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Film and Media Studies major to be offered this fall

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and had an inconvenient schedule for her family.

Several janitors told stories about their work experiences at Tufts since the university’s facilities contractor,

The new Film and Media Studies (FMS) major will be open to students this fall as an expansion of the Communications and Media Studies (CMS) minor.

According to FMS Co-Director Malcom Turvey, all of the courses offered in CMS are still available in the 12-course FMS major.

The major will include core courses taught by Turvey, such as “Art of the Moving Image” and “Global History of Cinema,”as well as a media theory requirement, Director of the Experimental College Howard Woolf said.

Faculty have been exploring the creation of a FMS major for the last 10 or 15 years, Woolf said. Interest increased around three and a half years ago, when a planning committee was formed to structure the new major.

According to Woolf, the trigger for forming the FMS major was a group of alumni’s endowment of a chair in honor of University Professor and former Provost Sol Gittleman, creating the Sol Gittleman Professorship in Film and Media Studies. Turvey became the first Sol Gittleman Professor in December last year, and the detailed planning of the major was presented to the faculty and approved in May. Student interest was also one of the driving forces in starting a film and media studies major, FMS Co-Director Julie Dobrow said.

“What we hear from our colleagues at the admission office is that this is a huge area of interest for prospective students,” Dobrow said.

Student interest for new classes or a new major is always hard to gauge, Woolf said. However, the popularity of both the CMS minor and film studies courses in recent years has indicated that the new major would be popular as well.

“I think if you come back five years from now [FMS is] going to be one of the more popular majors on campus, but it’ll take time,” Woolf said.

According to Dobrow, the new major will provide a balanced education in film and media studies including history, nonU.S. film and media, as well as how to make media.

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Students and janitors marched from Powderhouse Square to Ballou Hall in a rally against custodial staff cuts.

Labor Day rally sustains opposition to janitorial restructuring

by Emma Steiner News Editor

Janitors and students continued their fight against janitorial staff cuts this Monday at 10 a.m. with a rally organized

by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 32BJ and Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC).

Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) blocked vehicle traffic as marchers walked from Powderhouse Square through campus to Ballou Hall, where TLC has held many protests, including a week-long hunger strike in May. According to Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler, the number of layoffs — originally estimated to affect about 35 people — “was reduced to four through voluntary transfers to other DTZ sites, resignations, filling open positions at Tufts and elimination of temporary positions.” It is unclear how many DTZ employees who were not among the four people laid off have left the university for other reasons since the reorganization.

At the rally, sophomore TLC member Nicole Joseph read and translated a letter from former DTZ employee Lorena

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She said she was offered another job by DTZ; however, the job was fewer hours

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continued from page 1 The diverse requirements are intended to show students the available options before they decide to specialize, Turvey said.

“The idea is to really expose students in those first few core courses to the [variety] of media and approaches to them so that students can then make an informed decision as to what areas of film and media studies they themselves want to concentrate on,” Turvey said.

According to Turvey, the major has been designed to appeal to a diverse range of interests, from journalism to film studies to media practice.

“There isn’t one rigid way for doing the FMS major or minor,” he said. “We have really tried to design it to be as flexible as possible so that students who have a particular interest can really focus in on their interest.”

A new FMS minor will also take the place of the current CMS minor, Dobrow explained.

“For students who started with CMS minor – primarily this year’s senior and junior class – CMS will still exist and they will be able to finish off the minors the way they started them,” Dobrow said.

“But for this year’s sophomore and firstyear classes we have a newly designed Film and Media Studies minor which is going to absorb what CMS had been.”

The change in the name of the program from “Communications and Media Studies” to “Film and Media Studies” does not reflect narrower options for students, Dobrow emphasized.

“For students who are interested in things on the media side, such as journalism, marketing or media studies, there is still going to be plenty of opportunity to pursue that, as well as for students who

are interested in either film theory, film aesthetics or film production,” she said.

“I think that is something that hasn’t changed.”

The decision to combine media and film in the new major was an intentional choice made by the faculty planning committee, Dobrow explained.

“Because [different kinds of ] media are increasingly converging, we didn’t think that we needed to have two separate majors,” Dobrow said. “We thought that what made the most sense was to have an integrated film and media studies major.”

According to Woolf, the combination of media and film reflects the changing culture.

“It used to be that media and film were very separate,” he said. “Film and media are two different fields academically, but students don’t see [them that way].

[Students are] growing up in a society

where those barriers [between media and film] are dropping by the moment.”

There will be a kick-off event to celebrate the new major on Oct. 30, Dobrow said.

The department will celebrate the new major with workshops from alumni in film, television, social media and journalism that will be open to students, according to Dobrow. In addition, there will be film screenings and an opening talk from Heather Hendershot, a professor of media and film at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Students such as senior Jennifer Gewant have expressed interest in pursuing the Film and Media Studies major.

“There’s nothing else like it,” Gewant said. “The method and study behind the way that moving images appear in our society is important [in order] to be a media-literate person.”

Chinese House moves to Curtis following Sigma Nu suspension

by Melissa Kain News Editor

The Chinese House will move this fall to Curtis Street, where it will share a house with Kappa Alpha Theta. The move follows the university’s decision to suspend Sigma Nu (SigNu)’s charter at the end of the past academic year, leaving space in the 90-94 Curtis St. house open.

Mingquan Wang, senior lecturer of the Chinese program and language coordinator, said the Chinese House had been located in a Latin Way suite since 2004, but that the small living space limited house activities such as dumpling nights.

“We have been requesting a standalone building for the Chinese House for many years, and we were notified by [the Office of Residential Life and Learning] finally in May this year that the Chinese House will move to Curtis

Street this fall,” Wang told the Daily in an email.

According to SigNu President-elect Ryan Buell, the fraternity’s suspension and the subsequent loss of its house were the result of a number of factors, the most recent being an incident involving the fraternity’s pledges and alcohol abuse that occurred this past spring semester.

“Other factors relate to difficulties in recruitment, maintaining chapter size and a lack of officer accountability,” Buell, a senior, said.

SigNu had occupied the Curtis Street house since last September, when it celebrated its return to campus after a previous suspension in 2012.

The decision for SigNu to leave the Tufts campus was mutual — agreed upon by the fraternity and the Tufts administration, according to Buell. During the SigNu’s suspension, the brothers will not be able to organize on campus and will

have to reapply for recognition.

“We worked with the administration and came to an agreement to suspend our charter for four years,” Buell said. “After four years, SigNu is allowed to recolonize on campus,” He added that, although SigNu will no longer exist on campus, the members of the fraternity will remain brothers.

“Every brother has essentially been made an alumni,” he said. “We are still SigNus even if we are not SigNus actively.”

Meanwhile, the Chinese House’s new location will house 10 to 12 students, according to Wang. The house’s mission will be to provide language-learning experience outside of the classroom and to facilitate cross-cultural exchange and understanding within the larger Tufts community.

Students interested in living in the Chinese House must fill out an application to be considered, according to Wang.

The applications are then reviewed by the

Chinese faculty and selected applicants are interviewed by the faculty advisor, Min Wan. The Chinese program faculty and current house managers make the final decisions in choosing residents.

Wang said that the Chinese House residents will lead Chinese conversation nights twice a week and hold dumpling nights twice a year, as well as organize other cultural events, such as film nights.

Those living in the house can practice their Chinese and help others improve their own language skills.

The dedication of the house’s faculty advisors, house managers and residents has turned the Chinese House into a center that cultivates a sense of pride within the Chinese student body and enriches the Tufts community by providing learning experiences, Wang said.

“They also contribute to multiculturalism within and beyond the diverse community at Tufts,” he said.

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continued from page 1 DTZ, implemented the reorganization this summer. DTZ employee Paula Castillo explained that some senior workers are experiencing health issues, such as exhaustion, and missing their lunch break in order to finish their work in time.

“Based on how long people have been working here, people deserve raises, especially the older people who aren’t as strong as they used to be,” Castillo said through an SEIU 32BJ organizer, who

translated from Spanish. “Most of them are full-time workers that are getting fuller workloads … The pressure that we have is the main issue. [I have] a companion, and she doesn’t take breakfast or lunch because of her work.”

Sandra Ventura, who has worked at Tufts for 15 years, spoke about how her schedule affected her ability to care for her son. She said she is no longer able to take him to school in the morning or give him his medication in the afternoon, so she now pays for daily child care, a costly addition to her budget.

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Jason Feria, a member of SEIU involved in higher education contracts, also addressed the impacts of the restructuring on the remaining DTZ employees. He said that many janitors have been faced with a radical change to their usual work hours, which has had a dramatic effect on many lives.

“Some workers had enough time to land on their feet; however, many of [the janitors’] shifts have been the same for 15 years,” Feria said. “None of their shifts look like they did when the students left … People’s lives have been turned upside down.”

In response to the rally, Thurler stressed that minimizing the impact on DTZ facilities staff members has been Tufts’ priority throughout the reorganization.

“The restructuring of our custodial services is part of a university-wide effort to ensure that we are directing our limited resources in support of our core educational and research mission, while making every effort to limit the impact to as few members of the custodial team that serves Tufts as possible,” she said.

“We have worked hard to do that.”

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The Tufts Racing Team poses for a team portrait with its car at the 2015 Formula Hybrid Competition in New Hamphire on May 3.

Tufts Racing Team overcomes past years' obstacles for first place finish

by Sophie Dasinger Features Editor

After undergoing some organizational changes in the past few years in order to build a stronger program, the Tufts Racing Team, a student group that designs and builds electric race cars, has recently found success in competition. In a significant victory, they came in first place in the 2015 Formula Hybrid Competition in the electric-only category this past April.

“The Tufts Racing Team began in 2008 under the leadership of Matt Liberatore (E’ 09) and with support from the School of Engineering Dean’s Office and the Peter and Denise Wittich Family Fund for Alternative Energy Research,” according to their website.

The Formula Hybrid Competition is a part of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Collegiate Design Series, held each spring at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., and, according to its website, is “the most complex and dynamic of the series.”

According to the Formula Hybrid website, the competition consists of undergraduate and graduate student contestants completing challenges through both engineering and design, in building a formula-style electric or plug-in hybrid race car. Contestants are judged according to project management, design, engineering and the completion of various tasks.

Despite the demanding rules, the competition enabled the Tufts team to gain knowledge beyond the classroom, according to Alyssa Hatch (E’15), the team’s co-captain. “[It] is considered one of the most difficult engineering challenges,” Hatch said of the Formula Hybrid competition. “There’s a lot of stuff that you have to do for the competition that you don’t learn in class.”

In advance of the competition last year, the Tufts team experienced multiple problems, among them a broken motor mere

days before the event that rendered a fully functional car unusable, according to Hatch.

The team had spent months designing and constructing that car, which was slated to compete in the electric-only category last spring, Hatch said.

“There was nothing we could do to fix it, and it was very frustrating because [the broken element] was one of the few components we hadn’t built ourselves,” she said.

Despite this setback, the Tufts team made it back to the Formula Hybrid competition again this year for the first time since 2012, winning second place in overall points and edging out larger engineering schools like Carnegie Mellon and Georgia Institute of Technology, according to the Formula Hybrid website.

Hatch described the project of building a race car as ambitious at the undergraduate level.

Raymond Bjorkman (E’15), who served as co-captain alongside Hatch, also attested to the effort that was required in preparation for Formula Hybrid this year.

“The months before [the competition] we worked really hard,” Bjorkman said. “We had a lot of really big milestones ahead of us, even with two weeks left. We pulled some really late nights.”

Hatch believes that their victory was owed in part to the team’s problem-solving skills.

“We, as a team, are really good at solving problems, even if the tools we have in front of us aren’t ideal,” Hatch said. “Tufts is a relatively small engineering school, so we have limited resources compared to some of the other teams.”

Bjorkman agreed, saying that the teamwork was the key to their victory.

“I think it all came together for me seeing the teamwork at [the] competition,” he said.

“There was this moment where we had to scramble to fix something at the last minute, and everybody was involved.”

Along with limited resources and a smaller engineering school compared to larger

universities, another challenge for the team was not receiving outside assistance in the engineering process, according to Jamieson Breig, a junior in the School of Engineering, who is also a member of the team.

“The rules are very clear that we don’t get any design help from people who aren’t students,” Breig said.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering William Messner served as the team’s faculty advisor this past year. “[His role is] mostly [to] help give advice for time management and [help] the team leaders have goals,” Breig said.

According to Messner, the team was experiencing difficulties when he first assumed the role; he noted that there had been a lack of effective team leadership.

“There was a lot of pressure to terminate the program,” he said.

Messner noted, however, that the team has truly established itself in the past two years.

“My opinion of the club has turned 180 degrees,” he said. “I’m 100 percent behind it now.”

Messner also praised the team members on their ability to play to their strengths outside the more technical building process.

“Three hundred points out of 1000 [at the Formula One competition] are making presentations about [the] design and [the] program,” he said.

Despite being a relatively young organization, the team has grown to a membership of around 30 students, according to Breig. To attract members, the team goes to the Activities Fair and to various engineering events, often bringing the car with them, according to Hatch and Bjorkman.

“It usually draws a pretty big crowd — it’s a race car, so it’s pretty cool looking,” Hatch said.

Breig said that he is the proof that this strategy works.

“Freshman year during the club fair, I saw the old car which they had brought up the

hill, and I joined there on the spot,” he said.

Although the club is comprised mostly of engineers, Hatch emphasizes that anyone can join and be a valuable part of the team.

“I wasn’t an engineer when I joined, so for me personally, it’s an important project of mine to get people to realize that they don’t have to think of themselves as engineers in order to join a club like this,” Hatch said.

“Anyone can learn to do things — that’s what you’re in college to do. We’d love to expand and get more [people from outside the Engineering School].”

Hatch also noted the changes within the team, as they have been working on forming more of a community among members in the past couple years.

“This project used to be a smaller group of people in a garage, putting this car together,” she said. “But in recent years we’ve moved a lot more towards having a team environment.”

Among the changes is that the team is broken up into more specialized groups to accommodate people’s schedules and areas of interest, according to Breig. He believes that this organization of the team was a large reason for their success the past year. “[Our meeting frequency] varies, but I think once a week is probably the average,” Breig said. “The goal of making a car that meets all the rules … is such a daunting task unless there is a team of people working on it with good coordination.”

Both co-captains were extremely pleased with the team’s performance and motivation this past year.

“Our team has had an underdog story,” Bjorkman said. “I’m really glad we were able to overcome [our obstacles] and really show everyone that we were working hard the whole time, even if it just paid off now. To be able to show our sponsors and all our supporters that we’re able to design a car and race it, which is pretty challenging, really means a lot to us.”

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tv review: wet hot american summer

Netflix strikes comedy gold with ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp’

by Merilla Michael Assistant Arts Editor

The summer months are often accompanied by a lull in TV shows, with most major network programs taking a hiatus in preparation for season premieres in the fall. Luckily, Netflix’s new series, “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp” (“First Day of Camp”), which was released on July 31, provides perfect binge-watching material for viewers missing their usual slate of shows. The first season, comprised of eight episodes, acts as a prequel to the 2001 cult classic comedy “Wet Hot American Summer.” “Wet Hot American Summer” takes place at a summer camp in 1981 and follows the experiences of the campers and counselors, deriving its humor from its satirical portrayal of camp life. Commercially, the film was a complete failure, earning a meager $295,206 at the box office. It didn’t fare too well critically either; it holds low ratings on IMDb (6.7), Metacritic (42/100) and Rotten Tomatoes (32 percent). Despite this, “Wet Hot American Summer” accrued a solid cult following, drawing viewers in part because of its numerous actors who have since become major players in Hollywood Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Streaming on Netflix Starring: Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks

(e.g. Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper and Elizabeth Banks, among others). Impressively, “First Day of Camp” was able to bring back all of the adult cast in this first season.

Though all eight episodes of “First Day of Camp” take place during just one day at Camp Firewood, the writers manage to stuff these 24 hours with comically ludicrous events, new roles and character development. Perhaps the most simultaneously disconcerting and hilarious part of the show is that it boasts famous stars attempting to portray pre-teens and teenagers alongside actual pre-teen and teenage actors, many of whom are beginning to explore their sexuality at Camp Firewood. Though the humor is often crude, it feels quite natural since most of the actors are adults.

“First Day of Camp” takes teenage interactions and stereotypes and completely blows them out of proportion to create quite the satire. Across the lake from Camp Firewood, Blake ( Josh Charles) of Camp Tigerclaw spends the majority of the day spying on his girlfriend, Katie (Marguerite Moreau), and her admirer, Andy (Rudd), at Camp Firewood and complaining about their interactions to his friends, all of whom are wearing preppy sweaters and multiple layers of pastel-colored polo shirts.

On the Camp Firewood side, we get a glimpse into how tormenting teenage love can really be. Two counselors, Coop (Michael Schowalter) and Donna (Lake

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“Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp” brings most of the movie’s original cast back for even more shenanigans.

Bell), had a brief affair at the end of the previous summer, but unfortunately for Coop, Donna seems to be more interested in the Israeli soccer coach, Yaron (David Wain), than anything else. Their colleagues, Ben (Cooper) and Susie (Poehler), are Camp Firewood’s power couple and work together to put togeth-

er the annual performance, “Electrocity.” But this seemingly perfect relationship is tested when the much-older director, Claude Dumet ( John Slattery), expresses an interest in Susie.

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album review: bawa

Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis to release EP recorded in Ghana

by Anjali Nair

Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis first met as students at the New England Conservatory when Davis knocked on the door of a practice room in search of new musical collaborators.

Since then, the two have toured the country with indie-pop band Cuddle Magic, performed as showcasing artists at SXSW and recorded an EP together, which will be released on Sept. 18.

Entitled “Bawa,” the EP is the product of a trip that Kearney and Davis took to Ghana where they studied traditional forms of Ghanaian music with local musicians. “Bawa” is named after a style of music and dance from northwest Ghana that the duo decided to focus on during their stay in Accra. As one might expect from the title, Bawa music is a strong influence on the EP — especially in terms of the instrumentation — though the tracks still reflect the indie-pop that Kearney and Davis are familiar with. The result is a sound that most of their typical audience has never heard before.

In order to achieve this sound, Kearney and Davis studied West African drumming and gyil, a Ghanaian xylophone, under Ghanaian master instrumentalist Aaron Bebe. Bebe’s own compositions feature heavy use of the gyil as well as other traditional African instruments such as the Zimbabwean mbira. The buoyancy and

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exuberance of his music seems to have carried over well into Kearney and Davis’ EP. (With any luck, fans of Kearney and Davis will look into Bebe’s own incredible work. If “Bawa” is indeed meant to be a celebration of the eponymous style of music, it would be a shame if listeners only digested the more palatable Western derivative that Kearney and Davis are releasing.)

This is not to say that “Bawa” is not a good album by its own accord. Kearney and Davis show off their stellar songwriting skills, interpreting rather than imitating the music from which they draw their inspiration. Often translating gyil patterns to guitars, the duo stays true to their stylistic origins while also branching out.

Interestingly, the musicians chose to sandwich the song-length indie tracks between excerpts of instrumental gyil music, presumably played by Kearney and Davis themselves. This enhances the eclectic feel of the album. However, it seems like these instrumental numbers are not fully fleshed out. Euphonic yet lacking structure and sophistication, they fade out after a minute or so. Thus, it is the other tracks, which fuse two distinct styles together, that are truly memorable.

The short opening track, “Firu,” is a pleasant introduction with a chorus of gyils playing catchy countermelodies.

It leads into “Trojan Horse,” a dynamic number sung by Davis. With an acoustic guitar riff covering the lower register and

an electric line playing the higher notes, the full spectrum of a gyil is encompassed.

The staccato rhythms of the guitars, paired with reverb, emulate the melodic and percussive qualities of a xylophone. In addition to the guitars, a low, groovy bass and a backbone of mixed percussion lay down a beat that one can’t help but nod along to. All the while, Davis’ classic male-indie-rocker vocals deliver such witticisms as, “Understand my two hands can’t build Rome/Baby at least I built Greece, that’s my home.”

After “Trojan Horse” and the bounding instrumental “Sisalia” is the standout track on the album, “Slow Rider.” The very structure of the song is a playful crescendo, with more parts slowly joining the mix, dropping back out and reaching a climax by the end. Kearney’s sweet vocals and a ridiculously infectious, meandering guitar hook make the song especially striking. In the second verse, vocal harmonies and the light touch of percussion are effective in creating subtle dynamic changes. The most powerful moment in the song, though, occurs about halfway through, when a deep drum and bass combo sound simultaneously after a quiet interlude.

The final song on the EP, “Getaway,” sets listeners on the edge of their seats with tense, drawn out vocal harmonies during the verses. So, when the rich, upbeat chorus enters, its energy is all the more satisfying. This closing track sounds somehow

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The album cover of Bawa, Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis’ new EP. transcendent and poignant, leaving the listener with something to think about after the EP ends.

Hopefully, the listener is thinking about looking more into traditional and popular Ghanaian music. Popular Western music can be terribly insular, and thus, music consumers aren’t often exposed to music from other parts of the world. Although “Bawa” represents Kearney and Davis’ own take on Ghanian music, the EP could have a more meaningful effect than simply giving fans a watered down version of a foreign musical style. If it inspires listeners to exit their comfort zones and explore different kinds of music, the EP will be doubly successful. If not, it can rest easy on its laurels as a nuanced songwriting endeavor that will resonate with its audience.

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movie review: straight outta compton

'Straight Outta Compton' tells compelling, glossy story

by Ascher Kulich

Assistant Arts Editor

The story of one of hip-hop’s legendary groups, N.W.A., finally reached audiences this summer with the release of the biopic “Straight Outta Compton.” The movie chronicles the life of Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell) and Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Jr.) who, along with MC Ren (Aldis Hodge) and DJ Yella (Neil Brown Jr.), come together to form N.W.A. The rap outfit gained notoriety by pushing the artificial limits of free speech, speaking out against the racial injustices they faced in their hometown of Compton, Calif. and doing so in a vulgar, gripping fashion. This tactic alarmed many who were too ignorant or neglected to realize the magnitude of racial tensions that plagued America in the late ’80s; many felt that N.W.A. was the voice necessary to spread awareness on these issues and reach mainstream ears.

“Straight Outta Compton” spends enough time glamorizing the lifestyle of the five rappers to move the needle from documentary to biopic. There are plenty of marijuana-filled booth sessions Straight Outta Compton Strarring: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell Directed by: F. Gary Gray

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The biopic tells the story of the five founding members of the legendary N.W.A. hip-hop group as they rose to fame against long odds. and nude pool parties to keep viewers entertained and rolling their eyes. Still, the film is no doubt successful in showcasing the group’s importance. “Straight Outta Compton” provides a snapshot of the hardships that came with being a young, black hip-hop artist in late ’80s and early ’90s America, as well as the considerable impact that N.W.A. had on America’s musical and political landscape.

The movie is, itself, an imperfect biography of the group. It glosses over certain

significant moments in N.W.A. and hiphop’s history and highlights other aspects that should not have been covered in depth. Some important facts were totally removed. For instance, Dr. Dre has been accused of assaulting women numerous times, but these facts were seemingly too dark to be kept in the movie. It also glamorizes segments in N.W.A.’s timeline that shouldn’t have been idealized, such as the members’ poor treatment of women. In some ways, it is an accurate reflection of

Theater review: waitress

A.R.T. revamps old recipe with production of 'Waitress'

by Josh Podolsky

Executive Arts Editor

When director Adrienne Shelly’s piein-the-sky film success “Waitress” was released in 2007, the first thought on people’s minds was probably not, “Let’s make this a musical.” Nevertheless, eight years later, that is exactly what American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has done, and in this incarnation, “Waitress” may not be as universally appealing.

The movie was widely acknowledged as a success because of the way it infused standard rom-com tropes with levels of wit and whimsy with originality that many similar offerings lack. As a result, it drew in audiences that normally would have poo-pooed it because of its genre.

Snobs and non-snobs alike agreed that “Waitress” was a pretty good movie.

The musical adaptation of “Waitress” has a lot of the original’s strong qualities.

Whole chunks of the film are performed verbatim onstage, and sometimes this works; there are memorable lines from the movie that will bring smiles to the faces of anyone who has seen it before. Other times, however, this approach is less effective, such as when Jenna (Jessie Mueller), the main character, has an epiphany while looking at her baby for the first time.

Although the scene is still beautiful, the light and sound designers, as well as the actors under Diane Paulus’ direction, could not recreate the movie’s climactic moment with the same emotional intensity. To be fair, Paulus and company do not Waitress Where? American Repertory Theater 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Directed by: Diane Paulus

have the same options that Shelly had — namely, the ability to manipulate camera angles — but the moment still feels rushed and unsatisfying.

One of the more interesting changes made to the story is the increase in stage time for Earl (Joe Tippett), Jenna’s abusive, misogynistic, deadbeat husband.

The A.R.T. production sheds light on the early days of Jenna and Earl’s relationship: how Jenna had been alone and scared and how Earl had been the wrong guy at the right time. It is hard not to feel bad for Tippett, whose performance as Earl makes him the most disliked person in the room. Dawn (Jeanna de Waal), one of Jenna’s coworkers at the pie shop, and Ogie (Jeremy Morse), her indefatigable suitor, also get more attention in this production. Their comedic bit is totally revamped, but while it is utterly hilarious, it has nothing to do with the plot.

The vocal performances are, on the whole, quite good. Mueller steals the show when she belts, and the score by Sara Bareilles allows the former plenty of opportunities to do so. Drew Gehling, who plays the love interest, Dr. Pomatter, hits notes that would make Michael Jackson jealous, though his acting is not as impressive.

One of the hazards of translating “Waitress” to the stage is that this new version will inevitably be compared to the original. One of the unavoidable comparisons here is that Gehling is not nearly as compelling and charismatic as Nathan Fillion was as Dr. Pomatter in the movie. While deft with a zinger, Gehling lacks the effortless appeal of his predecessor. When this reviewer saw the musical, Charity Angél Dawson was standing in for Keala Settle, who normally plays Becky, Jenna’s other coworker

at the pie shop. Although Dawson’s acting felt somewhat affected, her breakout solo song, “I Didn’t Plan It,” is one of the standout numbers on the score, and she owns the stage when she sings it.

The two strongest songs next to “I Didn’t Plan It” are “Opening Up” and “Bad Idea.” Of all the songs in the production, these three are the most like conventional showtunes. These are the songs that get the audience excited about being at the theater and about the characters in front of them. The rest of the music is clearly Bareilles’ brand of folk rock-pop, which should please her fans, but likely not fans of theater. Many of the songs tend to jump into the action at moments that can feel contrived, and the homogeneity of the score sometimes obstructs the flow of the plot; the music fails to evolve with the story. The big numbers, though strategically placed and exciting in the moment, will probably not get stuck in anyone’s head for too long.

There is something meticulous about the structure of “Waitress.” Everything — the arrival of the love interest, the complications, the moral quandaries, the resolution, the music — happens right when it needs to happen. In the movie, this all happens smoothly, but it feels forced in the musical. The stage adaptation of “Waitress” is a well-constructed piece of theater but one that is missing the apparent effortlessness of the original. Some people will feel the machinery at work, while others will just enjoy the spectacle in front of them — the experience audience members have will depend on what they want out of the show.

“Waitress” is currently playing at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge through Sept. 27. Tickets are $25 for students.

their lifestyle, if not always one that looks critically at some elements of that lifestyle.

“Straight Outta Compton,” though, does not make an effort to separate N.W.A.’s good achievements from its bad ones, and instead lumps them all together as the desired lifestyle of a group of artists that “made it.” The cheesy acting and inflated writing don’t do much to fix the money-driven, clichéd feeling that this movie carries. Dr. Dre, who famously stalled the release of a “2001” (1999) follow-up, just released a new album, “Compton” (2015), which some argue was released for the sole purpose of promoting “Straight Outta Compton.” Were the remaining members of N.W.A. blinded by dollar signs? That may have been the case.

Still, one must remember that N.W.A. was a group built on shocking its audience, whether or not it was driven by good intentions. “Straight Outta Compton” is a very entertaining biopic, even for non-lovers of hip-hop, but viewers should not expect any deviation from the stereotypical snapshots that come with a typical rags-to-riches story. For a chronicling of N.W.A., it might not matter much, as the group is as in-your-face as it gets for music. Deep, troubling stories about N.W.A. are probably best left for a true documentary looking to be historically accurate.

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continued from page 7 son, the camp director, Mitch (H. Jon Benjamin, also the voice of Bob on the 2011 series “Bob’s Burgers”), discovers that a chemical spill has occurred next to the camp. He proceeds to fall into the pool of green, goopy chemicals and is thought dead by his assistant and romantic interest, Beth ( Janeane Garofalo). It is later revealed, however, that Mitch has become a talking can of mixed vegetables. Beth, upon discovering this, is happy he is alive and continues to talk to him as if he were human.

As if things couldn’t get any weirder, a reporter for fictional magazine “Rock and Roll World,” Lindsay (Banks), goes undercover as a counselor to get the inside scoop on Camp Firewood. She claims that she wants to start covering the world outside of rock and roll — and this is where she starts. What better place to begin that mission than a random camp in the middle of Maine?

“Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp” is an acquired taste and requires viewers to open up a little bit to its odd sense of humor. Though it can take an episode or so to adjust to the show’s brand of comedy, “First Day of Camp” really turns out to be an excellent show and is a significant improvement from the movie. The experienced and talented main cast is able to fairly accurately depict obnoxious teenagers, despite the show’s comically over-dramatic tone. Netflix original series so rarely disappoint, and since there really isn’t any other show on air like “First Day of Camp,” everyone should, at the very least, give it a try.

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58 “Minnesota” pool legend 59 Place in order 61 Gave the onceover 63 Rowboat mover

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T HE T UFTS D AILY Joe Palandrani

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Just one more piece of advice If you’re a first-year, chances are you’ve already received plenty of unsolicited advice about which courses to take. Orientation Leaders, RAs and faculty advisors have undoubtedly given you a laundry list of objectives for your first semester at Tufts: “Don’t take more than five courses!” “Be sure to get a few distribution requirements out of the way!” “Take Intro to IR!” The list goes on.

This advice is great to keep in mind; after all, you won’t be very happy with yourself if you save your most dreaded distribution requirements for your senior year. However, it’s also important for first-years to use this semester as an opportunity to do what they came to Tufts for in the first place: expanding their interests, becoming a more well-rounded student and taking courses in departments that have no connection whatsoever to their planned major.

It’s no secret that Tufts disproportionately attracts potential International Relations (IR) majors and premed students. Naturally, classes like PS 61 — Introduction to IR — and BIO 13 are hugely popular among firstyears hoping to get a head start on their

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major requirements. But Tufts also has some equally wonderful programs that are far less popular, including Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Classical Studies. Some students can go through their entire four years at Tufts without ever knowing about these course offerings. This is their loss. Taking a random, interesting course in an unfamiliar department is a priceless opportunity for intellectual development. It can provide a welcome change of pace from the subjects you’re used to studying and allow you to expand your social and academic circles outside of the ones you’ll soon find yourself growing accustomed to.

Furthermore, courses in different fields that wouldn’t initially appear to be relevant to your major may actually help you see it in a new light. For example, while a premed biology major wouldn’t normally consider setting aside time in her packed schedule for a class like Introduction to Queer Studies, understanding how healthcare systems have historically pathologized queer, transgender and intersex people would be invaluable to

her in her work as a practicing physician in the future. In the real world, the clearly delineated areas of study that we rely so heavily on as college students are always blurred.

Academic disciplines intersect in countless ways, from the psychology of economics to the politics of pop culture. Understanding these intersections will inevitably make students more adept in whatever field they eventually choose to enter.

As first-years, you have a unique opportunity to take advantage of all Tufts has to offer — and of your lengthy add/drop period. For first-years, it extends all the way into mid-November, which significantly reduces your risk of getting stuck in a course that you’re not actually excited about and gives you the chance to add an intriguing class in an unfamiliar department. Plus, after this semester, you’ll have seven more chances to sign up for all the courses you need for your major. So here’s one more piece of unsolicited advice: go off the beaten path, push yourself outside of your academic comfort zone and let yourself explore some uncharted territory. You never know where you might end up.

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BUSINESS Kristie Le Executive Business Director Yiran Xu Receivables Manager Ari Gizzi Ad Manager Josh Morris Ad Manager Caroline Talbert Marketing Director Qinyue Yu Marketing Manager Scott Geldzahler Social Media Editor Vera Masterson

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR After another very fast summer, we’re all back on campus for another very fast year. For many of us, myself included, it’s the last year we’ll spend at Tufts, so there’s a fair amount of pressure to make it count. For me, making the first half of my last year count will mean doing a good job at the head of the Tufts Daily — and I’m excited to give that a shot.

This semester’s executive board is inheriting the Tufts Daily from a series of really strong editorships, whose leaders have solved tough problems, made critical improvements to the paper and generally left me with an incredibly solid platform to work from. In the past year we’ve had business teams that dug us out of a frightening financial hole, digital teams that built an intuitive and aesthetically pleasing website and editing teams that struck an excellent balance between responding constructively to criticism and defending bold reporting. As advances in our social media strategies have allowed us to be heard more widely, efforts such as our Inclusivity and Intentionality committee have given us the training and infrastructure to let us listen more carefully.

With all of the great work put into the Daily up until this point, we could just coast on the momentum built up by our predecessors and

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end up with a perfectly solid few months of journalism. However, the folks who comprise our staff are too full of great ideas to allow for that kind of complacency. Here are a few brief synopses of what we’ll be rolling out this semester: Our Creative Director and Production Director – Shirley Wang and Andrew Stephens, respectively – have put together a stunning new design for the paper (which I’m sure you’ve already noticed if you’re reading this in print). The update gives our pages a refreshing air of professionalism that makes staring at the words for their form almost as pleasing as reading the words for their content. Check out what Andrew and Shirley have to say about this new development on page 11.

As we continue to adapt to the digital age, we’re working on integrating the online-only content on our blog, Jumbo Beat, with the Daily’s everyday operations. The brief, often lighthearted pieces that will appear on Jumbo Beat will continue to be fun complements to our regular coverage, and the polls and quizzes we’ll be publishing there should facilitate a more interactive relationship with all of our readers.

Since some of the stories we publish require more time and research than others, we’re

going to work on putting together an investigative team to ensure our reporting has as much depth as it should. By looking beyond interview testimonials and toward a story’s underlying details and broader contexts, we hope to publish more complete and compelling pieces about some of the most important issues on campus.

In short, the Daily is a work in progress, and it’s progressing in a lot of exciting ways. I hope that these developments will be as interesting to all of you as they are to me, or at least interesting enough for you to stick around and keep reading. At best, they might be changes you feel you have a stake in. When we get it right, the Daily should be a place where the Tufts community comes to know itself, and all of the steps we’re taking should be in service of that familiarity. As always, you’re all encouraged to let us know when you think we could be approaching this goal more effectively through letters to the editor, email or even social media.

As a start, keep an eye out for the feedback survey we’ll be posting online in the next few days.

Looking forward to a great semester on the Hill with you all.

See you in the funny papers, Joe Palandrani Editor-in-Chief

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters must be submitted by 2 p.m. and should be handed into the Daily office or sent to letters@tuftsdaily.com. All letters must be word processed and include the writer’s name and telephone number. There is a 450-word limit and letters must be verified.

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by Shirley Wang and Andrew Stephens Hello, dear reader! You may have noticed, upon picking up our lovely publication today, that the design looks a bit different than usual. And if you didn’t notice, take a closer look; trust me, it is! We’ve been working on it for about a semester now, seeking inspiration from other newspapers and coming up with new designs of our own. The end result is what you see before you today: new fonts, fresh styles and a more eye-catching front page. (Side note: can you identify the fonts? If so, you’d probably do well on our design team!)

In addition to little things like that, we’re also updating the principles behind how we make our layouts. We’re placing a heavier focus on having big, bold stories, while at the same time having

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Brittany Volk, a previous design editor for the Daily Iowan (DI), helped us create our style guide, and Adam Sullivan, former DI editor-in-chief, provided insight on staff coordination. Additionally, we were inspired by The New York Times, the Hartford Courant and other papers. We consulted with various design bloggers via email as well.

Of course, that’s not to say we’re only innovating on the print side. We’ve heard the Internet is apparently kind of a big deal these days, so it’s possible you, the reader, might consume more of our articles on a screen than on paper. We’re keeping that in mind at the Daily as we transition more and more of our workflow to be web-first, so make sure to check our website for more online exclusives, specially featured articles and perhaps a total facelift as well.

There’s a notion in the software industry that you’re never really finished with your particular product; you release one version and then continue making improvements. That’s why you’re probably using Chrome version 44 right now, or why SIS will slowly get more usable over the next 30 years. In a similar vein, the new design you see right now isn’t set in stone — we’ll be changing and improving things as the semester goes on. If you want to give us feedback about what you love or hate in the new design, send us an email at daily@tuftsdaily.com. Of course, if you really want to have an influence on the Daily’s visual style, you should join our design team.

Sincerely, Andrew Stephens, Production Director Shirley Wang, Creative Director

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more smaller, bite-size pieces that you can consume quickly. You’ll also see more infographics, illustrations and data visualizations that give you the overview of an article at a glance or that provide insight into some data that wouldn’t have fit in the article otherwise. So while you’re flipping through to the sudoku to help make that boring lecture class go by faster, take a look at what else we have in here. Or maybe our new designs will catch your eye entirely on their own!

One of our larger goals is to provide a new community for graphic designers on the Tufts campus. We aim to create a space where designers can share their work with other students interested in aesthetic creativity. Both of us had these types of journalism communities before coming to Tufts, and that was where we found the most support with our redesign.

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Full-time, non-tenured faculty to vote to unionize

by Sophie Lehrenbaum Contributing Writer

After a semester of gathering signatures and garnering support, full-time, non-tenured Tufts faculty members will vote on Jan. 28 and 29 to determine whether they will unionize.

The vote, which will be held on campus, is a result of the preliminary efforts made by a group of non-tenured faculty who officially filed to hold elections to form a union through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), according to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Spokesman Jason Stephany.

Stephany said that after a significant number of signatures are collected, they can be submitted to the NLRB to demonstrate that a considerable portion of the workforce is interested in pursuing unionization. He further explained that standard procedure places the onus on the NLRB to engineer the elections for individuals within the bargaining unit—in this case, the approximately 90 full-time, non-tenured lecturers—to express whether or not they support unionization.

If a majority of the professors within the bargaining unit elect to unionize, which Stephany said has been the end result of every other on-

campus organizing effort in the past 12 to 18 months, a union will be formed and will promptly draw a contract with the administration. Stephany noted that the process is archetypically democratic, with numerous elections held to attain the ultimate desired end of an official, organized group to represent the full-time, nontenured faculty, allowing them to coalesce, discuss issues and magnify their voices.

When Tufts’ part-time lecturers began their drive to unionize in 2013 and became the first Boston-area faculty to form a union through the SEIU, the motion inevitably acted as an impetus for fulltime lecturers to seek a union of their own, according to Penn Loh, lecturer and director of the Master in Public Policy program and community practice.

Instances of faculty groups succeeding in unionizing have inspired faculty across the country to also create organizing bodies for their own representation, Stephany said.

Over 22,000 unionized faculty have joined the SEIU in the past year alone, 2,000 of which hail from Boston-area schools, according to Stephany. Various faculty members at Tufts, Northeastern University and Lesley University have already

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After 16 years serving as Tufts’ Director of Athletics, William Gehling (LA ’74, G ’79) will officially step down from his current position on July 1 to assume the new role of senior advisor

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University Director of Athletics Bill Gehling, (A ‘74), will step down from his current position over the summer.

Parking meters installed along Boston, College Avenues With the recent installation of parking meters along Boston and College Avenues, university staff and students will likely have more difficulty finding free parking on the Medford/Somerville campus.

According to the City of Medford website, workers have installed parking meters and kiosks in the Medford Hillside area—adjacent to the Tufts campus—Medford Square, West Medford and South Medford.

Parking will cost $0.25 for 15 minutes, and most spaces will have a time limit of two hours.

The spaces around Tufts will have a daily maximum rate of $5.00 and will not have a time limit.

The city created a parking committee in 2009 and has been developing a pay-to-park program for several years, according to a Dec. 29 Medford Transcript interview with Medford Police Chief Leo A. Sacco Jr., Assistant Treasurer/ Collector Judith Johnston and Republic Parking District Manager Daniel Nash.

The Tufts University Director of Community Relations, Barbara Rubel, explained that the university spoke with Medford Mayor Michael

McGlynn on several occasions before the program was developed and after it was announced on Oct. 7. However, because the streets surrounding campus are public, the city maintains the right to develop parking regulations, Rubel said.

“The city is sensitive to the equity issues associated with granting special considerations to any group, so areas adjoining Tufts will be treated the same as other parts of the city in regard to enforcement,” Rubel told the Daily in an email.

“With a Green Line station coming to College Avenue, it was inevitable that the city would create new parking rules and enforcement.”

Students and faculty who have traditionally parked on Boston and College Avenues for free will have several options going forward, according to Rubel.

“We would love to see more students, faculty and staff take advantage of public transportation, but for those who drive there are options,” she said.

“One can purchase a university decal for full- or part-time parking on campus, park in Dowling [Hall] on a per-day basis or pay for onstreet parking in Medford.”

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Parking kiosks have recently been installed throughout the City of Medford, including outside the Tufts Fitness Center.

to University Advancement.

According to Gehling, the search for a new director is currently underway.

In 1979, Gehling started working at Tufts as the first coach for the new women’s soccer program, continuing to coach the team for 20 years, he explained.

During that time, he also coached for the men’s golf team.

Ten years into his term as women’s varsity soccer coach, Gehling took on the position of Assistant Director of Athletics, and assumed the role of Director of Athletics in 1999.

Gehling said that he has enjoyed the relationships he has developed with students, athletics department staff and Tufts faculty during his time as director.

“As director, I have enjoyed and cherished the continued relationships with students,” he said. “I love supporting our teams and representing Tufts in [the National Collegiate Athletic see GEHLING, page 2

Rubel encouraged students and faculty to avoid parking on side streets, however, as the City of Medford will also be stepping up parking enforcement in residential areas. According to the Dec. 29 interview, Republic Parking will operate two vehicles to enforce parking regulations.

Residential and visiting parking permits are available, but a vehicle must be registered to a Medford address in order to be eligible for a $10 annual residential permit, according to the Parking Medford website. Tufts students living in Medford will be unable to obtain residence permits unless their vehicles are registered to their current address.

For residents who do not own vehicles but will have occasional guests, visitor parking permits are available for $10, and there is a limit of two per household.

Enforcement of parking will begin in business districts tomorrow and on residential streets on Jan. 26, according to an update from the City of Medford.

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This winter, Somerville’s Board of Aldermen voted to crack down on residents and landlords who do not clear their sidewalks after a snowstorm.

According to Somerville Alderman at Large Jack Connolly, the city has created a new ordinance that amends its original snow removal policy. Previously, the city mandated that snow

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needed to be shoveled within 24 hours of falling; however, Connolly said that time frame was unnecessarily long for snow removal and often led to icy sidewalks or unsafe conditions.

“These days … everybody knows the storm is coming two or three days in advance, [with] all the social media warnings [and the media coverage] … so the idea of clearing the walkways becomes a pretty important issue,” Connolly said.

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Jamie xx — “In Colour”

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The debut album of The xx member, Jamie xx, “In Colour” sees him diving into the world of UK garage music. The album is beautifully composed, and each song seems to take the listener on a journey. From the rising intensity of “Gosh” to the delicate beauty of “Sleep Sound” and “Loud Places,” Smith (Jamie xx’s given last name) is able to create a pleasing palette of sounds with hardly a misstep. On “Loud Places” in particular there is a perfect marriage of vocals (which feature Romy) and electronic production, forming a standout track on an album already chockfull of exceptional music. “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)” combines three seemingly incongruous parts to create one of the funkiest songs of the summer: Rapper Young Thug adds a level of strange and frantic energy to the song, while a sample from dance-hall artist Popcaan gives the song its trendy vocal hook, and Smith adds an unraveling layer of beats to complement the two. “In Colour” is an electronic journey, one that effectively brings its listeners to a world of color and tranquility.

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Women’s basketball team travels to Puerto Rico for games over break.

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of people rushed the field to celebrate after the final whistle blew, giving the football team its first victory in four straight seasons.

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Tufts is constantly evolving. It is driven by a dynamic community that engages and challenges the university, and this manifested itself in a number of ways throughout the biggest stories of the 2014-2015 academic year.

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september Students returned to campus amid a controversial university decision to transfer ownership of the Tufts Educational Daycare Center (TEDCC) to the national daycare chain Bright Horizons Family Solutions after forty years as a Tufts-operated entity. This prompted community members to organize protests to “Save TEDCC,” arguing that the change would mean a loss in the educational quality of “little Tufts.”

Kappa Alpha Theta (KAӨ) and the now-suspended fraternity Sigma Nu celebrated the opening of their shared house on Curtis Street. This year, the house is being shared by KAӨ sӨ orority members and residents of the Chinese House.

Tufts football broke its 31-game losing streak (the longest active streak at that time) with a 24-17 toppling of Hamilton at the team’s season opener on Sept. 20. Thousands

October The university reached a tentative agreement with negotiators for a newly unionized group of part-time faculty following eight months of negotiations. The main disagreement between the faculty and the administration was over a 2008 pay freeze. Faculty demanded “equal pay for equal work,” and up to 75 student protesters marched to support the cause.

December Tufts students joined Boston protests following the widespread outcry over the non-indictment of the police officer that fatally shot Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014. In the days after, students led a march through Somerville and Cambridge as part of the national #IndictAmerica movement, which responded to the killings of black men Brown and Eric Garner by white police officers.

January As students returned to campus from their winter break, they were met by Juno, the blizzard that swept through the Northeast and caused Tufts to close its campuses for two days. As much as two feet of snow fell in the area, according to the National Weather Service.

Members of the then-named Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity unanimously voted to disaffiliate from their national organization due to differences in “long-term goals.” The fraternity decided to transition into a Tufts-based fraternity that would either re-affiliate with a different national fraternity or maintain independent status.

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Miguel — “Wildheart”

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The Joey campus shuttle service will be replaced with a new shuttle program this fall, switching from Joseph’s Limousine & Transportation as a provider to A & A Metro Transportation.

According to Andrea Breault, transportation and fleet manager, the shuttles themselves, the shuttle schedule and the shuttle routes will all be revamped.

“The brand new set of fleet vehicles will all be wheelchair accessible, provide service to the new 574 Boston Avenue building and morning service along the Boston Avenue corridor,” Breault said.

The A & A Metro shuttles, three of which will service the Davis Square route, will have around 12-24 pas-

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“Wildheart” is R&B vocalist Miguel’s first full-length release since “Kaleidoscope Dream” (2012).

Thanks to Miguel’s impressive vocals and his collaborations with a variety of producers, “Wildheart”

Video reveals bigger issues with Greek life

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November The Tufts administration released an announcement outlining the status of their recently signed contract with DTZ, the contractor that employs Tufts’ janitors. Negotiations to implement a new plan of operation for the university’s custodial staff began in late October, but details were not yet released.

University administrators emphasized that the new contract aimed to increase efficiency, improve sustainability and increase the ratio of full-time workers to part-time workers, while members of the Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) expressed discontent at the potential janitorial layoffs, calling for no cuts to be made.

opened up the doors for a bigger debate about the exclusivity of the Greek system — an important issue on every college campus that sustains Greek life. Many young girls at college campuses across the country who have gone through sorority recruitment have seen videos almost identical to Alpha Phi’s. By showing off the most physically attractive girls in the house, the videos are used as a marketing technique to attract new members.

The Greek system is almost always portrayed the same way in the media and in pop culture, ultimately limiting the types of members sororities and fraternities recruit. For example, the popular television show “Greek,” which aired from 20072011 on ABC Family, mostly features beautiful college girls meeting beautiful college guys, both of whom care little about their academics or futures and more about “Greek Week” and social mixers. And in the iconic movie “Legally Blonde” (2001), Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) and her gang of blonde sorority friends seem to lack substance and intelligence, a por-

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Known for its over-the-top parties, beautiful mansions and sometimes elitist attitudes, the Greek system at University of Southern California (USC) and other universities is no stranger to criticism.

There seems to always be a story in the news about a fraternity’s dangerous hazing practices or a sorority’s harsh and demeaning emails. Most recently, critics have claimed a recruitment video from the University of Alabama chapter of Alpha Phi shows a lack of diversity. However, the recruitment video itself is not what’s wrong with the system. The problem is that, as a result of a stereotypical portrayal of Greek life in the media, sorority recruitment videos are forced to target a very specific type of girl — hindering the chance at diversity.

The four minute recruitment video, which was deleted from YouTube shortly after going viral, showcases beautiful white, blonde girls and not much else. It

“Compton” and Clams Casino, a producer for A$AP Rocky. All three, coupled with Staples’ own introspectiveness, help send Summertime ’06 down a winding path of raw, discordant and downright window-shattering hip-hop. There are energetic anthems — “Lift Me Up” and “Senorita,” for example — as well as moments of solemn reflection, like “Summertime” and “Might Be Wrong.” “Summertime ’06” is an exemplary effort from Staples and his crew of producers. This record, filled with emotional highs and lows, is one of the best hip-hop releases of the year.

The summer of 2015 will be remembered as an entertaining one for music. Singles such as OMI’s “Cheerleader,” “Can’t Feel My Face” by the Weeknd and Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” dominated radio charts, while “charged up” rap beefs energized Twitter feeds. The full-length releases, though, were not lacking either. These four albums were the biggest highlights of the summer.

According to Connolly, the newly amended ordinance increases the fines for uncleared sidewalks and changes the acceptable timeframe for snow removal. For failing to shovel sidewalks, the city will now fine residents and landlords $50 on the first day, $100 on the second day, $200 on the third day and $300 on the fourth day. This is an increase from the

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Clockwise from top left: Vince staples’ “summertime ‘06,” tame impala’s “Currents,” miguel’s “wildheart”and Jamie xx’s “in Colour.”

is one of the most innovative R&B releases since Frank Ocean’s “Channel Orange” (2012). Just like “Kaleidoscope Dream” before it, there is no shortage of sexual subject matter on this newest album: in “DEAL,” for example, Miguel croons about using his money to seduce women. “N.W.A.,” meanwhile, has more edge than other “Wildheart” songs and is served over a short guitar riff and drum pattern. “waves” is the most jubilant song of the bunch; with lyrics like “all night, I wanna ride that wave,” and “destinado a morir,” it is an an endof-evening farewell after a night of partying. For Miguel, the party is continuous throughout the album, and he has reason to celebrate his latest creation. “Wildheart” brings

listeners a stripped-down, bare-essentials version of sexual R&B without any unnecessary fluff.

Vince Staples — “Summertime ’06”

“Summertime ‘06” is a two-disc, twenty-track giant of a record, in which Staples, a California native, invites the listener into the inner depths of his mind. Never a slouch behind the mic, Staples is true to form on this new release and the production of each song reaches new levels above his previous output. “Summertime ’06” employs a murderer’s row of producers, including Kanye West and Common collaborator No I.D., DJ Dahi, who produced for a slew of notable rappers, including for Dr. Dre on this year’s

Summer of 2015 wouldn’t be complete without an indie-rock release that is both uplifting and brooding. “Currents,” Tame Impala’s third full-length release, manages to do that remarkably well. Kevin Parker, the group’s sole recording member, brings new energy on tracks like “Eventually” and “Cause I’m a Man.” “Currents” is truly a technical masterpiece: the synthesizers are layered perfectly, the bass chords are the strongest and most meaningful chords of Parker’s career so far and the vocals are varied and vibrant. Even though the entire album may feel slightly water-logged and heavy at times, it maintains a convincing collection of different “currents” of sound throughout its thirteen songs. “Let It Happen,” the opening track, is arguably the most inventive of Tame Impala’s discography.

Parker’s repetition of a single loop toward the end of the song creates a mesmerizing moment; listeners’ attention will be drawn to this single, swirling sound. Although “Currents” is a change of pace from previous Tame Impala albums — filled with finger-snapping and clapping, this is the group’s most danceable record to date — it manages to transport the listener to a timeless space, where all one can hope to do is keep from losing their sense of reality.

Orientation shows introduce incoming students to performing arts

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trayal that contributes to the stereotype that all sorority girls are superficial beings who have little to offer on their campuses, let alone in society. Rarely in these movies do we see the thousands of dollars women in sororities raise for philanthropic causes or the prestigious internships they land. Much like the Alpha Phi recruitment video, glitter and bikinis are the only things featured when sororities are mentioned, but in reality, the girls that make up these houses are much more than that.

Therefore, when a girl moves in to her dorm and her new roommate says, “Hey! Are you planning on rushing?” and her only exposure to sororities is the one portrayed in movies and on television, these stereotypes come to mind. If she is not gorgeous, skinny, rich or overly feminine, she may fear the process and the system as a whole, believing she won’t fit in. As one type of girl rushes sororities and other girls believe the Greek system has little to offer them, the cycle that limits diversity sustains itself. The poor portrayal of the Greek system in the media is only one

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Editor’s note: The writer of this story is a member of the a capella group Enchanted featured in the article.

Orientation week at Tufts is a busy time for first-years as they are thrust into a schedule jam-packed with bagel brunches, orientation meetings and language placement exams. Perhaps one of the most popular events to attend during this hectic week, however, are the orientation shows (known colloquially as O-Shows) put on by various student performance groups.

One of Tufts’ theater-run student groups, Pen, Paint and Pretzels (3Ps) puts on an annual O-Show. This year,

senior Kellyn Henthorn will be directing a production of “The Few,” a play

by Samuel D. Hunter that premiered Off Broadway in 2014. It takes place in 1999, following the story of a group of truckers in Idaho who decide to publish a newspaper. After an extended disappearance, the founder of the newspaper, Bryan, returns to his colleagues, and the group struggles to accept him back into its circle.

“I was initially drawn to ‘The Few’ because of the play’s fascination with the written word. ‘The Few’ reminds its audience that words — poetry, letters, even just saying ‘goodbye’ — are powerful,” said Henthorn.

This is Henthorn’s directing debut, though she has prior experience in

lighting design, acting and playwriting.

She is also the president of Bare Bodkin, Tufts’ student-written theater group.

When asked about the difficulties of being a new director and preparing for the show, Henthorn said, “The toughest part is not having a regular rehearsal schedule. The O-Show is fun because we only get a week to be in a space, rehearsing and teaching; however, I only get five days of face-to-face time with actors.”

In addition to 3Ps and Bare Bodkin, the Tufts student theater scene also includes Torn Ticket II, which performs musicals throughout the year, including its own O-Show (The Tufts drama department stages its own performances as well). Henthorn advises interested

first-years to get involved in these various student-run theater groups.

“Tufts has a great student theater program because there are so many opportunities for everyone,” Henthorn said. “It’s a really open environment, and we all really want you to be there.”

First-years will also have an opportunity to become acquainted with the many a capella groups at Tufts during the Sept. 7 O-show. The style and genres these ensembles perform vary widely: from pop to Christian music, from Israeli rock to gospel.

Adam Hotaling, president of the Disney-themed co-ed a capella group Enchanted, echoed Henthorn’s thoughts

piece in solving a much more complicated question about diversity in sororities, but it constitutes an important perception for potential participants in the system.

One cannot expect a more diverse Greek system until the media more accurately represents the diverse aspects of real-life members.

With all of this in mind, there is one more vital thing to remember about the Greek system: Sororities are not marketing toward the general public, but rather toward people who they think would be interested — which is no different than any other club or group on campus. The problem is not the sororities’ marketing techniques, but rather that the media has forced them to only have one target audience. The Alpha Phi chapter at University of Alabama shouldn’t be judged for doing this, nor should any other chapter. Rather than put down the members of these Greek organizations for lacking diversity, we should focus more energy on figuring out how to get Hollywood to move away from these harsh and lazy stereotypes. see ORIENTATION, page 14

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continued from back the national championship team and are ready to lead this season. Senior defender Alexandra Jamison was named to the All-Conference second team last season, and fellow senior midfielder Dakota Sikes-Keilp was a key contributor, with five goals scored and three assists. The team also will benefit from two dominant juniors, forwards Dominique Zarrella and Annie Artz.

Zarrella led the team in points with 21, scoring nine goals and racking up three assists, while Artz was second in points with seven goals and two assists.

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son, the Jumbos play both Bowdoin and Middlebury in October at home, where the team went 6-1 last season, as opposed to their 6-4 away record.

Although Bowdoin and Middlebury are the highest ranked NESCAC teams, the conference is tough top to bottom.

“It’s great that the NESCAC is such a competitive conference,” Terveer said.

“Playing against all of the strong conference teams really prepares us for difficult out-of-conference games and hopefully the post-season after that.”

The team enters the season with optimism that it can return to the national tournament and continue its winning tradition.

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continued from back NESCAC champions, the Ephs. On Oct. 3, they face a tough opponent in the Bowdoin Polar Bears, who destroyed the Jumbos three games to none last September. On Oct. 24, in one of the final games of the regular season, the Jumbos will face off against the MIT Engineers, who also defeated them 3-0 last fall.

“We want to get to the point where we play as one cohesive unit and are connecting on and off the court,” Baum said. “Getting to that point comes with time, but we’re already way ahead of where we started last

season, so I have no fears about the future.”

Overall, Tufts will have some tough games down the stretch, but with solid senior leadership and a talented first-year class, the team feels that it will be in good hands.

“This year we have four freshmen as well as one junior transfer on our team,” Berger said. “So far, they have been bringing a new batch of energy to practices, which has really been complementing us well.”

“We’ve all learned that we need to start off the season with fire,” Baum added. “We need to start off strong and hungry to win.”

Football

Tufts looks to build on breakthrough season's success

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In the first game of their 2014 football season, the Jumbos snapped a threeyear losing streak. Three wins later, that seemingly lucky break quickly became old news. After finishing last season with a respectable 4-4 record, this year’s team looks to build on last year’s success.

Coach Jay Civetti has made an enemy of complacency within the program, latching on to the motto “always compete” and focusing entirely on both the present and immediate future.

“Last year was great, [an] awesome experience, tremendously important for the program, but right now we are focused on today,” he said. “We are trying to leave last year in the past [and focus] on being better at execution regardless of where we are, what the environment is. We are focused on … finding confidence in our preparation.”

“The past is in the past — last year was last year,” senior co-captain defensive lineman Corey Burns said. “The team as a whole every day is trying to get better [and] the effort, the [level of ] toughness around us is definitely higher than it has been in the past.”

Preseason kicked off on Sept. 1, and the Jumbos have been running a variety of individual position drills so that younger players can get repetitions in before the season starts.

“Everybody is coming out here and grinding,” junior running back Mike Rando said while running plays during a hurry up offense segment.

The Jumbos will be focusing in particular on their performance at away games this season, especially after dropping all four last year. Civetti believes success on the road comes down to mental toughness.

“We try to create as many distracting environments as we can during practice so that [the players] can focus on their jobs and the tasks that [are asked of them],” Civetti said. “There’s no speech.

I’ve tried that already, [and] it didn’t work. There’s no special meal — I’ve done that, too. I think it really just comes down to making sure the guys are as prepared as they can be.”

The Jumbos were buoyed by strong offensive and special teams’ performances last year. The offense can expect strong contributions from Rando in a variety of ways. In addition to junior running back Chance Brady, Rando is a receiving threat out of the backfield and

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Tufts junior running back Chance Brady sprints up the field. Brady‘s contributions to the running game will be crucial to the team’s success this year. can play split-out wide, as evidenced by his 137 receiving yards last season. An accomplished punt and kick returner, Rando will act as a veritable Swiss army knife for Tufts.

“On offense, I want to be a spark, make big plays and bring some leadership,” Rando said. “Same thing [for special teams], just to … get the guys going and [to] do everything in my power to get the team ahead. I really take pride in being able to be someone that my teammates can lean on if need be.”

Junior quarterback Alex Snyder takes command of the Jumbos’ high-powered passing offense, a unit that finished second in the NESCAC in passing yards per game. Snyder played six games last season, posting a respectable 721 yards with six touchdowns and five interceptions on only 116 attempts. The keys for the 6’5″ ” Snyder will be boosting his 45.7 percent completion rate, continuing to attack downfield and extending plays with his legs.

Tufts’ running game occasionally faltered last season, ranking only seventh in rushing yards in the NESCAC. A consistent bright spot was Brady,

though, who returns this year to lead the ground attack. Brady posted 391 yards and four touchdowns last year behind an offensive line graduating just two players. His 4.3 yards per carry tied for fourth best in the NESCAC. However, Tufts will have to limit their fumbles if they are to be successful in improving their run game.

Coach Civetti is unconcerned with last year’s relative lack of production on the ground.

“We are just trying to play good, honest football,” he said. “We are trying to find whatever allows us to score the most points. If our run game does it, great. If our pass game does it, great.

We are just trying to be the best at what we do. We are the most physical football team in the league. That’s something that we hang our hat on. I think it’s something that we push for every day.

We talk about the six second rule, you know: trying to be better than your opponent, trying to give your best five to six seconds.”

On the defensive side of the ball, Tufts will look to force more turnovers this year and continue to prevent yards after

the catch. Senior co-captain linebacker Matt McCormack led the NESCAC with 52 solo and 36 assisted tackles last season. His ability to get to the ballcarrier quickly is an asset for the Jumbos’ run defense — a defense that, with just six interceptions and 12 sacks, was below average at intercepting passes and getting to the quarterback. As a result, the Jumbos allowed the most passing yards per game and must focus on pressuring opposing quarterbacks this year.

“I just know that I have to be a rock no matter what happens with this team,” Burns said.

With a plethora of returning players and talent — plus a number of young players capable of stepping into larger roles — the Jumbos are poised to dominate offensively and improve on their defense en route to another successful season.

“The expectation is to win a championship, but [we] understand right now [we need to focus] on building that championship culture,” Civetti said. “The success will come based on how hard we work to prepare ourselves … to compete every Saturday for the next 12 weeks.”

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Jumbos seek another strong season after last year's mid-season run

by Chris Warren

Last year, the Tufts volleyball team’s magical season ended in the second round of the NCAA Championship when they were defeated by Clarkson, three games to Tufts’ one. The way the Jumbos got there, however, was rather unusual.

After a slow September start that saw the team go 7-6, the Jumbos eventually recovered — they went 15-3 through November. During the postseason, the team made it to the NESCAC volleyball finals, where it faced off against Williams.

Going into the match, the Jumbos were the underdogs, but they battled tooth and nail with the Ephs throughout the entire contest. In what seemed like a parking lot brawl in which neither side would give in, Williams eventually pulled away in the deciding fifth set with a score of 15-13 to take the NESCAC title from Tufts in front of the Cousens faithful, who had begun to flock to the gym in droves during the team’s 12-game hot streak.

Although the Jumbos lost in the NESCAC finals, they still earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, where they lost to Clarkson in round two. Clarkson had also defeated Tufts three sets to zero in September.

“Last September, we turned [our season] around because we communicated with each other,” senior co-captain Carolina Berger said. “We discussed our goals for the season and how we would achieve them. Eventually, the turning point came when we beat Conn. College — a team we believed would be very hard to beat.”

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Tufts has had some big shoes to fill with the losses of outside hitters Hayley Hopper (E ’15) and Jessica Ingrum (LA ’15), as well as middle hitter Isabel Kuhel (E ’15). However, Berger and senior setter Kyra Baum, both of whom played crucial roles in the Jumbos’ playoff run last year, will be looking to lead the team in the right direction under the guidance of coach Cora Thompson. A multiple-time NESCAC coach of the year, Thompson has led the Jumbos to five NCAA tournament berths since becoming head coach of the program in 2002.

Tufts will be looking to get back to the NESCAC title game and advance further into the NCAA tournament if it receives a bid, but as of now, they are taking each day as it comes.

“This season, we just want to keep improving daily and play to our potential,” Berger said. “We can accomplish that by keeping our bodies healthy and putting in 100% everyday. We took our spring and summer lifts very seriously and have been working on the basics at practice, so hopefully that will allow us to build upon the success we had last year.”

This season’s kick-off game will be against Springfield College, a historically good program that lost to Tufts in the first round of last year’s NCAA tournament. Earlier in the 2014 season, however, the Springfield Pride handily defeated the Jumbos 3-2, so getting through their first game will not be easy. Conference play begins on Sept. 18 in Williamstown, Mass., where the Jumbos will have a chance to redeem themselves against last year’s

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Tufts senior Kyra Baum, a setter and defensive specialist, looks to continue her impressive performances from last season.

Field Hockey

Field hockey looks to build on recent success

by Steven Hefter Sports Editor

Now three years removed from a national championship, the Tufts field hockey team gears up for a new season eager to improve on their 2014 performance. The ninth-ranked Jumbos finished last season with a loss to eventual national runner-up Bowdoin in the NESCAC semi-finals and failed to receive an invitation to the national tournament. After winning the national championship in 2012 and losing in the second round in 2013, the Jumbos look to return to the NCAA tournament once again this season.

The team feels ready for its season opener against Colby at home on Sept. 12.

“Our team is very excited for the upcoming season,” senior forward Hannah Park said. “[We have] a lot of potential, and we are excited to show everyone who we are.”

The Jumbos are led by coach Tina McDavitt Mattera, who has been at the helm of six of the past eight NCAA tournaments, national championship in 2012 — Tufts’ first for a women’s team.

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) named her the National Coach of the Year in the team’s national championship season. Over

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Tufts senior forward Hannah Park plays in a home game against Wesleyan on Kraft Field on Sept. 16, 2014. the past 11 years, she has built Tufts into a field hockey powerhouse, amassing a 151-44 overall record and is looking to continue that trend heading into her 12th year as head coach. Mattera is five wins short of becoming the all-time winningest coach in Tufts field hockey history.

Though Mattera will pace the sidelines in 2015, the team will likely miss

the presence of players from the Class of 2015. Among the graduated players is former co-captain forward/midfielder Brittany Norfleet (LA ’15), who was third on the team in points last year with five goals and four assists.

Norfleet was named to the NFHCA All-American second team last season and the All-Conference first-team.

Her co-captain, goalie Bri Keenan (E

’15), played every minute in goal last season while posting seven shutouts.

The team’s third Class of 2015 member, Colleen Golja (E ’15), scored two goals while playing in every game for the Jumbos.

“All three seniors that graduated this past year were definitely integral parts of the team, [but] we’ve been working super hard to fill the roles that they played,” senior midfielder Rachel Terveer said.

“The class of 2015 taught us a lot [about leadership, commitment and teamwork] these past years … and we are ready to use that knowledge to strengthen our team,” Park said.

Tufts finished last season with an overall record of 12-5 with a 6-4 record in the NESCAC. Five of the top 20 ranked teams in the country play in the conference, with Bowdoin starting the season ranked No. 1, Middlebury No. 3, Tufts No. 9, Amherst No. 11 and Trinity No. 15.

“By playing tough teams early on, we can figure out what is working and what we need to focus on,” Park said. “It is a great conference to be a part of.”

The Jumbos will return a core of seniors who played as first-years on see FIELD HOCKEY, page 15