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Chelsey Berlin speaks about human rights in the West Bank

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Chelsey Berlin, the director of human rights organization B’Tselem USA, discussed human rights conditions in the West Bank and the consequences of the Israeli occupation in Palestine as part of an event hosted last night in the Granoff Family Hillel Center by J Street U Tufts.

B’Tselem, established in 1989, is the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. The organization collects research about human rights violations in the occupied territories and aims to raise awareness about these issues among the Israeli public, according to its website.

J Street U Tufts Co-Chair Andrew Goldblatt gave introductory remarks.

He emphasized the importance of having open dialogues about these issues instead of avoiding them, which only worsens the situation.

“I felt failed by my community … I felt betrayed because people didn’t want to show up and have the conversation, let alone do something about the issues that were going on,” Goldblatt said.

The discussion was led by two student panelists, both members of J Street U Tufts, and audience members later asked questions. The student panelists discussed the need to understand both Palestinian and Israeli narratives in order to have productive conversations on issues in the region.

Berlin answered questions on a wide range of issues concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the effect the

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Chelsey Berlin, director of B’Tselem USA and human rights activist, gives a talk during ’50 Years of see J STREET, page 2 Occupation: Human Rights in the West Bank’ at Tufts Hillel on March 6.

TCU Senate discusses supplementary funding requests, appeals

by Vibhav Prakasam Senate Correspondent

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met on Sunday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to discuss supplementary funding requests and hear an appeal.

After TCU Senate President Gauri Seth opened the meeting, Vice President Shai Slotky then took the floor to ask for committee updates and general announcements.

There was nothing new from the Administration & Policy and Services Committees, according to their chairs Sylvia Ofoma and Kevin Gleason, respectively.

Education Committee Chair Nesi Altaras said that the committee is selecting Professor of the Year, while Student Outreach Committee Chair Jacqueline Chen said they are working on a catalog of all of the Senators’ projects.

Culture, Ethnicity, Community Affairs (CECA) Committee Chair Benya Kraus said that she and a few other members of CECA are looking into more ways to institutionalize Indigenous People’s Day and promote outreach to indigenous youth and community. Kraus, TCU Senate’s diversity and community affairs officer, also said that the search for a new Chief Diversity Officer is ongoing and that the Senate is looking for student input.

Senator Charlie Zhen said that the TCU Judiciary has sent out an email to culture clubs asking for feedback on changing the requirement that they hold three events to be re-recognized. Instead, the proposed rule would require one event and two open

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meetings. Zhen, a sophomore, said that the Committee on Student Life (CSL) could change this rule to take effect next year, so that the Class of 2021 would have more accessibility to more clubs.

Kraus then mentioned that the Student Life Review Committee had held a discussion about envisioning ideal social life at Tufts, as well as potential problems that could prevent these goals from being realized.

Seth announced that the Dean of Student Affairs office is interviewing candidates for the position of Associate Director of Housing Operations, who will also oversee off-campus housing issues.

Next, TCU Senate Parliamentarian Adam Rapfogel said that he met with the individuals in charge of the campus shuttle service and discussed possible improvements, as well as trying to enhance the Tufts Mobile app.

Senator Pedro Lazo-Rivera, a firstyear, said that Tufts is offering an opportunity for graduating seniors to intern in research administration, and depending on performance, the individual selected would be given an offer to be hired.

Finally, Senator Malachy Donovan said that he is working with the Elections Commission to revamp the voting process for next year and is looking into making an app with the goal of increasing voter turnout for Senate elections.

The floor then went to TCU Senate Treasurer Chris Leaverton for supplementary funding requests.

Before an appeal request from mime troupe Hype Mimez, the body heard two standard requests.

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Sarabande Dance Ensemble asked for money due to an increase in the rental costs of Cohen Auditorium for its show later this semester, and the Allocations Board (ALBO) recommendation matched their request. The recommendation then passed in the body.

Tufts Democrats wanted funding to buy chicken wings for a West Wing viewing party, and since the Treasury does not fund food that is used as an incentive to encourage attendance, ALBO recommended no funding. The recommendation was objected to, and there was a very quick debate, after which the recommendation passed.

Following that, members of Hype Mimez came in to appeal their request, which ALBO voted not to fund. They wanted funding to rent the Oberon Theater in Cambridge for a performance on May 17. ALBO had previously chosen not to fund the event in part because the student activity fee is intended to pay for events that are accessible to all students. Because the event is during senior week, many Tufts students would not be able to attend since they would not be on campus after the university closes.

The body then moved into a debate after presentations from the group and from ALBO. Senators discussed how many students would be able to attend the event and whether it is different from a conference that only a few members of the club can go to or a performance at another university.

Additionally, they discussed that the Treasury Procedures Manual does not allow events to be funded after the end of the school year.

Eventually, the ALBO recommendation not

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to fund the event passed by a vote of 15 for and 11 against.

After the appeal, there were five more requests. The first was from Taiwanese Association of Students at Tufts to hold a networking event with alumni.

ALBO recommended cutting several costs associated with the event, and its recommendation passed.

Next, Tufts Animal Welfare asked for funds for an animal fair on the Academic Quad.

ALBO reduced the cost of posters and its recommendation passed The next request was from BlackOut for a step competition at the State University of New York, Binghamton. The group’s competition changed locations, so they needed new funding. After ALBO factored in personal contributions, their recommendation for less funding than requested was objected to.

The body moved into debate over whether it was consistent to reduce the personal contribution for ENVY from last week but not do the same for BlackOut. Ultimately, the ALBO recommendation passed in a vote of 19 for and seven against.

Then, the breakdance group TURBO asked for money for changing the venue of TURBOMania at Tufts, and ALBO funded this in full. The recommendation passed.

Finally, the Math Society requested funding for a trip to the National Museum of Mathematics in New York, N.Y. ALBO put in personal contributions, and its recommendation passed in the body.

After announcements from Leaverton, the meeting adjourned.

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Emory professor discusses legacy, causes of racial discrimination in United States

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Carol Anderson, a civil rights activist and professor of African-American Studies at Emory University, spoke about her recent book “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide,” at Breed Memorial Hall on Monday night. Approximately 130 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and university staff attended the talk, which was followed by a question-and-answer session and a reception.

The talk, which was the fourth annual Africana Studies Distinguished Lecture, was sponsored by the Africana Studies Program; the Africana Center; the Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora and a number of other programs and departments on campus.

Anderson began the talk by explaining the importance of talking about white rage and letting people know that this concept exists. She explained that white rage consists of a wide range of policies with discriminatory intent.

“It sounds weird to talk about white rage, but we need to talk about it,” Anderson said. “White rage is silent. It is done through court decisions, policies and legislatures.”

Anderson said white rage is neglected and disregarded due to its quiet and less publicized nature, while “black rage” easily catches the eye of the media. She cited the protests and unrest in Ferguson, Mo. following the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.

“I see flames in Ferguson [on television], and I see how it doesn’t matter whether it’s MSNBC, CNN or FOX. They all describe the same phenomenon the same way,” Anderson said. “Look at black people burning up where they live.”

In particular, she said that media coverage of the Ferguson unrest was unfair in assessing what had led to those outbreaks in Missouri. She added that white rage, not black rage, has deepened the issue of racial tension in our country. “[The media] described this as black rage … No, this is white rage,” she said. “I

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Carol Anderson, professor of African-American studies at Emory University, gives a talk on her book ‘White Rage: the Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide’ in Breed Hall on March 6. have lived in Missouri for 13 years, and I saw the way that state public entities use public policy to undermine African-Americans’ access to their citizenship rights.”

Throughout the talk, Anderson highlighted various decisions in which policymakers deliberately but surreptitiously infringed on the rights of African -Americans. She used voter ID laws as an example and explained that state officials decide what kinds of government-issued identifications are allowed and what are not based on the type of people who are linked to certain forms of identification.

She also described how the war on drugs has historically affected AfricanAmericans to a degree that is disproportionate to their rate of illicit drug use.

Anderson ended the talk by saying that the country needs to move forward against the tide of white rage and that people should work toward a more just future.

“It’s time that we take our country forward, to the future, to the better future,” Anderson said. “The land of opportunity did not have to be the land of missed opportunities. It is time to defuse the power of white rage.”

Professor Adlai Murdoch, who directs the Africana Studies Program and helped organize the event, said the event was a success in terms of turnout.

He also noted that the topic of the talk bears importance to students, who will effect policy change in the future.

“Professor Anderson framed white rage in terms of policy that … impacts your life directly, and recognizing ways in which your life can be shaped directly and indirectly allows you to accept, resist, navigate and negotiate [the policy],” Murdoch said. “But you can’t take a stance or take a position unless you know what is coming at you.”

Agreeing with Murdoch, Jason Winikoff, a graduate student who attended the event, said this was the first time he had heard of the term “white rage,” though he had heard about similar concepts before.

He added that it is crucial for everyone in the university to know about the topic.

He also encouraged students to be aware of the matter.

“Education and informing yourself and taking a step further to inform others as students … is very important here,” Winikoff said. “That’s the first step.”

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continued from page 1 occupation has on the Palestinian quality of life. She spoke about her time living in Nablus, located in the West Bank, explaining that some Palestinians felt misunderstood and that their stories were not being heard by the rest of the world.

“That conversation went along the lines of, when you get back to America, please tell the Americans that we are not all terrorists,” Berlin said.

Berlin explained that B’Tselem is composed of representatives from many different backgrounds and perspectives on the conflict, particularly Palestinians and Israelis. The organization looks at what takes place in the occupied territories, gathering information including raw data, videos of wrongdoings committed in the territories and personal testimonies. B’Tselem also conducts longer term research projects about human rights in the West Bank.

“I think it’s really important to bring our whole selves to this conversation,” Berlin said.

To address why it is difficult for many Jewish organizations to talk about the

occupation, Berlin said that the word ‘occupation’ itself can cause tensions.

She then explained the specifics of why settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law.

“The laws were created so that the people living in that territory would be protected while that territory perhaps changed sovereignties … while the parties determine what to do with this territory that has been taken, there needs to be a temporary benevolent custodian of that area,” Berlin said.

Berlin also discussed the implications of the occupation for individuals living in the occupied territories. Berlin explained that different categories of land in the occupied territories have different degrees of Palestinian autonomy.

According to Berlin, 60 percent of the West Bank is under full Israeli control, although there are still Palestinians living in these areas. Berlin cited restrictions on Palestinian travel and available living and building space for Palestinians as a few of the conditions that make life difficult for Palestinian residents in the West Bank.

She added that little government action is being taken to improve these living conditions in the near future.

“In June, it will have been 50 years [since the beginning of the West Bank’s occupation]. I want to offer that perhaps at some point between zero and 50, we’re no longer talking about a temporary situation,” Berlin said. “We might question whether or not this has been benevolent for this entire time.”

Berlin emphasized that the upcoming 50th anniversary of the occupation should call attention to the fact that people need to have more conversations about the conflict in order to take action.

“This is a date on the calendar that we don’t want to be insignificant,” Berlin said.

In terms of changing the Israeli public’s view of the occupation, Berlin advocated for open discussions and presentations of facts about the occupation and said that if people could access information about what is being done in the name of their country, they would be motivated to protect everyone living under their country’s governance.

Berlin also emphasized that it is not just a conversation that should take place between Israelis and Palestinians, but that it is the world’s moral responsibility to guarantee equal rights.

“Human rights should be an international conversation,” Berlin said.

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Whipple 25th Oliver Chapman Award commemorates late Alec Red, White and True international student The problem with

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From left: Sol Nasisi (LA '92), Oliver Chapman, Hamid Salamipour, Enrique Cuan (LA '92) and Aaron Wong (LA '92) pose for a photo.

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After 25 years, the Oliver Chapman Leadership and Community Service Award continues to honor the legacy of Oliver Chapman, who was an international student from Panama. Each year, the award is given to a senior who has been actively involved in Tufts’ international community as a way to celebrate their achievements. This year, senior Barry Maswan won the Chapman Award.

Maswan received the award in recognition of his roles as house manager for the International House, a host advisor for Global Orientation (GO) and as a senator for the Tufts chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. He shared that he is humbled to receive the award.

“It’s an honor and a privilege. All I’ve wanted to do since my first year [at Tufts] is to be of service, because I had a rough first year myself and the international community was a wonderful resource for me,” Maswan said. “There are a myriad of ways you can help the international community, and mine is just one way.”

The 2016 Chapman Award winner Shanice Kok (LA ’16) shared that the award is an apt remembrance of Chapman’s legacy at Tufts.

“The award is a memory for me of my time at Tufts and my time with the international community,” Kok said. “It also serves as a nice memory for the international community of how Oliver Chapman was involved in the community and inspired this award.”

Chapman passed away unexpectedly in May 1992 during his senior year. Karim Si-Ahmed (LA ’93), president of International Club in 1993, spearheaded the creation of the Chapman Award and the Oliver Chapman Fund, a fully-endowed emergency fund for international students in need. “[The award is] given to a student that is an exemplar in the international community at Tufts, [while] the fund was a small fund that international students in times of hardship could draw upon,” Si-Ahmed said. “It was something we wanted to do to honor his memory.”

The Chapman Fund is an initiative that is close to the heart of Jane Etish-Andrews, director of the International Center, as it aims to assist international students with needs that cannot be met by their financial aid package.

“It’s not a large amount of money … but if [international students] have any little mishap

when they are here, like an appendectomy or a root canal, they don’t have the resources to go back home and ask for help. This fund is going to help cushion that, in order for them to adjust or survive here,” she said.

The Chapman Award was created such that the winner is chosen by other student leaders in the Tufts community, according to Si-Ahmed.

“We thought it would be a better way of identifying students that exemplified tremendous kindness and honor,” he said.

The 2004 Chapman Award winner, Eli Levin-Goldstein (LA ’04), was especially grateful to his peers for recognizing his involvement in the international community, even though he was not an international student himself. “[The award] was such a huge honor,” Levin-Goldstein said. “It’s nice to put in effort into a community, reaching beyond what a normal day-to-day life is at Tufts and then actually be acknowledged for that.”

Being recognized with the Chapman Award in 2006 was also extremely special to Mauricio Artiñano (LA ’06).

“I had several identities and groups while I was at Tufts,” Artiñano said. “But my first friends, my first community was the international community, so it meant a lot to be recognized by them.”

The elder brother of Oliver Chapman, Guillermo Chapman III (LA ’84), shared that the Chapman family was and remains deeply moved by the continuing legacy of the Chapman Award.

“Back then, Oliver had just passed away, so everything regarding his memory was associated with loss and sadness. All of a sudden, we unexpectedly hear that he’s being remembered and honored and somehow kept alive by friends of his,” he said. “We were overwhelmed by emotions, because we had no expectations of something like that.”

Oliver’s generosity touched the lives of everyone who knew him, Guillermo recalled.

“Oliver was very giving, and it got to a point that sometimes you felt some kind of remorse,” he said. “It was very easy, whenever I needed a special favor … to think of Oliver right away because for him, it was a pleasure to help someone.”

Chapman shared that Oliver will always be remembered for his joyful attitude.

“Whenever Oliver had a problem, he would frown first, and after he figured [out] how he could solve the problem, he would smile right away,” he said. “Whenever he met

someone who wasn’t smiling, he would tease them and make them cheer up.”

Saskia Meckman (LA ’94) won the Chapman Award in 1994 for her project, Cultural Exchange Circle, which created a space for students from multicultural backgrounds to converse about their experiences with cultural transition.

“The discussions we had were around culture, identity, cultural values or different incidents that had happened on campus or in a classroom that have made us feel uncomfortable,” she said. “It was an opportunity to talk about it openly and honestly – we [tried] to create a sacred space where people can share.”

The project was started without the help of a Tufts-recognized group, which made the award all the more meaningful for Meckman. “[When I heard the news] I got a little choked up,” she said. “I felt like I was trying to make a change under-the-radar, and it was an honor that someone noticed.”

Etish-Andrews said that the Chapman Award carries more personal significance for the recipients than the physical award may indicate.

“We give them a plaque with their name on it, and a $100 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble,” she said. “But if you hear people talk about it, you would think it’s a million dollars. People have said that they carry the plaque from place to place as they move and put it on their desk. It truly means a lot to them.”

Oliver Chapman’s best friend at Tufts was Hamid Salamipour (LA ’92, M ’97). While Salamipour said he was initially intimidated by Oliver, they soon grew close, sharing aspects of their cultures with each other. “[Oliver] was curious, he wanted to learn about other people but he was very comfortable with himself,” Salamipour said. “He was loud … he was popular, he figured people out quickly and wanted them to be comfortable too. He wanted to learn from them and for them to learn from him.”

Salamipour, who is IranianAmerican, said that Chapman once thoughtfully went to a Persian bakery to get a cake with a Farsi message written in icing, as a surprise for his birthday.

“I left the card [for the bakery] on my desk in our room … One day, [Chapman] came up to me and asked if he could borrow my car to go see a friend. Instead, he went to the bakery,” he said. “When he brings this cake out at the party, I was just floored. The fact that he went to the length of going to that bakery, having the cake made, with the Farsi writing on it – that was quintessential Oliver.”

On the 20th anniversary of his passing, Salamipour created a Facebook page commemorating Chapman’s legacy. The page administrators are Salamipour and two of Oliver’s elder brothers.

“I wanted his memory to be saved for all his old friends and for future generations … to remember him,” Salamipour said. “We don’t post stuff that often, but every once in a while, someone digs up an old picture or an old video and it’s just a little reminder that he is not [physically] with us, but he is [spiritually] with us.”

For Etish-Andrews, the Chapman Award and Fund are tangible ways for the Tufts community and the Chapman family to keep Oliver Chapman’s spirit alive.

“The award has just taken on a life of its own. It’s institutionalized and will continue into the future. For the Chapman family, both the award and the fund are wonderful ways for them to remember Oliver,” she said.

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hose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” – John F. Kennedy As American citizens, one of our fundamental rights is the right to assembly. From the days of the American Revolution, when citizens protested King George’s oppressive policies, to the present, when citizens are protesting for women’s rights, the right to assembly has been an integral part of American democracy. However, is there a point where the act of protest goes too far? The first month of Donald Trump’s presidency might be testing those limits. Protesting should not be a substitute for listening to opposing viewpoints and finding compromise.

People’s inability to listen to and think about the merits of opposing viewpoints is a major issue in modern society. Instead of a reasonable, educated and methodical discussion on television, morning cable news has become a ‘he said, she said’ affair. This tendency to point fingers at the other side extends to public demonstrations. The Women’s March, which started out as a forum to discuss and celebrate the role of women in America, has been attacked by those who claimed people were only there to protest the newly inaugurated president and his alleged treatment of women. Women’s rights should not be a partisan issue, yet many people who supported President Trump turned it into one by refusing to acknowledge the protests as legitimate.

The flip side of protests is that sometimes they stand in the way of legitimate conversations instead of fostering them. When Governor Charlie Baker visited Tufts last week, protesters neglected to listen to the Governor’s policies. Instead, they decided to create banners chastising him and to walk out of his event. Outside of the auditorium, protestors chanted, “No Baker, no KKK, no fascist U.S.A.,” linking Baker to fascism and the Klu Klux Klan. Their actions were offensive, irresponsible and inflammatory. This could have been a perfect opportunity to engage in bipartisan conversation with a governor who can greatly impact the future of the Northeastern Republican Party. Instead, this missed opportunity slammed the door shut on cooperation.

There have been many protests, especially in the wake of the election, that have walked the thin line between constitutionally protected free speech and unacceptable speech. Freedom of speech is something that has always been protected in America, but there is a limit to that speech. ‘Fighting words,’ defined as written or spoken words designed to incite hatred or violence from the group or person they are targeting, are expressly limited through the Constitution. At some campaign events, both anti-Trump and anti-Clinton protesters have targeted those with opposing views, harassing them verbally and sometimes even physically. Establishing this harassment as a legitimate form of political discourse sends our nation down a dark and even more polarized path in the future.

Protests are a hallmark of American democracy. Unlike the United States, many other countries do not grant their citizens the same right to assembly and speech.

However, when protests replace bipartisan discussion and include violence, it is time to wonder if the right to assembly has a limit and if we have reached that limit.

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

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ARTS&LIVING EXHIBITION RECAP

Student curatorial collective Polykhroma presents second exhibition, ‘Borders’

by Libby Langsner Assistant Arts Editor

Disclaimer: The Daily’s executive arts editor, Eran Sabaner, is a curator and co-founder of Polykhroma. He was not involved in the writing of this article.

Student curatorial collective Polykhroma debuted their sophomore show, titled “Borders,” on March 4 in the basement of an off-campus house. “Borders” featured studevnt artwork across various mediums, ranging from print to sculpture to film. In addition to the exhibition, there were two performed works: a performance art piece and film created by senior Cecily Lo and a poetry reading by senior Abigail McFee. According to sophomore Ella Huzenis, a curator of Polykhroma, the exhibition included works by students from Tufts, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts, Northeastern University and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. The diversity of the work exhibited reflected the diversity of artists who submitted pieces, with each work presenting a different perspective on the show’s theme.

The title “Borders” is especially poignant in today’s political climate. The word evokes many of the policies that have been promoted and implemented by President Donald Trump, including the travel ban and the wall along the U.S.-Mexico bor-

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An attendee of Polykhroma’s art show ‘Borders’ looks at an installation piece. der. But “Borders” is a very broad term, and it goes beyond its political implications.

Senior Rotana Shaker, another curator of Polykhroma, explained that she had made a list of potential exhibition topics when Polykhroma first began.

“It was one that the group naturally gravitated towards, and a lot of it had to do with the current political climate,” Shaker said. “It was just so relevant, but it also had to do with the fact that it’s a broad theme and can be interpreted on so many differ-

ent levels. Borders don’t have to be overtly political. They don’t have to be national or geographic borders. They can also be the boundaries of ourselves or like the borders between disciplines.”

Indeed, the theme did give rise to many different interpretations.

“There were pieces that addressed politics very explicitly. Others dealt with the body, some explored what we called ‘headspace’ see BORDERS, page 6

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Makeup companies bring diversity, male visibility in 2017

by Setenay Mufti

Thompson who is known online as “The Plastic Boy.” In 2017, L’Oreal has continued to Diversity campaigns in makeup and break the mold in another True Match beauty are nothing new, but the end of campaign, this one called “Your Skin, 2016 saw a mass movement of makeup Your Story.” The ad debuted at this year’s companies working toward more incluGolden Globes and featured women of sivity and representation. And so far, 2017 different races and backgrounds, includhas only upped the ante. ing plus-sized models Marquita Pring It started in August 2016 with L’Oreal and Sabina Karlsson as well as transgenParis UK, a branch of the company der actress and activist Hari Nef. L’Oreal Paris, and its campaign to “celOther companies have also been tryebrate diversity,” specifically with their ing to expand the ranges of shades of True Match foundation line. According their skin products. After the Shape Tape to Adrien Koskas, general manager of Contour Concealer by Tarte was released L’Oreal Paris UK, the campaign stemmed in summer 2016 and promptly surged in from a report that 61 percent of women popularity, Tarte expanded the product’s range from 10 to 14 shades in December 2016. Kat Von D and BareMinerals have recently expanded their foundations to 30 shades, and Lancome expanded its Teint Idole Ultra Wear range to 40 shades.

Most recently, Laura Mercier’s Translucent Loose Setting Powder, a cult favorite and longtime bestseller at Sephora, released a darker shade of powder called “Medium Deep” in February.

YOUTUBE James Charles’ YouTube channel, pictured here on March 6, features makeup tutorials, video blogs and memes, all with hundreds of thousands or millions of views. see BEAUTY, page 6 Assistant Arts Editor

in the UK have been unable to find their foundation match, and ethnic minorities can pay up to 70 percent more for foundation.

L’Oreal Paris UK initially increased its shade range to 23 shades — this has since gone up to 33 — and it claims to match 98 percent of skin tones found in the UK. The company also changed its classic tagline, “Because you’re worth it,” to “Because we’re all worth it.” That change has also been adopted in the United States. Its campaign ads now feature people of different skin tones and ethnic backgrounds, including a woman wearing a hijab and, even more notably, a male beauty blogger named Gary

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f Princess Diana were alive today, she would likely be on Twitter exhorting her followers to grab a ticket to the cinema to see “Land of Mine” (2015). The ex-wife of Prince Charles, who made the removal of land mines a key part of her various charitable activities, would have used director Martin Zandvliet’s post-World War II drama as an opportunity to illustrate the tragic human cost of just burying a weapon of war somewhere and leaving it to kill or maim whoever has the misfortune of treading over it.

“Land of Mine” is not merely an advertisement against the use of land mines, however. Set in Denmark in summer 1945 after the Allied victory in WWII, the film follows a group of young German prisoners of war who are tasked with removing and defusing the thousands of mines that Nazi occupiers had buried in the beaches of Denmark’s west coast. Their supervisor, Danish sergeant Rasmussen (Roland Møller), is dismayed to find that most of them are only teenagers, conscripted into the army by the desperate Nazis in the dying stages of the war.

Zandvliet’s film is part of a recent wave of European films like Christian Petzold’s “Phoenix” (2014) and Lars Kraume’s “The People vs. Fritz Bauer” (2015) that address Germany’s ‘kollektivschuld,’ or ‘collective guilt,’ in the aftermath of WWII. In “Land of Mine,” the youngsters, most of whom are too young to remember life under the Weimar Re public, must right their countrymen’s crime in a foreign land under great peril. As Sergeant Rasmussen comes to realize, the boys clearing the mines are in an extremely dangerous and disheartening quagmire.

Having grown up under Nazism, these boys are thrown into a war they barely understand and forced into complicity in the heinous crimes of the Holocaust, which the older German generation at worst organized and at best collectively looked the other way. Now, having lost the war, they are subject to vengeful abuse by the Danes and compelled to clean up the mess left by the older generation. At enormous personal risk, the leader of the Germans, Sebastian (Louis Hofmann), tries to rally them into completing their task honestly. Therein lies the moral dilemma at the heart of “Land of Mine”: As German soldiers, none of the boys can claim to be truly innocent.

Therefore, to leave the job to someone else would be morally unjust. At the same time, they are still just scared and homesick children who have been fed an endless stream of hatred and lies and then forced, hopelessly ill-prepared, into an unwinnable war.

In the end, only four of the original 14 survive. To Zandvliet’s credit, the film does not offer any definitive answers; he instead presents the entire situation as a total breakdown of humanity. The question Zandvliet chooses to pose, particularly for Sergeant Rasmussen, is how to rediscover humanity in the wake of such complete destruction.

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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continued from page 5 — just like borders on a very personal level — and then some dealt with nature and physical borders,” Shaker added.

The first section of the show, which centered on political borders, featured works like “Trumputin al-Assad” by Tufts senior Bruno Olmedo Quiroga. The collage combines slices of pictures of Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad into one being with the bottom half of a missile. Olmedo Quiroga’s work visually represents borders with the harsh cut-off in between each section of the main figure, but it subverts them by combining the three leaders into one large mass on the page. Each of these politicians is heavily concerned with the borders of their respective nations and how these borders are enforced and extended.

The current political climate is also concerned about the connections and interactions between these three leaders, which at times seem to blur what divides them.

The next section, which focused on psychological borders, included “Jay II,” a portrait of a ruminative young man with his eyes closed — some may even say the figure is ‘in his own head.’

The portrait’s artist, Nick Papa, a junior at the SMFA, is interested in portraying how people’s mental states are displayed through their physicality.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about the headspaces we find ourselves in,” Papa wrote in his artist’s statement. “To be within multiple contrasting states and to be absorbed by some is both a powerful and vulnerable place.”

Lo’s live performance, “PU$$Y $ALAD,” deals with how mental illness can create borders between people. Her work featured a dialogue between a girl and her housemates, who ask where she has been, not knowing that she has not left her room for 15 days because of a depressive episode. Thus, Lo evokes the physical borders that can be contrived out of mental illness and how these bor-

ders shape people’s interactions with the outside world. “‘PU$$Y $ALAD’ is about the tenuous divide between dissociation and consciousness, sanity and insanity, reality and unreality — places where I frequently find myself searching (rather unsuccessfully) for respite and comfort,” Lo wrote in her artist’s statement, expanding upon the struggle between physical and mental spaces.

Ryan Rosen’s work “Artificial Separation” features striking photographs that address how the world has been artificially and naturally divided by topographical impositions and human intervention.

In his artist statement, Rosen, a Tufts senior, explained that he intends to highlight the role that humans play in creating boundaries.

“The aerial perspective and higher vantage points simulate the often overlooked subjectivity of our identities,” Rosen wrote. “Both photos feature a bridge and a person(s). The relationship between the bridges, easily recognizable as human-

ly constructed, and the people, seemingly natural [in] their separation, symbolize the shared nature of these two phenomena; disrupting our regularly perceived notions that we are somehow objectively or naturally separated from each other and our environment.”

“Borders” also blended engaging issues with the literal act of engagement. Estelle Kyungchae Tcha, a fifth-year Tufts-SMFA dual-degree student, presented several painted jackets in her work, “Wear Is My Art.” Attendees were encouraged to wear, touch and photograph the pieces. Live performances also kept up the energy of the space and promoted dialogue not only between the artists and the audience but also within the audience itself.

“Borders” and the work that Polykhroma puts into the Tufts’ art scene shows that art is made at Tufts and rhat students are interested in viewing and promoting fellow students’ work. The show also provoked the notion that borders imposed between art and everyday life are just that: imposed.

Makeup companies hire diverse beauty bloggers BEAUTY

continued from page 5 In addition to their response to the growing demand for dark-skinned presence in the makeup world, makeup companies have also begun to feature male models. Hardcore makeup addicts will hardly be surprised at this revelation, as several male makeup artists and vloggers have wide fan bases on YouTube. It appears that companies have finally figured out the power of these personalities. In beauty category searches on YouTube, vloggers outnumber actual brands 14 to 1.

In a highly publicized announcement, CoverGirl hired its first male spokesperson, YouTube sensation James Charles, in October 2016. In February, Rimmel London hired its first male ambassador Lewys Ball, and L’Oreal Paris UK recruited Jake-Jamie Ward for its new ad campaign. Both of these men are bloggers. Ward is known particularly for his blog “The Beauty Boy” and his #MakeupIsGenderless campaign.

Maybelline followed suit, announcing its first male ambassador Manny Gutierrez, or Manny Mua, hired to promote its new Big Shot Mascara.

It seems about time, too. According to a report by market research company Mintel, consumers have begun to embrace the increased gender diversity in the makeup world. Consequently, traditional gender boundaries in fashion and beauty trends are becoming increasingly blurred.

Of course, it would be naive to assume that the sole intention of these monolithic companies is simply to spread awareness about outdated gender roles and offer young male beauty vloggers more visibility. The more people who see people like them wearing makeup in advertisements,

the more they will be willing to buy makeup themselves. Such is the case for men — why wouldn’t a makeup company try to double its market, especially in a climate that is increasingly willing to redefine masculinity?

Mintel also reported that 47 percent of men aged 14-24 trust beauty bloggers more than store staff, and that number is sure to rise with the increasing popularity of famous makeup vloggers, both male and female. With a growing number of niche amateurs and the possibility of a new, massive client base, it seems the time is right for corporate interests and diverse gender expressions to align.

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Nesi Altaras Looking In

Healthcare is ‘sticky downwards’

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ow that Republicans control both houses of Congress and the presidency, there is no barrier to finally repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). They have called the law — which is otherwise known as Obamacare and has historically given the most Americans health insurance — “un-American,” “a freedom killer” and “Obama’s Katrina.” After voting over 60 times to get rid of it, they can finally do so without a presidential veto.

Or so they thought. After seven years of the ACA, many voters, including Republicans, have become accustomed to affording healthcare for the first time. That is why the Democrats had the ACA-supporting former Kentucky Governor Steve Bashear give the response to President Donald Trump’s address to Congress: to tout the positive impacts of the law in a deeply red state.

Many Republican voters hated Obamacare for years, and now they are shouting at Mitch McConnell to protect the ACA. The reason comes down to a concept familiar to most people who have taken an economics class. When talking about wages and how they increase, most people will see a graph shaped like a staircase that goes up toward the right. This is because wages usually remain unchanged for a long time and then increase all at once, not to go back down. This is what makes the labor market special: When the demand for labor goes down, the market would only clear if wages decrease, which is practically impossible.

Almost no employee would willingly be paid less for the same job. So, wages are ‘sticky downwards’ because they refuse to go down once they have gone up.

Much like wages, healthcare is also ‘sticky downwards.’ Once you give Americans access to affordable healthcare, once you let them keep their parents’ plan until age 26, once you allow people with pre-existing conditions to get healthcare for the first time, there is no taking it back. It doesn’t matter if you consider yourself ‘fiscally conservative,’ once you can afford medicine for your sick child because of the ACA, there is no way you will stand by while it gets repealed.

This is the problem with a law that is so profound and new. Many presidents, beginning with Theodore Roosevelt, have invested time and energy to create a proper healthcare system in the United States. The ACA has come the closest to making this a reality, and the ACA does not even provide universal healthcare, it just covers more people than ever before.

It is a political impossibility for Republicans to repeal the ACA, take healthcare away from anyone and then still get re-elected; even in the most conservative district, they would lose their primary to a conservative who is pro-ACA. That’s why Congressional Republicans keep skipping town halls: they don’t have an alternative to offer that covers as many people. Obamacare is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it certainly is not bad, and the American public at large has finally come to terms with that.

Nesi Altaras is a sophomore majoring in international relations and economics.

Nesi can be reached at nesi.altaras@ tufts.edu.

Opinion

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

OP-ED

If possible, think about early graduation

by Bhushan Deshpande A classmate of mine, recalling that I graduated early, recently shared with me Michael Shames’ Jan. 19 Daily article, “Graduating early provides a rare path for students.” The article got me thinking back three years ago to when I decided to graduate from Tufts a semester early.

It wasn’t an easy decision, if only because the Tufts bureaucracy doesn’t make it easy.

Even if you have taken the 34 courses required to graduate from the School of Arts and Sciences by the end of your seventh semester, at least five of those credits must come from pre-matriculation, advanced placement or summer credits.

Although many Tufts students come from backgrounds where that would be possible, certainly nowhere near close to everyone reading this op-ed would be able to. However, if you do happen to be in a circumstance where it is possible for you to graduate early, it is absolutely worth it to think about doing so.

Being at a liberal arts college is not the last time in your life that you will have an opportunity to explore a new and interesting topic. While I may never take an economics, physics or American history course again, that doesn’t mean I had to stop learning about new and interesting topics. During the eighth semester I never had, I heard Thomas Piketty and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren discuss capital, growth and the one percent at the Old South Meeting Hall, stayed up late with

my friend talking about the philosophy of cosmology and science and read many a biography while taking the T to work.

But let’s be honest: If you are thinking about graduating early, there is more that is going through your mind than whether you will be able to study an interesting subject again. You are probably thinking about the money. And for good reason!

Tufts is expensive: Before financial aid, the break-even cost between staying at Tufts for an eighth semester and graduating early is well over $200 per day over a full semester. I loved my time and experiences at Tufts, and the school has provided me with some amazing opportunities that I would never have gotten anywhere else; but those opportunities didn’t occur in the actual classroom — they came from being in an environment where people were excited to learn and grow together.

No longer taking classes doesn’t mean learning needs to stop. In fact, I had more time than ever to do that. Even with working and commuting across the city, just the simple fact that I didn’t have to take work home meant that my evenings and my weekends were entirely my own. One underemphasized point in discussions of early graduation is that every opportunity is still available to you once you graduate.

You can sit in on lectures with interesting speakers. You can talk to your friends who are studying interesting things during the evening. If you are planning on going back to school and need letters of recommendation for that, Tufts faculty will be more

than happy to have you do research with them – the flexibility of not having to be in classes at odd hours makes you a much more attractive candidate for them.

And outside of that, you can have all the fun that you want. Student groups don’t ask if you’re still taking classes.

Neither does tuftstickets.com, so have fun at Winter Ball and Spring Fling. You can show up at Around the World, go to community protests on Tuesday nights and plan a house party. All of the interesting parts of Senior Week mostly take place at night, perfectly timed for you to attend no matter what you have going on during the day. And Commencement Weekend is going to be just as much of a cryfest for the people who haven’t taken a class in five months as it is for the ones who finished five days prior.

So if you find yourself in a situation where you can think about graduating early, take some time to think about it. It doesn’t always make sense for every person’s individual situation, and there are very real financial aid and immigration reasons to stay in school through May. But just remember that there are all sorts of benefits and opportunities that can be easily overlooked by just following the traditional pathway, and you owe it to yourself to check those out.

Bhushan Deshpande graduated in 2014 with a major in quantitative economics and is currently a medical student at Harvard. Bhushan can be reached at bhushan.deshpande@alumni.tufts.edu.

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Jumbos to face Keene State, Middlebury and Endicott in five-day span MEN'S LACROSSE

continued from back a pass to Carbone who was waiting on the goal line for the easy goal.

The second quarter opened with the Jumbos ahead, 3-1. Although the Ducks took the first shot of the quarter, sophomore goalkeeper Ben Shmerler saved it with his foot and cleared it immediately back to the Ducks’ end of the field. Sophomore midfielder John Cordrey found senior attackman Michael Mattson, who grounded a shot into the goal. Twenty-two seconds later, Carbone scored off an identical crease roll, shooting at nearly a 90-degree angle for a fourth unanswered goal, forcing the Ducks to call a timeout.

Unfortunately for the Ducks, the timeout did not help them regroup, and Carbone scored an identical goal minutes later to make it 6-1. Less than a minute later, Murphy added a seventh with an unassisted drive on goal.

“I think we played really well as a unit and established what we wanted to do right away,” Murphy said. “We were really up-tempo the whole day and put a lot of pressure on them and didn’t allow them to do what they wanted to do.”

Finally, the Ducks had a breakthrough when sophomore attackman Max Bailey slotted a shot past Shmerler. However, it didn’t last, and Richman had an easy goal off a feed from Cordrey, who tallied his second assist of the day.

The Jumbos demonstrated their ability to force turnovers on the Ducks’ side of the field and thwarted several of the Ducks’ clear attempts, winning the ball back before it even reached the half-field line. The Ducks only completed 14 of 24 of their clears on Saturday in comparison to the Jumbos’ 14 of 16.

The Jumbos’ ability to clear quickly and efficiently lent to the speed of their goal-scoring, as it took only 12 seconds after Shmerler’s clear before a

half-field pass gave Murphy the ball to make it 9-2 going into halftime.

The second half mirrored the first in that Stevens scored first, sparking a brief hope for a comeback as they cut the deficit to two-thirds. However, the remainder of the third quarter consisted of six unanswered goals from the Jumbos. Senior midfielder Lucas Johnson and Mattson scored back-toback goals in the same way, highlighting clear gaps in Stevens’ defense.

According to Murphy, the team wasn’t fazed after the Ducks scored first in both halves.

“A big philosophy that we have is just to get the next one,” he said. “We don’t care what happened on the last play, we only care about what happens on the next one.”

After sophomore midfielder Henry Hollen brought the ball into the attack after winning the face-off, the Ducks had another clearing opportunity. However, because of the volume of pressure that the Jumbos’ attack put on them, they were unable to get the ball out of their end, and Cordrey took advantage of the situation to find a wide open shooting lane for the Jumbos’ 12th goal of the game.

Three more goals came, two in man-up plays, from Murphy, Mattson and senior co-captain defenseman Tucker Mathers before the end of the third quarter.

Stevens scored half of their six goals in the final quarter. However, Tufts still outscored them by a goal. Again, the Ducks scored first, Murphy capitalized on a man-up opportunity and found the net again off a deflection. A minute later, sophomore midfielder Nick Katz ripped a shot from far out, taking everybody by surprise and increasing the lead to 13 with less than 10 minutes left.

Two goals in 22 seconds increased the lead even further, with junior attackman Griffin Johnson and Hollen each getting on the scoresheet for the day. The Ducks answered with two goals in the final three minutes.

However, there was no coming back from the 15-goal deficit.

Thirty-one Jumbos saw playing time on Saturday, registering 46 ground balls and 55 shots. They held off nine of 11 Stevens man-up opportunities in 10.5 minutes worth of penalties and forced 23 turnovers, a demonstration of their defensive ability in all positions.

“They were great on ground balls and were really aggressive in the middle of the field,” new head coach Casey D’Annolfo (LA ’06) said. “Our defense locked it down and were very stingy. I thought a couple of the [man-up] calls were a little soft, but our guys did a good job in responding to that adversity and playing well.”

Hollen took most of the face-offs for the Jumbos, winning 15 of 24, and gave the Jumbos crucial possessions that allowed them to dominate the tempo of the game. Hollen stepped up into the role after faceoff expert four-year starter Conor Helfrich (LA ’16) graduated last year.

“I was definitely nervous but it was easy because Conor [Helfrich] is now our assistant coach, so it was good to have him help me along the way,” Hollen said. “Also, as a team, facing off isn’t just about the guy at the ‘X’ but about the wing guys too. Whenever the ball is on the ground, it’s a team effort.

It’s three guys, not just one, so the wing guys help me out just as much.”

In its first game under D’Annolfo, the team looked stronger than ever, bolstered by alumni on the sideline who had come from New York City to watch the game.

In the next seven days Tufts has three games, including its first conference match-up against Middlebury on Saturday. Despite the tight schedule, the Jumbos have the advantage of playing all three games at home. They face off against Keene State at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Middlebury at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Endicott at 3 p.m. on Sunday, all on Bello Field.

Jumbos to send six to Regionals at Yale WOMEN'S FENCING

continued from back blade of Brandeis’ Joanne Carminucci in the first round. Despite being the sixth seed, Carminucci went on to win the tournament, making her the second overall champion of the day to knock out a Tufts fencer. Hewes, meanwhile, finished fifth overall, the highest of any Jumbo.

“We were all proud of [ Juliet Hewes],” sophomore and fellow foilist Zoe Howard said. “Her last bout in the quarterfinals was really well fought.”

Howard, competing in her second NEIFC Championships, rebounded from a difficult start to finish ninth overall.

“I lost to a couple girls [whom] I shouldn’t have lost to, but really [it] picked up in the afternoon,” Howard said. “I won nice [victories] against Brandeis and Vassar, both schools that we have rivalries with.”

In pool play, she missed out on qualification to the quarterfinals by the slimmest of margins. After recording the same indicator — the difference between touches scored and touches received — as Vassar’s Sophie Blumenstock (-2), Howard dropped the tiebreaker: win-loss ratio.

The Jumbos’ fourth-place finish (behind Brandeis, MIT and Boston College) equals their mark from last year’s

tournament. The team’s final event of the season is this weekend’s NCAA Regional Championships at Yale. The team will send six fencers to compete in New Haven, Conn.: the sabre squad’s Marturano and Ajaz, foilists Hewes and Howard, senior co-captain Chandler Coble and junior Grace Tellado from the épée squad.

Howard explained that as a firsttime qualifier for Regionals, preparation is more elaborate than for the average meet.

“This coming week will be pretty intense,” Howard said. “It’s going to be lot of one-on-one time with [coach Carlos Bruno] and a lot of training, both technical and conditioning.”

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Sam Nowicki Teeing Off

Stars shine in Mexico City

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his week, the golfing world took a trip to our beautiful neighbor to the South: Mexico. The World Golf Championships, an invite-only event (based on world ranking and some other special exemptions), was played at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, just west of Mexico City.

The event saw a star-studded tournament, with the likes of Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and even Jordan Spieth all making runs at the championship.

In Rory’s first start since injuring his ribs earlier in the season (first start if we don’t include the 18 holes he played with DJ Trump), he showed all kinds of game. Rory had it all going for him, holding the lead or at least a share at many times during the tournament. Though Rory didn’t play his best on Sunday, firing an even par-71, the Northern Irishman is in great shape heading to Augusta. And of course, as Rory has had no problem saying in the past, he isn’t in the game to grow it, though his performance at the 2016 Ryder Cup would say otherwise. He’s here to win majors. With a victory at Augusta National in a month, Rory will become the sixth player in golf history to have won all four majors, achieving the career grand slam. The last to do it: Tiger Woods.

Phil Mickelson continued to show his timelessness and brilliance around the greens per usual. Phil has had a trying week, as on Friday he had to play with his brother as his caddie because his usual looper, Bones, was sick with food poisoning. Lefty played great, but a few loose shots ended up costing him lower numbers each day and thus left him short of the title.

Spieth played a couple average rounds before firing an 8-under 63 in round three, matching his lowest round ever in a WGC event. During this round, Spieth holed out a couple of times from around the green, including a trick shot where he hit the ball well past the hole and up a slope. It then proceeded to roll all the way back to the hole before it dropped in for an incredible birdie. Jordan continues to show that his game is in great shape, and he remains the favorite (for both Vegas and myself ) for The Masters.

Thomas continued his early season play, entering the fourth round with a one-shot lead. He was looking to capture his fourth win of the season, an incredible feat. But Thomas simply lacked any kind of scoring capability and shot a 1-over 72 in route to a T5 finish.

Dustin Johnson won for the second time this season. To talk about the winner last seems odd, but I tried to save the best for last (corny, I know).

DJ recently claimed the No. 1 ranking in the world and solidified it this week for the near future with his win. He also took home a smooth $1.66 million in winnings. DJ was able to overpower the course this week, using his impressive length, including a 320-yard 2-iron.

DJ will look to add a second major to his resume this year… but it won’t be Augusta.

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

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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Jumbos overcome Ducks by 15 goals, prepare for first conference game

by Maddie Payne Sports Editor

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Senior defenseman Tucker Mathers blocks the path of an opponent in the NCAA Div. III men’s lacrosse semifinal against the Saint Lawrence Saints on May 22, 2016.

The Jumbos easily overcame the Stevens Institute Ducks on Saturday in their season opener, winning 19-6 to extend their record against the Ducks to 4-0 in the last four seasons.

The match-up was a stark contrast from last season’s narrow 14-13 victory during which the Jumbos came from behind to win. Freezing temperatures and high winds didn’t faze the Jumbos, despite fielding a starting lineup where half of the starters had never started a game before.

The Ducks opened the scoring in the second minute of play, taking advantage of a man-up opportunity. Stevens pressed hard, taking the ball into the Tufts zone and firing two more shots.

However, Tufts answered minutes later when senior attackman Austin Carbone rolled the crease and fired a shot past sophomore goalkeeper Carson White.

Carbone’s goal was the first of seven unanswered goals that the Jumbos scored. The second came from senior attackman Zach Richman, who added one for the Jumbos with 9:46 left in the first quarter. In the next six minutes, Tufts took six shots before they finally found the net. Sophomore Ben Connelly had a shot hit the post and classmate Danny Murphy took three of his own before Connelly finally fed see MEN'S LACROSSE, page 11

WOMEN'S FENCING

Women’s fencing earns fourth place at NEIFC Championships

by Caleb Symons Contributing Writer

Tufts turned in a fourth-place performance on Saturday at the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference (NEIFC) Championships, with strong contributions from all three weapons.

The uniquely formatted tournament, hosted by the University of Vermont, consisted of 14 teams from around the Northeast. The opening round — which split the competitors into groups A, B and C — narrowed down the field to 12 fencers (the top six A fencers, top four B fencers and top two C fencers).

These 12 then competed in round-robin-style pool play, from which the top eight advanced to a single-elimination bracket to determine the individual winner.

“The format is nice because you get to fence people who are on [your] level,” junior sabre fencer Bridget Marturano said.

With five wins in their last six regular season matches, the Jumbos kept the momentum rolling, as they placed one fencer in the quarterfinals for foil and sabre and registered 467 total touches on the day.

The sabre squad led the way with 158 of those touches, as Marturano (eighth overall) and junior Nayab Ajaz (11th overall) both progressed to the pool play. Marturano, a two-time veteran of the NEIFC Championships, had a particularly successful day, losing

only two bouts. Even though she was eliminated by the eventual champion, Dartmouth junior Kaleigh Mentzer, in the quarterfinals, the 15-7 scoreline represented the most touches scored by any competitor against Mentzer.

According to Marturano, her advancement to the final round was a substantial improvement from her fifth-place opening round exit last year. “ [ Qu a l i f y i n g ] for the pool round was my initial goal for the day because last year I missed [it] by three touches,” she said. “We started out fencing two of the hardest schools — Sacred Heart and Boston College — and I beat both of their A fencers, which was a great start and carried all the way through the rest of the day. I had a lot of intense bouts because I was fencing the toughest people from every Junior foil Juliet Hewes school.”

The sabre team’s fifth overall finish was matched by that of the épée squad, which registered 155 total touches.

Senior co-captain Anna Gooch (11th overall) also qualified for pool play but was unable to advance further after losing three of her five bouts.

Finally, the foil squad totaled 154 touches to finish sixth overall.

Senior co-captain Juliet Hewes was the star of the day for the Jumbos, breezing through pool play with a 4-1 record and positioning herself as the third seed entering the final round.

The Lexington, Mass. native was upset, though, falling 15-9 at the the see WOMEN'S FENCING, page 11

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plays in a match against BU at the Tufts Multi-Meet in Cousens Gym on Feb. 11.