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New student publication looks to shine spotlight on arts at Tufts by Kat Grellman

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Currents Magazine, a new arts-centered magazine, will release its first issue on both the Medford/Somerville and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) campuses this month, according to cofounder and SMFA dual-degree student Lily Pisano. Pisano, a first-year, founded the magazine with fellow firstyears and SMFA dual-degree students Georgia Oldham and Polina Pittell. Funding for Currents was approved by the Tufts Community Union Senate in February as part of the Art History Society, according to a Feb. 27 Daily article. Pisano said she came up with the idea for an arts-centered publication after realizing early this year that there is no publication dedicated solely to the arts at Tufts.

“From the get-go, we kind of realized there was a problem of a lack of the spreading of arts on the campus and lack of artistic presence in that way,” Pisano said. “Art is such a pivotal part of life, and it’s all around us: in architecture, in thought and in critical thought. It’s just a different way of thinking about things, and I think that it’s so important to have on a campus.” According to Oldham, one of the magazine’s objectives is to promote collaboration between SMFA students and students in Tufts’ Schools of Arts, Sciences and Engineering (AS&E). “It’s a Tufts University publication, but one of our big goals was to bridge the gap between Tufts, the Medford campus, and SMFA, the Fenway campus, because there was that big merger last year,” Oldham RAY BERNOFF / THE TUFTS DAILY

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First-years Georgia Oldham and Lily Pisano, two of the three dual-degree students who cofounded Currents Magazine, pose for a portrait in Carmichael Hall on March 29.

New student-run textbook exchange initiative to begin in fall 2017 He explained that the exchange system will act as a third-party seller, with the primary goal of facilitating textbook exchanges in a streamlined manner. “Students will bring their textbooks in to us and list them with a price that they want. We’ll take them and then we’ll put them on sale, keeping an updated Excel document on Facebook,” he said. “Students can come in to browse SEOHYUN SHIM / THE TUFTS DAILY and compare qualA sudent checks out a textbook from the Tisch Library textbook reserves, which lets students to rent textbooks for ity and prices from up to four hours. either the Excel docby Maddie Gupta bring in textbooks between May 1 and 8, ument or in the Campus Center.” Staff Writer Miller said. Miller explained that he has felt frusAccording to Miller, a first-year, this trated by the financial burden that textA new student-run textbook exchange initiative seeks to create a physical loca- books often place on students and the will start in September, according to tion for the existing textbook exchange lack of a convenient way to exchange Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senator schemes online. books between students. He said that he Philip Miller, who has worked to imple“There is already an Excel document was motivated to run for TCU Senate to ment the program. The exchange, which floating around online and a Facebook attempt to fix the situation. aims to reduce the financial burden of group, but we’re trying to create a place on “My textbooks this year, had I bought buying textbooks, will be housed in the campus that students can go to drop off them from the bookstore, would probably Mayer Campus Center, and students can and pick up new books,” Miller said. have cost like $500, and I know it’s worse

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for STEM-heavy fields,” he said. “It made no sense to me that there’s 200 kids that just took the class and want to get rid of the textbook and I want a textbook while the middle man, the bookstore, is just making a ton of money off of us.” According to Laura Wood, director of Tisch Library, there have already been attempts to address inefficiencies in the textbook resale market. “At the time that [Miller] approached us, the library was also trying to do something about textbooks,” Wood said. “We have a pilot called the Lending Library where we’re purchasing copies of textbooks for a number of classes and put them on reserve so that students can borrow them.” According to Wood, the Lending Library is still an imperfect solution. “In an ideal world, every student has their own text that they can use at any time, but we can’t divert that much funding to textbooks, so we’re looking for compromise ways that we can use the funding to have a significant impact on students,” she said. According to Martha Kelehan, head of scholarly communications and collections at Tisch Library, the library will collaborate with TCU Senate by providing book boxes and carts to facilitate textbook transportation. Kelehan added that the library is working to assist with the textbook availability issue.

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continued from page 1 said. “That’s kind of the main purpose of the magazine, to be an arts publication that brings those two worlds together and is really inclusive to everyone.” Jake Rochford, a featured artist and member of the magazine’s development team, said that the publication also aims to get rid of pre-conceived notions that Tufts students and SMFA students have of one another. “I know a lot of Tufts students think that SMFA students are never around or unapproachable or don’t take Tufts classes or aren’t a part of this curriculum, and I think that can be said for SMFA students too,” Rochford, a sophomore, said. “I think that’s a vice-versa feeling, because so many SMFA students think that Tufts students aren’t artistic or artists or anything.” Pisano emphasized that the magazine is open to students on both campuses and that it seeks to be a welcoming environment for students to express themselves artistically.

“To people on the campus who don’t necessarily feel like their artistic voice is heard or should be heard because they’re not ‘artists,’ as they say – feel free to submit whatever you want. We are not a judging, exclusive community,” she said. “We’re trying to include as many students’ voices as possible.” Oldham said that, in addition to the visual arts, the publication will showcase other art forms such as music and performing arts. “We could highlight a student artist at SMFA who has a really intense visual arts practice, or someone who is on a sports team but in their spare time takes photographs,” Oldham said. “It’s really just there for all types of artists working at Tufts or SMFA.” According to Pisano, the magazine will release a new issue every two months and a zine every two months in alternating months so that content remains varied. “Currents will be visual art, music, theater and performing arts, but the zine will probably only be visual art because that’s

the only practice that can really be shown in that format,” she said. In addition, Pisano wants the magazine to create a stronger connection between Tufts and its alumni. “I think a lot of Tufts students – especially dual-degrees – in the past just haven’t had the space to really reflect in that way on their experience at both schools,” she said. “I’ve talked to a lot of upperclassmen and alums about it and they have said that this is something they’ve wanted to see on Tufts’ campus for a long time.” Oldham said the magazine’s content is still being developed, but the first publication, which is being distributed today, will feature mostly curated works. She said that, in the future, they hope to get more staff writers and artists to showcase the artistic talent in the Tufts and SMFA communities. “I think that when you start something, the really special part of that is you get to make this thing that will hopefully go on beyond you,” Oldham said. “You really get to shape what other people are doing with it and the whole attitude around it.”

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continued from page 1 “We’re coming up with different solutions — we’re working the situation from different angles, but I think that since this is such a complex problem, the more crazy ways to try it out, the better,” Kelehan said. “It’s going to take a lot of experiments to see how we can make an impact on students.” TCU Senate is also collaborating with the Office of Campus Life (OCL) to help improve textbook accessibility. According to Margot Cardamone, a graduate intern in OCL, the office has partnered with Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC) in the past for a similar textbook exchange initiative. “Last December, we tried Book It

Forward: The idea was to collect as many books as possible to put in the Academic Resource Center to be able to be checked out by students who need to service, and then [they would] return them at the end of the year. The project was operated by TUSC First Years,” Cardamone said. “I learned that [TCU] Senate was trying to do a similar initiative, so I sat down with [Miller] and [TCU Senator Adam Rapfogel], and we decided working together would be the best way to go about it.” Cardamone described how the Book It Forward initiative works, adding that it is a useful option for seniors who have been accumulating textbooks since their first year. “TUSC and [TCU] Senate will be manning the table where people can bring books,

either at the bookstore or in the Campus Center. If you were to donate three books, your name would be entered into a raffle to win a $50 gift card three times,” she said. According to Miller, the two textbook initiatives will be running simultaneously and helping each other. Miller’s textbook exchange will collect donations for the Book It Forward program and get support from OCL in the form of workers to take shifts at the table. Cardamone said that working with students from TCU Senate has been a positive experience and that she hopes this initiative will be successful. “I think it’s a cool partnership, and it’s really exciting that so many different parts of campus want to work together to do this,” she said.

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TUESDAY “The World in Disarray” Details: Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass, a former diplomat for the U.S. Department of State, is participating in a conversation with The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Dean James Stavridis. Where and When: ASEAN Auditorium; 3 p.m. Sponsors: The Fletcher School, Institute for Global Leadership and the International Relations Program

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“Tufts Union: Working in the Trump Administration” Details: The Tufts Union will discuss the potential moral dilemmas and practical consequences of students choosing to serve in President Donald Trump’s administration, as part of a debate on the topic, “This Campus would work for the Trump administration.” Where and When: Barnum 104; 9 p.m. Sponsor: The Tufts Union

WEDNESDAY “Civic Life Lunch: Chuck Rosenberg” Details: Chuck Rosenberg (LA ’82), the acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, will speak as part of the Civic Life Lunch series at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. Where and When: Rabb Room; 12 p.m. Sponsor: Tisch College

“Gina McCarthy: The Future of Environmental Protection” Details: Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy (G ’81) will speak as part of this year’s Voices from the Edge speaker series. Where and When: Alumnae Lounge; 7:30 p.m. Sponsor: Experimental College

“The Future of France” Details: Several speakers, including former German Ambassador to the United States Klaus Scharioth, Associate Professor of Political Science David Art and Assistant Professor of Romance Languages Mona El Khoury, will discuss the upcoming French election and its consequences on the European Union. Where and When: Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room; 6 p.m. Sponsors: European Horizons at Tufts University

FRIDAY “Untapped Potential: Making Water Markets Work for All” Details: Academics, graduate students and government officials will speak about water markets at the eighth annual Water: Systems, Science, and Society Symposium. Tickets for the event are free for members of the Tufts community. Where and When: ASEAN Auditorium; 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Sponsor: Water: Systems, Science, and Society Program

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History on the Hill: The MacPhie Pub

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The MacPhie Pub, whose former home has since been combined with the Dewick building to form the DewickMacPhie Dining Center, was once a lively on-campus spot for students to hang out with friends, watch live entertainment and drink alcohol legally. In the 1970s, many states, including Massachusetts, lowered the legal drinking age to 18. Realizing that most Tufts students were above that age, Tufts decided to establish the pub, hosted in part of Dewick-MacPhie. While the pub was run by Tufts Dining, according to Procurement Manager for Tufts Dining John Fisher, the majority of the workers and bartenders were Tufts students. Fisher recalled the pub as a popular spot among Tufts students, featuring all kinds of performances. “Tufts Dining was running the pub in conjunction with the Programming Board, which would arrange for musical performances and comedy acts,” Fisher said. In fact, the MacPhie Pub hosted several well-known musical acts. According to Director of Dining and Business Services Patti Klos and band concert archives, some of the acts included Tufts alumna Tracy Chapman, Phish, Village People, The Band and Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs. “Tracy Chapman used to play in the room for $5 and a free meal,” Fisher said. The venue also hosted high-profile comedy acts. “There was also an HBO campus comedy show hosted by [former Saturday Night Live comedian] Joe Piscopo,” Fisher said. “The Hollywood production team came in and completely renovated and dressed up the whole room.” However, Fisher noted that local acts provided the majority of the entertainment at the pub. “By and large, most of the acts were Tufts oriented, with Tufts bands, comedy shows and trivia nights,” Fisher said. Other uses of the pub included a film series, sports-viewing parties and other student performances. Regarding checking students’ ages, Fisher explained that the bartenders were very thorough in making sure all students were drinking legally. “Massachusetts has very strict laws about checking identification, so we checked at the entry and used a wristband system,” Fisher said. “When the drinking age went up [to 20], we became even more strict.” The termination of MacPhie Pub can be attributed to two main factors, according to Fisher. One of them was the raising of the drinking age from 18 to 20 in 1979 and from 20 to 21 in 1985. The second increase in the drinking age prevented over half of undergraduate students from drinking legally. “Everything changed when the drinking age went up,” Klos said. As a result, there were fewer students who could take advantage of the on-campus pub. While some students continued to enjoy the live performances and events hosted at the pub, Klos noted that a general decline in interest for an on-campus pub led to the phasing out of MacPhie. “It was not that students weren’t interested in having a good time or relaxing with an adult beverage, but there are so many more places to go,” Klos said. “With

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The Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center is pictured on Oct. 26. the T Station in Davis Square and services like Uber now, there is so much more available [off campus].” Tufts began to phase out the pub in the early 1990s and officially combined the Dewick and MacPhie buildings. “That’s when we got away from [Dewick and MacPhie] looking like two separate buildings, by getting rid of the door separating the two,” Klos said. By 1994, the MacPhie Pub was no more, according to a Nov. 30, 1994 Daily article. Around this time, Tufts considered serving alcohol at the newly created Hotung Cafe, Klos said. However, she explained that the rise in the drinking age and decline in general interest deterred the university from making this addition to the cafe. There has recently been renewed student interest to bring a pub back to campus in some form. According to an April

6, 2016 Daily article, a group of senators brought forth the issue and began to create a report gauging student interest and feasibility. While no location had been officially proposed, the senators mentioned Brown and Brew Coffee House as “the most economically viable location,” while also keeping an eye on Hotung and Dewick-MacPhie. While Klos is not opposed to the idea of bringing back a place to serve alcohol on campus, she wants to ensure that it would actually appeal to students and that it would be implemented for the right reasons. “We would need to define the real objective, as a place to have a cheap beer does not seem like it’s in the university’s best interests,” Klos said. “But if you want to be adults, have an experience and foster communities, that can be done, and there is a lot of potential there.”

he presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.” — Lyndon B. Johnson This Thursday marks the threemonth anniversary of January 20, or the date that Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States. Following his election, people have been forecasting doom for America for months, but how different has his presidency been from a potential Hillary Clinton presidency? The answer is surprisingly not that different. As the Steve Bannon nationalism has faded in its influence, President Trump has become more mainstream, whether he realizes it or not. In domestic policy, Trump campaigned against President Obama’s signature health care policy, the Affordable Care Act. He vowed to roll back regulations, cut departments and simplify the tax code, a typically conservative agenda. In reality, Trump has approached these goals with mixed success. He has maintained his social views, but failed to solidify a deal to repeal Obamacare and now has moved on from health care reform, preferring to keep the current system and address other issues in government. Trump has shown interest in a deal with Democrats over infrastructure and wants to keep the most popular parts of Obamacare, views not shared by those in his party. Although his statements may be extreme, Trump’s domestic actions have trended towards mainstream in recent weeks. President Trump’s foreign policy actions have been more decisive and extreme, but nonetheless very similar to what a President Clinton might have done. Although Trump has been accused of being friendly with Russia many times, his recent foreign actions in Syria and Afghanistan have been anti-Russia. Trump’s travel ban was certainly well outside the scope of what Clinton would have done, but the ban is in legal limbo and has already been scaled back. Trump’s actions against North Korea remain to be seen, but it seems unlikely that he will be cozying up to them as many have predicted. Finally, Trump as a person may seem more unhinged and volatile than Clinton, but the two share many similarities. FBI investigations have both of them and each has a habit of being caught in their own lies. Trump has relied on advice from Goldman Sachs executives and U.S. generals, which were both staples of the forecasted Clinton cabinet. Despite his harsh rhetoric towards Secretary Clinton, President Trump has become more like her than he has realized, in both domestic and foreign policy.

Alec Whipple is a sophomore majoring in political science. Alec can be reached at alec.whipple@tufts.edu.

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ARTS&LIVING MOVIE REVIEW

‘Ghost in the Shell’ is a hollow and unsuccessful adaptation by John Fedak

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Live-action movie adaptations have become increasingly popular over the past decade, and it’s easy to see why when they are done right. Bringing animated and illustrated characters to literal life is a thrilling and nostalgic experience, and the best live-action updates further this magic by introducing enhanced plot lines and characters. Unfortunately, though visually stunning to behold, “Ghost in the Shell” (2017) proves a rather vapid adaptation, as it is not able to offer anything new to the famed anime and manga proprietary.

The movie is set in the future and features humans that have become largely augmented with machinery that enhances their natural strengths. The plot centers around Scarlett Johansson as Mira Killian, a woman whose brain is incorporated into an entirely mechanical body after her parents are both killed in a devastating attack. Although she works faithfully for Hanka Robotics, the company that transplanted her mind into this mechanical shell, Killian begins to question its motives as she begins experiencing brief and confusing flashbacks to her past. As a sinister threat begins closing in on the company, Killian must choose between loyalty to her creators or to herself and

uncovers shocking details about her true nature in the process. Starting with the movie’s main high point, the graphics are astounding. The film is set in a futuristic, neo-steampunk metropolis, and the location is stunning. Everything from the electronic billboards towering over the cityscape to the mechanical augmentations present in everything from the buildings to the people themselves is stunning. All of location’s details enforce the theme of human enhancement — both with regards to its potential and its dangers. Viewers will certainly not be disappointed with the see GHOST IN THE SHELL, page 6

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Scarlett Johansson is the cyborg The Major in Paramount’s live-action adaptation of ‘Ghost in the Machine.’

GAME REVIEW

‘Journey to Un’Goro’ is a card game expansion designed for the one percent by Isaac Brown Arts Editor

For those who’ve been keeping up with “Hearthstone” (2014) expansions and adventures, it’s become evident that developer and publisher Activision-Blizzard’s solutions to initial problems with the game have made matters worse over the years. Many of the powerful cards in the game involve random effects that are impossible to play around to the point where differences in skill level among professional “Hearthstone” players is irrelevant. To make matters worse, the barrier to entry for free-to-play players is too high. The latest dinosaur-themed expansion, “Journey to Un’Goro” (2017), is a painful reminder that even much-loved companies like Blizzard can make poor decisions. In terms of gameplay, “Journey to Un’Goro” has brought few significant changes. Ragnaros the Firelord, Sylvanas Windrunner and Azure Drake are no longer in Standard. The new

mechanic, known as Adapt, is an ability that allows the player to discover an adaptation for a minion from a total of 10 choice cards like Divine Shield, +3 Health and Stealth. These adaptations improve the minion according to players’ choices, allowing the minion to “adapt” to the board-state. All nine classes have their own Quest card with a specific requirement that players can fulfill to activate extremely powerful effects. The Rogue class has one of the most oppressive quest decks, making use of the quest “The Caverns Below.” Once players of this deck activate the quest and play four minions with the same name, they receive a 5-cost spell called “Crystal Core” that turns every minion in their deck into a 5/5 minion. Combine this with Southsea Deckhands, Patches the Pirate and Stonetusk Boars to swarm your opponent with a tide of 5/5 minions. Overpowered decks have always been an issue in “Hearthstone,” but that’s a minor complaint compared to the primary issue: “Hearthstone” is

too expensive to keep up with. With Blizzard’s new focus on improving deck diversity by making class legendaries exceptionally powerful and neutral legendaries less so, players need to spend more dust or real money to craft the decks they want to play. Since the rate of earning in-game currency is so slow, players feel obligated to use the card Blizzard likes to see most: the credit card. Imagine that you were a dedicated player who hoped to buy the entire set of “Journey to Un’Goro,” which includes 49 commons, 36 rares, 27 epics and 23 legendaries. One player ran a Monte Carlo simulation using Python to determine the number of packs someone would have to purchase on average to obtain every card: 316. That’s $399.92. Keeping in mind that Blizzard intends to create three similarly sized expansions a year, players who intend to “collect ‘em all” will have to spend about $1,200 annually to keep their collection up-to-date. see JOURNEY TO UN'GORO, page 6

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hroughout “My Internship in Canada” (2015), protagonist Souverain (Irdens Exantus) Skypes his friends and family back home in Haiti to report on how his internship for Steve Guibord, a French Canadian Member of Parliament, is going. To his friends and family, who have experienced a number of regime changes and other vestiges of the corruption stereotypically ascribed to such Caribbean governments, Souverain’s reports grow a large, interested audience. By the final Skype session, the contingent asking Souverain’s questions has grown from his mother and brother to virtually his whole hometown. Eventually, director Phillipe Falardeau attempts to suggest that viewers are meant to count themselves among those wondering what really sets the government of a country like Haiti so drastically apart from a more “advanced” government like that of Canada. Falardeau’s smart and at times very funny political satire film premiered at Locarno in 2015 and has attracted warm praise on the festival circuit since then. In the film, Steve Guibord, a former Quebecer hockey star (Patrick Huard), rides his popularity to an Independent Parliamentary seat in his hometown in the far-flung, heavily forested northern part of Quebec. Steve normally faces local disputes with the mayor of a nearby town that competes with him for business and tourism, and his biggest disputes usually involve rows between First Nations people and logging companies. However, Steve’s world is turned upside-down when he becomes the swing vote on a decision that will ultimately decide whether Canada sends its armed forces to an unnamed Middle Eastern conflict, and a sea of concerned citizens and lobbying groups from across the nation descend on him to try to woo him to their side. Falardeau’s humor and wit feel very prescient in the wake of the recent U.S. election, as Steve bumbles his way throughout the entire political process. As an Independent MP who was elected based on his local popularity, as is constantly (and humorously) referenced, Steve has rarely brought his focus outside of the corner of Quebec that he occupies. He is exasperated by all the undue stress his status as a swing voter affords him, having before been almost entirely a passenger in the Canadian government. In one of the film’s most humorous scenes, Steve remarks that he knows almost nothing about Ottawa, the capital city where he supposedly spends half of his time. As the film follows Steve’s farcical reelection campaign in the midst of these issues, Souverain’s bubbly, upbeat attitude repeatedly annoys the former hockey star. However, he eventually must realize the truth: that Souverain has far more knowledge of the inner workings of politics than he does. As Souverain’s contingent of friends comes to realize, it is just as possible for someone like Steve to skate by in politics in Canada as it is in Haiti. Tommy Gillespie is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Tommy can be reached at thomas.gillespie@tufts.edu.

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‘Ghost in the Shell’ fails to bring significant progress to established franchise GHOST IN THE SHELL

continued from page 5 film’s location and effects, as they are the only thing the movie manages to get totally right. Unfortunately, this leaves the rest of the film lackluster and problematic. The story itself is not great, and it feels very different from both the source manga and its many anime adaptations. Part of the beauty of the manga lay in its innovative and creative storyline, yet this film decided to throw away much of what made the original material so intriguing. The characters feel as hollow as Killian’s mechanical body, and the plot offers nothing new at all to the genre of science fiction. Both leave the

movie feeling, well, robotic and unoriginal. While there is some commentary on the dangers of human enhancement, the manga’s original existential questions are either untouched or needlessly warped, and this live-action adaptation becomes less of a foray into human evolution and more of an action-filled cliché. Besides the character development and story, however, “Ghost in the Shell” is also mired in (rightful) controversy due to its decision to cast Johansson as the protagonist in a clearly Japanese franchise. Johansson’s character is Japanese in the source manga, which also happens to be very clearly set in Japan, yet the film’s directors blatantly disregard this fact and instead decided

to use Johansson, who is absolutely not of Japanese ancestry. This decision remains confusing and does nothing to capture the manga’s incredible Japanese locale — indeed, the whole film seems to embrace some aspects of Japanese culture while simply disregarding the rest, resulting in a confusing experience that ultimately does more harm than good. Part of what made the original material so compelling was the fact that it was about Japan and the impacts of cybernetic progress on Japanese society, and the choice to remove this aspect from the live-action adaptation further enforces Hollywood’s continued problems with whitewashing and lack of representation.

All in all, the movie is solid if viewed simply as an action film with stunning visual effects, but when looked at as a whole, the live-action “Ghost in the Shell” fails to bring significant progress to the established franchise. A hollow and uninteresting story, combined with mediocre acting and problematic whitewashing, leaves this film in the category of mediocre adaptations, which is unfortunate given the potential present in the source material. Hopefully, this film serves as a lesson to future adaptions: Focus on what makes beloved franchises so beloved, and embrace other cultures rather than disregarding them or risk making a controversial, substandard movie.

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continued from page 5 For the same cost, you could build an impressive Steam library of just about every triple-A video game that’s been released in the past couple years. This is even worse for new players who have to obtain cards for the base game, “Goblins vs. Gnomes” (2014), “The Grand Tournament” (2015), “Whispers of the Old Gods” (2016) and “Mean Streets of Gadgetzan” (2016). The four aforementioned expansions alone have over 500 collectible cards. Can you still play Hearthstone and win games without spending hundreds of dollars on packs? Yes. Relatively cheap decks like Pirate Warrior and Midrange Hunter can get you to Legend rank, but that’s a lot of hours spent playing the same thing over and over again. After playing the same deck and climbing the ladder every month, even the most dedicated Blizzard fans will become jaded and look to competitors like “Gwent”

(2016), “Shadowverse” (2015), “Duelyst” (2015) and “Faeria” (2017). In “Hearthstone,” players pay to have fun. Sure, Blizzard might throw a few free packs in here and there. Maybe even a rap video created by Ben Brode. But for a game that reportedly made almost $400 million in 2016, “Hearthstone” is, for the most part, the same game it was on release. Not enough money is going towards adding features and BLIIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT improving the quality of ‘Journey to Un’Goro’ (2017) is a dinasour-themed expansion for ‘Hearthstone’ (2014). life for new players who form the foundation of this “freemium” the game without having to throw down ed by all but those who light their cigars title. Until there are suitable options to hundreds of dollars, “Hearthstone” is with wads of Benjamins. help new players get started and enjoy not worth playing and should be avoid-

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Nesi Altaras Looking In

Majority in dispute

urkey held a referendum on a package of 18 proposed changes to its constitution on Sunday. These changes, taken together, will transform Turkey’s parliamentary system from one with the prime minister as the premier and a ceremonial presidency to a system with an executive presidency, empowered to dismiss parliament, pack courts and make other decisions detrimental to Turkey’s democracy. The result was 51.4 percent Yes, 48.6 percent No. The Yes campaign — led by President Tayyip Erdogan, the main beneficiary of the power grab, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and the National Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli — was quick to declare victory. The combined vote share of AKP and MHP was over 60 percent in the last elections, but now they barely squeaked a majority. No win in major metropoles: Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir. However, this is not Turkey’s Brexit. The result of this vote is not a simple one and one not beyond legal reproach. Since the coup attempt last July, Turkey has been under a state of emergency, leading to purges and an atmosphere of fear. This vote does not qualify as free and fair, not with the despotism throughout the campaigns and reported fraud on Sunday. Additionally, many opposition media organs have been shut down, their owners and journalists jailed or in exile. State television gave disproportionate airtime to the Yes campaign, and the AKP used state institutions to bolster the Yes campaign and crack down on opposition. Only the state-owned Anadolu Agency reported the results on Sunday. The crackdown went further with the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Its leaders, many ministers of parliament and mayors from this party have been jailed, leaving the No campaign without the means to run an effective campaign, while the Yes campaign, led by the autocrat Erdogan, had the entire state apparatus behind it. HDP’s sidelining and criminalization served to marginalize and silence Turkey’s Kurdish minority, concentrated in the southeast. However, the major blow against this already repressed population came from the year-long campaign of violent attacks, house arrests, politically motived curfews and other means of crackdown perpetrated by the government. There are 500,000 persons displaced due to fighting, according to an estimate by The New York Times, and they could not vote. This is a reason why turnout and the No vote in Kurdish provinces was underwhelming. That number is significant. Most importantly, this referendum is fraught with historic fraud. The election commission made a rule change after voting was closed, allowing for fraudulent votes to go on as counted. Two main opposition parties will be contesting two-thirds of all ballot boxes for this. With such widespread fraud and a close result despite that, this is far from over. Protests on either side are still ongoing. The will of the majority is not apparent. Brexit, though disappointing to many, presented an undisputable majority. This referendum, facilitated under unfair means, does not show the clear will of the people. It will take days to cut through the fraud and declare official results. This was not a clean fight. And it is not over. Nesi Altaras is a sophomore majoring in international relations and economics. Nesi can be reached at nesi.altaras@tufts.edu.

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Is this civic engagement? by Alan Solomont Tufts University has a long and impressive history of students advocating for change. As a student here 50 years ago, at the height of the Vietnam War, I was among a group of activists who made our voices heard, often at considerable inconvenience to the university. Those early organizing experiences changed my life and, in many ways, set the course for my career. So, I do not take lightly any criticism of our students and their willingness to express their views and take a stand. Indeed, I am proud of our reputation as an activist campus. But I am increasingly concerned that the climate on this campus, and on many other campuses, is discouraging open dialogue, suppressing some voices and embracing a cavalier attitude toward truly free speech. It will not surprise many that I have a strong, deeply personal disagreement with the passage of an ill-conceived, poorly timed and hastily debated Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate resolution supporting the boycott and divestment campaign against Israel. My real beef with TCU’s action, however, is that it purports to represent civic engagement and active citizenship, but falls completely short on both accounts. Although some TCU members tried to have the motion tabled to allow for more reasoned and informed debate, that effort failed, and the strident voices of others prevailed. In the first place, the resolution was offered only three days before the last TCU Senate meeting of the year, which happened to fall on the eve of Passover. I don’t claim to know the opinions of all Jewish students on campus, but whatever their individual views, making people choose between expressing their faith and expressing their opinions does not create a productive atmosphere for discussion. Even if the timing was not deliberate, the result was the same. Voices were left out and deliberation was hurried. On top of that, votes were not public. This resolution, like all stu-

dent resolutions, deserved due process and vigorous debate, neither of which was allowed. Students who were away for the weekend or busy with other priorities could well be forgiven for feeling that some fellow students did not want their input or weren’t interested in debating the merits of their argument. I come at this issue regarding the IsraeliPalestinian conflict as someone who has heard every point of view, from hard right to far left. Listening to others with whom I disagree has informed my thinking, but it has not diminished my 30-year commitment to a two-state solution that protects the security of Israelis and the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people. But the crux of my disagreement is not only with the content of the resolution, but with the process itself. The tactics used to push this through are the very same as are too often used to defend the status quo. As a demonstration of political maneuvering, it may have been impressive. But what happened at the TCU Senate last Sunday falls short of our ideals. It is not the type of civic engagement and democratic process to which we should aspire or that is sorely needed at this time of political rancor. Which brings me to another and wider concern. The label of “active citizenship” cannot be applied to every action in the public square like some sort of free pass. Empowering students with the skills and knowledge for a robust civic life is — and always has been — central to the mission of this university. But the label of active citizenship does not confer the right to do as one pleases in the name of the greater good. On the contrary, it carries meaningful responsibilities. Active citizenship requires engagement. It involves challenging our assumptions and it demands deliberation. Lately, we’ve been exposed to other provocative and divisive actions that limit debate on critical issues and shut down civic participation. Last week, I met with a group of students who were unable to

attend Governor Baker’s speech on campus because some fellow students reserved tickets and did not attend and others who did attend chose to disrupt and walk out. This is another example that illustrates the point that actions which limit the time and space for critical debate on important issues are ineffective ways to gain greater support. I suggest we recommit ourselves to a culture of civic engagement that is exactly that: engaged. This means encouraging reasoned debate, promoting political and ideological diversity, and protecting the free exchange of ideas, even on difficult issues. Events on campus over the past several months leave me wondering if we are all collectively falling down on the job. And I mean all of us: students, faculty, administrators and staff. The importance of free speech on this campus ought not be up for debate, and a commitment to free speech requires working together to support a climate where there is room for all voices to be heard. My own experiences as a student, as a community organizer and as a volunteer and political activist for most of my life have taught me that change is not easy. It requires engagement and deliberation with others, including those with whom we differ. That applies to ending the Vietnam War, advancing civil rights and electing the first African American President of the United States. There are no shortcuts, and in a democracy, there are no alternatives. I realize that accepting this may be difficult. It does not require that we sacrifice our passion, but it does require we recognize that our own deeply held views must withstand the light of day and that our causes must bear the weight of scrutiny, deliberation and challenge. But if history is any guide, that is the only way to create real and lasting change. Alan Solomont is dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. Alan can be reached at Alan.Solomont@tufts.edu.

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continued from back The Jumbos won both hurdle events, with junior Annalisa DeBari taking the 100meter hurdles with a time of 15.37 and firstyear Nehalem Kunkle-Read winning the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:07.05, another season best for the Jumbos. Sophomore Sarah Perkins took first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, coming in at 12:19.50, and fellow sophomore Sydney Ladner cleared 10-feet-2inches to win the pole vault. The 4×100-meter relay led to yet another season best time, with Ladner, quad-captain Rita Donohoe, first-year Raquel Whiting and DeBari posting a 49.19. On Friday, the Jumbos competed in the Elite Distance Events portion of the Silfen Invitational at Connecticut College. Since they only participated in part of the meet, Tufts wasn’t entered into the scoring competition, but the Jumbos saw enough success to consider Friday a solid overall win. “Only distance girls ran at Conn. College on Friday,” Sherwill said. “They did great, there were a lot of PRs.” In the 5,000-meter, junior Brittany Bowman ran a 17:01.27, earning herself numerous accolades including second place, a career best time and a No. 10 rank in the nation. Three other Jumbos competed with her in the 5,000: sophomore Natalie Bettez came in ninth place at 17:39.22, junior Margot Rashba placed 14th at 18:03.82 and junior Olivia Nicholson came in at 18:03.98 to snag 15th place. Senior Lindsay Atkeson led the Jumbos in the 3,000-meter steeple-

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First-year Gia Kim competes in the second 4,000-meter distance medley relay heat at the New England Div. III Indoor Championship at MIT’s Johnson Athletic Center on Feb. 18. chase at 11:20.21. Her time was also a career best and Tufts’ season-best 3,000-meter run. In the 1,500-meter, senior quad-captain Samantha Cox took second place with a time of 4:43.88, joining several other Jumbos who scored a career-best time and making a season best for Tufts in her event.

First-year Julia Gake ran the 800meter with a time of 2:19.61, earning herself seventh place and scoring another season-best run for the Jumbos. After a successful weekend, the Jumbos are gearing up for the most competitive part of their spring. The championship season starts in two

weeks, but the team will have the chance to prepare at an invitational at Trinity College next weekend, their last regular-season meet. “Winning the Sunshine Classic as a team was great,” Sherwill said. “And it’s a great way to set the tone since we’re moving into championship season.”

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Sam Nowicki Teeing Off

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continued from back both. The Jumbos’ first varsity eight defeated the Wildcats by 18.7 seconds. The Jumbos’ second varsity eight won by a dominant 29.1 seconds. Bates was the winner of both the first varsity eight and second varsity eight categories, defeating Wesleyan in both finals races. The women also hosted a regatta at Malden with Bates, Wesleyan and Wellesley traveling to participate. The women’s squad participated in six races and were largely outraced by their opponents. The Jumbos won a single race while losing the other five. “Coming in to the day we knew that we were seeded sixth out of all Div. III crews and would be racing against the top teams,” senior tri-captain Hayley Cohen said. “We were ready to fight hard each race, and we did just that. While we would have liked to see different results, we are proud of all three boats.” The lone Tufts win came from the first varsity eight in the semifinal race when they defeated Wellesley. “We were extremely excited going into the race and we gave it our all,” junior tri-captain Emma Conroy said. “We were committed to having a good race both physically and mentally in not letting Wellesley get in our heads. We wanted to get ahead in the beginning of the race and stay ahead, and that’s what we did.” The first boat lost in the final round to Bates by 4.8 seconds, ending

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The women’s crew team rows during a competition on April 8. the Jumbos’ first varsity eight’s season-long winning streak. Cohen had high praise for the rowers in the first varsity eight, noting that they have been working particularly hard over the past few months. “The girls [in the first boat] have been working to gain speed since the Head of the Charles race in the fall,” Cohen said. “With a few lineup changes, the boat has become a group that works really well together to push each other. Being in better physical shape coming out of the winter, combined with the continuous drive to improve, has given us the speed that we have now.”

The women’s team has two more regattas remaining in the regular season. Their next competition will be on Sunday, when they will travel to Worcester, Mass. for the Brown Cup. As for the men, they will join the women in Worcester on the same day to take part in the Baker Cup. This will be their last regatta before the postseason begins. “Our goal is always New England’s and NIRCs,” Merchant said. “Every regular season race is an opportunity to sharpen our skills in preparation for those two championship races. It’s always nice to get results in the regular season, but our focus has always been on what’s to come.”

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continued from back other, cheering each other on after a loss like that [against Emory], using it as motivation rather than letting it get us down.” The day before, the Jumbos fell 7-2 to the seven-time national champion Emory Eagles. Tufts lost all three of the doubles matches by very close margins. Calabro and Iwasaki lost 8-6 to seniors Michelle DeMeo and Paula Castro in doubles, Karamercan and Louks lost to No. 1 doubles pair junior Bridget Harding and senior Katarina Su 8-5, and Wiley and Popa lost to No. 12 pair sophomore Daniela Lopez and senior Michelle Satterfield 9-7. Lopez then solidified Emory’s advantage with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Iwasaki in the No. 3 singles’ position. Calabro’s singles match finished next, as she lost 6-2, 6-2 to Castro. The victory for the Eagles was finally sealed at No. 4 when Su defeated Wiley 6-1, 6-1. Meltzer, how-

ever, put the Jumbos on the board with a 6-4, 6-1 win against Melissa Goodman. This was followed by Satterfield’s 6-3, 6-2 victory over Louks. However, in the shock result of the weekend, Karamercan overcame Harding, the No. 1 player in Div. III, 6-4, 6-2. Karamercan dominated on the court, setting up her victory with powerful crosscourt forehand shots that even a player of Harding’s quality found hard to return. “Mina’s extremely talented, and I love the way she’s been competing lately. As she proved against Emory, she’s capable of beating anyone out there,” Bayard said. “The biggest thing that drives her right now is just her desire to perform well for her teammates. I’m so impressed with her game, how hard she works on the court and her talent. I’m excited to continue to see her compete.” Despite the defeat, Bayard believes the team only benefits from playing

difficult opponents like the defending national champions. “The best way to get better and tougher [against] those teams is just to play those teams,” Bayard said. “I’m hoping we’d get another shot at Emory or Middlebury at some point, that’s the best practice – getting used to every ball coming back, realizing that every single point is a battle.” Tufts has five more matches to play in the regular season, with all of the team’s opponents coming from the conference itself. The Jumbos will take on No. 12 Amherst on Wednesday. Iwasaki said that the team is in prime condition to persevere from here. “Physically, we all look really good. None of us are getting tired out, and mentally we’re getting better with each match and using each match as a learning tool and as motivation to do better in the next one,” Iwasaki said. “If we continue to do that, which I think we will, we’re going to be [in] great shape in the next five matches.”

I told you so

’m really not into the whole “I told you so” thing… Oh, who are we kidding? I think I’ve been waiting for this moment more than Wesley Bryan has. On Sunday, PGA Tour rookie (and recurring mention in most of my semester’s columns) Bryan won his first PGA Tour event of his career, the RBC Heritage. Bryan is no stranger to victory, winning three times last year on the Web.com Tour, which is one level below the PGA Tour (analogous to the EFL Championship in England, AHL hockey or Triple-A baseball). In the first event after the Masters, Bryan’s victory guaranteed him an invitation to next year’s Masters. I have no doubt that coming so close, but just short, of an invitation this year motivated Wes and really lit the fire inside of him. After winning this time around, Bryan was asked by the press if he was nervous. He smiled and laughed, saying that he “threw up a little in [his] mouth” on hole 17 but that otherwise, he was okay. Bryan has an interesting story. The 27-year-old is certainly a young player, but in today’s game, 27 is comparable to 37 in the early 2000s. With young players like Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy winning several events before age 25, and with Jordan and Rory winning multiple majors before 25, a 27-year-old rookie is really an old man. Bryan, who attended the University of South Carolina, was an all-conference talent and a highly touted player. He spent several years on the mini-tours and even played on the Golf Channel’s “Big Break” (2003–2015) reality golf series (yes, that’s a thing, and it’s amazing). Wes and his older brother George (who has caddied for him in the past but now plays on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica) stumbled upon a gold mine when their trick shots went viral. The two formed the “Bryan Bros Golf” YouTube channel and began to rake it in via ad revenue. The two developed quite the fun brand and I encourage every one of my readers (that’s right, all three of you and my dad), to look them up and enjoy some impressive and creative trick golf shots. The trick-shot artist then used this money to fund his travels as he played the lower tours. In fall 2015, Bryan earned his Web.com Tour card through Q-School (a series of qualifying tournaments) for the 2016 season. Wes then quickly won his first tournament, the Chitimacha Louisiana Open and jumped to the lead in the money list. He continued his great play, winning twice more that season and earning an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour just in time for the last event of the regular season last August. Bryan then struggled early in his PGA Tour career during fall and winter 2016, the wrap-around portion of the season. At one point in time, Bryan had been cut on Friday or Saturday in four consecutive tournaments. However, he turned his game around and caught fire in February and March with three top 10 finishes. Bryan is surely set for a wonderful career and I can’t wait to see where he goes. Be sure to keep an eye out for his trademark bright pink pants and his soft southern accent. Sam Nowicki is a junior majoring in biochemistry. Sam can be reached at samuel. nowicki@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos fall to Eagles in top-10 showdown by Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editor

No. 8 Tufts fell to the No. 1 team in the nation, Emory, 7-2 on Friday to continue its six-match home sequence. However, the team recovered the next day to defeat No. 6 Wesleyan in a thrilling 6-3 victory. With these weekend results, Tufts moves to a 10-3 record for the season and is now 3-1 in NESCAC play. On Saturday, against the Wesleyan Cardinals, the doubles matches all went 8-6 to the victors. While the Wesleyan pair of juniors, Helen KlassWarch and Nicole McCann, defeated Tufts’ senior co-captain Conner Calbro and sophomore Tomo Iwasaki, the No. 1 and No. 2 pairs put Tufts up 2-1 going into singles play. Sophomore Mina Karamercan and junior Lauren Louks resumed their partnership from last year, defeating junior Eudice Chong and first-year Julia Kim, while first-year Katherine Wiley and sophomore Otilia Popa secured victory over junior Aashli Budhiraja and sophomore Victoria Yu. Karamercan was unable to follow up her doubles victory in the singles as she fell to No. 3 Chong, the top-ranked player in the NESCAC, 6-4, 6-3. Wiley then put the Jumbos back in front with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Klass-Warch. Senior co-captain Alexa Meltzer completed her match over McCann in the fifth position 6-4, 7-5 to put Tufts within one match of victory, which was sealed at the third position when Iwasaki clawed from one set down to defeat Budhiraja 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the following sets.

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Junior Lauren Louks dives to return a shot during Tufts’ 6-3 win against Wesleyan on April 15. The remaining two matches were completed over three sets: Calabro took the first set 6-2 but lost the next two sets to junior Dasha Dubinsky 6-4, 6-1, while Louks defeated Yu 7-5, 6-0 in the first and third sets falling 6-4 in the second. Coach Kate Bayard said the team’s composure was the biggest takeaway from the day.

“I’ve seen it from some people at different times, but overall our team was just composed [against Wesleyan] and that’s what it came down to,” Bayard said. “We played the bigger points in a composed way overall, and as a team, that made a huge difference.” Iwasaki agreed that the defeat the day before provided fuel for the victory over Wesleyan, which allowed the team

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to avenge last year’s narrow 5-4 defeat against Wesleyan in Middletown, Conn. “I think that Emory match left us feeling hungry for the next day,” Iwasaki said. “I think it definitely showed on the court, especially during doubles and just throughout the match. We were looking to each see WOMEN'S TENNIS, page 11

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Crew teams host regattas on the Jumbos claim first at Sunshine Malden as postseason approaches Classic by Bradley Schussel

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The men’s and women’s teams, in their second- and third-to-last regattas of the season, respectively, hosted races at the Malden River in what was an actionpacked weekend for several Jumbo boats. The men welcomed Bates, Wesleyan and New Hampshire (UNH) to Malden, where they won five races and dropped only three. The regatta consisted of semifinal and final races for each boat class: the first, second and third varsity eights. UNH was not able to participate in the third varsity eight races, so Tufts’ novice eight took their place. Both of Tufts’ boats competing in the third varsity eight races won their events. Tufts’ novice eight defeated Wesleyan by a large margin of 11.6 seconds, while the Jumbos’ third varsity eight won their race against the Bates Bobcats by 8.9 seconds. This set up a Tufts vs. Tufts matchup in the finals, as the third varsity boat took on the novice boat. The novice boat came out on top, notching a 4.2 second victory.

According to senior tri-captain Zach Merchant, this match-up was nothing new for the Jumbos. “The 1-N and the 3-V have been each other’s best training partners and fiercest competitors all season,” Merchant said. “They push each other to the line at practice every morning. Seeing them face off for [two kilometers] is nothing new for those two boats. It’s just another opportunity to sharpen the sword.” The semifinal round was not as kind to the first and second varsity eights as it was to their third and novice eight counterparts. Tufts’ first boat raced against Bates’ first, falling behind and losing the match-up by 10.2 seconds. The Jumbos’ second boat faced a similar fate, losing their semifinal race to the Bobcats as well. Bates won that contest 5:59.4 to 6:03.2, a close 3.8-second victory. The losers of each semifinal match participated in a “petite final” to determine third place in each category. The first and second varsity eights for Tufts took on the same boats for UNH, with the Jumbos coming out on top in see MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CREW, page 11

by Mackenzie Bright Contributing Writer

The Jumbos took home the win at the second annual Sunshine Classic on Saturday, compiling a slew of firstplace finishes over the course of the day. The Classic lived up to its name, as the weather was breezy and beautiful, a perfect day for running. “The team performed really well this weekend,” junior Jennifer Sherwill said. “The weather was fantastic, which definitely helped our marks.” The weekend was also an alumni meet, so faces old and new came to the Dussault Track to watch the Jumbos earn first place. “It was great to see some familiar faces from last year as well as past alumni I had never met,” sophomore Patricia Blumeris told the Daily in an email. “The overall feeling of the meet was very upbeat, and it made the time pass by extremely fast.” Tufts compiled 293 team points for the win, outscoring second-place Colby by 97 points. In the 1,500-meter, sophomore Olivia Barnett took first, coming in at 4:50.40 and earning

10 points toward the team total. Firstyear Nicole Kerrigan followed closely behind, coming in at 4:50.75 for eight points. The 5,000-meter saw Tufts sweep the first three places. First-year Cecelia Rosenman led off, placing first at 19:18.39. Senior Sarah Corning came next at 19:53.52 and senior Meredith Reynolds completed the Tufts trifecta at 20:22.65. The Jumbos also saw success in the field events. “I know the women’s throws had a pretty big weekend with several PRs,” Blumeris said. “I was lucky enough to have some time to watch them compete this weekend and was impressed by all of their talent.” Sherwill dominated the discus field with a throw of 124-feet-11-inches scoring her first win of the season. First-year Julia Kissel impressed in the javelin, winning the field of nine with a throw of 123-feet5-inches. Additionally, Sophomore Brita Dawson put up a season-best long jump for the Jumbos with a distance of 17-feet3 ¼-inches. see WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD, page 10