From the Editor-in-Chief | In with the old, in with the new

    The results are in.
    All the chads — be they dimpled, hanging, pregnant, what have you — have been inspected closely, and the final vote counts have been compiled. The Daily now has a complete slate of 14 columnists for the upcoming spring semester, and it's a perfect balance of the old and the new voices — seven returning columnists are back for another semester, and seven newcomers have arrived to grace the Daily's pages.
    Arts veteran Caryn Horowitz moves her column to the Features section for the first time, returning with her commentary on food and the culture around it in "The Cultural Culinarian." While food makes its transition into the section, Features also sees the return of another topic always on the minds of college students: sex. For the first time in three semesters, the Daily has opted to bring back the ever-popular sex column, and this time not one but two writers are up to the task. Newcomers Logan Crane and Mina Ratkalkar both join the staff to offer their commentary on dating, relationships and sex. The final newcomer to the Features pages comes in a different vein, as Will Ehrenfeld takes a satirical look at the culture of our Hill with his column, "Stuff Tufts People Like."
    The Arts section is the proud recipient of the paper's newest music columnist, as former executive news editor Giovanni Russonello contributes from abroad with his column, "Look Both Ways." Writing from Italy, Russonello aims to compare music's newest gems with the classic albums of generations past. He joins a past favorite music critic in the Daily's arts pages, as Mikey Goralnik returns his "Paint the Town Brown," an in-depth look at the concert scene in and around Boston. Newcomers Zach Drucker and Chris Poldoian join the section with a look at movies, TV and the rest of pop culture with their column, "Bad Samaritans." Longtime columnist Devin Toohey returns his own pop culture commentary, writing for the sixth semester (is that a record?) under the new title "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
    In Sports, readers will find the witty stylings of assistant editor Alex Prewitt, who evokes fond memories of young Casey at the Bat with his column "Live from Mudville." Coming more from the analytical angle, Jeremy Greenhouse tells the tale of the Almighty Dollar with his "Follow the Money," while Gideon Jacobs takes the opposite approach, bringing his readers irreverent humor in "Baseball, Football and Poop Jokes." (A name change is in the works — we'll keep you posted.)  Last but not least, you can expect the return of a pair of bitter rivals — David "The Sauce" Heck is back for his third semester in the sports section, singing the praises of all things New York, while his neighbor to the north continues to love that "Dirty Water," writing about all things Boston as he begins semester number six. (That would be yours truly.)
 
Sincerely,
Evans Clinchy
Editor-in-chief