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VOLUME LXIV, NUMBER 12

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Davis Square protestors demand workers’ rights

by Jenna

Buckle

Daily Editorial Board

Andrew Schneer / The Tufts Daily

Following safety concerns during last year’s Tufts Dance Collective performance, the Office for Campus Life has been working with the group to revamp the show’s structure.

Tufts Dance Collective reduces size, reforms structure Daphne Kolios

Daily Editorial Board

Tufts Dance Collective ( TDC) has reduced its number of dances and participants this fall as part of ongoing efforts to address logistical and safety concerns.

An incident during last semester’s show in which body paint used for a dance inflicted damage to the walls of the Aidekman Arts Center prompted reevaluation of the group’s size and structure.

At the request of the management of Cohen Auditorium, where TDC performances are held, the Office for Campus

Life (OCL) got involved to facilitate the implementation of a safer, more organized performance system, according to OCL Director Joe Golia.

“We’re here to help them have a successful event and continue the future of this event,” Golia said.

Following the paint incident last semester, the TDC Executive Board was told that this semester’s show would be put on hold pending changes, according to Golia.

However, a Dec. 7 show date has now been set, senior Markus Willhite, a member of the TDC Board, said.

Golia said the OCL has been

working with the TDC Board to evaluate possible changes that would guarantee the show’s safety and organization.

“We’ve told them the shows can happen. They just have to make some adjustments,” Golia said. “The ball’s in their court.”

The TDC Board this summer brainstormed ways to address the show’s organizational and safety shortcomings, according to Willhite.

The primary concern for the TDC Board and OCL was reducing the number of participants, as the large size of the group of dancers made it difficult to see TDC, page 2

Tufts rises in U.S. News, Forbes college rankings by

Audrey Michael

Daily Editorial Board

Tufts received a boost in college rankings recently released by two national magazines.

Tufts landed at No. 28 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 “Best National Universities” list unveiled on Sept. 12, up one spot from last year. Forbes Magazine’s annual ranking of 650 top colleges across the country now lists Tufts at No. 32, seven spots higher than its standing last year.

Yet Tufts’ upward moment in these lists means little to many university officials and students, who dispute the importance of overall rankings in assessing the quality of a Tufts education.

Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Lee Coffin acknowledged that rankings create a stir every year after

their release, but questioned the methodology used to calculate them.

“On the magazine’s website, the editor of the college rankings issue, Robert Morse, acknowledges that ‘the intangibles that make up the college experience can’t be measured by a series of data points,’” Coffin told the Daily in an email.

Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler agreed that the methodology used to determine rankings is potentially flawed and downplayed the importance of promoting the university through its rankings.

“There is no doubt that some rankings are influential,” Thurler said in an email.

“However, ranking methodology typically incorporates many components that vary greatly from one organization to the next and those

methodologies may or may not be sound.”

Coffin said that the secondary statistics U.S. News produces are more useful in demonstrating a university’s quality than the rankings themselves.

Tufts’ freshman retention rate of 96.5 percent is roughly the same as most “Top 30” universities, according to Coffin.

The statistic that 69.1 percent of Tufts classes have 20 or fewer students is also comparable to other top universities, he added.

“Those are very useful things for an applicant to know,” Coffin said.

He noted that some universities may rank well overall but are lacking in certain secondary areas, such as fouryear graduation rates.

Coffin pointed out in partic-

Inside this issue

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A group of approximately 20 protestors assembled outside of Diva Indian Bistro in Davis Square on Friday evening to rally against an alleged withholding of $130,000 in wages from immigrant employees.

The protests at Diva have been going on for several months as part of a campaign advocating for a few immigrant workers who have been victims of wage theft, according to Patrick McDermott, Workers Rights Organizer at the Latin American immigrant rights organization Centro Presente.

“The workers should have been paid a long time ago, and we’re not going anywhere until they get paid,” McDermott told Friday’s crowd. “We’re out here now to ask them to pay the workers every cent of what they owe.”

The restaurant company that owns Diva, One World Cuisine, has been treating its immigrant employees unfairly by paying them illegally low wages, according to Lecturer in Tufts’ Department of Romance Languages Andrew Klatt, who attended the protest.

“Centro Presente is helping the workers, and they’re trying to inform the community that this criminal activity is going on here,” Klatt said.

One World Cuisine owns numerous restaurants in the area, including Mumbai Chopstix on Newbury Street in Boston and Bukhara in Jamaica Plain. Immigrant workers at these restaurants — as well as at Diva — have not been adequately compensated for their labor, according to the Centro Presente website.

The protest at Diva began at 6 p.m. on Friday and lasted for about an hour, with picketers circling in front of the restaurant, handing out informational leaflets and dissuading passersby from entering the restaurant.

Centro Presente’s chants included “One World Cuisine, pay your workers!” and “Justice Now!” “These guys were hourly employees,” McDermott said.

“These guys were working in the kitchen long weeks, for 72 to 78 hours. They’d go in at 10 or 11 in the morning.

They’d get out at 11 at night, sometimes later on Thursday see DIVA, page 2

Tufts student sells spot in iPhone 5 line for $460 The debut of the iPhone 5 last week proved profitable for Tufts senior Brett Andler, who sold his spot in the Boylston Street Apple store line for $460 on Friday morning.

Andler said a bidding war for his spot in line broke out among customers arriving at 7:30 a.m., half an hour before the store opened. He was No. 21 in line.

“I didn’t have a price in mind,” Andler said. “I thought, if the price is right I’ll give it to them.”

Camped out in line since Thursday afternoon, Andler said he began contemplating selling his spot at 4:00 a.m on Friday.

With supplies purchased from a nearby Walgreens, Andler made a sign on neon green poster board that read, “Need to be @ work? Buy my spot up front!” He walked along the line a couple times, from Boylston Street to a side street and onto Newbury Street.

Andler believes that people were hoping to purchase a new iPhone on their way to work, but after seeing how long the line was, they were willing to buy a spot in the front.

“The people who got there at 4:00 a.m. were not interested [in buying my spot],” he said. “The real market was all the people coming at 7:30 [a.m.] or so.”

Andler said the woman he sold his spot to was desperate to get the iPhone 5 because

her current mobile phone was broken, and she did not want to have to go phoneless until the store restocked.

Apple store employees handed out note cards to everyone in the line at 6:30 a.m., guaranteeing them an iPhone 5, according to Andler. He decided to ask for two note cards with plans to only purchase one phone. Selling the extra card allowed him to buy a black, 64 GB iPhone 5 for $399.

“I was planning on [waiting in line] for free. It was an added bonus,” Andler said.

Andler said his decision to camp out Thursday was only partially rooted in the fact that he had not pre-ordered an iPhone 5.

“I’m never going to do this as an old, real person, so I might as well do it as a stupid, college student,” he said.

Andler, a mechanical engineering major, said he was able to network while waiting in line. A former electrical engineer who was impressed by Andler’s entrepreneurship even offered to put Andler in touch with friends.

“There was absolutely no loss for me,” Andler said. “If I know that I can get a free phone out of it every time, then I would absolutely do it again.”

—by Melissa Mandelbaum

Today’s sections

Kate Bornstein, lecturing today in Cohen Auditorium, talks to the Daily about gender and Scientology.

Actor Karl Urban dishes on his starring role in “Dredd 3D.”

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Visiting the Hill this Week MONDAY “Drought and the Food Crisis: The Costs of U.S. Ethanol Expansion to Developing Countries” Details: Tim Wise, deputy director of Tufts’ Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE), will be discussing his research on how U.S. corn ethanol is affecting the global food crisis. The lecture is part of GDAE’s Brown Bag Lunch series.

When and Where: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; 3rd Floor Conference Room, 44 Teele Avenue.

Sponsors: Global Development and Environment Institute “World Peace: Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity” Details: Author, playwright and performance artist Kate Bornstein will be speak-

ing on the topic of gender and sexuality.

Tickets are available for free in the Mayer Campus Center.

When and Where: 7 to 9 p.m.; Cohen Auditorium Sponsors: The Social Justice Leadership Initiative TUESDAY “Cooperative Function in Atomically Precise Nanoscale Assemblies” Details: Paul Weiss, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, will be speaking.

When and Where: 4:30 p.m.; Pearson Chemical Laboratory, Room P106 Sponsors: Department of Chemistry

WEDNESDAY “Muslim Devotional Art in India: A Visual Presentation” Details: Yousuf Saeed, independent filmmaker, archivist and author, will be speaking.

When and Where: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Cabot 205 Sponsors: Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies in the Department of History THURSDAY “Advocacy for Environmental Justice” Details: Eugene Benson, Legal Counsel at Alternatives for Community and Environment, Roxbury, MA, will be discussing environmental justice and the challenge of addressing issues such as climate disruption, food access and sustainability in low-income communities.

When and Where: 12 to 1 p.m.; Lincoln

Filene Center, Rabb Room Sponsors: Environmental Studies Program, Tufts Institute of the Environment “Human Rights and Human Suffering: Armenian Genocide Refugees and the Practices of Interwar Humanitarianism” Details: David Watenpaugh, associate professor of modern Islam, human rights and peace and director of the Human Rights Initiative at the University of California, Davis, will be speaking as a part of Tufts Seminar Series.

When and Where: 5 to 6:30 p.m.; Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room Sponsors: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Department of History, Department of Religion —compiled by Jenna Buckle

Protest at Diva Indian Bistro attracts locals DIVA

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Protesters gathered outside Diva Indian Bistro to advocate for immigrants’ rights.

or Friday nights. At the end of their employment there, they weren’t paid for a couple of weeks.”

Klatt explained that One World Cuisine paid the employees a flat rate per week, giving them raises that were always below the legal minimum.

“Coming from a foreign country, it seemed to [the immigrants] that they were getting paid very well because they were being paid much more than they did in their home country,” he said. “They didn’t realize that they were being paid so little that it’s illegal in this country.”

The employees reported the discrepancy between their working hours and their wages, but the restaurant group refused to pay back the wages when such complaints were voiced, Klatt said.

Klatt said that an attorney is representing the former One World Cuisine

employees in an effort to recover the lost wages.

“There’s a complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, and there’s also this presence [at the protest] to publicize the situation,” he said.

While Friday evening’s protest raged on outside, many tables inside the Indian bistro were empty.

Management at Diva were unavailable on Friday for comment.

The protest organizers are confident that the situation will be resolved at some point, and have no intentions of slowing down.

“There hasn’t been anything accomplished at this point, but there will be something accomplished,” McDermott said.

Amid chants of “We’ll be back!” protest organizers assured the crowd that another demonstration would take place in front of Diva on Sept. 28 at 6 p.m.

Freshmen discuss college rankings RANK

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ular the disparity between Tufts and the California Institute of Technology in U.S News’ rankings. Tufts is ranked No.19 for graduation and retention, whereas the California Institute of Technology ranks 18 spots above Tufts overall but is No. 24 in graduation and retention.

Students expressed mixed opinions on the role of rankings in the college search and selection process.

“The rankings weren’t going to make any decisions for me, but... I think the schools that have better rankings generally get better professors, as far as I’ve been told,” Mallory Feldman, a freshman, said.

Freshman Safiya Nanji, who attended high school in Canada, said she did consider rankings when applying to colleges.

“I definitely had my own criteria first, and college rankings were one of the criteria,” Nanji said.

“Our guidance counselors would push us to apply to the universities ranked higher up,” she added.

Though freshman Danielle Poindexter attended a “competitive” high school as well, rankings were not as important to her during the college search process.

“I wasn’t going to apply to a school that I felt wasn’t competitive enough for me, but I wasn’t too worried about applying to an Ivy or a ‘Little Ivy,’” Poindexter said.

TDC show will go on in more orderly fashion TDC

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ensure structure and safety throughout last semester’s performance.

Despite increased selectivity — since 2009, TDC has had to turn away some potential dancers every semester — last spring’s show was the group’s largest ever, according to senior Madeline Mayerson, a member of the TDC Board.

This year, TDC has reduced the number of dances to 18, down from approximately 22.

The number of participants in each dance is now 28 or 30, instead of 32, she said.

“It’s really been growing in size, and nothing’s been done to accommodate that size,” Mayerson said.

Students used to be able to participate in a maximum of three dances, but starting in the 2010-2011 academic year the number was switched to two, according to Mayerson.

Despite the decrease in the number of dances and accepted participants,

TDC is still allowing students to participate in two dances this year.

The logistics of the performance have not yet been finalized, Golia said, but the TDC Board has discussed changes that would facilitate a safer backstage environment.

TDC leadership has proposed positioning Tufts University Police Department officers at the backstage entrance and exit to ensure that all students backstage have permission to be there, according to Mayerson.

“This year we’ll make it clear with wristbands or something who is a dancer or has backstage access,” Mayerson said.

Golia and the TDC Board are confident that the changes will not adversely impact the TDC experience.

“If [TDC] got shut down, it wouldn’t be good for Tufts. It’s something that is unique and exciting,” Mayerson said.

“It [was] inevitable that something would go wrong. We want to capitalize on this chance — make it smaller and then rebuild it better.”

Achieving Your Student Group’s Goals through Financial Stewardship Unsure about how to best manage your student group’s finances and operations?

Pre-registration is required and space is limited!

All participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the workshop Pizza and beverages will be provided!

This one hour workshop will give you the skills to effectively manage your group’s budgetary operations and use some management “best practices” to ensure your student group achieves its goals.

Discover easy ways to identify when your group’s budget status is not what you think it should be – due to clerical or accounting error, or fraud. We will be happy to address any questions or concerns that you may have about managing your group’s finances.

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Kate Bornstein on social justice, Scientology, breaking social barriers by

Emily Bartlett

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The Tufts Social Leadership Initiative is hosting Kate Bornstein in Cohen Auditorium today for a lecture entitled: “World Peace through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity.” If that title isn’t enough to get you interested, the Daily had the opportunity to interview Bornstein about the upcoming event, her experiences in Scientology and being one of the first people to say that there’s more to gender than just a man and a woman.

Tufts Daily: Tell me a little about what your talk is going to focus on this Monday at Tufts.

Kate Bornstein: I’m coming up to Tufts to speak on social justice. There have been attempts of coalition of marginalized people in the United States for a long time, but people keep getting left out. People that get left out a lot are people with mental health issues, people with disabilities, people with different genders, people with different sexualities or even activists fighting on behalf of equity on any of those four systems.

I’m looking to forge a true coalition of the margins. I think there are 15 spaces of cultural regulation, and gender and sexuality are only two of them. So are looks, so is disability, so is mental health, so is religion, race, age, class: 15 in total. What I want to show is how what I’ve learned from my analysis of gender as a transgender person, how that can be brought to bear to deconstruct the binaries that the other 14 spaces of regulation are masquerading as.

TD: And could you talk a little about your experience in university?

KB: I graduated from Brown [University] in 1969. I was not out and trans when I was in college. It was not a safe time.

Stonewall hadn’t even happened... the Stonewall revolution in New York City in June of ’69 was in response to Judy Garland’s death and was initiated by drag queens. Trans people actually started the gay revelation, and I didn’t know it — I had no idea at the time.

TD: So when did you come out as transgender?

KB: Well, I took a sharp wrong turn after graduate school. I got into Brandeis [University] graduate school for acting — I’m a good actor. I stayed for a year and I thought, “Well, okay, I can act, but why? What’s the good of it?

What purpose is it going to serve?”

And I went off to find the answer to the world’s problems.

Sadly, after a few stops, I ran into Scientology and stayed there for 12 years, which is a whole lot more embarrassing than saying “Hi, I’m transsexual.” I got out of Scientology in ‘81, and three years after that I came out as transsexual — transgender wasn’t an umbrella term back then.

TD: Could you talk a little about your experiences within Scientology?

KB: I was raised in a secular Jewish family [ We] went to synagogue once a week just to show up. Whenever I did speak with a Rabbi all I got [were] more questions. I wanted answers.

When I was getting out of graduate school I needed answers, and Scientology had answers.

Scientology, right as it is now, is in a very fundamentalist stage of its development. So you do it their way or the highway It’s system of good and bad, right and wrong, evil and good — that’s the way it was in Scientology, and it

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The Tufts Social Leadership Initiative invites Kate Bornstein to Tufts today to give her lecture entitled “World Peace through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity.” was comforting.

I was first mate on Elrond Hubbard’s private yacht — the founder of Scientology — and it started out as a grand adventure. It became a living hell. People were mean to other people, and that finally got me. When I finally left Scientology I found out that Elrond Hubbard was skimming off a lot of the money for himself, and he had told us all along that he wasn’t. That did it for me and I left.

I was married twice when I was in Scientology, and I was still a guy, and my daughter was born into the church of Scientology. She was nine years old when I left, and she just turned 40 on the Fourth of July. She’s not allowed to talk with me. She’s still in the Church of Scientology [and] she’s not allowed to receive any communication from me or communicate with me.

That’s their canon, that’s how they deal with things — they shun. Many fundamentalist practices have shunning, and the penalties for violating that shunning are dreadful. Including up to years of imprisonment — they have their own private prisons. Instead of trying to reach out to my daughter — I did for a while, and then realized that she wasn’t going to get in touch — I wrote a memoir, called “A Queer and Pleasant Danger” (2012). I hope that it gets into my daughter’s hands one day.

I was hanging out with lesbian feminists, who were questioning my identity as a woman. I claimed to be a woman and they said, “Well, how can you? You don’t have the same life experience. You don’t have the same cultural experience.” And they were right.

One woman who called herself a working class lesbian said, “Well, if I can myself a working class lesbian, you can call yourself a transsexual lesbian.”

And I thought, “Yeah, I could!” So I didn’t really call myself a woman at that time, I started to call myself transsexual.

And over the next few years, in the early ‘90s, I came to the conclusion that I wasn’t a woman either. I couldn’t live up to anyone’s standards on what a woman is, but I knew I wasn’t a man. So that was my big Zen moment of terror and comedy, and that’s when I broke for myself the binary of gender.

I’m not a man, I’m not a woman. So what are you? I don’t know. But I know I’m not a man, and I know I’m not a woman. And I wrote a book about it called “Gender Outlaw” (1994), and that was [in] the early days of postmodern theory. And that was a big deal — I was one of the very first people who said, “There’s more to gender than a man and a woman.”

TD: Gender is obviously a huge part of what you do and what you are trying to do.

KB: Well, I finally got tired about writing about gender and I wrote a book called “Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws” (2006). And that got me onto the notion of coalition building. I noticed first off that my own people, my trans people, queer people [and] trans-kids were killing themselves in disproportionate numbers compared to the rest of the population. But then when I dug further I found out that marginalized kids and people — the further out on the margins that they are, the more likely it is that they’re going to [want] to kill themselves. So this is why I think the forging of the coalition of the margins is vital, in every sense of the word vital — lifegiving so that’s become my passion.

KB: When I went through my gender change in 1985-1986, I was turning 40 myself. At that time there was one medical route. I had a choice: I could be a drag queen, I could be a transsexual or I could be a closet transvestite. Those were really the only choices for me.

And I thought, “I know I’m not a man.” That much I knew. And drag queen and transvestite were both men in women’s clothing, so the only option for me was transsexual, and there was one medical model that led right to genital surgery.

So I went through my genital surgery.

I’m not unhappy with that, I’m actually very happy with that and lucky that I am! I realized something over the next few years — I was hanging out with some smart lesbians. Because I was a lesbian — I found out early on in my therapy in the ‘80s — there’s a difference between gender identity and sexual orientation.

At that time, this was important to me. I love women. I’ve always loved women. But I looked at my therapist and said “How can I be a woman if I love women?” and she said, “You’re a lesbian!” Since she was one, I believed her.

TD: Tell me a little bit about your other book.

Kate Bornstein’s lecture is co-sponsored by the Africana Center, Asian American Center, International Center, Latino Center, LGBT Center, Women’s Center, Dean of Students Affairs Office, Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Students Office, ISIP, Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, the Office of Residential Life and Learning and the Office for Campus Life. ―This interview has been edited, abridged and condensed.

Alanna Tuller | Archive Addict

Our 10thand-a-half president

T

he presidents of Tufts University form an elite group, numbering only 17 in total during the last 160 years. It is quite a special post and, as such, it is time to review some of the most important facts about our past leaders.

Hermon Carey Bumpus, who served as our seventh president from 1915 to 1919, objectively had the best name of any Tufts president before or after his term.

Our sixth president, William Leslie Hooper, used to live in what is now the Health Services building on Professor’s Row from 1912 to 1914 ­— Gifford House wasn’t built until 1938.

Jackson College, the coordinate women’s college of Tufts University, was established by President Frederick William Hamilton in 1909 because he strongly opposed coeducation.

And for all you statisticians out there, take note that four presidents have held the title of Reverend, six presidents were initially undergraduates at Tufts and of our 17 total presidents, exactly 17 have been males.

Final fun fact: The shortest presidential term lasted for half a day.

One day while researching in the Archives, at a loss for what to write about, I consulted the head archivist and asked if she had come across anything of interest recently. Her face lit up and, springing out of her chair, she retrieved a thin manila folder containing a speech entitled “My Day as President of Tufts and Other Nonsense,” by one Van L. Johnson. As I began to flip through the folder, I knew she had stumbled upon something that would change Tufts history forever.

On May 9, 1966, Van L. Johnson addressed the Tufts Chapter of the American Association of University Presidents. In this speech, and much to the audience’s surprise, he revealed that he, too, had once been president of Tufts University.

In his speech, Johnson admits, “Indeed, I wasn’t president for very long; I had the shortest term on record, or rather off the record: It lasted only half a day and that was a Saturday afternoon. But I contend that it was thoroughly successful: Absolutely nothing happened; there was no one on the campus — even I stayed home.”

While some might question the legitimacy of Johnson’s presidency, I believe we should add him to the history books. Half a day is more than enough time to royally screw up and it seems like he really did a bang-up job as president.

I did find myself wondering, though, how Johnson managed to ascend to such a position of power. As some of you might remember, the search that brought us President Monaco last year was a long, arduous process with much deliberation and debate. Perhaps standards were simply more lax back then, but I must admit that Johnson’s methods for obtaining the presidency don’t seem entirely, well, legitimate.

As Johnson puts it, “it was really very simple” how he obtained the presidency: “All of the industrious administrators, from President Carmichael down, wanted a vacation, and Captain Haines, the head of our Navy unit — it was during the Second World War — insisted that someone be named to act for the university in case of crisis. As Registrar at the School of War Service, I had to do what everyone else refused to do “ In short, to take over Tufts, hold the institution together and, above all, deal with the crisis at hand.

So maybe there wasn’t a selection committee and maybe Johnson didn’t have a chance to leave a permanent mark on Tufts, but I don’t think we should fault him for taking matters into his own hands. At the very least, it’s time to amend those statistics and formally recognize Van L. Johnson as the 10th-and-a-half president of Tufts University.

Alanna Tuller is a senior majoring in English. She can be reached at Alanna.

Tuller@tufts.edu.

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Tufts Programs Abroad

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Social Justice Leadership Initiative Presents:

Kate Bornstein

Upcoming Informational Pizza Parties

Through Gender _narchy and Sex P__sitivity

Tufts in Hong Kong:

Wednesday, September 26th at 6:00pm Dowling 745A

Tufts in Chile:

Monday, October 15th at 6:00pm Dowling Hall Resource Library Other Upcoming Tufts Programs Events:

Tufts in China: Thurs., 10/18 @ 6pm in Dowling Library Tufts in Madrid: Tues., 10/23 @ 6pm in Dowling 745A Tufts in Oxford: Wed., 10/24 @ 6pm in Dowling 745A Tufts in London: Thurs., 10/25 @ 6pm in Dowling 745B Tufts in Japan: Tues., 10/30 @ 6pm in Dowling 745A Tufts in Ghana: Thurs., 11/1 @ 6 pm in TBA Tufts in TĂźbingen: Mon., 11/5 @ 6pm in Dowling Library Tufts in Paris: Tues., 11/13 @ 6pm in Dowling Library

Come learn more about our programs! http://uss.tufts.edu/studyabroad

September 24, 2012 at 7 pm!Co n Auditorium Kate Bornstein is a world renowned transgender activist, author, playwright, performance artist, blogger and educator who focuses on issues of gender and sexuality. In this lecture, Bornstein uses gender and sexuality to examine the mechanics of oppression and the cultural structures that hold them in place.

Free tickets will be available beginning Monday, September 10th at the Mayer Campus Center Info Booth Funding from the AS&E Diversity Fund Co-Sponsored by the Africana Center, Asian American Center, International Center, Latino Center, LGBT Center, Women’s Center, Dean of Students Affairs Office, Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Students Office, ISIP, Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, the Office of Residential Life and Learning, and the Office for Campus Life.

For more information contact Tom Bourdon & Jane Etish-Andrews, SJLI Co-Chairs: tom.bourdon@tufts.edu jane.etish-andrews@tufts.edu

THE PAUL AND ELIZABETH MONTLE PRIZE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL ACHIEVEMENT The awards process for the annual Paul and Elizabeth Montle Prize for entrepreneurial achievement is now underway. This is the thirtieth year that this entrepreneurial prize will be awarded at Tufts. Paul Montle, a 1969 Tufts alumnus, created the award to commend outstanding Tufts students who demonstrate entrepreneurial skills.

Eligibility for this award is limited to students at Tufts University who have demonstrated entrepreneurial skills (either in profit-making or non-profit activities), and who accept along with the award, a moral obligation to return to Tufts later in life much more than they received in financial aid and educational benefits. The amount of the award, which is up to the cost of tuition in any given year, may be awarded to one recipient or divided among two or three at most.

The entrepreneurial skills on which applicants will be judged include: 1. Originality 2. Analysis of market 3. Marketing

4. Provision of service 5. Planning ability 6. Managerial skills

The award will be based primarily on entrepreneurial skills. Recipients will be announced at the Academic Awards Ceremony on April 19, 2013 in Cabot Auditorium. The Scholarship Selection Committee is chaired by the Dean of Academic Advising and Undergraduate Study.

Applications can be found online at http://uss.tufts.edu/undergradEducation/opportunities/Montle.asp The deadline for submission is 5 PM October 31, 2012.

Questions? Contact Anne Moore at anne.moore@tufts.edu An Informational Session will be held on October 12, 2012 in Mayer Campus Center 208

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Album Review

Elizabeth Landers | Campus Chic Report

‘Cruel Summer’ good, but not golden

Spring 2013: Chic cheat

Stale singles weaken West and company’s new album by

Marcus Budline

Contributing Writer

For the past two years, everything Kanye West has touched has turned to gold.

Whether it was his albums, his music videos

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Kanye West presents G.O.O.D. Music: Cruel Summer Kanye West and G.O.O.D Music G.O.O.D. Music/ Def Jam Recordings or even his fashion sense — he often wore a leather skirt during his “Watch the Throne” concerts — West always seemed to come out on top.

And as listeners sat on their hands waiting for his most recent release, more of the same was expected. This album didn’t just have West’s fingerprints on it — it had his whole name slapped across the album title: “Kanye West Presents G.O.O.D. Music — Cruel Summer.”

The record debuted after a summer that was dominated by West and his fellow rappers. Audiences waited in anticipation for Big Sean to cry out “Swerve” one more time, and for Kanye to tell us what he “Don’t like,” with each song from “Mercy” to “Theraflu” — sorry, “Way Too Cold.” Each time, the rappers added new phrases to the lexicon and more money to their coffers.

Yet one has to wonder if West’s and his gang’s hubris has reached a point of no return. Given their recent successes, their pompousness is understandable. Their musical dominance, however, depends on a continued stream of songs and, more importantly, fresh hits.

So when a new album like “Cruel Summer” is released and nearly half of its content has already been chewed up and fully digested by listeners who heard the same singles months in advance, it’s hard to view it as anything but a sign that the best rap artists in music may have pushed themselves just a smidgeon too far.

West did pull such a move off on his “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” (2010).

However, that album was a musical event, an offering so original, creative and complete that the pre-released tracks still served a purpose on the final cut, as they tied the entire string of songs together.

On this album, West and the G.O.O.D. crew have attempted to put out something even more grandiose than the rap game can

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Kanye West’s “Cruel Summer” was spoiled by pre-released singles. handle: a “ghetto opera,” as West explains on the track “To the World.” Yet the crew falls short of its lofty goals.

After hearing “To the World,” the album’s first and, by far, best track, “Cruel Summer” seems almost flawless. R. Kelly belts out a boastful, angry hook on which a cacophony of plucking strings sets the stage for a brilliantly auto-tuned sound. Here is the Kanye we’ve come to know and love, the genius of an artist able to help R. Kelly achieve a mesmerizing, slightly haunting, performance.

The momentous opening gives listeners an expectation that this initial newness will pervade the remaining songs. Unfortunately, the next section of “Cruel Summer” quickly grows stale. The next five tracks include the singles “Cold,” “Mercy,” “New God Flow” and “Clique.” “Clique,” released just eight days before the album itself, is the only relatively

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Kanye West performs with Jay-Z during a “Watch the Throne” concert.

new song in the group.

The quality of these songs is undeniable: they were, quite simply, amazing when first released. But after the summer radio’s constant repetition, they’ve become old and overplayed, essentially causing a five-track downturn that engulfs a fresh song, “Clique,” and creates a sluggish heart of the record’s lineup from which it struggles to recover.

The only other full track that truly delivers on the album is “The One.” Here, Marsha Ambrosius declares herself one of R&B’s finest voices, as she sings over a militant and industrial drum-driven hook that contrasts starkly with the simplicity of production in the verses. West also offers another taste of his worldview, rapping, “Everything around me got me underwhelmed.” West complements typically strong verses from both Big Sean and 2 Chainz to put forth one of his best sets of bars on the record.

But to make everything around seem underwhelming, the records one creates must be absolutely overwhelming. And the bottom line about “Cruel Summer” is that its greatness does not overwhelm. Sure, there are a couple of magnificent new songs. But ultimately there are just a few too many songs we’ve all heard a few too many times.

West also allocates too much time to some less talented rappers on certain tracks. For a long time, even when West featured rappers like Cocaine 80s or Travi$ Scott, he managed to seamlessly integrate them into a sensational piece of music. But on “Cruel Summer” he just can’t drum up that same kind of magic.

His name is on it, his fingerprints are all over it, but for the first time in years Kanye West has released an album that is certainly good, but definitely not gold.

The Emmy Winners

The big winners of last night’s Emmy awards The 2012 Emmy Awards once again attempted to reward the best and brightest of the television season.

While there were dozens of deserving nominees, only a select few took home the Emmy honors.

On the comedy side, “Modern Family” continued its Emmy dominance with wins in both the supporting actor and actress categories for Eric Stonestreet

and Julie Bowen as well as the win for “Outstanding Comedy Series” — the show’s third-straight win in the category. The third time was also the charm for Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who won best comedy actress for her role in “Veep” — her third Emmy win across three separate roles.

“Homeland” was this year’s big drama winner, taking home the statue

for “Outstanding Dramatic Series” as well as wins in the best lead actress and actor categories for stars Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. This ended “Mad Men’s” four-year streak of winning the top prize and also left the AMC program empty handed among the big awards of the evening.

—by Joe Stile

ashion month is well underway — no, not in Boston. After New York Fashion Week wrapped up, it was off to London, Milan and Paris for the industry’s fashion editrixes. As the shows trickle out, the spring collections in New York, London and Milan have been a mixed bag. The usual coveted tickets like Prabal Gurung — you may have seen his collaboration with J.Crew last spring — and Oscar de la Renta brought the big guns in the form of “Matrix” (1999)-esque separates and show-stopping ball gowns, respectively. It remains ever disappointing that the industry returns from a series of spring fashion weeks only to be hit smack in the face by cool fall weather that promises freezing temperatures shortly thereafter. So, in the spirit of philosopher Coleridge’s willing suspense of disbelief, let’s take a moment and jump into balmy spring breezes to evaluate the best trends for 2013.

Though a foggy haze settles around Fashion Week after the umpteenth show, trends do emerge that magazine editors and store buyers alike can zero in on. The first trend of note would have to be glow in the dark. Though Alexander Wang, the wunderkind commercial success, received the most press for his blackout look, Taiwanese designer Jen Kao showed her collection before Wang did and employed his same theme as she trotted models down an eerily aglow, black lit runway. Both Kao and Wang’s clothes focused on linear lines, shapes and a hint of sportiness. Unfortunately for Kao, the Wang-gang swooned for days, made the front page of Women’s Wear Daily and will now be a big hit in Barney’s. Trendy is as trendy does.

Next on the trend list — ladies, you can prepare your ranting — was the infamous crop top. I have spoken on this before, and much to many people’s chagrin — notably anyone without a size 00 waist — the crop top cropped back up on the runways. The Ruffian Boys reworked a baby blue toile version — prim and proper, my ass — with thick straps that was paired with Bermuda shorts and Chucks. Sort of a “Let them eat cake, but really you shouldn’t” approach to dressing. DKNY, Charlotte Ronson, the queen of casual dressing and a whole other slew of designers showed the look.

To be fair, the runway styling somehow attains a demure look when paired with super high-waisted trousers and skirts.

Regardless, it’s not a work- or even classappropriate look.

Next, melon everything. Pantone Universe, the trend-forecasting body that decides the top colors for each season, may not have declared melon the color of the Spring 2013, but my guess is this juicy, eat-me hue will be up there. Noon by Noor, VPL — why yes, VPL does stand for Visible Panty Lines, how did you guess? — and Karen Walker showed this hue either as a stand-alone look or mixed into other pieces. Noon by Noor especially killed it with its silk tuxedo look and perfectly matching melon feathers on the shoulders. Birds of a fashion feather flock together.

Finally, the last major trend spotted was jeweled collars. These have been fashionable since about fall of last year when Louis Vuitton did those body-armor inspired gold collar necklaces that spawned a thousand Bloomingdales copies. Peter Som recreated the look for spring in soft pastels and sparkly rhinestones on the collars of button downs and prim dresses. I especially find this look appealing because of the formality of it. It eliminates the need for gobs of jewelry while still adding sparkle to a work outfit. Practical? For once, I adore it.

Elizabeth Landers is a senior majoring in political science. She can be reached at Elizabeth.Landers@tufts.edu.

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Interview | Karl Urban

Karl Urban talks motorcycles, acting, cheeseburgers ‘Dredd 3D’ star dishes about making of new action flick

by Jack

Feely

Contributing Writer

Fielding questions for his latest action flick, “Dredd 3D,” Karl Urban dished on playing the titular character, Judge Dredd.

Question: How did wearing the helmet affect you?

Karl Urban: It took a bit to figure it out. It really did. And that was a challenge, how to communicate with an audience. Not only because my eyes weren’t visible, but because the character of Dredd operates within a very narrow bandwidth. He is a man who has been trained to keep his emotions in check. So, consequently, it was very important for me to identify how I could humanize the character as much as possible.

The sense of humor became very important — that dry, laconic sense of humor. Finding out where is this character compassionate, where does his empathy lie. And you can see that in the way he chooses to not kill those kids.

Then [there’s] the whole relationship with Anderson, because there’s an evolution there. He [Dredd] doesn’t like her very much at the beginning — he doesn’t think that she’s got what it takes to be a judge. Through the course of the film, that relationship evolves and changes, as they learn to trust each other and work with each other.And to me, that’s one of the most intriguing aspects about the whole film — [that at the] beginning [of ] this movie, you have a character that sees the world in terms of black or white, right or wrong.

At the end of the film, he’s just suddenly discovered this whole grey area, and that represents the sort of fracture in

his perspective. It’s a paradigm shift, and once you see something in life you can’t un-see it.

Q: So I read that you actually rode the bike in this movie. It would have been easy to get a double for that because the helmet covers so much of your face. Why did you decide to do those stunts?

KU: I didn’t want to let anyone else have the fun. That would be a fun day at work, and it was. I mean, there are certain points in your career where you can’t believe that they’re actually letting you do what you’re doing. For me, one of those moments was shooting “The Bourne Supremacy” (2004) in Moscow — they actually let me execute a reverse-180 in a Mercedes G-Wagen in the streets of Moscow. The other was riding the Law Master [Dredd’s motorcycle] at high speeds, filming this bike chase through the streets of Cape Town. It was cool.

Q: The whole movie, I was waiting for this moment where they reveal the past of Dredd — why he is the way he is. And when I got to the end and I realized they hadn’t done that, I was extremely grateful.

It was very refreshing. And the whole time I was thinking, “this is the Man with No Name” [Clint Eastwood’s character in the “Dollars Trilogy” (1964-1966)].

KU: True. You got it.

Q: And then I read a quote by you where you [said that] you get to the end of a [Sergio] Leone movie without finding out the main character’s name, but it doesn’t matter. So, two questions: One, was that something that attracted you to the role?

And two, did you look at Eastwood’s char-

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At a recent roundtable interview, Karl Urban discussed the challenges and rewards of being an action star in ‘Dredd 3D.’ acter for inspiration?

KU: No, I didn’t. I was aware of the fact that obviously Clint Eastwood was an influence for the character. Dredd was written between ’75 and ’77 as a response to Thatcherism, and “Dirty Harry” (1971) was an influence. But here’s what I recognized when I read the script, with regard to the lack of backstory. I recognized [it] instantly.

Let me ask you, what did you know about Indiana Jones before “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981)? Nothing. You were just introduced to a character. He’s fully formed, and you just go on a ride. He’s not

a superhero. We don’t have to show the scene where he got bit by the spider, or injected himself with Kryptonite or whatever. He is who he is.

You give the audience the bare minimum that they need to know, and then here’s the ride, and I liked that. And the cool thing about this movie is, you don’t have to be a big fan of “Judge Dredd” — the comic — going into this movie to have a good time. It’s a film for fans of films.

Q: What was the hardest part about filming?

KU: Three months without burgers and beer. It was not enjoyable.

Film Review

‘Dredd 3D’ perfectly meshes action, visuals

by Jack

Feely

Contributing Writer

“Dredd 3D” is the best — and bloodiest — action movie released in a long time.

Set in the not-too-distant future, the film

Dredd 3D Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey Directed by Pete Travis portrays Earth after it has experienced an unnamed catastrophe that left the land scorched. The only break in this unending desert is Mega-City One, a megalopolis containing 800 million people in a swath of land that stretches from Boston to Washington DC. Charged with keeping order in the chaos of Mega-City One are the “Judges” — basically a police force that combines the roles of cop, judge, jury and executioner into one badass deliverer of justice.

“Dredd” picks up when the protagonist Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) — who follows the law without reservation and is notorious among his district’s criminals — takes a rookie named Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby)

under his supervision on her training day.

What starts as a routine drug bust in one of Mega-City One’s many “blocks” — 200-story apartment buildings housing 75,000 people -— quickly becomes a fight for the two judges to survive.

It quickly becomes clear that Dredd and Anderson have messed with the wrong drugdealing cartel. Led by the villainous Mama (Lena Headey), the clan shuts down the entire block, trapping Dredd and Anderson inside with plenty of angry criminals bent on killing them.

From this moment on, the audience knows it is about to follow along with Dredd and Anderson on a ride through hell. What makes the ride an absolute joy, though, are the compelling characters, atypical for many action movies today, and Karl Urban’s performance as Dredd.

Most of his face is covered by a helmet and visor throughout the film, but Urban still manages to create a deep and enthralling character in Dredd.

First, his physicality is palpable. Urban’s punches are animalistically powerful and he wields his gun with precision and confidence.

His voice is equally impressive — it is appropriately low and gravelly when he communicates with Anderson and the criminals, and he sounds a bit like an automated recording.

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Despite having a covered face throughout ‘Dredd 3D,’ Karl Urban creates a compelling character in Judge Dredd.

Joe Alblas/Lionsgate Entertainment

Judges Dredd and Anderson head into battle for what they think will be a typical drug raid.

Dredd gains depth as he intersperses his emotionless speech with instances of hilarious — and very dark — deadpan humor. The one-two punch of Urban’s almost mechanical presence and voice make Dredd seem like the embodiment of law and justice. If you were a criminal in Mega-City One, you would be absolutely terrified of Judge Dredd.

Another deftly handled element of the film is the relationship between Dredd and the rookie Anderson. The chemistry between Urban and Thirlby is terrific, and audiences will become invested as their relationship morphs from one of mistrust to one of mutual respect. The contrast between the two characters lends a sense of authenticity to their growth through the film — their transformations feel wholly unique and organic.

Astounding visuals complement the great writing and acting — they completely immerse the audience in “Dredd’s” dystopian future. We see this as the opening shots pan over Mega-City One, which seems to stretch on forever and looks eerily realistic. Director Pete Travis achieved this realism by filming in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa and by filtering the city through a brown haze that blends it into the surrounding desert.

The visuals are also tied to the plot of the film, notably when the judges come across a drug called “Slo-Mo,” which, predictably, slows down the user’s perception of time.

On-screen, this results in a number of grotesque, violent scenes. For example, when a bullet explodes through cheek of a bad guy on Slo-Mo, viewers see not only the gaping hole in the side of his face, but also every bit of flesh and blood travelling through the air in superslow motion.

This movie is not for the squeamish.

However, the violence is not used solely for shock value — it is a conscious aesthetic choice that ultimately enhances the viewing experience.

Contrasting with the grotesque visuals are sequences of incredible beauty. In a slowmotion shot of Mama emerging from a bathtub, we can see each water droplet separate in the air while a shimmering rainbow coats almost everything in the frame. These segments manage to feel mellow and hypnotic without detracting from the film’s pacing.

Finally, one of the best parts about this film is the amount of information that is withheld from the audience. We don’t know anything about the catastrophic event that destroyed the earth and, more importantly, we find out almost nothing about Dredd’s past or his motivations. He is a new take on Clint Eastwood’s man with no name, which leaves the audience in charge of imagining his past.

With great characters, awesome action and stunning visuals, “Dredd 3D” is a must see for hardcore action-film fans.

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Editorial | Letters

Monday, September 24, 2012

Editorial

Putting more TDC dancers on stage As the number of students able to participate in Tufts Dance Collective ( TDC) continues to dwindle, it is becoming clear that a policy change is needed if the organization genuinely hopes to stay true to — or, rather, return to — its original vision as an allinclusive dance group.

Space constraints and safety concerns have forced TDC to scale its performances down over the past few years. This semester TDC has opted to reduce its number of dances from approximately 22 to 18 and the number of dancers in each piece from 32 to 30 or 28.

TDC dancers are currently allowed to participate in a maximum of two dances. With added space restrictions in mind, TDC’s original intent to get as many people to shed their inhibitions on stage as possible would be better served by cutting this maximum dance

amount down to one dance per person.

The past few years have seen a staggering increase in the number of students interested in joining TDC, and for good reason. It’s easy to understand TDC’s appeal — it offers a creative outlet and the opportunity to perform to any dancer, regardless of previous experience or skill level. A dance group that welcomes prima ballerinas and klutzes alike allows participants to overlook dance’s competitive aspects and enjoy dancing for dancing’s sake.

The Daily believes as many people should be involved in TDC as possible.

Therefore, as the scale of the show’s production continues to shrink, we think it’s time for the group to enact a policy change that allows the largest possible group of Tufts community members to be in the show.

Beginning in 2009, TDC has been

forced to abandon part of its original vision by turning hopeful students away each semester. More recently came a shift in TDC’s policy during the 20102011 academic year, when TDC reduced the number of maximum dances a student could participate in from three to two. Two years later, TDC continues to turn students away, yet the number of maximum dances TDC members can participate in remains the same as it was in 2011.

Allowing each TDC participant to partake in one piece would allow several more dancers to enter the fray.

Perhaps reducing the maximum number of dances per person wouldn’t solve the group’s problems altogether — statistically, it’s likely TDC would still be turning students away — but it would bring the group a step closer to its founding principles of inclusivity.

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New iPhone not for everyone

by Sara

Clayton

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Apple has been up to a lot recently.

In addition to releasing the iOS 6 update with a revamped map and a “do not disturb” option, Apple has people clawing to get the new iPhone 5, so much so that pre-orders for the iPhone 5 sold out in less than an hour of its public unveiling.

This begs the question: Is it worth it to get an iPhone 5? For many Apple users, the answer is obvious. For others, it is natural to be a little skeptical about purchasing a new iPhone, even if it is the most updated version (for the time being, anyway).

If you currently own an iPhone 4S, it might not make a lot of sense to buy

an iPhone 5, but e-commerce websites such as eBay and Amazon are offering cash and gift cards for your phones.

Still not convinced? The iPhone 5 comes with some fairly high-tech features. For one, the iPhone 5 will utilize the iCloud for wireless access from all computers and mobile devices. A new processor, the A5, uses power more efficiently and increases the phone’s processing speed. You can also take vivid panoramic photos with the iPhone 5’s updated camera features. And if you haven’t heard already, the iPhone 5 is a little thinner and a little wider than the iPhone 4S. Then again, even though Apple consistently meets the standards of its clientele with its range of iPhone products and wields the most influence with

its brand name, the iPhone 5 may not be the best choice in terms of smartphones.

For example, the Samsung Galaxy S III has a longer maximum battery life and a much larger screen. If you’re looking for something more affordable, the HTC One X costs half as much as an iPhone 5.

Regardless, purchasing a smartphone is a matter of personal preferences. If you keep the phrase “keeping up with the Joneses” near and dear to your heart, you might as well upgrade to a sleek and new iPhone 5. But if you’re unfazed by stylish phones and current trends, then it wouldn’t hurt to look into other phones. Who knows? You may fall in love with the phone you least expected to even notice.

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Morons and Sam Baciles

by Joshua

Who should control the Internet?

B. Lipson

Harvard Crimson

Although it seems unlikely that “Innocence of Muslims” will be nearly as impactful as Mohamed Bouazizi’s fateful self-immolation in 2010, the wave of violence across the Islamic world since its dissemination has thrown Western observers for a loop. In the wake of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens’ murder in Benghazi, a multi-tiered narrative has emerged in the American press, drawing together repudiations of the film, passionate defenses of free speech and questions as to whether American policymakers have any control over events on the ground.

And while it’s clear that there is more than enough blame to go around, one emerging story of culpability might be most illustrative. In early press correspondences, a man identifying himself as Sam Bacile, an “Israeli Jew” living in California, claimed to have produced the film with the support of “100 Jewish donors.” Just as American Jews had begun to reconcile themselves to the unfortunate truth — despite lingering suspicions: Since when is Bacile a Jewish name? — the Associated Press reported the Bacile identity to be nothing more than an alias for Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, a Christian Egyptian-American at the helm of the film’s production.

We cannot be sure what motivated Nakoula to pose as an Israeli Jew, but the damage wrought by his subterfuge cannot be undone. As the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press spread word that a Jewish cadre had financed a film mocking the Muslim prophet Muhammad, rioters accepted the news as further validation of a global Zionist conspiracy — a ubiquitous, hate-filled theme in the political discourse of the Middle East.

However, the takeaway from Nakoula’s false self-identification is a less tired one: to quote a friend’s paraphrase of a common Republican refrain, Nakoula and his fundamentalist Christian supporters “threw Israel [and Jews] under the bus,” assuming the reality of a fictive common interest in inciting Islamic fundamentalist riots. And although no measure of religious offense should entail a violent response, Nakoula’s selfish mistake makes a stark point about the problem of Christian fundamentalists claiming the mantle of America’s Israel policy.

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Despite the appearances of the Christian Zionist movement, there exists a profound variance between the interests of the Christian right and those of American Jews on questions of religious plurality and Middle East policy. Unlike Nakoula, Pastor Terry Jones and the throngs of conservatives up in arms about a creeping Islamic takeover of the United States, the Public Religion Research Institute suggests that American Jews are exceptionally tolerant of their Muslim neighbors.

Moreover, against the theory of an unquestioning Israel lobby, American Jews are more likely than the general American public to support pro-peace policies with regard to the resolution of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. Working with thousands of responses, the Jewish Values Report recorded that American Jews were significantly more likely both to prefer diplomacy to military means and to support the enactment of a two-state solution than the average American.

These nuanced, pro-peace opinions come because of, rather than despite, the Jewish community’s deep concern for Israel’s security — a claim you might not believe if you let the Christian right and its Nakoulas speak for Jews. Earlier this year, biblically motivated right-wing lawmakers in both Florida and South Carolina’s state legislatures passed resolutions calling for Israel’s annexation of the West Bank, citing the interests of the great powerbroker in the sky. During

the Republican primary season, both Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich demonstrated their sincerest solidarity by delusionally suggesting that Palestinians don’t exist.

It is easy to make sweeping, millenarian statements about Islam and Middle East foreign policy when you don’t have any skin in the game: no matter how hot things get on the street in Benghazi, Cairo, or East Jerusalem, Terry Jones and the South Carolina Republican Party will be just fine.

For many American Jews, the unmaking of Israel as a Jewish state or the cessation of its peace treaty with Egypt would be a personal tragedy — putting into harm’s way millions of brothers, sisters and cousins. Moreover, as a community that can palpably remember the yoke of persecution, most American Jews have no interest in making the lives of American Muslims difficult.

Make no mistake: None of this is to minimize the immediate tragedy that claimed the lives of four distinguished American diplomats in Benghazi. In fact, as a secular person, I cannot begin to comprehend why any level of religious offense should compel anyone to violence — and above all, think it a healthy thing for people to make light of all systems of authority. But as a member of the Jewish community, I cannot forgive Nakoula for misrepresenting himself as an Israeli Jew and setting back the cause of coexistence in the Middle East yet another step. Let us hope for the sake of peace that the Christian right can learn from his lesson.

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Google made the right decision with restricted video by

Tyler McCarthy The Daily Campus

As violence continues to spread throughout the Arab and Muslim world over an inflammatory YouTube video, Google Inc., the site’s parent company, has been scrambling to try to determine its role in advancing the violence or subduing it.

The video in question is entitled “Innocence of Muslims,” produced by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, a 55-yearold Egyptian Coptic Christian living in Southern California. The film has outraged many in the Middle East for its image of the prophet Muhammad as a fraud and the Muslim people as being inherently immoral and violent. The resulting backlash in the Middle East has caused a great deal of anti-American protest that included the death of the American ambassador and three others at the U.S. embassy in Libya. As a result of the violence, Google has “temporarily restricted access” of the video in Libya and Egypt.

Because of this decision, the company has been taking criticism from people who are calling the act of restricting the video censorship brought on out of fear of violence. However, this is a bit of an extreme accusation.

While it’s true that censoring a video that doesn’t violate any country’s local laws or violates YouTube’s terms of service is unprecedented, it is hard to argue with the decision to take down the video

in places where it is costing innocent lives. While Google is catching heat for temporarily removing the videos in these two countries, people are overlooking the decision that they made to reject a plea from the White House to remove the video in the United States. The company said that it looked over its established guidelines and determined that, by their own rules, they are not permitted to remove the video in the U.S. because it doesn’t constitute hate speech by their definition. They would be forced to remove a video that made fun of Muslims, not one that simply makes fun of Islam.

So, while the site is under attack as being a model of censorship online, they aren’t being commended for standing up to pressure from the government and fighting for freedom of expression in America — where it is a protected constitutional right. Unfortunately, the issue isn’t so clean cut once it leaves our borders. The Internet is not dictated by any one country’s set of laws or principles. What may be the most popular video in one part of the world can be nothing short of deplorable and inappropriate in another part. That puts an online powerhouse like Google in an odd position of having to champion the ideas of freedom of speech on an international level. Obviously this wasn’t an undertaking that the company sought out when it first established itself but it is one that they’re doing their best to accomplish with as little pressure and bloodshed in

other cultures as possible.

The bottom line is that Google cannot police 100 percent of its content.

According to the company, they received 1,965 requests from government agencies around the world to remove 20,311 pieces of content. In some of these cases, the content was removed; in others it was not. Even an online colossus like Google cannot hope to be programmatic about the way that it deals with every possible censorship issue. With over 72 hours of content being posted to YouTube every minute, it’s unreasonable to ask the powers that be to have a unified way of dealing with all inflammatory content. It’s even more unreasonable to say that 100 percent of that content should be shoved down other cultures’ throats, no matter how many innocent lives are put in jeopardy.

Google has taken the extremely difficult task of keeping freedom of expression possible online. They have proven time and again that they believe that the Internet is meant to host a marketplace of ideas. With “Innocence of Muslims” they were tasked with either championing this cause again, albeit under very unique circumstances, or potentially having blood on their hands. Since they are a corporation with guidelines and not a constitution, it can be said that they’ve done the best that can be expected to have done to preserve the ideas of freedom of speech on an international level while maintaining dignity in the rest of the world.

he Internet is powerful. It enables us to access libraries upon libraries of information instantaneously, communicate with others across the world and stay up to date on events both locally and abroad.

But that’s just the beginning. Just like every other powerful entity in the world — nuclear weaponry, nature, Wolverine, etc. — there is a battle over who is in control. In the Internet’s case, the battle is waged between individual countries and overarching organizations — more specifically, the United States and the United Nations.

Currently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an organization commissioned by the U.S. government, is in charge of coordinating IP address space, assignment of address blocks, management of top-level domain name space and maintenance of registries.

For slightly less than a decade, it has been suggested that ICANN transfer some, if not all, of its power over to the UN agency responsible for communication technologies, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In 2003, this issue of Internet control was the primary topic of discussion in ITU’s World Summit on Information Society.

However, the United States has made no indication that it will relinquish any of its control to the international community.

When examining this debate, there are a few pertinent issues that need to be discussed.

For example, why should one country maintain control of a global entity? Though it may seem intuitive to think that the ITU should control the Internet, as it would allow the international community to help regulate and allocate the web, it is not the best solution.

The ever-relevant problem with the United Nations is that it cannot achieve many of its goals because of its commitment to letting nation-states be primary actors in governance.

Furthermore, world powers tend to dictate the course of many UN conferences. The ITU could fall victim to these same problems.

For example, countries like Russia and China have publicly defined terrorism to include any form of speech that is against the interests of the government. If the ITU were to have control over the Internet, it would be much more susceptible to influence from these powers and the Internet would be continuously heavily regulated. Currently, both China and Russia are suggesting that the ITU should be responsible for at least IP address allocation, and intend to bring it up in the upcoming ITU conference in Dubai.

The U.S. submission for the ITU conference states, “proposals by some other governments could lead to greater regulatory burdens being placed on the international telecom sector.”

With that in mind, the best course of action is for the US to continue backing ICANN. At this point in time, the battle seems to be over who has control over the Internet, while the issue should be who shouldn’t have control over the Internet. Maintaining control of ICANN is the most strategic global action, as it would prevent the Internet from falling into the hands of those who may abuse its power and impose unwanted regulatory actions.

ICANN is far from perfect, but its procedures are ones that can be tailored to have a more multilateral approach. The largest complaint against ICANN is that it considers corporate agendas over global governmental agendas. This can be changed with modifications to ICANN, rather than a transfer of power to an international organization.

Though international collaboration is often ideal, when it comes to the Internet, it is not always the best course of action.

International politics revolves around dominant players, making any UN attempts to allow for collaborative control vulnerable to control of the few world powers — all of which have their own agendas. Sticking with ICANN is the safest solution for the future of the Internet. Though ICANN should be modified to cater to global commons, the Internet should remain in its control.

Neena Kapur is a sophomore majoring in international relations. She can be reached at Neena.Kapur@tufts.edu.

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Tufts men turn in excellent all-around performance at Purple Valley Classic

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Though most of its top athletes spent the day training at Westfield State, the site of this year’s New England Championships, the remainder of the men’s cross country squad was represented superbly between the two races that comprised the Purple Valley Classic: the men’s eight-kilometer race and a coed five-kilometer race.

The lone entrant for the Jumbos in the eight-kilometer race in a field of 207, junior Ben Wallis emerged as the star performer on the day. Wallis, who missed last week’s dual meet against Bates with calf soreness, declined to skip the Purple Valley Classic in order to train at Westfield State because he wanted to get a race under his belt.

“I was happy with my opening race,” Wallis said. “I worked on staying to the game plan and waited to make a single decisive move, [and] I was lucky enough to hold on to the finish line despite fading in the final 400 meters.”

Whatever lingering doubts there were about the condition of his calf were all but dispelled by his impressive performance. Wallis pulled away with a little more than a kilometer and a half to go, leaving a substantial field in his wake to claim the individual title in a time of 26:13.

“Most of us weren’t sure how he would feel today because he took a few days off last week,” said senior Adam Brosh. “But he looked really strong and was able to break away from the field with about a mile to go. He struggled a bit over the last 400 meters, but he was able to hold it together for a great race.”

Wallis may have put forth the best individual performance on Saturday, but he by no means cast a shadow on the rest of the team, which combined for a runner-up position in the co-ed fivekilometer race, a result surpassed only by UMass Lowell.

Freshman Mike Curley, who has begun to display tremendous potential, was the first of the Jumbos across the finish line, posting a time of 17:01 to arrive in sixth place out of a field of 72. Next to finish for Tufts were sophomore Alex Sheltzer and freshman James Traester, who crossed the line in 13th and 14th place respectively.

Brosh crossed the line in 16th, while junior Brandon Wheeler ended up in 19th place to bring up the rear for Tufts as the fourth and fifth scores, respectively.

Although it was UMass Lowell who bested Tufts by a score of 33 to 61, Tufts was really measuring itself against NESCAC foe Williams. And judging by the way the two races panned out, Tufts appears to be the stronger team to date.

Not only did Wallis run away with the individual eight-kilometer title, besting the Ephs’ efforts, but three young guns on the Tufts team performed very strongly in the five-kilometer race to place the Jumbos above Williams overall.

This kind of firepower rounds out a roster replete with talent. What’s more, Wallis, the fastest of over 200 runners on Saturday, is but one Jumbo among a cadre of experienced runners—including senior co-captain Matt Rand and his classmates Kyle Marks and Tyler Andrews—who are all sure to compete against the best runners on opposing teams in each of Tufts’ six subsequent races.

At this juncture, Tufts, the secondranked team in New England and eighthranked nationally, looks poised to make a charge for both the All-New England Championship title in two weeks and the NESCAC title on October 27th. With only Bates, to whom the Jumbos fell on September 15th, ranked higher both regionally and nationally, the window of opportunity for success at the highest level continues to expand.

“Ben showed that our top runners are most likely stronger than [Williams’], though I would say that Bates is still our best competition,” Brosh said. “However, come Regionals, you never know which team will step up and have a great day.

Hopefully it will be us.”

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Hopper, Ingram and freshman middle blocker Minari Karunatilake each recorded at least four kills.

“A lot of people stepped up and filled in roles when we needed them to,” Ellefsen said. “It was awesome to see some of the younger players step in and get some court time.”

Smith didn’t provide much of a challenge for Tufts either as the Jumbos cruised to victory despite slow starts in each of the match’s three sets. Coach Cora Thompson’s squad fell behind 4-0 in the first set before fighting back to retake an 8-7 lead. The Jumbos didn’t look back from there and took the first set 25-20. Brennan, Hopper, sophomore outside hitter Cameron Longyear and Kuhel combined for an impressive 38 kills, using their size to dominate the net. Lord provided her usual stability with 35 assists and five digs.

The Jumbos’ takeaway from the weekend is the importance of staying consistent and focused even when adversity hits.

“As a team we need to work on our mental game,” Kuhel said. “We are a young team and we need to work on

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Sophomore hitter Kelly Brennan led another strong Tufts attack in the MIT Invitational this weekend, which saw the team split their four games and finish 2-2. staying on the same page and being “[On Friday] we saw how good we can be when we play focused and determined,” consistent.”

The Jumbos continue their NESCAC Ellefsen said. “We set the bar high for ourschedule with home matches against selves and moving forward we need to aim Conn. College and Wesleyan next at reaching that level consistently.” weekend.

Slow start leads to loss in season opener FOOTBALL

For the remainder of the second half, the Jumbos were unable to push past the Wesleyan 37-yard line, and they were 0-for-3 on fourth down in the final two quarters.

And when Wesleyan’s Drew went down with an injury in the third quarter, Cardinals sophomore running back Kyle Gibson picked up right where Drew left off, gaining 100 yards on 15 carries to put the game away.

It was a disappointing start for the Jumbos, who fell to 0-1 and have now lost 16 straight games dating back to

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2010. But there were several bright spots. Dodds threw for 170 yards and two touchdowns, both to Kenyon, who finished with seven catches and a gamehigh 80 yards receiving. Sophomore running back Zack Trause was a dual threat out of the backfield, averaging 5.2 yards per carry while catching seven passes and racking up 104 all-purpose yards.

On defense, there were some positive signs from Tufts’ young linebacking corps. Meade led the way with 11 tackles, freshman Matt McCormack added 10 tackles of his own and freshman Wes Hartmann had an interception in the first quarter. Senior defensive

back Tommy Castle also had a pick in the third.

Ultimately, though, a slow start is what did the Jumbos in.

“We’ve got to make sure next game we come out more as the aggressor, and not let them dictate how the game’s going to be played,” Kenyon said. “You don’t want to be playing football trying to catch up.”

Now, the focus turns to next Saturday’s Homecoming matchup against Bates.

“We’ll look at the film [today],” senior tri-captain Andrew Rayner said, “Figure out what mistakes we made, how we can get better and get right back after it.”

Jordan Bean | Sacked

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n many cases the number 1.1 indicates a player at the top of their sport. If a NHL goalie had a 1.1 goals against average, that would be stellar. A 1.1 ERA by a Major League Baseball pitcher is a rare feat. A 1.1 handicap by a golfer would be impressive.

When does the number 1.1 not make the cut? For one, when we’re looking at yards per carry for the highest paid member of an NFL team.

That’s right. Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans has a meager 1.1 yards per rush through the first two weeks of the season. CJ2K, as he was called after his 2009-2010 campaign when he rushed for more than 2,000 yards, has managed to rush for a grand total of 21 yards on 19 carries.

To put this in perspective, his quarterback, Jake Locker, has rushed for 11 more yards than CJ. Don’t worry though — Johnson is not to blame.

In a recent post-practice interview Johnson was quoted saying, “I wouldn’t sit here and say I’m to blame , but I’m not the guy to sit here and point fingers and things like that.”

Wait a second. So he’s trying to tell me that he’s not responsible for his own performance, but he’s not going to blame anyone else either?

Who is left to take the blame, then?

I, for one, am sick of players who can’t take a little self-responsibility. While an unsatisfactory performance will happen from time to time, a lack of self-accountability for one’s actions is never the answer.

It’s not as if the teams he played against the last few weeks were the 2000 Ravens and 1998 Chargers, the two statistically best rushing defenses in the Super Bowl era. They played the Patriots and 2012 San Diego Chargers — two quality opponents who are known more for their offense than defensive.

Johnson is failing to realize the concept of a team. He cannot run a single yard without the raw force of his offensive linemen colliding with and pushing back the equally strong players on the defensive side of the ball.

In shedding the blame from himself, he is essentially putting it on those teammates who are going to war for him in the trenches every play. He’s lucky that the linemen don’t “accidentally” let a defensive back slip by them and lay a mammoth hit on him to teach a lesson. They, unlike him, realize that the team is bigger than the individual and would never do that.

CJ, once the most feared running back in the game, has been quick to point fingers at everyone but himself.

If I were building a team, I would want players with the determination to succeed but also the humbleness to accept failure and grow from it. Excuses are signs of weakness and lack of maturity.

Great teams have great leaders who do not place the blame on their teammates. They absorb the criticism because they know that — correct or not -— when the team succeeds they will be the one that gets the credit.

The highest-paid player on the field for a team is its de-facto leader. Johnson should be the guy the others look to when they need a big play or motivation, not the one who calls them out when his own personal play is suffering.

If it were up to me, I would tell him to give the money back if this kind of performance keeps up. His play is dragging down the team and the money could be better served in the hands of someone who is earning it.

Chris Johnson, either earn the money you’re under contract for or get off the field, but for now — you’re sacked!

Jordan Bean is a freshman who has yet to declare a major. He can be reached at Jordan.Bean@tufts.edu.

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Too little, too late: Jumbos cannot overcome early deficit by

Aaron Leibowitz

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The Jumbos wanted a fresh start. What they got was a nightmarish first quarter.

Tufts’ first play from scrimmage on FOOTBALL (0-1 Overall, 0-1 NESCAC) at Zimman Field, Saturday 21 7 0 7 — 35 0 14 0 0 — 14

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Saturday was intercepted, and eight plays later, Wesleyan was in the end zone. One mistake led to another, and before they could blink, the Jumbos were trailing 21-0.

“They came out and knocked us on our heels,” senior tight end Nick Kenyon said. “We just didn’t answer the call.”

It was anything but the start the Jumbos had envisioned, especially after an impressive victory against Bowdoin in last Friday’s preseason scrimmage.

“You can’t put yourself in a 21-0 hole in the first quarter and expect to win a game,” head coach Jay Civetti said. “We’re definitely not a good enough team to not take care of the football the way that we did — snap the ball over our punter’s head, backed up [near our own end zone]. Those are inexcusable mistakes.”

In the second quarter, the Jumbos clamped down on defense and put together a pair of scoring drives to cut the Cardinals’ lead to 14 points at halftime. But Tufts was unable to muster a second-half comeback, and Wesleyan left Zimman Field with a 35-14 victory in the season opener.

“I think the one glaring thing that you saw from that first half was our inexperience,” Civetti said. “We’re a young team, with a lot of

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Senior quarterback John Dodds stepped in for injured sophomore Jack Doll and threw two touchdown passes to senior tight end Nick Kenyon, but it wasn’t enough as Wesleyan prevailed 35-14. guys that haven’t played a lot of football. I’m not using that as an excuse, that’s just the reality of where we’re at.”

The first quarter was especially rocky for sophomore quarterback Jack Doll, who made his first collegiate start. Doll’s first and last passes of the day were picked off, and in between he was sacked three times. With 37 seconds left in the opening quarter, he was leveled as he released his second interception and was forced to leave the game with an injury.

Meanwhile, on the Wesleyan side, sophomore quarterback Jesse Warren threw two first-quarter touchdown passes, while class-

VOLLEYBALL

Jumbos 2-2 at MIT Invitational by

Alex Baudoin

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Despite a strong 2-0 performance on the first day of the MIT invitational, which sparked hopes of winVOLLEYBALL (6-4 Overall, 1-1 NESCAC) MIT Invitational at Waltham, Mass., Saturday Tufts Springfield Tufts MIT

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ning the tournament, the volleyball team slumped to two defeats against Springfield and MIT on Saturday, finishing the event 2-2. The Jumbos, who fell to 6-4 on the season, had no answer for the strong net attack and feisty defense from their opponents, winning just one set the entire afternoon.

The Jumbos struggled mightily against the Engineers, losing in straight sets and accumulating only 47 points the entire match. Freshman libero Carolina Berger was among the few bright spots for Tufts, recording 12 digs and one service ace. Sophomore middle blocker Juliana Goodbar also pitched in with four blocks in the match.

“We just lost a lot of our consistency,” senior tri-captain Kiersten Ellefsen said. “We had some ups and downs and let them sneak in there and win a bunch of points. We learned that we need to be a little more consistent with our play.”

It was more of the same for the

Jumbos against Springfield. Despite a thrilling 25-18 victory in the first set, Tufts was unable to gather any momentum and dropped the final three sets 25-22, 25-22 and 25-23.

“I think we just let ourselves down mentally,” sophomore middle blocker Isabel Kuhel said. “We were really pumped up to play Springfield because they are a big rival. We came running out of the gates ready to go and when they got some points our mental game started to break down.”

The dynamic duo of sophomore hitter Kelly Brennan — the Jumbos’ lone representative on the all-tournament team — and classmate Hayley Hopper each accounted for 14 kills, while senior tri-captain Kendall Lord continued her strong play, collecting 40 assists and 11 digs. Sophomore outside hitter Jess Ingrum also put together a fine performance with 10 kills and seven digs.

“Springfield is a very good team,” Ellefsen said. “They ended our season the past two years so we knew they were going to be good. We expected a challenge from them and, like in the MIT game, we lost some of our consistency.”

In the tournament’s first two games, however, the Jumbos played the dominating volleyball that fans had been accustomed to seeing. Tufts took straight-set victories against both Newbury College and Smith College, starting each match with a strong first set.

“Our energy and momentum going into the day was great,” Ellefsen said.

“We set goals before the game, [and] we had a lot of focus and positive energy as a team in trying to achieve those goals.”

The first match against Newbury was a true team effort -- nearly everyone on the team saw playing time and nine players contributed with at least one kill in the blowout. Brennan led the charge with nine kills and six digs while see VOLLEYBALL, page 11

mate LaDarius Drew picked up 55 rushing yards in the opening period.

“LaDarius Drew might be one of the best backs I’ve seen in this league in a long time,” Civetti said. “Maybe since Ray Jones, who played at Trinity when I was there [in the mid’90s]. The kid’s fantastic.”

After the first quarter, though, Tufts’ defense began to settle in.

“After we realized that this is exactly what we’d seen all week in practice, in the second and third quarter we started meshing and we started playing team defense,”sophomore linebacker Tommy Meade said.

As the defense found its rhythm, so did the

offense. Senior John Dodds, who appeared in six games last year, took over under center and injected new life into the Jumbos’ attack.

On his second drive, Dodds marched the offense from the Wesleyan 40-yard line down to the 17 before connecting with Kenyon for a touchdown.

The Cardinals responded with their fourth score of the half to go up 28-7, but Dodds again had an answer, bringing the Jumbos all the way from their own 10 into Wesleyan territory.

Suddenly, the bounces were going Tufts’ way: On 3rd-and-10 from the Wesleyan 43, Dodds’ pass glanced off the back of the ducking referee and fell into the hands of junior wide receiver Pat Nee for a 23-yard gain.

With eight seconds left in the half, Dodds found Kenyon in the end zone once again to cap a 90-yard drive.

“I think there were glimpses of what we can be, and glimpses of what we will be,” Civetti said. “You saw the team fight back, you saw us rally. I think we got it to a point where the game was within reach.”

With one more break, the Jumbos could have made it even closer. On the opening kickoff return of the third quarter, junior A.J. Redmond forced Cardinals freshman Rob Manning to fumble at his own 24-yard line.

But Manning’s teammate, sophomore linebacker Jake Siciliano, pounced on it, saving Wesleyan from having to defend a short field.

“We had a bunch of opportunities where we could have made big plays, we just missed it by an inch or two,” Kenyon said.

“There’s definitely room for improvement, but there was definitely a lot to take away. A play here and there could have completely swung the game.” see FOOTBALL, page 11

Men’s Soccer held to two draws; Women’s team falls to Colby, Trinity

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The No. 22 men’s soccer team continued its unbeaten start to the season but failed to make the most of its opportunities this weekend. Tufts tied Colby on Saturday 0-0 and also drew Trinity 1-1 on Sunday. Meanwhile, the women’s soccer team remains winless in the NESCAC after slumping to two defeats against the same teams. See tomorrow’s sports section for full coverage of all the soccer action, plus stories about field hockey and women’s cross country.