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CSL must vote on language of amendments before student’s appeal can be heard
AMENDMENT gests altering the way that stu- “We unanimously decided “[B]ecause the CSL depends lead ECOM to refine its bylaws.
continued from page 1 dent groups receive a commu- to table the discussion and not [on] student elections … to fully “Currently, there are very few
error” but ordering the com- nity representative seat by mov- make a decision at this time,” constitute our committee, we guidelines for what ECOM must
mission to alter its practices in ing the vote from the student Colin Orians, then the CSL’s fac- have not yet convened our first do to promote [a referendum],
the future to address Snyder’s body to the Senate. The second ulty chair, told Pickard in the meeting this academic year,” and this needs to be fleshed
concerns. amendment would internalize e-mail. Orians added that the Gidney said in the e-mail. He out more,” he said. “In the can-
Snyder filed an appeal of the how community representa- amendments “might violate said he would alert Shastri to the didate elections, you have a
TCUJ’s decision to the CSL on tives are re-approved, and the [Tufts’] non-discrimination pol- committee’s “thoughts on the lot of material that has been
May 1. But it turns out that the third would add another seat to icy.” matter” in the next few days. hammered out over the years
terms of last semester’s TCUJ ECOM. Currently, one student posi- Shastri said that the TCUJ is because there have been dis-
members had already run out When Snyder filed his May tion in the CSL lies vacant after waiting to hear from the CSL putes and because there have
by the time they heard Snyder’s 1 appeal with the CSL, he told last week’s elections. The vacan- before it schedules a hearing on been issues … That is why can-
challenge, so their decision was the Daily then that he disagreed cy led the CSL to delay its first Snyder’s new appeal. didate elections and presiden-
meaningless. Therefore, Snyder with the Judiciary’s belief that meeting of the fall semester, “If the CSL decides that they tial elections run so smoothly.”
on Sept. 2 suspended his appeal “the overwhelming vote in favor stalling discussion of the April are not going to approve the ECOM has recently mandated
to the CSL and re-filed the chal- of the … referendum question” referendum. referendum language, then the a three-day advertising period
lenge with the 2008-09 TCUJ, showed that, had the referen- This postponement also pre- referendum becomes null and before referenda are put to vote
whose term began at the start of dum been better advertised and vented the CSL from consid- void, and Chris Snyder’s appeal in order to address the concerns
the fall semester. the option to abstain displayed, ering a separate referendum, is also null and void,” Shastri Snyder raised, Shastri told the
“The judiciary [members] the outcome of the vote would which proposed adding the said. Daily last week. Snyder yester-
who heard my case shouldn’t not have been affected. phrase “gender identity/expres- Snyder said that he hopes the day called that change insuffi-
have heard it. They didn’t have On May 2, the CSL noti- sion” to two clauses in the TCU prolonged appeals process will cient.
the power to hear it, and there- fied then recently elected TCU constitution that prohibit dis-
fore a new … hearing needs to President Duncan Pickard, a crimination by recognized stu-
Quote of the Day
be ordered,” Snyder said. junior, in an e-mail that it had dent organizations. Advocates
The first priority right now yet to decide whether the pro- had hoped to put this referen-
is for the CSL to rule on the posed amendments’ language dum on the ballot in the Sept.
language of the amendments. If was in line with university pol- 10 elections for freshman TCU “Did you see us play last year? We broke
the committee approves it, then icy, and that it had decided to senators. every passing record in Tufts history. Passing
Snyder’s appeal to the current wait until the fall when it could Current CSL Faculty Co-Chair
TCUJ can proceed. Should the conduct a public hearing on Calvin Gidney, an associate pro- attempts, completions, touchdowns, you name
committee declare the language the proposals. The referendum fessor of child development,
unacceptable, though, Snyder’s cannot pass without the CSL’s told TCUJ Chair Veda Shastri
it. I’m not sure how much more we can throw
appeal will become null and approval, which usually comes in an e-mail yesterday that he the thing.”
void because it will be dealing before referenda are put to a would discuss the issue of the
with an invalidated vote. vote, but which Pickard said can referendum later this week with Bill Samko, football coach
The first amendment pro- happen at any step in the pro- his co-chair, Steven Hirsch, an see back page
posed on the referendum sug- cess. associate professor of classics.
Features
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What am I
salaries increase 7.6 percent from last year doing here?
W
Future plans still remain elusive for many members of Class of ’08 henever I tell someone I am
studying abroad this semester
by Sarah Bliss in New Zealand, they always
Daily Editorial Board MSN Careers - reported average starting salaries for graduates in different fields of study have the same reaction.
“New Zealand, huh? Well that’s … interest-
As the state of the U.S. economy ing.”
and its Wall Street mainstays contin- Now, I get it: When you think of studying
ues to sour, it appears that the Class of abroad, you think of art history class in the
’08 has not necessarily been suffering Louvre, perfecting your Spanish over tapas
from this trend: Average starting sala- in Madrid, or exbeeriencing Prague. At least
ries rose 7.6 percent from last year, for an English major like me, you’d expect a
according to the Salary Survey con- semester in London, complete with weekend
ducted by the National Association of trips to Cumbria to visit the home of William
Colleges and Employers (NACE). Wordsworth.
Average starting salary
A recent article published by MSN So why New Zealand? Why this tiny, unim-
Careers reported an eight percent posing country with a sheep to human ratio
increase in hiring as well, driven in of 10:1? Why a place so far removed you actu-
part by more interest in engineering ally have to turn the globe upside down to
services, accounting, consulting and find it? Well, to be perfectly honest, because
financial services on a national level. I thought the same thing everyone else did.
National statistics aside, it appears New Zealand, huh? Well that’s interesting.
that recent Tufts grads have been fair- Truth is, there are very few things
ly successful in obtaining jobs right Americans know about New Zealand. We
out of college, said Jean Papalia and know that the country’s stunning landscape
Donna Milmore, director and assistant was the backdrop for Peter Jackson’s “Lord
director of Career Services, respec- of the Rings” trilogy. We know the hysterical
tively. duo Bret and Jemaine from “Flight of the
“At the time of graduation, Conchords” and can sing along to nearly
Institutional Research conducts a every word of “Business Time” to prove it.
survey of seniors about their future Field of study And of course, we know New Zealand is
plans,” Papalia and Milmore said in teeming with sheep.
an e-mail to the Daily. “The 2008 data is standard: MSN reported that the not employers’ salary offerings — that But that’s about it. Middle Earth’s moun-
indicates that 61 percent planned to average starting salary for an econom- posed the most worries post-gradua- tains, funny accents and farm animals seem to
work full-time and 17 percent planned ics major from the class of 2008 is tion. be the only things New Zealand is famous for
to attend graduate school full-time.” $52,926. “The job search was much more in the world. The bright lights of Paris and the
Another survey conducted in “My job involves a variety of things, laborious than I thought it would be,” delicious beer of Dublin are what usually draw
August by Career Services found simi- including managing the group’s bud- Gelman said. “I was looking and inter- students overseas. Who’d rather spend their
lar results: Nearly 60 percent of 338 gets, sending invoices, scheduling viewing for jobs for six months straight semester abroad in a country that is less than
respondents reported being employed meetings, conducting qualitative mar- prior to getting hired by Dow Jones.” 200 years old and has no access to the Eurail?
full-time, and 72 percent of these ket research, assisting with running In spite of his starting salary, Gelman Well, me.
respondents said that they received focus groups and brainstorming ses- said his experience in the job market Realizing I wanted to come to New Zealand
job offers after May graduation. sions and participating in a variety of was generally discouraging. actually came as a big surprise. I had always
One new alumnus, Michael Gelman other projects dealing with things like “It seems like it is much harder for tagged myself as the Europhile: rambling the
(LA ‘08), was offered a marketing advertising campaigns or updating people to get full-time jobs right now cobblestone streets of some French chateau
coordinator position for the corporate different logos and brands,” Gelman and salary is less important than find- while nibbling a baguette, a book of phi-
marketing group of Dow Jones and said. ing a decent job at all,” Gelman said. losophy tucked into my trendy trench coat
earns between $45,000 and $50,000 Despite the increase in starting-lev- “In my department, people were pocket. Oh yes, I was living in a chardonnay-
a year, he said. For graduates with a el income, Gelman and other seniors drenched fantasy of “Amelie” and Simone
B.A. in economics, like Gelman, that admitted that it was the job hunt — see ’08 SALARIES, page 5 de Beauvoir. But then I remembered I can’t
speak a word of French to save my life. There
goes the baguette and high fashion. Then
I thought, “London?” Eh, Prince William is
already taken.
And I guess that brings me here, to an
English-speaking country in the middle of
effing nowhere, with some of the most thrill-
seeking idiots you’ll ever meet and more
sheep than you can possibly dream of. Yep,
sounds like paradise.
For the next five months, I’ll be living and
studying in the capital city of Wellington,
meandering the tree-lined streets, reading
works by famous Kiwi authors like Katherine
Mansfield and Witi Ihimaera, visiting Te Papa
Tongarewa (the award-winning national
museum) and drinking as much locally made
wine as my liver will allow.
On weekends I’ll travel out to the bush,
“tramping” (hiking) through lush rainforests
and glaciers, checking out geothermal parks
and maybe even seeing some wild penguins
(which, let’s be honest, is about 75 percent of
the reason I actually came here).
Maybe it’s not Europe, but New Zealand
appears to offer much of the same attrac-
tions, minus the nausea-inducing exchange
rate. This country’s got a foreign language (Te
Reo Maori, the indigenous language, is still
spoken, but English remains predominant),
rich history (albeit quite young) and (most
Courtesy Tiffany knight
importantly) hot accents.
The Honk! Festival brings together activist marching bands from across the country. In the end, though, we do all go abroad for
the same reason: to do something interesting
Tufts joins community for Honk! Festival with our lives. Maybe we want to perfect our
knowledge of a foreign language. Maybe we
want to see famous places and meet beauti-
ful people. Maybe we just want to be legal.
by Jess Bidgood Festival, a gathering of activist in a dark time, and the bands “Music: Festival and Politics” Either way, no matter where we end up for a
Daily Editorial Board marching bands from across want to be as light and joyful to help kick off the festival. semester (or year) abroad, we usually end up
the country. as possible.” The event gave band members getting a lot more out of it than we expected.
Davis Square, with its hip “Each band does their own Honk!, which will take place and community participants a As for me? Well, let’s hope this semester in
coffee shops, bizarre statues thing [politically] — anti- Oct. 10-12, began in 2006 chance to reflect together on New Zealand exceeds my expectations and
and colorful locals, is never war, racial equality, femi- thanks to the efforts of the their work. involves more than just hobbits and sheep.
lacking in quirky charm. nism,” said Sarah Moshontz Somerville Second Line Social “Then, we decided to see
But only occasionally do de la Rocha (LA ‘08), an alum Aid and Pleasure Society if we could put together a
these quirks take center who is helping to coordinate (SLSAPS) Brass Band. Tufts pick-up marching band,” Ally Gimbel is a junior majoring in English.
stage in the way they will Tufts’ involvement in the became involved last year, She can be reached at Allyson.Gimbel@
next month during the Honk! programming. “We’re living hosting a symposium entitled see HONK!, page 5 tufts.edu.
4 The Tufts Daily Features Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Andrea B. Rugh
Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute, Washington DC
Dr. Andrea Rugh has been a technical advisor for USAID development projects in the
Middle East, South Asia and Africa. She was a research associate for the Harvard Institute of
International Development from 1987 to 1994, and later worked for Save the Children and
UNICEF in Pakistan and Afghanistan from 1998 to 2002. Over a period of 40 years residence
and work in countries of the Arab World, she researched and wrote several books on Middle
Eastern culture and society. Her books include Family in Contemporary Egypt (Syracuse University
Press 1984), Reveal and Conceal: Dress in Contemporary Egypt (Syracuse Univ. Press 1986), Within
the Circle: Parents and Children in an Arab Village (Columbia Univ. Press, 1997), and two translated
books Daughter of Damascus (Siham Tergeman, Univ. of Texas Press, 1994), and Folktales of
Syria (Samir Tahhan, Univ. of Texas Press 2004). Her latest book is The Political Culture of
Leadership in the United Arab Emirates (Palgrave-Macmillan 2007). Dr. Rugh received her Ph.D. in
Social Anthropology from American University in Washington, DC and a B.A. in Psychology
from Oberlin College. She is currently an Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute.
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Arts & Living
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Gallery Review
Devin Toohey | pop culture gone bad
A
Daily Editorial Board
From there, the gallery eases into old s Daily aficionados and fans of
favorites: Matisse’s clunky sculptures loi- “Bangers and Mash” and “Hos-
Entering the Sackler — the temporary ter near Franz Kline’s “High Street” (1950),
tels and Hostiles” know, I spent
composite of all three former Harvard Klimt’s “Pear Tree” (1903) and the small,
most of the past year in merry
University Art Museums (now going by the seductive “Red and Pink” (1925) by Georgia
O’Keefe. Cézanne and Marsden Hartley ol’ England. This experience had a great
impact on my personality and, of course,
Re-View find themselves facing off yet again, as
my pop culture sensibility was no excep-
they were in the Fogg Museum when it was
At the Arthur M. Sackler Museum open, but have inched a bit closer to one tion.
on long-term view another. Max Beckmann’s black tuxedo in For the first time in memory, I was all
his “Self Portrait in Tuxedo” (1927) makes but cut off from American pop culture.
Harvard University Art Museum
a sharp angle reminiscent of Mondrian’s Sure, there were still tabloids, but they
32 Quincy St. in Cambridge “Composition with Blue, Black, Yellow and looked as if someone had done a find and
617-495-9400 Red” (1922) across the way — two works replace search, turning every mention of
from the Busch-Reisinger that made the “Britney Spears” into “Amy Winehouse.”
umbrella term “Harvard Art Museum”) — long trek across Broadway. I found myself caring less about looking
is like walking into a social scene, where The last room on this floor is more into American pop culture online because
familiar friends and new faces mingle shocking with Leonardo Drew’s “Number I would only get frustrated. Imagine me
together. The show on view, taking up the 122” (2007) taking over an entire wall. The reading all about the writers’ strike (and
entire museum, is called “Re-View,” and work, slabs of wood crammed together in a “South Park’s” god-awful, albeit lauded,
is in some ways a review of art history, towering sculptural collage, protrudes into response to it) and unable to find a single
arranged both thematically and chronolog- the gallery’s space with full tree branches, way to incorporate that into a column
ically. Advertised as a refreshing look at the reaching out far above visitors and frames. about living in London.
collection, the new setup feels somehow The puzzle of wood looks like a disorga- courtesy harvard university Friends would mention commercials
more like a gallery setting than a museum, nized bookcase, alluding to the stacks of Max Beckmann’s “Self-Portrait in Tuxedo” they were sick of (one of my friends had
exhibiting works in the center of the room frames and artworks packed away in stor- (1927) glances coolly around his new home a particular vendetta against a Viagra
and on walls connected loosely by subject age for the next five years. Other works on the Sackler’s first floor. one), and I would be shocked that some-
or style. throughout the exhibition seem to make a one else was ranting and I was just sym-
Beginning at the bottom floor, viewers reference to the closed building at 32 Quincy the Sackler Museum’s collection and has pathetically listening. Had I accidentally
find contemporary art, an interesting place St., like Andrew McCollum’s “Collection of been open to the public since August while entered the Mirror Universe?
to start in this survey of Harvard’s collec- Ten Plaster Surrogates” (1982- 1991), black the rest of “Re-View” was being installed. In another instance, I felt my old self
tion. In this section, entitled “European rectangular molds hung on the wall, look- The display includes a small representation screaming to resurface, but without the
& American Art since 1900,” visitors are ing like frames emptied: the anti-exhibit of of Buddhism’s portrayal throughout his- proper drive to successfully do so. I had
immediately confronted by a relatively a closed museum. tory as ideology spread across South Asia to met a group of Americans while traveling
unknown piece from 2008 by Kerry James On the second floor, “Asian & Islamic and, within 15 minutes, they had com-
Marshall, “Untitled,” an acrylic, frontal Art, 5000 B.C. to the Present” represents see SACKLER, page 9 menced quoting some Youtube.com vid-
eo involving Jaeger bombs.
Were I not in this European bubble,
Album Review TV Review
I’m relatively sure I would feel the same
Metallica returns to FX’s new ‘Sons of Anarchy’ fits perfectly detestation for them as I had felt for any-
one who said “Very Ni-ice” or “Sexy Time”
moderate success into network’s dark, gritty programming back in sophomore year (or anyone who
said “Yeah baby! Oh behave!” back in
with ‘Death Magnetic’ by Ryan Zuckman
Contributing Writer
a motorcycle gang attempt to protect
their small town while running an arms
middle school, or “Why so serious?” this
summer). As it was, I just shrugged it off
by Grant Beighley business — but the astute viewer knows with a “whatever” and continued to talk
Daily Editorial Board FX has been known to take risks on to expect more. Despite its flaws, “Sons with them.
its shows, and has produced quite a few of Anarchy” is proving itself to be a wor- Where had my cantankerous nature
Metallica. The name says it all, and yet, great ones over the past few years; most thy addition to the fall lineup, thanks to gone? When had I become so damn agree-
leaves so much to the imagination. This iconic a capable and occasionally exceptional able? I was a stranger in a strange land
group didn’t set out to change the rock ‘n’ roll Sons of Anarchy cast, some clever writing and plenty of where my references fell on deaf ears 70%
good old-fashioned violence. of the time, and I didn’t catch about 70%
Death Magnetic The plot of “Sons of Anarchy” revolves of those which were obvious to everyone
Metallica around Jax (played by Charlie Hunnam), else. I had begun to live a life less tied to
Starring Charlie Hunnam, Ron the son of the deceased founder of the pop culture and must admit, for a time I
Perlman, Katey Sagal titular outlaw motorcycle club. He takes was happier.
Airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on pride in the brotherhood of the organiza- Then I returned to the States. And
Warner Bros. FX tion and is increasingly involved in the within a week, I was back loving and hat-
club’s business, which involves running ing my mistress as if we had never parted.
landscape; it just simply wanted to rock hard notably “The Shield,” “It’s Always Sunny guns, paying off police and keeping meth We were like a modern-day, non-puppet
and prove to the world that hairspray was not In Philadelphia” and “Rescue Me.” Their traffickers out of the charter’s fictional Punch and Judy, assaulting the hell out of
a requirement for being in a West Coast rock newest show, “Sons of Anarchy,” has a hometown of Charming, Calif. His step- each other, but unable to part.
band. concept that is both dark and funny, father Clay (Ron Perlman) is the current I must admit, the transition was rough.
So what can listeners reasonably expect a formula fairly par for the course for president of the club, and he isn’t afraid to I had to resign myself to the fact that a
from the group’s newest album (the first in the network. The basic premise doesn’t get his hands dirty. Jax begins to question year in England meant there would be
five years) “Death Magnetic?” Probably what sound terribly exciting — members of the aggressive direction the club is head- jokes that would go over my head for a bit
Metallica does best: rock hard and fast with ing, but is hesitant to act because of his and that a mention of “Brass Eye” on my
sloppy solos and demonic lyrics. loyalties. part would only get blank stares. Thank-
And fortunately for planet Earth, the band Though the pilot opens with the roar fully, my summer job put me in a summer
doesn’t disappoint. The first track on “Death of motorcycles, a blast of rock and roll camp. And, I must confess, there is no
Magnetic” is “That Was Just Your Life,” a riff- and an explosion of an arms warehouse, better refresher course to knowing, loving
driven rocker that plays on the band’s ability it surprisingly takes quite a bit of time and hating pop culture than being sur-
to change styles and tempos so adeptly. The for the action to pick up. In fact, many of rounded by a thousand teenagers.
atonal riff that pushes the song matches quite the plot twists seem familiar and maybe And now I’m back. And let me just say
well with lead singer James Hetfield’s half- even a little cliché. The opening scene, that Rihanna, Shia LeBeouf and everyone
shouting voice that somehow manages to stay in which a rival club steals guns from else involved with “Transformers” (2007),
melodic throughout even the harshest of pas- a warehouse, feels dull and lacks con- people who complain about “Hey There
sages. text because it occurs before any main Delilah” excessively (Get over it. It’s just
The most noticeable quality of “That Was characters have been introduced. The like every other saccharine acoustic guitar
Just Your Life,” as well as the album as whole, club’s business front (a garage) presents song. No better, but definitely no worse.
is the strange sub-production quality. While a setting for the characters to meet, act It’ll be a nostalgic hit in 2017.), “Meet the
producer Rick Rubin is known for his lo-fi macho, conduct business and discuss Spartans” (2008), the twins from the sec-
sounds, the combination of Metallica’s grating family and loyalty. Typical gang dialogue ond season of “Heroes,” and quite a few
sound with nearly no production at all makes is present, complete with frequent one- other people all got off easy with me writ-
for a veritable cacophony of shrill sounds. liners. ing about foreign cities and accents for a
As musicians will immediately notice, the Thankfully, as exposition winds down, year. Yeah, I may have been mostly cut off
tone of all the distorted guitars on the album the characters become more complex from pop culture but there were things
is atrociously digital-sounding and, for lack and their motivations less clear. Jax dis- that even I could not escape.
of a better word, amateur. Hetfield’s vocals covers a memoir of sorts written by his And on that note, let another year of
sit strangely on top of the mix, and drummer father, expressing his original intentions ranting and raving begin.
Lars Ulrich’s usually perfect bass drum sounds for the club and the wish that his son
far too flat. In essence, as accomplished as the live a normal life instead of getting com-
songwriting may be, the tracks sound like they Courtesy eonline.com mitted to a life of crime. In addition, Devin Toohey is a senior majoring in clas-
This is the white-trash motorcycle gang com- sics. He can be reached at Devin.Toohey@
see METALLICA, page 9 munity’s Brad Pitt — nice leather vest ... see ANARCHY, page 9 tufts.edu.
8 The Tufts Daily Arts & Living Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Work on Exhibit
Hoda Jamal
Center for the Humanities
September 18 - November 21
Buthina Milhem
Aidekman Arts Center, Koppelman Gallery
September 18 - November 21
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 The Tufts Daily Arts & Living 9
Despite low production value,
‘Death Magnetic’ keeps with
Metallica’s signature style
METALLICA another good slow, melody-cen-
continued from page 7 tered tune, and listeners’ ears would
were recorded in a basement using have appreciated a few EQ tweaks
GarageBand software. on Ulrich’s snare drum.
“The End of the Line” is simi- “The Unforgiven III” is a con-
lar to the album opener in sound, tinuation of the “Unforgiven” saga,
but a bit more melodic in structure. which, for those not up to speed
The main riff of the song and the on Metallica history, was originally
choruses have a swinging feel to a duo of songs from the albums
them, similar to the band’s 1997 hit “Load” (1996) and “ReLoad” (1997).
“Fuel.” The melodic bridge ties the The song is the most organic and
song together into a nice little easy- complete on the album, with none
listening metal package. of the sections sounding forced
The first single and fourth track together, as they do in other plac-
from the album, “The Day That es. That said, for Metallica purists,
Never Comes,” is one of the weakest the song echoes with the sounds of
cuts on the album, and the reasons more modern Metallica, notably the
behind its selection as the first single “Load” series.
are beyond any intelligent person’s All in all, “Death Magnetic” is a
guess. While the chorus is extreme- fairly solid album, and it goes ever-
ly melodic and slightly catchy, the so-slightly above the expectations
song, which started as a ballad, has of the eager public. It is obvious
an existential crisis at about three that the band wanted to go back to
minutes, and can’t decide if it wants its roots with this album, but they
to be more like “One” or “Hero of the should have realized that even their
Day.” first record, “Kill ’Em All” (1983)
If the band had just embraced sounded pretty damn clean sonical-
the fact that this track should right- ly. If it weren’t for the grossly under-
fully be a ballad, things would processed tone of the instruments
have turned out better for every- and vocals, this album would be
one involved. The album could use infinitely easier to like.
Captured
BOSTON
TATTOO Photos by Jo Duara and
Anton Zabludovsky.
CONVENTION Illustrations by Chauncey Gibson.
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12 The Tufts Daily Editorial | Letters Wednesday, September 17, 2008
EDITORIAL
THE TUFTS DAILY
Robert S. Silverblatt Time for a deep breath
Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Although September is barely half- ruptcy and Wall Street has announced every Jumbo finds the right position.And
way over, the yearly scramble is already several job cuts. But while Jumbos plan- according to NACE statistics, these posi-
Rachel Dolin Managing Editors underway. We at the Daily can almost ning to become the next Wall Street mogul tions are increasingly well paying.
Kristin Gorman hear the collective wheels of the senior may need to wait for better days, the job Starting salaries went up 7.6 percent
Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors class turning as students begin to wonder market for new hires remains strong – if from last year, a trend that is quite reas-
Jason Richards what it is they will do in that vast abyss applicants have the right mix of drive and suring in an era when students frequent-
Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor commonly known as “life.” innovation. ly leave school carrying high amounts of
This is no easy process for seniors, and Many in the Class of 2008, for example, debt. That’s not to say that graduates can
Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors the oft-repeated mantra that the econo- turned their undergraduate internships always expect to get rich fast, especially
Pranai Cheroo
Michael Del Moro my is failing certainly does little to reas- into full-time work. As some call into given the public-service mindset that
Nina Ford sure job applicants. But all is not lost; in doubt the value of picking up those early many Tufts students have. But Tufts also
Ben Gittleson fact, a deep breath and a bit of relaxation morning donuts for little-to-no pay, their became the first undergraduate school
Gillian Javetski
Jeremy White may just be what the doctor ordered. As experiences show that sooner or later, the to offer a debt forgiveness program for
recent statistics released by the National payoffs will come. More traditional job students who are entering nonprofit or
Alex Bogus Assistant News Editor Association of Colleges and Employers searches are also valuable, as long as they government agencies. The university
Carrie Battan Executive Features Editor (NACE) and MSN Careers demonstrate, involve a sufficient amount of flexibility. announced this initiative, which is made
universities are not hurling their gradu- In either case, the job hunt remains a possible by the $100 million microfi-
Jessica Bidgood Features Editors ates into a doomsday, crash-and-burn long process. Although last year’s gradu- nance fund donated in 2005 by Pierre
Robin Carol world. In fact, hires and starting salaries ates ultimately found work, they spent Omidyar (LA ’88) and his wife Pamela
Kerianne Okie
Charlotte Steinway rose from last year to this one, a trend many a day pouring through opportuni- (LA ’89), last year. This commitment
that should bring hope to the Class of ties. Crafting a well-written résumé and complements the aggregate increases in
Sarah Bliss Assistant Features Editors 2009. cover letter takes time and effort; follow- salaries and hirings.
Meghan Pesch
Still, we don’t blame Jumbos for worry- up phone calls and interview preparation So despite all the bad news trumpeted
Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor ing; scanning recent headlines is enough only add to the difficulty. by the national media, the job market for
to make any senior think twice about the Current seniors must not be dissuaded recent graduates is hardly as nightmarish
Jessica Bal Arts Editors
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Samko’s team hopes the shift to 4-3 formation will pay dividends on defense
DEFENSE season, and it is expected that they will only
continued from page 20 improve as the season progresses.
the switch from safety. Reynoso, who played Despite the team’s strong core of lineback-
inside last year, will stay put and play the ers and defensive linemen, there remains one
most important position in a 4-3 defense: large question mark on the defensive side
middle linebacker. of the ball: the secondary. Juniors Andrew
Succeeding Albertine, a dominate pass Elfman and Will Miller will be charged with
rusher who led the 2007 squad in with four the heavy task of replacing J.B. Bruno (LA ’08)
sacks and 11 tackles for a loss, will prove no and Nate Scott (LA ’08), last year’s starting
easy task. cornerbacks.
“Steve was a big part of our defense and is Still, Reynoso said he does not believe that
obviously a big loss,” Reynoso said. “But we the departure of Bruno and Scott will put
have a lot of talent returning this year on the extra pressure on the front seven.
defensive line, with solid depth behind them. “Nate and J.B. graduated last year, but
We also have some new looks this year up Will saw a lot of time too,” Reynoso said.
front that will help to get good pressure on “Some other guys are stepping up, and we
QBs.” have good competition at corner right now.
Perry, who will take the field now as the We also have a lot of experience returning at
linebacking corps’ only new starter, is expect- safety, so I wouldn’t say there’s extra pressure
ed to help fill Albertine’s shoes. put on us up front.”
“The staff thought that Alex was a play- At safety will be senior Andy Henke and
maker,” Rynne said. “He played down in dif- 2007 first team All-NESCAC junior Tom
ferent sets last year and he knows where he Tassinari. Tassinari led the Jumbo’s defense
needs to be and gets there. So why not bring with five interceptions last season, one
him closer to the line of scrimmage?” fewer than the conference-leading six Kyle
“Perry played safety last year, but he spent McAllister of Bates put up last season. If
the majority of the time as an outside line- Tassinari performs like he did last season,
backer, so he’s really already made the adjust- and the young cornerbacks can adjust to
ment,” Reynoso said. “He’s a great athlete and their new starting roles, Tufts could end up
adds talent to the linebacker position.” with one of the best defensive units in the
On the defensive line, the Jumbos are conference.
fortunate to have several talented returning The Jumbos will be tested right away when
players. The most experienced member of they face a Wesleyan offense Saturday that
the group is senior defensive tackle Jeremiah passed the ball 318 times last season — the
Lechleiter, whose 38 tackles ranked fifth on second-highest total in the conference —
the team last year. Lechleiter will be joined and averaged 323.4 yards-per-game. Tufts
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on the line by juniors Dan Stebbins, Chris has not faced Wesleyan since the Jumbos’
The Jumbos continued practice yesterday in preparation for Saturday’s home opener against
Seufert, Mike Cunningham and Ian Ritter. 16-6 victory in the 2005 season opener, so for
the Wesleyan Cardinals. Tufts has not played Wesleyan since 2005, when the Jumbos
Stebbins, Seufert and Cunningham all saw most of the players, this will be their first time
emerged victorious 16-6.
a significant amount of playing time last squaring off against the Cardinals.
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Daily Editorial Board ometimes I lie awake worrying
about the fate of humankind.
Let’s hope Donovan McNabb’s $6.3- The way I see it, we’re in trouble.
million salary isn’t all invested in the It’s the strangest thing. We humans
stock market. If so, he surely would can travel to the moon and back; we can
have had an extra bad case of the map the human genome; we can vacci-
Mondays. nate against polio, smallpox, tuberculosis,
The Philadelphia Eagles and their what have you; and we can invent amazing
explosive offense, led by veteran QB things like computers, televisions, planes,
McNabb, did their job when it came trains, automobiles and microwave ovens
to scoring points against the Dallas that can produce entire meals in seconds.
Cowboys in the Monday Night Football But for some reason, we still can’t devise
thriller. In fact, the Eagles dropped 37 reasonable statistical metrics to tell us how
points on “America’s Team.” good people are at playing baseball.
For that reason, the 41-37 loss to Wait — scratch that. We can devise them,
their biggest rival was undoubtedly and in fact we have. It’s just that most of
a heartbreaker for the Eagles. They us are too dense to pay any attention. I’ve
eclipsed the 35-point mark for the sec- complained about this problem before,
ond straight week and hoped to make but today I return to my complaining ways
a statement in the tough NFC East with renewed purpose.
division, which also contains the 2-0 This past Saturday the Angels’ Francisco
defending Super Bowl Champion New Rodriguez, one of the most perfectly medi-
York Giants. ocre bullpen aces in the American League,
The heavyweight matchup was as broke Bobby Thigpen’s all-time record for
close a game as you’ll ever see, with saves in a single season, recording his 58th
seven lead changes and a time-of- in a 5-2 win over last-place Seattle.
possession differential only 58 seconds Hold on. Let’s back up.
away from even. Both sides collected The save, a statistic invented by Jerome
over 300 yards of total offense, the Holtzman in 1969, is used to measure
Eagles with 337 and the Cowboys with how many times a relief pitcher has (1)
381. The number of first downs for finished a win for his team; (2) not earned
each team were nearly identical — a “win” (don’t get me started); and (3)
Dallas had 19 and Philadelphia had entered the game with a lead of three
20. runs or less, or entered with the tying run
Clearly the stats were equitable. on base, or at bat, or on deck, or pitched
So what gave Dallas the edge? In a for three innings. Wow. That was a lot of
word, performance in the clutch. The “and”s and “or”s.
Cowboys converted on nearly two- The save, Holtzman theorized, would
thirds of their third-down opportuni- be the perfect metric to gauge a pitcher’s
ties, compared to a little over one-third effectiveness at closing games. But as it
by the Eagles. turned out, the stat is terribly misleading,
In addition, following a Philly field as it is largely reliant on the manager’s use
goal, which made it 30-21 with only of the pitcher, on the team’s performance
45 seconds left to play in the half, and on several kilotons of luck.
the Cowboys’ leader, quarterback Tony MCT
I do not fault Jerome Holtzman. By all
Romo, took the field ready to jump on Despite playing without their top two wideouts, the Eagles were able to spread the ball out to accounts the late Holtzman, who died in
a relaxed Eagles defense. He quickly nine different receivers, including this reception by Greg Lewis. It wasn’t enough, however, as the July at the age of 82, was one of the great-
cashed in on this opportunity by con- Philadelphia offense fizzled in the final minutes of the game to give Dallas a 41-37 victory. est sportswriters Chicago has ever seen.
necting with TE Jason Witten for a He is a widely respected journalist and a
42-yard gain to set up a 51-yard field ter. The Cowboys’ offensive weaponry, their two best wide receivers, Reggie Baseball Hall of Famer. With regard to the
goal for kicker Nick Folk, which he primarily consisting of the Romo-to- Brown and Kevin Curtis, who are both save, I view him much the same way I view
converted. WR Terrell Owens duo that connected out due to injuries. Aristotle, who posited that the Earth was
The score at halftime was 30-24, for two touchdowns, was just strong Next week, if the Pittsburgh Steelers the center of the universe — terribly wrong,
the second-highest scoring first half in enough to outlast the Eagles. can stifle the Eagles’ potent offense, but worthy of respect. Simply sparking dis-
Monday Night Football history. But NFC fans who are dreading their there is a good chance that Philly cussion is an important step.
The second half provided much of teams having to face the Cowboys and will fall to 1-2 considering its porous But it troubles me that almost 40 years
the same as the lead swayed a few Eagles can find comfort in the fact that defense. Likewise, the Cowboys will later, the public has focused so much
more times, ending with a failed multi- the defenses for these two teams were have their hands full with the 2-0 attention on Rodriguez and his “accom-
lateral fourth-down pass attempt by relatively lackluster. The Eagles were plishment” this season. Rodriguez and his
the Eagles late in the fourth quar- able to score virtually at will without see NFL, page 17 58 saves are intriguing because by most
reasonable metrics, he is having a bit of
a down year at age 26. His strikeout rate
per nine innings, a superb 11.74 for his
DAILY DIGITS career, has dipped to 10.28 this year, and
he’s no longer the unhittable force he once
was. By Baseball Prospectus’ Adjusted Runs
Prevented stat (look it up!), Rodriguez is the
81 .477 141
overvalued save category? And in which
decade will Angels manager Mike Scioscia,
a former Manager of the Year, finally realize
that he’s costing his team wins by misusing
The number of years since the Ameri- The career-winning percentage of his pitching staff simply to inflate a mean-
Consecutive games in which the
can Ryder Cup team did not have a manager Ned Yost with the Mil- ingless, contrived number?
Ohio State Buckeyes have scored
current major champion on its roster. waukee Brewers since he took over These are the real questions that
a touchdown, a streak that ended
The American team will certainly feel in 2003. Despite posting his highest inquisitive, intellectual, curious baseball
Saturday when the No. 1 USC
the absence of Tiger Woods, who winning percentage this year (.553), fans should be asking. But these days, all
Trojans throttled the then-No. 5
will not participate as a result of his Yost was abruptly fired on Monday too often, these are the questions being
Buckeyes 35-3. Ohio State’s last
season-ending knee surgery after his after the Brewers dropped a four- ignored. This is not progress — this is will-
TD-less contest came in a matchup
U.S. Open win earlier in the summer. game series to the Philadelphia ful ignorance. Somehow, I doubt it’s what
against rival Michigan on Nov. 23,
The Europeans have dominated the Phillies and lost their advantage in Jerome Holtzman would have wanted.
1996. The Wolverines defeated the
past five of six Cups, winning by an the NL wild card race. Buckeyes 13-9.
average margin of four matches.
Evans Clinchy is a senior majoring in
English. He can be reached at Evans.
Cinchy@tufts.edu.
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A
n elephant never forgets. Despite posting its first winning sea-
son since 2003 with a 5-3 campaign last year, the football team
breaking season finale loss to the Middlebury Panthers, 21-19. With last
minds, the Jumbos look to post their first back-to-back winning seasons
since 1990-91 and put themselves back in contention for the conference
Tufts prepped
to tackle Jumbo-
sized mission in ’08
Offense in new, anonymous hands
as season opens Saturday
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by Evans Clinchy terback Matt Russo (LA ’08). In the other is handled the offense well, and they managed we’re going to be fine at that position. What
Daily Editorial Board Anthony Fucillo, a junior transfer from Div. I the game quite well. They’re good, and they’re really matters is what the offense as a whole
Colgate who hopes to see action right away in both going to play.” can do, not just one guy at one position.”
After going 5-3 last season and narrowly a Tufts uniform. Whoever wins the job will be replacing one Forde is one of three running backs, along
missing out on a share of the NESCAC title, When the Jumbos open their season at of the best quarterbacks Tufts has seen in a with senior Brad Ricketson and junior Darren
the football team returns this fall with a load- Zimman Field at 1 p.m. Saturday, one of the long time. Russo was one of the NESCAC’s Ferguson, who carried the Jumbo running
ed arsenal of returning weapons. The Jumbos two will stand under center on the opening most accurate arms last season, going 145- game last year. The three combined for 628
open their season Saturday with three of their offensive drive. It’s up to coach Bill Samko to for-261 (56 percent) for 1,528 yards. In his of the team’s 844 rushing yards, which ranked
top four running backs and all four wide decide which one. Has he made up his mind? two years under center, he transformed the fifth in the league. But primarily, the Jumbos
receivers back for another year. “Yep,” Samko said. Jumbos into a more pass-oriented offensive were a passing team under Russo, and that
The only question is who will man the With 72 hours to go, Samko remains tight- team, and it’s now up to his replacement to likely won’t change.
helm. lipped about who will start. But either way, maintain that style. “Did you see us play last year?” Samko said.
In one corner is junior the offense will be in good hands, as indicated “Russo was a good player, and he’s defi- “We broke every passing record in Tufts’ his-
Tom McManama, who by both quarterbacks’ performances in last nitely going to be missed,” said senior Will tory. Passing attempts, completions, touch-
went 9-for-20 last season Friday’s scrimmage at Bowdoin. Forde, who rushed for five touchdowns last downs, you name it. I’m not sure how much
as the backup for quar- “They played well,” Samko said. “They both year. “But between Fucillo and Tommy, I think see OFFENSE, page 16