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Tentative agreement reached between part-time faculty and administration, walkout cancelled by Kat Grellman Staff Writer

Today’s walkout in support of parttime faculty was cancelled after the faculty bargaining committee and the School of Arts and Sciences reached a tentative five-year agreement for a new contract. This deal follows months of negotiations for part-time faculty members’ second union contract, according to Andy Klatt, a lecturer in the Department of Romance Languages and member of the bargaining committee. Tufts’ part-time faculty members voted to unionize with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 509 in 2013 and signed their first contract with the Tufts administration in October of the following year. Tufts was the first university in Greater Boston with unionized adjunct faculty, and the resulting collective bargaining agreement brought faculty increased pay and stronger job security. Although the part-time faculty’s contract expired on June 30 of this year, it was extended twice to continue negotiations with the administration. Significant aspects of the new agreement include a 22.5-percent raise in pay for over half of the part-time lecturers over the duration of the contract, with other part-time lecturers receiving a minimum of 12.5-percent raise in pay, according to a union press release. Additionally, part-time lecturers will be notified earlier if their contract will not be renewed, and there will be efforts to increase access to paid professional development opportunities.

The agreement still must be ratified by all 240 members of the part-time lecturer union, according to the press release. Klatt said he is optimistic that the membership will vote in favor of the agreement. “I think the bargaining committee is definitely recommending ratification because the tentative agreement that we reached fulfilled some of our priorities,” Klatt said. “Naturally, there were certain compromises that were made, but generally we’re in favor of ratification because of the terms that we signed off on.” Klatt explained that only members of the bargaining committee were regularly in attendance at the negotiations, although other members of the union were allowed to join as well. He said the bargaining committee tried to represent the membership’s wishes for the new contract, which were identified during forums held before the negotiations started in March. Dean of Arts and Sciences James Glaser said he was satisfied with the agreement. “We’re extremely pleased that we have been able to tentatively reach a five-year agreement with our part-time lecturers, whose contributions to the university we respect and appreciate,” Glaser told the Daily in an email. “We have had a productive and respectful relationship with our part-time faculty, and under the terms of the new agreement they would continue to enjoy pay, benefits and terms of employment that lead our local peer institutions and the relevant market.” see ADJUNCTS, page 2

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Jumbos celebrate Homecoming at a non-alcoholic party in the backyard of the DTD house on Oct. 7.

Fraternities implement policies aimed at increasing party safety by Liza Harris

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Several fraternities held their first official parties of the semester the weekend of Sept. 29-30, including Pi Rho Omega and Delta Tau Delta (DTD), both of which were on cease and desist orders last semester and thus were prohibited from holding social events. Fraternity members say they are working with the administration to formulate new party policies in an effort to create a safe environment for students, placing an emphasis on risk management. These changes follow ongoing criticism of the Greek life system over the past year, with a number of students protesting hazing and sexual misconduct at Tufts fraternities and sororities. In particular, the

Panhellenic Council decried misogyny and sexual misconduct at fraternities, and demanded reform, in an op-ed in the Daily last November. In an effort to reform Greek life at Tufts, administrators have worked closely with all fraternities on campus, and in the case of some such as DTD, Tufts has created “administrative resolutions.” DTD specifically settled on a policy with the school that bans alcohol at social events according to DTD President Jeremy Silver. Silver said DTD has been working with the university on various issues since fall 2016. The fraternity recently regained access to its house after a stabbing incident forced members to vacate in the summer of 2015. see FRATERNITIES, page 2

Tufts implements two-factor authentication by Aneurin Canham-Clyne News Editor

All Tufts students will be required to use two-factor authentication (2FA) for Trunk, Tufts email, Canvas, Box and eServe by April 1, 2018, according to Christine Fitzgerald, manager of service marketing and communications at Tufts Technology Services ( TTS). Students will later have to use 2FA on their SIS accounts. 2FA is a digital security measure that requires people to confirm their identity using a second device when they

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sign in to key accounts. According to Fitzgerald, this would mean when students log in to an account on their computer for example, they would receive a push notification on their phone confirming their identity. Fitzgerald said the transition to 2FA is already underway. “All of Tufts faculty, staff and affiliates are required to use [2FA] as of September 30, and this implementation is almost complete,” she said. “For students, we have a longer timeline. That said, all student workers will need to enroll by October 31.”

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Margaret Gorguissian, a junior majoring in computer science, told the Daily in an electronic message that 2FA is a practical measure for Tufts. “It is an excellent way to prevent unauthorized access to accounts,” Gorguissian said. Evgeni Dobranov, a junior majoring in computer science, agreed, noting passwords are not sufficiently secure. “Having robust security systems to protect our information is vital,” Dobranov told the Daily in an email. “Passwords aren’t as secure as they once were, but 2FA offers a large measure of security.”

Fitzgerald noted that 2FA cuts down on security risks and the costs associated with containing damage from leaks and digital attacks. “It protects [students and employees] from identity theft and months of trying to undo the compromise,” she said. “The pain of trying to recover after a malicious attack is much worse than the perceived inconvenience of having to verify your identity when accessing certain services.”

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continued from page 1 While 2FA can stop some attacks, the system is not being implemented as a response to the TuftsLeaks that occurred earlier this year, Fitzgerald emphasized. She said Tufts employees have had their information compromised prior to the leaks, and the implementation of 2FA is intended to reduce those incidents in the future. “Two-factor authentication has been used for a number of years at Tufts for many of our back-end systems and this implementation was underway at Tufts well before the leaks,” Fitzgerald said. Other universities also use 2FA, Fitzgerald noted, including Harvard, Brown and MIT. Gorguissian added that, while 2FA is useful in preventing some kinds of attacks and leaks, it is not a universal solution. “I have noticed that we’ve had a few phishing scams (that TTS has notified us about), and 2FA doesn’t really protect against phishing,” Gorguissian said.

Because of the complexity of the systems involved, implementation of 2FA is expensive and time consuming, Fitzgerald said; however, she said the cost was planned for in the TTS budget and was outweighed heavily by the savings on security and containment costs. Fitzgerald added that fixing and securing compromised accounts can be costly and can lead to direct costs to employees, including stolen paychecks and W-2s. “The 2FA program costs are part of our overall risk and compliance measures and built in to our budgets for ensuring IT security at Tufts,” she said. The primary objection to 2FA, Gorguissian said, was its inconvenience. Grace Konstantin, a junior majoring in cognitive and brain sciences, agreed the program is a nuisance, but ultimately useful. “It’s one of those things that you know you should do, but it’s also hard

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A YubiKey is a hardware Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) device which emits a unique one-time password, allowing users to securely log in to many popular websites. The new Tufts 2FA system supports YubiKeys. to get past how irritating the whole process is since the threat you’re protecting yourself from isn’t really visible,

but I guess nothing on the internet really is. It’s annoying but ultimately helpful,” Konstantin said.

With two cease and desist orders lifted, fraternities look to reform social event policies FRATERNITIES

continued from page 1 “We worked with the university cooperatively and transparently toward an administrative resolution… that included a section on not serving alcohol at social events for the foreseeable future,” Silver, a senior, said. Other fraternities on campus, such as Pi Rho Omega and ATO of Massachusetts (ATO), have also worked in collaboration with administrators to implement new policies. Both of these fraternities, in contrast to DTD, are still permitted to serve alcohol at their parties, according to Social Chair of Pi Rho Omega Hans Reuter, Social Chair of ATO Ally Burnstein, Community Outreach Chair of ATO Chris Campbell and Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT ) Social Development Director Jacob Ruttenberg. According to DTD Social Chair Kyle Blacklock, risk management is the backbone of fraternity social planning at his fraternity. “We put a lot of internal emphasis on risk management, and it’s a huge part of how we plan our social events,” Blacklock, a junior, said. So far this year, ATO, Pi Rho Omega and DTD have all used members of the Risk Management Assistance Team (RMAT), according to Burnstein, Reuter and Silver. RMAT is a group of sober monitors from outside of the fraternity hosting the party to help maintain a safe environment. Silver explained that DTD recently changed its required number of RMAT managers at parties from six to eight.

While ZBT is allowed to serve alcohol at events, according to Ruttenberg, the fraternity is working to earn Training for Intervention ProcedureS ( TIPS) bartending certifications, which focus on preventing intoxication, for all of its members who will serve alcohol. Also, Ruttenberg noted that the fraternity is expanding its risk management system by adding three basement monitors during parties and enhancing communication throughout ZBT’s house. According to Burnstein, a junior, every member of ATO is now Green Dot-certified. Green Dot is a program administered through the Center for Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE) that teaches students about sexual misconduct and bystander intervention. In addition, some fraternities served food at parties over the weekend instead of alcohol, and DTD placed signs on bathroom stalls with names and numbers of people to call if guests felt unsafe. The vice president of ATO is now interested in adopting a similar bathroom stall poster policy, according to Burnstein. Evie Bellew, a junior who has participated in protests against Greek life and supports its abolishment, said these reforms will not change the inherently exclusionary nature of fraternities. “Frats that stop serving alcohol or hold a day-training on rape prevention don’t change the fact that they were founded as sites of exclusion and carry that baggage to this day,” Bellew told the

Daily in an electronic message. “Not to mention — fraternity dues go to national organizations and whether or not a frat is a ‘good frat,’ those dues continue to provide benefits to other sects of that frat around the country that still perpetuate explicit exclusion and violence. Dues often go to national organizations that lobby against rape survivors and discriminatory lawsuits as well.” Luke Murphy, the president of the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC), said he was concerned that a ban on alcohol at parties, such as the one for DTD, would cause students to drink excessively prior to the Greek life events. “[On the one hand, there is] the idea that there is going to be less risk at the party [of ] someone [becoming] too intoxicated [when alcohol is not being served], but there’s also a lot more risk that someone’s going to show up overly intoxicated,” Murphy, a senior, said. Murphy added that administrators are aware of this discrepancy. He said the university is working with fraternity chapters to make social events as safe as possible regardless of the challenges. However, the first weekend of fraternity parties went smoothly, according to Silver. “As far as this first party went, we were amazed at how safe and non-problematic it was,” Silver said. Blacklock also listed possible positive effects of the new policy. “I think that using this [policy resolution] as a model for future instances … is really a way to change the social

scene at Tufts for the better, make things safer, make them more inclusive, and [it] doesn’t put pressure on anyone to get drunk or abuse substances,” Blacklock said. Reuter, a senior, also expressed interest in Pi Rho Omega hosting more alcohol-free events on campus in order to make Greek life more inclusive. “A big emphasis should be placed on alcohol-free events,” Reuter said. “The whole point of Greek life is to build community.” In particular, Murphy mentioned that conversations with administrators around Greek life social events will continue on an ongoing basis, and that policies and restrictions might evolve as the year continues. Reuter said it’s important that the administration is aware that many members of Greek life want social events to be safe, especially with regards to drinking. “Regardless of whether or not Greek life is there or not, people are going to try to find ways to socialize and go out and drink,” Reuter said. “I think it’s really important that the administration realizes that we’re with them, not against them.” In the meantime, DTD says it will continue to abide by the alcohol-free policy outlined in its agreement with the administration. “You don’t need to serve alcohol at parties to have a good time, and I think last Saturday was an excellent example of that,” Blacklock said.

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continued from page 1 According to Tanya Larkin, a lecturer in the English Department and member of the bargaining committee, salaries were one of the committee’s priorities and a major area of pushback from Tufts administrators. “The administration was very amenable to the non-economic proposals, but we encountered significant resistance to the economic proposals until the threat of the strike,” Larkin said. According to Larkin, the agreement was ultimately reached so late in the game because of the threat of walkout and the overwhelming support of the action from the community.

“We had overwhelming support from the community, from Tufts alumni — so many alumni supported us and wrote letters to President Monaco,” she said. “So many students rallied and marched with us, and I think that that was extremely helpful.” Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) was one of the many groups that put pressure on the administration to reach a fair contract, and showed support for the parttime faculty by holding rallies and raising awareness for the ongoing negotiations. “TLC’s role has been to support parttime faculty in realizing their goals for negotiations, and the bargaining team’s consensus demonstrates to me that this agreement is a success,”Zoe

Schoen, a junior and member of TLC, told the Daily in an electronic message. Schoen said she was happy to see TLC’s hard work pay off in what she sees as a win for the part-time lecturers. “The details of the new five-year contract are certainly important for workers’ material needs; centrally, part-timers won key raises in percourse pay,” she said. “But even more important, I think, is the way in which this agreement demonstrates forward momentum towards larger goals of justice, respect and dignity in the workplace. It’s a sign that faculty, union workers, students, alumni, Boston activist communities can come together and make substantial change.”

According to Klatt, the union was only able to organize a strike because its contract expired on Oct. 6, subsequently allowing them to solicit support without violating their contract. “We found, and I can speak to this firsthand as well from my own students, that support was almost unanimous,” Klatt said. “I think in this particular situation it’s very clear that people come out and support a just cause, and our cause is just.” “It’s thanks to our own work and to the work of our friends and allies that we were successful in getting this far,” he added. Robert Katz contributed reporting to this article.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

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Student groups, local activists come together to discuss homelessness

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In 1966, Mark Alston-Follansbee, now executive director of the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC), had to leave college to be drafted into the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, he was given the option to either join the infantry or enlist for an extra year and work as a journalist instead. Since he had previously hoped to work in journalism, he decided to go the second route. “I would jump out of helicopters … write stories and take photographs,” Alston-Follansbee said. “It was such a negative experience that I gave away all my cameras. I never wanted to take another photograph or write another story for the rest of my life.” After returning from Vietnam, AlstonFollansbee said he realized that many of the homeless people he saw in Boston had also served in the war. “I started talking to people on the street when they would ask me for money, and a lot of it felt familiar — a lot of them were veterans, mostly Vietnam veterans,” he said. In 2000, Alston-Follansbee came to work with the city of Somerville at the SHC. Alston-Follansbee spoke at a group discussion about housing insecurity and gentrification on Oct. 3, organized by the Humanist Community at Tufts (HCAT) and the Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS)’s Shelters group. While vouching for the value of helping individuals at a person-to-person, day-to-day level, he pointed out that shelters are only a quick fix to the structural problems of homelessness. The SHC offers a wide range of services for the homeless, from soup kitchens and overnight shelters to long-term housing placement. Although he acknowledged that the work he does is hard, AlstonFollansbee said he is proud of the success the organization has had in providing long-term housing for some of their clients. “There’s some real satisfaction … We’ve had people who were on the street for 20 and 30 years, and we put them in apartments,” he said. “We’ve given them a safe place, a door to close, a TV to watch. We ought to be thinking about how to do that for everybody.” While the SHC provides both overnight services and long-term housing for the homeless, Alston-Follansbee said he hopes to see more growth in their affordable housing programs. “We’ve really changed our focus to trying to prevent people from becoming homeless, because if they fall into homelessness, it is so hard to get them back into housing because [of ] … a lack of affordable housing,” he said. He emphasized that overnight shelters are not a permanent solution for homelessness, but merely provide a temporary fix to the problem. “Shelters are never the answer. It’s just a band-aid,” he said.

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Mark Alston-Follansbee, director of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, talks to students in Tisch Library during ‘Housing Justice and Capitalism,’ an event organized by the Humanist Community at Tufts on Oct. 3. He also pointed out that while shelters may be the norm for housing the homeless, they are far from the best option. “It’s important to get people off the street — [where] there is a lot of violence and abuse,” he said. “But shelters have become a kind of de facto housing for poor people. It’s structure, but it’s not normal.” Marina Rakhilin, the vice president of HCAT, had hoped the event would provide insight into the structural causes of homelessness rather than solely on its temporary solutions. “You can donate money to food shelters, you can go cook a meal, but what is the structure behind that?” Rakhilin, a senior, asked. “How do we act as people every day to combat homelessness?” Alston-Follansbee touched briefly on the issue of gentrification in the Somerville area as a structural cause of homelessness, stating that rising rents — caused in part by Tufts students — have forced out many lifetime residents. “It goes back to people who were born here, grew up here, wanted to stay here, being forced out of the community due to market influences,” he said. When asked how he thinks students should get involved, Alston-Follansbee suggested they come to a weekly free meal hosted by the SHC. “Every Monday at 4:00, we have a meal. I always encourage people to get a plate for themselves and sit down and talk to people,” he said. “The worst thing we do is cut people off from their humanity — they’re dying to sit down and talk to

people. There are a lot of people who are hungry for some human contact.” Along with working with the SHC, HCAT President Corrinne SmithWinterscheidt said that the group aims to provide a community for those who have not necessarily found one in traditional religion. “In general we try to make a space for people who might not conform to a specific religious space,” SmitthWinterscheidt, a senior, said. “So that could be humanist, athiest, agnostic, just vaguely spiritual. Everybody’s welcome in our space.” She said that HCAT partners with local organizations like the SHC to get involved in the local community and broaden their own. “Often if you aren’t a part of a religious space you might be lacking in a community that volunteers together and helps out at food shelters or has a weekly space that you go to,” Smith said. “So that aspect we try to emulate in HCAT [formerly known as Freethought].” The LCS Shelters group also helped plan the event, led by junior Whitney Johnson and senior Hande Guven. Johnson said she loves working with the SHC, stressing that the Shelters group seeks to make it easy for Tufts students to get involved in their community. In particular, the group’s monthly volunteer session will take place on Friday at Heading Home, a Cambridge shelter. “We live in these neighborhoods, but we don’t think about them that much,” she said. “I think it’s important for everyone to do some kind of community service.”

ith autumn finally beginning, now is the best time to break out all of those apple and spice recipes. This week, I had the opportunity to try my hand at a recipe for apple hill cake which had originally been created by my great-aunt. Although she was a far better baker than I, a humble college student, could ever hope to be, I found that the instructions for this cake were pretty straightforward, which makes for quite a relief as midterm season approaches. Hopefully the simple indulgence of apples and cake may allow us all to partake in this wonderful season, even if only for a little while. To start, you’re going to want to combine two cups of sugar with two eggs and a half of a cup of vegetable oil in a bowl. You should mix these ingredients together a bit with a fork so that there is an even consistency. The mixing isn’t all too important during this initial step, however, as you’ll be mixing the batter several more times. The real trick to making this cake is the dicing of the apples. You’re going to need approximately four cups, which I have found is about four to five normal sized apples. For this recipe, I used Honeycrisps, but you may use other types like Gala or Granny Smith, depending on how sweet or sour you would like the cake to be. The only real guideline I can give here is to use a harder variety so that the final product has more body to it, rather than a mealy consistency. With your apples at hand, you’re going to want to peel them and then cut through their cores twice, so that each apple is quartered. Next, proceed to dice the apples so that they somewhat resemble half inch cubes. While you don’t need to strive for perfection here, the size of the pieces remains important so that they cook evenly all the way through. This step will be a relatively long process, but once it’s complete, you will be nearly done with the batter! Once all of the apples are cut, put them in the bowl with the sugar and proceed to add the following: two cups of flour, one teaspoon each of salt and nutmeg, and two teaspoons each of cinnamon and baking soda. When all the ingredients are in the bowl, mix them together with a humble fork until the batter is consistent throughout. Remember, this will take some effort because the batter is quite chunky (it is made with twice as much apple as flour after all). Once the batter is mixed, pour it into a greased 9″ - by-13″ pan and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour. Once done baking, allow to cool until it is warm and serve with a generous helping of whipped cream. Now throw on your favorite sweater and bask in the flavors of autumn as you celebrate this most special time of year. Happy baking! Benjamin Corey is a senior majoring in international relations. Benjamin can be reached at benjamin.corey@tufts.edu.

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CONCERT REVIEW

The National brings its boldest album to life at the Wang Theatre by Ryan Eggers Staff Writer

When The National released its most recent album, “Sleep Well Beast” (2017), to the public, it became one of its most adventurous projects yet. The band, commonly known for its dependently mellow and melancholy indie rock, supplemented by lead singer Matt Berninger’s relaxed baritone, has brought a little bit of chaos into its newest album. While it isn’t a large departure from The National’s famous sound, it’s a departure nonetheless. Still, the album has received critical acclaim and peaked at No. 2

on the Billboard 200, the band’s best ranking ever. That chaos, fueled by rawer vocals, electronic experimentation and loud guitar licks certainly makes for an explosive album. The band proved last Thursday at the Wang Theatre during its tour supporting the record that a little chaos makes for a thrilling show. The band immediately assured the crowd that this tour was all about “Sleep Well Beast” by starting off its set with four straight tracks from the album, including the piano-driven opener “Nobody Else Will Be There” and lead single “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness.” By night’s end, nine

songs from the 22-song setlist were from the new record, although interestingly enough, the eerie title track and album closer, “Sleep Well Beast,” was absent. But there was still time for some older hits, as The National sent the crowd into a roar early into the show when it brought out “Don’t Swallow the Cap” (2013) followed immediately by “Afraid of Everyone” (2010). The back nine of the set had some classic cuts too, with notable performances such as “Apartment Story” (2007) and “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (2010). This band knew how to bring out see THE NATIONAL, page 7

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Gerhard Steidl, world-renowned printer, publisher and artist, gives a talk during the event ‘Print is not dead. The Beauty of Analogue Media in the Digital World’ in Cohen Auditorium on Oct. 10.

World-famous publisher and artist Gerhard Steidl discusses the beauty of analogue media in digital world by Seohyun Shim News Editor

Gerhard Steidl, among the world’s most respected printers and publishers and the founder of the German publishing company Steidl, spoke about the beauty of analogue books in the digital era and explored his inspiration and process as a bookmaker at an event last week. The talk, entitled “Print is not dead. The Beauty of Analogue Media in the Digital World,” took place in Cohen Auditorium on Thursday night. Approximately 70 faculty, university staff and members of the local pho-

tography community attended the talk, which was followed by a question-and-answer session and an informal reception. According to Tisch Library Interim Director Dorothy Meaney, Steidl visited the campus for the installation of “Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2017” and offered to give a talk during the course of his stay. The talk was sponsored by the Tisch Library in conjunction with Steidl, the Steve Tisch Family Foundation and the Richard Ehrlich Family Foundation. Steidl began his talk by sharing his thoughts on the potential and the limitations of both the analogue and digital world.

Describing the potential of the digital format, he said, “[the] publishing of books on the internet, of course, has its advantages. It saves resources because almost no physical resource is required.” He added that digital publishing is more accessible to people and can be practical in certain situations. Steidl then described the limitations of digital publishing as a medium and argued that the text on the internet cannot serve the function of a printed book. “Paper is patient … Once it is printed it carries that information forever. This information documents the state see STEIDL, page 7

Matthew Soderberg Citizen Shame

‘Cars’ drove me mad

have a brother six years younger than me, and therefore I spent much of my childhood drowning in Wiggles CDs, “Blue’s Clues” (1996–2007) reruns and other things that constituted kids’ entertainment in 2010. The worst of it came when my mother got one of those minivan TVs that only those in the back seat could watch. Too lazy to carry around more than a couple DVDs, my little brother’s favorite movie ended up playing constantly on repeat. That is how I ended up watching the enduring classic “Cars” (2006) nearly 100 times. Ka-Chow! There are several stages you go through when you watch a movie like “Cars” that many times. As hard as it is for me to look back on this time, I’ll fight through the pain and walk you through it. Tolerance. I was twelve and felt the need to demonstrate my immense maturity by allowing my brother to enjoy his ‘kids’ movies. I had moved on to more adult fare like watching Rob Schneider comedies when my parents fell asleep, so if I had to watch Owen Wilson voice a motor vehicle, it would be alright. Questioning. Were the adults who decided to make the cars talk sober? Why does the character Mater, voiced by iconic artist Larry the Cable Guy, make me want to sort of run my eyes over with a cheese grater? How incredibly upsetting is it that one of the screenwriters died in an actual car accident during production? The Tractor Tipping Scene. My brother had a particular part of the film that somehow spoke to his 4-year-old mind and made him giddy: the scene where the characters go tractor tipping. If you’re unfamiliar, imagine cow tipping except with tractors that also moo and then imagine excruciating pain, and combine them. Once my brother discovered the scene selection menu, the tractors did not stop tipping. Driving to school? Tractors are tipping. Heading to basketball practice? Tractors are tipping! Long car ride? Tractors! Are! Tipping! The Pain Takes Over. Slowly, “Cars” appears everywhere in your life. Even when you see the school bus as it comes to pick you up from school, you nervously check to make sure it will not start talking. Your friends seem to be living normal lives, but you can’t explain to them why you dream only of autonomous NASCAR races and of that little weird Italian car. You realize, in pubescent horror, that you’re sort of attracted to Sally Carrera, Lightning McQueen’s love interest. She’s a car. You’re upset. Acceptance. You start quoting the movie every time it’s on. You’ve sort of grown used to the comfort of knowing that no matter how your day goes, Lightning and the gang will be there to make you feel at home. You thank your little brother for exposing you to this visionary motorized medium, and when he finally moves on from “Cars” and starts watching other movies, you’re grateful for that time you literally watched a movie about talking cars a hundred times. Ka-Chow. Matthew Soderberg is a first-year who can be reached at matthew.soderberg@ tufts.edu.

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The National, an American indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, performs at the Osheaga festival on July 30, 2010.

Playfulness of Berninger and co. offsets their melancholic catalogue THE NATIONAL

continued from page 5 its best hits at the perfect time in the set, sprinkling in fan favorites from classic albums like “Boxer” (2007), “High Violet” (2010) and “Trouble Will Find Me” (2013) all throughout the evening. Of course, Berninger and the gang’s personality was on display all evening as well. Whether it was their constant banter between performances, Berninger’s inclination to toss out full solo cups of (probably) water into the crowd or silly musings about the songs they were playing, the band stayed engaged with the crowd all night. One notable moment was during “Turtleneck” (2017), when Berninger

messed up the lyrics and demanded to stop and restart, because he didn’t want to miss out on singing his favorite verse. The lightheartedness would continue throughout the show, giving the audience a chance to laugh in between crying to The National’s famously heartbreaking catalogue. Nothing too wild or unexpected happened during the night, but a nice surprise for longtime fans of the band arrived in the middle of the set. For the first (and currently only) time on the tour, the band played “Son” from its debut studio album, “The National” (2001). Notably missing, however, were any songs from “Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers” (2003) or

the EP “Cherry Tree” (2004). The latter absence was particularly disappointing, since the band has played “About Today” (2004) as its pre-encore closer. Instead, the pre-encore finale of choice was a different classic — “Fake Empire” (2007), which received no complaints from the crowd. The band capped off the night with an encore of older favorites: “Lemonworld” (2010), “Mr. November” (2005) and “Terrible Love” (2010). During “Terrible Love,” as a sincere goodbye to the crowd, Berninger rushed out into the seats of the Wang Theatre and high-fived as many fans as possible before turning into a lucky row and screaming the lyrics, “It takes

an ocean not to break,” with everyone surrounding him. During a night of countless emotions, this may have been the most impactful moment and left an already satisfied crowd even more pleased. The National’s formula hasn’t changed too much over the years, but the band always finds a way to create some fresh take on its sound with each album, and this latest album was its boldest take yet. With the band’s current tour and the commercial and critical success of “Sleep Well Beast,” The National is continuing to prove its worth as one of the most consistently great indie/alt-rock acts of this century.

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continued from page 5 of knowledge or static position of a particular point of time,” he said. “Such information cannot be deleted or overwritten … You can always return to the book exactly as it was produced. Even when the book is destroyed the information lives … among many copies of the [same] book.” In particular, Steidl mentioned the first edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1884) to discuss the durability of a printed book. “Even a hundred years later, the original version of Mark Twain’s ‘[Adventures of ] Huckleberry Finn’ sits unchanged on the book shelf.” Throughout the talk, he discussed how Johannes Gutenberg, his self-proclaimed role model, inspired him to become a printer and how he approaches the process of crafting a book.

Steidl ended the talk by describing his process of working with an artist and colleagues to produce the book at the publishing company he founded in 1972. “My first question [to the photographer] is, no doubt: ‘What is your vision of the book?’ We then discuss the layout … and begin with text and image corrections before making the test print of the book,” he said. “For me, making test prints is the most wonderful experience. To set our big printing press without any time pressure and to play with different kinds of paper and ink.” In an interview with the Daily, Steidl advised students to work in groups to approach analogue media, because the practice of analogue art, especially photography, is often cost-prohibitive and labor-intensive for one person. “The best is, from my point of view, to work in a group to make a workshop and find out all the techniques,” Steidl said.

He also urged the students to engage with the act of reading a physical book and to appreciate the physical copy of a book as an art form. “For studies and research and maybe for scientific work, the internet is a more practical way of reading, but … there is also the technical level of reading. Do you want to study all day to read the text in the internet and then go home and do the same thing again? Isn’t it nicer to have a book with poetry and read maybe just one poem or one page [everyday]?” he said. “Read it one time or three times a week… You have a totally different experience. It is something you have to learn… It’s a luxury to read analogue books at home, and to look at visual books. It opens your mind and adds quality to your life.” Meaney, who worked with Steidl for the Robert Frank exhibition, expressed that she was inspired by the talk and its insight into the art of bookmaking.

“It is just fascinating to hear about the development of craft … from someone who has really set the standard for [the process of book crafting] for so long,” Meaney said. Alison Nordström, an independent curator and former senior curator of photographs at George Eastman House from Cambridge, Mass., said she appreciated Steidl’s commitment to the art of book making and passion. “It was wonderful. I’ve had other encounters with Gerhard Steidl, and I’ve actually never seen him talk in a public forum like this, and it was marvelous to see how passionately he believes in what he does,” Nordström said. “It is inspiring to see someone who is committed to quality and wakes up every morning happy to be what he is doing.” “We are lucky to have [Steidl] in the field. He makes the best books,” she added.

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To vote or not to vote Tufts places a heavy emphasis on civic engagement. Between the dozens of service groups under the Leonard Carmichael Society and the abundance of political and activist groups as well as the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the many groups it sponsors, a great number of students are involved with outside communities and are working toward positive change. Yet when looking at the disappointingly small 25.3 percent voter turnout in the fall 2017 election for student government, there seems to be some disconnect. After all, 63.2 percent of Tufts students voted in the 2016 presidential election. One would think that such engaged students would surely vote in the most local election that could impact their experience at Tufts. In the past, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate instituted Late Night Dining and a textbook exchange as well as helped expand printing opportunities. Yet despite this, turnout remains incredibly low. In the fall 2017 election, students voted for seven Class of 2021 senators,

two TCU Judiciary seats and one FirstGeneration Community Senator. In this election, first-year students were more engaged, making up 52 percent of the voters. One potential explanation for this is that there were more positions for first-years to elect. First-years had the opportunity to elect almost a quarter of Senate, while nonfirst-years could only vote for the Judiciary and for the first generation senator. While these are all important positions, it is very likely that first-years voted at a higher rate because they had a greater opportunity to have their voices heard. In the spring, all Senate positions for the other classes will be up for election. The most recent spring election, in April, had a turnout of 28.73 percent. But when factoring out graduating students (whose vote would not bring direct change to their experience at Tufts), the voter turnout can be estimated at 38.05 percent. A more nuanced analysis thus lets us increase voter turnout by almost 10 percent. Still that level of turnout leaves much to be desired.

Beyond the nuances of calculating voter turnout, myriad factors remain that influence a student’s decision to vote. Some students may not believe that student government can effect change because they think the administration often ignores Senate resolutions. Others may choose not to vote because there is not enough distinction between candidates, or in some cases, because the candidate is running uncontested and will win by default, as Benya Kraus did in the last presidential election. On the other hand, this could also be a question of simple advertising. How many students actually knew about the election or TCU beforehand? These are only a few possibilities, but if we are to make meaningful change and improve voter turnout, we must conduct more research to better understand why so many students are disengaged from student government. While Tisch College has thoroughly analyzed student turnout in past presidential elections (2012 and 2016), it is time for them to take a look at Tufts’ own elections.

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Blade Runner

ver the weekend, my boyfriend and I had intended to watch “Blade Runner 2049,” but after plans fell through, I decided it would be best to revisit the original, as well as briefly skim Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” (1968). For those of you who aren’t Blade Runner fans like I am, that’s the book the franchise was based on. Marveling at the fantastic neo-noir costuming aside, I started to think about cinematic depictions of “the future,” or in Blade Runner’s case, of what is essentially the present. When immersed in Hollywood imaginations of the future, it’s easy to whine about the lull of our “progress,” but perhaps a better interpretation is that the future is now — it just looks a little different. One could easily argue that though the sort of artificial intelligence (AI) we now use — Alexa for example — are hardly as humanoid as a replicant, we have the ability to use artificial intelligence to conduct daily tasks. But yet, this isn’t because hyper-realistic AI hasn’t been designed. Humanistic robots have been engineered, including those that resemble Scarlett Johansson and Albert Einstein, and the market for heat-sensitive “real dolls” is booming. Instead, it seems as if for the time being, most consumers don’t really care if AIs “look” like us, and when we do, it’s for umm … activities that typically require what at least appears to be a human body. As a result, when thinking about “now” versus the “future” as predicted by science fiction greats, practicality and profitability come into play far more than mere possibility. While we theoretically could have flying cars fairly soon — the technology has been made and is currently being tested by Tesla and Terrefugia — we likely won’t. Their development isn’t entirely desirable, much less practical, so long as there are no mechanisms, laws or infrastructure in place to facilitate this technology. Where our technological advances have been made, however, is far more in style than in substance. Few of today’s cars can selfdrive, but they are also sleeker, safer and more aerodynamic than any sci-fi pic could have predicted. Our screens are larger and have a clearer image, our computers and cameras smaller and built in. In Blade Runner, Deckard used a phone and computer with keys. So whether it speaks to laziness, or just to humankind’s tendency to prefer homeostasis, our technology has been far more for comfort than for revolution, our changes more to accommodate the menial rather than to develop the extraordinary. Importantly, and perhaps most accurately, the future that Blade Runner and Dick’s novel portray is one that is deeply fragmented, particularly on socioeconomic lines. Whereas the wealthiest are able to move “off world” and use replicants for any imaginable task, the vast majority still exists on Earth, shuffling through smog and heavy rain with antiquated paper umbrellas as police cars fly overhead. With a booming demand for police drone technology, a growing divide between the rich and poor and pockets of “futuristic” urban growth amidst miles of rural poverty, that depiction may be a little bit easier to imagine. Paris Sanders is a senior majoring in philosophy and political science. Paris can be reached at paris.sanders@tufts.edu.

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Last weekend, both of Tufts’ sailing teams went out for races. Enjoying the cool breeze at the start of autumn, both teams tried their best in two different events. The Tufts women’s sailing team went to the Jen Harris Navy Fall Invitational. On Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, 17 colleges and universities at the regatta sailed off from Triton Point in Annapolis, Md. A total of 51 races took place in three divisions of interconference racing. The Jumbos finished with a score of 153 for the A division, 164 in the B division and 127 in the C division, for a total score of 444. This total score puts Tufts University in eighth place, ahead of St. Mary’s College of Maryland with a small margin of three points. Cornell went ahead of Tufts by nine points, with 435 points for the seventh place. College of Charleston won the invitational with a score of 238 (110– 51–77 in three divisions). On the first day, 10 races were sailed from Triton Point with a south breeze of eight to 10 knots. According to the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association, the first day was one of the best days of college sailing at Navy in some time. In the very first race, A and B divisions finished with a rough result, ranking in the 11th place. After the first race, the Jumbos continued on with better and better finish times. At the end of the third race, Jumbos were ranked seven among 17 teams. In the fourth race, first-year sailor Talia Toland won first place, keeping the Jumbos in seventh overall. Senior skipper Molly Pleskus with junior crew Taylor Hart raced for Tufts in division A. In the ninth race, Pleskus and Hart finished in first place to ensure a happy ending for the first day, while also picking up third place in the 12th. By the end of the day, the Jumbos were ranked seventh with a six-point lead on St. Mary’s College of Maryland, but trailed Georgetown by 30 points. At the start of day two, the Jumbos’ records were steady. They kept seventh place with a 56-point lead ahead of St. Mary’s College of Maryland at the end of the 12th race. Tufts had first-year Leyla Senocak skippering with junior Sabrina Van Mell as crew for the B division. Even though their performance was not as good as sailors in division A and C, they finished fifth place in the 11th race. Starting from the 14th race, Cornell started its final sprint and gradually eliminated its margin behind Tufts. After the 16th race of all the divisions, they led the Jumbos by two points. They further secured the lead when they were ranked second place in division B of the 17th race, while Tufts ranked 13th place in that round. The Tufts co-ed sailing team, on the other hand, went to Rhode Island to compete for the Moody Trophy. Eighteen teams attended this race, which included two divisions of interconference racing. The Jumbos finished the race in 10th place with 187 points in total which was composed

of 107 and 80 points in division A (11th) and B (seventh) respectively. Tufts was ahead of Bowdoin by six points and trailed Cornell by nine points. Coach Ken Legler chose to employ a different lineup in the B division. Junior Jackson McCoy skippered during the race with three different crews. In races one through six, sophomore Emily Calandrella crewed alongside McCoy while in the seventh through ninth races, sophomore Duke Saunders was on board as crew. Finally, senior Emily ShanleyRoberts crewed the last race. For division A, junior Florian Eenkema van Dijk skippered with Shanley-Roberts as crew for nine of the 10 races while junior Nick Giacobbe crewed with Eenkema van Dijkin in the seventh race. The Jumbos started strong during the first day of the Moody Trophy. In the second race of division B, the Jumbos finished first thanks to the efforts of McCoy and Calandrella. On the second day, however, the Jumbos’ luck seemed to turn. The Jumbos did not perform well enough to keep their ranking. A major shock occurred during the seventh race when the Jumbos’ division A boat got a Retired-after-Finishing (RAF). “If you foul another boat during a race and do not exonerate yourself by delaying your race with a penalty spin, another boat can attempt to disqualify you in a protest hearing after the race,” senior Tyler Paige said. “If after the race you know you are wrong, the sportsman-like thing to do is to retire from the race and not make the other boat go through the trouble of an entire protest hearing.” Eenkema van Dijk explained that the decision was the right one to make. “We tapped the corner of another boat shortly after the start and didn’t do any penalty turns,” Eenkema van Dijk said. “The other boat, MIT, went through with protest at the end of the day [to our surprise], but we knew we made contact so we retired from the race, taking the RAF penalty.” Overall, both sailing teams were ranked in the middle ground of the two events. While not a bad result, it clearly shows that both teams have some room for improvement. The best results of the weekend came in the Nicholas J Barnett Trophy, where juniors Cameron Holley and Ian Morgan sailed into second place with 92 points, just edging the Harvard Crimson B boat with 93 points. At the Southern 5 competition on Saturday, junior Chris Keller and senior Michelle Chisdak topped the leaderboard with eight points in the A division. In the B division, senior Julien Guiot and first-year Jacob Whitney achieved second place with 18 points. With a combined score of 26, the Jumbos finished the day in second place. These two wins were key because they were in-conference competitions. Though the results of the weekend were varied, Tufts’ strongest performances emerged at the most important times. Next weekend, the women’s team will go to the Yale Intersectional, and the co-ed team will attend the New England Sloop Championship.

t is never a nice thing when your owners make a statement saying they back you — chances are it means the clock is really ticking now. This is especially likely given the amount of money — close to $200 million on reinforcements all over — spent this summer. Soccer is a cruel game because when you spend that kind of money, you’re going to want some kind of return. Unfortunately for Everton, they’ve had their worst start of the season since 2014–15 when they recorded just six points. For all the money spent on attacking talent this past summer — Wayne Rooney, Davy Klaassen and club-record-signing Gylfi Sigurdsson to name a few — Everton has scored just four league goals this season. They lost at home to a side (Burnley) that only won one away game all of last season. Defensively it’s not looking much better. They’re tied for third in the league for most goals conceded (12) after just seven games, and this is despite them playing with a back five and splashing over $65 million on goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and defender Michael Keane. But arguably the biggest problem that beset the Merseyside club is that they simply haven’t replaced Romelu Lukaku. Now, I know I’ve made my fair criticism of Romelu Lukaku in the past few weeks, but his 25 league goals last season was the highest for Everton since Gary Lineker in 1985– 86. Their most-recognized striker is Wayne Rooney. While he’s scored half of Everton’s league goals this season, there was a reason why Jose Mourinho was only all too happy to let Manchester United’s all-time leading goalscorer leave. Rooney simply is not the striker he once was, and neither Sandro Ramírez nor Dominic Calvert-Lewin are good enough to replace the strength and pace that Lukaku possessed. The rest of the team isn’t stepping up either. While Lukaku led the team with 25 league goals last season, their next highest scorer was Ross Barkley with five — and he’s a player who wants out. He’s not the first; Ronald Koeman has fallen out with players such as Kevin Mirallas. While there’ve been a couple of bright spots — Calvert-Lewin and Tom Davies — Everton’s soccer this season has been miserable to watch to say the least. Koeman has said himself that the team is “scared to play football,” but the question is, if they’re scared to play under him, how much time does the Dutchman have left? Probably the only saving grace for Koeman is this: The last time he started a season this badly was in 2015–16 at Southampton (3–3–2) and he managed to guide the team to its highest finish ever. He’s also seen the back of four title challengers (Manchester City, Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea) in this half of the season, so it might be safe to say the team’s got an easier schedule ahead. While he’s starting from slightly further behind this time (2–1–4), hopefully things will look better for Everton fans after the international break, starting at Brighton. Yuan Jun Chee is a sports editor at the Tufts Daily. He is a junior majoring in history and international relations. Yuan Jun can be reached at yuan.chee@tufts.edu.

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Junior forward Hanaa Malik fights for possession of the ball in the Homecoming game against the Middlebury Panthers.

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On a picturesque Homecoming day in Medford, No. 3 Middlebury defeated No. 5 Tufts, 3–2, thanks to a pair of second-half goals. The result snapped the host’s four-game winning streak, which included key wins over No. 6 Amherst and No. 11 Hamilton. On the flip side, the Panthers’ victory avenged their two losses to the Jumbos last season, one of which was the NESCAC championship game.

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“I think we’re developing a pretty solid framework, and this weekend helped us take a step forward,” Middlebury coach Katharine DeLorenzo said. “It helped us know where we are, and [to] gauge where we can make progress.” While many Tufts opponents may be intimidated by the defending national champions’ pedigree, it did not appear to faze Middlebury, which has a decorated history itself: The Panthers have been either the NESCAC champions or runners-up in each of the past six years. “We knew it was going to be a battle,” Tufts junior forward Hanaa Malik said. “They’re a really strong team technically.”

The venerable visitors from Vermont didn’t waste any time in scoring, as sophomore midfielder Marissa Baker slotted a shot past Tufts junior goalkeeper Emily Polinski fewer than five minutes in. Polinski made the original stop on a Panthers set play, but was unable to control the rebound, which fell to senior forward Annie Leonard. The quad-captain from Darien, Conn. then fed Baker, who staked Middlebury an early lead. “Obviously, it’s great to score early, but there are some unintended consequences that can follow, especially when you’re on the road and have some green areas in your lineup,” DeLorenzo said. Sure enough, the home side quickly began to gain momentum. In the 19th minute, Tufts sophomore forward Rachel Hamilton had a breakaway opportunity after intercepting a pass deep in the Middlebury defensive end. Hamilton attempted to flip the ball over Middlebury first-year goalkeeper Abby Furdak, but it sailed just high of the cage. Tufts continued to apply pressure, however, and the breakthrough came soon thereafter. This time it was a set play rebound that benefited the Jumbos, as senior midfielder Celia Lewis fired a shot on target that Furdak parried away, but only as far as junior midfielder Claire Trilling. Trilling threaded a pass through the crowd to senior forward Mary Travers, who tucked it home for her team-leading sixth goal of the season.

“Mary has incredible stick skills and major grit, major determination,” Malik said. “To see how hard she was working motivated the rest of the team to play up to her level.” Travers helped put her team in front five minutes later when she flung a tight-angle shot at Furdak. The ball ricocheted off the Panthers’ goalie, straight to the stick of Malik. The Summit, N.J. native’s third tally of the season put the Jumbos up 2–1 just before the halftime whistle. “We were attacking the ball too much [in the first half], rather than containing it,” DeLorenzo said. “That doesn’t lead to a very stable defense.” Middlebury responded right out of the gate in the second half, earning three consecutive corners to keep Tufts pinned in its defensive circle. On the third, Baker found Leonard wide open on the left side, and the senior forward calmly fired it into the back of the net to bring Middlebury even. The Panthers took the lead just seven minutes later, as junior forward Molly Freeman tipped a shot past Polinski. Tufts coach Tina Mattera immediately called a timeout in order to regroup her reeling team. “When they got their second goal, we beat ourselves a little bit,” Malik said. “We didn’t play with the same confidence… that we usually have.” The Jumbos controlled the majority of play in the final twenty minutes, as the visitors adopted an extremely conserva-

tive strategy. However, the Jumbos were unable to generate many substantive chances, with Furdak (two saves) and the Middlebury defense locking down to preserve the victory. With the loss, Tufts falls to 7–3 overall (6–1 in the NESCAC) with five games remaining in the regular season, three of which are against conference opponents. Additionally, the result gives Middlebury (9–2, 6–1 NESCAC) the advantage in any tiebreaker scenario. Because the two teams are currently tied atop the NESCAC standings — and even in the loss column — the tiebreaker could be crucial. The No. 1 seed would allow the Panthers to host the semifinal and championship games of the NESCAC Tournament, should they advance that far. “It lets us breathe a little bit easier [because we] have a really great chance of being in the NESCAC Tournament,” DeLorenzo said. “It’s up to us to what that week is going to look like.” To make matters worse for Tufts, it still must face No. 10 Williams and No. 17 Bowdoin in the last two games of the regular season. The Panthers, on the other hand, appear to have a softer remaining schedule, as only one of their four remaining NESCAC opponents is nationally ranked. Before turning its attention to those games, however, Tufts will host Gordon College (3–8) in a non-conference matchup tonight.