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VOLUME LVII, NUMBER 10

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Brandeis to close Rose Art Museum

Holmes brings it home

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Adam Kulewicz

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Brandeis University announced last week that it would close its Rose Art Museum and sell its entire collection in response to the school’s deepening financial problems. The liquidation of the collection, which is worth about $350 million, has caused a great deal of controversy and sent shockwaves throughout the art world and the Brandeis community. University administrators said last week that the institution’s decision to sell the collection and convert the museum into mixed study-research space was made due to anticipated imminent budget shortfalls. Brandeis’ endowment fell

by roughly 25 percent — from $712 million to $549 million — during the second half of 2008, officials said. The surprising announcement came last Monday, after voting members of the university’s board of trustees unanimously supported the move. “It’s about looking at the overall picture in relation directly to the economic crisis that the country and the world is grappling with right now and trying to set priorities for the future based on the most important priorities for this university and colleges and universities around the country,” Brandeis spokesperson Dennis Nealon told the Daily. The Rose Museum, located on

Brandeis’ campus in Waltham, is home to one of the Northeast’s most noted collections of contemporary art. The collection includes works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. The announcement evoked an outcry from many in the Brandeis community. Michael Rush, the museum’s director, expressed “shock and horror at the university’s decision to close the Rose Art Museum” in a statement released Friday. “As a member of the Brandeis community I feel shame and deep regret over the shortsightedness of this decision,” Rush said. see BRANDEIS, page 8

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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes celebrates his game-winning catch in the waning seconds of Super Bowl XLIII. The Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23, to win the record-setting sixth Super Bowl title in franchise history. Holmes had nine catches for 131 yards, including the game-winner on a six-yard pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, en route to winning Super Bowl MVP honors.

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Brandeis University announced last week plans to close its Rose Art Museum and sell its $350-million art collection. The decision provoked an outcry from the Brandeis community, but university officials said it was needed in light of economic troubles facing Brandeis.

Tufts sororities see increased interest during rush week by

Alexandra Bogus

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Rush events over the past week saw an increase in participation among female students interested in joining sororities on campus, despite last year’s suspension of Alpha Phi for hazing and alcohol policy violations. Sorority recruitment registration ended with 114 women signed up on an online registration system, according to Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Patrick RomeroAldaz. Of those originally registered, 78 women filled out preference cards on Friday to indicate which chapter they preferred to join. The total number was not a “huge jump” from what sororities have seen in the past, but it was significantly more than the 80 women who originally registered last year, according to Panhellenic Council President Jessica Snow. Though Tufts has three sorority chapters, only Alpha Omicron Pi and Chi Omega par-

ticipated in the formal recruitment process. The third, Alpha Phi, was prevented from participating in the process due to stipulations in a decision related to judicial action against the group last semester. The recruitment process for Alpha Omicron Pi and Chi Omega began last Sunday and ended Saturday, when the newmember recruits were notified of the bids they received. All women got a bid, although each woman only received a bid to one of the two sororities. Chi Omega handed out 38 bids, according to sophomore Alisa Brennan, the group’s president. AOPi declined to comment on the number of bids it gave out. Snow, a senior, said that withdrawals from women who register before rush week but later drop out are expected. Still, this year’s recruitment showed a considerable surge in interest. “It went fantastic. see SORORITIES, page 2

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RIAA to stop suing for illegal downloading by

Dave Stern

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After coming under widespread criticism over its legal tactics, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced in December that it will no longer sue individuals accused of sharing music illegally. Since then, it has focused its efforts on working directly with Internet service providers (ISPs) to stop downloading, but is continuing to pursue a legal case against a local graduate student. Since it began its legal campaign five years ago, the RIAA, which represents a number of major recording companies, has accused more than 35,000 individuals of copyright infringement. Only a handful of these lawsuits ever went to trial, with the majority of defendants settling outside of court to avoid costlier outcomes. In working through ISPs, it appears that the RIAA hopes to steer clear of the courts all together. “Now was the time to take our practice

of last resort lawsuits and replace that form of deterrence with productive engagement by the Internet service providers community in the form of graduated response programs,” RIAA Chairman and CEO Mitch Bainwol wrote in a letter to the staff of the House and Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees. This logistics of the strategy would depend on the agreements made with individual ISPs, although these agreements have not yet been disclosed. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital rights advocacy group, hailed the RIAA’s policy change as a victory for all music downloaders. “We think it’s fantastic news,” EFF spokesperson Rebecca Jeschke said. “It wasn’t working, it wasn’t getting artists paid, and it ended up singling out more than 35,000 Americans to pay settlements. … It was a failure for fans.” Still, Jeschke was skeptical as to how well the new approach would work. “Pressuring ISPs ... is not a good idea for see DOWNLOADING, page 2

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Morel’s new film has all the creativity and intelligence ‘Taken’ out of it.

The women’s swimming and diving team emerged victorious from a tri-meet held at Bates this weekend.

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Visiting the Hill MONDAY

“Issam M. Fares Lecture: Tony Blair” Details: Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tony Blair will deliver the 2009 Issam M. Fares Lecture on contemporary issues in the Middle East and the significant challenges faced in the 21st century. The series aims to bring esteemed public figures to discuss Middle Eastern studies in areas related to humanities, economics and current events. Tickets are required. When and Where: 4:30 p.m.; Gantcher Center Sponsor: Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies TUESDAY

“EPIIC Film Series Presents: Night on Earth” Details: The Institute for Global Leadership’s EPIIC course presents the film “Night on Earth.” This drama follows five cab drivers in cities all over the world on the same night as they pick up eclectic passengers. The film attempts to show the connecting strand linking seemingly different people across the globe. When and Where: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Braker Hall 001 Sponsor: Institute for Global Leadership

“Sex in Sophia” Details: “Sexpert” Molly Adler of Self Serve Toys will deliver a talk about sex positivity and

give advice on issues including contraception and sex toys. When and Where: 6 p.m.; Multipurpose Room, Sophia Gordon Hall Sponsors: LGBT Center, Women’s Center WEDNESDAY

“Old Teams and New Media: Sports Journalism in the Media Age” Details: A panel including Tony Massarotti (LA ’89), a columnist for the Boston Globe; Jimmy Young (A ‘79), former sports anchor for the New England Cable News; and Tufts Professor Sol Gittleman, author of “Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat: New York’s Big Three and the Great Yankee Dynasty of 19491953” (2007) will discuss how modern media and the Internet have changed sports coverage and sports themselves. When and Where: 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Eaton 206 Sponsor: Communications and Media Studies Program

“Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion and International Relations: ‘Talking with Adversaries’” Reverend Raymond G. Helmich of the department of theology at Boston College will present on the subject of “Talking with Adversaries” as part of this weekly series. When and Where: 6 to 7 p.m.; Goddard Chapel Sponsors: The Office of the University Chaplain, The Fletcher School, The International Center

“Gordon Edes Yahoo! Sports”

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Details: Gordon Edes, one of the country’s most respected baseball columnists, will be speaking on campus. Before working for Yahoo! Sports, he spent time at The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. When and Where: 7:15 p.m.; Mugar 231 Sponsor: Baseball Analysis at Tufts THURSDAY

“ F i r e Sid e C h at: Discussion about community relations at Tufts” Details: This will be a discussion open to all about the interaction between different social groups and the overall atmosphere on the Hill. When and Where: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Paige Hall, Crane Room Sponsor: TCU Senate FRIDAY

“Meaningful Work: Finding a Career in Today’s Non-Profit World” Details: Learn tips for applying to jobs and internships at nonprofit organizations and the differences between nonprofit and for-profit hiring. This session is presented by Idealist.org. When and Where: 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.; Barnum Hall 008 Sponsor: Career Services

To submit an event to Visiting the Hill, send listings to [email protected].

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RIAA develops new strategies

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a number of reasons, [including] that there isn’t any due process for people that are accused,” Jeschke said. That “an Internet blacklist or whatever will develop out of this is a pretty big punishment for those who are claimed to be file sharers,” she added. But in his letter, Bainwol pointed out that this would be a more effective strategy for the RIAA. “Already, in just the last couple of months, we have seen more notices forwarded from ISPs to subscribers than we filed lawsuits over the previous five years,” he said. These notices often come in the form of cease-and-desist letters. When Tufts University Information Technology (UIT) receives these notices, it investigates the Internet protocol (IP) addresses from which illegal music sharing is allegedly occurring. Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman does not expect that the university will stop receiving these letters. File sharing is still an ethical issue, Reitman said, and its disciplinary status on campus will not change. In the past, the RIAA placed heavy emphasis on college students in sending pre-litigation settlement letters, many of which reached Tufts students and others in the Boston area. Tufts sophomore Adrian Madaro received a pre-litigation letter last semester. “It definitely stopped me from downloading at school,” he said. While Madaro opted to settle after receiving the notice, Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum has been in an ongoing legal battle with the RIAA since 2003. The RIAA is suing Tenenbaum for illegally downloading and sharing music, and the damages could amount to over $1 million.

Harvard Professor Charles Nesson, who is defending Tenenbaum, told the Daily that he was optimistic about the trial. Nesson and a team of Harvard students are challenging the constitutionality of a federal law that has permitted the RIAA to pursue its aggressive campaign against those engaging in illegal file sharing. “It’s a very strong case for it,” said Nesson, who is the founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. “I don’t think the Congress ever intended to authorize this kind of extortion campaign.” In an effort to publicize the trial, the defense filed a motion to broadcast the trial’s proceedings online, which is a rare occurrence. The trial is temporarily on hold while the First Circuit Court of Appeals evaluates the RIAA’s objections to the scheduled broadcast. “We appreciate the court’s decision to postpone the hearing so that the circuit court could conduct a full review of the matter,” RIAA spokesperson Cara Duckworth, told the Daily. Even in light of the RIAA’s change in overall policy, the outcome of Tenenbaum’s case could have a major impact on how the recording industry’s tactics are perceived. “It raises questions,” Tenenbaum told the Daily. “They are stopping their campaign of suing individual users on the basis that the deterrent effect isn’t working. The fact that they continue to bring a case against me is contradictory.” Those who had hoped President Barack Obama’s incoming administration would change top-level enforcement of RIAA policies were disappointed in early January by the appointment of Thomas Perrelli as U.S. associate attorney general. Perrelli successfully represented the RIAA in several cases against alleged downloaders.

Interest up for sororities as only two of three on campus recruit new members SORORITIES

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At the end of recruitment, after all the withdrawals, there were actually more people at the end of this year than at the beginning of last year,” Snow said. “It definitely shows a trend of growth.” Snow attributed the rise in interest to the new recruitment procedure that Tufts’ sororities have adopted called partially structured recruitment (PSR). PSR requires a smaller time commitment than the formal recruitment procedure that the sororities have used in the past. The process calls for new-member recruits to attend two out of the three events hosted by each of the sorority chapters during rush week. “It’s a lot more flexible, which we notice Tufts students really like,” Snow said. “Tufts doesn’t have a stereotypical sorority community.” The jump in registration was also due to an increased effort at marketing Greek Life on campus, Snow added. “We’ve been working really hard to improve our image,” she said. Sophomore Jason Clain, vice president of marketing and public relations for the InterGreek Council (IGC), said that the IGC’s Greek formal and a Greek-sponsored block party in October were well-attended and helped to increase interest around campus. Fraternities have a slightly elongated recruitment process, a result of the greater number of fraternity chapters on campus. Fraternity rush ends on Wednesday. Student interest looked “very high” this year for the fraternity system, said Clain, although he added that a lot of men take part in the rush process before registering simply by virtue of whom they know in fraternities. The fraternity recruitment process, unlike that for sororities, has not changed. Generally, similar numbers of men and women rush, according to Romero-Aldaz. Meanwhile, Alpha Phi and the sorority system have been coping with the effects of the group’s suspension. The sorority was placed

on social probation due to violations of hazing and alcohol-related policies. The Fraternity and Sorority Life Judiciary, made up of students, originally sentenced the sorority to forego recruitment last year and wait until this year to initiate members it recruited last year. But without those members, Snow said, Alpha Phi would have lost its house. In response, the judiciary offered the group another sentence in which new members were allowed to join last year if Alpha Phi agreed to abstain from recruiting this semester. The sorority accepted that change. Snow was pleased that last year’s incident did not turn away potential new members to sororities. “I did think it would be a huge deterrent,” she said. “I’m really happy to be wrong.” Though Alpha Phi did not formally recruit during last week’s rush, the sorority was still involved in the process. Alpha Phi President Elizabeth Tarr, a junior, said that the Panhellenic Council has worked to set the record straight on the sorority’s probation and has made an effort to show that it is still a “valid, viable house on campus.” “[The Panhellenic Council] and Alpha Phi have been working together to maintain a level playing field with all three houses,” Tarr said. “They have kept our name alive.” This week, potential new members were made aware that they could withdraw from events and wait until next fall to rush Alpha Phi, at which point the sorority will be allowed to resume recruitment. As part of its probation terms, Alpha Phi is bringing anti-hazing speaker Erle Morring to campus on Wednesday night. New members of fraternities and sororities are required to attend, and the event is open to the Tufts community. This is the first time a presentation of this sort has been offered as part of the recruitment process, and is part of an initiative among the Greek community to raise awareness against hazing, according to Tarr.

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Decorations for Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) adorn a door in a dormitory, making it known that at least one of the room’s inhabitants received a bid to the sorority. AOII and Chi Omega saw increased interest in this year’s rush week as compared to last year.

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Tufts Telefund seems to be one of the only places on campus still hiring students during tough economic times.

Job search proves difficult during school year Supply of employment at Tufts diminishes while demand increases by

Madeline Christensen Contributing Writer

Across the nation, layoffs and fruitless job searches are all-too-telltale signs of the gloomy economic landscape. And as college students’ financial woes increase, it is becoming clear that the economy isn’t only affecting their parents. According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, the economic crisis is forcing students to find new ways to pay for hefty college costs. The article cites a recent survey finding that more than 49 percent of students — a record proportion — reported that they will need a job this year to help pay for expenses. But as the fray of students searching for on-campus jobs grows, they seem to be met with more and more challenges. Freshman Amira Mattison is one of many students who has had an unsuccessful job search. Mattison tried to use JobX, the official job management site of the Tufts Student Employment Office, but her efforts were to no avail. “I would

e-mail the people, and they would either not respond, or they would respond like weeks later [and say] ‘Oh, by the way, we filled this, sorry,’” she said. “JobX is sparse if you’re not workstudy,” freshman Mary Beech added. But as some students make finding a job a priority, the economy is forcing many businesses on campus to cut down on their hiring. This practice is evident at The Rez, the student-run café in the campus center. “There’s kind of more [applications] every year … and we’re actually looking for less and less people because we have less and less money because of the economy,” senior and Rez employee Amanda Casale said. Casale, who also works as a grader for Math 12, has seen the demand for that job grow as well. “I know there [are] a lot more people that have been applying to grade in the last year because they want more money,” she said. “That’s been really popular.” Another job gaining popularity is Tufts Telefund, which has received more applications this year than ever, according to

Telefund student supervisor and senior Eleanor Gonzales. Telefund employees call Tufts alumni, keeping them updated on goings-on at Tufts and encouraging them to donate to the university. Tufts Telefund, which now offers a new flexible schedule for its employees, is currently one of the highest-paying campus jobs, with starting wages recently raised to $11 an hour. Despite the harsh economic situation, many students seek more than just money from their jobs. Some look to benefit their school or their community, and others just want to ensure that their job isn’t going to be a total bore. “[Telefund employees] want to make their jobs a worthwhile one, so they’re helping the university at the same time that they’re … advancing their own financial situation,” Gonzales said. She added that many students at Tufts Telefund enjoy connecting with the larger Tufts community. “[They] maintain that Tufts connection with people in all fifty see EMPLOYMENT, page 5

Tufts alumni create their own companies Despite rough economic climate, some novel ideas succeed by

Keith Hinton

Daily Staff Writer

For most junior and senior Jumbos, the intimidating decision about what to do after college is now looming. While some students may have thought they had it all figured out when they were freshmen, the economic crisis of the past year and a half has likely shaken their confidence. Many came to Tufts in hopes of starting their own businesses when they left, but the credit crisis makes finding people to invest in a start-up company or getting a sizable loan from a bank seem like a fantasy. Some recent Tufts alumni, however, are weathering the economic storm with their start-up companies, and they have their sights set on expansion. In particular, Mike Stone (LA ’07) and Jared Rodriguez (E ’08) have found innovative ways to help their young companies continue to grow in spite of the budding recession. Stone is the president and chief marketing officer of Abroad101.com, a Web site that helps students choose

their study-abroad options wisely. “[Abroad101 is] a feedback collection site [devoted to study-abroad programs] providing students easier access to peer feedback,” Stone said.

“Pursue the risk. Pursue the thing that maybe isn’t as conventional … because now … you’re at a perfect time in your life to be able to take that chance.” Mike Stone (LA ‘07) president and chief marketing officer, Abroad101.com Rodriguez is the director of marketing and public relations at a newly formed wind-power consulting firm called Emergent Energy Group, which was founded by several Jumbos including Rodriguez and current Tufts junior

Greg Hering. How have these alumni managed to keep their businesses afloat in the rising tide of the recession? According to Stone, efficient money management and solid business planning are important factors to attract investors in tough economic circumstances. “The combination of us being young, [along with] the current economy, is not in favor of us getting investments. But with that said, we were really conscious about that, and we decided we would be as frugal as possible in developing a watered-down version of the Web site … and then, once we had tested the waters, [we would] then approach investors already having something to prove ourselves with,” Stone explained. Rodriguez echoed these sentiments with regard to Emergent’s financial planning. “It’s difficult in the current economic climate; a lot of people aren’t doing anything with their money,” he said. “You really have to make sure what you are doing is efficient and economisee ENTREPRENEURSHIP, page 5

n the world of technical advancement, the engineers of our era are finding ways to complicate the dating process. Traditional courtship is forever changed due to social networking conglomerates such as Facebook.com and MySpace.com and electronic communication methods like text messaging. Romance is no longer unexpected surprises or a dozen roses delivered in person, but a thoughtful e-mail or an “I’m thinking of you” text. Modern technology has eliminated the personal gestures and touch from the onceimaginable conception of romance. The way in which we date and fall in love is completely different from that of our parents’ generation. The intended purpose of text messaging was to allow people to communicate when unable to speak. Text messaging has essentially replaced the effort to call and in theory provides a scapegoat. Whether you are canceling a date or fearful that it’s too early to call and say “I miss you,” text messaging provides the easy alternative. It creates a false confidence; too often we send and receive flirtatious texts that would never have been said in person. Facebook is the center of our social universe. In many ways, our profile defines our character, interests and relationships with others. The social network is a normal person’s tabloid that we willingly participate in. Our wall posts, pictures and statuses are used as a first impression. Facebook has shaped our interactions with others and has had a detrimental effect on the way we view relationships, flirtatious acts and dating. Certain components of Facebook have been considered a form of flattery, including friendship requests, “poking” and sending enticing messages. What we used to learn on first dates and through spending time with each other can now easily be found with a simple friendship confirmation. By the time we actually meet the person, we already know their personal history, current hookups and social network. A list of dilemmas presents itself when becoming emotionally involved with a significant other. Most have had the status discussion of whether or not to identify their current relationship on Facebook. Much concern is stressed on the meaning of electronic definition. Should you be “In a Relationship with (insert name)?” There comes a point in the beginning of a relationship when most couples have to decide if they want to display their love on Facebook. If they decide to confirm their relationship status, they have allowed the public full access into their love life. Allowing a relationship to flourish via your profile renders it public knowledge. Many relationships in college don’t last, and electronically displaying your love for another can set you up for humiliation. Breaking up is difficult as is, and so many of us have had to experience the “Logan Crane is no longer listed as ‘In a Relationship’” on the news feed. Then begins the outpouring of messages, texts and calls asking what happened. Breakups have become publicly humiliating, and Facebook has put such an impersonal touch on the process. Whether it is the dating process or falling in love, evolving technology continuously changes the way in which we interact with others. Hollywood romance has been replaced with love e-mails and quirky text messages. Technical advancements have morphed the dating process and shifted personal gestures from individual interaction to electronic exchange. As easy as it is to rely on technology, the key to a successful relationship and dating experience is personal effort. Electronic messages will never suffice, nor will they replace spontaneous actions, surprises and personal thought. No matter how romantic or thoughtful you tried to be in an e-mail or text, making an effort outside the cyber world is always more satisfying.

Logan Crane is a junior majoring in political science. She can be reached at Logan. [email protected].

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Students search for both income and fulfillment on the job market EMPLOYMENT

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states, all walks of life,” she said. But sitting on the phone can be grueling, and some students prefer to work in fields of active service.

Abroad101.com

Tufts alum Mike Stone’s Web site, Abroad101.com, has thrived despite the economic downturn.

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cally viable.” One important part of any entrepreneurial exercise is coming up with a new way of doing things, or in extreme cases, inventing an entirely new industry. Stone and the rest of the founders of Abroad101 took the extreme approach and built an entirely new kind of studyabroad-oriented Web site based almost exclusively on student reviews in order to appeal to a niche college market and attract advertisement revenue and sponsors. “[We earn money] primarily through advertising. We’re going off that model that a lot of Web 2.0 sites are now using, which is to get enough traffic to get some meaningful revenue from sponsors and advertisers,” Stone said. And similarly, while Rodriguez and Hering may not have

invented the wind-power industry, Rodriguez said that they are working to revolutionize it. “We are doing a lot of things differently than most wind-power developers and consultants. We’re focusing a lot of community impacts by the technology and figuring out ways to mitigate the impacts … and then what we’re also doing is we’re really generating cutting-edge ... practices in the industry,” he said. “So in an industry that doesn’t have best practices, we’re sort of creating them.” Even though Rodriguez and Stone work in different areas of entrepreneurship, when asked about what advice they could offer to younger Jumbos aspiring to start their own firms in this uneasy economic time, both offered similar words of wisdom: Go for it. “Pursue the risk. Pursue the thing that maybe isn’t as conventional or maybe does

involve the most risk because now you’re young enough, and you’re at a perfect time in your life to be able to take that chance,” Stone said. “You definitely don’t want to settle for something less and then 10 or 20 years down the road think, ‘What if?’” Continuing in the entrepreneurial spirit, Rodriguez said, “If you have an idea that’s going to challenge the status quo, go for it. Because if you don’t do it when you’re young, you’re probably never going to do it because you’re not going to have the opportunity. There’s a lot to be said about not having any kids, not having a mortgage, not having any [high] costs associated with your life. Now is definitely the best opportunity to use the education that you got at Tufts and the people you know that graduated from other colleges to get something going.”

“ There’s … more [applications] every year…and we’re actually looking for less and less people because we have less and less money.” Amanda Casale Rez student employee Freshman Emily Clayton currently works for Jumpstart, a program that pairs up college students with children in the Boston area. “I think for a lot of people it’s an opportunity to work with low-income kids and to make a difference in the community while doing your work-study,” Clayton said. “It is

a sizeable commitment, so you wouldn’t just want to do it for the money.” Many on-campus jobs, like those at the Rez, offer students the opportunity to meet students and visitors to Tufts. “It’s an awesome job. You have a relationship with your managers; you meet a ton of people,” Casale said. “I talk to people who are visiting the school, so I like to kind of advertise Tufts.” She also noted that the cozy coffee-shop atmosphere of the Rez was one of its major draws. Despite the inevitable setbacks that come with part-time job searches, frustrated seekers should probably not throw in the towel just yet. Many students find jobs in the larger community, and many jobs are found through networking or simply asking around. Sophomore Hannah Shefsky babysits for families off campus. “My mom went to college in Boston,” she said. “She had a bunch of people that she already knew who lived here, so she sent out an e-mail to all of them.”

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Tara displays the cheapest Halloween costume ever.

Four entertaining personalities unite in Showtime’s new ‘Tara’ by

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Only creative masterminds like Steven Spielberg and Diablo Cody could come up with Showtime’s newest program, “United

United States of Tara

Starring Toni Collette, John Corbett, Rosemarie DeWitt, Nathan Corddry Airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on Showtime

States of Tara.” The show portrays a middleclass woman’s struggle with dissociative identity disorder, which causes her to morph into different alter egos when she is stressed or upset. The odd premise actually works since Cody’s writing lends a certain humor and tenderness to an extremely serious condition. Tara Gregson (played by Toni Collette) has decided to go off her medication in order to live a more involved life with her husband and two children. The drawback is that her medication was the only thing suppressing her “alters:” T, Buck and Alice. Tara’s supportive husband Max (John Corbett) does his best to hold together his family when Tara’s alters wreak havoc. He must fend off the sexual advances of T, a fun

15-year-old girl who, in the pilot, comes out when Tara discovers that her daughter Kate (Brie Larson) has a prescription for morningafter pills. He also must protect his gay son Marshall (Keir Gilchrist) from the homophobic Buck, Tara’s male alterego. When Tara sees Kate being physically abused by her boyfriend, Buck comes out and starts a fistfight in front of the entire school. The series follows Tara’s struggle to control and understand her alter egos while dealing with the everyday stresses of being a working wife and mother. In the hands of a lesser actress, Tara Gregson and her three alter egos could seem see TARA, page 8

Movie Review

Action-packed ‘Taken’ takes few effective steps to entertain moviegoers by John-Michael Sequeira

“Taken” is the type of film that could only be made in America: There are fistfights, chase sequences and Contributing Writer

Taken Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen Directed by Pierre Morel shootouts throughout — and naturally, an enormous body count. All of this is at the expense of believable characters, emotional depth and most importantly, an interesting plot. This makes it all the more curious that its director, Pierre Morel, is French. Morel, whose directorial debut was the parkour-infused beat-’em-up “District B13” (2004), doesn’t stray far from what he knows best. “Taken” has a lot less parkour but only marginally more intelligence. The story follows a retired spy,

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ld school is back — and not one Brian McKnight record too soon. Soul music is back in style thanks to artists like Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. They’re making music with real drum sets and punchy horn sections, not the turntables and drum pads of contemporary R&B and neosoul. Hey, even Seal has a new album of ’60s and ’70s covers simply called “Soul” (2008). Raphael Saadiq, a longtime neo-soul singer with strong, versatile pipes, released an album last fall that will fly out of your computer speakers like it’s coming off vinyl. At its best, “The Way I See It” (2008) can feel like a condensation of soul music’s greatest moments while retaining a welcome freshness all the while. Saadiq draws on so many influences that it’s really impossible to find a particular album by one artist that is appropriate for direct comparison; first, I tried James Brown’s “Live at the Apollo Theater” (1963) — but Saadiq sings with elegance, not Brown’s on-your-knees abandon. Then I went for Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions’ “The Anthology” (1992) — that was closer, but too limited to account for all the influences on “The Way I See It.” This album draws on almost the entire Motown sound in its various incarnations over the years, so the best “parent” that I could find for this column was “Motown 1’s” (2004), the tastefully chosen collection of hits from the Detroit label that helped craft the soul genre. On this compilation, you’ll trip over the roots of Saadiq’s vocal sound everywhere: Stevie Wonder’s high-climbing, rapturous voice, audible on “Uptight (Everything’s Alright);” Smokey Robinson’s silky alto, featured twice on “1’s;” and Marvin Gaye’s sexiness, most apparent, of course, on “Let’s Get It On.” The instrumentals on “The Way I See It” essentially run the gamut of the Motown collection, taking equal cues from the saxophone-driven, fast strut of “Heat Wave” by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and the guitar-and-strings sweetness of “I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5. But Saadiq adds something — sometimes subtly, sometimes plainly — to the retro sound. He’s clearly a neo-soul artist, and the drum sound owes as much to Questlove of the Roots as to the Funk Brothers. Unapologetic throwbacks “Sure Hope You Mean It” and “100 Yard Dash” don’t make it back to the ’60s without getting a scrap of Macy Gray’s (mostly overlooked) neosoul gem, “On How Life Is” (1999), caught in the time machine with them. The songs on Saadiq’s latest are brief, but hey, that’s how they did it in the old days. He doesn’t bother with bridges or huge dynamic changes, but the album recovers because it proves surprisingly heterogeneous from song to song. Messages of social change, often critical aspects of classic soul, make brief appearances on Saadiq’s record, such as on tracks three and four, the swinging “Keep Marchin’” and the bayou-shuffling “Big Easy,” an ode to a lover swept up in Katrina’s waters. A greater showing would have been welcome from Saadiq, especially at a time when a wake-up call is necessary; after all, one election cannot mean that all racial inequalities have been eradicated, and it’s surely not the ultimate realization of one leader’s famous dream, as many have claimed. Both “1’s” and “The Way I See It” serve as excellent gateways into soul music fanhood — Saadiq’s, because it bridges today and yesterday explicitly yet gracefully, and “1’s,” because it’s simply a strikingly comprehensive compilation of the best number-one hits Motown Records ever produced.

As if this plotline wasn’t getting enough screenplay use… Bryan Mills (played by Liam Neeson), whose daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) finds her European vacation cut short

by a gang of kidnappers with an eye see TAKEN, page 9

Giovanni Russonello is a junior majoring in history. He can be reached at Giovanni. [email protected].

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The move surprised even Rush and the rest of the museum staff, who were told of the decision for the first time only hours before the school informed the press and the general Brandeis community, Valerie Wright, the museum’s registrar, told the Daily. “We’re all very upset, disappointed,” she said. “We love the collection.” Brandeis’ student body has responded in force to the decision with online petitions and protests, such as a sitin at the museum. A Facebook.com group, “Save the Rose Art Museum” has attracted over 6,000 members. “Students are having a variety of reactions all across the gamut of emotions,” Brandeis Student Union President Jason Gray told the Daily. “At the end of the day, I believe there’s a belief in the student body that the things that make Brandeis special — the unique students that we have here and the strong relationship between students and their faculty — that stuff will remain the same.” Aliza Sena, a sophomore at Brandeis and a gallery guide at museum, transferred to Brandeis because of the university’s fine arts program. She criticized the decision, calling it “unwise” and “rash.” “Brandeis obviously thinks of this amazing collection as cash, not as the priceless art or intellectual property that it is,” she told the Daily. Sena said that nearly everybody on campus was upset about the secretive nature of last week’s events. On the national level, the move reflects a trend among colleges and universities looking to cut corners and programs to avoid losses. “I think nationally universities are going to start seeing the effects of this precedent,” Wright, the museum’s registrar, said. “Many donors are going to be much more hesitant to give to university museums because they’ll be afraid [of ] what could happen.” Mindy Nierenberg, senior program manager at Tufts’ Tisch College of

Citizenship and Public Service and a Brandeis alumna who studied studio art, was shocked when she heard the Rose Museum was closing. “The message that it gives about the place of art and culture in a college education … really disturbs me,” she told the Daily. “I know so many people, myself included, that will not give a dime to Brandeis after doing this.” But Secretary of the Corporation for Tufts’ Board of Trustees Linda Dixon ( J ’63), although she was not able to speak for Brandeis, emphasized the careful decision-making process of university boards. “Boards usually move very slowly and very deliberately,” she said. “This must have been a very painful decision.” With its announcement, Brandeis caught the Massachusetts attorney general unawares, too. According to Wright, because the university was established as a not-for-profit educational institution, the attorney general’s office must be involved with this type of sale. It is also possible, she added, that some of the museum’s works were donated with restrictions dictating how and if they could be removed from the collection and sold. In response to the petitions and efforts to reverse the decision, Brandeis President Jehuda Reinharz suggested in a meeting with students last week that the university might keep its art collection but still close the gallery, The Boston Globe reported. According to the Globe, though, he noted that the chances were slim as such a change would be contingent upon a drastic upturn in the economy. But Nierenberg said a reverse by the university would not matter. “Even if it’s overturned right now … they have done so much damage to the institution and what it stands for,” she said. “I can’t imagine being an art student and choosing to go to Brandeis now, because they proved that they view it as the most expendable area on campus.”

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silly, making “United States of Tara” just another bizarre television show without any internal drama. Collette, however, has perfected the role of an emotionally fragile mother in movies like “The Sixth Sense” (1999) and “Little Miss Sunshine” (2006). Here, not only is she playing her choice role, but she also gets to have fun with the alters, and her acting is never unbelievable or over-the-top. Collette easily changes from Tara to T to Buck with nothing more than a deep breath; she changes her facial expressions, her voice, her walk and her mannerisms to give life to each character separately. The show’s supporting cast holds its own next to Collette, especially Gilchrist as Tara’s son. Gilchrist takes on one of the more difficult roles in the show since he is playing an adolescent boy embracing his homosexuality. Larson as the hormonal teenage daughter is funny to watch, and she can carry an emotional scene, while Corbett falls into the niceguy role he played in “Sex and the City” quite easily. Rosemarie DeWitt, who received critical acclaim after starring in “Rachel Getting Married” (2008) with Anne Hathaway, makes an appearance as Charmaine, Tara’s skeptical sister. She is clearly the voice for skeptics who do not believe Tara’s disease is real, but Cody portrays her as whiny and selfish, clearly establishing her

views on nonbelievers. Cody’s writing shines and can be considered the other star of the show. The woman can make an audience laugh and cry, all the while creating a modern vocabulary to suck in younger viewers. Sometimes, however, Cody’s writing can seem too cool, forcing the viewer to question if the world Cody lives in really exists for the rest of us. She deals with a lot of dark, intense issues in just the pilot episode of “United States of Tara”: abuse, mental disease, teenage sex and birth control and adolescent homosexuality. Cody seems to live in a world where family members take all of these problems in stride with only minor arguments and tantrums. If the audience somehow doesn’t get the family love message, Marshall’s line, “We’re lucky, Mom. Because of you, we get to be interesting,” hammers it home. Cody does create many tender moments, such as a family bowling outing during which Buck teaches Marshall how to bowl and then wrestles him into a headlock. She also manages to make the audience laugh with T’s sexual antics with Max, Buck’s distaste for Marshall’s baking, and Marshall tagging in for Buck to beat up Kate’s abusive boyfriend. The show combines all the right elements; the fresh concept of “United States of Tara” is intriguing, and the cast members create a group of simultaneously moving and entertaining characters.

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Morel’s newest thriller sacrifices substance for high body count, shootouts; potentially compelling plot, emotional depth ‘taken’ over by superfluous action TAKEN

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for human trafficking. Her father, who happens to be on the phone with her at the time of said kidnapping, vows to do anything in his power to find her, and he promises some very nasty retribution.



“Taken” is the type of film that could only be made in America: There are fistfights, chase sequences and shootouts throughout — and naturally, an enormous body count. All of this is at the expense of believable characters, emotional depth and most importantly, an interesting plot. This makes it all the more curious that its director, Pierre Morel, is French.

Kim’s abduction, however, is little more than a plot device and its emotional impact is almost entirely glossed over. Yes, the mother and stepfather (Famke Janssen and Xander Berkeley) act as distraught as could be expected, but “Taken” doesn’t play to emotion; it goes straight for the jugular. Accordingly, Bryan’s reaction isn’t one of helpless mourning as he takes the first flight to Paris and puts on his brass knuckles. The film’s early attempts at character-building not only suffer from contrived, bland writing, but one scene (in which Bryan tries his hand at concert security) is so absurd that it’s unintentionally comic. The script deserves the majority of the blame, but Grace

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Liam Neeson tries his B.A. MOFO pose on for isn’t doing herself any favors here. Her portrayal of the 17-year-old Kim isn’t just distractingly bad; she plays the character far younger than she should,

size. and Kim comes across frustratingly immature as a result. Poor acting aside, the major flaw here doesn’t lie with the story itself but

with its execution. The plot has been designed to maximize the potential for action sequences in favor of creating authentic characters. At a slim 93 minutes, the film has to choose one or the other. The result is a fairly one-dimensional cast that awkwardly steps out of the way to let the action take over. The problem is that once it does, it’s not all that impressive. Sure, the gunfights are serviceable, and Bryan’s one-punch knockouts are entertaining at first, but there is not a memorable scene to be had here. It could be said that one month from now, “Taken” won’t even be worth a second thought because everything it does has been done before and done better. The “Bourne” series, which has a similarly kinetic style, has “Taken” outgunned in terms of storyline, believability, interesting characters and pure visceral fun. A significant underlying factor here is that “Taken” tries to force its basic storyline, which has plenty of dramatic potential, into the narrow mold of an action film. Morel clearly understands how to shoot an action sequence; he doesn’t understand drama. He never succeeds in making the audience empathize with his characters in large part because he doesn’t try to. He’s content with using stock characters because they allow him room for more chase scenes, more fistfights and more nameless henchmen to be offed. It is a shame, really, because “Taken” could have been so much more. Its central idea, the story of an estranged father seeking redemption by finding his daughter, could have been the subject of a compelling drama. This could be best accomplished by taking away the car chases, the dead bodies and the breakneck pace and by slowing things down, allowing the man to show how he’s feeling and giving Neeson a chance to act. Morel, however, never takes his finger off fast-forward, and the film is all the worse for it.

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Brandeis’ cutbacks signal larger problem When educational institutions are forced to tighten their belts, the first programs to get the ax are generally the arts. True to the norm, Brandeis University has announced that it will be closing its Rose Art Museum and selling the 6,000 pieces in its collection in an attempt to recuperate some of the $163 million its endowment has lost in the economic downturn. While there has been an outcry from Brandeis alums and students, as well as the greater Boston community, this action on Brandeis’ part seems to be a reflection of a more widespread trend in allowing the arts to occupy the spot on the bottom of the list of educational priorities. Almost anyone who has ever been a part of the visual or performing arts, especially in public schools, is probably all too familiar with the complaints of teachers and students about a lack of funding, and is used to watching classes, shows and events get canceled in the name of frugality

and budget maintenance. Especially since the implementation of the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind Act, schools tend to prioritize subjects that appear on statewide standardized tests over the arts when considering the allotment of funds. Although No Child Left Behind did allocate more money than ever before for arts programs, its emphasis on measuring scholastic achievement through standardized testing continually manages to negate the effects of extra funds. Since art is notoriously difficult to quantify and assess, very few states have any form of standardized test for the arts. As a result, art programs fall by the wayside while public schools focus on upping their standardized testing scores by emphasizing reading and math. This concentration on “testable” core subjects generally also means that, along with little funding, the arts receive less class time and fewer class offerings,

making it even more difficult for a wide range of students to have the opportunity to participate and learn about the arts. While it is indisputable that math and reading skills are essential and invaluable, there is a lot to be said for the arts. Art is a reflection of culture, knowledge and the human experience. It is another medium through which people connect with each other and understand the world around them. So much of our understanding of the past comes from art, whether it be the cave paintings at Lascaux, the works of the Dutch masters or even the post-World War II modern art of Brandeis’ Rose Museum. The closing of the Rose Museum is disheartening, not only in that it is the loss of an incredible collection of contemporary art, but because it shows us how little value we place upon preserving and perpetuating our own culture in the face of tough economic decisions.

if this were true, it’s still not the issue. Geithner failed to pay about $34,000 in payroll taxes to Social Security and Medicare between 2001 and 2004, which he paid immediately prior to his confirmation hearing. In his confirmation hearing, he claimed this was a “careless mistake,” but Geithner is no fool; in his entire government career, he has worked with money. As the newly confirmed secretary of the treasury, he will work with billions, possibly trillions, of American dollars. But now he claims he can’t use TurboTax correctly. Geithner is either untrustworthy or irresponsible. If Republicans were as bitterly partisan as the Daily accuses them of being, there were better targets of their rage than Timothy Geithner. Despite his tax problems, Geithner is much respected for his intelligence and competent management of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He is an independent, not a Democrat, and could have easily been trea-

sury secretary in a McCain administration. As cabinet appointments go, senators on both sides generally believe that the president should get the people he wants appointed. Even Hillary Clinton, who inspires such hatred among Republican ranks, was confirmed 94-2 as secretary of state, the highest-ranking cabinet position. Clearly, the GOP was not “blocking the progress of the other party on any front and by any means necessary.” The Daily is right about one thing: the primary concern of every senator should be the well-being of his or her country and constituents. But it gives the American people too little credit to assume that only this one person is fit to be secretary of the treasury. We can do better than someone who lied about his taxes. The real bipartisan solution would have been to find someone new. Sincerely, Jonathan Danzig Class of 2012

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Punishing Palestine? by

Faris Islam

After reading the Jan. 26 article “Living in conflict: Students in Israel speak out,” I felt compelled to write an alternate side of the conflict — a view so often ignored, demonized and silenced. The lack of the word “Palestine” in the entirety of the article showed the blatant tilt of the article, further emphasized by the writer’s referral to the occupation and bombardment of Gaza as “conflicts in Israel” and “events in Israel.” On such a divisive and debated issue, perhaps a review of recent history of the area will help show some perspective on the issue. Avi Shlaim, a former member of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and current professor at Oxford, speaks to the recent history of Gaza, saying, “Gaza is a classic case of colonial exploitation in the post-colonial era. Jewish settlements in occupied territories are immoral, illegal and an insurmountable obstacle to peace.” Though Israel did unilaterally withdraw from these settlements in 2005, Shlaim goes on to mention that while the 8,000 settlers were evicted from Gaza, “[a]nother 12,000 Israelis settled on the West Bank, further reducing the scope for an independent Palestinian state.” In an op-ed for The New York Times published on Jan. 7, Rashid Khalidi, director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, comments: “Israel still controls access to the area, imports and exports, and the movement of people in and out. Israel has control over Gaza’s air space and sea coast, and its forces enter the area at will.” He goes on to cite the Fourth Geneva Convention and Israel’s duty under it to “see to the welfare of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip.” Far from seeing to their welfare, Israel has instead overseen an almost total blockade of the Gaza Strip; Khalidi explains that “fuel, electricity, imports, exports and the movement of people in and out of the Strip have been slowly choked off, leading to life-threatening problems of sanitation, health, water supply and transportation.” The ostensible reason for this blockade is Hamas — though the organization was democratically elected — and its campaigns of terror unleashed on innocent Israelis. Israel’s response to Hamas, however, borders on the line of collective punishment for the people of Gaza, cruelly summed up by Dov Weissglas, chief of staff for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, with his comment that “we put them on a diet.” Hamas is far from blameless, murdering many in their terrorist campaigns, and Israeli citizens of Ashqelon and Siderot have as much right to live in peace and security as we do in Medford, but Robert Fisk, the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent, puts it into perspective when he points out, “[twenty] Israelis dead in 10 years around Gaza is a grim figure indeed. But 600 Palestinians dead in just over a week … is on a quite different scale.” The guns did fall silent this summer when Hamas and Israel agreed to a six-month truce — a truce broken, according to Khalidi and Shlaim, by Israel on Nov. 4 when a raid killed six Hamas men. A joint study by Tel Aviv University and the European

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University has interestingly found that Israeli violence has ended 79 percent of the “lulls in violence” on the border, while only eight percent are attributed to Hamas and other Palestinian groups. The breaking of this particular ceasefire led to immediate escalations by both the Palestinians and the Israelis and the massive, indiscriminate killing and terrorizing of civilians that has characterized Operation Cast Lead and the Hamas retaliations. One clear fact emerging is that a terrible humanitarian crisis is gripping the Gaza Strip as it remains blockaded behind Israeli barriers. According to the BBC, 50,800 Gazans are homeless, 400,000 are without running water, 4,000 buildings have been destroyed, and more than 20,000 are “severely damaged.” Additionally, the International Atomic Energy Agency is investigating reports that Israel used depleted uranium in its bombardment of Gaza, and the United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused Israel of firing white phosphorous shells into civilian areas in Gaza — including a United Nations compound. White phosphorous, according to the BBC, “sticks to human skin and will burn right through to the bone, causing death or leaving survivors with painful wounds.”

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While the terror being faced by those living in southern Israel is unacceptable and Hamas deserves condemnation for it, it is important to remember the suffering of those on both sides of the conflict. Those who seek the moral high ground in these terrible events and who wish to portray the other side as terrorists and monsters should be assessed on their own actions and on whether they meet their claims of a “purity of arms.” Israel’s repeated attacks upon staff and property belonging to the United Nations as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) cuts deeply into Israel’s claim that it is seeking to safeguard civilians and target only legitimate military targets. Though Israel has offered its standard fare, claiming that militants fired from a school that Israeli forces struck, Christopher Gunness, the spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, strongly countered these claims. Speaking to CNN, he said, “The Israeli army is circulating ancient pictures which allegedly show militants using our compound. It’s an old set of pictures to show a new case. It doesn’t work.” As claims of targeting militants hold no truth, neither does the standard Israeli backup — that the incident was an accident. According to the United Nations, all U.N. buildings inside Gaza are clearly marked and fly U.N. flags. Additionally, the United Nations has provided the IDF with satellite coordinates of all United Nations installations in Gaza. The attacks on U.N. and ICRC staff, installations and vehicles are not the only atrocities being committed inside the Gaza Strip, as it remained for so long sealed off to foreign journalists. The U.N.’s Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Jan. 12 in which it “strongly [condemned] the ongoing military operation carried out ... in the occupied Gaza Strip, which [has] resulted in massive violations of human rights of Palestinian people and systematic destruction of the Palestinian infrastructure.” The ICRC, an organization operating under strict neutrality guidelines, has joined the chorus of condemnation. According to Conor Gearty, director of the London School of Economics Centre for the Study of Human Rights, the IDF violated international law by denying access to “a neighborhood within which were later found four small children, starving amongst twelve corpses.” The ICRC says its entry into the area was postponed by the IDF for four days. Though Israel does have an inalienable right to defend its borders and citizens, the Palestinians have a right to live in peace and to pursue economic interests — and maybe even the right to govern when democratically elected. In exchange for temporary security goals, Israel has potentially radicalized an entire new generation of Palestinians: the friends and schoolmates of the 400 Palestinians killed. To allow a more sustainable peace to evolve, Israel must follow the demands of the international community, lift its blockade on Gaza and stop its illegal campaigns of abduction, assassination and bulldozing houses, thereby allowing the Palestinians the chance to build for themselves the sustainable and peaceful homeland they deserve. Faris Islam is a sophomore majoring in history and political science.

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Sophomore Maureen O’Neill placed first in the 50-yard and second in the 100-yard freestyle against Bates and Wheaton on Saturday.

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Doisneau, classmate Maureen O’Neill and freshman Courtney Adams to edge Wheaton’s top team by 0.26 seconds. Although Saturday’s winners were evenly spread among the three competing schools, the Jumbos’ incredible depth allowed them to surge ahead with crucial points late on Saturday. Vastly outnumbered, the Wheaton and Bates squads seemed overmatched in relay events, as Tufts routinely entered six squads to its opponents’ two. “We do have a much larger team than either Wheaton or Bates, and we always have a big presence on the pool deck as compared to the other teams,” Swett said. “In a meet, even fifth place gets one point, so our depth gets us those last points which really add up in the end. You know that so many people are behind you, that the majority of the pool deck is brown and blue, so it really helps.” “We have a tradition here that we always want to be the loudest, the most spirited and the most excited team on the deck, and that really resonates with our numbers,” Kono said. “When I was swimming my 500 freestyle, I felt that I wasn’t swimming by myself because I could see everyone up on the sideline, that wall of blue on the deck. You don’t swim alone when you’re at Tufts.” The Jumbos’ energy has been apparent in the young freshman ranks, as Doisneau continued her outstanding rookie campaign at Tufts by capturing first in the 200-yard butterfly in addition to swimming as the third leg of the 200-yard medley relay team with classmates Eacret, Paulina Ziolek and O’Neill to capture second place in the meet’s opening event. Likewise, O’Neill dominated the shortdistance freestyle events, placing first in the 50-yard and second in the 100-yard. Swett, who won three individual events in last week’s dual meet at MIT, placed second in both the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley, narrowly missing out on first place by under two seconds in each race. Eacret was just under a second away from setting the program record in the 50-yard butterfly but settled for first place in a dominating performance, winning in 27.25, over a second ahead of Wheaton’s Samantha Farrell. Freshman Kathryn Russell rounded out the swim winners for Tufts, taking first

in the 1,000-yard freestyle, well ahead of runner-up and teammate Meredith Cronin. Cronin, a junior, also finished second in the 200-yard backstroke, while Ziolek placed second in the 50-yard breaststroke to round out the list of top point-getters in swimming events for the Jumbos. On the diving board, junior Kelsey Bell took first in the 3-meter dive and third in the 1-meter dive. Classmate Lindsay Gardel placed second in the 1-meter in an uncharacteristic day for the duo, which had captured first in the 1-meter in every meet since Dec. 5. For the Jumbos, only this weekend’s Middlebury Invitational at MIT remains between now and the NESCAC Championships, to be held over the last full weekend in February at Bowdoin. It appears, though, that the meet with the Panthers and Engineers the will serve only as a tune-up for the championship meets, as Tufts has already defeated Middlebury once this season and MIT twice. Following the meet, the Jumbos will begin tapering, letting their muscles relax before the heavy grind of NESCACs. “These weeks of rest will be huge for us,” Swett said. “We taper better than any other team in the NESCAC and really come to Championships a completely different team. We try to stay off of our feet and try not do any extra walking, just to try to get our bodies back to normal.” Still, with two weeks of pure rest ahead, the Jumbos refuse to look past this weekend’s invitational, seeing it as an opportunity to further better themselves against strong Div. I competition, such as Northeastern University, for the looming big meets. “We’ll be swimming some really good teams next weekend, and I think it’ll put us in our place a bit,” Swett said. “We’re done with our dual meets and have a great record, and everyone’s really excited about that, but they also know that Amherst and Williams are in our conference. I don’t think that being too cocky will be a problem, but our record will definitely bring us in with a positive attitude.” “It’s a great confidence boost, but you have to move forward,” Kono said. “I know a lot of the girls have been completely focused on NESCACs and Nationals, and I think it’s great to swim good meets. However you do, you just take it and move on, get back in the pool and remember the days ahead.”

Kreisberg missed a put-back at the buzzer. Over the course of the game, Pierce collected 25 points to lead the team, while junior forward Dave Beyel contributed 14 of his own. “I think it was real important for us as a team and to keep us alive for the playoffs,” Beyel said. “It was a close game, and we played well as a team. It’s always good for the team atmosphere when you win those close games.” “It was [a big win],” Pierce said. “We battled all game. We didn’t play well the first half at all; we were fortunate to be down four at break. We went up by six a couple times but couldn’t close them out. It was a crazy situation at the end of the game with the way that the free throws worked out, but Sam Mason made two great hustle plays to get rebounds, and we found a way to win, which for us has been rare. It was obviously huge.” Unfortunately, the Jumbos’ good luck did not carry over to their tilt against the Camels. Despite jumping out to a 14-point lead, up 21-7 after the first 8:17 of the game, Tufts could not hold on as Conn. College tied it up at 21 only four minutes later. Down 37-29 at the half, the Jumbos did not get much closer in the second frame. They scored on their first possession to bring it to 37-31, but that six-point deficit was as close as they would get before they rallied to within five points of the Camels at 55-50 with 7:28 remaining in the half. That would be the Jumbos’ last gasp, however, as a successful three-pointer by sophomore Dean Lampe on the Camels’ next possession spelled doom for Tufts, which eventually fell 86-72. Pierce again led the Jumbos with 26 points while Gallant had 18, but two Camels scored at least 20, including junior guard Shavar Bernier with 21 and fresh-

man forward Demetrius Porter, who had 29 off the bench. “They made some adjustments, going to a half-court trap, and we didn’t take care of the basketball,” Pierce said. “They also made more free throws than we took, which was a factor. Part of that was the officiating; part was us not being aggressive as far as going to the basket. And that’s what happens. We know that even though we were ahead, that’s not a guaranteed victory. It’s an extremely disappointing game to drop.” Tufts will now travel to face 13-2 UMass Dartmouth on the road on Wednesday before meeting Trinity and Amherst at home over the weekend. Its final NESCAC competition will come in a Feb. 14 road game at Bates. The Jumbos know that to have a good shot at the playoffs, they should take all three games against their conference opponents. “Preferably, we’d like to take all three,” Beyel said. “Every team is definitely beatable. We need to work on getting our shots and playing within ourselves. With Trinity and Amherst next weekend, being home will help, but we really need to come out with intensity knowing that it’s the end of our season if we don’t win.” “We just have to come out and play our basketball,” Pierce said. “Our problem all year has been inconsistency, not just in games but from game to game. On Friday, we played our brand of basketball in the second half, [as well as] on Saturday in the first 10 minutes against Conn. College. We’ve had few 40-minute stretches of our brand of basketball. We just have to come out and do what we do and be confident in the sets we run and the defense we know we can play. We have to trust each other that we can be successful. We still have control of our own destiny, so we haven’t given up hope.”

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of their standout freshmen turn out stellar days in the pool. Along with Rood’s contributions in the relays, fellow first-years Alex Strittmatter and Joe McLoughlin picked up first-place finishes. Strittmatter won the 200-yard butterfly and added a second-place finish, just behind Jenkins, in the 100-yard freestyle, while McLoughlin’s win came in the 200-yard breaststroke, where he led an all-freshmen sweep for Tufts, along with Matt Richmond and Brandon Ching. “Going in, we sort of knew that Bates and Wheaton weren’t as strong as we were, so it gave us a chance to put people in different events they usually don’t swim in,” Longhurst said. “Even though we knew there was a great chance we would win, we still needed people to perform well, and everyone who swam in events they weren’t used to stepped up.” Tufts also swept the 50-yard freestyle, won by sophomore Michael Del Moro; Debbaut came in second, and senior Matt Murphy finished in third. Sophomore Andrew Altman won the 200-yard IM, and sophomore Joe Lessard placed first in the 200-yard freestyle, while junior Patrick Kinsella won the first individual event in the 1000-yard free and also picked up a second-place finish in the 50-yard butterfly.

With the dual-meet schedule finished for the season, the Jumbos have one more meet left before the NESCAC Championships. The team will travel to MIT for the third time this season, this time for the Middlebury Invitational, before taking a two-week break to prepare for the three-day-long conference meet at Wesleyan. The invitational next weekend offers those members of the team not competing at NESCACs a chance to finish the year on a strong note. For the rest of the team, it will be the final chance to see in-race action before the championship season. “There are two slots open for the NESCAC Championships on our team, so a few guys will be racing to see how fast they can go so [coach Adam Hoyt] can see who will be the fastest for NESCACs,” senior quad-captain Peter Accomando said. “The bottom 20 guys will be shaved, have their best suits on and will be swimming the best times of the season, no doubt.” “I think we are still training very hard right now,” Longhurst said of the team members who will be racing at NESCACs. “The other guys are tapering, but we are still putting in the yards we have all year. Soon we will be working a little more on speed work, but I think right now we are in great shape. Everyone looks great, and we will see how we look at the MIT invite.”

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Historic Super Bowl ends in Holmes’ unforgettable catch

Flurry of fourth-quarter points ends in Roethlisberger’s game-winning two-minute drill by

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This wasn’t just the Super Bowl. This was the Superest Bowl of them all. This was one of those thrill rides that SUPER BOWL XLIII at Tampa Bay, Fla., Sunday Pittsburgh Arizona

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turn you upside down and inside out at 100 mph. The game was filled with great throws, better catches and a flurry of fourth-quarter points. It was so good that arguably the greatest play in the game’s history had become a mere footnote by the end of the night. When it was over, the Pittsburgh Steelers had claimed a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday night, thanks to a brilliant gamewinning drive by Ben Roethlisberger and an incredible game-winning catch by Santonio Holmes. It was the Steelers’ record sixth Super Bowl victory. After Kurt Warner and the Arizona offense erased a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to take a three-point lead, Roethlisberger and the Steelers’ offense were given one final chance when they got the ball on their own 22 with two minutes and 30 seconds remaining. A holding penalty on the first play of the drive pushed the Steelers back 10 yards to their own 12, making Roethlisberger’s job even more daunting. But on a thirdand-6 play from his own 26-yard line, the Steelers’ quarterback gave his team renewed hope by scrambling away from pressure and hitting Holmes for a 14-yard completion and a first down. Perhaps the greatest two-minute drive in NFL history had been launched. Roethlisberger completed six of eight passes for 88 yards on the drive, and Holmes was on the receiving end of all the most critical plays. Holmes, named the game’s MVP, pulled in a 40-yard completion that got the Steelers to the Cardinals’ 6-yard line; then, after letting a first-down pass slip through his hands, he caught a high pass and somehow managed to keep his feet in bounds on second down for the gamewinning touchdown. Down 20-7, Warner and the Cardinals made this game interesting with an 87-yard drive in the fourth quarter that ended with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Larry Fitzgerald with 7:33 remaining.

Warner completed all eight of his passes on the drive, covering all 87 of the yards. The touchdown throw to Fitzgerald on a fade route was cause for debate: better throw or better catch? Call it a draw. Warner lofted the ball just over the head of Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor and Fitzgerald made a remarkable one-handed grab for his sixth touchdown of the postseason, tying an NFL record first set by Jerry Rice in 1988. More important for the Cardinals, they were alive and well and this Super Bowl was about to become a fight to the finish. The Cardinals closed to within four points when they were rewarded with a safety because of a holding call in the end zone by Steelers center Justin Hartwig. Two plays after the safety, the Cardinals had the lead for the first time in the game when Warner found Fitzgerald for a 64-yard touchdown that made it 23-20. “I was thinking, if they’re going to score, I hope they score quickly,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “That’s Steelers football. It’s going to be 60 minutes. It’s never going to pretty, but we’re going to fight until the end.” What might have been the greatest play in Super Bowl history came on the final play of the first half when a pass by Warner was intercepted by James Harrison at the goal line and returned 100 yards for a touchdown that put Pittsburgh up 17-7. The game’s first challenge came from the Cardinals at the end of the Steelers’ opening drive, and Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt saved his team four points. It was initially ruled that Roethlisberger had bowled his way over defensive tackle Darnell Dockett and into the end zone on a third-and-goal play from the 1-yard line, but when referee Terry McAulay reviewed the replay, he determined that the Steelers’ 6-foot-5 quarterback had been stopped a few inches short of the goal line. That left Tomlin with the first difficult decision of the game: Go for it on fourth down or take the field goal? Tomlin, somewhat surprisingly, opted for the three points at the end of the 71-yard drive. The Steelers did get a touchdown on their second possession, an 11-play drive that ended with Gary Russell scoring from the 1-yard line early in the second quarter. After playing poorly in his first Super Bowl three years ago, Roethlisberger got off to a white-hot start in this title game. He completed eight of nine passes for 122 yards on the Steelers’ first two possessions, giving him one fewer passing yard than he had in his previous Super

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or just driving it hard or also just shooting some outside jumpers. It’s that kind of zone that players feel once in a great while.” The Cardinals held it to a twopossession game for the next 8:05 before a three-pointer from Moynihan put the Jumbos ahead 55-47. It was her final bucket on a night in which she tallied a careerhigh 26 points. From there, Tufts never looked back, building as much as an 18-point lead, thanks in part to a lock-down defensive effort. Over the final 10 minutes of the game, Wesleyan scored as many points off of free throws as it did off of field goals (eight), as Tufts clamped down on a team that shot 48 percent from the floor in the first half. In addition to leading all scorers, Moynihan put together a strong performance on the defensive end, limiting senior guard Ali Fourney, the NESCAC’s leading scorer at 19.2 points per game heading into the weekend, to 4-of-12 shooting. Wesleyan’s other premier scoring threat, graduate co-captain Lucy Sprung, was also held below her season average. In the absence of junior Casey

Sullivan, who sat out the weekend with a right foot injury, Tufts received a spark from a pair of freshman reserves. Forward Rachel Figaro shot 4-of-4 from the field, while guard Tiffany Kornegay added eight points, four rebounds and three assists. In its Saturday afternoon tilt against Conn. College, a team that hasn’t had a winning record since 1997, Tufts was able to empty its bench in an easy victory. With their reserves playing more total minutes than their starting five, the Jumbos led by as many as 30 in the second half before cruising to their fifth double-digit NESCAC victory of the season. Tufts had four players reach double figures in scoring, including sophomore point guard Colleen Hart, who led the team with 17 points. Kornegay had another productive game off the bench, totaling a career-high 11 points in 19 minutes. “She’s got athleticism that we haven’t seen at Tufts and that I haven’t seen, just the quickness that she has and her drives to the hoop,” Berube said. “But more than anything, I think it’s her defense that can change games and make

it really hard for point guards to bring the ball up. She’s kind of one of those annoying defenders that’s right in your face. “We’ll continue to look to her and other players off the bench,” she continued. “I think as the season gets closer to the end, the bench is going to be huge. The last couple weekends with starters out, they’ve stepped up, and we’ve needed that.” Following tomorrow night’s contest against non-conference foe UMass Dartmouth, the Jumbos will have two days off before they hit the road for another critical weekend of conference play. The marquee matchup will be Saturday afternoon’s showdown against Amherst in a rematch of last season’s NESCAC championship game. “We’re in control of our own destiny, and we need to just take care of business with each game,” Berube said. “We took two steps forward this weekend with our second-half effort against Wesleyan and brought that same defensive intensity to the middle of our Conn. College game. Now, we’ve got three games coming up this week, which won’t be an easy stretch.”

and-19 situation from which they did not recover. But the missed opportunity that they’ll be talking about in Arizona 25 years from now came on the final play of the first half. After Karlos Dansby intercepted a tipped Roethlisberger pass at the Steelers’ 34-yard line, Warner completed four passes to set up the Cardinals with a first-and-goal situation from the 1-yard line with 18 seconds left in the first half. The Cardinals were on the verge of taking a four-point lead into the half, and then Harrison made one of those plays that we’ll be watching for the rest of our lives, turning an errant pass by Warner into a Steelers touchdown.

Looking back at a frantic weekend of NESCAC women’s basketball Two first-place teams lose in the final minute, and an old conference powerhouse rises again. There was no shortage of storylines in another topsy-turvy weekend in NESCAC women’s basketball. Here’s a look back: Amherst falls from the ranks of the unbeaten: One of three undefeated teams in the nation heading into this weekend, a young Amherst squad finally met its match Friday night in veteranladen Bowdoin, which upset the nationally ranked No. 4 Lord Jeffs 63-61 on a buzzer-beating lay-up by junior forward Leah Rubega. Amherst was pushed to the limit again the next day when the Colby team that beat Tufts a week earlier nearly took down another NESCAC heavyweight. The Jeffs survived 65-64, but weekend sweeps by the Jumbos and the Bowdoin Polar Bears this weekend dropped Amherst into a second-place tie with the Polar Bears. In a matter of seconds, Bates loses its grip on first place: In a thrilling contest that featured 13 ties, Wesleyan topped Bates 75-74

on Saturday, courtesy of a gamewinning jumper by senior cocaptain Meredith Lowe with four seconds remaining. With the loss, the Bobcats failed to keep pace with the Jumbos, with whom they were tied atop the NESCAC standings, instead dropping all the way to fourth place. Bowdoin eyes top spot after 2-0 weekend: Following an impressive road sweep of Amherst and Trinity this weekend, Bowdoin climbed to second place and now finds itself right in the thick of contention for a NESCAC regular-season title. If Tufts loses its showdown against Amherst next weekend and Bowdoin takes care of Middlebury and Williams, who have a combined record of 15-24, the Polar Bears will take over the top spot in the conference with just one weekend of NESCAC play to go. One year after failing to win the conference tournament for the first time ever, Bowdoin might be on its way to reasserting its place atop the NESCAC. —by Sapna Bansil

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Ice Hockey

Home-ice advantage falters twice for Jumbos by

Evan Cooper

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The second half of a four-game homestand did not treat the ice hockey team well this weekend, as it fell to NESCAC MEN’S HOCKEY (7-9-1, 4-8-1 NESCAC/ECAC East) at Valley Forum II, Saturday Hamilton Tufts

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rivals Amherst and Hamilton on Friday and Saturday at Valley Forum II. The back-to-back losses mark the first blemishes on the Jumbos’ previously undefeated home record. Saturday afternoon’s 3-2 loss to Hamilton was a devastating one for Tufts, as it lifted the Continentals to two games ahead of the Jumbos in the NESCAC standings, knocking the Jumbos down to No. 8 with a 4-8-1 conference record and to 7-9-1 overall. It was a tight contest the entire game, with the score knotted at 2-2 until the second half of the final frame and the final shot total equal at 35 apiece. But with 8:28 remaining in the game and Hamilton on the man advantage, Continental junior forward Harry Biggs was able to fight his way through traffic and stuff the game-winner past the Jumbos’ freshman goaltender Scott Barchard for his second goal of the period. The one-goal lead was Hamilton’s third of the game, but it was this one that would seal the victory, as the Jumbos were unable to battle back despite a few last-ditch efforts to tie the score. The Jumbos peppered Hamilton’s sophomore goalie Mark Donovan with 15 shots in the final frame, but his 14 saves — one coming, luckily for him, on a puck that sailed just inches over the crossbar with 25 seconds to go in the game — proved enough to hold the lead. “It’s like a sickness, almost,” junior cocaptain David Antonelli said of the team’s offensive struggles over the weekend. “When you’re not getting chances, then you’re in trouble. But if you’re getting chances, like we are, you’re going to start to score.” The Jumbos’ troubles Saturday began early in the game, as the home squad came out flat in the first period, forcing Barchard to come up with big saves on multiple occasions to keep them in the game. The Jumbos’ weak neutral zone play early on in the contest allowed the Continentals to walk in on Barchard too easily, often on oddman rushes. But thanks to Barchard’s nine first-period saves, the Jumbos went into the break down just 1-0, the only offensive

action coming on Hamilton junior forward Jerome Wallace’s power-play goal at 14:38. “We didn’t come out in the first period,” coach Brian Murphy said. “We wasted 20 minutes [Saturday].” “In the last two games especially, our problem was our start,” Antonelli added. “We’re putting ourselves in holes early in games. Bad starts force us to take chances that we wouldn’t [take] if we’re up a goal or it’s even.” As the second period opened, it looked like the Jumbos’ struggles were going to continue. But just 30 seconds in, Barchard was forced to come up with a huge pad save when the Continentals attacked with another odd-man rush that let them set up a goal-worthy feed right through the slot. The key save seemed to bolster the Jumbos’ confidence, and just over a minute later they were back in the game. At 1:48, sophomore Zach Diaco converted on passes from freshman Evan Story and sophomore Mike Vitale, carrying the puck to the goal himself and getting Donovan to commit on the near post before dragging it through the goalmouth and lifting it over the sprawled goaltender and into the open net. The Jumbos had two power-play opportunities in the second period and got a number of good looks, but they failed to capitalize on any of them. They went just 1-for-6 with a man advantage on the night, adding to their season-long struggle on the power play that has led to just a .159 success rate. “We need to continue to improve on our power play,” Murphy said. “We need to get shots on net and rush their cage, and we need to play more simply. We tried to get too cute at times, and that led to turnover opportunities for [Hamilton].” The third period was the most offenseoriented, and the Continentals wasted no time getting underway when Biggs converted on a Tufts offensive zone turnover and scored short-handed at 3:34 to give the Continentals a 2-1 lead, further exposing the Jumbos’ struggling special teams unit. But just 35 seconds later, Tufts freshman Nick Resor netted his eighth goal of the year to even the score again. With the Jumbos on the power play, sophomore defenseman Fredrik Mellgren fired a shot from the point that led to freshman Matt Amico recovering the rebound before Resor found the back of the twine. Friday’s 3-1 loss to national No. 1 Amherst was much more lopsided, and with the shot count at 54 to 25 in the Lord Jeffs’ favor, the tilted ice had Barchard standing on his head to make a career-high 51 saves and keep the score respectable. Barchard eclipsed his collegiate-best save mark of 45, set last Saturday in a 5-3 victory over Bowdoin. Senior forward Will Collins got the action going for Amherst at 6:51 of the first period with a short-handed goal, the team’s second of the season. Despite out-shooting the Jumbos 20-8 in the period, the Lord Jeffs were able to capitalize only one more time when

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Freshman Nick Resor scored a late goal to put the ice hockey team within striking distance of Hamilton, but the Jumbos lost 3-2. senior forward Ted Vickers netted a powerplay goal at 12:15 to take a 2-0 lead. Senior defenseman Rylan Burns extended the Lord Jeffs’ lead to 3-0 early in the middle frame with his first goal of the year at 3:52. But three goals was more than the Lord Jeffs would need, thanks to a powerhouse defense that has allowed just 22 goals through 17 games this season. “[Amherst is] the best defensive team in the league and one of the best in the country,” Murphy said. “They have two excellent goalies and an excellent playing style in their end.” The Amherst defense stifled the Jumbos until 11:16 into the second period, when Story put in his sixth goal of the season with assists from junior forward Cory Korchin and Diaco. The lone Jumbo goal would be the last offensive action of the game, as the goaltenders stole the show in the final frame with Barchard posting 15 stops and Donovan nine. The Jumbos will look to turn things around on Tuesday night as they make the short trip to Suffolk. “We need to get back to business,” Barchard said. “We are in a rough spot right now. We haven’t gotten the bounces lately, but we will with hard work.” “[The losses] hurt, but certainly we’re not going to hang our heads,” Murphy said. We still have seven games to play.”

Athletes of the Week Kim Moynihan, Women’s basketball With the women’s basketball team on the verge of letting its critical NESCAC matchup against Wesleyan get out of hand Friday night, senior co-captain Kim Moynihan responded with the best performance of her college career. The starting guard scored 14 consecutive points on 6-of-6 shooting between the final minutes of the first half and the opening ticks of the second to dig the Jumbos out of a 10-point hole against the Cardinals and give her team a lead it would not relinquish. The run was the highlight of a night in which Moynihan tallied a career-high 26 points and grabbed six offensive rebounds, as the Jumbos came through with a come-from-behind 75-63 victory, moving them into first place in the conference. Moynihan was also stellar on the defensive end, holding senior guard Ali Fourney, who led the NESCAC with 19.2 points per game prior to this weekend’s action, to a meager 33 percent from the field. The next day, in Tufts’ blowout win over Conn. College, Moynihan again made an impact despite playing only 17 minutes. The West Hartford, Conn. native scored 14 points, capping a weekend in which she shot 14-of-27 from the floor over the two contests and 5-of-9 from beyond the arc. andrew morgenthaler/Tufts Daily

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The Jumbos’ goal at this week’s Tufts Pentathlon, held Friday in the Gantcher Center, was to qualify some team members for the New England Championships, but junior Jared Engelking far surpassed that goal, amassing 3,400 points to win the meet and provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships. The pentathlon, in its first year added to the NCAA indoor roster, is a series of five events, including the 55-meter hurdles, the long jump, the shot put, the high jump and the 1,000-meter run. Engelking, who qualified nationally in the decathlon as a freshman, distanced himself from runner-up senior Joe Krasinskas, one of five captains for WPI, early in the meet, surging to a 271-point lead through the first three events and holding on despite a late rally by Krasinskas. Engelking hit the provisional mark exactly, winning the 55-meter hurdles in 7.94 seconds and finishing second in both the long jump (19’10 1/4”) and the shot put (39’8”). During the 2007 outdoor season, Engelking hit the national qualifier in the pentathlon during the year but was unable to compete in last year’s campaign due to an injury. A standout player since his debut season, it’s not the first time Engelking has been recognized for his athleticism, being named to the AllNESCAC team as a freshman for his performance in the 110-meter hurdles.

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here are many mysteries in the world of college basketball: Why Luke Harangody so perfectly resembles Shrek, how one might spell Coach K’s name, why the Alabama Crimson Tide’s mascot is a big elephant and how Dick Vitale can rattle off 60 sentences without breathing. But the biggest mystery of all is why Patrick Mills continues to escape the public’s eye. Mills, or “Patty,” as he is affectionately known throughout the ranks of the NCAA, has traversed the Pacific to take Div. I by storm, bringing his Australian style of play to American college basketball and propelling St. Mary’s to among the nation’s elite teams. Wait. Hold your kangaroos. An Aborigine star athlete not playing cricket or rugby? Do those even exist? This year, St. Mary’s holds an 18-3 record, with Mills at the helm of the offense doing everything short of the post-game laundry. In addition to averaging 18.7 points per game, Mills posts 3.9 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.4 steals per contest. He shoots like Reggie Miller and whips around the court like a boomerang. His humble nature has allowed him to slowly glide through college without much national attention, but even NBA scouts are now beginning to take notice. At the Olympic Games in August, the Americans beat Australia by 31 points, a standard margin of victory for the “Redeem Team.” Yet the most impressive aspect of the game was not the high-flying, posterizing dunking by household names like LeBron James or Kobe Bryant but the adept speed of a 20-year-old named Mills. Against the United States, Mills finished with 20 points, three steals and two assists, and he broke roughly four ankles. Even American head coach Mike Krzyzewski stated after the game that he was glad Duke would not play St. Mary’s next year. Still, Mills remained calm and composed, remaining oblivious to the way players like Chris Paul drooled over Mills’ unmatched speed. Mills has transferred the confidence gained in Beijing over to the States, and even though the Gaels’ schedule includes such teams as Morgan State and Cal State Bakersfield, Mills has romped through even the tough opponents with ease. In a Dec. 17 matchup with Oregon, Mills, who was recruited by Wake Forest and Nebraska but selected a life of anonymity instead, notched six assists and 22 points while turning the ball over just twice. Mills propelled St. Mary’s to 15 straight wins before last Thursday’s loss to No. 25 Gonzaga, a game in which Mills racked up 18 points and had zero turnovers despite breaking his hand in the first half. As a freshman in 2007, Mills torched the then-No. 11 Ducks with 37 points and 50 percent shooting in his coming-out party. At the end of his first year, Mills was named the WCC Rookie of the Year and also made the All-WCC first team. In the first round of the NCAA tournament, St. Mary’s lost to Miami (Fla.), but not because of Mills, who put up 24 points and five assists against the Hurricanes. Dissenters may point to Mills’ six-foot stature as a reason why he can’t succeed, but wasn’t it the same six-foot Mills who sliced through the looming giants of the American National Team at the Olympics? Wasn’t it the same six-foot Mills shown burning Deron Williams up the sideline on YouTube.com? Mills thrives on being the little guy, playing at a small school like St. Mary’s and taking down the big dog. When Mills decides to enter the NBA draft, any team lacking in the backcourt should not think twice about snatching up this Aussie. The first true Aborigine basketball star has already won over the respect of Krzyzewski and many NBA players, so it’s up to the executives to recognize his potential. Give it time; he’ll be bigger than Oprah after Sunday brunch. The “Canberra Cannon” is ready to be fired into global fame. Now do you know?

Alex Prewitt is a freshman who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Swimmers stay hot as NESCACs approach

Jumbos end dual-meet season with pair of wins in Lewiston by

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After consecutive losses to Div. I teams MIT and Boston University, coming back down MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING (6-3) at Lewiston, Maine, Saturday Tufts Bates



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to face Div. III opponents was just what the doctor ordered for the men’s swimming and diving team. The Jumbos cruised to victories over the Wheaton Lyons and NESCAC foe Bates Bobcats in Lewiston, Maine Saturday, running their record to 6-3 in their last head-to-head meet of the season. Tufts won all but three of the 16 events on the afternoon, sweeping the 50-yard freestyle and both the 50- and 200-yard breaststroke. The strong team effort helped the Jumbos beat host Bates 202.581.5 and the Lyons 231-64. “Losing to BU and MIT in the same weekend was pretty rough, and I think everyone was pretty down on themselves,” senior

quad-captain James Longhurst said. “This was the secondto-last meet of the season for half the guys on the team who are tapering for the MIT invite next weekend, so this was a great opportunity for everyone to really see what they could do and bounce back from the losses we had last weekend.” The top performer for the Jumbos was junior diver Rob Matera, who once again scored victories in both the 1- and 3-meter dives after hitting the NCAA qualifying marks versus MIT last weekend. Sophomore Trevor Stack also contributed in the dive events, grabbing second- and third-place finishes in the 1- and 3-meter events, respectively. In the swimming events, the Jumbos’ scoring was more evenly distributed throughout the roster. The day opened with the 200yard medley relay team of sophomore Matthew Glenn, junior Lawrence Chan, senior quadcaptain Andrew Shields and freshman Owen Rood capturing first place. Rood was also part of the 200-yard freestyle relay squad, teaming with sophomores Zed Debbaut, David Meyer and Gordy Jenkins to win the event. Chan, Glenn and Jenkins contributed individual victories for Tufts as well. Chan led a sweep in the 50-yard breaststroke, coming

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Following a career night from a senior co-captain and a couple of assists from its NESCAC rivals, the women’s basketball team is in the driver’s seat. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (15-2, 5-1 NESCAC) at Cousens Gym, Saturday Conn. Coll. Tufts

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The nationally ranked No. 16 Jumbos swept weekend games against a pair of conference rivals at Cousens Gym over the weekend, knocking off Wesleyan 75-63 Friday night before trouncing Conn. College 85-67 the next day to improve to 15-2. The victories, coupled with final-minute losses by both Bates and national No. 4 Amherst over the weekend, moved Tufts into sole possession of first place in the NESCAC with three conference games remaining. “We’re happy with two wins,” senior cocaptain Kim Moynihan said. “Any weekend where you come away with two wins in the NESCAC is a good weekend. Being in first

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in ahead of Longhurst and junior Rowan Frankel. Glenn gave the Jumbos a victory in the 50-yard backstroke and Jenkins won the 100-yard freestyle as Tufts saw a number of outstanding performances across the board in the sprint events. The Jumbos also saw some see MEN’S SWIMMING, page 13

place is great for now, but we know that the only thing that matters is where we stand at the end of the year.” At 5-1 in NESCAC play, Tufts has a halfgame lead on Amherst and Bowdoin, both of whom are 4-1. The Jumbos own the headto-head tie-breaker with the Polar Bears -— courtesy of a 67-56 victory over Bowdoin on Jan. 24 — and have a chance to earn the tie-breaker with the Lord Jeffs next weekend. The Jumbos travel to Amherst for a game that could decide whether they capture their first NESCAC regular-season title and homecourt advantage in the playoffs. Against Wesleyan, trailing 30-20 with 1:31 to play in the first half, the Jumbos rode Moynihan’s back and seized control of the game. After a layup by junior forward Julia Baily cut Wesleyan’s lead to eight, Moynihan tallied 14 consecutive, unanswered points — going a perfect 6-of-6 from the field during the run — to help Tufts open up a 36-30 advantage 2:49 into the second half. “My teammates just did a good job of getting me the ball when I was open,” Moynihan said. “It wasn’t a one-man effort. Everyone stepped it up that game; there was a definite difference in our energy level.” “She was a huge spark,” coach Carla Berube added. “She was playing with a sense of urgency and came through when we needed her. She had a hot hand and was also attacking the glass like I know she can, whether it was getting offensive rebounds see WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 14

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team continued its stampede through conference meets, sweeping Saturday’s tri-meet against Bates and Wheaton. Led by threetime winner sophomore Megan Kono, the Jumbos took down the host Bobcats, 188.5-105.5, before solidifying the strong outing with a 183-116 drubbing of the nonconference Wheaton Lyons, pushing Tufts’ record to 8-1 on the year. Kono, the current Tufts recordholder in the 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events, swam a 5:09.79 en route to winning the 500-yard freestyle — within five seconds of the Tufts record — and posting a “B Cut” qualifying time for the NCAA Div. III championship meet. In the process, Kono distanced herself from Jumbo freshman Annie

Junior Rob Matera recorded victories in both the 1- and 3-meter dives this weekend.

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Doisneau, the runner-up, by over 15 seconds. “I was surprised that I got the cut, but it was definitely a boost for me,” Kono said. “I’ve had some pretty good races but also some races that were difficult to get through, so it was definitely a huge confidence boost for me and for the team as a whole.” “Megan had a fantastic race, and it really sets the tone for our team because every meet, she goes out there and kills herself,” senior tri-captain Katie Swett said. “For our great freshman class to have someone like Megan to look up to, it lets them know that they need to push themselves. It’s easy to be tired right now, so having Megan go out there and swim that great time gives people a little more incentive.” In addition to her speedy performance in the 500-yard event, Kono dominated the 200-yard freestyle, winning by over two seconds in 1:57.55. In the same event, freshman Valerie Eacret was out-touched at the wall by Bates freshman Kara Leasure, missing out on a second-place finish by a mere 0.41 seconds. In the last event of the afternoon, Kono cemented Tufts’ sweep by placing first in the 200-yard freestyle relay, teaming up with

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Men’s Basketball

With first NESCAC win, Jumbos keep league playoff hopes alive by

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It wasn’t pretty, but the men’s basketball team earned its first NESCAC win and second victory in a row Friday night, holdMEN’S BASKETBALL (9-11, 1-5 NESCAC) at New London, Conn., Saturday Tufts Conn. Coll.

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ing on to defeat Wesleyan 79-78 on the road before traveling to Conn. College on Saturday and losing 86-72. The Jumbos are now 1-5 in the conference, but thanks to some luck around the league this weekend — no NESCAC team went better than 1-1 — Tufts still controls its own destiny with regard to a postseason bid. “We got the win [on Friday], but it was a game that we stole,” junior co-captain Jon Pierce said. “To come out [on Saturday] and clearly be the better team, it was disappointing not to be able to pull it out. But due to the way other things worked out, we actually control our own fate. So winning [over Wesleyan] and the fact that we still control our own destiny are positives that

we can take away [from this weekend].” The Jumbos’ matchup with the Cardinals was a bitterly contested competition from start to finish, as neither team led by double digits at any point. With the game coming down to the wire, Pierce and senior cocaptain Aaron Gallant combined to score the final 18 points for Tufts, including 14 by Pierce, to take home the victory. The game was characterized by an odd finish in which the Jumbos missed three front ends of one-and-one opportunities but still managed to take home the win. Up 79-75 with 1:04 to play, the Jumbos saw their lead cut down to one point after freshman Jason Mendell hit a threepointer for Wesleyan. After Pierce missed a three-point attempt of his own, Wesleyan got the ball down inside to senior forward Stan Grayson, who was called for traveling with 10 seconds left on the clock. The Cardinals immediately fouled junior Dan Cook upon the inbound, but he could not seal the victory, missing the first of oneand-one free throws. Sophomore forward Sam Mason pulled down the rebound and was fouled himself, but he also missed. Though Mason was able to grab his own board and was again fouled, he again missed the free throw. With Tufts faulting on their chances to end the game, Wesleyan had one more opportunity down the floor, but senior guard Kevin Scura missed an off-balance jump shot and Wesleyan senior center Gabriel Gonzalezsee MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 13

MEN’S BASKETBALL: TRI 68, COL 59; AMH 73, BOW 52; BAT 64, CON 56; TUF 79, WES 78; BOW 65, TRI 46; WES 64, BAT 61; MID 67, WIL 62; COL 81, AMH 76; CON 86, TUF 72 49. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: TRI 80, COL 61; BOW 63, AMH 61; TUF 75, WES 63; BAT 73, CON 58; WIL 79, MID 68; WES 75, BAT 74; AMH 65, COL 64; BOW 62, TRI 44; TUF 85, CONN 67. HOCKEY: AMH 3, TUF 1; MID 5, WES 2; CON 5, HAM 2; WIL 3, TRI 2; WIL 6, WES 0; AMH 7, CON 1; HAM 3, TUF 2; TRI 3, MID 1