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Students protest Greek life at fraternity information session

NBC News’ Lester Holt headlines 12th annual Murrow Forum

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A group of students gathered in Remis Sculpture Court last night to protestthe Tufts Fraternities Informational Event hosted by the Tufts Interfraternity Council (IFC). The event featured members of several fraternities who spoke with students about Greek life, according to IFC Recruitment and Philanthropy Chair Luke Murphy. Only two of the fraternities present — Zeta Beta Tau and ATO of Massachusetts — are allowed to recruit new members because the others have been issued cease-and-desist orders.

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weekend offers an opportunity to organize cooperative programming but that the different special interest houses will showcase their own individual themes.

Trimmer said that while there have been interest weekends like this in the past, the special interest houses did not often cooperate on planning and hosting them. He noted that this was an opportunity to change that. Leppla echoed this, adding that it is difficult to organize and build a cohesive community that includes such diverse spaces.

“Crafts [House] is focused on community building. Other houses want to do the same, but everyone is super busy all the time. It’s hard to expect people to have the same mindset,” she said. “We don’t want this to be a burden.”

Cohen explained that the high turnover at special interest houses makes it difficult to develop traditions and sustain programs from year to year. In addition, Cohen noted that special interest housing has the potential to play a larger role in social life at Tufts than it currently does but that many houses face difficulties in developing a presence on campus.

“Some special interest houses have a much larger role in campus life than others,” Cohen said. “The Crafts House, for example, is a big place where people go and hang out … They have a real presence on campus, and I think other houses don’t.”

Lester Holt, the host of NBC Nightly News, spoke at the 12th annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism in Cohen Auditorium yesterday. Holt’s conversation focused on “Media in a New Age: Fake News, Alternative Facts and What’s Next” and was part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

After University President Anthony Monaco delivered opening remarks, Film and Media Studies Program Co-Director Julie Dobrow introduced Holt and Jonathan Tisch (A ’76), the latter of whom moderated the discussion. Early on in the forum, Holt mentioned that, in spite of hosting an evening newscast, he is actually a morning person.

“I love doing Nightly News, [but] the one thing that I don’t like about Nightly News is that it’s at night,” he said.

Holt cited former Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw and CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley as his mentors in journalism during the forum. He reminisced about watching Brokaw when Holt was first beginning work at NBC as a quasi-intern, and how he eventually had his office moved next to Brokaw’s. “[Brokaw has] been such an incredible source of advice and wisdom when I transitioned into this role, and continues to be,” he said.

Holt explained that President Donald Trump’s accusation that some news media outlets report false stories have partially strengthened NBC News’ mission because it is important to hold the government responsible for its actions, even if it sometimes causes NBC News to lose popularity with the president.

“We’re not gonna get knocked down from here,” he said.

In a roundtable discussion with members from several student media organizations earlier in the day, Holt added that government and the media have always had an adversarial relationship in the United States because reporters always crave more information. However, Holt believes that Trump has been more

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Students demonstrate at a fraternity information session in Remis Sculpture Court on April 12.

Small Houses Weekend seeks to create community

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Morgan Leppla and Colin Trimmer, residents of Crafts House, pose for a portrait on April 11.

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Several special interest houses at Tufts are hosting a series of events next weekend for Small Houses Weekend, according to Morgan Leppla, a sophomore who lives in Crafts House.

Crafts House Manager Colin Trimmer explained that the weekend is intended to bring the various special

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“The idea is to build a community on campus, and small houses are an important venue for people to find other people,” Trimmer, a junior, said. “We’re interested in strengthening that bond.”

The events, which take place from April 20 to 23, range from community dinners to gardening projects, according to Trimmer. Josh Cohen, a sophomore living in Green House, noted that the

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continued from page 1 held in opposition to coordinated sorority recruitment two weeks ago.

“People of course have been angry at frats for years, and this is just one example of people showing how they’re upset about this,” Joseph said.

Joseph added that the reasoning behind this particular protest was that fraternities were participating in events, even though most of them have been issued cease-and-desist orders.

“If you read what cease-and-desist says, to me, it means that you can’t have any of these things. So you can’t meet, you can’t be doing anything, you can’t be organizing as a group at all,” Joseph said. “And this is clearly that. Of course they worked with [Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life] Su McGlone on this, but I think this is

definitely a violation of cease-and-desist even though she approved of it.”

Joseph said she has not seen many clear institutional changes in Greek life and that the protest was intended to address this.

“Despite all the stuff that happened over the last year, it seems like [Greek organizations are] being let back into campus, and I’ve seen no changes in them,” Joseph said. “And I don’t think they have a right to be here.”

First-year Jon Adams, an attendee at the IFC event who is considering going through fraternity recruitment, explained that he hopes Greek life can make positive changes. He noted that he had not considered rushing a fraternity before arriving at Tufts.

“Despite all the negative responses and the recent anti-Greek life movement on

campus, I am still realistically considering rushing,” Adams told the Daily in an electronic message. “It’s a community like many others that exist at Tufts, and like many others I want to see if there’s a place for me in it.”

Likewise, Murphy argued that Greek life can effect positive change, and for that reason he believes it should not be abolished.

He added that he is disappointed by the lack of discourse between Greek life leaders and students calling for abolition but that he hopes to engage with protesters.

“We want to be a positive part of the Tufts community and work alongside the protesters,” Murphy told the Daily in an electronic message. “At the end of the day, we have the same goal of making Tufts a safer, more inclusive space for everyone.

We simply disagree on how to achieve these goals.”

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continued from page 1 According to Cohen, this disparity between the larger houses and the smaller houses rests in the fact that some are physically located in their own spaces, whereas others, like Green House, are in suites or apartments.

“We’re 10 people living in a Latin Way suite, so it’s very cramped and crowded, and it’s hard to throw parties or have big events,” he said. “It’s hard to build a community when you don’t feel like the space is really yours.”

Cohen said that the high turnover and the disparity in physical space have contributed to a lack of diversity in viable social spaces on campus.

“I wish there was a larger special interest housing community, where there were mixers or something, because there is a lot of

crossover [in areas of interest],” Cohen said.

According to Trimmer and Leppla, the weekend seeks to address this issue by providing a series of visible events that demonstrate the values and cultures represented by each house.

According to Cohen, a greater sense of community, coupled with physical expansion for the houses restricted to suites, would allow special interest houses to interact with more student groups in a meaningful way and act as significant social spaces for the Tufts community.

Cohen also noted that this space would allow communities like Green House to host events and activities more regularly, and with more capacity for attendance, than they have been able to in the past.

Cohen said that an expanded special

interest housing community would offer viable and intentional spaces to students who feel like they do not have a safe place to socialize on campus or who are excluded from existing spaces.

“Something that we as a campus really lack is cooperation. Every group I’m a part of fights for time and space with other groups as opposed to collaborating on events,” he said.

According to Leppla, this is reflected in the disjointed and transient nature of the special interest housing community. Ultimately, Leppla believes this weekend will be part of a long process of building inclusive community spaces at Tufts, and she encouraged those interested in such a space on campus to attend the events.

“Show up. Make it a hit,” she said. “We can’t make it a hit, but everyone else can.”

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Lester Holt says geographic diversity is critical in national news MURROW FORUM

continued from page 1 outspoken in his contempt for the news media than his predecessors.

“That’s troubling because even a lot of politicians who don’t like the media at least respect the idea that somebody needs to be a watchdog, somebody needs to be there to blow the whistle, somebody needs to be there to represent the public,” he said.

After discussing the Trump administration’s relationship with the press at the forum, Holt talked about his experience moderating the first presidential debate last year, and how being a moderator and being a journalist differ.

He said there was a point in the middle of the debate when he just decided to ask the unanswered questions even if he risked not appearing even-handed.

Holt said reactions to his performance post-debate were diverse and polarizing. “‘Awesome job,’ ‘terrific,’ ‘loser,’ ‘pathetic,’” Holt recalled of the emails he read.

Holt later stressed the importance of geographic diversity, saying that part of why he broadcasts from the west coast rather than New York a few times every month is to convey to viewers that Americans hold a diversity of beliefs depending on where they live.

“People in New York may be horrified that somebody owns a gun,” he said. “But you know what? In a lot of parts of the country they own guns, and that’s okay.”

He added that, in terms of racial and gender diversity, NBC News is doing well, but that it is difficult to measure this across the entire organization because of the different programming. He empha-

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Jonathan Tisch interviews NBC news anchor Lester Holt at the 12th annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues In Journalism on April 12. sized the importance of having a multitude of voices working for every media organization.

“I can speak up in some areas [where] someone else may not have experience,” he said.

Holt went on to offer advice for aspiring broadcast journalists, particularly highlighting the importance of being a good writer.

“You think of TV as all about pictures, and of course the pictures do drive the narrative in many ways, but writing is incredibly important,” he said.

After the forum, Holt answered a few audience questions, including one about moving forward in a country that has grown increasingly polarized, and discussed the importance of exposing oneself to a diversity of opinions.

“I try to watch some far-left and farright products out there and just see what’s being talked about,” he said.

Holt concluded his talk by saying that if he were not a reporter today, he would be a bass player instead.

“I have a band, we’re called the 30 Rockers … it’s a group of fellow NBC folks and we sneak out of the building every Monday and rehearse,” he said.

Tufts hosts activists, Mass. gubernatorial candidate for panel discussion

by Seohyun Shim

Assistant News Editor

Generation Citizen, a non-profit civic education group, hosted a panel discussion about advocacy on Tuesday night featuring speakers including Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez, the former Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finances.

The event, co-sponsored by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, also included American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts Field Director Matt Allen as well as graphic artist and activist Chaz MaviyaneDavies, with juniors Annie Roome and Tess Ross-Callahan as moderators.

The panel discussion lasted for about 50 minutes and was followed by a fair that featured advocacy education and activities from groups including ACLU at Tufts, Generation Citizen, Students for Environmental Awareness (SEA), Tufts Amnesty International, Tufts Democrats and Tufts Students for National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL).

The panel discussion began after Roome introduced the three speakers,

who spoke about their experiences as professional advocates.

Maviyane-Davies discussed his work in Zimbabwe, which is governed by oppressive dictator Robert Mugabe. He said that the most important year in his activism was 2000, when Mugabe allegedly mobilized his supporters to harass and kill opposition members. In that year, Maviyane-Davies chose to use the internet to spread graphic commentaries about the opposition.

“We knew he was going to rig the election anyhow, anyway,” Maviyane-Davies said. “I realized that there was no way that people are going to be able to react.”

Gonzalez began his remarks by quoting former President Barack Obama’s farewell address. He stressed that civic engagement in government is critical to securing rights and liberties.

“As long as I can remember, I always believed in the power of government,” Gonzalez said. “There is no institution like government that is serving all of our interests and has the ability to make real progress.”

He added that he wants to make a difference through government by becoming the governor.

“I really believe that government should constantly be working with a sense of urgency to move us forward and make progress on issues that are holding [us] back,” he said. “And that’s why I am running for governor.”

Gonzalez later told the Daily in an interview that he encourages everyone to be politically engaged and make their voices heard.

“I would encourage all of our young people, in particular, but everybody to find that vehicle for [civic engagement] … to act and be engaged in a positive way,” he said.

He argued that his possible competitors for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, none of whom have formally announced a run, have valuable experience, but that his skill set fits the job.

“We need leadership to take on the big challenges … and to make progress, and I think I’m going to bring the best set of experience and the best record to successfully do,” he said. “I am not a career politician who’s just looking to get his next elected office. I am doing this because I care about people.”

When asked if Newton mayor and potential candidate for governor, Setti

Warren, is a career politician, Gonzalez responded, “I think [Warren] has been mayor for eight years.”

During Allen’s remarks at the panel, he pointed out that advocacy work is about more than talking to the press and that it is most successful when organizers make calls, collect data about organizations or conduct other more difficult tasks.

“In [advocacy] work, there is always a lack of folks who want to do the hard, boring, repetitive stuff that is necessary to make things come together,” Allen said.

“Whoever is speaking to the press [or] whoever is testifying, that is just one small of piece of successful campaign.”

The panel discussion ended with a short question-and-answer session. The following fair lasted for about 30 minutes and different campus organizations took questions from the attendees or handed out informational pamphlets.

SEA Co-Director Alexa Bishopric said she was happy to attend the event and present the goals of her organization.

“I thought it was really well put together, and it would just have been great if we had a bit more people people come, because I believe events like this at Tufts have so much to offer,” Bishopric said.

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Sophomore Cody Eaton adjusts the soundboard during the 10 p.m. radio show he co-hosts with sophomore Noah Adler in the WMFO studio in Curtis Hall on April 4.

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Upon entering the WMFO Tufts Freeform Radio studio on the third floor of Curtis Hall at 10 p.m. on March 4, a show winds down with a final, upbeat song.

The room looks exactly as one might picture when imagining a collegiate radio station studio — a music-themed paradise of sorts.

There is an entire wall dedicated to a massive collection of vinyl that seems to be long-neglected.

Twinkle lights have been carefully strung up to create an ambiance in line with the relaxed atmosphere of the room and people in it.

As the DJs from the previous show clear out, the next hosts for the evening start setting up for their show, Yam Session, which runs from 10-11 p.m. every Tuesday.

Cody Eaton, a sophomore majoring in international relations logs into the large desktop in preparation for the show. Noah Adler, a sophomore majoring in computer science, queues up Spotify on his laptop.

As self-proclaimed veterans of WMFO radio, they explain that in order to get a radio show you must train with the equipment and other hosts while they do their shows. There is even a short DJ quiz that you have to pass before you’re able to be a host.

“You have to sign up for two-hour-long training sessions on other peoples’ shows … and there’s a handbook you go over with them,” Adler said.

After going through training, prospective DJs have to vie for spots with executive board members and Medford residents, who both get priority. Luckily for Yam Session, Eaton is on the executive board as publicity director and they have one of the most coveted time slots.

One of the General Managers of WMFO, Haley Short, said that some of the late night times are very popular among DJs. “There is usually a lot of demand for 10 p.m. through 1 a.m. because those are Safe Harbor Hours, and a lot of DJs like being able to play explicit music,” Short, a junior, said.

Eaton and Adler became a duo their first year at Tufts and have been furthering the Yam Session brand ever since.

“I read a book my senior year where they ate a lot of yams,” Adler said.

“Oh, ‘Things Fall Apart,’” Eaton quickly replied.

“Yeah, exactly, I guess I had yams in my head and then the Yam Session and jam session pun worked well,” Adler said.

They start the show by welcoming the listeners, whose number they casually monitor throughout their hour on air.

They start off with a mutually agreed upon song by Kendrick Lamar, which will set the tone for the rest of their session in the studio.

After starting the song on the soundboard, Eaton flips a switch and music fills the room.

The rhythm of the show feels easy but structured, with periods of music that last for about 10 minutes with interjections of the hosts bantering back and forth.

While the music is playing, they discuss their song choices, what they’ve been listening to recently, and they ponder the musical world in general. Many of their comments begin with “Have you heard…?”

There is a good deal of musical knowledge between the two hosts and they can talk at length with each other about everything from Lupe Fiasco’s controversial comments to what Kendrick Lamar’s next album is going to sound like.

Both Eaton and Adler have been entrenched in music since the beginning of high school and wanted to be involved in the music scene at Tufts.

“I’ve always been into music, listening to music, finding new music, sharing it with people and I thought this would be a good platform to let people know what I’m listening to and hopefully they like it as well,” Adler said.

Yam Session developed based on Eaton and Adler’s similar music tastes, a combination of rap, hip hop, alternative and whatever their listeners request.

“I came in [to WMFO] very intentionally … I’ve been very into music since the beginning of high school and even on my Jumbo Day I signed up for the e-list and we linked up,” Eaton said.

After a couple of songs, Eaton and Adler realize that they haven’t checked the listener count since beginning the show. They happily realize that they have 15 listeners, which surpasses Noah’s initial guess of 13.

“We do show up on car radios in the area but the range isn’t very strong, otherwise you can stream us online,” Eaton said.

During the breaks in between music being played, they occasionally give shoutouts to friends and family tuning in.

“Quick shout out to our listeners out on the West Coast, I know Winslow is out on the San Juan Islands in Washington listening to us … and he’s making his whole lab listen to it! Shout out to your whole lab,” Eaton said.

The studio is a combination of modern radio equipment alongside record players and turntables. Most people stick to Spotify, SoundCloud and other contemporary mediums for music, but there has been a push within WMFO to start making better use of the resources at their disposal.

“We have a lot of really cool under-utilized equipment … a couple of the new exec members are really tech-savvy and have organized vinyl training sessions for new DJs,” Eaton said.

The show comes to a close, and both hosts are relaxed and content. The music seems to have had a calming effect on them despite the extremely high-energy choices.

“What I like so much about it [is] it’s an hour where you don’t really have to think about or stress about anything except what you’re going to play and what you’re going to talk about so it’s a really good stress reliever,” Adler said.

After their last song winds down, they put on a program that will automatically play music on the station until the next show comes into the studio.

They make sure all their music is recorded properly and log out of the large desktop computer that has been acting as the main source of light in the room besides the dim glow of the string lights.

They exit the studio content, as if the one hour of hosting the show recharged them for the coming week, when they get to do it all over again.

t’s September of my senior year in high school and I’m sitting on my bedroom floor flipping through The Princeton Review’s “The Best 381 Colleges” with sweaty palms. My future seems so freaky!

I’m not even sure if I care about all the categories that have rankings, but I’m already worried about making the wrong choice about them.

Now, as I see tour guides marching prospective students around campus, I wonder about rankings on college comparison lists.

Are they simply fuel for an elitist college industry? Or is there valuable knowledge within the huge books found in guidance counsellor offices? To determine my own thoughts on the matter, I checked out the methodology of the Princeton Review, one of the most widely used and validated college admissions services, to see what these future-shaping, sitting-on-mybedroom-floor-worrying, guidance-counsellor-revered numbers even mean.

The Princeton Review’s website states that the data that appear in their rankings come from surveys of 143,000 students at 381 schools. Each student answers a survey of 80 questions, with responses that go from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree” or “excellent” to “poor.” Once a student has filled out the survey, the student’s respective college gets a score for that individual’s review. Then, as schools are ranked against each other in separate categories, their total score is based on all of these individual scores.

Seems complicated? This is only the beginning. At the bottom of the Princeton Review’s webpage is a note that explains, “The Princeton Review college rankings are different from The Princeton Review college ratings.” I had to re-read the sentence a few times to garner that they meant that there exist separate systems to rank schools against each other and to rate the school in general categories. Some of these general categories are Admissions Selectivity, Financial Aid, Fire Safety and Green. For these ratings, the review board relies on data provided by the administration of each school, either in surveys or in hard numbers from the academic year.

In this niche of college ratings lies the mysterious quality of life rating. As I sat on my bedroom floor, I remember comparing and contrasting this mysterious rating, hoping that if I went to the school with the best quality of life I would be guaranteed to be happy there (I almost feel embarrassed by this melodrama.

Instead, I realize that I am simply the product of billions of marketing dollars of colleges. I feel no guilt.)

The first abnormality that I noticed about The Princeton Review quality of life ranking on their website is that it’s on a scale from 60-99. For a reader who naturally expects a 100-point scale, this skews how college-hopefuls interpret the rating. I’m also amused by the factors that the quality of life rating includes, such as students’ assessment of “the ease of … dealing with administrators” and “the interaction of different student types.”

I can’t help but question how rateable these factors — or even entire colleges — could ever be. Based on vague categories and easily-confusable rating scales, these ranking and rating systems may benefit the colleges more than the students.

Rebecca Redelmeier is a sophomore majoring in English. Rebecca can be reached at rebecca.redelmeier@tufts.edu.

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Netflix’s ‘13 Reasons Why’ tries to address important issues, fails

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“13 Reasons Why” (2017) premiered on March 31 as Netflix’s newest television series. The show, based on Jay Asher’s young adult novel of the same name, follows the causes and effects of a teenager’s suicide. Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) receives a mysterious box of 13 cassette tapes, each of which, he soon learns, outlines a reason why his recently-deceased friend Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) killed herself.

The series continues through Clay’s journey of grief and agony as he ultimately discovers why he is one of the subjects of the tapes. The show tackles mature and grave subject matter, including bullying, depression and rape, in order to bring to light important issues facing teens and young adults. The show’s criticism of school systems’ inability to properly and effectively offer support to its students is clear throughout the season. It also briefly but significantly touches upon the difficulty that survivors of sexual assault face when the validity or severity of their stories are questioned.

Minnette’s performance carries the show throughout the season by truly concentrating on the isolation and anguish of his character in the aftermath

of Hannah’s suicide. Through flashbacks of life before Hannah’s death, Minnette and Langford’s chemistry helps to portray an adorable budding romance that is constantly made tragic with the knowledge of the inescapable. Olivia Baker (Kate Walsh), Hannah’s mother, is perhaps the most realistic and believable of all the characters; Walsh especially excels in depicting the raw and inconceivable misery of a mother who was recently blindsided by the death of her daughter. While other parts of the plot can sometimes feel rooted in melodrama or teen angst, Olivia Baker’s search for justice through her lawsuit against Hannah’s high school is consistently the only storyline that stays grounded in realism.

Although “13 Reasons Why” is an important story that brings awareness to the reality of the effects of bullying and teen suicide, it ultimately delivers a disappointing plotline and fails to appropriately target its intended audience.

The idea that a teenager planned out and recorded 13 tapes in the days leading up to her suicide quickly becomes an obvious gimmick in the unveiling of the traumatic events that led to her isolation and feelings of hopelessness. The plot also seems to sacrifice the natural development and exploration of Hannah’s character for the organized format of the story that the tapes create; viewers might be left wondering why Hannah never reaches out to her parents, whom

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she appears to have a strong relationship with. Furthermore, the show features very explicit and startlingly realistic depictions of rape and suicide that are graphic for even a mature, adult audience. The creators seem to opt for the sensationalism of literal, unapologetic scenes of these topics rather than tailor to the teen audience of the original novel.

The story of “13 Reasons Why” is more about Hannah’s revenge on the people who were the “reasons” for her death than how a person experiencing such depression and thoughts can get the help they need. The show undoubtedly creates a powerful and important message on the impact of bullying and the importance of support systems. Yet, it ignores the key figure in this bullying. The series seems to explain how friends and family can have a significant role in suicide prevention by having the characters realize through the tapes how they impacted Hannah’s life; it does little to actually address how to help oneself if a person is having similar thoughts or experiences as the show depicts. When tackling such heavy subjects, the creators need to be more aware of the messages they are communicating to their audience. For a show that tries to emphasize the importance of supporting those experiencing bullying or depression, “13 Reasons Why” itself offers little to no support to those people.

hy should you play “Shovel Knight” (2014)? Because it was made for the express purpose of delighting you, and goodness gracious does it deliver. No matter what age you are, “Shovel Knight” is an accessible yet challenging and charming 2D platformer full of magic and humor that will make you smile whether or not you even know what the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is. On top of that, the story of its development is every independent developer’s dream.

“Shovel Knight” was funded through a massively successful Kickstarter. Its original goal was $75,000, and it ended up raising over $310,000, reaching 12 stretch goals. It’s a well-mocked fact that many game projects funded through Kickstarter often don’t pay up when it comes to stretch goals or even base products. However, ever since funding, Yacht Club Games has done nothing but produce high-quality deliverables for its backers. There were three planned additional campaigns starring community-beloved boss characters and are essentially entirely new games. Two of the campaigns have already been released successfully as free downloadable content (DLC) to anyone who purchased the game.

The second came out last week and the third is scheduled to be released later this year.

One beautiful stretch goal that was released along with the second DLC is something Yacht Club called Body Swap, which arose out of the developers’ realization that they had made almost every important character in their game a man. With the Body Swap feature, the player can pick male or female designs for all important characters as well as male or female pronouns independent of body choice. While gender-neutral isn’t a choice in this game, it’s remarkable to see a mostly male group of developers go out of their way to independently forge this kind of inclusivity and not just create sexualized female versions of all the characters. According to their post about Body Swap, they said their main principles for their new sprites were to keep the same hitboxes, keep the same personalities and dialogue, create clearly differentiable designs with unique silhouettes and have the ‘after’ design be equally gendered. For example, Shovel Knight himself isn’t particularly male-expressive in the first place, so there are only subtle differences between the original sprites and the female version. On the other hand, Propeller Knight outwardly flaunts his masculinity, so the female version is curvier and clearly feminine.

Another quick note about character design: “Shovel Knight” takes a remarkably fresh perspective on themes used for bosses.

For example, the water elemental boss isn’t Water Knight; he’s Treasure Knight, humorously themed around monetary greed and inhabiting a sunken ship filled with gold complete with alluring anglerfish and hidden eels.

“Shovel Knight” can be purchased for $24.99 on a staggering number of platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, Amazon Fire TV, PS Vita, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and, most recently, the Nintendo Switch. It can sometimes be found on sale for 33 percent off. This price may appear high for a game that looks like it belongs on a NES, but keep in mind you’re receiving four lovingly-crafted campaigns in one package. Now go forth, young Jumbos, and learn the ways of SHOVELRY!

Fury Sheron is a junior majoring in Japanese. Fury can be reached at lahna. sheron@tufts.edu.

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Opinion

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OP-ED

Divestment and democracy

by David Westby and Daniel Weaver

Disclaimer: David Westby is a layout editor and former production director for the Daily. He is not involved in the Daily’s editorial processes.

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate’s April 9 resolution, which calls for divestment from four corporations that benefit from the expansion of practices of occupation by the Israeli state, has sparked rabid debate on campus.

Opponents of the resolution are crying foul play, citing the vote’s proximity to Passover as a mockery of the democratic process. Scott Geldzahler’s April 10 op-ed in the Daily interprets the passing of the resolution as the death of democracy at Tufts, a shady vote that “disenfranchised hundreds of Tufts students.”

There is a deep irony at play when opponents of a measure that proposes divestment from Israel call for a defense of democracy. In fact, it is antithetical to the very idea of democracy to withhold some rights as exclusive to members of a certain ethnicity or religion. Travel to Israel is considered a ‘right of birth’ to any Jew throughout the world, while at the same time, movement within the state is heavily restricted for non-Jews, many of whose families have lived there for generations.

Thus, the resolution was written precisely to establish democratic rights. It calls for divestment from companies with economic ties to a nation-state that is by definition non-democratic.

We would argue, too, for an intense critical suspicion of an op-ed that asks you to set aside “anyone’s thoughts about the merit or demerit of the resolution” while dismissing the resolution out-of-hand as a “non-solu-

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tion” and a “grandiose statement.”

The resolution is anything but an empty statement. It is a call for economic action as a response to an anti-democratic and systemic marginalization of people under the modern world’s longest-standing military occupation. But for opponents of the resolution, the disconcerting issue at hand is process and dialogue.

The subtle bait-and-switch performed in Scott’s op-ed is neither an invention of the author nor unfamiliar to those of us who have spent time on campus. Nearly any method of protest or disruption by students on campus who make a political demand is usually and repetitively critiqued first on account of its supposed disregard for dialogue and propriety or as betraying some sense of civil respect. The implication is always that protests, resolutions and disagreement should only be voiced at the convenience of the status quo.

Even more troubling is the constant conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Without minimizing the very real currents of anti-Semitism at play in the United States today, it is important to acknowledge this distinction.

Criticizing the state of Israel for systemic legal inequalities based on religious distinctions is not anti-Semitic.

Indeed, the resolution was written by and supported by many Jews. The allegation of anti-Semitism distracts from its political demand in the same way superficial lamentations about process and dialogue do.

TCU didn’t attack democratic values on April 9, it gave them a chance.

David Westby is a senior majoring in political science. David can be reached at david.westby@tufts.edu. Daniel Weaver is a senior majoring in English. Daniel can be reached at daniel.weaver@tufts.edu.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

My parents, my children Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to a resolution passed by the Tufts Community Union Senate on Sunday night that called for the university to divest from four companies it says are involved in the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

LYDIA RA

To the editor: My experience as a member of Tufts’ Class of 1991 was one of the best of my life, and I reflect on it often, including to my four young children. My good feeling from those years inspired my father to join the Trustees of Tufts University and my parents to sponsor two buildings on campus. Just last spring, an honorary degree was conferred on my father for his service and generosity, and I swelled with pride being back on campus for the occasion.

Although the oldest of my children is only preparing to enter high school, tragically, it already seems clear that our family’s Tufts legacy will not reach another generation.

While preparing for Passover today at our home in Israel, I read that the student senate decided to pass a resolution which is indisputably discriminatory (and it did so, unsurprisingly, a day before the holiday when many Jewish students were away with their families).

Last week, our family watched the news in horror as the Syrian army used chemical weapons to attack men, women and children at a distance of just a few hours’ drive from our home. My kids asked what we could do, and we found organizations (including Israelis operating secretly) that were dedicated to helping civilians suffering in that awful war that has killed more than a half-million.

Now, I must look my children in the eye and tell them that dad’s alma mater, of which he is so proud, that the place where their grandparents gave so much of themselves — that the students there elected to punish and boycott us, not the Syrian government or anyone else.

Let there be no mistake. There is no rational explanation for such a moral asymmetry. It’s animus. It’s hatred. It’s discrimination. And it’s why I would not be comfortable on the campus any more. And I certainly wouldn’t expose my kids to it.

Michael Granoff A ’91 Ra’anana, Israel

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Anna Tolette The Elephant in the Room

I sat outside and it wasn’t raining!

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t’s getting to that point in the semester where bursts of motivation are few and far between for me. Although I’m really supposed to be memorizing the definitions of the Protestant work ethic and the spirit of capitalism for my sociological theory exam tomorrow, I somehow just got sucked into a hole of watching videos of baby otters cuddling on their moms’ stomachs for a solid 20 minutes. It seems like I have the ability to get everything that isn’t imminently due done, such as my laundry, finally updating my Facebook cover photo from Christmas, listening to two new albums that came out and hanging back up that picture that fell down a week ago from my wall. I could vacuum the floor of my room until there were no hairs in sight, clean my fish’s bowl and apply for cat sitting jobs for the summer, but damn, if I were able to study about hegemony and the different types of authority with as much enthusiasm as I do the things that I don’t have to do, I’d ace the test.

Don’t get me wrong, I put in work on a Quizlet today, but I also made time to get a fantastic omelet for brunch this morning and pet a dog that needed a haircut. Yes, it would be great to be able to study like there’s no tomorrow, but unfortunately, the exam is tomorrow. I don’t know what my mental block is about actually sitting down and studying for an exam. I can do just fine writing out a study guide and discussing the material with classmates, but when it comes to reading over my study guide time and time again, my eyes tend to glaze over. I guess I’m a social studier. For whatever reason, when it comes time for that long haul in the library, I always feel more at ease when other people are suffering with me.

I am definitely team ‘give me a paper or project over an exam (and especially a problem set)’ any day. I, a film and media studies major, stepped foot in Bromfield-Pearson Hall for the first time in my two years at Tufts on Friday when I needed to find a friend and give her tea because she was ill. I guess I like the ability to really think through my ideas before I put them down on paper. I get very nervous when a professor says that I have five minutes left and I still have a short essay left to write.

To be honest with you, readers, I stopped writing that paragraph last night to watch an episode of “MasterChef” (2010–present) and then went to a Tufts Dance Collective practice. I am now finishing this column while sitting on the President’s Lawn in the sun, and I had a great salad for lunch. The fact that it is warm and that I can wear sandals and write outside is pretty lovely. I finished my exam today and decided to treat myself to some sun and bubble tea with great people.

I got a tease of the feeling of how the summer is going to go, and I’m hoping that will motivate me to finish the semester.

Anna Tolette is a sophomore majoring in film and media studies. Anna can be reached at anna.tolette@tufts.edu.

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continued from back brought five more goals for the Jumbos and an 11-3 advantage into the second half.

The third quarter was the highest scoring overall, with a 7-4 goal difference.

Murphy added his third, fourth, fifth and sixth goals of the game, while Mattson grabbed a pair and senior attackman Zach Richman added the seventh.

Two first-years scored in the final quarter — midfielder Nick Shanks and attackman Matt Treiber. Junior attackman Nico Pollack and sophomore midfielder Will Pasik who recently switched to play with a long pole, also tacked on a point each.

The Ephs scored six goals in the final quarter, two of which were in man-up situations. Tufts gave away seven man-up opportunities, of which Williams capitalized on three total.

There were four long-pole goals over these two games, a result of the “ten-man ride” style of play that Tufts has adopted.

A “ten-man ride” utilizes the goalie as a

reliable field player in the defensive unit, meaning that a long-pole can push up into the offensive unit and sometimes score.

“We love our ten-man ride because it creates a lot of fast break opportunities in the offense but also brings chaos to the opponent’s clear,” said Pasik. “If they see [long-pole player] Broekmate running in their face, he’s a big guy and they’re going to tend to throw it away or panic.”

Against Hamilton, junior goalie Robert Treiber saved six of seven shots that came his way, while sophomore goalie Ben Shmerler saved four of six. In the Williams game, Robert Treiber allowed seven of 14 while Shmerler only allowed three of 10.

Shmerler now tops the NESCAC with a save percentage of 61 percent and fewest goals against after nabbing the top spot from Robert Treiber himself, who topped the leaderboard last week.

“We came out firing in both games, which we always want to do against a conference team,” said Pasik, who was named Player of the Game against Williams. “When we

play well enough that we get to play more freshman and sophomores who don’t play as much, it’s always a good thing. Mid-April going into May we want to be at our best.”

Murphy dominated the field in both games, scoring 17 points total with 11 goals and six assists, increasing his lead on highest point scorer in the NESCAC to eight, with 61 total in the season. His performance in the pair of games led to him being named NESCAC Player of the Week — the first Tufts player this season to receive the honor. Murphy’s dominant showing earned him United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association/BSN Sports (USILA/ BSN) Div. III North Offensive Player of the Week honors.

The Jumbos only have one game this week — a conference match up away against the Amherst Mammoths (9-3, 5-2 in the NESCAC). A 16-11 win last season over Amherst, paired with the 11-game unbeaten streak this season suggests a positive outcome this weekend for the Jumbos.

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continued from back junior third baseman Tommy O’Hara and senior tri-captain outfielder Harry Brown.

“Whoever gets to the bullpen first wins the game, and it took us a long time to get to their bullpen yesterday,” Casey said.

On Sunday, Tufts defeated Keene State handily 10-2 with a grand slam from junior Malcolm Nachmanoff in the third frame.

The team totaled six runs in the third inning alone with a single up the middle through the gap from junior infielder Nick Falkson and a double from senior infielder Tom Petry. Senior tri-captain pitcher Tim Superko pitched seven innings while allowing two runs, four hits and striking out eight. Marchetti and junior pitcher Ian Kinney closed out the game with two scoreless innings.

Lesley was unable to get on the scoreboard in the first game of the doubleheader on Saturday after tri-captain pitcher Speros Varinos pitched six innings while allowing just five hits, winning his fifth start on the season with a 1.36 earned run average. Firstyear pitcher Brent Greeley closed the game, pitching the top of the seventh

and allowing no hits or runs. Tufts got on the scoreboard early with one run in the first inning and three runs in the second after sophomore infielder Will Shackleford grounded out to the short stop, earning an RBI, and O’Hara doubled to left-field, scoring senior outfielder Oscar Kutch and sophomore catcher Harrison Frickman.

In the bottom of the third frame, Petry crushed a double down the leftfield line, scoring Brown and junior outfielder Mike McLaughlin for two runs.

This was followed by a ground-out from Kutch, scoring Frickman for an unearned run. O’Hara walked, and in the next at-bat Petry scored on a wild pitch.

To finish the inning, Falkson singled to left field scoring in O’Hara to clinch the 9-0 victory.

“I think everyone has been feeding off of each other in the lineup,” Casey said.

“Tom Petry has been phenomenal as a lead-off hitter. He has never hit there in his life so he’s been doing great. O’Hara is just O’Hara. He makes you work and he won’t swing at bad pitches. He takes his walks and moves to the next guy, so I think he has been solid. Falkson has

been getting a lot of pitches, because O’Hara has been on so he’s also been doing a great job.”

In the second game against Lesley, O’Hara led the team in hitting once again, going two for five at the plate. With junior short-stop Christian Zazzali and Petry on base, O’Hara stepped to the plate in the bottom of the third and hit his first home run on the season, earning three RBIs and getting the team on the scoreboard. McLaughlin crushed a single to the left side for the final run of the game, scoring in Nachmanoff and solidifying the 4-1 victory.

“The wind was howling to the left, so I was able to get a pitch middle out and drive it to left center [for the home run].

It was nice to finally get on the board for home runs and do something for the team,” O’Hara said.

“There is definitely a learning curve for the freshman, and upperclassmen help them out a lot, but they have been doing a great job so far. They all have contributed in their own ways, and everyone has found their role on the team. Everything is clicking,” O’Hara said.

Tufts hosts MIT today at 3 p.m.

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Vinny Donofrio Vinny's Variety Pack

Way too early fantasy sleepers

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he Draft hasn’t even happened yet, but the only thing I can think about is fantasy football.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s never too early to start preparing for your fantasy draft. One of the best ways to slay your draft is to make sure you snag effective sleeper picks. For those of you who don’t know, a sleeper pick is someone who ends up being a top10 or top-5 talent but who isn’t drafted until the later rounds — think Michael Thomas, Spencer Ware or Dak Prescott.

It’s almost impossible to predict, but I’m going to give it my best shot.

Tyrod Taylor, QB, Buffalo Bills Holding onto Tyrod was the best thing the Bills could have done after last year’s disappointing campaign. Well, that and firing Rex Ryan. With Sean McDermott as the new coach, the Bills are looking to completely revamp their play on both sides of the ball. If Buffalo drafts a good wideout and maintains its stellar running game, Tyrod will excel. Add that to a healthy Sammy Watkins and I see Taylor being a top-10 quarterback.

Kenneth Dixon, RB, Baltimore Ravens This one is a total toss-up. Dixon was truly coming to form toward the end of the season and showed flashes of brilliance as a runner and a pass catcher. The only thing holding him back is newly-signed running back Danny Woodhead. Woodhead is my least favorite fantasy player. In PPR leagues two years ago, he was a top-five running back even though he had less than seven carries per game. What kind of BS is that? The guy is a touchdown vulture and a PPR point stealer. Hopefully John Harbaugh will find a way to balance both players and keep their values up.

Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rodgers’ claim to fame was putting up 255 yards on 56 carries in two games last season. He showed the ability to be an every-down workhorse, but what he needs is a good second back to allow him to get some rest — this will allow him to become much more effective as a whole. If the Bucs draft a back in the middle rounds, expect Rodgers to have a good season.

Kamar Aiken, WR, Indianapolis Colts Aiken is a big-bodied receiver who showed the ability to take over a game during his tenure in Baltimore. Aiken is the large receiver Andrew Luck has been looking for, and he will pair perfectly with T.Y. Hilton. Consider this a promo for drafting Luck too, because his comeback season is upon us.

Jared Cook, TE, Oakland Raiders Jared Cook wasn’t the weapon that Cheeseheads were hoping for up in Green Bay, but he is still a talented player. The Raiders offense was terrifying last season before Carr went down, and the only thing they were really missing was an athletic tight end to stretch the field. Jack Del Rio will find ways to utilize Cook’s impressive skill-set.

Other sleepers to keep in mind: Braxton Miller, Rex Burkhead, Paul Perkins, Jamison Crowder, Julius Thomas.

That’s it for now. I enjoyed writing this, so I’ll probably be doing more fantasy stuff from now on. Bye, Mom! Vinny Donofrio is a senior majoring in clinical psychology. Vinny can be reached at vincent.donofrio@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos make it to 11-0 for the first time in 87-year program history

by Maddie Payne Sports Editor

For the first time in history, the Jumbos have improved to 11-0 after two conference wins against the Williams Ephs and Hamilton Continentals last week. Tufts remains tied for first in the NESCAC with Bates (7-0 NESCAC), and No. 2 in the country behind Salisbury (14-0).

“We are definitely excited about it but our goal is not to [let up]. We have a lot more lacrosse going into this season, and a couple of big games coming up,” senior defenseman Tyler Carbone said. “There isn’t anything different from past years. It’s in the culture of working hard and wanting to compete every day. We’re happy with being here, but we aren’t satisfied.”

On Saturday the Jumbos celebrated Senior Day by doubling up on the Continentals with a final score of 18-6 after they established a dominant 13-2 lead in the first half. Neither team scored in opening offensive possessions, with the ball transitioning from end to end several times before senior attackman Michael Mattson capitalized on a man-up opportunity. It was more than five minutes before sophomore attackman Danny Murphy rolled the crease to score the Jumbos’ second goal. Murphy added another goal and an assist in the quarter, and senior midfielder Lucas Johnson scored another to establish a three-goal advantage.

The second quarter saw the Jumbos pick up the pace, and they scored nine goals to the Continentals’ one. Seven different Jumbos scored, among them two long poles who ran the ball in from the defensive end, with sophomore defenseman Arend Broekmate even scoring a Jumbo goal while the team was a man down.

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Victorious Tufts players clear the field after the NCAA Div. III men’s lacrosse semifinal against Saint Lawrence on Sunday, May 22, 2016.

In the second quarter, Murphy scored three and assisted two, adding up to seven points in the first half alone. Junior midfielder Zach Lesko notched his first goal of the season, while junior attackman Frank Hattler, sophomore attackman Ben Connelly and Mattson each got on the scoresheet once.

Tyler Carbone opened the scoring 16 seconds in the second half, but that would be the only Jumbo goal of the third quar-

ter. Hamilton added their own goal with 8:51 in the quarter, but failed to reduce the deficit.

In the final quarter, the teams were more closely matched, with four Tufts goals to three of Hamilton’s. It was an important quarter for first-year midfielders Evan Kulpan and Jack Carbonari, as they recorded their first career goals for the Jumbos, as well as junior midfielder Jake Geppert who tallied his first of the season.

On April 5 the Jumbos marked the fourth time this season they have scored over 20 goals in one game in their 22-13 win over the Ephs. Sophomore attackman John Cordrey returned to play after a week out due to injury to score the first goal of the game. Five further goals were scored

by Tufts in the first quarter with only one in retaliation. A strong second quarter see MEN'S LACROSSE, page 15

BASEBALL

Jumbos on six-win streak, sit at No. 2 in NESCAC

by Savannah Mastrangelo Assistant Sports Editor

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No. 7 Tufts defeated Roger Williams 14-2 Tuesday behind nine runs scored in the bottom of the eighth, clinching the sixth consecutive win and a 16-2 record overall for Tufts. The team swept Lesley in a doubleheader on Saturday in two seven-inning games winning 9-0 and 4-1 respectively, and it defeated Keene State 10-2 on Sunday.

Tufts exercised its depth and emptied the bullpen against Roger Williams using five relief pitchers, including senior Matt Rothstein, junior Kevin Galasso, first-year Brad Marchetti and senior Rory Ziomek. Collectively, Tufts’ relievers allowed no runs and three hits. Entering the eighth inning, the game was close at 5-2 until it opened up in the bottom of the frame. Tufts capitalized on three errors and six walks by Roger Williams and the Roger Williams’ pitching staff deteriorated against the Tufts offense. Six of the nine runs scored in the frame were unearned and Tufts solidified the 14-2 victory.

“Our guys have done a really good job of playing the whole game and not sitting back,” coach John Casey said. “We have tendencies to score runs late because our guys stay in the game and keep fighting.”

The team saw two early doubles from

Senior outfielder/pitcher Oscar Kutch slides into home, scoring a run, during the game against Roger Williams at Huskins Field on April 11. see BASEBALL, page 15