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Merchant to serve as Tufts’ new Muslim Chaplain by Jilly Rolnick

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Abdul-Malik Merchant has begun his role as the new Muslim chaplain for the Tufts University Chaplaincy. While at Tufts, he also will continue to serve in his current position as the Associate Imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC), a mosque and community center in Roxbury that serves around 1,500 congregants. According to an email from the University Chaplaincy, Merchant began his new role on Sept. 1. According to the email, Merchant has a wide range of experience working with a diverse group of people. “He has experience across communities and age ranges, including working with inner city youth in Washington, D.C. and teaching classes as a Junior Resident Scholar at the MAS [Muslim

American Society] Community Center in Alexandria, VA,” the email read. The email added that Merchant is enrolled at Boston University’s master’s program in theology and social work. Merchant, originally from the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia metropolitan area, has always aspired to work in a spiritual context. “It’s my calling,” he said in an email to the Daily. “I pray I’m able to do so sincerely for God’s sake and effectively.” After spending almost 10 years overseas at an Islamic seminary within Umm al-Qura University in Mecca, Merchant has been working in the Boston area for three years. Prior to his current post at the ISBCC, which he has held since 2016, Merchant served as the Muslim spiritual advisor at Northeastern University. The search process to fill the chaplaincy vacancy was mostly conducted over the summer and kickstarted by former

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University Chaplain Greg McGonigle, according to the Office of the President’s Chief of Staff Michael Baenen. “The interview process gave students, staff and faculty a chance to meet with candidates, and campus stakeholders indicated they were very excited by what Abdul-Malik would bring to the position,” Baenen said. “I am delighted that he has joined the Chaplaincy team.” Merchant replaces Celene Ibrahim, who left Tufts last spring after five years to teach at Groton School. Merchant’s appointment comes during a range of changes taking place within the chaplaincy, such as McGonigle’s sudden departure this summer and the appointment of Jennifer Howe Peace as interim chaplain. In the fall of 2018, Rabbi Naftali Brawer began his new position as university Jewish chaplain, replacing Jeffrey Summit.

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After Community Day, Tufts organizations prepare for inaugural OUTREACH Day by Jilly Rolnick

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Karl Kaiser speaks on ‘The Future of Europe’ panel at the Institute for Global Leadership’s 31st annual EPIIC International Symposium on ‘Europe in Turmoil’ on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.

The University Chaplaincy is excited to welcome Merchant to its team and learn from his pool of knowledge, according to Catholic Chaplain Lynn Cooper. “Abdul-Malik is passionate about the intersection of mental health and spiritual life,” she said in an email to the Daily. “His warmth is contagious. I look forward to learning from him and seeing him walk with students on their paths at Tufts and beyond.” Peace highlighted Merchant’s unique training and skills that he brings to Tufts, including his fluency in both Arabic and English. “Abdul-Malik Merchant is a thoughtful, personable, and deeply knowledgeable religious leader,” Peace said in an email to the Daily. “He has extensive training and background in both Islamic studies as well as pastoral care and counseling.”

Disclaimer: Mitch Lee is a staff writer at the Tufts Daily. Lee was not involved in the writing or editing of this article. Tufts will host its first full-scale OUTREACH Day, a day of service in the area around Tufts aimed at introducing firstyear students to service opportunities at Tufts and connecting them with the broader Medford and Somerville communities, on Sept. 28, according to Tufts Community Outreach Project (TCOP) organizer Matthew Soderberg. “The four of us … had a common desire to energize students around service, something that had played a large role in our lives before Tufts,” the four main organizers, Soderberg, Ailie Orzak, Mitch Lee and Patrick Liu, said in a joint statement to the Daily. “We saw the creation of OUTREACH Day as an opportunity to offer opportunities of service early in students’ Tufts experiences for those at Tufts who might otherwise miss out.” Last March, a smaller pilot OUTREACH program with 70 participants occurred to test different ways to coordinate this year’s event. “This experience taught us so much about service learning and organizing, and ulti-

mately it encouraged us to pursue a full program this fall,” the statement said. This year, the organizers hope to have up to 200 participants and volunteers and are working with 17 community organizations, including The Elizabeth Peabody House and Friends of the Middlesex Fells, across Medford, Somerville and other communities near Tufts, according to the organizers’ statement. The event is focused on first-years, but the service groups will include upperclassmen and staff, according to Soderberg. All the service events will be carried out off campus in Tufts’ host communities and will be followed by a barbecue for students. There will also be a time for reflection and goal setting before and after the community service. Medford Mayor Stephanie Burke will also give a keynote speech, and TCOP will set up a small “mobile museum” so participants can learn more about the organizations they visited and their host communities, according to the organizers. The event is related to the Tufts Community Day held last Sunday on Sept. 22, according to the joint statement. TCOP has partnered with the Office of Community and Government Relations, which hosts

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Peace also said that she thinks Merchant will fit in well at Tufts and the chaplaincy.

“He strikes me as someone who is committed to relationship-building and student empowerment,” she said. Because it is a new position for Merchant, he does not have any specific goals yet, other than forming a strong

connection to the Tufts community. “My only plan is to establish strong relationships with the students, faculty, and alumni I’m serving,” Merchant said in an email. “I believe the most impactful service comes via genuine relationships.”

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continued from page 1 Community Day, to create OUTREACH Day. Additionally, several of the organizations to be featured in OUTREACH Day were also present at Community Day. The goal of the program is to spark long time civic engagement, according to Assistant Director of Student Life and Engagement Alice Shaughnessy. Soderberg acknowledged that one day of service might not necessarily create a permanent impact. “My role has been asking ‘what’s the point’ of a one-day service event,” Soderberg said. “One day service doesn’t provide sweeping change in the way that philanthropy and longer lasting things have the possibility to do.” He said that the organizers had this in mind and planned to add aspects of intentionality to OUTREACH Day as a result. “We have tried to be really intentional in all of our leadership training curriculum and in all of our reflection materials to try to create an opportunity where the conversations that happen on our day provide an opportunity to create lasting change,” he said. Soderberg, Orzak, Lee and Liu have spent part of last year and the entirety of the past summer organizing this event and fine-tuning it for the first-year students. They hope that the participants will gain a new sense of empowerment and form a stronger connection to the community. “Part of our target audience [is] students like me who might find it easier to turn towards apathy or laughing something serious off,” Soderberg said. “I really hope that students like me who might be disinclined to take something seriously really see this as

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continued from page 1 Abi Williams, director of the IGL, said that the grant will be given in the form of five installments of $20,000 each year. He said that the grant is a substantive addition to IGL’s budget. In the short term, the money will be used to fund programs like Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC), a course Tufts students can take to learn about global leadership, and Inquiry, a Fletcher-sponsored program for high school students, according to Williams. Williams also explained that part of the grant will be used to bring speakers who have witnessed genocide to the EPIIC conference next spring, which will focus on preventing future genocide and mass atrocity. In addition to EPIIC, the grant will also be used to fund a high school global issues program called Inquiry, Williams said. Heather Barry, associate director of the IGL, is responsible for organizing Inquiry. She told The Daily that Inquiry is a program that brings high school students to Tufts for a global issue simulation in the spring as well as organizing a trip to other regions of the US or overseas. This is the 28th year of the Inquiry program; it started in Boston, and later expanded to other cities, Barry said. She believes that the grant from the

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A poster for 2019 Tufts OUTREACH Day is pictured. an opportunity to be intentional for a couple of hours and actually engage with what they are doing.” Shaughnessy and the organizers hope that this event will become a yearly tradition. “We have had such a great experience getting to know our partner organizations this summer and they’ve been gen-

Cummings Foundation will enable the program to reach out to more schools and provide subsidies to schools that previously had to raise funds to add Inquiry. IGL can also provide more financial support to students who attend this year’s trip to Rwanda, Barry adds. Williams described the grant application process as a “successful team effort,” in which staff from IGL collaborated and came up with the proposal together. He added that the Provost’s Office was also involved and was “very supportive” of their ideas. IGL worked closely with Hillel, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and as the International Relations Department during this process, Williams said. The IGL has a five-person team that meets up regularly and decides on the usage of any grant, according to Williams, and the day-to-day management of the grant belongs to the Central Grant Office at Tufts. This is the first time IGL has received a grant from the Cummings Foundation, according to Williams. However, on the university level, this is one of the many grants that comes from the Cummings Foundation. Joyce Vyriotes, deputy director of the Cummings Foundation, wrote to the Daily in an email that the principle philanthropic commitment that the foun-

erous in sharing their knowledge with us,” the organizers said in their statement. “We hope that OUTREACH Day will lead to long-lasting relationships and that we can continue to offer our resources to the folks in our community that do incredible work.”

dation has at Tufts is to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, which has received more than $70 million in funding from the foundation. Williams pointed to “ongoing conflict in Syria and Myanmar genocide and mass atrocity” as reasons that propelled the institute to choose its current grant proposal. He believes that the proposal of the grant also suits the priorities of the Cummings Foundation well. Vyriotes declined to comment on the foundation’s decision to fund IGL. She explained that the grant decision process was competitive and added that the winners were selected by a group of community volunteers who evaluated the proposals. The grant-selection process took about nine months, with proposals making their way through three different volunteer committees that each narrowed the list before they ultimately decided on the grant winner, Vyriotes explained. “The Cummings Foundation is delighted to support IGL’s innovative programs to help students connect theoretical learning with valuable firsthand experiences,” Vyriotes said. “It is one of many Tufts programs that train students to think critically and demonstrate leadership related to current global issues.”

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The changing face of Davis Square by Kevin Doherty

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The poster is nestled in the bottom right corner of a sleek glass window in Davis Square. Two silhouettes dance together as the sun sets behind them. “I miss Johnny D’s,” says one of the figures, answered only with a nostalgic “Yeah.” Johnny D’s Uptown Restaurant and Music Club closed in 2016, after the longtime owner Carla DeLellis thought “it was time for a change”, according to The Boston Globe. The restaurant opened in 1969, during Bob Dylan’s heyday, and the same truth once expressed by Dylan still holds out: “The times they are a-changin’.” A four story mixed-use development building is now being built where Johnny D’s once stood. As reported by Eater Boston, the building, still owned by DeLellis, will house a sushi, poke and raw juice bar called Waikiki and have several floors of apartments up above. More construction is soon to follow. The Daily reported last Friday that the British-based student housing developer, Scape, purchased a half-block of properties along Elm Street and Grove Street, in the heart of Davis Square. Now the square faces crucial questions: how does it maintain its unique sense of place amidst all these changes? How can Davis Square evolve in a constantly evolving world, yet stay true to what it is? E In terms of the changes seen in Davis Square, Stephen Mackey, the president -and CEO of the Somerville Chamber of hCommerce, said he views them as some-thing of an inevitability. y “I mean, over 30 years you’re going sto see significant change anywhere,” rMackey said. y Mackey is a lifelong Somerville resident and has been president of the Chamber of Commerce since 1995. When he took over, he and his team tried to figure out what the future of Somerville might look like. s “In the mid 1990s, there was a strong hsocietal shift towards urban resurgence, nbut Somerville still had this reputation of urban decay. We wanted to reframe how tpeople thought about it,” Mackey said. d That came in the way of three key dcharacteristics of Somerville’s location: tSomerville is the most densely populated lcity in New England, it’s closer to downftown Boston than most of Boston, and it sits in the middle of the “brain power etriangle” of Tufts University, Harvard eUniversity and Massachusetts Institute -of Technology. Upon reframing, Mackey tthought the city needed something to fbring people into it.

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A poster saying ‘I miss Johnny D’s’ is pictured in Davis Square on Sept. 19. “We needed a hook. We weren’t the life sciences capital like Cambridge. We weren’t the political capital like Boston. But at the time, Davis Square had Johnny D’s, Redbones and Somerville Theatre, so maybe we could be the dining and nightlife capital,” Mackey said. As more people and more money have flowed into Davis Square, its dining and nightlife scene has continued to evolve. Some restaurants have taken the route of refurbishing old Davis Square institutions, paying homage to a deep history while adapting to a new time. Sacco’s Bowl Haven at Flatbread Somerville exemplifies one such evolution. Katie Biggs, a managing partner of Flatbread Company Inc., offered a history of the organic pizzeria/bowling alley combination.

“Sacco’s Bowl Haven opened in 1939, with candlepin bowling, a New England tradition. It was family owned between the Sacco family and one other family, and then in 2010, they were selling it and a lot of people were looking to buy it. [The potential purchasers] were going to level it and do all condos, or retail on the bottom and condos up top. A lot of people in the community were very against this kind of development,” Biggs said. Biggs said that the owners of Flatbread Company came in and wanted to maintain the bowling alley. “The two founders, Johnny and Jay, found out about Sacco’s and heard about what the developers were trying to do. [The Sacco family] put their

blood, sweat and tears into this place. Their whole family had since 1939. They didn’t want it to just get destroyed. So Flatbread told them ‘we’ll buy it and keep it true to its roots.’ That’s why the family ended up selling it to Flatbread, because we were the only ones willing to keep it what it was,” she said. To this day, Flatbread maintains a good relationship with the Sacco family and seeks to maintain and build a relationship with the Davis Square community. “We still get Joe Sacco, the grandson, he’ll come in once or twice a year and he’s always so happy that we kept it going. It was a family operation and then we moved in, but it’s an institution in the community and we tried to keep it that way,” Biggs said. According to some of their patrons, they’ve succeeded. “We still have people nine years later come in and they’re like ‘I’m so glad that you guys kept it the way it is,’ because they know that they were trying to put condos here … [and] you do see a lot of landmarks disappearing, like Johnny D’s, like Ryles in Inman Square,” Biggs said. Biggs finds that Flatbread Company, though a chain with 16 stores from Hawaii to Maine, can resist becoming a generic chain because each store allows itself to be transformed by the community it inhabits. “Different stores have a different community so it’s a different vibe [at each one]. We just want to keep it a natural spot for whatever community we’re in,” she said. Similarly, Mackey sees the local community as a shield that can maintain Davis Square’s sense of self. “Of course there’s a fear of losing character [with development]. It can happen, but it’s less likely to happen in Davis Square than what has happened in parts of Harvard Square because the parcels are smaller and so much more of Davis Square immediately abuts residential development, so you have to be more sensitive,” he said. Mackey doesn’t know what lies ahead with the introduction of student housing developer Scape, but views it optimistically. “It’s exciting that Somerville is getting attention from all over the world, but we haven’t seen the proposal yet and need to make sure the proposal maintains the commercial engine of Davis Square on Elm Street,” Mackey said. What we do know is that, in the words of another 1960s musician, a change is gonna come to Davis Square, one way or another.

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Jon Adams Oops We Did It Again

Afghanistan as a cautionary tale

very student, at some point in their undergraduate experience, is taught George Santayana’s assertion that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The phrase has produced various paraphrases, switching out “condemned” for “doomed” or “destined” but always maintaining the theme that, throughout history, humanity continues to be its own worst enemy. This is nothing new. History is full of countless examples of humanity blindly stumbling into the same situation as before, just as desperate but just as unable to escape its self-imposed fate. Only if we look to our past can we prepare for our future. Take, for example, Afghanistan. When the British crime drama “Sherlock” premiered in 2010, Martin Freeman played the role of Dr. John Watson, an Afghan war veteran battling the traumas of his experiences as he helped solve crimes across modern London. Yet this soldiering background was not an adaptation on the part of the script writers to modernize a 19th century character. Google, “When did Britain invade Afghanistan?” and it replies with 1838, far earlier than 2001, when Tony Blair sent in troops as part of a NATO coalition under Operation Enduring Freedom. The First-Anglo Afghan War was fought between 1838 and 1842, and is one of the first major conflicts of the geopolitical struggle now taught by Dr. Kelly Greenhill in PS61 as “The Great Game.” All in all, between 1838 and 1919 Britain invaded Afghanistan on three separate occasions, totaling eight years of armed conflict. Thus, when Arthur Conan Doyle’s first serial of Sherlock Holmes began in 1887, just after the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80), it was just as believable to readers in Victorian England that Dr. Watson was an Afghan war veteran as it was to small screen watchers worldwide upon “Sherlock”’s premiere 123 years later in 2010. One would think that other nations would have stayed away from Britannia’s mistakes. Nonetheless, the Soviet Union would also find itself bogged down in Afghanistan (some would say coincidentally — this author decidedly not) due to three invasions in 1929, 1930 and 1979. The final invasion, a precursor to America’s current situation in the Middle East, lasted for nearly 10 years, seeing roughly 100,000 Soviet personnel tied up in the region and earning the sobriquet of “the USSR’s Vietnam.” By the time NATO arrived in 2001, Afghanistan was well-deserving of its nickname as “the graveyard of empires.” A recent USA Today headline read: “Afghanistan War veterans, still waiting for a peace deal, ask: Was the sacrifice worth it?” The fact that this is a question which can be asked by veterans of three separate countries (or, if you add all the former republics of the Soviet Union, 17) over the course of three centuries speaks to the trend we’ve yet to buck as a collective species: We don’t learn from our mistakes because we don’t want to. We always think we can do it better than those who did it before, and that we won’t stumble on the same blocks as they did. But at the end of the day, as trite as it sounds, we’re only human. History is riddled with warnings the past has left behind for the present, and it’s up to us to stop long enough to see them. Jon Adams is a senior studying Spanish. Jon can be reached at jonathan.adams@ tufts.edu.

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FILM REVIEW

‘The Goldfinch’ is a cold, hollow restoration by Miranda Feinberg Contributing Writer

Director John Crowley’s new film “The Goldfinch” (2019) brings to the silver screen author Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning story of tragic hero Theo Decker as he navigates life following a terrorist attack that kills his mother and destroys New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Theo finds himself living through impossible highs and unbearable lows, his story intrinsically connected to the piece of artwork that survives the attack with him. The film is a rose-tinted tragedy, with each marker of despair that enters Theo’s life matched with the beauty and art that surrounds him. However, the golden facade hides a boring and empty story. The film, overall, fails at its most basic intentions — that is, to express the profound tragedies that our protagonist faces. The story portrayed in the movie is inauthentic, bored and distilled. The source material for the movie is impossibly long, and in adapting the novel and trying to stay true to all the major plot points, the film really fails at capturing the emotion that lies underneath and within each moment. By jumping from experience to experience, the film touches on how lead Theo Decker feels but never delves deep into the uncomfortable and distressing aspects of his experiences. Without the emotion, the tragedy becomes simply the spark that sets off the next chain of events, and the sentiments lack empathy. Furthermore, the film showcases the beauty of art and antiques without really getting right the profound connection to humanity that the story is meant to emphasize. There are many decently-written speeches recited throughout the film that try to express the importance and humanistic value of art, but it never truly expresses the emotion behind such sentiments. This lacking aspect of the film is not altogether unexpected. The novel exists through Theo’s philosophical and terrorized introspection, and such inner thoughts are understandably hard to translate to the visual medium.

The acting was a collection of very varied performance levels. Ansel Elgort and his younger counterpart, newcomer Oakes Fegley, both give emotional and mostly effective performances. So, too, do Nicole Kidman, Luke Wilson and Jeffery Wright. Others were not nearly as authentic, like Finn Wolfhard, whose portrayal of young Boris was distractingly caricature-esque. Wolfhard’s Ukrainian accent was sloppy and over-the-top, and his performance fully relied on the accent alone. His mannerisms and inflections were weak in the assumption that his Ukrainian accent would define the character. The film’s cinematography was a definite high point of the movie. Roger Deakins excels at creating a backdrop of exquisite sophistication, and realizes the story’s love of the picturesque and the beautiful. A lot of the film’s editing, though, was hit-or-miss; the film made the chaotically-themed scenes more chaotic through different cuts and color saturations (there is a moment where the whole shot slowly fades to white), and though this usually works really well, there are moments in the film where these edits create too much dissonance and cut the film into separate vignettes. The sound editing and sound design were good but uninspired, with the score matching the underwhelming nature of the movie. The set and costume design were, just like the cinematography, very effective and beautifully done. A lot of the writing did not match Tartt’s stellar work, especially the dialogue. There was a gap in quality between the lines that were lifted (almost word for word) from the novel and those that were written by screenwriter Peter Straughan. Overall, the film was a boring, albeit beautiful, adaptation. As Tartt writes in “The Goldfinch” (2013), “isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?” In the movie’s case, the glamor was empty and hollow, the themes emotionless and underplayed, and the larger beauty absent.

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WHAT TO WATCH

Ten films to look forward to for the remainder of 2019 by Christopher Panella

Executive Social Media Editor

With only a few months left in 2019, many of the year’s most anticipated films are soon to arrive. It may feel like 2019 has been quite long — it’s hard to believe Jordan Peele’s “Us” (2019) came out in March — but there are plenty of exciting releases to help close out the year. So far, September has seen the release of “IT Chapter Two” (2019) (a film that’s scary but far too long), the box office bomb “The Goldfinch” (2019), the fantastic “Hustlers” (2019) (give Jennifer Lopez the Oscar!), “Downton Abbey” (2019) and “Ad Astra” (2019). Still to come are “Judy” (2019) and “The Death of Dick Long” (2019). Beyond September, here are 10 films to look forward to for the rest of 2019. October “Parasite” (2019) The Palme d’Or winner and South Korean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the upcoming Oscars, “Parasite” tells the story of a family of con artists and the rich family they scam. It’s a timely topic — the film focus-

es on economic inequality with both lovable humor and gruesome darkness. Critics are praising “Parasite,” and it seems as though it might just be one of the best films of the year. Release date: Oct. 11

this terrifying film to earn award buzz for Dafoe and Pattinson. Release date: Oct. 18

“Jojo Rabbit” (2019) The Taika Waititi dark comedy “Jojo Rabbit” follows a boy, Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), in Nazi Germany who discovers his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. To add to it all, the boy has Adolf Hitler ( Taika Waititi) as an imaginary friend. While the film won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, “Jojo Rabbit” is still certainly set to be divisive. Release date: Oct. 18

“Ford v Ferrari” (2019) Starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, “Ford v Ferrari” is about the real-life racing rivalry between the two automakers. Expected to have fantastic performances and blood-pumping racing scenes, the film could secure a nice spot in awards season, especially for Damon and Bale. And sure, a racing film might not be for everyone — especially those who find their Lyft based on paint color — but “Ford v. Ferrari”’s dynamic leads will make up for any disinterest. Release date: Nov. 15

“The Lighthouse” (2019) Black-and-white, a creepy relationship between Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson and a slow descent into madness. What more could any filmgoer want? “The Lighthouse” follows two lighthouse keepers who begin to question their sanity and how long they’ve been at the lighthouse. Yes, that’s the plot, and it’s wonderful. Expect

“Frozen II” (2019) The sequel to the wildly popular “Frozen” (2013) brings back everyone’s favorite ice queen Elsa (Idina Menzel) and her sister Anna (Kristen Bell) to go on a new journey, this time to discover the source of Elsa’s powers. “Frozen II” is certainly set to be a gorgeously-animated holiday favorite for families everywhere, but it might just

be more than that. The film’s potential to explore deeper mythology and new regions might just make “Frozen II” a big hit. Release date: Nov. 22

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“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (2019) With Tom Hanks at the helm, a film can’t go wrong. Almost certainly an awards season favorite, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” follows journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) who profiles Fred Rogers (Hanks), the beloved personality behind “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” (1968–2001). Expect the film to be fulfilling, emotional, nostalgic and thoroughly satisfying. Release date: Nov. 22

“Knives Out” (2019) Thank goodness for Rian Johnson, whose exciting whodunit “Knives Out” is set to play with the classic murder mystery genre, adding some marquee actors as members of a large family whose patriarch (Christopher Plummer) is found

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THE TUFTS DAILY | Arts & Living | Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Devina Bhalla Bhallin’ with Books

Kerouac and ‘The Subterraneans’

t might have been slightly ambitious to commit to reading a book a week. Luckily for you, I just made the deadline with my reading of “The Subterraneans” (1958) by Jack Kerouac. Yes, it’s a novella and not a full novel, but it definitely still counts, right? Beatnik literature, or that of Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac and others, has always been a favorite of mine. I love the way their texts travel through your mind, scattering images and controversial wisdom along the way. Perhaps I also love it because of how different their lives were from mine; I doubt I will find myself taking acid and listening to the Grateful Dead anytime soon. “The Subterraneans” is Kerouac’s partly-fictional telling of his short romance with Alene Lee. Lee was an African American woman he met in Greenwich Village, New York. In his novella, Lee is named Mardou Fox. Mardou and Leo’s (Kerouac’s alter-ego) romance occurs in San Francisco amidst the vibrant beatnik scene. Its first-person memoir style gives the reader the perfect positioning to understand the complexities he is fashioning on every page. Kerouac sneakily yet openly features many strong, beatnik personalities and friends of his throughout the story. Ginsberg can be seen in Adam Moorad and Burroughs in Frank Carmody. Wikipedia has a helpful and simple chart that connects each character to the acquaintance of Kerouac he or she is based off of. It is not Kerouac’s most popular or most important work. Moreover, its depiction of minority groups is controversial because of its superficial and stereotypical nature. In many places he acts as if he understands parts of the African American culture around San Francisco, but it is obvious through his crude descriptions that he does not, and leaves many of his minority characters without depth. Many of the characters deal with substance abuse and you can watch the remnants of Leo’s struggle with alcohol and drugs throughout. Leo also still lives with his mother despite the fact that he is way too old to do so without thought. The tension between his relationship with his mother and his relationship with Mardou is one of the sly ways that Kerouac forces you to see the cracks within Leo’s behavior while he is talking about Mardou’s struggles with mental health. Though these struggles become difficult to navigate, the ways in which Kerouac allows his characters to twist and turn, grappling with their own trains of thought, lets the reader into conflict in a way I have not experienced with other authors. It leaves you twisting and turning as well, forcing you to see into struggle in a novel way. Kerouac’s works are full of these long, confusing and meandering sentences that you can get lost in. Yet, when you finally find your way out, there is always a gift that he has left at the end. He is a prime example of an author that has complete control of language. Whether it be a bewitching image or a potent emotion, Kerouac is always worth the trouble of wading through his complexities. He can be difficult and controversial, but his words are never boring or futile.

Devina Bhalla is a sophomore studying sociology and English. Devina can be reached at devina.bhalla@tufts.edu.

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continued from page 5 dead during his birthday party. From Daniel Craig and Chris Evans to Jamie Lee Curtis and Toni Collette, “Knives Out” will undoubtedly be one of the best ensemble films in years. Release date: Nov. 27 December “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (2019) Closing out a nine-film, four-decade-old saga seems impossible, but J.J. Abrams is preparing to make “The Rise of Skywalker” a fantastic, nostalgic and spectacular conclusion. With plenty of lovable characters, like the powerful Rey (Daisy Ridley) and conflicted Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), the ninth episode of the Skywalker saga will be the most emotional and definitive film of the year for fans everywhere. Let’s not forget the addition of unused footage of the late, great Carrie Fisher that will surely leave no eye dry. Release date: Dec. 20 “Uncut Gems” (2019) Starring Adam Sandler, “Uncut Gems” follows a mess of a New York City jeweler and gambler who balances his work at the jewel shop and his bad habits with his personal life — including his wife Dinah (Idina Menzel) and an affair with Julia (Julia Fox), who works at his shop. While expected to be crazy and spectacular, as only Adam Sandler can do, “Uncut Gems” will aim for the extra mile to make its characters feel human and relatable, even if they don’t seem it just yet. Release date: Dec. 25

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“Little Women” (2019) With Director Greta Gerwig and actors Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep and

Florence Pugh, “Little Women” is simply set for success and will most likely be one of the most popular and exciting releases of the season. Based on Louisa May Alcott’s evergreen novel, “Little Women” follows the March sisters and

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Power to the polls: National Voter Registration Day 2019 by Carrie Haynes Last Friday, young people showed up by the thousands to demand better treatment of our planet at the Global Climate Strike. In early 2017, young women across the country marched for themselves, their sisters and their mothers. Parkland teens encouraged high schoolers across the nation to demand more and better protection. We’ve chanted “this is what democracy looks like” at each and every rally over the past four years. Our generation will be defined by our activism. But will we be defined by our voting record? Tufts launched JumboVote in the fall of 2016 to encourage civic engagement and

voting in the year’s presidential election. With support from Tisch College, we aim to increase voter registration, educate voters and support events that foster political engagement. As a non-partisan organization, we are committed to turning out the vote in each and every election. To celebrate National Voter Registration Day this year, we wanted to share our mission and highlight a few important facts for young people. According to CIRCLE, the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts, 31% of eligible young people voted in the 2018 midterm elections. While this number may seem small, it marks a

dramatic increase from youth turnout in 2014. 2018 actually saw the highest level of youth participation in a midterm election in over 25 years. Voting is habit-forming: When we encourage young people to vote, we encourage an entire generation to vote for the rest of their lives. Our generation has been criticized for apathy, laziness and addiction to technology. Youth ages 18 to 29 make up 21% of the voting-eligible population in the US, and through civic engagement, we can show the world that we are more than that: We are a generation of leaders. Committing to civic engagement means committing to what you are pas-

sionate about. Change requires new policy and new leaders; change requires voting. This National Voter Registration Day, JumboVote wants to encourage civic engagement of any form. Whether that means calling your representatives, registering to vote for the first time, or simply asking your friends what they are passionate about: Your voice matters. Activism can take many forms. We believe activism at the polls is the most critical for young people of today. Carrie Haynes is a sophomore studying history. Carrie is a member of JumboVote and can be reached at caroline.haynes@ tufts.edu.

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Hold Rove accountable at tomorrow’s Tisch College Distinguished Speakers event

Tomorrow, Karl Rove, former President George W. Bush’s deputy chief of staff and senior aid, will visit Tufts as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Whether attending this event or not, it is essential for members of our community to understand Rove’s political career and his role in the Iraq War in order to critically evaluate both his presence on campus and parallels to the current situation in Iran. Rove played an instrumental role in every one of Bush’s political campaigns and was heavily involved in the Bush administration. He advised the president on most domestic policy matters, and analysts point to his long-term strategic thinking. James Moore and Wayne Slater wrote in NPR that “What Rove does on a Monday is inextricably connected by design to what he’ll be doing on another Monday four, six, and even eight years in the future.” He also had an outsized influence on the GOP overall, dictating who should run or not run for office and directing policy and politics across the party. Though Rove’s political skill is not to be questioned, we must recognize that the effects of his work are certainly far from admirable. In 2003, the Iraq War got its start in part because of the false accusation that the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. As a result of this fabrication, a devastating war was waged, one which would cause the death of 461,000 people, nearly 100,000 of which were documented civilian casualties. Upwards of three million refugees were displaced. The war hurt those at home as well, leaving thousands of families without loved ones, and disabling nearly a million veterans. Rove played a key role in instigating the war and the momentous suffering that followed.

After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the public was widely supportive of Bush’s military action in Afghanistan, but Iraq was a different, less popular affair. Rove was a member of the White House Iraq Group, which aimed to “convince Americans that war with Iraq was inevitable and necessary.” The group engineered and politicized a fear-mongering campaign, and Bush administration officials including Vice President Dick Cheney seriously discussed in interviews the possibility of an advanced Iraqi nuclear weapons program. Though there was no “smoking gun,” as Bush staffers would say, fear of a dictator like Hussein using a nuclear weapon was enough to mobilize the public to war. Rove was behind politicizing this fear, telling GOP donors that his strategy for the 2002 elections was: “Focus on war.” After the war, and then long after the Bush administration’s folly became known, Rove still has not repented. Instead, he has continued to stand behind his choices. In 2005, Rove travelled to Manhattan to defend the Bush administration’s handling of 9/11 and the war, and accused liberals of wanting to “offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.” In 2015, he refused to apologize to an Iraq war veteran. “We should be proud of what we were able to achieve in Iraq. And we should be sorry that we left them alone,” he said at a University of Connecticut event. With one sided and vitriolic comments, Rove has fiercely defended his corner for almost 20 years with a callous indifference towards human suffering. Although upon initial review this may seem like a problem of the past, the United States is now facing a very similar crisis. Tensions between the United States and Iran have been escalating for months, recently brought to a head by attacks on major Saudi Arabian oil facil-

ities, and President Donald Trump has suggested military action in the region. On Friday, Sept. 21, the U.S. announced it will be deploying troops and missile systems to the Arabian peninsula. We have seen this pattern of escalation before, and we know the trauma and devastation that pour forth. Rove is yet again relevant and problematic, appearing this summer on a Fox News panel speaking of potential conflict with Iran. “We ought to be prepared as a country for more assaults and maybe the loss of American lives,” he said. Rove has clearly failed to learn from the past, and rhetoric which normalizes war from a prominent politico is incredibly dangerous. Tomorrow, at 6:30 p.m. in ASEAN Auditorium, we hope to hear hard-hitting, critical questions from students and Tisch College Dean Alan Solomont. Rove’s presence on campus, while regrettable, requires us to think critically and actively question Rove’s history and current role as a pundit on the Iran crisis of today. As a nation we must keep in mind the danger of repeating the terrible mistakes that lead to war, and as a campus we must do our part to hold a powerful politician accountable. We must take this valuable opportunity to question a leader who, during many of our childhoods, helped to plunge the nation and the world into war. What can we learn from Rove’s mistakes, even as he refuses to do so? As we grow into leaders and thinkers, what can we take away from the violence this man helped create, and what can we learn about the value of taking responsibility for one’s mistakes? Dean Solomont, as a guide and educator at our university, we hope you will lead us in a critical evaluation of the past as it relates to the present. Don’t let Rove off the hook: We have the opportunity to press him on his past and present, and he should answer.

Deeksha Bathini Looking for life, destroying life

Kibera

estitution, in the most extreme sense, may seem abstract — perhaps even intangible. But the implications of social inequity are concrete, and they translate into serious, often overlooked, health repercussions for a select few, namely poor people. The air in Kibera is dusty and vaguely smells of gasoline. Streets teem with the hurried comings and goings of Kenyans. Along the path are women hauling heavy jerrycans, spilling water as they trudge homeward along sewage lines brimming with human waste. Feral dogs follow the scent of beans and ugali being cooked in alleyways of tin houses with curtains as doors. As a “mzungu” (foreigner), I am troubled that I see children eating soil, which I know contains helminth eggs. I worry because none of them are in school, instead running barefoot along the dirt roads, avoiding the bodas coming at 45 kilometers per hour. But this is just what I see. I know that beyond this rough exterior, there lie realities that I cannot see. Ones that are even rougher. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa. These tightly woven pathways, home to a quarter million people, present a serious risk for the spread of infectious disease. Slums are distinct entities, representing an entire neighborhood with residents existing in close proximity. Because of this, slums tend to be an ideal place to facilitate public health interventions, as potential benefits reverberate through the entire community. Regardless of potential positive outcomes, slums rarely catch the eye of academics. The immense literature gaps that exist regarding urban poverty makes it virtually impossible to implement evidence-based initiatives. In fact, a 2016 podcast from The Lancet reveals that less than 3% of research conducted in low and middle-income countries is based in slums. Additionally, most research conducted in these locations does not actually pertain to slum health, but rather tests the efficacy of vaccines or medications on its populations. After studying global health, this information is deeply disconcerting because relatively cheap interventions make enormous impacts on low-resource communities. Installing a communal latrine, school-based deworming (costing $0.60/child), proper footwear to prevent hookworm and distributing condoms to mitigate the spread of HIV are just a few examples. No child should suffer from preventable and treatable illnesses as a result of circumstances. It is not idealistic to think that slum dwellers are entitled to clean air, potable water and proper sanitation. Some drew the short end of the birth lottery; does that really have to mean they spend the rest of their existence making up for it? It shouldn’t, but the vicious cycle of poverty isn’t exactly compassionate. In Tracy Kidder’s book “Mountains beyond Mountains” (2003), Kidder describes the quest of Paul Farmer, an American doctor treating tuberculosis among the urban poor in Cange, Haiti. Farmer goes on to say, “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” The etching of the words “welcom to mi happe home” on the tin surface of one household really says it all. People are people, and they all deserve to be healthy. Deeksha Bathini is a junior studying community health. Deeksha can be reached at deeksha.bathini@tufts.edu.

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Women’s soccer earns impressive win over Colby

Twitter and the Antonio Brown problem

napchat? Not for me. Facebook? Meh. Instagram? Alright. Twitter? Oh yeah. I love the funny tweets, I love the news tweets, I love tweets — period. I have to admit, my favorite part of Twitter has to be the sports discourse. I follow Cubs fans, who are diehard and always have something funny or motivational to say, even when we just knocked ourselves out of the playoffs in painful fashion. I follow insiders who break free agent or injury news before the major outlets. I follow parody sports accounts who hate certain teams with a passion. As a sports fan, Twitter for me is a wonderland. With that said, we have seen a lot of the problems that come with Twitter usage by non-laypeople. President Trump has certainly made waves with his own Twitter account. Now, we can add a whole new narrative to the “Don’t let public figures use Twitter” argument. Antonio Brown has been one of the hottest names in football recently and almost none of it for his play. Regarded as one of, if not the, best receiver in football, he may now be known for his actions in his final offseason and beginning of this season. He got frostbite, filed a grievance about his nearly-decade-old helmet, got fined for his behavior and missing practices for the Raiders, celebrated online his being basically fired, went to the Patriots, scored a touchdown and had a former trainer, Britney Taylor, begin the processing of a civil suit against him for sexual assault and rape. That was before a second accuser came out and before he texted threats. This is a disaster on all sides. That said, the focus of this story is not every bad thing Antonio Brown has done within the past month and a half. This story focuses on his most recent scandal: Twitter. Brown took to Twitter two days after being fired from the Patriots and unleashed his malcontent. He discussed other sexual accusations against other current or former NFL players. He called out Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his scandal. Finally, Brown posted a picture of the trainer who has accused him of sexual assault. Twitter is the form of social media that has been used the most to connect celebrities directly to fans. They interact with each other and it can offer a more personal glimpse than Instagram photos. This is where it gets dangerous. While Antonio Brown brings up poignant flaws in the NFL system, his direct involvement is problematic. The fact that he tweeted about his former boss’ issues in tandem with his accusations and posted the photo of himself and his accuser is a horrible use of the social media platform. He is not expunged of his own actions. Whether all prominent figures need to be monitored is not an easy decision and would make Twitter feel less authentic, people like Brown who are misusing it in myriad ways need to have their access denied, whether by the platform or

David Meyer is a junior studying film and media studies. David can be reached at david.meyer@tufts.edu.

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Midfielder Sarah Grubman (LA’19) attempts to clear the ball during the homecoming game against Middlebury on Kraft Field on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. by Alex Viveros and Jacob Dreyer Executive Sports Editor and Assistant Sports Editor

In a hard-fought battle between two NESCAC opponents, the Tufts women’s soccer team was able to come out on top, beating the Colby Mules 3–1 on Saturday. The home victory was the team’s first conference victory of the season, following a 2–1 loss against Williams on Sept. 7. With the win, the Jumbos improve their overall record to 5–1. The game started off fast with goals scored by both sides early on. The Jumbos got the scoring started early in the first half on a penalty-kick goal in the 18th minute by senior midfielder and co-captain Izzy Moore. However, Colby quickly responded and tied the game up at 1–1 a little over a minute after Moore’s goal. Astonishingly, the back-and-forth scoring continued as Tufts first-year midfielder Madeleine Pero put the Jumbos up 2–1 less than 30 seconds following the game-tying score by the Mules. Pero’s goal was off an assist from junior forward Liz Reed, who recorded her fourth assist on the season. The scoring stalled for a while, until the 57th minute of the second half, when junior forward Sophie Lloyd assisted Reed, who was able to score to give the Jumbos a 3–1 lead. Reed, who was a first-team All-NESCAC selection last year, leads the Jumbos in goals on the season with six. The goal remained an insurance score throughout the match, as Colby was unable to put the ball in the net for the rest of the game. Lloyd’s assist on Reed’s goal marked her fifth on the season, which is tied for first in the conference. Additionally, the Jumbos kept the ball downfield for much of the game, as they

had 22 more shots in the game than the Mules. Their offense was also able to move the ball around all game, as two of their goals came off of assists. Reed spoke about her feelings toward Saturday’s win, commending teammate Pero’s goal. “Saturday was our first NESCAC home opener, so it was fantastic to get the win out of that. Especially to win not only by just one goal but two, which is fantastic to have in our response to when Colby scored on us,” Reed said. “[Pero’s goal] was a very, very fast and very well-executed ball, so I’m very happy about what happened this Saturday.” Alongside the offensive prowess, the game was highlighted by a great performance by the Jumbos defense. The Jumbos backs only gave up one early goal and limited the Mules to only five shots in the game. First-year goalkeeper Hayley Bernstein saved two potential goals during the match, recording her fifth win of the season in the net (5–1) in the process. The Jumbos’ high-powered offense has been the key to the hot start to the season for the Jumbos, who have averaged over three goals a game so far this season. They have also relied heavily on their teammates to help them score, as only one of their 19 goals this season has been unassisted. Coach Martha Whiting expressed her satisfaction with how the team played on both sides of the field immediately following the victory. “Today we were moving the ball really, really well,” Whiting said. “We were playing quickly. I thought overall our team defense was spot on today, and that was really nice to see. We definitely believe in ourselves this year.”

Moving forward, the Jumbos have their work cut out for them. With the majority of their non-conference games behind them, the Jumbos will look to succeed in a very competitive NESCAC conference, where three teams are currently ranked in the top 25. Having only played two in-conference games, one of which they lost, the Jumbos currently sit tied for the No. 8 spot in the NESCAC. That being said, the Jumbos still have the chance to prove themselves as contenders for a top spot in the NESCAC. Out of Tufts’ nine remaining games, eight are NESCAC matchups. Reed spoke about the competitiveness of the NESCAC. “The NESCAC is definitely the best [Div. III] league out there, in my opinion,” Reed said. “Every competition is a battle, and it can go any way at any time. No. 1 Williams was just beaten by Trinity, and Trinity is usually at the bottom, so the NESCAC is very unpredictable. It’s a very competitive league.” The Colby game marked the Jumbos’ fourth consecutive win on the season, as they look to continue this hot stretch and improve their strong start to the season in their game at MIT on Tuesday. Reed closed by sharing what she is excited about moving into the rest of the season, stressing that the Jumbos are hungry to make a statement in the Div. III arena. “We’re really excited for every battle that comes towards us, especially the more difficult in-rank teams,” Reed said. “We want to make a statement so that we get an NCAA bid. Overall, it’s a fantastic ride, and we’re excited for what’s to come in the future.”

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