won on Saturday,” senior midfielder Tess Guttadauro said. “It’s one of my favorite quotes that, ‘It’s not how hard you fall, but it’s how fast you get up,’ and I think the team really took that to heart … and if anything, we’re that much more motivated. It does take a little pressure off to not be undefeated, and we’re just so determined to make the rest count.”

“We talk a lot about how it can be really easy to hit highs and lows after big wins or losses,” junior defender Taylor Dyer added. “Our coach [Tina McDavitt] tells us how a team will beat a really good team and lose to a weak team after or will lose a close game and come up

big the next game. We really wanted to focus on that: bouncing back. There’s nothing we can do about last Saturday’s game except make a statement about the rest of the season.”

And make a statement they did. In the seventh shutout of the season, the Jumbos defense denied the Fighting Scots a single penalty corner or shot on goal. Meanwhile, on the other end of the field, the offense racked up 18 corners, 40 shots and 8 goals by 6 different players.

In familiar fashion, senior forward Tamara Brown notched the seventh hat trick of her career, but the Jumbos first got on the board thanks to a contribution from an unlikely source. Just three minutes into the game, Tufts earned a penalty corner from the left side. Dyer stepped up to the striking circle and put a shot on goal. Seconds later, she heard the backboard ring with the sounds of her first collegiate goal.

It was all downhill from there for Fighting Scots, as the Jumbos went on to score three more times before the half was over. The next two came from Brown, who was fed by senior Melissa Burke on the first and sophomore Lia Sagerman on her second. Then, with 14 minutes remaining in the first half, Sagerman tallied a goal of her own, redirecting a penalty corner shot from junior Lindsay Griffith.

In the second half, Tufts did not allow even a hint of a comeback. Just 1:06 after the break, senior co-captain Jess Perkins put a shot into the back of the net after collecting Guttadauro’s corner insertion.

While continuing to control the pace of play, Tufts scored again 13 minutes later when Brown found the back of the net for the third time, after senior co-captain Amanda Roberts sent her a clean assist.

With everything quiet on the defensive end, Tufts left most of the starting offensive unit in the game, hoping to improve upon the poor finishing that plagued it over the weekend. On cue, the forward lines continued to deliver.

Griffith sent the bench into a frenzy as she scored her first goal of the season on a Guttadauro insert assist. Then, to complete the drubbing, Guttadauro sent a loose penalty corner ball past Gordon’s exhausted freshman goalkeeper Anna Bury for the 8-0 lead.

“It was so nice to see all our corner practice come together,” Guttadauro said. “We had gone out earlier in the week, outside of practice time, to work on it because we were seeing against Trinity and tougher teams [that] our only scoring opportunities may come from corners. I think it really was the key to our success on Tuesday.”

The game was a good round of target practice for the offense and a huge opportunity for depth development on the defensive end. After earning yet another shutout — the second one in which the Jumbos’ goalkeeping duo of starting junior Marianna Zak and firstyear Katie Stuntz did not face a single shot — the back line must gear up for a see FIELD HOCKEY, page 13

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race’s two tight left-hand turns.

“Before every race, you get nervous and a bit edgy,” senior tri-captain Rachel Steward said. “But after [Wednesday’s] practice, I think everyone is feeling pretty confident.”

She added that while placing in the top half of each race is a practical goal, the four boats also hope to maintain or improve on their starting positions. Steward’s College Eight, for example, will begin in the 25th spot out of 42, and therefore would like to finish 25th or better.

The Jumbos, however, don’t focus as heavily on fours as some other Div. III schools.

In the College Fours, Tufts is likely to be up against unfamiliar teams, such as Bowdoin.

Tufts, like most Div. III schools, does not have a lightweight program, but Steward explained that coach Brian Dawe likes to mix it up and enter a Lightweight Four in the Head of the Charles. Last year, current senior Kaylee Maykranz and junior tri-cap-

tain Kathleen Holec were in the Lightweight Four that placed sixth out of 13, and they will team up with senior tri-captain Bianca Velayo, sophomore Ali Maykranz and sophomore coxswain Audrey Abrell with hopes of another strong result this weekend.

“We would like to place in the top three, so hopefully that will happen,” Holec said. “But you can never tell with these races. You don’t know who’s going to show up, who’s been training and how they’ve improved since last year, which also makes it exciting.”

“This is a great opportunity for us,” Velayo said. “We’ve made great improvements from last year, and I think the Head of the Charles will reflect that. I think we’re in position to do really well.”

After brutal weather conditions put a damper on last year’s event, the weekend forecast looks promising and should help create the buzzing atmosphere that is characteristic of the Head of the Charles.

“We’re all really excited about it, and we want as many Tufts people as possible to go

check it out,” Holec said. “It’s a huge race, and people come from all over the world — national teams, high schools, colleges and clubs are all there. ... There are some really amazing athletes that participate, so it’s pretty cool to be a part of.”

The Head of the Charles attracts up to 300,000 spectators and is equipped with concessions as well as bleachers and bridges from which people can watch the action.

“It’s pretty much the most exciting weekend of the year,” Velayo said. “You can just sit out, enjoy the weather, watch some good racing and, whether you understand what’s going on or not, it’s really beautiful to watch boats moving well. There are so many people, so much good racing, and everyone appreciates coming out to watch it. It’s a rower’s dream.”

Then again, on the Charles River, one wrong move can ruin a rower’s day.

“If you want to see a crash, come to the Head of the Charles,” Steward said. “But we won’t be crashing.”

he entire cricketing world was hit recently by the latest in a series of infamous match-fixing scandals that have enveloped the gentleman’s game. This is the first of two columns that I will write on the topic.

Today’s piece will give a general overview of spot fixing and the current situation: A shocking allegation was made after an undercover sting operation by a News of the World reporter that a London-based bookie, Mazhar Majeed, of Pakistani origin, had supposedly fixed the fourth and final testmatch between England and Pakistan at the Oval.

Three Pakistani players — the captain Salman Butt, pace bowler Mohammed Asif and the young bowling sensation Mohammed Amir — have been implicated in the video. Majeed claims to have “fixed” certain deliveries during the course of specific overs. His claim is reinforced by the fact that the Pakistani bowlers did the exact same thing that Majeed wanted them to do.

What exactly is spot fixing? After the scandalous match-fixing expose of the late ’90s, where cricketers from South Africa, Pakistan, India and Australia were implicated in various murky dealings, the illegal bookies resorted to “fixing” certain events of a game instead of the entire game in order to avoid scrutiny. The agents would take deals on certain events of a game, with a huge amount of money bet on these “challenges”; games associated with India amounted to about $80 million per game.

The three Pakistani players were questioned by Scotland Yard and have been excused from the Tour of England. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has temporarily suspended the players, pending investigations.

An unnamed fourth player has also been implicated in the saga, and investigations by Scotland Yard and by the ICC anticorruption unit are underway. The three players have been sent back to Pakistan on the condition that they return to England if called for further questioning.

If they are proven guilty, this has grave implications for cricket, especially for the Pakistani teams.

A supporter roots for his team with all his heart, becoming elated when the team wins and shattered when it loses.

What never changes is his passion for the team and its players.

A fan’s trust in the team and its integrity is very fragile and very difficult to win back. The cricketing world took time to recover from the match-fixing saga of the 1990s, and this scandal might just tarnish cricket’s reputation permanently.

The biggest losers in this, apart from the paying public, are the Pakistani fans.

Pakistani cricket has been dealt several blows with no home games played in Pakistan in light of the horrific terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in March 2009. The team has failed to deliver despite having unquestionable talent and also held the T20 World Championship title for a while.

Nevertheless, the fans are willing to embark on this roller coaster ride of emotions because of their undying love for Pakistan cricket and its rich heritage.

This episode has the potential to derail that roller coaster. How can they believe anymore that the team lost because they were just not up to the task, without more sinister misgivings behind the scenes? Did the player get out on purpose? Did he bowl a bad over to earn some additional money?

It is the duty of the ICC and the Pakistan Cricket Board to ensure that those who have been implicated in spot fixing face strong punishments resulting in lifetime bans. This will act as a deterrent to the younger generation to pursue this source of income. It will also offer some solace to the grieving cricket-viewing public in that justice will have been served.

Avinash Asthana is a junior majoring in computer science. He can be reached at Avinash.Asthana@tufts.edu.

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PHILIP DEAR

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Somewhere between Michael Moore’s powerful documentary rhetoric and Francis Ford Coppola’s epic mise-en-scene, senior Arlin Ladue has found his place as a master of the big screen.

Tonight at 7:30 and 9 p.m. in Barnum 008, Ladue will publicly premiere his hourlong documentary film, “Road to the Championship,” which details the story of the 2010 men’s lacrosse team’s run from preseason training through the National Championship. The screening is being co-sponsored by Tufts Film Series and Imaginet, a marketing communications group at Tufts.

The film was shot and edited mostly by Ladue, but with help from former Tufts lacrosse player and the film’s producer, Drew Innis (LA ’04). Combined, the two media connoisseurs spent hundreds of hours with the team and amassed an astronomical amount of footage.

“The film covers every moment Drew and I [were] with the team, including the preseason boot camp, the regular season victories, the first NESCAC championship, the NCAA tournament games and everything in between,” Ladue said. “The product is an emotional thrill ride, with each win compounding on the previous until the final game. It’s as close to a perfect season as one could imagine for a collegiate team.”

After he had filmed all of Tufts’ regular and postseason home games, head coach Mike Daly and the team invited Ladue to come with them on their weekend trip to Cortland St. for the NCAA Semifinals and eventually took him along to the NCAA Championship.

“When all was said and done, I had about 2,000 giga-

bytes of HD footage, covering 11 games and eight full days with the team,” he said. “Over the course of June, early July and September, I logged over 300 hours working through the footage and putting together a final cut of the film.”

But despite the time, effort, hundreds of miles of travel and even special student highlights such as Spring Fling and Senior Pub Night that he had to sacrifice for the sake of the project, Ladue maintains that the experience was invaluable to him, the team and, ultimately, the university.

“Of course it was worth the time this summer and the time this spring with the team,” Ladue said. “Looking back on it, it couldn’t have gone any better. Drew and Mike Daly gave me everything that I needed whenever I asked for it, and the team did their job, so the final product was pretty special.”

Innis could not agree more.

He believes the documentary brings the season’s events to light in a way that most students, parents and alumni couldn’t even imagine.

“I’m sure a lot of people in the Tufts community heard the news about the team’s championship victory back in May, but I doubt many people were really able to fully understand how big of a deal it really was and still is,” Innis told the Daily. “Lacrosse championship weekend in Baltimore is like no other stage in college sports, and it’s amazing that we were able to capture those moments and share them with the Tufts community, so they can fully appreciate just how great of an achievement it was for the men’s lacrosse team and the school.”

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Senior Arlin Ladue spent the past seven months filming, editing and producing his men’s lacrosse team documentary, “Road to the Championship,” which will premiere to the public tonight at 7:30 and 9 p.m. in Barnum 008.

WOMEN’S CREW

Tufts all set for Charles Regatta BY

AARON LEIBOWITZ Daily Staff Writer

The women’s crew team will race four boats this weekend in the two-day, 46th annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass., the world’s second-largest regatta with about 8,000 rowers competing.

Tufts will take to the Charles River in a College Four, a Club Four, a Lightweight Four and a College Eight. To earn bids in next year’s Head of the Charles, the boats must finish in the top 50 percent of their races this weekend.

Last weekend, as a tune-up, the Jumbos practiced on the challenging five-kilometer Charles course, which helped the coxswains familiarize themselves with its bridges and tight turns. Now that the boat lineups have been solidified, the team has been able to focus on timing of 90-degree turns as well as maintaining high stroke rates over long distances, or “pieces.” At yesterday’s practice, Tufts worked on two-mile pieces and also used Subway Bridge to simulate the Charles’s difficult Eliot Bridge, which houses one of the see WOMEN’S CREW, page 15

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Send us your fantasy football stories!

Maybe I’m not alone after all.

After my column, titled “A Fantastical Reflection,” was published on Tuesday, I had numerous readers talk to me about my personal fantasy football woes. Some, of course, simply reiterated the obvious: that I suck at fantasy football. Others, however, took the opportunity to relay their own stories of success or, much more entertaining, their failures.

Due to this response, I’m opening up the floor to you, the readers. I want to hear about your memories of playing fantasy football, be they good, bad or simply hilarious. Ever gloriously win the championship when Peyton Manning had a 5-yard pass in the closing seconds of Monday Night

Football? Ever draft Ronnie Brown with the first-overall pick? Send me your stories, and I’ll share them with the world; the best submissions will be included in next week’s column. Students, faculty, staff, parents, random person picking up a discarded Daily in a Dunkin’ Donuts trash can — tell me about how great or terrible you are at fantasy football. I want to hear your stories.

Send your responses to Alexander.

Prewitt@gmail.com or, if you’re one of those new agey-type kids, on Twitter at @Alex_Prewitt. Consider this your time to shine, readers. Let’s here what you’ve got to say.

—by Alex Prewitt

whole journey with the team and share it with generations of future Jumbos,” Ladue said, echoing Innis’ sentiments.

Although Ladue looks back on the experience fondly, it initially wasn’t easy for Innis to convince him to join forces for the massive undertaking. Since Innis’ creation of JumbosLaxTV. com several years ago — a website devoted to Tufts men’s lacrosse that includes videos and a documentary-style promo ad for the team created in 2007 — Daly had been looking for Innis to do a full-season documentary. With some of the best talent in program history graduating in 2011, Daly sensed the impending success of the team and asked Innis to prepare for the 2011 season by doing some work in the spring of 2010.

As if fate was firing on all cylinders for the men’s lacrosse team and everything associated with it, Ladue had contacted Innis a few months earlier after seeing the documentary-style promo ad for the team and was hoping Innis could mentor him and his growing interest in videography. The two were a media match made in heaven, and Innis knew that Ladue would be the perfect collaborator for this type of project. But Ladue wasn’t always so sure.

“In March of 2010, I met Drew for the first time, by chance seeing him in the Boloco on Boston Ave.,” Ladue said. “He was in town to shoot the team’s final preseason preparation, an intensive twoday conditioning camp run by an ex-Marine a couple days before the 2010 season began.

He suggested I start filming the team’s games in an effort to grow a relationship with the team for future projects.”

“Although he never told me, his intentions were to get my see DOCUMENTARY, page 14

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Women’s soccer takes top spot in NESCAC standings, looks to clinch title With senior co-captain Sarah Nolet serving a one-game suspension for the red card she picked up this Saturday, senior Audrey Almy took over at the center back spot for yesterday’s match at Conn. College alongside senior co-captain Carrie Wilson, who was returning from injury.

Almy made her presence felt, heading in a corner early in the second half that broke a 1-1 tie and propelled the Jumbos to their sixth straight victory and to the top of the NESCAC. Though Conn. College sophomore Ali McKeigue’s 34th-minute goal snapped Tufts’ streak of 593 straight minutes without conceding, the team was more than happy to take the victory, extending its winning streak to six matches.

Playing at home and looking to inch their way back into the playoff picture, the Camels came out firing on all cylinders. They tested freshman keeper Kristin Wright — the reigning NESCAC Player of the Week — five times in the first half and finally reaped the benefits as McKeigue ripped one from 20 yards out just under the crossbar, giving them the early lead.

With all the momentum and a strong start, the Camels looked as though they were headed to the break with the halftime lead.

But junior midfielder Alix Michael, one of the most dangerous attacking players all season for the Jumbos, had a different idea, taking on a Camel defender before striking a shot from a distance just over the outstretched hand of the keeper.

“We felt after they scored, it really kicked us into gear,” Almy said. “We had to refocus and take control. We’ve been working on our finishing, and Alix hit a great shot and that turned it around for us.”

The goal changed the dynamic of the game, and coming out of the break, it was the Jumbos pushing for the lead. They did not have to wait long, earning a corner in the 51st minute. Junior forward Jamie LoveNichols sent in the cross, and Almy rose above the rest of the players in a crowded box, redirecting the ball into the back of the net for her first collegiate goal, which happened to be the game-winner.

The victory has the Jumbos sitting in sole possession of first place in the NESCAC for the first time since 2005, a year in which the team went all the way to the NCAA semifinals. With two matches left to play, Tufts is two points ahead of Amherst and three points ahead of Williams, who it will play on Saturday at home. A victory over the Ephs, combined with a loss or draw by the Lord Jeffs, would be enough to clinch the regular season title and home-field advantage throughout the NESCAC championships.

“Things are coming together for us at the right time of the season, and this weekend is all about what we do on the field,” Almy said. “It’s not about Williams. If we do everything we can, everything will end up as we want it to.”

—by Ethan Sturm