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Fletcher School professor named Mexican ambassador to US

by Sarah Zheng

Executive News Editor

Miguel Basáñez, former professor at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, will begin his first day in office today as Mexico’s new ambassador to the United States.

Basáñez, who has been at Fletcher since 2008 as the director of the Judicial Reform Program and an adjunct professor, succeeds former ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora. Mora left the position in March to join Mexico’s Supreme Court, according to an announcement made by Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department on March 10.

Basáñez said he hopes to increase awareness about various elements of

the crucial relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. He also expressed his desire to ease complicated public perceptions of Mexico, especially in the U.S., which is Mexico’s largest commercial trade partner and the destination of many immigrants seeking work.

“The relation between Mexico and the U.S. is one of the most intense relations in the world because of our huge border,” he said. “In social terms, the interaction is huge … I’d like to try to educate the public in the U.S. [about the fact] that we could build a much more easygoing partnership.”

Basáñez explained that 50 percent of the families in Mexico have a relative working or living in the United States, and that the one million Americans who

live in Mexico make up the largest populations of Americans living abroad. He also emphasized the magnitude of the economic relationship between Mexico and the U.S., explaining that Mexico is America’s third-largest commercial trade partner and the U.S. is Mexico’s largest trade partner.

“About 80 percent of Mexico’s trade is with the U.S., so economically speaking, it [is] huge,” he said.

In preparation for his role as ambassador, Basáñez said he has been talking to business leaders, governors in Mexico, U.S. congressmen and academics about the U.S.-Mexico relationship.

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Tufts Medical Center names pavilion after former trustee

by Sarah Zheng

Executive News Editor

Tufts Medical Center (MC) officially named and dedicated its new dining pavilion to former Tufts MC Trustee and Governor A. Raymond Tye in a ceremony on Aug. 26.

The newly constructed dining pavilion, located on the first floor Atrium of Tufts MC, was funded by the contributions Tye made to Tufts MC over the years. Tye’s children also donated additional funding as a gift, according to Steve Perna, senior board and donor relations officer at Tufts Medical.

Perna said that four of Tye’s children — Jim Tye, Mark Tye, Randy O’Brien and Carol Rose — wanted to honor their father, so they approached Tufts MC and made the decision to name a pavilion after him.

“We are so pleased that our father’s name and memory will live on in this beautiful space in the hospital he loved so well,” Jim Tye said in an Aug. 27 press release. “Dad had a special connection to Tufts Medical Center and truly believed in its mission and culture. It made complete sense for us to make a gift to this institution to ensure that our father’s legacy of helping those less fortunate continues to live on.”

The new dining pavilion seats 144 people and will provide a centralized location for families, visitors and employees to gather and enjoy meals and coffee, according to Perna.

The pavilion funds from Tye’s children are part of a five-year pledge, and will also benefit Tufts MC’s Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and the New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Perna said.

According to Perna, funding for these two centers will be granted for unrestricted use relating to general operations, such as patient care and support, education and training and medical research.

Raymond Tye was well known in the Boston community as chairman emeritus of United Liquors and president of the Ray Tye Medical Aid Foundation, and worked extensively with Tufts MC over the years, Perna said.

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continued from page 1 Michael Wagner echoed this sentiment: “Ray Tye was a true friend and a steadfast supporter of Tufts Medical Center for many years,” Wagner said in the press release. “He was passionate about ensuring that the Medical Center was best equipped to provide optimal patient care.”

In addition to donating an amount totaling seven-figures to Tufts MC, Raymond Tye used his medical aid foundation to fund lifesaving medical treatment for patients with limited financial resources and those who lacked medical insurance, according to Perna.

The patients he supported included several children from extremely poor backgrounds overseas, Julie Jette, director of media relations and publications at Tufts MC, added. According to Perna, a girl from Iraq and a boy from Sudan were among those helped. Tye also funded a funeral for a little boy who was shot in Dorchester, Mass.

“He was an incredible human being,” Perna said. “He would come visit the patients here at the hospital that he provided support for…He would do very great acts of kindness that just went under the radar.”

At Tufts MC, Tye also co-founded the Herbert J. Levine Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, provided funding for essential medical equipment for the New England Eye Center and supported cancer research, Perna said.

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Tufts Medical Center honored A. Raymond Tye, who passed away in 2010, with the opening of a new pavilion. tronic medical records system, which, back in the day, was huge,” he explained.

Additionally, Tye helped to beautify Washington Street, where Tufts MC is located, by providing landscaping ser-

vices, Perna said.

All of his work led Tufts MC to award Tye with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, according to the press release.

“He didn’t give to get the glamor and

the glory of it, he gave to make a difference and he gave because he could,” Perna said. “He was just someone who was able to make a huge difference in a very quiet way.”

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which the strong focus on immigration, and the inflammatory language sometimes used by candidates when discussing related issues, have demonstrated the serious impact that the election could have on U.S.-Mexican relations.

Still, Basáñez said he is not worried.

“Mexico has to be wide open to whatever the American public [decides],” he said. “Campaigns begin and then the rhetoric goes to the extremes, becomes very polarized…but as the time passes, the rhetoric has to moderate and come closer to the center, so we should not overreact.”

Prior to joining Fletcher, Basáñez worked with the Mexican government from 1968 to 1988, serving in roles such as the attorney general of Edomex, also known as The State of Mexico, Mexico’s most heavily populated state. Afterwards, he became a pollster and conducted the first independent polls that surveyed the whole Mexican electorate instead of just the political elite, according to an article in The Guardian.

“I am guilty of having introduced public Courtesy Miguel Basáñez opinion polling for New Mexican Ambassador to the United States Miguel Basáñez elections in Mexico,” worked at Fletcher since 2008.

Basáñez quipped. continued from page 1 so [many] people, the ambassador cannot take charge of the whole thing on his own,” he said. “If I could recruit [hundreds of ] top leaders in Mexico to help me improve the dialogue with top leaders in the U.S., I think that’s going to be a good thing.”

Basáñez has also been bracing for the 2016 American presidential race, in

According to a story in the Associated Press, some analysts questioned why the ambassadorial post was vacant for a period of 6 months following Mora’s departure. Basáñez explained that many factors led to the delay in his appointment.

“Mexico held… midterm elections back in June, and that was a very important turning point for the administration,” Basáñez said. “[The president] was trying to accommodate the whole political position.”

Basáñez added that a similar delay occurred when President Obama appointed Roberta Jacobson (F ’86) as ambassador to Mexico in June 2015. “[She] already went through the senate and hasn’t received full confirmation, but that should happen any moment,” he said.

There have also been questions about Basáñez’s connections to the political elite in Mexico and his lack of diplomatic experience, but Dean of the Fletcher School James Stavridis expressed his confidence in Basáñez as a diplomat.

“Ambassador-select Basáñez is an excellent choice as the chief Mexican diplomat in Washington DC,” Stavridis told the Daily in an email. “He has been a superb member of our faculty here at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and we are very proud of his work here over the past years.”

After his stint as ambassador, Basáñez hopes to return to Tufts and academia.

“It’s a great honor and responsibility to be in charge of the embassy,” Basáñez said. “I would love to return to Fletcher, of course. I have enjoyed my time here very much.”

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University continues construction after summer recess

by Sophie Lehrenbaum News Editor

While school was out of session for the summer, work continued on campus in the form of several construction projects. In addition to renovating myriad residence halls and university-owned homes, the university funneled resources into three major ventures: construction of the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), refurbishing the Memorial Steps and modifying the Central Energy Plant.

According to University Energy Program Director Randy Preston, the plans to update the Central Energy Plant, located near Dowling Hall, have been years in the making.

“The old boiler plant is about 60 years old, and it’s not in great shape,” Preston said. “We need more reliable utilities on campus.”

Preston explained that after consulting with outside contractors to determine whether or not the project would be feasible, university trustees approved the plan to modernize the facility.

He identified the project’s objectives as increasing efficiency, reducing the costs associated with running utilities on campus, equipping the campus with the necessary tools to sustain operations despite adverse conditions, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and bringing infrastructure up-to-date.

Specifically, the new energy plant will incorporate a new system based in cogeneration, a process in which fuel is used to make electricity and, in turn, excess heat and steam from the power generation process supply heat for buildings. This system will be more efficient, both in terms of energy usage and cost, according to Preston.

“For the same amount of fuel we use for the boilers, we’re getting two products instead of one,” he said. “We will use less electricity and save money in the process, as well as reduce greenhouse emissions on campus by 20 percent.”

Preston went on to detail how the new system will leave Tufts better equipped to cope with adverse conditions. In the event of a storm as bad as Hurricane Sandy, he said, the university would need to sustain campus operations even if connections to external resources were lost. He emphasized

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A resident walks down the Memorial Steps, which are being rebuilt after suffering heavy snow damage last winter. that these changes will allow the university to become more self-sufficient.

Construction is slated to be completed in the summer of 2016. Having installed utility lines this summer, the construction team is now focused on building up the plant itself, according to Preston. In the meantime, the university has gone to great lengths to ensure that nearby neighbors, both on and off campus, are able to go about their affairs without much disruption, aside from the rerouting of pedestrian traffic near the energy plant.

Preston believes that the end result will make the efforts of all parties worthwhile.

“I certainly appreciate the forbearance of students and faculty in getting this complicated piece of work done,” he said. “We take very seriously the university’s normal business and we are trying to make a positive change. We think at the end, everybody will be very pleased with [the energy plant].”

Construction on the SEC, on the

other hand, is projected to be completed by the start of the 2017 school year. The 79,000 square foot addition located behind Robinson Hall and Anderson Hall is meant to house laboratories with the intent of promoting interdisciplinary research. For the time being, most research in the SEC will be focused in disciplines such as environmental science and neuroscience.

The Memorial Steps, which lie between Paige Hall and Miner Hall, also saw renovations over the summer, and are scheduled to be completed by the end of November. Construction work includes installing a snow-melt system beneath the stairway, as well as a new foundation to make the structure more durable.

In an April email to the Daily, Senior Manager of Project Administration Ray Santangelo confirmed that the heavy snowfall — this past year in particular — has damaged the steps.

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The old central energy plant, located near dowling hall, housed 60-year-old infrastructure.

“The need for a tremendous amount of ice melt damages the stairs significantly,” Santangelo said. “The new stairs will have piping under them that will aid with snow melting, requiring less shoveling and less salt.”

For students such as sophomore Hayley Carabello, however, the construction on the Memorial Steps has proved to be a frustrating obstacle when navigating a path across campus on a time-tight schedule.

“I definitely think it’s impeding my ability to get to class in time, especially when I need to cut across campus when I have 15 minutes to go between classes,” Carabello said.

“I really think the university should have had it done [before school started] because it is definitely a giant issue for many students, especially engineers.”

Not all summer projects have continued into the year. Many revitalization projects involving various residence halls were completed during the summer months. Some of the most notable changes include those made to Richardson House, the all-female on-campus residence which houses 42 students.

Workers renovated the building’s kitchens, bathrooms, laundry room and common areas and added new siding and windows.

Phase One of a two-year renovation plan for Stratton House, too, was completed before students arrived. The senior dormitory received new windows and a new roof. Workers also cleaned the building and repointed its bricks. Phase Two will be completed next summer with improvements to the foundation and the first floor.

Carpenter House, which lies on Winthrop Street, was also revamped with renovated bathrooms, kitchen and common rooms. A new sewer line was also installed there.

More work was completed on the 92 Professors Row building — currently occupied by the Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) fraternity. The house, built in 1875, has a refurbished floor as well as upgraded bathroom facilities, kitchen and common areas.

Sophomore Josh Ferry, who is a resident in the SigEp house, explained that, since the university owns the home, the onus falls on the school rather than on the fraternity brothers to take care of these larger maintenance issues.

“The house woodwork essentially needed repair,” Ferry said. “Personally, I couldn’t be happier with what was done.”

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TUTV rolls out new series ‘High Spirits’

by Josh Podolsky

Executive Arts Editor

There’s a new ghost on campus, and it looks like he’s a lady killer – at least, that’s what it seems like so far. Tufts University Television’s (TUTV) new series “High Spirits” (2015) officially launched on Monday with the release of its first episode, simply entitled “High Spirits Episode 1,” on the student organization’s YouTube channel. The season opener introduces the show’s three main characters: Peter (sophomore Niall Cunningham), the ghost (senior Artoun Nazareth) and Katie (senior Michelle Herzog).

The nearly six-minute-long first episode moves quickly, establishing the primary players and the central conflict. Not all is well between Peter and the ghost; the roommates are in the midst of a disagreement about the previous night’s sequence of events. Both characters tell their versions of what happened: Peter recalls bringing home a girl, Katie, who, he claims, “could have been the one,” only to have his ethereal roommate woo her away from him. As the ghost tells it, Peter arrived home after a few too many drinks, basically carried back on the shoulders of the very same girl, who then throws herself at the ghost. As soon becomes clear, however, neither Peter nor the ghost really knows the full story.

And, at this point in the series, neither does the viewer. This changes in the installment’s final minutes, as the show runners allow just enough of a peek into Katie’s memory of the night to put their audience on tenterhooks. “Episode 1” ends with the revelation that Katie had planned to meet Peter, go home with him and then — shockingly — get frisky with the ghost.

It is at the end of the episode that the writing team — headed by junior Eli Lloyd along with Amy Himebaugh, a sophomore, and senior Andy De Leon (who also directed) — get an opportunity to flaunt their skills. Just as the episode opens with Peter pining about “the one,” Katie closes it with the line, “I may have found the one.” Forget the supernatural side of “High Spirits;” these parallels are enough to send chills down the viewer’s spine.

“There’s a lot more cool ghost stuff coming up,” Nazareth said about his character’s development.

Amy Himebaugh via TUTV

“High Spirits” follows Katie, the ghost and Peter with its humorous take on the afterlife.

Nazareth’s statement can be applied equally to his character’s role in the series as well as the technical feats the production team achieved in creating the illusion that he is, in fact, a ghost. As far as the first two episodes are concerned, Nazareth’s claim rings true. One sequence in the first episode is particularly impressive; the ghost appears in several different places within seconds, yet the scene appears to be filmed in a single take. In addition to the camera work, the light and sound engineering add to the series’ production quality — certainly more so than the corny, albeit lovable, effects in “Ghostbusters” (1984), an inspiration for “High Spirits.”

Each individual appearance by the ghost in this sequence required four takes. The technique junior Ben Taylor, the show’s cinematographer, used to create the illusion that the ghost teleports from place to place is one he had actually used earlier to achieve a different effect in TUTV’s “Jules and Monty” (2014).

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Cast and crew made use of resources from the Ex-College in the production of “High Spirits,” adding quality to the student-created series.

experience on ‘Jules and Monty,’” Taylor said.

High quality, professional equipment from the Experimental College (ExCollege) also helped the production team tackle the challenges of creating the supernatural affects the “High Spirits” scripts call for.

“I think it was worth using it because it just adds this base level of quality,” Taylor said of the ExCollege resources. “We could do so much more in the editing room because it was such high resolution.”

On top of the technical hurdles TUTV tackled in taking on the series, the crew behind “High Spirits” further challenged themselves to film the whole show, around 30 minutes of content, normally an eightweek project, in just four weeks.

“We were doing 30-hour weekends,” said Himebaugh. “Despite the tight schedule, we ended up with a product that … we are happy with.”

“The shoot schedule was crazy,” Nazareth said. “The crew was awesome.

Without them you can’t have anything, and they just made it so much better.”

“High Spirits” has been in the works since last September when the writing team started drafting the scripts. The process evolved from script writing to storyboarding and pre-production — deciding the artistic direction of the series — in January to production in March and April.

Post-production, during which the various shots taken during filming are assembled into a coherent whole, took place over the summer.

The 30 minutes comprising the finished product of “High Spirits” were a significant undertaking for the cast and crew, some of whom were working in film for the first time.

“Acting on camera, I kept being told

by Andy, the director, that I had to keep toning it down,” Nazareth, who appeared in more minor rolls in “Jules and Monty” and “Wave Jacked” (2015), said. “You can’t really make big gestures, especially when your head is the only thing in the shot.”

In an attempt to capture the vast amount of work that goes into creating “High Spirits,” Taylor is launching a blog that chronicles the contributions of those both in front of and behind the camera.

“I think I’m starting this blog to gush in an organized way about the show,” Taylor said.

With the exception of the first episode, the blog posts are slated to coincide with the release of each of “High Spirits” installment.

“I don’t think we could have done it [in ‘High Spirits’] without having the past experience on ‘Jules and Monty.’”

With production wrapped on this series, work is already underway on TUTV’s next offering, “Pantheon University” (2016).

“Pantheon” is a collaboration with Neat-o Productions, the crew behind “Jules and Monty” and “Wave Jacked.” It will be released in the spring semester.

“We are always looking for people to come in and pitch stuff to us,” Himebaugh said about TUTV’s next steps.

The film landscape on campus is slated to change in significant ways with the arrival of the new Film and Media Studies major, which is likely to increase the volume and scale of the cinematic content produced at Tufts. TUTV is conscious of this fact, as they think about how their group will continue develop over the coming years.

With wheels currently turning on several other projects that are too early in the creative process to discuss, TUTV seems to have positioned itself well to adapt and grow in Tufts’ evolving film scene.

New episodes of “High Spirits” appear Mondays and Wednesdays on TUTV’s YouTube Channel. The first episode was released on Monday, Sept. 7. The series will comprise a total of six episodes.

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Album REview: Poison Season

Destroyer brings catchy, elegant indie-rock with 'Poison Season'

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Four years after releasing the critically acclaimed “Kaputt” (2011), Canadian indie rock band Destroyer has returned with their tenth studio album, “Poison Season” (2015). Led by singer Dan Bejar, Destroyer is similar, in a sense, to Sun Kil Moon: Bejar spins webs of poetry with his lyrics, oftentimes in a rambling, idiosyncratic manner much like those of Sun Kil Moon’s lead vocalist Mark Kozelek.

This gives every Destroyer album a distinct feel and tone. “Kaputt” is a delicate, funky love record, while “Trouble in Dreams” (2008) is a noisier, more eccentric release. On “Poison Season,” Bejar and his crew bring a modern, jazzy sound to the album, coupled with winding guitar riffs and lively string notes.

The band name Destroyer may invoke visions of a destructive heavy metal outfit, but Bejar and his band do not exemplify that image at all. In an earlier interview with Free Williamsburg, Bejar said, “I kind of wanted to go for a rock ‘n’ roll name. In our own special way we’re tearing s— apart, you just have to listen very carefully. Musically I knew it was never going to be a metal band, but I

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Dan Bejar tests his vocal abilities as Destroyer takes risks on new album, “Poison Season.” thought lyrically there were fangs to the music.” “Poison Season” doesn’t have fangs per se, but it does have moments — certain saxophone solos and guitar melodies — that are equally gripping.

The album is made for an early-evening Sunday listening environment; it’s a mature sound, but Destroyer isn’t afraid to build the album around flashy horns,

melodies and gliding guitar chords.

“Archer on the Beach” has an incredibly groovy chorus, and there is a shining moment when Bejar’s peculiar lyrics merge together beautifully with the surrounding bass notes and fluttering piano keys: “Careful now, watch your step, in you go. / The Ash King’s made of ashes, the Ice Queen’s made of snow.”

Bejar whispers these lyrics, often interchanging words like “ash king” with “ass king” to his liking. The song was originally released on an EP, “Archer on the Beach” (2010), but the version that appears on “Poison Season” is a warmer, lighter rendition. “Dream Lover” is the most jubilant track of the 13 on “Poison Season,” and one might imagine it as a trendy choice for indie-friendly karaoke bars: simple, recite-able lyrics, catchy percussion and a big solo for a finale.

“Times Square” is another standout track on “Poison Season,” and Bejar tests the limits of his vocal range on the New York-centric anthem. “This is the first record that I’ve ever done that comes close to my idea of myself as a singer,” Bejar said in an interview with Pitchfork.

The track may seem quite full of itself, especially with Bejar’s penchant for cliché and the band’s insistence on sticking to a simple, chorus-driven formula, but it is pleasant enough to work successfully. “Poison Season” seems relatively safe for Bejar and the rest of Destroyer, but its simple sound is delivered well enough to make the album a pleasurable listen and a nice reminder of the many long, warm evenings of summer.

Artsy Jumbo

Junior Orlando Economos takes on varied artistic pursuits

by Josh Podolsky

Executive Arts Editor

What do Tufts’ only Disney-themed a cappella group Enchanted, Tufts University Television (TUTV) and Tufts Burlesque Troupe (TBT) all have in common? Orlando Economos is a member of all three.

Economos, a junior majoring in international relations and minoring in film, is a co-founder of Enchanted, which he established with Praz Perkasa, a junior, shortly after they arrived at Tufts.

“There was a lot of opposition walking into the room, seeing as we were going to be the ninth a cappella group on campus,”

said Economos. “By the end of the meeting we had unanimous support from the board. They said, ‘This kid seems like he knows what he’s doing,’ which, probably, was their first mistake.”

Enchanted has operated for the past two years under Economos’ direction, but it now has new leadership in Adam Hotaling, a junior. Hotaling has taken over as president, as Economos will be spending the year abroad in London.

While the Disney theme can occasionally feel restrictive, the group tries to mix things up by performing original medleys and mashups, according to Economos.

The array of eligible material has also expanded with Disney’s acquisition of the

rights to the “Star Wars” franchise, he said.

Enchanted provided Economos an entry into TBT, after the a cappella group performed at TBT’s Dirty Disney show in the fall of 2013.

“Where else could I dance in such a body-positive and supportive environment?” said Economos of his experience with TBT. Economos is also a member of TUTV, where he worked as cinematographer on “Wave Jacked” (2015).

Though he’s heading to London soon, Economos plans to stay as involved as possible with his campus endeavors while abroad and to return to all of them upon his arrival back at Tufts.

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Junior Orlando Economos is involved in a cappella, TUTV and Tufts Burlesque Troupe.

ARTSY NUGGET

With new hotline, Speedy Ortiz attempts to make concerts safer for fans

by Anjali Nair Arts Editor

Northampton-based noise rock band Speedy Ortiz has slowly been creeping up from the Massachusetts underground scene to a more mainstream audience over the past couple of years. So far in 2015, they’ve been named Best of Boston’s band of the year, released their new album “Foil Deer” in April and recently performed on a cruise ship on the Charles River. Admirably, they are

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not idling in their newfound (national and local) success.

On Monday night, the band announced via Facebook that they have created a hotline that fans can text or email if they feel unsafe or harassed at a Speedy show.

Once a message is received, the band says they will work with venue security to find the person and ensure their safety. In the post, Speedy Ortiz members declared that fans “have a right to an inclusive, welcoming performance space” and that venues should aim to

keep their patrons safe from oppressive and discriminatory behaviors.

With the hotline, the band aims specifically to protect fans against, among other things, the racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia they might experience in the sweaty and possibly inebriated crowd. It creates an opportunity for concertgoers to speak up about any harassment without having to engage in a confrontation with a potential aggressor.

Many fans have reacted positive-

ly to this initiative, commenting frequently about the hotline on the band’s Facebook page. It’s not just fans, however, who have responded to the announcement; major news sources, such as Newsweek and New York Magazine, have also picked up the story. The band has started a conversation about inclusivity and safety at shows, and it surely will be of interest to both fans and non-fans alike to see how that discussion affects the band — and its concerts — moving forward.

What’s Up This Weekend

“A Night of Hypnosis” with Fall Gala: At Fall Gala, the annu- Back to School BBQ with Artoun Festekjian: Tufts senior al kickoff party to the academic year, Alpha Omicrom Pi and and hypnotist Artoun Festekjian will there will be live music from Sweet Theta Chi: Celebrate the end of perform for an audience by hypnotizing volunteers for the entertainment of all in attendance. Thursday at 9:30 p.m. in Cohen Auditorium. Tickets are available at the info booth in the Campus Center and on Tufts Tickets. Admission is free.

Tooth and the Sugar Babies, food, lawn games and more. Friday at 6:30 p.m. on the Academic Quad. Doors close at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.

the first week of class with burgers and hot dogs, music, games and the brothers and sisters of Theta Chi and Alpha Omicron Pi. Sunday at 1 p.m.

Admission is free. No tickets required.

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Top 10 TV premieres to be excited about this fall

by Merilla Michael Assistant Arts Editor

As you dive into your third day of classes, you may already be feeling overwhelmed by schoolwork, auditions and extracurriculars. Luckily for stressed out college students everywhere, there is one thing that will always be there for you when you need a breather: television.

These are the top ten shows to look out for this fall, whether you need a relaxing hour during a study break or plan to spend the whole weekend binge-watching a season.

1. “Doctor Who” (2005 – present), a science fiction series about a time-traveler, premieres its ninth season on Sept. 19 at 9 p.m. on BBC America. Peter Capaldi plays the Doctor alongside Jenna Louise Coleman as the Doctor’s companion, Clara. Many of the previous season’s flaws can be attributed to its being Capaldi’s first season as the Doctor. The second half of last season was a major improvement upon the first, and now that Capaldi’s found his footing, this season should be even better.

2. “Heroes Reborn”

(2015) is a godsend disguised as a miniseries to all those who were devastated when the television series “Heroes” (2006-2010) was

cancelled, leaving viewers with an unresolved cliffhanger. “Heroes” followed various characters around the world as they discover they have developed supernatural abilities. “Heroes Reborn” lacks the star-studded cast of “Heroes” (e.g. Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Zachary Quinto), but keeps Jack Coleman in his previous role as Noah Bennet. “Heroes Reborn” premieres its first-ever episode Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

3. “American Horror Story: Hotel” (2015) is the fifth season of the

horror anthology series, “American Horror Story” (2011 – present). Fans of the show will definitely be sad to see that fan favorite Jessica Lange will not be a part of the main cast when the show premieres Oct. 7 at 10 p.m. on FX. Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer, however, have joined the cast in Lange’s absence, hopefully filling the void she leaves behind. Each season somehow manages to be creepier than the last and, no doubt, “Hotel” will continue this trend.

4. “Jane the Virgin” (2014 – pres-

ent) produced a strong first season. It was so strong, in fact, that Gina Rodriguez, who plays the main character, Jane, earned a Golden Globe in 2014 after just nine episodes had aired. “Jane the Virgin” is a light comedy that still manages to

tackle important issues like immigration reform. It’s the best show currently on the CW and season two, which begins on Oct. 12 at 9 p.m., promises to be just as impressive as the first.

5. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (2013 – present), based on

Marvel’s comic universe, took a while to gain speed in its first season, but it ended strong and continued to dish out unpredictable episodes in its second season.

The main cast is all back for a third season, which airs Sept. 29 at 9 p.m. on ABC.

6. “Bob’s Burgers” (2011 – present), an animated comedy series about an eccentric family who owns a burger joint, dives into its sixth season Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. on FOX. Compared to other animated shows on air such as “Archer” (2009-present) and “Rick and Morty” (2013-present), “Bob’s Burgers” is relatively simple and not particularly clever. Still, it does well to make viewers laugh with its lovable albeit odd characters.

7. “Fresh Off the Boat”

(2015 – present), a show about a Taiwanese family in the ’90s who move to America, was successful in its first season. The writing of the first season was able to capture audiences with its specific type of humor,

based loosely on stereotypes. The second season premieres Sept. 22 at 8:30 p.m. on ABC.

8. “Empire” (2015 – present) boasted an impressive first season supported by a talented cast and strong writing. It centers on a father who runs an entertainment company and, upon being diagnosed with a neurological disease, is forced to choose one of his children to take over for him.

This is the type of drama you shouldn’t be embarrassed to watch. Season two premieres Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. on FOX. 9. “Arrow”

(2012 – present) ended last season with a glorious and romantic resolution, leaving viewers wondering what happened after “happily ever after.” The CW sometimes gets a bad rep, but “Arrow,” based on the story of DC Comics’ Green Arrow, is one of its most decent shows. “Arrow” begins Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.

10. “The Bastard Executioner”

(2015 – present) will premiere its first season Sept. 15 at 10 p.m. on FX. It’s a period piece about a 14th century warrior who is told by a divine messenger to become an executioner. If you’re looking for another period show to watch (and are OK with some gore), this may be the one for you.

Album Review: ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’

The Weeknd shows evolution in ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’

by Merilla Michael Assistant Arts Editor

Fans of singer-songwriter Abel Tesfaye, known by the moniker The Weeknd since his debut mixtape “House of Balloons” (2011), have no need to fret. His second album, “Beauty Behind the Madness” — released Aug. 28 — stays truer to his R&B roots than did his June single “Can’t Feel My Face,” his most popular song. The release of “Can’t Feel My Face” made fans, including this reviewer, worry that the rest of the album would follow suit and lose the distinct R&B sound that makes The Weeknd stand out. Thankfully, “Beauty Behind the Madness” shows a great balance between R&B and pop, which will please long-time admirers and recent fans alike.

The album doesn’t start off with its strongest material. The tone of opener “Real Life” is dark, as Tesfaye sings about the ways in which his destructive nature causes him to push away women whom he loves. “Losers,” the second song, is the weakest on the album, though this doesn’t say much since the album as a whole is impressive. “Losers” features British singer-songwriter Labrinth, and the beat that drives it is simultaneously interesting and disjointed. The electronic nature of the song is creative, but sadly not very compelling.

Fortunately, “Tell Your Friends” (produced by Kanye West) really kicks the album into gear. It is reminiscent of oldschool The Weeknd; Tesfaye sings that he is going to live his life the way he wants.

He boasts of relationships, sex and drugs — a return to the subject matter of his older songs.

The next two songs are the best on the album. Both “Often” and “The Hills” are extremely catchy without having the tackiness sometimes associated with pop music. Both of these songs were released as

singles — “Often” on July 31, 2014 and “The Hills” on May 27 of this year. The background instrumentals in “Often” sound almost like noises an alien spaceship might make, but they manage to coexist and produce verses that exude sensuality. “The Hills” is powered by its incredible beat and forceful chorus. As of Sept.

9, it is at number three on the Billboard Top 100, right under “Can’t Feel My Face,” which recently thecomeupshow via Flickr Creative Commons dropped to numThe Weeknd frontman Tesfaye has compiled a well-rounded album with his “Beauty Behind the Madness,” featuring ber two. many well-known artists.

“Acquainted” and “Can’t Feel My Face” follow, both of The next song, “In the Night,” almost Lana Del Rey collaboration, as she and The which have their own flaws. “Acquainted,” sounds like a Michael Jackson song. Its Weeknd have similar sounds. “Prisoner” a slow track clocking in at almost six min- verse is upbeat, with sharp vocals, stand- has a full background, and the blending utes, drags on a bit and ends with a weak ing in contrast to the dark intensity of the between the two voices is seamless. outro. “Can’t Feel My Face” clearly has chorus. This is followed by “As You Are,” The album closes with “Angel,” a slow, mass appeal, but is more pop than R&B, which is slow and sultry, continuing in a pretty track. Maty Noyes is featured at the end of this sweet song, in which The the latter of which The Weeknd does more similar tone as “In the Night.”

The Weeknd blesses his listeners with Weeknd talks about letting an angelic girl successfully.

“Shameless,” the next song on the three songs: “Dark Times,” “Prisoner” and go so that she can find someone who takes album, is fairly minimalist, which actually “Angel,” featuring Ed Sheeran, Lana Del better care of her. works in its favor. It also brings in a bit Rey and Maty Noyes, respectively. During “Beauty Behind the Madness” shows a of rock, accentuated by an electric guitar Ed Sheeran’s first verse in “Dark Times,” it definite change in content. The Weeknd solo in the middle of the song. It’s simple, seems unlikely that his voice will mesh sings less about meaningless sex and drugs but creative. The next song, “Earned It,” well with Tesfaye’s, especially consider- and more about complex relationships is best known for its appearance in the ing the gap between the genres of their with others and himself. Tesfaye opens movie “50 Shades of Grey” (2015), and respective musical careers. However, by himself up for self-reflection and successlike “Shameless,” it is rather simple. It’s the chorus, they coincide together much fully puts a creative spin on the R&B genre.

Keep on the lookout for this album at next extremely catchy, supported by smooth better.

Clashing was not a problem at all for the year’s Grammy Music Awards. vocals.

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Calling quirky into question

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When you tell someone you attend Tufts, it is very likely that they will brand you as being “quirky” or a “hipster.” For several years, ambitious students have applied to Tufts to attend a prestigious school that’s a little off the beaten path and not too “mainstream.” Recently, however, sources say that some Tufts tour guides have been told not to use the word “quirky” while talking to new students. Many think this is because Tufts wants to attract more athletes and increase the general popularity, and endowment, of the school.

This information has not been — and really can’t be — officially verified, but it does spark a conversation about Tufts’ reputation as a “quirky” school and what that really means. Are Tufts students really as weird and

wonderful as people say we are?

Tour guides paint Tufts as an oasis for off-beat (but still super-smart!) students — freethinkers who play Quidditch between classes and spend their weekends guarding the cannon. For most Jumbos, this illusion fades quickly. While many students embrace their more unique qualities in areas such as art and music, and participate in niche organizations like the Cheese Club, just as many students spend most of their time playing sports, participating in Greek life and otherwise behaving in decidedly “mainstream” ways. (After all, that wasn’t Mogwai performing “Die Young” at Spring Fling!)

Perhaps the administration is discouraging the “quirky” mantra simply because they’ve realized the originally cool identi-

ty has become…sort of a joke. Tufts gained nation-wide attention in 2013 when the Office of Admissions included the question, “What does #YOLO mean to you?” among its optional essay prompts. The prompt sparked both incredulity and scorn from writers, parents and students who believed Tufts had gone just a little too far.

So, how should we face this news that the university intends to leave the “quirky” vibe behind? Some may believe the answer is clear: “We should hold on to our quirky identity!” After all, Jumbos are some of the most unique, clever and astonishing students in the country. At the same time, it might be a good time to accept that, in many ways, most of us are pretty, well, normal. And that’s okay, too.

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Upcoming ‘Stonewall’ film lacks diversity

by Jacob Winkelman Roland Emmerich’s “Stonewall,” slated for release on Sept. 25, depicts the historic Stonewall riots of the late 1960s.

The Stonewall Inn, located in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, was a popular lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender bar purportedly operated by the mafia.

Police raids on bars that served gay clientele were common at the time as a result of a lack of legal protection for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community. This particular raid, however, became violent as the community fought back against the police and continued to organize protests over the next several days.

Today, Stonewall is considered a main catalyst for the development of the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement.

Regrettably, the commonly reported histories, especially Emmerich’s new film depicting Stonewall, often fail to include all of the communities and people involved in the modern American LGBT movement.

So far, all that’s been released to the public of “Stonewall” is a two minute and 22 second trailer. But a lack of diversity and a clear focus on a white, cisgender man, already has many LGBTQ activists boycotting the film in the midst of complaints pertaining to its whitewashing of history.

Whitewashing, the tradition of giving roles intended for racially diverse characters to white actors or changing diverse characters into white characters, is nothing new in

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American cinema. People of color are grossly underrepresented in films and the default race for a character that doesn’t mandate a specific race is typically white.

To see a community that has faced so much discrimination and exclusion, like the LGBTQ community, partake in the same practice of whitewashing is frustrating for many people.

Quintessential members of the riots including Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who identify as trans women of color, all seem to be missing from the trailer and the IMDb cast of characters. In fact, other than a few minor roles, “Stonewall” appears to focus primarily on white, cisgender men, consequently ignoring many of the racial, sexual and gender minorities.

The reason this is problematic, besides just historical inaccuracy, is that erasing these voices leads to ignorance and marginalization of the oppressed communities. Gay and lesbian groups spent decades ignoring, shunning and excluding the transgender community from the movement in attempts to make the gay rights movement more palatable to the American people.

We have marriage equality in every state in the U.S. today, but for many transgender individuals, there are still numerous legal and societal hurdles to receive healthcare, employment and proper identification.

It’s the attitude of trans marginalization that brought us the Employment Non-

Discrimination Act with only sexual orientation, not gender identity, as protected groups.

Unsurprisingly, this leaves transgender people as more likely to attempt suicide, live in poverty and be victims of assault than their straight and gay counterparts. These statistics only worsen when race is taken into account.

Even the typical timeline of the LGBT civil rights movement marginalizes the contributions of the transgender community.

The Compton Cafeteria Riots of 1966 were “the first known incident of collective militant queer resistance to police harassment in U.S. history,” according to Susan Stryker, director of the Institute of LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona.

This is not to say that Stonewall wasn’t an important moment in LGBT history, but the erasure of the Compton Cafeteria Riots from the typical civil rights narrative can be partially attributed to its transgender emphasis.

To Emmerich’s credit, he did respond to the criticism and insisted that the movie is more diverse than the trailer suggests. It’s clear from interviews in various magazines that his intentions are well meaning, and giving the LGBTQ movement a shared narrative and visibility is an important step in establishing equality.

As long as the transgender and people of color communities continue to be excluded and their contributions minimized, the movement won’t succeed.

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In defense of simpler summers

by Allie Doyle I distinctly remember posing for my mother in my new suit at the end of May, looking like a little girl playing dress-up in business attire. Her smartphone camera flashed a few times, and within moments the picture of her high-achieving daughter awaiting the first day of her summer internship was on display for all of our friends and family on Facebook to see. I was excited to work in a real law firm, to see if my newfound passion could be my future career.

Still, it all felt like a bit of a charade.

A few minutes later, my boss, my uncle, arrived in my driveway to escort me to my first day. I hadn’t done anything special to deserve the opportunity; I had merely made a phone call and asked for some work experience. It wasn’t a job of much prestige, but it would earn me enough money to fund my burrito habit through the school year.

Yet I couldn’t help the pangs of jealousy and inadequacy I felt as I scrolled through my newsfeed, watching my classmates assist at orphanages in Africa or work for big-shot politicians. I wondered if anyone felt the same way about a small job, but I strongly doubted it.

There is tremendous pressure on Brown students to make good use of their summers. In case you forget, the Center for Careers and Life After Brown (CareerLAB) is sure to send you dozens of emails a week reminding you to build a resume, check out new internships, fill out surveys and submit your summer story to inspire your fellow students. And it isn’t just CareerLAB there to remind you. As soon as April hits, your classmates bombard you with questions of “What are you doing this summer?” And everyone knows the unspoken rule that “nothing” is not an acceptable answer.

Back in middle school, summer was the

ultimate paradise: a break from the grueling hours of school, a time to sleep late and watch cartoons. But for high school students vying for a spot at an elite college and college students working toward a job after graduation, the summer can be even more backbreaking than the academic year.

Of course, it’s in the best interest of institutions like Brown to encourage students to get meaningful experiences during the summer. A richer resume can open doors to more elite careers and an overall better reputation for the university. But what are we giving up in return?

It’s important to realize that elite internships are simply impossible for many students.

They often end up costing families money on transportation and meals while providing no compensation. The summer can be a vital time for students to earn money to contribute toward their tuition costs, and unpaid internships can be unfeasible. One student at Georgetown University estimated the cost of living in Washington D.C. for a summer intern to be a whopping $3,585! Take into account the opportunity lost to make another $3,500 at a full-time minimum wage job and you’re looking at a potential deficit of over $7,000. That’s about 13 percent of a typical Rhode Island family’s income, and all but impossible for a lower-income family to afford. Furthermore, many internships require students to relocate to a new town or city for the summer.

As a freshman with fragile mental health, the thought of spending both the academic year and summer apart from my family and home was unbearable. Plus, many internships are highly competitive, and application processes can be subjective. Put bluntly, someone will always have what you consider a “better” opportunity than you.

But you are not defined by your summer activities. Do not be fooled by the rapid

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influx of Facebook profile pictures of your peers holding impoverished children from small villages across the world. Your classmates making flashy shows of their accomplishments are worried they might be inadequate, too. As bestselling author and pastor Steve Furtick once said, “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” The line between the awe-inspiring word “internship” and a simple summer job is thin. It is okay to get a simple job during your break from intense academia. It is okay to spend your summer with your family. Other students are doing the same. You still are worthy of an Ivy League degree, and you will still find a wonderful job one day.

Here’s a little secret: Studies have shown that unpaid internships don’t actually affect your likelihood of receiving a job offer after

graduation. But if you do happen upon an internship, make the most of it. Learn everything you can about the field and be proud of your work. Don’t waste valuable time flaunting your experience on Instagram or comparing yourself to your Facebook friends. There is no simple formula for the perfect summer, and only you can know what is best for you.

Whenever another Brown student asks me what I did this summer, after recounting their wonderful opportunities to me, I fight the urge to exaggerate my own experience with flashy half-truths about the glamor of interning in Manhattan. Instead, I simply say that I worked for my uncle at a firm that represents car dealerships. I may not have done ground-breaking research for the government or started my own nonprofit, but neither did most of my peers. And that’s okay.

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Women's soccer team kicks off season with high hopes

by Joshua Slavin

Assistant Sports Editor

The women’s soccer team enters its new season with high hopes and expectations of success, aiming to finish in the top four of the NESCAC and contend for a conference championship.

Tufts opened up the season yesterday afternoon with a home game against Lesley with three first-year starters. Taylor Koscho started in a defensive line trying to recover from the loss of Catharine Greer (LA ’15); Emma Ranalli started in the midfield and Emily Bowers started in goal for the Jumbos.

Tufts dropped the contest in overtime by a score of 1-0 after Lesley’s Samantha Bessey scored in the 92nd minute. The team’s in-conference schedule is set to kick off on Saturday, Sept. 12 with another home game against Colby at Kraft Field.

A season ago, the Jumbos got off to a hot 5-1-1 start before struggling in the latter half of the season. This year’s team is young, including just three seniors and 11 new players, which just might be a formula for success, according to senior co-captain center-back Nicole Campellone.

“While it’s an extremely young team… we also have 13 returners, so we have both the experience and the fresh legs that we need to succeed,” Campellone told the Daily in an email. “Being that this is such a new team, we have the ability

to really establish our own identity as Tufts Women’s Soccer, which makes this season that much more exciting and that much more special.”

The team finished the 2014 season with an even 7-7-2 record overall, with 35 goals for compared to 23 against.

However, the Jumbos had some difficulty within the NESCAC, finishing with a 3-6-1 record and tied for seventh in the conference. The team is confident that it can improve those marks in this upcoming season.

“Going into this season I definitely have high expectations for the team,” junior forward Jess Capone told the Daily in an email. “We have a strong core of returners coming back along with a great group of freshmen.”

One of the keys to securing such results, Capone said, is to play a high-octane defense.

“We’ve been working on high-pressure defense all over the field during practice,”Capone said. “I think if we are able to execute this during games then we will be successful.”

Campellone has been impressed with the team’s preseason play and has lofty goals for the season to come. Ultimately, she says, the team will need to take the season one game, and one moment, at a time.

“I want to be the best team in the NESCAC, and I think that is a goal that many of the girls share, but more importantly, as a team I think our goal is to

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Forward Alex Scheman goes for a header in Wednesday’s season opener against Lesley. take each game as it comes — to play in the moment and not so much focus on the outcome or result, but on the effort and the heart that we put into the game every time we step on the

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Senior Kate Shaner and junior Julia Fuller sail through a storm during practice. The Jumbos’ fall season begins this weekend.

Sailing team welcomes 30 first-years before season opener

by Alison Kuah

Executive Sports Editor

Tufts sailing begins their fall season this weekend. The team will look to match or surpass their previous season’s achievements with a roster that is almost completely new. After losing strong sailors from the class of 2015, the team has taken on 30 first-years, who now comprise almost half of the team’s 64-person roster.

“The biggest obstacle [for the team] will be the growing pains we may have with such a big freshman class,” junior tri-captain Liz Fletcher said. “Just making sure that everyone gets equal time on the water at practice, and that each freshman is getting enough coaching time [is our priority].”

“We graduated a bunch of seniors last year which is both a good and bad thing,” senior tri-captain Pierre duPont added. “It’s a bad thing because most of the seniors were really good, but it’s good because it gives lots of people opportunities to step up this year and make a difference.”

The beginning of the season poses some unexpected challenges due to the inexperience of the new sailors, some of whom have no high school sailing experience.

“We’re really excited about the freshmen coming in; there’s a lot of talent that they have from high school,” Fletcher said.

“That being said, we’re also taking a few freshmen who have never sailed before but are very athletic, so we’ll work with them to learn and train, [and aim] to get them on the water as soon as possible.”

The Jumbos hope that both the length of their schedule — they have both a fall and spring season — and its depth will be able to prepare the new sailors for the competition ahead.

“We go to about 110 events a year, which makes us, as our coach likes to say, the busiest college sports program in the world,” duPont said. “[It’s] great because it means that everyone gets to sail…which is something that doesn’t happen at other schools, where they keep it a lot smaller, with just the top 10 sailors.”

The team will split up between MIT, Yale, Maine Maritime, Roger Williams, Tufts and Harvard this weekend to begin their season.

“It gets pretty hectic, but we’re already going to have most of our freshmen out on the water competing this weekend,” Fletcher said. “Our main focus for this weekend is just to get focused again and be back in the college sailing mindset, and try to get off on the best foot that we can.”

Another challenge that the team will aim to overcome this season is the unavoidable internal competition that exists between teammates.

“It’s always tricky for sailing teams because [sailing] is, in a large way, an individual sport, and at practice you’re competing between your teammates,” Fletcher said. “So sometimes it’s hard to drop that competitive attitude towards your own teammates since you’re spending an entire practice just competing against them.”

Fletcher, along with duPont and senior tri-captain Caroline Atwood, will be looking to address that issue for the upcoming season in the hopes that it will not only foster healthy competition between their athletes, but also improve the overall performance of the team.

“One of my goals is to try and really unify the team and have everyone… thinking about the best interests of the entire team, and it’s something that I’ve been conscious of for the past two

years,” Fletcher said. “[Pierre, Caroline and I are] trying to encourage things like on-water coaching in between boats and have everyone thinking about [not only] improving their own level but also [that of ] the entire team.”

And for fellow tri-captain duPont, after graduating a large number of last year’s team, setting the tone early on is important.

“The most important job that I have as a captain is motivating people — getting people to come to practice on time and giving it their best shot to try to improve,” duPont said. “We’re going to have to work a little harder right at the start so one thing we’re really working on is to hit the ground running because we have important events right away.”

The co-ed team finished ninth at the Inter-collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Dinghy National Championship and eighth at the ICSA Team Racing National Championship — results they are hoping to meet or even surpass this upcoming season.

The team has also used the fall to capitalize on the lengthier pre-season time to practice on larger boats at Boston Harbour, where they will send one boat to compete at the qualifier on the weekend of Oct. 17.

“We usually sail small boats at this time of the season with a couple of exceptions, but during the preseason we sailed bigger boats — 22, 23, 24 feet long [boats] that have 3 or 4 people on them compared to just 2,” duPont said. “We do a lot of that during the preseason because we have time to go and spend all day in Boston Harbor. Because the [boats are] bigger they’re less responsive, so it’s a different technical skill set, but the tactics and strategy are still pretty much the same.

It’s important for us to [practice in the pre-season] because there is a national championship in those boats and the best time we can practice is now.”

The Jumbos’ continued success in the fall season will also allow them to compete at high-level events.

“How we place at the upper-level regattas determines whether we can register for next year’s regattas, so if we do well now then we can continue going to the top level events,” Fletcher said. “It’s [really] about being able to return to the same level events next year.”

More importantly, Tufts recognizes that its success in the fall also determines long-term growth opportunities for the team.

“One thing that really helped us get people [with sailing experience] to come to Tufts last year was the last ranking released right after the Atlantic Coast Championships,” duPont said. “That ranking stays [online] while all the juniors are deciding what teams they want to apply to until the next [ranking] comes out, so it’s important to have a good ranking at the end of the fall season.”

The team will be gearing up for the Atlantic Coast Championships on the weekend of Nov. 14, where the top 18 teams stretching from New England to Florida will compete. Other milestones along the way will be the Hood Trophy on the weekend of Sept. 26 — an event that Tufts won the past couple of years — and the ever-competitive Truxton Umstead held in mid-October.

“Our biggest strength is how excited everyone is; upperclassmen are really stoked [about] our freshmen and our freshmen seem to be super excited to be here,” Fletcher said. “I think energy levels and morale are really high [right now].”