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Master Plan for Medford Square revitalization unveiled

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Medford Square experiences increased traffic as rush hour draws near on Sept. 18.

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The final report draft of the Master Plan for Medford Square’s revitalization project is now public and was presented to a Community Open House on Sept. 13

by Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Senior Regional Planner Josh Fiala along with Mayor Stephanie Burke, according to a Sept. 14 Wicked Local article.

The plan, prepared by MAPC for the city in coordination with Medford’s Office of Community Development, aims to optimize the square’s presence as the town’s cultural and economic center, according to the document.

“Medford Square is positioned to leverage a surge of interest in new growth and targeted economic development to invigorate vitality, integrate redevelopment, to expand access to health and cultural resources and to activate a walkable and revitalized city center that provides a concentration of living, working and playing for the city and the surrounding area,” the Master Plan states.

The geographic area described by the plan encompasses the City Hall Subarea adjacent to Interstate 93, the High Street Subarea along High Street west to Boynton Road and the Main Street Subarea south of the Mystic River.

The plan is based on a study completed this summer, which included community forums and individual interviews with members of the Medford community and stakehold-

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ers. The study is estimated to have costed about $90,000, the plan states.

The plan is built around eight “Key Priorities”: inviting investments to find new uses for “underutilized” areas, including parking lots, improving the square’s accessibility to pedestrians and bikers, boosting the presence of “creative enterprises, restaurants and attractions,” taking better advantage of the square’s location on the Mystic River, optimizing the square’s streets, investing in the square’s parks and plazas, safeguarding the historic elements of the square and better unifying communication and coordination throughout the district.

The effort as a whole is a part of the Community Compact initiative launched by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s administration in January 2015 and co-signed by Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and Medford officials in March 2016, according to a press release issued by the City of Medford at the time. Compact communities that sign on to the initiative receive benefits including membership in a grant program and, in Medford’s case, assistance by the MAPC. Tufts has had some involvement with MAPC’s planning for Medford Square, according to Director of Government and Community Relations Rocco DiRico. Staff from DiRico’s office have discussed the plan’s potential impacts on the university with city department heads, the MAPC and the Medford Chamber of Commerce.

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Grant Gebetsberger, Izzy Ma, Mateo Gomez, Janey Litvin, Sharif Hamidi, Rebeca Becdach and Sarah Wiener were elected to fill the seven Class of 2021 Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate openings, according to Tufts Community Union Elections Commission (ECOM) Chair Klavs Takhtani.

Issac Kim will be the new First Generation (First-Gen) Community Representative, according to Takhtani.

This is the first year the first-gen student community will have representation on Senate. All students were able to vote for this candidate.

Nina Chukwura and Taylor Lewis will fill the two vacancies on the Tufts Community Union Judiciary, according to Takhtani. This election was also open to all students.

Students used a new voting platform, Voatz, to cast a ballot for candidates online, via mobile app or in person, according to the ECOM website.

According to figures provided by Takhtani, 1391 people voted in the election, and 52 percent of voters were first-years.

“Voting turnout increased with the new software, and as we move forward Voatz will become even more integrated at Tufts,” Takhtani said. “This was perhaps the best campaigning I have seen from a class of candidates, and I am excited to see how student government becomes more prominent throughout the campus.”

Class of 2021 Senators Gebetsberger said in his new role, he will work toward all communities having spaces on campus where they feel empowered and engaged.

“As a Senator, I hope to push for the creation of a First Generation House alongside championing other alternative social spaces on campus,” he said.

Ma said she wants to open up dialogue between the student body and Senate.

“I am thinking about creating an online form where students can submit their questions, comments and concerns,” she said in an electronic message. “By facilitating communication, I want every student to know that their voice is heard and that their opinions matter.”

First Generation Community Representative Kim said he is excited to represent the first-gen college students community and that he wants to improve TCU Senate Education Committee Chair Phil Miller’s Textbook Exchange program.

“I [worked] a lot with Phil last year through Textbook Exchange, so I want to improve … the [user interface] and the database so people can actually search up textbooks,” he said. “Another thing I want to do is … improve accessibility for textbooks for people on financial aid.”

Judiciary Lewis, a first-year, said he will work to make the judiciary transparent and communicative with the student body.

“I think the clubs are one of most important things that are on campus …

They are bedrock … of the student body and identity,” Lewis said. The Judiciary manages club recognition, re-recognition and makes sure clubs adhere to their constitution, according to its website.

Chukwura, a first-year, said she will keep things in check so that no individual person or group will have an unfair advantage in campus life.

“I have found that sometimes privilege goes unchecked in places like [Tufts]. Words and actions have impact and I think it is important that all people understand this,” she said. “I would love to have a hand in making sure there are even more spaces and clubs in order to support marginalized people on campus.”

Anar Kansara contributed reporting to this article.

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box, or problem solving or experimentation,” Jay said.

Nancy Bauer, who currently serves as The Sackler School of Graduate the dean of the SMFA, expressed enthuBiomedical Sciences named Daniel Jay siasm about professors like Jay from as its new dean. other schools and the opportunity they Jay has been a professor at Tufts for present for the SMFA. nearly 20 years in three departments: Cell, “There are a number of scientists in Molecular and Developmental Biology; Arts and Sciences and Engineering who Cellular and Molecular Physiology; and have been very, very interested in the Neuroscience. He also runs a lab that SMFA and are collaborating with the does metastasis research and worked as SMFA,” Bauer said. the director of the postdoctoral affairs Jay said that he and Daniel Volchok, office and postassociate dean doctoral associof the Sackler ation at the Tufts School, also University School want to develop of Medicine, a role new programthat allowed him to ming that trains oversee and advostudents in career cate for the postpaths and gives doc community them the skills and create career they need, rangdevelopment ing from naviprogramming. gating the corFurthermore, Jay porate environis an adjunct proment to learnfessor of drawing the process ing and painting through which at the School of a drug becomes the Museum of approved by the Fine Arts at Tufts Food and Drug (SMFA).

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Jay will be “These are replacing Naomi things that our Rosenberg, who students need and stepped down want, and will proCOURTESY ANNA MILLER / TUFTS UNIVERSITY as dean of the Daniel Jay, dean of the Sackler School, smiles in front of his artwork on display in the Sackler vide them with a Sackler School in Center on Aug. 14. leg up as they purJune after 13 years. sue career paths in “She worked the various intertirelessly for the good of this institution the Sackler School teach clinical scienc- esting areas of biomedicine now availand I have very large shoes to fill. She es as well as basic sciences. able to this generation,” Jay said. was a remarkable dean whose impact on “I think that is the interface where Volchok noted that the Sackler School the Sackler School and Tufts in general one can make the most progress towards aims to become a leader in educational … will be felt for years,” Jay said. what we call ‘translational medicine’ and innovation.

Jay said his mission for the Sackler toward understanding disease and dis“The whole biomedical field is changSchool is to train the next generation covery of new treatments, cures [and] ing, and going through an evolution, and of biomedical science professionals diagnostics, so I think it comes quite we want to be at the cutting edge of that for career excellence in academia and naturally for me to try to break barriers,” evolution to serve our students and our across the workforce. he said. graduates,” he said.

“Eighty percent of our Ph.D.s go on to Jay said that his artwork is related Jay expressed that although this new jobs other than being a professor, so we to using scientific materials as new art mission is in its early stages, he is excited need to identify what each person’s pas- mediums to explore things that have and encouraged by the enthusiasm of sion is in terms of their career path and inspired him throughout his scientific his students, faculty and administration. provide them with the tools so that they career.

“I think that if we do this right … can compete, excel and lead in those “My feeling is that there is something Sackler can take a leadership position to careers,” he said. interesting at the interface between the demonstrate to the rest of the country As someone who is also involved in two that can benefit both fields, whether what it’s like when we can train our stuthe arts, Jay noted that he has always that is creativity or thinking outside the dents to pursue their passion,” Jay said.

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focused on the interdisciplinary aspect of education.

“I’ve always felt that silos that prevent us from communicating and working together are a detriment,” Jay said. “While arts and science are very far apart, I have always felt comfortable bridging the two and, as a dean, I feel very strongly that we can bridge the gaps between our various programs.”

As an example of this interdisciplinary bridging, Jay said that professors at

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foot and bike traffic from the Medford/ Somerville campus.

“The Master Plan has produced a strategy to make Medford Square a welcoming destination for Tufts students, staff and faculty,” DiRico said.

“Just making it easier to get to the square should encourage more students to enjoy all that Medford has to offer.”

In the plan itself, Tufts is mentioned twice, including in a proposal to take advantage of “institutional connections” such as Medford’s relationship with the local campus, which it characterized as “a relationship that could be explored for more direct arts and cultural links to Medford Square.”

“One of the focuses of the plan is strengthening the creative economy in

Medford Square,” Fiala said. “This is an area where a direct partnership with Tufts could be mutually beneficial.”

Among possible ideas for cooperation between both parties, he offered that Tufts programming could be held at the Chevalier Theatre. The Chevalier Theatre recently began new management by Bill Blumenreich Presents, Inc., the firm that operates The Wilbur Theatre in Boston, according to the Executive Assistant, Business and Cultural Liaison in Burke’s office, Allie Fiske.

DiRico suggested that the university’s performance groups could be a critical piece in that relationship. He cited Disney a cappella troupe Enchanted’s performance at the city’s Patriot’s Day celebration in Medford Square, which he called “a huge hit.”

“I would love to see more [performance groups] performing in Medford

Square at community events,” DiRico said. “I think that the School of the Museum of Fine Arts could work with local organizations for a community art project in the Square … There are a lot of opportunities for collaboration and creativity.”

However, Fiala stressed that while the city would pursue “implementation activities” that would increase the Square’s attractiveness to the Tufts community, it would largely stay away from “recommendations that would be dependent on Tufts.” “[The] improvement of the square would encourage more engagement over time from members of the Tufts community and open new opportunities for direct involvement and new partnerships,” Fiala said.

The Master Plan is available to the public on the City of Medford’s website.

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Tufts students convert traditional needlework hobby into a unique business

by Kenia French Staff Writer

You may not find a cream-colored crocheted bikini top or an embroidery hoop with “f— off” artfully etched into it at your grandma’s house, but you may start seeing them around Tufts. In a time of two-minute power naps and mass production, three Tufts students have reclaimed a seemingly antiquated hobby of needlework and made it into both a relaxation technique and a counter to the fast-fashion industry. “What’s the Stitch?” and threadsbyjulie take old-fashion hobbies and apply a modern take.

Hannah Park and Lily Pisano, both sophCOURTESY JULIE MURRAY omores, used their Inspiration and supplies for senior Julie Murray, who launched her own Etsy store, threadsbyjulie, last Tuesday after interest in crochet- picking up embroidery this summer. ing to start their busi“I wanted to sort of reclaim embroidery as According to Murray, she started by makness “What’s the Stitch?” after a creative burst over the summer. Their store, now on Etsy, ing her embroidery pieces as gifts for friends a modern fiber art, and reject narratives that is dedicated to crocheting custom-made and family, but the positive reaction she’s got- imply that embroidery can only be for old bralettes. According to Park, the idea came ten from friends over the summer encouraged ladies to do quietly by making my embroidery both aesthetically pleasing and outspoafter she saw one of Pisano’s Instagram posts, her to make her Etsy shop.

“I only started embroidering about half- ken,” Murray said. “I thought that having in which she had posted a picture of a bralette way through the summer, and very early on aggressive phrases surrounded by cute flowers she had made for herself.

“I used to crochet, a while ago, my grand- some friends asked me to make them pieces,” or details would create something surprismother taught me, and so I had a lot of free she wrote. “Once I had made some additional ing, not exactly what you might expect from time on my hands at the beginning of the pieces, I thought about publicizing my art fur- embroidery.”

As an SMFA dual-degree student, Pisano summer,” Park said. “So I was like ‘oh my gosh, ther and seeing if people would actually pay how did you make that? I want to try to do it for them. I posted my Etsy shop last Tuesday understands the time and energy it takes to produce quality items — especially in handand got two orders within a few hours!” myself!’”

For Murray, the process of needlecraft acts made products. She stresses that one of the Pisano then sent Park the YouTube tutorial she used to create her bralette. According to as a stress reliever both in the process of stitch- values of “What’s the Stitch?” is that its exposing people to the creative freedom found in Park, she followed the YouTube tutorial exactly ing and also in her final product.

“A lot of the phrases or messages on the handmade work. for her first bralette, but found that there was “I mean if I had the option to buy the room to improve when the needles were in [embroidery] hoops were expressions of the frustration and ambivalence I was feeling this same thing cheaper at a store, I probably her own hands.

“For the first one that I ever made, because summer, which I found quite cathartic to turn would, just given the option of the two, but I I literally had no idea what I was doing, I just into what I considered an aesthetically pleas- think the cool thing about handmade clothfollowed this YouTube tutorial exactly. Like ing product, and the process of which I found ing especially is that you do get more of a say in terms of the aesthetic and just fun things literally went out and bought the same kind stress-relieving,” she said.

Similarly, Park and Pisano see crochet ulti- that you want to add that you can’t onto of yarn, because I just wanted to understand how it works,” Park said. “Then after that first mately as a way to relieve stress. Park, a poten- H&M’s clothing, because it’s already made for one, when I tried it on myself I found that tial engineering psychology major, doesn’t you,” Pisano said.

While Pisano states the importance of certain ways that it fit I didn’t really like, and I necessarily see herself going into fashion as cultivating respect for handmade products, already knew enough about crocheting that I her career.

“It’s kind of like more because we both Blotnick asserts that the rise of crocheting as could tweak things.”

Once Park mastered the basics of making enjoy crocheting and find it really relaxing, a medium in fashion reflects a societal need a crochet bralette, according to Pisano, the and then it was kind of like ‘might as well for the unique.

“Crocheting is the antidote, the backlash two combined forces to create “What’s the make money on the side.’ So it’s not so much Stitch?.” So far, “What’s the Stitch?” has been a I’m trying to mass-produce all these … It’s to technology where human hands don’t necessarily do much past a keyboard,” Blotnick met with success. According to Park, they’ve more what I want to do,” Park said.

Judy Blotnick, a part time fashion lecturer at said. “With the advent of fast fashion, our have their hands full with the amount of the SMFA at Tufts, echoes this sentiment, assert- souls long for that special thing, that art object orders so far, both on the site and off the site.

“We’ve had three orders through the site, ing that crocheting has traditionally served as a we can adorn ourselves with that no one else will have.” but I’ve done a lot outside of that. I have eight therapeutic outlet primarily for women.

“Crocheting is meditative and has a orders right now that I’m working on. I think that I’ve had six or seven outside of the site, so wonderful calming effect we all need,” Blotnick said. “Like meditation, it allows us to yeah, kind of a lot,” Park said.

Julie Murray, a senior, launched her hear our thoughts while making something own Etsy store, threadsbyjulie, last Tuesday that is visible, or chatting with friends while our hands are occupied.” after picking up embroidery this summer.

Despite its traditionally feminine history, “I had a lot of free time this summer, and was thinking about how much I used to enjoy Murray intends for her work to serve as a the crafting I used to do at summer camp,” contrast to the traditional assumption that Murray wrote in an email to the Daily. “I liter- needlework is a pastime for upperclass-womally just went to the craft store thinking ‘what en confined to their homes. Her hoops often is something I can teach myself’ as a relaxing express phrases of frustration and harshness new hobby. I already knew how to sew, so I while surrounded by delicate flowers and COURTESY JULIE MURRAY feminine colors. figured I’d try out embroidery.”

An example product from Murray’s Etsy store.

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Hayley Oliver-Smith In Defense of the Butterfly Effect

Life cycles of a digital dream

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y dad sometimes says to me something along the lines of, “Every act, no matter how large or small, will enact some kind of change in the universe. Whether or not that act is significant is a possibility whose full potential isn’t extinguished once the moment is over.”

He says it’s from Carl Sagan, but I think he just made it up.

The other day, I saw a butterfly on the road outside the Arts Haus and stopped to have a look. I’m not that into butterflies and probably wouldn’t have noticed it unless I had seen my aunt’s Facebook highlight reel of a monarch butterfly’s chrysalis: eerily close shots of its green cocoon; the same cocoon, blurry, a few days later — this time with little white cracks peeking through the top and finally, with all the drama of childbirth, the adult butterfly itself. When the last photos came, I was staring at my phone, a little self-aware, full of emotion but also vaguely disappointed that the end had come so soon. I had been along for the journey, felt the curiosity, the anticipation and perhaps the fear that it wouldn’t happen as planned.

After all, those pictures of the pupa, posted every day, seemed to last too long; maybe the thing had given up this whole charade and chosen to stay asleep in its cozy cocoon forever.

When, finally, I saw the adult butterfly stretching its wings to dry in the sun for the first time, I was surprised at how much the image affected me.

Wonder swept through me. I was happily shocked by this utterly transformed being. But then, some self-awareness.

Though I had never considered the concept of a butterfly’s right to privacy, I felt like I had stopped in on some private and perhaps sacred happening that, hundreds of miles away, I had no business seeing in such detail. With all my digitally influenced emotions, was I now some kind of experiential authority on butterfly chrysalis? Oh yeah, I saw it happen. On Facebook, but still.

Despite the tenuous claim that I had really witnessed the change, I, a butterfly novice, nonetheless found myself crouched on Sawyer Avenue just a few days ago, peering at another pair of sun-drenched brown wings.

There was this moment of joy like, “Hey, I know what you’ve been through to get here, man!” I bent my face close to the asphalt and inspected its subtle spots, little blue tattoos. It dawned on me (definitely a novice here) that it was still, not resting here to dry its wings but at final rest. And yet, it held all the beauty and dignity of a newborn monarch, quietly and dutifully marching through all the stages of growth. What a strange, strange world. I stood up, continued walking to my destination, sensing that the story, perhaps transformed, was not quite finished yet.

Hayley Oliver-Smith is a senior majoring in International Relations. She may be reached at hayley.oliver_smith@tufts.edu.

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Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire performing on stage on Sept. 17.

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‘Infinite Content’ tour leaves Arcade Fire fans infinitely content

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Contrary to its name, Arcade Fire’s “Everything Now” had a long and gradual build-up before its release on July 28. Publicity stunts are hardly new for the band; to publicize their second album in 2006, the Canadian alternative rock group set up a hotline, 1 (866) NEON-BIBLE, that played “Intervention” for callers.

Thus, it’s hardly a surprise that the lead-up to their fifth studio album was characterized by a bizarre and perfectly 2017 marketing promotion. The band’s adaptation of a new logo and repeated use of the phrase “infinite content”

helped fuel speculation, but the most notable stunt was their fake news campaign. Centered around a mysterious Twitter account that briefly uploaded an excerpt of the album, fake articles about Arcade Fire started to make headlines, including “Arcade Fire files multiple legal claims over ‘Millennial Whoop’” with the group purportedly claiming intellectual property rights to the phrase “Wa-oh-wa-oh,” and an article titled “Win Butler: Shredded Rock Star Workout” that prescribed doing 20 woodchoppers with a guitar to get a body like Butler’s.

The successful promotion run may have set expectations for “Everything Now” too

high to meet, especially since the album has proven to be Arcade Fire’s most divisive yet. Rolling Stone said the album was “about having a cultural banquet on offer and still feeling hungry … a perfect soundtrack” but the Boston Globe claimed that “there’s nearly nothing left of early Arcade Fire’s poignant lyricism or cathartic sweep.”

But their Sept. 15 performance on the “Infinite Content” tour made it clear that powerhouse Arcade Fire can still take a punch from critics and come out on top. With the square stage made to look like a boxing ring, the group walked onto the floor at TD Garden on Friday night see ARCADE FIRE, page 6

MUSIC REVIEW

The singles bar: The comeback edition

by Justin Krakoff Arts Editor

Welcome back to another year of the singles bar! With fall only two days away, it is very clear that this season’s theme will be the tried-and-true comeback, which is especially welcome after radio’s relative monotony this summer. See how the latest pop comebacks stacked up below.

Taylor Swift: “Look What You Made Me Do” and “…

Ready For It?” It has been nearly three years since Swift’s Grammy Award-winning “1989” (2014) took the pop world by storm, selling almost 10 million copies worldwide and spawning the iconic “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood.” Following

an extended quiet period, Swift is back, though the results are less than stellar.

“Look What You Made Me Do” is the lead single to her sixth studio album “Reputation” (2017), due out November 10, and it immediately underwhelms.

The electroclash mid-tempo track is a jarring departure from Swift’s usual repertoire, attempting to mesh a strippeddown musical approach with a vengeful, callous tone. While it is quite possible that the track is intended to be tonguein-cheek, à la “Blank Space” (2014), the Jack Antonoff-produced track fails to live up to the usual hype of a Swift release, instead relying on its imaginative video to back up lyrics like “‘I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now.’ / ‘Why?’ / ‘Oh, ’cause she’s dead!’ (oh!).”

The follow-up single “…Ready For It?” is marginally more successful, thanks in part to repeat collaborators Max Martin and Shellback. The opening track to “Reputation” somehow manages to sound both dated and on-trend, due to its dubstep breakdown and house-inspired chorus. The track would be vastly improved, however, without Swift’s attempt at rapping, which drags down an otherwise decent pop track.

“Look What You Made Me Do”

“… Ready For It?” see SINGLES BAR, page 6

n the first edition of Citizen Shame, we’ll be taking a look at a movie that features Nicolas Cage talking weirdly.

You might be inclined to ask: isn’t that every Nicolas Cage movie?

You would be correct, of course, but in “Con Air” (1997), his voice somehow manages to be even weirder and borderline upsetting, with a bonus Southern lilt. So, as we reach the 20-year anniversary of the film’s release, it is time to revisit this classic tale of a bunch of criminals flying a plane.

We open on Cage’s Cameron Poe, a con scheduled to be released from prison after serving time for accidentally murdering the living heck out of some guy.

After being paroled, he is to be transferred home on a flight filled with homicidal lunatics who will eventually hijack the aircraft. The delicate, subtle world-building on screenwriter Scott Rosenberg’s part will not go unnoticed by this reviewer.

Where the film really begins to find its brilliance is in its supporting characters.

John Cusack plays a really boring John Cusack-type who sort of gets upset at some points. John Malkovich is also in this movie, but that doesn’t really matter.

Dave Chapelle appears and does a standup comedy routine, which might feel vaguely out of place but is a highly essential part of the comic relief that director Simon West fills the movie with. That’s not to say this action classic is devoid of thrills. Hearing Nicolas Cage’s accent will literally make your bones melt.

There is a plot but seeing how this is a positive review, we probably shouldn’t think about it too much. Here are some highlights to help you catch up: • •

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Steve Buscemi plays checkers with a child.

Nicolas Cage throws Dave Chapelle’s body from the plane to communicate with John Cusack.

Nicolas Cage continues to talk in stomach-churning fashion.

Something about his wife and kid, but upon repeat viewing this reviewer still isn’t sure.

Machete from Spy Kids is back!

The film concludes with one of the most spellbinding chase sequences since “The French Connection” (1971), with John Malkovich and co. stealing an actual fire truck to escape the deadly duo of Cusack and Cage riding motorcycles. I would say “you can’t make this stuff up!” but somewhere, in the dark recesses of their mind, someone did. We, as cinema enthusiasts, can only thank them.

“Con Air” is a story of redemption, love and one of the most haunting accents ever to grace the silver screen. In its 20-year history, it has faced the scorn of viewers who demand “quality” or “any type of sense,” but it is well worth your time. And for any seniors who are worried about the skills they learn at Tufts translating to the job market, remember: Nicolas Cage is paid to do this.

Matthew Soderberg is a contributing writer and columnist at The Tufts Daily.

He is a first-year who can be reached at matthew.soderberg@tufts.edu

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continued from page 5 accompanied by bright lights, a cheering crowd, a boisterous announcer and a flashing video screen proclaiming them the heavyweight champions of the world.

Whatever one’s opinion of “Everything Now,” Arcade Fire’s masterful showmanship and intense passion were apparent from the moment they played the first few notes of the album’s first single of the same name.

Between the soaring keyboards and the peppy flute sample, the performance was spirited and genuine, making spacious TD Garden feel like a much more intimate venue. Throughout the continuous two-hour show, most of the stadium stood and danced along, a testament to the group’s ability to keep the energy going.

There was hardly a moment to breathe before they launched into “Signs of Life,” after which they departed from “Everything Now” and delved into some older songs, which were well received by the audience. Overall, there was a good balance between albums, with three songs from “Reflektor” (2013), four from “The Suburbs” (2010), three from “Neon Bible” (2007) and three from “Funeral” (2004). Of note was that the tour promoting “Everything Now” featured only six of 13 songs from that album, and notably lacked the eponymous song “Infinite Content.”

The concert was filled with poignant moments, often with audience participation. During the string melody at the end of “Rebellion (Lies)” (2004), Butler cued the audience to sing along. Then, during the sweet, low refrains of “Neon Bible” (2007), the audience was told to turn on their phone lights, creating a peaceful moment in an otherwise high-energy show. In the solemn time following “Neon Bible,” Butler explained that, since both he and his brother Will grew

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With “The Suburbs,” Arcade Fire nabbed Album of the Year at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on February 13, 2011. up in Houston, the flooding caused

by Hurricane Harvey was a tragedy close to his heart. He asked the audience to donate to the cause, before launching into “The Suburbs” (2010), a song inspired by their upbringing in a Houston suburb. Near the end, a video featuring a computer-generated David Bowie during the late artist’s feature

on “Reflektor” (2013) drew cheers from the audience.

For the beginning of the encore, Butler weaved through the crowd during a soulful rendition of “We Don’t Deserve Love” (2017), complete with karaoke-style lyrics, before rejoining the rest of the band on stage. “Everything Now (continued)” (2017) kept the mood

mellow, slowly building up the energy until flashing lights and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band accompanied them for “Wake Up” (2004).

Arcade Fire truly proved themselves to be heavyweight champions of alternative rock, if not the world. As the band exited the stage to the “Wake Up” chorus, it was hard not to feel infinitely content.

Swift, Zayn among those taking back airwaves for fall SINGLES BAR

continued from page 5 Zayn, “Dusk Till Dawn” A little over a year since his solo debut album “Mind of Mine” (2016), the former One Direction crooner is back again, this time with the lead single to his sophomore album. While “Dusk Till Dawn” is a run-of-the-mill pop power ballad, it is elevated by his collaboration with Australian singer-songwriter Sia. The two work well together to lend a heightened sense of drama and emotion to the track, which is about always being there for your lover.

This can most notably be seen when the chorus comes bursting through on “But you’ll never be alone / I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn.” Though “Dusk Till Dawn” is a departure from his R&B-tinged debut, it ultimately makes a decent case for Zayn’s sophomore album, proving that he can draw upon his One Direction roots to make solid pop.

Kelly Clarkson, “Love So Soft” and “Move You” Kelly Clarkson, the original “American Idol” (2002–present), sounds refreshed on the leadup to her eighth studio album “Meaning of Life,” scheduled to be released on Oct. 27.

With a new lease on her career following her signing with Atlantic Records, Clarkson is fusing the live instrumentation approach she took with her sixth studio album “Stronger” (2011) and embracing a more soul-inspired sound in lieu of the pop rock of her previous albums. The results are fantastic with lead single “Love So Soft” and another track from her upcoming album, “Move You.” “Love So Soft” sounds nothing like a typical Clarkson song, instead embracing the doo-wop sound that artists like Pink and Christina Aguilera have explored to great effect. The emphasis on horns and percussion highlight the soulfulness of the track, giving importance to verses such as “Love so soft, so soft (so soft).”

“Move You,” the second track Clarkson has released in conjunction with her latest single, is a revelation. The deeply romantic ballad demonstrates how clichés can be sold convincingly in traditional pop, as Clarkson tells her lover that she wants him to feel “Like a solemn Hallelujah / Like a choir shouts “Amen” (Amen) / Like your first time falling in love / Or a stairway up to heaven.” The track is simple yet timeless, showing that the best pop music, when done correctly, can be clear-cut.

Sam Smith, “Too Good At Goodbyes” Resident sad-boy Sam Smith has returned with his first solo release in over three years since “In the Lonely Hour” (2014). However, “Too Good At Goodbyes,” the lead single in his second studio album, falls victim to the law of diminishing returns, committing the cardinal offense of being too inoffensive.

For the single, Smith reuses many of the same tricks from his landmark hit “Stay with Me” (2014), including a choir and banal lyrics to convey an overwhelming sense of sadness. For some artists, such as the British songstress Adele, it is possible to build a brand around a shtick, though that brand only works if the material is convincing. Here, Smith sounds too calculated and repetitive to pull it off, making for an underwhelming comeback.

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Paris Sanders P.S. …

Stop defending the rights of milk cartons

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During Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, various reports of airline price hikes emerged, including a report of a ticket from Miami to New York ballooning upwards of nearly 1000 percent its typical cost. For those who remained in the storm’s wake, as stores closed and employees fled or took shelter, access to resources grew scarce.

These inevitable factors, coupled with our conventional understanding of theft, led to reports of looting both in Houston and across Florida — events met by law enforcement’s harsh response. In Texas, for example, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg maintained that looters of businesses would face felony burglary charges as well as increased penalties for misdemeanor charges. Under Texas law, sentences for robbery, burglary and theft increase if committed in any county declared to be a disaster area. Troublingly, as shoplifting of items valued between $50 to $500 is a Class B misdemeanor in Texas, under the additional penalty, offenders found guilty during Harvey may expect to face up to one year of jail time. Offenders found guilty of theft of goods valued under $50 with a prior conviction can face up to 180 days of jail time.

It is important to note that due to federal health and sanitation regulations, perishables — among the most commonly “looted” items — must be disposed of following a natural disaster, due to potential contamination. While Harvey victims with prior theft convictions facing 180 days of jail time over a can of soup or carton of milk may sound absurd on its own, victims could — and are — facing jail time over the “theft” of what is quite literally defined as trash.

Most political theorists of the past three centuries, ranging anywhere from laissez-faire libertarians to collectivists, have contended that in times of crisis or in instances where basic need is at risk, societies have the ability to curtail “liberty” or “freedom” (whether it be of privacy, expression or the market) to promote the general welfare. Additionally, as one could interpret John Stuart Mill, Thomas Hobbes or even Machiavelli to each have argued, though in dissimilar ways, the virtue of ‘freedom’ cannot exist if individuals or societies are fundamentally unable to act in a way that best expresses their will. In short, if people are fearful or on the brink of dying or starving, the virtue of freedom is somewhat meaningless on its own.

Ironically, but importantly, those who were looking for last-minute flights prior to Hurricanes Irma and Harvey were often those who had little financial freedom to begin with, including low-income individuals whose jobs would not permit absence until immediate evacuation warnings went into effect. These same individuals are now those who probably can’t afford to pay fines for petty theft or “looting” of perishables.

As a result, these individuals will soon be those whose freedom is curtailed further, upon their detention in state prisons. In the case of Harvey and Irma, did states instead prioritize the rights of things — airline ticket prices and cartons of milk — over the rights of people?

Paris Sanders is a senior majoring in philosophy and political science. Paris can be reached at paris.sanders@tufts.edu.

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Yuan Jun Chee On the Spot

This Past Transfer Window…

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Junior Brian Reaney sprints to the finish line at the Conn. College Cross Country Invitational at Harkness Memorial State Park on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016.

CROSS COUNTRY

continued from page 12 completely off-path from her expectations.

“Ideally what we wanted to do was go out at a fairly relaxed pace and build throughout the race. This year, our plan was spoiled because the Bates kids went out really hard,” Morwick said. “The first mile, the leaders went out at a 5:48 [mile pace], 20 seconds faster than last year, so it’s a pace we haven’t tapped into yet.

Considering that, I thought we raced pretty well.”

Morwick was pleasantly surprised by personal bests from numerous runners on this hilly, challenging first course.

Sophomore Lydia Heely ran exceptionally

well, coming in 10th, along with Curcuru who specializes in the 800m track event but came out and ran a fast five-kilometer race.

One of the Tufts women’s cross country team’s reliable tools, of course, is their “one-two punch,” senior tri-captain Brittany Bowman and junior Natalie Bettez. Morwick points out that this power duo is looking significantly better this year. This asset to the Tufts’ cross country program is unparalleled in New England (rah-rah-rah!) and will hopefully prove advantageous for the women’s team as they go up against their top rivals this coming weekend.

Over the weekend, Bowman claimed second place, clocking in less than six seconds after the winning runner from Bates

at 18:16. Bettez followed closely in third, only four seconds behind at 18:20.9.

The men’s team approaches the next invitational with the goal of having a strong pack toward the beginning of the race, according to Schmidt, and maintaining its upbeat pace throughout the entirety of the eight-kilometer course.

“We want to take the success the guys had in working as strong packs in a lowkey meet atmosphere and just bring that to a much larger, more competitive atmosphere with almost 30 teams over at Williams,” Schmidt said.

Tufts cross country next competes at Mt. Greylock High School in the Purple Valley Classic, hosted by Williams College on Sept. 23.

First-year class impresses with quickness settling in WOMEN'S SOCCER

continued from back For Whiting, the result speaks volumes of the team’s progress since postseason play last year.

“The last game we played last year was against Trinity, we had a little chip on our shoulder considering how well we played, but with our inability to score it was so frustrating,” Whiting said. “So to come out and beat them was great. We not only beat them, but we really controlled the game, we outshot them, we out-corner-kicked them, it felt really good that we didn’t just win the game but really dominated.”

Just the day before, the Jumbos battled the Conn. College Camels through double overtime, over 110 minutes of play.

It proved to be a frustrating game for both teams, as they took a combined 29 shots, but neither could find the winning goal. Both teams came into this match undefeated, meaning that this was a highly competitive game. The Jumbos’ junior goalkeeper Emily Bowers kept her team in it with a total of eight saves, six of them coming in the first half. The biggest moment in that first half came before halftime, when Bowers pulled off a fine stop from senior defender Mackenzie Kingston’s free kick to keep the game level.

However, Bowers was unable to prevent the visitors from taking the lead in the sec-

ond half, as senior midfielder Michelle Medina was fouled in the penalty box and converted from the spot to draw first blood. Yet the Jumbos showed their tenacity by responding almost immediately.

Sophomore midfielder Jenna Troccoli played a well-measured ball to Lloyd, who showed composure to draw the Jumbos level just five minutes later. While the energy remained consistently high with both teams trying to win in overtime, Lloyd’s first collegiate goal proved to be the last of the match. Lloyd was awarded with the NESCAC Player of the Week accolade for brace of goals over the weekend.

“Sophie has been a really nice surprise,” Whiting said. “We knew she was a good player, but until the first-years actually get there and get incorporated into the team, we don’t really know how someone is going to respond to the newness of college and a new team. She’s responded really well, played hard and both of the goals she got were hard-fought goals.”

On Sept. 13, Tufts travelled to Wesleyan for the first of three consecutive conference games and emerged victorious with a 1-0 result. The game could have been more comfortable if not for the superb defense of Wesleyan, the best of which came at the half-hour mark. Lloyd and senior midfielder Margaret Zahrah led a Tufts counterattack, but were expertly denied by sophomore

goalkeeper Zoe Cassels-Brown, who came charging out of her box to break up the play.

Tufts finally found the breakthrough by capitalizing on their set piece strength. The team had seven corners in the game and, on 58 minutes, sophomore midfielder Sarah Maloney scored her first collegiate goal by slotting home Ranalli’s corner.

Ranalli was proud that the team’s hard work on set pieces paid off.

“We spend a lot of time working on set pieces, very controllable things that we can practice, so to score off of that was awesome, especially since it was [Maloney’s] first career goal,” Ranalli said.

“She’s a beast in the air, so I expected it to come off her head, but for it to come off her foot is exciting. She’s been awesome anchoring our backline so to see her on the scoresheet was exciting for her and for us.”

Tufts takes a break from NESCAC action as it heads to Brandeis on Saturday, before making the short trip to MIT on Tuesday.

“I think we realize how important these next two games are,” Ranalli said. “We lost a couple of non-conference games last year that we shouldn’t have lost, so we realize that these two games are just as important as any NESCAC opponent. We’re excited to play Brandeis and MIT, we’d take it one game at a time, but they’d be challenging in different ways, because we understand how important these games are to us long term.”

When Paul Pogba returned to Manchester United for a then-world-record fee of $116.4 million, many thought the club had lost it. Yet such is the market today that 18-year-old Kylian Mbappe, hardly proven at the highest level of the game, is to move to Paris St. Germain for about $210 million next summer, just days after the French club spent $263.7 million to buy-out Neymar’s contract from Barcelona. Romelu Lukaku, a player who goes missing in clutch time?

An initial $100 million. Jordan Pickford was picked up by Everton for $40 million, while Leicester splashed about $35 million on Kelechi Iheanacho. Increasingly, clubs are paying astronomical fees, not for the finished product like Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale were, but for the potential that these players have. I hate to think what will happen if they don’t rise to the occasion.

Arguably the biggest news of this past window came out of Stamford Bridge when Antonio Conte let Nemanja Matic leave for Old Trafford, effectively handing Jose Mourinho a key cog that was missing in his team. Conte has avoided the mistakes of champions past by strengthening his squad in central defense, midfield and up front, but I wonder if Chelsea can sustain this type of football; they will play more games this year — it remains to be seen if their wing backs and central midfielders can cope with the extra fatigue.

Manchester City, often ridiculed for spending all that oil money, had splashed over $200 million on defenders this past summer, more than at least 47 other nation-states in this world have budgeted for their defense. Not withstanding their already burgeoning attack and midfield, they’ve addressed their key problems from last year and, just like their neighbors will be a teams to watch this year.

Contrast that to Liverpool which has been described as a flashy sports-car up top but a scrap car at the back. Picking up Mo Salah and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain strengthens their frontline, but they haven’t gotten an out-andout striker; while offense wins you games, it is defense that will win you championships.

And other things remain the same. It’s a case of “same old, same old” at the Emirates: Wenger is somehow still there, they’ve not strengthened their defensive midfield position, they’ve sold their most hardworking player — don’t forget they’ve still not resolved the futures of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.

Arsenal’s failure to qualify for the Champions League should have rung some alarm bells; it didn’t, and Arsenal may yet pay a very heavy price going forward.

A final note on the window; Barcelona’s pursuit of Coutinho has prompted Liverpool and the rest of the league to shift forward the transfer deadline day to before the season starts. I’m not too sure how I feel about that — if other foreign clubs can continue to buy players, how would English clubs replace them? And how would managers know if their squad, despite pre-season games, are truly ready for the big time? There are more questions asked than answered with such a move, but I think only time will tell if this was the smartest move by the League.

But the window has now indeed closed. Let the season truly begin.

Yuan Jun Chee is a sports editor at the Tufts Daily. He is a junior majoring in History and International Relations. He can be reached at yuan.chee@tufts.edu.

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Tufts maintains undefeated start to the season

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Tufts senior forward Mariah Harvey-Brown dribbles the ball during the game against Trinity College on Sunday, Sept. 17.

by Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editor

Women’s soccer recorded a draw and a victory in its double-header weekend against Conn. College and Trinity, respectively. This came on the back of a 1-0 midweek victory at Wesleyan. With these results against their NESCAC rivals, the Jumbos continue their unbeaten start to the season, moving to 3-0-2 overall and 2-0-2 in the NESCAC. The results and team performance continue to impress coach Martha Whiting, with the Trinity result showing that the team has started to play more convincingly on offense.

“The one thing that we need to be better at, and we definitely showed

improvement this weekend, is putting the ball in the back of the net,” Whiting said. “It’s not that we can’t score, it’s just a matter of our team making a real conscious effort to get their head up and try to play to goal as the first option. I think that’s exactly what we did in the second half against Trinity. It’s been [a slow start], but I know it’s there, but it feels as though now that we got those two goals [against Trinity], we’ve figured it out and more goals will come.”

On Sunday, Tufts was able to banish memories of its 1-0 NESCAC quarterfinal loss to Trinity last season by defeating its opponents 2-0. Having not beaten the Bantams since the 2011 season, this was a major victory for the program.

“I didn’t know this until the day of the game, but even the seniors my [first year] have never beaten Trinity,” junior co-captain and midfielder Emma Ranalli said. “I think it was big for the program as a whole and [for] the returners that had to sit in that locker room last year to look at our seniors and say, ‘we lost a game that we shouldn’t have lost.’ So it was really big for us to pick up momentum going into a solid chunk of the season.”

The game started out tentatively, as both teams had played an overtime game the previous day. It was a scrappy game, as both teams were committed to battling it out in midfield. This meant that it was hard to play the final ball behind the backline of both defenses. Some of

the better chances fell the home team’s way, including an opportunity in the 28th minute. Ranalli’s corner fizzled across the six-yard box, but no Tufts player was on hand to tap it in.

However, the Jumbos stepped it up in the second half. Just four minutes after the break, first-year midfielder/forward Sophie Lloyd continued her fine start to the season by heading home sophomore defender Tally Clark’s cross. Tufts quickly doubled-down on its advantage, as first-year forward Elizabeth Reed played junior defender/forward Alessandra Sadler in. Sadler promptly rounded the keeper to seal the victory for the Jumbos. see WOMEN'S SOCCER, page 10

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Jumbos claim top places at first meets of the season

by Sejal Dua Contributing Writer

The Tufts cross country program started its season with a strong performance at the Bates Invitational on Saturday with a second place finish and first place finish for the men’s and women’s teams respectively.

The men’s team, finishing with a team score of 197, trailed the first place Bates team on its home course by 70 points.

The Jumbos edged out the third place WPI Goats by 43 points. Factoring in the challenge of a hilly course on a humid day combined with the fact that the Jumbos were just getting a taste of their top NESCAC competition this season, it was a solid first footing for this team of racers.

“This meet was a good first taste of how things are going this season and a nice initial benchmark for how training has been going,” junior Brian Reaney said.

Coach Michael Schmidt’s reflections on the race were similar. He alluded to his mentality of treating the Bates Invitational more like a tempo workout.

Nevertheless, the Jumbos achieved a respectable score and had several outstanding individual showings. Out of the top 10 runners whose scores contributed to the Jumbos’ team total, five athletes placed in the top 20. Tufts runners also filled out the 22nd through 27th place finishes. Junior Dylan Jones, the top finisher for Tufts, ran an eight-kilometer time of 27:04.5, followed closely by junior Colin

Raposo and senior Sam Little. Sophomore Michael Carnavos and Reaney secured the 19th and 20th spots.

Schmidt was pleased with the cohesive nature of the packs the runners held. He additionally noted a few standout runners to look out for throughout the season.

“This was Dylan Jones’ first race where he was a top runner on a varsity squad, so that was a big moment for him,” Schmidt said. “The guys right behind him, Colin [Raposo] and Sam [Little], both had really strong season openers, so those three are running really well right now.”

Just seconds behind Tufts’ top five finishers, a pack comprised of a sophomore runner, three juniors, and two first-years, claimed the 22nd through 27th plac-

es for Tufts. First-year additions to the team, Patrick Nero and Peter Horvath, were promising in their collegiate debuts.

The women’s team enjoyed solid performances from first-years Carly Curcuru and Alexandra Wolf as well, who claimed the ninth and 11th spots.

“I’m excited to try and help the team score while bettering myself in the process,” Wolf said. “We want to place well against other Div. III schools and people in our conference as well as anyone else. We want to be a team that’s top in the nation.”

Coach Kristen Morwick also looks optimistically towards the rest of the season. She is satisfied with the current standing of her team, although the race admittedly veered see CROSS COUNTRY, page 10