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Tufts changes drop, withdrawal deadlines with input from Mental Health Task Force

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A Tufts student considers dropping a course in a Tisch Library quiet study area on Sept. 24.

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Tufts announced a change to the drop and withdrawal deadlines in an email from the Associate Deans of Undergraduate Advising on Sept. 4, The deans moved the drop deadline for first-year students forward from the 10th week of the semester to the fifth week starting next semester and adjusted the withdrawal deadline for all undergraduate students from the last day of classes to the 10th week of the semester, effective this fall. The change to the withdrawal deadline was prompted by a recommendation from the Mental Health Task Force, according to the email. The process of adjusting the drop and withdrawal deadlines began summer 2017 when the Working Group within the Mental Health Task Force conducted a review of Tufts’ policies to gauge their impact on student mental health, according to a statement from Jennifer Stephan, senior associate dean of undergraduate advising in the School of Engineering and co-chair of the Undergraduate Working Group. The group was moderated by Patrick Collins, executive director of public relations for Tufts.

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The working group concluded that the previous withdrawal deadline hindered students’ progress in their courses, and suggested that an earlier deadline would help students stay on track. “Some students will keep plugging away at a class where they’re doing badly, putting in far too much effort and harming their other classes,” Anne Mahoney, senior lecturer in classical studies and chair of the Educational Policy Committee (EPC), told the Daily in an email. “If they have a reason to drop it sooner, they’re more likely to be able to recover in the remaining classes.” Stephan emphasized that taking stress away from students was central to the decision. “The intent of moving the withdraw deadline forward is to encourage students to seek help sooner, while there are more options for completing some of their courses, and also to provide stress relief sooner,” Stephan wrote in the statement provided to the Daily in an email. The university had not recognized the impact of the withdrawal deadline until the Mental Health Task Force suggested the date be moved forward, according to Mahoney. “Until the task force looked at students’ mental health in general, the faculty hadn’t really considered whether our unusual withdraw policy For breaking news, our content archive and exclusive content, visit tuftsdaily.com @tuftsdaily

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could be harmful,” Mahoney said. “Once the task force pointed out that what looked generous really wasn’t doing students any favors, we agreed and corrected the policy.” The change to the drop deadline for first-year students in their second semester was made with the same concerns in mind. “This is, once again, to encourage students to make decisions and, as required, get help sooner — but we all agreed that it makes sense to let students in their first semester in college have a bit more time,” Mahoney said. The UndergraduateWorking Group collaborated with the advising deans in spring 2018 to review academic and administrative policies, according to Stephan, and met with the EPC to discuss the proposed changes to the drop and withdrawal deadlines. The proposed changes were then announced to university faculty on Sept. 12, 2018, for a final decision; only faculty can change policies on Tufts’ Bulletin, Mahoney explained. Jacklyn Varela, communications and project administrator for the Office of the President, wrote in a statement moderated by Collins that the Mental Health Task Force was comprised of students, faculty and staff, and was co-chaired by University President Anthony Monaco and

Psychiatrist-in-Chief of Tufts Medical Center Dr. Paul Summergrad. Students had the opportunity to provide input on the proposal for an earlier withdrawal date before it reached the EPC, according to Mahoney. In addition to the Undergraduate Working Group, the Mental Health Task Force also formed a working group for graduate and professional students and a Models of Care group that examines clinical services available to students on the Medford/Somerville and Fenway campuses. The Mental Health Task Force plans to release a report in October with additional academic and administrative policy recommendations, Varela told the Daily. “At the undergraduate level, the Task Force paid significant attention to strengthening policies and practices to allow for more opportunities to engage students with resources and support structures by reinforcing mechanisms that encourage help seeking, along with early identification and opportunities for intervention,” Varela wrote of the impending report. The graduate schools in Arts and Sciences and Engineering are considering making the same adjustments to their drop and withdrawal policies, according to Mahoney.

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Tufts’ construction of eight new squash courts — a 13,500-square foot addition to the Gantcher Center — is about a third of the way complete, according to Gretchen Von Grossmann, director of capital programs. ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, a Boston-based architecture firm, designed the courts. At a community meeting held in the Alumnae Lounge on Sept. 12 and in a later email interview with the Daily, Von Grossmann gave an update on construction. “We’ve finished work on excavation, building the foundations, and installing structural steel,” she said in the email. “Our near-term goals are to complete the roof and exterior wall framing.” The new facility will house eight squash courts, a spectator area, storage space and a team room, according to Von Grossmann. One glass show court will have spaces for viewing on three sides. Site clearing began May 28. The facade is scheduled to be completed on Nov. 4. Tufts currently has no regulation-size squash courts. At a width of 18 feet, the

courts currently in Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center do not comply with the international standard for squash of almost 21 feet. According to Joseph Raho, coach of the Tufts men’s and women’s squash teams, 18 feet was the international standard around 20 years ago. “This facility will give our men’s and women’s [teams] a place to call home,” Raho told the Daily in an email. During the season, the teams travel to the Belmont Hill School, a private boys school, and Harvard University to practice. Practices are often late at night and travel time is significant, so players make a serious commitment to be on the team. “From a training and practice perspective the new squash center will help so much because the players on both teams won’t have to waste so much time traveling to and from another facility. Also we will practice at more normal times so that [players] can get home, work on their studies and then go to bed at a reasonable hour,” he said. The new courts also present an advantage from a recruiting perspective, since prospective students interested in playing squash will now see that Tufts has invested in the teams’ success, Raho explained.

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ASB Squash Courts, a global squash court manufacturer, is building the new facilities, according to Raho. According to Von Grossmann and Raho, the courts are projected to be completed by Jan. 24, with play beginning in February, if construction proceeds seamlessly. Teams will play the last few matches of the season at the new center, Raho said. To accommodate neighbors’ needs, mechanical equipment will be kept in a small room adjacent to the courts to tamper noise, Von Grossman explained at the meeting. The addition’s facade only has one small window in the team room to limit light pollution that could impact neighbors. The complex is designed to let light in, with tall ceilings and a skylight. “The project team is exploring landscaping options to provide additional privacy for our neighbors,” Von Grossmann added. Connor Wind, a senior on the squash team, expressed excitement about the new facilities. “We are incredibly excited to have home courts and they are going to do a lot to help the team,” he told the Daily in an electronic message. “We currently have to travel to other courts to play and it is difficult to get enough time and space to train.”

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On Sept. 16 at 1:06 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) followed up on a theft that occurred over the summer in Blakeley Hall. After the victim provided a list of the stolen items, TUPD was able to identify the criminal as a temporary, subcontracted employee of the university. The individual trespassed in the building and stole a number of personal items belonging to the student. The case is currently being handled by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. On Sept. 18 at 5:09 p.m., TUPD responded to a call in the Cohen Auditorium parking lot in which a Tufts employee’s car had been struck by a vehicle. The person who caused the accident had left the scene when TUPD arrived. The employee’s car sustained only minor damage to the rear bumper, including a dent and multiple scrapes. On Sept. 19 at 6:46 p.m., in front of the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center, a non-Tufts affiliate called TUPD to complain about an aggressive student. The non-Tufts affiliate was there to take tennis lessons from a different student, but the student in question recognized the non-Tufts affiliate and accused him of owing money from

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Caution tape is pictured in front of the scene of a car crash that caused power outages throughout lower campus on Sept. 12, 2018. unpaid tennis lessons. The student took photos of the man and demanded hundreds of dollars, and the man called TUPD. All parties involved dispersed, and the man who initially called TUPD did not receive his tennis lesson. On Sept. 24 at 7:30 a.m., TUPD went to the front of Tisch Library and identified an

individual trespassing on Tufts property. The individual has previously been arrested for trespassing on Tufts property and was told by both the Police Chief and the local court that they were not to return to Tufts property. Officers took the individual into custody and removed them from the premises.

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This summer, the Tufts Film and Media Studies program welcomed new lecturer Catherine Martin to its faculty. Beyond her work at Tufts and as a Ph.D. candidate at Boston University, Martin currently works with the Radio Preservation Task Force, a project of the Library of Congress, to preserve and identify its collection. The Tufts Daily sat down with Dr. Martin to discuss her background, her thoughts on the necessity of media literacy and what led her to Tufts. The Tufts Daily (TD): To start off, can you tell us about yourself? Catherine Martin (CM): I am a Ph.D. candidate at Boston University (BU). I am from California and I study media history, specifically gender in media. I am interested in this period right after World War II when there are a couple of transitions. There is a social transition, because after WWII, during the Cold War, there was something that we call containment culture where everyone was really worried about getting blown up by nuclear bombs and there had been a depression and world war and things had been chaotic. In the U.S., everyone just wants everything to be nice and calm. A lot of people wanted it, so we think this is really a calm and quiet period, and it wasn’t really, but most of the social disruption was pushed underneath the surface. So I am looking at the media of the time to see how those disruptions, like women who wanted to work, were represented on a media that was fairly conservative overall. TD: What aspect of Tufts are you most excited about? CM: I have taught in a few different places. I have taught in BU, [California State University, East Bay] in Hayward, [Calif.] I just find that Tufts students [are] really engaged, socially aware, very interested in the world around them, which, I mean, as someone who studies popular media, I think it’s really important, and it’s really great to see people actually thinking about taking a TV class not just, “oh I get to watch TV,” but as a way to understand the world around them. People like make fun of people who study TV because, you know, it’s just watching TV; but there’s a reason we study TV and it’s to think about how the world around us is represented. And I really find Tufts students get that in a way that students haven’t in other universities that I’ve taught. It’s great. I love Boston. I was living in California for about five years before I came back for this job right in long distance. So I am really excited to be back in this academic community. When I was doing my research before my interview, I saw there’s a podcast network and a radio station [at Tufts], all these different parts of the university I’ve had time to really look into them and get involved. Unfortunately, I am only here for a year, so I don’t know how much I will get to get involved in with that. It’s really inspiring because of these students, looking outside of themselves and figuring out what they want to do, even at school using the knowledge they’ve learned in hands-on ways. TD: Why do you want to teach Intro to Media & Culture Theory (FMS-0054) here? CM: I think, in this era especially, the political climate that we have, for better or worse in this country, has made people understand .the media better in the way that people didn’t -understand before, even just like four or five dyears ago. But that’s always been why I wanteed to teach media — to look at the way that omedia shapes us and help people understand lthe way that media shapes us. My stepmom eused to pick park ads when I was growing up. So I was always aware of the messages

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Catherine Martin, the new lecturer for the Film and Media Studies program, is pictured on Sept. 23. that we are taking in. I was aware of what people are trying to sell me and how different types of media talk to people. I think it is really important to teach that to other people because we are living in a media world. We are surrounded. TD: What would you like to accomplish by the end of the semester? CM: What I tell my students on the first day of class is that I come in with my own very specific point of view, but I am not here to teach students what to think. I am here to help them learn how to think for themselves. I am here to help them be with the tools. What I want to accomplish is, when I see their final papers or their final projects, to see they’re looking at the media and thinking about the way that that specific media, TV show or radio show, thinking [about] them with a certain point of view. And I want them to think with that point of view and why that point of view is coming across. I mean, it’s basic media literacy, but there are a lot of what you just call basic media literacy, that just bosses over everything that goes into it. TD: Will you incorporate global perspectives into your course? CM: It’s always a hard thing for TV because there’s language barriers, and it’s been hard to just watch TV from another country. It’s hard to get your hands on TV from another country through a class that is very U.S.-centric. But it’s just not the way it is. It’s not the way [the] world is. I do try to incorporate, not just on one single day but throughout the course, international perspectives on TV. The way that usually happens in American media

classes is by talking about how the U.S. has used TV and other media as soft power internationally. But it’s also important to notice how international influences are coming into the U.S., especially more and more since the 60s. Now we got shows like “Jane the Virgin” (2014–2019). Most of the formats of reality shows that we have are from other countries. The format is created in a different country. I really tried to incorporate that into my class to make sure that we are not just thinking about U.S. media. TD: What would you say to students who are thinking about or are already pursuing a degree in film and media studies? CM: [Laughs] Excellent taste. No, I think it’s really important no matter what they end up doing; I find a lot of undergraduate students especially are thinking about going into production. Sometimes they think about production and theory as being two separate things, and they don’t need to know all these media studies, history theories stuff because they just want to make movies. But it’s really important, when you are in that industry, to understand how it got the way it is, and why it is the way it is and also what tools you can use to tell your message. So I think just, history matters. History may not necessarily repeat itself, but it rhymes. TD: Is there anything else you would like to share about yourself? Like a fun fact? CM: I wasn’t allowed to watch TV growing up until I was 12. I thought our local radio was the only radio station. So, you know, never too late to start watching TV all the time.

he realization has probably struck by now. With classes ramping up, problem sets, papers and midterms around the corner, it is becoming clear that not having a meal plan is going to be a problem. Who could blame the idealized version of yourself who picked this course of action over the summer? Going to the store, cooking, having leftovers, saving a ton of money — it seemed like child’s play. But reality has struck and cooking is a lot harder than those Tasty videos make it seem. Well, let your pal Townie Tim assure you that all is not lost. Back in my schooling days, I did what most students do: survived on pasta and leftover pizza. I may not have gotten scurvy, but those years of not eating vegetables will undoubtedly take their toll on you somehow. First things first, where to get these groceries? It seems like Wegmans is the default. It’s close, huge and you can shop while eating a sandwich. All very good things. Also on the list is Costco, but that is a little hard to wrap my head around. Yeah the prices are good, but the logistics of having to split up all the bulk items you are buying are pretty hard. It was difficult enough to figure out how to divide a pizza in college; I can only imagine how a pallet of paper towels would shake out over the semester. Also, where are you putting all that stuff? I have a hard enough time keeping more than one laundry detergent bottle under my sink. (As an aside, it is pretty ambitious getting cleaner in bulk, as if you and your roommates will actually stick to the chore chart.) Regardless, one cannot live off of Costco alone, even if you supplement with those suspiciously cheap hot dogs. So where are you going to go? Well, ultimately that decision will be left up to you, but there is one more option that I would like to put forth. Have you ever been to the Somerville Market Basket? Strange name right? Well it used to be called DeMoulas Market Basket, so there’s that. Anyway, if you are really trying to go where the townies are, the MB is your place. But first, a primer. The best way to think of Market Basket is that it is where you get groceries and that’s it. No frills, nothing special. It is always packed due in part to its relatively small, and also because people are always there buying an insane amount of food. Talk to any regular MB shopper and they will tell you about how they have gotten stuck behind someone buying three shopping carts full of beans. However, the magic of the Market Basket is that all these factors combine to actually expedite the shopping process. Going there is like an elaborate dance where you form a plan, avoid unnecessary aisles and prevent yourself from making impulse purchases. Seriously, there is a little bit of learning, but once you get it down, you can be out of there in 20 minutes. So, buying groceries is tough, but there are options. Everything is pretty close, so make sure you try out all the stores. Good luck out there. Nate Rubright is a member of the Somerville community. Nate can be reached at nathan.rubright@gmail.com.

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elcome back, readers, to another sunny day at the Harvard of Medford/Somerville! With all of this pleasant weather we’ve been having, and the existential dread about the coming of winter that only a Californian first-year can have, I’ve been trying to enjoy the outdoors as much as I can. And as everyone knows, if there’s one place on campus that’s perfect for relaxing in the sun while procrastinating your (i.e., my) psych reading, it’s the President’s Lawn. So next time you’re hanging there on a nice day, slap these 12 songs for a good time: “Speaking Sonar” by Summer Salt “Barbados” by the Polar Boys “24 / 7 / 365” by Surfaces “Gallipoli” by Beirut “I Turned My Back on the Written Word” by Generationals “Sitting In The Palmtree” by ABBA “Marcel” by Her’s “Busy Doin’ Nothin’” by The Beach Boys “Rockaway” by Summer Salt “Congratulations” by MGMT “Your Sufferin’ Heart” by Born Ruffians “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” by Talking Heads Those of you with a keen eye might be thinking, “Wow, did Mason really use two songs by Summer Salt in one playlist?” I sure did. They’re so good, I nearly used four. Summer Salt exemplifies the feeling of sunshine relaxation better than most bands I can think of. With their easy melodies and pleasant harmonies, Summer Salt falls somewhere between surf rock and dream pop. While I picked “Rockaway” (2014) and “Speaking Sonar” (2018) because they were the two songs that got me into the band, any one of their songs could fit just as easily, and I’d highly recommend anyone to play their albums in full when seeking to unwind and enjoy a warm day. Summer Salt was heavily influenced by bossa nova, a Brazilian music style developed in the mid-20th century which mixed samba and jazz music, and is commonly thought of as “cafe music.” Generally, lyrics were focused on an easy-going lifestyle, also reflected by its characteristic swaying rhythm. On this playlist, the influences of bossa nova go beyond just Summer Salt. For example, “24 / 7 / 365” (2017) by Surfaces is essentially a modern remake of “The Girl from Ipanema” (1964), perhaps the most wellknown song of the genre. “24 / 7 / 365” combines the tradition of “The Girl from Ipanema” with contemporary music-making technology that creates a cool mix of the new and the old. Also, “Busy Doin’ Nothin” (1968) by The Beach Boys was described by its leader, Brian Wilson, as “inspired by bossa nova in general.” The song describes Wilson’s lazy afternoon lounging in his house and is backed up by its bossa nova roots to echo the leisure of the lyrics. Unsurprisingly, The Beach Boys (who are also my favorite all-time band), have plenty of other songs that would fit well into the playlist, especially some of their lesser-known songs such as “Please Let Me Wonder” (1965) and “Your Summer Dream” (1963). With that final note, stop reading this column and head outside to enjoy “The Warmth of the Sun” (1964) (another great Beach Boys song — god, they’re great) while you still can! Link: bit.ly/preslawn Mason Goldberg is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Mason can be reached at mason.goldberg@tufts.edu.

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“A Hidden Life” (2019), director Terrence Malick’s latest foray into questions of the human spirit and conscience, ends with a quote on a black screen, written by the pseudonymous English writer George Eliot: “…for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” Though Eliot may have meant something different with this quote — seeing as she went by a male pen name in order to hide her female identity, amongst other reasons — these last lines of her 1871 work “Middlemarch” hypothetically fit well with Malick’s version of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who refused to sign on to the global domination aspirations of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The main test of whether or not one will find purpose in this film rests solely on their opinion of Malick’s presentation of Franz Jägerstätter, a very real, noble man, and his “hidden life.” Are we supposed to care about Jägerstätter’s life or are we supposed to care about all the hidden lives? One might argue that we, as human beings with morals and the ability to empathize, should care about both, seeing as Jägerstätter’s life is one of them. While fair, this argument conflicts with the method of “A Hidden Life” in presenting Jägerstätter’s life, which Malick may very well have intended to have us care about. Malick makes it clear that Jägerstätter is not a hero. He is portrayed as merely a principled, devout man who objects to evil and sticks by this objection, even in the face of certain death. Nothing more. Malick is therefore aware that Jägerstätter’s story is a study of the inner conflicts one has when given the chance to choose between right and wrong, and said choice has lifeor-death implications. Yet, stubbornly, Malick does not utilize the open canvas of Jägerstätter’s mind to study the character who could have been used as an exemplar (rather than a vessel) for other hidden lives throughout human history. This could be due to the limitations of the real Franz Jägerstätter; he could have been just as one-note as portrayed. It could also be due to Malick’s preference of using external expression to study people, as opposed to internal expression. The latter is more likely, seeing as the film focuses on one aspect of Jägerstätter’s reasoning toward being a conscientious objector — the religious aspect. Yet, the film still obfuscates the exact way in which his Catholicism played into his decision. It is ambiguous as to whether Jägerstätter being aware of Nazi war crimes on the Eastern Front is even

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A promotional poster for ‘A Hidden Life’ (2019) is pictured. mentioned in the film, and if it is, then it’s done in a rather easy-to-miss way. “A Hidden Life” has all the makings to be a masterpiece. Malick upholds the same level of setting-induced wonder that has been the expectation since his first films, “Badlands” (1973) and “Days of Heaven” (1978), but this time with a heavy lean toward Eastern European, blue-tinted pastures and mountains rather than the American, yellow-orange prairies of the aforementioned films. The acting of German August Diehl and Austrian Valerie Pachner — who respectively play Franz Jägerstätter and his wife Franziska — is as good as anyone else’s this year. The orchestral score pops in and out at all the right moments. The pacing is impressive, never making the three hour film feel like a slog. There is a good variety of shots; the best of which are awe-inspiring, the worst of which are still interesting. The way in which Malick has his German and Austrian characters speak in their native languages and English only when a line cannot be deciphered through the emotions and body

language of the speaker is quite innovative. Yet, the combination of these successes in cinematic technique never amounts to an incredible film. A film about a hidden life does not require its life of focus to be studied only at a surface level. It does not need to treat its subject as if they were merely a vessel. A film can feasibly delve into the deepest caverns of any person’s mind throughout history, studying their specific thoughts, and still expect the audience to derive profound and, more importantly, translatable knowledge from it. With all of the close-up shots of Franz Jägerstätter in this film, one would have hoped Malick would have gone a bit further into his head. Malick wants us to understand what Eliot had to say about hidden lives. But by doing all that it can to distance us from the study of Franz Jägerstätter, “A Hidden Life” keeps the spectacularity of these lives still hidden from us. “A Hidden Life” opens in theaters on Dec. 13.

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e’ve all been there. It’s a normal night and you’re just by yourself, not doing anything special, then you check your phone and pull up Instagram or Snapchat and … BAM! You’re flooded with photos and videos of some event that everyone seems to be attending: except for you. You get that sinking feeling in your stomach. They’re all there. You’re not. Fear of Missing Out, or FOMO, is a relatively new concept that has been amplified with the advent of social media. Although it’s just a saying, it’s something that began to manipulate our day-to-day lives as soon as social media became an overwhelming presence in our society. Before social media, if you weren’t invited to the party, you weren’t aware of the fact until the next day at school where everyone was talking about it, or when someone accidentally dropped the bomb on you. But now, we see things in real time. There’s been a pressure that has stemmed from social media that you need to be doing something cool all of the time and that the world needs to see it. Honestly it’s not feasible to be doing cool stuff all the time. There are responsibilities that we need to tend to here at college that aren’t the most exciting: namely homework. However, the thing about living on a campus with around 6,000 students is that there will always be something fun going on. It’s definitely difficult to say no to things that are enjoyable, and as a result, we may hang out with people until two in the morning when what we need is a good night’s sleep, or go to a concert when what we really need is to spend the night in bed. Instead, we say that we’ll deal with the consequences later. FOMO can quite literally affect someone’s physical well-being. Think of the strange paradox of living in the city: It’s common to feel alone even though you’re surrounded by people. Living in the social age is similar because even though physically you’re alone, you can be instantly reached by countless different mediums. At the same time, you are seeing the way that other people want you to see them using said mediums, all day every day. The only way to remove yourself fully is to separate yourself from your phone, which realistically isn’t feasible in our society. Talk about dizzying. We all carry a sense of loneliness within us, especially in this day and age when we’re constantly connected. A study from Cigna reveals that nearly half of Americans report sometimes or always feeling alone and that one in four Americans do not feel like they have anyone that truly understands them. Though using social media alone is not a predictor of loneliness, it has a significant effect. If we were able to separate ourselves from the constant presence of the outside world in moments of both happiness and sadness, we could feel more comfortable with going through life just as we are.

Don’t negate me!

by Nasrin Lin

Allie Birger is a sophomore studying sociology. Allie can be reached at allyson. birger@tufts.edu.

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Sports

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY

Last-minute goal propels field hockey to victory over Colby

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Senior midfielder Marguerite Salamone fights for the ball during Tufts 2-0 win over Williams on Oct. 20, 2018.

by Sruthi Kocherlakota Staff Writer

Coming off of a 1–0 loss against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last week, the No. 5 Tufts field hockey team defeated the Colby Mules (4–1) Saturday at home on Ounjian Field, propelling the Jumbos to an overall record of 4–1. The Colby game marked the Tufts’ second conference game of the season. Colby, who was ranked No. 20 heading into a weekend with two conference games over two days, took on then-No. 3 Tufts in its third NESCAC game of the season. Tufts came out determined in the first quarter, playing with noticeable vigor and grit. The Jumbos scored two early goals in the first quarter, both as a result of penalty corner plays. Senior midfielder Marguerite Salamone scored the first goal less than two minutes into the game, and senior forward and co-captain Rachel Hamilton netted the team’s second goal within the next five minutes of the game, giving Tufts a 2–0 advantage very early in the contest. Additionally, the Jumbos put high offensive pressure in the first two quarters of the game, rarely allowing the Mules to get any shots on goal early in the game. Using long passes and communication, the Jumbos were able to work the ball up the field constantly throughout the game, and their quick tackles allowed them to repeatedly gain possession of the ball over the Mules. However, leading into the third quarter, the Jumbos gave up a goal in the first minute of play. Despite the Jumbos’ high pressure during the first half of the game, the Mules broke through the defense, and soon set the tone for the remaining portion of the game. The Mules put up their first point when Colby senior midfielder Eliza Mell netted an assist from first-year forward Kaitlyn Smith, setting the score to 2–1 in favor of the Jumbos. And in the 54th minute of the game, Colby’s second goal was scored off an assist from Smith by senior forward

Georgia Cassidy. With the late goal, the Mules tied the game at two-all, raising the pressure at the end of the last quarter. For over five excruciating minutes, the Jumbos bombarded the Mule defense, attempting a resounding four shots in the remainder of the game to try to avoid sending the game into overtime. Incredibly, the Jumbos capitalized on a penalty corner obtained within the last minute of the game, when sophomore midfielder Claire Foley scored the game-winning shot with less than 20 seconds left in the game. Foley, who is among three other teammates who lead the Jumbos with two goals on the season, detailed the precise set of conditions that allowed her to score the gamewinner. “My teammate [sophomore midfielder] Gillian Roeca tipped [the ball] in front of the cage, and that was kind of a game-changer for the play because she got the goalie off her initial line,” Foley said. “Once the goalie went down, it was easier to get it into the goal because she was on the ground and couldn’t stop it. So that initial tip off of the direct drop was really important for the play, and that’s kind of what we always try to do in corners.” Overall, the Jumbos dominated the amount of corner plays received (23–5), and ultimately scored all of Tufts’ three goals on this type of play. The remaining 20 corner attempts were fruitless, as the ball fell short of the goal. Foley mentioned the missed corner attempts. “We were kind of bound to score off of one of them,” Foley said. “Wouldn’t it be ridiculous if we hadn’t? We should have had more.” Coach Tina Mattera supplemented Foley’s remarks, sharing what she believes made the game-winning play successful. “I think we were able to scramble a little more in front of the cage, and I think we were able to get a few extra touches to put it in,” Mattera said. “I think [the play] got a little messier, and Colby wasn’t able to get it.”

Mattera also spoke about the successes her team achieved in the Colby game, making sure to applaud the performances of Foley and Roeca, two of her star midfielders. “I think we needed to score early, and we did. So I was really happy with that. We had worked on corners a lot on the final days leading up to the game, and we were finally able to capitalize on a few of our chances,” Mattera said. “I think just from tenacity, [Foley] and [Roeca] had great games, and I think they were really putting pressure on Colby and were finally able to convert in the last minute of the game.” Last Wednesday, the game against MIT proved to be tough for the Jumbos, as Tufts could not come back from a goal by MIT in the second quarter. Despite the high-pressure play they displayed in the second half of the game, the Jumbos were unable to convert a goal throughout the entirety of regulation, ultimately losing their first game of the season by a score of 1–0. Foley addressed what she believed to be one of the reasons the Jumbos struggled in the MIT game, citing that a lack of focus in the early parts of the game may have contributed to the loss. “Week games are always tougher for us because we have class, so you’re not just focused on the game. I think as far as gameplay, we didn’t come in ready to go,” Foley said. “Once we were down and we had to score with like eight minutes left in the game, it was like a whole different game. We played with so much more intensity, and had we played like that the entire game, we probably would have come out with the [win].” Looking forward to the rest of the season, Mattera spoke about taking the season one game at a time. “I really take it one game at a time,” Mattera said. “We have Babson [College] on Wednesday, so I’m watching film on them right now, trying to figure out what’s gonna work against them.” The team plays Babson at home tonight at 5 p.m.

Arjun Balaraman Off the Crossbar

Waning Competition

or much of the last two decades, English sides have largely been overshadowed by their neighbors in European tournaments. While clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich dominated the continental scene, English soccer had one source of pride — the level of competitiveness of the domestic Premier League. Unlike in Spain (Barcelona and Real Madrid), Italy ( Juventus), Germany (Bayern and Dortmund) or France (PSG), where a few big clubs monopolized domestic competitions, the Premier League was always more of a free-for-all. Manchester City’s successful retention of the title last season was the first time any team had won back-to-back Premier League crowns since 2008–09. Earlier in the century, there was a clear top four in England — Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal — but in the past decade, that has expanded to a top-six, as Tottenham and Manchester City have forced themselves into the elite group, who, at the beginning of nearly every season, honestly believe that they have a shot at the title. But over the last two years, that competitive balance has begun to teeter toward a duopoly. City and Liverpool combined for the three highest-scoring seasons (points-wise) in Premier League history over their last two campaigns, and Pep Guardiola’s men have set a new standard for the level of play. Liverpool’s 97 points last season would have won the Premier League in every other season, bar the last two. Manchester City’s 8–0 victory over Watford this past week epitomized the growing gulf in class in England. After its shocking 3–2 defeat to Norwich the prior weekend (its first in 18 Premier League games), City flipped a switch and showed their extra gear. Watford isn’t some low-level side either — the Hornets finished a respectable 11th last season and are a solid mid-tier team. It’s eerily reminiscent of some of the beat downs that Guardiola’s old Barcelona sides regularly handed out in Spain. Just as he is doing in England, Pep lifted his Barcelona side to an unprecedented level of play, and in response, so did José Mourinho at Real Madrid. As a result, the two sides have combined for 14 out of the last 15 La Liga titles. For City today, Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool represent that challenger. Under their pragmatic German manager, the Reds have turned Anfield back into the fortress it once was and even have a Champions League trophy to show for it. The two sides are so clearly better than everyone else., Even though it’s only September, it’s already a two-horse race for the title. The Premier League made its name due to its sheer competitiveness. Top players would move to England for any of the top six teams and know that they had a shot at the title. Slowly though, the league is regressing toward the more predictable nature of the rest of Europe. Elite players now only want to play at these two teams, further reinforcing their supremacy. The owners of the rest of the league have a challenge on their hands to return to their winning ways if they don’t want to risk being permanently left behind in the dust. Arjun Balaraman is a junior studying quantitative economics. He can be reached at arjun.balaraman@tufts.edu

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Sports

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Sailing captures 1st place at Hood Trophy, participates in 7 regattas across Northeast

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Tufts sailors compete in a race at the Apr. 10, 2016, regatta at Tufts Sailing Team Boat House on Mystic Lake. by Jason Schwartz Staff Writer

The Tufts sailing team deployed its talented sailors all over New England last Saturday and Sunday. Competing in a total of seven regattas, the Jumbos endured a jam-packed weekend on top of their rising academic workload. Despite the fact that autumn officially began on Monday, the temperatures across New England soared into the low- to mid-80s this weekend, giving the sailors one last taste of summer. The winds across all eight matches varied in speed and direction, and this was a key factor the Jumbos paid close attention to in their high performances. On Sunday, the co-ed team sent out two boats, divisions A and B, and won a decisive victory at the Hood Trophy on Mystic Lake, where the Jumbos usually practice. Sophomore Sam Merson skippered on the division A boat while senior Emily Calandrella was on crew. On the division B boat, sophomore Alex Fasolo skippered while senior Duke Saunders was on crew. Both division A and B boats scored under 50 points, which is no easy feat in sailing. While Boston University and Yale University tied in secondsecond place with a total of 162 points among their two boats, Tufts scored just 91 points. The winds picked up speed as the regatta progressed, and Tufts managed to use those winds to its advantage while its opponents began to accumulate points. Calandrella wrote in an email to the Daily about her boat’s and team’s performance. “I thought we sailed well overall,” Calandrella said. “We were frustrated with our boat handling at times and we had a couple bad starts but we were generally able to come back from them.” Calandrella also offered some insight on how competing at Mystic Lake gave the team an advantage. “Sailing our own boats and being on the lake where we’re used to the wind shifts definitely helped,” Calandrella said. Concurrently on the Charles River, the co-ed team also raced in the Harvard Invitational. The breeze was variable and ranged from five

to 12 knots. The sailors at this regatta were also organized into two divisions, divisions A and B. All divisions raced six times. Skippering on the division A boat was sophomore George Sidamon-Eristoff while sophomore Jessica Friedman was on crew. During the fifth race, their boat broke down, and they were given four breakdown points. Nevertheless, the division A crew made up for its mistakes, averaging just four points per race. First-year Patrick Mulcahy skippered on the division B dinghy while sophomore Dorothy Waskow was on crew. Both boats placed third in their divisions, finishing in third place overall with just 50 points. Down in New London, Conn., the co-ed team raced on the Thames River in the New England Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) Showcase qualifier hosted by NESCAC rival Conn. College. On Saturday, sailors raced eight times with a couple breaks due to shifty winds. McGill University protested during the sixth race, resulting in a disqualification. On Sunday, the teams raced six more times. Tufts junior Jacob Whitney and sophomore Connor Sheridan sailed on the division B boat, while junior Austen Freda and junior Lindsay Powers commanded the division A boat. Both boats had a slow start, tallying 66 points in just three races. However, the Jumbos improved and averaged just under 10 points per boat per race. Tufts finished in 11th place overall with 266 points. Whitney wrote an email to the Daily about his perspective of the NEISA qualifier. “The NEISA showcase qualifier event was held at Connecticut College, whose venue can be tricky to sail on. This, in addition to the level of competition, made for quite the tough weekend for the ‘Bos at Conn.,” Whitney said. “My skipper [Sheridan], while obviously not thrilled with his performance, was glad to have the practice and experience of sailing at a moderately high level event. He and I have been sailing together for our third season now and were glad to have the opportunity to sail in such a competitive fleet.” He also noted that the team’s 11th place finish in the NEISA qualifier did not mean much to them.

“The 11th place finish didn’t mean much for Tufts: we had already ‘scheduled into’ the showcase finals, meaning we had done well enough last year to have already guaranteed ourselves a spot regardless of our performance of the qualifier,” Whitney said. “We would’ve liked to have done better, of course, especially within our own division. This being said, the event, while not much of a qualifier for our team specifically, still represented a competitive environment for us to improve.” At the Edgewood Yacht Club in Cranston, R.I., the Tufts co-ed team participated at the Sherman Hoyt Trophy hosted by Brown University on Saturday and Sunday. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, the regatta began as the southerly winds picked up to five to eight knots; eight races were sailed in each division on W4 courses with division A in FJ boats and division B in Z420 dinghies. On Sunday, the winds picked up to around 12 knots, and the sailors raced eight more times. The sailors on each team were organized into the standard two divisions, division A and division B. Representing division A for the Jumbos were sophomore Charlie Hibben as skipper and senior Emma Clutterbuck, who was on crew for 13 races, and junior Wells Drayton, who was on crew for the last three races. Racing in the division B for the Jumbos were sophomore Ansgar Jordan on skipper and junior Hanna Brush on crew. Like many of the teams at the regatta, the Jumbos accumulated most of their points on Saturday when the winds were lighter, and they fared better on Sunday. Tufts amassed a total of 298 points, coming in 11th place. On Saturday, the co-ed team sent sailors to race in dinghies at the Salt Pond Invite hosted by the University of Rhode Island. The sailors raced in a southerly breeze at five to 10 knots that lasted throughout the day, allowing division A to race eight times and division B to race six times. Representing in division A were junior Mathew Galbraith and first-year Caroline Kelly, and for division B were first-year duo Bryan Trammel and Cecilia Adams. Overall, Tufts was in the middle of the pack, finishing in seventh place with 183 points. With

home advantage, Rhode Island won the regatta, tallying just 78 points. Concurrently in Enfield, N.H., Tufts sent two boats and four women sailors to represent in the division A and B at the annual Mrs. Hurst Bowl, hosted by Dartmouth University. All teams at the regatta used the light and stiff Z420 dinghies. In division A, junior Talia Toland skippered while sophomore Ann Sheridan was on crew. First-year Annika Fedde skippered on the division B boat while junior Juliana Testa was on crew. Dartmouth finished in first place, accumulating just 47 points with Yale finishing at a close second with 52 points. Four of the six races in each division were done on Saturday, which saw winds at three to six knots before they died down and the racing was called off. Most of the teams, including the Jumbos, struggled with the tapering winds and accumulated their fair share of points. The next day, the sailors raced two more times, this time with the winds at three to six knots. The Jumbos fared better during these two races, accumulating less than 27 points in all. However, due to the winds on Saturday, the ladies finished at a modest 10th place with 101 points. The co-ed team sent six sailors to compete at the Richard Ross College Bowl, hosted by Tufts. The sailors raced two times on Rhodes boats on the Boston Harbor. Tufts sailors were organized into three boats: Jumbos 1, Jumbos 2 and Jumbos 3. First-year Niall Sheridan skippered Jumbos 1 while first-year Sara Morrison was on crew. On Jumbos 2 were first-year Ege Ozgul and sophomore Mallory Hood, while junior Robert Bartlett and senior Anisha Jain raced on Jumbos 3. The first-year duo on Jumbos 1 placed sixth out of eight teams. Jumbos 2 and Jumbos 3 placed in second and third respectively, with the University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons capturing the win with three points. After a busy weekend on the water, the sailors can throw the anchor down and recuperate their sailor hands and sea legs. Next weekend, the team will send the women’s squad to the Women’s Showcase One hosted by Brown, which will start at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.