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Dining workers, students lead demonstrations to address harassment claims by Jessica Blough and Nicolas Avalle News Editor and Contributing Writer
Dining workers and student activists protested treatment of Tufts Dining Services employees in a series of demonstrations last week centered around claims that Christine Tringale, a night cook supervisor at Hodgdon Food-onthe-Run, experienced verbal harassment and retaliation for comments she made in an Oct. 29 article in the Tufts Observer. In the article, which also featured quotes from other dining workers, Tringale alleged that she had experienced sexual harassment, scheduling difficulties and increased hostility at work during her eight years in Dining Services. On Friday, a delegation made up of Dining Services workers and students from the Tufts Dining Action Coalition (TDAC) approached Hodgdon Foodon-the-Run to confront a manager over Tringale’s allegations of harassment and retaliation. This came directly after a survivor speakout event the same day co-hosted by TDAC and Action for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), at which Dining see DINING WORKERS, page 2
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Students gather with Dining Services workers outside Hodgdon Food-on-the-Run on Nov. 2 to raise awareness for dining worker Christine Tringale’s claims of harassment against a dining manager.
Tufts to offer employees paid leave on Election Day to vote by Liza Harris News Editor
Tufts faculty, staff and employees that are registered to vote can take one hour of paid leave on Election Day to go vote, according to an Oct. 24 email to all university employees from Tufts Human Resources. The new policy will be continued in future years, according to Executive Vice President Patricia Campbell. The policy is available to benefits-eligible university employees, defined by Campbell as those who work 17.5 hours or more per week. According to Campbell, this policy applies to the entire university including all graduate schools, and is expected to benefit staff the most, as faculty members typically have more flexibility in their schedules. Given that Tufts encourages civic engagement and voting, the university considered it important to reduce any potential barriers to voting for staff and faculty, Campbell said. According to Dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life
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Alan Solomont, this is the first year that the university has offered this benefit as an official policy. Vice President of Human Resources Julien Carter said that the idea for the policy stemmed from Tufts employees’ admiration of Solomont’s efforts to increase voter registration. “There were a number of us that looked at his efforts and said, ‘What are we doing to encourage civic engagement along the lines of what Dean Solomont is doing?'” Carter said. “We decided we need to offer this … to promote civic engagement.” The idea came from staff in the Office of the President and was drafted by Human Resources, Campbell said. The draft was introduced to the academic and administrative councils, which are made up of deans, vice presidents, executive deans and other senior administrators, on Sept. 21 and was approved on Oct. 22, according to Campbell. “Our leadership was really very supportive of the idea of doing this,” Campbell said.
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continued from page 1 is] reducing a really substantial barrier to voting, which is not having the time.” Employees are required to let their supervisors know before they leave, so that any work can be covered, Campbell said. To communicate this policy to employees, Tufts sent out the Oct. 24 email to all employees and also discussed it at academic and administrative council meetings. According to Carter, Tufts will send another email before Election Day to remind faculty and staff of this opportunity. “If we have the benefit, we want people to use it,” Campbell said.
Both Solomont and Campbell said that it was very important for Tufts to implement a policy of paid voting leave, given the university’s emphasis on voting and civic engagement. “I think that this university believes deeply in the importance of civic responsibility. One of the most important civic responsibilities is to vote,” Solomont said. “Not only do we teach that, but also the university recognizes the importance of practicing what we preach.” “I think it really speaks to our values,” Campbell added. “If we’re encouraging students to register to vote and vote, we should be doing the same for our employees.”
Solomont said that he expects the benefit to be widely used. “The American people are realizing more and more the importance of participating,” Solomont said. “This simply is going to make it easier for staff to avoid longer lines or get to their polling place and get home to dinner.” Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon supported the policy as well. “I think it’s great to see Tufts encouraging civic engagement through voting,” McMahon said. Solomont hopes that Tufts can be a model for other schools. “Hopefully Tufts will set an example and others will follow suit,” Solomont said.
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continued from page 1 Services workers, along with Tufts students and alumni, shared experiences of harassment, assault and retaliation in the workplace and elsewhere. ASAP Event Coordinator Paula GilOrdoñez Gomez noted that the event marked a new trajectory for the organization, which she said has worked mostly on student issues in the past. “I think it’s really important to acknowledge that it’s not only students who deserve a safe living environment,” Gomez, a sophomore, said. “Workers on this campus are also experiencing sexual violence, and that needs to be addressed.” Midway through the speakout, Jesse Ryan, an organizer for TDAC, welcomed attendees to join a group of Dining Services workers and student allies that would be demonstrating at Hodgdon to raise awareness for Tringale’s allegations of harassment and retaliation against a Hodgdon dining manager. According to Tringale, while she was working at Hodgdon on Oct. 29, she was pulled aside by Dining Retail Manager Gary Smyrlian, who proceeded to verbally harass her. Tringale said she was also asked to leave work early after Smyrlian accused her of being violent. Tringale was joined by a delegation of approximately two dozen Dining Services workers and students in marching into Tufts’ Human Resources (HR) at 200 Boston Ave. on Tuesday to demand that HR address Smyrlian’s actions. “I spoke about how I was harassed over my years here [in the Observer article],” Tringale said to the delegation Tuesday. “I was then harassed again.” Students and workers, some of whom were clocked out on their 30-minute break, met outside 200 Boston Ave. and walked together to the HR offices on the first floor. Tringale led the way with her one-year-old son. When the delegation arrived, Tringale explained her experience to HR Business Partner Joseph Downey in the HR lobby. Downey offered to talk to Tringale in his office but refused to allow the rest of the group into the HR offices. The group waited in the lobby until HR Vice President Julien Carter arrived, at which point Carter, Tringale and the rest of the delegation gathered in a large office in the HR suite, where Tringale told Carter what had happened Monday. “I was told that I was being violent, then I was sent home,” Tringale said. Carter asked to meet with Tringale individually to discuss the incident and told the delegation to consult the Employee Handbook for details about the formal grievance process.
“I’m certainly not going to meet with a whole group to talk about a certain situation,” Carter said. Tringale and Trisha O’Brien, an attendant at Kindlevan Café, then left the group to schedule a meeting with Downey. O’Brien identified herself as the union negotiator for the dining workers, who unionized with UNITE HERE Local 26 in April. Carter said that there would not be a formal investigation of the incident until further action by Tringale, but that HR would follow normal protocol in looking into it. Members of the delegation also asked that HR organize a formal training for workers and managerial staff to prevent incidents like this from occurring in the future. “We always want a work environment that is respectful and collegial,” Carter said. “In the workplace, sometimes conflict occurs, and we’re committed to working to get everyone to a positive place.” Tringale and O’Brien returned to say that they had scheduled an appointment with Downey at 11 a.m. the following day. O’Brien said that the meeting’s scheduling was “very professional.” “We demand to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, and that’s why the union [was established],” she said. O’Brien added that the tentative agreement between the university and the dining workers during union contract negotiations protects all workers from harassment in the workplace. The event concluded on the front steps of 200 Boston Ave. with cries of “You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us” and “Together we stand.” By 10:30 a.m., workers and students were heading home or back to campus. O’Brien said she saw Smyrlian looking at issues of both the Observer and the Daily on Monday and that she told Smyrlian that the article about working conditions for dining workers was in the Observer before Smyrlian approached Tringale. The Daily reached out to Smyrlian for comment but did not receive a reply in time for publication. Patrick Collins, Tufts’ executive director of public relations, told the Daily in an email that though the university does not provide comment on individual personnel matters, it works to create respectful and productive workplaces for its employees. “We do strive to ensure that managers and employees alike treat each other with dignity and respect at all times, and to create an environment in which all parties are able to work productively in support of our shared mission,” Collins wrote. “Any complaint raised by an employee will be reviewed and addressed thoroughly.”
TDAC member Edwin Jain said that when members of the coalition heard reports of harassment they decided to act. “We think that [Smyrlian’s alleged harassment] is unacceptable,” Jain, a senior, said. “We want to make sure our community is a safe place for everyone, including dining workers.” Jain added that joint student-worker delegations and student demonstrations are an important way to show solidarity with Dining Services workers. On Friday, a delegation of dining workers and employees, similar to the one that gathered at HR on Tuesday, met outside the Mayer Campus Center before walking to Hodgdon to deliver a statement on behalf of Tringale accusing Smyrlian of harassment. Smyrlian was not present at Hodgdon when the group arrived, even though TDAC had checked earlier to confirm that he would be there, according to Ryan. “It seems that he left because he knew we were coming,” Ryan, a sophomore, said. “Then a manager from a different building on campus said we had to leave and that she wouldn’t pass the message on.” Ryan and other members of TDAC were unsure how Dining Services management would have been able to anticipate the delegation, as its appearance was not announced publicly in advance. When the group realized that Smyrlian was not at Hodgdon, it left the building. Mia Lambert, a lead organizer within TDAC, said the group got word that another dining manager was present at the time, however, so the delegation re-entered the building to deliver its message. The group attempted to reach the other manager, who was on the phone, according to Lambert. Ryan explained that officers from the Tufts University Police Department arrived shortly thereafter. “Six officers arrived, and the manager said she wouldn’t talk to us anymore and that any issues should be put in writing,” Ryan said. Although the other manager refused to hear its message, Lambert, a senior, still believed the delegation was successful. “We accomplished the goals we had, which [were] to show our power and to feel strong together,” she said. As the delegation left, the students and dining workers cheered in solidarity. Ryan noted that this demonstration was only the beginning, as the coalition will hold its first rally of the year on Nov. 16. “We’re going to keep fighting with the workers, doing delegations [and] organizing events like this,” Ryan said.
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Central Square Theater’s ‘Frankenstein’ reclaims its monster
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Content warning: This article mentions sexual assault. Frankenstein’s monster, as he is known today in popular culture, is a far cry from the philosophically and morally tortured being created by Mary Shelley in the novel that jump-started the genre of science fiction. Two hundred years after the publication of the original novel, Central Square Theater’s production of “Frankenstein” seeks to reclaim the creature’s existential essence in a strikingly modern context. This nearly two-hour play continues the company’s unique tradition of blending the innovative energy of math and science with the performing arts, capturing the electrifying and spiraling existential descent of a monster and his maker just in time for the Halloween season. The world of Shelley’s “Frankenstein” (1818) is fraught with questions of morality, power, responsibility and trauma, and director David R. Gammons sprinkles intellectualism into this melodramatic mix in equal measure. In a dramatic departure from dull-witted green monsters and superficially mad scientists, this adaptation pulls apart Shelley’s chapters of exposition leading to Victor Frankenstein’s scientific breakthrough, reorienting the narrative from the perspective of the Creature and revealing this information only as it learns it.
The audience enters the theater moments before the Creature’s birth; as patrons take their seats, several actors in white lie crumpled in a large translucent cage center stage, writhing and convulsing, while a man ( John Kuntz) paces on top of it, holding a withered copy of “Frankenstein.” The industrial materials of the cage and bright white of the set and base layer of costumes renders the world of the play clinical and futuristic, offering a blank canvas for saturated color washes and creating a sharp contrast with the visceral, animalistic existence of the Creature. One of the most striking elements of “Frankenstein” is the Creature’s presence onstage. Echoing Victor’s haphazard construction of the monster from disparate body parts, the entire ensemble becomes the monster, in an intertwined mass of bodies and grunting voices. The actors are constantly in contact with each other in an amorphous and pulsating clump, interacting with each other and siphoning away from the entanglement to transform into human characters, a transition aided by distractingly futuristic neon costumes, the only incohesive element of the production design. Gammon’s note in the program explains that representing the monster in this way is “embracing the notion that each of us is a complex, even contradictory amalgam of self and experience, always in relationship to others. Shelley’s story gains universality in its acknowledgement that each of us at
some point confronts the inevitable pain of being cast as ‘the other’ in society.” Pulling the Frankenstein narrative into modern discourse through physical performance renders this version that much more unique and powerful. The concept succeeds in terms of movement quality and visual presence onstage, but while the ensemble reflects a range of actor types, the diversity of the voices on stage is less impressive. Omar Robinson is the only performer of color in the production; he takes the lead as the main body and voice of the Creature in the aggressive standoffs between master and creator. Other moments that draw attention to the identities existing within the Creature focus on gender. In this production, the Creature’s only female victim (Ashley Risteen) is sexually assaulted before her death, an act led by the only other female actress in the ensemble (Debra Wise). After the deed, in her voice, the Creature proclaims to Victor that “I am a man now,” and the scene ripples forward. “Frankenstein” prods at the gendered tensions in its source materials without pushing them far enough for a modern reconciliation. In a world fraught with a potent mix of apathy and fear at the brink of election season, the Creature’s longing for acceptance is powerfully resonant. Gammons reflects, “ultimately, Frankenstein is an aching howl of despair: a desperate cry to be seen, to be acknowledged for who we are, to be understood. To be loved.”
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oston has very close ties to colonial and revolutionary history, as well as a host of institutions dedicated to its preservation. For a notable example, the various homes where former presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams lived are still standing in Quincy, Mass. The Adams National Historical Park, which maintains the homes, offers very informative guided tours to anyone interested. Coming from New Mexico, I always felt disconnected from the colonial and revolutionary history that was crammed into my brain since childhood. I saw the tour as a good opportunity to connect with that history, so I grabbed my CharlieCard and headed for Quincy. Getting to the Adams National Historical Park requires no transfers: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Red Line can get you all the way there. From Davis, I boarded the Braintree train and rode 14 stops to the Quincy Center stop. It is important not to board the Ashmont train, since the Red Line splits in two after JFK/ UMass, and the Ashmont train goes in a different direction from Quincy Center. Once there, the visitor’s center is directly across the street from the MBTA station. Guided tours are available inside the visitor center. Tours are $5 for adults and free for students, so bringing your Tufts ID makes the whole trip very inexpensive. There’s a bunch of United States memorabilia in the visitor’s center if you’re feeling especially patriotic, as well as books about 18th century American history if you’d like to learn more. After a few minutes of loitering in the lobby, the tour guide rounded up the other tourists and me, and we started the tour. The tour began with a streetcar ride through Quincy, to John Quincy Adams’ childhood home. The ride was entertaining on its own: I was already having a good time. Upon exiting the ride, I was greeted with a large wooden home. The tour guide gave some brief context about the homestead’s proximity to Boston and the Revolutionary War. We then took a brief look inside the house, pausing in each room to learn about how Adams spent his time there. The guide was very knowledgeable and took questions from tourists before moving from one room to the next. Tourists are encouraged not to touch anything or to sit in any of the furniture in the rooms. Fortunately, however, folding chairs are ready and accessible for those with disabilities or those who simply would prefer to sit. After a tour of Adams’ childhood home, we boarded the streetcar once again, where we were whisked away to Adams’ presidential estate on the opposite side of town. There, we bore witness to the historic Stone Library, as well as Adams’ bourgeois backyard and furnishings. For this leg of the trip, we had a different tour guide, and they, too, were knowledgeable and open to questions. I felt personally catered to whenever I asked a question, making my experience all the more enjoyable. Overall, the Adams National Historical Park is an easy and inexpensive way to learn about John Quincy Adams and his place in history. I recommend checking it out. Evan Zigmond is a sophomore studying music. Evan can be reached at Evan.Zigmond@tufts.edu.
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ast Thursday, I attended a talk on the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) by Matthias Scheutz, professor of computer science and director of the Human-Robot Interaction Lab at Tufts. Towards the end of the talk, someone asked Professor Scheutz whether he thought there would ever be a point at which AI can replicate human thinking, to which he gave a resounding “No.” He believes that at some point, AI will be able to replicate human behavior quite well, but to replicate thinking — the actual underlying processes of the brain — is another thing completely. Curiosity piqued, I did some of my own thinking. The brain is truly an odd organ. For one thing, my brain is literally thinking about itself right now. For another, I found out that it has a neuron whose sole purpose is to fire when it sees Jennifer Aniston. Well, more accurately, that neuron doesn’t only fire when it sees Jennifer Aniston. In a 2005 experiment at California Institute of Technology, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quiroga discovered that singular neurons fire for very particular concepts, such as Jennifer Aniston. Another person in the experiment had a neuron that fired for Halle Berry, for example, and yet another person had one that fired for Bill Clinton. The big discovery was that some neurons are linked to very particular concepts that can be anything — not just celebrities. When the subject with the Jennifer Aniston neuron was shown photos of Aniston next to the Eiffel Tower, the neuron soon started firing for the Eiffel Tower, even when Aniston was taken out of the picture. This revealed that memories are linked to each other and that neurons can quickly encode new memories. The brain also uses different regions for emotions and behaviors that may seem related. A June 2018 study by the University of Pennsylvania’s Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab showed that pleasure and humanization are separate processes that occur in different regions of the brain. For example, someone can like dogs but not think they are completely “human.” On the other hand, someone can dislike their co-worker but still acknowledge that they are indeed “human.” This finding can be helpful in creating policies that will reduce interpersonal conflict and prejudice. The point is that the brain works in complex ways. Some ideas, such as Jennifer Aniston (who is actually a very complicated idea), can be recognized by a single neuron. That neuron can then connect that idea with another unrelated idea (the Eiffel Tower) by using a bridge to teach the neuron that the two concepts may be linked. On the other hand, pleasure and humanization can be expressed similarly in daily interactions, but they are processed by separate parts of the brain altogether. How exactly would AI replicate such complicated pathways whose patterns we don’t even truly understand? And if one day, we are able to make AI that can truly replicate our thought processes, then what will become of the brain? Quinn Pham is a sophomore studying international relations. Quinn can be reached at quinn.pham@tufts.edu.
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Twenty One Pilots bring eclectic, inspired set to TD Garden
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Content warning: This article discusses mental health. The musical style of Twenty One Pilots is impossible to place into a single category. Their music is eclectic, combining elements of alternative rock, emo rap, reggae and even, as some describe it, ‘ukulele screamo.’ The duo, consisting of frontman Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun, put on a inspired show at TD Garden on Oct. 26 as part of their “Bandito Tour,” featuring the best of their trademark sound. However, it is much more than just their sound that has brought Twenty One Pilots into the spotlight. For many years, they were relatively unknown. Even after the release of their third album, “Vessel” (2013), the majority of the public still had no idea who they were. However, upon releasing their next album, “Blurryface” (2015), that all changed. Twenty One Pilots practically became a household name. One of the album’s singles, “Stressed Out,” won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at No. 2. The single also received a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. Due to the massive success of “Blurryface,” the duo went on a headlining concert tour (the “Emotional Roadshow World Tour”) that lasted well over a year (May 2016 – June 2017). Unfortunately for the Skeleton Clique, however, Twenty One Pilots soon seemed to have disappeared off the face of the Earth, and no one knew when, or even if, they would return.
However, in early October, more than three years after the release of “Blurryface,” they finally released a new album, ominously titled “Trench.” The album is not merely an album; it tells a story — a story that we now realize actually began with “Blurryface.” Blurryface, whose real name is Nicolas (or Nico) Bourbaki, is apparently one of the nine leaders, or Bishops, of Dema, a dystopian city. Clancy, a citizen of Dema, realizes the true nature of the evil surrounding him, and plans his escape to Trench, the place between Dema and the rebel encampment. The story is one that is very personal to the band. According to Joseph, Nico and Clancy are the two halves of himself, and Dema represents a state of anxiety and depression. Thus, the battle between Nico and Clancy symbolizes Joseph’s struggle with mental health. Fortunately, the story ends on a positive note. Clancy’s escape proves successful, and he joins the rebels, who are known as Banditos — and are meant to represent the Skeleton Clique. In other words, unlike many other artists, Twenty One Pilots is sincerely grateful for and appreciative of the tremendous encouragement and love they receive from fans. Although Joseph and Dun are not entirely comfortable with the worldwide fame they suddenly find themselves experiencing — a line from “Jumpsuit,” the opening song of “Trench,” reads, “I can’t believe how much I hate/ Pressures of a new place roll my way”, their perfectionist desire to please their fans comes through clearly in every song in the album. Despite the immense popularity of their two most recent albums, the duo truly shine live. In “Lane Boy,” one of the songs from “Blurryface,” Joseph
sings, “My creativity’s only free when I’m playing shows.” Now that Twenty One Pilots is on the international “Bandito Tour,” Joseph and Dun are free to be as creative as they please, and their degree of creativity on the Boston stage was impossible to prepare for. Of course, the lights, lasers, smoke machines, cross-stadium bridge and elevated drum stand — not to mention numerous wardrobe changes and liberal use of confetti — are jaw-dropping and heart-stopping in their own right. But it is the duo’s constant, intense energy that makes their concerts so mesmerizing and awe-inspiring. Even after 20 backto-back songs, Joseph still runs back and forth across the stage, almost frantically, while Dun executes yet another backflip off Joseph’s piano, no less. The duo’s dedication to their fans is unquestionable. For their final performances of the night, “Trees” (a song that promotes a sense of unity and shared purpose), two drums were passed to audience members near the stage, and Joseph and Dun stepped off onto raised hands, trusting concertgoers to keep them balanced while they played. Other artists might be apprehensive of their fans, or even condescending, and wouldn’t be easily inclined to attempt such a stunt. But Twenty One Pilots readily acknowledges that they would not be where they are today without their fans, and takes any opportunity to demonstrate their eternal gratitude. They understand that their fans are fighting the same battles they they are, and want fans to realize that we are not alone. As Joseph says at the end of every concert, “We are Twenty One Pilots, and so are you!”
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Kritzer Laboratory employs interdisciplinary techniques to solve biomedical problems by Sidharth Anand Staff Writer
Joshua Kritzer, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, prides himself on his laboratory’s interdisciplinary nature and focus on peptide biology to solve modern biomedical problems. “Traditionally, in drug discovery, the pharmaceutical industry has relied on small molecule drugs … but there is a limit to what we can affect with those drugs,” Kritzer said. Kritzer explained that despite being able to target some enzymes and receptors with small-molecule therapies, there are many more proteins within the body that cannot be inhibited by small molecules. This has led to a push in the pharmaceutical industry to use “non-traditional molecules,” including proteins, DNA and RNA. “These molecules present a great challenge to implementation, however, and there is a huge push to make them work better,” Kritzer said. The challenges with these non-traditional treatment options are the central focus of Kritzer’s lab. “What biological processes can we affect with these molecules? How we can use the molecules to affect disease, and how do we modify the molecules to work better in the body?” he said. “These are really basic questions that underlie a lot of modern drug discovery that academics have a lot to contribute to.” Kritzer’s journey to his current position at Tufts began as an undergraduate student at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. “I had a bachelor’s degree in engineering, but I didn’t want to be a chemical engineer. I didn’t want to run a chemical plant, so I went to do a Ph.D. in Chemistry,” Kritzer said. “Going into graduate school was a leap of faith for me. I did not like engineering, but I liked the science part, so I thought I would try research. I ended up being pretty good at it.” Kritzer received a doctorate in biophysical chemistry at Yale, after which he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT. He attributes his current multidisciplinary research philosophy to this wide variety of academic experiences. “I don’t care if it is a biochemistry, molecular biology or genetic approach — I was trained in all of them. And I am going to train my students in all of them,” Kritzer said. “We are a more problem-focused [rather than] a discipline-focused research laboratory.” Kritzer ultimately ended up at Tufts because he enjoyed the purely academic environment of a university during his time at the Whitehead Institute. “I missed all the students around, I missed all the mentoring. I didn’t want to be on an island that only did lab research, so I decided to apply as a faculty member to a university where I could run a chemistry lab at a place that still values teaching,” Kritzer said. According to its website, the Kritzer Laboratory aims to incorporate ideas from systems biology, genetics, organic synthesis and analytical chemistry in order to create peptide-based molecules that target disease-associated proteins. Kritzer described one study done in his lab in which a Ph.D. student designed
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Joshua Kritzer, associate professor of chemistry, and Jennifer Pace, postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, conduct research in the Pearson Chemical Laboratory on Oct. 24. a molecule to better understand autophagy, a cellular recycling process. After identifying the molecule in a test tube and testing it on mammalian cells, the student determined that the molecule caused autophagy in the cell. “She … did some structural biological analysis and solved the structure of the molecule, as well,” Kritzer said. “That’s the thing — we borrow various techniques from many different disciplines and fields.” Third-year Ph.D. candidate Kirsten Deprey is currently researching cell-penetration peptides that she developed with the help of a previous graduate student. “There was, and still kind of is, a lack [of research] that can tell whether a drug can actually get into the cell or not,” Deprey said. Deprey is now using RNA therapeutics — the process of incorporating RNA-based drugs into the cell — in her research, further underscoring the Kritzer Lab’s interdisciplinary scope. According to Deprey, testing RNA therapeutics involves measuring changes in tumor size and tracking fluorescence-tagged therapeutics using microscopy. The process poses unique challenges, especially because high amounts of RNA can be toxic for cells. “You can’t really tell, quantitatively, how much of the drug gets inside the cell,” Deprey said. She explained that to solve this problem, she is making chemical modifications to the RNA molecules’ structure in order to give them better access inside the cell. “I am using our [cell penetration] method, which is higher throughput than others, so I can test many more samples,” Deprey said. “In the future, my method can be used for testing the efficiency of many other [drug delivery] methods, like vectors or nanoparticles.” Deprey noted that research surrounding cell penetration, including her own, has become the main focus in the lab and mentioned that in addition to
her approach, a library of thousands of proteins has also been tested. “There are four main projects on the cell penetration [research] right now, so I think that this is the main focus,” she said. Deprey highlighted the techniques that she has learned, as well as the general method of procedural reasoning, as the takeaways from her work at the Kritzer Laboratory. “I certainly think that that skill set — both the soft skills and the technical skills — will be useful whereever I go in the science realm,” she said. Eriko Koide, a senior majoring in biochemistry, has spent three years working in the Kritzer Lab. She developed an interest in chemistry after taking introductory classes in the department and began conducting research as a sophomore. “I decided that I wanted to try research because I decided that I didn’t really have any interest in medical school, so I thought that research would be a good opportunity to see what’s out there,” Koide said. Koide was particularly interested in the Kritzer Lab because she heard from another student that Kritzer is an engaging mentor. “I … heard that Dr. Kritzer [is] very hands-on and communicative,” Koide said. “For my first real college research experience, I wanted a really good lab environment.” Koide is currently working on two projects at the laboratory. The first involves testing antibiotics against a bacterial protein found in various pathogens, which cleaves an important antibody in human cells and attacks the immune system. “We are trying a different approach to making antibiotics, where we target a specific protein,” Koide said. “In the past, antibiotics were designed to target the viability of the entire cell, which is a much more aggressive approach of targeting the bacteria and can result in a lot of resistance, which is a huge problem.”
Koide’s second project concerns the SHIP-2 protein, which is important in signaling cell growth and communication. “We’re looking at this protein that can that can auto-inhibit itself by binding to its own protein binding site,” Koide said. “This may be an approach we can apply to the inhibition of other proteins in the cell.” Code hopes to parlay her experience in the Kritzer Laboratory into a position as a lab technician in order to broaden her experience before applying to graduate school. “Beyond that, what happens will be based on my experience in graduate school [regarding] whether I want to become a professor or work as a researcher or even go into patent law,” she said. In terms of her experience with Kritzer, Koide recommends that undergraduate students who do not know what research they want to conduct try to find a good lab environment. “The best way to do that is to talk to [juniors and seniors], asking which professors are hands-on and in which lab you can become an independent researcher,” she said. Koide said that working at the Kritzer Lab has allowed her to receive personal attention that has benefitted both her personal and academic development. “Both the graduate students who trained me and [Dr.] Kritzer have really put an emphasis on helping me grow from my mistakes and how to design my own path in research,” Koide said. Kritzer explained that for research like that of Deprey and Koide, he does not see the lab’s multidisciplinary focus as a goal itself. Instead, in using fields like organic chemistry, cell biology and physical chemistry, he hopes to address issues in the most effective and efficient way possible. “What I see is that I have a problem I want to solve, and I am not going to get up one day and decide to use organic chemistry to solve a problem,” Kritzer said. “I am going to find whatever in science has the solution and try it.”
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fter the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on Oct. 8 — the fifth of its kind — we may be finally realizing the gravity of climate change. We have 12 years to limit devastating global warming, and as Vox explains, “we either invest now to clamp down on greenhouse gases, or we pay down the line through property damage and lost lives.” From nonprofit work to impact investing to activism, there are many different paths towards helping mitigate the problem, although it is too late to fully reverse the trend of warming. While each approach has its upsides and downsides, climate activism in particular has been scrutinized for its ‘extreme’ approach, especially when it uses public dissent and protest. However, activism is quite broad in its scope of actions. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.” Activists have many tools available to them to engage in this campaigning, and nonviolent resistance is one of the most salient. It has proven effective in the past. Last year, federal authorities halted a $3.8 billion project to build the Dakota Access Pipeline after thousands of protesters went to North Dakota to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Although the pipeline is currently operational, it is awaiting review by a federal judge who will determine the seriousness of the environmental threat it poses. This progress seems slow, but nonviolent movements are quite effective in inciting change compared to many other strategies and have played a role in almost every prominent social movement from abolition to suffrage to marriage equality. Some have even described nonviolent mass movements as the most important invention of the twentieth century. Bill McKibben is one such individual. The Boston Globe named him as “probably the nation’s leading environmentalist.” He is known for his work in founding the anti-carbon campaign group 350.org and leading prominent resistance movements, including the protests against the Keystone XL Pipeline and the 2014 People’s Climate March. He spoke at Tufts last week, explaining that activism can be multifaceted. He said that activists have many tools in their toolbox and that young people, especially young people of color, have more at stake when it comes to civil disobedience than those who are older, richer and whiter. Activism always has a cost, precisely because it seeks to challenge the status quo. For black and brown people, risking a run-in with law enforcement potentially carries much more serious consequences than it does for others. Young people in particular may not be able to afford retaliation from institutional actors because of their lack of financial stability. For these reasons, we should not expect different people to all engage in the same way with any social justice movement. Rather, we should leverage our individual privileges and talents to advocate for a more equitable and safer world. While we all have different ways we can contribute, we must organize around shared goals. When asked about actions to combat climate change, McKibben said, “the most important thing the individual can do is be less of an individual. Join together with other people in movements large enough to effect changes in policy and economics.” Anita Ramaswamy is a senior studying political science. Anita can be reached at anita.ramaswamy@tufts.edu.
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Tufts Republicans endorse on Massachusetts ballot questions by Tufts Republicans Members of the Tufts Republicans voted to endorse Governor Charlie Baker for reelection, as well as take positions on each of the three Massachusetts ballot questions this year. Question 1 deals with nurse-to-patient ratios, Question 2 deals with campaign finance and Question 3 deals with gender identity discrimination. The following are the endorsements: Question 1: No This question would impose limits on the number of patients a nurse is assigned at any time. Intended to reduce the work burden on individual nurses and improve public safety, these limits have several unintended consequences. For example, this policy would increase the cost o f medical care by hundreds of millions of dollars, increasing premiums for patients. Further, there already exists a shortage of nurses, and this proposal, by lowering nurses’ availability, would even further constrain supply. Lastly, this new requirement will impose disproportion-
ately higher costs on smaller hospitals and care providers. Such a change will only worsen the problem of healthcare consolidation, in which fewer and fewer hospitals have gained a larger market share and can therefore raise prices. For all these reasons, we endorse a “no” vote. Question 2: No This question would establish a citizen commission to study campaign finance and recommend potential amendments to the Constitution that would establish that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as citizens. We have multiple issues with this proposal. The Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (2010) decision created a system that was fair and clear; it gave individuals, unions and corporations the same rights and opportunities. This is an issue of free speech. Campaign finance laws are commonly used to silence political opposition, and we believe limiting political speech is a dangerous precedent to set. Secondly, we have issues with the idea of a commission whose members are appointed by politically connected officials,
such as the governor, secretary of state and attorney general, as well politicians such as the Senate majority leader and speaker of House. Having high-level Beacon Hill officials appoint a commission simply to write a report is a waste of time and resources. Citizens United is settled law. For all these reasons, we endorse a “no” vote. Question 3: Yes This question is a referendum on a 2016 law prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity in public places. Massachusetts should continue its important role in advancing equality for transgender individuals. Opponents of the anti-discrimination law claim that it places women in danger in public restrooms, but since the law has gone into effect, there has been no increasein safety incidents in places such as restrooms. Such concerns are driven by baseless fearmongering. We, in concurrence with Governor Baker’s position on this issue, endorse a “yes” vote. Tufts Republicans can be reached on Facebook at facebook.com/tuftsrepublicans.
CORRECTION A previous version of the Oct. 29 article “Tufts, U of Ala duo receive National Science Foundation grant” incorrectly reported the total funding awarded to the project as $382,192. This amount was the University of Alabama’s portion; the total funding awarded, including Tufts’ portion is $581,534. The article has been updated to reflect this change. The Daily regrets this error.
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he chairman of the Maryland University Board of Regents, James T. Brady, stepped down early on Thursday, following immense criticism from students, fans, politicians and players regarding the board’s original decision to retain head football coach DJ Durkin. Durkin came under scrutiny following the death of 19-year-old team member Jordan McNair, who was hospitalized after collapsing due to heat stroke on the practice field in the spring. McNair would never recover, dying two weeks later in the hospital. Durkin and his program were under investigation by the university regarding McNair’s death and the reportedly abusive culture of the program. Due to the outpouring of complaints over Durkin’s reinstatement last Wednesday, he was officially fired by the university’s president just 24 hours later, and a day later, Brady resigned from his post. In the end, Maryland did the right thing, but their initial reinstatement of Durkin highlights the power and immunity that many coaches hold in NCAA sports, and prompts a larger look at why they have so much unchecked authority. McNair’s story is tragic, as he and Maryland teammates faced extreme physical and psychological abuse at the hands of Maryland strength and conditioning coach Rick Court that ultimately led to the worst possible end, and McNair’s experience is not the only example of this type of abuse from coaches. Famed coach of the Indiana men’s basketball team, Bobby Knight, is widely known for his verbal and physical abuse of players and other members of his program, as shown in a video leaked and aired on CNN of him grabbing and choking former Indiana player Neil Reed during a team practice in 1997. Former Rutgers Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Rice Jr. was exposed in 2013 when ESPN aired tape of him kicking and throwing balls at players while also verbally abusing players using profanities and homophobic slurs. There are many more examples, and while many coaches are fired immediately by their respective universities’ when the allegations come into the public eye, but it shouldn’t require public exposure and outrage to eliminate this behavior. The problem lies mainly with the lack of an institution in place to properly oversee these coaches, which allows coaches to wield their power in abusive ways for far too long with no checks. Following an analysis of institutional responsibility and governance over professional coaching conduct by the Drake Group in 2016, they released a report stating that “the obligations of coaches as professionals are neither documented nor policed by any professional or licensing organization for coaching. Higher education institution codes of conduct applicable to faculty and staff were also examined and found to be too generic and insufficient to address the elevated risks that exist in athletic programs.” Coaches’ hold a disproportionate amount of power over their athletes, not only in deciding playing time and much of the student-athlete’s schedule, but also in giving or rescinding a scholarship. While coaches can be amazing influences in athletes’ lives, an extreme power dynamic indisputably exists. It is the responsibility of the NCAA and conference administrators to create a code of ethics and system of oversight to make sure the power of coaches do not go unchecked.
Sam Weidner is a junior studying mathematics. Sam can be reached at samuel. weidner@tufts.edu.
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Football routs Colby in second shutout of season
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Senior quarterback and co-captain Ryan McDonald looks for a pass downfield during Tufts’ 48–0 Senior Day win over Colby on Nov. 3. by Noah Stancroff Contributing Writer
Tufts hosted Colby on Saturday for its final home game this season. The Jumbos came away victorious in the seniors’ final game in their careers at Ellis Oval, staying undefeated at home for this season. The 48–0 shutout of the Mules brought the Jumbos’ record to 6–2, placing them in third place in the NESCAC behind only the Amherst Mammoths and the Trinity Bantams, both with a 7–1 record. Prior to the game, the Jumbos honored all of the senior members of the football program, including 23 players and three student assistants. If the Jumbos finish their season with a win this weekend against the Middlebury Panthers, they will tie the class of 1982 for the most wins by a single class in the modern era, at 25 wins. Tufts’ Coach Jay Civetti talked about how important it was for the seniors to end their careers at home with a win. “That was one of my goals coming into the season for those kids,” Civetti said. “I take a great deal of pride in making sure that every kid that gives us everything that they’ve got and stays committed like they have. I want to do everything I can to put them in a position to be successful for the last game.” In their win over the Mules, the Jumbos dominated both sides of the ball throughout the wet and windy
afternoon, totaling 488 yards while allowing the Mules to gain just 124 yards of total offense. Tufts’ offense found equal success both running and passing the football as it threw for 223 yards on 24 attempts while rushing for 265 yards on 58 tries. The offensive attack was led by senior quarterback and co-captain Ryan McDonald, who threw for all of Tufts’ 223 yards and scored four touchdowns — two through the air and two on the ground. Tufts looked to gain momentum right away as they elected to receive the opening kickoff, a decision that would quickly pay off. In the ensuing drive, the Jumbos drove 91 yards down the field in 14 plays ending in a sixyard touchdown rush for McDonald. The Jumbos’ quarterback commented on the quick score which would lead to a total team performance. “Emotions were flying high,” McDonald said. “All the seniors really wanted to do their best for their team, and it really just came down to us starting fast on offense, and having a great day on defense.” Immediately following the touchdown, the Jumbo defense was given the first opportunity to put their dominance on display. After two short gains for the Mules on their first two plays of the drive, first-year quarterback Matt Hersch was sacked by junior linebacker Stephen Timmins on 3rd-and-6, forcing the Mules to punt the ball, the first of their six punts throughout the contest. Tufts then doubled its lead
late in the first quarter as junior fullback Winton Blount caught his first touchdown of the season. Defensively, the Jumbos were led in tackles by junior linebacker and co-captain Greg Holt with eight. Senior linebacker Jack Duffy was right behind Holt with six tackles, the most of Duffy’s career. En route to their second defensive shutout of the season, the powerful front seven for the Jumbos allowed Colby’s senior running back Jake Schwern, who is second in rushing yards per game in the NESCAC, only 67 yards on the ground. Duffy spoke on his last game at Ellis Oval. “It was a pretty cool experience,” Duffy said. “One last time at home with all my best friends out there, all the seniors, it was really awesome.” Tufts’ offense continued to find success as the game went on, while their stern defense limited Colby to just under five minutes of time on the field in the second quarter. Tufts found the back of the end zone three different times in the quarter — twice on the ground and once through the air. After sophomore kicker Matt Alswanger’s 39-yard field goal attempt fell short with 49 seconds remaining in the second quarter, it seemed that Tufts’ scoring in the first half would finish at 28 points. However, with 35 seconds remaining, a Hersch pass was tipped at the line and intercepted by senior defensive lineman Nmesoma Nwafor. Nwafor made the diving catch
after his own pass deflection for the first interception of his career. After the Jumbos got the ball back, it took them only three plays to score again as McDonald found senior wide receiver Dan de Leon in the corner of the end zone for an 18-yard completion to end the half, giving the Jumbos a 35–0 lead heading into the locker room. The second half of play saw relatively little scoring as Tufts added 13 points in the third and fourth quarters. The Jumbos’ defense continued to dominate, forcing two punts and two turnovers on downs. In Colby’s five possessions in the half, they were limited to only 99 total yards. McDonald, senior running back Dom Borelli and sophomore running back Mike Pedrini sat out the majority of the second half. The Jumbos obviously felt comfortable resting some of their offensive starters with a 35-point lead. The scores in the second half came on rushing touchdowns by senior quarterback Ryan Hagfeldt and junior running back Jay Tyler, who saw the field in place of their resting teammates. Tufts will conclude their season on Nov. 10 when they face the Middlebury Panthers (5–3) in Middlebury, Vt. The Jumbos will look to match their 2016 win total with 7 wins. They are also one game out of first place, and could finish the season tied for the best overall record in the conference with a win, and losses from both Trinity and Amherst.
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