October 21, 2015

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Reported on-campus bicycle thefts increase

by Kyle Blacklock Contributing Writer

There have been more instances of reported bicycle theft so far this year, compared to total thefts in previous years.

According to statistics provided by Tufts University Police Department (TUPD), there have have been 23 reported bicycle thefts since January, an increase from the 20 reported thefts in 2014 and the 21 reported thefts in 2013.

Reported bike thefts are also higher during the fall months, with 10 bicycles reportedly stolen on campus between Aug. 1 and Oct. 15, as opposed to the five bikes that were stolen within the same time period in both 2013 and 2014, according to TUPD’s data.

“This year we’re averaging a few more than we have the last couple of years,” Mark Keith, deputy chief of TUPD, said.

“But generally speaking, once we hit November it kind of drops down.”

Keith said he was not sure why there have been more bike thefts this year.

Claire Stone, president of Tufts Bikes, said that during the fall, people use their bicycles more, and thefts can occur when students are more absent-minded about locking up their bicycles.

“I think sometimes people are also a

bit more comfortable when the weather’s nicer, especially if they’re biking to a lot of places,” Stone, a junior, said. “The probability that you’ll decide to leave your bike for five minutes while you run to get something is a bit higher if you’re using your bike a lot.”

Tufts Bikes, a student-run club that rents out 30 bicycles at a time across campus, sees its bikes checked out approximately 3,000 times annually, with a large percentage of rentals occurring in the fall, according to Stone.

“Any time the weather’s nice, we definitely get an upswing in rentals,” she said.

“I think mostly the traffic that we get… in the fall [is] because people have places that they want to go and [because] they have a lot of time. In the spring, it’s getting toward the end of the semester, and work is getting more serious. But [in the fall] people are kind of ready to explore.”

Keith suggested that students use the U-Locks to lock up their bicycles and to only use cable ones in addition to the more secure U-Locks. According to Stone, U-locks are harder for thieves to break than cable locks.

According to Stone, many students, however, refrain from using U-Locks, preferring the lighter, more portable cable locks. While the cable locks do provide

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A TUPD cruiser drives under a vibrantly colored tree as fall begins to affect the Academic Quad on Tuesday, Oct. 13. some level of security, they are much simpler to break and can easily be dismantled with regular tools, she said.

“Theft [mostly comes from] either people not locking up bikes or using less intense locks,” Stone said. “The way to go is really to use a U-Lock, which is the really heavy duty one that you would have to saw through to get off without a key.”

Keith agreed, noting that sometimes cable locks alone are not enough to prevent a bike from being stolen.

“If someone has an expensive bike with a cable lock, it’s an easy target,” Keith said. “I also encourage people that no matter how long or short they are see BIKE THEFT, page 2

Stanford economics professor speaks at annual Wellington Burham Lecture

by Catherine Perloff Contributing Writer

Economist Dr. Raj Chetty spoke at this year’s Wellington Burham Lecture about equality of opportunity in America at 51 Winthrop St. on Oct. 15. The lecture, titled “Improving Equality of Opportunity in America: New Evidence and Policy Lessons,” was sponsored by the Tufts Department of Economics.

Chetty, who is currently an economics professor at Stanford University, completed his Ph.D at the age of 23 and went on become one of the youngest tenured professors in the history of Harvard University, according to his website. He is also a MacArthur Fellow and a recipient of the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal for best American economist under the age of 40.

The turnout filled more than half the venue. Both undergraduate and graduate students were in attendance, including sophomore Jamie Fonarev and economics graduate student Yiwei Jiang, who both said they attended the event because they were inter-

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ested in works that they had read by Chetty in their classes.

Dr. Jeffrey Zabel began the lecture with introductory remarks that described the importance of Chetty’s research.

“There are too many of us academics that are happy enough to write highly technical research papers, myself included, that have no real influence on policy and the real world,” Zabel said. “[Chetty] addresses headon some of the most important policy issues today.”

Chetty’s lecture focused on one’s ability to achieve the “American Dream.”

He explained that upward mobility is much lower in America than in other developed nations.

“Your chances of achieving the American dream are almost two times higher growing up in Canada than in the United States,” he said.

In trying to explain this phenomena, Chetty said that he and his colleagues examined the state of social mobility in different places across America. They found that

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continued from page 1 going to leave their bike unattended, make sure it’s locked.”

According to TUPD data, five bicycles that had only used cable locks were stolen this year, and no thefts were reported for bikes with U-Locks. Last year, there were two thefts of bicycles that had used cable locks and one theft of a bike with a U-Lock.

In addition to using proper security,

Keith said students should also register their bikes with the school.

“Over the last few years, we’ve recovered a few bikes by making sure they’re registered and finding their owner,” he said.

According to the TUPD website, students can register their bicycles by filling out a “Bicycle Registration Form” and handing it in at TUPD headquarters. “[Students] will be issued a tamper resistant, numbered Tufts University

Police registration sticker to be affixed to [their bicycles],” according to the website.

Keith said that individuals can help prevent bike thefts by contacting TUPD. “One of the things we really depend upon for investigation is the community,” Keith said. “People shouldn’t feel that they are bothering us. If anybody sees somebody acting in a suspicious behavior or checking out a bike rack, they shouldn’t hesitate to give us a call.”

Visiting economics professor speaks about social mobility, inequality LECTURE

continued from page 1 the chances of improving one’s economic status varied widely across the country — even from county to county.

Chetty said that he looked at families moving from areas of low social mobility to areas of high social mobility to ascertain the impact on children’s lives. He found that the more time one spends growing up in areas of high social mobility, the greater the chances are of climbing up the economic ladder.

“Every extra year that you spend growing up in a better environment, you improve your outcomes. If you get there too late, you don’t see any upward gain at all,” Chetty said.

In one striking example, he discussed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) “Moving to Opportunity” (MTO) housing mobility research. In one subset of these experiments, families living in low-mobility public housing projects in Harlem were given vouchers to live in high-mobility areas of the Bronx.

“We find that they are earning 30 percent more if they grew up in the Bronx instead of Harlem. That’s a $100,000 gain in earnings over their lifetime,” Chetty said.

“They’re 27 percent more likely to attend college. They’re 30 percent less likely to become single parents.”

Chetty suggested that policymakers could use this data to help move people living in low mobility areas to places with greater social mobility. However, he acknowledged that the cost and scale of this solution make it unfeasible. He said a better solution would be to find out what high-mobility areas are doing well so that other areas can adopt these characteristics.

Chetty discussed several factors that he and other sociologists and economists have found to be correlated with more social mobility, including less racial and income segregation, reduced urban sprawl, less income inequality and more social capital. Another important factor is the number of single-parent households in a community, he said.

“We find a very strong correlation between the fraction of single parents in an area and rates of upward mobility, even for kids whose own parents are married,” Chetty said.

Chetty also explained the impact of high quality schools on social mobility, citing research that showed replacing an ineffective teacher with a highly effective one had major impacts on students’ outcomes later in life.

“That single change in a single school year would increase the life-time earnings of the average child in the U.S. by about

$50,000,” he said. “That translates to an undiscounted sum of $1.4 million per classroom of 28 students.”

He added that there is a relationship between an individual’s likelihood to innovate and their parents’ income, as measured by receiving a patent.

“In the U.S., in order to become an inventor, you need two things: you need to be smart, and you need to have rich parents,” he said.

Chetty argued that all of society would benefit if poor and middle-class children had more opportunities to become innovators.

“If those kids end up discovering the next important drug or inventing the next iPhone, that’s obviously going to benefit everyone,” Chetty said.

Chetty ended his lecture by encouraging the audience not only to see the case for greater equality of opportunity from a social justice perspective, but also from the lens of pragmatic economics.

“Improving opportunities can also increase the size of the economic pie,” he said.

At the end of the lecture, there was a question and answer session during which a range of subjects were addressed, including how Chetty’s findings related to tax policy reform, pre-kindergarten education and technological changes.

Balance Your Life brings Operation Beautiful creator to campus

by Safiya Nanj News Editor

Balance Your Life (BYL) hosted Caitlin Boyle, founder of the Operation Beautiful movement, as the keynote speaker for a body positivity presentation in Goddard Chapel on the evening of Oct. 15.

Boyle’s Operation Beautiful is a movement that strives “to end negative self-talk” by leaving positive, anonymous notes in public places, according to the movement’s website.

BYL co-presidents Jenny Lu and Kinsey Drake said it was important to bring Boyle to Tufts in order to continue the dialogue about body positivity on campus.

“Body image is very much an issue that many students continue to struggle with into college, yet it’s rarely a subject that people feel they can have an open conversation about,” Lu, a junior, said. “It’s especially our goal to highlight a balanced mindset as an important component of overall well-being see BEAUTY, page 3

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continued from page 2 — a healthy body and a healthy mind go hand-in-hand.”

Around 25 to 30 people attended the event, according to Drake, a sophomore.

At the event, Boyle spoke about how she wants students to hone in on their behavioral thought processes and understand how consumerism that directly affects one’s self image.

“The big point of my Operation Beautiful presentation is that I really want students to think about why they have certain standards and how that influences their behavior, particularly in the realm of consumerism,” she said.

Boyle’s presentation referenced Photoshop examples to prove how businesses latch on to someone’s emotional insecurity in order to sell products.

“There are a lot of examples of Photoshopping in magazines, and the point that I try to make is that a lot of this is designed to make you feel bad about yourself so that you’ll ultimately buy a product,” she said. “If you can really assimilate that thought into your [behavioral] patterns, you’ll spend a lot less money, and you’ll open your eyes to the system and how it works.”

Boyle explained that it is important to recognize that, as consumers, people

have the power to determine the standards of beauty.

“It can be very freeing to realize that it’s important to define [beauty standards] for yourself for numerous reasons, but there [are] lots of big forces at play here, and I think it’s really powerful to acknowledge it,” she added.

Boyle said that in order to effectively educate others, it is important to explain the media’s effect on young girls’ body image and to challenge people to think critically.

“To change the way we feel, we really have to drill all of these concepts into ourselves a lot, and we have to start younger,” she said. “So I think it’s an important discussion to have with young boys and girls.”

Drake said she agreed with Boyle’s sentiments about seizing mental power from businesses and the media to increase one’s self-esteem.

“I think the message the Tufts students got from the event is that there is a lot of power in realizing that you don’t have to believe what the media says,” she said. “The message is straightforward, but I think that sometimes it takes an outside source for us to recognize the ridiculousness of the media in regards to self-image, especially for women in their late teens and early twenties.”

BYL plans to incorporate more body posi-

tivity efforts into the club’s overall operation, Drake said.

“I think that you cannot be confident [in] your physical and mental health until you accept that, no matter what stage of life you are in…we are all beautiful, capable people who deserve respect, especially from ourselves,” she said. “We also have some great resources from Caitlin Boyle on how to promote Operation Beautiful on campus following the event.”

Lu added that BYL’s goals align with that of Operation Beautiful’s, and that this year BYL plans to diversify its goals and include other aspects of health.

“Our focus for BYL this year is to especially branch out and incorporate other aspects of health, such as mental health and emotional wellness, into our mission target as well,” she said.

The philosophy of balancing one’s life is relevant to campus living, since much of the campus culture revolves around over-exertion, Lu said.

“People feel like they constantly have to push themselves to the limit and then some,” she said. “The main ideas coming out of Operation Beautiful, such as not comparing yourself to others or striving for an unattainable ideal, is applicable not just to body image, but to all aspects of student life here at Tufts.”

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his semester I decided to take a swimming course. I love swimming in pools. I love swimming in the ocean. I love swimming in the river. You guessed it! I love swimming in general.

You should know that I don’t own a one-piece bathing suit. I tend to be what I call a delayed-response pooper, which means that the time between when I realize I have to do the deed and when I REALLY have to is a small chunk of time. Thus, outfits that require above-average times to remove are not for me.

However, I didn’t think about what I would wear to class until that first Wednesday morning in September.

Then, I thought about the hair. The hair that’s on my legs and under my arms, where it always is.

As I begin to undress before swim class, revealing my makeshift bathing suit of spandex and sports bra, I am struck by how self-conscious I feel. The class is mostly male, and I am mostly naked.

I’ve gotten pretty good at hiding armpit hair even if I have a tank top on.

So, I know to put my hair up and swimming cap on before I take off my shirt.

HAHA, my secret is safe!

Then I start to do the forward crawl.

There’s no way to do the crawl without showing your armpits. It’s just not possible. It might as well be called “armpit to the sky fly.”

As I swim, I notice I am lessening my stroke so the hair won’t show as much.

Being self-conscious about appearance tends to make me self-conscious about other stuff too, especially when my male lane partner repeatedly tells me it’s okay to take breaks. Which I don’t, because I’m killing it.

Now I’m wondering if he thinks I’m showing off because I’m beating him. I’m already breaking the shaving code, and now I’m breaking the “man > woman” code.

I do what every counselor ever has told me not to do: I start coming up with excuses for why I’m good at swimming to try to ease the discomfort.

(My body hair is way too long to make excuses for.)

The first one that materializes: “Oh, I’m good at swimming because I’m a river guide, and it’s just something I’ve had to do for the job.”

The second: “Me? Good? I just do this to relieve stress, that’s why I’m really trying. It’s because I’m an emotional person.”

The third: “I think I’m doing this all wrong, would you show me how?”

The excuse: I’m good because I train, or because this is how I deal with my irrational woman feelings or how I play dumb. (Like, how have I not drowned yet?) It means apologizing for being a woman who doesn’t care that she is making a man feel uncomfortable with her appearance or her competence.

The last excuse that pops into my head is not an excuse at all.

“No, I don’t swim that much. And yes, I’m better at it than you are.”

Emma Arnesty-Good is a senior majoring in an American studies. She can be reached at emma.arnesty_good@tufts.edu.

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The study of human factors explores how to optimize user experience and contribute to market success, focusing on the design of products through the lens of user functionality. A pre-professional society at Tufts, Tufts Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (THFES) is dedicated to providing resources for Tufts undergraduates studying human factors through various workshops and a mentorship program.

“Human factors studies how people interact with things,” THFES President senior Matt Marber said. “That can be as specific as the way somebody interacts with their app on their phone or something more ergonomic related, such as the design of a chair to make it as comfortable for as many people as possible.”

Senior Daniella DiPaola, THFES vice president of corporate relations, said she became interested in the field of human factors studies because of its practical ties to studying engineering.

“I found that in my courses I wasn’t getting what I wanted to out of design,” she said. “I love watching people and thinking about how they work and behave and think, and then being able to take that and make a really cool design from it.”

The designs of iPhones and Facebook provide some of the best examples of human factors understanding, according to Marber.

“The design of the Facebook page is always changing — that’s purposeful,” he said. “You can do testing on the website using eye tracking … You can monitor people’s workflow and design something to match people’s mental models…”

Because few people are especially familiar with human factors and ergonomics, THFES has historically been a relatively small group on campus, according to DiPaola. She believes THFES provides a forum for the small group of human factors students to come together.

“Human factors isn’t a major that most people know about, so it’s nice being in a community where other people are interested in the same things as you and understand where you’re coming from,” she said.

The human factors major, also known as engineering psychology, is an interdisciplinary program, jointly offered through the School of Arts and Sciences under the Department of Psychology and the School

of Engineering under the Department of Mechanical Engineering. According to its website, the major consists of classes from both schools.

According to DiPaola, there are positive and negative aspects stemming from the major’s association with both schools.

“In a good way, we get the resources from those two different departments, but in a bad way, we don’t have our own personal resources, and sometimes we’re not considered our own department because we’re within two other departments,” she said. “I came to Tufts because I wanted a liberal arts and engineering education, and I found the perfect blend between the two, and I feel like I’m a well-rounded student after this program.”

Marber explained that the group is working to develop a mentorship program to help human factors majors balance classes between the schools. “[The program doesn’t] really fit into any school that well,” he said. “You’re in the psychology department, but you’re [taking] engineering classes. Then on the other side of things you’re in the engineering school, but you’re taking psych classes.

So it’s a weird liminal space stuck between both sides.”

As undergraduate mentors through the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marber and DiPaola also provided advice for human factor classes and jobs at their office hours. “[The Tufts Engineering Mentors Program], for instance, is fantastic, but that is for the engineering side so it doesn’t cover to the arts and sciences students,” Marber said. “So [what] we’re trying to do is develop something internally, having the upperclassmen assist the lowerclassmen, helping them with their course selection, figuring out how to [choose a] major … [DiPaola and I] do office hours for people to come to us with any help with any questions related to human factors classes, advice for job help, critiques for program department, where they would like to see the program headed for the future.”

According to Marber, THFES also provides undergraduates with the opportunities and resources available within the overall field.

“We do this through different workshops on campus [and through] field trips to companies in the greater Somerville/ Boston [area] that have different special-

ties, so you can see where you can go in the field, as well as [through] bringing speakers to campus,” he said.

Among those events is an upcoming workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 10 with BostonCHI — an organization of professionals in the field of human-computer interactions — on human factors in medical devices, according to Marber.

“We’re thinking about a few company tours,” DiPaola said. “One is with Cambridge Consultants, which is a human factors consulting firm in Boston, and another one is Paytronix. They’re a software company nearby, and they recruit a lot of Tufts human factors engineers.”

Additionally, thanks to the resources of its subgroup, the Tufts Makers Network, THFES is able to use advanced equipment outside of classrooms for free, DiPaola said.

“In our coursework we don’t necessarily get a lot of prototyping just because of time and resources, so it’s really helpful to have that group that provides extra support to use 3D printers or laser cutters or just about anything,” she said.

As more companies are recognizing the significance of human factors, there are more opportunities for people in the field, Jennifer Carroll (LA ’07) noted. Carroll studied engineering psychology through the School of Arts and Sciences and is now an experience design consultant at PJA Advertising and Marketing.

Carroll explained that her work process begins with research on user needs and wants and ends with testing user reactions to prototypes developed based on the original research.

Carroll believes that her study of human factors at Tufts has been helpful for her work.

“When I was [at Tufts], it was one of the only undergrad programs in the country in this area,” Carroll said. “I definitely went into the workforce…a step ahead.

[Human factors] seemed to be a really nice major that has the artistic side and science side.”

As technology develops and more aspects of day-to-day life make their way into a digital setting, human factors will become increasingly important, according to Carroll.

“Everything is online,” she said. “You have to have somebody thinking about how it works, how it needs to work best and [is] constantly going back and making that change and keep[ing] things up to date.”

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It must be hard being Guillermo del Toro. Between the immense critical success of his Spanish-language dark fantasy “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006) and the more mainstream commercial success of his American action films like “Pacific Rim” (2013), the director has amassed a following of the most rabid breeds of film fans: science fiction, fantasy and art horror lovers. Now, he has dutifully attempted the impossible task of appealing to each of these factions and their high expectations simultaneously in his latest release, the Gothic romantic horror film “Crimson Peak” (2015). And, as with any impossible task, the result is not a success.

The poor thing never stood a chance.

Although visually stunning and well-cast, the film is burdened by deep issues that appear to stem from del Toro’s desire to please and his inability to execute. Like the work of a stressed multi-tasker, everything is done haphazardly and half-heartedly. The young protagonist Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) occupies both the role of horror damsel and romantic heroine. After the murder of her father, she is swept away by the dark and mysterious Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) and his sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain) to the dilapidated, Brontë-esque Allerdale Hall. This reads like a straightforward English Gothic romance, but a number of American horror elements are inserted throughout, including paranormal investigation and the trope of the blonde, shrieking lead. The resulting effect is more distracting than interesting. Even with the jolts of violence that cut away from the established atmosphere and presentation of gory, monstrous ghosts, the film doesn’t provide many scares or even a lasting impression of dread. It tries its very hardest to be suspenseful, frightening and romantically intriguing but fails on all three counts.

In a 2012 interview about his then-upcoming projects, del Toro told Deadline that

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Jessica Chastain plays Lucille Sharp in the confused and underwhelming "Crimson Peak."

“Crimson Peak” was “a very set-oriented, classical, but at the same time modern, take on the ghost story. It [would] allow [him] to play with the conventions of the genre [he knew and loved] and at the same time subvert the old rules.” The conventions of both the “ghost story” and Gothic romance genres are clear as day throughout the film, but subversion is much harder to come by. The most progressive aspect of Edith’s character is that she wears glasses and writes occasionally. She is introduced as a writer of ghost stories who has been pigeonholed into the romance genre because of her gender, but this supposedly feminist detail is undermined by the fact that her financial support comes from her father and a number of other male characters.

Her battle with Lady Sharpe over Thomas’ love is also decidedly conventional, unless you consider incest plotlines subversive.

Genre fans will recognize nods to many classic scenes, including the final snowy showdown of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” (1980) and Gary Oldman’s cobblestone stroll in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dracula” (1992).

Although these homages can be fun references to a world outside that of the film, they are often as distracting as the sudden jolts of violence.

One stretch of dialogue in “Crimson Peak” between Edith and Thomas about his depar-

ture is pulled almost directly from Charlotte Brontë’s classic Gothic novel “Jane Eyre” (1847), which was recently readapted for film and also stars Wasikowska. This overwhelming reliance on reference and established tropes becomes laughable when audience members can pick out the origins of the film’s constituent parts over and over. It teeters on the edge of losing its own identity completely.

In an attempt to be audience-friendly, “Crimson Peak” also over-explains almost everything. Much of the dialogue is stilted, the exposition is frustratingly heavy-handed and not much room is granted for nuance. For example, the Sharpes constantly emphasize the red clay beneath Allerdale Hall (blood!) and the delicacy of beautiful things (Edith!), much to the chagrin of the audience. With beautiful costuming, art direction and cinematography, artistic and nuanced storytelling to match would have done the film a great service.

Del Toro has proven in the past that he knows how to write dark fantasy, how to direct horror and how to craft a Gothic narrative worthy of our attention. Unfortunately, “Crimson Peak” does not affirm any of that.

As the ghost of Edith’s mother so pointedly portends three separate times throughout the movie, “Beware of Crimson Peak!” It would be wise to heed her advice.

TV Review

‘Supernatural’ season 11 premiere offers nothing new

by Alexandra Dorfman Contributing Writer

The premiere of the 11th season of The CW’s “Supernatural” (2005-present) aired earlier this month. That’s right — 11th. Given its convoluted and often absurd plot lines, it’s a mystery as to how this show has managed to survive this long. Season 11 certainly doesn’t hold any answers because, frankly, it’s a giant train wreck.

To be fair, the series itself isn’t exactly the paragon of good television. The plot revolves around two monster-hunting brothers, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), who have been to Hell and back (literally), fought both angels and devils and have died numerous times. Miraculously — their friend Castiel (Misha Collins) is an angel, so yes, miraculously — the brothers keep coming back to life. Their amazing inability to stay dead is perhaps the answer to why this show has been renewed for an 11th season. If the main characters aren’t dead, might as well keep going, right? Then there’s the show’s die-hard fanbase, which sticks by it no matter how laughable the plot becomes.

In the newest season, Sam and Dean face a new enemy: the elusive Darkness. That’s really its name: the Darkness. Not exactly the most intriguing name for a nemesis, but if the writers were shooting for self-explanatory, they certainly succeeded. The Darkness appears to be exactly what it sounds like: a giant evil storm cloud that Sam accidentally

released from its ancient prison. This foe is made slightly more interesting by Dean’s discovery that the Darkness is actually a woman, but her exact intentions — world domination or world destruction — remain unclear. In the season premiere, she reveals to Dean that she, like he, also bears the Mark of Cain, an evil mark that brings out the worst in those who bear it. The Mark of Cain emphasizes the duality of good and evil within Dean himself — a theme that was not only the focus of the entire 10th season but also of many seasons before it. Bringing it back again only makes the series feel even more predictable.

With a new season come new monsters, though exactly what they are and how to kill them still elude the Winchester brothers. In an attempt to rectify this issue, Sam convinces Dean that they should split up so that Sam can find a way to destroy these monsters. Unfortunately, while defending himself during a fight, Sam is turned into one of these very monsters — a plot twist that will undoubtedly affect the rest of the season.

The dark side of both brothers has been exposed and will continue to influence their decisions going forward. Despite this, the dark side of Sam’s personality is an overused focus and will bore longtime fans of the show. Sam has abandoned his family, lost his soul and run off with a demon, so this internal conflict is nothing new. As for his mistake in releasing the Darkness — well, he started the apocalypse in season four, didn’t

he? This kind of careless mistake should be expected from him.

“Supernatural” has never been lauded for its complex characters. Rather, has always been the amusing dialogue that draws in viewers. But this time around, any banter between Sam and Dean has pretty much vanished as well. Their conversations are so short and cryptic that it’s hard to follow what they’re talking about. Dean’s characteristic gruff, short grunts have become, well, a little too gruff and short. Viewers may wonder if Dean Winchester knows any words that aren’t monosyllabic. As for Sam, he spends most of the time with a look on his face like that of a lost puppy. His hair is a bit shorter though, so that’s exciting.

“Supernatural” has never been a go-to show for those searching for quality television.

Season 11 might be unimpressive, but it still has the classic “Supernatural” vibe. Sam and Dean have to save the world, Castiel is in trouble and the King of Hell (Mark Sheppard) continues to wreak havoc while wearing his trademark smirk. There are strange sexual jokes that have no business in a show focused on siblings, odd unexplained plot twists and questionable character developments (or lack thereof). Fans might be disappointed by the lack of change, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be entertained. After all, if they’ve been entertained by the show’s circular plot lines for the past 10 seasons, what’s another 23 episodes? And, hey, the show gets points for consistency, right?

ur next president will be chosen by the likes of Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Lorne Michaels, Seth Meyers or Trevor Noah. While that may seem absurd to many voters, it’s safe to say that 2016 will be a media election. Late-night shows are having an increasing impact on the electorate as a whole. It is easy to see why Hillary Clinton values a cameo on “Saturday Night Live” (1975 – present) and Donald Trump will be hosting the famous NBC program on Nov. 7. Voters see Ted Cruz or Bernie Sanders sitting down with Colbert as often as they see Marco Rubio or Ben Carson taking questions on Fox News. In order to win the election, the candidates first have to win late-night.

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (2015 – present) draws 3.2 million viewers, and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (2014 – present) pulls in 3.6 million. However, those numbers don’t just include the middle aged viewer (the demographic that traditionally tunes into late-night talk shows).

Late-night television is starting to dominate the all important 18 to 49 age range; highly viewed YouTube videos include an “SNL” skit mocking the Democratic debate, a Jimmy Kimmel bit about Trump and Clinton, John Oliver’s take on Trump and Cruz’s tough interview with Colbert. A Fallon skit from September that features the host impersonating Trump has 6,790,026 views as of press time. Many of the most popular videos posted to Colbert’s YouTube channel are election-related. Meyers routinely criticizes candidates of both parties on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (2014 – present), and on “The Daily Show,” Noah has created many viral moments at the expense of candidates.

Voters get their news not only from journalists at MSNBC or The New York Times but also from writers at Comedy Central or The Onion. In 2008, Tina Fey defined Sarah Palin before Palin had a chance to define herself.

We remember the famous “SNL” moments as much as we remember Palin’s actual speeches. In this election cycle, comedians will define the candidates to an even greater degree, as their audience is only growing.

Noah, Colbert and the writers at “SNL” will be relentless. Everything a candidate does will be parodied, analyzed and shared on Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and other social media sites. The availability of platforms on which to share viral clips has increased at almost the same rate as the producers of those viral clips. The populous demands for the type of burns, impersonations and highbrow humor that late night hosts are more than willing to provide. Voters don’t just hear what Bush or Clinton said, but they also know how “Weekend Update” hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost will respond. Late-night isn’t just confined to television sets anymore. Sound bites from these shows reverberate around the internet and smartphones, reaching an audience that was unimaginable in previous election cycles. While Sanders and Trump tweet, Rubio and Rand Paul upload campaign photos to Instagram and Chris Christie and Martin O’Malley post to Snapchat, “SNL” and “The Tonight Show” mock the absurdity of it all.

There should be no doubt: this is the social media election. This is the late-night election.

Soven Bery is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at soven.bery@tufts.edu.

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Maria Jose Fabre Comments from the Peanut Gallery

Getting to the core: no apple-ogies

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n this week’s foreigner’s tirade, I will, let’s be honest, “trash-talk” what has been America’s sweetheart for generations: the apple. I enjoy eating apples as much as, well, any other apple lover. I will also admit that the American cultural focus on apples has brought great things to my life: I discovered apple crumble (and apple pie that actually tastes good), apple fritters, apple-cinnamon donuts, cider that is actually apple juice with pulp, cider that comes in craft beer bottles and so on. Still, American apple culture goes far beyond just the convenience and locality of the fruit or even just the taste of it. It is an obsession with apple products and apple-centered activities.

A year ago I mentioned to my mother that a couple of friends were taking me apple picking — an essential American cultural experience. I then had to spend the next 40 minutes trying to explain to my mother the appeal of the activity. At first, she didn’t understand the function of the location: was this an actual apple orchard? If so, wouldn’t visitors and untrained apple-pickers just be a nuisance? How was this comparable to a wine vineyard tour? But at the end of things, she just couldn’t understand the popularity of the activity. “Why would you pay additional money to pick your own apples?” she argued. The apples were not special in any kind of way. If you think about it, the economic model behind apple picking is absolutely genius — someone else is paying both for the product of your labor as well as the ability to “test out,” or experience, your form of labor.

In actuality, apples are neither native nor convenient. Apples originated in Kazakhstan, and while it is true that the weather of the continental United States, particularly that of New England, favors them well, the amount of effort that our apple crops require makes that argument null. Apples grown from seeds produce crops that can be different in taste and appearance from the apple it came from.

The current lack of genetic variety in apples due to species control makes apples incredibly weak crops, requiring heavy amounts of pesticides. Contemporary apples’ grandparents were more comparable to what we today call crab apples — smaller and bitter.

Apples had little use beyond the production of cider in colonial and settler America — that means no apple pie.

Perhaps apple picking as a phenomenon is an indicator of urban America’s relationship with nature, farming and food. There is a high disconnect between the production of food and its consumption — both psychologically and economically. Economically, processed foods are less expensive, and unprocessed or organic foods are considered options for the elite. Psychologically, many Americans are unaware of the processes and realities of labor that are necessitated by our levels of consumption. The ethos of apples as wholesome nationalism and the nostalgia of apple picking are manufactured. Let’s be real, apple picking at an apple orchard is in no way a realistic representation of the type of work that cultivating apples actually is.

Maria-Jose Fabre is a senior majoring in political science. She can be reached at maria.fabre@tufts.edu.

Opinion

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Op-Ed: Elephant in the Room

by Zach Shapiro

For many, a debate to forget

Last week, America got its first look at the debating chops of the Democratic candidates. While Governor Mike Huckabee ranted on Twitter, Bernie Sanders raved, and Lincoln Chafee finally opened his mouth. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the clear winner, while Senator Chafee and Governor Martin O’Malley fell short. Senator Sanders underwhelmed while Senator Jim Webb surpassed expectations.

As of early September, Chafee was polling at a whopping zero percent nationally. With those numbers, one would think he had little to lose. In Las Vegas, Chafee proved Americans wrong.

The self-proclaimed “block of granite” hesitated, taking the low-hanging fruit — bashing Clinton’s support for the Iraq War. While a legitimate point, Chafee failed to offer any distinctive opinions on foreign affairs. Similarly bland and unimpressive was his promise “to end these wars.”

Given O’Malley’s dearth of talking time on foreign policy, there is little to be said for his performance, aside from the fact that his lack of foreign policy experience spoke for itself. Whether intentional or unfortunate, claiming that “Assad [invaded] Syria” is a grave error.

Expectations were especially high for Senator Sanders. With few clear foreign policy positions, Sanders needed the

debate to clarify his viewpoints. This was a key moment for him, but his performance on the topic was mixed at best.

Sanders failed to outline the conditions under which he would send the United States to war. Dodging the question, Sanders reiterated previous support for Afghanistan and Kosovo campaigns.

While it’s a relief to be reminded of what he previously supported, deferring to these extreme examples simply isn’t enough. To add to this, Sanders advocated that climate change is the chief national security threat. Whether or not it is a serious issue, few experts would agree that it is more immediately pressing than, say, the rise of ISIS. Only marginally less odd than Chafee is former Virginia senator Webb. In spite of his petulant complaints on speaking time, Webb distinguished himself on core policy issues. A most apt reflection of this success was his answer to the question on the greatest national security threat to the United States. Webb believes it is Chinese cyberterrorism and territorial expansion and aggression in the South China Sea. The former Virginia senator offered by far the most distinct and unique answer on this issue, especially considering how Chinese actions and aspirations seem to have taken a backseat, to a degree, to turmoil in the Middle East. Similarly insightful was Webb’s brief comment on that region, which he astutely pointed out is worse off post-Arab Spring. It’s an import-

ant reality to accept as any incoming administration will grapple with new realities on the ground. Unfortunately, Webb’s impressive performance will not hold much long-term weight, given his decision yesterday to drop out of the Democratic primary race.

It’s no that surprise Clinton emerged victorious in Las Vegas. While arguably targeted by the moderators, Hillary got lucky thanks to her largely weak competition. Staying on message, she projected leadership. All the while, she aptly communicated the massive experience gap: that she’s the leader with the plan and the know-how, who has been trusted time and time again to make major decisions. Clinton did exactly what was necessary, outperforming Sanders while maintaining confidence and calmness.

However, citing the Obama administration’s “successes” is highly contentious at best, especially given Webb’s remarks on the Middle East and North Africa.

It’s no surprise that the path is clear for Secretary Clinton, barring Vice President Joe Biden’s entrance into the race. Nonetheless, it is important to remember that despite a strong showing in this debate, Clinton will have earned the nomination more so by lack of credible contestation than by victory.

Zach Shapiro is a senior majoring in international relations and op-ed contributor.

He can be reached at zachary.shapiro@ tufts.edu.

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Correction In a Oct. 20 article titled “St. Anselm holds off Tufts for 0-0 draw,” a photo caption identified a player as Sydney Griffith. The player was in fact sophomore Cassie Collins.

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Women’s team finishes in top quarter, secures spot for next year CREW

continued from back year’s regatta must finish in the top half of the event in which they competed the previous year.

The crew program returned Sunday in the late afternoon to compete in the men’s and women’s collegiate eights events under chillier and windier conditions than those on Saturday.

The men’s collegiate eight raced ahead of the women with an entry of first-year stroke Ryan Bell, sophomore Andrew MacMillen, senior tri-captain Jon Williams, first-year Chandler Glass, sophomore Tyler Hagedorn, junior Tyler McCullough, senior Zhuangchen Zhou, junior tri-captain and bow Zach Merchant, along with first-year coxswain Hannah Frankel — the same line-up that came home with a bronze-medal win at the Head of the Snake.

Even under treacherous conditions, the

men’s collegiate eight was able to hold its own in a field of Div. I schools and historic crews, passing the University of North Carolina near the finish line.

“Thanks to a quick cutting turn under [the] Eliot Bridge by our coxswain Hannah and some powerful strokes, we were able to overtake [UNC] in the last 500 meters,” McCullough said.

The men’s collegiate eight finished in the middle of the pack, placing 22nd in a field of 41 and clocking in at 16:12.852.

“We would have liked to finish higher than we did, but we did finish 14 spots higher than last year,” McCullough said.

“We’re a very young crew, so I’m excited to see what’s ahead.”

Quickly following the men’s collegiate eight in the next event was the women’s collegiate eight. The entry consisted of senior stroke Claire Sleigh, senior Emma Wells, sophomore Emma Conroy, senior co-captain Rachel Siegler, senior

Leah Fortson, first-year Elizabeth Lichter, first-year Madeleine Orzeske, senior bow Kate Ainsworth and senior coxswain and co-captain Kellie King.

Working against the cold and wind of Sunday afternoon, the women’s collegiate eight had trouble at the start and in the first mile of their race. The crew found it difficult to achieve the same clean blade work they had perfected over the season’s practices, but they easily warmed up heading into the second third of the course.

“The most dramatic part for us was definitely the [turn at the Eliot Bridge],” King said. “The course got extremely crowded at that point, and steering was very tight.”

Navigating around other crews and turns is among wthe most difficult and stressful responsibilies for a coxswain, as it requires the full attention and cooperation of the rowers in order to execute each command properly.

“[The] rowers performed wonderfully [at the Eliot Bridge], kept things calm and were responsive to all my calls,” King said. “Without that, we wouldn’t have been able to cleanly navigate the turn and bridge.”

The efforts and cooperation of the women’s collegiate eight brought it to the finish line in the first quarter of all entries in the event, securing the boat an entry in next year’s race. The crew finished eighth in a field of 32 with a time of 18:11.474 against highly ranked Div. I schools, demonstrating the high caliber and seasoned expertise of the program.

After a weekend of racing surrounded by some of the best rowers and crews in the world, the men’s and women’s crews have a brief period of rest before their final regatta of the fall racing season. The Jumbos will be back in action for the last time this fall at the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga, N.Y. on Oct. 31.

Women’s rugby looks to make playoffs after shutout win WOMEN'S RUGBY

continued from back ly punished for giving the ball away, as Kirtland scored just five minutes into the second half. However, as both teams sought to increase the speed in their attack, the second half was characterized by a series of misplaced passes from both sides, which led to knock-ons and penalties.

Despite this, Tufts continued to press ahead, as another try by Hines put Tufts up, 46-0. Sophomore full back Elizabeth

Cultrara then converted her first kick of the second half to increase Tufts’ lead by two points.

A high tackle by the Williams defense was eventually punished by Tufts’ Fulton-Black as her team scored another try. With 10 minutes to play in the game, Dietsche added to the Tufts advantage.

Pinto later scored another try, bringing the final score to 74-0.

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“Going forward, for us, we’re looking to take that next step,” Perino said.

“The players’ passing was phenomenal; they were seeing the gaps. And now we’re focusing on exploiting those gaps more and dominating offensively.

If we win the next game, [then] we go to the playoffs. And given the amount of work the girls have put in, I’m confident that we will win and [that] we will make it to playoffs.”

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leading the charge, only to be halted by a Jumbos defense determined to maintain their shutout.

“As with any team, you find something new each week that needs tweaking, but I think we’re on the right track to dominate in championships,” Dietsche said. “This team has a lot of heart, soul and dedication, and that’s what’s going to count in the end of the season.”

Overall the Jumbos scored 12 tries and seven conversions. They

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Tufts beats Colby to finish line at Head of the Charles

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Tufts Crew’s men’s collegiate four during their race at the Head of the Charles on Saturday, Oct. 17.

by Andre Chuong Contributing Writer

The Head of the Charles Regatta, held annually in Boston, Mass. during the third full weekend of October, is not just a competition — it is a tradition that has captivated the hearts and souls of rowers and spectators alike for the past 51 years. Rowing teams from around the globe, spanning every age group and experience level, partake in the regatta, which is widely considered to be the largest in the world.

The course on which the crews compete which divides the cities of Cambridge and Boston, spans three miles. However, distance is not the main obstacle in this race. Instead, a series of tricky turns and changing traffic patterns through a succession of bridges play an important role in determining the regatta’s best crews.

Hard strokes are not enough to come out on top, and each crew’s ability to maneu-

ver around a complex course can easily make or break their performance.

The men’s and women’s rowing teams fielded three entries in the two-day regatta: the men’s collegiate four on Saturday, and the men’s and women’s collegiate eights on Sunday. These events followed world-class championship races of Olympian caliber and were just three of 63 total events that took place over the weekend.

The men’s collegiate four launched against a slight headwind late Saturday afternoon under partly cloudy skies and a glimpse of sunshine.

The entry of senior stroke Jackson Horwitz, senior tri-captain Jonathan Lapadula, senior Andrew Warren, sophomore bow Matt Cohen and senior coxswain Maria Karam was able to keep its distance from other boats, allowing the crew to row its own race free from distraction. With a half-mile to the finish line, the men’s collegiate four was able to pass

a single boat and ultimately finish a few lengths ahead of Colby. This was a personal victory for Tufts as Colby — a rival in the NESCAC — had previously overtaken Tufts at the Head of the Snake in Worcester, Mass. on Oct. 10, passing Tufts by a quarter length at the finish line.

Tufts men’s collegiate four finished 19th in a field of 46 with a time of 18:13.521, securing the crew an entry in next year’s Head of the Charles.

“We were very happy with where we finished,” Horwitz said. “A top half finish in a field of stacked collegiate fours shows just how far Tufts crew has come in the short time we’ve had with our new head coach, Noel [Wanner].”

In a renowned regatta like the Head of the Charles, entries are not guaranteed to all those who wish to compete. For sweep boat entries like those of the collegiate four and eight, hopeful entrants for next see CREW, page 11

WOMEN'S RUGBY

Jumbos defeat Ephs in one-sided game

by Yuan Jun Chee Staff Writer

The Tufts women’s rugby football club defeated its Williams counterpart at Bello Field on Saturday by a comfortable 74-0 margin. First-year flanker Nellie Hines and scrum halves senior Sara Fuhrman and junior Alison Kuah, who is also the Executive Sports Editor for the Daily, contributed to an overall impressive team performance.

“The girls have worked incredibly hard not only to build a defensive strategy, but to also exploit gaps offensively, and I thought we really pulled it together this past weekend,” Tufts coach Sam Perino said. “Our main focus is to play as a single unit, and that’s what the girls did … It was great to see them all come together.”

The Ephs’ defense was no match for the Jumbos, who raced to a 36-0 lead in the first half, scoring two tries from the get-go. Tufts’ mix of speed and quick passes to the wing contributed to its dominance on offense, drawing

the Williams defense out of positions that allowed the Tufts wings to lead its attack.

As a show of things to come, senior outside center Elizabeth Kirtland scored early on for the Jumbos. Tufts built on that lead, courtesy of junior fly half Maia Fulton-Black, whose nifty footwork eventually brought the ball deep into Williams’ territory, before she laid it off to Hines who extended Tufts’ lead to 26-0. With six minutes to play in the first half, senior lock Vanessa Pinto added to the Jumbos’ lead. Senior co-captain fly half Gracie Dietsche then found senior wing Olivia Bacon off a weak side play right at the end of the half to give Tufts a 36-0 lead.

The Jumbos did not always have it going their way however, with Ephs senior Lei Brutus an imposing presence on both ends of the field.

“Rugby’s a game where you have to stay focused for 80 minutes, and the girls have been working hard to improve communication and focus,” Perino said.

“From the second they stepped onto the

field to the time we were cleaning up, the girls were 100 percent committed and supporting each other, and we have built that rugby family unit.”

Senior co-captain Tara Watson agreed and added that there were some nervous moments that she believes the team coped well with.

“Maintaining focus is incredibly important and is a challenge with a game that lasts 80 minutes, and I was proud of the team for ignoring the score and playing rugby the way we know how to play,” Watson said. “There were times when we started to lose focus, but as a team we regrouped and continued to play our game. “ The second half saw the Jumbos continue their strong performance, as the team placed immense pressure on the Ephs, winning possession in the scrum.

Tufts was once again largely dominant, forcing Williams to clear the ball away from its own try zone several times. Williams was eventualsee WOMEN'S RUGBY, page 11

n the spirit of staying optimistic, I’m going to highlight some positives from the weekend.

Just one negative though: James McClean, celebrating like that against your old club is neither sporting nor cool.

Louis van Gaal got it right I feared the worst coming into this game, especially seeing how Arsenal demolished United the previous week, and remembering how Everton destroyed United on the break last year. But van Gaal was tactically spot-on.

Bringing Phil Jones for Daley Blind into central defense eliminated the opportunity for Lukaku to bully the backline. Dropping Memphis Depay for Herrera was a good call, simply because the Dutch winger has been neither clinical nor consistent enough. I’d still like to see Herrera start more just because he has the ability to pick passes that other players can’t see.

Chelsea’s commitment is admirable Chelsea committed the greatest number of fouls this weekend (22), but Jose Mourinho does not mind. In showing their desire to get stuck in, it is (perhaps) a sign of their willingness to find a way out of their malaise, and a sign of support for their embattled manager. I was a bit cynical with Mourinho’s defensive focus in dropping Hazard against Aston Villa, but last season’s Player of the Year has looked like a shadow of his former self, and perhaps Mourinho was right to send a clear message to Eden. Chelsea will face more challenging opponents than Aston Villa, but it’s a start on the road to recovery.

Liverpool and the pressing game He’s only had three days, but Jurgen Klopp’s philosophy is already starting to show. The energy at which the Reds pressed the Tottenham players on Saturday made it seem like it was 12 against 11 at one point. It worked perfectly for the opening 25 minutes, where Tottenham, so often the fitter team in these battles, could not cope with the gengenpress. Sadly for Liverpool fans, that faded as the match went on, as the Spurs found a way to pounce on Liverpool’s defensive weaknesses, which continues to need fixing, but they will only get better from here.

Shout-out to the Toon Army Anyone who picked Wijnaldum and Sissoko this week on Fantasy Premier League would have made a windfall. In restoring Sissoko into the center, McClaren gave the Frenchman almost free reign to dominate the midfield.

Wijandlum’s presence in the box, Mitrovic’s positioning up front and Perez’s fluidity in movement are all encouraging signs for Newcastle.

It’s a much-needed first win of the season for the Magpies and sets up a tantalizing TyneWear derby next weekend. Poyet, di Canio and Advocaat all played Newcastle in their second game, and won. So no pressure, Big Sam. Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are truly world-class players If there’s any question about Wenger’s ability to get value for money, think again. Because in the last three summers, he’s been vindicated by his three marquee signings. Yes, Ozil may have taken a while to settle, but he’s beginning to show glimpses of the form that persuaded Arsene Wenger to part with £42 million. I still think Arsenal needs to strengthen defensively, but £10 million Petr Cech is a steal. As is £35 million Alexis Sanchez, who has, no doubt, been Arsenal’s go-to man this year.

Yuan Jun Chee is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at yuan.chee@tufts.edu.