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Greek community aims to address sexual assault, behavioral problems

by Miranda Willson Assistant News Editor

The Inter-Greek Council (IGC), the Greek Life Anti-Sexual Assault Initiative Task Force and the broader Greek community are working to prevent sexual assault and behavioral issues in Greek life this semester.

Donovan said she is working to help the IGC determine specific ways to make social events hosted by Greek organizations safer. She began by giving all the Greek organizations training on how to prevent assault or other dangerous situations in social settings. “[The IGC] asked me to design a training specific to what my responsibilities would be if I were the host of a party,” she said.

According to Donovan, most of the houses have gone through the twohour training since she started holding sessions last spring. She said she hopes the training and other initiatives will help Greek houses ensure that there is a sober party monitor at every social event, who is visible and distinct from the rest of the partygoers, to act as intervention if needed. The party monitors will be identifiable by their shirts, which will be in a uniform color across fraternities, Donovan said.

“If I were a new student in one house and recognized one person as the party monitor, and if I then went to a different house, how would I know who [the

monitor] was?” she said. “We want to get a unifying color that they’re wearing so that when [someone] goes to each house, [they] know who to go to.”

President of the IGC Will Lorenzen said he hopes every member of the Greek community will have gone through Donovan’s training by the end of the semester. He explained that the IGC and the Task Force are now starting to look toward next steps. In addition to training existing members of the Greek community, Lorenzen hopes the IGC will establish a policy for training new members to feel comfortable intervening in a potentially dangerous situation.

“This is something we’re working to improve so we don’t turn into one of those big state-school systems,” Lorenzen, a senior in the fraternity Delta Tau Delta (DTD), said. “In my opinion, we’re a very different community than those big state schools, and we want to continue to be a different community.”

Vice President of Governance in the IGC Harrison Shapiro said Donovan has also helped the IGC develop initiatives to improve the way Greek life is perceived by those outside the community.

“She’s been encouraging us when it comes to…counteracting the perceptions and realities of sexual assault on campus,” Shapiro, a senior in the fraternity Theta Chi, said. see GREEK, page 2

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Vice President of Governance in the Inter-Greek Council Harrison Shapiro, a member of the fraternity Theta Chi, whose house is pictured above, is one of several people participating in efforts to prevent sexual assault in Greek Life spaces.

Tufts ALLIES hosts second annual Civil-Military Affairs Conference

by Joe Walsh Staff Writer

Tufts Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) held its second annual Civil-Military Affairs Conference to discuss civil-military relations and the role of the military last Friday and Saturday.

The conference’s theme this year was “Where Do We Go From Here: Post-Conflict Peacekeeping and Reconstruction in the 21st Century.” It featured panel discussions and a crisis simulation, according to Brian Pollock, a co-director for the conference.

“We’ve traditionally done a very good job of appealing to our security studies student base, and this year we’re really excited to maintain that base but also reach out to a wider

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cross-section of the Tufts population,” Pollock, a senior, said.

ALLIES, a program under the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), hosted participants in the conference from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy, who stayed with Tufts students for the duration of the conference. This helped achieve the goal of connecting students at Tufts with cadets and midshipmen from the service academies, Pollock said.

“Essentially, the idea with all of these conferences on a year-to-year basis is to provide a forum to bring civilians…together with students from West Point and the Naval Academy,” he said.

“In a broader sense, we see this as a chance to build bridges.”

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Associate Director of the IGL Heather Barry added that the IGL has invited delegations from the Military Academy before.

“For a number of years, we’ve invited delegations from the Military Academy to participate in different events,” Barry said. “[ALLIES] is run by students … They consult and meet with us regularly, and we provide some of their funding.”

The conference kicked off Friday with a panel called “Reconstructing Identities and Institutions.” Members of the panel included Shamil Idriss, the president and founder of Search for Common Ground, and Pamela Aall, a senior advisor for the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Following the panel discussion, Alex de Waal, a research pro-

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De Waal spoke about the importance of effective peacekeeping operations, broad participation in peace negotiations, governments’ construction and maintenance of legitimacy and the role of international groups such as the African Union.

According to the IGL’s website, the conference’s second panel was called “The Peacekeeper in the 21st Century,” and its panelists included Arturo Sotomayor from

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continued from page 1 Maya Zeigler, a former member of the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII), expressed concerns over the high emphasis placed on bystander intervention. She said she is unsure whether meaningful changes can happen within the Greek system and that sexual assault may be an implicit aspect of Greek life.

“Leeway is given to Greek life on many fronts when it comes to behavioral issues and sexual misconduct,” Zeigler, a senior, said. “Why will training internally change any of that? Sexual assault will continue to happen in light of it, and survivors are treated horribly in many cases, by the university and by members of Greek life.”

Jenny Duong, also a former member of AOII, expressed similar sentiments. She said she felt that party monitors may provide a certain level of protection in individual situations, but that their role does little to help end the culture of sexual assault that can be present at college parties.

“I feel like bystander intervention is so great, but also a perpetuation of the idea that [sexual assault] will happen,” Duong, a junior, said.

The efforts to reform Greek Life follow a series of high-profile incidents in Greek life, including the stabbing at the Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity house last May, the alleged assault by a Somerville resident at the Zeta Psi fraternity and disciplinary action against

fraternities in recent years, such as the suspension of Sigma Nu at the end of the last academic year and the probation of Delta Upsilon (DU).

According to Judicial Affairs Officer Mickey Toogood, DU is currently suspended, Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) is

“I feel like bystander intervention is so great, but also a perpetuation of the idea that [sexual assault] will happen,” [Jenny] Duong, a junior, said.

in the process of coming off probation and DTD is still under probation following the stabbing incident.

While Shapiro acknowledged that there are systemic issues within Greek Life, he said he aims to make Greek Life at Tufts free of problems like sexual assault, racism and classism, which sometimes appear in the national media in connection with Greek life.

“We want to make sure people feel comfortable and safe with this system that’s a part of the community,” Shapiro said. “The goal isn’t to make Greek Life separate from the Tufts com-

munity. No one should feel uncomfortable being in or near a Greek house.”

Lorenzen said that sexual assault prevention is only one of many issues the Greek community is working to address, especially since it has been expanding over the past few years.

“As we expand, we want to make sure we’re not just expanding for the sake of expansion, but because we want to grow as a community and work on the issues that are inherent in Greek life,” Lorenzen said.

Shapiro added that the IGC is also trying to improve communication between the Greek community, individual Greek houses and the greater Tufts community. People are often misinformed about which organizations are facing suspension or probation, so the IGC would like to be improve the way changes or issues facing the Greek community are announced, he said.

“If you go down to the Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life, they’re always able to tell you which groups are on probation, and a limited understanding of why,” Shapiro said. “So what we’re talking about is getting the information out there to the public in an accessible way so that we stop that rumor mill before it starts.”

“I’ve seen much more willingness… to [talk] to me, going over scenarios they’ve seen in their houses and determining how they can better respond to them,” she said. “It’s been a lot of work, and I think they need to be recognized for the amount of time and effort they’ve put into this.”

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New Film and Media Studies program grows, holds official launch

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Over 20 students have declared majors in the new Film and Media Studies (FMS) major since the beginning of the school year.

The official launch of the new program was celebrated in the Tisch Library and Ballou Hall on Oct. 30 and featured workshops for students and opportunities to engage with alumni.

According to FMS Program Director Julie Dobrow, she and the other program director Malcolm Turvey coordinated the day’s events along with the entire FMS team.

The FMS launch began with three workshops led by alumni in the media and film industries, according to Dobrow. Two of the workshops featured Hollywood writer and producer Jeff Strauss (LA ’84), who discussed writing for television and film, and senior culture writer at online women’s magazine Bustle Meredith Turits (LA ’09), who spoke about the use of social media for branding. The third workshop focused on multi-platform journalism and was led by Boston Globe Magazine staffer Neil Swidey (LA ’91) and Anthony Everett (LA ’83), a cohost of “Chronicle,” a newsmagazine program from Boston-based WCVB-TV. Both Swidey and Everett have previously taught a class on multi-platform journalism at Tufts.

Dobrow added that having alumni involved in the launch was important to the FMS faculty.

“We have great alums who are doing really interesting things in all media fields,” she said. “They’ve been an important part for us in developing the program over the years, and we wanted to make sure we invited back a number

of alums to help us do this launch the way it should be done.”

After the workshops, the FMS program was officially launched at 1 p.m. in Tisch 304 with speeches by University President Anthony Monaco and others involved in the program’s creation, according to Dobrow.

The FMS department then screened four alumni films.

Following the screenings, Carlos Gutierrez, (LA ’98) and Chelsea Grayson (LA ’12), who both were Communications and Media Studies (CMS) minors at Tufts, facilitated a discussion with attendees about the films, Dobrow said. Heather Hendershot, professor of film and media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), then gave a keynote address for the launch. “[Hendershot’s] work kind of crosses media and film,” Dobrow said. “It’s very much in line with the way we designed the FMS major and minor.”

According to Dobrow, the day’s festivities ended with a celebration in the Coolidge Room in Ballou.

Dobrow said that she and Turvey, who was recently hired as an art and art history professor at Tufts, hope that the program continues to grow based on student and alumni feedback.

“We’re going to continue to build on what we’ve developed with CMS over the years and make sure that students get a really well-balanced, broad-based approach to media and to film,” she said. “We want to make sure that students graduate from Tufts being really media literate, which means not only being able to analyze and critic media but also [knowing] something about its creation.”

Turvey explained that the FMS program is interdisciplinary in nature, with the current curriculum composed of

more than 90 courses from 24 departments and programs.

Turvey also said that he hopes to expand the classes provided by the actual FMS program itself.

“What we really need now are more courses that are purely focused on Film and Media Studies,” he said.

This semester Turvey is teaching “Art of the Moving Image,” which he called the “gateway course to the program.”

The FMS program is offering new courses next semester, including “From ‘Why Not’ to Wi-Fi: a History of American Broadcasting,” “Media Theory” and “Global History of Cinema,” according to Dobrow. She explained that as industries evolve within the changing media landscape, courses will be offered accordingly.

“We are cognizant of the fact that film and media are changing very rapidly, are becoming evermore integrated… and digital,” Dobrow said. “You can be sure that the courses that we offer are going to continue to reflect trends in academia and trends in the industry.”

Senior Imogen Browder, an FMS major, said that the program is allowing her to broaden her understanding of film technique more than was previously possible through her studies at Tufts.

“When I arrived at Tufts, I found [that] a combination of CMS, drama and involvement with TUTV [Tufts University Television] helped fulfill my desire to study and create moving image art, but [I] am excited by this opportunity to study in a more formal — and focused — program,” she told the Daily in an email.

Browder said that because of the program’s relatively small size right now, she has had the opportunity to work very closely with her professors,

who have offered her support and guidance. She added that the interdisciplinary nature of the FMS programs allows students to understand the field within a broader context.

“The classes I’ve taken have covered over five disciplines and [material from] several countries,” she said.

“From an educational standpoint, I feel I understand our current film industry and technique and [that I] have a great appreciation for where we’ve come from.”

Browder explained the importance of practical experience, noting that she interned with Bona Fide Productions last winter through the CMS program’s internship program, which led her to spend the summer working at ABC. As the program continues to grow, Browder hopes that it will provide more practical opportunities for students.

“Most of the hands-on production experience I’ve been involved in has been with TUTV, which I’m very thankful for,” she said. “I’m looking forward to the FMS department becoming more involved in student film.”

Turvey said that the FMS department has a beneficial relationship with the Experimental College, which regularly offers FMS courses taught by experienced professionals in the field.

He and Dobrow both spoke about the importance of practical experience in pursuing an FMS degree.

“I’m grateful that we have such a wonderful and engaged base of alums who will keep [coming] to campus and doing all sorts of events and internship opportunities,” Dobrow said. “[Because of this,] students can [encounter] a blend of classroom and hands-on experiences that will really position them for whatever they want to do when they graduate.”

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continued from page 1 the University of Texas at San Antonio, George Oliver from the Naval War College and Mark Kroeker, formerly of the U.N.’s Department for Peacekeeping Operations.

“The goal [in selecting panelists] was diversity in terms of background and perspective,” Pollock said. “Just as peacekeeping brings in people from NGOs, people from policing, people from the military, people from the civilian side… we wanted to make sure all of those positions, ideas and backgrounds were represented on our panels.”

The final part of the conference was a three-hour crisis simulation, according to Sarah Lubiner, the conference’s co-director. Simulation participants were assigned roles in a fictional world, where they were responsible for ensuring security in a post-conflict region. Fletcher professors and military officers acted as simulation advisors, giving instruction to attendees from both military and academic perspectives.

“We [had] people [with] real military experience who [were] able to help the civilians understand chains of command, as well as people from Fletcher who have a very deep edu-

cational background and [were] able to Patrick Hamon, a senior, and Barry. during the conference [are] the most advise them,” Lubiner, a junior, said.

Fluke explained that the conference can important, especially when they last Lubiner explained that the crisis have a lasting impact on its participants. throughout a professional career or a simulation intended to draw on the “The relationships that you make lifetime,” Fluke said. information and skills that were emphasized during the conference.

West Point cadet Philip Fluke, a member of the ALLIES chapter at the Military Academy, said it is easy to work with Tufts ALLIES members during the simulation.

“ALLIES at Tufts is one of the most well-informed groups that we work with, so [cooperation in the simulation] is usually pretty easy,” Fluke said.

In addition to hosting the CivilMilitar y Relations Conference, ALLIES also attends similar conferences at other schools, hosts speakers at Tufts and has an annual joint research projANA SOFIA AMIEVA / THE TUFTS DAILY ect abroad, according ALLIES, a student-run program within the Institute for Global Leadership, sought to expand the appeal of its to ALLIES co-leader annual Civil-Military Affairs Conference this year.

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John Curtis Perry, a former professor of East Asia and Maritime studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, delivers his final lecture for his Maritime History and Globalization course on Dec. 8, 2014.

Long-time Fletcher professor John Curtis Perry makes meaningful impact on students’ lives

by Emma Rosenthal Contributing Writer

“Professor [ John Curtis] Perry is like a father figure to me,” Sung-Yoon Lee, a Kim Koo-Korea Foundation professor of Korean Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, said about his long-time East Asia studies professor.

John Curtis Perry, who was a messenger boy, a student, a soldier and a teacher before he began his 35-year career as a professor of East Asian and Maritime Studies at the Fletcher School. This past May, he retired from teaching, but he still remains an active member of the Fletcher community as a researcher and writer.

“I’ve had 52 years of classroom teaching, and I decided that I would celebrate my 85th birthday this year by stepping down from teaching,” Perry said. “In part [I left] because I wanted to explore other things, and also because I’ve become quite deaf and that’s a handicap in seminar, because you can’t catch, sometimes, conversations that students have with each other.”

Perry, who grew up outside Washington, D.C., recalled reading stories about the Civil War as a child. These stories, he said, first sparked his curiosity about history.

“I was interested in the Civil War, reading some boy’s books about the Civil War, and I realized that it had taken place in part near where I was living,” Perry said. “And I happened to go to the library, and I found a book with a map that showed the fortifications of Washington … Well, I got on my bike and I went around with the map and tried to find these fortifications, and to my amazement, some were still visible

as mounds in the backyards of people’s houses and so forth…and that gave me a sense of the immediacy of history and the tangibility of it.”

Perry attributed his interest in diplomacy and foreign affairs to being exposed to children of diplomats while attending the Sidwell Friends School in D.C., where he experienced “a sense of a wider world than [he] would have otherwise.”

Looking to turn his interest in foreign affairs and history into a job, Perry leafed through the yellow pages of a phone book and began contacting embassies, trying to find one that would give him work.

“I started with Afghanistan: ‘No, we don’t need anybody to help,’” he said. “Belgium, Brazil, Chile: ‘No, sorry, sorry’… China: ‘Well, yeah, we do need a messenger boy. Why don’t you come over and we’ll have a look at you and we’ll decide whether it’s an appropriate job, whether you’re good enough for us.’ So I went over, I got the job and so that was my first direct exposure to East Asia.”

This lucky incident led Perry to major in Chinese Studies as an undergraduate at Yale University.

“I think I was the first person in the history of Yale College to choose that major,” Perry said.

After completing a year of graduate work, Perry enlisted in the United States Army and was sent to Japan, where his interest in East Asia grew. When he returned from his military service, Perry attended Harvard University to pursue graduate studies in history, with a focus on Japan.

“At that point, China was closed to Americans, and so China remained a library study, whereas I could go to Japan and really immerse myself there in

the culture and language and so forth,” Perry said.

In 1962, Perry graduated from Harvard with a Ph.D. in history and began his teaching career at Conn. College — an all-girls school at the time. He described his time there as a learning experience. “[It was a] good place to start your career as a teacher, because you’re very uncertain and quite ignorant, but happily the young women at Connecticut were quite forgiving of a young male instructor,” he said.

From New London, Conn., Perry moved to Minnesota, where he became the director of East Asian Studies Program at Carleton College.

Harvard later offered him a job as a research fellow, so he moved back to the East Coast with his wife and five children.

After four years at Harvard, Perry took a position at Fletcher. Perry reflected on some of the most exciting and proud moments of his career at Tufts.

“We had the North Pacific Program for about a dozen years and what we did with that was to take students on summer seminar to places in the North Pacific world — principally Japan but also Korea,” he said. “We would take maybe 10 [students] from Fletcher, or 15, and have a like number of local people and people from other North Pacific countries,” he said.

The North Pacific Program, which ran from 1985 to 1995, was designed to help students examine the cultural, economic and political trends of the participating countries, according to Tisch Library records. While the program began by only reaching out to students from Japan and South Korea, Perry made it his missee Perry, page 6

ear Anyone Having a Bad Week, I’m sorry. I have no idea why your week is bad, or how bad it actually is. I don’t know if this is just an isolated few crummy days, or if this is one week in a long succession of hard months — or even years. I don’t know if you’ve told anyone, if there’s anything that could fix it or if it’s made you rather unpleasant to be around. But I do know that I’m sorry that you’re hurting, or stressed, or exhausted, or grieving, or frustrated, or depressed, or lonely, or scared or lost.

I thought about writing this letter in a couple of different ways. I thought about writing it about the things you could do to feel better: show yourself compassion, go outside and look at the trees, look at a baby photo of yourself.

Or I thought about focusing the letter on how the “bad weeks” can actually be pretty beautiful, if you look at them the right way. I almost wrote those letters, and maybe at some point I will, but I think I ended up deciding that I wasn’t writing to make anyone feel better — I just want you to feel heard.

There’s something about humans that makes us crave for our pain to be recognized. There is something inherently good and comforting in having someone say, “Yeah, that sounds really hard,” or, “It really sucks that you have to deal with all that.” Somehow, when our bad days are taken and acknowledged for what they are, it helps.

But unfortunately, that’s not always the direction that society pushes us in. We have been taught that bad days are to be silently borne beneath a bright smile; that expressions of pain are uncomfortable; that no one likes you when you’re in a bad mood; that suffering should be shunned.

I want you to know you can feel free to spill your bad day all over the place and wear it on the front of your shirt. I want you to know that the expressions of your pain are beautiful and that I will try my very hardest to feel the hurt with you. I want you to know that your grumpy, stressed out, short-tempered self is just as awesome as your cheerful self. Please do not shun your suffering.

Because in expressing ourselves — whether that means beaming on a day when you’re happy for no reason or admitting how awful we feel walking out of a midterm — we show ourselves and our world a kind of kindness.

Because in expressing our feelings we allow them to be heard, and being heard is a form of healing.

In writing this, know that I hear you, and let yourself be healed. I hope your day turns around, and that even if it doesn’t, you can still find a few moments of beauty and/or happiness amidst the crappiness. For all of you not having bad days — carry on, and enjoy.

Sincerely, Clara Wagner Clara Wagner is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. She can be reached at clara.wagner@tufts.edu.

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t’s funny how we let others affect us.

Our moods are surprisingly contagious. And if they are not contagious per se, then they are at least strong conductors of rather incendiary or equally intense changes in those of others. Moods travel through us and between us, kind of like electric tentacles that grasp every person we interact with. Just coming across someone who opens the door for you with a sincere smile on their face tends to render you just a little more content. In that same way, encountering a curt waiter who barely deigns to look in your general direction — or worse, who manages to engulf every word that comes out of his mouth with disdain and disrespect — will probably put you in a crappier mood than before.

Chances are his effrontery will consume most of your thoughts, mostly because of the sheer rudeness of it all, to the point where your previous optimistic outlook on life will recede to one characterized by the demise of human morality where we should all cease to procreate. You know, the idea that if we truly care about humanity we’ll let it wither into nonexistence.

The fact that we are so easily affected emotionally by those who surround us establishes the importance of the people who comprise our general social fabric. We are composed of energy, and there are people who seem to suck energy from us like a dark hole, while there are others who replenish us with their mere presence. Just thinking about how interconnected we are says a lot about the people with whom we surround ourselves. Of course, waiters and other service workers whose presence we cannot exactly foresee, nor extend (if we don’t so choose) are internal actors with whom interactions are beyond our control. In those cases, we can let strangers’ sheer good nature pervade our pores and actively ignore or not give much thought to other strangers’ exhausting, gnawing bitterness. As for the people that compose the social structure that is our everyday lives, it would be rather redundant to ascertain that they are energy fuelers as opposed to emotional vacuums — you know, people whose mere presence seems to scourge a bottomless hole in your poor soul.

The thing is, though, some of us are more susceptible to other people’s moods. Some of us confront a derisive counter attendant and our whole day suddenly topples into lackluster debris. Some of us contemplate that utter lack of decency and let our shock and discontent travel briefly through our veins like oxygen. After a whole two seconds we’ll just shrug it off after it leaves our system completely and dissipates into the air like carbon dioxide. And yet, we are not all so lucky. What’s important is that those of us who are easily affected by caustic moods of mere strangers are aware of it and try to actively reduce their effect. Because we only succeed in embittering ourselves and no one else. And as for our general friends, it seems redundant to exhort people to spend time with people who do not wreak havoc or negatively affect your mood and mental state. But some people are drawn to “self-destructive” friendships or amorous relationships, like those that plague romance novels with flesh and flower-ridden covers. Whatever makes you happy. But in all seriousness, happy.

Isabella Garces is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. She can be reached at isabella.garces@tufts.edu.

Perry describes role in organizing North Pacific Program Perry

continued from page 5 sion to include students from parts of the world that were less accessible, like Russia, China and North Korea. Perry was able to convince the governments of these countries to send a few students each year to participate in the program so that they could study with students from the whole North Pacific region.

“The great thing about this program was that we brought people together who otherwise wouldn’t meet, and they developed friendships across cultures,” Perry said. “I think this is one of the first times that we’ve seen North Koreans and South Koreans study together for 10 days.”

Lee, a colleague of Perry’s, explained that he met Perry in 1991 in Korea and that he has felt quite close to him ever since.

“Over the years [Perry has] really had a profound impact on my life and also on the lives of many, many people throughout [the] 51 years of [his] teaching career,” Lee said.

In 1992, Lee came to Fletcher as a student in the Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy program. He took every class that Perry had to offer and developed a mentor-mentee relationship with Perry during the six years it took him to get his doctoral degree.

“Going back to those early days, when I finished my degree and I finished my dissertation, around the time of commencement, I came to see my advisor… and said ‘How can I ever repay you for all you’ve done for me, all you’ve taught me over the past six years?’ and Professor Perry in his typically understated and wise way said, ‘Well, I too have had my own teachers. I’ve learned a great deal from my own teachers and I have tried to be a good teacher in my effort to honor my own teachers,’” Lee said. “So basical-

ly he was telling me, you know, straighten yourself out and try to be a good teacher! … And although I can’t say I’ve lived up to that expectation or that high standard, I do think of his admonition, and I try to be a good teacher as well.”

To honor Perry, in 2000, Lee and other former students who studied under Perry established a fellowship in his name — the John Curtis Perry Fellowship or Scholarship.

“We called up people, former students, wrote letters, and within a few months, we had raised close to $200,000, which was unexpected and quite impressive, I must say,” Lee said. “So that fellowship is still in presence — it’s grown over the years but it is awarded each year to a student at the Fletcher School who shows promise of committing himself or herself to the study of East Asia, or becoming a policy maker related to East Asia in the public sector.”

Another one of Perry’s students, Albert Buixadé Farré, studied at Fletcher between 2011 and 2014. He described the refreshed feel of Perry’s courses each year. “[Perry] really has a passion for education and every year he comes into a class, he comes with this speech… saying that ‘every new year is a very new challenge, and I’m not just going to repeat the same structure as last year.’

It’s always a fresh new start — like it was the first time he was teaching. And he not only said it, but he meant it.”

“He is electrifying,” Lee said, talking about Perry’s teaching style. “He is not a big man, he is not a young man, but he projects his voice…like an actor. He is a masterful orator, the best public speaker I have ever seen, and also as a teacher, he really encouraged all of his students, not only to absorb information and different insights and perspectives but really how to think. To

question your premises, conventional wisdom, your own biases, what you assume to be true or valid, to really question everything.”

Buixadé Farré also talked about a unique speech that Perry gave each year. “[There is] one very, very special lecture that he offers once a year to the entire school…called ‘Writing to be Read,’” Buixadé Farré said. “It’s so good that you could almost take any one phrase and it would be worth quoting … I cannot really go into explaining his teaching because, I mean, he’s amazing, and I cannot [do] justice to it.”

Now having made the transition from student to teacher himself, Lee draws on many of the things that Perry taught him as his professor.

“With maybe just the slightest exaggeration, I would say there’s probably not a single day when I’m on campus that I don’t think of my teacher, Professor Perry, even in passing, even if it’s just an image of him in the classroom from 20 years ago,” he said. “I hear his voice quite often, the way he would speak and counsel, advise students, giving each of his students, his visitors, undivided attention.”

Perry also spoke about the influence of teacher-student relationships on his career, noting his own relationship with his Russian history professor from Yale.

“I felt so enriched by my friendship with Fletcher students,” Perry said.

“They are indeed an extraordinary group of young people, and some of my best friends now are former students, going back 35 years. For me, [being a mentor to students] is one of the greatest rewards of teaching. It’s the opportunity to listen to young people and to help them as they move into planning for their future life, and when I was a student, I really cultivated my teachers.”

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Album Review

What would Liz Lemon do?

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New Ellie Goulding album “Delirium” allows the singer to maintain her place in the upper echelon of pop.

Ellie Goulding’s ‘Delirium’ shows vision

by Justin Krakoff Arts Editor

For much of her career, English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding has successfully straddled the line between mainstream pop star and indie darling. Bursting into the music scene with her massively popular single “Lights” (2011), Goulding quickly established herself as a reliable hit-maker who could write quirky songs with undeniable commercial potential. Her previous two studio albums, “Lights” (2010) and “Halcyon” (2012), have seen Goulding experiment with a variety of genres including folk music, synthpop and EDM. They have also marked her rise to commercial success; she has cemented her role on Top 40 radio as an ethereal British songstress with a voice as light as the clouds and songs

as poppy as they come.

In a press release for her new album “Delirium,” which landed on Nov. 6, Goulding discussed her vision for the project, which stands as her biggest production to date. “A part of me views this album as an experiment — to make a big pop album,” she said. “I made a conscious decision that I wanted it to be on another level.” In that respect, “Delirium” is indeed a runaway success, as it has the songs, hooks and production to back up this description. With the aid of world-renowned pop maestros Max Martin and Greg Kurstin, Goulding has made the experience of listening to “Delirium” akin to a high octane rollercoaster ride.

Once the ride starts, it never lets up, with banger after banger keeping the listener on a musical high.

With the standard edition running at a hefty 16 tracks, “Delirium” uses this length to its advantage in order to convey a wide breadth of influences. The Policeinfluenced lead single “On My Mind” shows Goulding embracing new sounds to create even catchier music. Featuring production from Martin, the song feels like a proper lead single from a pop star.

It ticks all the boxes for a big pop release: the musical trend du jour, a razor sharp chorus, tight verses and a dash of some “uh-oh-oh-oh.”

“Love Me Like You Do” is a Martinproduced ballad that was originally part of the “Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (2015). The song was an instant hit across the globe see Goulding, page 8

Album Review

‘We Love Disney’ album puts new spin on old favorites

by Merilla Michael Assistant Arts Editor

From a purely musical perspective, the numbers composed for Disney movies are both impressive and enjoyable. Regardless of whether or not one enjoys watching the films, practically everyone can agree that the music is pretty incredible. “We Love Disney,” a compilation of Disney covers by famous current artists, released Oct. 30, seeks to update the Disney canon. Many of these covers work quite well in putting a creative spin on Disney music, though others fall flat and fail to impress.

R&B artist Ne-Yo uses his distinctive, sultry voice to bring a soulful attitude to “Friend Like Me” from “Aladdin” (1992), originally sung by the Genie (Robin Williams). This is one of the best tracks on the album, keeping true to the energetic vibe of the original track while still including some unexpected twists.

Tori Kelly shows off her impressive abilities in “Colors of the Wind” from “Pocahontas” (1995). The back-

ground and tone of this song stay fairly true to the original, but Kelly’s unique voice, bolstered with the addition of a guitar line, make the rendition feel new.

Yuna, a singer-songwriter from Malaysia, sings “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin” (1992), using just her sweet, soft voice, a ukulele and guitar. Her voice is light and airy in stark comparison to the original, in which the two leads belted the choruses with passion.

Though many covers on this album work well, some fail to impress. Ariana Grande — the new Mariah Carey when it comes to vocal

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Lucy Hale joins Rascal Flatts on an off-putting country see disney, page 8 cover of “Let It Go.”

0 Rock” is the only television show that I have binge-watched and actually felt truly addicted to. There is just no other way to describe the show besides plain good.

“30 Rock,” starring and created by Tina Fey, ran on NBC from 2006 to 2013. The series is loosely based on Fey’s experience as the head writer for “Saturday Night Live” (1975 – present). The television show itself takes place on the set of a fictional “SNL”like sketch comedy program “The Girlie Show” (or “TGS”), with Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski playing “TGS” stars Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney, respectively. Fey stars as “TGS” head writer Liz Lemon. A little fun fact about the series’ name: It refers to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, which is the address of the Comcast Building and the location of NBC Studios.

I started watching “30 Rock” really not knowing what to expect and was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I got into the show and its characters.

The show is really fast-paced and consistently exciting in terms of plot, and this makes it especially good for binge-watching. Consecutively watching episodes helps the viewer to keep up with the complicated storyline.

The most interesting part of “30 Rock” is the drama that takes place between all of the actors and writers on “TGS.” In each episode, there is almost always some form of drama that is currently stressing out Liz. These mini incidents are almost always caused by Jenna or Tracy. For example, both the “TGS” stars are always threatening to quit their jobs. The long-running joke with Tracy is that he is never consistent or on time for work, and his excuses for being so are never within the realm of reality.

Liz is also the butt of constant jokes as she attempts to balance her personal and work lives, yet it becomes apparent to the viewer that her personal life does not really exist. In one episode, Liz is asked to take a week off work for a sexual harassment issue, and it is the only time the viewer ever sees her completely relaxed. I will not give too much away, but Liz’s “vacation” ends in near chaos.

Liz’s relationship with her boss Jack Donaghy, who is perfectly played by Alec Baldwin, is also really entertaining because it is more of a friendship than any kind of employee-boss relationship.

The two of them lean on each other for support and guidance, making them a very unlikely duo.

Since I watched these episodes in such a short amount of time, I really started to feel for the characters. I wanted them to succeed, but I also wanted them to mess up in the most horrific ways because that is what creates entertainment. As I watched “30 Rock,” I felt myself wanting to be more like Liz Lemon and trying to emulate her in my daily life. I watch so much television, especially for this project, and I never think about how the people behind the screen are real people just like me — real people who end up making tons of mistakes, too.

Maya Blackstone is a junior majoring in drama and peace and justice studies. She can be reached at maya.blackstone@ tufts.edu.

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continued from page 7 and remains a standout on this new album. The ’80s-inspired power ballad does not want for emotion, as Goulding’s ethereal voice captures a sense of deep longing with lines like, “Every inch of your skin is a holy grail I’ve got to find / Only you can set my heart on fire, on fire.” Throughout the rest of “Delirium,” Goulding continues to explore the ups and downs of love. The pulsating “Something in the Way You Move” demonstrates full blown romantic bliss, and the groovy “Keep on Dancin’” reflects Goulding’s frustration with an indecisive lover.

The best songs on “Delirium,” however, all come at the very tail end of the album. “Army” is a soaring ode to friendship, and, while the song borrows a little too heavily from the structure of “Love Me Like You Do,” it succeeds.

This is primarily due to the genuine gratitude Goulding is able to convey when she belts lines like, “I’m amazed by the things that you would sacrifice / Just to be there for me / How you

cringe when you sing out of tune / And, yeah, it’s everything / So don’t change a thing.” The folk-tinged “Lost and Found” continues this winning streak, combining Goulding’s previous roots with a stomping chorus to craft a song that will surely be a hit at live shows.

“Devotion” offers a subdued moment on this album; this hypnotic highlight sees Goulding at her most seductive and impassioned.

By the time “Delirium” fully winds down, the listener is not left with a better understanding of Goulding the pop star.

In lieu of focusing on the woman behind the songs, listener’s must focus on the persona and songs that Goulding has crafted. While the album’s pacing may sometimes feel relentless, “Delirium” is successful in its presentation of a cohesive body of work at a time when most pop stars are building whole albums around a single song. With “Delirium,” Goulding has proven she is more than capable of playing the pop star role.

Goulding’s joyful presence is a more than welcome addition to an otherwise bleak pop landscape.

Disney album full of hits and misses, despite impressive list of cover artists Disney

continued from page 7 abilities — sings “Zero to Hero” from “Hercules” (1997) and, surprisingly, doesn’t make an impression. The Muses of the movie belt this song out in the original with true grit and soul, neither of which Grande is able to replicate. She has the ability to do difficult vocal runs flawlessly, but without the sassy, full sound of the original Muses, her cover falls short.

Lucy Hale and Rascal Flatts’ cover of “Let It Go” from “Frozen” (2013) adds a country spin to this song. Though this may seem like a good idea in theory, something just doesn’t feel right about it. It has the same energy as the original, but the whole vibe is a bit off-putting; it pales in comparison to the original, especially during the choruses, as Hale is unable to belt the high notes the way the listener might expect.

Jason Derulo, Gwen Stefani and many other artists are also included on the 15-track Deluxe Edition. This album’s purpose is to revive Disney music. This, of course, raises the question: does the

music need reviving? It’s true that many Disney songs may feel outdated, since most listeners associate them with their childhood. Though not all music from Disney movies is as catchy and memorable as the pop songs scattered across radio stations nowadays, Disney music tends to be much more varied and complex than pop. The Disney repertoire has true jazz in “Friends on the Other Side” from “Princess and the Frog” (2009), pure ballads in “Colors of the Wind,” moving duets in “A Whole New World,” soulful gospel music in “Zero to Hero” and more. Regardless of personal feelings toward Disney movies about their political correctness or the messages they send to kids — specifically the older films that rely on damsel-in-distress tropes — the music is still great.

“We Love Disney” is a fun listen, but should definitely not be seen as a replacement of the classics. If anything, this album should be used to encourage listeners to appreciate the original music.

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Masks of Halloween I write in response to the Tufts University Culture, Ethnicity, and Community Affairs Committee (CECA), which has published Halloween costume guidelines. Their piece begins by trying to be relatable, but then, to me, it feels as though they begin to proscribe and mock privilege, coming off as superior themselves. Instead of promoting dialogue and discussion, the authors simply tell us what to do.

They definitely mean well. Many on campus, for valid reasons, sadly feel as though they are not welcome here, and the authors rightly want to correct this wrong. And of course, wearing black face is extremely offensive. It’s unfortunate that we need to be reminded of these ‘tips’ every year — at Tufts and on campuses across the country, from Yale to the University of Oklahoma.

But I think that the authors should leave it to individuals, who can decide for themselves whether or not they accept the consequences of their actions. School should be about learning how to think, not what to think. But I am not writing simply to advocate for freedom of speech. In fact, I think that through these freedoms, CECA can better instill the changes that they seek — on campus and beyond.

Let me try to explain my perspective. I think that individuals have choices, while committees have rules and regulations.

People can choose whether to take offense or not. My Puerto Rican stepmother, for instance, would be fine if I wore a Puerto Rican costume. And as a Jew, I am faced with swastikas being painted all over campus every year, and at home, in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, where my family has been told to leave. I do not get offended. I would also not be offended if someone dressed as Hitler or as a Jew with a big nose. Why? Because I am confident enough that I do not rely on others for my comfort. I am also confident enough to not get offended that the committee included sexy nurses, but not Jewish costumes, on their extensive list of banned costumes.

We do not have the right to not be offended. In fact, I think that we should be getting uncomfortable. Our world is dying, and our country is facing serious social, economic, political and physical problems. We should

be learning how to communicate complex, controversial opinions, because this is how individuals and countries grow. We need to be empowering people to stand up and express themselves. But, the question becomes this: How do we discuss sensitive and complex problems in an “appropriate” fashion?

Having been at Tufts for more than five years (I am in a combined degree program), I’ve seen classes of student leaders come and go, pushing for change by shunning discourse, demonizing opposition and alienating entire groups of people. Vegan activists would approach me in the dining halls, telling me that I’m contributing to the “animal holocaust,” pointing at my food while I’m eating and studying. Other students have successfully petitioned for the removal of Senator Scott Brown’s election posters from a Greek house, which was privately owned (and was Scott Brown’s house while he was a Jumbo here), because Republicans were “offensive” to the values of the student.

Moreover, students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) members would make fake guns, pretending to be Israeli soldiers shooting Arabs.

Many of these students would also advocate for “trigger warnings” concerning sexual assault, yet clearly, their double standards did not apply when it comes to being mindful of students suffering from PTSD when they pretended to be lifeless on the ground. SJP also frequently interrupts events, akin to the fossil fuel divestment group, and the labor coalition group — which has also blocked traffic — angering more than raising support.

Personally, I end up wanting to not listen to these groups, largely because, in my view, they are not being productive and pragmatic.

Would a working class parent trying to pick up their children or head to work want to listen to these students blocking the road?

Would a patient in an ambulance be excited to learn that they’re delayed due to protesters? Would the organizers of an event want to listen to opposing perspectives if the people with those perspectives are literally trying to shout over them in interrupting their event, which the organizers spent weeks preparing?

Why not organize an event together and be civil and respectful?

Strangely, these activists are some of the same people that become offended by views

that are not “politically correct,” when their activism is also “politically incorrect” to other students. They can do what they want, within the law, and we do not have the right to not be offended. But are their aggressive actions creating the change that they seek?

Part of the problem is that student leaders graduate and move on, and the lessons that they’ve learned are not passed down to new student leaders — lessons such as learning how to promote discourse and encourage dialogue and listen to other people. We need to choose how to frame our arguments and words wisely. We need to truly care about those who disagree with us, and we need to truly try and understand them, rather than bully them. I know that these are tough and emotional issues, but I think that we can have mature, respectful discussions to help us collaboratively solve interdisciplinary problems.

Unfortunately, it appears as though universities are trying to limit liability by limiting speech and expression, and by coddling liberal students in so-called safe spaces. Indeed, our university supposedly values diversity, but not diversity of opinion or expression, as it has become an echo chamber for liberal faculty and students. Safe spaces imply that the rest of the campus is not safe.

I think that political correctness does not “solve” racism and sexism. Instead, it masks these problems, because people become too afraid to converse about extremely sensitive and complex topics. The people that activists are trying to change will not listen to them if they’re telling them what to do, instead of building their own capacity to change. In this vein, I hope that this piece itself does not come across as aggressive to the CECA authors; I do not intend, at all, to personally attack you. You do not have the right to be coddled, but I still don’t want to be mean, because that does not make someone want to listen to me.

For instance, an email sent by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs on Friday, Oct. 30 to the Tufts community notified everyone that the Inter-Greek Council, Multi-Cultural Greek Council, Panhellenic Council and Inter Fraternity Council had decided that if student’s outfits, “intentional[ly] or not,” made other students uncomfortable, they would be “investigated,” and could poten-

tially receive “disciplinary sanctions.” Is this policy going to create change? Is this social justice or politburo justice?

There are many other contradictions inherent to the social justice movement (on campus) today, partly because the movement — which rightly seeks to celebrate diversity — shuts down any diversity of opinion, and seeks to make black-or-white statements in an increasingly gray world. These students are rightly critical of countless social problems, but oftentimes, I feel as though, ironically, they are not critical of themselves and of their own approaches. It is, in fact, possible to be supportive of a movement while also questioning how to achieve change and questioning key assumptions. For instance, what is the line between cultural appropriation and cultural exchange, which has propelled humanity forward for thousands of years? And how long does one need to inhabit a place in order to be labeled indigenous?

We live in a complex world, and I think that we all need to be asking a lot more questions, especially before taking such extreme, binary positions on such complicated, emotional topics. Instead of shouting at each other and holding self-righteous positions, which ultimately dehumanize anyone who dares to disagree with our unspoken hierarchies of oppression and legitimacy, we need to be allowed to make mistakes. We have a lot to learn, and we can better ourselves by thinking beyond boundaries. And if we truly listen to each other, and question our assumptions, our world will be a better place, too.

So, instead of telling us what to do, I challenge the CECA authors to try sparking a dialogue, and posing questions and suggestions, rather than dictating to peers. Let people do what they want, and then let the sun uncover the truth. You’re not going to create real change by banning costumes, speakers and books. By doing that, you’re just putting on a Band-Aid. Indeed, you’d be the ones who are truly putting on the masks during Halloween. And your masks won’t be coming off the next day.

Rayn Riel is a graduate student at the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. He can be reached at rayn.riel@tufts.edu.

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de Mars rounds out college career with finish at ECAC WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

continued from back how everything ended. We definitely knew we wanted…[to] show other teams how deep Tufts University cross country is.”

This year, as in past years, the firstyears have had a phenomenal impact on the success of the team. Three first-years (Wagner, Tierney and Noble) were on the ECAC roster — a sign of good things to come in the next few years for the program.

“I was incredibly impressed with our [first-years] on the team and how they performed at a championship meet,” de

Mars said. “Both Clara [Wagner] and Julia [Noble] did an awesome job of moving up during the race and fighting for every spot until they crossed the finish line. It was great to see all of their hard work from the season pay off when it really counted.”

For de Mars, however, this was her final hurrah.

“Saturday was a reminder for me of how lucky I am to have been part of such an amazing group of girls during my four years at Tufts,” de Mars said. “I couldn’t be happier with how my last cross country meet ended, and I am so excited to see what we can accomplish as a program in the next few weeks.”

Next weekend, the New England Region No. 4 Tufts, as well as all of its fans, will travel back to Harkness Memorial State Park at Conn. College for the NCAA Div. III New England Regional, where the team will hope to qualify for the national championships once again. Tufts raced the course only a few weeks ago and had a strong showing, placing second to MIT. Riding on one of their strongest seasons in program history, the Jumbos are a favorite to qualify if they race well, and, judging by how things have been going this season, that will likely be the case.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Jumbos graduate just three seniors

by Noah Smith Staff Writer

For the second consecutive season, Tufts entered the NESCAC tournament seeded seventh and traveled to face second-seeded Bowdoin. For the second year in a row, the Jumbos were defeated to end their season. They finished with a record of 6-8-2 (4-5-1 within the NESCAC), scoring 14 goals over the course of the season and allowing just 18.

The season started slow and ended very much the same way but was characterized by a commendable stretch in the middle. After the first few games saw the team concede seven goals, Tufts went on a run spanning nearly a month (Sept. 29 to Nov. 20) in which it gave up just two goals and lost only one game.

With so many first-year players starting at key positions, the team took a while to start playing as a unit.

“We finally found our rhythm and began to capitalize in those [middle-ofthe-season] games,” first-year goalkeeper Emily Bowers said. “We had incredible chemistry from the start, but it takes time to adjust to new players every year.”

Tufts played some of its best soccer during this period, and nowhere was it more evident than in the game against Amherst. It was the first game of a doubleheader for Amherst, who at that time held a 5-1 record and ranked No. 15 in the nation, and Tufts went into the matchup as the underdogs. The Jumbos responded well — pressing high, something they did effectively all season long, and did not give the Lord Jeffs enough time on the ball, surprising their opponents with their intensity. A first-half goal from junior for-

ward Jess Capone and a strong defensive unit, aided by junior Brooke Fortin at leftback, led to an uncompromising victory.

“We got a true sense of the talent that we had after this win,” Bowers, who had seven saves in the game, said. “Beating them at home 1-0 was a great feeling and helped motivate us to push ourselves even harder.”

During this period of relative dominance, however, the team’s offensive returns remained slim. The team averaged just less than a goal per game, and its lack of experience showed in the buildup play.

The team struggled to connect good midfield possession to the final third and scoring — a theme throughout the course of the season. The team averaged nearly 16 shots per game but had difficulty finding the back of the net.

“Partway through the season, we changed what we did on offense,” firstyear midfielder Alex Aronson said. “We added in…something like guidelines for what should be done in every situation.

For example, when the forward lays the ball back to the midfielders, she needs to go on a diagonal run and the opposite wing needs to loop around and look for a long pass. This helped make our offense more dynamic.”

Although these changes did lead to a better goal-scoring record in the later part of the season, matchups against division powerhouses Bowdoin and Williams proved to be too much for Tufts.

The remarkable defensive record, meanwhile, can be attributed to the experience players on the defensive line — three juniors and one senior — have with each other. Bowers contributed with a remarkable .824 save percentage, making 86 saves over the course of the season. The

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Tufts senior forward Allie Weiller fights with a Middlebury player for possession of the ball during an Oct.10 Homecoming game.

wing backs in defense also played a key role in attacking, pushing up and linking with the midfield when the wingers would cut inside, delivering crosses into the box from wide areas.

On the other hand, the lack of offensive output can perhaps be attributed to the fact that, unlike the defensive line, these players hadn’t worked together as extensively. Several central midfielders and attacking players were all either new to the team or new to their position. This was a sharp contrast to other NESCAC teams, where experienced offenses were more prolific. Williams’ striker pairing of juniors Kristi Kirsche and Audrey Thomas shows a rise in number of goals scored per year playing together, and while Tufts may not rely on two main goal scorers, the more experience the team gets together will only be positive for the team.

However, with 10 first-years on the team, many of whom occupy key positions, the program looks poised for much future success. Talents like central midfielders Sarah Grubman and Emma Ranalli, winger Alessandra Sadler, Aronson and keeper Bowers will only continue to mature and grow into their game. The team graduates just three seniors: defensive leader and co-captain Nicole Campellone, striker Allie Weiller and goalkeeper Emily Morton. All three spoke highly of the class of first-years and hold high hopes for what is to come.

During the 1-1 double overtime homecoming draw against Middlebury, Sadler netted her first career goal just before halftime in front of a raucous crowd.

“During the homecoming game, we were riding our momentum a little bit,” Aronson said. “We looked really good as a team but just weren’t finding the back of the net. Coach was trying new things up front — seeing if there were any firstyears who would play striker, things like that. Luckily, it finally dropped for us in that game.”

Continuity of players and positions, real game-time experience and the ability to effectively mentor an incoming class is what will make this class of firstyears truly special in the seasons to come.

Beyond the 10 first-years, the core of the defense that only allowed 1.08 goals per game is returning, as well as Jumbos’ leading scorer Capone.

“All the pieces are there,” Aronson said.

“We just have to keep working hard in the off-season and find the back of the net. Whether that’s kicking a ball against a wall or practicing three-on-three to get comfortable with how we play together, we have to be willing to work and embrace the fact that 21 out of 24 players are returning for next season.”

Phillip Goldberg Fantasy Football with Phil

Ryan Tannehill, wide receiver extraordinaire

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yan Tannehill led all quarterbacks this week…in receiving yards with nine. Despite his unimpressive debut as a receiver, Tannehill is a mid-tier QB1 with a good matchup.

Drew Brees only has two games under 300 yards passing this season and has thrown a touchdown in every game. A week 13 home game against Carolina is the only blemish on a cushy rest-of-season schedule.

Blaine Gabbert was wholly unimpressive in his first start for the 49ers this season, but at least he was better than Colin Kaepernick. If Gabbert keeps the starting job, which he should, owners in desperate need of a bye week replacement can look to him after his week 11 tilt in Seattle. Don’t bother rostering him until then.

Marcus Mariota lucked out in his return from injury. He bested Brees and the inept Saints pass defense in a shootout and nicely inflated his value. Trade him now, as his restof-season schedule includes a home game against Carolina and away games versus the Jets and Pats.

LeVeon who? DeAngelo Williams picked up right where he left off posting 170 yards and two touchdowns with an uncharacteristic 55 receiving yards and a 2-point conversion for good measure. The Steelers’ once-prolific offense will run through Williams until Roethlisberger returns from his foot-sprain.

The matchup with Cleveland’s league-worst run defense couldn’t come at a better time.

LeGarrette Blount benefited from Dion Lewis’ injury and smashed Washington for 129 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries. Lewis would later be diagnosed with an ACL tear, so look for Blount to beat his way through opposing defenses.

The Bills and Eagles are the rare teams that can support more than one fantasy-relevant running back. Ryan Mathews is still playing second fiddle to DeMarco Murray, but he notched a touchdown and is consistently a high-end RB3 play. LeSean McCoy had his best game of the season, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown before leaving with a shoulder injury. McCoy’s injuries have opened up opportunity for Karlos Williams, who earned 110 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries and is a must-add at this point.

Jeremy Hill has shown next to nothing this season. His value is entirely dependent on goal-line opportunities. Thankfully, the Bengals offense has provided him with plenty of chances. My gut says he improves and that he is a buy-low, but that could just be my pathetic attempt to justify owning him in all three of my leagues.

Antonio Brown’s 284 yards were silly.

Brown posted the ninth most yards in a game in NFL history and the most of any wideout that didn’t score a touchdown. It is truly amazing that he basically ran the field three times and didn’t hit pay dirt. Don’t expect this kind of monster line going forward.

Sammy Watkins reminded everyone that when he actually plays, he is pretty good.

The speedy sophomore caught all eight of his targets for 168 yards and a touchdown.

Trade high before he tweaks his ankle walking to his car.

Phillip Goldberg is a Sports Editor at The Tufts Daily. He is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major and can be reached at phillip.goldberg@tufts.edu.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Tufts succumbs to defeat by Middlebury

by Yuan Jun Chee Staff Writer

The third-seeded Jumbos were unable to avenge their regular season defeat against the Panthers, as they fell 4-1 to the three-time defending champions in the NESCAC semifinals on Saturday at Bowdoin.

Tufts came into the game on the back of a victory over Trinity last weekend, while Middlebury had beaten Hamilton in their own quarterfinal. The Jumbos thus end the year with an overall 11-6 record after making their fourth consecutive semi-final appearance at the conference championship.

The Jumbos had worked toward improvement on their performance from the previous weekend.

“We were expecting this game to be totally different than our first game against Middlebury…because this one was played on AstroTurf,” senior defender Alexandra Jamison said. “We were definitely excited to get another chance to play them, and we spent the week traveling to different Boston schools to practice on AstroTurf, which really helped get us excited for the weekend since the game is so much faster on Astro.”

Tufts started out with an attacking mindset, with an early penalty corner from senior tri-captain midfielder Maggie Chapman and a shot by senior midfielder Dakota Sikes-Kilep. In the opening 16 minutes, the Jumbos earned four penalty corners, but were unable to convert any of them.

Middlebury punished Tufts for its focus on offense with its second penalty corner in the 24th minute. Junior forward Pam Schulman passed right to find senior forward Bridget Instrum off sophomore defender Caroline Knapp’s penalty corner.

A neat one-two move then put Schulman back in, and she made no mistake to give Middlebury the advantage in the game.

From there, the momentum shifted toward the Panthers; Instrum recorded her second assist just eight minutes later. A determined dribble by Instrum down the left granted her space to lift the ball into the air for first-year forward Molly Freeman to score Middlebury’s second goal.

“It was more frustrating than anything to be down 2-0 to them at halftime, espe-

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Tufts senior midfielder Rachel Terveer keeps possession of the ball during an Oct. 31 game against Trinity. cially since we dominated the first 20 minutes of play and had good scoring opportunities presented to us but failed to capitalize on them,” junior tri-captain forward Dominique Zarrella said.

Down two goals, the Jumbos did not let up, even with the score against them. Tufts had the best chances in the final minutes of the first half, as junior midfielder Elle Chrupcala’s shot beat Middlebury junior goalkeeper Emily Miller but could not get past senior defender Jillian Green, who protected her team’s two-goal advantage by clearing the ball off the line.

“We mostly just tried to keep the morale up and focus on the fact that, while we were down two goals, the game was actually very even in terms of shots and penalty corners, but we just weren’t converting them into goals,” Jamison said. “I don’t think we came out of halftime badly, but we also didn’t come out much differently from the first half, which was hard.”

Tufts started the second half with similar intent, earning two penalty corners, but two shots from Chapman early on were denied. The first was denied by

Miller, and when the second one found a way past her, it was denied by an outstanding defensive save from senior defender Shannon Hutteman. Almost a minute later, Middlebury sophomore midfielder Annie Leonard scored off a good pass by first-year midfielder Grace Jennings in a scrum to put the score at 3-0 Middlebury.

Fifty-two minutes in, Leonard then made an impressive individual play to score the Panthers’ fourth goal.

The Jumbos continued to look for ways to score, but could not break down the solid Panthers defense. When Zarrella got a shot away, she was denied once again by Green. However, Tufts finally found a way through right at the end. Following a series of fouls on the Jumbos, first-year forward/ midfielder Hanaa Malik, who only came onto the field four minutes prior, scored off a penalty corner by Chapman on the last play of the match, as Middlebury advanced to the NESCAC finals.

Tufts outshot Middlebury 11-10 overall, but trailed Middlebury 9-6 on shots on goal. First-year goalkeeper Emily Polinski made five saves for the Jumbos. With the defeat, the Jumbos now await an at-large

bid to the NCAA Div. III tournament.

“As a team we fought hard throughout the whole game, and I was proud of the way we played, and I definitely don’t think the score reflected the game itself,” Zarrella said. “We had some really good scoring chances, but Middlebury made three really impressive defensive saves which kept us off the board for most of the game. Going forward, we now know how seriously important it is to take advantage of scoring opportunities that are given to us … If we had taken advantage of the opportunities given to us within the first 20 minutes of the half, it would have been an entirely different game.”

Reflecting on the season so far as a whole, senior forward Hannah Park is excited for the prospects of the team moving forward.

“This has been a wonderful and competitive team to play for, as every single member is very talented,” Park said.

“They are all fantastic field hockey players and…I can’t wait to watch them grow even more. I know everyone will work hard in the off-season and be prepared to show what Tufts field hockey is capable of.”

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Tufts runs to first ECAC title in program history

by Chris Warren Sports Editor

Courtesy Alyssa Rivas

Senior Audrey Gould leads a pack around a bend during last year’s Nationals meet, which took place in Mason, OH on Nov. 22, 2014.

On Saturday, Tufts traveled to Williams for the annual Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships. The Jumbos, like most other top programs in the region, sat out their top seven runners and instead ran runners eight through 14. Tufts showcased its depth by winning this meet for the first time in team history, scoring a low of 45 points and defeating second place University of New England (UNE) by 18.

The six-kilometer course at Mount Greylock High School is one of the tougher courses in the region. After bringing runners through flat fields, it winds through a hilly, wooded trail with an especially long hill at the end. Returning Jumbos had

raced this course in September 2014, so they knew it well.

Junior Lindsay Atkeson was the top finisher for Tufts, taking second overall in 23:02.85, an improvement of 38 seconds from her race here last year. She was just eight seconds behind race-winner Tiana Thomas of UNE. Senior Lily Corcoran, who has been having a spectacular season so far, ran 23:20.65 for sixth overall, improving by 1:35 over her time last year. First-year Clara Wagner also had a strong race, taking 10th overall in 23:30.07.

Sophomore Margot Rashba and first-year Kelsey Tierney rounded out the scoring for the Jumbos by finishing in 23:42.19 and 23:44.85 for 13th and 14th, respectively. Rashba’s time represented a 57-second improvement from her time on the same course last season. First-year Julia

Noble, who ran 24:03.87 for 23rd, and senior Michele de Mars, who ran 24:33.31, rounded out the finishers for Tufts.

“I wanted to hang tough with my teammates and use them during the race to push myself,” de Mars said. “We have such a deep team this year, and I knew that the more we packed up, the better shot we had at winning the meet. The team was really aiming to have as many girls in the top pack as possible. This meant going out strong and pacing with the front group. We wanted to win the meet.”

Tierney spoke about her personal strategy during the race.

“I wanted to stay up with the pack of other Tufts girls and concentrate on the hill,” Tierney said. “I was really happy with see WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY, page 11