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James Stavridis, dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and David Harris, provost and senior vice president, informed The Fletcher School community on Tuesday morning that Anthony Scaramucci (LA ’86) had resigned from his position on the Board of Advisors. “We thank Mr. Scaramucci for his past service to Tufts and wish him well,” they wrote in an email. This news was the culmination of several few weeks’ of back-and-forth between Scaramucci and members of the Fletcher community, which all started when Carter Banker, a second-year Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) student, started a petition to have him removed from the Fletcher Board of Advisors. Scaramucci had been on the Fletcher Board of Advisors since June 2016. Scaramucci’s resignation followed the publication of a public letter to The Fletcher School students and faculty that he posted online on Monday night. Scaramucci told the Daily in an email that he chose to resign after the university cancelled his scheduled Nov. 27 appearance, following his threat of suing second-year MALD student Camilo Caballero and The Tufts Daily for “defamatory” op-eds. “Once the University made the decision to cancel my appearance I felt it was the diplomatic thing to do. I enjoyed my 35 year relationship with the University and I am looking forward to the new chal-

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Anthony Scaramucci speaks at the 2016 FreedomFest at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nev. lenges ahead,” Scaramucci told the Daily in an email. Banker said that, although she considered this a win, she was disappointed by the way the events unfolded, specifically regarding Scaramucci’s threat to sue Caballero and the Daily for defamation.

“It got really nasty at the end,” Banker said. “As the person who started the petition, that was really never my intention — for it to go in that direction. That was frustrating and disappointing to me.” Banker added that she did not think Scaramucci completely understood why

she and other community members were upset. She noted that in his open letter, Scaramucci was trying to address multiple people in his letter and that in the process, the narratives all became entangled. see SCARAMUCCI , page 2

University raises concerns over Congressional tax plan by Arin Kerstein News Editor

The university administration came out in opposition last week to provisions in Congress’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that would impact Tufts and other institutions of higher education. The House of Representatives passed a version of the tax reform bill earlier this month, which included several provisions that would affect Tufts, and the Senate is expected to vote on its own version of a tax plan by the end of the week following the Senate Budget Committee’s approval of the bill yesterday, according to The New York Times. Among the proposed changes is the elimination of tax-free tuition waivers for graduate students and tuition reimbursements for employees, along with implications for endowment spending, charitable giving and the private activity bonds which allow schools to finance capital projects.

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University President Anthony Monaco posed his concerns about the plan through a Nov. 22 letter to the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, in which he described the detrimental effect that the legislation would have on higher education. “The legislation includes several proposals that would negatively impact our students, employees and our institution, ultimately making college less affordable, discouraging participation in higher education, and decreasing U.S. competitiveness globally,” he said. Mary Jeka, senior vice president and general counsel, noted that Tufts is lobbying against the plan alongside many other institutions within higher education such as the American Council on Education and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Ph.D. students in many departments currently receive tuition waivers in exchange for serving as teaching assistants or conducting research. Current law

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does not tax these waivers, but a provision of the new House bill would require them to be taxed. “This would have a devastating impact on our graduate teaching and research assistants as it would increase a student’s income tax by as much as $10,000 per year,” Monaco said. Karen Panetta, dean of graduate education for the School of Engineering, explained that taxing tuition waivers would disincentivize many students from pursuing further education because they would be responsible for paying the tax in addition to paying off large amounts of undergraduate debt. “Now you’ve got your undergraduate debt plus your graduate taxes to pay, so most people in STEM are going to get that $80–90,000 a year job versus spending another 3–4 years of college for the unknown and lots of debt,” she said. James Rizzi, a teaching assistant and Ph.D. candidate in the Department

of English who was instrumental in graduate students’ in the School of Arts and Sciences vote to unionize last spring, noted that the time and opportunity cost of graduate school would no longer be possible for many students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as well, adding that these taxes would push many out of their current programs. “[Many of my colleagues have] realized that they would not be able to live the life of graduate students, to be able to pay rent in this part of the world and to buy groceries, if they had to pay the taxes that are being proposed,” he said. Panetta explained that if the House plan is implemented, either students or the university will have to bear this tax burden. If the latter were held responsible, she said that faculty would effectively have to take on fewer students.

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a Nov. 16 conversation between students and administrators regarding the petition to remove Scaramucci. ACLU Responds to Scaramucci On the same day as Scaramucci’s resignation, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts responded to his threats of legal action by sending a letter to Samuel J. Lieberman, the lawyer retained by Scaramucci. The response was sent on behalf of Caballero, whom the ACLU of Massachusetts has taken on as a client. In the letter, Legal Director Matthew Segal and Senior Attorney Ruth Bourquin argue that claims of defamation made by Scaramucci and Lieberman are without merit and the legal threats should cease. The letter argues that Caballero’s op-eds are overwhelmingly made up of opinions backed up by true facts, which prevents his statements from qualifying as defamation because they do not include false assertions of facts. Instead, the lawyers say that the op-eds contain “rhetorical flourishes” that are clearly expressions of opinion. “Mr. Scaramucci himself is no stranger to rhetorical flourishes. For example, following news reports about your letter, some have criticized Mr. Scaramucci for threatening to sue a school newspaper and graduate student at his alma mater. In response, Mr. Scaramucci has reportedly

called such criticism ‘baby-ish,'” the letter reads. “We view this remark as rhetoric expressing your client’s constitutionally-protected opinions about his critics. We do not interpret Mr. Scaramucci’s statement as an assertion that his critics are, in fact, infants.” Additionally, the letter says that Scaramucci qualifies as a public figure. The letter notes that, according to legal precedent, this designation would require proof of “actual malice,” or that Caballero either knowingly published false statements or published them with reckless disregard for the facts. In their letter, the ACLU of Massachusetts’ lawyers defended the right to express Caballero’s critical point of view. “By using wealth and power to try to silence freedom of the press, your client is proving the very point that Mr. Caballero was making in urging Mr. Scaramucci’s removal from the Board of Advisors,” the letter reads. Banker wished Scaramucci well but said she had one question left unanswered. “I would want to know why he wanted to be on the Fletcher board and why he held on for so long. What does it mean to him? Do you see it as prestigious?” she said. “That’s one of many things about this man that baffles me.”

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“I honestly think that him coming to have a conversation — which would have happened if he hadn’t threatened to sue people — could have been very helpful for his understanding,” she said. Not all students supported Banker’s petition to remove Scaramucci, as evidenced by first-year MALD student Alex Henrie’s Nov. 20 op-ed. Banker said Fletcher School Executive Associate Dean Gerard Sheehan sent her a message Tuesday morning congratulating her for her tenacity throughout the entire process. Fletcher Professor of International Politics Daniel Drezner, who has been engaged in a Twitter feud with Scaramucci over the past few days, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that Scaramucci has not fulfilled his duties as a member of the Board of Advisors. “A Fletcher administrator and Scaramucci confirmed to me that since being appointed, he has neither attended an advisory board meeting nor given a single dollar to the school,” Drezner wrote. Advisors are supposed to provide advice to the deans, philanthropically support the university and serve as ambassadors of the university, Board of Advisors Program Director Jonathan Kaplan said at

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continued from page 1 Rizzi and Panetta both noted the implications this would have for socio-economic diversity in graduate programs. “If this version of the bill passes, then academia will be completely unrecognizable within a decade,” Rizzi said. “Right now we have at least a meritocratic ideal that anyone from any background can get into graduate school and become part of this large discussion that shapes our culture… If this tax bill passes the only people part of that discussion will be people who are able to afford to be there.” Rizzi added that driving talented students out of graduate school would have large trickle down effects to other parts of society. “The work that is done in graduate school is and has been for almost a century now a real investment in our culture and in our industries,” he said. Monaco in his statement agreed that this change would have long-term implications for the U.S. workforce. “Withdrawing support from this talent development pipeline will have negative consequences on our nation’s workforce in a time of increasing global competitiveness,” Monaco said. Monaco also outlined concerns related to the House bill’s elimination of certain tuition reductions and tuition reimbursements that increase access to education for employees and their fam-

ilies. He noted that 50 percent of those employees receiving tuition reductions earned $50,000 or less, and 78 percent earned $75,000 or less. The House bill also contains provisions that would decrease charitable giving, which is a major contributor to the university’s spending in a wide range of arenas. “These charitable donations are an important source of Tufts’ operating revenue, supporting student scholarships, professorships, academic programs, research, and other important initiatives,” Monaco said. The current proposals would also subject endowments of universities with over 500 students with a value of more than $250,000 per student to a tax. Monaco noted that, while Tufts would not be subject to this tax at this point in time, the provision sets a precedent that would decrease opportunities for endowment spending, which funds scholarships, fellowships and academic programs. Both bills also eliminate private activity bonds, which Monaco noted the university currently uses in financing capital projects. “This proposal will result in higher borrowing costs, leading to diminished investments in infrastructure, fewer jobs, reduced public services, and increased service charges and other fees,” he said. Panetta explained that such bonds were crucial in the development of build-

ings such as the Science and Engineering Complex, and that their elimination will lead to the university sacrificing maintenance projects for current facilities such as upgrading seats in the classroom, painting the walls and upgrading furniture. “You’re going to see a lot more wear and tear on things before we can refurbish existing infrastructure, which is not really a good strategy because it’s going to cost you more [at the end] if you don’t keep do the upkeep,” she said. Panetta added that these changes would impact plans that science, technology, engineering and math departments currently have for construction around the Green Line Extension plans and upgrades within Halligan Hall to promote collaboration between disciplines. “All of a sudden, we’re going to be constrained on what we will be able to afford to do to carry out those plans,” she said. Jeka noted that the university is keeping a close watch on Congress as the debate unfolds, and that it has not yet determined its response should the plan go through. “Because the various proposals are still under discussion and could change, it’s not possible at this time for us to speculate on how we would respond,” she told the Daily in an email. “As the debate evolves, a bill, its potential impact, and the university’s potential responses will become clearer.”

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his week’s recipe has been a family classic for generations. I believe my grandmother actually used to make this for her mother when she was younger. My family calls this recipe “ghraybeh” but a more descriptive name would be Lebanese butter cookies. I’m proud to say that I have slightly adapted this week’s recipe to be more in line with another family favorite: fingerprint cookies. While the original recipe had a rather simple flavor, I felt that some pizzazz could be added by including jam as a sort of topping or garnish. So while I would no longer call these cookies entirely authentic to their traditional roots, it feels nice to add my own touch to what my family began. I hope you enjoy! To start, cut 4 sticks of unsalted butter into tablespoon-sized slices, place them in a bowl and microwave them until they have completely melted. Next, let the butter cool to room temperature so that it can separate into distinct layers. While the butter is cooling, mix together 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. Personally, I found that 1 cup of granulated sugar and 1 cup of powdered sugar works best, as this combination makes for a balanced texture. The more powdered sugar you use, the more the cookies will melt in your mouth, but the less they will hold together in the oven and on a plate before serving. The opposite holds true for granulated sugar, which makes for denser cookies. Once the butter has completely separated, use a spoon to skim the white film off the top. Next, use a ladle or spoon to add the butter to the flour and sugar. The trick here is to make sure you don’t add any of the thicker, white oil of the butter which will reside in the bottom of the bowl. The process of separating the thin, yellow liquid from the oil will take some time but just stay patient. If some of the yellow layer is unable to be removed without disturbing the oil, that’s fine. Just make sure there is enough butter to combine the sugar and flour together. Once the butter is in with the dough, add a teaspoon of almond extract and mix until a smooth texture forms. On an ungreased cookie sheet, place tablespoon-sized balls about an inch apart. These cookies are not prone to expanding in size in the oven, so you don’t really need to worry about them baking into each other. Bake the cookies at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for five minutes. Once they’ve baked, press your finger lightly into each cookie to make a divot and bake again for about another five minutes. During this second bake, be exceptionally careful. These cookies can burn very quickly. Take them out when they have ever so slightly changed color on the bottom, because turning light brown is an indicator that they have burned. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes before piping your favorite jam into your finger shaped divots. And with that, your cookies are done! Happy baking!

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Tisch College offers Tisch Civic Studies courses by Maya Hamberg Contributing Writer

As announced in April 2016, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, was renamed the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. The name change was one effort Tisch College made to focus its mission towards civic engagement as a way to combat a “broken” democracy. Another step is taking shape in a variety of courses now listed under Tisch Civic Studies. Bringing together courses from a variety of departments such as Child Study and Human Development, Film and Media Studies as well as Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies, Tisch Civic Studies bring together courses at Tufts in hopes of making civic studies more accessible to students. Piloted during the fall semester with nine courses offered, this coming spring semester 14 courses listed under Tisch Civic studies will be offered, according to SIS. The courses range in topic from science and the human experience to children and mass media, to mass incarceration and the literature of confinement. Many of the courses have been offered in previous semesters, but with the new designation within Tisch Civic Studies, they have a clearer emphasis on civic engagement according to Special Projects Administrator of Tisch College Jessica Byrnes. She said that the Tisch Civic Studies has been in the works for a long time, as it is challenging to create a new designation for courses. As a Tufts graduate herself with a degree in peace and justice studies, Byrnes is jealous of the opportunities current students now have to explore what Tisch College has to offer. “I’m excited for students who are already interested in these subjects to have a tool to help them easily find these courses,” Byrnes said. “I’m even more excited for students who have never thought about civic studies to have a really easy way for them find out more about it in a way that is compelling.” Associate Dean for Programs and Administration Diane Ryan commented on how these courses will help increase the reach of Tisch College. “The best way to increase the impact of those areas is to offer academic courses

where you have theory and content. Then you can go have experiences to make that content come alive, and we have research to show that those things work,” Ryan said. “It’s very complementary.” When asked about what this new designation meant for Tisch College as a whole, Ryan linked it with general growth. Along with this new academic initiative, Tisch College has reconstituted its faculty, now employing senior fellows who are subject matter experts and well known in their respective fields. The idea for a potential Tisch Civic Studies major is on the table, but its path is unclear. “There are definitely hopes to strengthen the academic standing of Tisch College, whether that results in a major is the great unknown right now. But if you think about Tufts, and its brand of responsible and active citizenship, it would make sense that might be a direction,” Ryan said. The growth of Tisch College cannot be accredited just to their own efforts. Byrnes was sure to share her appreciation to the university. “[I am grateful to Tufts] for recognizing the academic stature and importance of civic studies as its own field and that Tisch College is a leader in civic studies,” she said. “It is making the argument that civic education is not just a nice thing but that it’s critical, critical to restoring our democracy and the institutions in this country and to giving that academic stature.” The overarching goal of these courses — which Ryan articulated as to increase the knowledge, skills and disposition of people toward leading a more civically engaged life — is well encapsulated by the course science and the human experience taught by Jonathan Garlick. Garlick is a Tisch College senior fellow for civic science as well as a professor at the Tufts School of Dental Medicine, the School of Medicine and the School of Engineering. Garlick’s course allows students to find their voice through discussion of scientific and ethical issues such as the opioid crisis, the vaccine debate and abortion debate. “The goal of the course is through the lens of [divisiveness] and polarizing science issues, we ask three questions: Who am I? What do I care about the most? What are we going to do about that?” Garlick said. “And when the students reflect deeply on those three ques-

tions, they accomplish the goal of the course which is to find their voice in the science conversation through a personal way. Then you connect that so that they can make well informed, personal, civic choices in their lives.” Garlick is embedding civic studies and civic engagement into his course, a necessity for the Tisch Civic Studies courses according to Byrnes. For Garlick’s course specifically, science is correlated with civic engagement. He describes himself as a scientist in society, meaning that his work has great importance outside of the lab. Garlick hopes to demonstrate what this means through discussion and debate. “We face a challenging time and in the challenging time we face, the landscape of discourse … is broken,” he said. “By coming together, by sharing a communal learning experience that allows people to reflect on their values and choices that emanate from those values, people can connect those values to their civic choices which are really important as they see themselves as citizens, community members [and] people that live in public spaces.” With his course now listed as a Tisch Civic Studies course, Garlick says that a voice is given to the civic component of his course. He described this component of civic science as students connect science issues with their civic lives and choices. “Tisch College is the perfect place to do this because students can take this knowledge and understanding beyond the classroom and think about what it means in their democracy, their community and act on it,” he said. In a world that is increasingly divided, Garlick believes that Tisch College and the courses listed under Tisch Civic Studies provide a space for students to learn how to engage in discussion about difficult issues while gaining respect for diverse points of view. “We take these science issues which are complex, which are uncertain and which are divisive, and Tisch College gives us a place where we can unravel the complexity,” Garlick said. “We can confront the uncertainty, and we can build bridges across these divisive issues so that we can be better informed citizens.”

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Extending the pass/fail deadline will bring more academic freedom for students The pass/fail option at first glance seems like a perfect opportunity for students to take challenging classes or experiment in different fields without the risk of it affecting their GPAs. But the deadline for deciding to take a course pass/fail makes it difficult for students to maneuver. Sophomores, juniors and seniors have only five weeks to decide to drop a class, while first-year students must choose within their first 10 weeks of classes. In many classes, especially those where the vast majority of the grade is from a midterm and final, students will have received very few, if any, grades from their professors by the time of the deadline. Currently, when students choose to use pass/fail as a failsafe for classes they think are difficult, they are often making a blind

decision without any indicators of how they are being graded in these classes. Extending the pass/fail deadline by another three weeks would allow students to make better informed decisions based on the difficulty of the course, a professor’s grading system and their own grade. If the university extended the pass/fail deadline to after most midterms were completed, students would have a firm understanding of the course’s difficulty. With a longer pass/fail timeline, students will be able to better decide whether pass/fail is the best option for each individual course with more confidence. Another suggestion for improving the pass/fail options and student experiences overall is adopting a similar policy, similar to that of Columbia University. Columbia has an “uncovering” option

for students that allows undergraduates to change courses they had initially chosen as pass/fail back to a regular course, grading wise. Many students may initially choose pass/fail for classes known to be difficult or for classes that they believe they will not excel in, and only several weeks into the semester realize they are doing better in the class than they thought possible. This kind of policy would allow students to “uncover” their grades for classes they initially choose as pass/fail. Implementing a system similar to Columbia’s “uncover” option, allowing students to change classes from pass/ fail to regular grading, could give them more academic freedom in the classes they choose. Without the risk of choosing pass/fail and then doing well in that class, students will be rewarded for

their performance in a way they currently are not. Additionally, there’s a question of fairness here. Students work for their class grades, and they should be the final arbiters of how it appears on a transcript. Given that Tufts already allows any elective courses in excess of twenty-six credits to be declared as pass/fail courses and used as credits for an undergraduate degree, the university clearly already values them. Giving students greater autonomy over their work and the results they gain in their classes is the logical next step. We urge the university to consider extending the pass/fail deadline past the date of midterm exams. Improving the pass/fail policy would give undergraduate students the academic liberty to choose classes and weigh their options confidently.

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Lighting the way to a brighter world by David Meyers

When I was in high school, I fell in love with journalism. Creative writing was never my strong suit, but the structure of a news story immediately made sense to me. And when I combined that with the process of developing a story idea, doing the research, conducting interviews and piecing it all together, I realized I had stumbled on a career path. Almost immediately after arriving at Tufts as a first-year student, I attended The Tufts Daily’s open house and started writing for the News department. By the end of my first year, I had become a member of the editorial board. Over the course of the following three years, I committed myself to the Daily, and to journalism more generally, serving as editor-in-chief during my senior year. My most memorable spot on campus is still the basement of Curtis Hall, home to the Daily. Five days a week, we suffered through bad pizza, a leaky ceiling and a lack of natural light just to share the challenge of putting out a daily paper. (We had just launched a website when I graduated.) I am proud that — without the oversight of faculty or administrators — we ran our own business at one of the smallest schools in the country with a daily paper. On our own, we learned how to recruit and train journalists, negotiate contracts with printers, sell advertising and run a small business. It was in this setting that I sometimes failed, and that I always learned. The Daily — and my classes with Tufts luminaries such as Sol Gittleman, who taught me that we can shape society through our daily actions — made Tufts such an incredible experience for me.

Tufts launched my career; today I play a leading role at a national news organization dedicated to providing nonpartisan journalism, data, breaking news, and analysis of elections and public policy decisions. My Tufts story is not unique. As president of the Tufts University Alumni Association (TUAA) — the official body of more than 115,000 living Jumbos from all of Tufts’ schools — I hear from alumni every day about the transformational impact of their experience at Tufts. Tufts has announced the launch of a new fundraising campaign, Brighter World. When I was a student at Tufts, my experience at Tufts had little or nothing to do with university fundraising, as far as I could tell. It’s only now — 21 years after graduation — that I can appreciate that my time at Tufts was enriched by all of those alumni who gave back to an institution that had positively changed the course of their lives. This is why the 250 members of the TUAA governing body — the Tufts Alumni Council — have pledged to contribute $30 million to support Tufts students and faculty through the Brighter World campaign. To TUAA, this campaign is all about you and the future generations of Tufts students. We want you to have even better experiences than we did. Even if we were to set aside the transformational experiences of Tufts students, Council members believe that Tufts — as an institution — is a cause worthy of our investment. Tufts faculty are advancing knowledge in countless fields through research and discoveries that are changing the world. For example, at the School of Arts and Sciences, Marie-Claire Beaulieu’s work is making the human-

ities and classics accessible to many millions of people across the globe, and Mike Levin’s research into regeneration at the Allen Discovery Center could lead to medical breakthroughs in treating cancer and birth defects. At the School of Medicine, Phil Haydon is investigating the role that glial cells play in Alzheimer’s. Christina Economos’ ChildObesity180 at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy may help reverse the national trend of childhood obesity. And Tufts at Tech within the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine provides low-income pet owners with excellent care while equipping Tufts veterinary students and high school vocational students with critical training. Those aren’t the only ways Tufts is changing the world. The Tisch College of Civic Life teaches undergraduate and graduate students how to lead, how to get involved in their communities and how to have civil discussion. I think we all can agree that this work is more important now than ever, no matter your political persuasion. I first got involved as an alumni volunteer for Tufts because the university meant more to me than just a degree or credential. It changed the course of my life. I had a transformational experience at Tufts, and I’ve been able to build on those experiences well after graduation. As an ambassador for Tufts alumni, I can assure you that we are here for today’s Tufts students, just as you will be for tomorrow’s. And that is what Brighter World is really about. David Meyers graduated from the school of Arts and Sciences in 1996 and is the president of the Tufts University Alumni Association. He can be reached at David_ Meyers@alumni.tufts.edu.

ACLU STATEMENT

Statement of ACLU of Massachusetts on Scaramucci threat to sue student, newspaper by Carol Rose

The ACLU of Massachusetts is advising Tufts graduate student Camilo Caballero. While we continue to review Anthony Scaramucci’s threats, there is no doubt that sending a graduate student a legal demand letter accusing him of libel just two days before Thanksgiving – and demanding turnaround of five

business days – is plainly mean-spirited. Unfortunately, however, his actions are not entirely surprising, as they are completely consistent with President Trump’s ongoing attacks against the press and free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. This matter seems to be one where the apple doesn’t fall far from the Trump. Since his inauguration, the ACLU of Massachusetts has worked tirelessly to

fight the worst excesses of the Trump Administration – and we remain deeply committed to ensuring that free press stays free. We will not allow Mr. Caballero or any other similarly-situated journalist to be bullied into silence. Carol Rose is the executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts. Her media contact is Kate Lagreca, who can be reached at kate@northwindstrategies.com.

Paris Sanders P.S. …

Serenading Scaramucci

often have to consider the repercussions of my actions when writing articles. These may include a concerned text from my parents, or potential employers accessing my views with only a quick Google search. Now, apparently, the list of repercussions when writing for a small university newspaper may include legal action. Accordingly, I want to take this time to address someone I deeply, passionately and fervently admire: Mr. Anthony Scaramucci. Mr. Scaramucci, though I have not yet met you personally, I feel as if I already know you. I can’t help but cast my empathy aside and become incredibly inspired by your candidness on Twitter. You always take the time to investigate, even when it isn’t “politically correct,” like when your company ran a poll asking how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Please, can you look into if the Moon landing took place? Or what’s really going on in Area 51? God forbid we are withheld information any longer. Yet, you have always taken the time to adjust your views. Though you once supported Barack Obama and wrote, “I am not a partisan. For Gay Marriage, against the death penalty, and Pro Choice,” you adjusted your perspective to accommodate President Trump. While some could see you as “an unethical opportunist” or as a “man who sold his soul in contradiction to his own purported beliefs,” we all know these are just the makings of a true politician. Your verbiage is equally striking; who could forget the time you proclaimed, “the fish stinks from the head down. But I can tell you two people who don’t stink: me and The President.” Or when you berated Reince Priebus in a New Yorker interview, calling him a “fucking paranoid schizophrenic.” These words read like poetry, slink into my hardened collegiate ears like silk, like butter. Let’s not forget that you are clearly sensitive, touched by even so much as a gentle inquiry about your previous role as a board member at our Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. But, don’t worry! I’ve always loved men who are more in touch with their emotional side. Mr. Scaramucci, you are clearly so well read, so informed — who else would take the time to read their alma mater’s newspaper? And to think that you read the article and met with a legal team on top of your many other obligations; you really must not rest! But I remind you, that this is in no way a critique of you, as I am so moved by and respectful of you. I would not want anything less than to ensure that your image is exalted the way it ought to be after a 10-day stint as White House Communications Director. Before I conclude, I want to make a brief apology to the late Hugh Hefner, Woody Allen and any others I may have been critical of this past year. I was offensive and out of line, perhaps hormonal and hysterical! In reality, my feelings for all of you are positive and just as visceral as mine for Mr. Scaramucci — an undying love. Next time, I’ll hold my tongue. Paris Sanders is a senior majoring in philosophy and political science. Paris can be reached at paris.sanders@tufts.edu.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

ALBUM REVIEW

Tennis EP ‘We Can Die Happy’ marks a departure from duo’s earlier sound by Sadhya Garg

Contributing Writer

Just eight months after the release of their fourth album “Yours Conditionally,” husband and wife duo Tennis are back at it with their most recent EP, “We Can Die Happy.” Featuring catchy riffs, profound lyrics and Alaina Moore’s ethereal vocals, the group’s five track release is an impressive creation, and it highlights the duo’s growth since their earlier albums. While maintaining the band’s signature sound of indie-pop meets 1950s nostalgia, “We Can Die Happy” features a slightly more modern tone. The first track of the EP, “No Exit,” is a pop-y, dance-worthy song that encompasses both plucky bass and synthetic overtones, giving the piece an ’80s feel. “No Exit,” with lyrics “We go down down to the deep void / Right back into place, I can breathe again” and “We could die tonight / Oh my god I feel like I’m dying,” is a juxtaposition of dark and light, a dance song for the morose. The album takes a 180 degree turn with second track “Born to Be Needed.” Easily the most tonally similar to Tennis’ previous works, the song embraces its vintage qualities with airy vocals and Patrick Riley’s twangy guitar riffs. Lyrically, the track is about embracing independence and acting without regrets. “It’s a lonely road to autonomy / But I would do it, do it, do it again,” Moore sings. “Born to Be Needed” is an inspiring piece, with a certain lightness that evokes images of hazy summer days and long winding drives. “I Miss That Feeling” resides within a category of its own. With a deceptively gentle tone, the track delves into far darker

topics than any of the other tracks. Lines like “Every little need dismantling / Recorded by the needle of an EKG” and “When I feel that ragged edge descend / My heart splits open like a vent” depict a consciously beautiful portrait of anxiety and panic. A powerful and personal track, “I Miss That Feeling” portrays a very real issue for many, including Alaina Moore, who describes the song as a “love letter to [her] anxiety.” The EP concludes with two contrasting tunes, “Diamond Rings” and “Building God.” With a distinct ’80s influence, “Diamond Rings” is a hopeful plea for love. In contrast, “Building God” is a much more VIA GENIUS desperate piece fea“We Can Die Happy” is the most recent EP from husband and turing some of the wife duo Tennis. more profound lyrics of the entire album. “We’re only build- release since breaking off from former ing God / Until we have the one that we label Communion to form their own, want,” the song goes, “‘I can change, I Mutually Detrimental. A change from can change, I can change / Let me be the duo’s signature vibes, the album feawhat you need, it’s okay.’” Overall, it’s a tures some of Tennis’ greatest accomthought-provoking finale to a versatile plishments, both musically and lyricaland masterful album. ly. Tennis fans can only wait and see Tennis has released four studio albums what the group comes up with next, as since their formation in 2010, and “We they continue their upward trend toward Can Die Happy” marks only their second musical stardom.

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Justice League’ does nothing but injustice to DC Universe by Julian Blatt

Contributing Writer

With very few captivating or even enjoyable moments (apart from numerous shots of beefy shirtless men), it is easy to see why “Justice League” (2017) was a significant disappointment at the box office. After Marvel released “The Avengers” in 2012, DC fans have long awaited the opportunity to see their comic book superheroes fight evil on the big screen. Unfortunately for director Zack Snyder, however, “Justice League” might simply be a case of too little, too late. Indeed, if the highest praise one can give to “Justice League” is “some scenes are neat,” it truly must be a terrible movie. The premise is quite shaky. The antagonist of the film, Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds), desires three Mother Boxes, which he lost in an ancient war against a Lord of the Rings-esque battalion of unified armies, including the Amazons. The possession of these Mother Boxes will lead to eternal enslavement for all creatures of Earth. To prevent Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons from achieving total annihilation of the planet, Batman (Ben Affleck) must recruit other heroes, namely Cyborg (Ray Fisher), the Flash (Ezra Miller), Wonder

Woman (Gal Gadot) and Aquaman (Jason Momoa), to combat alongside him. Straightforward, right? Well, perhaps too straightforward. With a runtime of two hours, “Justice League” is short compared to other superhero films from both DC and Marvel. Yet the writers struggle to fill even this (much) smaller amount of time with interesting sequences. Too selfish to help save the world for the sake of others, each of the four supers is given a predictable and seemingly identical fight scene, and thus the personal reason necessary for accepting Batman’s request. As a result, Batman spends a large portion of the movie returning again and again to each of the other four, pleading with them to reconsider and join the team, like a child on the playground begging other kids to play with him. Additionally, so much backstory is supplied for the characters that I began to think the movie was nothing more than a random assortment of snippets from various prequels. If the writers had devoted more of the script to plot or character development, one significant problem could have been easily avoided. Even more disastrous, however, was the complete lack of chemistry among the cast. Individually, there were no major flaws; Ezra Miller’s Flash was adorably geeky and awk-

ward, and Gal Gadot once again proved that women can be just as fierce and heroic as men. Even so, every character interaction felt forced. Much of the blame goes to Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill. Since Superman’s death in “Batman v Superman” (2016), his resurrection and reacquaintance with Batman have been long in the making. But when this moment finally arrives, it is palpably anticlimactic; after another unnecessary fight scene between the two, neither seems particularly interested in the other. After all, what with Ben Affleck’s yawn of a performance, it’s no wonder why everyone initially refuses to join him, even with the looming threat of global destruction. Moreover, it is clear that Cavill would rather cut off his arm than reprise his role as Superman. His obvious boredom and restlessness rendered Amy Adams’ Lois Lane practically superfluous — why give him a love interest when the only thing he really loves is hearing Snyder say, “That’s a wrap”? Everything about the film, from the writing to the acting to the directing, requires serious improvement. To satisfy the calories he burns by constantly running, Barry Allen (the Flash) must “eat a lot of snacks to fill this black hole.” “Justice League” will remain a black hole, two hours we will never get back, and there aren’t enough snacks in the world to fill it.

Matthew Soderberg Citizen Shame

Home Alone Again (Again) As the holidays approach, everybody turns to childhood classics for a little sentiment and nostalgia. Movies like “Elf” (2003), “It’s A Wonderful Life” (1946) and “Love Actually” (2003) fill our screens and hearts while we try to remember the holidays as times of joy and family instead of a yearly platform for that one uncle to quip about gender roles. A movie that many think of is the 1990 John Hughes classic “Home Alone,” complete with pre-pizza-band Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci in a role hauntingly close to his turn in “Goodfellas” (1990). Everyone remembers the joy of watching some attentive parents abandon their (really annoying) child and then watching said child repeatedly attempt to murder two crooks with “Saw”–like torture devices. Equally famous is the 1992 sequel “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” a wonderful film about Culkin’s character grappling with the crisis that was bumping into 1990s Donald Trump in a hotel. There’s also a woman with birds, but that’s kind of freaky, so we’ll move past it. Same goes for Rob Schneider. However, few people recall that five years after the sequel, a new creative team and cast would make a third film so remarkable that it would live in my memory forever. “Home Alone 3” was the best thing to come out of 1997, a movie so touching and yet so absolutely destructive that it would bring Eastern European crooks, North Korean missiles and a young Scarlett Johansson questioning her career choice together in a blend of zany fun! Dive in and follow the story of some truly classic villains putting a potentially world-ending MacGuffin into a little remote control car (just one of the charms of the 1990s that permeates, painfully, throughout the film) and then losing that RC car at airport security. Can you say hijinks? When young Alex Pruitt (a knockoff Macaulay) ends up with the RC car, he enters into a cat-and-mouse chase with the four crooks that features a truly remarkable amount of shots from the view of the car. There are so many, in fact, that you find yourself wondering whether a few 12-year-olds were given a $30 million budget that resulted in this movie. Almost as important is the beautiful story of friendship between Alex and his pet mouse Doris, a duo so electric on screen it’s a mystery why neither of them ever made it big. They engage in classic banter with Johansson’s character, Alex’s brutally mean older sister, who is the also only person to emerge from “Home Alone 3” with an actual career. The film stumbles upon its finale that includes a brash arrival of the FBI, a literal parrot driving an RC car and lighting fireworks. Oh, and an old lady is almost murdered, but it’s cool. So, if you’ve been charmed by the hilarious violence of the first movie and its avian sequel, I urge you to visit the completion of the trilogy, if only for some topical talking points about the nuclear crisis for your IR class. Matthew Soderberg is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Matthew can be reached at matthew.soderberg@tufts.edu.

Sports

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY

MEN'S SQUASH

Jumbos bounce back from early losses by winning two straight by Ryan Albanesi

he said. “That made us be serious about our opponents right After suffering tough losses in its first two from the start.” matches of the season, the Tufts men’s squash The very next team gained momentum by defeating both day, the squad faced Boston College and Bard College by deci- off against anothsive 9–0 margins. The Jumbos go into their er NESCAC rival, matchup against the Wesleyan Cardinals Hamilton, this time on Saturday with a 2–2 record. at home. In a heartIn its season opener, the squad fell to breaking 5–4 loss, the an impressive Amherst team, 9–0. The Jumbos struggled in 24th-ranked Mammoths proved to be too the lower-seeded much for the Jumbos to overcome, win- matches. In the secning seven matches in straight sets and two ond spot, junior Alan matches 3–1. Litman was defeat“Amherst was a big class above us,” coach ed 3–2 after winning Joe Raho said. “We were just not really there yet, the first set 11–9. at that level … they were just a step above us.” Sophomore Connor Junior co-captain Brett Raskopf agreed. Wind lost at No. 4 RAY BERNOFF / THE TUFTS DAILY ARCHIVES “We knew it was going to be tough, and it in four games, and Junior Brett Raskopf kneels to hit the ball in a match against Dickinson was our first match of the year, and it was also senior Josh Lee fell at at Harvard’s Murr Center on Jan. 20. an away match,” Raskopf said. “But we were the No. 8 spot in three all very competitive in our matches, even if games, 11–7, 12–10, 11–5. “I think the main reason we lost to only two of us won games.” Though disappointed in the final result, Hamilton was fitness. Our guys just looked Sophomore Raghav Kumar, playing No. 1 Raho believes the Hamilton match taught the a little gassed by the end,” Raskopf said. “But for the Jumbos, took the third set, 11–6, before squad some valuable lessons. I think it’s an attainable goal [to improve ultimately losing 3–1, and junior co-captain “You learn a lot more from losses than fitness], and we can take concrete steps to Aidan Porges won the second game of his set, wins, so I think both are good for the guys,” he get there.” 1–3, at the No. 6 spot before also falling to his said. “They want to avoid having a Hamilton Raho agreed, but maintained that he opponent by a score of 3–1. loss happen again, so I think they’re going to doesn’t feel the Jumbos should be too worried Though certainly disappointing, Raskopf give everything they have in the next match.” about their physical shape. believes there were still be plenty of lessons for With Tufts losing critical matches in the “It’s not just a fitness issue,” he said. “At the the team to take away from its loss to Amherst. final few games against Hamilton, Raskopf start of the season, you aren’t at your optimal RELEASE DATE– Wednesday, November 29, 2017 “It was really good to sort of come out of attributed the defeat to a lack of physical level of fitness. We definitely need to keep the gates and play a tough team right away,” fitness. pushing, but the guys seem pretty fine for the beginning of a season.” CROSSWORD Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis To round out its packed weekend, Tufts played two more home matches on Sunday, 51 “What a 8 Way around D.C. 42 With 68-Across, ACROSS each successive nightmare!” 9 Perfume 1 Schooner dominating both Boston College and Bard compound one of a set 52 Fab Four features College by scores of 9–0. Though the teams 10 No Doubt lead graphically drummer 6 Frosty coating singer Stefani depicted by this 53 [Don’t touch my were not the most talented the Jumbos will 10 Shine 11 Chocolate dog puzzle’s circles bone!] 15 Advil competitor face this season, Raskopf still felt that getting 12 “My Fair Lady” 45 Arranged like the 54 Info a spy might 16 __ of March two wins after two tough losses was vital for heroine 68-Acrosses in gather 17 EVE’s 13 Let happen the answers to 57 Dollar bills companion, in a helping team morale. 14 Fruit that’s still a starred clues are 59 Condé __ 2008 Pixar film “I was really impressed with those two fruit when two of designed to be 61 Recipient of 18 *Is unsuitable matches because we showed up and were its letters are 47 Farm mom much Apr. mail 21 “__ ideas?” switched 48 Tissue layer 63 More, in Madrid 22 “Back to the super focused,” Raskopf said. “We treated 19 What sirens may Future” vehicle those matches just like NESCAC matches, so do 23 Wild place ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: 20 Actress Salma I’m glad to see the team takes all competitors 24 Rays or Jays 25 Chinese liquor 26 RAM part seriously. We were not lazy or tired after taking brand 27 First light those first two tough losses.” 27 San Diego 28 Egyptian snake suburb Fresh off the Thanksgiving break, the team 30 Wide shoe spec 29 Climbed 32 *Literary will be practicing hard to prepare for another character with an 31 The Eiffel Tower, vital NESCAC face-off against Wesleyan on aptly? evil alter ego 32 Western outlaw Saturday. 38 Anti-cruelty org. 33 Be indebted to 39 “Hold up!” “Wesleyan is just as important to us as 34 Cleaning cloth 40 Radiate Hamilton,” Raskopf said. “I think a lot of this 35 Irish dance 42 Twangy-voiced 36 “Close match is going to come down to what the 43 Breakfast order Encounters” 44 BFFs teams did during Thanksgiving break, and I beings 46 Gets a glimpse of 37 Hides one’s true know we were all in the gym or on court as 48 Most innocent self much as possible to prepare for the match.” 49 Canonized Mlle. 38 Idyllic 50 *Threshold Looking back on his team’s first four match41 Take for a first 55 Bus depot: Abbr. drive es, Raho believes limiting errors and quicken11/29/17 xwordeditor@aol.com 56 Corrida opponent ing the pace of play will help against Wesleyan. 58 Paddock sound 59 Hank’s job on “We were giving away too many points “Breaking Bad,” where the person didn’t force us to lose briefly the point — we just gave it to him with an 60 Modern-day Persian unforced error,” he said. “[We are working 62 Tiny annoyance on] giving ourselves a larger margin of error 63 Former One and on being a little more smart [recogDirection singer Zayn __ nizing] … good positions for attacking and 64 Frequent what are good times to be more defensive presidential on court.” candidate Ralph 65 Fairy tale baddie In addition, Raho believes the Jumbos can 66 In reserve force their opponents to make more mistakes 67 Skim (over) by volleying the ball more often and increas68 *See 42-Down 69 Knight’s horse ing the rate of play. Overall, however, Raho believes that the team is in a good place after a DOWN 2–2 start to the season. 1 Angry with 2 Without “The losses taught us a little something assistance about ourselves, and now we’re just going 3 “Later!” to keep pushing forward into January and 4 Family room sets 5 Final email step February when we have a ton of matches,” 6 Search quickly he said. “If we can get ourselves in a decent through position right now, we can have a high ranking 7 Figure of speech By Claire Muscat and David Steinberg 11/29/17 ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC going into the end of the season.” Staff Writer

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Yuan Jun Chee On The Spot

All [these teams] want for Christmas

e’re almost in December, which can only mean that the magic of the festive period is almost upon us, and the transfer window is about to open again. While clubs may not necessarily make moves in the upcoming window, who’s to stop them from wishing Santa brought them some nice presents for the rest of the season? Arsenal A big Christmas present called ambition, to be made by the Arsenal board as it tries to convince Alexis Sánchez to stay. Or it will somehow convince the league that we should all play with 12 players instead so that we don’t see Alexandre Lacazette on the bench. Bournemouth They’ve shown some considerable improvement in the last three weeks. They seem to have sorted out that defense that was causing them so many problems at the beginning of the season. I still think they need an actual playmaker to create chances for their strikers. Brighton and Hove Albion More of the same grit that they’ve shown this season so far that places them ninth in the Premier League after 13 games. I think they could do with a little more creativity in the final third, but so far their hard work has gotten them to a safe position, for now. Burnley Anything for Sean Dyche to stay too. Some quality reinforcements, particularly if they can get someone to score/create goals for them — they’re the lowest scorers in the top half of the table and defense can only get you at most a point each game. Crystal Palace They made what now seems like the right call to sack Frank de Boer. I think Palace just needs to get a few wins under its belt. The team has a good side as it is, but I think they could afford to look for another quality winger to relieve pressure off Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend. Chelsea To serve some eggnog to visiting teams in the hope that they’d no longer figure out how to play against Chelsea’s back and front three. Some lovely bubble-wrap to ensure N’Golo Kante and Tiémoué Bakayoko remain fit for as much as possible. They’re the key for everything to work. Everton A defense, a midfield, and preferably a striker or two.Oh, and a manager who could get the players fighting again. This is the most spineless and clueless Everton team I’ve seen in my 13 years of watching soccer. Huddersfield Town Like Burnley, a goalscorer. They’re the only team outside the relegation zone with a single-digit goal tally. They were desperately unlucky against Manchester City this weekend. While Aaron Mooy has continued where he left off last year, I’m unconvinced that the Terriers have someone who they can rely on to get goals. Leicester City For some sweet log-cake to convince Riyad Mahrez that this organization is still worth it — he’s easily their best player and they’d be that much worse without him. At least he’s not off sulking like some other players when they don’t get the transfers they want. Liverpool Virgil van Dijk. Or any other reputable center-half. Because everyone seems to know what Liverpool’s real problems are. Or alternatively, for Jürgen Klopp to wake up Christmas morning to actually realize that his defense is indeed a problem. Yuan Jun Chee is a sports editor at the Tufts Daily. He is a junior majoring in history and international relations. Yuan Jun can be reached at yuan.chee@tufts.edu.

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Sports

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

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First-year guard/forward Emily Briggs drives to the basket in the 78–49 win over Roger Williams at Cousens Gym on Nov. 17.

Tufts overcomes challenges on the road to stay unbeaten by Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editor

No. 1 Tufts continued its dominant start to the 2017–18 season with two road wins this past week. Prior to Thanksgiving break, Tufts won 64–38 at Emerson on Tuesday night, before resuming normal service after break with a 62–41 victory over Brandeis on Sunday. With that, the Jumbos move to 4–0 to start the season. On Sunday, the Jumbos overcame a relatively shaky second quarter to win at the Brandeis Judges. Tufts started out in a typically strong fashion, racing to a 13–0 lead to begin the quarter, allowing the team to lead from start to finish. Tufts showed its reputation as a strong defensive team under coach Carla Berube, as it defended strongly both on the perimeter and in the paint. It was only with 4:20 remaining in the first quarter that firstyear guard Katherine Puda got Brandeis on the board with a three-pointer. Tufts eventually finished the quarter with an 18–9 lead. In the second quarter, Tufts struggled to match its first-quarter display, missing several three-point shots. Despite this, the Jumbos were still able to limit the Judges to just 13 points while they scored 10 on their own, as they went into halftime with a 28–22 lead. The Jumbos got off to a hot start in the second half, going on a 14–5 run in the opening seven minutes to stretch

their lead to 42–27. This dominance continued in the final quarter. Junior guard Jac Knapp’s jumpshot with four minutes remaining in the game made the score 60–39. Tufts grew the lead to 23 with 2:37 remaining off of Knapp’s free throws, before Brandeis’ sophomore guard Katie Goncalo wrapped up the scoring for the game with a layup with 2:20 to play. Knapp explained that some adjustments were made going into the third quarter that got the Jumbos the victory in the end. “In the second quarter we had a little bit of a wobble in the side, we weren’t highly energized and weren’t making it difficult for the [opposing] team on offense,” Knapp said. “We did not play well when we had the ball on the other side of the floor, so coming out in the third quarter, we knew that we had to really step it up on the defensive end, more energy, get some steals and make it hard for Brandeis and we were able to do that and that fuelled our offense.” Three Jumbos finished with double-digit scoring in the game: sophomore guard/forward Erica DeCandido (19 points), senior forward Melissa Baptista (14 points) and Knapp (12 points). On Brandeis’ end, sophomore guard Hannah Nicholson led the game with 10 rebounds and a tied team-high of six points. On Tuesday night, Tufts went into the Thanksgiving break after a comfortable victory at Emerson. DeCandido also led this game with 16 points, with a spotless

performance at the line (making 10/10 free throws). Baptista finished with a game-high eight rebounds and contributed with 12 points on her own. First-year guard/forward Erica Briggs was equally important with contributions off the bench as she finished the game with a career-high 12 points. “The bench did a really good job in the Emerson game,” Knapp said. “Coach always said that whenever we’re putting players in that these players should bring a spark and just continue what had been going on the court before they stepped on. She talked a lot about the bench having the ability to bring that spark that we need and be a contributor. Everyone on the team is a contributor, and everyone has a role and I thought that the bench did a really good job showing our depth in that game.” Emerson, however, began the game with a 5–0 run. But after Briggs gave Tufts an 8–7 lead with a layup after 5:36 in the first quarter, the Jumbos never trailed in the game again. Baptista’s basket was followed by a three-pointer from senior guard Maya Savino almost two minutes later to knot the game at 10–10. Sophomore guard Sadie Otley’s three-point shot then gave the Jumbos a 15–10 lead at the end of the first, which sparked a 13–4 run over two quarters. The run gave the Jumbos a comfortable 32–20 lead to take into the half. Despite the best efforts of the Emerson players, Tufts’ lead never fell into sin-

gle digits after the half. That lead soon became 20 points after junior forward Katie Martensen made a jumpshot with 6:05 to play in the final quarter, before senior guard Gina Doyle made a final three-point shot with 1:46 left to play to seal victory for the Jumbos. The team will be at the Williams Invitational this weekend, facing off against Rochester on Friday and Bridgewater State on Saturday. Tufts beat Bridgewater State 51–36 last year, with then-junior guard Jennie Mucciarone leading the team with 13 points on that evening. Despite the perfect start of the season, DeCandido knows the team still has much to work on. “Consistency definitely [is something we need to work on], as we kind of have really good quarters and drop a little,” DeCandido said. “We want to just always keep that high intensity and also probably just continue to work on our defense. You can just always be better than the game before.” In particular the Rochester game would be a challenge — they will be Tufts’ highest-ranked opponent to date. “Rochester has a really good center [in senior Alexandra Leslie] so we just have to play really good team defense on her,” DeCandido said. “She’s an AllAmerican and she’s obviously gonna be good. We have an All-American post [in Baptista] too, so it’s going to be a good battle.”