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THE TUFTS DAILY SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 6

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In commemoration of 9/11, united Tufts stands

Record turnout marks freshman TCU Senate contest by

Rob Silverblatt

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Meredith klein/tufts daily Members of the Tufts Republicans and the Tufts Democrats came together on Wednesday night to paint the cannon in commemoration of the national tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001. “At Tufts and beyond, [Democrats and Republicans] think that 9/11 is one of those events that brings all Americans together, regardless of political affiliation and regardless of ideological preferences,” said junior Shana Hurley, the president of the Tufts Democrats.

Freshmen turned out in record numbers yesterday to elect their seven new Tufts Community Union (TCU) senators. Joel Greenberg, Aaron Bartel, Katharina de Klerk, Danielle Cotter, Elliot McCarthy, Manuel Guzman and Jimmy Zuniga emerged victorious out of a 20-candiate field in a contest marked by 70.3 percent voter participation. “In my experience, it is a record,” Elections Commission (ECOM) Chair Anjali Nirmalan said of the percentage. “I have never seen [it] this high.” TCU President Duncan Pickard said he is happy with the new additions to the body. “I honestly couldn’t be more excited and more optimistic,” he said. “This is a see ELECTIONS, page 2

LGBT referendum Meeting delayed Carmichael and Dewick no on discrimination on the Green Line longer allow table-tent ads misses TCU ballot extension project Carmichael spruces up menu, appearance by

Michael del Moro

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A referendum supporting an amendment to add more inclusive nondiscrimination language to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) constitution did not appear on the ballot during Wednesday’s election, despite the efforts of a sophomore senator sponsoring an initiative to place it there. The referendum proposed the addition of the phrase “gender identity/expression” to two clauses in the TCU constitution that prohibit discrimination by recognized student organizations. The Pachyderm, Tufts’ student handbook, already condemns harassment based on “race, religion, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or genetics.” Ryan Heman, the sophomore senator who spearheaded the referendum effort, feels the addition is necessary because he wants the TCU to catch up to official university policy as expressed in the handbook. “We feel that basically a more inclusive nondiscrimination policy is always a good thing, and the students should always be more progressive than the university itself,” said Heman, who serves as the co-chair of the Senate’s Culture, Ethnicity and Community Affairs Committee. “Even though the university policy does kind of supercede the TCU constitution, we feel … that if there is a non-discrimination policy, it should be as inclusive as possible.” Heman, who was the LGBT Center’s liaison to the Senate last year, and two other students, senior Evan Woods and sophomore Thomas Mann, wrote letters to the Senate proposing the new policy language before officially submitting the referendum to the Committee on Student Life (CSL) on Aug. 31. see LGBT, page 2

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Ben Gittleson

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After an advocate closely involved in the Green Line extension suggested the state might hand down a recommendation as early Monday on where the rail should end, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) on Wednesday cancelled a planned meeting and said that it was not prepared to share more details of its research with the public. A Green Line Extension Project Advisory Group public meeting, scheduled over a month ago for Sept. 15, was called off because project leaders do “not yet have available all of the information of importance [concerning the] results of the analysis regarding the terminus of the line,” the EOT’s project team said in an e-mail to community members. But delaying the announcement “does not adversely affect the overall project schedule,” the EOT wrote. “We want to make sure that we have all of our data completely together, and we aren’t just quite at that point yet,” Kate Fichter, the deputy director of the project at the EOT, told the Daily. She added that the EOT is currently focusing on not only potential terminal stops, but also the potential location of a support facility in Somerville for the extended line, as well as details related to the Union Square stop on the extension. Two Medford locations are being considered as potential endpoints, one at the intersection of College Avenue and Boston Avenue and another at the intersection of the Mystic Valley Parkway (Route 16) and Boston Avenue. The former would be located along the comsee GREEN LINE, page 2

Inside this issue



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Alexandra Bogus

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Students returning to the Hill this semester have probably noticed cleaner tables, and some club heads have had to rethink how they do promotion, as the Carmichael and Dewick-MacPhie Dining Halls have banned the distribution of paper advertisements on tables. Carmichael received other updates this summer, including additions to the menu and new signs above serving stations. David Kelley, the unit manager at Carmichael, said his staff has “brightened things up” by repainting the serving area and kitchen. Carmichael also improved its recycling program, he said. The new signs and fresh paint job came as a result of a yearly Dining Services student survey in which Carmichael has consistently scored low in appearance, according to Kelley. “The quality of the food and special events are fantastic,” but students wanted a facelift, Kelley said. The new policy banning table tents also

leaves Carmichael looking fresher, he said. In the past, student groups used table tents, flyers folded to stand up in a triangle and strewn on dining tables, to promote events. “It’s not that we don’t like them, but you’d be surprised at how many we throw away,” Carmichael Chef Manager Peter Kourafalos said. “It’s a lot better for the environment. Everyone’s going green.” The policy was simply created to reduce paper, said Kelly, who added that at times the number of tents on tables at Carmichael could reach between 1,000 and 1,200. A student announcement board now hangs in Carmichael’s entrance way in lieu of the table tents. Sophomore Ryan Stolp hung a poster for the Tufts Observer on the board. “The wall is maybe a little less effective, but overall makes up for the fact that you’re not using a lot of paper or cluttering the dining hall,” he said. Senior Jessica Snow, vice president of public relations for the Inter-Greek Council, said table tenting had been an important marketing strategy for fraternities and sororities. see CARMICHAEL, page 2

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Students no longer have ads to look at while they eat.

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Ph.D. student shows that in determining someone’s sexuality, it’s all in the face.

The Boston Music festival showcases local artists with concerts in multiple venues around the city.

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Referendum may have to wait until next TCU election in spring; next version may be more comprehensive

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In order to be eligible for placement on a campus-wide ballot, proposed referendums must have three sponsors and 250 signatures. In addition, the proposal requires approval from both the CSL, which decides whether it is in line with university policy, and the TCU Judiciary (TCUJ), which rules on whether the wording is fair. The Elections Commission then conducts an official vote on the referendum. The TCUJ approved the language on Sept. 5, but members of the CSL indicated they would need to consult the entire committee before approving policy language. According to CSL Co-Chair Calvin Gidney, an associate professor of child development, the committee decided not to review the language because they did not have a full group of students and professors. Until last week, three seats remained vacant; two have since been filled. Heman admitted that it is “a little weird to be pushing something forward” so early in the semester, but said that “there is no

discussion to be had” about what he calls a no-brainer language change. He said the CSL did not take the time to realize this. “It kind of reflects badly on the priorities of the university that the LGBT community, the TCUJ, Tufts’ Election Commission and even the student body were mobilized behind this issue and in the end the CSL decided to shut it down,” Heman said. But he added that he did not think there was any “malicious intent.” “We’re not trying to accuse the CSL of being outwardly malicious or outright disrespecting the LGBT community. … Nonetheless, the fact that the CSL couldn’t manage to approve pre-approved language, fully knowing that all we needed was their go-ahead, is just part of a trend of the administration disrespecting and ignoring the needs of LGBT students,” Heman later added in an e-mail. Heman said the current clauses in the TCU constitution apply to sexual orientation but do not cover gender identity and expression, terms that apply to those who do not associate with either gender. Gidney declined to comment on the

proposed language itself but insisted the CSL would give it a “fair and unbiased hearing.” The constitution allows for referenda to be put up for election at any point during the semester, but decisions on amendments to the constitution require a mandatory turnout of at least 25 percent of the student body, a number typically only seen during senatorial elections in September and April. If proponents of the initiative were able to publicize it on a large scale, Gidney said it is “in the realm of possibility” that the referendum could receive enough votes at some point during the semester. The referendum will likely be postponed until the spring elections, according to Heman. Even more inclusive policy language will be built in before then, he said. Senator Chas Morrison, a sophomore, suggested adding “political affiliation” to the nondiscrimination clauses. “It would have been great to have a vote,” Morrison said, but he added that the delay may facilitate a more comprehensive amendment to the constitution.

Carmichael features updated aesthetic, altered menu Carmichael

“Table tents were [good] for us, and we’re going to have to come up with new, creative ways for recruitment,” she said. “The thing about table tents is that you could read them while doing something else. We have to find another method that can be as well integrated into daily life.” As Carmichael worked to update its appearance this summer, the dining staff made some slight changes to its menu. According to Kelley, Dining Services constantly updates the menu based on student input. “The kids love change, and that’s what we try to do,” he said. To that end, the cafeteria added a burrito bar to the lunch service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Two new slow cookers also allow the team to start cooking dishes overnight, according to Kourafalos. Kelley said the Carmichael staff considers all student suggestions, but he added that it can take weeks to integrate a new item because the process involves finding a vendor and checking the product’s affordability. “Something as simple as adding one item takes a lot of time,” Kourafalos said, explaining that putting Dr. Pepper in the soda machine involved running a line through the continued from page 1

hall’s entire ceiling. Carmichael employees are also planning a special Academy Awards event in February, in which a red carpet will be laid down and the management will wear white tuxedos. “I think the kids are going to love that one,” Kelley said. The 26 staffers at Carmichael were recognized for exceptional customer service at the

first annual Tufts Distinction Awards in June. The team received the Extra Mile Award at the ceremony, which honored dedicated members of the Tufts faculty and staff. “Carmichael won it, but it was a win for everyone in Dining,” Kelley said. “Everyone can be proud for working in Dining Services.”

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Tables at Carmichael are free of their usual table tents thanks to a recent rule change.

Pickard excited about new batch of TCU senators ELECTIONS

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great freshman class and I can’t wait to get started.” This year’s participation rate for freshman Senate elections compares to 44 percent in 2006 and 62 percent in 2007. Nirmalan, a senior, attributed the increase to a smooth online voting process and the use of online campaigning. Candidates have only been allowed to advertise their campaigns online in recent years, and Nirmalan said that this phenomenon has had a gradual impact. “These are advances we’ve made in the last couple years, … but I think we’re starting to see their effects more and more,” she said.

According to Nirmalan, the spike this year corresponds with increased efforts by ECOM to provide candidates with guidelines about how to spread their messages via the Internet. She said that until this elections cycle, ECOM had been adapting to the new process and had not been able to play a strong advisory role in field of online advertising. “I think that when we first legalized it, we were still unfamiliar with what we were doing,” she said. “I think that more guidelines actually tend to inspire candidates more.” Voting was open for 24 hours on Wednesday. Nirmalan said that the peak voting time came just after midnight Wednesday morning. Based on the results of a survey

question displayed to students after they submitted their ballots, she said that a plurality of voters heard about the contest through one of the candidates. An e-mail sent to all the freshmen and advertising on TuftsLife.com also brought a significant number of participants to the polls. Pickard said that he is looking forward to working with the Senate’s new members and that the ideas they put forth during Monday’s forum in Hotung Café for freshman hopefuls piqued his interest. “I was really impressed … with everyone’s criticisms and thoughtful outlook on Tufts,” he said. “I think that freshmen always bring a unique outlook and a lot of enthusiasm that really [are] a force on Senate.”

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muter rail tracks by Curtis Hall, the building that houses Brown and Brew. The Daily reported on Monday that Ken Krause, a member of the advocacy group the Medford Green Line Neighborhood Alliance, said the final word could come at the planned Sept. 15 meeting. He told the Daily that a number of factors — from environmental to socioeconomic — would factor into the EOT’s decision of where to end the line. Krause’s group supports a Route 16 terminal. The Green Line extension, which

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was promised more than 15 years ago, received a boost in April when Gov. Deval Patrick allocated $600 million to fund the project and guarantee completion by its 2014 deadline. In addition to the cancellation of the meeting, in its e-mail the EOT also announced the postponement of a series of public meetings that were originally scheduled for late September and early October. “We’re working as quickly and diligently as we can and obviously want to get the stuff out to the public as quickly as we can,” Fichter said.

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Gay and straight: Ph.D. student learns Rules ‘Gaydar’ may not be just a buzzword by

Rule’s orientation leads to career path

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When he realized that his high school classmates had been able to accurately detect that he was gay before he even realized his own sexual orientation, Tufts psychology Ph.D. candidate Nicholas Rule began thinking hard about the nature of non-verbal communication and visual perception. He wondered if — and how — it was possible to accurately perceive certain characteristics based on quick glances at other people. Working with Professor of Psychology Nalini Ambady, Rule has conducted several psychology studies dedicated to the accuracy with which faces can be judged. Dipping into his own personal history for inspiration, Rule conducted a study revealing that a man’s sexual orientation can be observed by looking at his facial features for just a fraction of a second. Rule and Ambady began the experiment by taking a sample of 90 male faces from pictures used in personal ads, 45 of which were self-identified as gay, 45 as straight. The duo standardized the faces by testing them for attractiveness and emotional expression, and ensured that “familiarity effects” were avoided by choosing samples from outside the Boston area. The pair then showed the photographs to Tufts students under six different conditions — for 10 seconds, six and a half seconds, self-paced (about a second and a half ), 100 milliseconds, 50 milliseconds and 33 milliseconds — and analyzed the results to determine how accurately the participants could judge whether the men in the photographs were gay. Quite accurately, they found. For nearly every time interval, the accuracy with which participants label ed a subject as gay or straight hovered around 70 percent. What Rule found particularly significant was that few participants strayed far from this accuracy level, and no photos were guessed entirely accurately or inaccurately.

“People actually can accurately judge sexual orientation from the eyes and mouth, but they don’t know that they can, which is super cool.” Nicholas Rule psychology Ph.D. candidate “We never have a hundred percent agreement on any one face,” Rule said. “Which is really interesting, I think.” But despite efforts to keep the faces pictured ambiguous, doubts were inevitably raised as to whether handpicking gay and straight men out of a lineup was simply too easy. “That’s the first question that people ask — they’re like, ‘Oh, well, you know, who are these flamers you have in the study that are so obvious?’” Rule said. Other critics of the study suggested that hairstyle might tip participants off, or that personal ads might be too obvious or intentionally deceptive. So Rule further standardized the experiment by taking faces of men from Facebook.com, using only those photos that were “Tagged by Others” with the men in groups of people rather than alone. This helped cut back on what Rule called the “self-

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Rule’s own experiences with his sexual orientation led to successful experiment. presentation” aspect that would have led to skewed or inaccurate results. The researcher took the tests a step further by removing hairstyles altogether from the photos, and at one point ran the tests on photos of only eyes. The results came back, silencing doubters of the experiment: Participants decided who was gay and who was not with the same level of accuracy under all conditions. “There was no difference, which was excellent,” Rule said. Rule himself was initially skeptical of the experiment. “I didn’t think it would work,” he said. “The whole thing was actually really exciting to see evolve because we started with 100 [milliseconds], and then we were sort of like, ‘Oh my God it, worked — let’s try 50, let’s try 33, and then going up [in amount of time], what if we make them really think about it?’” For Rule and Ambady, the process was exciting because it pointed to broader psychological insights. “People actually can accurately judge sexual orientation from the eyes and mouth, but they don’t know that they can, which is super cool,” Rule explained. “This then suggests that how we perceive people probably occurs through these multiple paths,

you know, consciously and unconsciously.” “So really, this shows that our intuitive judgments about gay and straight are based in something and they’re somewhat accurate,” he added. In step with the increasingly common use of terms like “gaydar,” bloggers and media outlets swarmed Rule with curiosity — and criticism — as to the scientific merits of his experimentation. “It was a little frustrating at first because the bloggers clearly have not read the study — they would be saying all these things and making all these accusations that were completely outrageous, that would have been clearly addressed if they had read the paper,” Rule said. “I didn’t want to respond to them because I didn’t want to get into a dialogue with the bloggers.” For such experiments, media coverage can signify the end of testing: Researchers hope to keep the intentions of the experiment under wraps to their participants until after the testing has been completed. “When all the press about it came out, we were basically screwed,” Rule said. “So we really can’t do too much anymore because now everyone knows about it.”

For the parents of most graduating high school seniors, the concept of a son or daughter beginning an Ivy League education is a gleeful one — a dream come true. But when the parents of Nicholas Rule, now a psychology Ph.D. candidate at Tufts, sent their son off to his freshman year at Dartmouth College, they were full of reservations. “They didn’t want me to go; they thought I should stay home,” Rule said. “They weren’t at all supportive of college.” Rule remembers his upbringing in rural Florida, where his fundamentalist Christian family looked upon homosexuals with vicious disapproval and his classmates persistently picked on those who showed signs of being out of the ordinary. The youngest of four children, Rule is gay but was unconscious of the fact before college. Against his best efforts to conform to “heterosexual standards,” fellow classmates picked on Rule for seeming different, “seeming gay” — a phenomenon that that spawned a deep curiosity about the nature of non-verbal communication and the accuracy of human visual perception. For Rule, such curiosity was twofold: Part of it stemmed from the fact that others could detect his sexual identity before he could, and the rest was rooted in his ability to read and use the non-verbal cues from others’ behavior to protect himself. “It was so interesting to me how I could be so unaware of [my sexual orientation] and so completely repressed and other people could still tell, how it was sort of being communicated through that, even though I didn’t intend to do it,” Rule said. “In fact, I had every reason to hide it.” “When I was growing up, it was such a rough place that you were always on the lookout, trying not to get beat,” he continued. “And so I found that you really had to pay attention to non-verbal cues, and that survival depended on that.” Leaving the conservative roots of his upbringing, Rule dove headfirst, albeit fearfully, into the ivory tower, determined from the get-go to double major in psychology and linguistics. Transitioning from what Rule described as a “horrible, homophobic place” to the collegiate landscapes of Hanover, N.H., adjustment was necessary. “I’m the only one in my family who’s gone to college,” Rule said. “I’d never seen snow or anything. So I went there, had a difficult transition; realized I was gay, which made things more difficult.” His difficulties entering college were compounded by an atmosphere at Dartmouth that was unexpectedly unfriendly to homosexuals, Rule said. “Dartmouth was very conservative,” he said. “Had I known I was gay, I would not have gone to Dartmouth.” But a difficult transition made for an easy path to academic success for the Floridian. “Fortunately, I was very into my work,” Rule said. The period between his graduation from Dartmouth and the beginning of his graduate studies at Tufts proved to be yet another difficult transition Flordian described as the “worst month” of his life. Joining up with Professor of Psychology Nalini Ambady, Rule has worked tirelessly in the same fashion that led him to academic success as an undergraduate, devoting nearly ten see RULE, page 4

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Psych duo’s experiment examines how we interpret facial characteristics to determine gay vs. straight.

Graduate student spends hours in lab RULE

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hours per day at the psychology lab and even continuing his research into the weekends. His daily routine often consist of working at the lab until about 8 p.m., working out at the gym, cooking a late dinner and conducting more research before retiring to bed. “We’re always working,” he said. “It’s almost like being in the military or something because our life really revolves around it.”

“Had I known I was gay, I would not have gone to Dartmouth.” Nicholas Rule psychology Ph.D. candidate Alongside Ambady, hard work has gained Rule a name in the world of psychology, with many of his studies on the

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nature of non-verbal communication and visual perception appearing in psychology journals or gaining attention from publications and bloggers. Still, Rule’s successes in the world of academia have not gained him much clout in the eyes of his own family. “They don’t understand it and they think the gay thing is a huge problem,” said Rule, whose sister doesn’t like having him around her children because of his sexual orientation. “My brother-inlaw doesn’t talk to me, and I’ve known him since I was nine.” Rule explained his family’s peculiar reactions to his work, which in many cases has focused primarily on sexual orientation. “When my first paper came out, they were like, ‘Okay, so you worked for a year and a half to produce this paper in a magazine that no one’s ever heard of and nobody reads and nobody buys,’” he said. “[But] if I had been on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ or ‘Jeopardy,’ they’d think I was the smartest person in the world.”

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MOVIE REVIEW

Righteous, killer cast shoots itself in the foot by

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Sometimes a film’s cast simply sounds too good to be true. When multiple high-profile

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Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent Directed by Jon Avnet stars get together in a film, it can go one of two ways: It can go “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969), or it can go “Ocean’s 12” (2004). “Righteous Kill,” the new cop film starring heavyweights Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and directed by Jon Avnet, falls squarely in the latter category. Pacino and De Niro play veteran NYPD cops Rooster and Turk respectively. A flashy opening credit montage features the two men at a firing range, interspersed with each man at his pastime of choice: De Niro is hotheadedly aggressive as he yells at an umpire at

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De Niro to body: “You talkin’ to me?” a softball game, while Pacino is cool and calculating, yet no less aggressive as he rants about Bobby Fischer during back-toback chess-game victories. The men are filmed firing their guns — from handguns to automatic assault weapons

— at a variety of angles as lights flash to make certain the audience understands that both cops are good shots and enjoy using their guns. These two facts are reiterated ad nauseam throughout the film. The plot, penned by “Inside

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Man” (2006) scribe Russell Gewirtz, depicts a series of murders targeting lucky criminals who escaped justice. While the plot shares some points with college favorite “Boondock Saints” (1999) and Showtime’s serial killer show

“Dexter,” it lacks a defining touch. Murder weapons and a short, rhyming poem accompany each crime. Each of the victims has some connection to Turk and Rooster; although Turk is one of the lead investigators on the case, he quickly becomes a main suspect. The story lacks complexity due to a device, revealed in the first five minutes, which manages to take the steam out of three quarters of the movie. Instead of playing it as a straight mystery, the film displays a clip of one of the detectives confessing to the murder of 14 men during his 30 years of duty, including all of the murders that occur in the film. The entire film is structured as a flashback with the confession cutting in at various points. A series of contrived twists in the last halfhour spice things up a bit, but after being heavily forecasted for most of the film, the gimmicks are not very surprising. DeNiro’s Turk is best described by Pacino as a “pit bull on crack.” see RIGHTEOUS, page 7

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Famous pieces from the Fogg’s Wertheim Collection will be on display at the Sackler Museum in “Re-View.”

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The Boston Music Festival provides a great opportunity to get to know a mixture of local up-and-coming bands.

Music festival boasts array of genres and local artists by Jessica

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For those who missed out on marathon summer concerts like Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo and still need their fix of live performances, the Boston Music Festival, which wraps up this Sunday with a grand finale, features more bands than you can count. The festival, a set of week-long concerts at a variety of venues in the Greater Boston area, is currently celebrating its second year running. The event draws some 8,000 people to local restaurants, bars and clubs to hear an impressive range of local musicians , including rock, Latin, classical, jazz, hip hop and folk. According to the festival’s promotional material, the Boston Music Festival involves “putting rock bands against string quartets, jazz trios against singer-songwriters, popstars against hip-hopsters.” The brainchild of a local music school near Inman Square called School of Groove, the Boston Music Festival presents its wide range of genres only from unsigned local talent. School of Groove is an institution focused on education and exposure for

up-and-coming musicians, eager to raise awareness and provide exposure to bands that haven’t made it big just yet but show promise. The range of genres allows for artists like jazz pianist Yoko Miwa, from Kobe, Japan, to mix with the likes of spoken-word extraordinaire London Bridgez, who creates “bridgez” between poetry and R&B. Former Berklee students in groups like Same Mistake Twice, who play a variety of updated pop and rock songs, are a testament to Boston-based musicianship. Part extended concert and part “Battle of the Bands,” the Boston Music Festival began on Sept. 8 and plays through this weekend. Though you may have missed the first part of the series, you can catch Friday and Saturday night acts, before the festival wraps up at the Boston City Hall Plaza on Sunday. The top five bands from the week will be showcased at the Plaza during a seven-hour outdoor extravaganza beginning at 2 p.m. Catch the next few acts before Sunday and you can support your favorites by voting American Idol-style: via text message or online through see MUSIC FESTIVAL, page 7

Sackler Museum opens ‘Re-View,’ a wallshaking survey of Harvard art collections

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The Arthur M. Sackler Museum at 485 Broadway in Cambridge will be opening its doors tomorrow after a summer-long hibernation. The Sackler’s closing and reopening is part of a larger scheme: plans for a massive renovation of the Harvard University Art Museums, which in addition to the Sackler includes the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger collections. The renovations are predicted to take five years, and all of the artwork will be moved out of the Fogg and BuschReisinger complex on 32 Quincy St. and put away in storage facilities or put on loan to other museums. The ultimate concept for the renovations is the construction of a new building, designed by acclaimed Italian architect Renzo Piano, who has designed other museums such as the Morgan Library and Museum in New York. The structure will house all three collections under one roof, consolidating them and promoting easier access and dialogue. For those who will miss the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger Museums in these next five years, the Sackler is a savior as it features “Re-View,” an exhibition of works from all three collections, to be shown together for the first time. The Sackler, which previously housed ancient, Islamic, Asian and late-Indian art, will now meet the West, showing European and American art previously on display in the other museums. Having been separated before by different buildings and rooms, the interplay between ancient and

modern, continents and cultures, should make for an interesting display. The works, which include favorites and “greatest hits” as well as valuable pieces from the collections brought out of storage in this moment of flux, were chosen by curators from the three museums. Part of the reason behind the closings is that the buildings are decrepit and not fully up to code, lacking both climate control and space for the collections. By having this ongoing exhibition across the street from construction and demolition, the mission of teaching and scholarship at the Harvard University Art Museums can continue, though on a much smaller scale. It is an example of the interplay between objects and collections predicted for the new facility when it opens to the public in 2013. The exhibitions of “Re-View” are divided into themes. On the ground floor is European and American art since 1900, connecting the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger collections through the theme of modern reinterpretations of traditional subjects in art. Works will include Max Beckmann’s “Self-Portrait in Tuxedo” (1927) and Glenn Ligon’s “Untitled (Negro Sunshine)” (2005). The second floor shows the Sackler’s Asian and Islamic Art dating from 5,000 B.C. to now, emphasizing the relationship between ceramic works and the evolution of religious expression throughout Asia and Europe. On view here is the Sackler’s distinguished collection of ritual bronze vessels and archaic see SACKLER, page 7

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jades, both great draws for visitors. The fourth floor, organized chronologically, exhibits primarily Western works from antiquity to the late 19th century, but the occasional contrast to other styles or time periods is expected to shake up the walls. Comparisons include works from different cultures hung side by side, meant to represent historic moments of international communication when Europe encountered other societies, including Egyptian, Asian, Islamic, indigenous American, African and Near Eastern. Favorites from the beloved Maurice

Wertheim Collection from the Fogg Museum are also on view, including significant works by impressionists and post-impressionists like Monet, Picasso, Cézanne and van Gogh. Specifically, Picasso’s iconic “Mother and Child” (1901) from his Blue Period are hanging. Certain works on paper sensitive to light will be rotated, and a teaching gallery on the fourth floor will also house four temporary installations each year. In this period of removal and loss in the Boston art community, the Sackler’s multi-cultural, multitechnical and multi-stylistic “Re-View” is expected to offer some consolation to devoted community members and visitors.

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OurStage.com, one of the festival’s sponsors. In addition to presenting their music to thousands of viewers at the final concert, the top five artists win a whole host of prizes: airplay and interviews with a number of radio stations, coverage in local entertainment publications, free gear, 20 hours of rehearsal space, studio time and exclusive interviews in Boston Music Spotlight. Johnny D’s in Davis Square, a popular food-and-music joint well-known among Tufts students, is just one of the venues hosting the festival’s emerging artists. The other eleven include Icarus, Hennessey’s, Ned Devine’s, The Harp, Wonder Bar, Church, Lily Pad, The Fireplace and Mojitos. With bigname sponsors like Fender, Comcast and the Boston Herald, the Boston Music Festival certainly provides a unique opportunity for emerging performers to market their talents. Tonight’s performances include an eclectic mix that take place at Icarus and The Harp. You’ll hear the saxophone quartet 154 Sax, its members hailing originally from Scotland, Sweden and Germany. On the other end of the spectrum is Daria Musk, who leads a trio with her soulful vocals and heartfelt rhythmic tunes. Tickets come either as day passes, available for $10, or week passes costing $15. In addition to the bargain price, full-week tickets give its holders access to the festival after-party,

which takes place from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. at Ned Devine’s on Sunday night. Featured guest performers Parker House and Theory are scheduled to make an appearance. Visit bostonmusicfestival.org to purchase tickets.

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He runs around screaming and raging and having angry sex with a fellow detective on the force (played by Carla Gugino, one of two female roles in this testosterone-heavy film). Pacino’s character spends his time calming Turk down and trying to one-up his friend, wasting precious screen time as well as the audience’s patience. The supporting cast is, for the most part, extremely talented and over-utilized. The usually stiff John Leguizamo pulls through as Detective Perez, and Donnie Wahlberg deftly plays Detective Riley. Gugino holds her own in a predominantly male cast, but in an odd third-act twist, she flounders as a woman out for justice. Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) is typecast as a drug dealer-turned-rapper and club owner, but stumbles over many of his lines and generally drags down his scenes. Finally, in an interesting bit of casting, Rob Dyrdek of MTV’s “Rob and Big” plays the first murder victim,

a skateboarding pimp (yes, seriously) named (wait for it) Rambo. While the film does have some enjoyable aspects and an exciting final quarter, it drags in the middle, and lazy cinematography and editing bring the mood down a bit too far. The beginning and various scenes throughout the film are shot in a glitzy, stylized manner, reminiscent of action films such as “Bad Boys” (1995) and most Vin Diesel vehicles, while much of the rest is shot as a straightforward drama, a style that works much better in this particular instance. “Righteous Kill,” with its pedigree and star-studded cast, should have been much more than simply an average cop film. Some tweaks to the plot and a shorter running time would have helped tremendously, but that isn’t to say that it isn’t watchable. Still, “Righteous Kill” is most likely destined to end up no more than a somewhat entertaining footnote on the résumés of two great actors.

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had a few freshman jitters, but at the same time, she’s a solid player. She played a couple positions today and was overall one of our most solid passers, which is big since serve-receive has always been one of our weaknesses.” Setting up the hitters was junior Dena Feiger, who notched 39 assists as the lone primary setter all night. Feiger and senior Maya Ripecky notched three aces apiece, part of the team’s 11 total, while also combining for only one of the squad’s 10 service errors. “We were serving aggressively,” Thompson said. “We got more comfortable serving as the jitters started to fade out. Our goal is to serve aggressively, and I’m okay with serving errors if we’re going to stay aggressive, not if we’re wailing it out by 10 feet. It’s important we keep service aces up, because that’s our first offen-

beginning was that we committed so many unforced errors, and we cut down on those.” Senior tri-captain Stacy Filocco continued her killing spree from last season, pacing the Jumbos with 15 in the match. Sophomore Dawson Joyce-Mendive and freshman Cara Spieler, the only first-year player to receive playing time, also tallied double-digit totals in kills. “[Filocco] hit well,” Thompson said. “She had the most sets of anyone on the team, with 44. She’s a smarter hitter, and her court sense is much improved. She knows when to swing away or work a roll shot or tip. She mixes it up with great power, but her ball control keeps getting better and better. “[Joyce-Mendive] did a great job too,” she continued. “She’s so good at placing her shots. [Spieler]

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floor, and the decision paid off. “I just wanted to give that particular lineup a good amount of experience and get some time to work out the kinks,” she said. “I pointed out that we were still in control of our destiny. We had made 14 errors, and we lost the first by four, so you’re giving the other team the match. If we cut down on unforced errors, we’re going to give ourselves a better chance of winning the next set.” With that on their minds, the Jumbos took control of the match, overwhelming the Skyhawks to nail the following three sets 25-19, 25-15 and 25-21. “We really controlled the pace of the game,” said Goldstein, who took her usual spot as the team leader in digs with 13. “The reason why they were in it at the

and composure, and it will now allow us to re-focus on our goals for the rest of this season.” Russo had a hand in the early scoring, feeding Kutcher and Kelly for Tufts’ first two scores. The Jumbos took that 2-0 lead into the 33rd minute, when sophomore forward Tamara Brown notched her fourth goal of the season and sent Tufts into halftime with a comfortable three-goal cushion. Russo and Kelly teamed up again in the second half, putting the Jumbos up by four. Of Russo’s team-leading five assists this season, four have gone to Kelly for goals. “So far this year [Russo] has been very unselfish and she has done a great job of setting up girls like [Michelle] for some nice goals,” McDavitt said. “They’ve been working real well in practice and it’s exciting that it has paid off already.” “The way she draws out the opposing players and then works the ball to her teammates is huge for our

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stymied by Wellesley. Last year, the Jumbos took a devastating 3-2 overtime loss at the hands of the Blue, despite outpacing the team 25-10 in shots and 19-6 in penaltycorner opportunities. “We felt so frustrated by those past three losses, so getting a win today was extra special,” Kutcher said. “It was also nice because it’s the beginning of the season, and it will be a huge confidence boost for us. In the past, those losses were tough because it immediately started our season off on the wrong foot.” “There has definitely been a mental aspect to those tough Wellesley losses over the past couple years,” coach Tina McDavitt said. “It really has felt like we’ve always been in those games, but we just couldn’t get a win on the scoreboard. Last year we even took them to OT, but again, we just couldn’t put it together. In finally beating them [ Wednesday,] we learned a lot about our depth .

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Amherst Tufts Bates Bowdoin Colby MIddlebury Trinity Williams Conn. Coll. Wesleyan M. Kelly T. Brown A. Russo L. Griffith M. Scholtes I. Lewnard M. Kutcher B. Holiday T. Jasinski

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conference play presents new challenges. Tufts has not defeated Colby since 2005, although the Jumbos led 2-0 in the second half of last year’s matchup before the Camels mounted a comeback and brought the game to a tie after overtime. But both of Tufts’ goals came courtesy of senior tri-captain forward Greg O’Connell (LA ’08), a player whose physical efforts in NESCAC games has so far left a void in the Jumbo line. “The pace, intensity and importance will all increase,” DeGregorio said of the transition to NESCAC opponents. “The difference is how

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intense and physical all NESCAC games are. The quality of the teams isn’t much stronger.” “This weekend will be our biggest game yet,” Schoening added. “We’ve been talking a lot about momentum. We haven’t had a start like this since I’ve been here, and we’re hoping the momentum can carry us through.” With the next phase of the young season about to start as conference competition kicks off, the Jumbos have adopted a new mantra that embodies the importance they are placing on momentum. “A few of the guys have been using the saying, ‘Ride the wave,’” DeGregorio said.

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offense,” Kelly said. “She even can sometimes get the goalie to come out of the goal and then she will pass it by her to assist on a goal.” Griffith then got into the act, sandwiching the first two goals of her career around Wellesley’s lone tally. With Griffith and Brown getting on the scoreboard over the first two games and freshman goalkeeper Marianna Zak and sophomore goalkeeper Katie Hyder splitting the time so far in cage, the team has enjoyed a nice boost from its underclassmen. “I think [our youth] is huge for our program,” McDavitt said. “It’s gotten to the point where we don’t have to spend as much time with the younger girls in practice early on trying to acclimate them to the college game. When we’re not forced to just rely on solely upperclassmen, we are capable of being much more successful.” The Jumbos will next take the field tomorrow, when they host a NESCAC showdown against the Colby Mules.

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“We’re feeling really good going into this weekend,” Denniston said. “We have a really deep bench, and everyone on the team deserves to be there.” “The most exciting thing about our team is that there’s a lot of talent on the bench,” Thompson said. “This coming weekend, when we have four more matches, other lineups will be tested and people will be shifted. “At the same time, I still expect to win every match,” she continued. “I think it’s a realistic goal. It’s not going to be easy, but from what I saw last night — the fight we have in us, the refuse to lose attitude — is what will help us win tight games. We have five seniors, and that’s what they expect. We have high goals this season, and every time out we have to prove how much we want it and how disciplined we’ll be.”

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Tufts notches 16 goals in first two games, looks ahead to second NESCAC game of season FIELD HOCKEY

sive attack.” Tufts’ defense also impressed, holding the then-undefeated Skyhawks to a season-low .180 hitting percentage compared to the Jumbos’ .235. The squad also came up with 34 team digs and four team blocks thanks to middle blockers sophomore Erica Lokken and senior tri-captain Kate Denniston. “We did very well with our intensity on defense, which is something that’s only going to get better,” Thompson said. “We did a great job fighting in some of those long rallies with Goldstein and Ripecky, who were great in the back row and kept us alive.” Tufts will look to carry its momentum onto the road this weekend for a tournament at Brandeis, where the competition will include last year’s conference champion, Williams.

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Golf Preview

Revamped golf team anticipates big season by

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After the rollercoaster year it witnessed in 2007, the golf team hopes that the transition into 2008 will produce a smoother ride. Last year, coach Bob Sheldon’s squad had an up-and-down fall season, posting some solid finishes — including a firstplace showing at the Husson Tournament in Orono, Maine — yet failed to qualify for the sport’s first-ever NESCAC Tournament. Once more, the season-closing New England Championships also slipped away from the Jumbos, who couldn’t follow up on a highly impressive third-place mark after one day of play and found themselves in 25th place at the tournament’s conclusion. Needless to say, the team knows that it has some rebuilding in store if it wants to improve on its late-season disappointments. The roster experienced a major turnover this year with the graduation of senior tri-captains Dave Hunt (E ’08), Mike O’Neil (LA ’08) and the low-scoring Pat Sullivan (LA ’08). But the team is confident that senior captain Phil Haslett, along with classmate Benjie Moll, will fill the leadership role, helping Tufts become one of the top teams in the NESCAC. “Even though we lost three great players, we think we have a great group of guys,” Haslett said. “We’re a younger team, but we have confidence built up because we have played all the courses last year.” The Jumbos will rely on the play of their underclassmen as well, as sophomores Danny Moll and Luke Heffernan both hope to continue to perform in a similarly impressive manner to last year. With a year of experience under its belt, the duo, as well as veteran juniors Brett Hershman and Brad Dreisbach, will need to assume prominent roles if the team is to succeed this season. “Returning players from last year will need to play well throughout the season,” Heffernan said. “We are really looking for guys competing for the fourth and fifth spots to step up.” In accordance with tournament regulations, each team brings five players to each

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event, with the top four scores from each round counting toward the cumulative total for the tournament. And while the team may not have had an overwhelming number of people try out, the Jumbos feel that posting four solid scores per tournament remains well within their reach. “Although there wasn’t a great turnout during tryouts, all we need is five guys,” Haslett said. “And if those five guys can shoot four low scores, which I’m confident we can do, this team will be very successful.” The Jumbos will also have team chemistry to their advantage, something the players say has allowed them to push each other to shoot lower scores in practice. “Everyone’s playing real well in practices,” Hershman said. “We’re a close knit group; there’s a lot of camaraderie and a great team dynamic.” “Our team strengths are that we enjoy playing golf day in and day out,” Heffernan said. “We go out there to have fun, and in order to put together consistently low rounds, you need to be relaxed. As much as we want to win, we realize that being out there competing is a privilege unto itself.” Still, the team balances this relaxed attitude with a healthy desire to put the program on the map. “We’re trying to join the ranks of the elite teams in the Northeast,” Hershman said. With five tournaments scheduled for the fall season, the Jumbos will have ample opportunities to do just that. Tufts will travel to competitions all over the Northeast before landing in Brewster, Mass. for the New England Championships, held Oct. 19-21. Its first competition is the upcoming Bowdoin Invitational, which will take place this weekend in Brunswick, Maine. Last year, led by Sullivan, who earned medalist honors after posting the lowest individual score in the field, Tufts placed third out of 13 teams to kick off the fall 2007 season. “We played well in this tournament last year, so we’ve got confidence coming in,” Haslett said. “Everyone’s been putting up low scores in practice for the last week and a half as well.”

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Inside the NFL

Brady injury opens the door for a shuffling of the old order by

Evans Clinchy

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How cruel 2008 has been to the New England Patriots. Not only did they suffer an upset loss in the Super Bowl as the heavy favorite at the hands of the New York Giants after a perfect 16-0 regular season, but they also lost their MVP quarterback Tom Brady for the season not even 10 minutes into their Week 1 contest against the Kansas City Chiefs. With the offensive juggernaut comprised of Brady and Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss that lit up the league last season intact leading into the opener, hopes had remained high for New England to cruise to another Super Bowl this season. Now, with Brady’s season over after a below-the-knees hit from Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard Sunday, and untested career backup Matt Cassel set to take the field, New England’s seven-year run atop the AFC East lies in question. Needless to say, it’s apparent that more teams can make legitimate claims as one of the league’s elite. But who steps up and becomes one of the new teams to beat? Any number of teams make a case. The discussion should probably start with the Dallas Cowboys, who tied for the league’s secondbest record at 13-3 last season and should only improve this season. The Cowboys opened 2008 by dismantling a very good Cleveland Browns team, making the Browns look awful by outgaining them 487 yards to 205 in a 28-10 win. Quarterback Tony Romo, despite injuries that left an ache in his finger and blood gushing from under his chinstrap, shrugged it off and went 24-for-32 for 320 yards, nearly tripling the output of Browns QB Derek Anderson. Looking equally impressive at the moment is Donovan McNabb of the Philadelphia Eagles, who went 21-for-33 for 361 yards and thrice put the Eagles in the end zone as Philly thrashed the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, 38-3. While the Cowboys’ offense is tremendous, the Eagles’ edge may be on the defensive side, especially in their ability to stop the run. The Rams’ Stephen Jackson learned that the hard way last weekend, as the Eagles’ D-line stuffed him for 40 yards on 14 carries. The Eagles’ Monday night visit

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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady limps off the field after he teared his left ACL and MCL during New England’s 17-10 win over Kansas City last week. The injury, which will sideline the NFL MVP for the rest of the season, opens the door for several teams to make a Super Bowl run. to Dallas is the game to watch this week, but several other teams will be looking to make statements as well. Most notably, the Pittsburgh Steelers should aim to establish themselves as top dogs in the AFC, and with the Patriots Brady-less and the Indianapolis Colts on the verge of a 0-2 start if they lose on the road against the Minnesota Vikings, that title is certainly up for grabs. The Steelers are led by one of the league’s most underrated quarterbacks in Ben Roethlisberger, whose passer rating last season was second only to Brady’s. Additionally,

their offensive line just keeps getting stronger, and their running game was dazzling in Week 1, as Willie Parker ran all over the Houston Texans for 138 yards and three touchdowns. And then there’s the defense. The Steelers had arguably the league’s best last season, especially against the run. Against the pass, they should be improved this year; on Sunday they twice intercepted Houston’s Matt Schaub, one of the league’s most accurate arms, including one pick by oft-injured Pro Bowler Troy Polamalu, his first

in nearly two years. Pittsburgh’s defense may be the deciding factor in making the Steelers the team to watch in the AFC. The other team competing for the top spot is probably the San Diego Chargers, even if they were knocked off in the final seconds of Week 1 by the Carolina Panthers. Their defense is decidedly average, and losing linebacker Shawne Merriman to season-ending knee surgery clearly won’t help, but the Chargers still have too many offensive weapons to ignore. LaDainian Tomlinson, at 29, is

still one of the league’s best running backs, Antonio Gates is one of the top tight ends, and Philip Rivers is one of the most explosive quarterbacks around, though not the most accurate. San Diego will pile up points, and the wins will follow. Of course, none of these teams is the defending Super Bowl champion — that honor belongs to the Giants. Although the Giants, while strong contenders to return to the playoffs again this January, aren’t even the best team in their own division. They probably aren’t even second.

Editors' Challenge | Week 2 After only one weekend of NFL action, we’ve already seen how quickly things can change. For the four Daily staff members that are sporting sub-.500 records, that should provide some solace. That means relax, Evans, you still have time to perfect your 18 Tom Brady-led fantasy teams. Around the league, Week 1 was ripe with surprise and excitement. Atlanta decimated Detroit (certainly nobody saw that coming) and Carolina pulled a last-minute upset over San Diego ... effectively screwing all of us. Nevertheless, the picks must go on, and with the editors’ winning sense more honed after the Week 1 tune up. With that said, it’s time for another week of your favorite cringe-inducing NFL picks. We have faith that after the first week, the editors’ picking skills will show marked improvement as Week 2 marches forward. Leading the pack are “Chill” Phil Dear, Evans “Hazel Mae” Clinchy and Sapna “I Do Impersonations” Bansil.

Congratulations to Evans for finally picking an upset this week — the Tavaris Jacksonled Minnesota Vikings. Way to pick your spots, guy. Next up in the standings are Carly “See You In” Helfand and Rachel “Sports At Heart” Dolin, both of whom lingered around the bottom of the standings last year. Hey, if the playoffs were today, they’d be in ... maybe. Solidly out of the playoffs is the “promising” young duo of Dave “What the” Heck and Scott “Go Blazers” Janes, both checking in at 7-9. Even worse, though, were Noah “Go Browns” Schumer and Tom “Not So” Eager “To Pick The Redskins Again,” who are trifling at 6-10 thus far. Our guest this week is sports layout artisan Steve Smith, who readily admits that he is often confused with the suspended Panthers WR of the same name. That said, he hasn’t let the fame go to his head and was willing to give us his picks this week.

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Scott 7-9 7-9

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Tom 6-10 6-10

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Jumbos’ powerful offense has Wellesely singing the blues by Scott Janes

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For the field hockey team, the goals just keep on coming. FIELD HOCKEY (2-0, 1-0 NESCAC) Bello Field, Wednesday Wellesley 0 1 Tufts 3 3

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In their second dominant performance in as many games, the nationally-ranked No. 14 Jumbos took down Wellesley College 6-1 at Bello Field Wednesday for Tufts’ first win over the Blue since 2004. Coupled with their 10-1 opening-day victory over Wesleyan Saturday, the Jumbos have now tallied a whopping 16 goals over their first two games. “Last year, it felt like we would sometimes get too comfortable when we were only up by one goal,” senior tri-captain Marlee Kutcher said. “Now it’s a bit more like we’re always looking to score, no matter the situation.” Once again, Tufts’ forward line was firing on all cylinders, as junior Michelle Kelly and freshman Lindsay Griffith led the way with two goals apiece, while junior Amanda Russo added three assists. In all, the Jumbos put up 23 shots compared to just three from Wellesley. “We just kept pushing and pushing on offense,” Kelly said. “We knew it was a big game coming into today, so we were a little amped up. Once we got that first corner goal it got us rolling and we never looked back.” For the last three years, the field hockey team has been curiously

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Junior forward Amanda Russo blows by a couple of defenders on her way to a three-assist day. The entire Wellesley squad managed only one assist as the Jumbos defeated the Blue 6-1.

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Men’s Soccer

Tufts roars back from early Soccer team starts season 2-0 loss to win first match of 2008 by

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by Jeremy

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The men’s soccer is certainly silencing its critics.

Senior Staff Writer

Things looked bleak for the volleyball team in its first match of the season Tuesday night, as the Jumbos found

MEN’S SOCCER (2-0, 0-0 NESCAC) at Gordham, ME, Wednesday

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themselves down a set to the 6-0 Stonehill Skyhawks. But luckily for Tufts, the final outcome was settled after four sets, not one, and the team walked away from Cousens with its first win under its belt. “For our first game, we played really well,” senior tri-captain Natalie Goldstein said. “We were kind of all over in the beginning. There were a lot of nerves we needed to get out, but over the next three games we kept improving. All we needed to do was get a little time on the court.” The Div. II Skyhawks were coming off a dominant 3-0 win over Conn. College Saturday, and after a 25-21 first-set loss, Tufts seemed to be in dire straights. “We made a lot of errors in that first set, but as the match progressed, we committed less and less unforced errors,” coach Cora Thompson said. “In the first set we had two out-of-rotation situations when the lineup overlaps with players, and that’s stuff that is controllable and shouldn’t happen. As the season starts to progress, you’ll see a more disciplined level of volleyball.” Nonetheless, Thompson chose to keep her same eight-woman rotation on the see VOLLEYBALL, page 9

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Senior tri-captain Stacy Filocco attempts to finesse the ball over two Stonehill players. She led the team with 15 kills Tuesday.

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In both 2007 and 2006, the Jumbos went five games before picking up their first win of the season. This season, however, has provided a different story. The team (2-0-0) won its second straight non-conference game on Wednesday, defeating the Southern Maine Huskies (3-1-1) 2-0 three days after opening its season with a victory over Gordon by the same score. “I think we played today as though we got a lot of the kinks out over the weekend,” junior forward Dan Schoening said. “We played as more of a team.” After a slow start to the game, Tufts jumped out to the lead on a goal in the 36th minute from sophomore Pat Doherty. The goal was set up by Schoening, who intercepted an attempt by Southern Maine’s goalie to clear the ball and then fed it to Doherty. “The keeper pretty much kicked it right at me,” Schoening said. “I touched it down and then passed it to Pat, who made a nice run and finished it.” The Huskies’ offense was held in check by another stellar performance from the Jumbo defense, anchored by senior tri-captain goalie Dave McKeon. He recorded his second straight shutout, good for the sixth of his career. McKeon’s performance included an impressive save in the first half after Southern Maine’s senior forward Sinisa Bajic had a clear shot on goal from just ten yards out.

“The defense was really strong,” Schoening said. “They’re coming out and playing hard every game.” Tufts added a second goal in the 82nd minute thanks to a blast from sophomore midfielder Ben Green, who struck the ball from just outside of the left side of the box and into the near post. Tufts was efficient in its attack, capitalizing on two of just five shots on goal. Diversified offensive production has been one key difference between 2008 and past years. In the first two games of the season, the Jumbos have put up four goals by four different players, underscoring the balance in this year’s squad. “Four goals by four different players is pretty much the definition of well-roundedness,” Schoening said. “Everybody is contributing.” And the differences certainly don’t end there. Senior tri-captain Peter DeGregorio credits the midfield for the playmaking abilities it has shown during the first two games. “We have a really strong midfield,” he said. “We’re very deep there, and the midfielders are giving us a huge advantage by creating more chances than we probably had last year. Then, the forwards are doing their jobs up front.” While every win is important, the Jumbos are hoping these early ones will give them the season-starting boost they’ve been lacking. And with the team’s first NESCAC contest coming up Saturday against the Colby Mules, these past two non-conference games have provided invaluable experience for a relatively green roster. “Three-quarters of the starters had never started before,” DeGregorio said. “I think it was good for a lot of them to get the first game under their belt. We were more solid [Wednesday].” Despite the team’s success against non-conference opponents, the move to see MEN’S SOCCER, page 9