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Hamilton pool closed for emergency repairs

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Rheingold

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Hamilton Pool, the training facility for hundreds of Tufts swimmers and community members, will remain closed until at least mid-March due to concerns about the pool’s structural integrity.

According to Matt Malone, the manager of Facilities, Fields and Game Management, problems with the pool were first discovered during winter break. “[Facilities staff] drained the pool for general maintenance over winter break and found a crack that needed to be repaired that goes completely through the base of the pool,” Malone said. “For right now, they are starting to do some ground penetrating radar to make sure that the integrity of the pool and the underneath of the pool [are] still in shape.”

Both the men’s and women’s swim teams are currently in the middle of their seasons and are currently preparing for the upcoming NESCAC meet, according to Adam Hoyt, the head coach of the men’s swimming team. The pool’s closure has forced the swim teams to relocate their daily training to alternative facilities at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge and the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, Hoyt said.

“We are going to be waking up early a lot and going to bed late a lot because our practice times are six o’clock to 7:30 so we’re going to be leaving Tufts around 5:30 in the morning,” men’s team senior tricaptain Austin Wood said. “There is another option we can go from

9-11 p.m. at MIT.” Wood said the change in training times to the early morning and late evening hours will impact students’ sleep and homework schedules.

“We are not going to have time to do our homework at night if we’re getting back at 11 o’clock, so we have to do it during the day,” he said. “Being told we have to rearrange our schedule to sleep is a speed bump for sure.”

However, both coaches and swimmers remain optimistic that the inconvenient situation will only make their teams stronger.

“The best thing we can do right now is keep everybody’s attitudes up,” Wood said. “It would be really easy to let this get us down and impact our performance, but I think if we suffer through it together, and take it as a challenge and overcome it, we’ll have even better results.”

Hoyt said that he and Nancy Bigelow, the women’s swimming team’s head coach, are optimistic despite the circumstances and have great teams.

“While its inconvenient timing for everyone, hopefully our teams will rise to the occasion and overcome these challenges,” he said.

“It’s just a time management thing and so far everyone has a great attitude toward it.”

According to Wood, there are typically four different practices each day and swimmers can choose which practices to attend The alternative facilities will allow the teams to train together, Hoyt said.

“One of the great parts of our training trip — when we go away see POOL, page 2

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Students and administrators are working to implement a new, improved JoeyTracker system.

University creating new, accurate JoeyTracker by

Dana Guth

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Tufts University Department of Public and Environmental Safety (DPES) is currently collaborating with Tufts Technology Services ( TTS) to unveil a new web and software application that will show the Joey’s exact location, schedule and expected time of arrival.

“What we had in the past was just a website showing the JoeyTracker,” TTS’s Web Applications Team Lead Bill Sivret said. “With the new pro-

totype, it has the times it will be available and also a dynamic GPS system that lets you see exactly where the bus is within two seconds.”

According to Sivret, this prototype will be accessible through both smartphone applications and the Tufts Mobile website. The DPES webpage will also stay updated with announcements and information including whether or not the JoeyTracker is online.

The inspiration for the project came from a perceived need to increase student con-

venience and safety in regards to transportation, Sivret said.

“The mobile site ties into the JoeyTracker seamlessly,” he said. “If there’s an emergency, like a snowstorm, we can create new routes very quickly.

There is flexibility.”

The tracker was meant to be easily accessible on a mobile phone according to Louis Galvez III, the administrative services supervisor for DPES. “We wanted to update the homegrown product,” Galvez see JOEYTRACKER, page 2

Marty Walsh inaugurated as Boston’s 54th mayor by

Caitlin McClure

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Boston’s former Mayor Thomas Menino’s 20-year reign ended on Jan. 6, when Mayor Marty Walsh was inaugurated at Boston College’s sports arena, The Silvio O. Conte Forum.

Taking the oath of office as Boston’s 54th mayor, Walsh pledged to improve education, crime and the city’s development. He also discussed his dreams for Boston.

“We are a city of courage and champions, of hope and heart,” Walsh said in his inauguration speech. “We are a city of second chances and redemption, a place where hard times have forged character throughout our history.”

Throughout his campaign, Walsh relayed his personal story to the citizens of Boston.

Those anecdotes helped Walsh highlighted Boston’s diversity issues and need for reform.

“Part of the Walsh victory is due to a powerful personal narrative, a narrative of redemption,” Tufts professor of political science Jeffrey Berry said. “People warmed up to him and admired very much his character and his successful battle to overcome alcoholism and a very modest background in terms of finances

and being the child of immigrants.”

Walsh defeated a diverse candidate pool in the primary election, but was not as popular among minority communities as his opponents. Yet during the general election — with endorsements from three of his opponents from the primary — many African Americans, Latinos and Asians rallied around Walsh.

“The endorsements of three of the minority candidates for Walsh played a critical role in helping him to gain votes from communities of color,” Berry said.

Fifty-three percent of Boston residents are members of a minority group, according to 2010 census data. This demography gave minority voices the power to bring certain issues to the forefront of the agenda in the election, James Jennings, Tufts professor of urban and environmental planning and policy, said.

“These were issues that people in power felt that trickle down efforts could address,” Jennings said. “By black and Latino voters helping to put Marty Walsh in office, they bring voice to concern about those kind of issues.”

“The door was open to bring fresh attention that heretofore have not necessarily been ignored, but certainly have not been priori-

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tized, and one of those issues is poverty,” Jennings continued. “It’s obvious that the wealth of Boston has not trickled down to all neighborhoods.”

Walsh’s election enabled Boston residents to highlight new issues. Yet following in the footsteps of the city’s longest-serving mayor, Thomas Menino, leaves big shoes for Walsh to fill.

“Menino was in office for two decades and had tremendous impact on the city,” President of Tufts Democrats Jacob Wessel, a senior, said.

Menino leaves a cosmopolitan city and a legacy of economic growth and development. Walsh now faces the pressure to manage Boston’s success, according to Berry.

“The city is thriving,” Berry said. “The downtown is one big construction area and economic development is encroaching on residential neighborhoods. Walsh needs to balance the need to keep the city growing economically and to bring more business into the city while preserving the integrity of its neighborhoods.”

Now in office, Walsh can address Boston’s socioeconomic disparities in a series of policy reforms that will pass through his desk this year, including Boston’s Living Wage

Ordinance, Jennings said. The ordinance ensures “employees of vendors who contract with the [city of Boston] earn an hourly wage that is sufficient for a family of four to live on or above the poverty line,” according the Boston city government. But the ordinance has not been fully enforced up to this point, according to Jennings. It only remains in effect until June of this year, leaving room for reform.

“At a preliminary level, the problem has to be acknowledged... Just acknowledging it there’s going to be some movement forward,” he said.

Education was another issue at the forefront of the election, as Walsh has inherited a school system in need of reform.

“Menino tried to improve the schools and he made a little bit of progress, but the feeling generally across the city is the school system needs to improve,” Berry said.

Education reforms advocate Paul Grogan, president of the Boston Foundation, said Menino was too slow to enact systemic reform.

“No doubt the schools have improved under his leadership, but he stayed very long with see WALSH, page 2

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Hamilton pool, the training facility for hundreds of Tufts students and faculty, will remain closed until mid-March after cracks were discovered during a winter break inspection.

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over winter break — is that we actually train together as a team,” Hoyt said. “These two training opportunities are going to provide us the ability to train together as a team which is hugely helpful.”

The quality of the alternative facilities is another positive aspect of the situation, according to Hoyt.

“From a training standpoint, if anything, it’s a better training situation,” Hoyt said.

“MIT is a much newer facility than the Tufts pool, a much better facility in a lot of ways in regards to their pool so we’re in a great position to get great training in.”

The remaining meets will be held at alternative facilities so seniors will be unable to swim in a final senior meet, according to Wood.

“For the seniors, it is probably most upsetting because we are missing our

tion is fully supportive of fixing the pool’s current problems. He explained that, while there is a desire to put in a new pool, the current issues will not necessitate one’s immediate construction. “[University President Anthony Monaco] is an avid swimmer and uses the pool daily,” Malone said. “He’s put his full support behind it and wants to see the problem get fixed as quickly as we can without compromising the integrity of the pool and the structure below the pool. There’s a need and desire to put in a new pool, but the issue here is not something that’s going to make them break ground on a new pool immediately.”

While the costs associated with fixing Hamilton Pool and renting and transporting swimmers to other pools will likely be high, Hoyt wants to make sure the pool’s users are provided for, he said.

“We’re not as worried about the costs as we are about taking care of everyone,” Hoyt said.

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senior meet at home,” Wood said. “I’m on the Student Athletic Advisory Committee and I’m hoping to do something where we can get a fan bus out to Wheaton to celebrate our senior meet.”

The impact of the pool’s closure is not limited to just the swim teams, Malone said.

Students who hold lifeguarding positions at the pool and faculty who regularly use the pool to swim will also be inconvenienced by the emergency maintenance.

According to Malone, the athletic department will work to find other positions for lifeguards receiving work-study money.

“We are going to find other work around the athletic department for the lifeguards that were work-study students,” Malone said. “Between the athletic offices, the fitness center and the equipment room, we will be able to allow them to pick up a majority of their shifts.”

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what I call the incremental approach— really wanting to believe that the system could retain the structure that it’s had and systematically improve over time,” Grogan told WBUR on Jan. 3. “And that really hasn’t occurred.”

Walsh will also confront transportation concerns, which he discussed along the campaign trail. As a mayoral candidate, Walsh advocated for late night MBTA service — which is now in its pilot year — and a push for a 24-hour city.

“Transportation is a huge issue that has a large impact on Tufts students who travel into Boston for various reasons,” Wessel said.

While many are sad to say goodbye to Menino, a figurehead of the city, Tufts students can look to the future, Wessel said.

“What’s important to focus on is what Mayor Marty Walsh will do for the city of Boston And what the Walsh era will look like,” he said.

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said. “We thought it should be used 24/7 and should be supported by the mobile site, with native apps for the iPhone and Android.”

According to Applications Architect for TTS Tom Klejna, a pilot version of the program was released online for one week at the end of the fall semester. Students were asked via Twitter and other social media to test it out and report back with their findings and criticisms. Most gave a very positive response.

“Ninety percent of the students who responded to the online query gave it a ‘liked’ or ‘strongly liked’ rating, and the site views tripled just from the test,” Galvez said.

Students were eager to use the new application, according to Klejna.

“At least two dozen students said they wanted it up sooner rather than later,” he said.

Klejna added that offering the application sooner rather than later would also increase campus safety.

“Vans encounter traffic, break down,” he said. “...We want it working [as soon as possible] for predictability and that added element of safety.

Hopefully, progress will be made during the coming semester, and students will take huge advantage of this.”

In addition to DEPS and TTS, students also took on a collaborative role in the project, according to Sivret.

The project’s leaders worked with juniors Brendan Conron and Mario Hall, the creators of a Joey-tracker app

PartyBus, to see if they could integrate their ideas.

“We want to team up with the students as closely as possible,” Klejna said. “It’s for them, so we really appreciate any feedback we can get.”

Double Map, the GPS equipment provider for several universities including Saint Louis University and Indiana University at Bloomington, provided the GPS equipment for the pilot to Tufts, according to the TTS website. However, according to Klejna, the university is still considering three different vendors for the new JoeyTracker.

Now that the pilot has been tested, the service’s creators must go through the university’s standard process to get the project formally approved, Galvez said.

“We have to make sure the funding is there,” Sivret said.

Although the official JoeyTracker has not been up and running in about a year, Sivret explained it will be easy to put an updated version online.

“We can have this back up really quickly — within a matter of seconds,” he said. “But it depends on how fast we can approve a vendor and go through the motions.”

As for when the new JoeyTracker will come online, Galvez said there was no official date.

“This is happening in the middle of the year, so it’s not a planned event,” he said. “We want to find out what the next steps are to get it rolling. We want the program up and accessible to students as soon as possible.”

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Theater Review

Huntington Theatre Company’s ‘Venus in Fur’ a success ‘Venus’ explores sexually-charged topics by

Drew Robertson

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Loud, crackling thunderclaps vibrate through the theater as the curtain rises on the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of “Venus in Fur.” The fearsome, unsettling thunder, delivered with little warning, silenced the audience and became a symbol of power and nature for this play, which is a study in power dynamics and sexual authority.

With 22 productions in regional theaters, “Venus in Fur,” written

by American playwright David Ives, is currently experiencing a surge in popularity, according to Huntington Theatre Company’s Alex Fetchko. The play, first performed in 2010, has received a lot of interest due to its provocative subject matter, similar to that in

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (2005) and “50 Shades of Grey” (2011). “Venus in Fur,” based on the 1870 novella “Venus in Furs”

by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, explores BDSM (bondage/discipline, domination/submission, sadism/masochism), sexual desire and degradation.

Thomas (Chris Kipiniak), the protagonist of “Venus in Fur,” is a troubled writer-director who composes a play within the play, bemoans the ineptitude of young actresses, whom he deems unworthy of playing his heroine Vanda (Andrea Syglowski). Amid his complaining, a young, mysterious woman strides into his theatre and gives the audition of a lifetime, identifying herself only by the name of the character she wishes to portray. What follows is an intense battle between Thomas and “Vanda” — both for control of

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Andrea Syglowski, in one of her first starring roles, plays the seductive Vanda in ‘Venus in Fur.’

the audition and, eventually, for control over one another.

Performed in a single 90-minute act, the play’s central challenge is creating a reasonable pace. The tension between Thomas and Vanda builds steadily to a crescendo, while leaving time to appreciate the play’s reflective moments.

Director David Goldstein’s production achieves this delicate balance with neat discipline, rationing moments of outright passion to build anticipation.

The production’s set design, too, is simplistic yet effective. A few red rows of theater seats placed opposite a nearly bare mock stage suggests a tiny, backroom theatre illuminated by exposed lighting equipment. The windows are darkened, covered by newspapers and a crumpled black curtain.

It appears makeshift and informal — far from the elegant, even extravagant, sets often featured in Huntington Theatre Company productions. The set echoes the dark grittiness and keen sense of reality at the heart of the play.

Best of all, the unassuming setting does not distract from the complexity of the lines or the excellence of the acting.

Regrettably, the costumes are mussed but appear more sloppy than artistic. For example, the white dress that Vanda wears for the audition is overly plain and a bit tattered — a missed opportunity to use a more elaborate 19th century costume.

In one of her first roles after graduating from Juilliard, Syglowski shines as Vanda, the mistress of “Venus in Fur.” She believably transforms from an apparently insecure budding actress at the start of the play to a woman to be reckoned with by

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‘Venus in Fur,’ a compelling drama, portrays taboo subjects like sex and gender dynamics. the end. Her deft timing and sardonic portrayal matches the wry and clever humor of Ives’ lines, with only a few jokes swallowed by poor delivery. For his part, Kipiniak matches her satisfactorily, and the chemistry between the two is intense.

“Venus in Fur” is an incredible, electric performance that will keep you on the edge of your seat until its unforgettable finale. However, it is not all raunchy fun — the production

also delves into deep-seated issues of gender roles and sexism, leaving viewers with much to think about even after leaving the theater. Labeled as “for very mature audiences only” by the Huntington Theatre Company website, the performance is certainly provocative — but for prepared audience members, it is well worth a trip into the city.

Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 617-266-0800.

Album Review

Malkmus’ newest album off solo project is charming, human ‘Wig Out at Jagbags’ features fun-loving, carefree songs by

Daniel Komanoff

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At this point in his career, it seems like there is no stopping Stephen Malkmus. With five albums from his eponymous band already under his belt, it would be understandable if the 47-year-old musician decided to pack up his guitar and call it a day. Instead, he has pulled together yet another collection of loose, fun-loving tracks — and is traveling across the world to promote them. Malkmus isn’t concerned with expectations, and it is this nonchalance that makes his newest record both accessible and enjoyable. In an age where it is cool to not care, Malkmus excels at making his music human, which encourages the listener to feel a tangible connection to his songs — a connection that many indie artists have lost.

Most of the tracks on Malkmus’ latest release, “Wig Out at Jagbags,” feature memorable hooks and possess an endearing boyish charm that will remind listeners of Malkmus’s days as the frontman of the indie rock band Pavement. Indeed, ever since the group disbanded in 2000, Malkmus’ solo output has come to sound like a nostalgic exploration of Pavement’s golden

days in the early to mid-90s. This similarity, although welcome among Malkmus’ more devoted fans, does not do much to help the appeal of his recent work.

After five albums, Malkmus still seems a bit lost in the past — his voice occasionally trails off mid-sentence, and his wistful melodies bring this nostalgia right out into the open. On tracks such as “Rumble at the Rainbo,” Malkmus’s lyrics display his reverence for years gone by — he barks out the lines, “Can you remember / the thrill and the rush / you’re not out of touch,” and “No one here has changed, and no one ever will.” These words suggest that Malkmus is trying to understand where he belongs in a musical arena dominated by youth.

These are some of the only lines on the whole album where one can truly grasp the deeper meaning behind what Malkmus says — most of the other lyrics are stream of consciousness ramblings peppered with silliness and sarcasm.

This rambling, however, at times works to the songs’ advantage. Listeners will find themselves wanting to sing along to lines like, “I’ve been tripping my face off since breakfast / taking in this windswept afternoon,” which appears on the humorously titled number

“Cinnamon and Lesbians.”

The humor in the song titles and lyrics adds to the overall

carefree nature of the record and puts the listener at ease.

Malkmus isn’t out to prove

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Malkmus, the former frontman of the popular ’90s indie band Pavement, impresses with sixth solo album.

anything — he is making music simply because he likes it and will continue to do so regardless of whether his work is well received or not. This has always been his attitude and, while his past solo albums have sometimes possessed a certain sloppiness as a result, the songs on “Wig Out at Jagbags” are noticeably more tight and cleaned up than his pieces from previous records. Tracks such as “Lariat,” “Houston Hades” and “Cinnamon and Lesbians” all possess distinct, catchy melodies, clearly structured verses and intricate guitar work that is engaging without being overly complex.

The high quality of the songs is owed largely in part to Malkmus’ bandmates, whose instrumental support provides the album with a strong foundation. Jake Morris’ drumming keeps the record churning along at a constant pace, ensuring that the tracks don’t fall into the trap of laziness, as indie music often does.

Guided by Malkmus’ steady hand and a general sense that growing old doesn’t mean you can’t use the same tricks that you did during your earlier years, “Wig Out at Jagbags” succeeds in transporting its listeners to a place where stress is forgotten and the 90s are still alive and kicking.

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Training, health are keys to successful season

Undermanned Jumbos get boost from freshmen

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practices, and recently coach’s practices have started up.”

However, for the team’s training to pay off, it will need to compete cohesively, rather than just as individuals in order to reach their goal of repeating as NESCAC champions come springtime.

“The team is going to come together as an entire squad,” Kasemir said. “We will rally and cheer for all our teammates in all of the events. This year’s team is really focused on taking on the season together — not as individual runners, but as a powerful unit. This year, our main goal is to repeat being NESCAC champions at the end.”

The team has also stressed the importance of staying healthy to stay at the top of the NESCAC. “We want to stay as healthy as possible for the entire year,” sophomore sprinter and jumper Bryson HooverHankerson said. “That is a huge goal.

Another goal is to knock off the rust and start strong as we get going for the season. For the season, a major goal would be to send a few teammates to nationals and continue strong into outdoor [competition].”

Last season’s successful showing at the NCAA Championships incentivizes Tufts’ athletes to work hard as the men’s track team hopes to follow the success of last season’s athletes who returned as All-Americans.

“It does a lot for the teammates following in their footsteps,” HooverHankerson said. “It helps us continue to believe in the great program [that] the members before us set up. It also gives us a lot of beneficial pressure. We are all competitive and we want to keep the traditions of success alive.”

This Saturday, the men’s track team will look to compete in their first event of the regular season, hoping to regain the form the form that took them all the way to the NESCAC Championships.

“We have the capabilities and skill. We just need to do it,” Kasemir said.

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Tufts will attempt to repeat as NESCAC champions behind a strengthened team mentality.

sented the neophytes, looking nothing like a first-year in a promising effort.

Conner finished 22nd in the shot put with a toss of 32’10.5” and 23rd in the weight throw with a heave of 35’6.”

“We have a talented freshmen class who we expect to contribute to our success this season,” tri-captain Laura Peterson, a senior, said. “There are a lot of cross-country runners coming off a strong first season, [and] we have a stronger sprint group than we’ve had in the past three years, as well as a talented freshman pole vaulter [in] Keren Hendel.”

Armstrong, who finished two places behind Conner in the shot put, narrowly missed out on a top-10 finish in the weight throw; her heave of 41’5” was just over two feet from 10th place.

Fresh off one of its best cross-country seasons in recent memory, Tufts, the defending indoor Div. III New England champion, looks to maintain the title. It appears that they have gotten off to the ideal start, and are taking steps in the right direction.

“Everybody who competed at Dartmouth looked strong, and we’re excited to see the rest of the team compete at our first home meet this weekend,” Kaufmann said. “We think it will be a great year for our team.”

Next up for Tufts is the first home meet of the season tomorrow, the Tufts Invite #1, at Ellis Oval, where the team will be looking to continue their championship defense.

“Obviously losing a strong group of throwers to graduation is difficult, but this freshman class shows promise in helping us continue to our success,” Peterson said. “We have a solid group of returning athletes who are looking better than they ever have.”

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Men’s track looks to regain winning form

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After a month-long hiatus, the Tufts men’s track and field team will return to competition this Saturday at home.

Last season, seven Tufts athletes qualified for the 2013 NCAA Championships in Illinois. Five of those athletes came home with All-American honors. The team finished in the top-25 in team standings as well.

With three of the four members of the second-place distance medley returning, Tufts is once again in position to make a statement at the sport’s marquee meet.

Two of last year’s All-Americans from the outdoor season, senior Ben Wallis and sophomore Mitch Black, are ready to carry the momentum from their strong outdoor campaigns.

Wallis and Black had AllAmerican performances in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 800-meter finals, respectively. Both were competing in their first-ever NCAA championship track appearances. In the end, Wallis finished seventh with a time of 9:07.72. Black also took seventh with a time of 1:51.92 after qualifying at ninth place.

On Saturday the men’s track team will compete once more,

putting their fall semester and off-season training to the test.

“I, along with the rest of the guys on the team, kept the success of last year on our minds and the goals of this year as we stayed on our normal routines of mileage and strength training,” junior distance runner, Joe Poupard, said.

Both distance runners and sprinters kept to their routines, but distance runners may have found it a little easier to train than sprinters.

“It’s tough for the sprinters and field event guys because they don’t have the luxury of being able to just get out for a road run like the distance squad,” Poupard said. “We’ve got a great group and I know everyone really was able to stay focused despite being away from official practices.”

In order to start strong, the men’s track team also worked hard over the fall semester to maintain its fitness level.

“The first meet is always an exciting one for the team,” sophomore sprinter Alexander Kasemir said. “The freshmen are nervous for their first meet, and the rest of the team is giddy to get back to racing our hearts out.

We have been training all of first semester with intense captains’ see MEN’S TRACK, page 7

Women’s Track & Field

Women’s track and field off to promising start at Dartmouth Relays

by Sam

Gold

Daily Editorial Board

Women’s track and field, represented by a small group of competitors, inaugurated the spring semester with a trek to Hanover, N.H., on Jan. 12 for the Dartmouth Relays. Despite the particularly small Tufts representation, the team powered to a seventh place finish among 14 schools.

“Dartmouth is the type of meet we go into as individuals to try to see where we are at after the break,” tri-captain Anya Kaufmann, a senior, said.

“We use Dartmouth to help us get any nerves out before the big meets during the season.”

Concluding the meet with 18 points, Tufts fell below NESCAC rivals Williams and Middlebury in the standings, each of which consistently boasts a formidable squad. Dartmouth and Harvard finished in first and second. Harvard beat the thirdplace team, UMass Lowell, by a whopping 76 points.

Seniors and sophomores dominated the meet. With long jump leaps of 17’9.5” and 16’6.5”, Kaufmann and Jana Hieber, a senior, placed third and seventh, Tufts’ best finishes at the meet. Both women

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Senior tri-captain Anya Kauffman set a personal best in long jump, with a leap of 16’6.5.” recorded personal bests in the event, cementing an integral part of the team’s leadership for the season.

Kaufmann and Hieber set the tone on the track as well, with Kaufmann finishing 18th in the 60-meter dash and Hieber placing 12th in the 60-meter hurdles.

Not to be outdone by the veterans, Audrey Gould, a sopho-

more, notched Tufts’ most successful track, finishing in fourth place with a 10:24.64 time in the 3,000-meter race.

Fellow sophomore Sydney Smith snagged her own top-10 finish with a 5:20.70 mile.

In the pit, alongside Robin Armstrong, a senior, Bailey Conner, a freshman, represee WOMEN’S TRACK, page 7

Inside the NFL

AFC and NFC championships look to be closely contested by

Tyler Maher

Daily Editorial Board

With January more than halfway over, playoff football is well underway. Only four teams remain and, after this weekend’s conference championship games, that number will be cut in half. The victors will meet up in Super Bowl XLVIII, while the losers will watch on TV with the rest of the country.

There were no surprises in this year’s AFC divisional playoffs, with the conference’s top two teams advancing to the AFC Championship Game. The New England Patriots, who fell in last year’s AFC title game to the Baltimore Ravens, wiped out their old foes, the Indianapolis Colts, 43-22 behind four rushing touchdowns from LeGarrette Blount.

The Denver Broncos had a tougher time against the San Diego Chargers, who upset them during the regular season and nearly did so again with a furious fourth quarter charge. But Denver ultimately held off San Diego and advanced with a 24-17 win.

Armed with likely MVP Peyton Manning and an impressive array of wide receivers, including former Patriot Wes Welker, the Broncos are the favorite heading into Sunday’s matchup. The team posted the best record in the NFL, thanks in large part to their league-leading offense.

But to get to the Super Bowl, the Broncos will have to go through Tom Brady and the Bill Belichick-coached Patriots. Though some of their key players are struggling with injuries, the Patriots have history on their side: their regular season meeting with Denver became an instant classic after New England rallied from a 24-point halftime deficit to win 34-31 in overtime, improving Brady’s career record against Manning to 10-4.

Expect both quarterbacks to be in top form on Sunday as the predicted gametime temperatures push 60 degrees in Denver. With neither team known for its defense, the game figures to be a shoot-out, ultimately determined by which veteran gunslinger has the better day.

A win for Brady would mean a chance to play in his sixth Super Bowl, which would

be a record for quarterbacks. After being held without a touchdown against the Colts, look for him to bounce back with a big game against his long-time nemesis. On a similar note, Manning should improve upon his most recent appearance against New England, when sub-freezing conditions forced him to hand the ball off to Knowshon Moreno and Montee Ball.

The NFC Championship Game will probably be a closely contested affair, as well — although with significantly less scoring.

The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers, both of whom came out of the NFC West, are set to square off for the third time this season.

The Seahawks have been a powerhouse all season long and might be the NFL’s most well-rounded team. They stymied Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints 23-15 in the Divisional Round and will look to do the same to their division rivals, who finished one game behind them in the standings.

San Francisco survived a three-point win against Green Bay in the first round of the playoffs and was then able to hold off the Carolina Panthers last weekend. Now, however, the 49ers must topple the Seahawks in order to win their second straight NFC title.

Getting back to the Super Bowl won’t be easy for the 49ers — Seattle boasts the NFL’s stingiest defense and has the luxury of home field advantage. Even so, the 49ers have a defense that allowed fewer points than all but two teams — Seattle and Carolina —along with an offense that scored just one fewer touchdown than Seattle’s offense this year. Throw in the fact that San Francisco is riding an eight-game winning streak, including their most recent head-to-head matchup with the Seahawks, and suddenly the possibility of an upset doesn’t seem so unlikely.

Denver and Seattle shared the NFL’s best records during the regular season, but they’re not unbeatable, so don’t be surprised if the Patriots, the 49ers or both are playing for the championship two weeks from now. At the very least, these matchups should make for entertaining, competitive games and keep fans engaged all Sunday long.

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Denver QB Peyton Manning will need to perform at a high level on Sunday for a chance to play in Super Bowl XLVIII.