The Tufts Daily - September 28, 2017

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Peace and Justice Studies Program under continued review

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Erin Kelly, the new director of peace and justice studies, poses for a portrait on the Eaton Hall steps on Sept. 25.

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The Peace and Justice Studies (PJS) Program is currently under review, after the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences considered canceling the program due to a lack a faculty support in recent years, according to Erin Kelly, the newly appointed director of PJS and an associate professor of philosophy.

Kelly explained that two committees will be charged with reviewing the program: an executive committee tasked with reviewing the major as a whole, and a curriculum committee tasked with reviewing the content of PJS courses.

The executive committee is focused on gathering input from colleagues and students to revise the major, according to Peter Levine, a research professor in philosophy and executive committee member.

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Kelly explained that some of the courses in the requirement areas have not been offered in recent years, signaling a need for an updated curriculum.

“I am in the process of updating the list of courses that count under the core requirement areas, adding some courses and subtracting some courses that haven’t been taught,” she said.

Kelly said students currently majoring in PJS have the full support of the program and, if the curriculum is changed, will be able to choose whether to complete the major under the old or the new requirements.

Kelly said that these committees hope to revitalize the major as a whole. “[The goal of this process is] to solidify the strengths of the major as well as its identity and curriculum,” she said. “[We hope] to update it so that the major connects with current faculty,

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resources and interests at Tufts, and attracts the current interests of students who could potentially find it a good fit.”

According to Kelly, administrators are re-examining PJS due to concerns that there was no longer enough faculty involvement to make the program sustainable. She added that faculty support for interdisciplinary programs requires dedication.

“The work that faculty do for interdisciplinary programs is on top of much of the work that they do for their own departments, so they have to be pretty motivated in order to make time to do the extra work,” she said.

Kelly attributed the loss of interest to the fact that not enough was done in recent years to motivate faculty members.

“It may be that not enough outreach was done in recent years, and that some of the faculty who were invested

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in the program [either] retired or had felt they had done their time with the program and were moving on to other interests,” she said.

Students expressed concern when they heard the program faced review at the end of last semester. In particular, Abigail Alpern Fisch, a sophomore considering majoring in PJS, was concerned to first learn about the potential change in the program through an article in the Daily.

“Last semester I … was so excited because I thought maybe there was a major for all my varying interdisciplinary interests … I was starting to plan my courses,” she said. “[When] I did see that article … [I] started freaking out a little bit.”

Olivia Bradley said that, as a PJS major, she felt left out of conversations to review the program. see PJS, page 2

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continued from page 1 “Student feedback was neither adequately sought nor listened to during the decision to reorganize the program,” Bradley, a senior, told the Daily in an email.

This semester, however, students said they felt more involved in the review process. On Sept. 25, the PJS program held an executive committee meeting for students and faculty, according to Fisch. She explained that this meeting was centered on student and faculty perspectives regarding the PJS major. “[ We spent time] talking about what do students and faculty believe PJS at Tufts is at its core and what has attracted each of us who were there,” Fisch told the Daily in an email.

Nonetheless, Pace explained that the program has been very responsive to student feedback this semester.

“Throughout this process I’ve been really struck by … how responsive Erin

Kelly and Peter Levine, who have been working on this project, have been to student feedback,” she said.

Bradley also noted that professors made an effort to gather as many student suggestions as possible in the process. “[Kelly] is making the effort to engage students and seek feedback, which is especially appreciated,” Bradley said.

Fisch explained that there is still room for more student involvement, especially for students considering the PJS major.

“I know a bunch of other undeclared, yet thinking to declare, PJS majors who are currently sophomores, but they … have no way of knowing this information,” she said.

In order to increase student involvement and awareness of the PJS major, Fisch said she is working to form a Peace and Justice Society. “[I want it to be] a place to bring more awareness to the major and also the changes going on with it, [and to] spread the message to people who are still unsure,” she said.

According to Fisch, the Peace and Justice Society has already begun planning its first event. Pace also expressed interest in the society, explaining that it would help PJS majors build community and support one another.

Kelly said the end goal for the PJS review process is to create a structure for this program to last for many years to come.

“My goal is to make it sustainable over time,” she said. “Every program is updated sometimes, but I’m thinking of [this process] as an initiative that will put us in a good position for the coming years.”

Levine added that the program fills an important role at Tufts.

“PJS has clearly drawn very strong students over the years and fills a need for them,” he told the Daily in an email.

“It combines philosophical questions about justice with strategic questions about how to make social change in fruitful ways.”

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Tufts, along with 30 other universities, filed an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States signaling the university’s opposition to the Donald Trump administration’s proposed travel ban, according to a university press release. This marks the third amicus brief the university has co-filed on this issue.

“Tufts filed amicus briefs in March and April with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, respectively. Those cases are the basis for the case now before the Supreme Court,” the press release states.

The Trump administration expanded its travel ban earlier this month to include a number of different countries, according to a statement on its website. The expansion of the ban prompted the Supreme Court to cancel the scheduled hearing on the constitutionality of the original ban.

“The Court has invited the parties to submit briefs on whether the new Proclamation renders the cases against the earlier Executive Order moot. We will not know what (if any) arguments will be heard by the Court on this issue until after they review those

briefs,” Mary Jeka, senior vice president of university relations and general counsel for Tufts University, told the Daily in an email.

The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it had cancelled oral arguments on the ban scheduled for later this month, and directed parties to submit new briefs by next month.

“Institutions join amicus briefs to express how the outcome of a case is likely to impact their organization, for better or worse,” Jeka said. “In response to the various travel bans, Tufts has joined other amici institutions to reaffirm our commitment to the free exchange of ideas across borders and to our many international students and colleagues from around the world.”

It is unclear whether such briefs have much impact on Court proceedings, Jeka noted, but they can be used to raise new legal issues and articulate the impacts of legal decisions on groups and institutions that are not immediately involved in legal disputes.

The amicus brief is just one of a number of ways the university can aid those affected by the travel ban, Jeka added.

“Individuals who wish to assist those affected by the ban are encouraged to visit the Provost’s website for addi-

tional information, the International Center or University Advancement to donate to the University’s Emergency Immigration Fund, which is used to help defray legal and other costs associated with responding to rapid changes in immigration law, including the latest travel ban,” Jeka said.

Diana Chigas, a professor of international negotiation and conflict resolution at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, noted that the university has undertaken other actions, including hosting a site about the effects of the ban, creating templates for letters to Customs and Border Protection and providing assistance to 35 people impacted by the travel ban.

“Tufts was an early opponent of the travel ban and has consistently promoted the value of a diverse international community at our university and in higher education in general,” Chigas said. “We think all of these efforts help to shape the public debate, and we hope that our participation in the amicus brief with other leading universities and colleges will influence the Supreme Court’s deliberations.”

It is unclear when or if the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding the revised ban.

Katherine Monson discusses IR majors’ roles in the space industry

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The International Relations (IR) Program went interplanetary on Wednesday as 12 students attended an East Hall lunch and learn about international space policies.

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by Katherine Monson (F’ 13), a double Jumbo who majored in international relations and went on to complete a master’s in international relations and security studies from The Fletcher School of

Law and Diplomacy. She currently serves as the director for business development at aerospace firm Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), according to the event’s Facebook page. The event, sponsored by the IR Program, was designed to help students understand the value of an IR degree in the burgeoning space industry, according to Monson.

Monson explained that before graduating from Tufts she hardly expected that IR would lead her to a career in aerospace.

“I always thought that I would end up working for the Pentagon,” she said.

But a brief stint in the government prompted her to reconsider her trajectory. Monson now works with clients around the world on satellite systems. She said that her international relations background played a major role in bringing her to that point To help the students in attendance better understand the many ways international relations interacts with space technology and business, Monson posed a hypothetical company that would see SPACE, page 3

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continued from page 2 use satellites to monitor melting arctic sea ice. Monitoring could have huge international business ramifications, she said, because as the ice melts, the opportunity to access arctic oil reserves and new shipping lanes arises.

“If you go up and over [the Arctic], it’s way easier, faster and cheaper than sailing through the Suez Canal or around the Cape,” she said.

The satellites, too, are inextricably tied to international law at nearly every stage of production. Monson described how corporations must acquire licenses to export equipment and technology across borders, to launch their satellite and even to utilize specific radio frequencies before they can book a launch date. Depending on the countries involved, meeting this regulatory process could take months.

Monson explained that IR majors can play a role in the development of a satellite as well.

“Teams on the ground work on very specialized projects,” she said. “And in every piece there is something that an IR major is well-suited to do.”

Working in the private space sector is hardly an obvious career path for the get-out-there-and-change-theworld-type IR major, Monson said, acknowledging a general belief that government is the only viable way to affect change as an IR major. But she defended the choice to work outside Washington.

“I can have a lot more impact in the private sector than I can have in the government,” she said.

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Tufts international relations alumna Katherine Monson (F’ 13) gives a career workshop on the international relations of space in East Hall 015 on Sept. 27.

During the presentation, Monson showed students satellite imagery of a burnt-out Burmese village that had been published by Human Rights Watch to expose the devastation of the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis. She said that the images were taken by private American satellite firm DigitalGlobe.

She also told the audience that their lack of an engineering background should not dissuade them from pursuing the highly specialized aerospace career. Crucially, Monson noted they should embrace the technical side of things.

“Don’t let people Jedi mind trick you by saying that its ‘too technical to explain,'” she said.

When asked by one student if a liberal arts education placed them at an employment disadvantage against engineering majors, Monson said it depends on your work ethic.

“You don’t need to be technical to get your foot in the door,” she said. “It’s just a little harder to do.”

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Senior Tufts-SMFA dual-degree student Aja Woodward, who works part-time at Semolina Kitchen & Bar located next to the Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex, poses for a photo on Sept. 27.

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While many students explore Davis, Teele and Union Squares for the food, shops and occasional festivals, some students take a step further into knowing the Medford/Somerville area they call home for a transient four years.

Various students who work off campus, as well as some business owners, shared their experiences as part of the local business community. Among those whom we interviewed, the students who work off-campus get a better sense of the local community, while the businesses that hire them enjoy interacting with the student population.

Lorenza Ramirez, a senior who works at Loyal Supply Company in Union Square, said she loves the time she spends working there.

“I have met such interesting people. I can’t overemphasize that,” Ramirez said. “People of all ages from the most random backgrounds will come in on a Saturday morning.”

Ramirez, who has worked at the design studio and gift shop for a year, said her job gave her a local insight that she would never have had otherwise. She encourages Tufts students to venture off campus in their search for jobs if they are able to.

“I’ve just had the most fascinating conversations and learned a lot about Somerville politics and things going on, whereas at Tufts I never would have known about any of that,” she said.

Brendan Bennett, a sophomore who works at Starbucks in Davis Square, agreed that the job has given him new opportunities to interact with people outside of Tufts.

“I think it’s really interesting being able to get into the community in that way,” he said. “It kind of gives me like a whole other group of people to get to know and to get to know the area better.”

Bennett, who has worked for Starbucks since his sophomore year of high school,

said the job exposed him to a part of the community he otherwise would never have gotten to know.

“Even though there’s such a diversity at Tufts, it is still kind of a bubble. So it’s cool to meet people in the real world that have already graduated school,” Bennett said. “It’s just a whole other experience that I enjoy.”

Mary Kurth, the owner of Spoke Wine Bar in Davis Square, echoed that the Tufts community was valuable to her business.

“Tufts is an institution of learning and we definitely get a lot of people that are very curious — whether it’s a type of cuisine or a type of grape, we get clientele that are looking to explore,” she said.

Kurth, who reopened Spoke in late May after a yearlong closure, said that the volume of Tufts students adds a huge variety to her clientele.

“We have this huge diverse community just up the street from us that is always seeking out new experiences,” Kurth said. “That’s a huge body of people that we would not have access to as a business otherwise.”

Maddy Behr, a junior who worked at Spoke Wine Bar this summer, expressed that the experience was very meaningful for her.

“I definitely valued working at Spoke for more than just the money,” she said. “I learned so much about organization from working there.”

Behr, who worked as a food runner at Spoke, said the job required her to know the ingredients of a wide array of different dishes.

“I had to always have everything memorized, because every time I put the plates down on people’s tables, I had to explain to them what was in the dishes,” she said.

Senior Maya Pace works at Magpie, a gift shop in Davis Square that features artwork and crafts from local artists.

“I feel like the Tufts presence in the context of Magpie was good,” Pace said.

“Students would come into the store once in

a while and it was just normal situations — no one was being disrespectful or anything.”

Emily Wensberg, the Magpie store manager, said Tufts students make up a significant number of the store’s customers.

“It makes such a difference when students are back for the semester compared to the summer,” Wensberg said.

“It’s busier.”

Laura Bousfield, an assistant store manager at bfresh in Davis Square, echoed the sentiment that college students strongly impact the grocery store’s business.

“I’d say 50–60 percent of our customers are students,” she said. “I don’t know if they’re all Tufts students, but many are.”

Bousfield explained that bfresh intentionally markets itself to the age bracket of college students.

“A lot of what our target market is towards is millenials, which is students,” she said. “So without them, Bfresh wouldn’t necessarily be where we are.”

Christina Theopanis, co-owner of Semolina Kitchen & Bar and Dave’s Fresh Pasta, stated that Tufts has been integral to business at Dave’s since the beginning.

“We’ve been doing business with Tufts our entire time we’ve been there, since we started the sandwich business and catering it’s been over 10 years that we’ve been working with Tufts,” she said.

While Theopanis acknowledged that Dave’s location in Davis Square also brings in customers from the community, she cited Tufts as one of its chief customers.

“We’re right in Davis Square so it’s a popular neighborhood, but the university definitely helps,” she said. “It keeps the neighborhood diverse, ever-changing, there’s always an influx of new people moving in.”

Theopanis expressed excitement for Semolina to be in Medford after working at the Dave’s location in Somerville for so long.

“We’re really happy to be in Medford.

The city’s been really supportive, the university’s been very supportive. They wanted us here and we’re psyched about that.”

o many important things happened this week.

Sometimes my mind feels like a swimming pool, with its shallow end for handstands, its deep end a spooky blue; the place is entertaining and full of the good stuff but mostly just a space for floating. It’s rare for me to have clarity of place and purpose, that ability to swim straight through, where I can experience something on the surface and then dive to the deep in the same place to mark its significance. When this happens, the water around is not simply a cushy space to exist within or a reminder that I need more exercise, but a stimulus to be directed and meaningful thought and action. I’ll leave this watery image behind; what’s really important cannot be neatly packed into a 20-by-40 concrete pit. I wonder if I’m the only one who, when pushing through to a space of real awareness shouts “Oh Goodie!” and enjoys the ride, instead of really paying attention or writing down exactly what has transpired within so it can be revisited later.

I found myself thumbing through my journal this morning to see if it would help me map out my clarity and how to get back. You won’t be surprised to find that I left barely a crumby trace, a few bullet points to jog my memory.

Maybe these kinds of things can’t really be explained retroactively. But I thought I’d share some bits anyhow — so much life is composed of half-remembrances, and if you’re not going to do anything with them because they’re not yet perfect and presentable, you’ll never do anything with them at all.

“Tiny moon apparently a waxing crescent with 11 percent visibility. Yet somehow it is still the whole moon.”

“Philosophy prof must be one of the most aware people out there. Would be cool to see his brain activity as he lectures. Funny, just realized it probably looks a lot like my own as I write about what interests me.”

“Yesterday we had to take one of our problems and express it physically. I acted out not knowing which problem to work on first, got very silly and loose about it.

Today felt like real transformation – think of metaphor of building a wall. Mess up two bricks, and it seems the whole wall is ruined, so you work to destroy it or hide those errors. Seen another way there is a solid, well-built wall. Is laughing at your problem really making it disappear if you still look at yourself as full of mistakes?”

Here I am again, days later, swimming in something else already, my mind inundated with the fogginess of earlier this morning. Seems everywhere I go there are traces of gold that I chase after all day. At times, I just sit there and look at my disjointed notes as time ticks on, and content myself to just be confused for a while. Occasionally these golden bits unite in a sweep and a flourish as the butterfly lands where it is supposed to. I wonder, was it aiming for that flower or just flying along?

Hayley Oliver-Smith is a senior majoring in international relations. Hayley can be reached at hayley.olver_smith@tufts.edu.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra opens 2017–2018 season with inspired Bernstein tribute

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Composer Leonard Bernstein, pictured above, was a celebrated composer and Boston-area native. His life and legacy were honored at the Boston Symphony Orchestra during its season opener, pictured below.

Last Friday night, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), led by conductor Andris Nelsons, kicked off its new season at Symphony Hall with a program centered on the centennial of celebrated composer and Boston-area native Leonard Bernstein.

At most classical orchestral concerts, the orchestra and music stand alone in the spotlight. At this event, however, the BSO celebrated Bernstein’s life and music: his legacy winked at every turn in Symphony Hall.

During the pre-concert reception for all ticket holders, a gradient of purple and yellow light bathed the O’Block-Kay Room and projected whimsical floral designs on the ceiling.

Although the BSO encourages the audience to don formal attire, there was a distinct range in formality, from a bun-topped young man clad in sweats and wearing sneakers to an older patron sporting a tuxedo and

cummerbund, red rose pinned to his lapel.

Concertgoers strolled through the hallways, clutching wineglasses and reading exhibits on Bernstein’s life and career that focused on his Boston and BSO roots.

A surprising layer to the evening’s entertainment were the dancers positioned on staircases and in the hallways, courtesy of ToUch Events and inspired by Bernstein’s musical “West Side Story” (1957). Reflecting “individual phrases” of music, the dancers’ movements gradually built in expression and scale through the post-concert dinner until dessert, when the male and female dancers joined in lifts, jumps and turns. Marissa Roberts, co-founder of ToUch Events, said that ToUch Events and the BSO’s artistic vision was to create “something classical yet modern, something that would stand out from the guests but also blend in.”

A little past 6 p.m., the all-Bernstein program commenced with a literal bang in the first movement of his Divertimento for Orchestra (1980) — an accented percussion hit followed by a rapid triplet explosion from the trumpet section. According to the program notes, the eight-movement suite (dedicated to the BSO almost four decades ago) is harmonically centered on the musical notes B and C, B for Boston and C for Centennial. The music doesn’t always take itself seriously; the bumbling Turkey Trot theme voiced by the clarinet has no pretensions of being high classical music. Still, the Divertimento has the advantage of highlighting every section of the orchestra, and in a group of the BSO’s caliber where there are virtually no weak links, the listening experience left little to desire.

Next, principal flutist Elizabeth Rowe filled Symphony Hall with the somber and contemplative “Halil” (1981) for flute and orchestra. “Halil” means “flute” in Hebrew, and was inspired by a 19-year-old Israeli flutist who was killed in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. The composer described it as “an ongoing conflict of nocturnal images” that manifests itself in the friction between the tonal and non-tonal, a musical conceit for the opposing forces that create violence in the real world. Rowe’s flute cadenza sounded appropriately disillusioned, although the piece ends on a hopeful note.

Soprano Julia Bullock and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade masterfully carried the program’s mix of classical and Broadway vocal selections by Bernstein with elegance and superb technical support. Bullock, making her BSO debut, shined especially while singing “It Must Be So” from “Candide” (1956); her voice shimmered like the cool, luminescent surface of a body of water at night. Members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, wearing boas and playful hats, provided a comical backdrop for von Stade’s rich and robust rendition of “I am Easily Assimilated,” also from “Candide.”

The “Symphonic Dances from West Side Story” (1960), an orchestral medley of the musical’s most memorable songs, provided a satisfying culmination to the evening’s musical offerings. The score and choreography of the musical pay their respects to traditional forms while welcoming modern ideas, and the music’s lasting notoriety in American culture speaks to Bernstein’s success at not only executing but marrying classical, musical theater and jazz styles. Thus, beyond see BSO, page 7

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BTS has returned with their latest EP, “Love Yourself: Her” (2017), the group’s first release since the repackaged album of “You Never Walk Alone” (2017) in February. The nine-track EP is part of their new “Love Yourself” series — a concept that will define the next few albums.

Released on Sept. 18, “Her” has received almost instantaneous success worldwide. Stars such as Steve Aoki and Wale have come out in praise of BTS’ new project. The album sold over 1,000,000 preorders and charted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 200 albums this week, becoming the first ever K-pop album to crack the top 10 in the history of the charts. Their previous record was set at No. 26 in 2016 with “Wings.”

Meanwhile, the lead single “DNA” (2017) charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 85, a first for a K-pop boy band; this comes on the back of “Spring Day” (2017) which was No. 15 on the “Hot 100’s Bubbling Under” chart in March. Its music video has also seen phenomenal success, becoming the 11th most watched video with

just under 21 million views on YouTube in the first 24 hours — 6th in music videos — knocking aside previous records held by Taylor Swift and Rihanna.

BTS’ leader Rap Monster explained that “Love Yourself ” is the “beginning of our chapter two.” The album demonstrates BTS’ ability to move into new sounds and new storylines; traditional vocalists Jungkook and V push themselves by taking on rap lines in “DNA” and “Go Go” respectively. In an artistic departure from their traditional hip-hop style, “DNA” features a whistle-driven introduction and is mixed with trap, synth and dance influences. In doing so, the band effectively produces a unique sound that is rarely heard in mainstream K-pop.

The music video for “DNA” is also a new beginning as it departs from the narrative that loosely strung through the music videos off their other albums, “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life” and “Wings.” Instead, the video heavily features the use of CGI with colorful costumes and settings.

What is most striking about BTS’ new album is their global appeal: the most obvious international favorite comes in the form of “Best of

Me,” which was co-produced by The Chainsmokers, while “MIC Drop” was inspired by President Obama’s famous mic drop at his final White House Press Correspondents’ Dinner. Some might accuse BTS for pandering to a more international audience, but while BTS takes a step out of their comfort zone by going into a more EDM-heavy sound, the former track remains artfully organic to the band’s roots; this ability to strike such a fine balance makes this track and the album a success on multiple levels.

Almost arrogantly, BTS included a clip of their Billboard Music Awards acceptance speech to remind listeners and haters alike of their most famous achievement to date — beating American favorites Justin Beiber and Selena Gomez by almost 300 million votes to win the Top Social Artist Award. For all the experimentation, elements of their swagger shine through on the album. “MIC Drop” has the group ironically apologizing to Billboard and the rest of the world for being successful. BTS daringly asks the listener, “Did you see my bag, my bag’s filled with trophies,” so many that they’re “too heavy, [their] hands

aren’t enough,”and the boys are “too busy [that] one body’s not enough.”

The penultimate track on the album, “Rather Than Worry, Go,” also deserves a mention for keeping true to BTS’ tradition of social consciousness. Featuring flute and marimba as well as meme-inspired dance moves, the track, more well-known as “Go Go” — a play on the Korean word for worry, “go min” — is a fun, rhythmic and almost obnoxious take on the spirit of YOLO and materialism in Korean society. While it’s somewhat critical of the culture, it is even harsher on the rigid social structures that bring about the “brutal reality that forces people to live and spend as if there’s no future.” The dissonance between the sarcastic lyrics and energetic sounds makes this socially-critical track a fan favorite.

Ultimately, BTS’ success, as evidenced by their Billboard win, is fueled by the connection with its fandom, A.R.M.Y. (Adorable Representative M.C.s for Youth). “Pied Piper” features a smooth funk, playfully calling out their fans for their over-dedication.

They open up to listeners even more see BTS, page 8

BSO mixes classical and modern with Bernstein centennial BSO

continued from page 6 being an obvious crowd-pleaser, “West Side Story” is highly representative of Bernstein’s musical essence, making it an appropriate selection for the concert’s program closer.

The BSO’s final notes were met with a hearty standing ovation from the packed hall. As concertgoers filed down the hallway into the foyer, staff members handed out cards featuring photos of Bernstein on the front and facts about his music career on the back. A female dancer in a purple

top and blue skirt rose to a relevé and looked wistfully into the distance, presumably searching for the Tony to her Maria.

The standard of musical and thematic execution exhibited by the BSO on Friday sets a high bar for the orchestra as they head into the 2017–2018 season. With

old gems like Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” (1910) and Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 2” (1908) on the docket alongside contemporary works and a world premiere, it is clear that the orchestra has enthusiastically embraced the versatile essence of Bernstein’s musical legacy.

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Haruka Noishiki Majors and Minors

Lithuanian pop, sutartinės and ‘Three Million’

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his week, I spoke with Z Ž ygimantas Jievaltas (known as Zygi), a first-year from Vilnius, Lithuania. He’s thinking of majoring in quantitative economics and has lived in five different countries.

Zygi gives his take on pop music in Lithuania, influences of traditional music and the history behind a common song in Lithuania.

Haruka (H): What’s pop music in Lithuania like? What genre, and which artist, is most popular right now?

Zygi (Z): A lot of pop was inspired by early rock from the late ’80s and early ’90s, the time Lithuania was gaining independence.

The communist government condemned rock music as corrupting the work ethics of the people, and that became what rock music stood for. Bands like Antis played a major role in the independence movement and has inspired a lot of pop artists later on. Better known names in popular music today are Andrius Mamontovas and Jurga.

Marijonas Mikutavicius is famous because he composes basketball anthems — we call basketball our second religion — and he has these unifying songs that are happy and uplifting. Many children in Lithuania play basketball and, considering the fact that Lithuania has a population of only three million, our ranking internationally is pretty good.

H: What’s traditional Lithuanian music like?

Z: In general, though we are a Catholic nation, folk music is associated with pagan faith. A lot of folk music is connected to some sort of ritual.

“Sutartines” is distinctive to Lithuania.

Wikipedia describes Sutartines as an “ancient form of two and three voice polyphony, based on the oldest principles of multivoiced vocal music: heterophony, parallelism, canon and free imitation.” Apparently, melodies of these songs are symmetrical, not that difficult and consist of just two to five pitches. It’s been designated as one of UNESCO’s Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Another component of our music is work songs — they were sung when people worked in the fields; they helped time go by. These aren’t complex songs and they’re usually positive and uplifting. These songs are classified by purpose — herding songs and haymaking songs, for instance. People would create songs for whatever work they were doing, so lyrics were associated with that activity.

H: Is there a tune that everyone knows in Lithuania?

Z: Mikutavicius wrote Trys Milijonai (“Three Million”) which is primarily a basketball anthem, so people tend to know that.

There’s another song everyone knows called “Bunda Jau Baltija.”

One of the peaceful movements against the Soviet government was called the Baltic Way, which happened August 21, 1989. That’s when the longest human chain to date was formed. It’s approximated that 2 million people connected a human chain for 400 miles from the capital of Lithuania to the capital of Estonia, to show the unity of the Baltic people in resistance against the Soviet Union.

In the case of “Bunda Jau Baltija,” which translates to “The Baltics are Awakening,” music was first composed and then and lyrics were added in Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian separately. This way, the same song could be sung in the three Baltic languages.

Haruka Noishiki is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. She can be reached at haruka.noishiki@tufts.edu.

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continued from page 7 in the two hidden tracks, “Sea” and “Skit: Hesitation and Fear.” The former reveals the fears and struggles BTS

had pre-debut and how they held onto their hope, while the latter reflects a more candid conversation among BTS members about their past, how far they’ve come since then, and thoughts about their future. In these hidden

tracks, the band pays a small homage to those who had been behind them all the way since their trainee days in 2013, and to those who have joined in for this ultimately successful ride.

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Luke Murphy Murphy's Law

At Tufts, capitalism is intellectual diversity

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n response to a recent call to move “beyond capitalism” in the economics department at Tufts, I think it is important to remind ourselves that any academic department’s mission is to teach students to apply the tenets of its field to complex problems and their future careers, not to obsess over fighting Donald Trump.

Before calling for departmental reform, it is useful to undergo a course of study in that department. Disappointment in an introductory course teaching that firms seek to maximize profit completely misses the point of the course. Economics is designed to understand the way the world works around wealth, labor, consumption, etc., not to ignore reality in favor of some imagined utopia. Profit is how we maximize social welfare. Profit paid for the iPhone you read this on and the checks you and your parents write to be here. Competition and profit-seeking drive the innovations that make your life comfortable.

Of course, economics professors lecture as “holders of knowledge”; that’s what a professor is. They are here to teach us how economics works, because they have spent their lives studying it and we have not. You cannot exactly have a seminar discussion about BlackScholes Option Pricing; it works a certain way and the professors teach us that. Much of economics is empirical, driven by modeling and data analysis. Economics exams seek “the right answer” because there usually is one in economics. The IS-LM model works a certain way; if one makes up one’s own because one does not like capitalism, one has not learned economics. Teaching statistical analysis is not dehumanizing. It is how we find the best outcome for the greatest number of people without clouding judgment with personal biases.

Nearly every major has most of its classes in a central location; this does not make these buildings centers of power. Economics has a building on the Academic Quad because it is one of the oldest and most popular majors.

Trust me, take a class on the second floor of Braker when it is 85 degrees and tell me it is a “space of concentrated power” or some temple of privilege.

Adding new economics courses can help introduce more diverse people to a useful field, but criticizing economics courses for not placing enough focus on politics is like demonizing biology for not having enough emphasis on creative writing. While there are issues that deserve economic attention, we cannot sacrifice the more practical theories and analysis that students need for their careers.

If we really want intellectual diversity, we should be glad that economics is here to offer financial literacy and analytical skills.

To mitigate capitalist thinking on a campus dominated by socialist rhetoric directly conflicts with a mission of intellectual diversity.

Calls for reduced capitalist influence in the economics department seek an education that eliminates practical skills and forces intellectual homogeneity on Tufts students.

Capitalism in the economics department is intellectual diversity at Tufts. To be clear, intellectual diversity includes capitalism.

Teaching its tenets prepares students for realworld professions, which is the purpose of studying economics in college.

Luke Murphy is a senior majoring in Italian studies. Murphy can be reached at luke.murphy@tufts.edu.

Opinion

Thursday, September 28, 2017

EDITORIAL

Use of Voatz is a step in the right direction More than 720 first-years voted in the most recent Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate election, greater than the number of first-year voters in 2015 and 2014, the two most recent years where this data is readily available. Increasing voter turnout is especially important given the low rates of participation in the past for TCU president and Senate elections. This increase in participation is a positive step forward, but we believe that more can be done to continue to boost turnout.

It seems very likely that TCU increased turnout by making the election process and voting more accessible and user-friendly. With the new election platform Voatz, the days of being redirected to multiple pages on SIS to reach an off-center and finicky election website are gone.

Now students can vote on their phone or computer with one click or scan of a QR code. Importantly, as students walked into the Mayer Campus Center, they were greeted by Voatz representatives holding iPads to vote with right then and there.

This new approach was beneficial for two reasons. First, it made the process significantly more straightforward. If any students had difficulty using the platform, a representative from Voatz would be right there to answer any questions they might have had. Secondly, it served as an important reminder to vote. The Campus Center, as its name implies, is one of the most central locations at Tufts.

The multitudes of first-years passing through were likely reminded to vote by the representatives standing by.

Having a high rate of turnout for student elections is very important in order to ensure that those who are elected represent the full range of views of the student body. In the past, however, TCU elections have had abysmal turnout. Slightly less than a quarter of Tufts students voted in non-presidential student government elections in April 2016, which itself was an increase from the eight percent who voted in the election the year before that.

While the new system under Voatz is an important step forward, we believe that the university and the TCU Elections Commission (ECOM) should explore alternative measures to further boost student government election turnout.

One suggestion we have that should be implemented is a “voting fair” similar to the Civics Fest held on Tuesday in the Campus Center. If students can get free food after showing proof of voting, especially in a central location on campus, they would be incentivized to vote in order to join in. Organizations such as Jumpstart and the Leonard Carmichael Society could also have booths there to describe other ways that students can be involved in a positive way in the Tufts community.

While the increase in turnout is commendable, that should not lull ECOM into a false sense of security.

Instead, we should continue to explore new methods to broaden participation.

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Crew teams include experienced hands, new faces MEN'S & WOMEN'S CREW

continued from back First Team All-American. Busse was also one of three members of the team to make the All-NESCAC Conference team in 2017. Conroy and junior Libby Lichter rounded out the trio for the largest cohort from Tufts to be in the all-conference team in history.

The men’s and women’s teams have the Green Mountain Head Regatta this upcoming weekend in Putney, Vt., but both teams have remained focused on long, low intensity workouts. In particular, the men’s team has spent much of its time

on the water in sculling single boats to improve technical rowing. “[Men’s] coach Noel Wanner was a world class sculler,” junior tri-captain Isaac Mudge said. “[He] has preached this philosophy of becoming a more skilled rower through spending a lot of time alone in the boat, and the team has really bought into this.”

The men’s team also has many team-oriented races that it hopes to perform well in.

“We re-entered in the Hadley Chase, which is the first time we have raced in this regatta in my time with the pro-

gram,” Hagedorn said. “We have an eight, a quad and a four entered in the Head of the Charles [Regatta].”

As for the women, their sights are set on performing well in the coming weeks in order to have a strong showing at the Head of the Charles on Oct. 22 and 23.

“Our ultimate goal is to medal in the eight,” Conroy said. “There are several underclassmen rising up to fill spots in the top eight that were opened by graduated seniors and juniors who are abroad. With them, we hope to do even better than our seventh-place finish last year.”

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David Meyer Postgame Press

Trump and the changed sports-politics relationship

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his has been a crazy week for sports, and most of the drama is due to comments from the White House. President Trump’s first statement came around a week ago during a rally, according to the Chicago Tribune, with Trump saying “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a b***h off the field right now, out, he’s fired, he’s fired.”

This language was greeted with anger from the NFL and resulted in players, teams and even owners kneeling in solidarity against Trump’s comments. Odell Beckham Jr. even celebrated a touchdown by acting like a dog, in reference to the word “b***h.”

The second comment that riled up the sports world was Trump’s withdrawal of the White House invitation to the Golden State Warriors, the current NBA champions. First, he uninvited Steph Curry, citing Steph’s hesitation in one of his Tweets as the cause for the rescinded invite. People were confused by this turn of events.

Trump was uninviting someone who had already figuratively checked “Not attending” on the RSVP. LeBron James noticed, tweeting in defense of Curry and calling the President a “bum.”

The Warriors also noticed and put out their own statement: “In lieu of a visit to the White House, we have decided that we’ll constructively use our trip to the nation’s capital in February to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion — the values that we embrace as an organization.” Personally, I like this response most, as it is constructive instead of adding to the divisiveness.

There is a lot of reading to do on both topics, but this is less about the specifics and more about why this is different than political discourse in sports historically.

1. Politicians discussing sports is much less common than athletes discussing politics. While it would be shocking to hear Ted Cruz yell “Go Cowboys!” at the end of a speech, it would not be surprising to hear politics in the locker room. There seems to be a precedent for one and not the other.

2. In regards to the NFL, the President of the United States used “b***h.” Not only did he use it, he directed it toward his own citizens. He was calling peaceful protesters disrespectful, yet he used one of the most disrespectful terms possible to describe them. Protests have been happening in sports for many years, recent memory starting with Muhammad Ali. It had not been met with such language from POTUS until now.

3. This is not the first time an athlete has skipped a White House visit, and it certainly was not the most disrespectful phrasing of reasons (see Tom Lehman).

The difference this time was the President’s rescinding of an invitation. For some it is petty, but for others, it’s a sign of strength.

Either way, it is unheard of.

There is a lot to talk about in terms of right and wrong, especially in terms of kneeling during the National Anthem, but one thing is sure. Politics and sports, especially the Oval Office and sports, have a new relationship. We just have to wait and see how it will continue playing out.

David Meyer is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. Meyer can be reached at david.meyer@tufts.edu.

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Sports

Thursday, September 28, 2017

FIELD HOCKEY

Field Hockey picks up two road wins during season’s longest away stretch

by Sejal Dua

Contributing Writer

With tough matchups on its schedule, the No. 6 Tufts field hockey team persevered with strength and poise, gathering momentum as the season marches forward. On Tuesday, Tufts battled the Wesleyan Cardinals on foreign turf to remain undefeated in the NESCAC. When the two teams squared off last year, the Jumbos defeated the Cardinals 6–0. Paying little attention to history, though, the Jumbos went into the challenge with an unassuming mindset.

Sophomore midfielder Brigid Gliwa put Tufts on the board 16 minutes into the first half with her first career goal off a penalty corner.

“We always want to score early,” junior goalkeeper Emily Polinski said. “After multiple shots on goal, it was great for Brigid to finally get the recognition she deserves for all of the hard work she puts in.”

Coming out of halftime with a 1–0 lead, Tufts jumped on the offensive. In the 57th minute senior forward Mary Travers found the back of the net off an assist from senior co-captain Mary Kate Patton. Just over five minutes later, first-year midfielder Beth Krikorian snuck one past Wesleyan sophomore goalie Delaney Wood for her first career goal as well.

Wesleyan senior tri-captain Tierney Behles found a hole in the Jumbos’ defensive formation in the 67th minute and snuck a shot past Polinski. Time ran out on the Cardinals’ comeback, though, and the Jumbos walked away victorious, 3–1.

Tufts took on No. 17 University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday. Both teams exhibited impenetrable defenses, and the intensity of the

game was only matched by the conditions in which it was played.

“It was so hot. On the turf, it was probably about 100 degrees,” coach Tina Mattera said. “The fact that we were on a plane and didn’t get in ’till later that night, and we were on really warm turf … I was very proud of how the team battled.”

With the game locked in a scoreless stalemate when the final horn sounded, it went into sudden-death overtime.

“As a coach, I was a little frustrated because I think we had our chances to score early on in the game and we just need to be able to come in and follow through,” Mattera said. “But I also was really confident in our team. I knew we could come out strong in the overtime period.”

Because overtime rules dictate that a team can only have seven players on the field, physical fitness plays a significant role.

“I had confidence that our forwards would get the ball into the other end of the field with the hopes of getting the corner and scoring, and that was what happened,” Polinski said.

Sophomore forward Rachel Hamilton scored the Jumbos’ lone goal in the 78th minute of the game, and her first of the season off an assist from junior midfielder Fallon Shaughnessy.

“Our team is really learning to focus on one game at a time and making sure that we’re ready for any obstacles that we face throughout the rest of the season,” Polinski said.

Following a 1–0 overtime victory against the Mary Washington, Tufts returned to practice intent on fine-tuning its fundamentals.

The players have been communicating well with each other and stepping up as a unit, according to Mattera. While the offense is looking deeper and more

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Senior forward Mary Travers runs down the field in the game against the Trinity College Bantams on Sunday, Sept. 17. organized, it still isn’t clicking perfectly in the opposition’s defensive circle. Mattera stressed that she would like to create more shooting opportunities and improve shot placement in the next few games.

The Jumbos took advantage of their practice time between the Wesleyan and Mary Washington contests, working on necessary adjustments in anticipation for the Cardinals. Having fought a long, grueling battle on thick field turf at Mary Washington, they knew that their ability to transition to Wesleyan’s AstroTurf surface would have a monumental effect on their performance.

“The AstroTurf is a lot faster paced, and you are able to use a lot more stick work to get around people,” Polinski said. “The ball moves faster whereas, on field turf, you have to put in a lot more effort to try to get the same speed out of the ball.”

Tufts’ focuses on passing into open space and getting into scoring position were evident in the victory against Wesleyan in Middletown, Conn. The Jumbos handed the Cardinals their third consecutive loss in the NESCAC, as the Jumbos added another mark in the “W” column. The Jumbos are now 5–2 on the season.

On Sept. 20, Tufts played against MIT, its neighbor and strong competitor, in Cambridge, Mass. MIT improved to 6–1 on the season after its defense shut out Tufts’ offense for 70 minutes.

While the game was certainly low-scoring, there was no shortage of attacking efforts from the Jumbos. With eight shots on goal in the first half and 13 shots on goal in the second half, Tufts was able to lock eyes on the cage many times, but failed to convert. Grace Moore, the firstyear goalkeeper for the Engineers, filled up the stat sheet with 10 saves against the Jumbos’ 11 shots on goal. In contrast, MIT only fired two shots throughout the contest, one of which snuck past Polinski for the game-winner.

Tufts, despite a few adjustments that were required to overcome strong challenges from both Wesleyan and Mary Washington, is on the rise as of late. The Jumbos emphasize taking it “one game at a time” as they make their way through the rest of the regular season.

Tufts next visits No. 8 Amherst and No. 9 Hamilton on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, in the hopes of maintaining a perfect conference record.

MEN'S & WOMEN'S CREW

Tufts rowing looks to build a strong foundation in fall season

by Onat Tarimcilar Contributing Writer

The ever-improving Tufts rowing program is gearing up for another fall season, featuring men’s and women’s teams with more collective talent and experience than many of the individual rowers have seen before.

Though the more important rowing season takes place in the spring, both teams know that the fall is important not only for rowers to work on their individual shape but also to build the team into a cohesive unit both on and off the water. Each fall brings a new class of first-years and novice rowers along with new captains and leadership, thereby giving the team a chance to establish a new identity and prepare the younger rowers.

“The identity that we have really developed is one of constant, steady work that will yield big benefits for us during the spring racing season. It has

been excellent to see how dedicated the guys all are,” senior tri-captain Tyler Hagedorn said. “Walk into Gantcher at almost any hour during the day, and you will see at least a couple of guys training on the ergs.”

Echoing Hagedorn’s sentiment is sophomore Graham Forrester, who praised the new captains.

“The captains this year each have such distinct leadership styles that complement each other well,” Forrester said.

“They have already been successful in establishing a culture of healthy competitiveness within the squad.”

The men’s team features mostly returning rowers, meaning that the identity of hard work built in recent seasons has continued into the 2017–18 campaign. There are only six recruited firstyears this season.

“That means [that], just like last year, we are going to have a very strong freshman boat, which is the first example of how fast the program is becoming,” Hagedorn said.

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The Tufts women’s crew team prepares to launch during a competition on April 8.

In contrast, the women’s team has 13 new first-years. However, the large number of new faces has not stunted the growth of the team chemistry, according to senior tri-captain Emma Conroy. “[The first-years] have come in with an energy that I think is invigorating for the entire team,” Conroy said. “Much of the fall season is about building a cohe-

sive unit and getting in shape for a more intense spring season. This year, we’ve become more cohesive as a team more quickly than [we have] in the past, which will give us an advantage that will build through May 2.”

The women’s team is coming off a strong year in which senior Sera Busse was recognized as the team’s first ever see MEN'S & WOMEN'S CREW, page 11