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Panelists discuss journeys, struggles of Syrian refugees in Greater Boston Area

by Anar Kansara Staff Writer

Tufts’ Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) hosted a panel discussion last night about ongoing efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in the Greater Boston area. The event, which was part of the IGL’s Inquiry program, featured Jewish Family Service of Metrowest ( JFS) CEO Marc Jacobs, JFS Director of Immigrant and Youth Services Lucia Carballo Panichella (LA ’04) and Jenna Russell, a Boston Globe reporter and member of the Spotlight Team.

Inquiry is an annual simulation in which high school students gather to discuss international issues. More than 200 students from cities including Atlanta, New York, Indianapolis and Chicago came together this year to participate in this year’s simulation, which is themed “Syria: The Future,” according to IGL Associate Director Heather Barry.

Tong Liu, a member of the Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) Inquiry Committee, opened the event by introducing the panel speakers and talking about the current crisis in Syria.

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Marc Jacobs, CEO of Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, speaks during ‘Inquiry,’ Institute for Global Leadership’s (IGL) annual three-day-long simulation in Barnum 008 on April 6.

The program then featured a 20-minute excerpt from the new documentary “Cries From Syria,” a jarring inside look of the conflict ravaging Syria. The

excerpt included many clips of war footage and documented the difficult journey that people have undergone to seek refuge in Europe. The video also

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Tufts buys Prysm boards to offer increased class technological integration

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Tufts purchased two Prysm Visual Workplaces earlier this semester on

a trial basis, according to Christine Fitzgerald, service marketing and communications manager at Tufts Technology Services.

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by Wainhouse Research, a third-party research organization. In addition, the board is linked to a cloud-based system through which students can access notes from the board online, the evaluation said.

Pro f e s s o r of Me c h a n i c a l Engineering Chris Rogers is the first Tufts faculty member to test out the Prysm board, using it in the classroom during his Fluid Mechanics course.

Also, a Prysm board located in the Eaton Computer Lab is being implemented as a demo unit to see how it could potentially be used as a collaboration tool in the years ahead, Fitzgerald said. Currently, there are no concrete plans to expand the system to other locations on campus, according to Fitzgerald.

“In Eaton, it really serves more as an electronic white board which allows [students] to annotate work

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“There is a shared login and instructions for the board in Eaton to be used while on site.”

Currently, Fluid Mechanics is the only class at Tufts that has implemented the Prysm system into its curriculum. However, Rogers believes that this will change quickly, because while a Prysm board now costs between $10,000 and $20,000, the technology is very new and is likely to cheapen over time with the rapid reduction of technological limitations. Rogers predicts that, within the next five-to-10 years, entire walls of classrooms in universities nationwide will be made up of Prysm displays.

Rogers said that with the Prysm boards, students could take part more actively in class instruction by writing on their computers and tablets

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continued from page 1 from young orphans who witnessed the horrors of war and experienced inhumane treatment.

After the documentary showing, Jacobs spoke about the work he is involved in at JFS, particularly the organization’s Syrian Refugee Humanitarian Project. The project’s staff and volunteers work to help Syrian refugees in the Greater Boston area, particularly young children.

Jacobs spoke about how the families currently coming to the United States fled Syria between 2011 and 2014, and endured between two or three years of security vetting and screening before they could arrive in the United States. He explained that the project is focused on aiding vulnerable families, and especially young children, who have come to the United States to build a new life.

“This project does save young lives, and you’ll see a combination of extraordinary kindness, professional expertise and the full embrace of a community creating new and exciting paths,” he said. “It’s rare for me as a CEO to lead an initiative that isn’t about competitive advantage, to do something that you’re really compelled to do … and here’s why this really matters — this is about children.”

He shared several photos and short anecdotes about his experiences with

spirited young Syrian children that have settled in the Boston area. He said that one of the coalition’s main goals is to help Arabic-speaking families attain stability and self-sufficiency in the United States.

He mentioned that JFS’ efforts have been met with some pushback, including from people who are skeptical of the organization’s methods or believe it should not support Muslims.

“I refused to respond around any geopolitical considerations. This is a humanitarian effort and we must respond,” Jacobs said. “We are a part of something driven by kindness.”

JFS receives support from an array of sources including volunteers, individual donors, Islamic centers, higher education institutions, foundations and mental health and medical institutions, creating a widespread coalition, according to Jacobs.

Panichella spoke about the network model that JFS has built. She explained that the organization has worked to ensure that its structure is beneficial for refugee families, helping them reach the goal of self-sufficiency and full integration into society.

“Pathways focus on housing, health, employment and community connections, and those pathways are also directly tied to all the core services that are required for resettlement by the federal government,” Panichella said.

“It takes a village to really do that.”

Some partner services include volunteer programs that teach English to both adult and children refugees.

Panichella explained that English fluency is particularly important, as are connections between refugee families and core volunteers.

Russell, who was the final speaker, has been working on a series of pieces for the Boston Globe about Syrian refugees settling in the United States. She discussed her experiences interviewing and speaking with recently settled families from the moment they stepped off the plane, recalling the willingness of the refugees to tell their stories.

She said that, through her work, she was amazed by people’s willingness to tell their stories, explaining that each had their own reasons to share.

“It’s a very real impulse that we have as human beings, and it goes back to cavemen who told stories on cave walls and sat around a fire telling stories,” Russell said. “It felt connected for me in almost a kind of primal way.”

Russell recounted her experience of witnessing an arrival of a refugee family for the first time. The mother stepped off a plane and embraced a case worker who was waiting for her.

“It changed me forever,” Russell said. “Something incredibly profound was happening and it was very moving … my challenge is to communicate that in a way that will allow others to feel just a fraction of that.”

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continued from page 1 and having that work show up on the board. He added that everything written on the board is saved into the Prysm Cloud, so students and faculty can go back later to check the record of progress from any given day.

Various other schools, such as the Boston University College of Engineering,

Police Briefs

Crash Course The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of a motor vehicle accident on campus at 6:14 p.m. on March 30. A bicycle rider had collided with a parked car when someone in the car opened the rear passenger door. Both sides exchanged information to reach an agreement on payment of any property damage.

No one involved was injured but the front wheel of the bicycle was twisted.

Back-End Bumper On March 30 at 7:02 p.m. a Tufts employee reported to TUPD that his vehicle had been damaged. The dark grey car was parked in Cousens’ lot close to the stairs. It had been hit and there was some damage on the back right side of the car. There were scrapes and it appeared that white paint had transferred from another car, likely the one that had hit it. The employee was advised on how to file a claim with his insurance company. It is unknown who hit the car.

Pub Problems A student called TUPD requesting medical attention at The Foundry on Elm Street at 2 a.m. on April 1. The student reported that she had fallen outside while trying to get into her Uber and had a small laceration on her face. TUPD officers and the Somerville

the University of Denver’s Center for Statistics and Visualization and Qatar University’s College of Business and Economics, have installed Prysm boards, according to Prysm’s website.

According to the Wainhouse Research evaluation, Prysm claims that the screen, which is made from Laser Phosphor Displays (LPD), is more environmentally friendly and energy-effi-

cient than LCD or plasma screens.

According to Fitzgerald, training for the Prysm board will likely be offered in Eaton Hall soon.

“The purpose of putting [the board] in Eaton was to give students (and faculty) the opportunity to experiment with technology that allows for realtime collaboration in teaching and learning,” Fitzgerald said.

Fire Department went to the scene. She was checked over and then transferred to the care of the fire department.

bing the strap, the other said “You’re okay, you’re okay,” to him. He managed to get away and keep his property. The incident is being investigated by the Somerville Police Department with the assistance of TUPD, and a timely warning email about the incident was sent out.

When the Clock Strikes Midnight…

TUPD officers went to conduct a compliance check on April 1 at 12:30 a.m. on an event scheduled that evening and found multiple violations. An Applejam concert was scheduled in the Crane Room that night, and was supposed to end at midnight.

When the officers came to check on the event they heard music and observed vehicles parked at the Academic Quad where they also found alcohol. The event was not supposed to have vehicles parked outside it or alcohol present. The music shut down and the participants agreed to clean the room. Attendees stated that some people had brought their own alcohol.

Dark-Hour Dangers A student stated that he was walking home from Davis Square down College Avenue when two males followed him and tried to take his backpack. He reported the incident to TUPD at 1:42 a.m. on April 2.

The student reported that two males followed him from about a block-and-ahalf of distance, and eventually noticed that they were directly behind him. While one attempted to take his backpack by grab-

Too Close for Comfort A student reported inappropriate advances and questions from an Uber driver when she was getting a ride to Mayer Campus Center. After she was dropped off she informed her friends about the incident.

One of the friends later noticed the man walking around Campus Center. TUPD contacted Uber about the driver and the man has been banned from campus.

Laptop Larceny On April 4, there were two separate reports of stolen laptops at Tisch Library.

The first report came in at 12:06 p.m. about a student who had stepped away for awhile and came back to find their laptop missing.

The second similar report was filed shortly after by another student. TUPD has a lead on the case and is working with other colleges to identify at least two suspects who are believed to have stolen at other campuses as well.

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Crafts Center prepares to debut first ‘Spring Art Show’

by Eran Sabaner

Executive Arts Editor

This semester, the Daily has covered a myriad of events, from faculty-sponsored performances such as “Art Flashes” to student-organized exhibitions like “NASTY WOMEN x Tufts.” These events not only showcase the talent of Tufts students, especially since Tufts acquired the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) last summer, but they are also networking opportunities for artists by providing them space to express and practice their creativity.

The Crafts Center is a TCU-funded, student-run group with a similar mission that has been around long before the SMFA merger. Located in the basement of Lewis Hall, the Crafts Center allows Tufts community members to use arts and crafts materials and supplies at no cost. It also organizes workshops on topics ranging from 3D jewelry to screen printing.

In light of recent community-organized arts exhibitions, the Crafts Center has decided to organize one of its own. However, the center first had to implement structural changes.

“Originally, the Crafts Center [was] run by two leaders. After that, the roles were separated and everyone had their own responsibility,” first-year Quincey Kras said.

As Head of Event Planning, Kras — together with senior SMFA student and

Crafts Center President Conor Ward — thought of ways of reaching out to the Tufts community.

“We wanted to organize a big event before the end of the school year, so we thought of organizing an art show that showcases student work that hasn’t necessarily been done at the Crafts Center,” Kras said. “We wanted students participating from the campus and also SMFA, especially since we now have a special connection with that school.”

The first steps were taken exclusively by Kras and Ward. After meeting together, the two discussed what the show was going to be like and came up with a general concept. The primary steps taken afterward were reaching out to students and thinking about logistics.

With many student exhibitions taking place around the area, members of the Crafts Center thought of ways to differentiate their show. Kras emphasized that the show included the Tufts community as a whole.

“We wanted to make sure to include everybody in our show: Tufts students, SMFA students but also Tufts teachers who want to participate … Basically anybody who is a part of the community,” Kras said.

The Crafts Center drew inspiration for the event from hidden talents around campus.

“We just want to showcase the amazing artwork all the people do on

campus, because you don’t even know, the person sitting next to you in class could do pottery or painting,” Kras said. “We just wanted to make sure that people were aware of the hidden talent here. Just because you don’t go to SMFA or you are not majoring in art does not mean you’re not an artist.”

That being said, the center initially did not get enough submissions on time, which led it to extend the submission deadline. Artists can now submit pieces until April 10.

“As of now, we have about 10 solid submissions, which sometimes include multiple works. I’m also in contact with six or seven more people who [have] yet to send their work to me,” Kras said on April 5. “We’re hoping to have around 25 submissions by the time of the new deadline.”

Unlike other exhibitions, the Crafts Center does not have a concrete theme for its show. In fact, the show’s title, “Crafts Center Spring Art Show,” sounds broad and vague. The decision to abstain from a theme was a conscious one made by Kras and Ward.

“I didn’t want people to not submit because they feel like their work doesn’t fit with the theme,” Kras said.

“It goes back to the idea of all-inclusivity we promote: We want everyone, regardless of the experience and background they’re coming from.”

Additionally, the organizers want to provide a space where artists can sell their work.

“We wanted to promote artists on campus and let them be able to show their work. Part of the deal is providing the opportunity to sell their work, if they want to,” Kras said. “The main idea is to support these artists’ future endeavors. It would be nice to be rewarded. We know that not everybody is interested in selling their work, so it is an option. Not all works are on sale, but some of them definitely will be.”

The center has decided to expand on the idea of organizing a student exhibition by including additional entertainment. A number of Tufts student performers and bands — including Liv Green, Tony Nguyen, Smoking Babies, Bubo, Frederick Swine and Space Ink — will be performing. In line with the Crafts Center’s traditions, there will also be free pickling workshops. As the show will take place on a Sunday evening, the center wants to take full advantage of the spring weather and the center’s surrounding outside space.

“If the weather permits it, we’ll have the event outside,” Kras said. “We’ll be displaying a mix of work: So far, we have received paintings, drawings, video installations and screenprints.

Besides the art, we’ll have Anna’s Taqueria coming. We’ll have free burritos, food and drinks.”

“Crafts Center Spring Art Show” will take place Sunday, April 16. Any member of the Tufts community is encouraged to submit their work by April 10.

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continued from back “We’re going match-by-match in every way, just taking one match at a time, regrouping, reassessing and figuring out what we need to do for the next match,” Bayard said. “Lauren [Louks] and Mina [Karamercan] finished No. 6 in the country last year, and they’re a great team, and in the future I might put them back together, but right now I’m just trying to figure out the three best combinations that give us the best shot at every single slot.”

Popa thinks that the team’s doubles play continues to be a growing strength.

“One of our strengths is being able to communicate well with each other, so any doubles team can have any pairing and start right away to be an effective team without that little transition period,” Popa said. “I think we’ve really improved our net game the past year or so. We’ve become aggressive at the net and [are] using that as a strength.”

Louks defeated Yan 6-2, 6-1 in the singles, before Huang defeated Iwasaki 6-4, 6-3 to claw one back.

However, Tufts won the remaining

four singles matches. Karamercan overcame a first set defeat to beat Chen 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, before Calabro clinched victory with a 6-4, 6-0 defeat of Peng. Senior co-captain Alexa Meltzer defeated Stojkovic 6-3, 6-3, while sophomore Julie Keller defeated classmate Sojin Ki 6-0, 6-0.

Tufts recorded an 8-1 victory over Bates on Saturday afternoon to kick off a marathon double-header. The No. 3 pair of Calabro and Iwasaki got Tufts off to a bright start with an 8-1 victory over senior Kate Rosenthal and firstyear Lauren Hernandez, while Louks and Popa won their match 8-5. In the tightest of the three double matches, Karamercan and Wiley fell 8-6 to junior Maisie Silverman and sophomore Isabella Stone to give Bates a way back into the competition.

With the exception of Meltzer’s match, which ended with her opponent’s retirement, Tufts dominated the singles competition, winning all of its matches in straight sets. Louks was first to finish as she defeated senior Elizabeth Erbafina 6-3, 6-1. Iwasaki then followed up her doubles victory with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of Stone. The Jumbos’ victory was then sealed when

No. 1 Karamercan defeated Silverman 7-6 (5), 6-2.

“The depth of our team really came through strong,” Bayard said. “I was happy with how we performed overall, especially with playing on two very different surfaces at Bates and Colby.

We’re prepared for the fast surface at Bates … and we hopped right to playing Colby on a different surface, so I was proud of how my team adjusted right away to the slower surface.”

A few hours later, the team scored a clean 9-0 sweep of Colby College.

Tufts recovered from its 2-1 doubles defeat by Brandeis as it swept the doubles series. While Calabro and Iwasaki continued the development of their chemistry with a 8-4 victory over sophomores Aleks Piibe and Emily Dyckman, Bayard rotated the Nos. 1 and 2 pairings. Louks and Popa defeated sophomore twins Gabby and Lydia Venditti 8-3, while Karamercan and Baum defeated sophomore Jamie Pine and junior Maddie Lupone 8-2.

The Jumbos demonstrated their strength in depth as well in the singles, handing starts to Keller and senior Chelsea Hayashi in the fifth and sixth position matches. The duo did not dis-

appoint. Keller defeated Pine 6-0, 6-1 to seal the victory for the Jumbos – she was the second singles player to finish after Karamercan – while Hayashi went one game better, defeating Dyckman in straight sets. In fact, Tufts did not drop a single set in each of its singles matches, losing just 14 games on the way to victory.

According to Calabro, the rotation was useful for team chemistry.

“That was good because it gave people a little break, giving the opportunity to more people to play more than they usually do,” Calabro said.

“And for people who usually play and get support, to give support to the people who are always energetic and cheering on the sidelines was really great for our team.”

The team is back in action at Middlebury on Sunday before a stretch of six matches at home.

“We’re looking at starting out strong [and] getting lots of energy in the doubles right away,” Popa said. “If a point doesn’t go our way, which, a ton might not, because they’re a great team and they can come up with good shots, just brush it off, next point, and stay with our game plan.”

On Sunday, the Jumbos took down the visiting Camels, 17-4. Tufts struck first with a goal from sophomore midfielder Cecily Freliech just a minute-and-a-half into the game, followed by an equalizing goal from Conn. College’s junior attacker Annie Cornbrooks nearly eight minutes later. The rest of the first half was all Tufts, however, as it rattled off eight unanswered goals. Three came from Games and two from Adamec.

The second half played out in a similar way, as Tufts outscored Conn.

College, 8-3. The Jumbos’ offense particularly got rolling during a seven-minute period from the 27:25 mark to the 20:37 mark in which they scored six goals

and the Camels scored none. Overall, the Jumbos dominated this game offensively with a 37-13 shot advantage and controlled possession by winning 16 of the 23 total draw controls.

Games explained that those seven minutes are what Tufts sees as the ideal way its offense can operate.

“I think our coach has wanted since the beginning of the season for our attacking strategy to be a lot quicker and so we are looking for the fast break when we get down the field. We are getting off the draw controls quickly and looking to the goal,” Games said.

“Just looking for that first opportunity has helped our team move a lot quicker on the attack.”

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continued from back the Jumbos’ territory, they struggled to connect on more than a few passes and sent a number of shots flying harmlessly over the net.

The Ephs’ offense came alive in the second period, as they matched Tufts goal for goal for much of the half. This scoring was largely on the backs of senior midfielder Jenna Chodos and sophomore attacker/midfielder Suzanna Penikis, the second- and fourth-leading scorers on Williams’ team, respectively.

The Ephs getting more scoring opportunities in the second half may have been due to the increase in turnovers from just five by the Jumbos in the first half to

12 in the second. However despite this boost, the Ephs never reduced the deficit to less than five, because they could not stop the Jumbos from scoring. Games added four goals and Meek added three in the second half. In reaching a total of eight goals, Games tied the program’s single-game scoring record.

Williams did in fact have eight free position shots as opposed to just three for Tufts, and those eight shots allowed them to convert on three of their goals for the day.

Tufts hits the road this weekend to face off against the Hamilton Continentals (6-4, 4-2 in conference) on Saturday and the Cortland State Red Dragons (6-2, 1-0 in conference) on Sunday.

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No. 7 Tufts is on a four-match winning streak, moving to 8-1 for the season with its recent 7-2 victory over Wellesley on Wednesday. This came on the back of Tufts’ double-header weekend, which it handled with relative ease as it won 8-1 at Bates before making the trip to Colby to win 9-0.

Coach Kate Bayard took the opportunity to rotate her starting doubles pairings on Wednesday. Junior Lauren Louks and sophomore Otilia Popa remained paired together at No. 2, sophomores Mina Karamercan and Tomo Iwasaki teamed up at No. 1 and senior co-captain Conner Calabro and classmate Jacqueline Baum were put together at No. 3, resuming a partnership that last played their sophomore year.

The switch-up yielded positive results for Tufts. Louks and Popa dominated senior Andjela Stojkovic and first-year Sarah Yan 8-2 to give Tufts the lead, before the No. 1 pair of senior Carina Chen and sophomore Justine Huang defeated Karamercan and Iwasaki 8-6. Calabro and Baum then put Tufts back in front with a tight 9-7 victory, coming back from 6-1 down to defeat sophomore Rosanne Hu and first-year Selina Peng.

“The last time Jacqueline [Baum] and I played together was at Wellesley in our sophomore year, so it’s like a full circle,” Calabro said. “I love playing with another senior because we have

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Senior Jacqueline Baum prepares to return a shot during a doubles match in a home game against Brandeis on March 29. the same hunger to do our best …

Our energy did really well yesterday, because we were down by a lot. We couldn’t get a rhythm, but our feisti-

ness and discipline [meant we knew] that we weren’t going to lose, and it’s just great to have another win with another senior.”

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Strong offensive performances notch Tufts a pair of NESCAC wins

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The Jumbos (5-3, 2-3 NESCAC ) won both conference games they played in the first week of April. Victories over the

Conn. College Camels (1-7, 0-5) and the Williams Ephs (4-5, 1-4) gave the team its first wins in what has been a highly competitive NESCAC season thus far.

On March 28, before Tufts’ wins against Conn. College and

Williams, sophomore attacker and Tufts’ second-leading scorer Dakota Adamec explained that conference match-ups are often volatile and always hard-fought.

“We understand that the NESCAC

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Tufts players defend the goal during a 16-8 win against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Mar 15.

is one of the most competitive conferences in Div. III and we do have teams that have been national champions or [that have] been to the final four, but we always try to go into the game thinking that everything is going to be a battle because it usually is,” Adamec said.

On the Wednesday trip to Williams, Tufts won a high scoring affair 18-11. After nearly 15 minutes of scoreless play, Tufts struck first, as first-year attacker Emily Games scored on an unassisted shot. The goal ignited the Jumbos’ offense as they scored eight more times in the first period, including three more unassisted goals from Games and two scores each from Adamec and junior attacker Taylor Meek. The visitors entered the half with a comfortable 9-3 lead.

Games explained that while the Jumbos weren’t happy with the start of the first half, that didn’t change their mindset.

“After we got a few goals in it really picked up our momentum and everybody was eager to keep the offense going,” Games said. “We really just had to focus on getting the draw.”

Williams’ offense mustered only three first-half goals — one each from sophomore midfielders Korinna Garfield, Emma Tenbarge and Eliza Quigley — as it struggled to handle the pressure from a staunch Tufts defense. On the occasions when the Ephs were able to get the ball deep into see WOMEN'S LACROSSE, page 7