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Greek life investigations conclude, disciplinary statuses made public by Catherine Perloff, Ariel Barbieri-Aghib, Gil Jacobson and Joe Walsh Tufts Daily Staff

Tufts has completed its months-long investigations into the nine fraternities and sororities with misconduct allegations. One fraternity — Pi Delta — dissolved last semester, two fraternities are on disciplinary probation and five fraternities and sororities remain under cease-and-desist orders while awaiting resolutions for their cases. Tufts will re-open sophomore recruitment for seven Greek life organizations, while introducing new reforms to discourage hazing and other misconduct, according to an email sent out to the Tufts community today from several school administrators. These changes follow 10 months of controversy and uncertainty for the university’s Greek life system, which has faced a surge of misconduct reports and calls for abolition in the wake of a November 2016 Tufts Observer article. While investigations were ongoing

last year, social events and recruitment were suspended for all fraternities and sororities, before being reinstated for organizations in good standing. Status of Greek Life Organizations Following the concurrent investigations into multiple Greek life organizations at Tufts, the disciplinary status of every fraternity and sorority is now listed on the school’s website. Members of Pi Delta chose to dissolve their organization in January instead of resolving misconduct allegations, according to the website. Meanwhile, two other Greek life organizations have accepted sanctions so far: Delta Tau Delta (DTD) and Pi Rho Omega. “Two organizations have accepted sanctions which include Suspension, Disciplinary and Social Probation, and a variety of educational sanctions and requirements for restructuring policies and processes related to recruitment, risk management, and member well-being,” the email read.

DTD is on disciplinary probation until June 2019 for hazing, alcohol violations, sexual harassment and academic integrity violations. Additionally, the organization is required to develop a new member plan, alcohol is not permitted at its social events for a period of time and all members are required to receive training on hazing and other topics. DTD was previously under disciplinary suspension until June. see GREEK, page 2

Negotiations between part-time faculty, administration in standstill by Robert Katz News Editor

Negotiations between adjunct faculty and the Tufts administration appear to have reached a stalemate. According to Andy Klatt, a part-time professor in the Department of Romance Languages and a member of the faculty’s bargaining committee, the bargaining agreement was originally set to expire on June 30, but a series of disagreements between the negotiating parties have pushed back the deadline to Oct. 16. With the extension, adjunct faculty will continue working under the three-year contract originally negotiated in 2014, Klatt said. Negotiations were already extended to Aug. 31 before they were pushed to October. Klatt added that the deadlock in discussions resulted from disagreements regarding how to move forward from the benchmarks set by the first contract, which guaranteed part-time and non-tenured instructors increases in wages and benefits. According to Klatt, the bargaining group failed to reach agreements with the administration due to what he felt was the administration’s inability to compromise. Patrick Collins, executive director of public relations at Tufts, conveyed optimism for the fate of the negotiations in a statement emailed to the Daily. “Labor negotiations in general can take time because of the complexity of issues being discussed by the parties. We remain hopeful that we will soon reach agreement with

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Senior Ben Kesslen holds a sign at the Tufts Labor Coalition action in support of adjunct faculty on April 20. the Service Employees International Union (SEIU),” Collins said, referring to SEIU Local 509, the Massachusetts union that represents Tufts’ adjunct instructors. In a separate email, he praised the parttime faculty. “We respect the work that our part-time faculty do for Tufts and their contributions to our educational mission,” Collins said. “Our negotiations with the union have been characterized by a spirit of professionalism and cooperation.” Collins offered comment in lieu of Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences Bárbara Brizuela, who is representing the administration during the negotiations. Klatt said that faculty have agreed to third-party mediation, proposed by the university, which will be performed by the

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Green House holds first used-item sale by Daniel Caron News Editor

Tufts’ first ever Blue and Brown Pass Down sale gave students moving in discounted prices on donations from students moving out the previous year. The event, which was coordinated by Tufts Green House, was held in the Jackson Gym on Sept. 3, according to Green House Manager Megan Bateman. Bateman, a senior, said the sale was designed to encourage sustainability on campus. “It’s a lot easier to take something when you’re done with it and throw it in the trash,” Bateman said. “But to actually put in the time and … gather all those unwanted items at the end of the year and turn them into … perfectly usable items at the beginning of the next year, I think it sends a huge message to campus about ways that we all can get involved in sustainability.” Around 20 Eco-Reps volunteered to help out with the event, according to Isabel Falls, a junior and the Eco-Rep coordinator. The

Eco Reps helped haul the items from Stratton Hall, where they had been stored over the summer, to the sale on Saturday and helped set up before the sale, Falls noted. Toward the end of the event, everything that wasn’t sold was made free for students, according to Bateman. “We really only have about 15 boxes of stuff and a few fans left over, and all of that will be donated to Goodwill or the Salvation Army,” she said. Although they didn’t have a final count on the proceeds from the event, Bateman said they were able to cover all the costs of hosting the event. “[The money will first go to] operations costs – that’s to pay for the storage over the summer, to employ me [and] to make sure that the sale was prepared for,” she said. “Money left over is going to go toward both the Office of Sustainability and the [Tufts] Green House, and all of that money will be purposed for future sustainability efforts on campus.”

Falls said the event was a positive step toward minimizing waste. “Seeing the amount of stuff we had and [thinking about] that going into landfill – it was really satisfying to see it actually make revenue and be given a new home,” Falls said. Bateman added that was the sale was an opportunity to show the Tufts community that sustainability can be a normal part of everyday life. “Sustainability does not have to be an inconvenience … Composting, recycling, changing your habits and everything can seem tedious and undesirable,” she said. “I think this was a really beneficial way of showing people that being sustainable can also be convenient.” Likewise, Director for Campus Life Joe Golia, whose job involves coordinating orientation, said the event was well received. “From what I saw, it was a great success and a wonderful addition to the Orientation Calendar,” Golia said.

Tufts looks to prevent hazing, misconduct in modified Greek life system GREEK

continued from page 1 Pi Rho Omega is on disciplinary probation until December for hazing and sexual harassment. Like DTD, it is required to re-do its recruitment and new-member plans, among other sanctions. Two other organizations are considering administrative resolutions from the Dean of Student Affairs, and three will be presented resolutions soon, the email added. The school’s website lists five organizations with pending resolutions: sorority Chi Omega, as well as fraternities Delta Upsilon, Theta Chi, Theta Delta Chi (123) and Zeta Psi. The email also notes that Tufts’ three active Multicultural Greek Council organizations are all in good standing, and no misconduct allegations were made against them. Students can still report hazing or sexual misconduct through the Dean of Student Affairs Office, Tufts University Police Department, the Office of Equal Opportunity or EthicsPoint, the email adds. Also, the university created a centralized online resource on hazing this summer that outlines Tufts’ policies and reporting system. “We encourage those affected by these allegations, reports, or issues to take advantage of resources available at the University and in their local communities,” the email read. Hazing Prevention Furthermore, Tufts will now participate in the efforts of the Hazing Prevention Consortium, a multi-year project including eight other U.S. universities. The university hopes that the research conducted by this consortium can be implemented in furthering Tufts’ efforts to prevent hazing. Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Su McGlone told the Daily in an email that the information gathered by the consortium will be used to help Tufts revise its hazing policy.

For now, McGlone said recruitment will be modified to include more hazing prevention education. New Member Educators must participate in a three-part training track that focuses on creating a safe, meaningful New Member curriculum, McGlone explained. There will also be trainings for current and potential members on how to recognize and report hazing. Hazing prevention classes will be an aspect of new members’ weekly training and community-building events, required by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, according to their website. Additionally, only sophomores and older will be able to rush, another major change to the fraternity and sorority recruitment process. “Joining a group after you’ve had a year of undergrad behind you changes the frame quite a bit,” Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon explained. “You’d be joining as an additional element of building an identity and association at Tufts, rather than the first, which changes the power dynamics.” Emmett Pinsky, who advocates for the abolition of Greek life, criticized the university’s education efforts as unsubstantial and failing to address the root of the problem. “We have seen time and time again that ‘workshops,’ ‘task forces,’ ‘initiatives,’ or whatever other buzzwords the administration picks, do not create lasting or substantial change,” Pinsky, a junior, told the Daily in an email. McGlone noted efforts to prevent hazing in other campus organizations are not yet underway. “This fall’s immediate efforts are focusing on fraternities and sororities,” McGlone said. “Athletics and a variety of other groups will be included in the broad work on hazing prevention moving forward, in partnership with the Hazing Prevention Consortium.”

Setting Sights on the Future Additionally, the Student Life Review Committee report will be released within the next several weeks. “[W]e look forward to partnering with students, faculty, and staff on ways to remodel Fraternity and Sorority Life in order to enhance oversight, improve risk management, and ensure that organizations are aligned with the University’s values and standards of inclusivity, personal and academic integrity, and active citizenship,” the email read. Chi Omega President Hannah Macaulay is pleased with the steps the university has taken thus far to address the issues surrounding Greek life. “It is of utmost importance that we continue these conversations in productive ways, so that we can make our organizations positive and transparent aspects of the larger Tufts community,” Macaulay, a senior, told the Daily in an email. Pinsky noted that they and other students who oppose Greek life will continue to advocate for its abolition. “Reforms make it too easy for the admin and Greek life members to pat themselves on the back and continue on without making real changes, changes that look like abolishing the system all together,” they said. For the interim, Greek life will not be abolished. McMahon explained that there is a three-year period of constant review in which the administration, student leaders and committees will be assessing how to create a healthy social environment on campus which is not limited to Greek-life spaces. “The general aim is to create a climate that is more inclusive, safer, partnering with student leaders from many different seats and thinking about ways that we can address this in a systemic, lasting way,” she said.

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continued from page 1 during the summer now that the fall semester has begun. “In education in general, it’s always difficult to negotiate over long vacation time,” Klatt said. “People travel, people’s minds are on other things.” According to Klatt, negotiating parties had not met since mid-June. Klatt said that the two parties could not achieve a sense of “momentum” in discussions, leading to the initial decision to postpone the first CBA’s expiration to Aug. 31.

In April, Klatt told the Daily the bargaining committee’s goals were to improve job stability for contingent faculty by guaranteeing a certain number of courses per semester, expand some of the original contract’s protections to faculty who have served for under five years and secure pay increases “commensurate with [the] cost of living.” Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) member Nicole Joseph reported that recent contract negotiations did not improve on the shortcomings she saw in the original contract. Joseph, a senior, was concerned that the contract’s grievance process, which allows adjunct faculty to redress complaints, would be partly stripped.

Another TLC member, Zoe Schoen, described the current deadlock as indicative of what she saw as the low priority placed on adjunct instructors by the university. “To be sure, the allocation of university funds is complicated and I don’t pretend to understand the nuances of that process,” Schoen, a junior, said. “But it is deeply problematic to me that I watch money pour into the construction of new buildings and facilities all around me, while the very people who will facilitate learning within those walls go without basic forms of support and care.”

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Tufts Career Center launches Handshake, replaces Jumbo Jobs by Ilana P. Goldberg Contributing Writer

Tufts’ switch from Jumbo Jobs to Handshake, a new job/internship database for students, has been recognized as a much-needed improvement in user experience and job search capabilities. Jumbo Jobs faced significant criticism from students and frustration from the Career Center’s staff. Gregory Victory, executive director of Tufts Career Center since July of 2016, gave some background into Jumbo Jobs and the reason for the switch. “The original vendor was CSO Research, which merged with MBA Focus to become GradLeaders. GradLeaders was a platform that was primarily focused on MBA schools,” Victory told the Daily in an email. “There was to be a launch of an updated platform, of which we were one of the first schools to launch. We had been working with them for several months on getting ready for the launch and a few weeks before the scheduled unveil they told us they would not be ready and did not provide us with an updated launch date. In addition, their customer service response diminished significantly. Our team had already previewed Handshake a year ago and we asked them to come back to campus to give a larger group of staff a demo.” GradLeaders did not respond to requests for comment.

According to Victory, other career centers in the northeast have left GradLeaders as well. However, the most important factor in the termination of Jumbo Jobs, Victory explained, was student dissatisfaction. “Students made criticism about the system, and we took that to heart,” he said. “We heard from many students over the years [about] their disdain for Jumbo Jobs from the user interface, from how hard it was to navigate to find [and] apply for jobs and internships.” According to its website, Handshake was launched in 2014 by three students from Michigan Technological University to facilitate the process of obtaining employment and to create more equal opportunity for students. It is now based in San Francisco, California. Its website lauds more than 200,000 employers recruiting through Handshake and over 8,000,000 students and alumni from more than 400 universities using Handshake. As Tufts began the transition to Handshake, Victory explained that the Career Center staff put in many hours. “We were training our staff on new policies and procedures; we had to upload all this new information for all the students, all the employers. We had to determine how to map out information from one system to another,” Victory said. “Most of us spent an average of 20-30 hours in training.”

After the staff was trained, the Career Center began to connect students with employers. Victory explained that the career center launched Handshake to employers on May 1 and to students on June 1. They are still in the process of reaching out to employers to post for Tufts. “We just started to look at what employers are in the system [and] what employers are in the area near Tufts,” he said. “We spent the past couple months pulling them in to get them to post.” According to Victory, industries that do fall recruiting will soon begin posting on Handshake. This includes industries such as finance, consulting, engineering and technology. “We have a lot more non-profits [and] government agencies who recruit in spring,” he said. “I think we cover as many areas as possible.” Compared to Jumbo Jobs, Victory believes that there are multiple advantages to Handshake. “It’s an all-in-one: you can apply to jobs and internships, register for events, schedule appointments,” he said. “It’s a more comprehensive profile — all information and documents are in one place.” Victory explained that unlike Jumbo Jobs, employers do not have to create separate Handshake accounts for each school they recruit from, which makes it easier for employers to recruit and post. “If General Electric has a Handshake account, they don’t need to make a new

account. [Postings go] straight to us, and we can deny or approve whether [it is] … not a scam,” he said. “And as a student, you see all the employers in [the Handshake system], not just the ones that are posting at Tufts.” According to Victory, Handshake will be adding a discovery module feature: if a student searches jobs in Denver, Colorado, for instance, it will also show “things to do in Denver, Colorado.” In addition, Handshake allows students to schedule appointments at the Career Center. Victory spoke to the benefits of this feature. “Before last year, you couldn’t even make an appointment online,” he said. “There’s been a 35 percent increase in appointments, and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that students can sign up [when they have time].” Victory reminds the Tufts community that Handshake is not just limited to students; alumni can use Handshake as well. “Alumni have the same level of access as students do and we’re working more and more to increase the number and type of more experienced positions that are posted on Handshake,” he said. According to Victory, the process of finding employment is facilitated once a profile is filled out by a student. “If you fully fill out a profile, it can push jobs and events. You don’t have see HANDSHAKE, page 4

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continued from page 3 to comb through everything that’s out there,” he said. Tufts students have already begun using Handshake. Senior Saja Alani began using Handshake when it first launched. “I used [Handshake] mostly for searching for both internships and temporary jobs for the summer. Also for putting yourself out there [for employers], because I am graduating this year,” she said. Alani explains that she has had a pleasant experience with Handshake thus far. “I feel like Handshake is extremely user-friendly,” she said. “It doesn’t make it feel like a chore, looking for a job.” Like Alani, senior Shriya Jamakandi has familiarized herself with Handshake and is so far pleased with the database. “I think Handshake is pretty cool from what I’ve seen of it,” Jamakandi said. “I think especially since it’s a social media format, it’s more accessible to students and easier and faster.” Jamakandi believes that there are benefits to having a school-specific platform like Jumbo Jobs or Handshake, compared to other social media databases such as LinkedIn. “I think there’s a lot to say about school recruiting. I just know that a lot of companies in finance at least, they have target schools. I would prefer applying through Jumbo Jobs or

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Handshake. It means that if an employer posted there, they’re interested in hiring a Tufts student, versus like Indie. com,” she said. Going forward, Jamakandi hopes for a Handshake feature that would allow students to contact alumni. “On LinkedIn, it’s like ‘Okay, I’m reaching out to random people,’ but if you had some way to talk to them on Handshake or Jumbo Jobs, you’d know that they want to talk to you. I’m sure [they would], but as a student, you kind of hesitate to reach out. If there was a way to get rid of that barrier, that would be great,” Jamakandi said. As students begin their job and internship searches, Victory encourages students to come to the Career Center for help with familiarizing themselves with Handshake, or to use the online resources available through the platform. When asked how students can best utilize Handshake, Victory stressed the importance of immediately creating a profile on Handshake. “I think the biggest thing is to log in and fill in that profile,” Victory said. “The same as you’d fill in LinkedIn, because if a position comes in that you’re super excited about, and you have to spend time filling your app, you could miss a deadline.” Nina Joung contributed reporting to this article.

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Dana Schutz’s Whitney Biennial controversy heads to Boston, along with retrospective by Libby Langsner Arts Editor

Dana Schutz has been heralded as one of contemporary art’s most influential artists for her abstract narrative paintings. It was no surprise that her work was featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, but the controversy surrounding the artist’s painting of Emmett Till in “Open Casket” (2016) has divided the art world in two without precedent. The discussions of the work and Schutz’s career have now moved from New York to Boston, as a retrospective of her work will be held at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) until Nov. 26. Schutz’s work “Open Casket” draws inspiration from the 1955 photograph of AfricanAmerican teenager Emmett Till after he was brutally murdered in Mississippi. The painting is in a similar style to Schutz’s other work, with its use of bright color and broad brushstrokes. While the figure’s face, the funerary bed and the background of the work are abstract, the viewer can deduce the reference to the iconic photo from the color of the face as well as the figure’s clothing. With the knowledge that Schutz is a white woman and the content of the painting, protests began as soon as the Whitney Biennial opened on March 17. Five to six protesters obstructed the view of the painting for the duration of the day. The protests continued, carried out by contemporary AfricanAmerican artist Parker Bright, who would stand in front of the painting while wearing a shirt that read “Black Death Spectacle.” The controversy reached its peak when British contemporary artist Hannah Black wrote an open letter to the curators of the Whitney Biennial. On the legacy of the work, Black stated, “In brief: the painting should not be acceptable to anyone who cares or pretends to care about Black people because it is not acceptable for a white person to transmute Black suffering into profit and fun, though the practice has been normalized for a long time.” Black also went on to discuss Schutz and the work itself. “The subject matter is not Schutz’s,” Black wrote. “White free speech and white creative freedom have been founded on the constraint of others, and are not natural rights. The painting must go.”

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A view of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, located on the harbor front. Though Schutz never released a public statement, artnet News interviewed her while the controversy surrounding “Open Casket” reached its apex. In addition, a statement from the Whitney on behalf of Shultz was also published in The Washington Post. “I don’t know what it is like to be black in America,” Schutz said. “In her sorrow and rage she [Mamie Till] wanted her son’s death not just to be her pain, but America’s pain.” When asked if the disapproval of her work would change her practice, she responded, “I’m sure it has to.” Despite the open letter, the Whitney stood by the work and its display. “As curators of this exhibition we believe in providing a museum platform for artists to explore these critical issues,” the Whitney’s curators said in a statement to artnet News.

Although “Open Casket” is not on display at Schutz’s retrospective, the ICA has also received criticism for even showcasing her work. A letter written by local artists, activists and community members addressed the museum’s chief curator Eva Respini and her team. “Please pull the show,” the letter read. “This is not about censorship. This is about institutional accountability.” The letter went on to list the supposed shortcomings of the ICA when creating this show. The writers also called on the ICA to answer the criticisms, acknowledge the problems with the controversial painting and host a dialogue. In response, a group of National Academy of Art members penned their own letter, stating, “As fellow artists and

architects, we wholeheartedly support cultural institutions like the ICA Boston who refuse to bow to forces in favor of censorship or quelling dialogue.” The art world has always tackled and engaged with social and political issues, and the controversy surrounding Schutz’s work is no exception. The dialogue surrounding “Open Casket” brings up issues of white privilege, depictions of Black trauma, censorship and a multitude of other controversial topics. Although it’s impossible to determine the long-term effects of these conversations, a few things are certain: Dana Schutz’s show at the ICA will be held and people will continue to protest. What happens with Schutz’s career and the art world as a result is yet to be seen.

‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ is stylish, slow, self-indulgent by Setenay Mufti Arts Editor

Twenty-seven years ago, Mark Frost and David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” (1990) began with a simple murder: popular high school student Laura Palmer found dead, wrapped in plastic. It ended with love affairs, cocaine trafficking, FBI intervention and a great, supernatural, evil presence in the small Washington town. The hero of the story, FBI agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), gets as far as he can in exposing not just Laura Palmer’s killer, but the root of the evil that has plagued the town (accessed only though a parallel universe, the famous Black Lodge). But he doesn’t get far enough. In 1991, ABC cancelled the show, leaving a painful cliffhanger of a second season finale. Twenty six years later, Lynch now picks up where he left off with “Twin Peaks: The Return” (2017), an 18-episode sequel which premiered May 21 on Showtime.

In the present-day series, Cooper’s evil doppelgänger is still running around causing trouble on Earth and the real, good Cooper is stuck in the Black Lodge. Many favorite characters of the original “Twin Peaks” are here, doing what they do best. Norma and Shelly (Peggy Lipton and Mädchen Amick) run the Double R Diner. Andy and Lucy (Harry Goaz and Kimmy Robertson) are the darling couple of the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department, now run by Hawk (Michael Horse). FBI agents research strange activity from their base in Philadelphia. The Log Lady is still the seer of the town, although her actress Catherine E. Coulson passed away during filming. But there are also glaring absences, like Donna and former sheriff Harry S. Truman, who is present only off-screen as his character recovers from a terminal disease. At first, the guiding storyline of “The Return” appears to be a murder, like that of the original show. There are actually

two murders: a female apartment tenant’s decapitated head is found placed above an unknown man’s headless body. But as the show progresses, that plot point becomes almost irrelevant. Meanwhile, agent Cooper escapes the Black Lodge in mind but not body and is transported into the life of Dougie, a crooked insurance salesman living in Las Vegas with a son and a tyrannical wife (played by a favorite of Lynch, Naomi Watts). He is physically incapable, almost nonverbal and mentally stuck back in the Lodge. But his world of insurance fraud, casinos and threatening debt collectors magically falls into place around him. Although a lot of old favorites make reappearances in “The Return,” at least three new characters are introduced every episode. Some are prominent: Shelly’s wayward daughter Becky (Amanda Seyfried); Ben Horne’s drug-dealing, sociopathic grandson (Eamon Farren); and most surprising of all, the long-await-

ed appearance of Cooper’s old secretary, Diane (another Lynch muse, Laura Dern). But for every interesting new character, there are five others who show up in only one episode, or even one scene, in confusing little vignettes. It certainly showcases Lynch’s signature creativity, but makes the show’s progression messier and messier as it goes on. The pace of the entire show is painfully slow. People walk in slow motion, deliberate in silence and say “goodbye” before hanging up the phone. Although Cooper’s original character in “Twin Peaks” was famously amusing (Who can forget his Tibetan stone-throwing ritual?), his scenes here are frustrating to the point of anger. Time and time again, his wife will demand him to come or go, and the once-dynamic Cooper will stand unresponsive for a minute or more. Lynch takes his time and finish his scene with see TWIN PEAKS, page 6

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continued from page 5 silence, far after its events have transpired, before he cuts to another. While his pace is unusual for television and sometimes welcomely artistic, it is more often frustrating and pointless to everyone except Lynch. He knows “The Return” is so highly anticipated it is perhaps his only chance to get such a self-indulgent art piece on the air, and he doesn’t

care about the audience’s patience for it. It drives home a message, one that diehard Lynch fans have long accepted: “You are at my creative and directive mercy.” One of the strongest aspects of “The Return” is how Lynch plays with time and puts this show in dialogue with the original “Twin Peaks,” as well as his other creations. Many star-crossed lovers of the original show are no longer together, although the men linger around their old

sweethearts wistfully. Some scenes show characters dialing on a rotating phone, while others feature smartphones and Skype. Characters are no longer allowed to smoke wherever they want, a logistical blow to one of the defining features of the original show’s aesthetic. Old missing clues glossed over in the original Laura Palmer case mysteriously resurface, although fans might recognize some of them from the masterful 1992 prequel film, “Fire Walk with Me.”

Lynch unfolds “The Return” with his entire history in mind. One epic, stylized episode reveals Lynch’s interpretation of the origins of human evil — it is bleak, shot in black-and-white and so abstract that it echoes his “Eraserhead” (1977) era more than “Twin Peaks” or any of his works in between. Singer Rebekah Del Rio, featured in the famous, haunting opera scene in “Mulholland Drive” (2001), has a welcome cameo in “The Return.” In one scene, FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole (played by Lynch himself ), meets with his partner and a new hire, agent Tammy Preston (Chrysta Bell). As the camera lingers on Preston’s backside as she walks away from the duo, the stern-faced partner gives Cole a look, as if to say, “Aren’t you a little old for this?” Cole, played by a man as well-known for his obsession for young, sensual women as he is for offbeat horror, shrugs: “I’m old school. You know that.” Lynch knows that his love of sexuality, like his slow pace, might be tiresome to some viewers — he just doesn’t care. Ultimately, fans looking for a continuation of the original show will be disappointed. It is experimental, abstract and barely linear, meaning it has much more in common with Lynch’s earlier films than the 1990 “Twin Peaks.” But diehard fans will still appreciate the wry humor, the references and Angelo Badalamenti’s masterful and iconic score. It is certainly worth it for “Twin Peaks” fans to give “The Return” a try — but they should be prepared to fast-forward through outer space montages and ambient noise. It is a work made for Lynch, not his audience.

Semester kickoff horoscopes by Margaret Gorguissian Staff Writer

Feeling a little lost during your first week of classes? Get some spiritual guidance from your semester kickoff horoscope. Aries You may feel yourself a bit more agitated than normal, dear Aries. Channel all that excess energy into new creative pursuits, or let yourself take long walks and explore the areas around campus. Trying to stifle it will only result in an explosive disaster. Taurus You’re stronger than you know, little Taurus. You’ll find your limits being tested these next few months, but keep your head down and your feet moving. At some points, it may feel as if you’re only treading water, but you’ll soon find yourself on the other side. Gemini Your ruling planet, Mercury, is in retrograde in Leo this first week of classes — allowing you greater perspective on your past projects and relationships. You may be feeling a surge of mental energy at the beginning of this week, too. Now would be the time to revisit any goals you’ve set for the upcoming semester and to make sure they align with your higher self. Cancer How are you practicing self-care, Cancer? Jupiter’s transit through your chart this fall will shake things up for you academically and professionally, and new challenges will be tossed your way. Make sure that you are allowing yourself the space and time you need to flourish, even if that means saying “no” sometimes.

Leo You might still be riding high from the eclipse in your sign last month, Leo, and it’s going to keep getting better from here. Having Mars on your side this month means that things will be financially in your favor, so now is a good time to apply for jobs and engage in an entrepreneurship. Virgo Your ruling planet, Mercury, is in retrograde at the beginning of the semester, which may cause you to better see how you’ve sabotaged yourself in the past. Use this introspection and the energy from the full moon this month to set up a plan for success. Libra Venus’ transit these coming months will cause you to look at your partnerships and relationships with a closer eye. This is a time to examine old friendships that may be draining your energy and to surround yourself with loved ones to reinvigorate yourself. Scorpio In your birth month, you’ll have Mercury in your sign at the beginning with Venus quickly following. This bodes well for your communication and interpersonal skills, so you may want to hope for a few group projects this semester! Sagittarius Shine bright, Sagittarius — this semester will be a good one. Towards the end of October, the sun will join your ruling planet, Jupiter, leaving you feeling extra optimistic and confident. Don’t let it all go to your head, though, and make sure to finish the semester strong. Capricorn Please remember to breathe, Capricorn. You might find yourself stretched a little thin this semester, but make sure to find

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be something holding you back — push through, and you will be rewarded. Pisces The expectations you place on people or events may not always be met this fall, but don’t let yourself get bogged down with disappointment. Keep going with the flow, Pisces, and most importantly keep an eye on the expectations you place on yourself.

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Greek Life transparency a vital change of pace Yesterday, the Tufts administration finally released a substantial update on the status of Greek life on campus. Following a series of controversies in the fall of 2016 and 10 months of investigations and sanctions, the changes mentioned will, if carried out, represent a major turning point in the relationship between Greek life and the university. For many, the focus of this announcement will be the changes to how sororities and fraternities on campus operate. For example, Tufts joined the Hazing Prevention Consortium, in efforts to clamp down on hazing among Greek organizations. Another major change announced is that only students in their second year or above will be allowed to rush, contrary to the previous policy allowing first-years in their spring semester to join fraternities and sororities. In addition to these new policies, a particularly important change is the administration’s efforts to become more

transparent with the student body, at least on the issue of Greek life. Since the suspension of most Greek life activity on campus, the administration had failed to meet the student body’s expectations of transparency. Students were largely unaware of the status of the investigations and Greek life itself, except for the few members of organizations involved in negotiations and investigations. The administration has finally seemed to realize and attempted to correct its previous lack of transparency. The announcement itself is a demonstration of the school’s desire to be more straightforward with students and faculty. While announcements regarding this issue were released in early November, December and February, those were much less detailed than the most recent one. Furthermore, after February the administration stopped issuing announcements about the status of fraternities and sororities, allow-

ing the majority of the spring semester to go by without students receiving any updates on the situation regarding Greek life. The announcement made on Wednesday, however, emphasizes that more information will come in the following weeks with the release of the Student Life Review Committee report, which was promised by University President Anthony Monaco at the “beginning of the coming academic year.” If the school follows up on its promise to release this report shortly, then the ambiguity of last spring will be avoided. Additionally, the message from the administration reported the creation of the Organization Status page on the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life website. This website offers constant updates on the status of each Greek life organization on campus, including whether or not groups are allowed to recruit new members. It also offers a glossary on the terms used for the status of each organization.

This website is a positive step because it allows students to access the information by themselves, without having to wait for the administration to release an announcement. Moreover, the website prioritizes student access to information over the privacy of Greek organizations by showing the names of each sorority and fraternity, a move away from their emphasis on privacy in previous announcements. It seems that the administration has finally taken a step in the right direction by striving to be more sincere and transparent. There is no doubt that the issue of Greek life will continue to be polarizing, and while many may be either opposed to or in favor of the changes in Greek life’s operations, this movement away from vagueness and ambiguity should be warmly welcomed by all. It is our duty, as students of Tufts, to ensure that this is not just a single moment in transparency. It must be clear that obscurity is not acceptable and that we view sunlight as the best disinfectant.

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Letter to the Editor by Rubén Salinas Stern Dear President Monaco, Dean Glaser, and the Tufts Community, On August 1, 2017 I retired as the founding director of the Latino Center after 24 years. I had the opportunity of working with wonderful students of all class, racial and gender backgrounds. I also taught a course, Class Matters, focusing on issues of class and was a pre-major adviser. As the search began for my succes-

sor, we created a job description that required qualifications. A Masters degree was required for the position and it was posted. We were also promised transparency. I understand that there were many qualified candidates and the committee selected 3 finalists. In the end, the Student Affairs Office chose a candidate with only a Bachelors degree. If this position allowed others with a Bachelors degree to apply, we would have had a huge pool that included Tufts alumni and other wonderful staff mem-

bers. Unfortunately this did not happen. In addition, the selection committee never included the directors from the Africana Center, Asian American Center, and the International Center. This has never happened in my 24 years at Tufts. I am dismayed at the process and I denounce the office of Student Affairs. The process was not transparent and a sham, in my opinion. This is not a personal issue because I don’t know the person selected, who might be a wonderful director.

I ask that this selection process begin again with transparency and clear written qualifications that will not be changed mid-stream. Welcome to the Class of 2021! With respect, Ruben Salinas Stern rsalinasstern@gmail.com

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Aaron Corn are the mainstay upperclassmen,” Pendergast said. “Junior Justin Feldman and sophomores Ethan Sorkin and Brandon Karr also will contend for starting spots.” According to Corn, the Jumbos have ambitious goals this year. “Our biggest goal for the fall season is to qualify for the NESCAC Championship, which takes place in the spring,” Corn said. “In order to do that, we need to place among the topfour teams at the upcoming NESCAC qualifying tournament. Finishing inside the top four is something we have never accomplished in school history. We have been so close the past few years, and it would be really gratifying to help the program finally leap this hurdle.” The Jumbos compete in the Detrick Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, and Corn has high hopes for the upcoming tournament. “Our team had a really successful preseason, and everyone’s game looks to be trending in the right direction,” Corn said. “As a group, we believe that if we practice the right way and work hard, the desired tournament results will come. There are definitely going to be a lot of great teams at the Detrick Invitational. Trinity is one of the best teams in our conference, and the tournament is taking place at their home course, so that gives them a big advantage, but we are excited for the challenge.”

continued from page 11 Invite in North Dartmouth, Mass. The team carried its strong form into the Wildcat Spring Invitational, earning a third-place finish out of 17 teams. By the end of the season, some of the first-years started to fight for their spot on the tournament team. Karr and fellow then-first-year Ethan Sorkin consistently earned spots, showing promise for the 2017-18 season. Tufts enters the 2017–18 season having graduated just one senior. The team also has a slew of experienced upperclassmen and talented sophomores with a year of college golf under their belts. Plus, with a host of highly skilled first-years arriving this year, the Jumbos continue to add to their deep roster. Another factor that could make the difference for the Jumbos this year is the return of coach George Pendergast. Pendergast was out last season with a hip replacement, but is coming back to coach for the 2017–18 season. The combination of Pendergast and associate head coach Brian Golden leading and making decisions for the team will undoubtedly help the Jumbos achieve their goals of the season. Not only will the team have two returning captains to add experience, the potential tournament team will likely be populated with experienced players. “Taylor Nordan, [who] will start the season as our number-one player, and

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continued from back “Fieldturf is just so slow,” Patton said. “For us, Astro[turf ] is just like night and day. Never truly being able to play in your peak speed or zone in your sport is pretty challenging itself. So being able to get on a field that will really allow us to translate the speed of our players is super important and super vital in beating teams.” By all accounts the first-year players hit the ground running in the preseason. Both captains and coach Mattera were impressed with their overall fitness and ability to quickly adapt to Tufts’ system. In a preseason poll of Div. III field hockey coaches Messiah was ranked first with 45

first-place votes and Tufts second with four first-place selections. This suggests most coaches expect a rematch of last season’s National Championship game. The Jumbos are unconcerned, though, preferring to focus on the next game on the schedule. “You’ve got to talk about the next opponent because that’s who you’re focused on,” Thomas said. “You’re never going to make it to the championship if you don’t take it one game at a time. Everybody, especially in the NESCAC, they’re like, ‘Oh, I want to beat the team that was in the national championship last year,’ so we have a huge target on our backs.” Tufts hosts the Colby Mules in the first game of the season on Saturday at 1 p.m.

The Colby match is the first of a four-game home-stand on Ounjian Field. Coach Mattera believes having four games on Astroturf and then multiple away games in a row allows the team to adjust better than constantly switching between home and away, where the fields may be Fieldturf. “Our big team motto is only taking it one game at a time, so all we’re focused on is just beating Colby,” senior midfielder Celia Lewis said. “They’re a good strong team and we’re going to have to play our best hockey to beat them.” Last season the Jumbos took it to the Mules 6–2 on their home field, but with the state of field hockey in the NESCAC, the Jumbos are not letting past successes influ-

ence their focus on the next game. NESCAC rivals Middlebury, Bowdoin and Trinity were also ranked within the top 10 nationally in the preseason poll, which highlights just how tough the conference can be. “Every team and every girl in this conference works their butt off and really loves to compete,” Patton said. “No game is ever easy. There’s no such thing as a single rival. Every team is your rival when you show up because the league is just that competitive. It’s really awesome to see that many NESCAC teams in the top 20 every year because you know that you get to play the best competition in the country.”

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continued from back club teams. Like all New England InterCollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) teams, Tufts competes in fleet racing during the fall season, in which two teammates — a skipper and a crew — handle each boat. While last year’s entire lineup of A level crews returns to the squad, the Jumbos must replace all but one of their skippers. Doing so will be a massive challenge for a team like Tufts, which typically tries to maintain continuity among its sailing partnerships. “Coach Legler wants to ensure that the [skipper/crew] combinations are strong,” senior tri-captain Lara Dienemann said. “A lot of other teams mix around and think that their crews are expendable, but the relationship that you build in a boat over a couple years goes a long way.”

Dienemann should know. The Portsmouth, N.H. native spent the past three years with skipper Alexander Tong (E ’17), and the duo progressed to national championships last spring, a feat that Dienemann attributed to their cohesion. This year, though, she will have to adjust to a new partner, junior Jack Bitney. “Our skippers that are [new to] the A team are really talented,” Dienemann said. “They got good experience at all the B levels and some A levels last year.” The team’s new pairs will be thrust into the flames immediately, with Tufts boats entered in seven different regattas this weekend, from the Penobscot Bay Open in Castine, Maine to the Mt. Hope Bay Invitational in Bristol, R.I. The weekend’s most high-profile event — the Harry Anderson Trophy — will take place at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., where the Jumbos recently spent

a week of preseason training. “Yale is so different than what we get at Tufts, [so] it makes a great place for preseason,” Legler said. “At Tufts, we sail on a tiny lake with flat water and very shifty wind. At Yale, there’s a steady wind but big waves.” Tufts will host the 34th Hood Trophy from Sept. 23 to 24 at its facility on Mystic Lake in Medford, Mass. On Oct. 28 to 29, the Jumbos visit Harvard and MIT for the Women’s Victorian Coffee Urn and the Erwin Schell Trophy, respectively. With solid results at those two events, both the co-ed and women’s teams will likely qualify for the Atlantic Coast Championships. A co-ed regatta will be held Nov. 11 to 12 in King’s Point, N.Y. As its name suggests, the Atlantic Coast Championships brings together the top schools on the East Coast to culminate the fall season. Last year, racing

on the local confines of Boston’s Charles River, Tufts finished second overall, just 11 points behind MIT. “The Charles … is very similar to Mystic Lake, so that’s one of the reasons why we [did] very well,” Dienemann said. The Jumbos are aware, though, that a new venue this year — Long Island Sound — means nothing is guaranteed. The team’s experience at Yale, where there are similar conditions, could be the key to a strong showing. Before Tufts can turn its attention to qualifying for the ACC, however, there’s much work to be done. The Jumbos’ performance in the fall influences which regattas they’ll compete in during the spring season. “The higher we get [our] rank, the better regattas we get into in the spring,” Legler said. “So the fall isn’t a lead up to one regatta; it all counts, starting with this weekend’s Harry Anderson Trophy.”

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Tufts golf shooting for great season this year by Liam Finnegan Sports Editor

The Tufts men’s golf team has the potential to be something special this

year. With the departure of just one player, Owen Elliott (LA ’17), and two returning co-captains, seniors Aaron Corn and Taylor Nordan, the team looks like a force to be reckoned with.

Although Elliott undoubtedly played a major role in the team’s success. Nonetheless, the Jumbos should be able to recover with two returning captains, who plan on bringing their proven lead-

ership skills back to the team. “We are looking to keep the team tight and motivated towards the goal of winning NESCACs,” Nordan said. “I try to set an example for younger kids to follow and hopefully they will work hard to accomplish what we have set out to do.” Last year, the Jumbos had a mix of average and outstanding performances in an up-and-down fall season. They finished in the middle of the pack in a number of tournaments, with a 13th-place result out of 22 teams at the Duke Nelson Invitational and a fifth-place finish out of 10 teams at the NESCAC Qualifier. The Jumbos played their best golf in the Williams Fall Invitational and the New England Championship, arguably the most important matches of the fall season, where they earned respective finishes of third out of 18 and fourth of 20. The fall season included some major highlights. At the Duke Nelson Invitational, then-first-year Brandon Karr registered Tufts’ first hole in one in over 25 years. Karr used a seven iron to sink his tee shot on the 18th hole, ending his round in style. Also, Elliott was named to the Academic AllNESCAC second team, his third consecutive All-Conference honor. Elliott was a mainstay in the team for the entirety of the fall season and was usually Tufts’ top scorer. Tufts hit the ground running in the spring season, starting off with a tied first-place finish at the Hampton Inn see GOLF, page 10

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Field hockey ready for a national championship, one game at a time by Phillip Goldberg Sports Editor

The Jumbos rolled to a 19–3 record in 2016. Those 19 wins tied the 2008 and 2012 seasons for the most victories in a season. The NESCAC is Div. III field hockey’s toughest conference. Last year Tufts defeated Middlebury 3–1 to take home the NESCAC Championship. Middlebury was the only team to score on Tufts in the NESCAC playoffs. After winning a NESCAC Championship, the Jumbos marched through three rounds of NCAA playoffs without a single opposing shot finding the net. Tufts fell to Messiah College in the National Championship game 1–0 in a shootout after two periods of overtime. As Tufts enters its 2017 season, there are a number of questions the team must answer. First among these questions is how to improve upon last year — one of the best seasons in the program’s history. “I honestly feel like that game could have gone either way,” coach Tina Mattera said. “I think [our players] were surprised that we were going to the final four, but I was not at all. Because I’ve been there before and I knew that we had the talent. So I think them seeing how good they can be has been a motivating factor big time.” Tufts’ leading scorer last season, Annie Artz (LA ’17), produced 14 goals. With her gone, the team must now look elsewhere on the roster to find scorers. Mattera expects many of those goals to come from returning forwards like senior forward Mary Travers and junior forward Gigi Tutoni, who scored nine goals apiece last season. “Mary Travers is a returning AllAmerican. She is just feisty,” Mattera said. “She gets in there. She gives 100 percent. Gigi Tutoni … came back super fit. Her stick’s been great. [Sophomore forward] Rachel Hamilton as well is just getting in there. We actually have a new [first-year], Beth Krikorian and she’s just ripping shots at practice. The coaching

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The field hockey team competes in the NESCAC Championship vs Middlebury on Nov. 6, 2016. staff is like ‘wow.’ And I love that we have a balanced attack.” With a new year comes new leadership, and senior co-captains Ellexa Thomas and Mary Kate Patton are ready for their new responsibilities. Patton netted seven goals on just 20 shots last season, while Thomas was an integral starter for a Tufts defense ranked second in the nation in average goals against. “It’s a really big honor to just represent our team on and off the field and in everything we do,” Thomas said. “Whether that’s interacting with a professor or other coaches around campus, I think being able to represent our team is super special and something we’re continuing to look forward to this season.” The new captains are taking over their

leadership roles from Nicole Arata (LA ’17) and Dominique Zarrella (LA ’17). The captains and Artz, were the only seniors on the team last season. “We’re definitely missing the three seniors that graduated, but we’re a team with a lot of depth and a lot of really great individual players who bring a lot to this team,” Patton said. “And I think we’re really excited for those girls to really step up into these new roles and take on the challenge of starting and filling shoes that we’ve lost.” The new captains’ job will be easier this year because the team is more experienced than in the past. There are twice as many seniors this year (six) as in 2016 (three) and the junior class is similarly sized. Having so many veterans on the roster allows the team to get up to speed

more quickly in the preseason. “One awesome thing about having such a big and strong upper class … [is that] the coaches don’t have to spend all of their time trying to help acclimate the [first-years],” Thomas said. The 2017 season marks the second season the Jumbos will call Ounjian Field home. Ounjian is composed of Astroturf, which is the optimal playing surface for field hockey, allowing teams to play faster and with more finesse. The Tufts roster is rife with speedsters this year, as coach Mattera is a self-labeled “speed snob.” With so many athletic pieces, playing on Astroturf highlights the Jumbos’ strengths. see FIELD HOCKEY, page 11

COED & WOMEN’S SAILING

Sailing team sets ambitious course for 2017 by Caleb Symons

Assistant Sports Editor

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Senior Molly Pleskus and junior Sabrina Van Mell sail in a regatta hosted by Boston University on April 16.

The quintessential sports coach prowls the sidelines with crossed arms, never more than a few dozen yards away from their players. Rarely, if ever, is anyone beyond shouting distance. Not so for Tufts sailing team coach Ken Legler, who often finds himself multiple states away from his athletes. That’s a result of the team’s unique schedule, which scatters its fifty-plus members scatter across the Northeast every weekend to compete in multiple regattas, some of which are co-ed while others are women’s only. “A typical event includes as few as four people…so we enter about eight events per weekend,” Legler said. This means that from Sept. 9 to Nov. 9, the Jumbos could compete in as many as 70 regattas, ranging from the top tier of college sailing (the A level) to lower echelon events with other schools’ see COED & WOMEN’S SAILING, page 11