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Janitors organize around petition asking for better working conditions by Catherine Perloff News Editor

Tufts janitors are organizing for better working conditions, starting with a petition listing demands published on the Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) Facebook page on April 6 and culminating most recently with a demonstration on Friday during Jumbo Days. The petition calls on Tufts and Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) Services, the company Tufts contracts for its custodial labor, to address five demands: the firing of C&W Assistant Manager Douglas Interiano, the creation of a three-month trial period for newly hired supervisors, a mandated 15-minute break for all parttime employees, a clear explanation for changes in work schedule and workload and an assurance that available hours will be offered to part-timers before temporary workers. The petition has close to 100 signatures from the roughly 115 janitors on the Medford/Somerville campus, according to David Ferrándiz, a senior and member of TLC. Ferrándiz said the petition has received more than 1,000 signatures in total from janitors, students, professors and other community members. Activists and janitors say the demands come as already strenuous working conditions for janitors further deteriorate. “I don’t think it’s an event per se [that set off the organizing], but rather a series

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Tufts Labor Coalition protests worker conditions in front of Ballou Hall on April 22, 2016. of conditions that have grown significantly worse,” Ferrándiz said. “There is a very long history of janitor abuse.” In particular, the treatment of one janitor provided a rallying point for janitors to come together across shifts and orga-

nize. In a testimony published on the TLC’s Facebook page, the janitor described how excessive workload and poor treatment by Interiano pushed her to the point of collapse on March 2. “We all knew he was doing bad things,

but what tipped the water was how he treated her,” one janitor said, who spoke to the Daily on the condition of anonymity due to concerns for her job. “When we found out, see C&W, page 2

Richard Haass proposes strategies for modern U.S. foreign policy dilemmas by Anita Ramaswamy and Joe Walsh

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Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations and a longtime diplomat for the U.S. Department of State, gave his perspective on several critical areas of contemporary American foreign policy in a discussion with The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Dean James Stavridis. Sophomore Eva Kahan, a member of the Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) Colloquium, introduced the event, which was co-sponsored by The Fletcher School, the Institute for Global Leadership and the International Relations Program. Haass was then presented with the Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award.

Following opening remarks, Haass and Stavridis began by discussing the current state of the federal government. Haass argued that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is knowledgeable about the world due to his former position as Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil, but he does not have experience in government and his relationship with President Donald Trump was not particularly close at the beginning of his administration. Likewise, Haass said that Secretary of Defense James Mattis is well-read but not familiar with political processes, and that Trump has almost no direct exposure to government or policy. On the topic of North Korea’s nuclear program and missile testing, Haass

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Janitors’ petition calls for greater accountability, firing of assistant manager C&W

continued from page 1 we agreed, ‘Now no more.'” She noted that the employee had still not returned to work, and it was lucky that she was even still alive. Three janitors in total spoke anonymously about their experiences. Additionally, shop stewards, who are janitor representatives to the union, were recently elected, and these new leaders feel empowered to use their roles to create change, janitors said. Noah Harris, a sophomore and member of TLC, said that there have been unprecedented increases in workload. “There have been lots of complaints from janitors about increasing workload, just people taking entire buildings by themselves, whereas historically the building was being done by more than one person,” Harris said. When janitors are given more work than they can complete, they may be punished, one janitor said. According to the janitor, supervisors inspect buildings frequently and give janitors warnings based on the quality and quantity of work, and a worker can be laid off after three warnings. This change explains the janitors’ demand to “provide a clear explanation and rationale every time there is a change by management to a janitor’s work schedule or workload,” as is stated on the published petition. Other worker demands are also based in their experiences with management. For example, the call to fire C&W Assistant Manager Douglas Interiano was based on negative experiences workers have had with him. In a letter published on TLC’s Facebook page on April 8, workers described Interiano swearing at workers and yelling at them for not completing small tasks. Interiano did not respond to requests for comment. Janitors say that, in addition to Interiano, newly-hired supervisors have mistreated workers. Ferrándiz mentioned that one of them is responsible for removing the 15-minute break for part-timers. “The break has been a precedent since the 1990s, since outsourcing, and that’s something they took away with a wave of a wand with the arrival of a new supervisor,” Ferrándiz said. “That’s really alarming because it shows whose voice, whose experience matters … The voice that dictates is the voice of supervisors.”

Nonetheless, the janitors who spoke anonymously with the Daily said that, as a matter of strategy, they are focused on removing Interiano first because he is the worst, and they will work to take on supervisors afterward. One janitor explained that the aim of the second demand, which would designate a three-month trial period for all new supervisors, could prevent future cases of mistreatment by ensuring that supervisors are responsible and respectful to workers. Sean Amaral, C&W site manager on the Medford/Somerville campus, repeatedly declined to comment on the issue. Requests for an interview were referred to Christine Wickes, vice president of marketing and communications at C&W headquarters in Chicago. “We take all employees’ concerns seriously and are reviewing the allegations in accordance with our human resources policies and processes, which also protect the privacy of all employees involved. As a result, we cannot comment further,” Wickes told the Daily in an email. Patrick Collins, Tufts’ executive director of public relations, said the matter will be handled by C&W Services. “We value C&W janitors’ contributions to our community,” he told the Daily in an email. “The issues that have been raised are properly addressed by their employer, C&W.” This most recent organizing comes on the heels of a new contract for the janitors, which was approved on Nov. 3, 2016 and was generally seen as a victory for the janitors. However, janitors interviewed for this article said that C&W has not been abiding by the contract. Specifically, janitors are now accusing supervisors of violating the contract by offering hours to temporary workers before part-timers. However, many of the janitors’ demands fall outside of issues directly stipulated in the contract. For example, TLC member and junior Nicole Joseph noted in a Nov. 4, 2016 Daily article that the contract did not address workload. Similarly, Ferrándiz noted that the elimination of the 15-minute break violates a longstanding precedent but no contract or law. Partially for this reason, the janitors are organizing largely without the support of their union, 32BJ Service

Employees International Union (SEIU), according to Harris. Additionally, janitors said that they were taking organizing into their own hands because the union must act through slow legal mechanisms, but their complaints require urgent attention. “At this point, since the conditions are so urgent, [they’re] going [to deal with] the demands for themselves to address the urgent conditions and then the union will do what they can in other ways,” Ferrándiz said, translating for the three janitors collectively. However, the janitors interviewed for this article also expressed workers’ dissatisfaction with the union and a desire for 32BJ SEIU to take a greater role in the current negotiations in order to respond to mistreatment by C&W Services. Workers said that the union will be meeting with C&W Services today. Additionally, C&W Services human resources met with part-timers yesterday. “Neither the company nor the university, knowing everything that’s happening … they didn’t ask, ‘What’s happening with this person, who are the people who have been affected, who’s been damaged?'” a janitor said. “They’ve turned a blind eye, as if we didn’t exist.” Janitors are still worried that speaking out may have negative consequences for them, Ferrándiz said, a factor which he believes impacted turnout at Friday’s rally. Despite these concerns, janitors are signing the petition with their names, Harris said. “I think that we’re still working through overcoming fear together because students risk much less than workers,” Ferrándiz said. “There wasn’t the biggest turnout [at the rally]. And I think that speaks to [the fact that] it’s an ongoing process of transcending fear and fighting for what is most wanted.” Editors’ Note: This article includes paraphrases and quotes from three C&W Services janitors who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Their interview with the Daily was translated in-person from Spanish to English by TLC member David Ferrándiz, and the direct quotes that appear in this article were translated by Vanessa Zighelboim, an assistant copy editor at the Daily Emma Steiner contributed reporting to this article.

Richard Haass says U.S. should simultaneously push back against, collaborate with Russia HAASS

continued from page 1 called for the United States to take a diplomatic approach, possibly through collaboration with China, rather than a military approach or a more conciliatory and defensive strategy. He noted, though, that China does not want a unified Korea. Haass then discussed the ongoing conflict in Syria, in which many different countries have a stake, most notably the United States and Russia. He emphasized the importance of having a clear goal in the conflict. In previous years, Haass noted that the United States’ foreign policy has frequently centered on the idea of removing Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s current president, from office. According to Haass, though, this is the wrong approach.

“The focus can’t be ‘Assad must go.’ It has to be ‘ISIS must go,’” Haass said. Haass explained that, in his opinion, Syria is currently not ready for a full peace process. In particular, he warned that Syria’s Alawite minority community, of which Assad is a member, is not confident that it will be safe in a post-Assad government. He added that Iran views the survival of the Assad government as a vital national security interest. Stavridis then transitioned away from the discussion on Syria and asked Haass about Russia, inquiring about whether we are on the brink of a second Cold War. Haass explained the historical incentives behind Russia’s recent behavior on the world stage and outlined foreign policy strategies for the United States to help quell Russian aggression. He argued that the United States should be tougher on Russia

by helping to strengthen and support North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries. Simultaneously, he said the United States should involve the Russian government in diplomatic negotiations to address issues of mutual interest, such as terrorism and arms control. Stavridis echoed Haass’s points. “Confront where we must, cooperate where we can,” Stavridis said. The discussion concluded with an optimistic reminder from Stavridis that we are living in a far less chaotic era than those of the last century. After his remarks, there was a question-and-answer session for members of the audience. Haass and Stavridis provided their thoughts in response to questions on many different issues in international relations, from the Iran nuclear deal to human rights.

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Home in the South: Tufts students discuss Southern backgrounds

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Junior Schulyer Link poses for a portrait near Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center on April 17. by Sean Ong

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Editors’ Note: This is the first in a threepart series on students from the South. Over the past week, the Daily spoke with three students who grew up in the South of the United States. The conversations revolved around their upbringing, their relationships with home and how their background has affected their interactions with others on campus. Several themes resonated across all three students. They all discussed how their Southern identity has grown stronger in their time away from home, even if they did not necessarily relate to that identity before college. They also spoke about some of the false stereotypes that others hold about their home states and the South in general. However, these interviews are not representative of all students from the South or Southerners at large. These students shared stories that were deeply personal, and all three echoed the thought that their experiences are but one among many, not just in the South but also within their respective Southern hometowns. Schuyler Link Schuyler Link is a junior majoring in biomedical engineering. At 10, he moved to Houston, Texas and has since called the southwest region of the city his home. Born in Portland, Ore., Link recalled being struck by the ferocity of Texas’ summers when he moved there. “We moved in August, which was the first mistake. As my parents are moving

everything in, they ask my sister and I — we were 10 at the time — to go play outside, see if anybody is around. We go out there for five minutes and come back in, drenched in our own sweat,” he said. Link attended a private Catholic high school in Texas. He was the self-described “hippie” of his high school. “Everybody knew that I was pretty liberal-leaning. While a lot people may range from moderate to not really caring, I was just aggressive about it,” he said. While he appreciated the small size of the school, he could not relate to the overtly religious activities in which students were compelled to participate. “We would have Mass once a month — that was more fun than a barrel of drunk monkeys. It lasted so long,” Link said. “After a while of them trying to tell me the same thing that I’m not on the same wavelength about, I just tune out, since it all doesn’t matter for me anyway.” He noted that this experience cannot be generalized as the stereotype of living in Texas. Like most cities, Houston is diverse in culture, politics and religion. “The diversity of [Houston] does come with a diversity of opinion, so as much as there were aspects of the sort of Texan attitude — just guns, horseback riding and hunting — that wasn’t what everybody did,” Link said. “You are going to run into [diversity] in other large cities in the South too.” Link himself grew up around neighbors who came from different backgrounds than his family. “The person across the street, I think they were Hispanic. Our next door neigh-

bors to the left were from India, and the ones to the right are Jewish,” he said. Link said that he has not faced any overt stereotyping of his Southern background in his time at Tufts. However, many people who he has met are simply not familiar with the region in general. He shared an anecdote of his fencing team talking about traveling to Tennessee for nationals. “Nothing specific was said, but I felt like there were some subtle intonations about it being Tennessee — a combination of [it being in the] middle of nowhere and backwards,” Link said. “The way that people would say ‘Tennessee,’ you feel a little bit of that vibe.” Moving up north for college has given Link some insight into the cultural differences between the South and the Northeast. He observed that while Southerners are generally friendlier with strangers, people in the Northeast tend to have a more hurried attitude. “Frequently, if you’re trying to flag someone down here, they give you this look that reads, ‘Why in the world are you trying to talk to me?’ Whereas, in Houston, everything is more leisurely because if you’re trying to move at any appreciable pace, you’ll die of exhaustion because it’s so f—ing hot,” he said. As someone who does not identify completely with the “Texan attitude,” Link sometimes introduces himself to others as being from Oregon rather than Texas. “If I mention to somebody that I’m from Texas, [I feel that] it immediately puts me in a very specific group of people: country-type with cowboy hats, gun-loving, horse-riding — that whole thing,” Link said. “With Oregon, you don’t really get that many questions about it, and that’s sort of useful … I can get away just under the radar without bringing too much attention to myself if I don’t want it.” Nevertheless, many of his friends still see him as Southern, even though he is not originally from Texas. “Sometimes I try to play it down and say that I’ve only lived in Texas for 10 years, but my friends all respond, ‘Yeah, you are from the South,'” he said. Link chooses to not let his Texan upbringing solely define his behaviors and identity. Instead, he ascribes more of his personality to the activities that he participates in. “I’m a STEM student … so that’s the first part of what I think about personality-wise,” he said. “[Being from Texas] comes up a little bit later, and I’m not sure how much it actively feeds into anything, except for a few mannerisms.” However, being part of the minority of Southern students on campus has also led him to mention his geographical background far more regularly. At Tufts, only about 12 percent of undergraduate students come from the 17 states defined by the U.S. Census as the South, according to data provided by the 2016-2017 Fact Book from the Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation. “It might have made me use [coming from Texas] more as an identity,” Link said. “From the psychological perspective, if you’re in a place where a lot of people have the same characteristics, you automatically search for the one that is unique to yourself, and that tends to be being from Texas.”

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MJ Griego Mind the Gap

Depression 2.0

t’s been a while since I familiarized myself with the different faces of depression: Some people go on showing few symptoms and functioning so highly that they are hard to identify as depressed, while others’ illnesses snowball until they leave the afflicted unable to fulfill their roles in society. The latter was me during my sophomore year at Tufts. The character of my depression was fueled by childhood anxiety that forced me to base my value on my ability to function specifically as a student. This anxiety put my body in a state of constant fatigue and worry, and it left me feeling empty. I had lost myself in my experience of illness. This semester, I have been struggling with a sense of myself as well. But the characteristics of this struggle have been different. Whereas before, depression looked like consistent emotional episodes, being moved to tears at the drop of a hat and being immobilized by a fear of failure, now depression feels like being forcibly distanced from my access to emotions, seeing my energy as this bar at the top of my vision that runs dry too soon and feeling like my mind is slightly removed from my body at all times. Mental illness has incredible effects on identity. For me, depression used to make me feel like I could see the real me under feet of water: I was visible to myself, although warped and surrounded by illness, but I had to wade through symptoms for months to get any sort of access to an identity. Now, I feel like I am unable to see any sort of ‘self’ past my daily actions. Depression becomes tirelessly chaining pieces of myself together and hoping that I will be able to feel a sense of self arise. My two biggest passions, the power of friendship and social justice, feel like abstractions to me. The effort I put into both feels like labor with rewards that I cannot socially access. I have to continue to hope that the positive results are still affecting me under the layer of apathy and fatigue that has been ruling my days. Recently, the recurrence of depression has forced me to look past a model of recovery. When I spent a year treating myself before, I had hoped to be well until college was over. Now, I have to know better than to expect simple resolutions to my constantly-changing brain. It’s hard not to look at the work I’ve put in and wish I could simply ‘be well’ again. I feel that I’ve ‘done enough,’ but that’s often not how illness versus wellness exists in reality. When I was depressed three years ago, I knew why and I knew how to fix it. Now, I am a little scared by the way depression has come back into my body. It is important to value your mental work, whether or not ‘recovery’ is in view. Depression is highly personal, and the reality of its effects sometimes involves acceptance of illness as a personal reality. MJ Gregio is a juior majoring in sociology. MJ can be reached at madeline.griego@ tufts.edu.

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An Insider’s View of U.N. Peacekeeping with

Tufts Alumnus Nick Birnback Wednesday, April 19, 8:30pm, Lane 100 Nick Birnback has spent a career working for the United Nations in peace operations in a variety of positions in some of the world’s most challenging places. Beginning in 1996, Birnback served the U.N. peace missions in Liberia, Sierra

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Eritrea/Ethiopia, East Timor and, most recently, Somalia. He’s worked as a military liaison officer, a mission spokesperson, a political officer, a civil affairs officer, a special assistant, a chief of staff and chief of public information. He currently serves as the head of communications for U.N. peacekeeping at U.N.H.Q. in New York City. Mr. Birnback has been the recipient of the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, and he received the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity 2000 Humanitarian Award as part of his work with UNAMET. For more information tuftsgloballeadership.org

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ARTS&LIVING PERFORMANCE RECAP

‘Not Your Grandmother’s Seder’ blends Jewish themes with contemporary theater by Paige Spangenthal Assistant Arts Editor

On the first page of the program for “Not Your Grandmother’s Seder,” a Passoverinspired cabaret night that took place on Saturday, is a quote from Milton Berle: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” The show, hosted by Tufts Hillel and directed and produced by sophomores Amanda Freedman and Isabel Silverston, incorporated songs and scenes from contemporary theater as a way to comment on Passover and Judaism. Each of the 12 acts connected to aspects of the Passover Seder and its themes, such as redemption, faith and hope. “This show was created to provide students with an alternative and inclusive performance opportunity,” Silverston and Freedman wrote in a director’s letter in the program. “No matter what religion or faith you believe in, we hope you can find something that speaks to you in this production.” The program also explained that a binder entitled “Theater Troupe” found in the office of Rabbi Jordan Braunig was the main inspiration behind “Not Your Grandmother’s Seder.” The binder is a remnant of the Tufts Hillel Theater Troupe, a performance outlet for students interested in Jewish theater that ran from 2000 to 2005. “Here sat a binder filled with the opportunity to revive something from the past and create something new,” wrote the directors.

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Laura Kasischke on friendship

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A student perfomrs during ‘Not Your Grandmother’s Seder’ at Hillel on April 14. The show opened with “Light Of The World,” a song from Stephen Schwartz’s musical, “Godspell” (1971), which demonstrated that the show would truly transcend barriers of faith. The performers, several of whom were in Torn Ticket II’s production of the musical last semester, took the stage decked out in all black to perform the song. “Light Of The World” represented the Kaddesh, a blessing over the first cup of wine during Passover. Other musical performances in the cabaret included “Someday” from “The

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Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1996), which stood for the bitterness of slavery, and “Corner of the Sky” from “Pippin” (1972), which represented Moses’ struggle to liberate his people from slavery. A rendition of “Freedom” from “The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown” (2007), featuring the powerful voices of sophomore Katrina Coffman and junior Zoe Miller, represented the Barech, the portion of the Seder in which God is thanked for the Passover meal. Junior Stephanie Evans performed “Far From the Home I Love” from “Fiddler on the Roof” (1964) with a range of emotion that demonstrated the bittersweetness of leaving home to start a new chapter of life. This was intended to echo the part of the Seder known as the Korech, in which a sandwich of sweet charoset and bitter herb is eaten to represent the coexistence of pain and happiness in life. The theatrical performances of the night included two scenes from James Sherman’s “Beau Jest” (1991). This play deals with a Jewish woman named Sarah (first-year Emily Barshay) who hires an actor named Bob (sophomore Max Klaver) to pretend to be her Jewish doctor boyfriend at a family dinner party in order to please her parents. In the first scene, Sarah’s actual boyfriend, who is comically named Chris Kringle (sophomore Jake Gilbert), meets Bob. The awkward tension between Gilbert and Klaver’s characters was hilariously executed. Act III from Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” (1965) was also performed. The scene showcased a fight between two incompatible roommates, Felix (firstyear Jonah Greene) and Oscar (first-year Zach Rosenfeld). According to the program, this was meant to represent the portion of the Seder in which a blessing is recited over matzah. This theme was demonstrated at a point in the scene when Oscar scattered pieces of Felix’s matzah on the floor in frustration, earning big laughs from the audience. “Not Your Grandmother’s Seder” concluded with “The Song of Purple Summer” from “Spring Awakening” (2006), which represented Nirtzah, the final prayer of the Seder. The voices of the song’s ensemble blended together perfectly, symbolizing the combination of artistic and religious themes that the night embodied.

fell in love with Laura Kasischke because of a book title and a bizarre poem. I was standing in a bookstore in Montreal, looking through volumes to escape the snow. The title that caught my attention belongs to Kasischke’s sixth book of poetry: “Gardening in the Dark” (2004). I skimmed through the collection, reading lines unhinged from context. Then I picked up the book beside it, also by Kasischke. That’s where I found the poem. Entitled “New Dress (3),” the poem begins with the speaker shopping in a mall. She stops when she sees a bird flying around inside and strikes up a conversation with a security guard. Together, they watch the bird. The security guard tells her that he once saw an injured hawk being carried down a river to its death, and he still wonders why he never tried to save it. She responds that she once watched a bird perched on top of a gargoyle, and when the bird flew away, the gargoyle seemed to move with it, casting a “shadow of nothing.” “It / still embarrassed me, I / confessed to him, to remember / the way I’d screamed, seeing / that shadow / of nothing, / on a busy street,” Kasischke writes. “Yeah, he said / after a long silence. He / remembered that. He’d / been there, too, he believed, / beside me, also screaming.” Because I could only buy one book of poetry that day, I walked out into the snow holding a black cover adorned with fluorescent green flowers: “Gardening in the Dark.” And because I left the other poem behind, I immediately regretted my decision. The mall scene stayed lodged in my mind. What struck me was the poem’s unexpected intimacy: the idea of exchanging images with someone when the images have no easy meaning. The speaker and the security guard each realize the importance of what the other has said, so that the poem’s strange closing response is perhaps the only appropriate response: “He’d / been there, too, he believed, / beside me, also screaming.” Crucial, in the world of Kasischke’s poem, is the fact that the speaker and the security guard are speaking to each other as strangers — which is inconvenient, because I wanted to write this week’s column about friendship. After turning to a collection of poetry I own called “Friendship Poems” (1995), filled with metaphors about sweet jam and inviting rooms, I kept thinking of Kasischke’s poem instead. Maybe it does a better job of capturing the strangeness of real relationships. At the core of my closest friendships has been a sense of powerlessness to understand why the world works the way that it does but also a willingness to be there with each other, not knowing. I sat at a kitchen table yesterday with a good friend as the sky grew dark outside, recalling times when we’d been hurt. I was grateful for the feeling I had then: that there was someone beside me, also seeing the shadow on that busy street. Abigail McFee is a senior majoring in English. Abigail can be reached at abigail. mcfee@tufts.edu.

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An Open Letter to the University Community from Tufts’ Part-time Lecturers Three years ago, we Part-time Lecturers in Tufts School of Arts and Sciences formed a union to work for the recognition of our important role in fulfilling the teaching mission of the university. This was a time when the plight of part-time faculty in higher education was becoming a national issue. Since then, Part-time Lecturers at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston have joined our Union.

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In our first negotiated contract we made important strides toward our goals of equitable pay and benefits, as well as job stability and security. We are proud to say that in reaching this agreement, Tufts played an admirable role as a model for bettering the pay and working conditions of parttime faculty around the country. We are proud that we stood up for our interests as faculty members, which are the interests of students and the university as a learning community. Soon we will be bargaining with the Administration on a second contract, and we hope to continue to improve our working situations and our ability to uphold Tufts’ ideals and aspirations. Tufts has a long tradition of encouraging its students to inquire into and engage with their responsibilities as citizens and their obligations to lead. In acknowledging the concerns of part-time faculty, the university can model for its students exactly how an engaged leadership might, and should, act.

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such as the recent successful resolution in support of divestment from four companies involved in occupied Palestinian territories, address issues that are personal and important to many students. Electing candidates who represent students is an important way for students to have their voices heard by administration. In addition to passing resolutions, the Senate undertakes other important tasks such as allocating funds to clubs and piloting new initiatives like Swipe it Forward. Senators and other representatives are responsible for many of the on-campus changes that impact students’ day-to-day lives. There are a variety of measures that can be taken to address this low rate of voter participation. While the Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) emails all students explaining the voting procedure every spring, additional publicity and information explaining when and how to vote — including social media posts, supplemental emails and posters

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Get out the vote The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate elections for the 20172018 school year took place on April 12. Dozens of students were selected to serve the student body, including seven senators from each class year, five committee on student life representatives, six community representatives and seven judiciary members. Alhough these individuals will spend the next academic year working on policies and taking actions that affect the entire student body, only 28.73 percent of the Tufts undergraduate population voted in the election. This is an improvement from last year’s 24.31 percent. However, the idea that under a third of students exercised their right to choose their own representatives is troubling. While political apathy on the national and state levels is widely dissected in the media, recognizing and criticizing the lack of participation in on-campus elections like the TCU Senate races is also important. TCU Senate decisions,

Dear Jumbo around campus — could be helpful in expanding turnout. Perhaps even more crucially, ECOM and TCU Senate should endeavor to clarify what the representatives are actually able to accomplish, so students are better informed about why they should care about who takes on these roles. Furthermore, ECOM members and TCU Senators could set up voting stations around campus, where students would be encouraged to vote through SIS. Incentivizing voting through exciting, informative events may also increase turnout. New York University’s Student Senators Council hosts an All University Election Party to encourage students to vote for their representatives. A similar event at Tufts could help raise awareness about voting. No matter which methods Tufts chooses to implement, it is important that more of the student body participates in the students elections, as they can have such significant effects on their lives.

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or most of my life, I’ve been taught to work hard. Although this work ethic has served me well, it can also hold me back. College for me has been about unlearning this hardworking mentality and learning to let go instead. Clowning was one of those classes where not trying hard is the way. Last spring, I took it because it sounded fun. Humor is to life like soda is to pizza: You can have the latter without the former, but it’s pretty dry. I did learn some techniques to act like a clown, many of which I have forgotten. More importantly though, I learned what it meant to be a clown. In a sense, being funny is like being happy: Both are not goals we can directly strive toward. Instead, we have to accept that we are already so. The clown does not try to be funny. He is fascinated with life, and as such, he makes everything surrounding the audience fascinating. A funny moment is a byproduct of this fascination. Once in a while, the clown discovers the funny chord just like a coal miner finds a piece of gold. While technique is important, the real practice is to stay fascinated and keep digging. Clowning is not a skill; it is a state of being. And I’ve learned that I cannot think my way into this state. Let me tell you this story of the clown who stops trying to be funny. I’ve got a self-image of being a thoughtful and insightful guy. That image got me decently far in life, but not in clowning. My clown teacher told me early on, “Khuyen, normally you enjoy being witty, but for this class I want you to drop that. Try being bold and loud with your body instead.” My usual self resisted hard — how on earth could a thoughtful guy *think* about how to be in the body? I remember in one class, we were asked to go on stage one by one and just say something. It scared the heck out of me — what on earth would I say? Sensing my hesitation, my teacher yelled, “GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” which jolted the usual ‘thoughtful guy’ out of me. My body rushed on the stage, overriding the cerebral part that felt helpless, out of control, not knowing what to do. The whole of me stood still for a few seconds — the longest, most dramatic moment in the class for me. Then, magic happened. The belly started laughing hard; it had never felt so alive. The cerebrum couldn’t think of why the whole scene was that funny, but the belly knew it. Other bellies in the room knew it too. I said nothing. I just laughed, the best laugh ever. Letting go of older identities is frightening, but remember, we don’t completely discard them. We just realize we could be so much more. With that realization comes an immense liberation. I could not take myself too seriously, for who “myself” is changes or, more precisely, reveals itself over time. The Joker got it right: “Why so serious?” Thoughts? Stories? Let me know at bit. ly/dearJumbo. Khuyen Bui is a senior majoring in computer science. Khuyen can be reached at g.khuyen@gmail.com.

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continued from back first-year Elias Varinos, starting as shortstop, also had good showings at the bottom of the lineup as both players boasted an RBI double each in the game. Tufts jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the first inning, but the game opened up in the later frames with two runs scored in the seventh and four unearned runs in an ugly eighth inning for Colby’s defense. The first Jumbo to score in the frame came in on a fielding error while the next two were walked in with the bases loaded. A single from Kutch to right field, the Jumbos’ lone hit in the inning, plated junior Stephan White to score the final run of the frame. Day added on to an already lopsided 10-2 margin by crushing a two-RBI double in the top of the ninth. Senior tri-captain pitcher Tim Superko held Colby to just three runs and eight hits in eight and a third innings pitched to clinch his third win on the season. Saturday’s win followed an ugly loss earlier in the day that saw the normally prolific Jumbo offense limited to just two runs on five hits and the normally reliable Jumbo fielders commit three costly errors. After Colby got on the scoreboard first in the second inning, Tufts took a 2-1 lead in the top of the sixth after a Colby error and two consecutive walks plated junior designated hitter Malcolm Nachmanoff. But the game opened up for Colby in the bottom of the sixth when the hosts capitalized on three Tufts errors to score three unearned runs, without a single hit in the frame. “I think the seven-inning game is always interesting because we always see the other team’s best pitcher and they try and steal a

game from us,” Superko said. “We try to put a lot of importance on those games and we were a little bit to hesitant to throw that first punch, so we are going to work on that this weekend against Bowdoin.” After a much-needed day of rest on Sunday, Tufts hosted UMass-Dartmouth in the team’s annual Patriots’ Day doubleheader on Monday, but may have underperformed in splitting the two games. During game one, the Corsairs’ pitching staff shut down the Jumbo offense and allowed just one run on three hits. UMass Dartmouth, meanwhile, got out to an early lead with RBI triples in the first and third innings to go up 3-0 after three frames. Shackleford scored the team’s lone run of the game with a solo home run in the third, his first home run of the season, but the blast wasn’t enough to spur the Jumbo offense. Redeeming themselves from the early afternoon loss, the Jumbos defeated the Corsairs 10-2 in the nightcap. Junior Kevin Galasso, senior Matt Rothstein, junior Ian Kinney and senior Rory Ziomek combined for a seven-inning, three-hit, eight-strikeout performance that held the visitors to just two runs. Kinney, who pitched the fifth and sixth frames, earned the win since neither Galasso nor Rothstein pitched long enough to qualify for it. O’Hara and senior center fielder Harry Brown each had two hits, two RBIs and a run scored on the game, while sophomore catcher Harrison Frickman’s leadoff double in the fourth was the Jumbos’ lone extrabase hit of the contest. Tufts got on the scoreboard early with four runs in the bottom of the first inning, including RBI singles from Falkson and Brown. Superko noted the team’s consistent success in pitching.

“We always have a deep bullpen and guys to step up for us. Usually it’s the last game of the weekend when we are pitching at the end of our bullpen versus the end of [our opponents], so I’ll take any of our guys over their guys,” Superko said. “We will win that battle most of the time because of our depth in pitching.” Against MIT last week in a marathon of a game, Tufts blew a lead late in the contest and was denied an opportunity to reclaim the win in extra innings by the setting sun and the lack of lights on Huskins Field. The Jumbos entered the eighth inning up 7-5, but the Engineers scored two runs to tie it up. Tufts regained the lead in the bottom half of the frame after O’Hara walked with the bases loaded, sending McLaughlin home, but a single from MIT’s sophomore catcher Alec Kushner in the top of the ninth tied it up again and sent the game to extras. The game was still tied at 8-8 in the top of the 10th when the umpire called the game with the light waning — officially, the result goes down as a nine-inning draw. Tufts is back in action this weekend with a crucial series against Bowdoin at home to battle for second place in the NESCAC East. The first pitch for the opening game is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Huskins Field on Friday, with games two and three on Saturday. Day said that the team hopes to become more consistent in its performance. “Some games we show up with great attitude and energy, while other games that is lacking a little bit,” Day said. “We want to have discipline and consistency and show up the same way … regardless of our opponent.”

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continued from back that if someone is having an off day, we have so many girls on the team who are ready to play.” After a slow start to the conference season that saw them come out 0-3, the Jumbos are hoping to capitalize on their next two games with a chance to improve upon their conference record of 5-5 last season. Senior quad-captain

Olivia Veillette said that the Jumbos have felt all season that their team this year has the potential to do just that. “We did obviously lose some really valuable players last year but we also gained a ton of talented freshmen,” Veillette said. Next up, Tufts has No. 20 Wesleyan at home on Saturday followed by a match-up with No. 16 Bowdoin at home on Wednesday. Last season, Tufts beat both of those teams, defeating Wesleyan 13-10 and Bowdoin 17-8.

As they have said all season, the Jumbos are not intimidated by any NESCAC teams and the high rankings do not faze them. “As always, we are really eager to play [NESCAC opponents]. Every NESCAC game is up in the air. You never know who is going to win and who is going to come out on top,” Games said. “I think just every game is very difficult in the NESCAC.”

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Sophomore defender Hedy Veith misses the ball during Tufts’ 16-8 win against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on March 15.

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Beasts of the East

elcome to The Coin Toss, where I make some bold and unlikely predictions about your favorite professional sports. Last week, I predicted two first-round NBA playoff match-ups from the Western Conference. I had the Jazz advancing over the Clippers and the Rockets winning their series against the Thunder. Still waiting on the results for those picks, but they’re looking good! So I’ve picked the Western Conference, but how about the match-ups out east? Let’s make some predictions… No. 3 Toronto Raptors vs. No. 6 Milwaukee Bucks Prediction: Raptors in 7 Disclaimer: I’m writing this before game two, so as of now, the Bucks have beaten the Raptors in game one and stolen home court advantage from Toronto. I like the Bucks, and they proved themselves to be competitive in their game one win. However, Giannis Antetokounmpo can only carry his team so far. The Raptors are the better team, and I think they’ll take the series in the end — not that the Bucks are a fluke; they have a lot of talent. The Raptors losing game one was just part of the norm for them. As a franchise, Toronto is 1-11 in playoff series game ones. It is 0-9 in first-round game ones. It just needed to get that loss out of the way and it should be able to get back on track. Again, I don’t know who won game two. The Raptors could be tied 1-1 in the series or down 0-2. Either way, I think they’ll show that they’re the better team in this series and advance in the end. After all, Toronto was a top-10 scoring team this season with 106.6 PPG, whereas Milwaukee was 20th in the league in that category. The Raptors will also be top-10 in defensive efficiency and sixth overall in opponent shooting percentage. The Raptors are a better team on both sides of the ball than the Bucks. They’re an elite team, and they should play like one if they want to win this series. I think they will. No. 4 Washington Wizards vs. No. 5 Atlanta Hawks Prediction: Wizards in 5 This series plays its second game tonight (Wednesday), and the Wizards are coming off of a dominant performance in game one. Washington won the game 114-107, led by a strong effort from star point guard John Wall. Wall scored 32 points on 12-24 shooting and added 14 assists to his stat line. The Wizards also held Paul Millsap, who is arguably the Hawks’ best player, to 19 points and a mere two rebounds. It’s clear that the Wizards are the better team in this series. They were in contention for a higher seed than four, even, and no one was sure what direction this Hawks team was going. They were tabbed as a seller at the trade deadline but settled into a mid-tier team in the East. I don’t think the Hawks are necessarily a bad team; they do have some very strong players in Millsap, Dennis Schroder and Dwight Howard. However, the Hawks are not an elite team, and the Wizards are one of the top teams in the East. Washington is the obvious choice to win this series, and I have it only losing once, taking the series in five games. Bradley Schussel is a sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering. Bradley can be reached at bradley.schussel@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos and Engineers battle to darkness-induced draw in busy weekend by Savannah Mastrangelo Assistant Sports Editor

Tufts, still ranked first in New England, battled through one of the team’s busiest stretches of the season last week, emerging with a 3-2-1 record after playing six games in five days. A nearly four-hour duel between the Jumbos and the MIT Engineers last Thursday was called due to darkness, resulting in an unusual tie. Tufts then took two out of three in its NESCAC East weekend series at Colby and came home to split the double-header against UMass Dartmouth on Monday. First-year catcher and outfielder Ryan Day commented on the concentration of games played over the last week. “It’s definitely a lot more games in a shorter time and I feel like everybody understands how many games we have to play,” he said. “Everyone is really dedicated and enjoys playing a lot of games. So it takes away the physical and mental strain, although it is still taxing.” While the Jumbos won the divisional series against the Mules, failing to sweep the series will make it tougher for the Jumbos to stay on track to make the playoffs. Tufts (4-2 conference, 19-4-1 overall) sits in second place in the NESCAC East, two games back from division leader Bates (6-0 conference, 11-5 overall). Though Tufts is still in a strong position to at least finish in the top two in the division and make the conference playoffs, Bowdoin is just one game behind and has already faced Bates. Having already faced Trinity and Colby, the division’s two weakest teams, Tufts will likely need to take at least two out of three games in each of its next two series against Bowdoin and Bates to secure a playoff bid. In the Colby series, the team decisively won the opening game 6-2 on Friday and dominated 12-3 in the rubber match

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Sophomore infileder Will Shackelford hits a foul ball during the game against the Roger Williams Hawks at Huskins Field on April 11. on Saturday afternoon, but fell short in the Saturday morning game 5-2. Senior tri-captain Speros Varinos solidified his status as the Jumbos’ ace by pitching a complete game in the series opener, allowing just five hits and two runs and earning his sixth win in six appearances this season. While the Mules struggled at the plate, the Jumbos tallied 10 hits, including doubles from junior first baseman Nick Falkson and

sophomore shortstop Will Shackelford. Tufts still fell short of its impressive season average of 9.5 runs per game. The Jumbos picked up their first run just three batters into the game when junior third baseman Tommy O’Hara singled in senior second baseman and leadoff man Tom Petry. The Jumbos then padded their lead in the fourth with a pair of hits and aid from sloppy Mule defense to go up 3-0. Finally, Tufts

responded to Colby’s first score in the bottom of the fifth with three more runs in the sixth to go up 6-1 and seal the win. In the rubber match on Saturday afternoon, every single Jumbo in the batting order had at least one hit, while both Petry and senior right fielder Oscar Kutch went three-for-four. Day, starting as catcher, and see BASEBALL, page 11

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Jumbos expand win streak with vital conference victory by Sam Weidner

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Tufts stretched its winning streak to four on Tuesday as it captured key conference wins over Amherst and Bates to improve its record to 9-4 overall. The Jumbos pulled out a tight win over the Bobcats, 13-10 on Tuesday. The game was a back-and-forth affair, as Tufts opened the scoring on a goal from sophomore attacker Dakota Adamec, but Bates seized control of the game with three straight goals in response. In total, the lead changed seven times in the contest before the Jumbos gained the upper hand behind five second-half goals from firstyear attacker Emily Games. The win improved Tufts to an even 4-4 in the NESCAC, while Bates fell to 1-7 in the conference. Coming into Saturday’s game against Amherst off two impressive victories, including one against heavily favored SUNY Cortland, Tufts seemed confident and composed. “The Cortland game definitely showed us how we are capable of playing and set the tone for a fast and intense style

of play the rest of the season,” senior quad-captain Kate Mackin told the Daily in an email. “We pushed the transition and fast break the whole length of the field and focused on riding hard and causing turnovers in transition.” The No. 18 ranked Jumbos did just that against the Amherst Mammoths, looking sharp from the start as they jumped out to a quick lead. After senior attacker Caroline Kingsley won the first draw control, Tufts immediately pushed the ball down the field, leading to a goal from Games just over 20 seconds into the game. The Mammoths managed to even the score about two minutes later, but the rest of the first half was all about the Jumbos as they scored six straight goals with three more from Games and two from Adamec. Amherst finally broke Tufts’ momentum by putting one in the net on a free position shot with 2:25 to go in the first half. However, Tufts still headed to the locker room with a comfortable 7-2 lead. Amherst came out fast in the second, winning the first draw control and scoring just one minute into the half. The Mammoths could not turn that

goal into any momentum, however, because after the six-and-a-half minutes of scoreless play that followed, the Jumbos added three more goals to their lead in quick succession. Junior midfielder Caroline Nowak, Games and Adamec all scored in a period of 1:45 and Tufts was up 10-3. Amherst was forced to play short-handed twice in the first half after it was dealt two yellow cards. The Jumbos capitalized on both these chances, demonstrating their ability to transition the ball quickly and make the most of both opportunities. While the game seemed to be won, Amherst did not give in. It scored four goals over the next 17 minutes to cut the lead to 10-7, and while it never got close enough to truly threaten Tufts’ lead, it was an important test of Tufts’ resilience and ability to close a game. Responding to the Amherst run, with 1:38 remaining, Nowak iced the game on a free position goal that put the final exclamation point on the win. The Jumbos won the turnover battle 20-13 and also managed to outshoot the Mammoths 25-21. This comes as a slight surprise given that the Jumbos

only won six of the 20 total draw controls, limiting their ability to dominate possession. However, their win was a testament to the Jumbos’ ability to create turnovers and transition quickly from the defense to the attack. Games led the team in scoring again for the game, putting in five total goals and bringing her season total up to 36, the most on the team. Adamec scored three of her own as well to bring her season goal total to 28 for second on the team. Games and Adamec, along with Mackin (24 goals on the season for third on the team), have led the Jumbos’ offense all year. Despite the volume of these players’ contributions, the team believes it has a well-rounded attack that has been facilitated by their up-tempo play this year. The numbers back this up as well. The Jumbos have had 18 different players score in games this year, including six who have scored in the double digits for their season total. “We have 31 players on the roster. We want to have everyone contributing,” Mackin said. “It’s good to know see WOMEN'S LACROSSE, page 11