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Sandel: We must confront moral dilemmas in public sphere Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, yesterday evening entertained an over-capacity Tufts crowd with a discussion of the meaning of justice in society.

Sandel, the author of “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?” (2009), also teaches Justice, one of the most popular courses at Harvard. He delivered this semester’s Richard E. Snyder President’s Lecture at the Cabot Auditorium.

University President Lawrence Bacow, in introducing Sandel before the lecture, called him “one of the pre-eminent political philosophers of our time.”

“He asks us to think really, really critically about really, really deep questions,” Bacow said. “Humanistic principles and values are central to who we are as a society and how we think about public policy, and to be an informed citizen, we must deeply engage in these issues.”

In the one-hour lecture, Sandel challenged the conventional wisdom that the public sphere must remain neutral and free from the influence of personal convictions.

“I think that diagnosis is mistaken,” Sandel said. “I think the opposite is true — that our public discourse is impoverished because we don’t engage

directly enough and explicitly enough … with the deepest and the biggest moral and spiritual questions.”

Sandel discussed the Aristotelian conception of justice, which he said “means giving people what they deserve.”

Engaging his audience frequently for input and discussion, Sandel examined two debates on the correct form of justice — the story of disabled PGA Tour golfer Casey Martin, who took his fight to use a golf cart at tour events to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the political debate over gay marriage. He connected those stories to a broader discussion of moral issues.

“The conventional wisdom in liberal societies like ours is that, given the facts of disagreement, often deep disagreement, about moral and spiritual questions, we should try to decide questions of justice and rights and law in a way that is neutral or avoids underlying moral contradictions,” Sandel said.

But those underlying moral questions are unavoidable and must be dealt with in any kind of discourse, he said.

“We need to develop the habit of engaging with rather than ignoring … moral and spiritual ideas,” Sandel said.

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A Tufts University Police Department vehicle leaves the Mayer Campus Center. The university, like other schools, has changed the way it interprets crimes as burglaries as compared to thefts.

Its standards reinterpreted, Harvard ‘burglaries’ fall by over 90 percent BY

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A change in the application of the term “burglary” is affecting the way colleges and universities nationwide report crime statistics, which has broad implications for the accuracy of school’s safety rankings.

The change, which went into effect at Tufts last year, does not require campus police to report

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incidents of theft as burglaries unless there is proof of unlawful entry. If there is no proof of trespassing, the crime can be classified as larceny, which does not need to be reported.

Although the impact of the change was not as pronounced at Tufts, Harvard University’s reported number of burglaries between 2008 and 2009 fell by over 90 percent, according to the Harvard Crimson.

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Environmental Action: Shifting from Saying to Doing, the Experimental College course that brought trayless dining and double-sided printing to Tufts, is now taking aim at plastic water bottles on campus.

Students in the class decided to focus on reducing plastic bottle usage after weighing other possible goals earlier in the semester.

The campaign targets water bottle usage by Tufts undergraduates, according to sophomore Kaiying Lau, a member of the class.

“They’re the ones who buy the majority of the plastic water bottles,” Lau said.

Office of Sustainability Program Director Tina Woolston has taught the course, now in its third semester, since its inception. She said an integral part of the class is a social marketing campaign that allows students to put into practice various techniques that they have learned throughout the semester.

“To me, it’s not that important what the project is,” Woolston,

At a time when philanthropic efforts have suffered as a result of harder economic times, a team of Tufts students has launched a video contest to promote non-profits that assist children, youth and families by raising awareness of those organizations.

Professor of Child Development Fred Rothbaum originally created the initiative, called “501c3.” He said the project’s greater goal is to develop a comprehensive website through which people can discover non-profits geared toward children and families.

“What we would be creating is a site where people who are interested in non-profits, in either volunteering or contributing funds, could go to see the kind of non-profit they might want to get involved in and would have very short video materials to look over to get a better sense of the nonprofit,” Rothbaum said.

The contest aims to spotlight the work of non-profits that

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A wall of water in disposable plastic bottles awaits Hodgdon customers. Environmental Action class members are trying to encourage the use of reusable bottles instead.

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Tufts reported 29 burglaries in 2009, as compared to 43 the previous year when the old guidelines were in effect, Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler said in an e-mail to the Daily.

“Such figures do tend to go up and down to some degree,” Thurler said. In 2007, there were 32 reported burglaries.

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work with children and families, groups that Kimberley Liao, a student at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, called “really underappreciated.”

“They are kind of like bastard children of the NGO world,” Liao, who is one of the graduate student coordinators of the program, said.

501c3 is a part of the Child & Family WebGuide, a website created by the EliotPearson Department of Child Development, dedicated to providing information on parenting, education and child development to parents and professionals.

“The WebGuide’s original mission was to promote the work of nonprofits serving children and families, so now with the 501c3 project, we have come full cycle back to the WebGuide’s original mission,” Rothbaum said.

Three students — two graduate and one undergraduate — coordinate 501c3’s day-today operations, according to Rothbaum. see CONTEST, page 2

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have changed several times, according to Thurler.

“If a student had left their residence hall room unlocked, and the roommate had some people over, and they came back in a couple of hours, and they notice their iPod is missing, and the campus police investigate, but they never find out who took it ... under the old definition, they would report this as burglary.”

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Professor of Child Development Fred Rothbaum created a contest to spotlight the work of child- and family-focused non-profits.

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Submissions are supposed to last less than five minutes and should explain the role of a non-profit in assisting children and families within its target community or communities, according to Kris Carter, a graduate student in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and a graduate student coordinator on the project.

Video submissions will be accepted on Vimeo, a video-sharing website, until Dec. 15. In February, a firstplace and second-place winner will be announced and will receive cash prizes of $3,000 and $1,600.

Additionally, a separate $600 prize will be given for the best submission by a filmmaker under the age of 18.

All cash prizes will be split equally between the filmmaker and the nonprofit organization.

“We did a massive outreach campaign to student filmmakers across the country, as well as to organizations who fit the mission of what we are looking for,” Carter said.

501c3 has received 10 video submissions since the contest’s start date on Oct. 15, Carter said Monday. Carter expects to receive between 40 and 50 submissions total by the December deadline.

“Our real hope is that we get a filmmaker that submits something they are passionate about, and that comes through in the film,” Carter said. “That way, they are helping the organization out, they are using some of their own skills, and they are getting a prize at the end.”

“This change took effect with 2009 reports. Immediately prior to that, the federal policy was the reverse: Colleges and universities were to assume that a theft was a burglary unless they had evidence to the contrary,” she said. “[T]hat policy was itself a change of an even earlier policy that assumed thefts were larcenies, not burglaries, unless there was evidence to the contrary,” Thurler said. “Tufts has always adhered to the definitions as required by the law.”

Daniel Carter, director of public policy for Security On Campus, Inc., a non-profit organization that advocates crime reporting standards among college campuses, said the change brings the university more in line with the criteria the FBI uses for its crime reports.

The new guidelines are part of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), a 1990 federal statute that requires all institutions receiving federal financial aid funding to disclose their crime statistics to the U.S. Department of Education.

In order for theft to be considered burglary, there must be evidence of someone other than residents or invited guests taking an object, Carter told the Daily.

“If a student had left their residence hall room unlocked, and the roommate had some people over, and they came back in a couple of hours, and they notice their iPod is missing, and

the campus police investigate, but they never find out who took it ... under the old definition, they would report this as burglary,” Carter said.

Under the new reporting guidelines, however, this type of incident would only be reported if it were classified as a hate crime or at the discretion of the campus police unit, according to Carter.

“It’s simply missing and is never recovered, but if you don’t know who has stolen the item, the new application is you assume theft, whereas before you assume burglary,” he said.

Katie Hyder, whose television was reported stolen from her Metcalf Hall dorm room in 2008, filed a report with the police and spoke with the Office of Residential Life and Learning, but her television was never recovered, she said.

Hyder, now a senior, said there were two students living in her room over the winter recess, but neither could account for why the room was left unlocked or how the TV was stolen.

Under the new guidelines, Hyder’s case would not appear in crime statistics as a burglary and would not be required to be reported to the Department of Education, the source of information used by The Daily Beast in its recent safety ranking that named Tufts the most dangerous school in the country.

“When deciding how to categorize an incident, there is obviously room for individual institutional judgment and interpretation. This can contribute to variations in data reporting. It is difficult to make accurate comparisons between institutions or accurately rank institutions,” Thurler said.

The reporting change has yet to be taken into account by every school, and although Security On Campus has made The Daily Beast aware of the changes for future rankings, the latest report came out after most institutions had published their newer statistics, according to Carter.

“I think we’re disappointed any time that the Clery Act is made less inclusive, but at the same time we recognize that it is consistent with what every city and town in America reports,” Carter said.

Hyder agreed with this sentiment.

“I definitely think that if they’re going to be making a blanket statement, they really do need to standardize what they are reporting. It would be a lot easier to understand how they ranked it,” Hyder said.

Thurler noted that Tufts University Police Department will continue to track and follow up on reports of thefts and include them in public police logs.

“When we see a pattern of incidents, we may alert the community so that they can be extra vigilant,” she said.

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who is one of the course’s teachers along with Negin Toosi, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology, said. “The point is the learning experience.”

“We weighed [potential goals] in terms of how easy they would be able to be achieved and the environmental impact that they would have,” freshman Fiona Weeks, a member of the class, said. “We decided that [getting rid of] plastic bottled water has a fairly high environmental impact over time, and it was a fairly reasonable goal to achieve.”

After settling on the campaign’s focus, students conducted initial research to select the most effective mediums to broadcast their message.

Students created a survey on Facebook, researched similar campaigns on other college campuses and contacted Tufts administrators to determine the feasibility of reducing or removing plastic bottles.

They also conducted random interviews with members of the

Tufts community, according to Lau. There were two rounds of student interviews: one targeting those seen using plastic water bottles and another for those seen using reusable bottles, Weeks explained.

“One of the things we found in the online survey was that a lot of people had reusable water bottles, they just weren’t using them regularly,” Weeks said. “We wanted to find out why.”

Woolston explained that the goal of data gathering was to identify hindrances to sustainable behavior.

“You’re looking at what are the barriers to behavior change,” Woolston said. “For example, in a lot of universities, they will give out ... reusable water bottles as an incentive to have people use tap water. But what the class found through their survey is like 90 percent of the people already had a reusable water bottle, so that wasn’t the barrier.”

Interview results demonstrated that convenience was a major consideration in the decision to

use plastic bottles, which led the class to consider alternative ways to provoke behavioral change.

“People mostly thought about convenience,” Weeks said. “They perceive plastic water bottles to be more convenient.”

Hodgdon Good-to-Go, which sells bottled water, has become a focal point of the campaign. The class is focusing on the “trickturning” of water in Hodgdon, according to Weeks.

“Trick-turning” is enabled by a flaw in the Dining Services’ register system that fails to detect whether students on unlimited meal plans have used already used a meal during a particular dining period. The result is that students can eat in an on-campus dining hall and go to Hodgdon within the same meal period and only be charged once, allowing students to buy groceries, including bottled water.

“Hodgdon is a main focus because that is the source of people’s water bottles, but the behaviors that lead to people trick-turning water bottles also happen outside of Hodgdon,”

Weeks said. “People forget their reusable water bottle, so they’re more likely to trick-turn.”

Students are currently in the process of executing their projects, according to Woolston.

“They’re in the last phase — they implement the campaign and reflect on progress,” she said.

Students are currently working in groups to plan events or create visual reminders to reduce plastic water bottle usage, according to Woolston. There is no definitive date by which the campaign must be visible on campus; however, those involved expect projects to be completed in the coming weeks.

“There’s a group that’s creating a little video, so that should be neat. There’s a group that’s trying to talk to [Dining Services] to find out whether there’s any sort of structural changes that can be made in ... Hodgdon,” Woolston said. “There’s some folks working on signs, like prompts, so people can put prompts on their door [or at the water cooler], so they remember to bring their water bottle.”

According to Kai, her group is planning a water taste test comparing bottled and tap water.

Weeks’ group is planning a movie night to screen a documentary about bottled water.

The bottled water issue has been taken up by students outside the class, as well. Tufts Community Union Senate Trustee Representative Alice Pang has been working since last year to install hydration stations — which allow for the easy refilling of water bottles — across campus. A pilot station, funded

by Dining Services, will be put in place in the Mayer Campus Center this winter, according to Pang, a sophomore.

Pang supports the efforts of students in the course and sees the hydration station as a continuation of the goals of the class.

“I think [the campaign is] awesome, and I think the implementation of the hydration station is a great continuation of what they’re doing because their class only lasts this semester, so once they get back, and they’ve done all their work it’ll continue on,” Pang said.

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In the wake of last month’s release of “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” a documentary focusing on the need for public education reform in the United States, the dearth of top U.S. college students choosing teaching as a profession has gained attention.

A recent study by global marketing and consulting firm McKinsey & Company compared teachers in countries with high-performing education systems to public school teachers in the United States.

The most striking difference between countries was the background of the teachers hired. The study found that in Singapore, Finland and South Korea, almost all hired teachers were in the top third of their graduating classes in college and post-graduate programs. The U.S. data pales in comparison; less than a quarter of new U.S. teachers are recruited from the top third of their class.

While it makes sense that parents want smart and resourceful teachers for their children, such qualities are not always accurately measured by grades, according to Steven Cohen, a lecturer in the Department of Education at Tufts.

“Sheer grade point average, I don’t think is the mark of a teacher,” Cohen said.

Still, without a consistent source churning out quality teachers, the U.S. education system has needed to become more creative in recruiting from universities. One well-known organization popular among Tufts alumni, Teach for America, places recent college graduates as educators in underperforming public schools.

Betsy Aronson (LA ’09) is currently working in Roma, Texas, through Teach for America.

“What’s interesting about where I teach is that simply finding any qualified college graduates is an issue,” Aronson said. “My town sits right on the [Mexican] border. Fewer than seven percent of residents here hold a college degree. Here, we’re not just talking about recruiting the best college graduates to teaching but actually how to create college graduates in the first place.”

The educational situation in Roma is not unique. Since U.S. public schools are largely funded through property taxes, which are often higher in suburban areas, most of the United States’

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ost students aren’t so lucky as to have a car here until they are at least upperclassmen — if they even ever do get to have one at all. That being said, driving in Boston is serious business. There is a reason that there is a stigma surrounding Massachusetts drivers — the “Masshole” does in fact exist as a natural and primal being.

Admitting this comes with some shame, given that I am a native, but I can concur, having been cut off, flipped off and pissed off enough times to confirm that the legends are true. Unfortunately, no matter how good of a driver you are, surviving Massachusetts roads has more to do with attitude. People aren’t always honking because you’re actually doing something wrong, so there’s no need to doubt yourself. In fact, you can get away with much riskier — and more obnoxious — maneuvers if you do them with gusto. Here are some helpful tips to make merging onto Boston roads a success.

1. Yield to people in the rotaries. I actually don’t understand people’s behaviors in these things. In defense of people from out of state, I have heard that there are far fewer rotaries in the rest of the nation than there are here. In Massachusetts, people seem to go at these traffic circles as if they’re a free-for-all — they’re not. Call it a personal vendetta, but there’s no better way to ignite my Masshole road rage than by not yielding to me as I innocently go around my roundabout. Open your d--- eyes. Is it really so hard for you to brake lightly and see if anyone’s coming? Can you not assess the situation with a shred of intelligence? If you answered yes to either of these, just get off the road … for everyone’s sake.

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The American school system is falling behind other countries when it comes to recruiting quality teachers. poorly performing schools are found in urban and rural areas.

This inequality is a crucial feature of the current U.S. educational landscape, as the performance of students correlates to resources and expectations for them. In places like Roma, funds are minimal and most students are on track to drop out of school

because older figures in the community have followed the same path. No matter how smart the child, some educational environments are simply not conducive to learning and success, according to Cohen.

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Neurofeedback can give those suffering from mental health disorders control over their own brain activity BY

NADEZHDA KAZAKOVA Contributing Writer

Your psychology professor might object if, in your last paper, you compared the brain to a muscle, but recent research shows the brain can be trained and molded just like one.

Through an innovative, drug-free treatment called neurofeedback, patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression and other types of emotional and behavioral problems can now acquire the power to change their brain activity patterns at will.

“Through repeated training in the form of monitored, age-appropriate videos or video games, patients improve their ability to alter their brain activity,” Laurence Hirshberg, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School, told the Daily. “In about 80 percent of the cases, this is followed by improved mood and motivation.”

Neurofeedback patients sit in a chair and face a computer that is attached to their head via electrodes. Software

detects brain activity and identifies the patient’s brainwaves as either desirable — when the brain is focused — or undesirable — when it is not.

Desirable brain activity is rewarded with pleasant video images; misbehaving brains conjure bleak and disagreeable ones. The procedure, over time, trains the brain’s mood centers to associate certain brain patterns with positive or negative images, eventually allowing patients to take ownership over their brain activity. Neurofeedback can be used to treat many disorders, including ADHD, depression, autism and anxiety.

Although neurofeedback is popular among researchers and recommended by more than 7,500 mental health professionals in the United States, it is still a relatively unknown practice, according to Hirshberg, one of the leading neurofeedback researchers and practitioners.

This fall, Hirshberg, in collaboration with Fred Rothbaum, a professor of child development at Tufts, and Matthew Nock, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, has begun to

study neurofeedback as a treatment for depression in adolescents. Hirshberg also currently practices neurofeedback at the NeuroDevelopment Center in Cambridge, Mass., where he offers free treatment for individuals participating in his research.

Positive outcomes of the treatment demonstrate that neurofeedback may be able to be used in conjunction with other medications and eventually lead to the reduction and possible elimination of the need for medication, Hirshberg said.

Gina Kuperberg, an associate professor of psychology at Tufts, said, however, that while neurofeedback may be slowly gaining popularity as an alternative to drugs, there is no treatment for depression that works on its own.

An effective treatment, she said, would require a multidisciplinary approach that involves psychopharmacological management, psychological measures and social interventions.

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2. Always park legally. If your space has a meter, put quarters in it. Maybe I am all too confident in my ability to escape the wrath of the parking cop, but I’m always sure they won’t spot me — needless to say, I’ve been wrong. More than once. It seems like such a nuisance to put in 50 cents to go into Dunkin’ Donuts. The empty carsized space dictating “No Parking: Here to Corner” is really tempting to flout. The $30 parking violation makes that coffee quite pricey. Find a real space, and when you do, pay the cents. Most of the parking cops in Boston take their job (way too) seriously, but no one wants to pay parking tickets, so it’s best to avoid them altogether.

3. Beware of the cell phone. Obviously I realize you’re never the problem when you’re on your cell phone — it’s everyone else who can’t multitask, right? Well, consider that you are pretty much the only one who sees yourself apart from “everyone else” who can’t multitask. Although they did just make texting and driving illegal in Massachusetts — still curious as to how they are able to enforce this — talking on the phone is still fair game. Being on the line and oblivious makes the famous Massachusetts road rage problems that much worse. In my own statistical terms, those who forget to yield in rotaries are significantly more likely to be on their cell phones. Remember the golden rule: Don’t be on your cell phone if you don’t want others to be on their cell phones.

The biggest thing that will help you adjust to having a car in Boston is, well, simply having one. There are no umbrella statements that can save you from an angry driver’s wrath and traffic cops who always seem to find you. These three rules, however, can lessen the blow. Just remember that nothing should be taken personally, including the drivers who curse and flip you off — unless you forget to yield to me in a rotary, and then it’s personal.

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

Christian@tufts.edu.

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and everything to do with social class and opportunity and access,” he said.

Nina Schienman (LA ’08), who works at a school in Brooklyn through Teach for America, emphasized that a difficult component of teaching is dealing with the complicated bureaucracy that exists in public schools.

“The fact that many public schools do not have a clear and established

chambers and offices of government officials. The issue is so complex that agreement between different political parties, politicians and voters is virtually non-existent, according to Cohen.

“There is too much finger pointing and not enough reform,” Cohen said. “I don’t even know what education reform means anymore.”

Whitney Wiegand (LA ’08), a current Teach for America participant in Chicago, believes that a shift in the per-

curriculum means that every new teacher has to ‘reinvent the wheel’ in some way,” she said. “There must be a reorganization of the educational system in which teachers have to navigate and work ... on a daily basis.”

The idea of education reform presents many problems, and the country has been struggling to develop and approve policies to improve public education. Much of the legislature related to education, however, gets stuck in the

ception of the profession will provide an incentive for high-performing college students to pursue teaching as a career.

“Teaching can be an incredibly challenging, fun and rewarding profession that should attract the highest achieving individuals from the top colleges in our country,” Wiegand said. “This will never happen, though, until the profession can compete in terms of prestige, compensation and support with other top careers.”

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still under investigation — but it is important not to use it in isolation of other approaches,” Kuperberg said.

According to the NeuroDevelopment Center, neurofeedback patients see results of their treatment quickly — as quickly as after a few sessions — and rarely experience negative side effects.

Christopher Willard, a staff psychologist at Tufts Counseling and Mental Health Services, said that while he cannot speak to the effectiveness of neurofeedback for depression victims, he sees it as a promising treatment for ADHD. Neurofeedback is particularly appealing to patients, he said, because they are given a chance to take ownership of their bodies and their medical conditions.

“I know people find it easy and fun to use,” he said, “and I think it helps to have direct and immediate visual feedback about what is happening and working in the mind and body.”

Because patients play a large role in their own recoveries, in addition to other reasons, Hirshberg finds neurofeedback an exciting avenue of alternative treatment.

“Adding neurofeedback training to the pantheon of established methods of treatment may prove to be very effective,” Hirshberg said.

People of all ages with depression and other disorders can benefit from neurofeedback without necessarily needing

to take other medications, Hirshberg said, citing the story of a Tufts student suffering from anxiety whose life was improved by the treatment.

“As a high school sophomore with anxiety and depression, Stacy could not stop worrying about her tests and grades and studied obsessively, although she was already a terrific student and athlete. Her anxiety became so severe that she was placed on antidepressant and anti-anxiety medication. Even with both medications, she experienced a moderate level of depression and anxiety,” he said.

“That was when she was introduced to the neurofeedback training,” he said. “By 20 sessions, she was no longer taking the anti-anxiety medication and had reduced her anti-depressant dose by half. … Stacy continued to train for several additional months and was able to stop taking the anti-depressant, as well.”

Still, the treatment has been very limited thus far, and prescribing it to young victims of depression is nowhere near common practice.

“Most of the cases of neurofeedback to date involve children with ADHD. So using neurofeedback to treat depression in adolescents, or adults, is a relatively recent development,” Hirshberg said.

“Public reaction has been very positive, however, when it is accompanied by an accurate description of what the treatment entails.”

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Rock down to Electric Avenue The Daily looks at electronic music and its adaptation to the Internet age BY

MATTHEW WELCH

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Electronic music occupies a unique place in the modern music industry.

Even though file-sharing and social networking have affected every genre, electronic music has, by far, integrated the most with these technological advances.

This integration has produced a very different musical culture that has influences throughout contemporary music, altering everything from the sound of pop albums to the music at fraternity parties. The DJ culture at Tufts has been a major force in shaping the types of music we listen to at social gatherings and in our free time.

The technical literacy of most electronic musicians has helped the genre adapt so seamlessly to the Internet. Digital music production and sound synthesis require a considerable familiarity with software interfaces and programming. Since electronic music demands these skills from its artists, they are much more likely to understand the principles behind software design and web applications, in turn placing them in a prime position to reap the benefits of sites like So u n d C l o u d . c o m and Facebook.

This reality, combined with the fact that electronic music is generally created with the same machines we use to access the Internet, makes the transition from private audio production to public music sharing far smoother.

From the underground to the Internet Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have provided aspiring musicians with a new platform to exhibit their music. Even though countless precursory sites had allowed users to upload and share their music before, these online communities were never designed to facilitate the same level of social interaction as networks like Facebook. By giving users the opportunity to host their music in a community context that extended beyond musicians and enthusiasts to the general population, social networking sites gave electronic musicians a new avenue for sharing their work.

The ease with which electronic musicians establish web personas and communities is evidenced all over the Internet. Innumerable blogs, forums and DJ collectives have all provided people with the means to absorb electronic music and to learn how to produce it.

Online communities like IDM Forums. com and Future Producers.com give new and experienced artists a place to learn and get feedback from likeminded people. This digitized pedagogy significantly distinguishes electronic music from its acoustic counterpart.

Electronic Autodidacticism For musicians on traditional instruments, pedagogy is usually provided by instructors and theorists. Even though individuals can teach themselves technique and musical principles, the dominant trend in classical and jazz music has favored personal instruction. Although this dynamic builds connections between aspiring and accomplished musicians, it is n ow h e r e near as

accessible as the electronic music guides and lessons that abound on the Internet. In this sense, the information necessary to succeed as an electronic musician is far more accessible than its counterpart in instrumental music.

After all, electronic music has always drawn some of its strength from the independence of its artists. While bands and duos abound throughout the genre, electronic music is one of the most accommodating mediums for solo artists. No other style of music can boast as much commercially successful self-produced, self-engineered and self-mastered material. While singer-songwriters and solo instrumentalists may write and perform their own material, they usually defer to producers and engineers when they record their albums. With electronic music, each artist fulfills all of these tasks himself, making him less reliant on studios and record companies and thus more capable of promoting his own material.

This unprecedented level of self-reliance has made electronic music one of the most fluid and dynamic genres

today. Since each individual musician is far more capable of producing material and releasing it, electronic music has benefited from an active pool of contributors that stands apart from the record industry. New styles of electronic music are constantly emerging and attaining popularity through blogs, forums and music hosting sites.

Skweee music epitomizes the speed with which various styles of electronic

music can grow and influence each other.

The term “Skweee” comes from a phrase used to describe the genre’s earliest recordings, which attempted to “squeeze” as many different sounds from a single synthesizer (synth) as possible. The result was a more minimal, bare bones sound that emphasized the tones of the synths and syncopated rhythms. While the Skweee scene was initially limited to 7” vinyl releases in Finland and Sweden, the development of online communities like nationofskweee.com and posts on sites like dubstepforum.com have given the genre international recognition.

The Tufts scene The solidarity and free musical exchange between electronic musicians is just as visible in Boston, where DJ/producer collectives like BASSIC and SUBduction play a huge role in shaping the dynamic.

“In Boston, all the scenes are really well-connected,” Ali Berger, a sophomore, said. Berger is a producer and DJ who frequently plays on and off campus,

often with the collective Lost in Bass.

Tufts saw what such collectives are capable of producing last Friday in the Crane Room, when C Dubz, Codiac, Damian Silva and Wheez-ie played explosive sets that had students dancing feverishly.

Collectives often form around specific subgenres of electronic music. In this case, the DJs favored dubstep, a genre that gets its punch from heavy, warbling bass lines and up-front syncopated rhythms. Dubstep is a style of electronic music that has recently exploded in popularity. Though it initially took influences from genres like drum and bass and garage, it has become a full-fledged genre in and of itself with the help of Internet exposure and successful artists like Bassnectar and Burial.

For some attendees, the genre itself was enough to draw them to the show.

“I was really excited about there being an event that played dubstep music because I think people have just started getting into the genre. Even just amongst my friends, it’s starting to become more popular, especially when dubstep artists use other songs that we all know,” sophomore Kristiina Yang said.

Popular electronic vs. original sets For students, there is a huge distinction between producers’ shows and dance parties, the latter usually entailing a DJ with a Top 40-oriented set. Even though anyone can dance to music they’ve never heard before, the dominant trend at Tufts is to favor well-known songs over new material when it comes to dance parties. While this is great for DJs who focus on remixing popular tunes, it makes life a little more difficult for producers who want to showcase their own material.

“The frats are the most easily accessible dance floors and sound systems on campus, but most of their events are dance parties, not shows, so people are generally expecting music they’ve already heard,” Berger said.

In this sense, the electronic music culture at Tufts is limited. Even though there are avenues for producers and original material, they are nowhere near as abundant as Top 40-style dance parties. Hopefully, the scene at Tufts will grow to accommodate both. If Tufts students gave original material the same chance they give to familiar songs, the producers on campus would have a much larger audience to test their work on. After all, dancing is meant to be a communal affair that involves all of its participants equally — musicians and dancers.

As senior Alex Barstow put it, “The great thing about the energy of electronic music is that it can compel people to get in touch with their more primal urges and let loose. Social boundaries seem less important.”

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Kanye’s foray into filmmaking is surreal and oddly interesting BY

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Kanye West might be the most important artist of our generation.

Runaway

Starring Kanye West, Selita Ebanks Directed by Kanye West Not Shepard Fairey or Alexander McQueen or Damien

Hirst or Jonathan Franzen or even Lady GaGa. Kanye West.

When Kanye West announced that he had made a 35-minute art film, the initial impulse was to mock the work. When he explained that it was about his relationship with a phoenix that crashed down to earth, it was impossible to miss the laughter that rang out across the popular media.

But then the film, “Runaway,” named after of one of Kanye’s new songs, premiered two weeks ago. And people watched it. And it sort of works.

It’s a crazy piece. It’s total-

ly insane. It’s a 34-minute, 33-second peek into the head of Kanye West, and it’s basically exactly what you would expect, but nothing like that at all.

At the surface level, the story is ridiculous, but it really isn’t the draw of “Runaway.” Basically, Kanye discovers a half-naked bird-woman (Selita Ebanks) who crashed down in the woods and takes her to his house. He teaches her things about the human world, including a brief lesson in media literacy, gives her a mini-concert and then takes her to a crazy parade that features fireworks, a giant papier-

THEATER REVIEW

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Two Wives in India

Dillen was inspired to write “Two Wives in India.” Her play may seem like an accurate depiction of what happens when two middle-aged women travel to Delhi for wedding festivities, but the playwright’s limited knowledge about India is conspicuous as unsophisticated stereotypes and flinch-inducing soliloquies litter the two-hour production.

In “Two Wives,” directed by M. Bevin O’Gara and playing at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre until Nov. 21, Becca and Mary Jo travel to India in order to participate in several pre-marital ceremonies for the marriage of Emily, Becca’s daughter and Mary Jo’s stepdaughter. Dillen takes audience members

When dinner is served, the bird-woman, whom we later find out is the promised phoenix, freaks out because dinner is a giant turkey that looks just like her. After dinner, Kanye and the bird talk about how she has to burn and go back to her world, and Kanye tells her not to go, and then they have sex.

I won’t ruin the ending, but it involves Kanye sprinting and some fire.

And the film ends with the title card, “Directed by Kanye West.” see KANYE, page 8

WEEKENDER INTERVIEW | MICHAEL ARNDT

‘Toy Story 3’ screenwriter talks toys with the Daily BY

LORRAYNE SHEN

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Screenwriter Michael Arndt boasts an impressive resume, which includes Academy Awardwinning “Little Miss Sunshine” (2006) and “Toy Story 3,” the highest-grossing film of 2010 and the top-grossing animated film of all time. Arndt spoke with the Daily in a roundtable interview about his experience writing “Toy Story 3.”

After traveling to India for her daughter’s engagement party in India, playwright Leslie Harrell

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mâché Michael Jackson head, kids in ominous red hoods and a marching band.

Later, the couple goes to a fancy dinner in an airplane hangar where one of the guests says to Kanye, “Your girlfriend is beautiful,” adding, “Did you know she is a bird?” To which Kanye responds, “No, I never noticed that.”

And then, for some reason, Kanye performs an extended version of the song “Runaway,” accompanied by over two dozen ballerinas. And then there’s a captivating 10-minute ballet dance break.

Question: Was writing a Pixar animated film very different from writing live-action films?

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’Two Wives in India’ examines the lives of two matriarchs in a foreign land. on a simulated trip through Indian culture with a henna festival and a memorable stop at the Taj Mahal as Becca and Mary Jo tour the home nation of Emily’s fiance Jaskanvar.

Both of the matriarchs are forced to deal with interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts in the days leading up to the wedding. Though both were married to Emily’s father, Sam, Becca and Mary Jo have disparate personalities. Becca is a strong and independent interior designer while Mary Jo is a romantic-novel writer, mourning the recent death of Sam. Throughout the play, she finds herself struggling with her roles as Emily’s stepmother and Sam’s widow. Additionally, a conflict between these two women ensues

as they each try to play an overly active role in Emily’s wedding.

Unfortunately for the audience, both characters lack originality and though Dillen attempts comedy, her efforts ultimately fall short. For example, Mary Jo is often seen carrying the ashes of Sam around in her purse, but her awkward, obsessive behavior evokes uneasiness from the audience rather than laughter.

At the same time, Jaskanvar, returning from a lengthy hiatus in New York, is overwhelmed by his return to India and his consequent encounter with his estranged parents. Furthermore, he must now deal with not one, but two mothersin-law, who tire both him and the see TWO WIVES, page 7

Michael Arndt: In terms of writing characters or stories … there’s no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium. … To me, Buzz Lightyear is just as real as Olive Hoover in “Little Miss Sunshine.” The big difference is in the rewriting process. In liveaction, writing, production and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap — happening simultaneously.

This allows a real dialogue to occur between the writer, the director, the actors and the editor, and it makes the writing process a lot more collaborative and a lot less lonely.

Q: What was the biggest story challenge in the writing of “Toy Story 3”?

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Before ‘Toy Story 3,’ Michael Arndt received an Oscar for ‘Little Miss Sunshine.’

MA: It may seem strange, but the hardest part of the script was actually the beginning, when you meet the toys again after 10 years have passed. We had to figure out what they’ve been doing for the last 10 years, what their expectations for the future are, how they still feel about Andy. ... In fact, [I did 60 different versions of] the scene where Woody calls his staff meeting … before we settled on the final one.

Q: How did your career change after winning an Oscar? see ARNDT, page 7

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MA: The biggest change is that when I have a story meeting in Hollywood now, people actually listen to what I say.

Q: Which character did you like writing the best?

MA: Ken. He was a blast to write. I just want to note that all the clothes that Ken wore in the movie are actual Ken clothes — we didn’t make anything up. And yes, that means that Ken had a Nehru jacket in the 1968 “Groovy Formal Collection.”

Q: A lot of fans loved the fact that Totoro [from the Japanese anime film “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988)] is in the movie. How did he come [to be] involved?

MA: I remember sitting down to write the scene in Bonnie’s bedroom and having to come up with who her toys might be. So I figured a little girl would have a unicorn, a triceratops, a hedgehog, and then — almost as a lark

— I threw in a Totoro doll. I didn’t really think it would make it into the final film, but everyone here at Pixar is such a huge fan of [Hayao] Miyazaki that we decided to ask Studio Ghibli to let us put Totoro in the movie, and we’re all very honored that they said yes.

Q: Can you talk about Lotso, one of the most important characters in the film?

MA: I liked the idea of Lotso from the very beginning — he was a toy gone bad who no longer believed in the love between a child and a toy. Like all good villains, his rather curdled view of the world makes sense in light of his experiences. In a nutshell, Lotso got replaced [with another toy], and the lesson he drew was that everyone and everything is replaceable. When Ken stands up to Lotso at the end of the story, Lotso yells that there’s a hundred million Barbies just like the one he’s fallen for. Ken affirms that he loves Barbie — that she’s special and unique to him: that she’s not replaceable to him. To be pretentious for a second,

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Arndt explains how Lotso, left, came to be such a villainous toy.

Q: Is there anything you wanted to change last minute, or were there any last minute changes?

That was really important in terms of setting up his sacrifice at the end: his letting go of Andy. I wrote that line on June 18, 2009 — exactly one year from the release of the film — and it really felt like the last piece of the puzzle falling into place.

MA: The last line of dialogue I added to the script was having Woody, at the beginning, tell the toys (again) that their job is “to be there for Andy.”

Q: In order to write a screenplay, do you have any habits or personal rules?

MA: When I’m working on my

that’s a gesture Shakespeare uses a lot — putting wisdom in the mouth of a fool.

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

Screening of Judith Wechsler’s “Courbet: Dreaming the Modern” and “Monet’s Water Lilies: Vision and Design”: Filmmaker and Tufts Professor of Art History Judith Wechsler presents a screening of two of her works. Tufts Professor of Music John McDonald’s cello performance is also featured. (Tomorrow at noon in the Distler Performance Hall of the Granoff Music Center.

Admission is free.)

First Friday: On the first Friday of each month, members of the

SoWa Artists Guild open up their studios in the South End and talk about the work. Over 50 artists will be at the event, a great opportunity to meet the artists and learn more about what’s currently going on in the art scene. (Tomorrow from 5 to 9 p.m., at the studios at 450 Harrison Ave., Boston. Admission is free.)

“Vermont Day” at the “Shirley, VT Plays” festival: The “Shirley, VT Plays” festival is a collaboration between SpeakEasy Stage Company, Huntington Theatre and Company One to produce break-out writer Annie Baker’s

first three plays. Her pieces, “Body Awareness,” “Circle Mirror Transformation” and “The Aliens” all take place in the fictional town of Shirley, Vt. Theatergoers are invited to celebrate with an evening tasting of Cabot Creamery cheese and Long Trail beer. (Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Calderwood Pavillion at the BCA, 527 Tremont St., Boston.

Admission is free for ticket holders for any of the plays.)

Break the Stage: Come to Cohen Auditorium for the seventh annual intercollegiate step competition, presented by Tufts’ African

Student Organization. (Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in Cohen Auditorium.

First 200 tickets are free with valid student ID, otherwise tickets are $5 for students and others.)

Family” was hurt by a lazy plot about Gloria’s accent, but the final sequence with the whole clan together — and without the cheesy voiceover — provided a funny and sweet capper to the half-hour.

“Cougar Town” had perhaps one of the best Halloween episodes this season. The costumes were all spot-on, especially Busy Philipps’ Laurie-as-Ellie, but the holiday happenings never dominated the story, which stayed grounded in the characters and featured a terrific guest spot by Ken Jenkins of “Scrubs”(2001-10).

On Thursday at 8 p.m., ABC aired the classic “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” while NBC aired the special “Scared Shrekless,” which performed much better in the timeslot than “Community” normally does.

Moving up half an hour, though,

Unoriginal content mars ‘Two Wives’ TWO WIVES

The Script with Joshua Radin: The Irish rock band, which recently struck it big in the United States with the single “Breakeven,” joins forces with indie-folk artist Radin for a tour stop in Boston. (Sunday, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. at House of Blues Boston. General admission tickets $25.)

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Week in Review | TV Holidays are always important on TV. They’re a way for writers to bring their whole casts together, throw parties and let out-of-the-ordinary hijinks ensue.

Halloween is an even more special case because characters can get dressed up in costumes and shows can delve into a scarier side, with some even breaking continuity to allow for the occurrence of entirely unrealistic events.

This year, several shows took part in the occasion, indulging in their fantastic sides to provide episodes full of laughs, screams and visual spectacle.

ABC’s Wednesday night comedies all took part in the festivities. “The Middle,” “Better with You,” “Modern Family” and “Cougar Town” provided a twohour block of Halloween humor, with the last two providing some of the biggest laughs. “Modern

own projects, my habit is to procrastinate as long as possible before I finally start writing. That may sound glib, but I feel it’s important to give your story a chance to gestate and mature until it’s really ready to be born. … At Pixar, however, I don’t have the luxury of procrastination, which makes writing both challenging and terrifying.

“Community” hit a season ratings high with its Halloween episode, which saw nearly the whole cast turned into zombies, thanks to contaminated government surplus meat. It was as awesome as it sounds.

And Sunday night saw the premiere of AMC’s newest original series, “The Walking Dead.”

While not necessarily a Halloweenthemed episode in the traditional sense, the series is all about the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, so the connection is quite clear.

Because of the World Series, this year’s installment of “The Simpsons’” annual “Treehouse of Horror” will air this Sunday. As always, it will contain three separate segments, and this year it will guest star Hugh Laurie and Daniel Radcliffe.

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continued from page 6 audience with their repetitive and annoying bickering.

The play is painfully long and is populated with an overabundance of unbecoming stereotypes about India and its people. As Becca and Mary Jo grapple with the culture shock that traveling abroad induces, they are forced to deal with a terrible Indian cab driver, green parrots, free-roaming elephants and, of course, the horrid smell of the impecunious streets of Delhi, which Jaskanvar defines as “the smell of poverty.”

To set the scene, O’Gara repeatedly notes the green parrots inhabiting India, which are represented in the play by long sticks with a single green feather at each tip. The barebone props only serve to make the play feel low-budget — airplanes are represented by elevated black plastic objects while the poor people of India are represented by masked, inanimate structures.

Rather than mastering the art of fleshing out characters through dialogue, Dillen saturates the play with several unconvincing soliloquies that actually weaken the production. The audience is overtly informed about the characters’ feelings through these soliloquies rather than through intuitive blocking, dialogue and inference.

The result is a conglomeration of characters who are unable to communicate their feelings through natural discourse and must therefore be resigned to forwardly revealing their emotions through off-putting monologues.

As the performance comes to an end, Dillen scrambles to entertain an antsy audience a little longer by introducing a cursory side plot — Mary Jo finds an Indian man and decides to extend her stay a while longer. Nonetheless, this development seems hurried and unfinished as the play abruptly ends with Mary Jo resolving to remain in India.

The sole bright spot to an otherwise dreary play is the incorporation of authentic Indian music, which certainly adds a magical element to the production. Yet the hyperbolic and offensive stereotypes, the tacky props and the incongruous character asides make the finished product awkward and forgettable. Suffice to say that googling the word “India” is cheaper, informative and more entertaining than sitting through two hours of this gruesome play.

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‘Runaway’ an ego-booster for Kanye, as well as a strangely compelling work KANYE continued from page 6

Oh, and the whole thing is set in Prague, apparently. And filmed on location. To make it legitimate or something?

The film is chock full of symbolism — some of which makes sense, some of which is ridiculous and totally heavy-handed — but I’m not going to venture there, instead leaving that up to the viewer to sort out. There’s a lot of stuff that’s very clearly about being judged by society, doing your own thing, looking super fly and being a creative genius.

“Runaway” is beautifully shot and scored. It features most of the songs from Kanye’s upcoming album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” including the titular “Runaway.” Nearly every scene could work as a standalone music video, and nearly every frame of the film could be a beautiful still photograph.

The washed-out color palette, with a different color dominating each section of the film,

shows that Kanye has an eye for this sort of thing.

As ridiculous as it is to praise Kanye West’s 35-minute art film, it’s also impossible, after watching it, not to praise it. It shouldn’t be a thing that exists. There is no mainstream figure besides Kanye West who could have produced this film. The man is as fearless as he is crazy. If this thing had been really bad, he would never have lived it down, but it was a passion project and it shows.

The ideas are a little weird and self-congratulatory, but Kanye has basically mastered the art of the long-form music video.

The man has a huge head, but he’s stopped just talking about how great he is and started trying to back it up with actual physical evidence. “Runaway” is highly flawed, but it also gets a lot right and is a real testament to Kanye’s evolution as an artist. A real, honest-to-God Artist with a capital “A.” It’s a sight to behold. It demands rewatching, at least in bits and pieces.

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Kanye West is on fire these days.

A lot of people are going to hate “Runaway,” which is available in its entirety on YouTube. It’s a hugely masturbatory exercise in Kanye West

stroking Kanye West’s ego, but it’s also way too weird and fantastic and fascinating to ignore. I’ve watched it a few times now, and I’m not actu-

8. Buy his lawyer a “Freed Weezy” shirt: Well, he did, didn’t he? You’re telling us that if you freed Wayne, you wouldn’t advertise that fact on your chest?

spending time in prison for the very same offense.

7. Get money: A wise man named Weezy once said, “Stand on my money, headbutt Yao Ming.” And Weezy’s only 5 feet 6 inches. Yeah, that’s a lotta Benjamins.

4.

Watch “Shawshank Redemption” (1994): That’s just a good movie.

ally sure if it’s any good. It might be terrible.

But when push comes to shove, Kanye West actually pulled it off.

TOP TEN | THINGS LIL WAYNE SHOULD DO TODAY Today is an important day in the history of the United States. Never mind the recent elections or the fact that it’s President Barack Obama’s second anniversary of being elected to presidential office, LIL WAYNE IS GETTING OUT OF PRISON! After serving eight months of his oneyear sentence for criminal weapon and marijuana possession, Lil Wayne is scheduled to be released today due to good behavior. Here’s what we think Tha Carter should do as soon as he gets out.

10. Catch up on “Boardwalk Empire”: HBO’s hit series is

really engaging and dense.

Sure, it’ll take a few hours to catch up, but now that Wayne’s out, he’d better hurry before the season finale!

9. Record an album: Shouldn’t be too hard, since Lil Wayne released “I Am Not a Human Being” during his stint in county and he already has plans to collaborate with T-Pain, Drake and Birdman. Things will be so much easier when he can actually go to a recording studio rather than do prison laundry duty.

6. Carry a gun: Nothing affirms your manhood more than concealing a Glock after

5. Smoke some weed: Come on. He’s totally gonna do this whether we suggest it or not.

3. Count the money he made in prison: We’re thinking he’ll just fill a pool with it and dive in, Scrooge McDuck-style — dude was lucrative even in lock-up.

2. Shower alone: Hey Weezy, go ahead and drop that soap.

You drop that soap as many times as you like.

1. Drink Four Loko before it’s illegal: If Wayne’s really kicked his purple drank addiction, this is the next best thing: a cocktail of energy narcotics and pure, fruit-flavored alcohol, and it won’t be around much longer...

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TCU Senate Bulletin Honoring Veterans Next Thursday we will be celebrating Veteran’s Day at Tufts. Last year the TCU Senate requested that classes not be held on Veteran’s Day this year, so students, faculty, and staff would have an opportunity to honor those who have served our country.

This year the administration responded by altering the schedule, and classes will not be held. I wanted to thank the administration for responding in such a way to our request.

Anyone who has walked on the Memorial Steps on College Ave. cannot help but be inspired by fellow Jumbos who have fought and died in every major American war. These aren’t just casualty numbers or anonymous figures, but Tufts community members who sat in the same buildings we sit in, studied in the same library, or walked through the same Campus Center. Even some members of our classes now have been overseas as active duty members of the military, and

never ask for respect or a sign of appreciation.

Sam Wallis, TCU President

open, so feel free to stop by and voice your opinion!

But next Thursday we will have the opportunity to offer both respect and appreciation. On Thursday, November 11 at 11:30am the Tufts community will take part in the Passing of the Flag Ceremony, which reflects the pride and esteem the military gives to its veterans. It is our duty as members of the community to embrace those values.

Excerpt from last TCU Senate Meeting

Our office is located in the third floor of the Campus Center and is always open to the student body. Stop by anytime and get to know your elected student representatives!

Veteran’s Day is not about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. It’s not about the Iraq War or Afghanistan or Pakistan. It’s not even about whether you support war at all.

It’s about honoring sacrifice. It is easy to conflate these issues on a college campus where thought and dialogue flow freely. This Veteran’s Day we can and should put aside those other issues to honor those who were called to duty by their leaders to defend the public good.

In closing, I just wanted to emphasize that Veteran’s Day is about community. Right here on campus, we can honor those who once walked right here on campus.

Approved projects: Public Safety Committee consisting of police, fire, TEMS, etc. partnered with Senate Social norms alcohol marketing campaign to change drinking culture at Tufts Turkey Shuttle to South Station/Logan Airport before Thanksgiving Break

Upcoming Agenda In the upcoming meeting this Sunday, November 07 at 7:30pm, the TCU Senate will discuss supporting an Africana Studies Program at Tufts.

We meet every Sunday in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room. Our meetings are always

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The Republican Party took clear control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, a reality check for President Barack Obama and a rebuke of the policies he has worked to put into place over the past two years.

Obama was blunt in a press conference yesterday, recognizing the “shellacking” that the Democrats received and vowing to negotiate with Republicans. “I can tell you that some election nights are more fun than others,” he said. “Some are exhilarating; some are humbling.”

The president’s words are encouraging. He is in touch with the American people and understands that they have spoken. It is now necessary for Obama and Democrats across the board to compromise on some of the issues for which they have been fighting. This is not to say that Obama should completely abandon some of his laudable aspirations. However, concessions must be made. Already in his press conference yesterday, Obama appeared to leave the door open to extending the Bush

tax cuts for individuals with an income over $200,000 per year and families with an income of over $250,000 per year. This was a door that was firmly shut just a few months ago.

It is imperative that the federal government, with power now more equally divided along party lines, rises above the petty partisan politics that have dominated national politics over the past few years. Thankfully, Obama clearly sees the necessity to work together with the new Congress irrespective of leadership and reach a point of civility of discourse.

“I do believe there is hope for civility.

I do believe there’s hope for progress.

And that’s because I believe in the resiliency of a nation that’s bounced back from much worse than what we’re going through right now.”

Republicans also must compromise and work with Democrats and the president. Many Republicans have run on platforms opposing the legislation that has been signed into law over the past

two years. Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), who is expected to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as the Speaker of the House, has vowed to repeal the health care reform, which he refers to as a “monstrosity.” This sort of attitude is completely unacceptable and will not lead to progress and prosperity for the nation.

Just as the American people spoke last night, they also spoke in 2006 and 2008, giving Democrats the mandate to enact the legislation they have since passed. Furthermore, despite the election results, exit polls showed significant support for legislation from the past two years. On health care, for example, about half the nation is in favor of the reforms that were made.

The Republicans’ strong showing does not mean that they should now undo the work of the past two years.

While since his election Obama has struggled to deliver on his key campaign promise of promoting bipartisanship in Washington, only now, ironically, might he be able to fulfill that pledge.

ERIN MARSHALL

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Video games should be protected free speech While the midterm elections dominated the headlines on Tuesday, the Supreme Court was busy hearing arguments in a case that has the potential to change both the media industry and the reach of the First Amendment.

Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association is the result of a 2005 California law that banned the sale of extremely violent video games to minors under 18. Video game industry trade groups promptly filed a complaint, and District Court Judge Ronald Whyte granted a permanent injunction against the law.

This case is far from the first involving violent video games. Many other states have passed laws prohibiting the sale of violent video games to minors, but the laws have always been shot down in the courts as violations of the First Amendment.

The crux of states’ arguments is that exposure to violent games harms minors and incites violent behavior. This would potentially make their distribution — akin to pornographic material —

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exempt from full protection under the First Amendment.

If the Supreme Court decides to uphold the law, it would mean that video games would become the only form of violent media not completely protected by the First Amendment.

Currently, the video game industry, much like the music and film industries, voluntarily applies ratings to its products and imposes regulations against the sale of objectionable products to minors.

Not only would the law unfairly restrict a medium that has long been the scapegoat of politicians seeking to avoid addressing real issues — exactly as comic books and rap music once were targeted — but it would set an undesirable precedent for other laws restricting violent media across the board.

Further, the evidence surrounding the issue is inconclusive at best. In a two-year study conducted by Harvard Medical School Professors Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson, the husbandand-wife pair concluded that although

there was some correlation between violent video games and aggressive acts, there was definitely not enough information to suggest causation.

There’s no question that spending hours shooting people in violent games like “Grand Theft Auto” and “Gears of War” is not the most enriching educational experience for a child, but there’s nowhere near enough evidence to prove that exposure to violent video games leads to violent behavior.

During California Deputy Attorney General Zackery Morazzini’s opening statement, Justice Antonin Scalia interrupted, asking, “Some of the Grimms’ fairy tales are quite grim, are you going to ban them, too?”

If the Supreme Court rules that the video game industry should be subject to regulation, what’s to say that this sort of law will not eventually be extended to other forms of media?

The Supreme Court will hand down a verdict by June. For the sake of freedom of expression, let’s hope they make the right decision.

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Some ‘perspective’ on Tufts SJP’s film screening

BY ITAI

A reluctant community

THALER

The Oct. 28 Daily article about the new student organization, the Tufts chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), seems to highlight the notion of perspective. In the piece, this new student organization is portrayed as a student group hoping to bring to Tufts a balanced view on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As the Daily reported, the president of the chapter wants “to bring in a perspective that Tufts generally doesn’t see.” The question is, what is this new perspective they hope to bring to the forefront of dialogue about the Middle East on our campus?

SJP’s first organized campus event was a screening of the film “Occupation 101” (2006). Like SJP, the movie attempts to bring a new perspective to American viewing audiences about the effects of the occupation on Palestinian life. Among the commentators interviewed in the film, many of whom are renowned scholars in their respective fields, is a lesser-known figure, the Rev. William Baker. Baker is brought in to stress the historic connection between the Palestinian people and Christianity. While Baker’s comments are seemingly innocuous, a brief foray into his background reveals an interesting fact that SJP doesn’t seem to be publicizing.

Baker is the founder of Christians and Muslims for Peace, which, according to its website, is a “nonprofit organization, comprised of Christian and Muslim men and women, dedicated to the promotion of peace, justice, and the reconciliation of all men and nations.” But before he founded this group, Baker co-chaired the 1984 Populist Party along with Willis Carto, an advocate of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. In fact, the 1984 Populist convention Baker helped organize called for laws that would “not permit any racial minority, through control of the media, culture distortion or revolutionary activity, to divide or factionalize the majority of the societynation in which the minority lives,” a thinly veiled allusion to the anti-Semitic stereotype that Jews control the media. When it was made public that Baker had associated with Carto and his ideologies, Baker was expelled from the Crystal Cathedral, a Protestant church in Orange County, Calif.

Although Baker denies these allegations, his anti-Semitism has been well documented.

Describing a trip to New York, Baker commented, “God help me. Why? ’Cause the first people I meet when I get off the plane are pushy, belligerent American Jews.”

There are two ways to look at SJP’s use of a movie that cites the opinions of a neoNazi sympathizer. (And let us not mince

ple find cool restaurants, stores and parks in areas that one might not notice in a car or on the T. Tufts Bikes will create a community around bicycling and will increase awareness and use of alternative transportation.

Biking is the most environmentally beneficial form of transportation, and a bikesharing program will demonstrate Tufts’ commitment to the environment.

Implementing Tufts Bikes’ plan will require a large up-front cost, but once started, it will take a small budget to maintain. Once we’ve purchased the bikes, they will remain an asset to the community for many years. All that remains between the proposal and implementation of this program is funding by the TCU Senate. Our whole proposal, including procedures, partners, survey data and financial information, is online at our website tuftsbikes.wordpress.com. Check it out and let us know what you think. We believe that if funded and implemented, Tufts Bikes’ bikesharing program will become an indispensable feature in the lives of Tufts students.

Please do not pass up this opportunity: Tell Senate to fund Tufts Bikes and bring free bike access to all Tufts students and faculty.

As I watched the midterm election results come in on Tuesday night, I was struck by a fact that I had been reluctant to accept over the past few months — that the Republican Party would most likely take over at least one chamber of Congress, if not both.

Now that that has happened, a few questions remain: Was this election a referendum on President Barack Obama’s policies and/ or ideologies? Or was it a natural backlash due to anger over the stagnant economy?

Finally, what does Obama need to do from here on to keep his job?

First, I would like to point out that the first two questions are unrelated, and if voters think they are, they are misinformed. Regardless of what you may think about deficit spending in an economic downturn, Obama’s stimulus plan worked in a plethora of ways.

As reported by Alan Blinder of Princeton University and Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics in July, the government’s overall macroeconomic response essentially staved off “what could have been called the Great Depression, 2.0.” This report, aptly titled “How the Great Recession Was Brought to an End,” gives quantitative evidence to support its claims. The authors assert that without a government response, gross domestic product would currently be 11.5 percent lower than it is, the nation would be experiencing a bout of deflation and, most significantly, employment would be down by 8.5 million jobs.

The Obama administration may have been too sanguine in promising that the stimulus program would keep unemployment below 8 percent, but the fact remains that it could have been much worse, had there been no action taken. As for voters’ opinions on the matter, it seems they have been clouded by the GOP’s political machine. Contrary to its claims, the stimulus program put millions back to work: Between 1.4 and 3.3 million people were employed just this year through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.

If Americans thought they were voting with their purses, they certainly didn’t do so accurately. That may not be the issue, as Americans have a deep-seated tendency to distrust and dislike a government that is too large or too debt-ridden. This is understandable, as it is our cultural heritage to rebel against unfair impositions of authority. We revolted against Great Britain during the early years of our republic in many ways, including by refusing to pay excise taxes on tea. Cue the Tea Party.

An outgrowth of resentment of big government, the Tea Party represents a wide swath of Americans who are tired of big spending and high taxes. Many Tea Party-backed candidates won on Tuesday, including Senator-elect Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Senator-elect Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Others, like Christine O’Donnell, the “witch” of Delaware, did not fare so well.

The impact of the Tea Party on a national scale is unclear, but the implications of its sentiments on regional levels are evident.

Republicans have already threatened to stop funding the new health care initiative that took effect on Sept. 23. They have also made it clear they wish to remain the party of “no.” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) repeatedly stated there would be “no compromise” with the president. They also want to see him fail, at least politically. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also said, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”

With staunch, self-identified enemies as forces in both chambers, Obama must be poised to endure what may quite possibly turn out to be the hardest two years of his life.

One could hope for fragmentation between Tea Party insurgents and the Republican establishment. In any case, it may help to have antagonists working down the street from you, as was the case for Bill Clinton post-1994 elections.

I guess the bottom line is this: I hope you did better on your midterms than the Democrats did on theirs.

Daniel Heller is a senior majoring in political science. He is a founding member of Tufts Bikes.

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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words, Baker fits this label.) It is simple — either group members knew what they were doing, or they didn’t; either they knew that “Occupation 101” featured the voice of someone who associated himself with neo-Nazis, or they did not. Of the two possibilities, I must hope that the former is true. Citing the opinions of someone who is obviously biased and in no position to give an opinion is an understandable tactic. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and there are few better enemies of the existence of a Jewish state than those who sympathize with the beliefs of Hitler and the Nazi Party. Siding with these voices gives easy access to persuasive arguments from impassioned speakers with a clear imperative to discredit the state of Israel.

Rather, it is the second possibility, that members of SJP were aware of Baker’s background, that is most worrisome. The idea that there is a body of students on campus so adamant in its goals as to not verify the credibility of their sources is what scares me the most. It did not take much research to access this information; a brief Google search will yield the same data that I found.

So if it is true that SJP members were unaware of what they were passing off as a “balanced” viewpoint, then I fear what perspective this group will be bringing to Tufts. It is easy to find sources to back your cause, and in the case of voices against Israel, it is even easier. There will always be citations for SJP to use and ideologues for its members to quote. But if they hope in any way to begin a meaningful dialogue — not one entrenched in biases and ad hominem arguments — then SJP members will have to prove that they reach not for the loudest protesters but, rather, for those whose beliefs and backgrounds can contribute constructively to the IsraeliPalestinian conversation.

It is more of this constructive perspective that we need on campus — not one that legitimized the voices of William Baker and his ilk. Only with time will we see which of these perspectives SJP truly hopes to bring to Tufts.

Itai Thaler is a freshman who has not yet declared a major.

Tufts Bikes: Bringing bike sharing to Tufts BY

DANIEL HELLER

Tufts students: Ever wanted to get to Davis but just missed the Joey? Ever wanted to stay at a concert in Boston but had to rush off to catch the T? If so, your life could get a whole lot better.

Tufts Bikes, a new student group, is applying for Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate capital expenditure funding to start a bike-sharing program. Tufts Bikes would purchase a fleet of high-quality, reliable bicycles and give members of the Tufts community the ability to check out the bicycles free of charge. Tufts Bikes would also create a bicycle repair space on campus to maintain the bike share’s bikes, sponsor fun group rides and teach bicycle maintenance and repair classes, as well as safe city-riding classes.

Bike sharing is an idea that has been tossed around at Tufts many times. There are successful bike-sharing programs at many other campuses across the country, as well as in major cities worldwide. These programs provide easy, reliable and sustainable transportation options.

Within the Tufts community, there is tremendous support for the idea. Our online survey of over 800 Tufts undergraduates, graduate students and faculty has shown that many students want to use bikes but

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don’t have them on campus because they are too expensive and too hard to store or they don’t want the costs or responsibilities associated with owning a bike.

Tufts Bikes would solve all of these problems by making bikes available free of charge to all Tufts students and faculty. Our survey found that about 97 percent of students in our survey want a bike-sharing program at Tufts. A 2008 Senate survey showed similar results, finding that that 69 percent of students said they would participate in a bike share at least once a week.

This is a program that will benefit all members of the Tufts community, not just specific groups. Bike sharing would help students get off campus and help break through the campus “bubble.” Instead of having to wait for the Joey and then rely on the T to get around, students will be able to check out bikes and get places according to their own schedule. Tufts Bikes will allow students to get into Davis, get to their offcampus internships and jobs, go shopping or just ride around and have fun.

A bike-sharing program also allows people to better understand how Tufts is connected to the surrounding neighborhoods and Boston, helping them to improve their relationships with neighboring communities. You can’t fully experience Boston until you start biking around it. Biking helps peo-

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at this level are undeniable — he is not even old enough to drink celebratory champagne.

Can he be counted on to lead an NHL team?

To top it off, Oilers President of Hockey Operations Kevin Lowe — who was an all-star defenseman for the Oilers and won five Stanley Cups with them — bequeathed his number to Hall, as if there wasn’t enough pressure on him already. Hall is under trial by fire, and only time will tell if his natural ability will shine through and aid the Oilers in the coming years.

Luckily, Hall is benefiting from standout play from other

rookies around him. Right winger Jordan Eberle, drafted in the 2008 Entry Draft, is having a fantastic rookie season with the Oilers, already totaling four goals and four assists.

With Hall stealing much of the limelight, Eberle is flying under the radar, but if he continues to lead the Oilers’ suddenly potent offense in scoring — they are 5th in the league in goals per game with 3.1 — expect him to get the credit he deserves.

The Oilers and Bruins are not the only teams with some strong, young talent. Ever since being drafted in 2007, Canadiens rookie P.K. Subban has been known for two things: big expectations and a big

Offensive stats are well and good, but only if you can protect your own net. In that regard, one rookie goaltender is shining above everyone else: Washington Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth. To call the Capitals’ goaltending situation shaky would be an understatement. Last season, they had the league’s most potent offense, which managed to mask a suspect defensive and goaltending situation. This was exploited by the Canadiens in the first round of the 2010 playoffs, during which the Capitals made an early exit in the first round.

The Capitals are hoping Neuvirth is the answer. He is currently showing signs of

smile. He won over crowds and reporters alike with a charm and charisma rarely seen in the NHL, let alone from anyone his age. While his play early in the season was somewhat inconsistent, the defenseman showed flashes of brilliance, and he now seems to be coming into his own as one of the team’s most dependable players.

The most interesting thing about Subban is that he is generally regarded as an “offensivedefenseman,” leading rookies not only in the goal differential category with five, but also in assists with six. If he can continue to elevate his play both in his own zone and his opponents’, look for him to be a major force for years to come.

greatness, leading rookie goalies in wins (7), shutouts (1), goals against average (2.15) and save percentage (.926).

Even more spectacular is the fact that Neuvirth’s save percentage and goals against average are 9th among all active goalies. The Capitals are clearly ecstatic with this level of play and feel he can help them make a legitimate playoff run.

Obviously there is a lot of promise for the newest generation of NHL talent, but as all rookies are aware, it’s a long season, and the NHL is not the AHL — it is a dog-eatdog atmosphere. Still, look for these young guns to continue to make waves all season.

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W Amherst 9 Middlebury 8 Bowdoin 7 Tufts 7 Conn. Coll. 7 Williams 6 Trinity 5 Wesleyan 3 Bates 2 Hamilton 1 Colby 0 Offensive C. Updike C. Spieler N. Shrodes L. Nicholas K. Engelking K. Ellefsen K. Lord Defensive A. Kuan C. Spieler C. Updike K. Lord N. Shrodes K. Engelking

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W 23 21 18 20 19 16 16 10 7 13 7

L 2 5 10 9 6 12 7 12 20 14 17

Kills SA 352 34 235 25 183 24 152 26 87 6 87 6 79 37 B Digs 0 364 31 264 12 221 39 182 9 138 8 52

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J. Love-Nichols M. Stewart A. Michael S. Nolet S. Wojtasinski A. Kaufmann A. Almy O. Rowse L. O’Connor

G 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 0

T 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 3

W 8 7 10 7 8 5 6 6 5 5 A 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

L 2 6 3 4 4 5 7 7 6 6

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T 4 2 2 4 3 4 2 2 3 3

W Bowdoin 6 Williams 6 Middlebury 6 Amherst 5 Colby 4 Tufts 3 Wesleyan 3 Bates 2 Conn. Coll. 2 Trinity 2

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Pts 10 8 7 3 3 2 2 1 1

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G 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0

Goalkeeping GA S S% K. Wright 3 37 .925 P. Hanley 3 18 .857

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W 12 11 12 11 7 5 8 5 5 6

L 1 2 3 1 7 8 7 9 7 7 Pts 10 6 5 5 5 2 2 1 1

Goalkeeping GA S S% A. Bernstein 8 63 .887 Z. Cousens 6 8 .571

T 2 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1

Amherst Williams Trinity Wesleyan Colby Middlebury Bates Bowdoin Hamilton Tufts

W 6 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1

L 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5

PF 257 217 178 161 112 131 56 75 83 136

PA 100 84 73 129 130 172 164 189 180 185

Rushing P. Bailey A. Fucillo

Att. Yds. Avg. 57 190 3.2 43 150 2.0

Passing A. Fucillo

Pct. Yds TD 50.5 1,880 11

Receiving P. Bailey B. Mahler G. Stewart

No. Yds Avg. 44 323 7.3 37 398 10.8 30 400 13.3

Tack INT TFL Defense 51.0 0 3.0 F. Albitar M. Murray 49.0 1 3.0 A. Crittenden 45.0 1 0.0

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The coed sailing team finished just 11 points out of the top eight, which would have earned the Jumbos an automatic qualifying spot for the Atlantic Coast Championships.

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that rolled down the course, which made for some sketchy sailing. For example, we were sailing upwind one race on Saturday, and we watched BU go from full-out hiking to flipping their boat over in a split second because of a random shift.”

The team will travel to Florida in two weeks with a positive outlook after its strong results this past weekend.

“We have been to this regatta before in the past, and it’s a challenge, but it’s really fun,” Rew said.

While the women were busy qualifying for the ACCs, the coed sailing team faced tough competition at the Erwin Schell Trophy hosted by the Coast Guard. There were strong winds on Saturday, and many boats capsized, but the water proved much smoother on Sunday.

The team braved the weather to come in 11th in an 18-team field. The group was extremely competitive and included 12 of the top 20 teams in the nation.

This regatta qualified teams for the Coed Atlantic Coast Championships hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy next weekend. The top eight teams qualify for the regatta, while the finishes in nine through 17th place,

which includes the Jumbos, go into a consolation round.

“Even though we got 11th, we were really close to qualifying.

We just lost in the last race or two. ... We were in fifth going into Sunday, and that’s how tight it was. It was really a tough competition, and the girls turned it on in the end and qualified, and we didn’t turn it on when we needed to and fell apart.”

Margaret Rew senior The A boat was skippered by junior Massimo Soriano for the first 14 races and Russo-Larsson for the final four, while Rew and Magee split time as crew. The A division finished in 13th out of 18 teams in its division.

In contrast to the A division’s frustration, the B division provided much

hope for the future of the team. The high point of the weekend for the coed squad was freshman William Haeger’s performance. With help from senior crew Sally Levinson, the first-year skippered the B boat to an impressive fifth-place finish. It was Haeger’s third consecutive regatta as a starter for the team, and his consistent positive results have earned him a lot of respect from the rest of the team.

“We are all really excited about him because he’s been very consistent,” Rew said. “He’s been able to come through in the clutch for the past three weekends.”

Despite the disappointment of missing out on the ACCs, the coed team knows it has talent and can be extremely lethal in the future. It finished a mere 11 points out of the top eight spots, which, over the course of 36 races, equates to a mere 0.3 places per race out of a qualifying position.

“Even though we got 11th, we were really close to qualifying. We just lost in the last race or two,” Rew said. “We were in fifth going into Sunday, and that’s how tight it was. It was really a tough competition, and the girls turned it on in the end and qualified, and we didn’t turn it on when we needed to and fell apart.”

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Tufts’ top four boat placed 17th in the field of 31 with a time of 14:28.71. Close behind was the second boat, finishing 22nd just under 30 seconds later. The squad’s third boat was not far off either, coming in 24th with a time of 15:24.82.

But the team’s best result came in the mixed eights, where the coed group finished third with a time of 12:23.46. The impressiveness of the finish was amplified, given the lack of shared experience the rowers had.

The added events proved to be valuable for the entire roster. Having four competing boats allowed more members of the team to compete in the regatta than usual.

Every member of the varsity squad was able to race at some point during the day.

“It’s always good to let everyone get the chance to race,” Kim said. “It’s a good experience and builds good character for the spring.”

The team will hardly remain idle until the spring season comes around. Though the Head of the Fish was the last race of

the fall season, the men will continue training indoors during the winter to prepare for the spring. “[The Head of the Fish has] given us a good benchmark for winter training and how we can build ourselves up for success in the spring,” Kim said.

“It’s always good to let everyone get the chance to race. It’s a good experience and builds good character for the spring.”

Eugene Kim senior tri-captain With water inaccessible during the winter months, the team will shift its focus to weight training and practicing on ergometers. The “ergs,” as the rowing machines are called, simulate the rowing motion, giving the rower a thorough muscular and

cardio workout.

“We’ve got some work to do for the spring. The spring is what we’re really focused on,” Kim said.

Director of Rowing Gary Caldwell will be looking to get as much training as he can out of his rowers over the break. According to McConnell, this year’s rowers are anticipating a stricter winter training schedule than they have had in the past.

“Last year it wasn’t really imposed,” McConnell said. “[This year,] they want to make sure people are coming to the workouts.”

Winter training will last until March, when the Jumbos will return to the water.

The spring is the more competitive of the two seasons, with the fall races serving as a scrimmage season to identify areas where the team can make improvements for the future. Races like the Head of the Fish and the recent Head of the Charles were opportunities for the Jumbos to test themselves and see where they stand. And with strong overall results behind them, the team has a lot to look forward to in the upcoming season.

ne of the most common means by which a batsman’s proficiency is judged is by his batting average: how many runs a batsman scores per inning.

Sir Don Bradman of Australia, who played from 1928-48 and is widely considered the most iconic batsman to have ever played the game, averaged 99.94 runs in his career. To put this in perspective, Sachin Tendulkar has the highest aggregate among the players currently playing the game with 56.96. While it is unfair to compare batsmen from completely different eras — the playing conditions differed greatly and cricket was usually only played in England, Australia and the West Indies, as opposed to the global reach of the game now — the vast difference between these statistics is a testament to The Don’s prowess at bat.

Tendulkar fondly recalls his first meeting with Bradman in a conversation with the press: “We went to see him on his 90th birthday. It was very special. We were talking about averages and I said, ‘Sir Don, if you were playing today, what would you have averaged?’ And he said, ‘70, probably.’ I asked, ‘Why 70 and not your actual average of 99?’ Bradman said, ‘Come on, an average of 70 is not bad for a 90-year-old man.’”

By no means was Bradman regarded as arrogant. He played the game with the utmost humility and respect, but the one quality that set him apart from other batsmen was his sheer confidence in his own batting abilities.

Batsmen in that era did not wear helmets, so facing up to a fast bowler took a lot of courage. He never shirked from that responsibility and relished batting amid great adversity.

The most famous number associated with Bradman is 99.94. While he was playing his last innings, he needed just 4 runs to average 100 — which is highly unusual in and of itself because hitting a century (100 runs) in an inning is considered the pinnacle of success for a batsman. That day, however, Bradman was bowled for zero in England, and there ended the most enthralling cricketing career the world had ever seen — and has yet to see.

If we are to talk about legends, then enough cannot be said about Sir Garfield Sobers — widely regarded as the greatest all-rounder to have played the game. He made his debut against England when he was just 17 and progressed quickly from there, establishing himself as an icon of the sport. He was an excellent batsman, a match-winning bowler as well as a superb fielder. An incredible athlete — he played football, basketball, table tennis and dominos for Barbados — and part of the world-dominating West Indian team, he enjoyed success in every aspect of the game. He is most famously remembered for hitting an incredible six sixes in an over — the first man to perform this feat in first-class cricket.

He was an excellent player, willing to adapt to any situation, capable of being an aggressive batsman, striking fear into the bowlers, as well as knuckling down and preserving his wicket to ensure success for his team. His bowling action is still regarded as one of the most fascinating sights in cricket. He would bowl three different types of balls, making him an extremely versatile bowler, good enough to bowl in any condition and at any batsman. He was a tremendous athlete, as well, and is known to have made fielding cool with his calm demeanor, excellent reflexes and extremely quick athleticism on the field.

Such players are one-offs in cricket and, unfortunately, we will never see them grace the field again. But do not despair. There are more records to be broken and more legends to be made, and the only way we can cherish them is by following the game that we have all come to love, thanks to players like Bradman and Sobers.

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

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Jumbos end fall season with strong showing at Head of Fish BY

ELIZABETH MCKAY Daily Staff Writer

Despite a strong headwind, the men’s varsity crew team secured a strong finish at this weekend’s Head of the Fish Regatta, with its top four finishing 17th out of 31. The Head of the Fish marks the last competition the men will participate in until the spring season.

The men traveled overnight to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., this Friday to enter three teams into the four-boat competition, a race in which each team uses four members per boat. In addition to the traditional singlesex races, the regatta also offered a mixed, or coed, eight-boat race. Eight Jumbos, four men and four women, teamed up for the first time to secure a bronze medal despite never having practiced together.

With multiple events being held simultaneously, some of the men had to race more than once. However, the 3,700-meter Head of the Fish course was shorter than the Jumbos’ typical races, making the event more manageable.

“They were short races, so they weren’t very taxing,” senior tri-captain Eugene Kim said.

While the course was not the most challenging, the Jumbos still had to battle lessthan-ideal weather throughout the weekend, including a significant headwind during the second round of the fours race.

“The first round felt really solid, then we came around the corner and the boat was really, really heavy,” freshman Ian McConnell, who rowed in the tall four, said. “Conditions weren’t ideal.”

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The men’s crew team, above in a Head of the Charles race, wrapped up its fall season with a strong showing at the Head of the Fish regatta.

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SAILING

NHL rookies show massive potential Tufts to head to Atlantic Teams, league revitalized by influx of young players Coast Championships BY

HARRY POTTER

Women qualify, coed team falters

Daily Staff Writer

For most Americans, the extent of their hockey knowledge boils down to two names — Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby.

But it is time for that to change. With a talented young class of relative unknowns making a name for themselves and stealing the limelight from some of the marquee players, some new names are starting to pop up in households across the country.

Some are benefiting from their close proximity to veterans, learning the sport from those who know it best. Others are struggling to lead a team, dealing with the day-to-day pressures of being a franchise player despite lacking experience. The stories are varied, the pressures range, but many teams in the league have found themselves looking to new, young talent to help them contend.

The two biggest names in this year’s rookie class are the Edmonton Oilers’ Taylor Hall and the Boston Bruins’ Tyler Seguin, two Canadian offensive studs who were drafted 1st and 2nd overall, respectively. Both are clearly talented and full of potential and could easily be future leaders of their squads.

But while most high picks end up on weaker teams, Seguin has the unique opportunity of playing for the Bruins, a squad that is chock full of veteran talent and that may be the best team in the Eastern Conference. He currently plays on the 3rd line with Mark Recchi, the oldest

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Edmonton Oilers rookie Taylor Hall, the first pick in the 2010 NHL draft, has two goals and three assists in 10 games played so far this season. player in the NHL, and early reports say that they have a great relationship. Seguin’s position in Boston will allow him to mature more gradually under the guidance of Recchi and the other veterans, a scary prospect for the rest of the league.

Hall, on the other hand, was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers, last year’s worst team. While Seguin has plenty of time to develop, Hall is expected to be a franchise leader right away.

Yet his youth and inexperience see NHL, page 13

The No. 17 Tufts’ women’s sailing team raced to a sixth-place finish this past weekend at the Victorian Coffee Urn Regatta hosted

by Conn. College, qualifying the Jumbos for a place in the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championships (ACCs), hosted in St. Petersburg, Fla., in two weeks.

Skipper Catherine Swanson and crew Sara Carnahan, both seniors, were joined by freshman Margaret Bacon in the A Division and finished in fifth place out of 18 teams, anchoring the team’s strong performance overall. “[The regatta] went really well, and we really came together as a team,” Carnahan said.

“We are definitely prepared for the level of competition down in Florida, and we are optimistic about our chances of doing well there. The whole team worked really hard this season, and if we keep at it, things can only get better.”

Though the team performed consistently well for most of the weekend, it started to fade late on Sunday.

As a result, the Jumbos brought in some reinforcements. The Jumbos got a big boost from the addition of senior Margaret Rew to the A Division boat late on Sunday, substituting in for Carnahan.

Rew arrived at the event from the coed regatta, which was

taking place nearby on the Thames River at the Coast Guard Academy, with enough time to join Swanson for the final two races of the weekend. The team had been struggling, finishing 14th and 17th in their past two races before Rew’s arrival.

But together, Swanson and Rew put together a first-place finish in one race and a second-place finish in their next, vaulting the A division squad from 10th to fifth and the team into one of the eight prized qualifying spots for ACCs. “I had been sailing in the coed all weekend, and on late Sunday our alternate, [junior] Nicolas Russo-Larsson, and [senior] Roisin Magee sailed the last two sets,” Rew said.

“During those sets, the women were a mile away from us at Connecticut and I sailed with them. We had a great set.”

In the B Division, sophomore skipper Natalie Salk sailed with a combination of sophomore Madeline Luce and junior Kathryn Booras as crew, finishing in a tie for fifth. The team was extremely consistent, only finishing outside the top 10 twice.

“On Saturday and Sunday the wind picked up quickly after the first set, so I switched from sailing with Madeline Luce to Katie Booras,” Salk said. “There were a lot of holes and shifts within huge puffs see SAILING, page 15