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Monday, September 29, 2014

VOLUME LXVIII, NUMBER 14

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Two former members of Congress to visit Tufts

by Kathleen Schmidt Daily Editorial Board

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During homecoming festivities, a BMW goes up in flames in the Zeta Psi parking lot.

Amartya Sen kicks off CSAIOS conference

by Patrick McGrath Daily Editorial Board

The 25th Anniversary Conference of the Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies (CSAIOS) kicked off last Friday with its Anniversary Keynote Lecture, titled “Is there Anything Special about South Asian Studies?” by Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University, in a full Cabot Intercultural Center ASEAN Auditorium.

The two-day event featured a variety of speakers and panelists from different universities who spoke about contemporary issues in the field of South Asian studies. The CSAIOS, which was established in 1989, is housed in the Department of History.

Provost and Senior Vice President David Harris and Interim Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences James Glaser started off the conference, noting the strength of the speakers this year and celebratsee CSAIOS, page 2

Richardson to lead Office of Graduate Admissions

by Denali Tietjen Daily Editorial Board

The Office of Graduate Admissions, formerly a part of the Office of Graduate Studies, was officially launched under the initiative of Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Lee Coffin on July 1 and will be run by the new Director of Graduate Admissions Karen Richardson.

The Office of Graduate Admissions will support the admissions process for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the graduate programs in the School of Engineering. All other Tufts graduate schools -- The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the School of Medicine, the Friedman School of Nutrition

Science and Policy, the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences -- will maintain their own independent admissions offices, according to Coffin.

Coffin explained the graduate school admissions process differs from the undergraduate process in that applications are reviewed by faculty in the respective departments and programs rather than by admissions officers. The new Office of Graduate Admissions will manage the administrative side of the application process, including customer service and outreach. Applications, howsee ADMISSIONS, page 2

Two former members of Congress, Milton Robert “Bob” Carr and Ann Marie Buerkle, are visiting Tufts Sept.

28 - 30 as part of the Congress to Campus program, organized by a three-way partnership between the Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership, the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress and Tufts, according to Associate Director of the Stennis Center William “Brother” Rogers.

During their visit, the former members of Congress will be meeting with various members of the Tufts community and speaking about their experience in careers in public service, Rogers explained.

“The Congress to Campus program is an effort to attract young people to public service," he said.

"It sends bipartisan pairs of former members of Congress — one Democrat and one Republican — to visit college campuses around the country."

Rogers explained that the former

members of Congress usually visit campuses for about two days, where they conduct classes, hold community forums, meet informally with community members and do interviews with local media in order to encourage public service careers and provide their firsthand knowledge and experience.

Sarah Shugars, communications manager at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, said she met Rogers in the spring when members of the Stennis Center came to campus for an event.

“We were talking about the work of Tisch College, and you know Tisch College is very dedicated to helping students in the Tufts community connect with public service opportunities and understand what it means to have a career in public service,” she said.

Shugars added that working with the Stennis Center fits well with the mission of Tisch College.

"So to have an opportunity to connect with an organization like the Stennis Center, which is dedicated to public service and public service

awareness, and also that would bring a bipartisan delegation ... to campus just seemed like a great opportunity and a great partnership with Tisch College,” she said.

According to Shugars, planning for the event began last spring and went into the summer. She added that besides Tufts, the former members of Congress will also be visiting Medford High School, and Josiah Quincy Upper School in Boston.

Today, the former members of Congress will be meeting with the Tisch College staff and the Tisch College research team to learn about the research they have been doing.

They will also visit a U.S. history class at Medford High School as well as two classes in the Department of Political Science at Tufts with Professor Jeffrey Berry and Lecturer Teresa Walsh.

This evening they will have a round-table dinner with military fellows of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, students in the Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services and the see CONGRESS, page 2

TCU Senate Update The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed a resolution urging the university to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day, elected two new members to its Allocations Board (ALBO) and allocated funds to several student groups at its first meeting of the semester last night.

The resolution to reconstitute Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day was submitted by seniors Genesis Garcia and Andrew Núñez. Núñez, the diversity and community affairs officer, called the change “largely historical and also very personal.”

“We’re talking about the murder and massacre of hundreds of thousands of people,” he said.

“Christopher Columbus is not this sanitized figure.”

Garcia tied the resolution to increasing discussion at Tufts of the narratives of colonized peoples, citing the new colonialism studies minor alongside other programs and consortiums.

“I think it is only fair that this is included in those movements,” she said.

Benya Kraus, a freshman senator, said that as an international student, she and her peers find the celebration of Columbus Day to be “ridiculous.”

“It’s extremely offensive, extremely traumatic for students,” Women’s Center Representative Allison Aaronson, a sophomore, added.

While some senators questioned whether the new title was the most appropriate option, the consensus held that Columbus should not be honored with a university holiday. If Tufts were to follow Senate’s request, it would join other colleges like Cornell

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University and even states like Hawaii and Oregon in recognizing Columbus’ hand in the genocide of indigenous peoples.

“This is not something that is questioned in academia,” Trustee Representative Chloe Perez, a junior, said.

Senate also elected Kraus and fellow freshman Josh Davis to ALBO, which manages the financial requests of student organizations. Both students expressed an interest in learning more about the Tufts community through budgeting processes.

“I’m really interested in resource allocation,” Davis said.

Davis said his experience on his high school’s student judiciary would enable him to make tough decisions. Kraus added that she was raised to hold her ground when necessary.

“I definitely know how to say no when [I] need to,” she said.

The election followed the discussion of several supplementary funding requests, all of which passed. A request from the Tufts Debate Society was the most hotly contested, with Treasurer Adam Kochman, a junior, breaking a 15-15 tie to award the organization $3,530. The money will allow two students to attend a tournament for 10 days in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and each student will have to fundraise or otherwise contribute an additional $500.

TCU Vice President Matt Roy, a senior, opposed the allocation, noting that it would give the student activity fees of 12 students to just two students.

“I think this is not a wise investment,” Sam Berzok, a junior senator, added.

Sophomore senator Dhruv

Khurana countered that success at the competition — which he said the team attained last year — looks good for the university.

TCU President Robert Joseph said he saw it as an otherwise-unattainable opportunity that Senate could provide for these students.

“It’s making dreams come true, in sort of a cheesy way,” Joseph, a senior, said.

The night’s largest allocation was $4,954 for Mixed Martial Arts to pay instructors and screen Ultimate Fighting Championship matches. Although the group has been recognized since 2007, it had previously relied on volunteer instructors from Tufts’ graduate schools. Other funded groups included Tufts Italian Club, which received $500 for cultural events, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, which was given $2,812 to attend a conference in Atlanta, PostScript, which received $2,400 to publish two issues, Tufts Students for Sensible Drug Policy, which got $1,950 to bring a former narcotics officer to speak, the Leonard Carmichael Society, which received $4,600 for transportation costs, the Muslim Students Association, which was given $1,766 for programming, United for Immigrant Justice, which got $642 for operating, and the Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services, which was given $657 to bring speakers to campus. Prior to this meeting, the supplementary fund stood at $200,000, according to Kochman.

—by Nina Goldman

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Tufts earns its second straight victory against Bates at homecoming game.

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News

iSIS renamed SIS to distance itself from militant group iSIS is no more. While the actual system remains intact, the Integrated Information system (iSIS) returned to its former name of Student Information System (SIS) this semester. iSIS, which debuted in March 2013 as a replacement for the original SIS, is Tufts' online system of recording student information.

According to a statement from Tufts Technology Services (TTS) Director of IT Service Planning and Management Doug Anderson and TTS Director of Enterprise Applications Mark Damian, the decision was made based on the negative associations with the group Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Alternatively known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, ISIS is an al-Qaeda splinter militant group that seized control of areas in Iraq and Syria this summer.

"We have been monitoring the situation with ISIS since the beginning of summer," the statement read. "The decision to change the name culminated at the end of August."

Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer David Kahle, the Student Systems Steering Committee and a staff council were all involved in the decision to officially change the system's name, according to the statement.

"This is strictly a branding/nomenclature change; not a change to functionality," the statement read. "At this time, we have changed the service name to Student Information System (SIS) in key areas, including the Tufts homepage and the SIS login page."

—by Patrick McGrath

Sen discusses global relevance of South Asian studies CSAIOS

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ing the success of the CSAIOS at Tufts.

"The school has benefited so much from [the CSAIOS]," Glaser said. "It has brought great intellectual rigor to the school, and it has been a magnet for students and faculty."

Tufts Mary Richardson Professor of History Ayesha Jalal introduced Sen and underlined the global relevance of the CSAIOS and its cross-border implications.

"The center has been extremely fortunate, really, to have extraordinary support from the Tufts administration over the years," Jalal said.

Sen, who is the winner 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, spoke about the enduring relevancy and purpose of South Asian studies.

"If you look at the Indian, South Asian situation ... it’s very important to identify what sets this region apart, what makes this region so important," he explained Sen said that he hoped to explore the question of whether the study of a particular region or a particular part of humanity is a good way to understand humanity in general. He added that there is a concern that with a focus on regional studies, it can be hard to judge if such knowledge can be applied universally.

"To divide the world up is a favorite exercise of many people," he said.

Instead, Sen concluded that it is more relevant to study particular aspects of a region that could also be applicable elsewhere.

"I think that’s the form that universality has to take if we’re not going to be insensitive to differences that exist in the world," he noted.

Sen spoke of the British colonial rule of India as an example of the exterior applicability of certain themes, such as the the consequences of invasion and foreign-led conversion in India. He said that the lessons of these studies in India can, for example, be applied to other places that were under colo-

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Dr. Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University speaks during the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies. nial rule such as the United States or Australia.

The particular plurality of India's population is another aspect that could be applied to other multifaceted regions in the world, Sen added. He also discussed the different standards for gender and gender equality in India, noting its contemporary problems surrounding gender violence.

Sen explained that, ultimately, it is most important to perform a detailed analysis of a specific characteristic, attempt to explain the origin and consequences of the feature and then see what can be done to solve the problem.

After Sen's lecture, Associate Professor of History Kris Manjapra introduced the second speaker of the conference, Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard University and founder of the CSAIOS.

Bose's lecture, titled "A Sea Change in South Asian Historiography?

Reflections on the Last Twenty-Five Years," covered the history of South Asian historical studies. Bose discussed the growth of the field over the past 25 years during his time as a scholar.

"Our intellectual ambition in those days was to argue that South Asia ... could contribute to broader debates and theories," he said.

Bose highlighted the key role of the CSAIOS in the development of this field in the past 25 years.

"One of the secrets of this center’s success was its creed of generous hospitality," he said.

A reception following the two lectures brought the first day of the conference to an end, with Saturday featuring a number of panel discussions to conclude the event.

Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Shugars said.

“Then on Tuesday they’ll have a meet-andgreet with President Monaco and some of the other senior leadership at Tufts ... so we’ve got two pretty full days of activities,” she said.

According to Rogers, one of the benefits of the program is that the former members of Congress have the time to make long visits such as this with many events.

“They can come for several days, they can also be more candid because they’re not in office anymore, they can let their hair down and say exactly what they think and they can just be very honest and very open with students,” he said.

Rogers said that he hopes this will help allow the program to accomplish its goal of getting students interested in participating in politics and getting rid of the negative perceptions some young people have.

Shugars said that Tisch College has a similar goal for the visit.

“Young people today really are dedicated to working in their communities and making a difference in their communities, and a lot of the research we do at Tisch College shows just how passionate young people are about that kind of work and advocating for change, but we’ve also seen that they don’t necessarily see politics or public service as the way for them to do that,” she said.

Shugars added that the program may change the way students see that.

“I think a program like this is just a great opportunity to show students what that kind of path might look like and how they might embrace it as a way to do the kind of public service and public work that they really are passionate about doing,” she added.

The Stennis Center, which is located in Starkville, Miss., is a federal agency under the legislative branch with the mission of promoting public service in the United States, according to Rogers.

New Office of Graduate Admissions to facilitate admissions process ADMISSIONS

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ever, will still be reviewed by individual departments, he explained.

“Unlike undergraduate admissions, the selection of graduate students is managed by the faculty in the various departments and programs, but the deans were interested in having a graduate admissions staff that could assist the faculty in recruitment efforts and in application processing,” Coffin told the Daily in an email. “The selection of graduate students in [the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering] will continue to be done by the faculty.”

Richardson explained that the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be a useful resource in developing the Office of Graduate Admissions, which seeks to apply some of the same strategies that have proved successful in undergraduate admissions.

“We want to take what we have been

learning over the past couple years around recruitment and apply that to graduate school admissions, about how to increase the size of applicant pool, diversify the applicant pool — not just racially but geographically as well, and also in terms of caliber of the applicant,” Richardson said.

Some of the immediate goals of the Office of Graduate Admissions are to simplify the application process and serve as an accessible resource for applicants, as well as to streamline the process between departments, Richardson explained.

“We have adopted an online application system, as has the undergraduate office, that has a more streamlined and user-friendly interface,” Richardson said.

“We have a new staff that will be very accessible to applicants and put a customer friendly face on the process.”

According to Richardson, the office has its own staff including Associate Director Roxana Woudstra (LA ’04, G ’14)

and Graduate Admissions and Enrollment Coordinator Anna Saropoulos.

Coffin explained that the Office of Graduate Admissions hopes to diversify and grow the applicant pool through its more coordinated recruitment effort.

“The two schools will benefit from a coordinated, strategic recruitment effort for prospective students, as well as a more streamlined application process,” Coffin said. “Graduate admission officers are already traveling around the country this fall, meeting prospective applicants and encouraging them to consider Tufts for their masters and doctoral work.”

Richardson was appointed director due to her exceptional background in admissions, according to Coffin.

She previously worked in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions as associate director of Undergraduate Admissions and director of Diversity Recruitment, and served previously as an admissions officer at Princeton University.

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Karen Richardson will head the Office of Graduate Admissions.

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Lex Erath | Sugar & Spice

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Existing policies regarding alcohol distribution and age monitoring at fraternity parties are not changing acccording to the Greek organizations.

Fraternities aim to make party policies more widely known

by Kendall Todd Daily Editorial Board

Despite rumors that Tufts fraternities will have to follow stricter party policies — specifically involving alcohol distribution at parties and age regulation — the heads of Greek organizations say that the existing policies are not changing. In fact, they said these issues are, to a large degree, already addressed in the current guidelines.

According to the Tufts University Fraternity and Sorority Life Guidelines for Social Events with Alcohol, the existing policies state that fraternities are unable to provide alcohol, but that events can be bring-your-own-booze (BYOB) or the alcohol can be provided by a third-party vendor. Additionally, all guests over age 21 must be provided with a wristband, while all guests under age 21 must have their hands marked with an ‘X’.

Vice President of ATO and President of the Interfraternity Council (IFC) Evan Cover explained that these guidelines — as well as many others outlined in the document — exist to keep guests safe and fraternities out of judicial trouble. He also emphasized that these policies are not new.

“These policies have been in place for quite some time,” Cover, a senior, said.

“A lot of them are set by the Fraternal Information Programming Group [(FIPG)], which is an insurance agency that all fraternities are covered under. In order to throw any type of event, every

fraternity has to follow these policies.

Otherwise, your insurance is revoked.”

Cover did say, however, that the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (OFSL) has been working to better publicize the existing policies throughout the Greek system.

“In the past four years, I have seen a very large increase in the amount of publicity we’re getting to make sure that every chapter knows these [policies] and to make sure they follow them,” he said.

According to Cover, Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Su McGlone has been instrumental in affecting this change.

“She’s really made it a push to make these policies really well-known,” Cover said.

In an email to the Daily, McGlone said the OFSL has been working closely with fraternities to ensure that each member of Greek life is familiar with the guidelines set out by FIPG. “I’m sure every organization has its own method for implementing the policies,” McGlone said. “But the biggest change I’ve seen recently is an increased level of communication between chapters to hold each other accountable and to find ways to educate their members.”

McGlone also outlined the process that educates all fraternity members about the FIPG policies.

“We provide mandatory party host training for all fraternities interested in hosting parties at the beginning of every year,” she said. “This training is in partnership with [Tufts University Police Department (TUPD)], Health Services

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Emergency responders arrive outside a Tufts fraternity house, ATO, to tend to a party-goer who required medical attention.

and IFC. We are in the [fourth] year of providing this training now, and it has been a great way to open lines of communication and provide the organizations with the policies and information that they need.”

According to Cover, one way fraternities ensure these policies are being followed is by maintaining close ties with TUPD. “In my personal experience, we’ve had no negative run-ins with TUPD,” he said. “They are a good resource for us to use, and they are here to protect us.”

Cover added that Greek organizations have to register and gain approval from OFSL for all events that could be seen as parties, thereby keeping everyone — students, administrators and TUPD — in the loop.

“TUPD retains the right to do walkthroughs of [each] party to make sure policies are being followed,” Cover said.

Meg Olsen, a junior and Executive Assistant of Tufts’s newest sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, said that fraternities are indeed ramping up efforts to publicize and enforce their party policies.

“Earlier in the semester ... the fraternities hosted an event that laid out all of the policies related to parties and why they were in place,” Olsen said. “I think that the fraternities hold a lot of responsibility [when] hosting parties, and I feel that they do a good job promoting student safety.”

However, according to Olsen, many students are unaware of the extent of these policies, despite knowing that there are rules in existence.

“I don’t think that the non-Greek community is as aware of how much effort the fraternities put into parties to create safe environments, or of the policies that they have to follow,” Olsen said. “I think that this should be addressed by the entire Greek community so all students are more aware of the policies in place.”

McGlone agreed that educating more people about these policies will lead to safer parties.

“Educating the general Tufts community as to what to expect if they attend a fraternity party is a big part of making [the policies] possible to implement,” she said.

Cover too reiterated that, above all, student safety is Tufts’ top priority.

“All we’re trying to do is make fraternities and sororities as safe of an environment as we possibly can,” he said. “That means ... making sure that people follow [the policies], making sure people know them. There’s been a lot more transparency, and I think it’s definitely led to some fruitful results.”

week or two ago I injured my left wrist, resulting in a mild sprain that I thought would vanish as quickly as my enthusiasm for dining hall food. It proved remarkably persistent, however, and even worsened after I wisely performed such wrist-heavy activities as boxing and econometrics homework. So I bit the bullet, swallowed my vanity and started wearing an exceedingly ugly brace that looks not unlike an orthopedic shoe.

However, concerned friends (read: curious strangers) have been asking me all week how I hurt my wrist. As the truth is pretty lame, I usually follow it with, “I know, I need a better story, right?” to save some face and maybe get a chuckle out of them. What I didn’t expect was that almost every person would nod seriously, screw up their faces in deep thought and suggest an incredibly fantastical story, the likes of which have not been seen on this Earth since the last “Harry Potter” book came out. But what really got me was that all of these people were completely serious.

My best friends actually thought I should tell people I did a flip off my motorcycle and landed badly, or that I got hit by a car while saving an untended baby carriage, or that I saw one of the athletes getting mugged and bravely came to his rescue.

See, this came as a real shock to me, akin to the time I found out that, indeed, people do still exist who have never seen “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013). I’ve always thought of myself as a pretty creative person, good at making crap up and telling tall tales (see: Daily archives of this column). So me stretching the truth a bit now and then only seemed natural, but the carpet was totally pulled out from under me when I realized all of my friends were doing the same. Call me naive, but this was a total eye-opener for me, and I walked away from these conversations growing highly suspicious of my friends and if I could trust anything they’d ever told me.

The general conjecture seemed to be that this sort of thing was perfectly natural — and maybe even expected — to lie about. And maybe I’m the last Honest Abe left on this planet (ha), but to me this seems like a down-the-rabbit-hole sort of situation. If a wrist injury is fair game, what’s wrong with a little fibbing about needing an extension on your paper (there are a lot of untended baby carriages rolling around out there) or forgetting to take the trash out (also plenty of athletes getting mugged)? If we continue along this train of thinking, we’ll end up in a world of complete anarchy where HBO gives out false information about when “Game of Thrones” will return, and where you get the wrong take-out bag at McDonald’s because the employee didn’t believe you were ordering what you actually wanted.

And I don’t know about you, but that is definitely not the sort of world I want to live in.

These last few days I’ve found myself sort of side-eyeing my friends whenever they take too long to answer, and also questioning seemingly innocuous statements (“I’m headed to Tisch later.” “Are you? Are you really?”). It appears that constant vigilance is the only way to prevent myself from being completely taken in by these twisted, Machiavellian strangers I once called my friends. But as I’m sure you know, it’s always best to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

And, in case the suspense is killing you at this point, I hurt my wrist doing yoga.

Yes, yoga. Go ahead, laugh as much as you want, and I’ll see you next Monday.

Lex is a junior on the pre-med track double majoring in economics and biopsychology. She can be reached at alexandra.erath@tufts.edu.

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Theater Review

'Heartbeat' tries for exciting, unique performance but lacks polish

by Drew Robertson Daily Editorial Board

A live concert, a dance performance, a taste of drama and a night out at the club all rolled into one, Heartbeat: A Modern Dance Rock Concert

Produced by George Woods, Jennifer Crowell-Kuhnberg

American Repertory Theatre, Oberon 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, MA 02138

“Heartbeat: A Modern Dance Rock Concert” seems to promise audience members anything they could ever desire for a Friday night of entertainment. The multidisciplinary collaboration, spearheaded by singer/songwriter George Woods, combines live music and dance (though no dialogue) to convey its narrative. According to Woods' website, “Heartbeat’s” story is actually his — the tale of his past romantic affairs and eventual relationship with current fiancée, Heather Smist (now an accompanying singer for "Heartbeat"), adapted and re-lived for audience consumption. As a bonus, it’s also a good opportunity to promote the release of Woods and the band’s new EP, “Backyard Sessions,” by featuring the group’s new songs and music off their full-length album, “Heartbeat” (2012).

“Heartbeat: A Modern Dance Rock Concert” was performed at the American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) club-like venue, OBERON, on Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m., as one of four performances. The show returned to Cambridge once again for a brief engagement, most likely in hopes of repeating two previous runs’ success at OBERON, an intentionally flexible performance space designed to accommodate out-of-the-box productions such as “Heartbeat.”

If you’ve never visited OBERON, here’s an idea: a wide, dark hallway leads to a cave-like room with black

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"Heartbeat" blends music and dance to tell stories of love and loss. walls and dominated by a large dance floor, a disco ball and a full bar. The permanent home to “The Donkey Show,” a disco-heavy adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a night at OBERON is not exactly what audience members accustomed to sitting sedately in their seats and waiting to stretch their legs at intermission might expect. OBERON takes “theater in the round” to the next level, using all 360 degrees of the space to perform (the stairs, an upstairs balcony and moveable platforms are all fair game). Regular admissions visitors are not seated — instead of an assigned seat like 24G, “dance floor” is printed on tickets instead. And just like that, audience members become extras for a night.

Given its creative, unorthodox structure, OBERON is custom-built to handle pieces of experimental or multime-

dia theater like “Heartbeat.” However, for Woods’ brainchild, it may not be a match made in heaven. The various visual and sonic elements — live music, acting and dance performances, a complex lighting design and occasional onstage projections — are simply a lot to digest. Add these blended mediums to the helter-skelter presentation at OBERON, where it’s hard enough to find the actors as they meander through the crowd, let alone maintain a clear view of them. The erratic activity resulted in the details of the story getting lost. Worst still, the continual struggle to understand “Heartbeat’s” moving parts distracted from the emotion of the work. In one particularly critical moment, Woods’ character lays his lover to rest. The scene should be heart-wrenching — he’s saying goodsee HEARTBEAT, page 5

TV Review

'New Girl's' latest season starts off strong after last year's lull

by Timothy Charouk Daily Editorial Board

"New Girl" (2011-present) has offered a promising start to its fourth season.

Creating a third season can be a difficult

New Girl Starring Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield

Airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on FOX time for shows — often following a great second season, where writers are finally comfortable with their characters and the storyline has picked up steam. Falling face first into this trap, "New Girl" unfortunately became too comfortable in its system and successful second season, and the writers began began to get lazy. Characters became caricatures, storylines were stripped-down and overly basic and cheap relationships were written in. While the third season had its moments (it wasn’t quite as bad as “The Gas Leak Year,” fans’ way of referring to “Community’s” (2009-present) disappointing fourth season), they were simply few and far in between.

This season begins at a wedding, serving as a useful barometer for comparing

the different stages of the show. “New Girl” has had three wedding episodes so far. The episode entitled “Wedding” (season one, episode three) is an example of a great episode — the group attends a wedding where their zany antics lead from one comical situation to the next — while still developing the characters.

The second wedding episode, “Elaine’s Big Day” (season two, episode 25), is also very memorable, unfortunately, for different reasons. The episode centers around Cece’s (Hannah Simone) wedding to fiance Shivrang (Satya Bhabha).

A finale episode, “Elaine’s Big Day” tries to do a little too much, ultimately devolving into one large mess and ushering in a similarly chaotic season three.

In the season premiere of season four, “The Last Wedding,” the writers attempt to recapture their past success by sending the cast to yet another couple’s nuptials. This time, the bride and groomto-be are unknown characters, which allows the gang to roam free around the party, unlike at Cece’s wedding. The show even pokes fun at Cece’s wedding episode when Jess begins to throw out all the wedding invitations they’ve kept on their fridge and they come across Cece and

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“New Girl” returns to the small screen reinsee GIRL, page 5 vigorated.

Helen Schmidt | Around the Book Block

The book is always better than the movie

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ello again, fellow book lovers!

Let me begin by saying I love movies. They’re able to sweep us off our feet with visual effects, compelling storylines and impressive acting.

However, watching movies is a very onesided experience. I’m told how to explicitly brand the characters, and the plot shoves itself down my throat to make sure I don’t miss the slightest details. I find it extremely frustrating to be given no wiggle room for a varying opinion or interpretation.

Therefore, I never get excited when one of my favorite books is “coming soon to a theater near me.” Simply put, the movie is never as good as the book.

This is a multifaceted argument; there are plenty of times when a movie adaptation is more visually intriguing or packs a greater punch with creative plot twists.

Often movies use a book’s synopsis as a starting base, taking the same characters and situations but coming up with their own conclusions. When people compare the quality of a book to its movie counterpart, they usually focus on changes in plot.

“Which extremely minor character that I loved in the book didn’t even get a mention in the movie?” (I’m looking at you, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (2005). Where are my blast-ended skrewts?) However, these kinds of changes do not begin to cover what books have to offer that movies don’t: namely, imaginative freedom.

Think of it this way. When I read a book that is particularly descriptive, as my favorite books usually are, I develop an entire visual summary in my head. I assign portraits to certain characters and map out the scenery based on the descriptions provided. Better narratives lead to clearer images in my head, but I actually prefer vaguer descriptions as they allow me to come up with features that I think suit a character or situation best. I get to play an active role in how I see the story. I am able to develop opinions and make predictions based on what I know about the characters and the decisions they make. The material in books isn’t set in stone; it’s more of map — the physically written storyline provides a good idea of the beginning and end destinations and the best route to take between them. However, it doesn’t account for the dozens of winding back roads of individual thought that can lead you on an adventure that was completely unplanned.

Movies, on the other hand, are the exact opposite. They spend so much time making sure audiences are aware of certain details that are important to plot points later on. Plus, there’s the added disappointment when scenes or characters don’t look how I imagined them while reading.

Granted, there is a very small chance that something would exactly match the images I’ve conjured, but I’m always hopeful there will be a perfect visual representation to bring my ideas to life.

While there are some films that allow for variation in their presentation, movies generally disappoint me with their insistence on an inflexible plot. It is harder to be flexible when presenting a story in a short period of time, but by sacrificing a more open-ended plot, movies often lose the grasp that books so easily provide. There is always a sense of adventure when picking up a book. Those who read carefully are rewarded with sneak peeks into the future, while those seeing the same foreshadowed clues in a movie don’t have to actively seek them out. Reading always takes more work, but the satisfaction of forging a new path is a creative bonus not everyone gets to experience.

Helen Schmidt is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. She can be reached at helen.schmidt@tufts.edu.

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Shivrang’s invitation.

For many series, back-to-its-roots episodes often fall flat, emphasizing just how far a show has declined. However, this is not true of “The Last Wedding." The writers took a gamble, and it paid off.

They were able to capture the appeal of the "New Girl's" critically successful early years and recreate it with now established characters.

First and foremost, the new season is more daring. The gang decides to end the “summer of sex” with a bang when Schmidt (Max Greenfield) proclaims that no one is going home alone that night. The previous season presented a decline in risqué content, settling for a safer romantic plot. Furthermore, the characters begin to regain their shape as three-dimensional beings — Schmidt especially — and the show was able to step back over the shark it jumped when Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson) first started dating. These two characters were able to share a heartfelt moment on the floor of a bathroom stall without delving into the cheesy. In the past season, any heartfelt moment often felt cheap and insincere, yet this is no longer the case. Finally, what made the show so great in its early years was the equal screen time shared by the characters. This was done especially

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The fourth season premiere gives each “New Girl” character equal attention. well in this episode, allowing each character his or her fair share and preventing any one character from becoming just a punchline.

The group finds itself in an especially raunchy situation when Schmidt teaches Jess how to use a Tinder-esque app called Dice. While the episode was funny

a few bad habits picked up along the way that are carried into this season, the material so far appears hopeful.

Those viewers sucked in by the first two seasons and who have soldiered on through season three, many simply by force of habit, may finally be rewarded for their patience.

and the writers took more risks, the plot was an example of the show’s faults.

Cheap references to current popular culture, in this case Tinder, make the show look like your grandma trying very hard to stay relevant.

Season four takes a step in the right direction for the series’ future. Save for

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bye to an incredibly important person in his life. But instead, the hubbub of the show itself muddled the moment, sacrificing its poignancy.

The dance elements of “Heartbeat” were of good quality, particularly the performance given by male lead Keil Coit. Jennifer Crowell-Kuhnberg's choreography was expressive while still remaining playful. Sadly, though, it was

hard to appreciate the art of the dancers while also being inundated by the crooning of Smist (on backing vocals) and Woods, or the jazz musicians’ melodies.

Though “Heartbeat” had quality dance numbers to offer, the sheer quantity of theatrical stimulus prevented viewers from appreciating the work to its fullest extent.

Similarly, Woods’ songs were often electric — the faster and more energetic the better. The most memorable pieces

disorienting audiences and alienating them from the action and the art.

By incorporating a range of dramatic elements, “Heartbeat” experiments with the boundaries of traditional theater — a brave attempt that should be celebrated.

Logistically speaking, however, Woods and company have yet to work out all the kinks. And while ordinarily this might not be a huge problem, by “Heartbeat’s” third go-round at OBERON, the lack of polish is a little disappointing.

of the night were undoubtedly “Shake My Soul” and “Heartbeat,” both from the 2012 album. However, the constant noise of the bar and the scuffling of dancers made it hard to hear the subtleties of the music. “Heartbeat” tries to do everything and as a result, it’s difficult, if not impossible, for audiences to lose themselves in any one element of the “Modern Dance Rock Concert.” A particularly painful example: transitions between songs/ scenes were long and almost totally dark,

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Parties and the drinking culture that surrounds them are undeniably part of the quintessential “college experience.”

Even at a school like Tufts University, which does not consider itself to be particularly centered around Greek life and its connotations, it would be quite a feat to avoid fraternities and sororities in their entirety. The presence of Greek life becomes even more apparent during events such as this weekend’s homecoming celebration.

But with providing entertainment and fun to a group of more than 5,000 students comes great responsibility. Each year the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (OFSL), in conjunction with the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD), Health Services and the Interfraternity Counsel holds mandatory party host training for all fraternities who are looking to host parties in the coming year.

Greek organizations must register any-

thing that might be considered a party with OFSL, which helps keep TUPD — whose ultimate goals parallel those of Greek organizations — “in the loop.”

This year, the OFSL is working to publicize the party rules and regulations that are put into play to ensure the safety of partygoers. These rules, which include wristbands for all those over 21 years old, marking the hands of those who are under 21 years old with an “X” and insisting that all parties with alcohol must be “BYOB," have always been in play, but are receiving special attention and emphasis this fall.

While it is commendable that Greek life is taking steps to protect the safety of the student body, one must raise the question of whether prioritizing these rules is the best way to encourage safety with regards to drugs and alcohol on campus. It is certainly important to educate members of fraternities about their

responsibility to prioritize safety as party hosts, but it is equally as important to ensure that every student is knowledgeable about the policies regarding the health and safety of his peers and friends.

Many students are unclear about exactly what the repercussions of calling Tufts Emergency Medical Services are, a confusion that could put the safety of many at risk as they are forced to weigh the health of their friends against the possible academic and disciplinary consequences that might result. This conflict of interest was actually eliminated, albeit without much notice, by the Good Samaritan and Amnesty clauses that the university adopted in fall 2013.

Rules and regulations are important, but enforcing these rules within the frats will not mend a situation that can have consequences much greater than simply not knowing who can legally drink alcohol.

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More than half of undergraduate students at UNC identify as women. And of those women, approximately 20 percent will be victims of sexual assault during their time enrolled in college.

For these women, the reward for excellent high school grade point averages and a laundry list of outstanding extracurriculars is violence, most often by men, most often by men they thought they could trust.

Our university's discursive landscape is centered on the discussion of Title IX and violence prevention. The press has done a tremendous job of reporting perspectives of mostly white, young women and their opposition to the campus sexual assault policies.

It is not for a lack of understanding or apathy that women of color have not pressured media outlets to report their experience. All women who are survivors of violence perpetrated by men can make conscious decisions whether or not to participate in "Speak Out" ses-

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sions or to report their attacker.

There are just as many benefits to reporting as reasons to hesitate. Black and brown women, specifically, tend to be culturally inclined not to speak about their sexual or domestic abuse — not always because of a fear of retaliation by their attacker or reluctant police work, but also because of the effects the prison-industrial complex has on black and brown men, such as extended prison sentencing, aggression from police, economic repression and disenfranchisement.

The dominant discourses surrounding sexual assault have rarely mentioned the many historically black colleges and universities in North Carolina.

An article published in The Journal of Interpersonal Violence said historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) report fewer "completed sexual assaults," which the report suspects could be due to a relative lack of excessive alcohol use on these campuses. Still, a 2010 study by The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found that nationally, black, multiracial and American Indian women were sexu-

ally assaulted at higher rates than white women.

Like the wage gap, it is important to interpret statistics with context in mind and to not assume that "women" means all women.

Of North Carolina's 15 four-year public universities, one third are HBCUs. At these universities, black men are having conversations that UNC is beginning to see trickle into its mainstream.

Programs such as Carolina MALES and the UNC Men's Project offer a space for men to raise their awareness about violence in general and more specifically sexual violence.

As an outsider looking into many of these groups and their conversations, I hope that even without women of color reporting their sexual assaults at the same rate as white women, there will be men willing to navigate these conversations and cultural intersections and be as inclusive as possible.

We can make our campus one where violence is rare to non-existent. But these conversations must not end even if a police report never begins.

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When hope is egotistical and fear is selfless: Scottish (non)independence

by Diane Alexander

The Scots have voted no to independence — thus say all the headlines here for the weekend. Thus reverberates the clarion call of the union down to the next generation that would attempt to break things off. Thus a 10 percent margin ends the parliamentary career of Alex Salmond.

Dramatic, I know, as it’s not exactly the unexpected outcome — the last couple of weeks have proven that, with the sudden surge in “yes” popularity in the polls sending politicians in Westminster and Edinburgh scrambling to appease the independence-lovers. Despite the fact that most people I know in the United States don’t understand why this was an issue in the first place, the two sides aren’t as far apart as you might think. I’ve been in Scotland for almost four weeks now, and I certainly know more about the political climate than I did when I got here, but I am less sure of which answer would have been the “right” one. I’m not a Scot. I have no family ties to the UK I have no say in this.

But let me explain why independence wouldn’t have been such a nonsensical idea, after all — and also why the ultimate outcome isn’t necessarily a bad thing, either.

First of all, let me dismiss the claim of “Scotland couldn’t make it as an independent country” outright, because the battle wasn’t fought on those grounds.

Here, everyone knows that’s not true.

It wasn’t a matter of whether an independent Scotland was viable, but rather whether it would be better off going it on its own than as a part of the UK. The main arguments of the “yes” campaign weren’t nationalistic ones — they weren’t claims of English tyranny and Scottish blood spilled. This wasn’t a gunfight. It was a few million tickboxes on white sheets of paper. “Yes” argued that as an independent nation, Scotland could guarantee its place in the EU and keep Scottish public universities free for Scottish students — yes, that’s right, free. It could protect the National Health System from potential cuts and get the UK’s nuclear weapons, primarily housed in Scotland, out of the country. Scotland could control its own revenues from oil and gas, as well as those from whisky. These things are, like it or not, under fairly constant pressure from the Conservative government in Westminster, which has been imposing austerity measures which impact even the farthest reaches.

Although the health system is, in theory, devolved to Scottish Parliament, Westminster can still make policy that affects it. Additionally, with the recent upward surge in United Kingdom Independence Party voters — essen-

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decision day, as well as the natural question of what happens when the oil in the North Sea runs out. The UK needs Scotland as much as Scotland needs the UK or more — it’s doubtlessly a major part of the delicate balance that currently shores up the Labour Party in Westminster and dilutes the rampant euroskepticism of the South. The feeling of neglect by Westminster politics is not Scottish alone. It stretches out to northern England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Plenty of people from these places stood with Scotland in its bid for greater control over its own fate. This is why the Cameron last-minute offerings of more powers may have given the “no” campaign a solid push. This really was a smart move, and I hope the plan that has been further unveiled with respect to continued devolution will actually happen and will actually help.

The Tory government in power scares an awful lot of people up here.

Independence would have been a leap of faith — it would have been risky, but it would not have been unreasonable, and people should stop making it out as such. I would even say it’s pretty likely that a couple decades from now we’ll see another independence effort with a different outcome. Then again, what do I know? Perhaps the continuing union will boast benefits that will be too good to leave from, or will simply be even more intertwined. The geopolitical order is always changing, and people who say that one vote or the other was a guarantee of stability are either psychics or incredibly foolish. The only certain thing is that the citizen landscape of Scotland is irrevocably changed — with turnouts of over 90 percent in certain counties, I don’t think there’s any going back to sleep for the Scottish people.

But the future is, as ever, long and unknown. Maybe all the people I saw buzzing on the streets a week ago will go back to their cozy houses and put their saltires away until the next national holiday. Then again, maybe the people liked the feeling of doing something. Maybe it’s a new beginning and the political reigns have returned to the populace permanently, regardless of the outcome.

Maybe the thousands of good, honest, opinionated people that turned out to rally for either side in cities, writ their votes large on the cliff faces and laughed at the world’s ignorance until the last minute will remain, will keep involved, will keep talking. Only time will tell. I hope so.

Weird things happen over the summer.

University students find odd jobs, Danny Zukos meet the girls of their dreams and, if they’re crazy, people go barefoot. If they’re crazy attractive they don’t wear shirts, but that’s just not most of us.

Most of us, “us” as in people who employ reason and have memories, use shoes to protect the soft and vulnerable padding of our feet, much like we use shirts to protect our wan and weak self-esteems. But I, for one anomalous week this summer, let my feet breathe. Let me explain.

I had wanted to experiment with alternative feet dressing, i.e. undressing, at least since the weather got really nice around late April. I noticed that when I was outside I used shoes on fewer and fewer occasions, and really only on the way to summery destinations: the field, the park, the meadow, the green, the paddock.

Then I had a thought. What if I were able to develop thicker callouses under my feet as a protective measure for walking on hard pavement and hot asphalt barefoot? Then I wouldn’t have to wear shoes at all — unless, of course, I wanted to enter any respectable establishment.

A quick trip to footvitals.com assured me that callouses themselves are not painful, but they are “embarrassing,” “ugly” and “unattractive.” Too bad we all have them.

Although I was a bit afraid of the formation period, and although callouses are purportedly ugly as hell, I decided to adopt my potentially painful and vaguely immature plan for a week.

Really, I knew that when it became time for me to once again write this column after a summer of being uncool, when, inevitably, I wouldn’t be able to think of anything worth writing the column about, this week would come in handy.

On the first day of my experiment, it took me until well after noon to find any motivation to go outside. Could I be having doubts?

My Mom thought so, but I dissented. Finally, I took a shoeless walk through the woods, irrationally pleased with myself for channeling Thoreau, McCandless and hippie-children everywhere, though even McCandless was smart enough to wear shoes.

The walk was nothing. Bring it on, gravel.

Sure enough, by day three, my feet hardened and became generally abraded. Daily walks to my hometown’s library garden, a grass patch about two miles from my house, became the mandatory calluses-exercising quota. After a total of six miles my feet were sufficiently sore, and after nine miles I could feel new tough parts materialize.

The effects of not wearing shoes, however, are by no means exclusively physical. As I began to walk with a soft, elfish gait in a vain attempt to avoid unnecessary scratches, I began to feel more thoughtful, either by association or on principle of the Aristotelian meander. Pedestrianism was no longer a race; it became a time for reflection.

And I surely needed the time to reflect on certain dubious, journalistic commitments I had made.

The second unintended effect I noticed was that the syndrome called not-wearingimportant-articles-of-clothing is on a spectrum, and by day five my symptoms had become more severe. By day five I really didn’t want to wear underpants. Why, if my feet weren’t bundled, did my nether regions have to be?

Fortunately, my experiment ended before the syndrome could manifest itself in any more clothing removal. After day seven, after my wacky week came to a close, my feet were slightly bruised, definitely more callous and ready for the comfort of woolen socks, even if it meant profuse sweat in the summery sun.

But I can’t say I’m sorry I spent a week living without my shoes. It made me more careful, mindful, slow and, above all, appreciative of well-kept yards. Maybe my next odd summer job will be in landscaping services — that or the resident philosopher.

Diane Alexander is a junior majoring in political science. She can be reached at diane.alexander@tufts.edu.

Adam Kaminski is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at adam.kaminski@tufts.edu.

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tially the closest thing that the UK has to our “Tea Party” in the U.S., except probably more harmful — it’s fully possible that the next election will bring in a Conservative-UKIP government.

Since the vote, there has been rioting in Glasgow where supporters of independence were beaten, Nazi salutes were caught on tape in front of the war memorial and several unionist thugs were arrested. This was rightfully condemned by those on both sides, but there’s no escaping that it was exactly what pro-independence campaigners feared from the fringe elements of the “no” side. Besides all that, take into account the staunch labour support of Scotland. Independence starts not to sound like such a silly idea.

The mantra of hope-over-fear which the “yes” side had been espousing is at odds with the more internationalist arguments of the no side — the official name of which, if you missed the John Oliver bit, is “Better Together.” There’s no disputing the fact that the UK has been able to accomplish some miraculous things. It makes a lot of sense that a country should work to solve its problems domestically before breaking into pieces. Not only that, but going independent really would have been an enormous risk, particularly economically. The same ugliness we saw from a few far-flung unionists in Glasgow on Sept. 19 may have manifested itself as violence in an independence victory, too. Questions about the currency remained mostly unanswered up to

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Cannone was able to lead the team down inside the red zone. The senior quarterback then hit freshman wide receiver Mickey Nichol for a six-yard touchdown, increasing the Bobcats lead to 10.

In the waning minutes of the first half Doll began to lead the Jumbos' twominute drill. The quarterback repeatedly found sophomore wide receiver Ben Berey, who had four of his 14 catches on this drive alone. With 18 seconds to play, Doll hit his favorite target of the game for a 13-yard touchdown. After a missed extra point, the score was 17-13 at the half.

The Bobcats opened the second half with a three-and-out, which led to Doll’s best drive of the game. He completed five passes in a row to four different receivers, culminating in a 23-yard Cooleen touchdown grab on a perfectly executed stop ‘n’ go route.

Bates’ floundering continued when Cannone, being heavily rushed, elected to lob the ball down the right side-

line instead of throwing it away. Junior linebacker Patrick Williams was there to make the leaping interception leading to an 18-yard field goal for Tufts.

Cannone redeemed himself on the next drive by throwing a beautiful fade to Riley in the back left corner of the end zone to put Bates up by one. Just after this touchdown, however, Trause began to take over the game for the Jumbos.

Filling in for injured sophomore wide receiver Mike Rando, Trause returned the ensuing kickoff 82 yards into the endzone. He got the ball at the 18, juked to the left and shot up the home team’s sideline.

After Tufts missed its two-point conversion, Bates stalled inside its own territory and was forced to punt. Trause reeled in the ball at the 49, and was able to squeak by the entire Bobcats return defense for yet another score. The Jumbos were again unable to convert their point-after, so the score was now 35-24.

“I was just filling in for Rando; he was out for that time, obviously,” Trause said.

“I knew we needed to make a big play; both teams on special teams did their job. They gave me some open holes and I just took it.”

The game was already getting out of hand for the Bobcats, but the Jumbos put the nail in the coffin on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Doll to Cooleen. The quarterback rolled right as his receiver slanted to the right, and Doll threw a dart to the back of the end zone for the score, giving Tufts a 42-24 lead that stood until the final whistle.

“We won the game,” Civetti said.

“They’re a [heck] of a football team. They put themselves into positions to be able to score, and I hope there’s always an area to get better. I mean again, you know, we’re asking guys to do a lot of different things. I think it just adds to the opportunity to have a team win. Let guys step up and make plays. That’s part of the game.”

The undefeated Tufts squad will look to carry its momentum into next week’s game against Bowdoin in Maine.

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last week's game against Suffolk. Midway through the first half, HarveyBrown took the ball up the field off a long pass from junior defender Nicole Campellone, but while under pressure by the Amherst defense was unable to find any of her teammates to help maintain possession of the ball on the Amherst half of the field. The trend continued in the second half, during which the forwards' attempts to bring the ball close to the goal were turned away by the Lord Jeffs defense.

Despite the loss, senior co-captain Catherine Greer was back in the starting lineup after missing two-and-ahalf games due to an MCL sprain, a timely return that saw her perform well on both sides of the field. Midfielder and co-captain senior Carla Kruyff sent a corner ball to the far post in the

30th minute, but Greer's header was saved by Burwick. On defense, Greer and Campellone were forced to clear the ball off the line on many Amherst corner kick attempts, with the team recording eight corners to Tufts' four.

For Amherst, the game was about avenging their 2-1 loss to Tufts last fall, while proving that they deserved to be at the top of the NESCAC. “[Amherst's 2-1 loss to Tufts last fall] was definitely something we touched on as a team,” Amherst senior tricaptain Meghan Mills said. “It was bitter, but it got us excited for the game.

[This game] just reaffirmed how competitive the NESCAC really is — almost every team has had a loss. It was a big game for us obviously, since Tufts was undefeated, and it shows how this is going to be anyone's year, really. We wanted to prove, by winning this game, that we deserve to be at the top of the

NESCAC.” For the Jumbos, this game was just another setback for them to overcome.

With the season nearing the midway mark, the team is confident that it still has time to prove it is ready to contend with the best.

“We want to be a force to be reckoned with in the NESCAC, and [this game] really lights a fire," Weiller said.

"We really want to beat every team we can, and we'll have a second chance to play Amherst and show them what we've got. It's our first loss and we're going to take this loss in our stride.

We'll find a way to fight for our next win so that we never have to feel that way again. We can't get bogged down [by the loss], we've just got to keep moving forward.”

The Jumbos’ season continues tomorrow with an 8 p.m. kickoff at Lesley University.

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have yet to make it beyond the conference semifinals. However, each season they finished one place higher in the regular season than they had the previous year, starting at fifth place in the 2011-12 season and finishing with the third seed last year.

Their consistent improvement in the Western Conference, widely known to be the more competitive of the two conferences, is due in large part to their two star players, Blake Griffin and Chris Paul. Paul is indisputably one of the best point guards in the game, and what he lacks in above-the-rim play he more than makes up for with offensive versatility and defensive awareness. Paul is consistently one of the league leaders in assists and steals, averaging 10.7 and 2.5 per game last year, respectively. Paul’s greatest contribution, however, is his ability to distribute the ball without turning it over — averaging a mere 2.3 turnovers per game last year.

Fellow premier point guards Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry and John Wall all averaged over 3.5 turnovers per game last year.

Griffin is the ideal complement to Paul, as he can elevate to dunk and play the ball above the rim like no other player his size. Listed at six-feet ten-inches and 251 pounds, Griffin has excellent size for a forward. He is also an excellent passer and ball handler for

an NBA big man, and has recently made strides in half court sets on both sides of the ball. Griffin improved his free throw percentage to a respectable 71.5 percent last season, which discourages opposing defenses from fouling him late in games. His career free throw percentage had hovered around 60 percent prior to this past season.

Although the Clippers have one of the best duos in the NBA, there are plenty of NBA teams with similar toptier talent. The Cleveland Cavaliers boast Lebron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, while the Oklahoma City Thunder employs reigning MVP Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. What sets the Clippers apart is their depth and system. There is no other team with backcourt depth comparable to the Clippers, showcased by the fact that Paul missed 20 games last year and the Clippers still finished third in the Western Conference. They lost backup point guard Darren Collison to the Sacramento Kings this off-season, but two-time sixth man of the year Jamal Crawford and sharpshooter J.J. Redick will pick up the slack.

Critics might say that the Clippers cannot be expected to contend for the NBA Championship this season because there have not been any major roster additions since the season ended and the Donald Sterling carnival ride was an obvious distraction. But what makes this team more dangerous than

anything else is its continuity. This season will be Doc Rivers’ second with the team, and the team should benefit from the increased time learning Rivers' system, which has proven to be good enough to win a championship.

Rivers is a defensive-minded coach with a penchant for drawing up brilliant plays. His strong-side overload defensive scheme discourages leading scorers on opposing teams from driving or posting up, and Rivers emphasizes transition defense over offensive rebounds. He has learned since coming to the Clippers, though, that with his athletic frontcourt, formerly known as "lob-city," his team can do both. Jordan averaged a respectable four offensive rebounds a game last year, yet the Clippers boasted the strongest 3-point defense, suggesting that they prevented transition 3-pointers.

Tied for 13th in overall points allowed, the Clippers were fifth in opponent adjusted 3-point percentage, best in opponent 3-point percentage and tied for 25th in opponent free throws allowed. The statistics suggest an aggressive style of defense perfect for forcing fast breaks. If Rivers can get DeAndre Jordan to continue his shot blocking without fouling, this team has the potential to be a top-five defensive unit. Already the league leader in points per game, a more balanced Clippers would prove a difficult team to play against.

Luke Machamer | Back Around the Horn

In which I stand up for Bill Simmons

I

don’t usually find myself defending Bill Simmons.

Simmons is the Editor-in-Chief of ESPN's sports and pop culture affiliate, Grantland.com. He grew up in Massachusetts, went to college in Massachusetts and worked a couple of Boston newspaper jobs before starting the site BostonSportsGuy.com, which would eventually land him his job at ESPN. Despite his story, I’ve never identified much with Simmons as an analyst. He’s assumed the role of Boston sports fan-atlarge, and many times I feel he misrepresents that identity. From his implication of the Celtics in every NBA trade rumor to his fanboy obsession with television pop culture, Simmons’ work is usually too bro-centric, even for me.

However, this past week I found myself standing up for Bill Simmons. Simmons was suspended by ESPN on Sept. 24 for comments made during his podcast, “The B.S. Report.” When speaking about the Ray Rice scandal, Simmons used profanity, called Roger Goodell a liar and challenged his employer, ESPN, to discipline him. Not surprisingly, ESPN was quick to oblige, and suspended him for three weeks without pay.

Let’s break down this suspension. First, chalk up the profanity as Simmons being Simmons. Simmons did not swear on a live broadcast. He used profanity in a podcast, a podcast that is actually named the B.S. Report. His 18-35 male demographic has heard plenty of swear words before, and besides, you don’t get three weeks for swearing. It may not have been sterling journalism, but this wasn’t why ESPN was mad.

Ultimately, it was the challenge against ESPN and not the insult towards Goodell that got Simmons in trouble. Many openly questioned Goodell’s claim that he had not seen the video footage of Ray Rice’s domestic violence prior to it being leaked to the public by TMZ. Everyone who questioned the legitimacy of Goodell’s claim simply said what Simmons did in a more tactful way. Directly calling him a liar reads more pejoratively, is more brazen and is a slightly hotter take. In other words, it’s exactly what ESPN pays Simmons to be.

He was hired and given the creative license and the outlets to speak his mind. But the attention-grabbing headlines were supposed to stay strictly focused on sports and not bleed into criticism of ESPN itself.

The ESPN brand is really what this suspension is about. The podcast rant went beyond being controversial; it was a challenge to authority. ESPN has too much money on the line and too total of a dominance of the sports media world to allow a loose cannon. The takes can be hot, but they can’t be against the bosses. This is a smart corporate practice and is the best way for ESPN to protect itself. It also tips off what really matters to ESPN. They would rather their analysts victim-blame those who suffer domestic violence than appear out of line. ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith did the former and was suspended for one week. Simmons did the latter and was suspended for three weeks.

Maybe Simmons knew the suspension would come. He might’ve cooked up this rant to get attention to himself. Even if he did, it’s hard to disapprove of the move simply because it also brought to light ESPN’s questionable priorities. It highlighted the fact that an undivided house is more important to ESPN than what is actually coming out of the mouths of their analysts. You can say something bad and get a slap on the wrist, but if the "something bad" is against ESPN, expect more than a slap.

When Bill Simmons returns from suspension in two weeks, maybe I’ll take the time to read what he has to say.

Luke Machamer is a junior majoring in economics. He can be reached at lucas. machamer@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos win first homecoming game since 2009

by Wil Glavin

Daily Editorial Board

Saturday was Homecoming, and the Tufts football team took the field as victors for the first time in years — a week after the Jumbos won their first game since 2010. The stadium was packed with eager fans hoping that the Tufts win over Hamilton was only the first of many.

And the team did not disappoint. In the Jumbos' first game of the season their defense took center stage, but in Saturday's 42-24 win over the Bates Bobcats the offense carried the team to victory.

The high-scoring affair started off slowly, with neither team being able to score on its first two possessions. The 0-0 tie was not broken until there were just over five minutes remaining in the first quarter.

Following a key 17-yard completion from senior quarterback Jack Doll to senior wide receiver Greg Lanzillo, the Jumbos had the ball on the Bobcats’ 14-yard line.

Once in the red zone, the offense began to feed senior running back Zack Trause.

After a nine-yard run, Trause received the ball again from Doll and sprinted up the middle for a four-yard touchdown.

But the jubilant Jumbos sideline soon became dead silent after Bobcats’ senior defensive lineman Lani Eversage returned the subsequent kickoff to the Tufts fiveyard line. Tufts’ defense was able to make a goal line stand though, and after three straight unsuccessful rushes Bates kicked a field goal, closing Tufts' lead to just four points.

The home team went into the second quarter with a 7-3 lead, with just under 12 minutes to play and with the ball on its own 24-yard line. The drive began well

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Junior wide receiver Jack Cooleen catches a touchdown pass from senior quarterback Jack Doll with 12:33 left in the Jumbos' Homecoming game. for Tufts, with sophomore running back Chance Brady rushing for six yards and Doll finding an open junior wide receiver Jack Cooleen for a 17-yard gain. However, three holding penalties quickly ended what looked to be a promising drive.

“There’s aggressive mistakes and then there’s, kind of, loss of mental fortitude mistakes,” coach Jay Civetti said. “In that

scenario, we’ve got to continue to get better if that’s what those penalties were.

There were a couple there that I know we got to do a better job with.”

Following the Tufts punt, Bates scored almost immediately. Senior quarterback Matt Cannone floated the ball perfectly along the left sideline to junior wide receiver Mark Riley for a 54-yard touchdown.

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Tufts suffers first loss of the season

by Alison Kuah Daily Editorial Board

The women's soccer team suffered its first loss of the season this Saturday at the hands of Amherst, as a 0-0 stalemate at halftime turned into a twogoal second-half deficit from which Tufts was unable to recover. With the loss, the Jumbos drop to 4-1-1 on the season, and join Conn. College, Amherst and Williams with one loss apiece behind league leader Bowdoin, which is now the only undefeated team left in the conference.

With Amherst's sole loss coming at the hands of Bowdoin, a team that Tufts has yet to play, there was no clear favorite in Saturday's matchup.

Both teams had shown strong play on both ends of the field, recording wins by large margins while conceding just three goals between them all season.

The game was a tale of two halves for the Jumbos, who took all of their shots in the first half, outshooting the Lord Jeffs 8-5 in the first 45 minutes of the game. The second half saw a rapid change of momentum as the Lord Jeffs were able to put pressure on the Jumbos' defense, maintaining possession in the Jumbos' half of the field for most of the remaining time.

The game started with aggressive play on both sides, with the Lord Jeffs taking their first shot less than three minutes into the game and the Jumbos taking their first shot less than five minutes later. The Jumbos, however, were unable to convert on their early opportunities. The play of sophomore striker Jess Capone, freshman left wing Mariah Harvey-Brown and right wing sophomore Brooke Fortin created an opportunity in the 14th minute that drew Amherst goalie, junior Holly Burwick, out of goal, but HarveyBrown's shot at the open goal sailed wide of the right post.

“We came out exceptionally hard in the first half, and the weather wasn't

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The Clippers' Sterling summer

by Phillip Goldberg Contributing Writer

past McGarry into the back of the net.

The Lord Jeffs scored again in the 83rd minute, squashing all hopes of a late comeback by the Jumbos.

Amherst Freshman Hannah Guzzi found herself in a one-on-one matchup with McGarry, breaking away from the Tufts forwards after a pass from junior Jessy Hale.

“We knew this was going to be a tough game coming in [because] Tufts is doing really well this year,” Amherst coach Jen Hughes said. “They're always athletic and composed and very strong, so we knew we had to do a couple of things. Tufts was ahead of us going into this game, so for us it's a huge win.”

A worrying trend for the Jumbos was the lack of chemistry between the forwards, who were playing their first full game without senior forward Alex Farris, who was injured in

The former CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, now owns the Los Angeles Clippers after the media blitz that crushed previous owner Donald Sterling following his racist comments. Sterling had been caught on tape telling his mistress not to bring black men to Clippers games, which was (rightfully) a huge news story throughout the summer.

After a drawn-out legal battle, which ended on Aug. 25 when Sterling let the deadline to petition the California Supreme Court pass, ownership finally and permanently shifted to Ballmer.

Despite the seemingly happy ending, the "Summer of Donald Sterling" was quite the distraction for the Clippers.

All-Star forward Blake Griffin recently commented that he knew Sterling was a racist from day one, reopening the issue and putting his own image in the crossfire. Coach Doc Rivers, brought in to replace Vinny Del Negro, said that if Sterling retained control of the team he would resign as coach. Considering how desperate the Clippers were for Rivers’ services, that was no light threat.

Furthermore, superstar point guard Chris Paul also claimed to be unsure of his willingness to play for Sterling.

But the Los Angeles Clippers are now moving on from Donald Sterling.

His son-in-law, Eric Miller, resigned from his position as Director of Basketball Administration, and new NBA Commissioner Adam Silver forced Clippers team president Andy Roeser to accept an indefinite leave of absence. The dust settled, and the Clippers can return their focus to winning a championship.

The Clippers' championship aspirations have been dashed in the playoffs for three consecutive years, and they

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Sophomore forward Brooke Fortin shoots across the field during the team's 2-0 loss to Amherst on Saturday. necessarily something we were used to playing in, so we weren't entirely used to it,” junior forward Allie Weiller said. “Amherst started picking up on what we like to do out wide and up top.

They came out with a fire in the second half, and we just weren't able to match that. Amherst was able to get the ball into the back of the net, but we just weren't able to capitalize on our [first half ] opportunities.”

The Lord Jeffs started the second half with a fervor that the Jumbos were unable to match. As the temperature climbed above 80 degrees, the Lord Jeffs took eight shots in the second half while holding the Jumbos to zero.

Amherst's first goal came at the 61st minute, off the foot of junior Megan Kim on an assist from classmate Rachael Abernethy. The ball bounced between players' feet and Tufts' sophomore goalie Eileen McGarry's fingertips several times before Kim slipped the ball

Riley was Cannone’s favorite target throughout the game, as he finished with nine receptions for 142 yards and two touchdowns.

The Jumbos had a quick three-and-out, which led to the Bobcats capitalizing once again. Bates had great field position, and