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Groups tackle recognition process by

Lauren Clement

Contributing Writer

With nearly 200 clubs and oncampus organizations at Tufts, there is never a shortage of activities to strike your fancy. And if you can’t find what you’re looking for, you can always start up a new club — every year several new groups apply for recognition through the Tufts Community Union Judiciary (TCUJ).

As a part of the process of recognition, student groups must provide the TCUJ with elements including a constitution, concrete proof of activity and a varied membership base. According to TCUJ Chair Adam Sax, a senior, these are the objective components of their decision to recognize or not recognize a group.

“There are certain key elements that each group needs to bring to the table,” Sax said. “The objective parts are just there so ... there’s this level playing field for groups within the TCU as well as groups applying to become part of the TCU.” There are aspects of the decision that are judged on a case-by-case basis, however. The Judiciary works to determine whether or not the group will serve a certain niche that is not already addressed by other groups on campus.

“These subjective elements — in combination with the objective elements -— are as fair as it can be.

We don’t see, and there hasn’t ever

been, a truly 100 percent objective way to do this,” Sax said. “It is a judgment call on the part of the Judiciary, but, as elected officials, we’re elected to make these judgment calls, in a way.”

This year, four groups have been recognized — or rerecognized — including Midnight (at Tufts), Tufts Armenian Club, Amnesty International and Love146.

Midnight (at Tufts) Midnight (at Tufts), which puts on free concerts for all Tufts students, was rerecognized by TCUJ this fall.

Sophomores Max Bienstock, Dan Katter and Dan Turkel applied for recognition seeking to continue the group’s mission after last year’s leadership failed to complete the paperwork in the rerecognition process this past spring.

Katter expressed frustration about this arduous process given their prior status as a TCUrecognized group.

“In the time spent trying to get re-recognized, we could have been planning concerts and just doing what we wanted to do,” Katter said.

Midnight (at Tufts) has worked to realize its goal of being an alternative source of music on campus.

The group hosts eight shows each semester on a small budget, whereas Concert Board only puts on two shows per year on a larger scale.

While the acts may be comparasee RECOGNITION, page 2

Cummings School submits video to national competition The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine recently created a video featuring staff, students and animals in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month that was submitted to this year’s Pink Glove Dance Competition.

Medline, the nation’s largest privately owned manufacturer and distributer of medical supplies, started the Pink Glove Dance Competition last year as a way to raise awareness about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Last year’s competition featured 139 videos submitted by hospitals and other organizations throughout the United States and Canada.

If the Cummings School wins, they will be able to donate $10,000 to the charity of their choice: the UMass Memorial Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, which is located in Worcester, Mass.

“We chose this charity because ... we want the charity to be more personal and more local to us,” Monahan said.

The video features many Cummings School staff members wearing pink gloves while dancing, and a staff member dressed as a pink glove doing activities such as riding a pony.

Karen Monahan, supply coordinator at the Hospital for Large Animals at the Cummings School, organized the Pink Glove Dance video for the competition this year.

“After I received approval from the dean, I just opened it up to everyone and [informed] them about the dance competition,” she said. “Over 90 people participated in this video.”

Over 260 organizations are competing this year.

Medline is the supplier of medical equipment at Cummings’ Hospital for Large Animals, according to Monahan.

The video took 10 weeks to produce, according to Amy Hogan, central sterilization technician at Cummings’ Large Animal School, who was featured in and helped shoot part of the video.

“It’s very challenging, especially with animals involved,” Hogan said.

Voting is online at www.pinkglovedance.com and open until Nov. 2. Three winners will be announced on Nov. 9, with the winning video receiving a $10,000 donation in their name to the breast cancer charity of their choice. Second place will receive $5,000 for their charity and third place will receive $2,000.

“We are trying to be more creative, so we had some animals become involved in this video as well,” Monahan said. “My dog is one of the dancers, and it took over 15 minutes to get him to sit behind the table in order to be ready. He gets wild very easily.”

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Students have been collaborating with faculty in the Department of Child Development to create an American Sign Language (ASL) minor.

Students lobby for more ASL courses, minor by

Patrick McGrath

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Juniors Shaylagh McCole and Mollie Stolzer are currently in the process of petitioning for the additon of an American Sign Language (ASL) minor through the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development.

Adding a minor, according to Stolzer, would help raise awareness about ASL and deaf culture on campus. The students have this month been communicating with faculty and students about the minor’s potential.

McCole explained that she became interested in pursuing additional ASL courses after she began taking ASL her sophomore year.

“I ended up getting really involved and enjoyed the class,”

McCole said. “I wanted to see if we could get more sign language classes offered.”

Stolzer and McCole teamed up after noticing that other sign language students were interested in an ASL minor, even receiving emails from students in ASL III who were interested in supporting them.

“She [McCole] came to me with the idea, asking if I would help her out and support her ... I thought it sounded like a great idea, and I wanted to do everything that I could to help,” Stolzer said.

The pair then took the idea to the Department of Child Development for further input, McCole said. They first approached lecturers in the Department of Child Development Jim Lipsky and Terrell Clark.

McCole and Stolzer are working on two proposals for the ASL minor.

One of the proposed minors would add another ASL class and include a capstone project involving volunteer work or an internship in the deaf community, in addition to the three ASL classes that are currently offered, according to McCole.

The other version of the minor would make use of other classes currently offered at Tufts, such as relevant linguistics and child development courses, she added.

McCole explained that the first proposed minor would require additional budgeting, so the students would have to apply directly to the university and not just to the Department of Child Development.

“If we add more sign language classes, then we have to talk about getting a full-time sign language see ASL, page 2

New fire marshal heads safety, education initiatives by

Brionna Jimerson

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Since his appointment in August, Fire Marshal and Fire Prevention Officer John Walsh has taken considerable strides to improve fire safety on campus and nurture a better understanding of how his office operates.

Walsh said he has begun taking inventory of the Medford/ Somerville, Boston and Grafton campuses and inspecting the preparedness of each. He has used his time at Tufts so far to emphasize the importance of fire and life safety systems such as sprinklers, smoke alarms and exit signage.

The Fire Marshal’s office is an extension of the Tufts Environmental and Health Safety office (TEHS), which is based in the Department of Public and Environmental Safety (DPES). The office is charged with ensuring the safety of members of the Tufts community as well as monitoring the fire and life safety systems for all three campuses.

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in Cumberland, Rhode Island and seasoned fire safety agent, Walsh has worked with several colleges as a member of their fire safety teams.

Stephen Larson, director of TEHS, elaborated on Walsh’s duties as fire marshal.

“The primary initiative for [Walsh] when he came to Tufts was to look at the fire safety program as he found it and establish priorities in terms of programs, goals and objectives,” Larson said.

By working with Director of Public and Environmental Safety Kevin Maguire, Larson said that he and Walsh have identified 17 different areas that need to be addressed concerning the fire safety program at Tufts, including fire education and adequate inspection of properties.

“He [Walsh] has been here for three months, that’s not a long enough time to evaluate a university on three campuses, but we’re in the process of deciding the priorities and how they’ll be addressed moving forward,” Larson said. “This period of time

is one of analysis and planning.”

Walsh said he has made it a point to visit and inspect all of Tufts’ undergraduate and graduate school facilities and increase the visibility of fire safety awareness programs. With the addition of new laboratories on the Boston campus, along with the facilities at 200 Boston Ave. in Medford, a major concern for the office is the fire safety of lab and research spaces.

“When it comes to fire safety and the labs, we do inspections, and [TEHS] has principle investigators who do lab specifications,” Walsh said.

Assistant Fire Marshal Richard Mullane explained that Walsh’s increased involvement in lab spaces has set a precedent for the rest of the office.

“We’re going to get more involved doing the lab inspections,” Mullane said. “The office will work more closely with the primary investigators and all the safety equipment they have to see FIRE, page 2

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professor, which we don’t have, or pulling in another part-time professor or giving more classes to one of our already part-time professors,” she said.

McCole, Stolzer and Lipsky recently met with George Scarlett, deputy chair and senior lecturer of the Department of Child Development, to discuss the possibility of a minor and learn about the next steps they should take, according to McCole.

She hopes to submit the proposals to

Scarlett in the next few weeks, and decide if they need to ask for extra funds from the university. The decision as to which minor will be officially considered will depend on the feasibility of the additional costs, McCole said.

Stolzer and McCole also developed a survey to gauge the interest of students who are currently enrolled in an ASL class or who have completed an ASL class.

Of the 28 students who responded to the survey, 12 indicated that they would pursue an ASL minor if it was offered, 15 said they

maybe would be interested and one person stated no interest in the minor, according to Stolzer.

McCole said that her goal is to have one of the minors accepted for next year, but stressed that everything will ultimately depend on the budget.

“I think there’s a lot of interest in ASL at Tufts, and there [are] only three ASL classes right now,” Stolzer said. “I think even just offering the capstone project would give people at Tufts the chance to cultivate that interest more.”

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tively smaller, the breadth of the performances’ genres is greater, including rock, jazz, pop and folk music.

“It just so happens that we can hit a wide variety of genres or music tastes, so we can keep drawing in people. The concerts put on are free and for everyone in the Tufts community,” Bienstock said. “We are going to have music that is both something you probably haven’t heard before, but is also accessible and will [hopefully] be appreciated by the student body at large.”

Turkel says that Midnight (at Tufts) provides a different vibe and has a wide appeal for students.

“We don’t have to cater to the lowest common denominator,” he said. “We provide an alternative to the mainstream, large scale events that Tufts puts on, that feel very ‘Tuftsput-on.’ It’s kids putting on concerts for kids.”

Amnesty International The Tufts chapter of Amnesty International, an international human rights organization, was also rerecognized this year. According to co-President Christina Luo, a senior, the organization focuses on a wide variety of human rights issues around the world including freedom of speech, gay rights, torture and the death penalty.

The Tufts chapter holds weekly meetings and other events, including a concert in April called Jamnesty, letter-writing campaigns and guest speakers.

“Last year we had the former representative to the special mission in Kosovo speak to us, and another year we had a former interrogator at Guantanamo Bay,” Luo said.

Tufts Amnesty’s next project is an art installation called the One Million Bones Project, which stems from a nationwide initiative to raise awareness about genocide in the Congo.

“I think everyone has heard of Amnesty International at the very least,” Luo said.

“Part of it is just that the Tufts culture is very much about social activism, doing the right thing, equality, justice — all of those buzzwords — so I think it really strikes a chord with people here.”

The Armenian Club The co-founders of the Armenian Club at Tufts, juniors Lisa Setrakian and Knar Bedian, met during orientation freshman year and immediately bonded over their Armenian

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heritage. According to Bedian, they both noticed the absence of a group for Armenians at Tufts in contrast to most other schools in the Boston area.

“I came to Tufts knowing there was an Armenian Club there before, so I expected it to be here,” Bedian said. “I went around the activities fair looking for the Armenian booth, but there wasn’t one.”

Hoping to fill that void, they began a twoyear long process of gathering interested students and engaging in a variety of cultural activities together. The Armenian Club existed unofficially until the TCUJ recognized them this fall. Bedian acknowledged that it is now easier for interested students to reach out and become involved.

“I wanted the recognition just so it would be listed under Tufts and people could find us more easily, because if people don’t know you’re there, it’s like you don’t exist,” she said.

The Tufts Armenian Club will host an event this December for similar groups at other Boston area schools. The group hopes to draw students from campus and the local community to create an inclusive space.

“Aside from bringing Armenians together, we hope to act like a moderator and help people who aren’t Armenian or whoever wants to learn about Armenian culture [and come together for] events that are going on within and outside of the Tufts bubble,” Bedian said.

Love146 The Tufts chapter of Love146 has been active since the spring of 2011 and officially became a TCU-recognized group this year.

Love146 is an international anti-trafficking

organization that is focused specifically on ending child sex slavery and exploitation.

Co-President Elaine Kim, a senior who also works with the international organization, explained that Love146 is unique in that it strives to use personal stories of survivors and victims of trafficking to spread awareness and make a more direct connection with those it seeks to educate.

“The reason we chose to work with Love146 is that they really focus on the message of hope, and the actual power of love,” Kim said. “We really appreciated the way they approached the issue and that they focus so specifically on child sex slavery. But they partner with and support other groups that do things with different kinds of trafficking as well.”

Kim explained that official recognition allowed the group to apply for funding from TCU, which has been beneficial.

“Not worrying about finding sponsorships in order to actually host events puts pressure off of that, and lets us focus more on the things we wanted to do like planning events and the educational aspects of it,” she said.

Love146 runs many different kinds of events throughout the year, including benefit concerts, documentary screenings and the Abolitionist Curriculum, a series of six educational programs focused on the history of trafficking and how it can inform the prevention of child slavery.

“We want it to be a group that puts education as one of our main reasons, aside from fundraising for Love146,” Kim said. “It is really important for us to go through the Abolitionist Curriculum each year so that we are making sure people are going deep into the reasons behind child trafficking.”

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Newly TCU-recognized groups, such as Love146, work to engage students on campus.

wear when working with chemicals.”

Larson stressed the significance of fire safety in student housing.

“We don’t want anyone hurt in a fire at Tufts,” he said. “That means making sure the fire exits are clear, bikes aren’t blocking doors and systems are working.”

According to Larson, the Fire Marshal’s office focuses heavily on fire prevention instead of fire response, which is handled by the Medford, Somerville, Boston and Grafton Fire Departments.

“Our big thing now is working on the website, educating the students a bit more on fire safety in the dorms and the woodframe houses they’re living in,” Mullane said. “Some of these wood-framed houses, even though they’re [equipped with] sprinklers, can be dangerous.”

So far, according to Walsh, fire drills and preparedness drills in the academic and residential buildings have been successful.

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However, there are also many alarms set off by smoke in residential and academic buildings, often the result of a cooking effort gone awry, he said. Walsh noted that since the beginning of the academic year, there have been 12 instances of fire alarms activated by cooking-related incidents, including two that occurred in the last week.

This level of frequency can lead to fire alarm apathy, Walsh said, a dangerous side effect that can cost someone their life.

“It creates a crying wolf effect — when fire alarms were new, like car alarms, it was like, ‘What’s that?’” he said. “Now you get desensitized; it happens with fire alarms.”

Mullane admitted that since the beginning of this academic year, there have been more fire alarms and smoke alarms going off than usual.

“We’re getting more this year than we had in three-fourths of last year, alone,” Mullane said. “We’re in the process of posting all the kitchens with signs explaining what to do when they’re cooking. Maybe that’ll help.”

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Creative use of space, dense dialogue define thoughtprovoking, thoroughly modern ‘Now or Later’ by

Avani Patel

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Though it illuminates controversial topics such as religion, politics, liberty and homosexuality, the Huntington Theatre

Now or Later Written by Christopher Shinn Directed by Michael Wilson At the Calderwood Pavilion through Nov. 10 Tickets $15 to $80 Company’s production of “Now or Later” might leave its audience more confused on these issues than they were when they walked in.

Although the play is over 90 minutes in length, it takes place entirely in a single hotel room. This forces the actors to make complete use of their limited set.

An interesting aspect of this production is that none of the objects central to the play’s major themes are ever shown to the audience. Though pictures and speeches are referenced, they are never shown. Furthermore, actual props are used in creative ways to shed light on the character’s personalities.

A mini-fridge, for instance, is used to unconventionally portray the quirks of a couple characters. While the snarky Tracy (Adriane Lenox) takes liquor out of the fridge, John (Grant MacDermott) refuses to drink even water from the fridge due to his stringent principles against alcohol.

The lighting remains fairly consistent throughout the play. A spotlight is cast on John to illuminate his presence as the protagonist. He is surrounded by a darkness that mirrors society’s until the lights dim to black at the play’s end.

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Confining all of the action in “Now or Later” to one room keeps audiences focused on the play’s thought-provoking dialogue.

The script encompasses difficult societal and political tensions and sheds light on the way society functions. Considering the ambition a writer must have to tackle controversial themes, the dialogue is nota-

bly dense and rich with social critique.

Viewers are forced to watch the play with fixed eyes and pointed ears, as each line offers either a thought-provoking claim or a subtle, critical jab. This becomes prob-

lematic with the flow of the production, though. Because the language is so academic and the dialogue consists of minisee NOW, page 6

Gallery Review

History repeats itself in provocative MFA exhibit

by Joyce

Harduvel

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Modern art can sometimes seem disconnected from its rich history, but this is not

Ori Gersht: History Repeating At the Foster Gallery, through Jan. 6th Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue 617-267-9300 the case with the exhibit “Ori Gersht: History Repeating” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). In Ori Gersht’s first museum survey show, Gersht seeks to remember violence and blend past and present in pieces that are at once alluring and horrifying. The exhibit’s form is also complete with the works that inspired Gersht: they are displayed alongside his own pieces, both complementing and mirroring the painterly quality of his high-definition videos.

Gersht’s art depicts his life growing up in Israel, what it was like for him to live through four wars and how these experiences have shaped his identity.

While many of the exhibit’s 25 photographs and films explore the Holocaust and Israeli wars, Gersht also examines brutality more broadly in other violent

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Gersht’s works explore the duality of violence and beauty, destruction and renewal. acts throughout history.

Gersht’s film “Will You Dance With Me?” (2011) uses two screens to tell the story of Yehudith Arnon, a dancer

and former Auschwitz prisoner.

The blinding white of the barren winter field that Arnon was forced to stand in after refusing to dance for Auschwitz guards

is juxtaposed against her frail and wrinkled face; she drowns in the film’s black background.

Her movements are slight but powerfully artistic and her face

is a living artifact of both her art and her pain.

The piece is difficult to watch, but it is also fascinating in its daring humanity and extraordinary visual detail. A classical piano and cello piece weaves effortlessly around a voiceover before fading into a wintery silence in the background. These effects subtly heighten the emotional impact of the film.

Gersht’s work focuses on the impact of great tragedy on humans, but his artistry shines when he highlights nature as a reflection of that human trauma.

In several works, such as the 2006 high-definition film “Big Bang,” Gersht experiments with creating violence and capturing it vividly.

The piece plays upon the creation of the universe, but also introduces destruction to the story.

The film starts out black, but a vase full of flowers that looks remarkably like an old still life gradually becomes visible.

Slowly, fog begins to swirl out of the vase and everything is quiet.

All at once, sirens sound and the vase explodes in slow motion to reflect the human response to disaster. Sharp petals assault the dark edges of the screen as the sirens crescendo. Slowly, the film’s chaos fades and the debris begins to settle. As the remaining petals float to the ground, a single white flower on a feeble stem remains. It stands still through the fog, showing hope see GERSHT, page 6

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‘Ori Gersht: History Repeating’ sends clear message GERSHT

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“Now or Later” challenges audiences’ stereotypes and expectations with dense dialogue and creative staging.

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monologues, the interactions between characters often feel forced and unnatural. The debates that they engage comprise one of the play’s most powerful aspects by accurately mirroring and simulating the way people argue in everyday life. By showing us an argument that is simultaneously relatable and engaging, “Now or Later” urges viewers to reconsider these types of interactions and how they are portrayed.

This unusual script has an important effect on how we view the actors, as well. On the surface, for example, we may prefer characters like Jessica (Alexandra Neil), who has hilarious ten-

dencies and a distinctive personality.

It must be noted, however, that Neil’s job as an actress is considerably easier than, say, Lenox’s. This is because Jessica’s lines are not as content-rich, so her role as the mother in the play is more believable and realistic. Lenox, on the other hand, who plays Tracy, had more difficult ground to cover, and runs the risk of sounding phony.

Despite the hurdle, however, Lenox does a pristine job. As Tracy she is able to bridge the gap between being likeable and knowledgeable, something that the character John is unable to do with a similar grace. His character seems the least believable, but he is also the character given the most archaic lines. This

could have been intentional due to his status as an Ivy League college student, but it does still create a fair amount of disconnect between John — the play’s protagonist — and his audience.

Overall, “Now or Later” is without a doubt a play worth seeing. With the upcoming election and ongoing debates, its messages are crucial as we start thinking about the political climate surrounding us. By raising creative questions of philosophical importance rather than standard campaign trivia, the play has the potential to get citizens thinking in new ways about how to cast their opinion on political parties. “Now or Later” is running at the Calderwood Pavilion from Oct. 12 to Nov. 10.

even in catastrophe.

Slow motion is the most effective tool employed by Gersht in “Big Bang,” as it allows the viewer to see destruction in a level of detail usually rendered impossible by time. The soundtrack, which utilizes the different types of sirens Gersht heard in his childhood, is theoretically powerful, but it is difficult to hear due to the piece’s other sound effects.

Recalling a more specific historical violence, the 2011 inkjet print “Hiroshima Sleepless Nights: Never Again 01” connects the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings to Gersht’s visual discussion of the Holocaust to emphasize the continuity of violence.

The print, which features a frail cherry tree in front of a white sky, is split into two frames. The branches from one picture do not line up with the branches of the other, imitating the fracturing of a society damaged by great violence.

Like most of the pieces in Gersht’s collection, the photo explores the connections between violence and beauty, destruction and renewal. The light colors and predominance of light send a message of hope and peace to the viewer. The print’s label, however, likens it to bright light from a bomb.

This instance of subtlety — along with many others similar instances throughout the exhibit — will undoubtedly go over the heads of most viewers. Although Gersht’s images have a universal appeal in their ability to make brutal images and violent historical references beautiful, they can communicate much more to a person who has experienced the kind of trauma that he has. Much of Gersht’s audience won’t connect to the foreboding violence of his pieces, but the power of his juxtaposition of seduction and cruelty is reason enough to visit the exhibit.

“Ori Gersht: History Repeating” will run through Jan. 6, 2013.

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Lessard by Yogerst, giving Tufts a key insurance goal.

“We had been working a lot in practice this week on restructuring our corners so that more people were in a position to tip, rather than letting the goalie take the initial shot,” Perkins said. “We had been able to create a lot of space on the left side of the circle, so Rachel took the hard shot in from the left side, and Chelsea was in the exact right position to redirect it into the goal.”

From that point on, Tufts dominated possession of the ball. The Polar Bears earned one penalty corner opportunity in the 47th minute, but it was well-defended by the Jumbos’ staunch defense.

Outside of that, the remainder of the game was dominated by Tufts’ offense.

“We always say that our forwards are our first line of defense,” Yogerst said. “The pressure that we put on [Bowdoin’s] back players helped us continue to keep the ball in our offensive end.”

The final whistle could not have come soon enough for the Jumbos, signaling a hardfought victory and sole possession of second place in the

NESCAC standings, behind national No.1 Middlebury.

After past heartbreaking losses to the Polar Bears, including a not-so-distant loss in the NESCAC championship in 2010, Tufts’ redemptive win marked the end of a sensational season in which the Jumbos dominated most opponents start-to-finish.

“Every year we look forward to the Bowdoin game,” Perkins said.

“Win or lose, it’s always a battle and one of the most fun games of the season. Obviously we are happy with the win, and as seniors we couldn’t be prouder of how far this team has come this season.”

As they have all season, however, the Jumbos controlled the game, setting the pace and dominating possession. Tufts outshot Bowdoin 13-4, and notched an 11 -3 advantage in penalty corners en route to the victory.

On Saturday, the Jumbos will host seventh-seeded Wesleyan during the opening round of the NESCAC Championship on Bello Field. It marks the one-year anniversary of the premature end to the Jumbos’ 2011 season, where they fell in double overtime to Trinity in the conference quarterfinals.

“I think [Wednesday’s] game was a great springboard to propel us

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both games, we responded quickly as a group and got the desired results.”

The Polar Bears opened up the scoring Wednesday in the 17th minute when freshman forward Andrew Jones struck from 40 yards out. Junior goalkeeper Wyatt Zeller nearly made the save for the Jumbos, but the ball eluded his outstretched fingers. Bowdoin senior midfielder Alex Thomas was credited with the assist on the play.

Tufts responded just 20 minutes later when sophomore midfielder Kento Nakamura picked out freshman midfielder Jason Kayne, who had gotten open at the top of the box.

Kayne corralled the pass and sent a nifty chip over the head of Bowdoin junior goalkeeper Will Wise.

The beginning of the second half was played fairly evenly, as both teams produced dangerous scoring chances. Tufts finished with six shots on goal, partially a product of its new formation, which stresses constant pressure on the opponent to win the ball back after a turnover.

“The formation created both goals for us against Hamilton and certainly helped against Bowdoin,” Blumenthal said. “[Sophomore defender] Sam Williams and [senior co-captain defender] Pat Bauer have stepped up, playing in positions they might not be as used to, and freshman [defender] Monil Patel has done a great job starting at outside back the last few games.”

In the 84th minute, Blumenthal scored what would be the game-winning goal, his third of the season, after some beautiful tictac-toe passing to unlock the steady Bowdoin back line. “[Freshman midfielder Rui] Pinhiero found the ball on the left side about 35 yards out,” Shapiro said. “He played a good sharp pass into [sophomore forward Maxime] Hoppenot.

Kayne darted around Hoppenot, who laid a one-time pass off into path. Kayne looked up alertly and found Blumenthal crashing the back post. It was a well-worked goal, indicative of our young players’ soccer acumen and unselfish play.”

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Senior co-captain forward Lia Sagerman scored a goal as Tufts won its 13th game in a row to cap off the regular season. into the NESCAC tournament, but now that the regular season is over, the slate is wiped clean, and we’re looking forward to the next game,” Perkins said. “In the postseason, every team is fighting for their lives so every game is going to be hard fought. Right now we’re just focusing on the most important game of the season — Saturday’s game against Wesleyan.”

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playoff match since 2001, the Jumbos must now once again ready themselves to play Bowdoin, a team that finished the regular season with a 4-4-2 conference record. The Polar Bears are led by junior defender Ben Brewster, who was named to the All-NESCAC Second Team last season, but Bowdoin is really known for its consistency and ability at every position.

“We just have to approach Bowdoin the same way we approached them today: go in to the game knowing that they are going to be a very tough matchup that we cannot lose to at any cost,” senior co-captain midfielder Rafa Ramos-Meyer said. “We need to be more focused on what we can do to dictate the game. In terms of their style, they have a lot of physically imposing players, and they will look to play to that strength.”

The Jumbos will be short-handed on Saturday with the losses of sophomore midfielders Kyle Volpe, Gus Santos and Mike Miele, all of whom may not be able to play on Saturday for medical reasons. In their absences, Tufts has gotten strong play from key reserves such as Pinhiero, Kayne, and Patel, all of whom are freshmen.

“The ability to make-up for the absence of some incredible players is definitely a product of our depth,” Zeller said. “We knew the whole year that everybody on the squad was going to be able to make a difference. People on the bench are itching to get in the game, and they have shown that they are more than capable of contributing quality minutes.”

Having just played each other, there should not be any surprises when the Jumbos and Polar Bears battle on Saturday.

According to Zeller, it will take an even better effort for Tufts to beat Bowdoin once again in the playoffs.

“Beating Bowdoin again will take an effort equivalent to, or better than, what we did on Wednesday,” he said. “The atmosphere is going to be more intense, because it is win or go home, and they are always a team that brings a lot of passion on the pitch. To win, we are going to need to play collected, calm, and as a team. We are going to need to trust one another and play extremely hard and physically - especially in the penalty boxes.”

refine it in practice. Trause, who pitched the ball to Weaver just once against Williams, is gradually becoming more comfortable running the option.

“I think we’re a lot better on it now after two solid weeks of running it,” Trause said. “Me and Justin Weaver are on the same page, we know what the reads are. It’s definitely going to be a good part of our offense if we can execute it.”

To have success running the Wildcat, some inexperienced players will also need to step up on the offensive line. Freshman Akene Farmer-Michos has started the last two games at right tackle, with sophomore Kyle Duke sliding over to right guard.

While Farmer-Michos has taken his lumps against league powerhouses Trinity and Williams — as any first-year would — he’s also helped create a comfortable pocket for senior quarterback John Dodds. And, most importantly, he continues to get better, as does the entire offensive line.

“Akene is a freshman who played his second game ever against a pretty good defensive line at Williams College,” Civetti said. “We’ve had to

move guys around, and it’s been cool to see those guys improve as a group.”

On the defensive line, the situation is similar. While there are three senior starters — tri-captain Chris Toole, Curtis Yancy and Zak Kline — the group also features sophomore James Brao as well as several freshmen. Last week against Williams, freshman linemen Corey Burns, Ife Adebayo and Evan Anthony all recorded tackles.

Like the running game, the run defense has been a point of weakness for the Jumbos.

But the underclassmen are making strides each week.

“They’re definitely playing a lot faster than they were at the beginning of the year, and they’re getting a lot better with their assignments,” Kline said.

“It’s a very fast position, and you have to get used to that speed, which they’ve done very well in the last couple of weeks.”

Tomorrow against Amherst, the defensive line will need as much energy as it can muster.

“They are an up-tempo team.

The ball will be dead, and they will be right back up on the line running the next play as fast as possible,” Kline said. “We just have to be ready to get a little more running in this week.”

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Lucky 13: Jumbos beat Polar Bears, claim second in NESCAC by

Kate Klots

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After a season of nailbiters for the Jumbos, and a history of lastsecond results against Bowdoin, the result was never in doubt on FIELD HOCKEY (13-1 Overall, 9-1 NESCAC) at Bello Field, Saturday Bowdoin Tufts

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Freshman midfielder Jason Kayne (center) scored the first goal as Tufts captured a crucial victory against Bowdoin on Wednesday night.

Tufts beats Bowdoin to secure first home playoff game in 11 years by

Matt Berger

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Needing a tie against Bowdoin on Wednesday to secure a home playoff match in the first round of the NESCAC Tournament, the MEN’S SOCCER (8-3-3 Overall, 5-2-3 NESCAC) at Kraft Field, Saturday Bowdoin Tufts

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men’s soccer team went above and beyond, beating the visiting Polar Bears 2-1 after a late goal from junior midfielder Scott

Blumenthal. But Bowdoin’s chance at revenge will come in just four days when the two teams meet again on Saturday at Bello Field in the conference quarterfinals.

After going through a rough mid-season stretch in which the team went 1-2-3 in conference play while scoring only six goals, Tufts has finally regained its stride with two consecutive NESCAC wins.

Though the team did not necessarily play poorly during that rough stretch, the Jumbos had trouble finishing their chances, and, ultimately, were unable to get the results that they were capable of.

“I feel the team has some confidence and belief right now,”

coach Josh Shapiro said. “We played very well at times in the Williams and MIT games, but simply did not make the plays around the net. We made some tactical adjustments and some tweaks with personnel that seem to have helped a bit.”

“I really think we’re starting to find our stride and definitely taking some momentum into the NESCAC playoffs,” Blumenthal added. “The wins against Hamilton and Bowdoin were big for us, especially because we blew a lead against Hamilton and went down 1-0 early against Bowdoin. But in see MEN’S SOCCER, page 7

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Under the lights, the No. 8 field hockey team dominated Bowdoin in a matchup that has a long history of being closely contested, sailing to its 13th straight victory and clinching the No. 2 seed for this weekend’s NESCAC championships in the process.

The Jumbos ousted No. 3 Bowdoin in a 3-1 performance that at times seemed far more one-sided than the final score indicated.

Senior co-captain forward Lia Sagerman and junior midfielder Emily Cannon both got early shots off before Bowdoin had even gotten a foot in the game.

But the Polar Bears responded, firing three shots in quick succession at sophomore goalkeeper Brianna Keenan, who made two saves to keep things scoreless.

“Bowdoin’s defense has always been strong, so we knew going into this game that we’d need to capitalize on our offensive opportunities,” senior forward Kelsey Perkins said. “Right from the getgo, the whole team stepped up and put a lot of pressure on their backs, but it was really when we recognized how strong they were in the middle of the field that we started to keep the ball on the outside more, spread the defense, and get the corners and scoring opportunities.”

The Jumbos were the first to capitalize after notching their first penalty corner of the game.

Sophomore midfielder Maggie Chapman redirected a corner to Dakota Sikes-Keilp, and the

freshman midfielder finished off Chapman’s feed for her first collegiate goal and an early Tufts lead.

“Dakota’s goal was representative of how everyone on the team’s dedication is paying off and how each player on this team has a vital role in our success,” junior forward Chelsea Yogerst said. “She came into the game and elevated everyone else’s play by bringing an intense energy which eventually led to an amazing goal.”

For the remainder of the half, the Jumbos continued to press, allowing the Polar Bears just a single penalty corner opportunity after their goal. Cannon got another two more shots on cage, but both were rejected by Bowdoin senior co-captain Kayla Lessard.

After the break, it was no different, as the Jumbos came out blazing. In a flurry of action at Bowdoin’s defensive end, Perkins took three consecutive penalty corners for the Jumbos. Senior cocaptain midfielder Rachel Gerhardt and Cannon each received balls in a thicket of defenders, but were unable to get good looks.

Sagerman finally took control, winding her way through a mass of bodies. The senior received a pass in the middle of the circle and found a gap to push one past Lessard, giving Tufts a 2-0 lead at the 37:06 mark.

Four minutes later, the Polar Bears made another push, carrying the ball downfield and eventually setting up a restart from the far right wing. Junior midfielder Lauren Schroeder sent in a perfect cross, finding senior co-captain forward Cathleen Smith at the corner of the cage. Smith polished off the close-range shot, sending it past Keenan and into the board at the 41:08 mark.

But the Jumbos answered quickly. After being awarded their sixth penalty corner of the night, Perkins took the corner again, this time finding Gerhardt at the top of the circle. She sent in a hard shot that was redirected past see FIELD HOCKEY, page 7

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Program building: Young players continue to find their place by

Aaron Leibowitz

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After an undefeated 2011 season, Amherst graduated its starting quarterback, its top five receivers, and the NESCAC Offensive Player of the Year, running back Eric Bunker. It’s no surprise, then, that the Lord Jeffs aren’t tearing through the conference quite like they did last year.

And yet, for the Jeffs, it’s hardly been a rebuilding year. Amherst is 4-1, averaging over 200 rushing yards and allowing a league-low 12 points per game.

That’s the mark of a great program: the ability to lose top players one year and not miss a beat the next.

“There’s a commitment on all phases, from the administration down, and there’s a passion at [Amherst] to be good at football,” Tufts head coach Jay Civetti said. “That’s why they are successful, and [head coach] E.J. Mills has done a great job.”

Someday, the Jumbos hope to reach that point. But tomorrow at Amherst, the matchup will feature two teams at very different points in their development.

For a Tufts squad still seeking its first win, this season has offered experience to young players who hope to become the backbone of the program in the coming years.

Nowhere is that more apparent than at tailback. In the past several weeks, sophomore Zack Trause and freshman Justin Weaver have emerged as Tufts’ top two backs, each showing dual abilities in the running and passing games.

The Jumbos have struggled mightily to establish the run — their 49.4 rushing yards per game ranks dead last in the NESCAC. But instead of abandoning the ground game altogether, Civetti continues to seek ways to improve it. Last week against Williams, the team debuted a Wildcat formation, with Trause taking shotgun snaps and Weaver lined up alongside him.

Trause was recruited to Tufts as a quarterback, and in high school ran a spread offense that mostly consisted of him running the ball. Though he didn’t run an option, he had the right preparation and skills to run the Wildcat.

“He’s a great athlete,” Civetti said. “He’s very versatile. Because he’s played quarterback before, it’s helpful. Going forward, I don’t know — right now I’m just worried about Amherst. Let him carry the rock a little bit at Amherst as a tailback and as a quarterback, and see how it goes.”

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Senior tri-captain wide reciever Dylan Haas, shown here against Williams, will be looking to fix the Jumbos’ problem of not having enough big plays on offense.