The Tufts Daily - Monday, January 22, 2018

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Capen Village plans approved, development on schedule

Tufts Career Center holds first-ever sophomore career conference

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Plans for Capen Village, a cluster of houses owned by Tufts that will be available as housing options for juniors and seniors starting next fall, will continue on schedule after approval by the Medford Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 11, according to Associate Director of Housing Operations Matt Austin.

Karla Chaffee, a member of the Medford Zoning Board of Appeals, described Capen Village as a good option for housing students.

“Housing for students associated with a university like Tufts has special protections under state law,” Chaffee told the Daily in an email. “Housing students in existing homes was a favorable alternative to developing a new dormitory structure.”

The recent approval means that the plan for Capen Village can now move forward with development.

“At this point we will start marketing the housing to our students and talking about what kinds of rooms there’s going to be,” Austin said.

According to Austin, the Village will be made up of thirteen houses with one house to be constructed and an addition to be added to one of the existing houses.

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with approximately forty-five new singles, Austin said.

“It would be considered on-campus housing with off-campus STYLED apartments,” senior Benya Kraus, Tufts Community Union (TCU) President, told the Daily in an email.

Denis MacDougall, secretary of the Medford Zoning Board of Appeals, told the Daily in an email that Tufts indicated it would be open to expanding Capen Village later on if the opportunity arose.

According to Austin, the houses will include handicapped parking spaces.

Regular street parking will not be allowed but students can use regular residential lots on campus, Austin noted.

Austin explained that this new upperclassman housing is intended to increase the number of rooms available for students who would otherwise be unable to live on-campus.

“We’re excited. We want to house more students on campus because we know there are students who want housing,” Austin said. “Our waitlist is about five hundred people long right now.”

Senior Anna Del Castillo, TCU vice president, also feels that this new housing option will be beneficial, given the high cost of off-campus housing.

“In past years there has been a major housing shortage which … can be really stressful if you’re on financial aid,” Del Castillo said.

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According to Kraus, student opinions will be included in the development of Capen Village. One idea under consideration is to make Capen Village into themed housing with student-selected themes. The Capen Village project was first introduced through the Senate’s Brown & Blueprint initiative, a series of conversations designed to help Senate learn from students about spatial inequalities on campus, Kraus explained.

Kraus described how she and senior Jordan Kemp, a TCU Senator, have been working with coUrbanize, an online mapping tool for building and space development, to bring Capen Village to a physical space online. According to Kraus, coUrbanize is being used to aggregate and map student feedback.

“Using this coUrbanize tool, students can map their comments about different physical spaces on campus straight onto the virtual map,” Kraus said. “We’ll be soft-launching this website this week, with an official launch on January 22.”

Kraus’s goal is to start a discussion about Capen Village by having face-toface conversations with students and by making signs with coUrbanize to set up anonymous location-based phone surveys across campus for students. see CAPEN VILLAGE, page 2

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The first-ever sophomore career conference, organized by the Tufts Career Center, was held on Jan. 16 and 17 at the Medford/Somerville campus. Lasting a day and a half in total, the conference consisted of a welcome dinner, breakout sessions, an internship networking fair and a closing reception. The event was held at 51 Winthrop Street as well as Anderson and the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) building, according to the event webpage.

According to Malakia Silcott, assistant director of the Career Center, 110 sophomores attended the event. Silcott stated that the event was organized in an effort to help sophomores consider possible majors and careers more carefully.

“Particularly at four-year schools, sophomore year … can be sometimes overwhelming because you have to choose your major at the end of the year,” Silcott said. “The sophomore career conference represented for us an opportunity where sophomores could engage in some of these career reflection conversations when classes were not going on.”

According to Silcott, many sophomores felt that they were able to get more out of the conference because it was held at a time when classes were not in session.

The event included Tufts alumni, current Tufts students, Tufts faculty and employers, Silcott told the Daily. Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon delivered the conference welcoming speech. John Asare (LA ’14), a market analyst for a real estate group, was the keynote speaker.

According to Silcott, companies represented at the conference included American Well, Breakthrough Greater Boston, Everquote, Hubspot and Citizen Schools.

Many sophomores who attended the event spoke positively about it.

Siobhan Shamlian, a member of the Tufts University Social Collective who introduced Asare, found that the conference ran smoothly and was helpful. see CONFERENCE, page 2

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continued from page 1 She emphasized the importance of students creating communities in physical spaces.

“Students should expect this semester to have many more visible opportunities to discuss their ideas for Capen Village, as well as share their feedback on how they’ve built community (or haven’t been able to build community) in their many physical spaces on campus,” Kraus said.

Austin sees Capen Village as having the potential to be a common space for students, both between the individual houses and between the residents and the Tufts campus.

“We want to provide a really great amenity to students [with] … some community space, easy-to-find laundry rooms and other things like that where they get a little bit of that off-campus feel but also feel more connected to the Tufts campus than they would otherwise,” Austin said.

Capen Village will also house multiple Graduate Resident Directors (GRD’s) in ground-level apartments who will further connect students to the campus.

Del Castillo also feels that this new housing option can serve as more than just a way of meeting housing demand.

She hopes that Capen Village can inspire students to create “intentional communities,” especially for students in the Group of Six community who may lack social spaces.

Co-director of Tufts Energy Group Marianne Ray is working towards making Capen Village an example of sustainability on campus.

The Village will have a variety of integrated sustainable technology in its houses, depending on the funding at each stage, Ray, a senior, described.

“The outcome will likely be three groups of houses with different degrees of sustainable technology incorporated into them,” Ray said. “Our main goal is to be able to include monitoring devices (temperature, humidity, electricity, water, gas, etc.) in all of the houses.”

This technology will create new opportunities for students to study sustainability first-hand, Ray noted. According to Ray, two professors, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering John Durant and Biology professor Colin

Orians, are already working towards adding an academic aspect to Capen Village by planning future seminars on human-technology interaction and sustainability.

Kraus said she is working on a project in a Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy (UEP) class evaluating Capen Village’s social integration on campus.

“I will be working with three UEP masters students throughout the semester, asking students how they would want to be a part of Capen Village, and what resources, structure, and programming they would want to see implemented,” Kraus said.

Kraus said that ultimately, Capen Village is a way to bring together members of the student community.

“The goal is to use [the UEP Field Study] feedback, and the feedback gathered from Brown & Blueprint, to make recommendations for how we can make the proposed Capen Village project an opportunity for students to feel greater connected to our campus community,” Kraus said.

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continued from page 1 “This conference gave attendees a chance to reflect on what decisions they have already made and really think about those they have yet to make. In addition, the career conference was also a way for students to learn about all the resources available to them at the Career Center, many of which are underutilized,” Shamlian, a sophomore, told the Daily in an email.

Silcott said that the session on “Leveraging Myself as an Entry Level Candidate for Internships” was one of the most well-attended sections of the entire conference. Silcott said the session focused on helping students with a lack of serious on-the-job work experience design a résumé that would sell their other jobs and activities to potential employers.

Connor Hager, who attended this particular session, said that it was helpful in

learning how different experiences can be used to a candidate’s advantage.

“The one session that really helped me was the session on leveraging your skills [as] an entry-level candidate,” Hager, a sophomore, told the Daily in an electronic message. “I was nervous up until I learned that every experience I have raises me higher, no matter what the job experience.”

Silcott said students were asked to complete evaluations at the end of the second day of the conference.

When asked for suggestions of how the conference could be improved, students reported that it would have been helpful to have the conference before winter break, that there should have been more spots for registration and that it would have been helpful to have more time for student discussion and networking opportunities.

“I wish that I could have talked to more members of my field for possible networking outside of Tufts and been able to talk with employers about internships,” Hager said.

According to Shamlian, students also believed that the conference could provide more hands-on experience in future years.

“While students enjoyed the conference for the most part, I’ve heard recommendations to make the break-out sessions more hands-on to provide tangible skills,” Shamlian told the Daily. “The sessions of the conference worked more to expose us to different resources rather than to get us on our way to using them.”

Silcott and the other organizers of the event believe that that it went very well.

“We’re still thinking through [future events for sophomores], so stay tuned,” Silcott said.

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TCU Senate holds first regular meeting of the semester

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The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to provide committee updates, generate project ideas and announce various policy changes and the upcoming senate events.

TCU President Benya Kraus started the meeting, sharing a new timeline with the body for the special election to fill up seven open seats on the senate. Kraus, a senior, urged the body to encourage students to run for the seats. Kraus explained that the open seats are the following: four Class of 2019 senators, LGBTQ+ community senator, Latinx community senator and first-generation community senator.

Kraus also shared with the body that the opening in first-generation community senator seat is a result of sophomore Isaac Kim’s resignation.

According to Kraus, a general information meeting for the election will take place on Jan. 23, a candidates forum will be on Jan. 29 and the election will be on Feb. 7. Kraus added that if the four class senator seats are not filled with

juniors, the seats will open up for sophomores and then for first-years.

Kraus added that the senate hopes to hold more town hall meetings for the students on various topics including the restructuring of Mayer Campus Center, campus mental health and the role of the Group of Six on campus.

Kraus provided updates on administrative changes. According to Kraus, Associate Director for Campus Life Ashley Austin is working to implement a new university-wide ticketing system to replace the current system of Tufts Tickets with ‘Presence’ online ticketing software. Kraus also shared that common areas in Carmichael Hall, Hodgdon Hall and Hill Hall are open for social events and are available for booking on the Space and Resource Reservation System.

TCU Vice President Anna Del Castillo then took the floor to announce committee assignments. Class of 2020 Senator Kevin Gleason and Class of 2021 Senator Janey Litvin have been appointed as the new co-chairs of the Services committee, replacing the former chair Class of 2019 Senator Malachy Donovan, who is abroad for the spring

2018 semester. There were no other notable changes in the committee membership.

Then the body took a 15-minute session to break up into committees to discuss their logistics and possible projects for the spring 2018 semester.

The session was followed by committee updates, and the Culture, Ethnicity & Community Affairs Committee (CECA) shared with the body that the committee is working to introduce more career resources for international students on campus. There were no other notable updates from the other committees.

Next, TCU Treasurer Emily Sim took the floor to urge the senators to communicate with TCU-funded group leaders to make sure they secure the funding needed. Sim then shared with the body that Matt Callahan, who assumed the role of assistant director of recreation and club sports in October, left the university to serve on active duty.

Sim added that a recent Tufts graduate, Andrew Bindelglass (LA ’17), will be the new point person for club sports.

Then the floor went to TCU Parliamentarian Adam Rapfogel, a junior, who announced that the body

will discuss possible bylaw changes in regard to the upcoming special election. Rapfogel also announced that the body will hear a resolution, entitled “S. 18-1 A Resolution Calling For Tufts to Extend the Pass-Fail Deadline for All Students.”

Lastly, Diversity and Community Affairs Officer Shannon Lee took the floor to share with the body that, as a result of the resolution calling for the university to relocate Asian-American housing, the university has decided to move the Asian-American housing to Hillsides Apartments 110s, with plans to eventually relocate the housing to a wood-framed house. She also shared progress on a “first-gen center” that is slated to open for fall 2018, and the new pre-orientation program titled Building Economic and Academic Success at Tufts (BEAST).

Before the meeting adjourned, Kraus announced that Medford’s Zoning Board of Appeals approved the conversion of Tufts-owned wood-framed houses into dorms for the Capen Village project. Kraus also added that a few houses will be available in fall 2018.

Then the meeting adjourned.

EVENTS ON THE HILL: WEEK OF JAN. 22 MONDAY Tufts University Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Details: Tufts University is hosting its annual conference to commemorate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community activists and historians will discuss his legacy and relevance in the present moment. There will be dinner and a keynote lecture.

Where and when: Breed Memorial Hall, 51 Winthrop St.; 3–7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY SMFA Spring Exhibitions Opening Reception Details: A free opening reception at the SMFA’s Grossman Gallery will kick

off three important spring exhibitions.

Where and when: SMFA at Tufts, 230 Fenway; 6–8 p.m.

Attracting and Hiring Diverse Talent: Awareness of Implicit Bias in the Hiring and Selection Process Details: This workshop for Tufts staff and faculty, led by Tufts University Human Resources, will address how implicit bias can limit diversity in Tufts’ hiring process.

Where and when: 200 Boston Ave.; 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Obstacle Course Details: Silk Road Rising, a Chicagobased nonprofit theater project, will

present “Obstacle Course,” a drama about racism and Islamophobia, as part of a collaboration between Silk Road’s Founding Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Tufts Drama and Dance.

The event is free, open to all and will be performed again on Thursday.

Where and when: Jackson Gym, 50 Talbot Ave.; 7–8 p.m.

THURSDAY M.S. in Engineering Management Info Session Details: Tufts’ Gordon Institute will give an overview of their M.S. in Engineering Management (MSEM) program. Alumni will be present to answer questions and attendees will

have the opportunity to observe a class.

Where and when: 200 Boston Ave; 6–7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 2018 MLK Day of Service Details: Tufts University Chaplaincy is coordinating opportunities for Tufts students to participate in community service work with four organizations in Cambridge and Somerville.

Where and when: Various times and locations; check the Chaplaincy website.

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More than just code: DevTech researches new approaches to STEM education

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ing and problem-solving, according to Umaschi Bers. Because the programming blocks are interchangeable, along There are some skills that are import- with pieces of the KIBO robot itself, the ant to everyone at every stage of life, possibilities are endless. including independent and creative KIBO sets itself apart from other problem-solving and critical thinking. STEM education toys in a way that is When should these skills be taught, and both refreshing and innovative. For how? Professor Marina Umaschi Bers example, KIBO robots can be used and the team at the Developmental by children in a classroom to act out Technologies Research Group (DevTech) scenes from literary works, integrating are researching an answer to this ques- literacy and STEM education. tion and coming to new conclusions “I think there is something powerthat may shape the way young children ful about literacy, not just as a way of are taught. thinking, as much as STEM is a way of As part of the Eliot-Pearson thinking. Literacy has something else Department of Child Study and Human that STEM doesn’t have … Literacy Development, DevTech’s research sits has the power to change the world,” at the intersection of technology and Umaschi Bers said. “We don’t define early childhood development. Their [DevTech] as STEM people, we define research findings show the possibil- ourselves as literacy people.” ity of using innovative educational Mitch Rosenberg, CEO of KinderLab toys to improve Science, Technology, Robotics, which manufactures KIBO, Engineering and Math (STEM) educa- explained that KIBO adds a creative tion for children. side to an otherwise data-driven set Umaschi Bers noted that there of subjects — a combination that he has been a recent focus on expand- referred to as STEAM, or STEM with ing access to STEM education for tra- art. For young children, this could ditionally underrepresented groups influence how they approach probthrough toys, inundating the market lems and solutions during the learning with colorful and creative options. process.

DevTech has applied their findings to Besides the physical KIBO robot, develop KIBO, a programmable robot DevTech also developed ScratchJr, a designed for young children, age four mobile app available for iOS and to seven, which promotes linear think- Android tablets. Using a system of

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programmable blocks similar to KIBO, characters on the screen can be made to dance, move and sing with ScratchJr. Notably, families can download ScratchJr at no cost, making it accessible to many more homes than a physical robot like KIBO. Both products are designed to be intuitive to children regardless of language.

“There is the language of the tool itself.

For example, ScratchJr is translated into multiple languages,” Umaschi Bers said.

“KIBO hasn’t been translated but by its design with pictures, you don’t really have to translate the words [on the programmable blocks].”

Madhu Govind, a graduate research assistant at DevTech, spoke about Family Coding Days, an outreach program designed to educate the community about KIBO and ScratchJr. “[DevTech] is looking at how children are learning to use our ScratchJr app or our robotics kit [KIBO], so looking at a graphical interface, such as an app, versus a tangible interface which is actual building blocks in a robot,” Govind said.

Govind explained that these outreach events offer an opportunity for DevTech to collect insights on the impact of KIBO and ScratchJr on early learning.

“How does learning how to code using those interfaces affect their learning because they are learning

to program collaboratively with their family members? What are the roles that children take on and what are the family dynamics like?” Govind said.

Rosenberg said that KIBO has been shipped to 51 countries as of today.

Even though there is a large majority shipped domestically, approximately 15 percent of KIBO robots are shipped internationally, the majority being to Canada, the UK and Australia.

Rosenberg also said that although the vast majority of KIBO robots sold went to organizations, such as schools, museums and other educators, about one-third of all robots sold were purchased directly by consumers for private use.

Umaschi Bers described these toys as recreating the experience of a playground, rather than playpen.

“A playground is open-ended. You can have creative play … you can play with others, you interact socially, you develop language, you engage in conflict, and you learn how to resolve the conflict. You are also problem-solving constantly,” Umaschi Bers said.

“If you contrast that playground with a playpen, which is a closed limited space with few opportunities for play, the games given to the kid are chosen by the parent … It’s very safe but very limited.”

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Chapter 23 of ‘Riverdale’ improves on perplexing winter finale

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A huge cloud was hanging over the midseason premiere of “Riverdale” (2017– ) this week, since the winter finale reveal of the identity of the Black Hood turned out to be such a letdown. In fairness, it would’ve been hard after all the buildup for the face under the hood to be truly surprising and satisfying, but the janitor felt particularly contrived (not to mention the fact that all the clues did not add up). Did the writers really just write themselves into a hole and throw in a lazy explanation for the Black Hood at the last minute?

Luckily, the last few minutes of “Chapter 23: The Blackboard Jungle” indicated that the janitor might not have been the right guy after all, meaning the real Black Hood could still be out there. As if the town of Riverdale doesn’t have enough problems.

The big shakeup this week was the closing of Southside High. Not surprisingly, Hiram Lodge is behind this, since he has plans to buy the land beneath the high school. There is only one reason to care about this round of Hiram’s shady behavior, and that is that Juggy is coming home to Riverdale High! Except wait, bummer, Jug is still attempting to be an edgy gang member (remember when he scalped that lady’s arm?), so he shows up to the school in full

Serpent attire along with Toni Topaz, Sweet Pea and the rest of the South Side’s finest.

This leads to some fun classist tension, with Cheryl obviously leading the charge against the “underachieving scum” of the Southside. (Except side note, Cheryl does not appear to be in the best financial situation herself, since her mom is has become a sex worker to make ends meet.) The principal ends up making the Serpents ditch their jackets in order to “assimilate,” but Jughead isn’t ready to back down yet. Jug, you literally only joined the Serpents because you didn’t feel safe at Southside High. Why are you still so invested now that you’re back in Riverdale? Go back to your weird little relationship with Betty and let Toni Topaz get the education she deserves.

Speaking of Betty, her meddling has once again gotten her into quite the situation. First she discovers Polly picking up some things in their house and after seeing her remarkably slim figure, realizes that after approximately 19 months, Polly has finally given birth to her twins, named Juniper and Dagwood. (Sorry, what?) Betty urges Polly to stay, but it turns out Polly has gotten wrapped up in a farm cult (classic Polly), the leaders of whom convinced her to cut off ties with the rest of her family. Okay, bye again, Polly. Don’t rush back.

This whole thing convinces Betty that if her mom can’t meet her grandchildren, then she at least needs to meet her son that she gave up for adoption.

Because those two things are completely equivalent. Jughead helps her track down Charles — sorry, it’s Chic — and she and her mother finally meet him in the motel where he’s been staying. By the way, Hal refused to go along with any of this, which for the record, is totally because Chic is FP’s son, not his. Calling it right now.

Unfortunately, over at the appropriately named Last Resort, Chic does not warmly receive Alice and Betty’s visit, devastating Alice. Great job Betty, you’ve done it again.

However, Betty is not ready to give up (this is Betty, after all), and she pays Chic another visit. It’s lucky she did since she ends up saving Chic from getting stabbed to death by a scary stranger. Instead of taking him to the hospital to have his large knife wounds checked out, she takes him home, where Hal pulls out a pathetically tiny plastic first-aid kit. Welcome home, Chic.

Archie hasn’t been having the easiest time either this week, since he has been enlisted by the FBI to spy on his girlfriend’s dad. Why the FBI is all of a sudden concerned about Hiram’s big bad gentrification scheme when there’s been a serial killer on the loose for months is beyond comprehension, but then again this is “Riverdale,” so maybe it actually

makes perfect sense. Or maybe it’s a fake FBI agent hired by someone to get information about the Lodges. Archie did see his badge, but this is Archie we’re talking about here.

It would not be surprising to learn Molly Ringwald dropped him on his head as a baby.

The “FBI agent” suggests to Archie that Hiram may have had some sinister involvement in Nick St. Clair’s “accident.” Archie’s digging about Nick leads him to Cheryl, who accidentally discloses to Archie that Nick also tried to assault Veronica. Cheryl, cunning businesswoman she is, then blackmails Archie, telling him if he doesn’t come to her side in the Riverdale/Serpents conflict, she will spill the beans about Archie’s kiss with Betty.

So Archie takes a quick little vacay to New York City, where he gets Nick to write a new check for Cheryl so her mom doesn’t have to continue having sex for money (but turns out Penelope loves her new job and has no intention of stopping). Archie then proceeds to beat the crap out of a bed-ridden Nick. Crazy gun-wielding, teen militia-leading Archie is back, guys! He was not missed.

Archie is starting to get weighed down by all these secrets he’s been keeping from Veronica, so he decides to tell her about his secret kiss, but still withholds the whole thing about him spying on her father on behalf of the “FBI.” Veronica, Chill Girl™ that she is, forgives Archie pretty quickly, but there is still clearly tension between them. These two are not going to last, sorry not sorry.

Archie returns to the “FBI agent” and, after first demanding immunity for both Veronica and his father (who is still tied up in some business with the Lodges), makes a surprising statement: he doesn’t think the janitor was the real Black Hood and wants to know if the FBI agrees. What a huge relief that someone in Riverdale is thinking this, because seriously, the janitor being the Black Hood just didn’t add up. His eyes weren’t green! Archie is right not to abandon his initial instincts on that. Simple as Archie is, he does seem capable of identifying colors.

The episode closes with a shot of Betty asleep in her bed and a dark figure looming over her. Surprise, it’s Chic, and he looks extremely menacing. This scene was actually genuinely scary, so good job, “Riverdale.” After an episode that was kind of all over the place, this ultra-creepy sequence made it all worth it.

And for the record, Chic’s eyes are totally green.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’ is a ghost in disguise

by Cassidy Olsen Arts Editor

On its surface, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” (2017) is an elegant, sumptuous period piece, one that promises to envelop you in the distant world of a high-society designer in post-War London. From Mark Bridges’ couture costume design to Jonny Greenwood’s lush orchestral score, the film’s basic elements add up to something that looks familiar: a historical romantic drama that will make you swoon, cry or both. But in the end, it’s all a ruse. Like its title sug-

gests, “Phantom Thread” is ghostly and cold, operating more like a Hitchcock horror than any Joe Wright romance the trailer may have tricked you into believing it was. Anderson’s dark wit shines throughout; although the film’s final payoff (after 130 minutes of cringing anxiety and tension) isn’t clean or entirely satisfying, it’s hard not to marvel at the the ambition and sophistication of the filmmaking as a whole.

The inimitable Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Reynolds Woodcock, a Charles James-inspired couturier who designs dresses for the most sophisticated and wealthy of women, including London

society grand dames and European princesses. Woodcock works, sketchbook or needle always in hand, out of the five-story townhouse where he lives with his sister, Cyril (Lesley Manville), and a rotation of younger women. Whether these women are girlfriends, muses or pets, it’s hard to say exactly, but the introduction of Alma ( Vicky Krieps), a waitress Woodcock meets in a country hotel, seems to halt this rotation and challenge him in a way he’s never been challenged before.

Something is clearly off — so off it’s like it was never there — from the first time we see Woodcock in his fortress

of a townhouse. While he sits at the breakfast table with his tea and work, the young woman sitting opposite him looks forlorn and begs for his attention.

“I cannot start my day with a confrontation. I simply have no time for confrontations,” he shoots back. After she leaves the room, Woodcock plainly asks Cyril to get rid of the girl by breaking up with her for him. This clearly isn’t the first time he’s made this request, and Cyril obliges. In a much later scene, after Alma has prepared a private dinner for Woodcock and he openly rejects see PHANTOM THREAD, page 8

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it, he asks, “What are you waiting for?”

She replies, “For you to get rid of me.”

These scenes, from their twisted humor to their mutual interest in food and dining and the dark implication of the phrase “get rid of,” establish so much of what is essential to “Phantom Thread.” Woodcock is particular and exacting, constantly acting without a shred of empathy for those around him. These people all happen to be women, with whom he has a complex and tumultuous relationship; Woodcock reveres his dead mother, so much that he has a lock of her hair sewn into the lining of his jacket. His sister, whom he calls his “old so-andso,” operates more like a wife and partner than anything, while his girlfriends like Alma only appear to receive true love and affection when they nurture him like a child. It’s all very Freudian and very Hitchcock; the film has a clear artistic and spiritual connection to Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” (1940), another film about a powerful man plucking a young woman from obscurity and the resulting psychic torture she endures. There’s even the shared interest in whether the dead watch over the living, as the “ghosts” of dead, ideal women appear in both films.

Cyril is a dead ringer for Rebecca’s Mrs. Danvers, although Lesley Manville gets more juicy, cutting more one-liners than Hitchcock’s maid ever did.

The fascination with food in “Phantom Thread” is impossible to overlook and ties seamlessly into its larger exploration of relationships. Expert sound design and mixing from Christopher Scarabosio manages to make food like toast and butter particularly audible, creating near-constant tension that adds to both the horror and comedy angles of the film. Alma lov-

ingly calls Woodcock a “hungry boy” when she wants to remind them of how they met, and the squeamishly sexual and ominous undertones are a perfect complement to her use of mushrooms throughout the movie. Even after a year of films filled with food sex (à la the peach scene in 2017’s “Call Me By Your Name” and grapefruiting in 2017’s “Girls Trip”), this kind of tension around eating is most reminiscent of Christoph Waltz insisting that Melanie Laurent “wait for the cream!” in 2009’s “Inglourious Basterds.”

For such an intricately layered film, the acting almost seems like a footnote, although “Phantom Thread” would surely falter without its talented cast. Day-Lewis, Manville and Krieps imbue their characters with strength and style, making their arguments so fun to watch. Day-Lewis claims that “Phantom Thread” is his last film before he retires from acting, and if that’s the case it will be hard to unsee Reynolds Woodcock the next time we find the actor out in the real world. The character may not be iconic as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood” (2007), Paul Thomas Anderson’s other collaboration with Daniel DayLewis, but Woodcock shares more with our image of the actor as a talented and famously committed artist.

Despite its style and ultimate vision, the film falters in its third act, seemingly repeating scenes for emphasis but ultimately muddying any sense of satisfaction or catharsis the audience may crave after the nerve-wracking ride they’ve been taken on. “Phantom Thread” is also colder and more removed than Anderson’s deeply human early works like “Boogie Nights” (1997) and “Magnolia” (1999). But now, Anderson isn’t as interested in satisfaction as he is with teasing, probing and playing. “Phantom Thread” ends with a dark chuckle; whether you like it or not, you can’t help but shake your head and laugh along.

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Change to credit hour system complex but crucial On December 21, 2017, Student Life sent out an email notifying the Tufts community of a change to the credit hour system.

Starting in the summer of 2018, most 1.0 credit classes will be assigned 3 semester hour units (SHUs). Courses that were 0.5 credits under the old system will be reassigned 2 SHUs, and more time-intensive full credit courses will be assigned up to 5 SHUs. This change will be a multi-faceted process, but is ultimately beneficial to the majority of the student body.

The initial pressure for change came from the U.S. Department of Education.

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) found that students could technically graduate with 102 semester hours, less than the 120 minimum semester hours requirement.

Although it is debatable whether or not a minimum hour requirement should be a criterion for graduation, alignment with the federal credit hour definition is important in establishing full-time or

part-time status for students eligible for federal financial aid.

In addition, most graduate schools and professional schools use the federal definition to assess the GPA of undergraduate applicants. Thus, non-compliance with the federal definition will only potentially harm students applying for federal financial aid as well as graduate studies.

Moreover, as many other undergraduate universities align with the federal definition, an unnecessary burden is placed on students who need to transfer credits to or from other institutions.

Noting such administrative hurdles, one may question the original rationale of the previous system. The original credit system was implemented in the 1970s to purportedly uphold the residential model of a liberal arts university, which is built on the premise that there is equal value to all courses of study, thus every class should be assigned the same number of credits.

Although there is merit in this tradition, it fails to acknowledge that the previous credit system didn’t provide students with an approximation of time needed to complete required coursework. This makes it difficult to form a reasonable academic schedule solely using the information available online. Although there is inherent difficulty in determining the relative “value” of a course, partially because students learn at different speeds, the new credit system will nevertheless help students prepare better for future course loads.

This will hopefully contribute to educational equality across majors, so that a four-year graduation is manageable across the board. In addition, the new system allows for departments to petition for credit assignments, mitigating concerns that liberal arts courses will be categorically devalued in comparison to lab sciences.

Primary concerns, such as the value of courses prior to the change and the effect on the graduating class, have been comprehen-

sively addressed through Student Services.

Those graduating in May 2018 or earlier will not be affected by the change to the credit hour system. For students graduating before the credit hours system is fully integrated, past 1.0 credit courses will be converted to 4 SHUs. Although the Classes of 2019, 2020 and 2021 will have to navigate between two systems, the compensation is that those students will receive more SHUs for 1.0 credit classes than future grades would for an average class.

The principal claim, that this change could lead to a major shift from the beliefs of a liberal arts college, is founded on the shallow assumption that the credit system supports a single-disciplinary environment. However, one must note that the true spirit of a liberal arts education lies in approach to education; that students and faculty actively partake in the classroom, rather than skirting by with the bare minimum. Though tradition provides stability, this change marks real progress in equalizing educational opportunity.

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2020 is around the corner, Democrats need a driver

by Christopher Panella With midterm elections at the end of this year, it seems that the common rhetoric revolves around the idea that Democrats will be able to, and are going to, sweep open seats across districts and states. Of course, with a recently substantial list of election victories, the conclusion that 2018 is the Republican Party’s worst nightmare is supportable, but the Democratic Party still has multiple questions that need to be answered, including the party’s plans on uniting supporters under one candidate for 2020.

In recent data from Harvard CAPS/ Harris Poll, former Vice President Joe Biden held a double-digit lead over his closest contender, Senator Bernie Sanders, for the 2020 Presidential ticket nomination. Biden polled at 27 percent support from Democrats, while Sanders polled at 16 percent.

An immediate worry comes to mind with these two candidates: their ages, Biden being 78 in 2020 and Sanders being 79. These ages would beat Ronald Reagan, 73 at the time of his election for a second term. A younger candidate than Biden and Sanders would be ideal, like Senator

Cory Booker, 48, or Senator Kamala Harris, 53, but both Senators currently poll at four percent support among Democrats. It seems the party is facing a significant age problem, and the solution needs to be a younger candidate who can appeal to both older and younger generations of voters.

Since 2016, the conversation about Hillary Clinton’s loss has centered around the fact that many voters, specifically in rural areas, felt ignored and lacked influence on various issues and topics. An ideal 2020 candidate would be able to understand the economic issues of these voters while also maintaining the strong stance on social issues that the party has taken in the past decade. The candidate also needs to acknowledge the fact that in 2016, 52 percent of white women and 62 percent of white men voted for Trump, while 82 percent of black men and 94 percent of black women voted for Clinton, according to CNN exit polls. These are significant differences in terms of race and gender, and these discrepancies have found themselves in more recent local elections as well, specifically Alabama, where black men and women elected Jones almost single-handedly, with

93 and 98 percent support respectively, according to CNN exit polls. In both of these elections, black voters were the driving force behind the Democratic candidate. 2020’s candidate needs to acknowledge that the supporter base of the party needs to be inclusive to people across different backgrounds in order to earn the majority of support from both Democrats and frustrated Republicans.

Of course, 2020 cannot be a topic of conversation without discussing Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey’s Golden Globe acceptance speech of the Cecil B. DeMille Award raised suspicion that she plans on running in 2020, and with this suspicion came both support and opposition. While Winfrey lacks public office experience, her influence as a political activist is unquestionable.

According to a study from economists Tim Moore and Craig Garthwaite, Winfrey’s support for Obama delivered approximately one million votes in the 2008 Democratic primary.

Despite this, Winfrey is not polling well, according to Politico. Against Trump, she led 40 percent to 38 percent, but 22 percent of voters were undecided. Winfrey also only polled 31 percent compared to Biden, who

polled 54 percent, and 37 percent compared to Sanders, who polled 46 percent in Democratic primary polls.

With these numbers, Winfrey may not be the best option for 2020. Yet, that leaves the question: who is?

Democrats have a tough job in 2020.

Their candidate needs to bridge the gaps between people of multiple backgrounds and areas. Their candidate needs to embody social progression while also promoting a strong economic agenda for working class Americans.

Their candidate needs to receive immense support from younger generations, who, for the first time in 40 years, will outnumber baby boomer eligible voters in 2020. With such a daunting task, we cannot forget that the candidate’s age will also play a major role in the election. It is clear that the Democrats’ candidate needs to be as close to perfect as possible, and that perfect candidate needs to step up now and take control of the party leading into the 2018 midterms and beyond.

Christopher Panella is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Christopher can be reached at Christopher.Panella@ tufts.edu.

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Jumbos post 3–2 record through difficult stretch

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Sophomore Sinclair Meggitt swings at the ball in a match against Dickinson at Harvard’s Murr Center on Friday, Jan 20, 2016.

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The Tufts women’s squash team began the new year training at the Stanford University facilities in Palo Alto, Calif.

The Jumbos spent ten days at Stanford leading up to their first match of 2018 against the Cardinal. The trip provided an opportunity for the team to hone its skills on the court, and it also allowed for time to become closer as a group off the court.

“We were really fortunate to be able to train at Stanford,” first-year Rachel Windreich told the Daily in an email. “We worked really hard and put in a lot of good work. Not only was the squash great, but the trip allowed us to bond even more as a team.”

The Jumbos’ match against the Cardinal on Jan. 11 was the first of their five away matches in less than two weeks. Tufts struggled against the nation’s fourth-ranked team, falling 9–0 to Stanford, which has only lost one match this season. The closest individual match for Tufts came from

junior Sinclair Meggitt, who played in the tenth spot on the ladder and fell to Stanford sophomore Julia Gillette in four hard-fought sets.

Despite not coming away with the result they had hoped for, playing against such a high-level team was a beneficial experience for the Jumbos.

“We went into the match knowing we were major underdogs, but we were determined to have a positive mindset and fight for every point,” Windreich told the Daily in an email. “Playing against some of the top college players motivates us to continue to work hard and continue to improve as players.”

Tufts bounced back with a 6–3 win over No. 17 Dickinson College on Jan. 15. As has been the case throughout the season, the depth of the Jumbos’ roster was on display against the Red Devils, with five of their six wins coming at the bottom of the ladder. All of the team’s individual matches against Dickinson were highly competitive. Aside from sophomore Catherine Shanahan, who defeated Dickinson senior

Stuart Lemay in three sets, each match went at least four sets.

Windreich played her most tenacious match of the season against first-year Aya Sobhy in the fifth position. Heading into the third set, Windreich faced a daunting 0–2 deficit, but stayed focused and used the support of her teammates to win the following three sets 11–6, 11–8, 11–7 and record a victory for the Jumbos.

“After the first two games, I really tried to change my strategy and work on certain aspects of my game. My opponent was not giving in, so I knew I had to continue to fight until the last point,” Windreich told the Daily in an email.

Having regained confidence with their win over the Red Devils, the Jumbos traveled to Haverford, Pa., where they played two matches the following day.

Tufts began the day with a 9–0 win over No. 30 Haverford College. Firstyear Julie Yeung, who has played in the top spot on the Jumbos’ ladder every match this season, gave up only two games in three sets, as she defeated

Haverford senior Isabelle Gotuaco 11–1, 11–0, 11–1. Playing in the fourth spot for the Jumbos, Windreich gave up just one game in her 11–0, 11–1, 11–0 win over sophomore Sunyoung Chai. The Jumbos dominated the Fords on all accounts, with all but one match lasting the minimum three sets.

In its second match of the day, Tufts faced a NESCAC opponent in 24th-ranked Conn. College. The Jumbos handily defeated the Camels 9–0 to end the day having won 18 games and lost none.

The match-up against Conn. College featured a number of close matches, including Yeung’s five-set win over senior Mawa Bello. Heading into the third set facing a 2–1 deficit, the San Jose, Calif. native outlasted her opponent, winning the final two sets 11–5, 11–2 to complete the Jumbos’ sweep of the Camels.

Windreich believes that the intense training sessions at Stanford and confidence from the previous day’s win over Dickinson contributed to Tufts’ success against Haverford and Conn. College.

“We felt prepared going into the matches, as we had put in a lot of hard work and come off of a big win against Dickinson,” Windreich told the Daily in an email. “We knew we needed to just play our game and stay focused.”

Tufts played its fifth and final match of the demanding road stretch against No. 1 Harvard on Jan. 20. Despite falling 9–0, the Jumbos played persistently, fighting for each point.

Junior captain Chista Irani’s match was the closest of the day for the Jumbos, as she won 17 games against first-year Olivia Chapman in a three-set match that ended 11–7, 11–4, 11–6.

Overall, Tufts went 3–2 over the course of two weeks, a stretch in which they faced two of the highest-ranked opponents they will see this season.

The Jumbos are 9–3 in the season and currently ranked 19th in the nation. The team will travel to Lewiston, Maine on Friday for an in-conference match-up against No. 29 Bates.

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continued from back After finishing a unifying and successful training trip and returning to the cold New England temperatures, the men faced off against No. 17 Dickinson on Jan. 15. The Jumbos eventually fell, 7–2, to the host Red Devils, but not without putting up a fight in several spots on the ladder.

“Dickinson has gotten much better in the last few years, but … our No. 2 [Litman] played probably one of his best matches all season, and [first-year No. 8] Danny Hutt played awesome to win in five,” Raho said.

Litman took care of business against junior Hal Holappa of Dickinson without letting a tough second set throw him off, eventually winning 11–4, 2–11, 11–9, 11–7. Hutt then defeated junior Vincent Warzecha 5–11, 12–10, 11–9, 7–11, 11–9.

In what has become their style, the Jumbos refused to allow one loss become two in a row, defeating both No. 31 Haverford and No. 29 Conn. College by wide, 7–2 margins on Jan. 16.

“With Stanford, Haverford and Conn.

[College], it was great to know we can handle teams that are ranked behind us,” Raskopf said. “You only get to play each team once before nationals, so

we can’t afford to lose to Haverford or Conn. [College] because then you get seeded badly. We realize the significance of every match, and we refused to come out and be flat.”

Raho agreed.

“Those are two teams directly behind us in rankings and … the matches were hotly contested but the team really stepped up and supported each other well,” he said. “I thought those were two of the best performances of our guys coming to play, taking it seriously and showing them that we are a little step ahead of them.”

On Saturday, Tufts faced No. 12 Western Ontario, one of the most t a l e n t e d t e a m s o n i t s s c h e d u l e.

Though the Jumbos fell 9–0, the m o s t c o m p e t i t i v e m a t c h e s we re a t t h e s e co nd, e ighth a nd ninth spots, according to Raho.

With just three matches remaining before the NESCAC Championships, Tufts is set to face off against NESCAC rivals Bates, Bowdoin and Colby.

“With about a month left, we’re making a push for nationals,” Raho said. “I think we are hoping to finish at No. 25 in the country. That would be a very good ranking to end on.”

The squad begins its series of NESCAC competition on Friday at Bates.

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Jumbos asphyxiate Bobcats for fifth straight win

by Sam Weitzman Sports Editor

After a taut first quarter, the No. 8 Tufts Jumbos (16–2) besieged the Bates Bobcats (7–12) to earn a 67–28 victory at Alumni Gymnasium in Lewiston, Maine.

The opening 10 minutes suggested a competitive contest to come. Junior forward Katie Martensen contributed the Jumbos’ first six points, starting with a jump shot at the 8:52 mark. A couple minutes later, the Simsbury, Conn. native scored again, this time on a right-sided runner. After Bates’ senior forward Nina Davenport hit a three pointer with 6:03 left in the first quarter, Martensen hit another jumper to give Tufts a 6–3 lead. Junior guard Jac Knapp then got in on the scoring action with a bucket of her own.

The Bobcats responded swiftly, as Davenport Eurostepped past Tufts’ senior co-captain guard Lauren Dillon for a layup. Two possessions later, Davenport hit a three off a pick-andpop play to tie the game at eight. Senior forward Melissa Baptista immediately regained the lead for Tufts on a pull-up jumper, only for Davenport to tie the game again at 10 on a long two-pointer. Baptista once more gave Tufts the lead — this time, for good — by sinking two foul shots to end the first quarter at 12–10.

Davenport’s scoring prowess was unsurprising, given her place atop the NESCAC leaderboard in points per game (18.3). Yet as the game progressed, it appeared that Davenport’s playing philosophy most resembled that of a late-career Kobe Bryant: always shoot the ball, no matter how bad the angle or how long the streak of misses. The Freeport, Maine native only scored eight more points over the final three quarters, and she ended the game having shot 7-for-24 (29.2 percent) from the field and 3-for-13 (23.1 percent) from behind the arc.

It would be easy to simply assert that Davenport got cold, but such a myopic diagnosis would ignore the Tufts defense’s ability to force the Bobcat taliswoman into low-percentage opportunities. Coach Carla Berube explained

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First-year guard/forward Emily Briggs dribbles toward the basket in the 78–49 win over Roger Williams at Cousens Gym on Nov. 17, 2017. that the team specifically looked to limit Davenport’s freedom of movement.

“Bates has a really good offensive player in Nina Davenport,” she said.

“We had to get closer to her and not give her space to take shots, and not let Bates get into their offense.”

Sophomore guard Sadie Otley recounted how players implemented this strategy.

“After the first quarter, coach [Berube] just talked to us about shutting down [Davenport],” Otley said. “We knew that she was a really impressive shooter, so we had to focus on getting stops on defense and making sure that she wasn’t getting open looks.”

The Jumbos entered the game with the nation’s eighth best scoring defense, and they proved their mettle by holding the hosts to just seven points in the second quarter, six in the third and five in the fourth.

From the second quarter on, Tufts’ defense found success in two ways. First, the Jumbos went under a number of ball-han-

dler screens set by Davenport, forcing the Bobcats’ less effective scorers to make plays on their own rather than provide an opening for the Bobcat forward. The Jumbos battered the Bobcats on the glass, out-rebounding them 57 to 27. These two factors contributed to Tufts’ ability to stay ahead of Bates over the duration of the contest.

Tufts’ offense, meanwhile, caught fire in the second quarter. Sophomore guard/forward Erica DeCandido put up seven points, while Dillon nailed a pair of three pointers in the span of two minutes. The Jumbos outscored the Bobcats 20–7 in the frame, allowing the visitors to enter the break with a 32–17 lead.

The Jumbos’ command of the game continued into the second half, outscoring their opponents 35–11 over the final two quarters of play. Knapp led the team by scoring 13 points in the second half on 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) shooting.

Otley spoke positively of the Jumbos’ ability to remain focused well after the final outcome had been secured.

“Something that we always talk about is coming off the bench and always being ready whenever your name is called,” she said. “Even though that game wasn’t super close, everyone just wants to bring everything they can whenever they get minutes.”

Three Jumbos scored in double digits for the game: Knapp (17), Baptista (13) and Martensen (10). Baptista — the reigning NESCAC Player of the Week — earned her fifth double-double of the season by also securing 11 rebounds. DeCandido finished with nine points and 13 rebounds of her own.

Dillon had seven points in her return from a one-game absence, and her six assists equaled the amount amassed by the entire Bates squad.

The Jumbos return to Medford for a three-game homestand, beginning with a Friday match-up against the Conn. College Camels (11–5). The teams will tip off at Cousens Gym at 7:00 p.m.

Men’s squash builds momentum with successful January play

by Ryan Albanesi Staff Writer

Like many other fortunate Jumbos, the No. 28 Tufts men’s squash team escaped the frigid temperatures of Massachusetts during winter break, traveling to Palo Alto, Calif. for a training trip at Stanford University. By going 3–3 in January play so far, the squad has jumped to 6–5 overall, positioning itself nicely for a late-season push to be ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation.

On Jan. 10, in its very first match on the West Coast, Tufts faced an impressive Hobart team stacked with talent at the front of its lineup. As a result, the Jumbos fell in the first five positions, but defeated

their opponents in the last four matches of the ladder for a narrow 5–4 loss.

“Hobart was a big match for the men’s team because they were ranked three spots ahead of us, at [twenty-fifth] in the nation,” coach Joe Raho said. “They were really tough at the top of their lineup but … I think we are capable of beating that team later in the season. Our top guys are going to have to step up to get one win, even though it’s tough.”

Junior co-captain Brett Raskopf agreed.

“Hobart definitely has really solid players at the top, but we can beat them down the ladder,” he said. “They are one of those teams we are eyeing to be ahead of [in rankings] later in the sea-

son, so there has to be a turnaround at the middle or top of the ladder for sure.”

Despite the team’s hard-fought loss, reminiscent of its heartbreaking 5–4 defeat to Hamilton earlier in the season, Tufts came back the next day ready to set things right.

In November, the men countered the Hamilton loss with back-toback resounding 9–0 victories against Bard and Boston College. This time around, the Jumbos responded to their disappointing loss with an 8–1 victory over the Stanford Cardinal.

Fired up by co-captains Raskopf and junior Aidan Porges, sophomore Raghav Kumar — playing in the first position — lost the first set of his match before bouncing back to win in five.

At the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the ladder, juniors Alan Litman and Raskopf defeated their opponents in four sets. The rest of the squad won in three straight, with the exception of junior Cameron Ewan, who was ultimately outlasted in five close sets: 7–11, 11–8, 11–9, 7–11, 8–11.

“I think this team is super resilient, and I think they really love the game so … they don’t harp on the losses too much,” Raho said. “They always want to come back the next day to play better and prove that they can get a win over a good team, instead of letting these close losses beat them.” see MEN'S SQUASH, page 15