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University-wide task force to review student mental health and resources

by Jei-Jei Tan News Editor

A new university-wide task force dedicated to student mental health is being launched this fall, according to an email announcement from University President Anthony Monaco on Sept. 9. The task force will be co-chaired by Monaco and Paul Summergrad, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Tufts School of Medicine and psychiatrist-in-chief at the Tufts Medical Center.

According to Summergrad, the task force will conduct a comprehensive review and assessment of the state of student mental health across the undergraduate, graduate and professional programs on all of Tufts’ campuses. It will then assess the mental health services and resources available to students as well as relevant university policies and practices, Summergrad told the Daily in an email.

“We want to pay careful attention to the normative personal development of students, as well as to the faculty and university’s role in supporting their development,” Summergrad said.

Summergrad explained that the task force aims to identify any possible barri-

ers to accessing mental health services, as well as potential areas for additional collaboration and enhancements to ensure that the university and its staff are meeting students’ needs and providing a healthy and supportive community.

“The [task force] will review expert opinion in the context of national and Tufts-specific trends in student mental health and its promotion and care,” Summergrad said.

He added that the committee would also analyze quantitative and qualitative data about students’ experiences and engage members of the Tufts community through focus groups.

The work of the task force will take place during this academic year and will conclude with the release of a report next fall, Monaco told the Daily in an email.

Summergrad explained that this report would include detailed recommendations in the areas of education, outreach and prevention; services and care; and policies and practices in order to improve resources, services and support throughout Tufts.

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New group to provide supportive platform for women writers

by Elie Levine

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Damsels is a new student club this fall that aims to create a comfortable, affirmative space for women writers at Tufts and beyond.

The club creates a community and platform for women writers to share their stories by providing resources that expose women’s voices to broader communities, according to founders Kriska Desir and Chopper Carter-Schelp, both sophomores.

“The goal of Damsels is to empower women through writing and explore the written word as a tool for social change,” Carter-Schelp said.

Damsels at Tufts The club will publish its members’ works online once a semester, host events during which writers can share stories and provide connections to get stories published by others, according to Carter-Schelp. She added that Damsels includes a publishing opportunity with every newsletter they send.

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The club will connect writers to publishers, publications and events outside of the Tufts community, Desir said.

Damsels plans to host its own events to provide women with a platform for spoken word storytelling, Carter-Schelp said, adding that while Damsels is not yet registered with Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, it is an active organization at Tufts.

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Damsels co-founders Chopper Carter-Schelp (left) and Kriska Desir (right), both seniors, pose for a picture on Tisch Roof on Oct. 3.

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Mental health task force to engage student groups, outside experts MENTAL HEALTH

continued from page 1 are clinical in nature and that our faculty, staff and University services [work to] provide an environment where creative young people can grow and achieve important personal goals,” Summergrad said.

Monaco anticipates that the task force will include two working groups, one focusing on undergraduate students and the other focusing on graduate and professional students.

“Our student populations across the university have different needs, challenges and circumstances that have led to different approaches to the resources and care available on the various campuses,” he said. “For example, undergraduate students and graduate students based on the Medford/Somerville campus have different services available onsite through Health and Wellness Services than students on our Health Sciences campuses in Boston and Grafton.”

Monaco added that student mental health is a major topic of discussion across colleges and universities nationwide, with media coverage and professionals highlighting the increasing use of and need for campus-based mental health resources.

Julie Ross, director of Counseling and Mental Health Service (CMHS), agreed.

“We are really pleased and not sur-

prised that college mental health is a presidential priority,” she told the Daily in an email. “All recent data on the mental health of college students shows that this is a major concern on college campuses nationally.”

She added that she had been a part of initial conversations surrounding issues related to mental health due to her role with CMHS. According to Monaco, discussions about student mental health began with faculty and staff over the summer of 2015; efforts continued with additional members of the Tufts community and outside experts this summer.

“Now that the academic year is in full swing, we have started having background discussions with interested students, as well as a number of those active in efforts to promote mental health on the Medford/ Somerville campus,” he said. “These background discussions have verified many of the same themes and concerns that have been raised anecdotally and in literature related to trends in student mental health nationwide.”

According to Monaco, the task force will include students, faculty and staff from across Tufts and will engage the broader Tufts community and relevant outside experts.

Danielle Mulligan, co-president of Active Minds, said that the student group – which

aims to raise mental health awareness and promote positive policy change on campus – was approached by the administration to provide a student perspective on determining the major needs of student mental health on campus.

Mulligan and co-president Kari McNeil, both seniors, met with Jacklyn Varela, communications and project administrator in the Office of the President, to provide their opinions on ways the university could improve prevention, intervention and long-term support of students struggling with issues including school stress and mental illness, Mulligan told the Daily in an email.

“We provided feedback in all sorts of areas ranging from why it’s a problem that mental health and physical health buildings are separated on campus, the problems with student leader trainings in mental health ... the lack of quality resources for students of color on campus and complications around students taking leave[s] of absence,” Mulligan said.

Mulligan said she was glad to see the university taking concrete steps to improve mental health services and resources on campus.

“Although we applaud the work that has been already done and CHMS[‘s] commitment to helping students on campus there is a lot more to be done,” she said.

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continued from page 1 for at least one semester prior to application in the fall and must complete the requisite recognition process, according to the TCU website.

By the end of October, the club’s website will be up and running with new works by female writers posted regularly, according to Carter-Schelp.

Desir and Carter-Schelp said they first met in a creative fiction writing course taught by Marcie Hershman, which was composed mainly of women.

“That’s how we met, and I find all-women spaces to be really empowering … So those two things coming together are kind of at the heart of what Damsels is,” Carter-Schelp said.

Desir and Carter-Schelp agreed that in all-female spaces, there is more opportunity for women to talk seriously about their unique experiences.

“When you’re in an all-women space and someone else walks in, the dynamic changes completely,” Desir said. “When you’re in an all-person-of-color space, an all-black space, and someone who’s not black or not a person of color walks in, the dynamic shifts. Even if that person is outnumbered, it shifts.”

Manal Cheema, a head fellow in the Writing Fellows Program, encounters student writing on a regular basis. She said that, in her experience, she has noticed a lack of confidence in women’s writing.

“I definitely think that women can be a bit more timid and apologetic about their academic writing from the fellowing that I have done over the past couple years,” she told the Daily in an electronic message. “It’s undeniable that women are socialized differently than men, and the effects of that socialization does appear in our writing.”

Cheema was supportive of a campus writing group that would encourage writers and engender confidence, though she worried about the presentation of any group as a response to socialized differences in women’s writing.

“I [want to] say that if we do have an all-woman writing collective we have to be careful of how it’s presented,” she said.

“Because if we say it’s because women lack confidence in writing, then we could be furthering that socialization.”

Damsels Beyond Tufts Damsels aims to broaden the content and expand the readership of women’s writing worldwide, Desir and CarterSchelp said.

Their goals for the semester are to keep up an active chapter at Tufts and apply for 501(c)(3) status, which would make them a nonprofit organization under federal tax law.

After that, the group plans to expand beyond Tufts by reaching out to contacts at Harvard University, Wellesley College, Boston University, Northeastern University and Suffolk University, who are ready to start their own chapters, according to Carter-Schelp.

“When we started Damsels, we didn’t think of it as [solely] a Tufts thing. We thought of it as a Boston-wide [initiative], and even expanding beyond that, an organization that happened to start at Tufts,” Carter-Schelp said.

Desir and Carter-Schelp said that they are also engaged with women’s voices on a global scale. Carter-Schelp said that nonprofit work she did in high school connected her to a sister school in Kenya, with which Damsels is hoping to collaborate through a pen-pal initiative.

Intersectionality and Writing Carter-Schelp emphasized Damsels’ unique mission, saying that the group merged writing with civic action.

“I think there are a lot of feminists at Tufts, I think there are a lot of writers, and I think there are a lot of people interested in equality, and I think this is a new sort of space that offers opportunities to those people,” Carter-Schelp said.

Desir agreed, saying that the group combined her passions for writing, community involvement and civic engagement.

“Those are so important and so tied in a way that I don’t think other organizations have looked at,” Desir said.

Both Desir and Carter-Schelp view Damsels as a space to explore women’s complicated, intersectional identities as well as a place to share writing. “[To tell a story is] essentially a political act,” Carter-Schelp said.

Carter-Schelp said she identifies as a Hispanic bisexual woman, and she hopes to write young-adult fiction that reflects her unique experience.

“I never had someone to look up to in literature. And from the young-adult books I read, I thought I was supposed to be thin and white, and I literally told myself that I wouldn’t be valuable until I had a boyfriend, because that’s the example I saw set in stuff that I was reading,” Carter-Schelp said.

Desir shared similar feelings about the power of speaking out through writing.

“It’s revolutionary to say ‘I exist’ and keep on fighting as a woman [and] as a woman of color, and I think it’s even more revolutionary to … bring a bunch of people together and say, ‘This is our voice, we will not be silenced, we are telling our story,’ in a world that tells you [to] be quiet,” Desir explained.

Desir also said that modern literature does not reflect the wider range of black women’s lived realities, a paradigm that she wants to change.

Though parsing apart the politics and complications of intersectional identity is an important part of their mission, Desir and Carter-Schelp maintained that Damsels is not a space intended only for women of color.

“We want to be inclusive of all women,” Carter-Schelp added in an electronic message.

Central to Damsels’ mission is the power of the written word to reflect on and validate an individual’s story, according to Desir.

“The most empowered I’ve ever felt is when I run into art, especially writing, that represents me, and makes me feel valid and heard. And that’s what I want to do with my life, and with Damsels,” Desir said.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Q4 music madness: upcoming releases to listen for

by Justin Krakoff

Executive Arts Editor

For some, the beginning of October heralds the first month of a long, arduous holiday season. For music fans however, it represents something truly glorious: the start of Q4, or quarter four. During this time of year, big album releases are a pretty good bet, with records from Solange and Bon Iver paving the way for arguably the biggest time of the year for music.

Check out some of the LPs that are set to dominate iPods and Top 40 radio for the foreseeable future.

Lady Gaga’s “Joanne” — Oct. 21 A lot is riding on the success of Lady Gaga’s fifth studio album, “Joanne.”

After a lengthy hiatus which saw her star on FX’s “American Horror Story” (2011-present) and release “Cheek to Cheek” (2014), a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, Gaga is in dire need of a career revamp, especially considering that her last solo album, “Artpop” (2013), was largely unsuccessful by her standards.

So far, the reinvention has been hit-or-miss. “Perfect Illusion,” the disco- and rock-inspired lead single to her fifth record, largely came and went without making much of a dent on the charts. Despite this, Gaga has secured herself as the headliner for the Super Bowl LI halftime show — not a small feat — and is launching a dive bar tour with Bud Light, playing into the album’s whole “look, I’m normal now” vibe. Musically, the album features an expansive list of collaborators, including Mark Ronson, Florence Welch, Emile Haynie, Kevin Parker, Father John Misty and Beck. Whatever the final product may be, everyone will almost certainly be talking about it for months.

Tove Lo’s “Lady Wood” — Oct. 28 Swedish superstar Tove Lo burst onto the scene in 2014 by ushering a new style of pop for the 2010s centered around the highs and lows of abusing substances to avoid emotional pain. Both Tove Lo’s “Habits (Stay High)” (2013) and Sia’s “Chandelier” (2014) did just that by giving listeners choruses that were almost as addictive as the drugs the artists were singing about.

This jarring juxtaposition between the melodies and the subject-matter helped make Tove Lo somewhat of an overnight sensation here in the United States, and on the follow-up to DANIEL AHS KARLSSON VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS her debut, “Queen Tove Lo performing at Sommarkrysset on Aug. 23, 2014. of the Clouds” (2014), she promises to keep listeners The Weeknd’s “Starboy” — Nov. 25 enthralled. “Lady Wood,” cheeky title Speaking of The Weeknd, pop’s notwithstanding, is very much reflective reigning man is back again, following of The Weeknd’s current influence on Top last year’s ubiquitous “Beauty Behind 40 radio as lead single “Cool Girl” drips the Madness.” Wasting no time in ridwith apathy and features a woozy yet ing the moment he created with said still groovy baseline. With Tove Lo most- record, The Weeknd dropped the teasly working with the same people that er for “Starboy,” both the title of the made her debut so successful, namely album and its lead single, without the English rock band The Struts, expect any notice, completely disrupting the this record to be full of catchy cho- Q4 schedule. However, surprises like ruses and all-too-relatable anthems for see Q4, page 5 the more adventurous nights.

MOVIE REVIEW

Casting, unique touches make ‘Queen of Katwe’ a genuine, impressive underdog story

by Setenay Mutfi

Contributing Writer

“Queen of Katwe,” released on Sept.

23, begins with a shot of a girl’s feet immediately followed by one of her face, steely and intensely focused. It is clear the viewer is witnessing an ascent, from literal low to high. The girl is Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from the Ugandan slum Katwe who unexpectedly rises as a chess prodigy and grandmaster.

Mutesi, played by Madina Nalwanga, is a real girl. Her story was originally made into a 2012 book called “The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl’s Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster” by Tim Crothers in conjunction with ESPN. Ugandan-born Disney executive Tendo Nagenda learned about the story and, with screenwriter William Wheeler, became determined to pitch the story as a movie to Disney. He sold it as a traditional underdog story that fits in see KATWE, page 5

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Emily Friedlander and Ana Antolin Runway Roundup

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s “Frozen” (2013) fan, fashion designer and Project Runway judge Zac Posen so aptly exclaimed, this week’s challenge asked the designers to “Let it glow.” With the help of this week’s product placement, Transitions Lenses, the designers were asked to create a look that would be wearable during the daytime but also at night under blacklights.

To introduce the task at hand, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn pushed down on a giant plastic prop light switch that was clearly built just to start this episode.

Not a fan of the switch were this week’s guest judges, seniors Paxton Crystal and Jacob Katsiaficas. The best buds generously spent their Homecoming afternoon with us, sharing their opinions and a blanket, while getting ready to see Wacka Flocka Flame perform at Fall Fest. Theatre darling Paxton can next be seen in the Drama Department’s rendition of “King Stag.” Jacob, Applejam’s president, can be found jamming in Granoff or at The Sinclair’s “Emo Night” with his camo/dad/fake-punk aesthetic.

Although Paxton proclaimed that he “doesn’t understand high fashion,” to which Jacob responded that he “doesn’t understand low fashion,” both were surprised by how much they enjoyed watching Project Runway and judging the designers.

In terms of what actually went down the runway, Jacob declared Cornelius’ attempt to make an “emoji” dress was the “worst thing I’ve ever seen.” We have to agree. Cornelius used tape to make emoticon shapes on his dress and then painted his dress with glow in the dark paint so smiley faces would show up in the negative space when he pulled off the tape.

The dress, which appears plain white in regular light, featured x’s over the model’s breasts and an unfortunately-placed smiley face with glasses that covered her abdomen and crotch area. The piece was one of the highest-rated that week, with the judges describing it as “very now” — “now” meaning 1999.

We begrudgingly admit that Erin Robertson designed one of our favorite outfits. We don’t understand Erin as a person — she’s a bit of a Kimmy-Schmidt-goes-awry-and-lives-inAllston type of figure. Despite the way her personality unsettles us, there is no denying that her looks are gorgeous. The textile and design she made for this challenge were refreshingly delicate yet confident. Having won two out of the three challenges, she is easily becoming the frontrunner of this season, We were also happy to observe that Brik Allen was safe and that his golden locks looked more luscious than ever. We can’t really remember what he made, but that’s okay.

Mah-Jing Wong, another of our favorites, had a breakdown after FaceTiming with his family. He had a rough go of it this episode with a dress splattered with blacklight paint in a way that better resembled a murder scene or a hotel bed sheet (if you catch our drift), but we are happy he survived. This meant Kimber Richardson was sent home this week with a dress that was just underwhelming.

Get ready for next week, as Tim Gunn’s knees will make their television debut when he comes out to introduce the swimwear-themed challenge in shorts!

Ana Antolin is a junior majoring in international relations. Ana can be reached at ana.antolin@tufts.edu. Emily Friedlander is a senior majoring in international relations. Emily can be reached at emily. friedlander@tufts.edu.

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continued from page 3 with Disney’s brand of movies: the feel-good movie, the lessons-learned movie. What Disney was concerned about was a movie set filmed almost entirely in Africa. “Queen of Katwe,” however, succeeds in spite of the concerns, thanks in part to its acclaimed director Mira Nair.

The movie’s setting turns out to be one of its strengths. It is actually filmed in Katwe, and the shots are lively and breathtaking. The ground is yellow and dry, but the film is filled with human life: in the streets selling maize and fish, in the corner stores displaying toys, food and hairstyles and on deckedout motorcycles. Everything that isn’t earth is colorful. Almost all of the cast is African, save for some foreign chess competitors. Despite reluctance to give Disney a cookie for casting African actors for African roles, it was especially relieving to find that the Christian missionary who introduces Mutesi to chess, Robert Katende, was portrayed true-to-life as a local Ugandan from a poor background — lest this movie become another “white savior” story.

David Oyelowo, who is known for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in 2014’s “Selma,” plays Kantende with real passion.

Mutesi’s mother, Nakku, played phenomenally by Lupita Nyong’o, is the

real star: a single mother who works relentlessly for her children but also represents a way of life that Mutesi is trying to claw her way out of. She’s not just a supportive, if bewildered, mother who passively goes along with her daughter’s success; things are always going wrong, and while her daughter emerges as a diamond in the rough, Nakku is left trying to smooth over the edges. Katende tells Nakku that her daughter is good enough to play at a world championship in Russia and maybe get funding for a private school education. Surely, she understands how significant that would be. Nakku crosses her arms and tells him, “I am not an educated woman. I understand nothing.” On the contrary, she understands reality: There’s nowhere for her daughter to go but up. In the next shot, Mutesi and the other Ugandan children who qualified are being buckled into airplane seats.

This displacement becomes a significant and moving theme. As Katende tells Mutesi, “Sometimes the place you are used to is not the place you belong.”

She cannot live out her potential in Katwe, even with Katende’s teaching: After only a year of playing, she is beating him. She has an aggressive style, and even chess amateurs can see her pieces slowly circle her opponent’s king before he even knows it, which is a deadly tactic. What’s refreshing

about Mutesi’s character is that she is not passive — she doesn’t spend the whole movie thinking she can’t succeed because of her poor, humble background. She has ups and downs and even veers toward arrogance at times, which is unsurprising given how quickly she becomes a local celebrity.

These kinds of details are what propel “Queen of Katwe” out of the corny category and into that of a fantastic movie that’s just feel-good enough.

The chess metaphors are significant but not overdone (the most memorable is when a pawn changes into a queen as it hits the opposite end of the board — “The little man can become the queen.”) The details are real. Out of necessity, Mutesi helps her mother cheat people out of paying whenever possible. She has a moment of despair, telling Katende that men will be coming after her soon, asking, “Where’s my safe square?”

At her first national competition, she plays against a private school boy who sneers and tells her, “This isn’t the ghetto.” It’s a real hard-knock life, and the movie doesn’t shy away from showing it. It stays true to its roots in casting, writing and narrative, while still coming away with positivity and inspiration. Watch this movie to feel genuine warmth. And if you do see it, stay for the credits: It is one of the most surprising, moving parts.

End-of-year music releases on the horizon Q4

continued from page 3 this are what this release period is all about, and The Weeknd has once more given the general public a reason to pay attention. By collaborating with electronic icons Daft Punk on the lead single, he demonstrates a willingness to temper and transform his sound via a slick, propulsive backbeat. The music video confirms this even darker, distant sound by quite literally depicting The

Weeknd leaving behind his former self and embracing his role as “a motherf---n’ starboy.” Noticeably, very few details have been released about the record, yet buzz single “False Alarm” proves he is going for a much more eclectic, sonic palate this time around with a homage to early-2000s rock. Keep a look out for more details as the release date gets closer.

Jay-Z and Beyonce’s collaborative album — release date TBD

Okay, so this last one is probably more of a pipe dream. But with numerous reports of imminent drop dates and hype dating back to the release of Beyoncé’s own “Lemonade” (2016), it is impossible for any music fan not to dream about this project being real. If it does materialize, do not look for any prior warning; the queen of the surprise drop will be sure to keep the collective pop world on notice and in a constant state of terror until she does so.

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t’s Wednesday, Oct. 5, which means it’s basically Halloween.

Which means happy Thanksgiving!

Which means wow, I can’t believe it’s winter break already.

It also means that the first presidential debate was nine days ago. I know, I’m super late to the post-debate discussion party, and I’m sorry — it’s just that my parents taught me to never discuss money, religion or politics in front of company, and it took me eight days to realize no one reads these things. ( That reminds me, I need to deduct that $100 donation I made to the Church of Scientology from my taxable income.)

As for last Monday, I was offended by people’s quickness to judge Hillary Clinton’s outfit. Everyone immediately got to talking about her decision to wear a bright red suit, which was unfair, since no one stopped for a second to discuss Trump’s bold choice to go with the bright orange skin (another skin joke, yea, sheesh).

For Clinton to win the debate, she had to put up a near-perfect performance, while Trump just had to come off like he wasn’t possibly, plausibly, potentially on cocaine (at least one former governor was not convinced).

Despite the bar being set at pole vault height for Clinton and limbo level for Trump, polls show that the former came away victorious. Quick with an excuse, Trump noted after the debate that his microphone was defective, which I had noticed right away — it was having this weird effect where it made everything he said sound totally stupid.

Clinton’s strategy during and after the debate has been one passed along by the Obamas: “When they go low, we go high.” Speaking of the Obamas, I’m betting Barack can’t wait for Clinton to take office, so he can get back to “going high” whenever he wants.

In Other News!

One in hole: Arnold Palmer, who will go down as the world’s most beloved golfer, died last week. I’m half devastated and half heartbroken.

Unhappy feet: An endangered South African penguin was stolen from his enclosure and will likely die unless found within two or three weeks. In other news, Taken 4 is shaping up to be its cutest iteration yet.

Don’t worry, bee happy: A new study shows that bees feel elevated levels of optimism when given sweets. This is the biggest discovery in the field of bee emotion since I discovered 11 seconds ago that bee emotion is apparently a field of study.

This column brought to you by Taken 4: This Time, It’s Adorable.

Kevin Lawson is a senior majoring in political science. Kevin can be reached at kevin.lawson@tufts.edu.

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Daniel Lewis The Echo Chamber

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On GMOs

he Flavr Savr tomato became the first FDA-approved genetically-modified food in 1994. While the product itself flopped, it opened a market that’s been growing ever since.

According to the Department of Agriculture, over 90 percent of the corn, cotton and soybeans grown in the U.S. in 2014 were genetically modified. But what exactly are genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?

There are two main types of GMOs. The first type is created through an accelerated form of selective breeding. The second type is created by removing a gene from one organism and placing it into another to create a new strand — one that may be insect-repellant, weed-killer resistant, nutrient-filled or even disease-resistant. But even with all of these possibilities, GMOs remain incredibly controversial. Why? There are three main arguments against GMOs: Humans shouldn’t blindly experiment with nature, increased usage of GMOs leads to excessive use of weedkillers (which can lead to the creation of superweeds), and Monsanto — the main supplier of GMOs — is pure evil. Each notion may have a kernel of truth, but exaggerating these ideas can be very dangerous.

Humans aren’t blindly experimenting with our food supply. The process of developing and getting regulatory approval for a GMO can take up to a decade and cost up to $100 million, with each product undergoing rigorous testing before reaching the market. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t be cautious — there’s always the potential for something bad to be created — but there is little evidence of any potentially harmful GMOs on the market today.

One of the most prevalent types of GMOs are Roundup Ready GMOs: plants that have been modified to tolerate Roundup, a powerful herbicide. Roundup is much less toxic than other herbicides and has been shown to decrease both harmful run-off and soil erosion. But when farmers use Roundup as their sole method of killing weeds, weeds become resistant; this creates “superweeds.” The rise of “superweeds” has led many to question the worth of herbicide-resistant plants and has embroiled Monsanto, the creator of both Roundup and Roundup Ready crops, in deep controversy.

Monsanto was named the third most-hated company in the United States by a “reputation quotient” poll in 2014.

Their profits ballooned from $149 million to more than $2.5 billion between 2000 and 2013. But these profits come at a cost.

Monsanto’s seeds are licensed, so each year farmers must start with a new batch.

Theoretically, Monsanto can sue any farmer caught using off-contract seeds, even if the seeds happen to blow into their field.

But between 1997 and 2014, with over 250,000 Americans using Monsanto seeds every year, there were only 145 lawsuits.

Monsanto, like any company, is trying to get a return on investment for its more than $1.5 billion spent yearly on research and development.

GMOs are here to stay. But how far should we go to regulate them? And when do the costs outweigh the benefits? That’s for you to decide. For now, I just hope that you’ve enjoyed some time outside The Echo Chamber.

Daniel Lewis is a first-year student who has yet to declare a major. Daniel can be reached at daniel.lewis@tufts.edu.

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Making the sciences more approachable

by Eriko Koide There’s no doubt that America faces countless problems in the realm of education. Education inequality is one of the most pressing issues facing the country today. One of the greatest concerns with education, however, is the nation’s distrust of science. Science is considered an objective truth. Its methods to prove theories are so rigorous that not only must those hypotheses be proved, but every other alternative must also be proven wrong.

And yet, the United States has repeatedly demonstrated a distrust in science that is unparalleled in many other countries.

For instance, the anti-vaccination movement resonates among predominantly white, middle-class families with college-educated parents. These college-educated parents have gone through the U.S. education system, followed by four years of even more advanced, rigorous education. And yet, they are unwilling to accept the facts behind the vaccinations – that these vaccinations have undergone years of research and testing and that the tests have proved the vaccinations both harmless and effective.

How can people go through 16 years of schooling, four of which are at a university, and not believe in the safety and effectiveness of vaccines? Let’s consider some potential reasons. First, it is a widely-known fact that companies often sponsor scientific research in order to promote their own products. For example, research promoting flossing was recently

found to be insufficient proof that flossing is effective. Flossing companies had actually sponsored, designed and conducted a great deal of that initial research in order to promote their companies. This could be a convincing argument, had the process for vaccination approval been similar to these examples of sponsored research. In reality, however, the process is very different. Even if private companies do sponsor research, in order to pass FDA regulations, the drug company must be able to show that the drug is not harmful and is actually beneficial. Therefore, this argument doesn’t hold any weight – it just goes to show that many educated people distrust the government’s safety procedures and the science behind them.

Where does this distrust come from?

The general trend seems to be that people are afraid of things that are created in a lab or not “naturally grown.” Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have a similar sense of paranoia surrounding them.

When people think about science or STEM fields, it seems as though they picture pristine white labs and scary, self-interested people in lab coats, like in Hollywood sci-fi films. However, science is a lot more than that. Most importantly, science for humanitarian purposes is rarely self-interested.

Of course, it’s easy for people to make the argument that everyone in the process of pharmaceuticals is self-interested, especially in light of the recent price hike of EpiPens. However, for the people who create the mechanisms behind the

medicines used everyday, this argument doesn’t necessarily work. Why would someone work for years on a single, precise area of a scientific subject — without the guarantee that their research will yield the results they want — if they only desire to get rich? That, coupled with the exorbitant costs and thousands of trials and alterations required to get FDA approval, isn’t exactly a recipe for self-interested motives.

This reasoning is one that any parent could rationally figure out. If we know that the majority of anti-vaccination parents are college-educated, why do they not believe in the science that supports medicine? This answer is not clear-cut, as the reason comes from a multitude of outlets. From conspiracy theories spread through the internet to famous people and politicians voicing their doubts without backing, doubt of science has quite a few unscientific origins.

However, the field of education shoulders its fair share of blame too.

It often seems that many individuals are scared away from scientific subjects because, even from a young age, students hit the ground running when they learn “hard science” subjects. For some people, hard science or hard math aren’t suited to them – a completely acceptable thing. However, this means that a population of students who are extensively educated end up avoiding STEM subjects altogether or develop a fear of those subjects. Those students will therefore never gain the numerous potential benefits from taking STEM classes.

This is why, despite the fact that I often

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gripe about Tufts’ distribution requirements, they are so important. Because of Tufts’ vast resources, science classes geared towards humanities-thinking people exist and humanities classes geared towards STEM-thinking people exist. The most important thing about these classes should be understanding the scientific method, the social science method or whatever the field that takes someone out of their comfort zone. If a humanities-thinking person takes a science class geared towards them and other nonSTEM majors, the actual science information they learn probably won’t be the most important thing they take away from the class. The scientific process, on the other hand, can act as an alternative way of thinking that they can apply to their own field of study. Therefore, it is important that distribution requirements exist as a way to expand a person’s understanding of the world rather than instill an increased fear of disliked subjects. Maybe this way, we can take a step closer towards eliminating the ignorance that plagues this country and has the potential to harm its inhabitants.

Editor’s note: If you would like to send your response or make an op-ed contribution to the Opinion section, please email us at tuftsdailyoped@gmail.com.

The Opinion section looks forward to hearing from you.

Eriko Koide is a sophomore who has yet to declare a major. Eriko can be reached at eriko.koide@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos prepare for showdown with defending national champs FIELD HOCKEY

continued from back In the second overtime period, Artz snuck a shot past Flamme and came within inches of ending the contest, but the ball clanged off the post.

In a rapid turn of events, Amherst recovered possession and counterattacked Tufts’ defense as it was still recovering into position.

The Purple and White capitalized on their three-on-two advantage and threaded a pass through the defense to Culhane, who was able to beat a charging Polinski in a one-on-one and fire in the game-winning shot, putting Amherst up 3-2 and ending the contest.

“It was a breakdown on our defense … they got one girl ahead of us and we were all still recovering back, and it ended up being a one-v-one against the goalie,” junior midfielder Erin Sanders said. “We know that’s something we need to work on and we have this whole week before our next game at Middlebury to work on it.”

Specifically, Sanders cited better communication and recovering faster and more effectively as areas that the defense will be fine-tuning ahead of this weekend’s contest.

“In our formation, because we only have two main defenders, it’s really important for that opposite-side [midfielder] — whether it’s the left or right side — to drop back,” junior defender Ellexa Thomas added. “So going forward, [we’ll be] really working on that opposite [midfielder] doing the full swing [to get back into defensive position].”

Culhane received NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the Week honors for scoring six of Amherst’s eight goals and leading the Purple and White to a 3-0 record last weekend.

The game also saw the Jumbos’ fivegame shutout streak end, as the defense conceded as many goals on Saturday (3) as it had all season.

“I would say one thing [that we could have done better] would be, when we got

scored on, trying to keep our cool and stay calm,” Thomas said.

The loss was a tough one for the Jumbos to take, and not just because it was against one of their fiercest rivals and at home on Homecoming. The NCAA committee typically only awards one or two at-large bids for the NCAA tournament to NESCAC teams despite the fact that the NESCAC is generally the strongest conference in Div. III field hockey. There are currently six NESCAC teams ranked in the top 20 in the nation, including last year’s NCAA champion No. 3 Middlebury and last year’s runner-up No. 2 Bowdoin.

Unless Tufts runs the gauntlet and wins the NESCAC tournament to claim the automatic NCAA bid, the team will likely be vying for an at-large bid and may need to beat either Middlebury or Bowdoin — no small feat — to sufficiently impress the NCAA committee.

Despite the loss to Amherst, Tufts quickly got back on track the next day against the Hamilton Continentals.

“Stepping off the field [after the Amherst game], we were absolutely just physically exhausted,” Sanders said. “But then we all knew that we needed our 100 percent best effort [the next day against Hamilton]. Our coach [Tina McDavitt Mattera] just told us, ‘look at the scoreboard, know how that feels — but also know that you’ve done your best, so use this to fuel you tomorrow.’”

The Jumbos certainly let that disappointment fuel them on Sunday, putting up two goals in the first half while limiting the visiting Continentals to just one shot.

First-year Rachel Hamilton scored the game-winner just under 20 minutes in when she recovered a rebound near the post and flipped it over Hamilton sophomore goalie Julia Booth to the far corner for the score.

Hamilton leads all Jumbo first-years with three goals and has been a key contributor on offense, challenging opposing defenses with her speed. Her contributions are

increasingly crucial for the team as senior co-captain forward Dominique Zarrella continues to recover from a back injury.

Sanders padded the Tufts lead five minutes later with another score, her second of the season. On a well-executed penalty corner play, senior co-captain defender Nicole Arata set Sanders up with a good feed that she then rocketed into the back of the net.

“I’ve been kind of stuck in a rut on my corners, but I’ve been practicing them a lot,” Sanders said. “I’ve been trying to aim for different places and the one place I found worked, so I’m hoping I can just get more now.”

Though Sanders has one of the strongest shots on the team and is one of Tufts’ go-to shooters on corner plays, she has struggled to find the back of the net this season.

Sunday’s goal may fuel her confidence, and the Jumbos will need more strong shooting from her this weekend in a tough matchup at Middlebury.

The Hamilton game allowed Tufts to regain its momentum, with the defense turning in another shutout despite Hamilton’s concentrated attacks throughout the second half.

One area in which the team still needs improvement is in its finish, both Thomas and Sanders noted. The Jumbos have slightly improved on their ability to convert on corners and opportunities in front of the net this weekend, but they will have much fewer scoring opportunities in the weeks ahead.

Tufts will face Middlebury on Saturday, Trinity the following week and Bowdoin at the end of the month. All three teams are also currently 4-1 in NESCAC play and are tied with Tufts for the top spot in the conference.

Though Tufts goes into this weekend as an underdog, the game is definitely winnable — Middlebury recently lost to the same Hamilton team that Tufts handled this weekend. The Jumbos look to maintain their confidence and score an upset against the defending national champions on their own turf this Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

MEN'S TENNIS

Jumbos last to third round in doubles play at ITA Regional Tournament

by Noah Schwartz

Rival Middlebury placed two teams in the doubles bracket semifinals and one player in the singles bracket semifinals, while Bowdoin Men’s tennis competed at the ITA was able to place one team in the doubles Regional Tournament on Oct. 1 at Williams bracket semifinals. Early matches against the College. There, two brackets of 64 were cre- two schools, which have the potential to serve ated (singles and doubles) to vie for early as the Jumbos’ toughest competition, provide season honors. Tufts sent two singles play- valuable experience for the entire roster. ers, junior Zain Ali and sophomore Ethan In the third round, Gupte and Ali lost Chen, and three doubles teams.

8-2 to a pair from Bowdoin, while Schaff The doubles teams were Ali and and Nemeic lost their quarterfinal play in junior Rohan Gupte, first-years Zach 8-1 to their opponents from Middlebury.

Shaff and Nathan Niemiec and Chen The main takeaway from the weekend and first-year Benjamin Biswas. Ali and was the standard of play required to win a Chen both failed to make it out of the conference title in the spring. While it was not first round in singles, losing in two and explicitly an all-NESCAC affair at Williams, three sets respectively, and Chen and only NESCAC teams remained in competiBiswas fell to a Wesleyan team 8-5. The tion through the quarterfinals in the singles other doubles teams found consider- and doubles brackets. The Jumbos now have ably more success and made it to the a better understanding of what it will take to third round of play. compete in the conference this season.

The story of the preseason carried into Tufts’ performances at Williams, with a Tufts team looking to make the most of its fall schedule while battling injuries of older players and a still-developing firstyear class. With significant upperclassman contributors either not competing, like senior tri-captain Ben Battle, or hampered by persisting injuries, like Ali COURTESY ROB JACOBSON Junior Zain Ali of the men’s tennis team hits a forehand in a match and Gupte, the fall expectations were tempered. against Colby in Palm Springs, Calif. on March 24.

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“Coming back off my injury was a refresher for me,” Gupte told the Daily in an electronic message. “I know that I have to work twice as hard to be back to where I was before. I feel like I need to play more matches in order to get back to the level at which I was playing before. With fall season ending in a few weeks hopefully my teammates and I can practice hard and end the season on a positive note.”

According to Chen, the performance of the first-year class has thus far surpassed expectations, with a strong showing two weeks ago in lower singles flights and a pair of first-years representing well in their doubles performance on Saturday. It will be up to the juniors and seniors to take up the mantle come spring time to lead Tufts through a tough NESCAC schedule. “[It was a] really impressive performance [by the first-years],” Chen said. “They came up against a very strong Bates team in the second round, two upperclassmen, [so] to come out with a win is really big.”

The Jumbos have two more tournaments of the fall season: the Bates Invitational this weekend and the MIT Invitational the following weekend. The upcoming games will be crucial for the Jumbos who need a strong showing to continue their build toward the NESCAC championship in the spring.

Tufts, hungry to prove it belongs with other top programs in the nation, can only do so by toppling conference rivals like defending champions Bowdoin and perennial powerhouse Middlebury.

“We’re looking to continue this upward trend,” Chen said.

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Bradley Schussel The Coin Toss

NFL week five and playoff baseball

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elcome to The Coin Toss, where I make some bold, unlikely predictions every week about some of your favorite professional sports. First, let’s recap my predictions from last week’s NFL games.

I predicted that the Chiefs would beat the Steelers, but I was horribly wrong, as running back Le’Veon Bell returned and led the Steelers to a blowout win, 43-14. I wrote that Jameis Winston would throw for 350+ yards against the Broncos, Denver’s defense was too stout and held Winston to 179 yards in a Tampa Bay loss. My last coin toss was that the Jaguars would prevail over the Colts, and Jacksonville got its first win, 30-27.

This week, I’ll be making two NFL predictions, and we also have the beginning of the MLB playoffs! So, here are my football predictions and the winner of tonight’s NL Wild Card game: NFL: Carson Wentz’s red hot Eagles lose to Detroit The Eagles have been one of the NFL’s best teams to start the season. Carson Wentz has led them to a 3-0 start. They have to lose eventually, right? The team has shown no signs of slowing down.

That first loss may come sooner than most expect. This week, Philadelphia will face the Detroit Lions. Detroit is ninth in the league in total offense and sixth in passing offense. Matthew Stafford remains severely underrated, as he’s been solid this season — his passer rating is only slightly worse than Wentz’s.

Stafford will put up a fight against the Eagles, and I believe he’ll lead the Lions to the upset.

NFL: The Broncos hold Julio Jones to fewer than 100 yards Last week taught me not to bet against the Broncos’ defense. It may not seem bold to say that they’ll perform well, but neutralizing the Falcons’ Julio Jones is no small feat. Last week, Jones torched the Carolina Panthers, tallying a whopping 300 receiving yards. This week, he won’t have it so easy. Whether it’s Chris Harris Jr. or Aqib Talib covering him, Jones will be presented with a tough matchup. The Broncos’ defensive line will also cause problems for the Falcons by getting to Matt Ryan and rushing his throws. When all is said and done, I predict that Julio Jones’ yardage will seriously regress from last week to fewer than 100 yards receiving.

NL Wild Card (MLB): Mets defeat the Giants to move on to National League Division Series Now on to baseball! The AL Wild Card game is in the books and tonight the New York Mets take on the San Francisco Giants in the NL Wild Card game. The game features a marquee pitching matchup of Noah Syndergaard against Madison Bumgarner. It’s hard to predict which ace will outperform the other, but the Mets do have one advantage over the Giants: power. The Mets were fifth in the league in home runs this season. Bumgarner let up 26 homers this year, the most of any season in his career. If the Mets can keep up the power, they’ll win. The Coin Toss’ pick is in: Mets over Giants.

Bradley Schussel is a sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering. Bradley can be reached at bradley.schussel@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos break undefeated streak against MIT, find redemption against Hamilton

by Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editor

Despite losing 1-0 to MIT on Tuesday and 3-1 to Amherst on Saturday, Tufts ended its week with a 3-1 victory over Hamilton. Tufts moves to 3-1-1 in NESCAC play and 4-2-3 overall, tying Amherst for second in the NESCAC behind defending NESCAC champion Williams.

Speaking about the overall performance of the team this past week, senior co-captain Robin Estus had positive things to say, especially after Sunday’s victory.

“I think we’re in a good spot,” Estus said. “[On] Saturday afternoon people might not have felt that way, but after Sunday we’re back in the groove. We got a little bit of confidence back [and] we have two days off, which is huge for recovery.

Performance-wise, we’re in a good place.”

Tufts won the last of its six consecutive home games against Hamilton 3-1 on Sunday. The Jumbos took 20 shots compared to the Continentals’ 10, and 12 of the Jumbos’ shots were on target. This was the first time the Jumbos had managed to get their shotson-goal tally into the double digits since their season opener against Emerson.

Half an hour into the game, junior midfielder Chandler Quintin flicked on senior midfielder Brooke Fortin’s corner. The ball kindly fell to junior midfielder Margaret Zahrah, who tapped it in from close range. It was the first time the Jumbos led in all their games this week. Though Tufts closed the half out with the lead intact, Hamilton pegged them back on 51 minutes.

The Jumbo response was immediate.

Sophomore defender Taylor Koscho picked out junior forward Mariah Harvey-Brown with a 30-yard pass and Harvey-Brown finished confidently over junior goalkeeper Rachel Cooley to restore the Jumbos’ advantage. The victory was then made safe 10 minutes from time, as senior forward Jess Capone scored the final goal of the game. Estus spun away from a defender to

buy herself time to send the ball through to Capone who finished expertly in the top-right corner for her second goal of the season. Capone’s goal was Tufts’ 15th of the season, one more than all of last year.

“We played some of the best soccer [we’ve] played this season against Hamilton, which is really nice to see, especially going forward into next week against Middlebury, who’s another really tough NESCAC opponent,” Capone said. “I think we were really connecting, passing it well in midfield, connecting between defense and midfield and our forwards too, which is something we struggled with a little bit in the past, so it’s definitely good to see.”

On Saturday, Tufts went up against Amherst to kick off the Homecoming festivities. Tufts was blown away in the early parts of the first half when Amherst scored two goals in quick succession to effectively seal the victory. After nine minutes, Amherst sophomore forward Maeve McNamara stole the ball from the Tufts defense to slot it past sophomore goalie Emily Bowers for a 1-0 lead. One became two within six minutes when junior forward Hannah Guzzi finished off classmate Delancey King’s corner. Tufts only shot once during the entire first half, as Amherst controlled the midfield battle.

“We were a little slow on the start but I think we have a tendency to give other teams more respect … Amherst being one of those teams,” Estus said.

“Sometimes that is reflected in our play, which it definitely did in the first half of that game. We were kind of just a half step behind them physically and mentally.

You could see it in our passes and our runs, and they capitalized on them and put two goals in pretty quick.”

After its slow start, Tufts came out fighting in the second half. Senior defender Stefanie Brunswick and sophomore forward Alex Aronson shot within five seconds of each other, only to be denied by the Amherst defense. Quintin also came close moments later, sending her shot left of the goal post.

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Sophomore back Taylor Koscho clears the ball against Lesley on Sept. 9, 2015.

Tufts peppered Amherst’s goal with 18 shots in the second half, but Amherst struck first in the period. Guzzi extended the lead to 3-0 at 66 minutes, finishing off McNamara’s pass for her sixth goal of the season. Tufts was rewarded for its fight two minutes later when Koscho’s free kick found its way into the back of the net to reduce the deficit.

“We were really happy after the game, to be honest, because the energy was so positive,” Estus said. “We turned it around so well and we proved that we can compete against and beat some of the best teams in the country, just the slow start of the game made that impossible score-wise.”

Tufts’ first task leading into its weekend double header was to see off the MIT Engineers, a non-conference opponent. The Jumbos defeated the Engineers 2-0 last season, but the Engineers proved to be the stronger team this season, winning the rematch 1-0. MIT entered into this fixture with a 6-3 record and Tufts came in undefeated at 3-0-3. Despite facing a strong Engineers team, Bowers wasn’t as busy as

her counterpart, MIT senior co-captain Lauren Ullman. Bowers only made one save, with the defense in front of her limiting MIT to just two shots on target. One of those shots hit the back of the net however, so the solid defense was moot.

The Jumbos fired 12 shots compared to the Engineers’ 10. Tufts placed six on target but on each occasion was denied

by Ullman. MIT’s first real chance came when junior forward Olivia Struckman’s shot was sent wide at the 15 minute mark.

Struckman, the Engineers’ leading scorer, punished the Jumbos’ profligacy after the hour mark, as she finished off first-year forward Montana Reilly’s free kick to give the Engineers a 1-0 lead.

“The MIT game was definitely one of our worst games in a while, and we all knew it … we were a little bummed after that, also because it’s our first loss,” Estus said. “We were pretty hard on ourselves, but we realized it’s another building block for us.”

Tufts travels to Middlebury on Saturday hoping to pick up its fourth conference win and fifth overall.

FIELD HOCKEY

Jumbos suffer first loss on Homecoming against Amherst, bounce back against Hamilton

EVAN SAYLES / THE TUFTS DAILY

Forward junior Mary Kate Patton races to gain possession of the ball on Sept. 12, 2015.

by Maclyn Senear Sports Editor

Field hockey suffered its first loss of the season in a double-overtime battle against Amherst, losing 3-2 on Homecoming, before bouncing back the next day to shut

out Hamilton 2-0. The Jumbos, now 8-1 overall and 4-1 in NESCAC play, drop into a four-way tie atop the conference, with six regular season games left to play.

The seventh-ranked Jumbos knew they were in for one of their toughest chal-

lenges of the season thus far when they welcomed the 10th-ranked Amherst Purple and White to Ounjian Field on Saturday. In recent years, the rivalry between the two teams has been fierce and evenly-matched.

Amherst also handed Tufts its first loss of the season on Homecoming two years ago in a tight 2-1 contest.

The Jumbos jumped out to an early lead on Saturday when they earned a penalty corner just over five minutes in and, despite their struggles in recent weeks with converting on their numerous corner opportunities, managed to score. Sophomore forward Gigi Tutoni was in position for a rebound and slipped the ball back into the net for her seventh goal of the season, tying senior forward Annie Artz for the team lead.

Tufts controlled play for most of the first half, outshooting Amherst 5-3 and helping sophomore goalkeeper Emily Polinski by preventing the visitors from getting off any shots on goal.

The game started to heat up 15 minutes into the second half. The visitors put more pressure on what has been a lockdown Tufts

defense this season and Amherst senior forward Sara Culhane notched her first goal of the game at the 50:22 mark to tie it up at 1-1.

The Jumbos responded just a few minutes later to retake the lead, as junior midfielder Mary Kate Patton threaded a ball into the circle to speedy first-year forward Rachel Hamilton, who quickly fired a shot past Purple and White firstyear goalie Emilie Flamme came charging out to challenge her.

The visitors did not let Tufts run out the clock, as Culhane’s second goal forced a tie with just six minutes left in regulation, sending the game into overtime.

With play reduced to seven-on-seven, the first overtime period saw the field open up with much more space for both teams. Quicker possessions and faster ball movement resulted in more shots for both teams. Polinski and Flamme kept their respective teams in the game with two strong saves each in the first overtime period to maintain the deadlock. see FIELD HOCKEY, page 11