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SMFA to change financial aid, tuition policies

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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts will increase tuition and replace merit scholarships with need-based financial aid for incoming students, according to university officials at both institutions.

The shifts will effectively streamline the recently-acquired art school’s financial policies, making them closer to Tufts’ policies as a whole. The SMFA, which had previously shared close ties to Tufts through the schools’ dual degree program, merged with Tufts last summer.

Prior to the acquisition, all accepted SMFA students were considered for the SMFA Scholarship, which was granted to students based on merit, according to a 2016 version of the SMFA’s website. That scholarship will be phased out beginning next year, according to Director of Financial Aid Patricia Reilly.

In an email to the Daily, Reilly noted that the cut, which she said will not impact students already receiving SMFA merit scholarships, will standardize university financial policy.

Reilly wrote that SMFA students will be considered for need-based financial aid from the same budget as all other undergraduate students.

“When the last of the grandfathered SMFA classes graduates, the practice of

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The rhino statue outside the SMFA main building is pictured here on March 24. awarding merit scholarships will end,” Reilly wrote. “This will bring the SMFA at Tufts fully in line with the Tufts financial aid policy, which determines aid based solely on demonstrated financial need.”

Reilly said that Tufts plans to match

demonstrated financial need for incoming SMFA students, though she noted that the university considers the financial need of applicants.

Despite the abandonment of merit scholarships, Reilly explained that other SMFA

merit awards will continue. Grants such as the $25,000-per-year Springborn Fellowship, which is awarded to two students per year and is described on the SMFA website as “the see SMFA TUITION, page 2

Twitter vice president speaks about social network’s role in public opinion

Powder House Community School in Teele Square begins development

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Colin Crowell, the vice president of global public policy and corporate philanthropy at Twitter, spoke about how Twitter has changed civic discourse in recent years at a talk entitled “Twitter Diplomacy” yesterday afternoon in the ASEAN Auditorium.

The event was sponsored by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, the Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World, the Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs, Tech@Fletcher and the Office of the Senior Associate Dean at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

In his opening remarks, Crowell explained that Twitter offers a platform so that world leaders can communicate with

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“You’re able to see how world leaders feel, and at times quite viscerally, about these issues as they play out,” he said.

In particular, Crowell mentioned the negotiations between former President Barack Obama and officials from Cuba, during which Cuban leaders used Twitter to connect with people around the world.

“This is a way that a historically closed society was opening up and creating an aperture for people to see what they were thinking and what their perspectives were on [the new relationship] between the [United States] and Cuba,” he said.

Crowell also discussed how Twitter can shape public opinion, noting in particular Michelle Obama’s advocacy for the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, which brought see TWITTER, page 3

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Preparations have begun for a mixed-use development at Powder House Community School in Teele Square. The development, which will be built by development company MarKa using the structure of a vacant elementary school, will conclude construction by summer 2018, according to MarKa Director of Development Steven Azar.Azar said that the development will include affordable and market-rate units, including age-restricted units and loftstyle units for artists.

“We’re creating this inclusive, intergenerational campus-style environment that is just not a standard development model,” he said.

According to Azar, the development will incorporate the majority of the old school

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building and demolish parts of it. The developer chose to leave the structure of the building both to reduce the impact of construction on surrounding neighbors and to make construction more sustainable, Azar explained.

“It makes a lot of sense to maintain the structure there,” Azar said. “There would be a lot of wasted energy [otherwise].”

Part of the complex will include Powderhouse Studios, a non-traditional public high school, according to a Dec. 8, 2016 Daily article. In addition, a public park and plaza will be incorporated into the development, according to MarKa’s website.

The City of Somerville chose MarKa’s proposal to redevelop the property in July 2015, and MarKa bought the site for $2 mil-

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continued from page 1 most prestigious undergraduate award at the SMFA,” will not be impacted.

Incoming SMFA students will also pay the Tufts tuition rate, rather than the SMFA’s lower rate. Nancy Bauer, the dean of the SMFA and a dean of academic affairs in the School of Arts and Sciences, wrote in an email to the Daily that tuition, fees and room and board expenses for new SMFA students will be identical to that of undergraduates on the Medford/Somerville campus.

Expenses for the coming school year add up to $68,372, according to a March 10 email to the Tufts community.

Bauer said that Bachelor of Fine Arts students currently enrolled in the SMFA will pay $59,126 in 2017-2018, which she said was an increase of 3.6 percent from the current SMFA rate.

“The percent increase is identical to the percent increase in tuition, fees and room and board for the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering,” Bauer added.

Senior Allyson Blackburn, a former SMFA dual-degree student, told the Daily that her decision to leave the five-year program was based partly on financial constraints. She called the recent change unfair, noting that athletic and dining facilities as well as student activities are less easily accessible for students on the SMFA campus.

“While I think that it makes sense for Tufts to standardize for undergraduate students, SMFA students living by the SMFA campus do not have nearly as much access to resources that student’s living at Tufts do,” she said.

Caleb Davis, the administrative manager for SMFA at Tufts, said that

the university has been working to inform the SMFA community about the tuition changes. He said that Tufts will reach out to current SMFA students on financial aid to explain the policy shifts and answer questions.

Bauer explained that the shifts work to balance financial accessibility with tuition hikes.

“We realize that students and their families are concerned about the rising cost of higher education, which is why we are working hard to control expenses and limit tuition increases,” she said. “At the same time, we are committed to meeting the full demonstrated financial need of all of our new students for every year they are at the SMFA at Tufts and honoring the tuition scale and financial/merit aid plans [that] students … expected when they matriculated.”

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The city had initially selected a proposal by Tufts, but Somerville ended negotiations with Tufts after learning that Tufts was not planning to develop the property in the near future, according to a March 25, 2014 Daily article.

George Proakis, the director of planning for the City of Somerville, said MarKa’s proposal was chosen because of its design, particularly the idea for artist spaces and community living.

“They were the first choice for the vast majority of the community,” he said.

Azar noted that MarKa held a series of community meetings to discuss the proposal and gauge neighbors’ opinions.

“We listened to what the city put out,” Azar said. “All we did was put together a

proposal and brainstorm about how to put together a development that responded to what the community wanted.”

Somerville decided to make the complex a mixed-use development, including residential and commercial space, because it wanted the space to fulfill as many of SomerVision master plan’s goals as possible. SomerVision calls for more mixed-use, mixed-income and transit-oriented developments.

“A single-use development would not be able to achieve all of the goals we had in mind,” Proakis said.

Somerville Alderman Katjana Ballantyne explained that a mixed-use development ensures that the space will be attractive to people at all times of the day.

Like many buildings in Davis Square, the first floor of the development will include artist units and commercial spaces, and the top floors are primarily for residential and

office uses, according to Ballantyne.

Both Proakis and Ballantyne agree that this development fulfills Somerville’s larger SomerVision goals.

It satisfies its open space requirements and helps meet affordable housing, creative economy and art spaces goals, they said. In addition, the public park, which will include a mural and art displays, was a priority for many local residents, Ballantyne said.

“I hope the development creates a vibrant little center of activity,” Proakis said. “I hope it brings people in the community together who are looking at art and provides an open space that the whole neighborhood can be proud of.”

Ballantyne expressed similar optimism for the development and the park.

“I hope it creates a hub for residents,” Ballantyne added. “I hope it’s a place where people would like to hang out.”

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continued from page 1 attention to the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian girls from a school in 2014.

“It’s not always about going back and forth with world leaders. It’s also an opportunity for leaders to use these new tools to create awareness, to provoke empathy, to manage a crisis response and to manage some of the informational issues around that,” he said.

After his opening speech, Crowell sat down for a discussion facilitated by Tisch College Dean Alan Solomont.

Crowell explained that the internet has limited governments’ abilities to control the flow of information.

“Historically, controlling authorities would use broadcast media to send their messages to the masses, so the controlling authority would go down the vertical [axis],” he said. “But with the rise of the internet, it meant that people could send messages along that vertical back to authorities.”

Social media, Crowell argued, creates an entirely different way for information to flow through society, allowing people who share viewpoints on civic issues to connect with each other.

When Solomont asked whether Twitter replaces forms of traditional media, Crowell claimed that Twitter adds to, rather than replaces, traditional media.

“The reality is that Twitter in many respects is a pointing device,” he said.

“Individual tweets will point back to the Washington Post or The New York Times … so it doesn’t supplant that which exists but supplements it.”

He explained that, in addition to forms of traditional media adapting to changing technology, social media allows other voices to be expressed. These other voices allow for different viewpoints as

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Vice President of Global Public Policy and Corporate Philanthropy at Twitter Colin Crowell and Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life Dean Alan Solomont discuss how Twitter impacted diplomacy in Cabot ASEAN Auditorium on March 29. well as new information from citizens about breaking news stories.

“A lot of times, what’s happening in different parts of the world are brought to us by people who are not journalists,” he said. “The initial breaking news comes from people on the scene.”

He noted that journalists themselves often use Twitter to find out about breaking news.

Additionally, Crowell said that Twitter works extensively with journalists to make sure that they can effectively use Twitter to communicate new stories.

“We do a lot of work training journalists on Twitter. We go to newsrooms to do these trainings. We also work hard to verify

the accounts of journalists,” he said.

Crowell acknowledged that, while individuals’ Twitter experiences are largely defined by their choices of whom to follow and what to discover, Twitter can also be used to spread false information.

“There are certainly vectors for information that’s false to come into … your Twitter experience, and we have often seen practitioners of different strategies trying to game … platforms [like the] trending topics list, for example,” he said.

He mentioned that when people misuse the system with automated accounts, there are structures in place to keep them from overrunning the platform.

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“We work with our engineering team around those networks of manipulation — some may call them automated accounts,” he said. “We use proprietary anti-spam techniques to look for signals [and to] remove those accounts.”

Ultimately, Crowell argued that although free speech on social media allows false information to spread, Twitter’s popularity with journalists allows the spread of truth as a corrective measure.

“One of the things that … is certainly true about Twitter is that rumors, innuendo and false information can spread very fast,” he said. “On the other hand … the truth can be spread fast as well.”

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our show whether the show is a feminist show and whether our characters are feminist characters, and we came to the conclusion that it is a feminist show because the characters are just women.

Every woman is different. We’re full of many different qualities.”

One of the most crucial characters in Torn Ticket II’s production of “Chicago” is Hunyak, a Hungarian immigrant in the same prison as Roxie. The only words in English that Hunyak knows are “not guilty,” which she repeats through-

tive.” In traditional Broadway productions that strictly follow original choreographer Bob Fosse’s stage directions, Billy Flynn sings with scantily-clad female members of the ensemble behind him, while men in suits dance behind Roxie when she sings.

“There’s an uncomfortable dynamic.

There’s a power thing there,” Hyman said, pointing out the double standard implicated by this trope.

In the Torn Ticket II production, the entire ensemble wears similar costumes,

“Chicago” may take place in the 1920s, but many of the issues the musical deals with are still relevant today. Torn Ticket II’s production of the show, which runs March 30 through April 1 in Cohen Auditorium, will explore sexism, xenophobia and corrupt media — all issues that have been making headlines recently.

Michelle Hyman, a senior majoring in art history, plays the lead female role in “Chicago,” Roxie Hart. Hyman has been studying acting since the age of seven and singing since age nine, but “Chicago” is the first musical of her Tufts career.

As a performer, she has explored other media at The Institute Sketch Comedy and the Tufts University Te l e v i s i o n (TUTV ) miniseries “Pantheon University.”

“I always told myself I would audition for a COURTESY RAY BERNOFF / TORN TICKET II musical if the Velma Kelly (Nathalie Andrade) sings during the first act of ‘Chicago’ on March 29. right one came along, like the perfect one,” Hyman out the show. and both male and female members dance said. “So when ‘Chicago’ came around “[Hunyak] is the only [woman in behind Billy and Roxie when they sing. my senior spring, I was like, ‘I abso- the prison] who can’t defend herself Hyman also explained that Bob Fosse’s lutely have to audition for this.’ I like because she is the only one who can’t choreography included gendered dance ‘Chicago’ because every number is like speak English,” Hyman said. “She’s the moves in which male and female pera vaudeville number and you get to one who — spoiler alert — dies. All formers would move in very specifreally perform it.” these other women are able to use their ic ways. Performers in the Torn Ticket Simone Allen, a senior majoring in privilege to get themselves out of pris- II production were given the option to music, is the musical director of “Chicago.” on, and that is something that really experiment with these moves outside the Chicago is the 11th production that Allen rings true today: that people in a posi- bounds of gender. has worked on during her time at Tufts; oth- tion of privilege are more easily able to “We were given the option to play with ers include “Into the Woods,” “Little Shop of get out of the system.” that, so that people could explore Bob Horrors” and her own short musical.

Since President Donald Trump issued Fosse movements without feeling overly Allen explained that female characters the travel ban on Jan. 27, prejudice against gendered,” Hyman said. in musicals are often boxed into stereo- immigrants has entered the national spotAllen said that the choreography of typical roles, which grew out of opera. light, perhaps more so than in the recent “Chicago” will be quite provocative.

“There are character types for women past. Hunyak’s death reflects some of this “Our show is very sexy. There are a lot especially. Usually there is the ingénue, current xenophobia. of scantily-clad dancers on the stage,” who is a young and innocent soprano “A xenophobic frame of mind is what Allen said. “We are trying to do it in as who is not very three-dimensional. Or led to her execution. That’s very relevant progressive a way as we possibly can, in a there’s the alto, who is sexy and might today,” Hyman said. way that the dancers feel empowered and have worse moral character. The nice Allen added that while the media por- comfortable with one another.” thing about ‘Chicago’ is that there are trays Roxie as a beautiful, tragically misSophomore Rich Kirby, junior Deborah not any female characters who fit either understood vaudeville performer, Hunyak Greene and senior Megan McCormick — of those,” Allen said. “Often in operas, is a foreigner who cannot defend herself. who also plays the character Mary Sunshine the music is beautiful, but the plot is “The media doesn’t know what to do — choreographed the production. not very complicated and the charac- with that, so they don’t try to get her out “Chicago is really a choreographer’s ters aren’t always three-dimensional,” of jail,” she said. dream,” Kirby told the Daily in an email. she said. “In the early days of musical Allen links the media today and the “Deborah [Greene], Megan [McCormick] theater, I think they were drawing more role of media in “Chicago.” Referencing and I all created 15 dance numbers that all on that model.” the use of the phrases “fake news” and had very contrasting styles, ranging from Hyman explained how Roxie Hart “alternative facts” in today’s headlines, Fosse to burlesque. I think the hardest chalbreaks this mold. Roxie is a young woman Allen said, “Something that we’re trying lenge for me as a choreographer was ‘Razzle in an unhappy marriage who dreams of to emphasize in the show is people view- Dazzle,’ since I had to teach the dancers becoming a vaudeville star. After a fight, ing the media more for shock value than how to be sexy. The BDSM theme of the Roxie murders her lover on the side and for actual facts.” song was a little foreign to me at first.” finds herself in prison.

For example, in the song “We Both Allen hopes that “Chicago” will chal“You want to call her the villain Reached for the Gun,” Billy Flynn, the lenge the audience. because she murders her lover, but lawyer for Roxie and other inmates, “I really hope that it makes people there’s a lot of humanity there,” Allen feeds the media Roxie’s completewly think and that they’re slightly creeped out said. “At the same time, you want to made-up alibi. He tricks the media into and disturbed by the end,” she said. categorize her as a heroine or some sort sympathizing more with Roxie than the She also hopes that the show will prompt of ingénue character, but she’s way too person she murdered. reflection on the current issues of immigramanipulative to be that character.”

“He completely manipulates them, tion, xenophobia and press censorship.

Hyman added that “Chicago” is a fem- twists the facts and twists everybody’s In addition to serious contemplation, inist show because of its wide variety perception,” Allen said.

“Chicago” will be a source of energy and of female characters.

According to Hyman, Torn Ticket II entertainment for the audience.

“We talked a lot over the course of will slightly queer the “Chicago narra“It’s just a really fun show,” Allen said.

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Portal

hy should you play “Portal” (2007)? Because it is arguably the most intuitively-designed game ever made. Also because it’s hilarious, absurdly fun, outstandingly satisfying and has a very touching origin story if you’re interested. But there are so many facets of this wonderful little four-hour game that exploded expectations everywhere that I’m only going to focus on two: innovation and tutorial.

In the world of “Portal,” you wake up to white walls as a test subject for Aperture Laboratories and must navigate a series of chambers containing puzzles of increasing complexity. Your only contact is a robotic voice full of Valve’s patented dark, dry humor telling you what to do, and you’re given no weapon for the entirety of the game even though it’s in first person perspective.

Let’s just say that before “Portal,” there were few first person games that contained no other tools but a gun not meant to harm anyone. Now there are countless riffs on the idea because it was so ingenious. In “Portal,” you manipulate your reachable spaces by teleporting through portals you manually place on the walls, floor and ceiling.

This many seem like a daunting or at least dizzying idea, but “Portal” leads you into its depths one step at a time.

Without spoiling anything, I can firmly say that all lessons “Portal” teaches you about its world culminate in the game’s conclusion. In this way, “Portal” is one big tutorial, and even the youngest of players can figure things out for themselves in such an environment. In fact, whenever someone asks me what they should start with when getting into the world of games, I nearly always answer with “Portal” for PC. Because players can proceed at their own pace with absolutely no retribution in-game and because a lot of user action is met with entertaining voice lines attaching the player to the world, I believe “Portal” is a perfect first game. Never used a WASD + mouse control setup? That’s fine.

“Portal” won’t start messing with you until you’ve got your footing. Not used to puzzles? That’s also alright. Take your time. “Portal” is an elegant game with simple goals explained explicitly and accomplished perfectly by level designers. Unlike quite a few puzzle games, “Portal” doesn’t want to make you feel stupid; quite the opposite, it wants to make you feel like a genius.

“Portal” is available for purchase for $9.99 and is frequently on sale for $4.99 on Steam. Available platforms are Windows OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and even Android for specific devices (though it will require the use of a controller). Additionally, if you play and love Portal, its sequel came out four years later in 2011, and expanded on the world of Aperture Science and its characters. If you found any part of Portal charming (and how could you not?), Portal 2 is also worth checking out.

Fury Sheron is a junior majoring in Japanese. Fury can be reached at lahna. sheron@tufts.edu.

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4 Italian cookie flavoring 5 Filmmaker Craven 6 Holly Golightly’s creator 7 Place for annual pledging 8 Chaplin of “Game of Thrones” 9 Balloon 10 Elite Eight survivors 11 War god 12 Target of many a New Year’s resolution 13 Poses 21 Floor installers 22 Savior of Scout and Jem, in “To Kill a Mockingbird” 24 Filly, eventually 27 Mild rebuke 29 End of a ball game?

30 Great American Ball Park team 31 COLA component 32 69-Across holders

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33 Vet school subj.

34 Joel’s “Cabaret” co-star 35 Hinted-at hidden meanings 37 AFC East team 40 Sis or bro 41 Grade of excellence: Abbr.

46 Cab alternative 48 Opposite of guzzled 50 Cube’s dozen

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52 Expectant mom’s words 53 Inscribed pillar 54 Lead on 55 Blockbuster 56 Some TV screens 57 They work better when they focus 58 Dairy Queen order 59 Lucky streak 63 Skillful, facetiously

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Anna Tolette The Elephant in the Room

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Post-summit soreness reflections

am sitting in seat 20A of a United Airlines flight home to New York from Denver. Luckily, I conned my dad out of the window seat, so I get the lovely pleasure of looking out on the miles upon miles of farmland that the western United States has to offer. My family flew out to Colorado for spring break to go skiing with my brother, Robby, who recently graduated college and decided to move his life to Boulder. I admire how he decided to live somewhere 1,000 miles away from home. He picked a place that he wanted to live and he straight up went there. He didn’t have anything figured out except for an I’ll-figure-it-out-when-I-get-there mentality, packed up and drove across the country with no hesitations. I wish that I were able to follow my gut as clearly and directly as he does.

Being a Tolette means that there is no hope of a relaxing beach vacation, not ever. You can expect movement until every inch of your body is aching. The past six days, we woke up to get to various mountains before first chair and skied straight through until the last chair of the day, with only a quick stop to scarf down lunch. Tolettes don’t quit until they are bruised, battered or end up with a torn ACL, and maybe don’t even quit then. I would classify Robby as a textbook adrenaline junkie. He gets thrills for the most part from hurling himself down mountains at high speeds, whether it is on skis, snowboard or long board depending on the season.

An important rule that we have learned to adhere to is that one should never, ever call “last run” while skiing. It’s some sort of Murphy’s Law: in saying that it’s the last run of the day, if something were to go wrong, it will. These are the exact words that have landed my brother in surgery multiple times at the very end of ski vacations or skateboard races. He’s broken his wrist twice, his ankle, his elbow, and now tore his ACL throwing himself off a cliff on that last run of the day. The thing is, while those injuries may stop some people, it drives him forward with an even stronger conviction to do the things that makes him who he is. The first thing he said when he came back from the ER was that he was going to do the maximum amount of physical therapy allowed so that he could get back to doing the hiking, biking and downhill self-hurling that he loves so much as soon as possible.

This is the family that I was brought up in, and this never-quit mentality is ingrained into my blood and bones.

When a Tolette gets beaten down, whether physically, mentally or otherwise, we push through the obstacle ahead and come out on the other side stronger.

At the end of a day of skiing, you’re exhausted and aching, but so ready to do the exact same thing the next day. That’s kind of how I expect my life to go, and I’m okay with that.

Anna Tolette is a sophomore majoring in film and media studies. Anna can be reached at anna.tolette@tufts.edu.

Opinion OP-ED

If it ain’t totally broke

by Jamie Neikrie Last Friday, facing severe opposition to their Obamacare replacement bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), House Republicans withdrew the bill from consideration. This is a good thing because the proposed legislation was a mess, addressing the rising costs of the ACA by crippling benefits to the poor. AHCA follows Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s long-term agenda by undoing the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion — which has helped 16 million Americans secure insurance — and placing spending restrictions on the program.

Next, the GOP’s plan called for replacing the lavish subsidies available under the ACA with a relatively simple subsidy program that grants more money to older enrollees. Currently, in most states, Obamacare subsidies are only available to families earning under 400 percent of the poverty line, a conscious attempt to provide financial relief to those who need it most. However, the Republicans know they are attempting to repeal a law that is very good to elderly people, a key conservative constituency, and therefore have decided to prioritize age over need. This decision means that Mitt Romney is eligible for the largest subsidy available — about $4,000 — while a recent college graduate making $20,000 a year would receive just $2,500.

Compounding mistakes, the plan calls for subsidies to rise at the rate of inflation (CPI), but healthcare spending tends to rise at a much faster rate. This means the already-weakened subsidies will continue to diminish in value over time.

That bill’s failure is a victory for Democrats, the elderly and the poor.

But let’s be clear: the ACA has real flaws that need to be addressed, namely that Obamacare enrollees are poorer and sicker than healthcare experts expected. The Congressional Budget Office projected that 43 percent of enrollees would purchase insurance without a subsidy, but currently

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just 17 percent of enrollees fit that description. And where the Obama administration projected that young adults would constitute 38 percent of the marketplace population, they currently make up just 28 percent of the exchange participants.

This composition means that there aren’t enough healthy people to offset the costs of insuring the sick. Citing these concerns, UnitedHealth and Aetna have drastically reduced their participation in the exchanges, which has diminished competition and coverage in many rural areas. Five states — Alaska, Alabama, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Wyoming — currently have just one insurance plan available in 2017.

The lack of young, healthy enrollees has also caused premiums to skyrocket, with an expected 22 percent increase coming this year.

GOP proposals, including AHCA, address none of these problems. By rolling back Medicaid expansions, Republicans will force poor Americans to seek health insurance on the exchanges — if they still exist — further weakening the enrollee pool. And for those on the exchanges, the increase in premiums will be felt acutely since the GOP plan drastically reduces government subsidies, especially for younger enrollees.

The real source of the ACA’s problems is its underlying creed, its pledge to provide aid to the poorest and sickest of Americans.

The ACA exchanges have been dominated by new enrollees that look a lot like the Medicaid population due to stipulations in the ACA that prevent insurers from discriminating against customers with pre-existing conditions and mandate a robust set of essential benefits. These flaws could be addressed by increasing the fine on Americans who don’t purchase insurance, which would force younger, healthier people onto the exchanges. The ban on discriminating against those with pre-existing conditions could be lifted or the essential benefits could be reduced, but this move would be seen as inhumane within either party.

There is another solution, one neither party is willing to consider. Currently — as every college student knows — the ACA allows young adults to remain on their parent’s insurance plan until the age of 26.

The provision is supported by 85 percent of Americans, and a number of Senate Republicans have already pledged to include it in any ACA replacement plan. It’s understandable why this clause is so popular. After all, it allows children to benefit from their parent’s employer-sponsored health insurance, which often provides more robust coverage at a cheaper price. It eliminates an extra hassle for many young people trying to get a college degree or start their career.

However, this provision is regressive and aiding to the ACA’s problems. By allowing young adults to remain on their parent’s plan until 26, it is contributing to the dearth of young, healthy people on the ACA exchanges. Unless they can find a job that provides insurance to recent employees, these people would have to find insurance on the general markets, which would offset the costs of sicker, poorer enrollees. And because the provision largely applies to children of parents with employer-based insurance — parents with consistent, quality employment — these children could likely afford to purchase insurance. This means that richer children are riding on their parent’s insurance benefits while children of unemployed parents — or parents without a job that provides insurance — must pay for their own coverage on the exchanges or face a fine.

This provision is incredibly popular, and unlikely to be repealed by either party. But if we ever elect a government that is serious about fixing the ACA rather than repealing it, we should think critically about whether this is a policy we really want to keep, and who is benefitting from it.

Jamie Neikrie is a junior majoring in political science. Jamie can be reached at benjamin.neikrie@tufts.edu.

CORRECTION The March 16 article “Tufts administrators explain tuition increases for next academic year” listed the Foster Hospital for Small Animals as a project that Dean of Arts and Sciences James Glaser said has “proven expensive to build and maintain.” The Foster Hospital is not actually related to tuition increases for undergraduates, and Glaser did not include the Foster Hospital in his description of budgetary pressures. The Daily regrets this error.

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Tufts drops two games to top-20 opponents, shuts out Castleton over break

by Sam Weidner

Assistant Sports Editor

Playing three games over spring break, the 3-3 Jumbos won one and dropped two. Despite losing two of their three games, both losses were close and against highly-ranked teams: No. 6 Trinity and No. 20 Colby. A single dominating win showcased some of the potential of the Jumbos’ new offense.

Tufts went on the road against Trinity on Saturday, falling 14-11 as Trinity mounted a comeback win. The Jumbos led 8-7 after the first half, powered by five goals from first-year attacker Emily Games. However, the Jumbos were outscored 7-3 in the second half as the Bantams won nine of 11 total draw controls and had three more shots on goal.

Senior quad-captain attacker Kate Mackin noted that the Jumbos fell into a lull during the end of the second half.

“We need to work on the draw, because draws are so important in lacrosse. You need to ball to score,” Mackin said. “So that’s something we will focus on this week.”

Both Mackin and sophomore attacker Dakota Adamec stressed that the team was happy with their performance in the Trinity game despite the loss.

“Coach [Courtney Shute] emphasized the fact that it may not have been a win, but we are very close to being very comfortable and trusting with each other, and that just comes with time,” Adamec said. “We are getting to the point in the season where everything is falling into place and we are making steps forward.”

Playing again at home on March 22, Tufts posted a dominating 21-0 win over Castleton University. 14 different Jumbos scored goals in this game, led by three goals each from Games and Adamec.

This was Tufts’ first shutout in 21 years, with the last one occurring on April 4, 1996 when the Jumbos defeated the Wellesley Blue 11-0. The contest also saw first-year midfielder Alison Moky score her first two collegiate goals. see WOMEN'S LACROSSE, page 11

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Junior midfielder Caroline Nowak defends during Tufts’ 16-8 win against Claremont-MuddScripps on March 15.

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Jumbos best Judges in prolonged Wednesday battle

by Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editor

The Jumbos are off to a 5-1 start to the season, defeating the Brandeis Judges 6-3 in their first home match of the season. Prior to that, the No. 12 Tufts spent spring break in California and came out with a 4-1 record, initially beating Oberlin 8-1, Carleton 9-0, No. 21 Wisconsin Whitewater 9-0, and No. 6 Chicago 6-3 in a four-game winning streak. The team then lost 7-2 to No. 4 Pomona-Pitzer.

Coming out of the spring break trip, sophomore Tomo Iwasaki said the team had much to be pleased about, especially in terms of its fitness levels.

“Everyone’s a lot more in shape than when we started last year,” Iwasaki said.

“We worked really hard in the off-season and it definitely showed on the court. We had four matches in a row during spring break, but I never saw anyone losing because they were tired, I never saw anyone fatigued during matches, which is really impressive.”

Spring break helped the team get back to basics on its singles and doubles play, according to head coach Kate Bayard.

“We’ve been working on being more assertive at the net and we’ve also been working on settling into the teams, getting used to their partners,” Bayard said. “I’ve seen a huge difference over the last week and in the singles, it varies from person to person. Our goal is to really make our opponents work for the points they win, and for us to have

the mentality that every ball is going to be returned. We have to earn every point we really win. Staying feisty is the main thing.”

The team looks to improve on its 12-8 record from last season. As the team did not graduate any seniors last year, the roster of 14 is the largest in recent years.

As a result, Iwasaki said the team has much to be excited about.

“Our games are a little more solid,” she said. “Our line-up has a lot of depth skill-wise, just because we have so many more people. I think our team is more motivated than ever before, which is really exciting.”

Tufts recorded a 6-3 win during its first home match of the season after a marathon match-up that lasted over

six hours. No. 18 Brandeis took a 2-1 lead after doubles matches, with Tufts losing its matches after tightly fought contests.

The No. 1 pair of senior Jacqueline Baum and sophomore Mina Karamercan lost 8-6 to sophomore Olivia Levitt and first-year Sabrina Ross Neergaard, while the No. 2 pair of first-year Katherine Wiley and sophomore Otilla Popa also lost. The third doubles pair of senior co-captain Conner Calabro and Iwasaki, however, won 8-3 against sophomores Michele Lehat and Keven Khromchenko.

Karamercan then recovered from her doubles defeat to win 6-0, 6-4 over Ross Neergaard, while junior Lauren Louks see WOMEN'S TENNIS, page 11

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Jumbos kick off outdoor season in sweltering Vegas

by Mackenzie Bright Contributing Writer

The Jumbos officially started their outdoor season with an invitational meet at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas over spring break.

“We ended up getting in really late the night before, or more like early that morning, so we hadn’t practiced on an outdoor track yet,” sophomore hurdler and jumper Kylene DeSmith said. “So for us to perform the way we did was good.”

The Jumbos’ spirits were nearly as high as the blistering Nevada heat as they competed against opponents from all divisions. Despite finishing 12th out of 14 teams, the experience made the week worth it for the Jumbos, according to DeSmith.

“We had some good finishes because those other teams from higher divisions were really pushing us,” DeSmith said.

“They were from Utah and Colorado and Vegas, so not teams we would ordinarily see during the season, but definitely good for challenging us.”

Several Jumbos rose to that challenge, performing against both standing records and their higher ranked opponents.

First-year thrower Julia Kissel broke the Tufts javelin throw record in her first outdoor meet as a Jumbo. She posted a 130’2″ (39.64 meters) throw, breaking the previous Tufts record by more than five feet and earning herself a third place national ranking early in the season. She placed fourth in the meet, and earned her team five points towards their total.

Fellow first-years sprinter Julia Gake and distance runner Haley Barthel also had strong meets. Gake ran a 59.03 in the 400-meter, placing her just outside the top 10 for Div. III, and Barthel ran an 18:16.67 in the 5,000-meter, which puts her 22nd in the nation.

“Our freshmen really showed up,” DeSmith said. “They are a really great class and we’re excited to see what they can do.”

Sophomore Natalie Bettez also ran the 5,000-meter clocking in at 18:09.54, earning her a No. 16 national ranking and two points toward her team’s total.

Sophomore Brita Dawson competed in two events, in which she placed in the top 30 nationally. Her long jump measured at 16’9 ¾’’ (5.12 meters), earning herself the 22nd spot in division 3 rank-

ings. Her 4’11″ clearance in the high jump ranked 23rd in the nation.

The highest scorer of the meet for Tufts was sophomore Sarah Perkins. Running the 3,000-meter steeplechase field in the sweltering heat, she finished with a time of 12:37.65, which placed her third in the event and 37th nationally, and earned her six points for the Jumbos.

“It was almost 90 degrees out,” DeSmith said. “And Sarah had to wait around in the heat all day before doing her long distance event.”

Junior Jennifer Sherwill had a 117’8’’ (35.87-meter) discus throw, ranking her 25th in the nation, as well as a 37’3 ¼’’ (11.36 meters) shot put, which ranked her 29th. see WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD, page 10

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Rebecca Redelmeier Tufts by Numbers

Campus carbon

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n Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to halt and reverse many of the climate-protecting policies the Obama administration implemented.

The executive order provides the opportunity for coal to be reintroduced as a main energy source nationally. Though relatively cheap and local to the United States, increased coal production can cause significant harm to the planet’s climate. Now, more than ever, understanding our individual, daily impacts on the environment can prevent us from being complacent to environmental degradation and climate illiteracy. So, how can we recognize, find and interpret the hard data about our everyday environmental impact? The simplest answer, adopted by large corporations and governments: carbon emissions.

Though carbon occurs naturally on Earth, excess carbon in the atmosphere added by human activity is a huge contributor to climate change. As a greenhouse gas, it traps heat in the atmosphere and can be dangerous to our planet when emitted excessively. Considering that almost everything we do and every item we use at college consumes carbon, it can be scary to realize that many of our daily actions have a larger carbon footprint than we would expect.

According to the Tufts Office of Sustainability, the administration has adopted the climate goals of the Conference of New England governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers by pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 10 percent by 2020. Proportionally, carbon makes up for approximately 65 percent of all greenhouse gases, meaning that this goal will aim to primarily reduce the carbon emissions of Tufts buildings and operations. In our day-today technological uses, our laptops have the largest carbon footprint. A standard 13-inch MacBook Air causes 480 kilograms of carbon emissions in its lifetime, according to Apple.

It would take about 20 years for a single tree to store and then recycle this amount of carbon. Our smartphones also have a considerable carbon footprint, with an iPhone 6s producing 54 kilograms of carbon in its lifetime. The majority of carbon production for technologies come from their production stages, followed by customers’ use.

Additionally, our everyday consumption of goods and foods has a significant carbon footprint when contextualized in their mass-consumed norm. According to a carbon footprint series conducted by The Guardian, a bottle of beer takes almost one kilogram of carbon to produce and transport. Think about how much carbon is then consumed during a game of 21-cup beer pong or at a party on the weekend.

Even mundane actions require processes that have carbon footprints. Sending an email can take four grams of carbon, and a 10-minute hot shower can use three kilograms of carbon. From the mini-fridge in your dorm room to the lights left on in empty classrooms, these often-forgotten processes leave an irreversible mark on our climate.

The good news is that we are not complacent to exorbitant carbon emissions.

Repairing, reusing and recycling goods can prevent excess carbon emissions from a product’s production stages. Learning about easy steps to reduce everyday carbon emissions, like opting out of eating meat every day or sticking to chicken and fish, can also considerably reduce individual carbon footprints. We can push ourselves — and our college — to commit to energy conservation, sustainability and protecting this one planet that we have.

Rebecca Redelmeier is a sophomore majoring in English. Rebecca can be reached at rebecca.redelmeier@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos to host Snowflake Classic, rain or shine WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD

continued from page 9 Junior Annalisa DeBari clocked a 12.77 in the 100-meter hurdles, ranking her 26th. Only a week earlier, DeBari placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Indoor National Championships.

Senior quad-captain Samantha Cox ran the 1,500, finishing with a 4:50.12 time, which ranked her 10th in the nation. DeSmith explained that Cox and her fellow seniors serve as vital leaders for younger members of the team and set the tone at meets like the one in Vegas.

Despite the Jumbos facing unusually stiff competition at the invitational, their opponents from Div. I and II pushed players to run some of their best times.

“We did well considering the heat conditions outside and considering we hadn’t been on an outdoor track at all prior to this, since we had just come out of indoor season,” DeSmith said.

Trips like this one not only expose the Tufts squad to tough competition but also promote team bonding and allow the team to connect for the upcoming season, according to sophomore distance runner Olivia Barnett.

“I feel like the team is more united going into spring season because we all made an effort to get to know one another,” Barnett told the Daily in an email. “I think our unification and ambition will really propel us into this season.”

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First-year Gia Kim competes in the second 4,000-meter distance medley relay heat at the New England Div. III Indoor Championship at MIT’s Johnson Athletic Center on Feb. 18.

Now, the Jumbos are focusing on their next meet: the Snowflake Classic over the weekend. Despite taking place in early spring, the Classic has an ironic history appropriate for its name, according to DeSmith.

“Two years ago, before I was here, it actually snowed at the Snowflake Classic.” she said. “Last year, the weather wasn’t very good either. It poured the whole time, and we still had to run regardless, so it was tough.”

The trend seems likely to continue this year, as Tufts will face off against other New England-area teams Saturday and Sunday at the Snowflake Classic despite expectations for rain throughout the weekend.

“The weather is supposed to be really bad,” Barnett wrote. “But, regardless, we want to go in strong and not let that hinder us too much. We need to maintain a consistently optimistic attitude as we enter outdoor season.”

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continued from page 9 15 of the 21 goals came in the first half. Additionally, Tufts scored three goals in the first minute and a half and had scored 10 goals just over 15 minutes into the game.

“Defensive communication was working very well, no matter who was on the field, which shows that no matter what team we had, we really tried to improve and work together,” Adamec noted.

Castleton performed significantly better in the second half, holding off the Jumbos for 19 minutes before the first goal of the second half was scored.

Nonetheless, the dynamic Tufts offense won 21 of 23 total draw controls and held a 40-1 advantage for shots on goal.

While the Jumbos are currently tied for only the No. 71 scoring offense in the nation for Div. III, a

showing like this demonstrates what they can do with their new style of play this season. Adamec emphasized the energy that the Jumbos brought to this game as an important factor in their strong play.

“The mentality and the energy before the game was very very high in the locker room,” she said. “We had goals we set for ourselves to hit before the game. We wanted to have a positive and confident attitude coming onto the field.”

On March 18, Tufts fell 10-9 against Colby at home on Bello Field. The Jumbos fell behind early in this game, going into halftime with a four-goal deficit. Through much of the second half, the Mules continued to maintain their lead and with just over 14 minutes to play, they led 10-5. However, with 11:42 left, junior attacker Taylor Meek scored back to back goals just 22 seconds apart.

After the first goal, first-year midfielder Lily Baldwin won a ground control out of a Colby timeout, leading directly to another Meek score. This was followed by two free position goals from Adamec and junior midfielder Caroline Nowak, cutting the lead to one.

It was here that the Jumbos could have faltered, but the 15-minute defensive stand, along with a 22-18 overall advantage in shots on goal, demonstrated the poise with which the Jumbos played down the stretch.

“Our main problem in that game was not starting as fast as we wanted to, but one really exciting thing that came out of that game was we found out how resilient we were,” Mackin said. “We did not give up.

In the second half, we were really excited about how fast we were able to score.”

Up next, Tufts will play at home against Conn. College (0-5, 0-3 NESCAC) on Saturday.

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continued from page 9 took hers to three sets to eventually seal a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory over junior Haley Cohen. Iwasaki lost in three, but Wiley took her match 6-4, 6-4 over Leavitt to give Tufts a 4-3 lead.

The victory was sealed when senior co-captain Alexa Meltzer secured a straight-sets 6-2, 6-4 victory over sophomore Sophia He in the fifth singles match-up on the day. The marathon match-up was complete when Calabro defeated Lehat 6-2, 6-0.

Tufts went into its first home match of the season with a 7-2 defeat at the hands of No. 4 Pomona-Pitzer on Friday.

Tufts was unable to make any progress in the doubles matches despite coming close. Wiley and Popa lost 8-6 against the No. 14 pairing of sophomores Caroline Casper and Arianna Chen, while Iwasaki and Calabro pushed the No. 7 pairing of junior Grace Hruska and sophomore Joy Kim to extra games before falling 9-7.

Tufts’ only victories of the day came from Iwasaki, who recorded a comfortable 6-1, 6-2 victory over senior Samantha Mae Coyiuto, and Calabro, who beat the No. 33 Hruska 7-6(5), 6-2.

A day before, Tufts upset the sixth best team in the nation, University of Chicago, in Claremont, Calif. However, on Thursday, the Jumbos were able to build on the foundations of last season and swept the doubles match-ups.

The singles matches were also closely fought, with three matches going the distance.

Calabro overcame No. 31 first-year Estefania Navarro 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. The other three-set matches, however, went against Tufts. In a rematch from last year, it was No. 20 junior Ariana Iranpour who came out on top this year over Louks, defeating the Jumbo 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(4). The other highlight of the day came when Karamercan upset No. 11 first-year Marjorie Antohi 6-4,6-1.

The start to the spring break trip saw the Jumbos record comfortable victories over their opponents. The 9-0 sweeps of Carleton College and Wisconsin Whitewater were preceded by a season-opening 8-1 victory over Oberlin.

Meltzer made her return to competitive action after being injured at the backend of last year with a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 victory over junior Jackie

McDermott. In general, each Jumbo was able to hold their opponent to less than two games in each set against Oberlin, setting the tone for the rest of the break.

Metzer noted that the team’s singles play led to much of the Jumbos’ success that day.

“What we were working on a lot of was taking charge of our game plan and closing it out in the second set, and

I think we did a great job with that,” she said. “People who had a tight first set were able to then really keep the pressure on and finish it in the second set, which I thought was something we had been working on and did a lot of in California.”

The team returns to action with a NESCAC double-header at Bates and Colby on Saturday.

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NFC South draft needs

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he NFL Draft is exactly one month away from the day I write this article (April 27), which means I have a limited time to talk about the rest of the NFL’s draft needs. Can I do it? No! But I’ll try my best, and isn’t that really the most we can ask of anyone? *deep sigh* Carolina Panthers, Pick 8 Draft Needs: RT, RB, DE, WR, CB, S After going from Super Bowl contenders to absolute trash, the Panthers have to look long and hard at their roster.

They’ve made great moves so far this offseason, but they still have a lot of room for improvement. After losing Mike Tolbert in free agency, the Panthers’ most immediate need is at running back. With the 8th pick, they have a good chance to address it, especially with this insanely deep running back draft. If available, it’s an absolute no-brainer that the Panthers draft Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU. The Panthers have been linked to Fournette on multiple counts, and both have expressed mutual interest. They just have to hope someone doesn’t bite first.

New Orleans Saints, Pick 11 and 32 Draft Needs: CB, LB, WR, QB, LT So far the Saints have spent the vast majority of their offseason trying to make the Patriots better. Why? Who knows, but I’m sure 30 of the 32 NFL owners flipped old Tom Benson the bird at the most recent Owners’ Meeting.

But I digress. I would think the Saints are going to go defensively in the first round, probably drafting a CB and a LB. My guesses would be Marlon Humphrey, CB, Alabama and Zach Cunningham, OLB, Vanderbilt. Humphrey is young and has an incredible combination of size and speed that will help the Saints cover the talented receivers in their division, and Cunningham is strong, fast, athletic and a ferocious tackler who can bring a much-needed boost to the Saints pass rush.

Atlanta Falcons, Pick 31 Draft Needs: RG, DE, CB, TE After a brutal Superbowl loss that featured an absolutely gassed pass rush, I think it’s time for the Falcons to find someone other than OLB Vic Beasley to rush the QB. I think they need to draft DE Charles Harris from Missouri. While there are arguably more talented ends, none will likely be available by the end of the first. However, Harris should be, and he has a great set of pass rush moves and a dedicated attitude that HC Dan Quinn will absolutely love. The rich get richer.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pick 19 Draft Needs: DE, WR, OL, RB, FS The Bucs are one of those teams that are right on the brink of greatness. They need a few more pieces here and there and all of a sudden, they’re a wild card team. I think the most important thing for them to do in the first round is get someone on the D-line to cause chaos. I would love for them to get Derek Barnett, DE, Tennessee. Barnett is a smart, relentless player who has been known to swat passes down and get in the QB’s face, something Tampa desperately needs from their defense.

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Sophomore Otilia Popa swings at the ball during the matches against Colby on the Voute Tennis Courts on April 1, 2016.

Vinny Donofrio is a senior majoring in clinical psychology. Vinny can be reached at vincent.donofrio@tufts.edu.

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