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Men’s Soccer triumphs over Middlebury to win first NESCAC Championship in team history

by Savannah Mastrangelo Sports Editor

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The Tufts men’s soccer team wins the first NESCAC Championship in program history with 1–0 Win Over Middlebury on Nov. 5.

With just under three minutes remaining in the NESCAC championship match Sunday, both Tufts and Middlebury were scoreless despite many close second-half opportunities. At 87:04 of regulation, senior defender Matt Zinner fed the ball wide right to sophomore midfielder Zach Lane who was barreling down the right flank. Lane crossed the ball into the box where sophomore midfielder Brett Rojas then headed the ball into the left corner of the goal, scoring the winning goal and securing the team’s first NESCAC championship in program history.

“I saw Lane get the ball wide and I know that every time he’s on the ball he’s going to make something happen, so when I saw him start to beat his defenders, I just made a run into the box and found a perfect ball to my head,” Rojas said. “We were happy to get coach [Josh] Shapiro his first ever NESCAC title, this is something we think he deserves because he has taken the program somewhere that is beyond impressive.” see MEN'S SOCCER, page 11

Tufts announces new ‘Brighter World’ fundraising campaign

by Jenna Fleischer Staff Writer

Tufts officially announced the public phase of “Brighter World: The Campaign for Tufts,” which is the most ambitious fundraising campaign in the school’s history, according to a press release published today. Through Brighter World, Tufts is seeking to raise $1.5 billion.

The campaign marked the beginning of its public phase with a celebration on Saturday night at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and was emceed by alumna and campaign co-chair Meredith Vieira ( J ’75). Senior Vice President for University Advancement Eric Johnson said the event brought together nearly 400 alumni, students, faculty and friends of the university.

More than $566 million has already been raised during the quiet phase. These funds have been used to build interdisciplinary spaces and programs such as the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), the Data

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Intensive Studies Center (DISC) and the Allen Discovery Center, according to Jonathan Schwartz, executive director of campaign management. Schwartz said the campaign started July 1, 2013 and will last until June 30, 2023.

According to the press release, the campaign is aimed at supporting three core areas, based on the university’s 10-year strategic plan: transformational experiences, local and global impact, and research and innovation.

University President Anthony Monaco said the campaign gives Tufts an opportunity to raise greater awareness of the positive impact of the university.

“The campaign will help advance the university’s standing as a leading student-centered research university that improves lives and the world around us,” Monaco told the Daily in an email. “The funds we raise will support important initiatives such as financial aid, academic and extracurricular programs, and research and innovation, to name a few.”

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Senior Anna Rodriguez shares her experience as a student whose life was transformed by coming to Tufts from Roxbury with the aid of the BLAST program and a strong financial aid package, at the official launch event for Tufts University’s capital fundraising campaign, “Brighter World” on Nov. 4.

As campaign co-chair, University Professor Emeritus Sol Gittleman is particularly interested in endowed chairs and funds for financial aid.

“From my point of view, the most important thing is to support students and faculty: recruit, reward and retain,” Gittleman said. “By the end of the cam-

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Schwartz stressed that the campaign and university advancement efforts are driven by financial aid.

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Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law & Diplomacy holds fall conference

by Natasha Mayor News Editor

The Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law & Diplomacy (FletcherRLD), a student-run organization at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, hosted its fall conference, entitled “Approaching Religious Literacy in International Affairs,” on Nov. 3.

The conference was framed around the question, “How do you train a diplomat, a businesswoman, or a soldier to be an effective & transformational leader in a religiously pluralistic world?” with a goal to introduce graduate students and the Fletcher community to the importance of religious literacy, according to its website.

Clare Gooding, a second-year master of international business student and co-chair of FletcherRLD, elaborated on the conference’s purpose.

“Religious literacy is a core component to working effectively and respectfully in today’s world,” Gooding told the Daily in an email. “FletcherRLD wanted to bring speakers who could begin to break open the intersection of religion with the core disciplines of Fletcher students: International Business, Security Operations, Humanitarian Response & Conflict Resolution.”

James Stavridis, dean of the Fletcher School, opened the conference, followed by an introduction to religious literacy from Diane Moore, founding director of the Religious Literacy Project at the Harvard Divinity School.

The conference included three panels discussing the relationship of religious literacy to security operations, international business and conflict resolutions, using case studies of the Balkans, global business operations and modern Yemen, respectively. The panelists included professors from

the Fletcher School, other universities and representatives from non-governmental organizations.

Preceding his keynote address, CEO of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Sean Callahan (F ’88) was awarded the Dean’s Medal by Stavridis. Stavridis said that this award is given once or twice per year, and fewer than 40 have been awarded to date.

Stavridis commended Callahan for his work with CRS, an interreligious organization that aids with education and medical relief globally.

“For those of you who are not acquainted with CRS, it is global, its budget approaches a billion dollars a year, it raises funds around the world and redistributes them with low overhead, high integrity, and the sharpest sense of geopolitics, strategy and need,” Stavridis said.

After accepting the Dean’s Medal, Callahan began his keynote speech by identifying two integral parts of international work: trust and values.

“You don’t engage in businesses and you don’t do a lot of investment unless you can trust that individual,” he said.

He followed this up with an explanation of why it is crucial that religion be taken into account. Callahan described the immense reach and power that religion could have if properly understood.

Callahan expressed his amazement at the power of religion to unite. He cited Mecca as a prime example of the ability of religion to bring people together.

“If we’re trying to change the world, why wouldn’t we harness [religion]?” Callahan said.

Callahan explained that CRS deliberately does not conduct short-term interfaith “projects.” Instead, the organization’s entire workforce revolves around the idea of interreligious work. At CRS, staff mem-

bers of all religions work side by side on a daily basis, and Callahan sees this as the most effective method of creating understanding and appreciation between people of different religions.

Callahan identified education for young people as one of the most crucial tasks for CRS. He described his experiences of seeing how eager students are to learn and the lengths that villages will go to educate their children.

Callahan emphasized the impact that CRS can have, noting that when the Ebola virus hit Guinea, the government knew it had mishandled the situation and turned to CRS for help. In an effort to prevent the virus from spreading to loved ones who wanted to care for the bodies of their deceased, CRS created a team to conduct safe and dignified burials for people who died from the virus.

“We [in the religious community] take credit for stopping Ebola,” he said. “We can get rid of polio.”

The next step is distributing mosquito nets all over West Africa to fight the spread of malaria. Callahan was optimistic about the possibility of eradicating malaria through these means.

“We can allow these children to grow up fully productive individuals, so they can work in businesses and jobs, they can move to the next level and they can be productive citizens,” he said.

Callahan ended his speech by reiterating the idea that religion is an integral part of everyday life and that to aid any country, we need to first understand its religious practices and beliefs.

“When we’re on this long road together, let us make sure that we understand people — that we’re not asking who they are, but we’re respecting who they are,” he said.

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The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to hear supplementary funding requests and discuss two resolutions.

After the roll call, TCU President Benya Kraus opened the meeting by discussing the upcoming Senate elections on Nov. 14.

According to Kraus, a senior, there is one person running for the 2019 seat. There are also three open seats for the class of 2018 and an open position for the LGBTQ+ Community Senator, which has two candidates. Kraus said that two seats were carried down to the class of 2019 because only one person is running for the 2018 seat. Outreach Committee Chair Charlie Zhen told the Daily that the deadline to declare candidacy for the class of 2018 senator position was last week and the deadline to be a candidate for the class of 2019 senate seat is Nov. 7.

Kraus announced that there will be a candidates’ meeting on Nov. 6 and a candidates’ forum on Nov. 13. Elections Commission Chair and junior Klavs Takhtani told the Daily in an electronic message that elections are being pushed back a week from their original Nov. 7 date due to a lack of interest from the class of 2018.

Vice President and senior Anna Del Castillo then spoke, and committee chairs gave updates.

Administration & Policy Committee Chair Jamie Neikrie brought up a proposal made to expand Tufts outreach to rural areas. Neikrie, a senior, also brought up ongoing work on increasing transparency around the university’s budget and tuition hikes.

Kraus said that Director of Campus Planning Lois Stanley will be sending some-

one to evaluate the fire escape at Capen House, and to look into making other improvements. Kraus said that this was part of the discussion on spatial inequality on campus.

Kraus also announced that a website allowing students to request listening sessions on campus space will be launched soon. Services Committee Chair Malachy Donovan, a junior, announced that Turkey Shuttle dates have been solidified. Education Committee Chair Phil Miller announced that Tufts will transition to a system based on credit hours rather than a one-credit-per-class system. Miller, a sophomore, explained that Tufts is one of the few remaining universities not following this system, and that the switch is intended to make the allocation of credit hours correspond more fairly with time students spend in a class. According to Miller, this system will be implemented next year, and upcoming meetings with administrators will shed more light on the details of the switch.

The body then heard updates from trustee representatives. Representative for the Committee on University Advancement Kristen Moran announced the public launch of Brighter World: The Campaign for Tufts. Moran, a sophomore, explained that Brighter World is a fundraising campaign with a goal to raise money for financial aid.

According to a university press release, $566 million has been raised in the private phase of the campaign toward the $1.5 billion goal.

At the trustees’ meeting Moran attended, she said University President Anthony Monaco discussed efforts to transition Tufts into a need-blind school, although this goal will likely not be achieved in the near future. Moran also mentioned that

a number of buildings not named after donors on campus, including the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), could be possible sources of donations.

TCU Treasurer Emily Sim then opened discussion of supplementary funding requests.

The body approved funding requests from the National Society of Black Engineers-Tufts Chapter and the Tufts Psych Society.

TCU Parliamentarian Adam Rapfogel, a junior, announced that the body will be hearing the first resolution of the year, a resolution on gender-inclusive restrooms, next week.

Zhen, a junior, encouraged senators to sign and share the petition to modify the Asian American Center to make the new center usable by the entire community.

Zhen said that this will be a huge step in making the center better by removing the housing component. Diversity and Community Affairs Officer Shannon Lee, a sophomore, said that a resolution on the Asian American Center will be heard at the Senate meeting on Nov. 19.

TCU Historian Jacqueline Chen, a junior, announced that the Swipe It Forward initiative was successful, with the number of meals in the bank available to students significantly exceeding last year’s donations.

Kraus concluded the meeting by mentioning ongoing projects, such as discussions about late-night study at Carmichael Dining Center and the textbook exchange. Kraus also mentioned that she and first-year Senator Janey Litvin had begun conversations about opening a pub on campus.

After the meeting, the body held a closed session to go over the Treasury Procedures Manual in anticipation of the Tufts Republicans’ funding request to bring former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro to campus to speak.

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EVENTS ON THE HILL: WEEK OF NOV. 6 MONDAY “#StandingRock: Starting and Sustaining a Movement” Details: The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life will facilitate a conversation with two experts on indigenous activism. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard is the founder and director of Sacred Stone Camp, a center of resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Cutcha Risling Baldy is an assistant professor of Native American studies at Humboldt State University who studies indigenous activism. The event is part of the college’s Civic Life Lunch series.

When and Where: 12 p.m.; Rabb Room, Tisch College

“What Immigrants Can Teach Us About Achieving the American Dream” Details: Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) Research Fellow Jeffrey Ashe will be leading a discussion on “savings groups,” in which communities, especially communities of immigrants, pool savings to fund shortterm needs. Members of the Latino community in Lawrence will also be sharing their experiences as part of GDAE’s Brown Bag Lunch series.

When and Where: 12:30–1:30 p.m.; Cabot 206, The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy TUESDAY “A Conversation with Jake Dell”

Details: Jake Dell (LA ’09), the third-generation owner of Katz’s Delicatessen, New York’s oldest deli, will speak at the Lyon & Bendheim Alumni Lecture Series.

When and Where: 6–8 p.m.; Breed Memorial Hall, 51 Winthrop St. WEDNESDAY Data Intensive Studies Center (DISC) Fall Symposium Details: DISC is having its first fall symposium on a variety of data and computational science topics. There will be keynote speakers, panelists and researchers from a variety of universities, research institutions and scientific industries from across the country.

When and Where: 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; Breed Memorial Hall, 51 Winthrop St. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY “ALLIES: Fourth Annual CivilMilitary Affairs Conference” Details: The annual two-day long ALLIES conference this year will focus on the theme “Arms Beyond Borders: Defense, the Arms Trade, and International Intervention.” There will be two panels, discussion sessions and a keynote

by Douglas Farah, a senior associate in the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

When and Where: Friday 10:30 a.m.–8 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; various locations

Tufts aims to raise $1.5 billion in fundraising campaign BRIGHTER WORLD

continued from page 1 “Financial aid is among the campaign’s very highest priorities,” Schwartz told the Daily in an email. “We have raised nearly $150 million already for financial aid (inspired in large part by President Monaco’s Financial Aid Initiative) and aim to raise more to help current and future students.”

Another important goal for the campaign is to foster an enduring culture of giving and volunteerism, according to Ed Ellison, executive director of alumni relations.

“The 250 members of the Tufts Alumni Council, the governing body of the Tufts University Alumni Association, have shown remarkable leadership and generosity by pledging $30 million to the campaign and 100% annual participation among its membership,” Ellison told the Daily in an email.

Johnson said that donations are already on track.

“Although our goal of $1.5 billion is ambitious, I’m very optimistic that we will be successful,” Johnson told the Daily in an email. “I’m extremely impressed by the support we have already had, both in terms of the commitments that donors have made and the passion of our alumni volunteers.”

Schwartz noted that Tufts is unique among universities in launching such a large fundraising campaign.

“We have seen extraordinary generosity in recent years, and we are among a relatively small group of private universities who have already achieved campaigns of $1 billion or more,” Schwartz said. “But there is potential for creating an even greater sense of collective pride and responsibility in giving back. In recent years, we have seen increases in donor participation and we want to continue to engage with alumni, parents and friends in creative ways to nurture this to new levels.”

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Hurricane Maria affects Puerto Rico, Tufts’ Puerto Rican students

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Hurricane Maria is classified as the 10th most intense Atlantic hurricane in recorded history, hitting Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, according to a Sept. 20 article on Weather.com. Hitting two weeks after Hurricane Irma, it has created a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico. The official Puerto Rican death toll from Hurricane Maria stands at 54, but the mayor of San Juan says the number is closer to 500, according to a Nov. 3 article from The Hill. The storm left almost all of the island without electricity for several days and 3.4 million residents in a state of emergency, according to the U.S. Department of Energy .

Distant as this situation of chaos may seem to some, there are students on this campus who are directly tied to Puerto Rico.

The great majority of the families of the Puerto Rican students at Tufts are currently on the island and were there during the hurricane. Their lives have yet to return normal even a month after the hurricane passed. As of Oct. 11, only 16 percent of the island had electricity and 40 percent of the population was still without access to clean, running water according to a Chicago Tribune article.

Since the Puerto Rican students were completely cut off from communication with their families for several days, the only information they received was from the news or social media. Sophomore Alfredo Gutierrez, a student from Puerto Rico, explained his situation.

“I couldn’t speak to my parents for 10 days after the hurricane passed, and when I finally spoke to my mom, she was crying saying it was a disaster, as if a nuclear bomb had landed on Puerto Rico,” Gutierrez said.

Similarly, after not communicating with her parents for a week, first-year Puerto Rican student Carolina Soler described her new perspective from the experience.

“People take for granted being able to speak to their parents every day and knowing that they are okay,” Soler said. “You don’t realize how much you’re going to miss them until it’s happening.”

There were shared feelings of stress and anxiety amongst Puerto Ricans, because the hurricane shifted its path and the eye passed through more of the island’s territory than expected, according to first-year Patrick Beliard, a student from Puerto Rico. There were many people who were hit harder than they prepared for, according to the New York Times hurricane tracker.

“I was able to track the hurricane, know its path and when it had hit the island [and] the fact that [my family] was there and didn’t know anything, was the worst part for me,” Beliard said. “It was definitely terrorizing.”

After the storm passed, Puerto Rican students who were not on the island felt completely useless to help their families and friends on the island face the reality of post-Maria Puerto Rico.

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U.S Marines send basic life support kits to Puerto Rico after the devastating effect of Hurricane Maria.

Beliard described accepting that the Puerto Rico they left is not the same one they will be going back to.

“Yes, my family is fine and everything, but I don’t have a home anymore,” he said. “I see videos of the places I used to play in during my childhood or the places I would visit on the weekends, and they’re either not there anymore or they are completely dilapidated.”

Puerto Rico has been receiving aid from the federal government according to Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló in an Oct. 1 CNN article. Even though there is a great feeling of gratitude from the governor for this aid, the damage on the island is much greater than can be repaired with the amount sent. Puerto Rico has received a small fraction of the amount of aid that was provided to Texas after Hurricane Harvey or Florida after Hurricane Irma according to an Oct. 6 Bloomberg Markets article and an Oct. 2 Politico Magazine article.

“I see this difference in aid as an act of racism,” Gutierrez said.

If Puerto Rico could import goods and aid from other countries, their dependency on the United States wouldn’t be a problem. However, given its position as a commonwealth, they must follow the set of laws known as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act. This set of laws requires goods shipped between points in the United States to be carried by vessels built, owned and operated by Americans.

The Jones Act was temporarily waived on Sept. 28 for 10 days, according to a Sept. 28 New York Times article.

“There were many nations who wanted to help, but they weren’t allowed to take their supplies to Puerto Rico. It had to be through a U.S. ship. Moving towards the 21st century, it is another reason why the cabotage laws just don’t work,” Beliard said.

According to the students interviewed, Hurricane Maria and the response of the U.S. government have further complicated the debate on whether Puerto Rico should be a U.S. state or an independent nation. They described how now it is even more

challenging to be a radical on either side of the spectrum.

In an Oct. 3 CNN video, Trump can be seen in Puerto Rico, distributing supplies such as paper towels, throwing them as if they were basketballs rather than handing them to the crowd. According to Gutierrez, the way President Trump has acted toward Puerto Rico has made Puerto Ricans feel less enamored with the idea of obtaining statehood.

“Definitely there is more hatred towards Trump than ever before in the island,” Gutierrez said.

There was a strong sentiment of exasperation from the lack of seriousness on behalf of the president in an event that was intended to be empathetic, Soler explained.

“Puerto Ricans were infuriated, and they don’t want any relations with the U.S. because of the lack of respect and seriousness given to them, but we do need the U.S. economically,” Soler said. “We should be one of the two things, not a middle ground. We can’t vote, we pay taxes, the salary of doctors in Puerto Rico is misery compared to what they’re paid in the U.S., for the same procedures and preparation, amongst many other things.”

The students interviewed stated that supporting the other side of the spectrum, backing full independence, has become less popular as well since Puerto Rico is in a situation it couldn’t get out of without the United States, given its economic situation. Before the hurricane, Puerto Rico was already in a $123 billion debt according to a May 9 article from The Intercept, and according to CNN Money, it will cost them more than $100 billion to recover from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

Gutierrez believes that while the people of Puerto Rico are accepting their dependence on the United States, they are in a middle ground where they aren’t benefitting fully from any side.

“This has been a wake-up call for Puerto Rico, to realize how much of a colony we are, or not even a colony, and we’re being exploited,” Gutierrez said.

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ime to shift gears this week and give you all some details about the birding world that surrounds Tufts. And yes, it is indeed known as “birding,” not “birdwatching” — a common misconception made by non-birders, or as birders call them, “the less fortunate.”

The state of Massachusetts, despite its small size, is home to hundreds of species of birds, and as a result, hundreds of birders as well. According to eBird, the international database for bird sightings all over the world, birders have recorded a total of 499 different avian species in the state (That’s insane!). I know what you must be thinking — how could a temperate state with such limited area host that much diversity? Well, it’s partly due to high birding intensity (more birders birding leads to higher chance of species detection) but results mainly from the fact that Massachusetts is geographically situated in one of the main migration routes of North America. Therefore, at least half of the close-to-five-hundred species simply utilize Massachusetts as a stopover area during their migration south from Canada in the fall, and their migration north from the tropics in the spring.

Favorite birding spots for most birders tend to be locations with high species densities, as they don’t want to have to work hard to see a lot of birds (mainly because they are old people and walking more than half a mile is fairly unfeasible). In Massachusetts, the quintessential examples of these favorite birders spots are Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Newbury and Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. Parker River NWR composes most of Plum Island, a barrier island connected to the Newbury/Newburyport coast by a small bridge. This is an ideal stopover spot for birds of all shapes and sizes, because a) most migratory birds follow the coastline during migration, and b) the presence of relatively undisturbed salt pannes, scrubby areas, pine forest, beaches and early successional forest provide most species with sufficient foraging opportunities. As a result, birders flock here (excuse the pun) every year during fall and especially spring migration to attempt to find as many species as they can. If you go on the right day during spring migration, it is possible to encounter over 100 species in a matter of eight joy-filled hours!

Mt. Auburn Cemetery is absolutely loaded with birds during both fall and spring migration as well, but it is an entirely different birding experience. Unlike most cemeteries, Mt. Auburn hosts a cluster of exotic tree species of differing structural diversity, which has converted it into a popular stopover spot for many migratory birds. In an area surrounded by urbanization, Mt. Auburn plays the same role as an island, particularly from the perspective of a bird — urban areas are undesirable places to rest, so birds all target the mosaic of trees amongst the sea of buildings. Mt. Auburn is especially popular for its astonishing warbler diversity during spring migration and is a must-go for birders around the New England area.

Love always, Henry Henry Stevens is a junior majoring in biology. Henry can be reached at henry. stevens@tufts.edu.

Interest in birds? Email me at tuftsornithologicalsociety@gmail.com.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Pixar’s latest film ‘Coco’ makes for pleasant family viewing

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“Coco” (2017), an American 3-D music fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, will be released on Nov. 22.

by Elliott Shin Staff Writer

The concept of life beyond death draws much fascination from storytellers. Pixar’s newest film, “Coco” (2017), does not necessarily stage it as a central point, but rather uses it to emphasize the coexistence of family and ambition. This idea develops through the actions of an eager boy from Mexico who breaks from tradition on Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead).

The musically gifted but naive Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) wants to pursue his dreams of achieving global fame, which clash with his family’s long-spanning his-

tory of shoemaking and a generational ban on music. Acting on his desires of achieving greatness like his idol, the world-famous Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt), he abandons his family’s wishes. Looting a shiny stucco guitar from de la Cruz’s tomb, Miguel inadvertently enters the Land of the Dead, unraveling a curse and setting himself on a journey of self-discovery, assisted by the trickster spirit, Hector (Gael García Bernal).

Even with the Pixar logo stamped on its forehead, “Coco” notoriously received accusations from fans for copying “The Book of Life” (2014) — a fairly recent animated film concerning the same holiday

(it’s also worth watching, though not as good as “Coco”). However, their similarities are superficial at best, which should assuage anyone worried about this issue.

As expected from all Pixar films, the animation visually impresses, challenging the best of the studio’s repertoire.

Director Lee Unkrich’s and co-director Adrian Molina’s painstaking construction of the Land of the Dead is nothing short of astonishing. Connected to the living world by a bridge of ethereal orange leaves, it bursts with candy-colored districts, adorned with distinctly designed locales and gated by an ingenious security checkpoint. This attention to detail extends to

its inhabitants as well; the skeletons and creature designs all boast alluring color schemes, different patterns and distinguishable appearances.

The fact that the creative team took routine research trips to Mexico makes this meticulous work all the more impressive. Admittedly, the lead up to the Land of the Dead takes its time, bathing the viewer with a hefty, but not onerous, expository load. Additionally, the family’s backstory is a bit of a chore to learn. Though the first act drags, the rest of the film is generally well paced. see COCO, page 6

TV REVIEW

‘Riverdale’ Chapter 17: Of course it comes back to Betty

by Alison Epstein Arts Editor

If this show has one more episode with this little Cheryl, a boycott may be in order. Okay, that’s a lie; much like Betty’s ponytail, “Riverdale” is iconic, not to mention the fact that this reviewer would be out of a job. But this blatant disrespect for the greatest character of our generation is completely unacceptable. Other than this glaring problem, however, “Chapter 17: The Town That Dreaded Sundown” added another layer to our serial killer mystery and, in true “Riverdale” fashion, had some delightfully bizarre moments.

Okay, big things first. It turns out the Black Hood was inspired to cleanse the town by Betty’s speech at the jubilee, and he informs her in a letter that he’s doing all this murdering for her. The Black Hood also sends a cipher that he says only Betty can figure out, and that it will reveal the location of his next attack.

Betty decides to keep the letter a secret from the sheriff because she’s worried Archie — and everyone else — will blame her for the presence of the killer, and she only turns over the cipher.

Theory: This guy could be Betty’s biological brother who was given up for adoption, and now he’s back with a vengeance.

It’s unlikely, but someone to play Betty’s brother has been cast for this season, and while he doesn’t have green eyes, there are

always colored contacts. They’ll fit in perfectly with Archie’s glaringly fake red hair.

Anyway, the attempts to solve the cipher lead to some more trouble in paradise for Bughead. Betty feels like Jughead is blowing her off for Toni Topaz, and when all three decide to try to crack the code together, along with Kevin, Toni Topaz has the audacity to criticize the tightness of Betty’s ponytail. It was borderline criminal, but at least it led to this amazing line from Kevin: “Betty’s ponytail is iconic and beyond reproach.” Kevin and Cheryl need their own spinoff show together.

Later, Betty realizes that the key to the cipher is in a book she used to check out of the library all the time, “The Nancy Drew Secret Code Activity Book” (How does the Black Hood know this?), and figures out that the Black Hood plans to strike at the town hall meeting that’s in process. At the meeting, tensions rise as Betty’s mom leads the attack on the South Side, saying Southside High should close and they should use the money to help the police force. Fred Andrews argues back, but Betty runs in and pulls the fire alarm before any resolution. She also ultimately decides to trust the adults (although with their track record on this show, that might not be the best idea) and hands over the letter to her mom and the sheriff.

It should be noted that during the meeting, Hiram was sitting very smugly and making little comments to Hermione

about how he’s pleased with the chaos. All through the episode, Hiram would just pop up at the end of a scene and say something super shady. Hey “Riverdale,” you’re being too subtle here, are we supposed to be suspicious of Hiram or something?

All right, let’s just get to all this Archie madness now. Guys, trying to run a teen militia can be stressful. His Red Circle video has gone #viral, and it gets him into trouble at school, where he is told to disband the group. The video also catches the eyes of the Serpents over at Southside High. They inform Jughead that the Black Hood is their hero because he’s only attacking people on the North Side, and so Archie is their enemy and they want Jughead to take him down as a form of initiation. This seems like a great group of friends you’ve found there, Jug. Maybe you should go back to hanging out with Maddie and London at the Tipton.

The football team decides to listen to the principal and quit the Red Circle, but Archie’s not ready to give up. He and Veronica start a t-shirt campaign with the River Vixens, despite Veronica’s parents’ urges for her to break up with him (even though Hiram was the one who gave Archie this dumb idea anyway).

After some target practice in the woods, Archie purchases ammo and a holster using a fake ID and goes to the South Side, spray painting red circles on the sides of buildings until he gets confronted by

the Serpents that Jughead had been with earlier. One pulls a small knife on Archie, and he responds by pulling HIS GUN. Archie, what are you doing? Remember the days when he was a kid who loved football and singing and was just trying to have it all?

The principal and the sheriff find out a redhead pulled a gun on some people, and Archie gets suspended from school.

Luckily, they don’t find his gun, which he apparently has hidden in a plastic bag in a school toilet.

Back at his house, Veronica tries to express why it is not acceptable that Archie is to stash guns in toilets and plan to take out the Black Hood on his own.

Then, Reggie and the team come over to rejoin the Red Circle, but this is closely followed by the arrival of the same Serpents from before. They’re ready to fight, this time with no weapons.

This leads to an epic battle in the rain that is so ridiculous, only “Riverdale” could pull it off. Obviously a Serpent ends up pulling a knife and stabs poor Dilton Doiley in the leg. Just then, a gun shot rings out, and there’s Veronica standing like Wonder Woman with the gun pointed at the sky. Everyone scatters immediately, and the Riverdale Rain Battle (TM) is over.

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Mina Ghobrial Thoughts from Places

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ith another midterm season approaching its end (because somehow a semester has multiple middles here at Tufts), I found myself in a familiar place: room 106 of Pearson Hall. Flipping through the pages of a 10-question chemistry exam and realizing that questions nine and 10 are, in that moment, incomprehensible, is quickly becoming a regular occurrence.

The intrusive mental image of a C+ in the Trunk grade book is enough to scare away any gleaming hope needed to prevent said image from becoming a reality, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Instead of considering the side effects of test anxiety, which are both real and valid, there is also a need to consider the blatant possibility of failure. With an admissions rate of 14 percent, Tufts rarely sees first-years emboldened by years of underachievement. However, normal curves and confounding statistics make it impossible for that trend to continue.

Failure is an inevitable part of attending a prestigious institution and existing on this planet. First-years that arguably never had to struggle throughout high school are now faced with classes where a surface level understanding won’t suffice.

Failure can only be defined when the pretenses for success are set. If knowing most of the material is the goal, then a 51 percent should be sufficient. After hours of studying a specific chapter, breezing through a question on a related topic could be seen as a win. Sometimes, the objective is to halt the negative trajectory of a semester by getting a score that was a letter grade higher than the last two exams. But perhaps the institutionalized practice of announcing class averages, and highs, eliminates the desire to achieve a personal best.

Sourness derived from not putting in the effort to understand a particularly confusing concept, absentmindedly missing a conversion, or even last-minute errors in computation due to bad timekeeping can be excused. However, griping over not being the highest achiever, or not meeting the class average, is in and of itself a pointless practice. Taking an exam for the sole, vain purpose of achievement is like running a marathon just to win: the beautiful nuances associated with the journey get lost in the rush.

It is the rhythmic pattern of desiring, working, performing and achieving dozens of times each cycle that makes the endeavor worth your while.

This is not to detract from the capabilities of curve wreckers and hard workers.

Natural brilliance and aptitude are worthy of admiration. However, the plight of the underdog is a romantic, American adventure made possible by the tinge of failure. Triumphant victory after catastrophic defeat is exponentially more delectable than bland, unchallenged, seemingly unearned success.

When all is said and done, putting in hours at Tisch Library does not always equate to getting impeccable grades right out. The process of learning, and learning about how you learn, is an eternal aspect of life. The unceasing effort of a college experience that continues to reinvigorate the vitality of this challenge is almost worth $70,000 a year.

Mina Ghobrial is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Mina can be reached at mina.ghobrial@tufts.edu, and this column can be followed on Instagram @thoughtsfromtufts.

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continued from page 5 Narrative conventions are generally adhered to, and Miguel’s character arc is rather predictable. Nonetheless, “Coco” emotionally pierces, due in no short part to the committed work from the primary actors. Gonzalez gives an earnest and down-to-earth performance as Miguel.

Though headstrong to a fault, his insurmountable determination combined with a nearly limitless energy make it tough not to root for him. He is certainly one of the more relatable Pixar characters and, more importantly, a figure for the younger audiences to identify with. More notably, Gonzalez holds his own with a veteran presence like Bernal.

Bernal shines as Hector, giving the swindling outcast archetype some much-needed depth. Delivering his lines with a mysterious charm and acting as a reluctant pseudo-mentor to our eager protagonist, he forms an endearing chemistry with Gonzalez. This bond

between the two characters builds a familiar optimist/pessimist contrast that nonetheless blooms into a compelling friendship, and perhaps something even more than that.

While not cheaply imitating “The Book of Life,” “Coco” does borrow familiar plot elements from past Pixar entries rather shamelessly. Though it handles them decently for the most part, in other instances, said elements come off as contrived. Additionally, some logical gaps within the story appear once the twists are revealed, which could have been handled better. However, these missteps can be forgiven because of the sincerity with which “Coco” goes about.

Like the best of Pixar’s movies, “Coco” balances levity and seriousness. Though lighthearted, it handles death and other dark themes so delicately you almost forget that this film is geared toward children. When serious, it becomes difficult to reject. This maturity reminds you why Pixar achieved its venerated status in the

first place. Their stories push the bounds of reality, yet capture human experiences, and “Coco” certainly stays true to what Pixar stands for. Unkrich tackles conflict between family and individual with a measured execution.

The film does not demand that the audience possess an extensive knowledge of Mexican culture. Don’t let your level of familiarity with the holiday stop you from buying a ticket, because “Coco” is well worth your time.

Watching with friends or family is optimal, given its nature.

Despite some narrative imperfections, “Coco” proves itself a competent addition to Pixar’s already impressive resume, cementing the studio’s creative durability.

This is the last non-sequel Pixar film that will be made for a while, which definitely causes unease, especially in an environment dominated by tent-poles. For now, take it as a return to form for one of animation’s top dogs.

“Coco” releases nationwide on Nov. 22.

On this week's 'Riverdale,' Archie brings a gun to a knife fight

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continued from page 5 acting and, with encouragement from Veronica, he drops his gun into Sweetwater River. Hopefully this means goodbye to teen militia Archie and hello again to “Troy Bolton” Archie. He is much more pleasant and less obsessed with guns.

There were no deaths this week, but we got a pretty good cliffhanger when Betty gets a call

from the Black Hood himself. What he wants from her we won’t know until Wednesday night, but we can assume he’s not calling to ask her on a coffee date. Except wait, what if the Black Hood is totally in love with Betty, and that’s why he’s doing this all for her? That really throws a wrench in the “it’s her brother” theory, although we do know the Coopers have dabbled in incest in the past (Polly, looking at you).

It is still yet to be determined how this puzzling season is going to pan

out. Just when you think the show has truly gone off the deep end, it does something self-aware, and you realize maybe they know what they’re doing after all. Well, besides the fact that they’re completely ignoring Cheryl. It needs to be said one more time: Justice for Cheryl.

“Riverdale” airs on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on The CW. Full episodes available on cwtv.com and Netflix.

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Greek life should expand financial aid to remain at Tufts With Greek life back on campus, the one thing nearly everyone can agree on is that, if Greek life organizations continue to exist, financial reform wil be necessary. While houses have encouraged fewer money-centric events, dues are still strikingly high.

Many students who have to pay these dues themselves face real financial and time constrictions, juggling part-time jobs on top of classes, schoolwork and every other extracurricular activity.

No matter how much someone wants to join the Greek community, for many students here, it just isn’t feasible. If Greek life is going to stay, students and the administration need to prioritize the creation of scholarships.

While some individual chapters have already taken it upon themselves to develop scholarship funds to ease individual dues, an all-encompassing Greek life scholarship currently does not exist. Many national chapters have scholarship opportunities, but these

are nearly inaccessible. The Alpha Phi national scholarship, for example, has a tedious 18-page instruction guide.

Even if you do finish filling out the application, the process for receiving scholarships is long, and your chances of receiving it are slim. This leaves some chapters virtually without any financial aid at all. Additionally, only current members or ones who were recently initiated are considered, further restricting the number of people who can afford to join to those who can initially afford being a member without support.

This problem is recognized among Greek life leadership. Specifically, the Panhellenic Council is considering the establishment of a scholarship fund to provide overarching financial aid for sororities, according to Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Su McGlone.

“The plan would be for my office to help administer the scholarship once it is active,” McGlone told the Daily in an

email. “Students can apply and know if they have the scholarship before going through recruitment, without having to share their financial status with the organization they seek to join.”

Providing greater transparency to students before they begin recruitment would be a huge step toward demystifying the financial barriers of Greek life, as many organizations’ dues are not made clear at the start of the recruitment process.

While the university is getting involved in administering financial aid, the fundraising efforts still fall on students.

“It is going to be up to the [Panhellenic] Council to fundraise for such opportunities, but the university is providing them with the tools and resources to do so,” McGlone said.

Talk of using a crowdfunding site and other methods of fundraising is already in the works. The Panhellenic Council hopes these funds would be

available by next recruitment cycle.

While scholarship development is still underway, it will likely be allocated along a sliding scale, and the amount of aid would also be finalized before recruitment begins.

Clearly, chapters have their work cut out for them. Aside from working to lower dues whenever possible, houses will need to devote ample time to fundraising efforts. If the university cannot fund these scholarships themselves, they must work especially hard to facilitate fundraising efforts for Tufts Greek houses. No matter what side you are on of the Greek life debate, we can all agree that finances should not be a make-or-break factor.

According to the Student Life Review Committee, Greek life will be re-evaluated in the years to come. If Tufts and its local chapters do not make the Greek recruitment process financially equitable, Greek life does not deserve to stay.

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Seeking power of values over power of money

by Camilo A. Caballero

In an election-eve address on Nov. 3, 1980, presidential candidate Ronald Reagan restated an exceptionally durable ideal that encapsulates the concept of American exceptionalism: “I believe that Americans in 1980 are every bit as committed to that vision of a shining ‘city on a hill,’ as were those long ago [Pilgrim] settlers.”

Whether you agreed with Reagan’s ideas and policies, his reference to the concept of a “shining city on a hill” ­— one founded on high moral and ethical principles and devoted to the rights of the individual — is a core American belief. This is a concept that has been embraced here in the United States by many individuals and organizations.

One of these organizations is very close to home to all of us: Tufts University, which I regard as a shining school “upon a hill.” Its vision is “to be an innovative university of creative scholars across a broad range of schools who have a profound impact on one another and the world.”

Tufts is a place of high ideals, of research, of a commitment to truth that serves not mammon, but morality, through strengthening a sense of the central importance of values in individuals and in society and the institutions that govern our respective relations. It is a place that seeks to solidify the power of values over the power of money.

Given this durable concept of a shining city on a hill that is a beacon of morality for Americans and the world, and given that Tufts subscribes to this vision, then it is our responsibility as students of Tufts, as faculty or staff or trustees, to do everything in our power to preserve, strengthen and expand this noble vision.

However, there sits on the Board of Advisors of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts a man whose career and ideals are diametrically opposed to those ideas and who sullies the vision of the University.

This is Anthony Scaramucci, a man who began his infamously short career as the White House communications director by uttering profanity-laced comments on national news outlets, the man who sold his soul in contradiction to his own

purported beliefs for a seat in that White House and a man who makes his Twitter accessible to friends interested in giving comfort to Holocaust deniers.

A man who is irresponsible, inconsistent, an unethical opportunist and who exuded the highest degree of disreputability should not be on the Fletcher Board. The Board of Advisors plays a critical role in building the spirit of our school and also, in more practical terms, board members define and oversee our school’s operations.

Scaramucci has, in his career and actions, demonstrated nothing that would align his values with those of the Fletcher School. His presence on the board instead places the credibility of Fletcher at risk.

So why should Scaramucci be on the board? Nothing in his past provides a valid reason, unless a decision has been made to enshrine the power of money over the power of values. If his credentials lie in the billions of dollars he made on Wall Street, then we have, as a school, abandoned our principles and vision. If Scaramucci can have a seat on our board, then Martin Shkreli, “the most hated man in America,” is worthy of an invitation to sit as well.

We are at a critical moment in our history as a nation, a point outlined eloquently just this past week by two former U.S Presidents, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Both former presidents warned in separate speeches of the dangers to democracy of a drift toward extreme nationalism, bigotry and exclusion and away from the ideas of exceptionalism that have made the United States a nation of aspirations and achievement.

Their concerns and warnings have been echoed by our own Fletcher School Dean, retired Admiral James Stavridis. In an April 13, 2017 Time op-ed, Admiral Stavridis warned that our country has “arrived today at a point when our credibility feels unusually low, which will create real drag on our ability to build coalitions, convince allies and partners to come along on our missions, and convince the neutral nations of the world that we are in the right.”

Admiral Stavidris, along with Bush and Obama, have identified the core issue facing this country, but our dean also could be speaking directly to the core reason Scaramucci is such a terrible represen-

tative for the board. If Scaramucci exacerbated this critical issue of mistrust for the entire country during his brief White House stint, he certainly will do it to an even greater effect for Fletcher.

At a pivotal moment in American history when the most sacred tenets of American culture are being challenged, what is perhaps most crucial is that those who claim to seek a greater purpose stand clearly for what they so proudly and profoundly preach.

It has taken much toil and sacrifice to create a vision — however imperfect — of the United States as a shining city on a hill, one whose focus is on values and their transformative power. Similarly, toil and sacrifice have built Tufts into a shining example of all that is good and right about higher education.

Obviously there is no reason to mistrust Fletcher as an institution, but having a man such as Scaramucci on the Board of Advisors can be a reason to start.

Now is not the time to diminish what has been created. Now is not the time to empower those like Scaramucci with the authority to diminish the values of this great university and the Fletcher School.

More than 240 Fletcher students, faculty and alumni signed a student-led petition, requesting the removal of Scaramucci from the board. “His ‘advice’ is not worthy of our institution, and his presence on the board could be a disincentive for new students looking to attend Fletcher and alums looking to donate to the school,” wrote Carter Banker, a student at Fletcher and the originator of the petition to remove Scaramucci.

We need to stand with these petitioners. Let’s make our concerns and voices heard. Let’s not let Scaramucci’s continued presence on the Board of Advisors dull the brilliant shine of our school upon the hill. Our students, our alumni and our supporters need to know at Tufts, the power of values is above the power of money.

Camilo A. Caballero is a student pursuing his masters at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and is the founder and co-leader of the Fletcher Students of Color and Allies club. He can be reached at camilo.caballero@tufts.edu.

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Nesi Altaras Looking out

Scottish distinction

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spent the past weekend in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, on a Tuftsorganized trip. After a month in England, I felt a marked difference in Scotland. It felt more European, though it is farther from the continent than England. Scotland has its own language, Scottish Gaelic, though only a small minority speak it. Yet on the bus from the airport to the city I chatted with an old couple who spoke Gaelic to each other.

Though they have been part of the United Kingdom for over 200 years, Scottish people seemed distinct, not linguistically, but definitely culturally. As we visited the National Museum of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery, it was clear that Scottish history was not lumped in with British history. The Art Gallery distinguished between English and Scottish artists on wall cards, while museums elsewhere say British. At Edinburgh Castle, the history of Scotland is told every day as a country of its own, with its own kings and queens, crown jewels and even war memorials to Scots who fought in the World Wars under the United Kingdom banner.

The clearest display I witnessed was

by Arthur’s Seat, a volcanic stump overlooking Edinburgh and the highest point in the city. As I was hiking down from it, I saw a group of cars pull up. These were heavily decorated with Scottish paraphernalia including Scottish flags, which are a constant presence around the city, the Scottish royal standard, flags with “Yes” imprinted across to show support for the independence referendum and many Catalan flags, showing solidarity with other independence seekers of Europe.

However, the one that drew my attention most was a Scottish flag, diagonal white cross on light blue background, augmented with the circle of stars from the flag of the European Union (EU).

The independence supporters climbed the hill and planted their flags across the street from the Scottish Parliament, which is the youngest parliament in the world, and Holyrood Palace, the royal residence in Scotland.

Scottish nationalism is interesting because, relative to most other nationalist movements, it does not have a strong exclusivist bent. Scottish nationalists, and the Scottish National Party, are very strongly pro-Europe. Besides the political reality that an independent Scotland would hugely benefit from being in the EU, Scottish people are more pro-EU than the average UK citizen, enough so that a majority of Scotland voted to remain in the EU in the Brexit referendum and Scottish leaders are still strongly opposed to Brexit today.

Although the independence referendum in 2014 failed 55–45, with a majority voting to stay in the UK, it is palpable that Scotland still has a strong national character and, if anything, it has strengthened over time. It has an active nationalist movement, where people have rallies many weekends to support independence. With the Brexit mess underway, I would bet that a second referendum for independence, for a Scotland out of the UK and in the EU, widely termed as IndyRef2, is in the cards for Scotland’s near future.

Nesi Altaras is a junior majoring in international relations and economics. Nesi can be reached at nesi.altaras@tufts.edu.

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continued from page 1 Preceding the goal, Tufts dominated the second half in terms of possession and pressure. The majority of the half was played in the Middlebury third with the Jumbos totalling 14 shots in the half while limiting the Panthers to four.

Senior midfielder Kevin Halliday jumpstarted the Tufts offense a few minutes into the second half with a corner kick that was headed out of bounds by a Middlebury defender. At 57:38, Halliday found himself with the ball just outside the 18, and masterfully got a shot off that curved toward the top right corner, forcing the Middlebury goalie to jump and punch the ball out of bounds.

Sophomore midfielder/forward Gavin Tasker caused chaos up front for Middlebury and led the team with four shots on the game. Midway through the half, Tasker raced into the box and faced the goalie one on one and managed to get a shot off but it was blocked. Sophomore midfielder/defender Zach Trevorrow continued to pepper the goalie a minute later, coming down the left side and firing a shot that went wide right.

Tufts had seven corner kicks total, as opposed to four for Middlebury, but did not turn the corners into scoring opportunities due to the impressive Middlebury defense. Despite the victory, the team was not pleased with its first half performance. Of the Jumbos’ 16 total shots, only two were generated in the first half, while half of Middlebury’s eight shots came in the first.

“I felt [that] we started really flat and we didn’t really engage in the game like it was going to be hard,” Shapiro said. “I think part of that came from when we played [Middlebury] last time because they were kind of injury-riddled and we beat them more decisively and the guys weren’t prepared to work for it. I really emphasized the fact that we were going to have to be proactive with our soccer and we were going to have to improve in every way in the details of the game, the quality of our

passes, our communication, our urgency to work off of the ball — those kinds of things were going to have to be taken to whole different level if we were going to have the success that we wanted to.”

The Panthers were also awarded three corner kicks in the first half, and the team’s closest opportunity came around 25 minutes into the game. A Middlebury striker sent a cross from the left corner, where junior goalie Connor Mieth made a jumping save to punch the ball out of the frame and after a scrum in front of the box, Tufts finally cleared the ball.

Rojas explained that the team was hoping for earlier scoring opportunities, but failed to convert on many chances.

“No one on our team had ever been to a NESCAC final, and obviously we’ve made deep runs in the national tournament before but this was a new atmosphere to us,” Rojas said. “The NESCAC playoffs [are] somewhere where we’ve struggled in the past so I think we were a little antsy and frantic to find that early goal. We knew if we were able to find one early then we would have the chance and the game would open up and we would be able to bury them.”

In the semifinal match against Hamilton, Tufts dominated and came out on top with a 4–0 victory. Halliday was responsible for the first two goals of the game, and got the team on the scoreboard at 23:17, when he received the ball from a throw-in and took a shot from the left corner of the box, curving the ball into the top right corner, just past the outstretched hands of the goalie. Halliday found the back of the net again inside the first 10 minutes of the second half, after a foul was called on Lane right outside of the 18. Halliday took the free kick and hit the left frame, and the ball ricocheted into the right corner of the net.

“It was a pretty good performance and I think we had the right mentality. Getting that early goal really helps, especially with our team so I think it was good because we got to enjoy the rest of the game, play the ball on the ground, score some goals

and get our confidence up a little bit and then focus on [the championship game],” Tasker said.

At 72:24, Rojas received a long ball down the right side and quickly crossed it in front of the goal, where sophomore forward Joe Braun (who was returning to action after being sidelined with mono) was waiting completely undefended to net the third goal of the game with a quick one touch shot. Having exhausted the Hamilton defense with high pressure, the fourth goal came three minutes after the third when sophomore midfielder Jack Delaney dribbled into the box and snuck the ball past the outstretched Hamilton goalie and it rolled into the left corner.

The Continentals’ sophomore goalie Linds Cadwell put up a good fight despite playing with strep throat and a high fever.

In all, he registered two saves.

Winning the NESCAC Championship also grants the team an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. The team is awaiting the final bids going out to other teams to determine whether Tufts will host NCAA tournament games; however, their No. 1 ranking in the region makes it likely that Bello Field will be home to at least the first round of the tournament.

Tufts has not conceded a goal in 10 games, and hopes to continue the history of success in NCAA tournaments.

Shapiro attributes the NESCAC Championship and overall success of the team this season to the confident mentality of the team.

“I think one of the challenges we’ve had in some of the teams that had success in the past was we were much better or more comfortable in the underdog role, and this team has managed to be out front. We are one of the better teams in the league because of our record and teams are going to be gunning for us and we managed that pretty well,” Shapiro said. “We didn’t shirk from the responsibility of being the top seed or get nervous about having the expectation of being good and playing well.”

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Phillip Goldberg Bird's Eye View

A twisted fantasy

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have five fantasy football teams, a Premier League fantasy soccer team and a fantasy basketball team. The draws of fantasy sports are stronger than ever with the rise of daily fantasy sports and a proliferation of websites for the traditional season-long version. Even though fantasy sports take place behind a computer screen, and far from a gridiron or court, there are still moral issues when it comes to our participation in these leagues.

Every sports fan thinks they know best. If only the multi-million dollar franchise would turn its keys over to you, you’d make only right decisions and establish the sort of dynastic legacy that would make Scott Pioli jealous. Fantasy sports gift the power of a general manager to casual and intense fans alike. They offer the opportunity to prove, in a league of friends or strangers, that you are the keenest talent evaluator and savviest dealmaker.

Most fantasy leagues start with a draft, in which the universe of players is completely available to all the owners.

Taking turns picking players, participants fill out their rosters with current stars and scrappy role players. Then, when those players perform valuable in-sport actions, such as scoring touchdowns or hitting three-pointers, their fantasy owner reaps virtual points.

While the decisions a fantasy owner makes are contained to a particular fantasy league, there are still moral questions inherent to being a general manager that any mature fantasy player must acknowledge. For instance, this season I have Ezekiel Elliott on one of my fantasy rosters. Elliott is a talented running back for the Dallas Cowboys but is also in the midst of an opaque and confusing domestic abuse case.

While he never faced legal charges, the NFL conducted its own investigation of events and suspended Elliott six games — the baseline suspension under the league’s new player conduct policies.

Every sports owner, general manager and coach deals with situations like these throughout their careers, and whether they distance themselves from the player or explain away the immoral conduct reflects a great deal on their organizations. Unfortunately, talent can be the deciding factor in how a franchise responds.

For fantasy owners, this is a dilemma as well. Elliott has received judicial stays on his suspension thus far in the season, allowing him to play, and as such, I’ve started him on my fantasy football team. I’ve played someone I suspect to be a domestic abuser, simply because it will help me win. Certainly the societal damage from my playing Elliott is not the same as the Dallas Cowboys making the same statement, but the prize at the end of my fantasy season is similarly not a Super Bowl ring.

Are fantasy owners who play athletes they believe to have conducted themselves immorally complicit in the societal protection of that behavior? Is it the same as an actual sports executive doing so? I’d say yes, and we can’t expect sports executives to hold the line against immoral behavior when there are real stakes if we can’t even do so playing a game.

Phillip Goldberg is a sports editor at the Daily. He is a senior majoring in political science and can be reached at phillip. goldberg@tufts.edu.

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Monday, November 6, 2017

Men’s club water polo earns second place at national championship tournament

COURTESY COLLEGIATE WATER POLO ASSOCIATION

Hazen Breen, senior co-captain of the Tufts Club Water Polo team, shoots the ball in the first game of the tournament against Hamilton on Oct. 28.

by Maddie Payne

Executive Sports Editor

In its first season in the more competitive New England Division, men’s club water polo finished with great success. At the Div. III National Club Championship hosted by Middlebury College on Oct. 28 and 29, Tufts placed second for the team’s best finish in recent years.

Tufts club water polo’s dominance in recent seasons has made its presence increasingly well-known on campus. Although the team has not won the national tournament since 2009, they have qualified every year except 2011 and consistently finished in the top five.

As a club sport, the water polo roster is what senior co-captain goalie Hans Tercek describes as a “mixed bag.” The team consists of members who have played the sport their entire lives as well as those who had never played before coming to Tufts.

“Of our starting six, one or two players picked up the sport when they came to Tufts,” Tercek said.

The dynamic of the team is slightly different from that of a varsity sport.

Most notably, the team captains fill the position of coaches.

“As a captain, I am pretty much the coach along with Hans [Tercek],” senior co-captain Hazen Breen said.

“Every week we figure out what we

want to work on. When we are coming off a tournament we talk specifically about mistakes we have made and what we want to improve. We create an overall plan for the week and a plan for every individual day.”

Though led by the two captains, each member of the team plays some sort of leadership role.

“It is a collaborative approach to coaching the team and becoming better,” Tercek said.

The season begins when players arrive back on campus in early September and culminates with the national tournament, typically held in late October. In season, the team practices five nights per week for roughly two hours. There are three weekend-long tournaments attended by all teams in the division that constitute regular season play. This year, Tufts traveled to Middlebury, Yale and BU for these tournaments. Teams earn a spot and ranking in the national tournament based on their regular season record and play.

This year, Tercek and Breen made a concerted effort to switch divisions for their final season in hopes of better preparing the team for nationals with higher level regular season play.

“Historically, at nationals we have lost our first game in a major upset, giving up a 6 or 7 goal lead by the second half,” Tercek said. “From there we could really only fin-

ish fifth or higher. It was a major sticking point for us. We wanted to figure out how we could push past that first game and come more prepared for nationals and compete against these higher level teams.”

Prior to 2017, the Jumbos competed in the North Atlantic Division. This division consisted of primarily Div. III teams, including fellow NESCAC members Bates, Bowdoin and Colby. In the Atlantic Division, Tufts faced few challenges during the regular season, winning most of their games by double-digit margins and heading into the national tournament with a nearly, if not perfect record.

“There has been a lot of talk during my four years of switching leagues,” Breen said. “[Hans and I] decided to bump up to the New England Division.

The goal was to play harder competition in the regular season so that we would be better prepared for the postseason.”

This season in the New England Division, Tufts faced a number of Div. I powerhouses, including BU, BC, Yale and Dartmouth. The Jumbos held their own in this competitive division, finishing fifth of eight teams with a record of 4–7. Most importantly, they were markedly better prepared for the level of play they would see at nationals.

“We definitely had harder games and a couple more losses than we had in the past,” Breen explained. “But we

played against really good teams and saw a ton of improvement throughout the year.”

Both captains attribute the higher level of competition in the regular season to their success at nationals this year.

“This year we were used to playing against teams that could give us a real challenge,” Breen said. “When we faced those teams in the postseason we were able to not back down and really face them strongly.”

Tufts entered the Div. III National Collegiate Club Championships as the sixth seed. In their first round game on Oct. 28, Tufts defeated third-seeded Hamilton 17–9. Later that same day, against second-seed Carnegie Mellon, Tufts came away with a 12–8 victory to advance to the championship match.

In the final on Oct. 29, Tufts faced the top-seeded Washington University in St. Louis, a highly skilled team who Tercek said “outclassed” Tufts. Despite losing 17–7 to the Bears and falling short of their ultimate goal of a national championship, the tournament and season as a whole were overwhelming successes for the Jumbos.

With so much success in recent years, men’s club water polo does not look to be slowing down any time soon.

Though Breen and Tercek will be graduating in the spring, they’ve left behind a solid legacy for the coming years.