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Tufts suffers 7-1 loss at the hands of nationally-ranked Middlebury Panthers

September 19

The field hockey team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, falling 7-1 to the nationally ranked Middlebury Panthers' relentless assault on the Tufts defense. Middlebury's fast-tempo style of play kept the Jumbos off-balance and halted the team's momentum after opening its season with two wins. Last season, Middlebury came away from Medford with a narrow 2-1 overtime victory that came down to the final seconds. This time, a Panthers squad ranked tenth nationally defended their own home turf and dealt the Jumbos their first setback of the season in convincing fashion. The loss brings Tufts to 2-1 overall, and 1-1 against NESCAC opponents, while Middlebury upped its record to 3-0, 2-0 in conference play. The Panthers scored early and often, netting two goals in just over eight minutes, and stunning a Jumbo defense that had shut out its two previous opponents. Another tally at 26:56 brought the halftime lead to three and sent the Tufts squad back onto the field in the second half with instructions to focus on the basics of the game. "We needed to get back to the fundamentals, to what we'd been doing so well [in previous games]," coach Tina McDavitt said. While the Jumbos were able to get on the scoreboard with a goal by senior tri-captain Dana Panzer in the second half, they were overpowered by a Middlebury offense which has netted 15 goals in just three games. The team also seemed thrown by an unusual setup from the Panthers, who kept two offensive players in front of the Tufts cage and spread their players wide. "I'd never seen a setup like that before," McDavitt said. "Something like that messes up your system, and you have to adjust to deal with that. We didn't today." The strange lineup was evident to the players on the field as well. "They spread the field really wide, and we had trouble marking them," junior tri-captain Jeanne Grabowski said. The Tufts front line was held scoreless for over 52 minutes, a frustrating dry run coming on the heels of Wednesday's victory over Wellesley, in which the Jumbos found the back of the cage three times in the first half alone. Panzer's goal, off an assist from senior Jayme Heller, kept the game from being a shutout, but failed to rally the Jumbos. The goal was Panzer's second, bringing her points total to six on the season. The Jumbos' defense, which has allowed only 12 shots in its previous two games, washammered by 19 shots from the Panthers' front line. Sophomore goalkeepers Angela Rappoli and Marilyn Duffy-Cabana shared time in the cage, combining for 11 saves. Middlebury was led by junior Janie Mackey and sophomore Claire Edelen, who both netted two shots to contribute to the team's impressive offensive performance. On the defensive end, sophomore goalkeeper Megan McGillen produced two saves for the Panthers. The playing surface may also have factored into the loss. The artificial turf at Tufts' new Bello Field aided the Jumbos in their first two wins against Colby and Wellesley, both of whom play home games on grass and were unfamiliar with the faster pace of a turf game. Middlebury's Kohn Field, however, is Astroturf, and the Panthers have more experience and skill on artificial surfaces to outplay the Jumbos, who are still learning the ropes of a quicker paced game. "I think we're still making the transition from a grass team to a turf team," McDavitt said. Overall it was a disappointing day for the Jumbos, with the optimism from their successful beginning slightly dampened. "It was a big breakdown, both offensively and defensively," Grabowski said. "We didn't expect it to go how it did. Middlebury just played a great game." McDavitt echoed these sentiments. "I'd been impressed with our level of play so far, and I had hoped to give them a better game," she said. "But Middlebury was the better team today." McDavitt and the Jumbos are eager to learn what they can from Saturday's game and move on, looking ahead to Tuesday's home game against non-league opponent Gordon. The two teams have split their last two meetings, with the Fighting Scots coming out on top last year, 3-1.@jump: see FIELD HOCKEY, page ??@conthead:Middlebury outplays Tufts on its own turf@contjump:FIELD HOCKEY@contpage: continued from page ????edits: dp jg jt

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Socialist discusses the war in Iraq

September 19

Elin Gauffin, a representative of the Socialist Justice Party, conducted a frank and often heated exchange of views on Thursday in Barnum Hall. The political discussion group, attended by listeners from a wide range of political perspectives, was organized by Socialist Alternative and co-sponsored by the Tufts Coalition Opposed to the War in Iraq (TCOWI). Following introductions by representatives from various campus political organizations, Gauffin began her speech by launching an attack on the Bush administration's response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and the military campaign in Iraq. Charging that U.S. forces in Iraq are engaged in "colonial occupation," Gauffin argued that the war represented a political agenda that was at odds with the needs and wishes of the majority. Gauffin said her solution would be to form "ties of solidarity among ordinary people" that will ensure that the nation is governed "for the millions and not the millionaires." She gave the examples of restrictions on protests at this summer's conventions and military contracts granted to Halliburton as evidence that the government acts in the interest of the "elite" rather than the majority. According to Gauffin, the only solution to the growing problems with the nation's political climate is a progressive reform of the two-party system. To that end, she encouraged supporting independent candidate Ralph Nader in the upcoming presidential election. Nader's anti-war, pro-worker campaign, she argued, is the only viable alternative to the Bush administration's abuses of power. Here, Gauffin distanced herself from some centrist members of her audience. When asked if support for Nader made the unappealing prospect of President Bush's re-election more likely, Gauffin responded with an attack on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's credentials. Gauffin argued that Kerry's policies are, in many cases, virtually indistinguishable from those of Bush and said that Kerry's proposal to increase troop deployment in Iraq indicates that his agenda differs so radically from those of the socialist movement as to make socialist support for him impossible. The discussion period that followed Gauffin's speech demonstrated the mixed response to her argument. Many who commented said that although they were sympathetic to the principle of a socialist government, the immediate priority was the defeat of Bush in November, a goal that precludes support for Nader.

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IR Department gets new director, assistant

September 19

Students in the Department of International Relations (IR) must adjust to two new faces and the loss of a familiar one, as the popular major begins the school year without former Assistant Director John Jenke and with a new director and assistant director. Jenke, who was fired abruptly late in the spring semester, confirmed that he has filed a grievance with the University. Still searching for a new job, Jenke was unable to comment on his dismissal because of his grievance claim. "I am very sorry that I am not at Tufts helping students," Jenke said. "Tufts is a fantastic university, and it is very painful to be cut off from it." His removal left many students without an advisor and resulted in a popular outcry of IR students that has not entirely died down. "I think all of the seniors are just really shocked and stressed," said senior Catherine Caicedo, who led an e-mail writing campaign with seniors Adrienne Buckman and Daniel Mandell to demand information from the administration. "No one knows what's going on." The former director, Professor Christiane Zehl-Romero of the German department, is currently on sabbatical. Zehl-Romero, who reportedly had a personal conflict with Jenke, has been replaced by Malik Mufti of the Department of Political Science. Mufti has been a member of the Tufts faculty since 1992. Zehl-Romero said that the department would be well cared for after her departure. "I worked all summer together with Katie [Schaefer] and Elizabeth [Gottlieb], the continuing program coordinator and staff assistant, to leave the IR program in excellent shape and in good hands," she said. The new assistant director is Professor Kirk Okano-Lange, who comes to Tufts from the University of Hawaii at Honolulu. According to Zehl-Romero, Okano-Lange was hired this summer by a committee "on which faculty members from each of the [IR] major's contributing departments were represented." She said that she was sure the new assistant director would be well-liked. A recent IR department e-mail to students majoring in IR extolled his expertise in "academic administration and program management." But feelings remain raw. In a letter to the Daily last week, Donald Klein, professor emeritus of the Department of Political Science, wrote, "In my four decades of academic life at Tufts (where I was a political science professor for 23 years), Columbia, and Harvard, I know of no more outrageously unjust action." Last spring, Klein also told the Daily that he blamed the decision to remove Jenke on a personal conflict between Jenke and Zehl-Romero, a charge Zehl-Romero denied. University faculty and administrators have been unable to comment on Jenke's firing. "All I can say is that he has been an extremely valuable and dedicated member of the Tufts community, much liked and admired by students and faculty alike," Mufti said. "He was just the person that you would usually go to for anything you needed," Caicedo said. "He would really give you the time it took to help." In her e-mail, Caicedo wrote, "[Jenke] went above and beyond his written job description to truly become a mentor for all students. I implore the University to conduct an open investigation of the events leading up to his dismissal. In my opinion, Tufts should not be the type of place that simply slams the door on anyone who has devoted so much to our community." "If you needed something, a lot of other professors would say, 'Just go to John Jenke,' because he just knew everything students needed," Buckman said. According to Buckman and Caicedo, none of the students who e-mailed President Larry Bacow and Provost Jamshed Bharucha received a response. "People were barely informed of what was going on," Caicedo said. "Most [IR] majors had to find out from other students." Admirers of Jenke seem open but wary about Okano-Lange's hiring. Last semester Zehl-Romero said that a "student-oriented, highly qualified" assistant director would be hired to replace Jenke. "Based on his resume and also on my experience with him these past weeks, I am certain he is indeed a 'student-oriented, highly qualified person' excellently suited for this job," Mufti said. "We already had that," Caicedo said, referring to Jenke. "You can't just replace that."

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Socialist group was misportrayed

September 19

First, I want to thank you for the article on Socialist Alternative on Wednesday ("Tufts gains national socialist group"). However, the headline to the article erroneously described us as a "national socialist" organization. "National socialism" is usually used to refer to the Nazis. Socialist Alternative completely condemns Nazism, along with other racist ideologies. Socialists have always been in the forefront of the struggle against fascism, and members of our organization in countries like Britain, Belgium, and elsewhere are right now fighting against the resurgence of racist, fascist ideologies and the growth of parties modeling themselves on the German Nazis. Socialist Alternative is, more accurately, an international socialist organization. In a time when multinational corporations are pitting workers of different countries against each other in a perpetual race to the bottom, we reject right-wing nationalism and we are fighting to build a united movement of workers around the world, and fighting to end racism and build a socialist society under the democratic control of ordinary people.Dan DiMaggioSocialist Alternative memberG '07

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Vikings and Eagles will match offensive firepower in Monday night match up

September 16

Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens combined for three touchdowns on Sunday. Daunte Culpepper and Randy Moss hooked up for two. They're all going to be on the same field on Monday night when the Minnesota Vikings play the Philadelphia Eagles in what many pundits predict will be a preview to the NFC championship game.

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John Jenke situation 'sickening'

September 16

If you are an IR major, you probably know by now that John Jenke is no longer the IR Assistant Director. If you try to check out his dismissal with the powers-that-be, you're certain to hear a lot of Orwellian mumbo-jumbo about how "correct" procedures were followed. In my four decades of academic life at Tufts (where I was a political science professor for 23 years), Columbia and Harvard, I know of no more outrageously unjust action. I'm sure the overwhelming majority of Tufts' IR majors know that John was the heart and soul of the program. I challenge anyone at Tufts to name a person who did more for more students than John. He was admired by not just a few dozen students -- but by hundreds of them. Aside from the intellectual loss to Tufts, it's very likely that Tufts will suffer financially. I know many former IR majors who swear that they won't give Tufts a thin dime now or in the future. The whole matter is sad and sickening. The Tufts administration will live with this shameful action for a long, long time.Don KleinProfessor EmeritusTufts University

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Johnny Ramone passes away from cancer at 55

September 16

Anybody who knows anything about music knows that the Ramones were the best worst band ever. That old rumor that they had four chords and half a brain among them is only half wrong; by the time they retired in 1996, they had picked up another chord or two. Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) died Wednesday of prostate cancer at the age of 55 in his Los Angeles home. He had played guitar for the Ramones for close to 30 years and along with singer Joey Ramone, who died in 2001, he was the only other permanent member of the band. The Ramones formed in the early '70s and quickly became a fixture at CBGBs, a New York City club that hosted other punk luminaries like the Talking Heads, Blondie, and Television. Somewhere between the bar band and the city icon lies the story of the Ramones. Their early singles were good - "Blitzkreig Bop," "Judy is a Punk," "Beat on the Brat" - but their look was better: torn jeans, leather jackets, sneakers and smirks. At some point they became the measuring stick for what all punk should look and sound like. What people forget, or never knew at all, is that the Ramones were a pop band before they were punks. Their guitars may have been loud and their vocals sneered, but their songs were closer in spirit to the girl-groups of the '60s than they were to the hardcore punk that reared its head in the '80s. During their long career, the Ramones wrote songs about sniffing glue ("Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue"), the KKK ("The KKK Took My Baby Away"), and Ronald Reagan ("Bonzo Goes to Bitburg"). They collaborated with Beatles and Ronettes-producer Phil Spector, starred in Roger Corman's "Rock N'Roll High School" (1979), and survived longer than many of the bands that were directly inspired by their music.

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Jumbos are blanked by Wheaton in a game players, coach say lacked effort

September 16

The Wheaton College Lyons came out and showed the Tufts women's soccer team why they're the No. 2 ranked team in the nation, shutting out the Jumbos 2-0 in non-league action in Norton, Mass. on Wednesday.

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One-stop online socializing, searching, and shopping

September 16

With the influx of sophisticated websites and businesses on the Internet, college students certainly have more than enough distractions, but the question still begs to be asked: Need a used TV? Need to lease an apartment near campus? Need to rant on a messageboard after a bad date, or to find the name and address of that charismatic stranger you met eyes with on the T? An answer to all those questions has arrived, and its name is Craigslist.org. Started in 1995 by Craig Newmark as a newsletter for friends, the site has grown into free community-driven Web sites that are, at the least, glorified classifieds postings and, at the most, the greatest new source of online entertainment since Friendster and Liquid Generation came into being. "I think [Craigslist] provides a location-specific clearinghouse of information," sociology professor Henry Rubin said. "[It] combines the features of the old classifieds from newspapers -- local and geographically [specific], plus the best features of online technology -- searchable, efficient, unlimited, etc." Needless to say, Craigslist has a huge following among college students, and Tufts is no exception. "Craigslist is great for people with a tight budget looking for great deals," senior Marny Rosenbloom said. "It's reliable, easy to navigate, and extensive." Rosenbloom found the site useful while working with her roommates to furnish their new apartment this year. Other students find more value in the site as a source of entertainment. "I was looking for jobs [on Craigslist] and there was one [listing] for driving around strippers [for] a boombox and small change," senior John Burlock said. "I think of it as the neighborhood eBay," senior Shamini Mylvaganam said. "I think it's totally legit for college students who can't afford to buy new items." In addition, she appreciated the fact that the site encourages the recycling of used items that might have been thrown out otherwise. "College students tend to be early adopters when it comes to stuff like this, and I think it serves the need for community integration for a group of people who are adrift in big cities, sometimes for the first time, without family or friends," Rubin said. Professor Leah Cook is currently teaching an ExCollege class on communicating via the Internet. According to the course description, the class explores the role the Internet plays in communication and business. Cook is skeptical about Craigslist's virtues for Tufts students, and believes that tuftslife.com is more helpful. She does, however, recognize the virtues of Craigslist. "For all students, the Internet has become a way of life," Cook said, "For whatever you're doing -- whether it's getting tickets to a movie, tickets to the Red Sox, dinner reservations, travel arrangements, maps, directions -- people go to the Internet now. I mean, [Craigslist] is popular because the Internet is a way of life, and it's an easy way to get business done." Cook recommends Tuftslife over Craigslist for students looking to purchase used items because "The list is city-wide and can be used by anyone, including unsavory people that you might not be able to trust," she said. "Tuftslife is a community and it represents our community." Is Craigslist a sign of things to come? Nowadays, one can get anything from movies to groceries online and delivered to his or her door. Could we wake up in the future to find ourselves in a world of strictly online commerce, the days of small mom-and-pop stores a distant memory? Cook does not believe so. "I don't believe it's going to completely overtake retail services," she said. "We are women and we like to shop. We like to go into stores and we like to be pampered. Certainly for things like buying women's clothes, I think it's not going to take over that." "There are a lot of nice little specialty shops, like with artwork," Cook added. "I think that special retail establishments are going to exist, but I think a lot of other businesses are going to move online." Some students have had trouble using Craigslist. Sophomore Joanna Utoh found the site to be more of a hassle than a help. "I tried to use it and it didn't work out," she said. "I put 'Medford' into the search field and it came up with a guy who was busing people around in his car."

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I Love the Nineties' strikes out

September 16

When one considers which one pop culture image defined the entire decade of the 1990s, the obvious answer is the dancing baby from the "Ally McBeal Show." What, you didn't know? Or, better yet, you don't care about the baby? Don't tell VH1. The station makes even more obnoxious use of this twirling toddler in their summertime series "I Love the '90s" than "Ally McBeal" did the first time around. And that's really just problem number one with the series. "I Love the '90s" tries to ride the coattails of VH1's more successful "I Love the '80s Strikes Back," only to find that, much like the baby, the '90s were way more obnoxious than they were funny. VH1, arguably in a decline since its "Pop-Up Video" days, seized on the success of last spring's "Strikes Back" and ran wild with it. The format of the series is simple: gather a handful of B- (and even C-) actors and comedians, throw in a few that viewers will actually recognize, and unleash them to give running commentary upon the chosen decade-appropriate topic. Hilarity (rarely) ensues. The network applied its technique to any and every idea it can possibly come up with, including but not limited to "Most Awesomely Bad Videos of All Time," the "100 Most Metal Moments of All Time," the "Most Shocking Reality Moments of All Time," and the "Best Celebrity Breakups." VH1 has tried this format before, with varying degrees of success. "I Love the '70s" and "I Love the '80s" preceded "Strikes Back," which was the most successful of the decade love-fests. Trying to capitalize on the success of "Strikes Back," VH1 brought us the "Nineties," but it really flew too close to the sun on this one. The show's own commercials and promo spots, which ran all summer, turned out to be prophetic. They featured its commentators in the Peach Pit of "Beverly Hills, 90210" fame, protesting that it was "too soon" for "I Love the '90s." The show itself appears hastily thrown together. The comedy pales in comparison to its predecessor, and the green screen background behind the comedians is gaudy and offensive to the eyes, making the program difficult to watch. Some of the better commentators made the wise decision to not come back for "Nineties," most notably Donal Logue. Even the space fillers that precede commercial breaks are lame in comparison to "Strikes Back." "Jay and Silent Bob Rename Your Favorite TV Show" is a pathetic effort to give the popular characters as much as airtime as possible and is completely devoid of any humor whatsoever. Which is not to say that "Nineties" doesn't have its moments. Michael Ian Black and Mo Rocca, easily the funniest two commentators on the earlier series, returned and provide the few shining moments of running dialogue. There are some particularly funny moments involving slap bracelets ("for the pre-teen dominatrix"), Zoobaz pants ("What do you have in a black and silver zigzag print?"), and a discussion of the inherent racism in the "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers." The '90s were a decade as obnoxious as the baby that VH1 uses to characterize it in the opening credits. It would have taken a mammoth effort to salvage the years that brought us Aqua's "Barbie Girl," not to mention Tamagotchis, the Teletubbies, and creepy little Haley Joel Osment in "The Sixth Sense." In the end, the effort was not enough. The decade was just not that funny in the first place. We can only pray that, in time, "Party of Five" will seem as funny as "My Two Dads" does now ("Bad news, your mom died, and, well, she was a slut..."). So the relatively unfunny "Nineties," which was shown constantly for its first week of broadcasting, has already been relegated to the incredibly rare airings of the also unfunny "Seventies" and original "Eighties." "Strikes Back," however, is still in what seems like weekly reruns. VH1's own prophesies were right: it was too soon for the '90s. But not to worry. "I Love the '90s Part Deux" is already in the works. We can only hope that "Part Deux" can save the '90s the way "Strikes Back" saved the '80s. Maybe it has a chance, if VH1 leaves the baby in the past, where he belongs.

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Jumbos able to engineer a tie against MIT

September 16

It was d?©j?  vu all over again for the men's soccer team at non-league MIT on Wednesday. For the second time in as many seasons, the Jumbos played the Engineers to a 1-1 stalemate in double overtime. Junior center midfielder Mike Guigli tied the game for Tufts in the final minutes of regulation.

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Survey says colleges can do more for voter registration

September 16

A recent study found that while college campuses are rife with political activity, more than one-third of schools do not provide adequate opportunities for voter registration and absentee voting. The study, released Monday, was conducted jointly by Harvard's Institute of Politics (IOP) and The Chronicle of Higher Education. The "Survey of college and university voter registration and mobilization efforts" found that politics have a stage on a majority of college campuses, with 80 percent of colleges hosting political speakers. But despite this fact, schools are not making the grade when it comes to aiding students with vote registration. "Over one-third of schools surveyed need to stay after class," IOP Research Director David King said in a press release. "The law requires schools to do their part to help register students to vote - and the future of our democracy demands that we engage today's young people if we want them to become active citizens and leaders." Universities and colleges are required by law to make voter registration available to students. The Higher Education Act of 1998 demands that colleges must be able to provide voter registration forms to students at least 120 days before the registration deadline. Only 16.9 percent of schools in the survey were in compliance with the law, however. And when asked to self-assess their effectiveness at registering voters, over 36 percent of colleges graded themselves a "C" or below. Although Tufts does not actively give students the forms, University President Lawrence Bacow said that he will be personally encouraging students to vote. "I made a special plea in my matriculation address to get first-year students to register and vote," Bacow said. "I will be sending out a similar message to all other students." "Also, Tufts University College of Citizenship and Public Service is making up badges for students to wear that say something to the effect, 'I am a Tufts student and I have registered to vote,'" Bacow said. University College has also developed a Web site with information on polling places around the University, how to attain an absentee ballot, and links to national voter registration campaigns. "Citizenship and Public Service Scholar Mary Smith organized a voter registration campaign as part of Tufts orientation," Dean of University College Rob Hollister said. "RAs [Resident Assistants] distributed voter registration forms to entering students and provided assistance in filling them out." The RAs will collect the forms and mail them to the appropriate addresses. But as the survey suggests, Tufts still could still be more proactive in facilitating voter registration. Trinity College sends a letter reminding incoming first-years to register. "I would approve of Tufts doing something like that," sophomore Aaron Schutzengel said. Schutzengel also mentioned off-campus efforts at increasing student turnout at the polls. He pointed to the Web site VoteorNot.com. The Web site is by the creators of HotorNot.com, and offers prizes to those who sign into their site and encourage their friends to vote. Non-university programs may have success in getting out the student vote, but The Chronicle and IOP believe the key to achieving high student voter turnout is centered on college campuses. The Executive Summary of the survey states that "universities are in a prime position to ensure that the country's young people are encouraged to have their preferences represented on Election Day." As Tufts students can attest, there is no shortage of political activity on the Hill. Tuftslife.com features links to get people to register and apply for absentees, for example. "I also have seen a lot of people around campus trying to register students, definitely more than I did last year," sophomore Jake Becker said. "I think this year more than last most people on campus are aware that they should be responsible and Tufts is there to remind them." The upcoming presidential election has been a hot topic in Tufts classrooms and common rooms alike. "Professors have mentioned the election, but not specifically urging students to vote," Becker said. Some dorms are also getting political. In Hill Hall, students have mounted a fact sheet comparing the two candidates' opinions on certain issues. The joint Harvard/Chronicle survey was compiled by contacting 815 college presidents, 249 of which responded by filling out a questionnaire.

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Students vote where it matters most

September 16

When polls open this November, college students will have more than one decision to make. Based on where they decide to register as voters, many out-of-state students can control the impact of their choice by voting in either their home state or where they go to college. With polls showing Massachusetts to be a sure win for John Kerry in November, junior Ellen Kasson will be voting in her home state of Minnesota, which is considered a swing state. "My vote will count more in Minnesota because it's a closer race there than in Massachusetts," she said. But an August CNN investigation found reports of college towns prohibiting students from voting when they are not permanent residents. In Williamsburg, Va., for example, voter registration boards demanded utility bills and car registrations to prove that students lived in the state. Students who lived in dorms were told they had to vote in their home states on absentee ballots. Somerville and Medford are more welcoming of student voters. "We would love to see them vote here in Somerville," Somerville Elections Commissioner Nick Salerno said. "Some people do vote here; we put out all the notices we can, but some people prefer to vote where they are from." Last spring, Medford Senior Voter Registration Clerk Joanne Abbott told The Tufts Daily that if Tufts students "are here and would like to vote, they are welcome to." In order to vote, students must be 18-years-old, residents of Massachusetts, and U.S. citizens. Both the Bush and Kerry campaigns have actively courted college-aged voters, a traditionally apathetic voter bloc. Anecdotal evidence suggests the current election season has energized students and young people, however. Spokespersons for both presidential campaigns said that they had no official policies on whether students should register at their home or college address, and emphasized that a college vote - like any other vote - is important regardless of where it is cast. "We obviously encourage young voters to go out and vote," Sharon Castillo, a spokeswoman for the Bush-Cheney campaign said. "I think we're encouraging all young people to vote - as long as they are voting, and following all the legal requirements, we welcome any effort to engage all voters to go out and vote." The Kerry-Edwards campaign, represented by Massachusetts student outreach coordinator Hayley Tozeski, said that individual campus organizations are responsible for voter registration efforts. "Each school is adapting to its own needs," he said. But some Tufts students prefer to vote in their home states simply for reasons of convenience. Junior Erin Miller decided to vote in Vermont, her home state, because it was more convenient to register there. "I went to get a driver's license and they asked me if I wanted to register, so I registered [in Vermont]," she said. Students from college and universities outside of Massachusetts are taking advantage of their situations to make the same sort of political calculations as Tufts students. Yale sophomore Chase Butler of Massachusetts registered to vote in Connecticut so as to not have to deal with absentee registration. "Both states seem to be going for Kerry anyway, and it's easier to vote close to school," she said. Junior Melanie Farmer at Davidson College in North Carolina said that she chose to vote in her home state of Florida because of the close 2000 election that took place there. "It's fairly easy but at least in my experience it's very slow," she said of the process. I haven't gotten my registration card and it's been almost three months - but the forms are easy to find and fill out," she said. A Kennedy School of Government study published in June 2003 found that 59 percent of college students said they would "definitely be voting" in the 2004 election and 27 percent said they would "probably" vote. In 2000, only 32 percent of 18 to 24-year- olds voted.

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Students choose cache over cash

September 16

A number of students sacrifice the possibility of earnings during the summer months for opportunities they find to be rewarding in other ways. Jumbos who spent their summer vacations in unpaid internships were forced to either take on part-time work if they needed "dough," or make do with only learning experience as payment for their labor. Senior Philip Gordon speaks highly of his internship this summer in the city hall of his hometown, West Haven, Connecticut, where he worked in the office of the tax collector. "It was an experience, and I would recommend an internship to anyone," Gordon said. "It looks so nice to have that on my resum?© now." Assistant Director of Career Services and Internship Coordinator Marie McCool agrees that an internship can give students a leg-up when it comes time to apply for a job. "Internships allow graduating students to be more competitive in the job market," McCool said. "Potential employers see that students have both a vested interest in their field and have tangible work-place skills to offer." The only downside to summer work like that of Gordon's? A lack of compensation. To make up for his unpaid help at city hall, Gordon occasionally put in hours on weekends at a part-time job. "[The internship] was unpaid, so that made it rough," Gordon said. However, Gordon believes the experience was worth the sacrifice. "Obviously, paid work is ideal, but if you have to take what they give, I'd still do something worthwhile with my summer at the internship," said Gordon, who gained a lot from observing first-hand the responsibilities of a tax collector. "I met some really nice people and got a taste of local government," Gordon said. Meeting and networking with professionals while on the job is another benefit of participating in an internship program. "Many employers also use their internship programs as a way to screen candidates for permanent positions," McCool said. Not everyone can afford the loss of wages, however, no matter how valuable the experience. It is for this reason that a recent article in the New York Times examined whether such unpaid opportunities are widening an already difficult-to-overcome class division. According to the Times, ABC News Correspondent Cokie Roberts expressed her frustrations with unpaid opportunities during a speech to Congressional interns this summer. "By setting up unpaid internship programs, it seems to me that without completely recognizing it, it sets up a system where you are making it ever more difficult for people who don't have economic advantages to catch up," Roberts said. McCool admitted that "the New York Times article highlighted a growing concern that some students are unable to do internships since many are unpaid." McCool pointed out, however, that aid does exist to prevent students from missing out. "Many students have found ways to work around this, either by holding part time jobs in addition to their internships, doing internships during the academic year, or enrolling in academic internship programs," McCool said. In addition, funding and grants exist to alleviate the burden of working unpaid, such as the Active Citizenship Summer Program offered through UCCPS, the Diversity Opportunity Summer Internship Grant offered through Career Services, summer research grants offered through the Provost's office, and the Diversity Opportunity Summer Internship Grant, a program in its fourth year which has already provided funding for six students for Summer 2005. In addition, paid internships, though sometime difficult to find, are not completely elusive. Senior James Groth was one of the lucky students that gained both a packed resum?© and wallet this summer -- his internship with Morgan Stanley provided pay as well as experience. For Groth, the internship demonstrated how professionals "constructively interact with different backgrounds in a single job place -- the real world, not the Tufts world." Groth reiterated Gordon's sentiments when he said"an internship is never a bad thing to have on a resume." Despite the knowledge and compensation gained, Groth still had to make sacrifices for the internship. Due to the time commitment, "I wasn't able to travel as much as I usually do, and I didn't have the time to mess around like most summers -- but that's expected," Groth said.Career Services Marie McCool encourages students to find ways of balancing unpaid internships with paying jobs, or to seek out funding and grants.

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TCU government fills empty seats

September 16

On-campus elections were held Wednesday for positions in all branches of student government. Members of the Elections Board (ELBO) revealed election results to candidates early yesterday morning. There were originally two Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate seats available for the class of 2005, but only one senior, Matthew Pohl, chose to run for a seat. He won his seat in an unopposed race. The remaining 2005 seat then dropped to the junior class, but still no one chose to run. The seat then dropped to the sophomore class. Four members of the class of 2007 ran for the two Senate seats. Kelley Ferro and Denise Lyn-Shue were elected to those seats. The other sophomore seat became available this summer after Senator Simon Sassenberg transferred to the University of Pennsylvania. There were seven Senate seats available for the freshman class this fall. The seven new senators from the class of 2008 were elected from a field of 17 freshmen who campaigned. Those elected were Bruni Hirsch, Daniel Katzman, Alexis Marion, Jon Adler, Evan Dreifuss, Diler Erdengiz, and Harsha Dronamraju. There were also two open seats on the Committee on Student Life (CSL) this fall. The CSL is a government body composed of both students and faculty members. Five students ran for these spots; freshman Michael Eddy and senior Juliana Zapata won them. Elections were also held for the TCU Judiciary (TCUJ). Elections for the TCUJ were held in the spring but the results were thrown out as a result of junior Jordana Starr's appeal to the CSL. Starr had been disqualified from the elections by ELBO for violating campaign regulations regarding sending emails to class lists. In the new TCUJ election, the seven seats were awarded as a result of an uncontested election. The new members of the TCUJ are senior Shaharris Beh, Starr, sophomores Shiva Bhashyam and Jake Resnicow, freshmen Marc Bouffard, Alexander Clark, and Jamie Morgan. Allison Preiss, public relations director of ELBO, said that this election had seen voter participation rise. She said that of about 4,900 possible voters, 1,173 chose to vote this year. Individual figures for each candidate were not made public. Each election, ELBO decides whether or not candidates' specific results can be released. "That's about 24 percent," Preiss said. "Previous TCU elections have shown a markedly more apathetic voting body." According to Preiss, just under a 1,000 people voted last year. The year before that, only about 880 students voted. The election was also fairly problem-free, Preiss said. "It was the smoothest election I've seen since I've been at Tufts," she said. "Usually we experience having lots of people e-mail us because they can't votes [due to technical problems.]" Only one person experienced trouble with the online voting setup this time, she said. Senators also elected the three Senate trustee representatives this week. Trustee representatives serve as a liaison between the Board of Trustees and the TCU. The trustee representatives meet with the Board of Trustees several times over the course of the school year "in order to discuss macro goals and concerns for the University," according to a Senate press release issued yesterday. Eight students applied for the trustee representative position at Sunday's Senate meeting. "After giving each candidate a fair review, three candidates did emerge as being the most suited for the job," Senate Historian Andrew Caplan said. The three new trustee representatives chosen are former TCU President Chike Aguh, Rachael Marx, and former Senate Vice President and former TCU presidential candidate Joe Mead. All three are members of the class of 2005. Each trustee rep serves on one of three specific trustee committees. Marx will serve on the Academic Affairs Committee, Mead on the Administration & Finance Committee, and Aguh on the University Development Committee. The trustee representatives also make presentations at the student-trustee luncheon in the spring semester. "All three have served the Tufts community through many different ways in the past and I feel that their knowledge and technical experience will make them great trustee reps," Caplan said. "I believe I can serve the student body there," Aguh said of his new position. "I hope to bring the student voice to the Board of Trustees and achieve the needs that we have for housing and more academic buildings." "I feel really excited about this," new freshman Senator Jon Adler said. "I'm really glad to be a part of the Senate." Senators have expressed excitement about working with their incoming colleagues. "They all seem eager and excited to get involved," TCU President Dave Baumwoll said. "They are really amped to get there - we have to harness all that energy." The TCU Senate, including its new members, will be leaving on its annual fall retreat tomorrow.- Daniel Lutz and Kat Schmidt contributed to this article

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Jumbos dominant in opener

September 16

In its season opener, Tufts' women's tennis team found itself in familiar territory.

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Field hockey stays undefeated with romp over Wellesley

September 16

The field hockey team is off and running. In a dominating performance on Wednesday afternoon, the Jumbos beat the Wellesley Blue 4-0 and upped their record to 2-0, not yet allowing a single goal this season.

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Stephen Flynn speaks on terrorism at Fletcher School

September 16

Stephen Flynn, a senior fellow in national security at the Council on Foreign Affairs and Fletcher alum, delivered an animated speech Wednesday about safety from future terrorist attacks and the effectiveness of the Bush administration's security policies. The lecture touched upon points Flynn made in his new book, "America the Vulnerable: How Our Government is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism." The book has placed him on such media outlets as NBC's "Meet the Press," ABC's "Nightline" and CNN. According to Flynn, the United States offers a number of soft targets for terrorists, ranging from water and food supplies to the millions of cargo containers carrying the goods that Americans rely upon everyday. U.S. infrastructure invites our adversaries to attack because they receive, as Flynn puts it, "a big bang for the buck." Today's expanding global industrial network was unfortunately not created with security precautions in mind, he said. Security precautions are a must not only to protect citizens but also to protect U.S. economic interests and Americans' livelihoods. He referred to a story in which a prominent figure in the Hutchison Port Holding, the world's leading port developer, was asked about the effects of terrorist attacks requiring the United States to close its entire transportation industry for a week. Flynn remembers him replying, "'a global recession.'" Flynn's lecture argued that the source of American power rests in our civil society and in our economy. He said it is necessary to protect these power sources by building a secure infrastructure - by acting on the defensive. "Non-state actors can threaten us without a state underpinning them," Flynn said. "This does not get through to us. Wolfowitz can't understand this." According to Flynn, the Bush administration believes that to win the war on terror the United States needs to take the offensive. Directly referencing the governor of California, Flynn said the administration believes that "defense is girly talk." A defensive position, Flynn countered, would provide a planned system of how to react to future terrorist threats and attacks that would cripple the transportation industry. Security issues cannot be divorced from economic development and regulations must be matched with the necessary funding. Flynn also warned that another event comparable to Sept. 11 could produce what he called a "Patriot 2 Act on steroids," under which civil liberties would become almost non-existent. To prevent our government from failing to protect us from terrorism, Flynn concluded, "American strength rests not in just throwing a punch, but in taking one." Flynn returned to familiar soil when he addressed a luncheon group of students and professors in the Cabot building at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He received his Master's and PhD degrees from Fletcher.

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Tufts starts season rolling tomorrow with preseason game

September 16

The 2004 Tufts University football team will get its first taste of game action tomorrow afternoon against Hamilton. In a strangely scheduled weekend match-up, Tufts will be the home team despite the game being played at Williams College. At the same time, Williams will be scrimmaging Bowdoin here at Tufts. Coach Bill Samko expressed his displeasure with the scheduling, which he feels is unnecessary.

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Participation and its importance in education

September 15

Each day we walk down the Memorial Steps, which serve to remind us of the sacrifices and contributions the Tufts community has made in the name of war. Over the past 18 months much national and international focus has centered on the war in Iraq, terrorism, and U.S. foreign policy. On Sept. 7, 2004, the United States death toll in combat hit a number not reached since the failed war in Vietnam. In addition, more women have died in the Iraqi conflict than in any other conflict involving the United States since World War II. Clearly our world is dramatically changing. Men and women, our friends, peers and family are facing the harsh reality of war, devastation and life changing tragedy.

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