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Dance Society Presents Escapade Spring Dance Showcase Impresses in Atwood
Dr. Inge Auerbacher Speaks at Clark Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story By Alex Grayson opinions editor
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By Alika Gillard living arts correspondent
Escapade, as defined on the front of the performance program, is “an escape from confinement or restraint.” This is a fitting name for Clark University Dance Society’s spring showcase last weekend in
Atwood Hall. While the fall performance was produced in conjunction with Variant, this spring show was produced by Dance Society alone. Fused with sullen depictions of lament and provocative celebrations of confidence and talent, Dance Society held a production that conveyed several various “escapades” for emotion. The first performance was not
of the dancers, but of the charming host duo. Their bits of confusing banter, woven in between each performance, kept the audience scratching their heads. Hosts Steven Castiglione (’18) and Marco Moneti (’19), both members of the Clark Swimming & continued on page 8
Dr. Inge Auerbacher, who told the audience in regards to her age, “I wish I could take the 81 and turn it into 18,” shared her harrowing tales of survival and her drive to make the world a better place all while maintaining an uplifting energy and constant engagement with the individuals present. Holocaust survivor and human rights activist Auerbacher spoke to a modestly filled Jefferson 320 on Monday, April 25 about her life before and after liberation from a Nazi concentration camp as a child. In Kippenheim, Germany, Auerbacher was brought into the world by a doctor of the Nazi party on Dec. 31, 1934. She explained she could say nothing ill of the doctor because he was the person who “gave her the gift of life” and treated her family very well.
The doctor who delivered her went on to commit heinous acts against the Jewish people and others who were persecuted in the Holocaust. On Nov. 9, 1938, “The Night of Broken Glass,” Auerbacher’s miserable existence in Nazi Germany began. “It was the night when everything changed,” she said. The Jews in her village, along with others across Germany, were attacked systematically in a wave of riots. She recounted a memory of a Nazi soldier saying “look the the chandelier is still hanging” and then hurling a rock through the broken window of her family home as she and her mother quivered in a corner. In 1939, the Auerbacher family moved to Jebenhausen, Germany to live with her grandparents. “Those two to three years at my grandparents’ house was the only childhood continued on page 3
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We at The Scarlet are saying goodbye to ten seniors with a broad skill set. We will miss laughing with them, editing with them, and being inspired by them. We thank them for the dedication to this publication. Anna: An editor and writer who is always there for whatever we need. She spent a year away and there was never a meeting where someone did not say “I miss Anna.” We will continue to say it for years to come. Jonah: An athlete whose opinion pieces make us rethink our values and inspire us to be critical. Jonathan: A photographer who transformed our Clarkie and Cougar of the Week sections. His photos offered us a look into fellow students that words could not describe. Maria: A “plogger” whose words made it into Hannibal Buress’s stand up set. From week to week she kept us up-to-date on our safety with a bit of sass. Memmer: An editor whose pitches were “whatever he imagined,” and created work that took us to Scooby Doo Live and The Grateful Dead. It will forever be “his Scarlet.” Pooja: A powerhouse who does the work of three adults and one small child in one human body. We have no idea how she had the time to grace us with presence, but we do not know what we will do without her. Rose: An artist who transformed our paper. She took layout under her wing, and stayed more late nights than any of us. She asked us to trust her and we’re so glad we did. Sarah: A leader who was always there to guide us, to edit an article to perfection, or to do an interpretive dance. There was no words to describe how much she means to us. T.J.: A writer who attended everything from Monster Jam to Donald Trump rallies. His wit and humor made us laugh during late nights of editing and Friday mornings when we picked up the paper. Tyler: A poet who approached our former editor-in-chief and said, “I want to write haikus,” and he’s been making us laugh every week since. We will miss them more than they know.
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CUSC in Brief
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By Nikolas Wagner scarlet staff
This week’s meeting was the final meeting of the academic year and the second meeting of the 106th session, which will continue into next academic year. Since the Council did not have quorum and there were not any voting matters, the Council had an unofficial meeting that was neither called to order nor adjourned. Student Life Chair Anny Ul-Ain (‘18) announced that summer buses would be running at 5 p.m. to New York City and 6 p.m. to Boston on May 10, and at 9 a.m. to New York City and 10 a.m. to Boston on May 11. Ul-Ain also announced that the Student Life Committee will begin office allocations tomorrow. Treasurer Andres Gvirtz (’18) asked for Council members to join the Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Reform. Julianne Murphy (‘17), President Corey Bisbee (‘19), and Vice President Josh Merchat (’19) all volunteered. Bisbee laid out his hopes for CUSC in the coming year. He intends to have greater communication with the administration, the student body, student organizations, and on-campus media institutions. He also intends to build a stronger relationship with the Worcester Student Government Association, for which former Grants Chair Emilee Cocuzzo (‘18) recently won the presidency. Gvirtz announced that he wants to reestablish financial definitions of terms like “grants” and “cumulative surplus request,” so that the public can have a better understanding of their purposes. Grants: Since the Student Leadership and Programming deadline for spending was on Monday, there were no grants this week.
I ever had,” Auerbacher said. In 1942, months after her grandmother was deported to Riga, Latvia where she was shot and buried in a mass grave, Auerbacher and her parents were deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, where out of 15,000 children, about 1 percent survived. Focusing in on the reoccurring theme of bystanders, Auerbacher directed the audience’s attention to projected black and white photographs of people in her village gathered in groups watching the Jewish people being loaded onto military trucks to be deported. There was no sense of urgency or alarm in the bystanders’ body language. Auerbacher condemned her neighbors for engaging in bystander behavior that came to characterize the Holocaust. “If you are a bystander, you are equally guilty,” Auerbacher warned the audience. Although her father was a WWI wounded war veteran from the German Army who received the Iron Cross (Germany’s equivalent to the Purple Heart) the family was subjected to heinous, far from human treatment at Theresienstadt.
As a child, Auerbacher said, “We were useless to the Nazis.” Their days were spent rummaging through dumps searching for scraps of anything edible. “Hunger was something we always had,” she said. The prisoners were fed nearly inedible, meager meals. The prisoners who did not die of malnutrition and typhus within the walls of the camp were sent to the gas chambers of Auschwitz. After surviving three years in the camp, the Soviet Army liberated the camp on May 8, 1945. Auerbacher, 10 years old at the time, recalls two things from that day: the black ash that filled the skies as the Nazis frantically burnt records, and the feeling of sadness. “It was not jubilation during liberation because we lost our loved ones,” Auerbacher recalled. “It was a great deal of sadness.” After liberation from the camp, Auerbacher and her family moved back to the United States where she quickly fell ill with tuberculosis and was confined to bedrest for two years. At the age of 15, she finally was able to go to school and worked assiduously to earn her career as a medical researcher and clinician. Years later Auerbacher was tormented with the thoughts, “Did I just dream this? It cannot be true.” She made her first of many trips back to Germany to confront the reality head on.
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CLARKIE of the WEEK Scarlet: What brought you to Clark? Emily: I came to Clark in the summer of 2013 and I’m wrapping up my third year here. I love working with Clark students because they are incredibly enthusiastic about embracing diversity and diversability...It’s a place that tends to celebrate everybody’s unique lived experiences. It’s just a really positive environment to work, and it’s a place where real positive change can happen. Students are just so eager to be welcoming, accepting, and inclusive. It’s a great place to have this kind of job. Scarlet: Have you seen a lot of student-led action working with Diversability? Emily: The group works really hard to raise awareness about disability. In conjunction with our office, Diversability has run the therapy dog and farm animal event to help students relax during finals week. We hosted a disability and art speaker series this semester which included an interpretive dancer, Lida Winfield, who has dyslexia, an eating disorder therapy panel, and a music and disability panel. Also Neil Hilborn, the spoken word poet who talked about having OCD, was very popular. We have really tried to focus on the relationship between disability and art. It’s a great bunch of students. We have open dialogues once a month to discuss disability, accessibility, and inclusion.These events create a supportive environment to raise awareness and find support. I’ve also seen a lot of individual student action here.
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Emily Tarconish Emily Tarconish is director of Student Accessibility Services at Clark. She is originally from Barnesville, Pa. She has a dual degree in English and Women’s Studies and a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling from Penn State. She will be leaving Clark this fall to pursue her PhD in educational psychology and special education at the University of Connecticut (UConn).
Scarlet: What is an example of student-backed change you have seen while working at Clark? Emily: One of the coolest things I’ve seen was when I first started working here, a student, Megan Jones (‘15), came to me and said, “Having a diversability is challenging enough, it can be even more difficult when you don’t have anyone to talk to. We need a peer mentor program.” And I said ok, let’s start one. We advertised it together, we created it together, and got the program started. She really took the idea and ran with it. We met weekly to figure out how to build this program. Now we have thirty trained, great mentors. Each of them have one or two students. It’s an awesome program. It really benefits our students. She took an experience that she had, and identified others as having, and she recognized the need for change. I see Clark students, especially the ones I work with, operating similarly all the time. Scarlet: Have there been any recent student-driven changes in Diversability? Emily: Yeah! I had a freshman, Ziva Wernick (‘19) come to me and say, The Vagina Monologues are great, but I wish we could have a monologue series that helps folks with invisible disabilities. So, similarly to Megan, she is starting one. She is currently collecting monologues, and trying to find students who are interested in performing. She is really putting the program together. And this is another example of why Clark is so great, a student sees an issue that needs to be addressed, and they just
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go. It’s unique to be in a position where I can just help students fulfill what they are passionate about. I love working here. Scarlet: Where have you worked besides Clark? Emily: My first job was at Penn State as a behavioral specialist for folks with autism. I applied behavioral analysis therapy with them, and I did family therapy with their families. I did individual accommodations as well. I liked that. It was mostly for kids transitioning from high school to college. My next job I worked for vocational rehabilitation. That was where I started working with both high school and college students. Voc rehab is a government service that helps people with disabilities to get jobs. If people are competent enough to get into college, we help them with accommodations, and then find a job where they can get those accommodations as well. I loved working with college students. There, they were the majority of my caseload, but not all of it, and I wanted to find a job where I could focus all my work with college students. I found this job and it was a perfect fit. Scarlet: What prompted the move to get your PhD? Emily: I’m studying disability and accessibility services in my PhD program, with both high school and college folks. I want to study what is working and how can we make the system better. Scarlet: How have you liked working in Worcester compared to Penn State? How do you think you’ll like UConn? Emily: I love Worcester. I grew up on a farm. I went to college at Penn State, which is a college within a farm. Then I moved to Lancaster County, which is a lot of Amish people and all of their farms. So I’ve loved the change to the city. I live in north Worcester, which is pretty suburban. It’s such a cool cultural hub, here in Worcester. There is always so much good food to try, and so many diverse events. When I go to UConn in the fall, I will be moving back to a farm. [laughs] Scarlet: Do you know who will be taking over in the fall? Emily: I’m not on the search committee, but I’m going to help with the interviews. I’m definitely helping with the training. I really hope to have some input as to who is coming on board. Scarlet: What do you do in your free time? Emily: I like to run. I did my first half marathon in October. I’m currently injured, so I’m not doing another one for a couple months. I like to do creative writing. And I love my Basset Hound, Miss Lola. Basset Hounds are my biggest hobby and my biggest interest. I hope to one day own a Basset Hound therapy farm, where I train all the dogs to be supportive therapy dogs. Thanks for the interview, Emily!
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Extremism or Exclusion? ISIS Sees Surge in Belgian Recruits By Jonah Naghi scarlet staff
“Why are many Muslims in Belgium fighting for ISIS?” is a question that came up at my Passover Seder table last weekend. Following the recent attacks in Brussels in addition to the attacks in Paris in November, many are wondering why so many Muslims in Belgium fight for ISIS? In fact, a study conducted by Pieter Van Osraeyen, an independent researcher, found that about 500 Muslims from Belgium have gone to fight in Iraq and Syria, the highest number of jihadists per capita. Two men sitting to the side of me said it was because the Muslims who are migrating to Europe are Salafists, practitioners of extremist Islamic ideology. I had to stop myself from shouting. After reading many pieces on the Muslim community in Belgium I can conclude this: the reason why Muslims in Belgium are conforming to ISIS is not because they are Salafists per se, but rather because they have been excluded in Belgian society. Two factors are often raised when discussing why people follow extremists: incitement and economic status. Though both should be addressed, there is a third factor that
should be noted if we are going to see moderation in the Muslim community in Belgium, and that is the social aspect. Muslims in Belgium have not only been susceptible to incitement because of their poor economic status, but also because they have felt socially excluded, they do not feel like they are a part of the Belgian community. But first, let’s debunk the myth that the Muslim-Belgians are Salafists. Of course, incitement is an issue in Muslim localities in Belgium. For instance, “Sharia4Belgium” was a radical Salafist organization that called for Belgium to become an Islamic state and incited many radical points of view, such as hatred against LGBTQ individuals and nonMuslims. However, this organization existed in the twenty-first century. The Muslims are mostly descendants of Moroccan migrants who arrived during the economic boom in Europe in the 1960’s, far before the establishment of “Sharia4Belgium,” so it could not have been that Salafists simply came to Europe. Rather, it has been the Muslim migrants and their descendants who have been radicalized. continued on page 6
By Sarah Cramer editor-in-chief
After almost four years of walking past the Carlson Science Library on my way out of the BioPhysics building, I finally decided to venture inside on Wednesday. A quiet unassuming library, it offered me a range of seating options and unexpected lovely views of campus. When I walked out two hours later, I marveled that it had taken me this long to discover this hidden gem. With the end of the year upon me and the strange feeling of being a senior that comes with it, I wonder what else I’ve missed at Clark. What else have I walked past without exploring? What people have I never crossed paths with? What have I not done that four years ago I dreamed I would? As these questions swirl in my head, the last one brings up another question, one that’s a bit more positive: What have I done that four years ago I never dreamed I would? The answer that immediately comes to mind is my involvement with The Scarlet. I have always loved to write, but before coming to Clark, I never thought of being part of a publication. Even when I first came to Clark it wasn’t on my radar until I overheard an upperclassman on the field hockey team talking about The Scarlet while we stretched at practice one day. She wrote for the sports section and invited me to come along with her to a meeting sometime. I still remember that first meeting. It was in a conference room on the first floor of the Geography Building, and I was wearing a red, white, and blue plaid shirt and my hair was still wet from the shower. I sat awkwardly at the oval table while the two people who seemed to be running the meeting bantered with us and went over pitches (ideas for articles), a term I did not yet understand. I took a pitch about the lack of water fountains at Clark and proceeded to write an article that was horrible by all journalistic standards. Four years and a lot of mistakes, help, laughter, and late nights later, I am writing my last “Scarlet Letter” as editor-in-chief. Besides disbelief, I feel many other emotions. I am sad to leave behind all the people who have become some of my closest friends, especially Editor-at-Large Anna Spack (‘16), Creative Director Rose Gallogly (‘16), and Living Arts Editor Matt Emmer (‘16), who were there with me from the very beginning when The Scarlet was in shambles. I am overjoyed that the Editorial Board and staff are more talented than ever before, and that pun-loving Executive Editor Ethan Giles (‘17) will be leading the charge next year as a fantastic editor-in-chief. I regret not being able to write articles about everything I or other people wanted me to. And I am still processing the fact that, since I am not pursuing a career in journalism or a related field, this may very well be the last article I ever write. For anyone who has ever read The Scarlet, whether you are a dedicated reader or only occasionally look at our Facebook page, thank you for sticking with us and understanding that although we are not perfect, we have always tried our best and looked to improve. I have no doubt that that will continue after I am gone, and that The Scarlet will go in many new, exciting directions.
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The Moroccan-Belgian community is also not particularly religious. Even Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the mastermind behind the Paris attacks, has been described as coming from a “secular or mildly observant Muslim families,” according to an article in The Atlantic. So the economic and social exclusion of Muslims has made them vulnerable to become radicalized by religious extremists. Indeed, the Belgian-Muslims are quite poorly integrated economically. According to Peter Beinart in The Atlantic, “The unemployment rate for Belgians of North and SubSaharan African descent is between 40 and 50 percent.” This is because the Muslim localities are isolated. It is no coincidence that most of the jihadists come from Molenbeek, a Muslim dominated neighborhood in Brussels, which is isolated from the city center and the rest of the capital where there is access to social services and economic opportunities. The Muslims in Belgium, such as those in Molenbeek, not only do not have access to certain services, but also do not have the exposure to befriend people outside of their neighborhoods. They may have a limited number of peers outside of their localities and do not feel as a part of the Belgian community, making it easy for ISIS to recruit them. A story in the Guardian of a Muslim girl in Molenbeek is a great example. Maysa is 18 years old, mildly religious and speaks four languages. Yet, she found herself nearly going off to Syria to fight for ISIS. Why? Because she was excluded from the broader Belgian society, making it easy for Muslims sympathetic to ISIS to recruit her. She met and befriended two Muslims like herself. They talked a couple of times and her new friends brought up ISIS and how life is great there and that she should go and support them. For someone who did not
“ feel included in the Belgian community and just made two new friends, this ISIS sounded great. As Professor Rik Coolsaet, of the Egmont think-tank in Brussels, says, “Radicalization is indeed first and foremost a socializa-
Is it that type of race?
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by Santiago Jose Herdozia Ponce tion process in which…(kinship and friendship) are more important than ideology.” Therefore, if Belgium wants to see moderation within its Muslim population it should not only deal
with local Muslim leaders inciting the youth or simply offering economic gestures, but also help the Muslims feel included and a part of the Belgian community, such as through shared cultural activities or by creat-
ing easier accessibility for the Muslims in Molenbeek to the city center. Doing so will help the Muslims feel more of a part of the Belgian community and thus less susceptible to extremism.
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The Scarlet/Living Arts The Scarlet Sitcom Continues By Matt Emmer living arts editor
Forgive my narrow-mindedness, but I’ve always felt like The Scarlet functions within a kind of classic sitcom format. There’s a central cast of characters dealing with a semi-cyclical set of challenges and tasks, as well as various levels of supporting characters. There’s an entire expanded universe of references, runnings jokes, and thematic arcs running through our metaphorical four seasons on the air. There’s been major plot points, and even significant cliff hangers. It all started when a group of upstart freshman, including myself, gradually joined a recently-evacuated Scarlet during our first semester at Clark. The only previous members were Jeremy Levine (‘15) and Claire Tierney (‘14), who each had about a semester of journalistic experience under their belts. As fledgling upstarts, suddenly tasked with upholding a University institution, we hacked and burned our way to keeping things afloat, struggling to keep eight scrappy pages filled with content. Sarah Cramer (‘16) demonstrated her journalistic prowess early, investigating the appropriate pronun-
ciation of Tedeschi’s. Rose Gallogly (‘16) transformed a jumble of inconsistently spaced type into an elegant and sophisticated layout. Anna Spack (‘16) has always known everyone and everything going on around campus, even when she spent a year in Spain. Pooja Patel (‘16) got our articles off Tumblr and created an entirely new website from scratch. Maria Rotelli (‘16) made our police logs the apex of an exquisite Carver-esque minimalist aesthetic. Jonah Naghi (‘16) offered his wise and well-articulated opinions. My roommate Tyler Terriault (‘16) came on the following year and graced the paper with spiritually revelatory weekly haiku. My first article was about the then-new all-day breakfast at the Caf. I think I liked the pancakes and disliked the breakfast pizza, but I can’t recall much besides that. At the end of our first year, we were drafted into the inaugural Editorial Board. We dreamt up bylaws and manufactured precedent, inventing our own institution. As the first editor of the section, I was tasked with defining Living Arts and deciding what the tone should be. And thus, Larts came into the world and into our hearts. The past three years, through the lens of Larts, I’ve seen jazz quartets, chamber ensembles, academic
talks, antiquarian plays, Phish concerts, Scooby Doo Live, Béla Fleck twice, and a cat convention. Each of these performances came with often outrageous stories about how I got there, who I went with, and all of ridiculous stuff in between. At The Scarlet, our marathon meetings, first in the Geography Building hallway, then the basement of JC, then the Asher Suite, have included Beyoncé listening sessions, dog funerals, writer’s retreats, and an original musical performance. At varying points, and with varying degrees of sincerity, we’ve even discussed hosting Scarlet Live, in which we would edit articles in the Little Center and supposedly entertain people with our effortlessly witty banter. But I digress. At the end of my Scarlet career it feels tempting to look at this as a series finale of sorts. Still, an exciting group of editors are poised to take over The Scarlet and restore it to its possible glory. Indeed, the story of The Scarlet is a story of becoming, a story of learning, and often a story of failing to achieve what we are reaching for. The secret is to attempt, retreat, and regroup, learning and changing towards a goal that still might never be reached. LARTS.
by Tyler Terriault
As the semester winds to a close, I hope we are all doing well It’s weird how many haiku I’ve written... Like, I think in haiku now “I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.” —K. West I’ve never been sure, but now I’m even less sure #Lemonade
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Diving Team, incorporated goofy jokes about the theme of each successive dance, and even joined in with the dancers for the finale. The first dance of the evening was a nostalgic Paula Abdul number featuring the full dance team sporting strappy maroon tops and glinting grins. This was the core piece of the evening, choreographed by co-directors Kayli Schulz (’16) and Hannah Camiel (’16). The second performance, entitled “Emma,” was cho-
reographed by Kayla Paton (‘18) and dedicated to her younger sister. This emotional dance, layered over the disconsolate lyrics of “Daughter,” created a masterwork of love and sorrow. “For most of us, dance is our escape,” explained Paton, one of the newly-elected co-directors for the 2016–17 year. “It’s been an amazing experience working with the girls in Dance Society and getting to express myself through dance in a new way through the role of choreographing, which is much different. It’s so meaningful to me to be able to connect with people like that through this show.”
The mood was drastically changed after the second dance, with the bright, powerful, “Weathered” choreographed by Monica Coll (‘16). The next dance, choreographed by Brittney Lacerte (‘19), was a heartwarming arrangement to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love,” followed by Camiel’s dance to a slow, stripped-down cover of “Titanium.” The first half of the show concluded with Schulz’s lyrical dance, “Hide and Seek.” After a brief intermission, the entire dance team took the stage again for their “New York, New York”
routine, choreographed by Taylor McAllister (‘18). This flashy dance was full of kick lines and sleek blazers, as it was used to portray America at this year’s Gala. Immediately after the performance, the hosts appeared from offstage and did their own rendition of the dance, complete with goofy moves. Most of the second half of the show was dedicated to the seniors in Dance Society, with a sentimental slideshow and a senior dance, titled “Home.” Coll, Camiel, Schulz, and Ashley Neree (‘16) performed the last dance before the grand finale
with the entire team. Schulz and Camiel will hand over their positions as co-directors to three new dancers, Paton, Lacerte, and McAllister. Paton will be abroad in the spring and McAllister will be abroad in the fall, so there will still be two co-directors each semester. One of the challenges in taking on the role of co-director is working with all of the dancers and other co-directors to create a cohesive core piece. Paton concluded, “It will be challenging, but I am excited to take on the role.”
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The Scarlet/Sports Wonder Years A Senior’s Reflection and Letter to His Team By T.J. Anania scarlet staff
Wow, my undergraduate career is over. I know it’s cliché to say but, where did the time go? I suppose four years really got away from me during all those classes I spent nodding off or looking at GIFs on my phone. And now, with just shy of a month to go, I would give anything to have another semester. In the waning days of senior year I find myself ferociously clinging to anything: class, my work study job, weekends. It’s a futile effort, I know. Time isn’t likely to bend to the will of a frantic senior staring down his own graduation. My impending release into the wild world of adulthood has forced me to do a lot of self-reflecting lately. It’s a nice escape from stressing over my thesis defense. When I think of the financial hole I now find myself in, coming to Clark may have been one of my dumber decisions. And really, what do I have to show for it? Did I learn anything? Perhaps, but it’s not as easily quantifiable as a dollar amount. On the other hand, I can’t go back in time and stop the starry-eyed highschool version of myself from coming here. So why waste energy worrying? I’ve had my fair share of good times here. I’ve partied away paychecks and
tried to push the limits of my own inebriation all while trying to keep regrets to a minimum—the key word being tried. One thing I’ll never regret joining: Clark Ultimate. I think back to my first practice. I was walking to our then field behind State Liquors. We weren’t welcome at the Dolan yet because Clark Athletics thought we were a bunch of freaks who would deface their nice gated fields. Halfway down Charlotte Street I found myself ankle deep in filth. Avoiding another city trash bag I thought to myself, “Where am I going?” I’d spent my whole life in a Vermont suburb, so the discarded nips and broken glass lining the sidewalk concerned me. Then Neil pulled up. He was a sophomore at the time, but if you didn’t know him you might have mistaken him for a 30-year-old nomadic lumberjack. He rolled down his window and asked if I was going to practice. He saw the Frisbee in my hand and offered me a ride. I’d never met him before, but something about that huge smile and Subaru hatchback put me at ease. I was in. And now, four years later, the University hasn’t disbarred us yet. An incredible feat for a team full of alcoholic degenerates—kidding, mostly. It’s funny to think that I’ve played and partied, perhaps a bit excessively at times, with folks that among other things have a hand in U.S. monetary
policy, shape our food system, and even educate the nation’s youth. On a more serious note, watching the team grow both on and off the field has been remarkable. We went from at each other’s throats my freshman year to dominating in major tournaments this year. Quite a feat for a small liberal arts school team. Hell—we’re more than a team. After thousands of miles crammed in cars, countless Chipotle trips, and endless hockey periods, I consider them my extended family, figuratively and literally. Just ask the son and grandsons that I adopted this year. We host the alumni game this weekend—my last game. It’s both thrilling and profoundly sad at the same time. We seniors have put in years of work for this team and now we have to say goodbye— it’s tough. Realistically, we’ll likely never all be together in the same context and that weird truth has yet to set in. I am glad that we at least had these four years. Well, I opened with a cliché. It’s only fitting I close with one. My liberal arts education may not amount to much, but the friends and memories are priceless. So, thanks Clark Ultimate. Stay chilly, beat WPI, and abide. Chad out.
Senior Session: Nick O’Brien Cougar Outfielder Bids Farewell By Steven Castiglione scarlet staff
Nick O’Brien is an economics major hailing from Potomac, Md. He’s been on the baseball team for three years, taking a year off to study at The London School of Economics his junior year. Scarlet: Looking back, reflect on your time here at Clark playing baseball. O’Brien: For anyone that has the opportunity to play baseball at this level, it is truly an honor. Thousands of high school baseball players dream of being in my situation. I’m incredibly grateful that I could play baseball for as long as I have and I’ll miss everything about it… chasing down fly balls during on-field batting practice, the intensity during conference games, and the physical and mental grind of our Florida trip. Scarlet: Ten years from now, what do hope to see the baseball program evolve into? O’Brien: Ten years from now, I have no doubt that the program will be very competitive. In Coach Pyne’s first year, we’ve already set a new program record for wins. I’m very confident that the team can build off this season’s successes and surpass them in years to come.
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Scarlet: What skills do you think you have learned from baseball that can be applied to your line of work in the near future? O’Brien: Baseball is a game of failure. Getting a hit thirty percent of the time is considered a big accomplishment. Also, position players may only be directly involved in a couple of plays the entire game. Given the inevitability of failure, baseball really tests your perseverance. You might strike out in your first at-bat, but staying focused and composed is crucial to taking advantage of your next opportunity. I’ll benefit from that mentality long after I’m done playing. Thanks for the interview, Nick!
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Cougars’ Lacrosse Co-Captain Reflects on His Career By Steven Castiglione scarlet staff
Alex Turgeon (‘16) is a co-captain of the Clark University Men’s Lacrosse team. Off the field, Turgeon has made himself familiar to Clark over the years through being a business management major and entrepreneurship minor, being an ITS employee, being a Peer Advisor, founding the student start-up WooConnect, and hosting the annual flag football fundraiser tournament. Turgeon is also a Game of Thrones fan, plays Pokemon, explores different foodie spots across the city of Worcester, and hides away at the Bickman Fitness Center. Scarlet: What is the most tangible reward from playing lacrosse at Clark? Turgeon: The most tangible reward I have experienced from playing lacrosse at Clark has been the opportunity to see the overall growth and development of our program under Coach Cohen. Rob [Holden (‘16)] and I were among a squad of gentlemen that, in our freshman year, included only 26 players. Over the years, the incoming classes dedicated themselves to this lacrosse program and have developed our team to a near forty player roster with talent we have never seen at Clark University before. For me, being a part of this firsthand and having the opportunity to lead this team has been my greatest reward. Scarlet: What impact do you hope to leave after playing for all these years? Turgeon: Thinking back after all these years playing at Clark, I hoped
to have helped shape a supportive environment that pursues excellence on and off the field. A major impact I believe we as a team have strived to achieve has been shaping a culture in which we challenge the stereotypical “lax bro” stigma and have instead promoted a diverse collection of students who dedicate three-plus hours a day to an athletic passion. In regards to my time after this year, I hope to have an impact amongst the teams to come in the future. While I finish my master’s degree in the accelerated program here at Clark, I would love to give back to the [lacrosse] program through my experience in the weightroom and continued support to the Cougars. As an alumnus, I would hope to support the Cougars and the rest of the athletic department in any way that I can. Scarlet: How has being a lacrosse player impacted your identity as a Clarkie? Turgeon: The most immediate benefit of playing Division III lacrosse at Clark is the dynamic. At first, you feel like many students [jump] to assumptions when you introduce yourself as a member on the lacrosse team. For me, I felt like it gave me an opportunity to prove those assumptions wrong… It almost surprises them when they realize, “Oh wow, you don’t just play lacrosse,” or, “Hey you’re a lot nicer than I thought.” Lacrosse here gave me an immediate community and family that I could count on. It’s crazy to think about all the memories I have had with [the lacrosse community] along with the rest of my friends here at Clark. Thanks for the interview, Alex!
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the April 22 issue of The Scarlet, this article appeared in an incomplete form. Above is the correct version.
Baseball By Jonah Naghi scarlet staff
Clark Baseball had an action packed weekend. The team played three games against Coast Guard and went 1-2 for the weekend. Unfortunately, they came one game short of qualifying for a spot in the conference playoffs. Going into the weekend on a hot streak to play Coast Guard three games, one on Friday at home and a doubleheader at Coast Guard on Saturday, the Cougars needed to win at least two out of the three games to qualify for the playoffs. On Friday, the Cougars were down 2-0, but made a comeback to take an 8-4 lead. Michael Eglow (’16) hit a big RBI double to give them the lead. Later on, Adam Chochrek (’17) hit a two run homer to complete a four-run seventh inning. The Cougars never looked back from then on and won 8-4. The next day, however, the Cougars lost two close games, each by one run and one in extra innings. The Cougars earned a 10-7 lead going into the eighth inning, but could not hold on and ended up losing the first game 11-10 in ten innings. Ted Downing (‘18), Michael Eglow (‘16), and Zach Richall (‘16) each had two hits. They lost the second game 10-9. Downing had another pair of hits, and David Eschen (‘15) led the offense with three hits. “They were two very close, competitive games,” said Richall who played college his last game on Monday. “They were two of the most emotionally taxing games I’ve played in
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here at Clark. In the end, we fell short of our goals.” Despite their shortcomings, the Cougars showed a lot of team spirit, and had a good run down the end of the season. They fought through a few injuries to key players, such as pitcher Jack Kenney (’16). The senior class also felt satisfied with their performance not just down the stretch, but when reflecting on their four years at Clark. “As devastating as those losses were, I am extremely proud of how hard my fellow classmates fought. We left Clark baseball in a better position than when we came in…We came in and became brothers, and without them I don’t know who I would be in life,” said Richall.
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Women’s Rowing By Scott Levine sports editor
Clark Women’s Rowing’s varsity eight was pushed to the brink during the NEWMAC championships on Saturday, April 23. They came in seventh out of seven boats, finishing ten seconds behind third place finisher Simmons. The fierce competition helped propel the Clark boat to a school record 2000m time of 7:04.78, blowing the previous record of 7:14.41 out of the water. Clark’s varsity eight followed up this new record with a time of 7:11.02 against Amherst, Bowdoin, Conn. College, Mass. Maritime and URI the next day on Sunday, April 24. This finish gave them second place in a race of five boats. The varsity four placed third out of four boats with a time of 8:02.26, and the novice eight finished second out of three boats with a time of 7:50.46. The women’s rowing team will row in their next race on April 30 in the New England Rowing Championships at Lake Quinsigamond. They will finish their season on May 8 in the National Invitational Rowing Championships which will also be held on Lake Quinsigamond.
Softball By Anna Spack editor-at-large
Clark Softball split their season-ending doubleheader this past Saturday, April 23, losing to Emerson College 5-4 in extra innings in the first game but winning 7-0 in the second game. A standard game is seven innings, but the first game went to nine. Though the Cougars went ahead 4-2 in the top of the eighth, with Lauren Mackey (‘17) hitting a double to drive home Alyssa Wright (‘16) and Anjelica Gonzalez (‘18) doubling to drive in Mackey, the Lions tied it up in the bottom of the inning and pulled ahead in the ninth. “To go into extra innings is something that doesn’t happen a lot, so it was fun even though we lost,” said Rachel Kraytenberg (‘16), who drove in two runs. “You could tell everybody was into it and that we were all trying our best. That’s all that matters.” The Cougars fared much better in the second game. Brenna Foley (‘18) pitched a complete game shutout, her fourth of the season. The Cougars’ bats were on fire throughout the game, with Kayleigh McHugh (‘19) blasting a twoout three-run homerun in the seventh inning, Kraytenberg getting on base three times with a single and two walks, and Leah Bodin (‘18) and Mackey earning two hits each. “Winning against Emerson in a shutout was awesome, especially because it was me and Alyssa’s last college game ever,” Kraytenberg said. “To end on a good note felt amazing, and I definitely will never forget it.”
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Lacrosse By Kayleigh McHugh scarlet staff
The Clark Cougars fell to the Babson Beavers 14-13 on Saturday, April 23. The Scarlet and Gray fought a good fight, but ultimately could not secure the win. Babson scored first, but Clark answered quickly with goals from Ryan Moore (‘16) and Isaac Bass (‘17). Both teams continued to battle throughout the half. The Cougars led 5-4 at the half. Babson wasted no time in the second half, tying the game to 5-5. Clark rallied scoring three goals. Unassisted, Mandracchia started the streak, and was followed by goals from Lucas Petricone-Berg (‘17) and Brandon King (‘19). Both teams continued to fire throughout the third quarter. Babson found a good rhythm in the last quarter, scoring six goals to Clark’s three. The Beavers scored the winning goal in the last forty seconds of the final quarter. In considering how the team is feeling about the upcoming week, Mandracchia is confident that the team will pull through: “Losing to Babson definitely sucked, but we fought the whole way through. It was a close game all four quarters right up until the end. We all need to look back and learn from it, but only to a certain extent. We have to keep our eyes forward and get better from it.” The team played Springfield, who is undefeated in the NEWMAC, on Wednesday and lost 17-3. This loss disqualified Clark from the playoffs, an especially frustrating fact when one remembers all their other conference losses were by one goal, two of which went to overtime. The team will aim to remain competitive with the rest of the NEWMAC next season, as it will return several of its most talented players and benefit from another strong recruiting class.
Men’s Tennis By Willie McDonald contributing writer
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On Saturday at MIT, the Engineers knocked off Clark 7-2. The two wins, once again, came from numbers five and six single spots where Teodor Nicola (‘19) knocked off Alex Jaffe 7-5 and Mateo Gomez (‘19) won 6-2 over Justin Cheung. With the loss to MIT, Clark was eliminated from playoff contention and fell to 6-13 (1-4 in NEWMAC) on the season. The Cougars ended the season at home with a tough 8-1 loss to Coast Guard. While the majority this season’s conference games proved to be insurmountable, the team has several young talented players and is only graduating one senior in captain Fernando Pinoargote (‘16). The team’s firstyears improved exponentially as the season progressed and Clark will re-up their efforts next season as they look make a dent in the NEWMAC.
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COUGAR of the WEEK Scarlet: So, how has this season been compared to your first two seasons? Keogh: I’ve actually enjoyed this season the most out of my three years on the team, mainly because being an upperclassman on the team, you’re kind of forced into a leadership role, especially when most of the team is younger guys: five freshmen and one sophomore. Even though I know I’m not one of the best players on the team, it’s definitely been one of the most enjoyable years being in that type of leadership role, and doing my best to push everybody. Scarlet: How has your approach to practices and games changed given the change in your role on the team? Keogh: Just lead by example. I wasn’t really able to do that in my first two seasons on the team because there were so many upperclassmen. We had like sixty to seventy percent of our team graduate last year, so it’s been a totally new experience this year, and we’ve really had to create our own identity as a team. And I think having people who will lead by example on the team helps in furthering that process.
Jimmy Keogh men’s tennis Jimmy Keogh (‘17) grew up in Worcester and started playing tennis while he attended Saint Peter-Marian High School about five miles away from Clark University. He has finally been given an opportunity to consistently play in matches and has done well overall, most notably against Johnson & Wales during which his three set triumph ended up securing the 5-4 victory for Clark.
Scarlet: How does the fact that you play this season change your preparation for matches? Keogh: Preparing for singles matches is something I’ve been doing for awhile now. I started playing tennis in high school when I was in ninth grade. I started out as a doubles player, but by the end of my freshman year and continuing on through high school, I played strictly singles and moved my way up the ladder. It’s a little different in high school, but the preparation for me is always the same. I just make sure that I eat right, I get enough sleep, and I’m usually always feeling good going into a singles match because I know it’s all on me. Scarlet: So you’re more used to playing singles? Keogh: Yeah. But I’ve also played in several doubles matches this year, and we’ve had about 50-50 success this year [in doubles]. The thing about doubles is that it’s hard if you haven’t had formal instruction. It’s hard to adapt.
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Scarlet: Have you had formal instruction? Keogh: No. I haven’t really had much formal instruction at all [laughs]. The extent of me learning tennis has mostly come from me being here at college. Most of the wins I got in high school were all based on playing other sports and sort of carrying that over into learning how to play tennis. And it’s such a technical sport, and when you get to this level, you realize how technical of a sport it is, and you see these other guys who have been training their entire lives, and you realize, ‘Wow I have a lot to learn.’ This year I’ve learned a lot about doubles. In the previous years, I wasn’t good enough to break the lineup, but this year the focus is more on me and the other upperclassmen. Coming into college I really didn’t know much [about doubles]. The doubles I played in high school were sort of just your rag tag, just scrubby doubles. Scarlet: Scrubbles? Keogh: Yeah, sure. Scrubbles. And it’s definitely a whole new world when you get to college. It’s hard to be thrust into that type of competition, not knowing much about it at all, so it’s definitely been a learning process for me, but I’m excited for the summer to roll around and to come back as a new player next year. Scarlet: You talked about how you’ve played other sports and are able to transfer that into tennis. I’ve seen you play other sports and you’re also pretty good at those. What made you stick with tennis? Keogh: At my high school, I tried out some other sports, and I’ve loved sports my entire life. I stopped playing baseball after little league, and I was looking for something to fill my time during the spring. My dad had played a little bit of tennis, we’d hit around a couple times. And I thought maybe this would be a good idea to try it out, and I fell in love with it. At the other sports I played at that school, I felt like I didn’t have a big enough role on the team. And I get into tennis, and I’m immediately one of the best players on the team just based on athletic ability, and then I was like, ‘Wow, I could get really good at this. I have a lot of potential in this sport.’ And that’s what made me stick with it.
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Scarlet: Are there any other aspects of tennis that made you fall in love with it? Keogh: Definitely the idea of just being by yourself and not having to rely on anyone else. That was always something that frustrated me with team sports: even if I was working as hard as I possibly could, and doing all the right things, ultimately, sometimes the wins and the losses come down to what other people are doing. So then I get to tennis, and all of that goes out the window, and about what I do to practice, and that was one of the selling points for tennis for me. Even in doubles it’s just one other person, and you have some sway over what that person does too. Scarlet: So you talked briefly about how you’re finally getting opportunities to play now. Does that make it tougher when you’re not playing in matches now? Keogh: Yeah. Yeah, definitely [laughs]. It definitely does. But it’s part of being a leader too, just taking that in stride. If you don’t see the court, it’s for a good reason. It’s never just an arbitrary reason, it’s all about the matchups. It definitely makes it harder seeing the court one week, and then not seeing the court another week, but I think it’s all part of being a good teammate and just knowing your role. Scarlet: I’ve heard from players that the team chemistry is especially good this year. What’s your take on that? Keogh: It’s good. It’s funny to have a team that is mostly freshmen, because it’s their first time going through this process, and everything’s a new experience to them, so they’re just very open-minded and willing to try new things, and they all want to win. As far as team chemistry, we all share a lot of laughs, we all get along well, and we all like our coach, and honestly it’s good to know that we’re all after the same thing, and clearly everybody there is out to compete and get a win. Scarlet: I also get the vibe that having former player Joel [Simonson (‘15)] as an assistant coach and Fernando [Pinoargote (‘16)] as captain has been helpful. Keogh: Yeah. It’s also helpful to have more than one Spanish speaking player on the team. I’m learning more Spanish just by listening to them, but also If you only have one, it can be harder for them to connect with teammates. We have a lot of diversity. We have a kid who’s Czech, Romanian, Ecuadorian, Russian, Columbian...It’s interesting to have all these kids from these different cultures, and I’ve
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learned a lot about these countries that I probably would have never known. It’s cool. It’s a cool to have this team atmosphere and I’m excited to see who joins next year. We’ve never had this much diversity in my time on the team at Clark. Scarlet: I know some of the players get big into the team wide mini golf tournament during spring break, and that Ian Levy (‘19) won it this year. Are you one of the members of the team who cares? Keogh: Oh, I care. I was there, Scotty. I was solid the entire way, and I blew up on one hole. The hole had like two speed bumps, and I tapped my ball, and it rocketed out of bounds. So I ended up getting a stroke penalty, and got a five on that hole. I was pretty much on par for the rest of them, and I came up one stroke short of Ian, so it was particularly damaging to me. And Coach was talking so much smack beforehand, and then he just sucked. He blew up on like three holes, and he knew it too. No, the mini golf is competitive. It’s always competitive because Coach talks so much smack, and I don’t think he’s won in like three years. Scarlet: Having that chemistry must make it easier to deal with not playing some weeks. Keogh: Yeah. I always want to play, but the bottom line is that we’re all teammates. We’re all pursuing the same goals, winning NEWMACs. And no matter who’s on the court, we’re all pursuing the same thing, which is a win for Clark. And I don’t think it makes it harder to cheer them on because I like those guys. If I didn’t like them it would make it harder to cheer them on, but it’s easy just because we’re all on the same team. Depending on what happens over the summer, I will look to practice more. The past two offseasons, I’ve been sick on and off, I’ve been injured, working all the time. So I think that this summer is instrumental for me in improving my game, and coming back not having to fight for the single spots in the back of the lineup anymore. Scarlet: What are you going to focus on improving this offseason?
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Keogh: Definitely my serve needs to get better. I’m pretty tall, so I should have a bigger and a more consistent serve, and that just all falls back on formal training, so it’s definitely one area to be improved upon. Also my net game. If you’re bigger, you have more of an advantage, you can make a nice approach shot and then get to the net. If you can get to the net, you can finish the point usually, but sometimes my volleys are crap. Those two are probably the two biggest aspects of my game that need improvement. And those will probably be the ones that I focus on most during the offseason. I have the speed, I have the agility, and I have the reflexes, but the technicalities...oh, footwork is another one. Footwork is huge. Those three are what I need to focus on the most. Scarlet: It must be easier to impose your athleticism when you start the point with a good serve. Keogh: Exactly, if you can hit a hard serve in a good location it changes everything, the whole dynamic of the point. They’re immediately offbalance, and you can come in to net to finish the point. It’s that easy. So that should be what I do based on my build, and that’s typically what tall players do. And based on the quality of all my strokes, my game should be to stick to my forehand, hitting inside out forehands, some slice, but mainly serving and volleying. So those two things need sharpening over the summer, but I’m willing to put the work in and I can’t wait. Thanks for the interview, Jimmy!
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Police Logs Compiled by Maria Rotelli Tuesday, April 19 15:07 – Caller reports a suitcase by the trash barrel outside the Little Center. Empty suitcase. 17:49 – Caller reports the smell of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. 22:14 – Student in lobby to report an assault that occurred off campus. Wednesday, April 20 6:13 – Parties removed from the Goddard Library. 20:06 – Worcester reports a fight amongst 8 males in front of Red Square. 23:57 – Worcester reports another fight in the Red Square area. Thursday, April 21 12:12 – Caller reports smoke in the Jonas Clark area. Smoke from small mulch fire. 15:08 – Caller reports an intoxicated male party harassing students. 17:05 – Caller reports a known aggressive pan handler near Acoustic Java. Friday, April 22 11:59 – Caller reports a group of kids smoking marijuana near the Marsh Institute. Saturday, April 23 0:16 – Units out with a loud party on Woodbine Street. 1:08 – Units out with a loud party on Florence Street. Sunday, April 24 0:05 – Caller reports a group of students smoking marijuana outside of JohnsonSanford. 1:09 – Caller reports a female running naked up Dewey Street. 19:11 – Party in the lobby to report a stolen laptop. 22:03 – Caller reports a male party in the Johnson-Sanford area who is “out of place.” 22:28 – Caller reports that his vehicle was stolen from Florence Street. Monday, April 25 19:45 – Worcester Police out with a disorderly subject on Florence Street. 19:55 – Caller repots a non-Clark party refusing to leave the Kneller after being told to.
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“And that’s how [redacted] got arrested for public masturbation.” – Memmer “Academia is Larts. We have a liberal arts education, it’s a different type of Larts.” – Memmer “There was no way I was whipping my dingdong out in the middle of a flight.” – Pat “I want the 4 a.m. to be entirely me this week.” – Memmer “Of course you do.” – Giles “This might be too cheesy.” – Kate “Is it because we have pizza?” – Jonah “I wanna know which penis is yours.” – Lynn “I learned about winter gardening with him once.” – Claire “That’s why my mom told me to never put my cup down at a bat mitzvah.” – Sarah “You can’t get higher than an A-?” – Anna “I can’t.” – Alex “I think I’m Sarah Cramer.” – Sarah Cramer “I’m not gonna end my Scarlet career with an exclamation point.” – Memmer “On-campus media institutions? Oh that’s us!” – Sarah “He’s someone I want to make soup with.” – Alex “I take my pants off and they all leave.” – Giles