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Thursday, February 16, 2012

VOLUME LXIII, NUMBER 15

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Jyoti Puri discusses homosexuality in India by

Melissa Mandelbaum Daily Staff Writer

India native and Simmons College Professor of Sociology Jyoti Puri last night discussed the social justice implications of the recent decriminalization of sodomy in Delhi, India.

The lecture, which was cosponsored by the Women’s Studies Program and the International Relations Program, was based on the contents of Puri’s upcoming book manuscript, “Sexual States: Governance and the Decriminalization of Sodomy in India’s Present.”

Puri, a professor of sociology and director of the graduate program in gender/cultural studies at Simmons College, analyzed the efforts to repeal Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and the limitations of the decriminalization for some marginalized groups within the homosexual population.

Section 377, established under British colonial rule, outlawed “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.”

The 150-year-old law was read down in 2009 in the High Court of Delhi, which concluded that the criminalization of consensual sexual acts violated the nation’s constitution.

However, the ruling has been appealed to the Supreme Court of India, which Puri expects will review the decriminalization within the next year and rule on sodomy legislation nationally, Puri explained.

“The ruling decriminalizes sodomy and extends the right to life with dignity and autonomy of private will to sexual minorities,” Puri said. “It affirms the principle of constitutional morality.

By acknowledging those who are seen as anormative due to their sexual or gender expressions, it

brings within the folds of constitutional rights and protections.”

Today, homosexual intercourse is only explicitly legal in private.

The decriminalization has not updated legislation that punishes public sodomy with up to 10 years of imprisonment, according to Puri. Public heterosexual intercourse has much lighter criminal implications, she said.

“Although same-sex consensual sex has been decriminalized, it is debatable whether same sex sexual activity in nonprivate places, or public places, could still be penalized under Section 377, or whether the spirit of an expanded understanding of privacy will prevail,” she said.

Puri added that this distinction poses class disadvantages.

“Section 377 does not impact all queer groups equally. …

Working- class gay men are the ones least likely to have access to the privacy of a home or a hotel and therefore remain vulnerable to the threat of Section 377 because of the incompleteness of decriminalization,” she said.

“The reality [is] that sexual conduct among MSM [working class homosexual men] frequently occurs in public settings,” she said. “Parks and urinals are the public places used by working class, non-English speaking men.”

Initially, efforts to legalize homosexual relations took a public health approach, arguing that such a legislative change would help address HIV/AIDS in the country, according to Puri.

In her talk, Puri explained that the court was persuaded by arguments for the right to privacy. The public interest litigation put forth to oppose see INDIA, page 2

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The Healthy Minds Study, an annual survey that examines mental health issues among college students across the nation, was emailed to a random sample of 4,000 Tufts students earlier this week.

Healthy Minds Study assesses student mental health

by Justin

Rheingold

Contributing Writer

A random sample of 4,000 Tufts students received an email this week as part of the Healthy Minds Study (HMS), an annual survey that examines mental health issues among college students across the nation.

Tufts Counseling and Mental Health Service (CMHS) is conducting the survey in conjunction with Daniel Eisenberg, an associate professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan; other researchers at the University of Michigan; other universities participating in the study and the Survey Sciences Group (SSG Research), an independent research firm that is overseeing

data collection and data management for the study.

The survey, which generally takes 15-20 minutes to complete, examines mental and emotional health issues and includes questions related to students’ moods, mental or emotional issues, academics, social lives and use of alcohol or other drugs.

Marilyn Downs, director of outreach at CMHS and principal investigator for the survey at Tufts, wants to use the survey to understand why students seem to prefer to resolve mental health issues on their own rather than seeking outside help.

“What we hope to see is a continued upward trend in knowledge about mental health services and positive attitudes about getting

Panel discusses Tar Sands, Occupy movement

by Sharon

Lam

Daily Editorial Board

Members of the Tufts community participated in a panel discussion last night hosted by the Peace and Justice Studies program focusing on nonviolent campaigns through the changing lens of media. The discussion was held in light of recent events such as the Occupy Boston Movement and the Keystone XL Tar Sands pipeline controversy.

The department invited George Lakey, a Swarthmore College professor and activist, as well as Tufts senior Natalie Schils, Tufts Professor of Sociology Sarah Sobrieraj and Occupy Boston participant Brian Kwoba, to share their experiential knowledge on what was portrayed as a merging of “theory and practice.”

Lakey spoke about surprises and lessons learned as he recounted his first arrest for participating in a 1963 Civil Rights sit-in. see PANEL, page 2

see MINDS, page 2

Lewis Black to perform at Spring Comedy Show Tufts’ Lecture and Entertainment Board has booked Lewis Black for its Spring Comedy Show, Entertainment Board co-Chair Charlotte KarrlssonWillis told the Daily.

The show will be on March 11.

Black is known for his stand-up comedy, his Comedy Central series “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil” and his recurring “Back in Black” segment on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

Black previously performed on the Tufts campus in 2001.

Anjelah Johnson performed at Tufts at last semester’s comedy show. Michael Ian Black canceled his appearance at the 2010 Fall Comedy Show, and Nick Swardson canceled his appearance at last year’s Spring Comedy Show.

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—by Laina Piera

A panel discussion last night hosted by the Peace and Justice Studies program discussed nonviolent campaigns and media interactions on the campaigns.

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help when people are struggling,” Downs said.

The survey is entirely confidential and participation is voluntary.

All participating students across the country will be entered into a sweepstakes to win one of ten $100 prizes and two $500 prizes. Tufts students who complete the survey will also be entered into a separate sweepstakes for additional prizes, including one Amazon Kindle and ten $25 gift certificates to the Tufts bookstore.

Approximately 30 schools across the country are participating as researchers hope to better understand mental health among college students.

According to Downs, Tufts is

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2 Police Briefs Look what we found Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers at 10:23 a.m. on Feb. 10 stopped at the fraternity house at 92 Professors Row to look for a student. Upon entering the building, the officers smelled burning marijuana coming from the room of another student. They were let into the room by its resident and confiscated a Mason jar with marijuana in it. The success of their primary mission, finding the first student, was not reported.

Deja Nu TUPD officers at 1:39 a.m. on Feb. 11 returned to 92 Professors Row in response to a call complaining about residents throwing beer bottles off of the back porch. As with the day before, they smelled marijuana upon entering the building. They saw several students sitting together, with one off to the side inhaling something from a clear bag. The officers confiscated the vaporizer used to fill the bag but were not able to find any marijuana. Officers spoke to the president of the fraternity about the bottle-throwing problem.

A brou-haha A group of six students at 3:00 a.m. on Feb. 12 got into a fight in the lobby

of Sophia Gordon Hall. One female and two male students had been in the lobby after returning from Boston, where one of them had gotten into a different fight with someone. When another female and two male students walked in together, laughing, the first group thought they were laughing at them, and a fight broke out. Although the fight was broken up before TUPD and Tufts Emergency Medical Services arrived, all students involved were advised of their rights and checked for injuries, and the area was cleared.

“I’d like to report a … nah” TUPD officers at 12:04 a.m. on Feb. 15 investigated a report of marijuana odor coming from a room in Bush Hall. When the officers knocked on the door, no one answered, so they unlocked the door and entered. The fan was on and the window open, which the officers thought odd for February. After searching the room, officers confiscated a bottle of scotch, a small bag of marijuana and a grinder for marijuana. TUPD officers did not alert the student about the confiscation but are assuming that the student will figure it out and not report that his marijuana was stolen.

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permitted to add its own questions and has included several in this year’s survey asking students about their tendencies to reach out or keep to themselves when they experience distress.

Tufts previously participated in the HMS in 2007 and 2010. In both years, over half of the students who received invitations completed the study.

The 2007 survey showed that about 54 percent of Tufts participants had experienced some type of negative impact on their academic performance as a result of mental health difficulties, according to Downs.

Downs said that in 2007, around 15 percent of survey respondents at Tufts reported some symptoms of clinical depression and nine percent admitted to anxiety issues.

Downs added that the data was sent to high-level administrators in order to show them that the mental and emotional difficulties that plague college students can have negative effects on all aspects of their lives.

“Mental and emotional difficulties are affecting our students at a significant rate and can affect their academic well-being and other aspects of how they are doing in their lives,” she said.

The results from the 2007 study were used to obtain a suicide-prevention grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration.

The data and the grant were used to develop

Professor Sobieraj emphasizes interactive nature of Occupy Boston movement PANEL

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“My first experience for a sitin, Chester, Penn., was wrought with a large-scale mass civil obedience,” Lakey said.

Lakey cited how questions of successful campaign strategies inspired him to start the Global Nonviolent Action Database, an online search database that provides archives of 600 completed cases of nonviolent struggle in over 900 countries. It offers behavioral descriptions of nonviolent actions as a resource for activists to contextualize their histories, successes and stumbling blocks.

“What’s the difference between the campaigns that win and the campaigns that don’t? ...

Wouldn’t it be great to study this, to figure out what creates wins and losses on the great chessboard of social change,” Lakey said.

The Occupy movement has yet to be documented in the database, he said.

Schils was arrested in Washington, D.C., for taking issue with the proposed Keystone XL natural gas pipeline in Canada, which would create corporate access to one of the world’s largest oil reserves. She credited her advisor for inciting her to action in the capital city.

“Now it’s become a huge political issue, so at the end of the summer there were a thousand people who were arrested,” Schils said. “The way it boils down is that either president Obama could allow the pipeline to be built, or not.”

She informed the audience about the significance of the individual, noting how social media outlets such as Twitter aided in sharing information quickly.

“It reminds us of the power that individuals have when they stand up to these things, not just ‘what we have to offer,’” she said. “Now there’s a huge buzz … it’s a rallying call.”

Sobrieraj discussed news narrations’ negative and often inaccurate portrayal of rising activists and their ever-evolving role.

Sobrieraj suggested that these groups have maintained

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a training program to educate people about recognizing others’ mental health difficulties and responding to them as well as promoting greater awareness and positive attitudes about seeking help, according to Downs.

According to Ryan Kollar, president of the Tufts chapter of Active Minds, a national nonprofit organization aimed at empowering students to talk about mental health, student groups are playing an active role in ameliorating some of these issues on campus.

“Our main focus is to make sure that people understand that we are one of the populations in this country that is most at risk to both fall victim to the whims of the mental health problems and to let them go unnoticed and untreated,” Kollar, a junior, said.

Max Tanguay-Colucci, a freshman who received the email containing the survey, was not surprised to see that a survey examining mental health issues was sent out to students.

“I just thought that it was a routine kind of survey to check up on students and their perception of mental health services on campus,” he said. “It came to me as no surprise.”

Tanguay-Colucci said he believes that most Tufts students know that mental health services are available on campus.

“I definitely think that people know [mental health issues exist], because as soon as we got to campus for orientation, there were a lot of people promoting mental health services on campus,” he said. “Students know about it and can access it when they need it.”

Right to privacy key to Indian court’s decision to overturn law INDIA

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the law in 2001 argued that “not only is the right to be left alone or to pursue happiness constitutionally protected, but that it fundamentally includes sexual relations,” Puri said.

Puri has also authored books titled “Woman, Body, Desire in Post-colonial India: Narratives of Gender and Sexuality” and “Encountering Nationalism.”

Sonia Hofkosh, interim director of the Women’s Studies Program, said that she extended the invitation to Puri as soon as she took on her role this fall.

“She’s a dynamic speaker,” Hofkosh said.

Senior Hannah Hussey, a sociology and women’s studies major,

welcomed the opportunity to learn about the experience of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in other countries.

“I’m kind of interested in how different states treat homosexuality and LGBT, and we were actually supposed to read her in one of my classes, Sociology of Sexuality,” she said.

Sophomore Grainne Griffiths appreciated listening to Puri’s personal take on the issue. “[The event] was kind of on a higher plane than I thought it would be, but it was very interesting to follow along and hear the academics go back and forth and discuss their own thoughts, which you don’t get to see that often on campus,” she said.

Ashley Scarfo / Tufts Daily

George Lakey spoke of his experiences in a 1963 Civil Rights sit-in. anonymity, with one reason for that choice being the media’s tendency to highlight the most radical things.

“When [the media] do receive a fleeting reference, they’re usually crime stories framed as a threat to disorder,” Sobrieraj said.

She claimed, however, that Occupy Boston is unique in that it fosters a community and interactive feel instead of just one-way broadcasting.

“The other newsworthy shift is that the movement isn’t media-centric in the same way as groups that I studied in the past. They were often stuck in a “soundbite” mentality, of which Occupy is not a part,” Sobrieraj said.

The final speaker, Brian Kwoba, fleshed out some issues through his involvement with the Occupy Boston movement in Dewey Square.

“I wanted to talk about some

of the dimensions of the movement,” he said. “I’ve been an activist for a few years on various different issues, but I feel like Occupy is something that, even people who have been active, is something we have been waiting for years for years.

It feels like a bursting into the mainstream.”

Kwoba discussed how he felt personally pressed to address issues of police infringement of freedom of assembly while using the pretext of protecting safety through his encounters and the media’s role.

“What does it mean to say we’re the 99 percent if the movement is not reflective of the 99 percent? … I think the question of racism and white supremacy is front and center,” he said. “In Boston, it’s 95 percent white. I think this is a glaring contradiction that needs to be overcome.

I want it to represent all, for the 99 percent.”

Scott Tingley / Tufts Daily

Simmons College Professor of Sociology Jyoti Puri last night visited the Hill to discuss the social justice implications of the recent decriminalization of sodomy in Delhi, India.

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Local DJs bring expertise, charisma to WMFO by

Lukas Papenfusscline Contributing Writer

Tufts’ free-form radio station WMFO features student DJs and behind-the-scenes workers, but it couldn’t function without a loyal crew of local Medford and Somerville residents — so-called “community DJs” — who dedicate hours each week to presenting programs and training new students. “[Community DJs] know what WMFO is, they know what the spirit of the station is,” said senior Chase Gregory, WMFO’s assistant general manager. “They give it this kind of free-form continuity and this culture that would be hard to maintain if the students were the only ones running the station.”

They also help provide a key link between the university and the community, according to Gregory.

“It does matter that we’re a part of the community, and that we can expand ourselves in this way,” she said.

Although these DJs are united by their love of music and college radio, they all have unique perspectives, which come across clearly in their individual programs.

“They all bring a kind of eclectic culture to the station that would be lost if it were just students,” Chase said.

Edward Beuchert Edward Beuchert is a community DJ who says he is fascinated by the psychological, communicative and social aspects of music.

In the Medford area since 1998, he remembers flicking through stations on the highway in 2001 when he heard AC/DC on WMFO and instantly pre-set one of his channels to 91.5 FM. In 2004, his neighbor and the WMFO general manager at the time invited him to guest DJ a set, offering him his own show shortly after. “[It was] like so many other things in life, a series of accidents,” Beuchert said.

Beuchert currently DJs two weekly shows.

“Plastic Sushi, Strawberries and Time” always has a theme; it begins with Japanese music before adopting a free-form style for the remainder of the time.

“I try to mix it up to be as relentlessly free

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WMFO relies on a complement of non-student DJs to help maintain its quality product. form as we do at WMFO, mixing as many genres into the show as possible,” he said.

Beuchert’s second show, “Tears of the Gods,” concentrates on a specific artist or genre. Beuchert’s shows rely heavily on his talents in sound production, which stem from his early years interning at recording studios and building electronic effects for guitar, he said.

The so-called “sound collage” that comprises each show is a continuous flow of music and superimposed audio clips from movies, TV shows, documentaries and political speeches — which often connect songs, or may be inserted directly into music.

“What I’m trying to do with these sound collages is take the impact that music can have as a direct line to our emotions, and combine that with the audio clips that are, in a different way, an appeal to our logic or an appeal to our reasoning,” he said.

Beuchert, who majored in philosophy and computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, aims to emphasize the emotional impact of a quote or a piece of music.

“I like to give my listeners these ‘Aha’

moments,” he said.

Beuchert is also in charge of WMFO’s public service announcements, which are necessary for the station to receive funding and to remain commercial-free. He obtains the information, and then reads and records the announcements. Beuchert also developed the WMFO iPhone app and trains new DJs. “WMFO is a real treasure,” he said. “[It’s a] window into Tufts and the life of Tufts students.”

Joann Keesey Joann Keesey grew up in New York, but has been in Boston for 30 years. She runs two radio shows: “Between the Worlds” and “Celtic Dawn.” She first became involved with the former — a Pagan radio show — while helping a friend run it.

“I would come by occasionally and do bits for him on the radio and I had a fairly extensive collection of Pagan music because it’s one of my interests,” Keesey said. “As one of see WMFO, page 4

After two and a half years, roommate sex policy still has no appreciable effect by

Derek Schlom

Daily Editorial Board

There it was, in plain English, on page 38 of the 2009-2010 edition of “Habitats,” the Office of Residential Life and Learning’s (ResLife) student handbook.

“You may not engage in sexual activity while your roommate is present in the room,” the newly revised guest policy read. “Any sexual activity within your assigned room should not ever deprive your roommate(s) of privacy, study, or sleep time.”

Within days of the Daily’s publication of a story about the policy on Sept. 24, 2009, the national media caught wind and a debate over universities’ roles in the sex lives of their students — and the priorities of news outlets — began. “Sexiling” had entered the lexicon.

CNN, Time Magazine, the Boston Globe, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Times and USA Today covered the story in various forms. Many articles were laced with irony and self-referential complaints about how sex sells, but the coverage hit the zeitgeist all the same.

The New Yorker half-joked that “tittering professional journalists seem much more interested in this latest development than the student body.”

And then the attention stopped, as these things do. But what about the policy?

The controversy didn’t generate much resulting action, and little has been revealed in the subsequent two and a half

years about whether it was effective or, given the less-than-positive press coverage, worthwhile.

Tufts Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler told the Boston Herald at the time that approximately 12 students had “expressed concerns that they were experiencing uncomfortable situations” in relation to their roommates’ sexual activity. As such, ResLife felt a need to respond, according to Carrie Ales-Rich, ResLife’s assistant director for community and judicial affairs.

“We revamped our guest policy to address the concerns that were brought to our attention,” Ales-Rich told the Daily in an email last week.

Despite the characterization by outlets like U.S. News and World Report, which described the policy as a “bold step toward regulating sexual activity in dorm rooms,” Ales-Rich says the intent was never for the administration to dictate student behavior. “[T]his was incorporated [into the guest policy] so that our residents could feel empowered to have conversations with their roommate if this did become an issue,” she said. “We also wanted to make sure that residents understood that at no time could their behavior make their roommate feel uncomfortable.”

The question of how exactly the policy would be implemented or enforced seems to have never been formally or publically answered. Speaking about the subject to the Daily in 2009, Ales-Rich expressed reluctance on behalf of ResLife to become

involved in handling complaints related to policy violations.

“We don’t want to let a conflict get to a point where someone from ResLife has to intervene and have that conversation,” she said.

According to a senior who was a resident advisor at the time of the policy’s inception — and requested anonymity due to a rule prohibiting RAs from speaking to the Daily about their duties — student complaints about violations of the policy would be met with a warning. If a second infraction occurred, ResLife’s central staff would become involved.

No specific protocol for punishments or further infractions was outlined for RAs, she said.

Though residents never informed her of any breaches, she did not consider the matter to be particularly pressing or serious, she said.

“In our duty team we kind of passed it off as a joke, but it never became an issue,” she said. “If it had been, I’m not sure what ResLife would have done.”

Ales-Rich said last week that, to her knowledge, ResLife has not yet had to address a specific case of this type with residents, and no current and former RAs spoken to for this article have faced the issue either.

But is the lack of reported incidents due to the successful implementation of the policy, or an indication that the policy may not have been necessary to begin with? see ROOMMATE, page 4

Jack Webster and Hannah Furgang | A piece of advice

Mac and sleaze

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ear Jack and Hannah, no ther eus dude. bnut weirs thew mac and cheese and still they wait while the fru and yoon goes ion. i forgot the ducks aude he smore than a little bit cheating anf killing each toerh but thwers lots of irish Siincefryl, [Wasted in West] Whoa. I’m not sure we’re in any way qualified to deal with such a serious situation. To start with, I would dial 911. Unless you’ve already contacted the police, which is what we would have done to start with. Second of all, your RA is an incredibly useful resource, and once your typing skills have returned to their usual state, I would send him or her an email as soon as possible. Your choice in contacting us first, although interesting, will hopefully serve as a stern warning to the rest of the Tufts community, and we thank you for your contribution.

The Irish can be a very sensitive subject indeed. Hannah once had an unfortunate encounter with one involving three pints of apple juice, some macramé and a lemur, and, well, we won’t go into too much detail. You already know how those things end.

Here’s what we would do: FIRST, put down the knit sweater your second cousin bought you for Christmas.

He will not be too offended by the fact that you may have temporarily misplaced it during this debacle. Trust us.

There are more important things in life.

Your trachea, for one. Next, exit the car.

As much as I’m sure you would like to remain in the car, the macaroni and cheese which is currently covering the windshield, as well as most of the left quarter panel might hinder your driving ability just a tad. And the lingering smell of cold and rancid cheese wafting around your head will not reflect kindly on your personal reputation tomorrow.

The T still runs for a few more hours, so you should be all right.

Do not do anything about the ions.

You can deal with those later when you compulsively order a fancy thing from Sharper Image, which mysteriously removes them from the air in your living space. Also, we cannot believe you left the ducks behind. Tufts is quite a ways from the Charles, and although we appreciate the effort it took to lead the ducklings to the president’s lawn, you’re not in any condition to be leading them back just now. Therefore, your next step is to have a friend phone TUPD for their complementary duckling escort service, and maybe a spa gift card or something for the distressed mama duck.

Now the main question is what to do about that lousy scoundrel of a guy. It is well known that in addition to chocolate and graham crackers, S’mores contain marshmallows. Cheaters are one thing, but a cheating scumbag who doesn’t know how to roast a marshmallow properly is not worth your time or effort. It may be difficult to put aside all those memories of good times shared, but I fear that at this point in your haywire torpedo of a relationship, it is time to let go. But, if you’re in a forgiving mood, maybe you can let bygone burnt marshmallows be bygone burnt marshmallows and go out for some delicious Mac and cheese at some point in the near future.

Remember, this is only an advice column. You are your own person, and your decisions are yours alone. Ducks are quite resourceful, so don’t worry too much about them. And for your information, you go better with the fru and yoon than anyone we know.

Jack Webster and Hannah Furgang are both freshmen who have not yet declared a major. Jack can be reached at John.

Webster@tufts.edu and Hannah can be reached at Hannah.Furgang@tufts.edu.

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Tufts students embarrassed by news coverage of ResLife’s roommate sex policy ROOMMATE

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When informed of the policy’s 2011-2012 language, which reveals slight but not meaningful change since 2009, senior Annie Dreyer, who recalls the controversy, took issue. “‘It is not acceptable’ does not sound like a conversation starter to me,” she said. “That sounds like a black-and-white rule set up by the administration to regulate students’ roommate relations …

If we’re supposed to be mature enough to go away to college and live on our own, shouldn’t we be able to set our own rules with our roommates?”

A senior who, because she was evaluating decisions of school administrators, requested anonymity said that after initially viewing the policy as an unnecessary codification, she sees value in preventing so-called “sexiling.”

“At the time … [I thought] ‘Why do we have to articulate what should be common sense, and what roommates should discuss themselves anyway?” she said.

“But since then I’ve realized that this actually was and is an issue for some students.”

Dreyer and junior Jeremy Zelinger both found the news coverage to be of more concern than the impetus behind the policy itself.

“I remember at the time being pretty embarrassed that this stupid rule was what Tufts was getting media attention for,” Dreyer said.

“I thought it was a bad decision by the administration because it brought a lot of negative attention to the school,” Zelinger

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Though ResLife’s roommate sex policy initially caused a stir, 30 months later it is rarely even a topic of conversation. added. “Roommates should be able to have the conversation without the administration embarrassing the school.”

Asked about the media scrutiny and whether criticism of the university’s role in the sexual activity of students was valid,

Ales-Rich held firm.

“Again, we felt that having this language in place would empower our students to be able to have the kinds of conversations necessary to ensure a successful roommate relationship,” she said.

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my friends puts it, it’s ‘pagan music that doesn’t suck.’”

Soon after, in 1995, her friend left WMFO and asked Keesey to take over the program. She then took over “Celtic Dawn” in 2000 when the graduate student who ran it moved to Arizona.

Keesey describes her show as “a mix of traditional and innovative Celtic music” that runs the gamut from local groups to indie rock. To continuously expand her selection of music, she keeps her ear to the ground for local, national and international bands so that she can play what she and her listeners want to hear. It’s also her goal to find and present talented local musicians live on her show.

Keesey added that she thoroughly enjoys working at WMFO, and appreciates the freedom of college radio, being able to play what she wants instead of following a pre-set playlist.

“I like the station,” she said. “It’s got a great mix of people, and the students are absolutely fantastic and motivated.”

Sue Edelman Sue Edelman (A ’85) is a selfdescribed “total radio junkie” from New Jersey who’s one of several hosts of “Something About Women.” Although she never worked at WMFO while attending Tufts, Edelman used to listen to the show she now DJs, which was first broadcast in 1975. She called the producer to join the collective in 1988 and is now one of the longestworking DJs at WMFO. Edelman’s show focuses on and promotes female artists, a return to the program’s roots. “[‘Something About Women’] started out being somewhat political and playing early feminist

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music,” Edelman said, adding that the show is now less political, but has kept its focus on women.

Edelman loves 1970s pop and blues, citing Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Koko Taylor and Suzanne Vega as some of her favorite artists and pioneers in women’s music.

However, she’s quick to point out that her taste develops and changes constantly with the new music she actively seeks out.

“For the public, my goal is to expose people to music that they might not otherwise hear … [and to give] a voice to artists who otherwise wouldn’t get found,” she said.

“I just want to find music I love and share it with people.”

When she started at WMFO, the station only played vinyl and cassettes, Edelman said. Over time, CDs and iPod players, as well as online music services with a nearly infinite collection of songs, have expanded access to a huge variety of music.

“The great online stream has just opened up the listenership all over the world,” Edelman, who receives feedback through Facebook and other social media, said.

Edelman praised students’ attitudes toward the local residents as they take advantage of the community members’ expertise and appreciate the continuity they bring. She is in a unique spot to praise college radio as she maintains the websites of five different commercial radio stations in the Boston area.

“When you look at commercial radio pretty much anywhere these days, it’s like it’s all programmed out … with the same songs,” she said.

Edelman added that without the pressure to sell advertising, WMFO’s DJs are free to spread their creative wings on their shows.

“The artistic freedom you can have is amazing at college radio — that is very rare,” she said.

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David Pendery’s ‘Passage des Princes,’ Paris (left) and ‘Galerie Vivienne, Paris’ (right) are part of his current exhibition which explores the covered arcades of the French capital.

Photographer David Pendery explores unknown side of Paris Parisian arcades elegantly showcased at Back Bay exhibit through end of February by

Adam Kulewicz

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Visitors generally arrive in Paris with a list of must-see attractions: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, etc. The city’s covered arcades generally do not end up on these lists, and even some Parisians are unaware of their existence. But these unique and unusual spaces — wide, glass-covered walkways lined with boutiques — are a marvelous relic of centuries past and continue to be an important part of Parisian life.

These arcades, or “passages couverts,” are the subject of a photography exhibition, “The Covered Arcades of Paris,” which features the work of David Pendery, at the French Cultural Center in Boston’s Back Bay. The show, which is on view until Feb. 29, offers a comprehensive introduction to these distinctive structures that forever changed city life for Parisians.

Covered Arcades in Paris The arcade as a structure was born in Paris. The first examples were constructed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and boasted amenities that at the time were quite rare in the city: good lighting, heat, protection from the elements and a wide range of shops in a contained area.

These elegant commercial spaces — arguably the precursors of the modernday shopping mall — became showcases for some of the most luxurious and unusual goods on the market in Paris, and were very fashionable. Parisians came to the arcades to leisurely stroll

through the passageways and marvel at the wares on display.

And as is often the case in Paris — where people watching is less of a guilty pleasure than an Olympic sport — many came to the arcades as much to look at those around them as they did to shop. Indeed, whole cultures developed around the arcades, and important literary figures including Charles Baudelaire and Honoré de Balzac even wrote about these unique cross sections of Parisian life.

The concept of the arcade eventually spread throughout Europe — well known examples can be found in London, Milan and Brussels — and continued all the way to the United States.

In the late 19th century, Baron Haussmann oversaw a dramatic reconstruction of Paris. This eliminated many of the city’s old narrow streets and created the wide boulevards for which it is so well known today.

These boulevards quickly became the new commercial centers, and many of the arcades were destroyed or fell out of fashion.

However, the structures continued to be an important aspect of city life, and writer Walter Benjamin discussed them at great length in the mid 20th century. Additionally, within the past several decades, they have enjoyed a renewed interest and several have been completely restored.

An American in Paris David Pendery, 61, has had a long relationship with Parisian arcades. He lived in Paris as a teenager and first encountered the structures nearly fifty

years ago: “[I] stepped out into the passage and I remember still to this day the feeling of being in this covered arcade — skylights, lots of people, lots of little stores, no cars, of course — and being able to just walk up and down the passage and window-shop … I was really taken with them and I’ve been strolling the passages ever since,” he said.

Pendery’s family purchased an apartment in a neighborhood with a number of arcades, and he returns to them regularly. He also advises friends to visit the arcades when they are in Paris: “For the first or second time tourist, they’re not on the A-list of the things to go see,” he said.

“But I always send off friends of mine with various recommendations about what to do in Paris … [and] I always give them detailed information about going through the passages and everybody seems to really love them …

They are not particularly full of tourists ever during the year,” he added.

Pendery worked with a number of architectural firms in the Boston area as a Computer-Aided Design specialist, creating 3-D renderings of buildings that had yet to be constructed. This knowledge of computer programming and manipulation of images would later influence his photographs of the arcades.

The 18 photographs by Pendery in the show portray a number of the remaining arcades in Paris including the Galerie Vivienne, the Galerie Colbert and the Passage du GrandCerf.

One remarkable photograph, “Galerie Vivienne” (2009), captures the arcade’s

long passageway from its light-filled ceiling to its intricate mosaic floor.

The image makes very effective use of plunging angles and dramatic lighting to highlight the virtuoso design and intricate architectural details that make the Galerie Vivienne one of the most beautiful arcades ever constructed in Paris.

In addition, the photograph successfully conveys the quiet elegance that fills this urban space.

The Galerie Vivienne is one of the best preserved and most frequented arcades in Paris, but not all of the structures have fared so well. While all arcades in the exhibition are still in use, some clearly show the signs of their age and are rather decrepit.

Arcades like the Passage Brady are not as attractive at face value as the Galerie Vivienne, but Pendery’s photographs offer a compelling and realistic window into their present state.

Old Structures, New Technologies Pendery explained that he uses a number of technologies to show the arcades as a pedestrian experiences them. These include panoramic stitching, which permits him to combine a number of photographs into one wideangled image, and high dynamic range, which infuses his images with high contrasts and vibrant colors.

“When I’m doing things like architectural subjects, I’m always trying to figure out how better to portray them, rather than straight shots,” he said. “All of the stuff really ties together; it’s all related to using technology to portray see ARCADES, page 8

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‘Walking Dead’ suffers from lifeless plot Lame stories and lack of action dampen show by

Alex Hanno

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It’s nice to take a moment during a TV show’s current season to look back at how the program has evolved. Sadly, in the case

The Walking Dead Starring Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies Airs Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” this evolution is more devolution. Once pegged as the one of the most innovative shows on television, “The Walking Dead” has been stretched so thin that it now chronically disappoints viewers, leaving almost nothing to praise.

At the same time, it’s important to look toward a show’s future. Despite letting fans down this past fall, “The Walking Dead” proved last Sunday that it still has vast potential.

For those unfamiliar with the show, “The Walking Dead” is a drama/horror series based on the graphic novels of the same name that follows a group of survivors struggling to endure in a post-apocalyptic America. Forced to fend off zombies — or rather “walkers” — one moment and the animosity within their group the next, the thought of a world overrun by zombies has never seemed so bleak and realistic, yet also entertaining.

Leading the survivors is Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), a noble and selfless sheriff’s deputy dedicated to keeping his loved ones alive. Standing by his side are his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) and son Carl (Chandler Riggs), who support Rick in his moments of doubt.

Opposing Rick at every turn is his fellow sheriff’s deputy and once-best friend Shane (Jon Bernthal). Having succumbed to the darker tendencies of the zombie-

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A dearth of action undercuts the show’s gritty realism ridden world, Shane’s new, pessimistic outlook on life has led him to dispute Rick’s leadership and make several questionable moral decisions.

This season’s plot arc has involved the survivors attempting to make a home on a secluded farm, while struggling to cooperate with the family that already lives there and simultaneously searching for one of their own who has gone missing.

Cooped up on the farm, tensions flare between survivors over moral issues and decisions that have been or still need to be made.

The main issue with this season is that almost nothing has happened. This synopsis manages to sum up seven hour-long episodes, only leaving out some minor plot points. Considering the pace season one plugged along at, this year has been unacceptably slow, with a majority of episodes starting and ending in the exact same situation.

Yet slow plot progression has done more than simply bore the audience to inatten-

Concert Review

Guest conductor van Zweden leads BSO in terrific concert by

Will Myers

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Emanuel Ax has gained a reputation as one of the world’s finest pianists for good reason.

His performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19 this past weekend with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was light, remarkably clear and effortless. Joining the BSO this week as a guest conductor was Jaap van Zweden, Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Zweden led the orchestra in a tasteful accompaniment to the Beethoven and followed it with a powerful rendition of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony #2 in E minor, Op. 27.

Van Zweden set a delicate tone from the opening of the performance. Many conductors and orchestras play Beethoven’s music with the heaviness and force his late work demands; van Zweden, though, chose to minimize the virility and strength so frequently associated with Beethoven’s music, and instead emphasized its elegance and dance-like qualities. The concerto, after all, is one of Beethoven’s early works, completed squarely within the Classical era in 1795, so this approach is entirely justified and rather refreshing.

Ax’s playing was also gentle throughout most of the first movement and his quick passages were exquisitely even. Like the orchestral accompaniment, no notes stuck out of the texture.

Van Zweden’s conducting was very demonstrative and detail oriented, and he almost appeared to be dancing much of the time. Ax’s cadenza was a bit ponderous and far too long

after the light movement that preceded it, but this didn’t ruin what was otherwise an excellent first movement.

The second movement was significantly heavier than the first. It was hard to tell whether this was a conscious decision on van Zweden’s part or whether it was something of a regression to the usual method of Beethoven playing, but either way it didn’t leave as strong an impression as the first movement did. Ax’s playing was still beautiful though, and he allowed himself to take on a more soloistic voice.

The third and final movement was even heavier than the second, although the music certainly called for it. Despite the increased weight, the orchestra still managed to maintain the playful character of a classical rondo, and pulled off all the various surprise key changes with aplomb.

Ax, not to be outdone, sold the sudden silences in the piano part so well that one had to wonder in a momentary panic whether the recording had been paused before recalling that it was a live performance. There were a few moments in this movement where Ax and the orchestra seemed to disagree ever so slightly on the tempo, but all in all, Ax was remarkably comfortable with the concerto and played with an uncommon sensitivity, particularly in the first movement. He drew a well-deserved standing ovation from the crowd, who were obviously thrilled to hear a pianist of his caliber.

While the three movements of the Beethoven grew progressively heavier in their see ORCHESTRA, page 8

tiveness. Keeping the cast on a farm has secluded them from the dangers and horrors of the infected world, removing the elements of danger, fear and harsh reality that characterized the show. Viewers are unlikely to get a scare on the safety of the farm, though a gruesome zombie kill can still be expected every few episodes — which, unfortunately, is not as common as they used to be.

Furthermore, this plot direction has dulled the show’s once-brilliant dialogue.

Due to its tremendous cast and writing, “The Walking Dead” is known for compelling character interactions. Without any progression in the plot though, the characters have nothing worth saying and thus just tend to repeat themselves time and time again.

Luckily, Norman Reedus stars as Daryl Dixon, a tough, brash, yet sincere “redneck” loner. Though it might not sound like it, see DEAD, page 8

What’s Up This Weekend Looking to make your weekend artsy? Check out these events!

‘The Addams Family’ The Broadway Musical The infamously morbid family takes to the Boston stage in a musical by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the authors of the smash hit “Jersey Boys.”

Through Feb. 19 at the Citi Shubert Theatre. Tickets $33 - $113.

Deadmeat Tour 2012: Steve Aoki and Datsik Legendary DJ Steve Aoki comes to the House of Blues in Boston tonight. Doors open at 7 p.m., the show begins at 8 p.m.

Tickets $35 - $50.

Emilie Autumn The notorious singer-songwriter and violinist extraordinaire performs this weekend at the Royale Nightclub in Boston. Feb. 19. Royale Nightclub.

Tickets $20.

Mardi Gras Ball One of Boston’s most raucous annual concerts, the Mardi Gras concert at TT the Bear’s promises to be a great night with a bevy of talented performers. The concert takes place on Feb. 18 at 10 Brookline St, Cambridge. Tickets are $15, and all proceeds go to the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. compiled by the Daily Arts Department

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Curing the plague

irst it was the rat infestation. Then it was the email that greeted us with news of the norovirus. Let’s face it: Tufts, in some way or another, is undergoing a plague of sorts.

That being said, I am currently writing this column from bed, sick with this aforementioned stomach flu. Watered-down apple juice in hand, I’ve been forced to succumb to the bananas-rice-apples-tea regimen. I’ve been hit with the dilemma that is the plague and, given the germy season, I’m sure many of my classmates have too.

People usually fall ill only a few times per year but, regardless, each time is devastating: You miss school and work, you lose sleep and perhaps most importantly, you often lose your appetite, with days sometimes going by before you’re back to normal eating habits — and, speaking from first-hand experience, this is the worst part.

I’m basically a fly-trap for any kind of stomach bug, and whenever I have a headache, I’m tired or I’m angry, nausea joins the party.

Naturally, my weak stomach greatly impacts my eating and most definitely my cooking.

As much as I love both the physical and social concepts behind a good meal, and as much as I love trying new foods, there’s a lot I need to watch out for. My stomach is my unfortunate Achilles’ heel: I’m allergic to pork products, I’m lactose-intolerant … I even was tested this past summer for Celiac’s disease, which is an intolerance to gluten, a protein most commonly found in wheat but really in everything.

Fast food is almost always out of the question.

Forget about extra-spicy or extra-acidic foods.

When I’m sick like I am now, until very recently, I had to forget about eating anything at all.

But then that all changed.

When I was en route to New York from Rome last December, after spending 26 hours in — and sleeping on the floor of — Terminal 5 in Heathrow Airport in London when my flight got canceled due to “snow,” little did I know that my body was gradually developing a crazed superbug. I spent two weeks in New York only to return to Rome for my final exams, and the night I boarded a plane back to Fiumicino, I felt sick as a dog. I tried to sleep on the plane but to no avail, and I especially tried to stomach the airline food, also unsuccessfully. When I arrived back at my apartment, I knew I needed to eat, but what?

Behold my creation of a chicken soup that, whether you’re sick or not, should always hit the spot.

Ingredients: Vegetable oil Half an onion, diced 3 parts of fresh garlic, or 1 big teaspoon of minced garlic Dash of red pepper flakes (optional) 6 cups chicken broth 1 cup water 1 tsp parsley 2 chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces 2-3 cups carrots, sliced into 1-inch disks 2 cups of uncooked egg noodles 2 cups of fresh baby spinach Salt and pepper to taste

In a large saucepan on medium heat, heat enough oil to coat the garlic and the onion.

Sautee both until the onion is light brown in color, and then add red pepper.

Add the chicken broth, water, parsley and chicken. Cook chicken for about 5 minutes.

Once you add your carrots, cook for 3 minutes more.

Add the uncooked egg noodles and cook these in the soup until prepared to how you like them (al dente, soft, etc.)

Add the spinach and cook until it wilts nicely and add spices like salt and pepper as necessary.

Of course, everybody claims to have the best chicken soup recipe, but I hope you’ll give mine a try sometime.

Excuse me as I do so myself.

Niki Krieg is a senior who is majoring in Italian studies and history. She can be reached at Nicole.Krieg@tufts.edu.

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The Artsy Jumbo: Jack LeMay

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Jaap Van Zweden and soloist Emanuel Ax gave a strong performance with the BSO last week.

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tone, the Rachmaninoff took a quantum leap forward in weightiness. Having premiered just over a century after the Beethoven in 1908, it represents the pinnacle of the Russian Romantic symphonic tradition. Its four movements take about 60 minutes to perform, making it a test of endurance for any orchestra and a challenge to keep an audience engaged for an hour.

The BSO and van Zweden acquitted themselves admirably. He resisted the temptation so many conductors give in to: While the music is supremely expressive and jammedpack with emotion, giving each phrase the time it “deserves” drags the piece out to painful proportions. Instead, van Zweden moved through at a relatively brisk pace, which allowed the audience to hear the larger arcs in Rachmaninoff’s music. While this may somewhat diminish the impact of each melancholy

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line, it kept everyone’s attention focused on the big picture.

Even at the commendably reasonable tempi van Zweden chose, the performance ran out of steam as the symphony progressed. The first movement was gloriously emotive, and the second movement was a satisfying and energetic contrast, but the naturally schmaltzy third movement leaned toward overbearing at times, and the fourth felt somewhat flat, adding nothing to the work as a whole.

Given the challenges inherent in performing such a massive work — and the effectiveness of the first half — the lackluster finish was a minor blemish on an otherwise strong concert. As with the Beethoven, the audience responded with great enthusiasm to the Rachmaninoff. Despite its flaws, it is a rhapsodically beautiful and supremely accessible work, the kind that many symphony-goers want to hear when they head to Symphony Hall.

Like many Jumbos, Jack LeMay played instruments in high school: piano and drums. But since moving to campus, Jack “wanted to try something a little different” and has explored a different sort of sound with the help of B.E.A.T.s (Bangin’ Everything At Tufts), a group that aims to “wake people from their routine” through musical performance.

Forgoing traditional instruments like those from high school, Jack and the other members of B.E.A.T.S. have spontaneous concerts in outdoor, public areas such as Davis Square and the campus center. Sometimes, they bring instruments with them; other times, they use whatever is nearby. “Trash cans, railings, benches, anything metal has a nice acoustic,” Jack says. The coolest instrument he’s played? “Well, a couple of girls found a bunch of pelvic,

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Daryl has been one of the only characters capable of producing meaningful dialogue and action this season, and his ongoing relationship with Carol (Melissa Suzanne McBride) has brought viewers some fine, often touching moments. Reedus has become the show’s undisputed highlight.

Despite all of its problems, “The Walking Dead” still has sincere potential. Last Sunday’s episode, “Nebraska,” demonstrated that there is hope for fans, as it included some fresh dialogue and plot points bred from the chaos that ensued at the end of the midseason finale. With Rick and Shane’s relationship further strained, the group’s spirit completely shattered and their safety on the farm looking more and more tenuous every moment, the future is ripe with possibilities.

So where will the show go? Since the “The Walking Dead” has already departed from the graphic novels it was based on, it’s foolish to speculate on the show’s future from the progression of the comics. With everyone’s safety and allegiances up in the air, the writers could take the show in any direction; all fans can do is hope they take it in a more dynamic one then they did last fall.

One thing is for sure, if “The Walking Dead” wants to salvage its quality, the survivors need to leave the farm and get back to the dangers of the outside world. There is little dispute among fans that season two has been a letdown overall. But with a brilliant cast, writing staff and basic plot, there is still hope for the future.

a space according to the way one wants the space to end up.”

The exhibition also includes a number of explanatory panels and older images of the arcades. Pendery said that he sees a number of parallels between his own work and these older images.

“I’ve got several examples of 19thcentury etchings in the exhibition … and it’s funny to put them side by side,” he said. “In certain instances, as artist’s license, they will exaggerate the grandeur of the space … But by the time I finish manipulating the image on the computer, I can on occasion take liberties to emphasize certain aspects of the space. But again, I’m not trying to distort them, I’m trying to portray them as closely as I can to what one experiences when one is in the space.”

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Jack LeMay’s advice to Tufts students: Climb more trees.

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Of Paris and Boston It’s no coincidence that Pendery’s photographs are on display at the French Cultural Center, an organization on Malborough Street in Boston’s Back Bay dedicated to promoting French language and culture.

The center is home to the country’s second largest private collection of French books, and it also offers regular French courses.

Pierre Noïnski, Cultural Programs

Manager for the French Cultural Center, explained that they hold monthly exhibitions, and that Pendery’s photographs of arcades were of particular interest because they highlight a relatively unknown aspect of the French capital.

“I’m tempted to call them hidden gems…I lived in the Paris area before coming to the U.S. for about a year, and I actually didn’t even know about these arcades,” Noïnski said.

“When you think Paris, you don’t think, ‘oh yeah, covered arcades’…

So this exhibition is interesting in a sense that it gives people a very detailed report of what these covered arcades are, and they’re just amazing. It’s good to be able to bring this to people in Boston and show them that Paris is more than just the Eiffel Tower. And not to say that people don’t know anything about Paris, but I think it’s something that people don’t really know about.”

For Pendery, the appreciation is mutual: “I can think of no more appropriate place to show these,” he elaborated.

Pendery hopes that through the exhibition, those with plans to visit the city of light will be inspired to stroll these distinctive arcades and experience their vibrant history and culture firsthand: “That’s my main point -- to turn people on to these and to entice them to visit them.”

leg, hip bones from a sheep or something in Norway and fashioned them into an instrument, like a xylophone.”

B.E.A.T.s is known mostly for its musical output, but Jack says that the group’s latest effort is to emphasize the theatricality of the performances.

“We sometimes wear horse masks,” in reference to their costuming. The group also encourages audience participation. “You know, we like to get people involved too, wake people up.”

Jack promises that future performances

by B.E.A.T.s will contain “plenty more shenanigans.”

In spite of the trashcans and animal bones, Jack still finds time to play the piano. “I just really like to play music,” he says excitedly.

—by Chris Poldoian

Top Ten | Less Offensive but Just as Lackluster Performer Choices not Chris Brown If you remorselessly beat your girlfriend, were invited to the Grammys anyway and then bragged about your dastardly ways via Twitter, chances are you wouldn’t still have a following. And yet, Chris Brown has proved us wrong once again. It would actually be challenging to one-up this situation in terms of its blatant offensiveness.

Below are a few comparably — cough — lackluster acts that could have graced the Grammy stage.

1) Justin Bieber: Baby baby baby oh, baby baby baby … no.

2) Ringo Starr: Seeing that the other Beatle did so well at the Grammys...

3) Tyler the Creator: A vomiting goblin with the silver screen is like Chris with Rihanna.

4) Michael Bolton: We might get lost in those eyes!

5) Tay Zonday: Watching him move away from the mic to breathe in might not be as magical in person.

6) Charles Manson: If you don’t agree, you’re probably not watching the Grammys anyway.

7) Ashley Simpson: The year was 2004, the show, SNL ... people don’t forget.

8) Lana del Rey: We would rather play video games than listen to them.

9) Nickelback/Creed: If they weren’t so awful, we wouldn’t have to keep making these jokes.

10) Bobby Brown: One word: Whitney.

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The Obama administration recently unveiled tweaks to rules for health insurance that would have compelled church-affiliated organizations to cover contraceptives for female employees under the insurance progams they provide. These provisions enraged many Catholics. The updated rule would not have applied to people who work directly for the Catholic Church, but it would have extended to affiliated organizations owned by the Church, such as Catholic hospitals and universities. Due to the extensive uproar that this policy provoked, the administration has since backtracked, instead placing the burden of financing contraception on insurance companies.

The issue is hardly the declaration of war against religion that so many religious activists and Republican candidates have claimed. But the provision does seem curiously inconsiderate and unnecessarily inflammatory.

It should have come as no surprise that this policy, as originally

announced, would enrage Catholic bishops and conservative Catholics across the country. But the administration failed to foresee that moderate Catholics — including those who otherwise staunchly support the Obama health reforms — would also be unhappy, a foolish oversight on the part of Obama and his advisors. It is the enraged responses of this particular group of Catholics that will have the longest-lasting effects on the administration, potentially turning key voters against Obama come November.

Perhaps the biggest issue with the decision as a whole was not that a mistake was made, but that it could so easily have been avoided while still accomplishing the same goals that these changes hoped to achieve in the first place.

The newly revised stance of the administration shows the truth of such sentiments. The policy now requires third-party insurance companies, as opposed to the religious institutions themselves, to pay directly for contra-

ceptives. This revised plan emulates a scheme already in place in Hawaii that is well-known to Obama’s advisors.

With the new proposal, the Church will not provide the money for this particular healthcare service, but all female employees will still have access to contraceptives and family planning. Both Planned Parenthood and the Catholic Health Association are supportive of these reforms.

With Obama’s healthcare plans attacked regularly by his Republican opposition, his administration cannot afford to be making itself look bad as well. It was certainly political folly to alienate Catholic supporters and to hand the GOP a ready-made hot potato.

Now, Obama and his supporters will have to hope that any damage done to the broad support for healthcare reform can be repaired before the impending elections. If the administration hopes to make amends, it will need to put more foresight, sensitivity and political adeptness into its decisions over the coming months.

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Should universities have their own drinking ages?

College campuses should not be special places by

Walker Bristol

Unique drinking laws for universities.

How attractive it seems, the opportunity to drink legally while polishing that paper or arguing with a fellow student about how to save the world! Yet not only do I consider this to be an ineffective idea, I think it’s entirely counterproductive to the American idea — universal freedom — that it is intended to further.

First, to avoid the risk of losing an audience, I will make a starting concession: I wholeheartedly believe we should lower, or remove, the drinking age. I see no reason beyond arbitration why 21 ought to mark a magical point of trustworthiness in anyone’s life — it doesn’t even seem like a particularly good average. I would be plenty happy to see the drinking age amended on college campuses, and everywhere else at the same instant, albeit with certain qualifications.

There is, of course, nothing new about this debate. The drinking age is perhaps the last great age restriction in America that warrants widespread criticism — at least until sixth graders awaken with the pressing desire to drive. As such, a number of systems have been already proposed for how to effectively reform drinking legislation. Some, like that supported by former Tufts president Larry Bacow, advocate for requiring a license to drink not unlike that required to operate an automobile, holding as a prerequisite that applicants take a class to better understand the risks and responsible means for alcohol consumption.

What a world this is, where rather than suddenly finding themselves thrust into legality and expected to make responsible decisions despite perhaps never having even been around alcohol, people must earn the privilege to engage in precarious but rewarding social behavior. Something of this sort has actually been implemented already on many college campuses — any Tufts student should, although he or she may well not, remember the pre-orientation online alcohol education program required the summer before his or her freshman year.

But I’ve spoken to many a friend, myself included, who gave that entirely uncompelling course little more than cursory attention. An actual class, however, could be developed and structured with all the inspiration and content that one might find in, say, an alcoholic recovery program. Whether you like Alcoholics Anonymous or not, it’s certainly more effective in preventing binge drinking than an online quiz about drinking statistics.

This speaks, I think, to the heart of the problem of only implementing such a change on university campuses. What exactly makes them especially worthy of liberty from prohibition? Sure, they’re institutions of education (perhaps better described as buffets — in the end, your choices and self-motivation are what make the letters after your name meaningful or not) but that doesn’t necessarily mean that students are going to act more responsibly if given the opportunity, than would, say, their peers stationed on military bases.

Sure, college students are less likely to be found in a driver’s seat or in a factory with heavy machinery, where drunkenness is most treacherous.

Setting aside the still-lofty number of college students who do drive or work in on-campus labs, it doesn’t seem like targeting certain segments of the population with drinking freedom will do anything to fix the existing problem of intoxicated driving. I’m a firm believer that education, not necessarily legislation, is the best way to combat irresponsibility or cruelty; implementing

new drinking laws coupled with new and creative educational outlets to dissuade people from accompanying their boozing with reckless behavior seems a far more effective strategy for securing road and workplace safety.

But why not as a first step? Why not take these already developed, informed ideas about lowering the drinking age — perhaps via requiring a drinking license, perhaps by transferring resources from law enforcement to education on the effects of dangerous habits — and give them a maiden voyage on the stereotypical site of underage violation, the college campus? Why go all-or-nothing on your first roll?

I think the simplest way to say it is: America is not a United States of college campuses. Going directly to university out of high school is not the norm in many areas of this country, and that absolutely must be taken into account when deciding how best to amend the existing drinking restrictions. It is commonly noted: if you’re old enough to join the military and perhaps die for the ideals of your country, why can’t you do so with a legal whiskey in your hand? Are we truly best serving the young people of our nation, who want the opportunity

A lower drinking age is safer for all

by Jonathan

Green

During the early 1980s, the Reagan administration decided that there was a drunk-driving epidemic in this country. From 1982 to 1984, Mothers Against Drunk Driving dedicated themselves to lobbying in favor of changing the national drinking age to 21. In 1984, Reagan signed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which set a national drinking age for the first time, into law.

Today, MADD continues to fight for a legal drinking age of 21, despite the fact that the new drinking age has had no positive effect on the reduction in drunk driving accidents over the past 30 years. MADD has taken it upon itself to fight the Amethyst Initiative, a collective of 136 college presidents and chancellors who’ve pledged to renew debate about the effectiveness of the 21-plus drinking age.

Among the initiative’s signatories is former University President Lawrence Bacow, who signed the initiative in 2008. Although Bacow’s successor, University President Anthony Monaco, has yet to get on board, Bacow’s support is significant. In

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to engage in a mature social activity, by limiting the freedom from strict drinking legislation only to those lucky enough to find themselves at a college?

No, it seems that if we are to claim that the existing laws prohibiting alcohol consumption based on age are misinformed, then we should free every eligible young man and woman from those burdens regardless of what institution they find themselves a part of. I find the idea of a license to be the most attractive way to offer people under 21 the luxury to drink.

Let’s give everyone the equal opportunity to prove their responsibility.

Let’s remove this archaic reliance upon arbitrations of age from our law books entirely, not just in certain segments of the population, and replace it with a healthy, informed alternative. Let’s fight irresponsibility everywhere, and fight it with the clever blade of education.

Walker Bristol is a sophomore majoring in religion.

August 2008, he told the Daily that Tufts’ efforts to enforce the drinking age and curb binge drinking “have not been effective” and that they’ve helped cause “driving drinking underground, and in the process, may have put more students at risk.”

Bacow was spot-on. Because the drinking age is 21, alcohol has become the forbidden fruit that’s just ripe enough that thirsty college students can’t help but pick it. When underage students drink, they drink heavily and they drink in private. Binge drinking doesn’t occur in public places where it’s safer; not often do Tufts students witness shots being poured in Dewick or the campus center. Instead, students binge drink in locked dorm rooms, off-campus houses or even the President’s Lawn late at night — all places where they can escape both legal and administrative ramifications, but also out of the sight of people who can help assuage the severity of extreme intoxication.

Paradoxically, the more Tufts tries

to prevent underage students from drinking, the more underage drinking moves away from its jurisdiction and into the shadows of secrecy and danger.

The result? Alcohol annually contributes to some 1,700 deaths, 599,000 injuries and 97,000 cases of sexual assault among college students.

According to the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, 96 percent of the alcohol consumed by underage drinkers is drunk on nights when the drinker intends to be at least five drinks deep. Since the legal drinking age was set at 21, it’s true that fewer teenagers drink. But this means that fewer teenagers get to experience responsible drinking from an appropriate age, and when they do choose to inevitably drink, they binge drink at alarming rates.

When the law doesn’t reflect the reality of society, these sad statistics are inevitable. The reality, most college students would agree, is that 21 is an entirely arbitrary age to begin allowing legal drinking, especially when we are encouraged at 18 to vote, serve on juries and risk our lives serving in the military. The reality is that colleges are communities with plenty of people 21 and over and that it is impossible to keep liquor out of the hands of underage consumers.

Compared with universities in most other parts of the world, Tufts and other American colleges have archaic alcohol policies. At McGill University in Montreal, for example, there is an open alcohol culture that fosters safe drinking in dorm rooms, bars and clubs on campus.

At Tufts, though, the American drinking age fosters a hushed culture shockingly reminiscent of Prohibition in the 1920s. Fraternities and other frequent party hosts take care to ensure they have procedures in place to limit disciplinary consequences when police officers shut down their parties. Kegs are expertly hidden, music is turned off and partiers are rushed out the doors. Instead of ensuring that everyone at the party is safe and that the party’s neighbors aren’t losing sleep, hosts and police are solely focused on the alcohol.

The solution? Given that Tufts and other universities won’t have the ideal opportunity to set their own drinking ages anytime soon, Tufts can do a better job of focusing its resources on encouraging safe drinking. Instead of instructing RAs, RDs and TUPD to punish students at the first sign of their drinking, they should focus on preventing crimes that occur when students are too inebriated, like date rapes and vandalism.

Instead of charging TEMSed students hundreds of dollars, slamming them with further disciplinary punishments and reporting their violations to parents, Tufts should encourage students to not fear having to call TEMS for a friend for the second time in one semester. Of course, if students could drink legally, punishments would never be the downside of taking cautious care of overly drunk friends.

Tufts should be on the forefront of the fight to reopen a national conversation on the drinking age. Our new president, Anthony Monaco, is encouraged to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and sign the Amethyst Initiative. Only with these steps will we see the reversal of the growing trend of dangerous, and illegal, binge drinking.

Jonathan Green is a freshman who has not yet declared a major.

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Throwing and relay teams will lead the way for women’s track and field at Div. III championships WOMEN’S TRACK and FIELD continued from page 16

Jan. 21, and on Feb. 4 the Jumbos won a home invitational where Williams placed seventh.

In order to defeat its rivals this weekend, Tufts will need strong performances from the squad’s top contributors all season — the throwing and relay teams.

Senior thrower Kelly Allen has consistently led the team in points, and she has already broken her own school records in the weight throw and the shot put, with tosses of 16.80 meters and 13.09 meters, respectively. Those marks are significantly better than MIT’s top throwers’ distances this season. However, Allen will be challenged by Williams sophomore Amina Avril, who has recorded a weight throw of 17.35 meters and a shot put of 12.24 meters this season.

“We are going in trying to win, as this is our big meet,” Allen said. “It’s always close between us, MIT and Williams.

We’ve put in the work physically; now it’s just time to get in the right mentality. I’m just trying to go out there and help our team win the meet.”

Allen is expected to continue competing deep into the indoor track postseason and will likely earn a chance to compete at Nationals if all goes well.

The Jumbos also need help from their strong relay squads, led by the Distance Medley Relay (DMR) and 4x400-meter units. Tufts’ 4x200-meter and 4x800-meter teams should also be very competitive.

While MIT boasts the fast-

est relay teams across the board, Tufts appears to have the upper hand against many of Williams’ relay groups.

“The relay teams have the talent to win their events as long as they work together,” Petteruto said.

The DMR team — featuring sophomores Laura Peterson and Jana Hieber and juniors Anya Price and Sam Bissonnette -- and the 4x400meter team, featuring Hieber, sophomore Colleen Flanagan, junior Alyssa Corrigan and senior Dayorsha Collins, both set season personal records last weekend at the BU invitational. They are looking to continue on to the ECAC Championships.

If both groups perform well this weekend, Tufts will have a strong chance of winning the Div. III championships, and the DMR and 4x400-meter teams could enjoy a deep run into the month of February.

Hieber has also been a key contributor for the Jumbos in the pentathlon this season; her point total of 3,236 is good for second in the nation.

She will look to secure points for the team in both the pentathlon and the relays, while also competing to move on to regionals and nationals in the upcoming weeks.

In order to take home the Div. III New Englands title for the first time since the 2007-08 season, the Jumbos will need to showcase their depth and place well across the board.

Securing points wherever possible will be the key to unseating perennial favorites MIT and Williams.

Jumbos go to Nationals with top seed MEN’S SQUASH

continued from page 16

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Junior Sam Bissonnette is a key member of the Jumbos’ DMR team, which set a personal record at the BU Invitational last weekend.

If the Jumbos can do that while continuing to succeed in the areas where they have

all season long, the team should have what it takes to capture the crown.

Conn. College. That defeat was Tufts’ first time losing in the Conroy Division, and this time around they are heading into proceedings with an almost entirely new cast of characters.

Much has been said this season about the Jumbos’ youth, with five freshmen playing major roles in the lineup. But with nearly a full season under their belts, the freshmen know it’s time to step up.

“I’m not worried at all,” Silverman said. “I’m just pretty excited.”

Meggitt, who grew up in Princeton and played on many of the courts there, may be aided by a home-court advantage. But that doesn’t mean he won’t be feeling butterflies.

“I’m sure I’ll be more nervous than in a regular match because I’ve never been to nationals before,” he said. “It’s another level up from a typical match.”

For the freshmen, the trip to nationals will be a chance to season themselves on college squash’s biggest stage.

“They have nothing to lose and everything to prove,” Meleney said. “They know they’ve got three more years to improve, so this is a year to set the base.”

For Silverman, the pressure stems largely from a desire to send off seniors Henry Miller, Eli Borek and Christopher Stoj on a high note.

“It would be a great way to send them out,” Silverman said.

“Anything less than total victory would be a disappointment.”

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MEN’S TRACK and FIELD

Alex Arthur | King Arthur’s Court

Jumbos head to New Englands motivated by last year’s subpar performance by

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The men’s track and field team enters the Div. III New England Championships this weekend with a vengeance. Last year, they had a disappointing sixth-place finish. But after a solid regular season the Jumbos believe that this year’s meet, which will be held tomorrow and Saturday at Springfield College, will be different.

“Everyone is really fueled by the results from last year and how disappointing it was,” sophomore Ben Wallis said. “So the main focus is team scoring, improving on the sixth-place finish and trying to secure definitely a top three and try to be up there for the win.”

But cracking into the top of the division is never an easy feat, with perennial powerhouses MIT and Williams sitting atop it.

Last year, MIT edged out Williams by just two points with a total of 114, though all other teams lagged behind, as the thirdplace squad had only 84. The Jumbos sat back in sixth with 44.

While the Engineers are still the team to beat, the Jumbos are confident that, with their improvements from last year, they will be able to take advantage in what could be a disappointing year for the Ephs.

“MIT, like usual, is strong across the board. They have someone who has potential to place in every event,” Wallis said. “Williams seems to be maybe a little weaker than in years past, but they’re always a team that places well so those are the two frontrunners, and then we’d like for our team to be up there as well.”

With qualified athletes in every event, the squad has created a lineup built to capitalize on its strengths and score as many points as possible across the board.

“We’re looking to go on the offensive this weekend,” assistant coach Nick Welch said. “We have a strong lineup this year, but we’re facing off against some very good programs. I hope to see us take a few big swings at them.”

The action will kickoff on Friday evening with the heptathlon. Junior Mike Blair enters the event having posted the second-best score in New England this season. Friday will mark the first time the heptathlon is held at the Div. III championships. Last winter, when the pentathlon was used instead, Blair took third.

On Saturday, sophomore Graham Beutler will be an athlete to watch. Having posted the top 200-meter dash time and the third-best 400-meter dash time among Div. III New England athletes this season, Beutler will be looking to bring home some top finishes for Tufts in the sprints.

“Graham has had a very strong indoor season,” Welch said. “He’s got a competitive drive that few of his opponents have, and probably even fewer see. I know he’s hungry to compete this weekend.”

The sprinting squad has taken several steps forward this season. With many Jumbos entering the weekend in good position, short distance runners could make a huge impact for Tufts, which received no points from events shorter than the 1,000-meter run in 2011.

The Jumbos will also look to continue

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Sophomore Graham Beutler has excelled in the 200- and 400-meter dash events this year and will look to maintain that success at the Div. III New Englands this weekend. their success in the pole vault on Saturday.

Junior Brad Nakanishi, the 2011 runnerup, ranks third in the division with his clearance of 15-5 3/4 feet.

Junior Gbola Ajayi will also look for high marks in the horizontal jumps, entering both the long jump and the triple jump ranked in the top eight.

The throwing squad has proven to be a dominant force throughout this season, led by freshman Brian Williamson in the shot put and sophomore Curtis Yancy in the weight throw. The pair enters the meet having thrown top-eight marks in the region, and is a huge addition for a Jumbos squad that had no scorers in the throws at the Div. III championships last indoor season.

On the distance side, Tufts enters the weekend with several top seeds. Junior Matt Rand will lead a strong 5,000-meter contingent, having posted the second-fast-

est mark in the region earlier this season.

“We have a really good 5K squad. [Rand] and junior Kyle Marks are two of the top seeds,” Wallis said. “Both [junior] Tyler Andrews and [sophomore] Jake McCauley have a good shot of being up there as well … so the 5K will definitely be a loaded distance event for us.”

The Jumbos will also look for top marks in the 1,000-meter run and the mile, while Wallis — who posted the fifth-fastest time in the 3,000-meter run this season — will lead a solid distance squad in that event.

While the Jumbos captured no victories in 2011, the team has the potential to fight for many top spots this weekend. Now the runners and throwers just have to go out and perform.

“The 1,000 [and higher], the 400, horizontal jumps, shot, and the relays — in all of those events, we can battle for the win,” Welch said.

Jumbos will look to silence Camels again in rematch WOMEN’S BASKETBALL continued from page 16

its hands full trying to contain the twin towers that are seniors Rachael Mack and Jill Vaughan. Mack and Vaughan, who stand at 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-3, respectively, have wreaked havoc on their opponents all season, landing in the top eight in the NESCAC in points, rebounds, blocks and field goal percentage. The duo averaged a combined 26.4 points and 15.8 rebounds per game during the regular season, and for the Mules to go far in the tournament, they must continue to dominate in the paint.

No. 5 seed: Williams (19-5, 6-4) After starting the season with 14 wins in their first 15 games, the Ephs cooled down during the final month, losing three of their last six contests. When they met the Mules on Feb. 3, they came out on top 62-56 behind big games from Grace Rehnquist

and Jill Greenberg. Those two, along with Claire Baecher are averaging a combined 37.7 points per game. If Williams is going to defeat Colby on the road this weekend, its trio of double-digit scorers will have to outplay the mighty Mack and Vaughan.

No. 6 seed: Wesleyan (13-8, 5-5) The Cardinals enter the postseason on a two-game skid, and they have struggled defensively of late, allowing over 64 points per game in their last four contests.

Wesleyan has been inconsistent this season, and their offense — which ranks ninth in the conference — will need to avoid long droughts in its first-round matchup against the Henrikson-led Bowdoin squad.

No. 7 seed: Conn. College (16-6, 5-5) The Camels will have to do their best to forget about their last matchup against the Jumbos, when they scored just 21 points on their home court and were outplayed in

every aspect of the game. The key matchup in this game will be Conn. College’s NESCAC Player of the Year candidate Jenn Shinall against Kornegay. When the two last squared off, Kornegay dominated defensively, holding Shinall to four points on 12.5 percent shooting. Shinall and sophomore phenom Tara Gabelman are the second- and thirdleading scorers in the league, and Gabelman is also atop the NESCAC in rebounding.

No. 8 seed: Trinity (10-12, 3-7) Trinity enters this David-versus-Goliath matchup having won three of its last four games, and on Saturday it took Williams to overtime before losing 80-76. That said, they will need nothing short of a miracle to pull off an upset against undefeated Amherst.

The undersized Bantams are not equipped to handle the dominant inside presence of the Lord Jeffs, and they will likely be pushed around at every position.

Cup-bound and Down

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et me make this abundantly clear.

The New York Rangers have not won a Stanley Cup in my lifetime.

Yes, they last hoisted The Cup in 1994, but I was three years old. I doubt that I knew what hockey was, and I did not attend the parade on Broadway.

And while I never played hockey growing up, the Rangers have become my most beloved New York sports team. It is not because of individual members over the years, but rather because I just really love hockey. All of this is why the 2011-2012 NHL season has been rather special for me.

For the first time in my lifetime, I truly believe they are the best team in hockey and that they can and will win the Stanley Cup. I feel like I’ve done something terribly wrong by putting that statement into writing, but maybe it’s just because it’s something I have never done before.

The Rangers are 2-0 versus the Boston Bruins, 5-0 versus the Philadelphia Flyers, and 2-1 versus the Pittsburgh Penguins. That amounts to a record of 9-1 against three of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference. Additionally, they are a dominant 30-10-3 against all Eastern Conference opponents.

What has me even more excited is that this team is built for a long run of success. There are 10 integral members of this team that are 26 years old or younger. To balance out that youth, head coach John Tortorella brought in veteran Mike Rupp, 32, to provide some leadership and stability in the locker room, and he has had his biggest moments on the biggest stage — two of his four goals this year came in the Winter Classic vs. the Flyers.

Tortorella’s decision-making this season is quite possibly the biggest reason for the Rangers’ success. Before the season started, he named Ryan Callahan the captain, making Callahan the first homegrown player to be named captain since legend Brian Leetch. Callahan has taken the captaincy and been spectacular this season thanks to his toughness and overall play: he already has surpassed his career high in points and goals scored for a season.

Tortorella’s other most important decision this season was how he organized his lines after the high-priced offseason acquisition of Brad Richards.

Richards was brought in to help provide stability to the first line and to re-inject life into the goal-scoring machine that was once star winger Marian Gaborik.

Gaborik scored only 22 goals last year after putting in 42 in his first season as a Ranger. After a few games, however, Gaborik was moved to the second line and rookie Carl Hagelin was moved to the first line to play alongside Callahan and Richards. Moving Gaborik to the second line provided 21-year-old center Derek Stepan the opportunity to develop alongside a proven goal scorer.

The second-year center has flourished, leading the team with 26 assists.

But I would be remiss if I did not conclude this vote of confidence by mentioning “The King.” Henrik Lundqvist is dangerously close to passing Mike Richter as the greatest Ranger netminder of all time and is the most beloved Ranger since Leetch. The “BOOM! BOOM! HENRIK!” chant, my favorite in recent New York sports memory, makes Madison Square Garden quake.

Lundqvist is having his best season ever, posting a career-best 1.77 goals against average and .941 save percentage, while leading the league again in shutouts. He seems to stand on his head in the biggest moments and games, as witnessed in his penalty shot save in the final seconds of the Winter Classic and in Tuesday night’s 42-save shutout win over the Bruins.

If there’s one reason Rangers fans should believe deep down that we are cup-bound, it is because Hank is between the pipes.

Alex Arthur is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at @tufts.edu.

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Men’s squash

Women’s Basketball

Breaking down the NESCAC tourney field by

Alex Baudoin

Daily Editorial Board

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Freshman Hugo Meggitt, a native of Princeton, N.J., will be competing on familiar courts at nationals.

Jumbos confident as they begin chase for Conroy Cup this weekend by

Marcus Budline

Contributing Writer

For the men’s squash team, this season has been as much about developing young players and gaining experience as it has been about competing for victories. The rebuilding year will culminate tomorrow through Sunday at the National Team Championships at Princeton University — only this time, the Jumbos expect to win.

At Nationals, teams are seeded in groups of eight into seven divisions in an effort to ease the disparity between the top teams on the East Coast and the rest of the country.

That means that a difference of one spot in the national rankings can be the difference between a top seed and a bottom seed.

The Jumbos — who are riding high after consecutive wins against the Huskies and the

Golden Eagles last week — narrowly avoided crossing that line, receiving the number one seed in the Conroy Division, the fourth-best division at the tournament. The draw is filled out by many teams the Jumbos have already defeated this season, and, as a result, the team is feeling confident it will hoist the Conroy Cup. “It would be great to beat some of these teams more handily than we did to give ourselves more breathing room [in the final rankings],” junior Andrew Meleney said.

The Jumbos’ first opponent will be the Engineers, the No. 8 seed in the division. Tufts bested MIT earlier in the season 7-2, and the team expects Friday afternoon’s matchup to play out similarly.

“We should definitely beat them,” freshman Hugo Meggitt said. “It would be a very big disappointment if we lost.”

Tufts’ stiffest competition

will most likely be Hobart College, the No. 2 seed in the Conroy Division. In a Jan. 22 matchup, the Jumbos were on the ropes against the Statesmen at the Amherst Round Robin, but they wound up with a forfeit victory when Hobart’s top player vomited near the end of his match.

The Jumbos will be looking for a chance to validate themselves and secure a more traditional victory this time around.

“It was probably the most ridiculous match of the season,” freshman Gordon Silverman said. “But last time we were a little bit sick and had some injuries, so this time it will be more in our favor if everyone plays well.”

Tufts is also seeking redemption for its loss in the Conroy Division in last year’s semifinals, where it was ousted by see MEN’S SQUASH, page 14

Women’s Track and Field

Women’s track team gears up for Div. III Championships

The women’s basketball team will enter the NESCAC tournament this weekend as the second seed after finishing its regular season with a 19-5 overall record and an 8-2 mark in NESCAC play. The Jumbos will look to improve on their playoff performance of a year ago, when they lost an overtime thriller to Williams in the first round.

This season, the NESCAC tournament should prove to be very competitive, as six of the eight squads boast overall win percentages above .700. The Jumbos, along with top-seeded Amherst, No. 3 Bowdoin and No. 4 Colby, will host first-round quarterfinal games on Saturday.

To get you ready, the Daily dissects the eight teams looking to capture the 2011-12 NESCAC crown.

No. 1 seed: Amherst (24-0 overall, 10-0 NESCAC) The Lord Jeffs enter the tournament on a 43-game win streak dating back to the middle of last season, in which they captured the Div. III national title. This season, Amherst has held the top national ranking since the preseason and has dominated every opponent right from the start. The Lord Jeffs led the league in nearly every team statistical category during the regular season, including scoring offense, scoring defense, scoring margin and total rebounding.

They enter their first-round matchup on Saturday against No. 8 Trinity as heavy favorites, having defeated the Bantums by a 22-point margin earlier in the season. Amherst’s success this year has been the result of a balanced offense — which includes four players who average over nine points per game — and a gritty defense that uses its size advantage to stifle opponents.

If the Lord Jeffs are playing well, it will take a miracle for any of the other seven teams to knock them off their throne.

No. 2 seed: Tufts (19-5, 8-2) The Jumbos earned their highest seed since 2008 and will wel-

come the No. 7 Camels to Cousens Gym on Saturday afternoon. The key for the Jumbos all season has been their incredible team defense; their versatility and quickness forces opponents to commit turnovers and attempt low-percentage shots.

On Jan. 21, the Jumbos put together arguably their best performance of the season against the Camels, holding them to 21 points on 12.8 percent shooting from the field.

Like Amherst, the Jumbos thrive offensively due to a balanced attack that features eight players averaging at least six points per game.

Senior guard Tiffany Kornegay, who is among the top candidates for NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year honors, has been stellar all season. She ranks in the top 30 in the league in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

No. 3 seed: Bowdoin (18-6, 7-3) The Polar Bears have been roaring of late, winning seven of their last eight games to earn a home matchup against the No. 6 Cardinals in the first round. Last time the two teams played, Bowdoin took advantage of a second-half collapse by Wesleyan to win by a score of 70-56.

Leading the way for the Polar Bears is a three-time NESCAC Player of the Week senior Jill Henrikson, who leads the conference in scoring and is perhaps the top candidate for NESCAC Player of the Year. She has help, too, as all five Bowdoin starters are averaging at least seven points per game.

The Polar Bears are more likely to be plagued by their defense, which ranks eighth in the conference in points allowed. If Bowdoin is going to have a shot at claiming the NESCAC title, Henrikson’s supporting cast will have to step up and contribute on both sides of the ball.

No. 4 seed: Colby (18-6, 7-3) After losing the head-to-head tiebreaker to the Polar Bears, the Mules fell into fourth place and face a first-round date with the No. 5 Ephs in Waterville, Maine, on Saturday. Williams is going to have see WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 15

Springtime in the NESCAC

Tufts battles Williams, MIT for top three spots

by Jake Indursky

Contributing Writer

So far this season, the women’s track and field team has cleared every hurdle.

At invitational meets, the Jumbos have earned two first-place and two secondplace finishes. They have broken several school records. And at last weekend’s non-scoring events at the Gantcher Center and Boston University, they achieved numerous personal bests.

Tomorrow, though, the Jumbos will have a chance to reach new heights.

The squad will travel to Smith College, kicking off the championship season with the Div. III New England Championships.

New Englands provide Tufts with two unique opportunities. First, they give the Jumbos a chance to prove their ability as a team against perennial con-

tenders Williams and MIT. At the same time, they give individuals the chance to advance to the All-New England Championships, ECAC Championships and Nationals.

The team has placed third at New Englands in each of the past two seasons, and they hope to do at least as well this year.

“This is the big championship meet.

All the Div. III schools in New England will be there, and this is the team scoring event that matters,” senior tri-captain Kayley Pettoruto said. “Our goal is to be in top three. Williams and MIT are strong, but we are too. We’re always in the top three, and we’d like to stay up there.”

Tufts finished second behind MIT at the Springfield Invitational back on see WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD, page 14

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For the athletes in the NESCAC, yesterday didn’t just feel like spring — it was the first day of the spring season. Teams have been holding captains’ practices and workouts all winter, but under conference rules, Feb. 15 is the first day that they can hold official practices. That meant a return to Bello Field for the defending national runner-up men’s lacrosse team, which played under the lights last night in preparation for a scrimmage at Yale on Saturday.