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Scott Brown talks time at Tufts

Cold War Kids to headline third annual Cage Rage concert by

Lizz Grainger

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Thirty years before Scott Brown (R-Mass., LA ‘81) became a U.S Senator, he played basketball, sung in choir and served in student government at Tufts. Brown spoke with the Daily last week about his experience in the Tufts community. See page 3 for the feature.

Committee on Student Life to hear TCF’s derecognition case by

Martha Shanahan

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Tufts Christian Fellowship ( TCF) has filed an appeal with the Committee on Student Life (CSL) to contest its official derecognition last month based on allegedly discriminatory clauses in the student group’s constitution.

The CSL is a group of faculty members and students charged with the responsibility of hearing appeals of decisions handed down by the Tufts Community Union ( TCU) Judiciary.

The Judiciary derecognized TCF last month because it considered a clause in the group’s constitutional bylaws, which required members in leadership positions to adhere to a list of eight tenets of Evangelical thought, to be in violation of the TCU Constitution’s non-discrimination clause.

The CLS will either uphold or strike down the Judiciary’s decision.

The body may also issue a recommendation that the Judiciary re-evaluate its interpretation of the TCU Constitution, or encourage the University Chaplaincy to engage the broader Tufts community in a discussion about the role of beliefs in selecting the leadership of campus religious groups.

“An appeal has been submitted, and the process is moving ahead accordingly,” Philip Starks, CSL chair and associate professor in the Department of Biology, told the Daily in an email. “The CSL is looking forward to reviewing and gathering data, hearing all perspectives and

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identifying a solution.”

Starks said the committee will be weighing the university’s “dual conviction” of both supporting spiritual life on campus and maintaining “as discrimination-free an environment as possible.”

Junior Jessica Laporte, a member of TCF’s Vision and Planning Team, confirmed that TCF has appealed the decision and said the group asked in their appeal that the CSL consider questions of the rights of all campus religious groups to choose their leaders based on beliefs.

“We’re asking them to consider what it means on a campus level to protect religious freedom and promote religious diversity,” Laporte said.

“There are a lot of different directions it could go.”

Official derecognition means the group cannot use the Tufts name without permission, schedule meeting spaces using Tufts resources or have access to TCU Senate allocated funding.

While the appeal process is ongoing, TCF will continue to have access to these rights and funding, Laporte noted.

It remains unclear how long the appeal process may take, she said.

Regardless of CSL’s verdict, the group plans to retain its affiliation with the Chaplaincy and its status as a campus chapter of the national college evangelical Christian mission InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. Laporte said the group has decided to change its name to Tufts Christian Fellowship InterVarsity to emphasize its relationship with the national organization.

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The indie-rock band Cold War Kids will headline the third annual Cage Rage Concert on Dec. 8. at the Carzo Cage.

Programming Board is still in the process of booking an opening band, according to Concert Board Co-Chair Nate Harada, a junior.

Tickets will go on sale on Nov. 13 through the TuftsTickets.com website and will be available at the information booth in the Mayer Campus Center for $10 per Tufts ID and $20 per guest ticket, according to Harada.

Students will be allowed to purchase two guest tickets per ID. The number of available tickets is not set in stone, though Office for Campus Life (OCL) Assistant Director David McGraw anticipates that 2,000

to 2,500 will be available.

Since this year’s Cage Rage will take place the weekend after classes end and before reading period starts, Concert Board

hopes the event will be a way for students to celebrate the end of the semester, Harada said. see CAGE RAGE, page 2

Katja Torres / Tufts Daily Archives

Concert Board announced today that Cold War Kids will headline this fall’s Cage Rage concert on Dec. 8. Tickets will be available for purchase next week.

At roundtable, sustainability groups discuss plan for waste reduction

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Daily Staff Writer

The Tufts Sustainability Collective (TSC) on Friday hosted a roundtable event for a variety of green-minded groups and individuals to discuss ways in which the campus could further act on its commitment to sustainability.

Members of the university-wide Campus Sustainability Council, including representatives from Facilities Services, Dining Services and teaching faculty, among others, presented the progress made by the Council’s three working groups on improving campus sustainability through energy efficiency, water conservation and recycling.

Members of the council’s

Energy and Emissions Working Group (EEWG) discussed specific steps the university is taking to improve energy efficiency and to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.

“We made a pledge to meet the emissions reductions [for 2020] associated with the Kyoto Protocol, and we met that,” Ann Rappaport, co-chair of the EEWG and a lecturer in the Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Department said during the roundtable.

She added that the university still has much to do before it can meet its goals for 2050, which include a 75-percent reduction in emissions levels from 2001.

Director of Facilities Technical Services and EEWG co-chair Betsy Isenstein cautioned that

while the university is reducing its emissions, new construction plans could stand in the way of its long-term emissions goals.

“The fact that we are growing clearly is important, but it’s even more important to recognize how we are growing,” she said. “Our plans add really energy intensive buildings, including lab buildings, and this poses an enormous challenge to us moving forward.”

Isenstein said the university plans to keep energy efficiency in mind as it pursues new construction projects.

“We are working on a different process for thinking about new construction and renovation that involves setting aggressive enersee SUSTAINABILITY, page 2

Tufts researchers receive grant for soft-bodied robots by

Daniel Bottino

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Tufts researchers recently received a $2.7 million training grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program that will enable them to further their work on soft-bodied robotic technology.

Researchers at Tufts have been working on these revolutionary robots for approximately six years, according to Professor of Biology Barry Trimmer, who is the principal

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Researchers have received a grant to continue work on soft-bodied robots.

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“The Walking Dead” returns with vigor after a lackluster second season.

Playing with a smaller roster, Tufts volleyball fell to Bowdoin over the weekend.

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Visiting the Hill this Week MONDAY “Embracing the Genius of the ‘and’ — Delivering Economic ‘and’ Social Value” Details: Doug Conant, former president and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company, will be honored as the first Corporate Citizen Fellow of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.

His lecture will focus on how to lead a “mission driven” organization and inspire employees.

When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center Sponsors: Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service

WEDNESDAY “Surviving the Holocaust as a Jehovah’s Witness” Details: Elizabeth Dopazo, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, will be recounting her story of survival in Nazi Germany.

When and Where: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Granoff Family Hillel Center Downstairs Chapel Sponsors: Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education THURSDAY “Lost Daughters and Forgotten Widows: Re-examining the Life of an

Indian Reformer” Details: Brian Hatcher, professor and Packard chair of theology in the Department of Religion, will be speaking.

When and Where: 5:15 p.m.; Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Center Sponsors: Women’s Studies Program “Colored Cosmopolitanism and the Racial Borders of South Asia” Details: Nico Slate, assistant professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University, will be speaking.

When and Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Cabot 205 Sponsors: The Department of History

FRIDAY “Election Aftermath: Why Should I Believe What I See on the News?”

Details: Marian Porges (LA ‘82), a senior producer at NBC News, will be discussing this year’s post-election coverage.

When and Where: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Eaton 201 Sponsors: Communications and Media Studies Program

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The Tufts Sustainability Collective hosted a roundtable to discuss green initiatives on campus.

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gy goals for the buildings in advance,” she said.

In existing facilities, the Council is working to reduce water usage and to increase trash diversion on the university’s campuses.

Director of Facilities Services Bob Burns, who co-chairs the Water Working Group, said a new method of collecting condensation from equipment in Pearson Chemical Lab will conserve more water.

“Taking condensation from equipment, we were able to develop a system ... where we were able to capture the condensation and reuse it,” he said. “The Boston campus has a significant opportunity to do the same thing.”

According to Scott Horsley, co-chair of the Water Working Group and lecturer in the Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Department, the university is trying to lessen its impact on the local environment by installing permeable pavement and creating a rain garden to filter rainwater between Hodgdon and Lewis Halls.

“Instead of storm water going down the streets, we are going to try to retain some of it onsite and integrate it into the landscape,” Horsley said. “I’m working with a group of students and we are applying for a grant from the EPA which would provide a modest amount of funding to help implement this plan.”

Associate Director of Dining Operations Ralph Perrotto said at the roundtable that Dining Services will continue a long

history of acting as a campus leader in recycling and composting, citing reusable chinaware in the Mugar Café and a Dining Services plan to reuse cardboard sleeves for coffee cups.

Student attendees at the event also provided their own suggestions for improving awareness about campus sustainability measures, including the introduction of new educational initiatives and the creation of an environmental house.

Freshman Natalie Kobsa-Mark proposed that the university improve sustainability education for incoming students through orientation activities or online quizzes.

“Similar to the online alcohol and drug education we had to complete over summer, we should have a required environmental one so that we can get everyone on the same level,” she said.

TSC Co-Director Steph Krantz said she is optimistic about the university’s commitment to increased sustainability.

“I thought it was nice for students to be able to hear the university’s plans for the future of sustainability,” Krantz, a junior, said after the roundtable. “It’s nice to know that the administration supports these things and going forward we have a lot of allies.”

Junior Katie Segal, another co-director of TSC, felt the event demonstrated the commitment of the student body toward university initiatives.

“People do care, and people want to be involved,” Segal said. “Everyone has a part in this. You don’t need to know anything about the environment to make a difference.”

Senate update

TCU passes resolution about Africana Studies The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate voiced its support of the incoming Africana Studies major in a unanimous vote on a resolution at their meeting this Sunday, commending progress on its curriculum but also expressing doubt about its sustainability and suggesting possible improvements.

The resolution, submitted by TCU President Wyatt Cadley and senior senator Logan Cotton, recommended a number of provisions to the new major that would improve upon the existing framework, including the creation of an “Introduction to Africana Studies” class, the establishment of incentives to ensure robust faculty engagement and the additional allocation of funds to support student research.

The resolution also advised that making an administrator directly responsible for ensuring that the program received sufficient resources would aid in the program’s development.

The resolution passed unanimously after a

short debate over the order of the resolution’s written arguments. Almost a dozen members of the Tufts community made up an unusually large student presence at the meeting.

TCU Treasurer Matthew Roy, a sophomore, reported that the Senate’s Allocation Board (ALBO) distributed two sums totaling $746 from the Senate’s supplementary fund to Tufts B.E.A.T.S. The percussion group applied for the funds to pay the cover fee for participation in a musical event in Boston and for B.E.A.T.S.’s upcoming winter Rhythm Symposium in Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center. The allocations passed unanimously. ALBO denied an additional $54 request for “show-specific costumes” on the basis that it was not “mission-critical.”

A pending request from Tufts VOX: Voices for Choice was tabled until the Senate’s weekly meeting next week.

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“TDC [Tufts Dance Collective] is that Friday and Cage Rage is that Saturday, so we’re hoping that’s going to be a big weekend and people will be really excited about that,” he said.

Harada highlighted that the Board is focusing on offering music genres typically not represented at Spring Fling concerts. This year’s concert will continue the indie-rock vibe from last year’s Cage Rage headlining act, Matt and Kim, he said.

“Traditionally, we don’t have rap, but we try to offer something that’s different from Spring Fling, usually because Spring Fling is a big name and is almost always hip-hop or something along that genre,” Harada said. “This will give the student body something different.”

Concert Board this year had many options for headliners, but Cold War Kids remained the number-one choice because the band is well known among students, according to Harada.

“Cold War Kids is a pretty big name for Cage Rage, we think,” he said. “It’s pretty recognizable, especially compared to some of the other options we looked at.”

Cold War Kids has gained popularity since its formation in 2004. In 2011 the band released its third album “Mine Is Yours,” which reached number five on

Billboard’s Top Alternative Albums list in the United States in February 2011.

Harada said Concert Board began the search this summer but only recently finalized the contract with the indie-rock band. Cold War Kids initially turned down the offer to perform at Cage Rage, requesting more money and a different concert date. However, the band reconsidered the opportunity after a schedule opening, according to Harada.

Cage Rage emerged two years ago as the result of combining the budgets of two to three smaller concerts generally offered in the fall semester into a budget for one larger event, according to McGraw. He noted that the Cage Rage budget is about a third the size of Spring Fling’s.

Though past Cage Rage concerts have been successful, Concert Board is working on publicizing the event even more than in previous years, Harada said.

“We’re really hoping to get the word out there, because it’s a big event, and make this a big night for people,” he said.

“We’re thinking it’s going to be a really good show.”

“For [the OCL] it seemed like last year went really well, so we’re going to try to maintain an equal level of professionalism and safety and get everyone in and out safely and have a good time,” McGraw added.

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investigator of the Neuromechanics and Biomimetic Devices Laboratory, where the research is being conducted.

The NSF grant promotes interdisciplinary and collaborative research, which will allow graduate students in different fields to contribute their knowledge.

“Students from many different backgrounds ... can enter this program if their work and their interests are ultimately directed towards building these new technologies,” Trimmer said.

The soft-bodied robots are modeled primarily on caterpillars and are constructed of silicone instead of metal, according to Professor David Kaplan, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Rather than being hard and unyielding, prototypes are pliant to the touch.

These robots could be used to deliver medicine within the human body, as they would not have to be attached to a wire, according to Chinami Michaels, a junior who did laboratory work last summer focusing on the neurobiology side of the project. “[ The grant] is a really big deal,” she said.

The robots can also be a helpful household presence, according to Trimmer.

“If you’re an older person and need assistance ... the robot is going to be much more friendly, both in appearance and in manner and in its structure,” he said.

The soft-bodied robot project is aimed to address the disconnect between conventional robots and the needs of modern human life. “[Currently], robots are not very compatible with the human world or with

the natural world,” Trimmer explained.

Mechanical robots of the 21st century are not designed to be used practically in everyday life, so to be better suited to ordinary life outside of factories, robots must be designed to be more like animals instead of automobiles and other mechanical devices, according to Trimmer.

The robots’ physical flexibility gives them an advantage, according to Trimmer.

“If you want to send these [robots] to a space station, you can pack 2,000 of them into a coffee cup,” he said.

Current research is focusing on how to use living tissue in the bodies of the robots rather than silicone. Implementing this tissue technology will help advance research to move past silicone, according to Trimmer.

“We need to know how to tell the muscle what we want it to do,” he said. “That’s the tissue engineering part [of building the robots].”

“If you can take the power of biology and harness it, make it do what you want to do, you can engineer machines out of living tissue,” Trimmer added.

Trimmer noted that this technique is different from stem cell research, which tries to get cells to do what they are already programmed to do.

Although it is too early in the research to understand with certainty the possible applications of this technology, the ongoing research at Tufts and other institutions offers great potential, according to Kaplan.

“The hard part is getting everything to work well, be robust enough and controlled,” he said. “[The robots will] redefine the way you think about robot technology.”

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On the left, Tufts freshman Scotty Brown hits a lay-up in 1978. Now, Senator Scott Brown is running for re-election this Tuesday.

The long shot: Alum Senator Scott Brown reflects on Tufts experience Ben Kochman

‘I could let my hair down’ Brown (LA ’81) chose to attend Tufts largely because of the University’s proximity to his home in nearby Wakefield, Mass. Wakefield was a 10- to 15-minute drive from campus — close enough for Brown, upon receiving an emergency call, to quickly get home to protect his mother and sister from stepfathers who were often drunk and violent, according to his memoir “Against All Odds” (2011).

Brown publically revealed the difficulties of his childhood for the first time in his book, which was published the year after the Tufts grad rose to national prominence by beating out Massachusetts Attorney General and democrat Martha Coakley for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat vacated by the late Ted Kennedy. He was the first Republican to win a Senate seat in liberalleaning Massachusetts since 1972.

In his book, Brown recounts growing up in a poor, single-parent home, moving 17 times before his 18th birthday and defending his family from a slew of abusive stepfathers since he was only six years old.

Through this troubling time Brown found solace on the basketball court, where he earned the “Downtown Scotty Brown” moniker as a star at Wakefield High School. Brown was recruited to play basketball and received full financial aid to attend Tufts. Along with majoring in history and minoring in political science, Brown pursued a range of extracurricular activities on campus after moving into Wren Hall as a freshman.

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“One of the things I loved about Tufts was that I could kind of let my hair down, and not just be an athlete, but explore any type of musical talents I had and have a good social life,” Brown told the Daily over the phone last week.

These musical talents included playing the role of Hero in the musical “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” Brown said, as well as singing in the Jazz Choir. “[The choir was] an a cappella group, basically,” he said. “Not like the Bubs, a step below that, but it was a coed group and we’d go out and do shows in Greater Boston. It was a lot of fun.”

Brown was so passionate about the Choir that, although he was unable to participate during his senior year, he expected to continue his musical career and “[make] millions on the album I hope to cut with the group,” he told the Daily in an article published Feb. 27, 1981.

Though Brown’s musical career did not pan out, he has found more success in another activity he began to engage in as a Jumbo — politics.

Brown filled his first political seat at Tufts, when he was elected as a Tufts Community Union (TCU) senator. The role of the TCU Senate apparently hasn’t changed much in three decades, as Brown remembered arguing about how to better allocate the Student Activities Fee and provide improved campus safety, issues that remain relevant on campus today.

“Back then, they were talking about increasing student fees and not using them on things we wanted,” Brown said. “I wanted to make sure we got a good value for our student activity dollars. They would hold events and no one would show up.”

Brown was a junior for the campus’ first-ever Spring Fling in 1980, the result of a TCU budget surplus. Over 30 years later, the Senator was able to recall the name of the first Spring Fling headliner: Pousette Dart Band.

“That was one of the things we were talking about. We wanted to do things that were more outdoorsy and community-oriented,” Brown said. “[Spring Fling] brought the entire Tufts community together.”

When he wasn’t in class, singing, playing basketball or at a TCU Senate meeting, Brown held jobs, as part of his work-study program, at the Dewick-MacPhie Pub and at Cousens Gym, and was a proud brother

The 1980-1981 men’s basketball team, with senior co-captain Brown sitting second from the left, was often referred to as “Team U.N.”

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In the fall of 1978, back when DewickMacPhie Dining Center moonlighted as a pub several nights a week, when housing issues forced 300 unlucky Tufts underclassmen to shuttle back and forth every day from their residence at the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Harvard Square and when the University President, nutritionist Jean Mayer, gave speeches with a sharp French accent, a handsome, shaggy-haired sophomore known to his friends as Scotty Brown once scored 35 points in a home game against Bowdoin, carrying the Jumbos to a 92-78 win.

The details of how Brown scored these points are not included in the Athletics Department’s archives, but odds are they came from a flurry of long-distance jump shots from the wings and baseline of Cousens Gymnasium. These types of shots would today count for three points, but back then, before the nationwide institution of the 3-point line in 1986, a shot from way back, or “downtown,” earned the same two points as a dunk did.

No matter: For Downtown Scotty Brown, now U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) in the midst of a tight race for re-election, drilling a silky left-handed jump shot while wearing a Tufts basketball jersey was as routine as tapping in a lay-up.

ftentimes, I think of Tufts history as beginning in 1852, when the University was founded. However, Tufts’ tree history — treestory, if you will — began as early as the 1600s when the first colonists set foot in Massachusetts.

The hill currently occupied by Tufts University was once known as Walnut Tree Hill, home to a large walnut grove since time immemorial. After John Winthrop and his crew rolled into Medford in 1630, they began to use the hill as a cow pasture and for over a century, the trees’ sole purpose was to shade the animals during “their afternoon task of mastication,” as stated by one flowery historian I uncovered in the Archives.

During the Revolutionary War, however, the trees’ fates were placed in jeopardy. A few Hessian regiments who had fought with the British were captured, made prisoners of war and housed on Walnut Tree Hill while waiting to be sent back to Europe. Legend has it the Hessians quickly denuded the hill of many of its walnut trees for firewood, and Medford residents soon followed suit.

In addition to the demands of Medford’s burgeoning ship industry, the walnut arbor soon disappeared completely.

In the mid-1800s the hill came into the hands of Charles Tufts and in 1852, the treebarren land was donated to establish Tufts University. The students, staff and even a few townies set about sprucing up the hill (pun intended). To fund this endeavor, “pleas for gifts of trees were made in Universalist newspapers” and by the spring of 1858, about 300 trees had been planted.

Slowly but surely, the campus changed from pastureland to the tree-dotted hill we know and love today.

The history of Tufts’ trees is so fascinating because it is dynamic and stretches into the present; the arboreal landscape rarely stays the same from one decade to the next. One of the more dramatic changes to our treescape occurred after a monster hurricane in September 1938 during which, according to the Tufts Weekly, we lost more than sixty trees to the storm.

But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Tufts rallied to replace its towering friends.

One aptly named Don Woods contributed an editorial to the Weekly to suggest that the funds could be raised if all students paid “a small tax on each ticket” for on-campus entertainment and shows, and that “each organization on [the] Hill [could] raise a sum to ... buy a tree to be replaced in its name.” Numerous alumni from the Class of 1915 banded together and donated the trees currently lining the President’s Lawn, and even the Arnold Arboretum in Boston donated some specimens at President Leonard Carmichael’s request.

What surprised me most about my research this week, however, was the fact that many “tree-butes” have preceded my humble effort. In a 1941 alumni magazine, one student penned a similar essay in which he stated, “[W]e cannot imagine the Hill without these trees. The time when this placid place was once a barren drumlin seems as remote as genesis, but someone must have foreseen the time when Tufts men and women would need and love the trees.”

It is an essential truth that Tufts students don’t simply want but need trees on campus. Since arriving at Tufts I don’t think I’ve gone more than a month without climbing my favorite pine trees near Braker to see an unobstructed view of the Boston skyline or scrambling up the dawn pine next to Goddard to see over the chapel roof. It just wouldn’t be Tufts without the kaleidoscope of autumn leaves, the summer shade and the sap that never seems to wash off my tree-climbing clothes.

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

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at Zeta Psi fraternity, where he recalls fondly hanging out on Thursday nights for “chico” parties in the basement.

“Back then, it was a well-rounded group of guys. You had athletes, engineers, brainiacs, all different types. That’s why I joined,” he said.

Not the best student in the class, but a hard worker University Professor Sol Gittleman, who taught the same “Introduction to Yiddish Culture” course during Brown’s time at Tufts that he still teaches today, said he remembers a 20-year-old Brown often dropping by his office hours to catch up on work he missed due to athletic conflicts.

“He was a decent student, a good student, a regular attendant,” Gittleman said. “I tell the ballplayers, if you miss class, I want to know about it. He and I spent time together because he missed a few lectures.”

Having grown up in Wakefield, a town without a sizable Jewish population, Brown had his first interaction with Jewish culture through Gittleman’s course, which Brown, like many current Tufts students, referred to as “YidLit.” “Being able to take YidLit and understand the challenges of the state of the state of Israel and the Jewish people, it was eye-opening,” Brown said. “[Gittleman] had, and still has, a wonderful, folksy way of teaching and challenging us at the same time.”

Professor of English and American History Howard Malchow recalled Brown as a hard worker and engaging personality in his Victorian History class.

“He was the kind of student you like to teach, a pleasant person to talk to,” Malchow said. “He was a popular guy as an undergrad, because he was a captain of the basketball team, but in class he was a serious student.”

Near the end of Brown’s college career, as he mulled over pursuing a modeling career to help pay his way through graduate school, he stopped by Gittleman’s office to ask for advice, according to Gittleman.

“He’s a good-looking guy, handsome, and I do recall we had some kind of conversation about his modeling,” Gittleman said. “He wasn’t a rich kid, and the chance came up to make some money modeling. No one had ever asked him to do that before.”

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Top row, sixth from the left, Brown poses for the TCU Senate 1980 yearbook photograph.

Though he received full financial aid, Brown was still hurting financially throughout his college career. Besides his work-study jobs, the future Senator would sometimes accept $10 from his resident advisor to clean vomit off of the Wren Hall steps, according to his book.

Brown’s modeling career ended up being a smashing success, of course. The U.S. Senator won a nationwide contest to pose nude for a spread in Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1982, which launched a decade-long career as a model that helped Brown pay his way through Boston College Law School and support his mother and sister.

Scoring from ‘downtown’ Brown made an impact on Tufts’ basketball team from the moment he arrived in the fall of 1977. The young lefty was named a starter during his first year, immediately impressing coaches with his unshakeable belief in his long-range jumper, according to the team’s then-head coach John White (LA ’74).

“From the moment he came on campus, he felt like he belonged, like he could compete with the upperclassmen,” White said.

“For someone who struggled so much off the court, he had a terrific confidence.”

Brown averaged 9.9 points over 93 games at Tufts, according to statistics compiled by the Athletics Department. He had 923 career

points and shot at just over 50 percent from the field, which places him at No. 14 on Tufts’ all-time field goal percentage list. The U.S. Senator’s highlights included matching his 35 points against Bowdoin with another 35-point performance at Brandeis in his senior year, a game capped by a last-second shot to beat the Judges from 30 feet away, according to an article published in the Daily on Feb. 17, 1981.

“Of course I remember [the game-winner],” Brown said last week. “We had some battles with the Judges for sure. They were one of our rivals back then.”

White described Brown as a tough, scrappy player who inspired teammates with his hustle. He led the team in charges all four years of his career, White said, and was always prepared to sacrifice his body for the sake of the team, or to take a big shot in a key moment.

Though White described Brown as less athletically gifted than some other players on the team, Brown became co-captain of the team as a senior, and missed just three games during his college career. He accomplished all of this as a long-distance shooter playing before the nationwide institution of the 3-point-line.

“If we had had the 3-point shot, not only would Scott have been better, but it would have opened up everything for our players inside,” White said.

Regardless, the men’s basketball team went

59-37 in the four years that Brown was on campus, and boasted a 3-1 record against historically dominant Williams, according to the Athletics Department’s archives — a rivalry renewed when Brown beat out Coakley, a Williams grad, for the Senate seat in 2010.

The team was often nationally ranked, White said, and was comprised of players from such a large multi-cultural spectrum that the team was sometimes known as “Team U.N.,” Brown said.

“We were black, white, Asian, Latino — gosh, I think there were a couple folks from the Middle East,” Brown said. “And a lot of challenges went along with it, especially when we were on the road traveling. But it brought us together tighter as a unit.”

Brown’s experience growing up in a singleparent home without a father figure resonated with many other players on the team, according to White.

“He found out that other people had problems too,” White said. “A lot of the kids on our team from the inner city came from single-parent homes, had similar backgrounds. Basketball became a vehicle for all of those kids to win together and sometimes cry together.”

Three decades later A lot has changed in Brown’s life over the past 30 years. He has gone from TCU Senator to U.S. Senator, long-range shooter in Cousens Gym to long shot in earning a place in Congress as a Republican senator from Massachusetts.

Since his graduation in 1981, Brown said that he has been back on the Tufts campus a few times. He has played in alumni basketball games and was married in Goddard Chapel.

Whenever he is in town, Brown enjoys driving by campus, and he hopes to check out the new Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center in the near future.

Today’s Tufts students, many of whom tend to lean left on the political spectrum, might not flood the polls on Tuesday in support of their fellow Jumbo. Still, the republican who once donned a Tufts jersey and harbored dreams of making it big with our Jazz choir will always have a soft spot for our university.

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The Fine Young Gentleman

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hough I am an avid fashion consumer, menswear is not my area of expertise.

I can tell you what looks good on a man and what doesn’t, but I quickly get lost in any specifics. Cue the friend to the rescue, Justin Jeffers aka The Fine Young Gentleman. Based in New York City, Justin humorously and tastefully blogs on the world of menswear. To help me fill my knowledge gap in this department, Justin agreed to an interview. Below, he answers questions on menswear and offers some tips for building a wardrobe.

Elizabeth Landers: How did you become involved in men’s fashion blogging?

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Season three of “The Walking Dead” promises to be the grittiest, most enthralling season yet.

After rough season, ‘Walking Dead’ returns with a bang by

Alex Hanno

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In the post-apocalyptic, zombieinfested world of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” all it takes is one misstep and

Walking Dead Starring Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies Airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC you’re done for. A single slip-up and you could be bitten by a walker (zombie), get lost in the wilderness or be

attacked by other survivors; the list of threats is almost endless.

Luckily, the same rules don’t apply to network television. If they did, “The Walking Dead” wouldn’t have made it past a drab second season, which spent most of its airtime hashing out the same problems over and over again, seemingly to no avail. As the dialogue grew repetitive, the setting became increasingly boring and the plot continued to depart from the source material. Many die-hard fans of the popular series felt it wasn’t going anywhere.

Then the zombies finally showed up, and as the tally of kills steadily increased, so too did faith in the series.

As it entered its third season, the show’s

direction felt righted, and audience expectations were at their peak.

Four episodes in, it’s safe to say season three will not disappoint.

This year, the Atlanta-based survivors find themselves fighting to make a home for themselves amidst the chaos of a prison overrun by zombies.

Thankfully, such a lofty goal promises quite a bit of conflict as the group is forced to battle hordes of walkers just to ensure the prison is safe.

Of course, once that’s all settled, there’s still no guarantee that a nonzombie won’t come along and try to take the prison from them. see DEAD, page 6

Theater Review

‘Bengal Tiger’ dives into questions of culture, morality by

Akshita Vaidyanathan Daily Staff Writer

Company One’s production of “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” currently showing at the Boston Center for the Arts,

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Written by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Shawn Lacount At the Company One Boston Center for the Arts through Nov. 17 Tickets $10 to $38

is a contemporary play set in the middle of a morbid portrayal of Baghdad, Iraq.

The play centers on a funny Tiger (Rick Park) that wanders the streets of the city, haunting soldiers and pondering life’s unanswerable questions.

“Bengal Tiger” involves the audience directly in the play’s drama and action. The intricate set depicts a Middle Eastern setting, while the thrust stage creates depth that permits the actors to be more dynamic. It also allows the audience to view the story from a variety of perspectives. The fixed set successfully represents several locations, ranging from a hospital to a barren desert to — of course — the Baghdad Zoo. The transitions between these locations go almost unnoticed.

This set really brings the audience into the city of Baghdad by using the pillars, doors, gates and even the floor to create an environment appropriate to the setting. This is emphasized by the use of region-appropriate music.

“Bengal Tiger” draws the audience into the capital of Iraq, making them believe that they have left the busy streets of Boston and entered a magical city continents away.

Throughout the play, the color scheme remains fairly constant. Both set and costumes are created from dull and muted colors that work well together to set the play’s atmosphere. Standout costumes in the play include the realistic military uniforms worn by the U.S. soldiers, Kev (Michael Knowlton) and Tom (Ray Ramirez), which help to reflect the differences between the soldiers and the local Iraqis.

The cultural differences between the Americans and the Iraqis are repeatedly addressed in “Bengal Tiger” through Rajiv Joseph’s empathetic characters. In particular, the characters of Kev and Tom are realistic and their relationship rings true. Knowlton’s portrayal of Kev is particularly adept: he plays comic moments with animation, but is also able to grasp Kev’s darker, almost psychotic facets.

Similarly, Michael Dwan Singh, who plays the character of the translator Musa, captures the issues of morality and loyalty his character faces in an

impressive, tear-jerking performance.

Thanks to the title character, played

by Rick Park, the audience is anything but a passive viewer during the production. The anthropomorphic tiger is a comedic character in what is ultimately a very dark play. Park’s tiger repeatedly breaks the “fourth wall,” asking the audience existential questions about life, death and the existence of god, allowing them to ponder along with him while he makes sarcastic comments and entertains the notion of vegetarianism.

Director Shawn LaCount has used every production element in this show to great effect, from the props to the costume to the set to the music. The audience members who watch this production won’t have any choice but to engage with such an energetic show.

Justin Jeffers: When I graduated college and was preparing myself for the real world — in my case, auditing — I consciously decided I wanted to dress in a professional and presentable manner. So I started doing some research into how things should fit, where to shop, how to judge quality, the history or men’s clothing, etcetera. However, I did not come across any blogs, books or magazines that really spoke to what I wanted on a regular basis, which was advice on how to dress for a professional setting. So I decided I was going to start my own blog on the subject.

EL: What is a good staple for a college-aged male?

JJ: A navy blue blazer is the first thing that comes to mind. But a solid navy suit is more versatile, as the jacket can be worn separately in any situation a navy blazer can be worn.

You never know when you’ll need a suit for an interview, meeting or event.

EL: What is the best store for reasonably priced clothes for men in their early 20s?

JJ: It all depends on what you are looking for. ... First, avoid JoS. A. Bank like the plague.

Just trust me on this one. For suits and shirts, I advise to always go custom [or] made to measure, which these days are quite affordable. It will last longer, look better and bring better returns. Remember, the most important thing is that something fits you well; quality is second. For suits, check out some made to measure operations like My.Suit, Black Lapel, Indochino and Knot Standard; they all can outfit you with a properly fitting suit for around $500. For shirts, check out all the above suit makers, as well as MyTailor and Luxire for custom and for off-the-rack shirts check Charles Tyrwhitt and Suitsupply.

EL: What should every guy have in his wardrobe before he graduates?

JJ: I think there is a very basic set of essentials that every guy should have, regardless of age.

A custom solid navy or charcoal suit; a navy blazer; one pair of brown dress shoes and one pair of black dress shoes, with dress belts to match; a solid white and a solid blue dress shirt; a white cotton pocket square; two or three nice ties.

EL: What are your thoughts on womenswear versus menswear?

JJ: Menswear is more concerned with rules, history and heritage. Almost everything we see now is just a reincarnation of something that has already been done. Menswear serves more of a practical and functional purpose. Womenswear is nearly rule-less. It is more artistic.

EL: If you had to wear one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

JJ: My Black Watch tartan tuxedo, because life is more fun in a tux.

Courtesy Company One / Liza Voll

The sincere relationship between soldiers Kev and Tom is one of the highlights of “Bengal Tiger.”

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

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Enter, the Governor.

One thing “The Walking Dead” has lacked thus far is a good villain. As filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock said, “the more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.” The same goes for television. While the mindless, stumbling zombies might have been frightening near the beginning of the series, after the show has dealt with them for three years it’s difficult to really fear them anymore, even if they can still tear the protagonists apart.

And so, keeping in line with the Robert Kirkman comic book that is the basis for the series, “The Walking Dead” will incorporate the Governor (David Morrissey) into the show to raise the stakes. Famously demented and sadistic, the Governor stops at no lengths to inflict pain on the survivors in the comic book. While his actions will certainly be toned down onscreen — rape and decapitation don’t tend to mix well with network television — introducing a villain as wicked as he is will certainly improve the plot and satisfy fans. It’s too early to tell whether or not Morrissey will give viewers the utterly vile performance they’re hoping for, but, needless to say, fingers are crossed.

Still, a villain isn’t all the series has going for it this season. The pacing, which ended up being season two’s biggest issue, has picked up tremendously, propelling audiences into conflict after conflict. The writing has been amped up a notch as well, allowing previously static, stagnant characters to fully develop.

The main protagonist is no exception.

Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), once a sheriff’s deputy and now the group’s leader, has finally resigned himself to the grimness of his world. Though he hasn’t lost his sense of morality, this admission has made him more blunt, vicious and capable, altogether creating a well-acted, fantastically complex hero. He’s truly a fresh departure from the classically valiant leads on other contemporary dramas.

The highlight of the show, however, is the loner, crossbow-toting redneck known as Daryl (Norman Reedus).

Having been promoted further upwards into the main cast this season, Daryl continues to entertain with his snarky remarks and constant gruffness, both of which hide the heart fans have come to love. It doesn’t hurt that he also provides the best action scenes in the series.

Newcomer Michonne (Danai Gurira) is also sure to stir up a bit of interest.

As her character in the comic book possesses a mind almost as twisted as the Governor’s ­— and brandishes a katana and a no-nonsense attitude — her upcoming involvement in the show is guaranteed to bring thrills. Whether or not audiences will be ready for her is another question altogether.

Though a great deal of hype is circulating around this new season of “The Walking Dead,” none of it is unwarranted. After a strong finale last year and an even stronger start earlier this October, things look bright for the record-breaking cable TV series. Well sort of. In reality, things look pretty grim for Rick and his group of survivors. But hey, that’s exactly why audiences tune in week after week.

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Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) prove to be the show’s most captivating characters, continuously hacking through zombie hordes to lead their group of survivors to safety.

Concert Review

Brilliant instrumentation, singing charm Symphony Hall audiences by

Panharith Chhum Daily Staff Writer

After a successful performance of Rachmaninoff ’s third piano concerto the previous week, Charles Dutoit returned to Symphony Hall on Thursday, Oct. 25 to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This week’s lineup included two operatic works: “The Nightingale”

by Igor Stravinsky and “L’enfant et les Sortiléges” by Maurice Ravel. Both pieces created a memorable night of charm and laughter.

Due to the nightingale’s seemingly spontaneous song, the bird’s image has historically been a prevalent symbol in writing and music. Renowned writers including Oscar Wilde and John Keats have been inspired by the nightingale, devoting entire poems and stories to the melodious creature. Stravinsky continued this time-honored tradition by paying tribute with an opera.

The story of “The Nightingale,” based on a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, centers on a nightingale in ancient China whose song enchants the Emperor. Yet, when the Emperor receives a mechanical nightingale as a gift, the original nightingale returns to the forest, leaving the Emperor furious. Finally, as the Emperor lays on his deathbed, the true nightingale returns and saves the emperor by convincing Death to leave.

Dutoit handled Stravinsky with finesse. Aside from mezzo-soprano Diana Axentii, all the singers sang with detail and clarity, despite an orchestral tendency to overpower their voices with Stravinsky’s striking harmonies. Dutoit’s expert control of volume during Act II, where the orchestra explodes in dissonance and thick harmonies, kept the piece level rather than incoherent. This was a refreshing change from the vocal mess that was the BSO’s performance of “Porgy and Bess” in September. Dutoit proved that the acoustics in Symphony Hall can do Stravinsky justice.

The star of the night was soprano Olga Peretyatko, who poured life into the Nightingale. Though Peretyatko’s dense textural harmonies enabled her to pierce through the orchestra’s volume, her soft impression of the Nightingale was convincing enough to make the audience feel like a real bird was singing behind them as she played with the reverberation of the room. Her dynamic voice left the hall in complete silence as listeners eagerly

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A younger Charles Dutoit conducts in 1984. The conductor’s talent has only increased with time. awaited her next phrase.

Ravel’s “L’enfant et les Sortiléges,” also known as “The Bewitched Child” in English, tells the story of a mischievous young boy who, after being scolded for not doing his schoolwork, smashes teacups, rips up wallpaper and destroys a grandfather clock. These broken objects later come to life and haunt him for his terrible behavior. “L’enfant et les sortiléges” is effectively a French take on a combination of Scrooge’s tale in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and Alice’s plight in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” In this humorous, imaginative work, Ravel writes parts for animals as well as inanimate objects. The singers clearly enjoyed themselves as they got to mimic a cat’s “meow” and a clock’s “ding.” The audience, and a number of performers, erupted into laughter at each instance.

Unlike Stravinsky’s “The Nightingale,” Ravel’s “L’enfant et les Sortiléges” was a lighter work and consequently, the chorus was more easily audible. Dutoit used Ravel’s massive orchestration to bring out color and texture. Some of the more unorthodox instruments in this performance included a rattle, a prepared piano and even a whip. This diversity of instruments truly allowed the clocks, chairs and teacups come to life.

The characters in this fantasy were

personified once again under Dutoit’s baton, and the effect was further facilitated by the performers’ enthusiasm.

The conversations in the piece felt very realistic and singer Julie Boulianne’s animated performance as the opera’s child protagonist added a sense of natural development to the concert.

The entire performance was as musi-

cally interesting as it was entertaining.

Alongside Dutoit’s skillful conducting, the orchestra delivered a highly amusing, enjoyable concert. Though the Boston Symphony Orchestra has recently had a long and unstable string of guest conductors, Dutoit was a standout visitor and audiences will undoubtedly look forward to his return in January.

Photo courtesy Stu Rosner / Boston Symphony Orchestra

Soprano Olga Peretyatko and conductor Charles Dutoit perform Stravinsky’s “The Nightingale.”

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Yes on Question 3: medical marijuana

On Election Day, Massachusetts has a chance to join 17 states and the District of Columbia by passing Question 3: legalization of the use of medical marijuana. We at the Daily recommend voting in favor of this measure.

The question, which is expected to pass, would be one of the more restrictive medical marijuana policies in the nation, limiting distribution to only patients with serious diseases such as cancer, HIV/ AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and a few other select, life-threatening and inhibiting diseases. Also included in the proposed law are restrictions on the number of dispensaries — which must be non-profit — and limits allotting only 60 days worth of cannabis per patient, all of which are regulated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. In addition, an ID system would be implemented, along with a number of laws preventing anyone with a history of drug abuse from dispensing.

While prescribed cannabis has not

caused any recorded deaths, drugs prescribed in lieu of marijuana, such as anti-psychotics and ADHD-related medications, have led to 10,000 deaths over the last eight years, according to a study published by nonpartisan, nonprofit organization Procon.org. And these numbers only represent drugs for which we currently know cannabis can act as a replacement. Since there is a federal ban on research related of any sort of marijuana-related plants, there is no legal way for companies in the United States to efficiently discover the plant’s medicinal properties. Because so many people die every year of reactions and/ or complications to FDA approved and commonly used medications, it makes sense to at least investigate the benefits of a substance that research has shown to have few immediately life-threatening properties. No lethal dose of marijuana for humans has been documented.

Currently, many studies uphold the effective properties of not only THC, but

also of 108 other cannabinoids found in the plant, not to mention the 483 total compounds, many of which are unique to the species. But research of these compounds is illegal in the United States, although proponents of cannibus medicine claim that marijuana has a towering therapeutic index — the basic measuring unit for safety and effectiveness of a drug.

The main problem here is that opponents of Question 3 view marijuana as a drug in the recreational sense, and not as a drug in the pharmaceutical and medical sense. Even opponents of the drug, like the United States National Academy of Science, have observed and recognized its therapeutic abilities, which include mitigating nausea, helping patients eat and eliminating pain and anxiety.

Even disregarding the potential advances in medicine that could emerge from allowing marijuana to be researched, medical marijuana should be legalized for its currently known purposes. Question 3 deserves your vote on Nov. 6.

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In 1987, science fiction became reality. In this reality, what exactly constituted “food” changed, and consumers have since been left in the dark about what they eat.

As the world watches and waits for the results of the 2012 presidential election, Proposition 37 in California, which would mandate the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), has been largely ignored.

A quick rundown of statistics is startling: 88 percent of U.S. corn, 90 percent of canola, 90 percent of cotton and 94 percent of soy are genetically modified. This results in a supermarket where over 70 percent of the products contain GMOs. That statistic is worth repeating: More than 70 percent of foods in the United States are genetically modified. The future has arrived, and it is all around us.

The science fiction began at Calgene, a biotech firm now owned

by Monsanto, whose scientists opened the door to a new food and agricul-

tural revolution. The Green Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s increased crop yields and expanded the industrialization of the food system, fundamentally changing food at the molecular level.

Calgene created the Flavr Savr tomato, the first commercial GMO. This tomato unleashed a wave of genetic modification that has resulted in a food system dominated by GMOs. GMOs have been designed to resist pesticides sprayed on fields, ironically allowing more to be sprayed, have longer shelf lives, be more tolerant to stress and even contain pesticides within the plant itself.

The benefits have been unparalleled food production in the United States. The costs are an uncertain future of food and unintended consequences for both humans and the environment.

While there must be a separate argument about the effects of GMOs in relation to intellectual property, seed prices, health and the potential to form superweeds (which has already occurred), the discussion facing voters is far simpler.

If we understand food as a funda-

mental right to all people, the right to know what is in our food must also be accepted.

Fifty countries around the world, including Japan, India and China, already require the labeling of GMOs, and many of these countries restrict their use. The development of GMOs has the potential to be one of the greatest technological advances in food and agriculture in the 21st century.

However, the greatest problem regarding GMOs has been transparency. Monsanto and other large companies conduct their own studies on GMOs, limit the distribution of their data and results (because it is “proprietary”) and are ultimately left to regulate themselves. Large companies such as Monsanto, DuPont, Dow AgroSciences, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kellogg and General Mills have combined to raise $47 million to fight Proposition 37.

The adage “you are what you eat” has taken on an entirely new meaning in the age of GMOs, and it is essential that products be labeled so that consumers know what exactly is in them.

It is their right.

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Why I’m voting third party

Saudi Cyber Attack: Who done it? n the morning of Aug. 15, Saudi

by Yulia Korovikov

As is true for the majority of Tufts undergraduates, this is my first Presidential Election. I was in fourth grade when President Bush and former Vice President Gore were battling for weeks over the results of a few hundred votes in Florida that would determine the outcome of the election.

I watched with curiosity, asking my parents why we didn’t have a president yet. They told me it was because this country has a silly way of running elections resulting in an even sillier government. I figured that they’re pretty biased, as they’re originally from the Soviet Union. I was sure elections weren’t that bad: How could an entire country be this inefficient for so long and manage to hold strong, right? But I now know that there is some truth in their skepticism.

I have been following President Obama and former Governor Romney for the past year trying to decide to whom I will give my first Presidential vote. I watched all three debates with an open mind and critical eye. I read their platforms, listened to speeches, and realized that in truth, both candidates I was being offered were the overly-partisan result of a broken primary system amended in no way by an equally flawed two-party electoral college. I desperately looked around for some sign that either of the two were moderate enough for me to entrust them with my vote, and yet, nothing. While both candidates do have moderate aspects in their platforms, each has deal-breaking policies on which a frighteningly large segment of their campaign is based.

I was distraught. I had been looking forward to my first Presidential election so badly I hadn’t thought about what would happen if I didn’t want to give either candidate my vote.

While I could certainly vote for either with some semblance of rationality behind it, my vote means more to me than a throwaway in exchange for an “I Voted!” sticker. Instead of voting for President Obama or Governor Romney, I am going to vote for a better electoral future.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC), a bipartisan group consisting of three Democrats and three

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hopes that his words will speak louder than his actions.

Women should be wary of accepting his recent attempts to appeal to them. Brown has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying that states should choose the plan that is the best fit for them. This means that states that consider womanhood to be a preexisting condition can make obtaining affordable healthcare difficult. He also co-sponsored the Blunt Amendment, which would allow employers to deny health care coverage such as contraception to employees for moral or religious reasons. Although Brown claims to support Planned Parenthood funding, he voted for H.R.1 in 2011, which would have eliminated Title X and thus removed funding for low-income clinics and funding for Planned Parenthood.

Deception has been prevalent during this election season, and unfortunately it is often impossible to rely on a candidate’s stated platform. The pro-Brown op-ed lauded Brown for prioritizing evidence over ideology. Voters should heed this prioritization tomorrow; vote for Elizabeth Warren.

Aramco, the largest state-owned oil exporter in the world, experienced one of the most destructive acts of computer sabotage on a company to this day.

The attacking virus destroyed the hard drives of more than 60 percent of Aramco’s computers and wiped out data on the company’s servers. As a final touch, the virus replaced all data with an image of a burning American flag.

Talk about a blatant message.

Though this virus, dubbed as Shamoon, attacked well over two months ago, experts are still unsure of whom to blame. Was it state sponsored, or did an individual execute it?

United States intelligence officials say Iran was behind the attack, retaliating against the previous U.S. backed attacks on the Iranian Oil Ministry.

If this is the case, this means two interesting things. One, that less sophisticated code can still do a lot of damage. And two, a global cyber war could be brewing.

A cyber war is a new and unexplored concept. Up until now, cyber attacks had followed no specific patterns; attacks had direct targets, but were spurious. If this attack was retaliation, the potential damage the cyberworld can inflict would drastically increase.

Once countries target each other for warlike purposes, rather than means of coercion (i.e. the Iran nuclear program), then the applications of cyber attacks become much more versatile and dangerous. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in a speech to Business Executives for National Security, said that a cyber attack “could be as destructive as the terrorist attack of 9/11.”

Now let’s look at things through a nonAmerican lens. Though it has been reported that there is a high likelihood that Iran was behind the attack, it’s important to realize that there is also a high likelihood that Iran wasn’t behind it. To be honest, it’s very difficult to tell.

The evidence supporting retaliation comes from the fact that the code used the same name for its self-destruct execution, “Wiper,” that the Flame virus, which has been traced back to a U.S. state-sponsored attack, used on the Iranian Oil Ministry. There is little evidence otherwise. Roel Schouwenberg, a senior researcher for Woburn, Mass.-based Kaspersky Lab Inc., asserted that the only reason the United States is blaming Iran is because the attack took place in the Middle East. The code, otherwise, has little indication that it was state-sponsored.

The design errors and other aspects of the virus actually provide evidence that an individual actor or small time non-state sponsored hacking group could have executed the attack.

The virus was comprised of pieces of software that are commercially distributed to consumers by various tech companies, and other pieces were downloaded from online forums. Not only was much of this virus unoriginal, but it also was a patched together, unsophisticated structure.

However, analysis cannot absolutely conclude that a lone actor launched this attack. It is possible that a state actor may have intentionally created the code to appear amateurish in an attempt to cover its tracks. “Sloppy code may well become more prevalent as a form of obfuscation,” Schouwenberg said.

Though the culprit of the code has not been identified yet, analysis provides important discourse for the future of cyberattacks.

If it was an Iranian-backed attack, cyberwar could become a reality — critical infrastructure of countries could be targeted, and immense damage could be done. And, if it wasn’t Iran, this virus illustrates the immense power that less-sophisticated coders have in the cyberworld. Though the virus itself was clearly inferior to viruses like Flame and Stuxnet, it caused the most economically damaging cyberattack to this date. Cyberattacks in the Middle East are becoming a standard tactic of offense, and this instance serves as an important wake up call — sophistication isn’t necessary for damage to be inflicted, and an attack may be returned with retaliation.

Joyce Harduvel is a freshman who has not yet declared a major. She can be reached at Joyce.Harduvel@tufts.edu.

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

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Republicans, has decided that in order for a third party to be granted money from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, a form of public funding for elections, the party must get five percent of the popular vote in the previous election. Many of the state-determined ballot access laws have similar provisions, whereby a third party can be spared the long and expensive ballot access process if that party received a certain percentage of the popular vote the prior election. If a candidate were to get more than five percent of the popular vote in a Presidential election, that would provide the resources necessary to become a major political player with the hopeful eventual goal of being invited to participate in the main presidential debates as opposed to the feebly advertised third-party debates. Each vote brings us one step closer to breaking the two party gridlock that has wreaked havoc over our electoral system for decades.

To those of you who say that I am wasting my vote, I respectfully

disagree. While you are correct, my chosen candidate will undoubtedly lose, I am not voting for an individual, but for an idea. If my vote is matched with enough people equally tired with the poor options we’re given, we can change the American political system forever. I am voting for the idea that one day the American people will be treated as intelligent beings capable of choosing between more than just red or blue or the lesser of two evils and instead will be offered a slate of candidates from which they can choose who they feel will represent them in their entirety to the country and the world over. I have been waiting for this election for more than half of my life and while I never thought it would be for a candidate I know will lose, I’m looking forward to wearing my “I Voted!” sticker with the pride of a vote well cast.

Yulia Korovikov is a senior majoring in political science and philosophy. She can be reached at Yulia.Korovikov@tufts.edu.

Op-ed

Scott Brown is the wrong choice for Massachusetts

by Joyce Harduvel

On Oct. 25, an op-ed in these pages urged Tufts students to vote for Scott Brown. I am writing to ask students to look critically at the statements and actions of both Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren before voting.

According to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Elizabeth Warren’s deficit-cutting proposal would reduce the national debt by 67% more than Scott Brown’s proposal over 10 years.

Taxing top earners according to the Buffett Rule, ending oil subsidies and raising estate taxes, would accomplish this. In fact, Warren is in support of simplifying regulation for small businesses and applauds Congress’ Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program. She wants to move forward to eliminate more regulations for small businesses.

Scott Brown has consistently voted in favor of subsidies to oil companies and against closing corporate loopholes. He has made it clear that he wants to focus on tax cuts for the wealthy and a bipartisan effort for fiscal reform, consistently avoiding the fact that any bipartisan measure will surely include taxation. The truly bal-

anced approach comes from Warren, who acknowledges the need for taxes on wealthy Americans and large corporations as well as large spending cuts.

While the economic strategies of Brown and Warren may be up for debate, their social policies are not, and this is where voters must be especially careful.

Although Brown claims to support LGBT rights, he has consistently voted to give states’ rights precedence. He has not taken a stand against the Defense of Marriage Act and does not support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban hiring discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Warren, however, has been consistently committed to equal rights for all and says she would work for a more fully inclusive Employee Non-Discrimination Act and to change school environments to be more welcoming to LGBT youth.

Even more troubling is the fact that Brown has been calling himself prochoice. He is not. Brown co-sponsored the Woman’s Right to Know Act, which forces a woman to wait a full day before obtaining an abortion and compels her to review ultrasound pictures and information regarding the fetus.

Despite this, Brown continues to label himself pro-choice and apparently

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American Independence: Senator Scott Brown

by Bennett F. Gillogly

The call to service in President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address will forever remain the standard for American citizenship and governance. The Kennedy family devoted their lives to serving the people of Massachusetts and the United States, an endeavor for which many of them paid the ultimate price.

The Kennedys followed in the footsteps of our nation’s founders, men and women of Massachusetts, those who believe that government exists only at the consent of “We the people.”

The Commonwealth deserves a representative in the Senate devoted to public service and independence. On Nov. 6 we have a chance to reelect an incumbent whose life and career has been devoted to exactly those two things. He has served in nearly every form of Massachusetts elected office and is the second most bipartisan Senator in the United States Senate. Massachusetts deserves Senator Scott Brown (LA ‘81).

Massachusetts is the historic birthplace of American independence and it has remained its fervent defender. If history resonates wholly across the state, it comes as no surprise that Scott Brown would one day become such a bipartisan leader. Financial hardships prompted Brown to become a

Republican because he identified with it as the party of fiscal responsibility; the group advocating for decreases in government spending rather than increases in taxes.

After marrying a Waltham girl and prominent Boston reporter, Gail Huff, Scott Brown settled down as a local realestate attorney while beginning his public service career with humble roots and modest aspirations.

He started locally as the Wrentham Town Assessor in 1987 and continued his ascent until eventually becoming one of five Republican State Senators working on Beacon Hill in 2004. Senator Brown moved up the political ladder by earning a reputation as a moderate Republican who could work with Democrats to serve the greater good in the Commonwealth.

Scott Brown’s victory in the special election for the lateSenator Ted Kennedy’s seat in 2010 may have sent shockwaves throughout the national media and Washington Machine, but it came as no surprise to the voters in Massachusetts. This state highly regards its individuals devoted to public service and places the utmost value on politicians proven to represent their diverse beliefs.

While in Washington, Senator Brown has remained resolute in his commitment to Massachusetts’ tradition of independence, earning the title

of Washingtonian Magazine’s least partisan Senator. He carefully reads every bill while voting nearly 50% of the time with each party.

Liberal Har vard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren scolds her opponent for voting against the President’s “Jobs Bill,” which would have raised taxes on some Americans by $450 billion over the next decade. She obviously doesn’t mention all the times that President Obama has signed job creation bills that Senator Brown helped write, bills that passed without raising a dollar in taxes.

This legislation includes the “Hire a Hero Bill” that gives tax credits to businesses for hiring unemployed veterans, the “Crowdfunding Act” that enables entrepreneurs to raise up to a million dollars of capital online, and the repeal of a 3% withholding stealth tax. When President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address called for an end to Congressional insider trading, it was only a matter of weeks before he put his signature on Senator Brown’s “STOCK Act” to permanently end the practice.

Professor Warren has repeatedly tried to demonize Senator Brown’s character and distort his voting record on women’s issues by citing the vote he took against the “Paycheck Fairness Act.” Although the bill sounds great in name, further exami-

nation reveals that it would only impose intrusive regulatory burdens on small businesses during this crippling recession. Senator Brown wants equal pay for women and strongly supports the “Lilly Ledbetter Act,” but he could not sign legislation that provided the wrong solution to a problem just because the bill had a glamorous title. He is not that kind of politician. He is a moderate Republican that unequivocally supports Roe v.

Wade, broke with Republicans to continue funding for Planned Parenthood, and voted for 90% of the female judges that President Obama has proposed. He fights for women in Washington the same way he fought for his mother during his childhood and has taken a lead role in reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Our country finds itself at a fiscal cliff, still in a recession, and accumulating an unprecedented amount of debt.

Professor Warren may want taxpayers to write her bigger checks, but Senator Brown wants to give Washington a reality check.

Higher taxes and a bigger government aren’t the solutions. Already having spent $16 trillion more than we can afford, it’s clear that our government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. That is why Senator Scott Brown supports a balanced budget amendment to

the Constitution that would finally force the federal government to get its fiscal house in order and save future generations from paying the price.

Professor Warren opposes that idea.

If you are only looking for a warm-body liberal to send to Washington who will march in lockstep with the Democratic party, leaving “blood and teeth on the floor” before compromising across the aisle, then Professor Warren is your candidate.

I think the legacy of Massachusetts’s politics deserves better. People across this state are tired of the partisanship in Washington that is preventing them from getting back to work and restarting the economy. Senator Scott Brown is an independent voice that always puts people over politics. He is a true patriot that has only ever asked what he could do for his community, for his state, and for his country. He’s an alumnus of Tufts University and he deserves your vote on Tuesday.

Bennett F. Gillogly is a junior who is majoring in international relations. He is the president of Tufts Republicans and works on the Scott Brown campaign. He can be reached at Bennett.Gillogly@ tufts.edu

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terback John Dodds sailed a throw out of the end zone.

The defeat dropped the Jumbos to 0-7, extended their losing streak to 22 games and left them wondering when they will finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. With just one game remaining next weekend at 6-1 Middlebury, their chances for a victory this season are slim.

For Tufts’ seniors, who were honored before the game, the loss was especially tough to swallow.

“I feel for our seniors,” Civetti said.

“Those kids have done everything I’ve asked of them.”

The way the Jumbos rebounded from a 51-7 defeat at Amherst was admirable. But for a team desperate for a win, what mattered was the result.

“Had we been a team that had won games, and lost a game like that, you’d just say a game went to overtime and you lost,” Civetti said. “We made mistakes, they made mistakes. But when you’ve had as many losses as we’ve had, and there’s nothing else to compare it to, it just seems that much more grave.”

Ultimately, missed opportunities were what did Tufts in.

“There were so many good things, and the fact that we didn’t capitalize on all those good things is frustrating,” Civetti said.

On both of their third quarter drives, the Jumbos pushed inside the Mules’ 10-yard line, and both times they came up empty. First, sophomore Connor McDavitt hooked a 26-yard field goal attempt. Later, Tufts went for it on 4th-and-2 at the Colby 4-yard line, but junior short-yardage back Marcel Pitre was stopped shy of a first down on a questionable spot.

“I’m extremely proud of the effort we put in, the way guys worked, the type of football we played — we played a very physical game — but we didn’t execute,” senior tri-captain offensive lineman Andrew Rayner said. “That’s the most disappointing part.”

Still, in the fourth quarter, the Jumbos caught a couple of breaks.

With less than a minute remaining, the Jumbos decided to take a shot downfield from their own 30. But as Dodds dropped back to pass, he was

blindsided by sophomore Gabe Salzer, who jarred the ball loose. Fortunately for Tufts, senior tight end Nick Kenyon pounced on it, and the Jumbos let the clock wind down to zero.

Colby also missed a golden opportunity to take the lead with two minutes left in the fourth. With the play clock winding down, the Mules scrambled to set up a 33-yard field goal try, and sophomore Louw Scheepers sent it straight into the line to be blocked by Tufts. But the referees gave Scheepers another chance, saying that the Mules called timeout before the snap. On his second try, Scheepers missed again, this time wide right.

Quite simply, Colby won because of freshman quarterback Justin Ciero.

Ciero threw for 118 yards and rushed for 166, including a 52-yard gain on the Mules’ first play from scrimmage. The freshman also accounted for both of the Mules’ regulation touchdowns, with one through the air and one on the ground.

Ciero also managed to keep his team in the game despite its lack of discipline.

The Mules had 10 penalties for 70 yards, including a nullified touchdown in the second quarter due to an illegal formation penalty. One play later, Tufts freshman linebacker Wes Hartmann came up with an interception.

But the Jumbos gave the ball right back when Dodds was picked off by Daniel Maddox, and Colby took over on the Tufts 18 after a personal foul.

Six plays later, Ciero found Indigo Dow in the end zone to give the Mules a 14-7 lead.

With 3:16 to go in the half, Dodds led an excellent drive that featured a 28-yard reception on third down by freshman Jack Cooleen and a 3-yard touchdown catch by senior tri-captain Dylan Haas.

Tied 14-14 at halftime, the game turned into a war of attrition in the second half, marked by big defensive stops and missed offensive chances.

Somehow, neither team scored in the third and fourth, and the Jumbos limped into overtime. Senior defensive end Curtis Yancy and classmate defensive back Vincent Lee both left the game in the first half; sophomore running back Zach Trause, who had 75 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries, watched the final minutes of the

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Lauren Schroeder for the Polar Bears’ second straight goal.

The lead ended up being insurmountable for Tufts.

“After we went up, we were excited, but I think then we thought we were okay and got complacent,” junior midfielder Emily Cannon said. “They got corners and converted and we had difficulty stopping them because they were executed so well.”

The game quickly got out of hand for the Jumbos. In the 14th minute, Bowdoin broke through again after a flurry of corners and shots from Riley.

Just two minutes after taking a 2-1 lead, the Polar Bears doubled their advantage when Kennedy knocked one home to push the score to 3-1.

Tufts coach Tina McDavitt immediately called for a timeout to slow Bowdoin’s momentum and settle her team down. In the ensuing minutes, Kennedy and Bowdoin senior defender Brooke Phinney were each awarded cards for aggressive play, allowing the Jumbos to open up some much-needed space.

Perkins took four penalty corners,

and the Jumbos’ best chance came on a shot from Gerhardt, but Lessard stepped up to make the save and preserve the Polar Bears’ two-goal margin.

Bowdoin turned the ball downfield, and in the 25th minute Kennedy knocked home her second goal of the game. After the 15-minute assault, the scoreboard read 4-1, and when the Jumbos were unable to convert on their scoring opportunities in the closing minutes of the half, the team entered halftime in one of its deepest holes of the season.

Tufts came out of the break hoping to make up some of the deficit, but the Polar Bears played efficient and stifling defense. Ten minutes into the second stanza, Lessard rejected shots from junior midfielder Emily Cannon and Gerhardt to keep the Jumbos at bay.

Lessard made a third stop in the 58th minute when Perkins’ corner went out to Gerhardt. For the third time, however, Gerhardt was unable to find the back of the net, again thwarted by Bowdoin’s veteran keeper.

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Senior defensive back Sam Diss had six tackles and 33 yards on punt returns, but his efforts weren’t enough as Tufts lost to Colby in overtime. game on crutches from the sideline; and Dodds was shaken up on the last play of regulation, though he returned for overtime.

In overtime, Colby running back Spencer Gopaul, who finished with 20 carries for 84 yards, picked up 13 yards on 3rd-and-1 to set up 1st-and-goal at the 3. Tufts stood up Gopaul on first down, but freshman defensive lineman Patrick Williams was hurt on the play.

Williams, who broke out on Saturday with a pair of sacks and several batted passes, lay on the ground for several minutes. Meanwhile, on the Colby sideline, first-year head coach Jonathan Michaeles and his staff drew up the trick play that would win the Mules the game.

Though the day ended badly for Williams and the Jumbos, the freshman’s performance was emblematic of the way Tufts fought the entire game. “[Pat] had one of the best games I’ve ever seen a D-lineman play,” Rayner said. “It’s really a testament to what he’s been doing all season. If you watch him in practice, he’s been working his butt off every single day, never taking a play off. It was awesome to see that work pay off on the field.”

Williams’ effort is also one of many indications that there are brighter days ahead for Tufts football.

“You get recruits in here on Sunday morning after a game, and they’re talking about how seniors are coming to them saying, ‘Hey, there’s a great future here,’” Civetti said. “Seniors, guys who haven’t won with me as the head coach, are telling freshmen to come here because the future here is gonna be so good. You can’t make that stuff up.”

Now, Tufts has one last week of practice before finishing its season on the road at powerhouse Middlebury next Saturday.

After such a crushing loss, it might seem to an outsider like another week is just adding insult to injury. But that’s not how the Jumbos are built.

“The players we have on this team are a different breed,” Rayner said. “We’ve faced a lot of adversity in our careers here at Tufts, and all of us pushed through, never gave in.”

“You know what’s awesome?” Civetti added. “I know that on Monday, they’re gonna come to the weight room like we’re 7-0. I don’t know if there’s a coach out there who understands how lucky I am.”

opportunities. The Polar Bears took one more shot at Keenan, but Phinney’s attempt went wide of the cage, and the score remained 4-1.

“The tempo wasn’t slow in the second half, but there was a lot more pressure from both teams and defenses so there weren’t as many opportunities to score,” Cannon said. “It was frustrating that we couldn’t really get anything going because it was so back-and-forth for the entire half.”

Tufts got one last chance to score when senior co-captain Lia Sagerman sent in a penalty corner, but it was just not the Jumbos’ day, as Gerhardt’s shot went just wide. Despite the senior’s persistence throughout the game, she was unable to find an opening.

The final minute dragged out slowly, and when it was all said and done the Polar Bears had avenged their regular season loss with a mighty NESCAC semifinal victory, dashing the Jumbos’ hopes of a spot in Sunday’s championship game.

“It is frustrating because we have never been able to beat Bowdoin twice in one season,” Yogerst said. “We are always very evenly matched, but this loss has given us motivation to play

even better in the future.”

For the Jumbos, it is now a waiting game, as they listen for this week’s announcement of the NCAA tournament bids. A victory over Bowdoin would have significantly improved their chances of sneaking into the at-large field, but the Jumbos remain confident that they can make the best of the situation if they are given an opportunity to continue their season.

It is possible that the Jumbos could face a non-conference opponent midweek in a play-in game, which would most likely be played at Bello Field on home turf. If the Jumbos are awarded such an opportunity, a victory would propel them into the next round of the NCAA tournament.

“Our regional ranking will determine if we get a bid for NCAAs,” Cannon said. “If we do get a bid and are ranked third in our region, we would have a play-in game on Wednesday. If we are ranked second in our region, we will most likely have a bye into the Sweet 16. But looking forward to either situation, we have to go back to our fundamentals and... will rebound right back.”

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Senior tri-captain setter Kendall Lord had a strong performance against Bowdoin, with 17 assists and 11 digs, but it wasn’t enough to carry Tufts through the NESCAC quarterfinals.

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Despite entering the NESCAC Tournament confident that it could pull off a first-round upset against No. VOLLEYBALL (13-13 Overall, 6-5 NESCAC) at New London, Conn., Saturday NESCAC Quarterfinals Tufts Bowdoin

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3 seed Bowdoin, the Tufts volleyball team lost in straight sets Friday night, struggling mightily against the potent Polar Bear attack. The Jumbos, who had lost their previous two matchups against Bowdoin this season, had difficulties maintaining consistency on the court, an issue that has plagued them all season.

Coach Cora Thompson’s squad was unable to find its rhythm right from the beginning. With three players unable to make the trip to Conn. College due to a mix of injuries and personal reasons, including star sophomore outside hitter Hayley Hopper, the team was forced to use new lineups and combinations.

“I think we were all a little bit panicky traveling with only 13 players,” senior tri-captain Kiersten Ellefsen said. “It was a real challenge going into the game without them, but I think we fought hard given the constant mixes of lineups that were on the court.”

The Jumbos finished the contest with a -.017 hitting percentage in one of the team’s worst offensive performances of the season. Bowdoin was also able to take advantage of a weak Jumbo defense, accumulating 37 kills in the three-set match. “[Bowdoin] did a good job of running a fast offense,” Ellefsen said. “They put together a ton of blocks and did not let a lot of balls go down. It is hard as hitters when you give it your all every swing and the ball never gets down.

It is hard being that aggressive when they are consistently picking everything up.”

Sophomore outside hitter Kelly Brennan, who finished third in the NESCAC with 3.20 kills per game, heaped more praise on the Polar Bears’ performance.

“I think they did a great job of staying in system almost the entire game, whereas we were in and out and back and forth the whole game,” she said.

“They were more consistent in their system which gave them an extra push at the end.”

Senior tri-captain setter Kendall Lord was among the few bright spots for Tufts on Friday, recording 17 assists and 11 digs in what will probably be her final match in brown and blue. Brennan led the team with five kills, while senior tri-captain libero Natalie Bruck pitched in with a game-high 14 digs.

With the loss on Friday, the Jumbos finish their season at 13-13. Though Tufts had many high points, including

good performances at the Brandeis Invitational and the Hall of Fame tournament, the team struggled with its mental focus at times, resulting in inconsistent levels of play.

“I think we would really be holding something back if we didn’t say we were slightly disappointed with the season,” Ellefsen said. “But as I think it would be difficult for any senior to admit, it was a huge building year for the program as a whole.”

Assuming that the team does not get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, which is unlikely, it can still look with hope towards the 2013 campaign. Without a doubt, Tufts has an opportunity to improve on its .500 record this year and capitalize on its developing core of players gaining more and more experience. Losing just three seniors to graduation, the Jumbos will return a majority of their lineup, including a deep and very talented group of now-sophomores led

by Brennan, Hopper and 2011 NESCAC Rookie of the Year Isabel Kuhel.

The team is confident it will be a force to be reckoned with in the conference next year, and that the Jumbos will be better off entering the season without a target on their backs.

“We have the talent to be very good, it’s just going to be about putting it together from day one,” Brennan said.

“As a program we will be a little more under the radar next season. I think we will react better than if we were known as one of the best teams in New England.”

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in the midfield and attack us again.”

Though Williams got several good looks at Zeller, the goalie stood his ground. With two minutes to go, Williams got perhaps its best chance of the game when Ebobisse gathered a cross into the box and fired on Zeller, who quickly stuck out his arm to bat away what seemed destined to be the game-winning shot.

“They picked up their intensity, but we kept them off the scoreboard, so we did alright,” Zeller said.

The Tufts attack often found itself neutralized in the second half, with Williams keeping the ball on the Jumbos’ side of the field. That left the Jumbos’ leading goal scorer, sophomore Maxime Hoppenot, without a shot on goal in the half.

Overtime started off with a bang as Tufts freshman midfielder Rui Pinheiro launched a shot off the crossbar six minutes into the extra period. After that close call, though, neither team challenged the opposing keeper and the game headed to penalty kicks.

“I love PKs,” Zeller said. “I was excited for the opportunity to make a play for the team in penalty kicks.”

After Tufts and Williams each hit their first two shots, Finan blocked a shot from Hoppenot. Not to be outdone, Zeller made a diving save on sophomore Andres Burbank-Crump. After that, however, Finan was able to make yet another save, and Zeller was unable to counter on a shot from sophomore Chris Seitz that gave Williams the 4-2 victory.

The Ephs advanced to the NESCAC championship game, which they lost 2-0 to Amherst.

“I trust myself in a shootout, we just got a bad break,” Zeller said. “If we had to do it again, I would have had the same shooters shoot, I probably would have made the same decisions. That’s just how penalty kicks go.”

With the loss, Tufts will be waiting nervously until this afternoon, when the bids for the NCAA tournament are released.

However, even without a bid to the tournament, there is no doubt that this has been the most successful season in many years for the men’s soccer team.

For seniors like Bauer, watching the progress of the team has been well worth the ride.

“It’s been amazing, I couldn’t ask for anything better,” Bauer said. “I’ve been lucky to be on a team that has gotten significantly better every year, and I’m just happy I’ve been able to play a part in that.”

emember the good old days?

I’m talking about the days before Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites became popular. The days were more leisurely and relaxed, and we could enjoy what was around us instead of constantly having a screen in front of our faces.

The clock moved at the same pace as today, but the world seemed slower. It was as though we had more time.

Then we turned the corner into the 21st century. With that turn came a change in our sports viewing. Football has surged upward while baseball has faded into the background.

Don’t get me wrong — I’m one of baseball’s biggest fans. I’ve played at a highly competitive level my whole life, and by now it’s part of who I am.

I know I’m not the only one who loves the sport. Many of you do, too.

But think about this: When was the last time you sat down in front of your television and invested yourself in a full nine-inning baseball game?

Personally speaking, I can’t remember the last time I watched a complete game of baseball, even throughout the playoffs.

One thing I can tell you is the last time I sat down and watched a full NFL game. That would be yesterday — all day — and before that was Thursday.

Next will be tonight for the Monday Night Football showdown between two teams I don’t even root for.

This begs an answer to one obvious question: What does football have that baseball does not that makes it successful?

The main cause for the success of football is that it is a fast-paced game in a fast-paced society. Have you ever taken the time to watch an Oregon Ducks football game?

They move at such a quick pace that sometimes the screen will become one big blur as the cameramen try desperately to catch up with their speed.

And baseball?

They take their time. A pitch is delivered — there’s your action. Then what?

Then the batter steps out and adjusts his batting gloves. The pitcher gets the ball back and paces around the outskirts of the mound. The third base coach gives his signs, followed by the batter returning to the box.

The pitcher stares in for the call from the catcher. But wait — he doesn’t like what he sees. After the catcher cycles through three different pitches, the batter calls timeout because the pitcher is taking too long. The pitcher steps off, gathers his composure, and then returns to the mound.

After another ten seconds of getting the sign, a pitch is finally delivered.

This scenario is all too true for Major League Baseball. It’s not uncommon to have a minute — maybe even two — pass from the time the action stops at the end of one pitch to when it starts with the next.

It should be noted that in that same two-minute time frame, the Ducks will have already reeled off six to seven plays and will be lining up for the extra point after scoring a touchdown.

The bottom line is that Major League Baseball has been slowing down in a world that’s speeding up.

I can’t sit here and give you answers to this problem — it’s not my job. My job as a fan is to watch the sports that appeal most to me.

What I can do is point out the problem exists and hope that it is soon solved.

My dad used to tell me, “Don’t bring me problems. Bring me solutions.” So the ball’s in your court now, MLB. Here’s the problem. Bring us solutions.

Until then, MLB, you’re sacked!

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

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A heartbreaking weekend for the Jumbos

Men’s Soccer

Williams squeaks by Tufts in penalty kicks

by Jake Indursky

Daily Editorial Board

For 110 minutes, Tufts went toe-to-toe with top-seeded Williams. However, there would MEN’S SOCCER (9-3-5 Overall, 6-2-4 NESCAC) at Williamstown, Mass., Saturday NESCAC Semifinals OT OT Tufts 0 0 0 0 — 0 Williams 0 0 0 0 — 0 Williams wins 4-2 on penalty kicks be no Cinderella story for the Jumbos, who lost to the Ephs in penalty kicks after battling through regulation and overtime with neither team yielding a goal.

The Jumbos were playing in their first NESCAC semifinal game since 2001, against an undefeated Williams team that already has six NESCAC championships under its belt. Tufts also lost to Williams 1-0 earlier this year.

There was no doubt that was the Jumbos were coming in as the underdog, but they certainly played like a team expecting to win.

“Nerves didn’t really play a factor,” senior co-captain defender Pat Bauer said. “I thought there was more pressure on Williams because they’re the top seed.

Honestly, there was more pressure [last weekend] against

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The Jumbos, including senior defender Pat Bauer, gave Williams an extremely tough game, but ended up losing in penalty kicks to the Ephs.

Zeller, starting in only the secBowdoin, because we were the Once the game began, it was higher seed and we had just clear that Tufts was playing ond tournament game of his beaten them. We enjoyed com- with a loose confidence that career, saw only one shot on goal in the first half, allowing him to Williams lacked. ing in as the underdog.”

Bauer also made it clear that, “We just pressured very well, get comfortable against a typidespite the lower ranking, the which has been a staple of our cally potent Williams attack. team expected nothing less than strategy all year,” junior goalie The typically dangerous Tufts Wyatt Zeller said. “We got great attack failed to create any real a win.

“Nothing was really expected turnovers by pressuring them up opportunities to score, missing from us, except from ourselves,” the field and turning them over out on a golden chance to put Bauer said. “We always expect a in their half. We really created the Ephs in a hole early. Despite taking 10 shots to Williams’ five our chances that way.” lot from ourselves.”

Field Hockey

Jumbos ousted by Bowdoin in NESCAC semifinals as winning streak ends at 14 by

Kate Klots

Daily Editorial Board

The No. 7 field hockey team’s 14-game win streak came to a screeching halt on Saturday afternoon when FIELD HOCKEY (14-2 Overall, 10-2 NESCAC) at Middlebury, Vt., Saturday NESCAC Semifinals Bowdoin Tufts

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in the first half, Williams senior keeper Than Finan only had to save two shots.

The second half provided the excitement that usually accompanies two teams’ frenzied attempts to score as the clock winds down.

After it took Williams over 20 minutes in the first period to record its first attempt on Zeller, it took the Ephs less than 10 minutes into the second period to fire a shot on goal. A Williams pass across the front of the goal was cleared away by a Tufts defender, but the ball landed perfectly to allow sophomore midfielder Michael Madding to rip a shot that was stopped by the fingertips of a leaping Zeller.

Only eight minutes later, a pass from senior midfielder Patrick Ebobisse led to a rocket from junior forward User Kushaina that Zeller was able to bat away.

Bauer credited the increase in chances for the Ephs to greater focus from Williams, as well as a frustrating inability for Tufts to successfully clear the ball away from its own half.

“They have a strong midfield, and they ended up doing a good job of playing the ball through the middle and then getting it out wide and attacking us from the flanks,” Bauer said. “There was a little wind too that led to some poor clearances that gave them a chance to collect the ball see MEN’S SOCCER, page 15

Football

Best chance at victory for football slips away on Senior Day by

Aaron Leibowitz

Daily Editorial Board

The football gods have played yet another cruel trick on Tufts.

With a win at their fingertips on FOOTBALL (0-7 Overall, 0-7 NESCAC) at Zimman Field, Saturday Colby Tufts

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No. 6 Bowdoin, seeded third in the NESCAC tournament, defeated the Jumbos 4-1, eliminating them from the conference tournament.

With the victory, Bowdoin coach Nicky Pearson’s squad avenged a 3-1 road loss to the Jumbos just two weeks ago, the two teams’ last regular season game.

Things started out well for the Jumbos. Tufts pressured early, and senior co-captain Rachel Gerhardt took three shots on cage, two of which drifted just wide. Bowdoin senior co-captain goaltender Kayla Lessard stepped out to make three big stops in the opening minutes, briefly preserving the scoreless tie.

Just over four minutes into the game, senior forward Kelsey Perkins notched her ninth goal of the season, sending a shot past Lessard to give the Jumbos a 1-0 advantage. But the lead was short-lived.

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took the ball down to the other end, quickly got a corner and scored,” junior forward Chelsea Yogerst said.

“They continued on the attack for the next couple of minutes and scored on three more corners. The ball tends to move faster on Astroturf, so it was hard for our defensive unit to adjust to the speed when trying to defend the ball.”

Bowdoin seized the lead in the 13th minute when junior midfielder Molly Paduda connected with classmate

Saturday at Zimman Field, the Jumbos went to overtime against Colby tied at 14. The Mules got the ball first, and on 3rd-and-goal from the Tufts 3-yard line they handed off to senior Ryan Veillette, who proceeded to throw a two-handed chest pass to classmate Derrick Beasley for a touchdown.

Here’s the catch: Veillette, listed at 6-foot-1, 230 pounds, is an all-NESCAC defensive end. He is second in the league in sacks. Before Saturday, he had never attempted a pass.

Veillette’s big moment was the Mules’ last bizarre play in a wild game, and it proved to be the difference.

“That takes guts to call that play,” Tufts head coach Jay Civetti said. “We had the run stuffed ... guys were being aggressive trying to stop the run. Who’s gonna cover the wideout that slips a block?”

With Colby ahead 21-14, Tufts took over at the Mules’ 25-yard line needing a touchdown to prolong the game. But on 4th-and-9 from the 14, senior quar-

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Senior forward Kelsey Perkins gave Tufts the early lead against Bowdoin in the NESCAC semifinals, but it was all downhill from there as the Polar Bears came back and won 4-1. ward Katie Riley, Bowdoin’s leader in points, sent a penalty corner in to freshman midfielder Kim Kahnweiler.

Kahnweiler launched a shot at the cage, but Jumbos sophomore keeper Brianna Keenan made a quick stop.

Still pressuring, freshman forward Rachel Kennedy took another shot on goal and this time was rejected when Gerhardt made a heads-up defensive play. Eventually, though, the Polar Bears broke through when Riley’s second effort made it past Keenan, tying up the game at the 5:42 mark.

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