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Monaco reserves judgment on Mass. Safe Communities Act

by David Nickerson Staff Writer

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed “A Resolution In Support of the Massachusetts Safe Communities Act” on February 20. In this resolution, TCU Senate officially declared its support for the Massachusetts Safe Communities Act and asked University President Anthony Monaco and other Tufts administrators to publicly support the act.

The Safe Communities Act, commonly referred to as the “sanctuary state” bill, would forbid law enforcement officials in Massachusetts from detaining and helping to deport people based on their immigration status, would prohibit the deputizing of local police officers as immigration agents and would bar state agencies from participating in a federal registry based on religion.

Monaco told the Daily in an email that he has not yet taken a public position on the Massachusetts Safe Communities Act.

He said he wants to hear from state and local leaders before taking a position for the university.

“The bill is very complex with wide-ranging implications for a number of areas beyond higher education, including law enforcement, state and local governance and others,” he said. “It will be important to hear the perspective of … leaders and to better understand the bill’s potential consequences, both intended and unintended. As a result, I believe it is premature to assess the bill at this time.”

Nonetheless, Monaco reiterated that Tufts is committed to protecting undocumented students and that the school will resist attempts to detain or deport members of the Tufts community. Monaco announced this stance in November 2016, after students organized a walkout calling on Tufts to be designated a “sanctuary campus,” according to a Dec. 1, 2016 Daily article.

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Academics discuss environmental policy, research at Nexus Symposium

by Joe Walsh

Executive News Editor

Students,facultyandresearchersexploredthe intersections of energy, food, health and climate science at the Tufts-Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Nexus Symposium yesterday.

The symposium commemorated 10 years of collaboration between SEI and the Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE).

The event began with remarks by University President Anthony Monaco, TIE Director and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Linda Abriola and SEI Senior Scientist Annette HuberLee. Then, a panel of professors and researchers gave their outlook on the future of energy policy from economic and technological perspectives in a discussion moderated by Professor Emeritus

of International Environmental Policy William Moomaw.

Moomaw framed the panel partially in the context of the Paris Agreement, a global agreement that aims to limit future increases in the world’s temperature. Panelists worried that the election of President Donald Trump would slow the United States’ momentum on carbon reduction in the short run, but several

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panelists saw the efforts of other countries as reasons for optimism.

Rob Bailis, a senior scientist at SEI, discussed the continued prevalence of traditional energy sources such as wood fuel in the developing world. He pointed out that because users of traditional energy need to gather their own fuel, the transition away from those energy sources causes people to become less aware of the impact of their energy consumption.

“The more we advance in terms of the energy that we utilize, it becomes less and less visible to us,” Bailis said. “We forget about the implications of it. We forget about where it comes from.”

Professor of Economics Ujjayant Chakravorty spoke about the implications of rising energy consumption in China and India. He said it is beneficial for people to have access to electricity in their homes but that the source of that energy is a crucial question. However, he is optimistic that both China and India have shown a real commitment to sustainability.

“There is some hope that many of these countries will have a large political will [to control carbon emissions], even though the United States might go back,” Chakravorty said.

Kelly Sims Gallagher, professor of energy and environmental policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) held an anniversary symposium to commemorate the dedicated cooperation between Tufts and SEI in Alumnae lounge on April 11.

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continued from page 1 assist in the enforcement of immigration laws except as mandated by a subpoena, warrant or court order,” Monaco said.

After the resolution in support of the Safe Communities Act passed, several TCU senators met with Monaco and Assistant to the President Yvette Terry. Junior senator Anna Del Castillo, who helped draft the resolution, said she is hopeful for future progress in spite of Monaco’s decision.

“We did not leave the office with him coming out and saying ‘yes, I will make a public statement,’ which is what we wanted, but I think we are forming a relationship with him around this issue, and he wants to meet with us again before this year is up,” Del Castillo said. “I think we are seeing progress.”

Del Castillo explained that she believes the Massachusetts Safe Communities Act is necessary because the status quo in non-sanctuary cities endangers immigrant communities.

“I’ve seen the danger that can be presented to undocumented people when the local police officers are working with [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], and that just doesn’t create a lot of safe communities,” she said.

“It creates a lot of fear and prevents undocumented people from going to the police to report crimes that were committed against them.”

Massachusetts State Senator Pat Jehlen, whose district includes both

Medford and Somerville, said that she supports the Safe Communities Act because she worries current laws prevent some immigrants from coming forward in criminal investigations for fear of deportation.

She also supports TCU Senate’s resolution.

“I think that’s great,” she said of the TCU resolution. “When people feel that the police are not protecting them but threatening them, they don’t report crimes like domestic violence.”

Jehlen added that she worries about President Donald Trump’s threat to cut federal funding to cities that fail to enforce federal immigration policies. However, Del Castillo does not share the fear that the Trump administration will cut funding because she believes the administration sometimes makes claims without intending to follow through on them.

One major challenge to the act’s passage is Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who has stated publicly that he believes local communities, rather than the state as a whole, should decide whether or not they wish to enforce federal immigration laws.

Jehlen believes that Baker may have taken this stance on the bill because he does not understand the issue and because of the broader political realities that constrain him.

“I think he may not understand what it is,” she said. “He may be worried that other people don’t understand it too and will be against it.”

Del Castillo hopes that the bill’s passage in the Massachusetts legislature

might put political pressure on Baker to support it, even if he has reservations.

“I am very disappointed that Governor Baker has publicly stated that he will not support this bill, but I think that if it did pass, that’s a very powerful statement that people and the local government want this bill and want the change,” she said.

Baker faced strong criticism for his stance against making Massachusetts a sanctuary state when he visited Tufts in February, with about 60 students protesting and walking out of his speech, according to a Feb. 4 Daily article. Del Castillo said that the students who protested against Baker when he visited Tufts may have helped push him to reconsider his current position.

“I personally think that it helped, because it wasn’t just that the students were standing up and leaving,” she said.

“I think that it was a really powerful action that probably — he left the university saying ‘wow I should probably think about this.’”

TCU Senators who helped draft the resolution are already working on a webinar to encourage other student governments at universities in the greater Boston area to support the Massachusetts Safe Communities Act, according to Del Castillo.

“We are trying to do [these] webinars to get their student governments to pass similar resolutions,” she said. “If we could get all of the Boston universities to come out and say we support this, I think that would be very influential.”

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continued from page 1 cited several indications that both developing and developed countries are implementing policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In particular, she noted that these countries are interested in financing policies, carbon pricing strategies and research and development investments.

SEI Senior Scientist Jason Veysey shared some of Gallagher’s optimism and pointed out that political will is still strong in many other countries. He cited Morocco, which has set an ambitious goal to increase renewable energy consumption, and the Philippines, which is also looking to reduce its fossil fuel reliance due to the cost of importing fuel.

After their introductory remarks, the panelists discussed progress to limit global temperature increases to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, which is one of the Paris Agreement’s goals. All four panelists were doubtful that this is feasible, but they expressed varying degrees of optimism. Bailis saw it as unlikely in the next few years because there is not enough will to make the necessary changes. Chakravorty, meanwhile, saw both positive and negative indicators worldwide in the long run.

Gallagher acknowledged that Trump’s election has stemmed much of the United

States’ momentum on climate change mitigation, but she said that China and other countries are still working in spite of that.

Similarly, Veysey said that the 1.5-degree target is not likely unless negative emissions technologies become practical but that temperature increases could stabilize above 2 degrees.

“I do think, if all the other countries decide to stay the course and just … wait the United States out for four years, [the momentum] isn’t necessarily lost,” Gallagher said. “I think, if this lasts more than four years, we’re really going to have trouble.”

In addition, Moomaw noted that many sub-national governments, such as cities worldwide and American states, still support reductions in carbon emissions. He said that even though commitments by local governments and corporations are non-binding, they can have a cumulative impact.

Likewise, Gallagher said that some states are looking to make up for the loss of leadership at the federal level and that private-sector strategic investments are promising. Veysey said that market forces also have a role and that Trump cannot subvert the market-driven decrease in coal consumption.

Finally, the panelists talked about how to support adaptation and mitigation investments in the developing

world, as the United States is likely to roll back foreign aid. Bailis said that the gap in infrastructure investments left by the United States could be filled partially by the private sector and by China, considering that China has increased its investments in the developing world as a whole.

Chakravorty expressed hope that the private sector will invest in infrastructure and technology, and he said that liberalization and government incentives can help encourage this. Gallagher agreed that incentives should be offered, explaining that she never expected that all of the financing needed for climate mitigation and adaptation would come from the public sector alone.

Veysey pointed out that it is difficult to build renewable energy capacity in the developing world and that researchers can help to mitigate this.

“I think that there’s a real dearth of knowledge about what constitutes the most effective capacity-building techniques in the climate-energy area,” he said.

After the first panel, the symposium featured keynote speeches by Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Steven Chapra and SEI Executive Director Johan Kuylenstierna as well as a panel about food, water and health.

CORRECTION The April 7 article “Tufts buys Prysm boards to offer increased class technological integration” suggested that Tufts’ Prysm boards are made using Lasor Phospor Display (LPD) technology. The units owned by Tufts are actually LCD screens. The Daily regrets this error.

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History on the Hill: Tufts Republicans

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MJ Griego Mind the Gap

Sometimes you just don’t get settled

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Tufts Republicans held its weekly meeting in the Campus Center on Feb. 14.

by Zachary Essig

Assistant Features Editor

Despite Tufts’ long-held reputation for having a predominantly liberal-leaning student body, students have been involved with Republican groups on campus since at least the 1890s, when there was at least one recorded student, Arthur Ames Hodgman, in the Tufts Republican Club. Since then, Tufts Republican clubs have served as political organizations for Republicanidentifying and conservative-leaning students on campus.

Tufts Republicans, as the conservative student group is known today, has had a small membership for much of its history. Described as a “fairly quiet, inactive organization” in an April 22, 1997 Daily article, Tufts Republicans remained a small presence on campus throughout the early 2000s.

According to a Nov. 4, 2008 Daily article, then-President of Tufts Republicans Michael Hawley (LA ’11) said the club had only about 25 active members at that time. Just two years later, a Nov. 28, 2010 Daily article said the club was “too small to effectively campaign on the Hill.”

Going into the 2012 election season, Tufts Republicans was still small, made up of about 10 to 12 students.

The group focused its efforts on organizing for the Massachusetts elections. Club members explained in a Nov. 6, 2012 Daily article that they campaigned for Massachusetts Senate rather than the presidential race due to their small membership and the Tufts Democrats’ larger presence on campus.

The years following the 2012 elections brought a lull in activity for the Tufts Republicans, in part because the club was in and out of official recognition from the university. Last school year, Tufts Republicans was de-recognized by the Tufts Community Union Judiciary (TCUJ) due to inactivity, according to George Behrakis, a first-year and current president of the Tufts Republicans.

“After the 2012 election, the club was sort of started. Before that, it had been in the weeds,” Behrakis said.

“Then in 2014 or 2015, it went under again and got de-recognized and sort of fell apart, even though they were having informal meetings.”

Senior and PR Chair of Tufts Republicans Tomer Shapira joined the club when it was still de-recognized by the TCUJ. “When I joined the club, the club technically didn’t exist because it was de-recognized the previous year. The people who were running it during that time didn’t do anything,” Shapira said. “All they did was party, they didn’t do actual events … As a result, they were de-recognized.”

The club sought re-recognizition last year, but it lacked the proper documentation, according to a Nov. 21, 2016 Daily article. However, after getting everything in order, the club was re-recognized by TCUJ this past fall.

The club has since grown in membership and activity after its re-recognition. Shapira estimates that around 74 students joined the Tufts Republicans’ e-list this year, a growth unprecedented in the club’s history.

“Since the club got re-recognized last year, the club has been growing steadily. I think in the beginning of this year, there were maybe 80 people total and a lot of people joined in the beginning. I’d probably say [there was a] 25 percent growth after the election and into the second semester,” Behrakis said. “It’s pretty significant.”

According to Behrakis, the majority of the current members are first-years, many of whom serve as leaders. “[The president] George [Behrakis] is a freshman and our vice president is also a freshman, and the treasurer is a freshman,” Shapira said. “It looks like a brand new club almost.”

The increase in membership especially took off after the 2016 presidential election and seems to be part of a regional, or even national, trend. According to a March 7 article in the Christian Science Monitor, Republican clubs at other Boston colleges, such as Boston University and Northeastern University, have experienced a similar uptick in membership since the election.

However, both Behrakis and Shapira believe that the Tufts Republicans’ increase in membership is not only due to the election of President Trump, but also due to the timing of the club’s re-recognition.

“We tabled at the club fair this past fall, which caused our club to explode in membership,” Shapira explained.

Behrakis noted that it is sometimes challenging to organize conservative activity at a predominantly liberal school.

“When … it’s not just that the majority is liberal, but the super-majority is liberal, the challenge is finding a way to counter the narrative because most of the people here … believe similar things,” he said. “There are certain things that are sort of taken to be the standard position on certain issues. The challenge we have is to change that, to provide an alternative that’s viable because the narrative now is that their positions are right, ours are wrong — or any number of other things.”

Shapira also commented on the prevailing liberal sentiment on campus, saying that while students sometimes react with surprise to his political views, he is never bothered by what others think of his beliefs.

Both Shapira and Behrakis described the Tufts Republicans’ ongoing plans for the next school year, such as bringing more speakers to campus ranging from former or current Supreme Court justices to well-known commentators. Tufts Republicans plans to work with the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Young Americans for Freedom to bring these speakers to Tufts.

As president of the club, Behrakis has his eyes on the organization’s future. Aside from a possible speaker series, he is hoping to encourage more dialogue on campus among groups across the political spectrum.

“I’ve found that there are a lot of people who are not willing to talk to you and there are a lot of people who are actually willing to have a respectful discussion,” Behrakis said. “They just haven’t had a chance. Part of that is putting ourselves out there, because there are fewer of us than there are of them.”

hen I got back onto campus after a year off for medical leave to treat my depression and anxiety, I had so much energy. The first week I was back, I tackled huge tasks: cleaning out a fridge and pantry overridden with ghosts of tenants past, arranging my room and then re-arranging and re-arranging. When classes hit, I was a little glad to have an outlet for this unfamiliar feeling. I found my rhythm. I settled in.

It was a supremely affirming feeling to be back in school. I still struggled managing my energy, but I found a pace that worked to get everything I wanted done. I reconnected with friends, made new connections and felt myself actively thriving (a previously foreign concept). The feeling of my personal needs not outweighing my academic and social desires was liberating: for the first time in four years, I felt competent in school. I still struggled with my energy and paying attention, but even an obvious case of ADHD and hypomanic episodes seemed so manageable in the context of having struggled for years with wanting to be alive.

I went into winter break proud and just a bit tired. I came out of winter break feeling downtrodden and grumpy. I think this was due to noticing just how much mental illness affected those close to me, and resonating with how often my friends felt trapped. I also felt trapped within a school system that was obviously not built for me in many ways. Above all, I felt the stress of distance from many of my friends, as most of them are seniors working on theses and job applications while I am still here.

As the semester started, I told myself, “I just need to get settled.” To find a pace and stick to it. I pushed myself to stay positive about classes and the limbo between strong friend groups. But even as I found new connections, I remained emotionally unstable and tired. I at least felt some sense of relief seeing others dealing with similar struggles, especially with energy. I pushed myself to remember that I was high energy before winter came, and that I could very well be suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. I forced myself to exercise, went to weekly counseling meetings and kept myself around people to cope.

The semester is nearing some sort of end, and I am still feeling a lack of consistency. It’s easy to minimize the big changes I have been seeing in myself and the world around me, and vie to find stability by trying harder. The world is seeing the effects of global climate change, our country’s government is proving its flaws and I have come to terms with needing top surgery in the near future to alleviate my dysphoria. I struggle between holding myself accountable and cutting myself slack weekly. I have to remind myself that sometimes every day becomes a completely new challenge.

Some semesters you might just not be able to settle in. Life doesn’t stop for the barrage of stresses that come with academic life, and some days you have to be okay with looking like a mess.

MJ Gregio is a junior majoring in sociology.

MJ can be reached at madeline.griego@ tufts.edu.

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Abigail McFee Advice from Dead Poets (and Some Living)

W.S. Merwin on waiting at a red light

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esterday morning, I sat in the backseat of a friend’s car in downtown Boston at a red light that never turned green. I don’t mean that as an exaggeration. The chorus of blaring horns stretching for a block behind us didn’t tip us off to the fact that the light was broken.

We sat with the windows rolled down, feeling the sun on our forearms, while the drivers beside us also seemed unconcerned: The temperature was 60 degrees after a week of rain. A woman rhythmically bobbed her head to the radio. A convertible full of men laughed. It felt like the opening scene of “La La Land” (2016) — a musical number about to begin.

“Do you think this is what it’s like to live in a place where it’s warm yearround?” my friend asked. “Or do people get used to it?”

“They get used to it,” my other friend told her. The excitement comes from feeling something you haven’t felt in a long time, from feeling something as if it were the first time.

That’s when we realized the light wasn’t turning. We ran the red.

W.S. Merwin, a former U.S. Poet Laureate and environmental activist, has been writing for more than six decades.

When I was 16, I went to one of his readings. I had been stuck in traffic and showed up just in time to find my seat.

From the dark balcony, I listened to his measured and deep voice as he read a poem called “Place.”

“On the last day of the world / I would want to plant a tree,” Merwin read. “what for / not the fruit … I want the tree that stands / in the earth for the first time / with the sun / already going down / and the water / touching its roots / in the earth full of the dead / and the clouds passing / one by one / over its leaves.”

I walked out of the theater that night mesmerized, holding a new piece of insight tightly to my chest: “I want to be that tree.” I meant it in a figurative sense.

I wanted to feel every experience that deeply: the sun, the ground beneath my feet, the things people said to me. Merwin offered a mode of living in which every occurrence was resonant and immediate, in which every sensation mattered for its own sake — not just as preparation for the future.

The problem, then and now, is that my mind keeps flitting to the future.

I thought of Merwin yesterday. After getting out of traffic, I went to sit in Copley Square next to a fountain that will turn on again in a few months. My friends and I talked about jobs: the two of them will be working in Boston next year. I will be in an unknown locale with an unknown occupation. Sitting there blissfully in the sunshine, I felt panic arise for a moment: fear that things are ending without a way forward — that I’ll be parked at the red light indefinitely.

But Merwin taught me that you can still feel the water against your roots, even in the place where things come to an end.

Abigail McFee is a senior majoring in English. Abigail can be reached at abigail. mcfee@tufts.edu

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MFA displays modern Japanese portraits of women in new exhibit

by Olivia Markowitz Contributing Writer

Found in the corner of the Arts of Asia Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), the exhibit “New Women for a New Age: Japanese Beauties, 1890s–1930s” went up in December 2016 and will remain on display until August 20. Past the collection of Chinese ceramics, flanked by the Japanese Buddhist Temple Room, the museum visitor finds a small room of Japanese prints, postcards and photographs from the 1890s to 1930s, all of which are portraits of women.

At its core, this exhibit tries to display the visual history of modernization as Japan opened its doors to Western influence, abandoning the isolationist policies adopted by the shogunate in the Edo period in the 17th century.

The true beauty of this exhibit is in its subtleties. The postcards and woodblock prints shown maintain the traditional Japanese pictorial conventions known as “slit-eyes and hooked nose,” in which artists rely on their precise application of line for facial expressions.

Consider “Young Woman with Record Player” (1935), the most modern print of the collection and the most abstract.

This print is arguably the most distinct in the collection by any stylistic metric, yet even it relies on line.

There is a definitive shift between visual cues given to the viewer via background imagery. In the earliest prints of the collection hung on the first wall, dating from the late 19th century, the artist cuts through any obstructive foreground in the “blown-away roof” manner to reveal a complete interior view. Additionally, the Edo print “No. 1, Kiritsubo” (1884) from the series “The Fifty-four Chapters” is a direct reference to the novel “The Tale of Genji” (1008), written about Heian court life in the 11th century.

As the century turns and the viewer moves onto the second walls of the exhibit, the background dissolves around the edges only to show certain elements of nature that hint at the season or the weather. Interestingly enough, these pieces seem to be the most drained of color, in contrast to the surrounding pieces that are highly saturated. The prints on this wall are “kuchi-e” or “opening pictures,” used as frontispieces for literary magazines that featured modern romantic fiction.

The images would either directly refer to characters or to themes present in these stories.

Around 1920, as seen on the third and fourth wall of the exhibit, the prints are considered “shin hanga” or “new prints.”

This field revitalized the popular “ukiyo-e” prints from the century prior. The background again shifts; as abstracted blocks of color, they are unattached to any physical space. They lack any distinguishable background or perspective as seen in the Western tradition of painting. With less attention given to external details, the portraits’ composition moves in closer to the women, showing their torso and head rather than the full body. Thus, the viewer has a more intimate experience with the figure. Though the prints shown at the end of the chronological tour might

contain the most Westernized and modern subject matter, such as clothing, hairstyles and new technologies, they still maintain a distinct Japanese character in cohesion with the rest of the exhibit.

Most haunting is the image described as iconic: “Tipsy, No. 1” (1930) from the series “Fashions of the Modern World” shows an intoxicated woman who is barely able to keep her eyes open. Disturbingly enough, this partakes in a longer tradition of depicting woman SOTARO YASUI as more attractive ‘Young Woman with Record Player’ (1935) is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts’ exhibit ‘New Women for a New Age: when inebriated.

Japanese Beauties, 1890s-1930s.’

While modernization, tradition and cultural influx trous long black hair. This is an unsettling are all important themes in this exhibit, reminder that all of the artists featured perhaps the most glaring is the stringent are male, a distinction which the inforJapanese ideals of beauty: small facial fea- mational material in the exhibit neglects tures, chalky white skin, red lips and lus- to mention.

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I fall in love with the body

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his week, let’s talk about the big L. Love.

Our society hates paternalism.

We don’t like people telling us what to do, let alone how to be.

It is not surprising then that talking about loving one another as people is only a topic for “religious” folks, who are becoming more outdated in the eyes of hip youngsters. When it comes to romantic love, we absorb cultural ideals from whatever sources we consume. Then, unconsciously or not, we follow them, and when these ideals don’t serve us well, we blame pop culture. Deep down, we are all looking for guidance in this strange journey.

Yes, we should teach people not to commit sexual assault instead of putting the onus on those who have been violated to have done things differently.

But what these two approaches have in common is that they focus on What Not To Do. The issue is, in a world of countless options, What Not To Do does not quite help. We should teach, by examples and meaningful conversations, What To Do, and even more importantly, How To Be. I’m going to risk being paternal here, in this tiny column, on one of the biggest pet topics of humanity. Let me talk about Love and the Body.

Last Saturday, I went to sleep and had an “oh wow” moment under the blanket.

“Wow, my body is a thing, a full, alive, sensual thing.” I was there and love was there and that was it. The moment just felt complete. Bliss.

Sounds weird? Hear me out.

As an armchair philosopher, I have to admit, thinking about the pleasure of the body is missing the point. It has to be experienced. Since coming to Tufts, my biggest learning has been to be in the body. Physicality, sensuality, sexuality: all these sound antithetical to this kid who always loves the world of ideas.

But I love people, and I cannot be with other people if I haven’t learned how to be with myself. And that starts with a loving relationship with my body. I used to chase that “jacked” look through Leg Days and Arm Days and Shoulder Days.

Now I just want a Good Day. Don’t get me wrong: I still lift regularly, high-fiving my fellow gym rats and admiring those biceps. At the same time, I learn to celebrate the quirky side of the body — not only the ripped abs or rounded glutes but also the drum-like bellies and the springy slabs of skin under the elbow. People often say, “Get comfortable in your own skin,” but do we actually know how our skin feels?

Sounds weirder? Try it alone first.

Touch yourself as if your skin is a jewel found on the Silk Road. Experience the smoothening quality of a shower rather than the burning sense of a vodka shot. If you bring that appreciation and curiosity toward every part of the body, you will turn the world on. Because when we really know how to be in love with our bodies, we will naturally bring that sensibility to others. I don’t just want a world with less sexual assault. I want a world with more love that fulfills.

Thoughts? Sensations? Let me know at bit.ly/dearJumbo.

Khuyen Bui is a senior majoring in computer science. Khuyen can be reached at g.khuyen@gmail.com.

Opinion

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

OP-ED

On Israel. On pride. On anti-Semitism.

by Yuval Ben-Hayun

the other 18 senators who chose not to table the resolution. Legitimacy was effectively Before I begin, let me clarify that this given to this claim. But marginalizing Jewish is not about the contents of the resolu- voices on this campus is not a solution to tion passed on Sunday night or the Tufts the oppression of other minorities.

Community Union (TCU) Senate. This is Now, I don’t blame these senators for about something much more pressing that acting this way. I don’t bear them ill will, has been growing on this campus since I and I don’t want them to fear for their safety got here. I’m only writing now because I right now. The issues that I’m addressing want to believe that people will finally have are much larger than the actions of any a reason to trust me when I say this: I have one elected TCU official. This stems from a felt unsafe on this campus for years. Let’s culture of not just anti-Israel sentiments but talk about why. anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic sentiments that In the few days leading up to the resolu- I have felt here since I came in as a first-year tion, I reached out to several TCU senators. — sentiments that have gone unnoticed, I expressed to them how hearing the reso- unaddressed and unquestioned. lution directly before Pesach would silence I experience these sentiments as small and marginalize many Jewish voices, and so micro-aggressions, like when my wilderit needed to be tabled. Everyone I reached family laughed at me for how I pronounced out to responded to me and, for the most hummus (read: )‫ חסומו‬before I even matriculated. part, heard what I had to say.

I noticed them last year when students could However, one of the responses I received not understand why the university moved implied that the marginalization of Jewish Spring Fling so it wouldn’t land on Pesach. I voices by the TCU Senate was permissible, hear it in the students’ silence, when so few due to the continued marginalization of people speak up when Jewish or Israeli bodPalestinian voices by the U.S. government. ies are hurt and killed (in the United States, This response is hypocritical and anti-Se- Israel or abroad). I see it personally amongst mitic. This does not excuse pushing Jewish my friends, when during my first year, two students out of political processes. I wanted of my classmates stopped talking to me the to say that, but honestly, I was scared. When day they realized I was Israeli. And I witness Jews address anti-Semitism on this campus, it when people in positions of power at we are seen as inflammatory, abrasive and Tufts dismiss and ignore my concerns of unaware of our own privilege. So instead, anti-Semitism on this campus.

I just requested that they not dismiss and I have stayed silent on these issues for so belittle my concerns as they had just done. long, because I don’t want to be polarizing.

Unfortunately, they did not address that I don’t want to anger people. I don’t want request in their subsequent response. to lose friends over this. But it’s impossible At this point, I became a little more for me to be silent. When you come from direct. I clarified that what they had told me a country that people don’t believe should was anti-Semitic, cut and dry. In response, I exist, your identity is political. The fact that was met with silence. So, I clarified further, I’m on this campus and have the power to that if I call you out for anti-Semitism, and say these things is controversial. you refuse to acknowledge it, you are perI am Israeli. I am proud to be a child petrating that very anti-Semitism. You are of Israel. But for some reason, people being complacent. Unfortunately, I was met here assume that my pride means I’m with silence again. inherently sympathetic to every single I was home for Pesach, so I listened to wrongdoing perpetrated by Israeli Prime the livestream posted on the TCU Senate’s Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israel Facebook page. While I was listening, I Defense Forces and the Israeli government. heard the same senator that dismissed me Somehow, this implies that I support the make that same statement on the Senate occupation, that I don’t see the inequality floor. This statement went unchallenged by rooted in Israel’s foundation and that I don’t believe Palestinians EASTER EGGS deserve a home of their own. I want more than anything for these injustices to end. I have lost friends and family members to

NOAH KULAK

this senseless violence. I have cowered at the sides of Israeli roads and prayed that the bombs flying over my head would not strike me. I have cried and mourned at every fallen brother, Israeli and Palestinian alike. I cannot pretend to know what it’s like to suffer the countless human rights abuses that befall every citizen of the West Bank and Gaza, but I want this to end as much as anyone else here does.

When I meet Syrians or Iranians or North Koreans in the United States, I don’t presume that they support the fascist, totalitarian or militaristic regimes of their country’s governments. But I would understand if they wanted better for their communities there. I wouldn’t judge them if one day they wanted to return to the place their family once called home. I know I am incredibly privileged to be able to do that with Israel.

However, it is not unreasonable to ask for that home not to be taken away from me. I need a place where I can feel welcomed, and right now, it’s not here.

Students here at Tufts have attacked more than just the government of a single country. They have unknowingly attacked my culture, my heritage and my being.

And so if I call you anti-Semitic, it’s not because you’re anti-Israel. It’s because you’re anti-Semitic.

And if you are wondering, I would never call myself pro- or anti-Israel. Israel is not a policy. Israel is a country with a very flawed and imperfect government and a very flawed and eclectic people. There are things I’m very grateful for that the state of Israel provides, and there are things that I wish were different. I assume, in that same vein, none of you would call yourselves proor anti-America. If you are so steadfast in your convictions that you would put yourself on one side or the other, all that says to me is that you have not formed a nuanced enough opinion on the issue to have a serious discussion about it. Unfortunately, these are complex problems that demand understanding from both sides in order to reach any sort of solution.

Let me reiterate: This is not about the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. This is not about Students for Justice in Palestine. This is not about TCU. This is about our community. These fears that I have spoken are real. They are not unjustified. If you don’t see them, talk to me. Let’s have a discussion. But do not dismiss my concerns. Do not tell me that I am wrong to think this way. Do not invalidate my experiences. And please, let me be proud of my heritage.

Yuval Ben-Hayun is a senior majoring in computer science and drama. Yuval can be reached at Yuval.Ben_Hayun@tufts.edu

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Jumbos face big weekend with two top-10 opponents WOMEN'S TENNIS

continued from back cross-court shot, a moment Bayard thought was key to the momentum of that match-up. Louks then sealed a singles sweep for the Jumbos, coming from behind with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Zhu. “The thing I was most proud of was we came back and executed today what we didn’t do so well against Middlebury,” Bayard said. “We really did a much better job of hitting a heavier ball, being more consistent in the singles.”

On Sunday, the Jumbos made the approximately 200-mile trip to Vermont to play the Middlebury Panthers (6-3) in their third NESCAC match-up this season. Despite ranking higher than their opponents, the Jumbos suffered a tough 9-0 defeat.

Bayard attributed the team’s defeat to Middlebury’s strong skills across the board.

“Middlebury was pretty relentless, making very few unforced errors – we made a lot more,” Bayard said. “In many ways, it came down to that in both the singles and the doubles. All the way through the line-up, they hit a very heavy ball with a lot of spin. They were a lot more consistent than we were and they were more patient. We just have to be willing to stay on the court a little longer.”

Bayard continued to rotate her doubles pairing in search of the best combination for the Jumbos. In doubles play, Karamercan and Keller paired up at No. 1 but fell 8-5 to first-years Skylar Schossberger and Katherine Hughes.

Louks and Popa at No. 2 were defeated by senior Kaysee Orozco and first-year Catherine Blazye 8-2, while Calabro and

Wiley at No. 3 lost to senior Alexandra Fields and sophomore Christina Puccinelli 8-0.

In singles play, Tufts was only able to pick up one set in the sixth singles match between Calabro and Schossberger, which ended in the the latter’s 6-1, 6-7(3), 10-6 victory. However, the match had already been decided by then. Blazye’s 6-1, 6-3 victory over senior co-captain Alexa Meltzer in the fourth position was followed up by No. 17 Fields who defeated Tufts’ Karamercan 6-4, 6-2 in the No. 1 singles match.

Keller was defeated 6-3, 6-3 by sophomore Molly Paradies in the fifth position, while Louks fell to the No. 41 Puccinelli 6-3, 6-2 in the second position. Wiley also experienced defeat, losing to first-year Heather Boehm 6-1, 6-4.

Calabro explained that despite the Jumbos’ best efforts, it was difficult to recover from being down 3-0.

“In the singles we were super fired up, but we fell culprit to the same thing [as in the doubles],” she said.

“We weren’t making the same balls as they were, and they’re very good in that when they get the opportunity. They stay composed, and they [finish the point off ].”

Tufts is back on Voute Courts this weekend, as it welcomes No. 1 Emory on Friday and No. 6 Wesleyan on Saturday.

Hayashi said she was hopeful that the Jumbos could beat both of these teams — and any team, for that matter.

“It’s just a matter of what we bring that day, especially this weekend because they’re two tough opponents,” Hayashi said. “Having the confidence and belief is key. More tangibly, doubles is going to be important to set off the tone for both days, just moving into singles [while] being up in doubles is helpful.”

Jumbos to host second straight weekend at Malden River MEN'S CREW

continued from back Along with the 10-second victory for the second boat, Tufts won another of its three races on Saturday against Coast Guard.

Tufts’ third varsity eight also won its race, finishing first by a dominant 21-second margin. Sophomore Alec Whipple manned the third spot in that boat.

“Individual performance is hard to quantify in rowing,” Whipple said. “But I was happy to contribute to our victory

over Coast Guard on Saturday. A win is always exciting, and hopefully this will be the first of many for our boat this season.”

Coast Guard edged out Tufts in the first varsity boat race. The Bears’ boat finished eight seconds ahead the Jumbos’. That makes Tufts’ first boat 1-2 on the weekend, with a close loss on each day.

Looking ahead, Tufts will host another meet on Saturday as Bates, Wesleyan

and New Hampshire will all travel to the Malden River. This will be the second-to-last regular season meet for the Jumbos.

“We are just trying to grind it out every day of practice and in every competition,” Whipple said. “This team is filled with guys who just work really hard, and every day each of us strives to bring the most energy that we can in the boat. We’re excited to see what we can do next weekend.”

Burt noted that the team’s mentality is geared toward consistent improvement.

“The way we approach our season is that each day is another step towards the ultimate goal, which is New Englands,” Burt said. “No matter whether you did well or you did poorly on a weekend, each one is a learning opportunity. We’re all looking very much forward to the upcoming races.”

Tufts will host its next regatta on Saturday at 9 a.m.

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Jumbos split matches against two top-25 teams

by Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editor

No. 7 Tufts recorded a 7-2 victory Thursday over No. 21 MIT to move to 9-2 on the season. The win came on the heels of a 9-0 loss to NESCAC rivals No. 9 Middlebury on Sunday.

Yesterday, Tufts defeated MIT to start off its run of six home matches with a comfortable 7-2 victory. MIT wrestled control of the matchup in doubles play, with junior Rena Liu and first-year Effie Jia defeating the No. 3 pair of senior co-captain Conner Calabro and sophomore Tomo Iwasaki 9-7.

The Engineers then brought the score to 2-0 as junior Dora Tzeng and sophomore Kelly Zhu defeated Tufts junior Lauren Louks and sophomore Mina Karamercan 8-6. However, Tufts first-year Katherine Wiley and sophomore Otilia Popa defeated MIT junior Sonya Das and first-year Serena Le by the same score to claw one back for the Jumbos.

Head coach Kate Bayard said she was happy with the Jumbos’ performances, even though the team went down 1-2 after the doubles.

“At No. 1 and No. 3, I thought we played a little not-to-lose, instead of playing to win it, whereas at the No. 2 spot, we stayed aggressive,” Bayard said. “I liked our teams overall though, and I was really proud of how consistent we were and how hard we fought.”

Tufts recovered to battle back in the singles, sweeping all six match-ups. In the No. 1 position, Karamercan defeated Tzeng 6-4, 6-2 to level the scores

at two apiece. This was followed up with senior co-captain Alexa Meltzer’s victory at No. 4 over Le (6-2, 6-0). Tufts then took the lead with Wiley’s 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 3 over Das, before senior Chelsea Hayashi sealed the victory at No. 6, defeating Liu 6-4, 6-4.

Hayashi has gotten more playing time in recent weeks and was happy to have sealed the job for the team.

“I think having a bigger team definitely increases the internal competition, but I think our team does a really good job maintaining it as healthy competition and using it as motivation for each other,” BEN KIM / THE TUFTS DAILY Hayashi said. “I First-year Katherine Wiley serves during a doubles match in a home saw today as an game against Brandeis on March 29. opportunity to not let my team down, year Sharlene Song 6-0, 7-6 (7). In and so going out there and playing for the point of the match, Calabro and everybody and getting the victory feels Song exchanged a long rally of over incredible.”

30 shots at deuce, 5-6 on Calabro’s While victory was already secured serve. Calabro won that rally with a for Tufts, Calabro also won at the fifth position as she defeated firstsee WOMEN'S TENNIS, page 7

MEN'S CREW

Jumbos receive strong showings from all boats in weekend regattas

by Bradley Schussel

Assistant Sports Editor

The Jumbos hosted two regattas on the Malden River over the weekend. Tufts competed against Amherst, Middlebury and UMass on Sunday, taking second out of the four teams. The day before, the Jumbos won two out of three races against the Coast Guard Academy.

On Sunday, the Jumbos won four out of five races against the three other competing schools, losing only to the Middlebury Panthers, as the Panthers’ first varsity eight took the win by 4.1 seconds.

Senior tri-captain Doug Burt was the bow for Tufts’ first varsity eight, which split its races on Sunday, defeating UMass before the loss to Middlebury.

“By and large, the boats on our team did really well,” Burt said. “Certainly there were some disappointing results within the first boat, but the second boat, third boat and novice boat all had crushing victories.”

Tufts’ second varsity eight won its race against UMass, the third varsity eight took down Middlebury and the novice eight notched a win against Middlebury as well.

The second varsity eight did particularly well over the weekend. The boat also won its race against Coast Guard, which means it had a perfect record in the two regattas on Saturday and Sunday.

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The Jumbos prepare to launch during a competition on April 8.

Burt credited the success to the second eight’s chemistry and coordination.

“They set the tone for the day,” Burt said. “There’s a lot to be learned from how they rowed, and we hope as a team to replicate their success going forward.”

Senior tri-captain Zach Merchant echoed Burt’s sentiments and explained that the team has benefitted from

increased competition for the top spots on the roster.

“It was a good weekend for the 2V,” Merchant said. “Competition for seats in the top two boats has been intense for several weeks now, and it was great to turn that competitive fire outwards this weekend. I think we all enjoyed that.” see MEN'S CREW, page 7

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Bradley Schussel The Coin Toss

It’s the final (NBA) countdown!

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elcome to The Coin Toss, where I make some bold, unlikely predictions about some of your favorite professional sports.

Last week, I did some MLB season award predictions. We’ll have to wait until the end of the MLB season to see which picks (if any) were correct. Hopefully, I’ll still be predicting for you come fall semester!

The NBA playoffs will start this weekend, and all of the match-ups in the Western Conference are set. Shall we make some first-round winner predictions? How about the amount of games each series will last?

“Por qué no los dos?” (Why not both?) Let’s get to it …

No. 3 Houston Rockets vs. No. 6 Oklahoma City Thunder Verdict: Rockets in 5 Russell Westbrook’s Thunder certainly has the momentum. “Brodie” is cementing his MVP case and breaking triple-double-related records all over the place. He has his team pumped up going into the postseason.

Westbrook’s MVP-race rival, James Harden, is on the other side of the court in this first-round matchup. Can the Thunder get the upset over third-seeded Houston? I’m not too sure about that. The numbers are certainly in favor of the Rockets. As a team, Houston scored more points per game this year. They were second in the league (115.5 PPG) to Oklahoma City’s 11th-place finish (106.7 PPG). Furthermore, the Rockets have home court advantage. When Houston was at home this season, they scored more points, made more assists, grabbed more rebounds and committed fewer turnovers than they did on the road. Sometimes it’s best to go with your gut, but the hard numbers have grabbed my gut and told it “the Rockets are going to win this series!”

No. 4/5 Los Angeles (Clippers) vs. No. 5/4 Utah Jazz Verdict: Jazz in 6 Here’s an intriguing match-up out West: a bonafide contender in the Clippers against a dark horse in the Jazz. The winner will likely face Golden State, but who will win the 4/5 matchup? Home field isn’t determined yet, but the series is bound to happen either way. I look at the Clippers and I see a team with a glaring hole on both ends of the floor at small forward. The Jazz has Gordon Hayward, who is perhaps the most underrated star in the league. I see him as the sixth best small forward in the league, behind LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Paul George.

Hayward could be a match-up nightmare for the Clippers. The Jazz also has the matchups to stop Blake Griffin (Derrick Favors) and Deandre Jordan (Rudy Gobert) on the defensive side of the ball. The Clippers are the sixth best scoring team in the league with 108.4 PPG. However, the Jazz are the best defensive team in the league by the same statistic, holding their opponents to just 96.7 PPG. Again, we don’t know who will be the higher seed in this match-up. However, I think Utah winning this series is an upset even if they move above L.A. in the standings.

The Clippers will certainly be hungry, as their consistent success has not gotten them very far in the postseason. I think that streak will continue. The pick is in: Jazz in 6.

Bradley Schussel is a sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering. Bradley can be reached at bradley.schussel@tufts.edu