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ASAP to host fourth annual It Happens Here event

by Natasha Mayor

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Content Warning: This article discusses sexual violence.

Action for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP) will host its fourth annual It Happens Here, an event that allows survivors of sexual assault to share their stories. It will be held on April 4 in Cohen Auditorium.

Bailey Siber, a member of the steering committee that plans the event, explained that It Happens Here aims to support and empower survivors.

“Even if a survivor doesn’t decide themselves that they want to be the one up on stage, to have their experience read aloud by another peer, another member of the Tufts community, can serve as a healing and a taking back of their own narrative,” Siber, a junior, said.

The purpose of the event is to provide a survivor-centric forum for sharing stories. Siber explained that, while many

events on campus relating to sexual assault prevention discuss facts and figures, this event intentionally does not include statistics or suggestions about getting involved with prevention, in order to emphasize the focus on sharing stories in a safe space.

Survivors can share their stories through an anonymous online submission process.

They can then decide to read their story themselves at the event, choose a friend to read it for them or specify the type of person they want to read their story. The steering committee matches volunteers to stories based on the wishes of those sharing stories, according to Siber.

“We try our best to align our volunteers with narratives that fit what the person who submitted wanted out of that person,” Siber said. “Basically, that can ensure confidentiality for the survivor and also ensure their narrative is represented as well as possible, if they chose not to share it themselves.” see ASAP, page 2

Sackler School Dean Naomi Rosenberg to retire this year

by Anar Kansara Staff Writer

Naomi Rosenberg, dean of the Sackler School of Biomedical Graduate Sciences, plans to retire at the end of the academic year, stepping down from her role as dean on June 30, according to Harris Berman, dean of the Tufts School of Medicine. Rosenberg has served as dean of the Sackler School since 2004, and she also serves as Vice Dean for Research at the School of Medicine.

According to Berman, the job of Sackler School Dean and Vice Dean for Research will be split into two positions to be filled by two candidates, and he hopes to BEN KIM / THE TUFTS DAILY have both in place by the Dean Naomi Rosenberg poses for a photo in her office at the end of the academic year. Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences on March 15.

The search for candidates interested in the Sackler School Dean advisory boards and panels, accordposition is already underway. ing to Berman. She also received a Over the course of her career, National Institute of Health MERIT Rosenberg has also been a part of national scientific and educational see ROSENBERG, page 2

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Former student and nationally-recognized sexual violence advocate, Wagatwe Wanjuki, speaks during It Happens Here, a gender violence awareness event, in Cohen Auditorium on April 2, 2014.

AOII, Theta sororities begin coordinated recruitment Sororities in good standing with the university will begin “coordinated recruitment” today, according to Meaghan Annett, president of the Panhellenic Council (Panhel). Both Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta) and Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) will be recruiting new members.

Chi Omega and Alpha Phi (APhi) will not be participating in coordinated recruitment, according to Chi Omega President Hannah Macaulay and APhi President Rachel Perry.

Both sororities are currently on cease and desist, according to a Feb. 17 Daily article.

According to Annett, coordinated recruitment will be open to first-years and will be less structured and more accommodating for potential new members (PNMs). Annett explained that Panhel voted to reinstate recruitment for sororities not on cease-and-desist after the university allowed recruitment to proceed and lifted its ban. AOII and Theta are allowed to recruit because they do not have cease and desist orders, according to Annett.

Theta’s pre-recruitment event, publicized on Facebook earlier in the semester, was open to sophomores and above and described recruitment as “informal.” Panhel has revised the recruitment structure since then.

Panhel has made various changes to the old process, including omitting Rho Gammas, sorority sisters whose role was to lead PNMs around campus. Annett explained that this structure made more sense when recruitment used to happen in the beginning of the semester when PNMs may not have known their way around campus well.

Additionally, members of Panhel’s Executive Council will be stationed either in various locations or in a centralized spot on campus to answer questions for PNMs. Annett also said the new recruitment structure will allow PNMs to explore their options without needing to pick one sorority’s event over another.

“We … wanted to make sure that a potential new member had the option to attend all the chapters they were interested in, so the timings won’t conflict with each other,” Annett said.

Additionally, coordinated recruitment will include longer events to encourage longer conversations.

Annett said that, in past years, 300 PNMs signed up for recruitment, a number that naturally decreased to 200 over the course of the week.

“I don’t think we’ll get the same numbers,” Annett said. “I’m not sure what they’ll be.”

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continued from page 1 Award in 1983 and the Tufts Zucker Award for Excellence in Research in 1994, Berman said.

Rosenberg first came to Tufts in 1977 when she joined the faculty of the School of Medicine and was one of the first faculty members of the Sackler School, founded in 1980. According to a letter written by Berman, Rosenberg pioneered the first tractable model that studies the development of leukemia in tissue culture.

Rosenberg explained when she first came to Tufts her goal was to focus on her research. However, she also developed an interest in teaching.

“Through [research work], I became involved with training graduate students in my lab and found that I enjoyed that a great deal, seeing them really mature in the way they approached science,” she said.

During her time at Tufts prior to becoming dean, Rosenberg became more involved in graduate education, serving as a student advocate and as director of one of the graduate programs involving genetics research, she said. Her experience teaching 29 graduate students both helped and informed her path as the dean of the Sackler School.

“Training Ph.D. students was really a much bigger part of my career than I anticipated when I first became a faculty member, but it was something I truly loved,” Rosenberg said. “I think it did prepare me well to become the dean because I became very familiar with graduate education.”

According to Rosenberg, her position as dean allowed her to have a larger role in graduate education than she was able to have in an individual lab.

“The role of dean [is] one where I could have some influence over a broader range of students and their training,” she said.

In particular, Rosenberg noted that she helped strengthen some of the school’s graduate programs by providing access to federal training grants. She said that one of her major roles was to ensure that graduate students not only received advanced training, but also were prepared for the next steps in their own careers, whether they be in academic research or in other fields.

A major part of addressing and serving student needs was the implementation of a robust diversity program that will lead to a more diverse biomedical workforce, according to Rosenberg. “[The diversity program] is actually something I feel really strongly about,” she said. “I feel that doing everything we can to have a campus environment that reflects the environment of our country and the population of our country is really important.”

According to Rosenberg, the Sackler School faculty has also strengthened alliances with local institutions that have strong minority representation among their student body and has provided research opportunities both during the summer and academic year.

Additionally, Rosenberg founded a fellowship with her husband to help fund research efforts by distinguished students. Rosenberg explained that she and her husband founded the fellow-

ship due to a deep commitment to and respect for the education that was instilled in them by their families.

Rosenberg hopes for the fellowship to act as part of her legacy at the Sackler School.

“Funding for students is a challenge at all levels, including Ph.D. training, and we were … very excited to be able to make a contribution in that regard.

Hopefully … it will benefit students at the Sackler School long after I’m gone,” she said.

Rosenberg credited many of her accomplishments to the supportive faculty and staff she worked with, including Associate Dean of the Sackler School Kathryn Lange and Berman.

Lange praised Rosenberg as a hard worker, and as a caring and supportive person.

“I would say that it’s probably the most satisfying working relationship I’ve had, and I’ve worked in many places and with wonderful people,” Lange said. “We started out very different, and what we learned over the years was how to use those different skills to compliment one another and to move the school forward.”

Berman agreed, saying that Rosenberg may be quiet in nature, but she works very hard and has been important to the School of Medicine and the Sackler School.

“For me, Naomi has been a trusted advisor, and I have relied on her guidance and understanding of basic science research to advance the medical school’s mission,” Berman said. “We’ve become good friends and partners in running these organizations, and I’ll really miss her.”

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continued from page 1 Siber added that anyone who identifies as a survivor of sexual misconduct can share their story, without fear of being questioned, as there is no screening process for stories.

In addition to planning the event, the It Happens Here steering committee sponsors informal gatherings for volunteers and survivors to spend time together and discuss their experiences. Siber explained that these gatherings occur before the event and are intended to make everyone feel comfortable and supported.

Following It Happens Here, the Tufts Center for Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE) will host another event for those involved to debrief and continue the conversation, according to Sexual Misconduct Prevention Specialist Alexandra Donovan.

Donovan explained that she will not attend It Happens Here, but will be in a

separate room as a resource for those who want somebody to talk to during or after the evening. Humanist-in-Residence Walker Bristol and Sexual Misconduct Resource Specialist Nandi Bynoe will also be available as resources for students throughout the evening.

Donovan and Bynoe have helped with some of the logistics for the event, such as requesting that Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers wear plain clothes instead of their uniforms so that they appear less intimidating. However, both emphasized that the event is primarily student run.

“We still want this to be a very much student-led, for-students type of program, so we’re not taking over anything to do with the control of it or the choices of stories or anything like that,” Donovan said. “That’s all the organizers’ doing. We are purely support.”

Bynoe spoke about the important of having this type of survivor-centric event as a way to make survivors feel less alone.

“It often feels like a really lonely road, so having an event where you feel supported and believed in your experience is really valuable and can be really healing,” Bynoe said.

Siber said that the feedback received from the event is typically complex, as the topic of sexual misconduct often stirs up difficult emotions.

“A lot of people are deeply moved and deeply frustrated by what they hear, but also very appreciative and grateful for the fact that this kind of thing exists,” she said.

Siber added that while It Happens Here serves primarily as an opportunity for students to share stories, all members of the Tufts community are welcome to attend. She also lamented the fact that there is a need for such an event at Tufts at all.

“As a steering committee member, I wish that It Happens Here didn’t need to happen,” she said. “It would be wonderful if there was no longer a need for it.”

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Controversial shipwreck findings on view at New York’s Asia Society

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The Asia Society presents the Secrets of the Sea exhibition, featuring artifacts from a ninth century Chinese shipwreck.

by Setenay Mufti

Assistant Arts Editor

The Asia Society in New York is featuring an exhibit of the findings of a shipwreck found on the Indonesian coast called “Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia,” from March 7 to June 4. The Arab ship had sailed to China and crashed on its return trip in the second half of the ninth century while carrying goods bound for the Middle Eastern market. The cause of the wreck is unknown, but its discovery crucially proved that trade between the two great Eastern civ-

ilizations, the Tang Dynasty and Abbasid Caliphate, was vital for both societies and was not limited to land travel on the Silk Road. However, the circumstances of the excavation have proved to be controversial — so controversial that no American museum has agreed to feature its findings until now.

The ship’s remains were found in 1998 by local sea cucumber divers off the coasts of Belitung Island in the Java Sea. Upon learning of the discovery, the Indonesian government made the controversial and, according to some, indefensible decision to hire a private, commercial salvaging

company called Seabed Explorations to excavate the wreck.

Seabed Explorations helped salvage the remains, financed the excavation and sold their finds to the Sentosa Leisure Group, a private entity owned by the Singaporean government. Sentosa in turn sought to sell the artifacts to private collectors, but also sold about 8,000 artifacts back to the Singaporean government in 2005, where they have been stored and made visible to the public in Singapore’s Asian Civilizations Museum.

The procedure was legal in Indonesia, but the controversy concerns the ethics of the transactions, not the legality. Critics of the transaction said the commercial company’s process prioritizes speed and financial gain over carefulness. In this case 63,000 of 70,000 artifacts were taken and documented in only two seasons in 1998 and 1999 — an exceedingly rushed time frame by archeological standards.

And although Seabed managed to document and photograph their procedures, potentially significant information such as which artifacts came from which grid lines of the site, was not recorded.

In 2011 the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. announced that it would feature the artifacts in “Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds,” but backlash from respected archeological institutions (including the Archeological Institute of America) as well as internal division prompted the Smithsonian to cancel the exhibit. Since then, no American museum see SHIPWRECK ARTIFACTS, page 4

FILM REVIEW

‘Beauty and the Beast’ meets expectations set by animated original

by John Fedak

Assistant Arts Editor

Though oftentimes a toss-up, movie remakes have the potential to breathe new life into a film, expanding followings and updating classic or forgotten works. That being said, they can also be dangerous; a bad remake can destroy a film’s reputation and lower audience perception of the original movie. The 2017 live-action remake of the 1991 classic “Beauty and the Beast” showcases the right way to remake. Co-produced

by Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films and directed by Bill Condon, this updated version proves that when you do a remake correctly, the end product can be polished, entertaining and successful — without needing to change too much of what made the original great.

The story of the film is the same as the original, following Belle, a young woman who is unhappy with her life and wishes it were more like a story from one of her favorite books. However, she soon gets her wish when her father Maurice is taken prisoner by the Beast, who is cursed to live as a monster because of his unkindness. Belle takes her father’s place in the Beast’s castle and, although angry and despondent at first, begins to see that the Beast might not be as bad as he seems.

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Belle (Emma Watson) and Beast (Dan Stevens) dance in ‘Beauty and the Beast.’

A star-studded cast is one way to ensure a successful remake, and the new “Beauty and the Beast” certainly follows this example. The acting in the movie is astonishing, featuring Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Ewan McGregor as Lumière and Ian McKellan as Cogsworth. The characters come to life in the hands of a multitude of famous actors, and one of the film’s main strengths is the raw talent of its actors. Whether it’s Watson’s

spot-on portrayal of Belle, McGregor and McKellan’s hilarious banter, or Stevens’ aloofness, there is something to love in almost every character this remake has to offer.

Another high point of the movie is the music. Given that this is a remake of a Disney movie, of course there is going to be singing, but the songs themselves work to great effect in the movie. The updated songs (also present in the origsee BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, page 4

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t is often said that an overarching sense of anxiety or dread permeates the work of famed writer Joan Didion. For instance, her memoir “The Year of Magical Thinking” (2005) is haunted by the reader’s knowledge of the death of her daughter, which occurred just before its publication. In a similar fashion, “Neruda” (2016) makes viewers with a knowledge of history squirm in their seats not because of the cat-andmouse drama that unfolds in the film itself, but because of the subtle moments of political atmospheric buildup to the eventual dictatorship of Chilean fascist Augusto Pinochet injected into the film, directed by Pablo Larrain.

It may seem strange to call a political film such as “Neruda” subtle. Set in 1948 after President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla outlawed the Communist Party in Chile, it follows Senator and Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) on the run, pursued by delusional fascist policeman Oscar Peluchonneau (Gael Garcia Bernal). However, it is the political developments glimpsed on the periphery of the main narrative — the forced relocation of laborers to camps, the imposition of censorship, the early construction of the network of informants and the police state — that ultimately have the most impact. By the end of Neruda’s irreverent, twisting, turning chase, the audience has seen the building blocks of Pinochet’s fascist state take shape.

The political message of “Neruda” departs from the man himself, who seems more concerned with questions of art, artifice, collective consciousness and memory, though director Larrain is careful to note their frequent intersections. As Neruda evades Peluchonneau up and down Chile’s slender sliver of territory, leaving taunting clues and taking care not to disappear completely and ruin the fun, he increasingly encounters conflicts between his politics, his writing and his own life. The undulating, melodic poetry and politics of Neruda the legend start to seem incongruous with the personal realities of Neruda the fugitive.

Neruda’s relationship with Peluchonneau raises questions about the relationship between history and fiction. Peluchonneau, reading the various clues left by Neruda, is well aware that he is being played like a fiddle. However, he cannot escape the narrative crafted for him by Neruda, creating a conflict between his independent conception of himself and his status as a character in Neruda’s story. Eventually, Peluchonneau begins to lose sight of what distinguishes Neruda from just another character in a fictional story. By the time he finally confronts Neruda, he begins to doubt whether that distinction matters at all.

Conflict is always multilayered in “Neruda.” In dealing with the inner workings of the mind of a genius up against political reality, Larrain contrasts life and history, two entities that are never one and the same. As politics develop and regimes shift, exactly where the people who influence such shifts fit in with their grand ideas and ambitions is the hardest question Larrain seeks to answer. By the time Neruda finally leaves Chile, history seems to be strictly the domain of legends, inaccessible to men.

Tommy Gillespie is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Tommy can be reached at Thomas.Gillespie@tufts.edu.

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Alec Whipple Red, White and True

The failure of the American Healthcare Act

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merica’s health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.” – Walter Cronkite On Friday afternoon, the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare, the signature healthcare law implemented by the previous presidential administration, died a quick and painful death. The bill was supposed to come to a vote on the House floor, but was pulled when it became evident that the votes to pass the bill were not there.

The death of the American Healthcare Act (AHCA), was a result of the larger issue permeating healthcare policy in America: the inability for bipartisan agreement.

Ever since President Obama made it a priority to fix American healthcare, health insurance has been one of the most divisive topics in political spheres. Anyone who supported Obamacare was reviled by Republicans, who pointed to the rising premiums and major insurance companies who dropped from the exchanges as evidence of the failing system. To the contrary, anyone who opposed Obamacare cared about nothing else but saving money and watching people die, according to Democrats. After Obamacare was passed, Republicans spent the next six years campaigning on a promise to repeal and replace it and repeatedly tried to pass legislation to do so.

In the wake of the collapse of the AHCA, Democrats seemed content to laugh at Republicans’ failure rather than try to help them pick up the pieces. The refusal of either side to acknowledge each other’s deep rooted concerns is made even more petty when the paramount issue at stake is people’s health.

Obamacare is not a perfect system, but it would be extremely difficult and disruptive to repeal it without an adequate replacement.

There are certainly issues with Obamacare that are worth addressing, such as the inability for companies to sell healthcare across state lines to promote competition. However, cutting Medicaid expansion and stripping the essential benefits from healthcare would only help the bottom line of the government and health insurance companies. In the AHCA, the only solutions presented are ones that harm people who rely on government healthcare and help wealthy people who would receive a tax cut. The bill was ultimately brought down by the fact that it tried to please everyone and satisfied no one.

Healthcare is one of the most important parts of a well-functioning society, yet it has been turned into a political tool. Republicans, because they campaigned to repeal Obamacare quickly, tried to speed through a legislative process that took Democrats years to complete. If both sides took the political aspect out of healthcare, they could meet on the common ground of the law that they both agree on. These include guaranteed treatment for preexisting conditions and the ability of someone to stay on his or her parents’ healthcare plan until they are 26.

Additionally, aspects of Obamacare such as the individual mandate could be discussed reasonably instead of Republicans treating it like the plague and avoiding it altogether.

The AHCA was a product of politics. To craft a healthcare law that comes closer to addressing the real issues with Obamacare, many politicians will have to swallow their egos and work together.

Alec Whipple is a sophomore majoring in political science. Alec can be reached at alec.whipple@tufts.edu.

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Asia Society responds to excavation controversy SHIPWRECK ARTIFACTS

continued from page 3 has attempted to exhibit these artifacts before this March.

The Asia Society’s exhibit “Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia” takes a simple and reverential approach to the artifacts, with dim lighting all around the gallery and concentrated light on the artifacts. A collection of stone storage jars and the ceramic bowls they held reflects the main exports from China for an Arab market. The ceramic combines Chinese and Arab aesthetics to reflect the product’s origin and intended ownership. Designs include traditional Hindu and Buddhist imagery, such as Makara sea creatures, as well as naturalistic imagery popular in the Middle East, including flowers, date palms and lions.

This imagery, particularly flower patterns, occurs on other artifacts like Gong Xian ware, copper mirrors and gold dishes.

The metalwork in the exhibit consists of copper, silver and gold. Although it is unclear whether they were intended for

sale, trade or diplomatic gifts, they do indicate the Tang Dynasty’s efforts to engage with elites and political figures of the Abbasid Empire and cement their relations. The exhibit also shows white ware from Xing kilns, which were desirable in both cultures and are still in stunning condition. Most significant, however, are the white ceramics painted with blue cobalt — a style that originated in Iran and which China used to appeal to the Middle Eastern market. The Chinese cobalt ceramics found on this ship are the earliest ones found to date.

While the exhibit recognizes the controversy surrounding these findings, it stands by its decision to showcase them.

As the Asia Society argues at the end of the exhibit, the actions of the Indonesian government are not so indefensible as to keep from showing such fascinating and significant artifacts. The shipwreck is considered one of the most important maritime finds of the 20th century.

The exhibition points out that Indonesia was struggling at the time the

shipwreck was discovered. The country was experiencing civil unrest and economic troubles, and realized that thew goods were being looted by local fishermen as they sat in the sea. Although Seabed did not have purely scientific motives, they took care in taking pictures of the scavenging and carefully desalinating the artifacts to restore them as fully as possible. In a country experiencing economic and social unrest and wanting to preserve its culture but lacking the ability to do so, the government acted quickly and within its financial means. While critics argue that museums showing artifacts uncovered privately rewards unethical and unscientific archeological processes, the Asia Society along with the Asian Civilizations Museum argues that public-private partnerships, though problematic, might be the best resource for poor countries with archeological finds. Either way, the Asia Society managed to maintain grace and respect in its exhibition, even in the face of controversy.

‘Beauty and the Beast’ pays homage to original film with some new additions BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

continued from page 3 inal film) such as the titular masterpiece “Beauty and the Beast” or the ever-favorite “Be Our Guest” are incredibly faithful to the original versions and lose none of their original charm. However, the film added three new songs, which also add their own charm.

Of these additions, “Evermore” stands out for both its melody and its message. Sung by the Beast after he lets Belle leave, it is a powerful rendition that allows him to express his love for her and his own feelings in a way that the original Beast was unable to do.

The final strength of the movie is found in both its special effects and in its attention to detail. By utilizing modern technology, the beloved characters of the original come to life in beautiful settings, and while at times the computer-generated imagery (CGI) may be applied a bit too generously (Did the Beast really need to be computer-generated?), overall it helps the movie instead of hindering it.

The attention to detail the film provides is impressive as well. For example, the Beast now has a slight backstory to explain why his servants were cursed and why he became such a cruel person. Another touching detail is that this Beast shares a love of books with

Belle, which makes her love for him seem more genuine. Although they may go mostly unnoticed, it is details such as these that help an aged film come to life once more, ensuring that the transition from 1991 to 2017 goes off without a hitch.

All in all, this re-imagined classic manages to retell the story of Belle and the Beast with very few hiccups. The heavy use of CGI may be off-putting, but the new content combined with the familiarity present in any Disney movie will satisfy audiences who can indulge in their nostalgia while admiring the mostly beneficial revisions to the original feature film.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

OP-ED

So you willfully misunderstood the protestors

by Leticia Rocha Editor’s note: The following is a response to a March 8 op-ed by first-year Rachel Wolff titled “So you protested Governor Baker.”

You claim the Tufts administration is embarrassed by our actions. Well, I am embarrassed to attend a university that claims to unconditionally support undocumented students, yet welcomes a man who stated he would veto all legislation protecting immigrants that came across his desk. I am not just embarrassed. I am devastated.

It is even more upsetting when students like you dismiss the rightful frustrations of other students. No one believes that “the issues of today are gone” or that we solved them.

Student organizers are constantly putting in work for the improvement of this campus and the communities we are a part of, and know better than anyone just how much needs to be done for any change to occur.

You claim to be upset by the lack of protestors attending the CIVIC meeting to explain themselves. Yet I know for a fact that people reached out to you personally to explain our actions, not to mention the significant number of posts made to discuss our motives. I am sorry that we were not all able to attend the forum that is most convenient for you. Meetings for every student organization involved in the protests are open to the Tufts community, so if you

want to have further discussion, you are free to attend any of them. Fighting for basic human rights is not a matter of convenience.

Not to mention, your first impulse after the protests was to make a post on Facebook expressing your “disappointment.” This is not a way to foster discussion.

You claim that we are privileged to be in the United States where we can protest.

You say we would be jailed or lashed in other countries for doing the same. This is an unacceptable statement dangerously close to taking an apologist stance to all the atrocities committed by this country’s government not only to other countries but to its own people. What do you call what is happening to the indigenous people protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, desperately fighting to maintain clean water and to have their sacred grounds respected? What about Black Lives Matter protesters who have been brutalized over and over, arrested unjustly for protesting the unending slaughter of black people by the police? Do not tell me that protesters in the United States are privileged. Do not dare imply that this country is better than any other. Unrestrained patriotism is not a way to foster discussion.

The core of your objections lie at the fact that the protestors should have had a discussion with Charlie Baker. Please, tell me which politician has ever given a truly straight answer during any discussion. Since

you are so appreciative of the American tradition of civilized discussion, why don’t we go back to the beginning of this country?

Need I remind you that the founding of the United States was based on protest, not sitting around and having friendly conversation? Would you call those who threw tea in Boston Harbor anything but protesters?

Would you say they too should have persisted with fruitless discussion to express their frustrations with unjust government?

Your outright disdain for the protesters is clear. There is no need to put fascism in quotations — we know Charlie Baker is not a fascist, but what you obviously do not see is that moderate politicians like him play into the fascism that is unfolding under the current administration. I have said it before, and I’ll say it again — Baker’s policies lead to the literal destruction of lives. Your ability to poke fun at the protesters is inherently a privileged action.

If you were truly concerned about the issues we care so strongly for, you would not waste your time writing a piece that aims to belittle our legitimate expression of frustration and call for action. I do not worry about alienating people that want to help, because if that desire was genuine, they would be listening to the “chants and insults” you demonize and would join the fight.

To you it may seem like silly progressive college students overreacting because

WHY IT’S HARD TO “STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES”

they don’t support a Republican governor’s agenda. You are not disenfranchised in this society. You are not a part of the most vulnerable populations in this country that are directly affected by Charlie Baker’s policies and complacency. I do not know you personally, so do not see this as an attack aimed at you directly. I do know that you do not live every day fearing violence and deportation, and that is privilege enough.

This applies to everyone who continues to belittle the actions of those who protested Charlie Baker.

This is not about being Republican, Democrat or anywhere else on the political spectrum. Expecting more from a university that has promised safety to its students and continuously claims to be progressive is not something that should be looked down upon. More importantly, demanding that politicians uphold basic human rights should not be something that needs to be explained. When you fail to evaluate your own privilege, and criticize protesters who are giving a voice to those who are unable to speak out, you are succumbing to the system that allowed the current president and his administration to come into power.

Leticia Rocha is majoring in clinical psychology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Leticia can be reached at leticia.rocha@tufts.edu.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Lane Hall art studios I’d like to thank David Nickerson for highlighting the current condition of the art studios in Lane Hall (“Tufts and SMFA look to address lack of art studio space on Medford/Somerville campus,” 3/15/17). While there is no plan to renovate Lane Hall at this time, there is a conceptual plan to relocate the art studios to Barnum Hall in 2019. The move of research and teaching labs to the new Science and Engineering Complex this summer will create opportunities to use vacated spaces for new purposes, particularly in the 58,000-square-foot Barnum/Dana complex. The next step is to determine if Barnum is suitable for art studios, which require more infrastructure than typical classrooms. This and related matters will be addressed over the next several months during the feasibility phase and design development for the Barnum/Dana reuse project.

Sincerely, Lois Stanley Director, Campus Planning

SHANNON GEARY

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY

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Baseball comes home ranked top team in New England BASEBALL

continued from page 8 on contact with two outs, with each of them easily scoring to take an 11-9 lead.

Kinney then closed out the game in a scoreless bottom of the ninth. Kinney, who figures to be the team’s main closer this season, recorded three saves and a win on the trip and has a 2.16 ERA. In the lone loss of the season so far, Tufts fell short of a perfect road trip during its game against Lynchburg College on Friday. A two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth allowed Lynchburg

to beat the visitors 8-7. The Jumbos’ play was sloppier on Friday, as they committed three errors in the game after committing just two throughout their first six games, but they still maintained a 7-6 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.

The Hornets tied the score and had a man on third with two outs and a 1-2 count when the Hornets’ Griffin Wild flew to center. But Santos-Ocampo — who was one of the Jumbos’ hottest hitters and who ironically had gone 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs in the

game — misjudged the ball and saw it land in front of him as the Hornets walked off with the win.

Kutch described the game against Lynchburg as testament to the fact that the team had not been playing as well as it could have throughout its spring break trip.

“We made some mistakes on the field, and we came together and realized that we hadn’t been playing our best the whole trip,” Kutch said. “We need to play at our best regardless of if we win or lose.

[That game] acted as a wake-up call and got us in the right mindset for the rest of

the trip.”

Despite an overall strong start to the season, the team still feels it has more to work on.

“I don’t think we are firing on all cylinders just yet,” Kutch said. “It is still the beginning of a season and we are still coming together as a unit. Good strides have been made, but there is a lot of work to be done.”

The team will host its home-opener on Huskins Field tomorrow against Mass Maritime at 3 p.m.

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Fret not, the 19​th​ annual​ Tufts Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Symposium​ is finally here.

(Well, not yet. But it IS happening on Thursday, May 4​th​, 2017 between 11AM and 8PM. The application deadline is Friday, March 31​st​, 2017.)

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Sports BASEBALL

Following best season in program history, Jumbo baseball off to hot start in 2017

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Then-junior Tim Superko pitches during a baseball game against Brandeis on April 9, 2016.

by Savannah Mastrangelo Assistant Sports Editor

Continuing the success of last year’s school record-setting 35-win season, Tufts opened its 2017 season with its annual spring break trip to Virginia and North Carolina and recorded six straight wins and an 8-1 overall start. The latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll, taken on March 21 after the team had played just three games, had Tufts ranked tenth in the nation and first in New England.

The Jumbos were hot at the plate in their first action of the spring, boasting a team batting average of .346 and outscoring their opponents 95-57 over the nine games. The pitching staff posted a team ERA of 3.64 with opponents hitting .282 against them, both solid early-season stats considering that coach John Casey was trying to work in a number of young pitchers over the course of the trip and relied less on his veteran starters. The 8-1 record also marks the program’s most successful spring break trip since Tufts’ 11-1 trip in 2014, and this year’s squad is already on pace to surpass last season’s program-best 35-8 overall record.

But the team isn’t concerned with any of those numbers or stats at this point in the season. Though the Jumbo offense is clearly hot right now, senior second baseman Tom Petry noted that the team’s mentality at the plate is still focused on turning in quality at-bats.

“We don’t focus on average as much as we focus on understanding the importance of each pitch, being able to refocus each pitch, and not getting distracted,” Petry said.

Showing off their ability to rally late in a game, the Jumbos capped off the trip with a dramatic extra-innings win

on Sunday. Tufts was down 5-0 to host Virginia Wesleyan University after the second inning and the visitors didn’t get on the scoreboard until pushing a run across in the fourth to come within four runs.

Jumbo first-year right-hander Brent Greeley came in to relieve starter and senior tri-captain Tim Superko in the bottom of the fourth and turned in an impressive collegiate debut, pitching a 1-2-3 frame in his first inning on the mound and allowing no runs and just three hits over three-and-two-thirds innings, giving his team a chance to come back.

The Jumbos tied it up at 5-5 with a four-run rally in the sixth, with junior shortstop Christian Zazzali knocking in two runs with a base hit followed by an RBI single from Petry and then a sac fly from senior tri-captain Harry Brown. Both teams added a run each in the eighth inning to keep the score tied at 6-6, and after a scoreless ninth inning the game went into extra innings.

Senior right fielder Oscar Kutch got things started for Tufts in the 10th by drilling a one-out triple down the right field line, and then sophomore catcher Eric Schnepf drove in the game-winning run by singling through the left side to bring Kutch home as Tufts took a 7-6 lead. Tufts junior closer Ian Kinney then pitched a 1-2-3 bottom half of the inning to seal up the win for the Jumbos and earn the save.

Petry said the team has been working to improve trust among its players.

“We’ve been working on making the play in your face and trusting the guys next to you, trusting the pitcher, knowing the guys next to you are going to make the play,” Petry said. “We focus on doing one thing at a time [and] it all falls into place. We don’t worry about

the second throw before we make the first throw.”

Sunday’s victory followed a more comfortable 12-2 win over the Apprentice School on Saturday in which junior first baseman Nick Falkson went three for four at the plate and had four RBIs on the game.

First-year Brad Marchetti pitched two scoreless innings in his first collegiate appearance, and senior tri-captain Speros Varinos clinched his third win on the season after giving up just two runs in a five-inning start. Varinos, who was named to D3Baseball.com’s Preseason All-America Second Team back in January, leads the rotation so far with his 3-0 record and an impressive 1.42 ERA. The team rarely trailed in its first six games of the trip, defeating Castleton University 6-4, St. Vincent College 22-0, Apprentice 12-4 in the first meeting of the two teams on March 18, Guilford College 11-9, Averett University 10-1 and Methodist University 8-5.

Against Guilford, Tufts entered the ninth inning down 9-7 after blowing an early 6-1 lead by giving up six unanswered runs across the fourth, fifth and sixth frames. Tufts sophomore center fielder Casey Santos-Ocampo tied the game 7-7 in the eighth inning with an RBI double, but Guilford responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead.

Tufts battled back with four runs in the ninth to steal the win on a crucial Guilford error. Santos-Ocampo came to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth and, down to his final strike with the game on the line, drilled a fly ball into right field that the Guilford right fielder couldn’t hold onto. All three baserunners took off see BASEBALL, page 7

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Sam Nowicki Teeing Off

Masters preview part 1

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t’s the most wonderful time of the year. The Masters is just around the corner, and in less than two weeks we will have crowned a new winner, or better yet, a new winner will have slipped on that beautiful green jacket.

The first major of the year will be hosted at Augusta National in Augusta, Ga. as it is every year during the first full week of April. The Masters will run this year from Thursday, April 6 through Sunday, April 9 (my birthday … it’s like God and Arnold Palmer got together and said “We love you, Sam”) and can be viewed on air on ESPN on Thursday and Friday, and CBS on Saturday and Sunday. Also, tune in on Wednesday afternoon for the Par 3 contest, hosted on ESPN. This short course features the professionals of the world playing on a ‘chip and putt’ par 3 track, and it’s just as immaculate as the rest of Augusta National!

Danny Willett won the tournament last year, or at least he took home the green jacket. Willett won the tournament after Jordan Spieth (last year’s defending champ) made a quadruple-bogey seven on the 12th hole, hitting two shots into the water. Spieth’s collapse opened the door for Willett. who held off Lee Westwood and Spieth’s attempts to make a comeback.

What and who to watch for this year: the course has experienced no major changes in construction so the play should be similar to previous years. The conditions of the week will have the biggest effect on scoring, as per usual. If the winds are swirling, club selection can be a challenge and you should therefore expect a higher score to be the winner (four to six shots under par for the week). But, if the wind is calm and the course is a little moist the greens can become slower and quite receptive to good shots leaving shorter birdie putts. This could lead to a tournament where the players are able to really go low (14 to 18 shots under par for the week could also be a winner).

This year will also be the first since 1955 where Arnold Palmer will neither be playing nor presiding over the tournament. The four-time Masters champ passed away last September, just before the Ryder Cup. His loss was felt not only by the golf world, but by the whole sporting world. Mr. Palmer will always be remembered as a great man who inspired an army of loyal followers, affectionately calling themselves “Arnie’s Army.” Mr. Palmer was also one of the first athletes to be both a celebrity and an athlete, and effectively married professional athletes with corporate sponsors.

The azaleas, Augusta’s famous flower, have unfortunately already begun to bloom and will most likely not be flowering during the tournament. This comes despite the groundskeepers’ best efforts, which include putting the buds on ice (literally encapsulating them in blocks of ice to prevent blooming). If there were ever a reason to go green and accept global warming, this is surely it!!

Next week I’ll give you my “who to watch” list, and my picks for the tournament … including both a mainstream pick, a dark horse and a “deep track, never play the hits” pick.

Sam Nowicki is a junior majoring in biochemistry. Sam can be reached at samuel. nowicki@tufts.edu.