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Julia Jacklin evokes tears at Somerville Theatre see ARTS&LIVING / PAGE 3

Men’s, women’s teams kick off season in quad meet

Harvard Art Museum exhibit highlights beautiful simplicity of printmaking see ARTS&LIVING / PAGE 4

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Friday, November 22, 2019

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Former US Attorney General Eric Holder speaks about career in government by Alejandra Carrillo News Editor

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. spoke to members of the Tufts, Medford and Somerville communities last night at Breed Memorial Hall about his experience as the leader of the Department of Justice and political and legal issues. The event was hosted as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series and was moderated by Jake Maccoby (A’09), Holder’s former speechwriter and communications advisor. Holder is the 82nd Attorney General of the United States and the first African American to hold that office. He served as attorney general from 2009 to 2015. In addition, Holder’s experience in government spans over 30 years as Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia under President Bill Clinton and as judge of the D.C. Superior Court under President Ronald Reagan. He currently serves as chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Maccoby first asked Holder about how his experiences prior to becoming attorney general shaped his career and prepared him for the challenges he faced on the job. “There is nothing that really prepares you for the job of attorney general … but the experiences that I had as a line lawyer in the Justice Department, as a judge, as a U.S. attorney, as deputy attorney general, all gave me different perspectives on different parts of the criminal justice system,” he said. He indicated that his experiences greatly influenced policies for the Obama administration and the Justice Department. Holder acknowledged that they shaped his arguments as a judge in Washington, D.C., specifically, during the “crack wars.” He gave a brief example of how his experiences as a judge affected his life as attorney general. “I saw substantial numbers of young black men who had been sent to jail for what I thought were disproportionately long periods of time, as a result of the sentencing guidelines, and so I came in thinking as attorney general ‘I’m going to try to use the power I have to focus on criminal justice reform,’” he noted. Holder asserted that it is important to think about the ways in which people can be kept out of the criminal justice system and how the government can ease the reentry process for formerly incarcerated individuals. Maccoby also asked Holder about his relationship with Obama and his ability to maintain a commitment to an independent Department of Justice, as the U.S. attorney general at the time.

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The 82nd United States Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at Tufts on Nov. 21. “The Justice Department is a fundamentally different cabinet agency than any other department in the executive branch. You have the power to put people in jail … you have the power to take a life and those are the toughest decisions that an attorney general has to make,” Holder said. He also explained that, given all that power, he had to ensure to insulate the Department of Justice from politics and emphasized that there needed to be a distance between the department and the White House. Holder also noted that his relationship with Obama changed after he acquired the title of U.S. Attorney General. He was later asked about some of the most difficult experiences he had to make as attorney general. Holder immediately noted death penalty determinations. For breaking news, our content archive and exclusive content, visit tuftsdaily.com @tuftsdaily

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“You know if you say you seek the death penalty, in most cases or the overwhelming number of cases, it is totally clear you can get the death penalty,” he said. “The notion that I put my signature on a piece of paper means that I am potentially going to sanction the extinguishing of a life … those are the toughest decisions.” Toward the end of the event, Maccoby asked Holder to share any advice he had for people who seek to invoke change. Holder declared that it is important for people to identify issues about which they feel most passionate. “My advice would be to commit yourself to solving them [issues] and to try to get as much done as you possibly can, and if you can’t get

it done, certainly leave a foundation for somebody who will probably get that baton over the line,” he said. He noted that age and youth are not excuses to create change because everyone has the power to make a difference. Holder also spoke about his father and the immense challenges he faced as an immigrant who came to this country and proudly served in World War II. “While in uniform he [father] was discriminated against in North Carolina and told to get to the back of the bus or train and in Oklahoma, told to go to the back of the lunch counter,” he said. “I think about the America he had and the sacrifices that he made so that his son might have the chances he did not.”

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THE TUFTS DAILY | News | Friday, November 22, 2019

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Tufts Dining introduces new platform free of top allergens

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Last month, Tufts Dining Services launched ALL 9 FREE, a new allergen-free platform in Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center. The platform, which operates concurrently with Dewick’s hours of operation and offers meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, includes items that are free of the top nine allergens: eggs, fish, gluten/ wheat, milk, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and sesame. The emergence of the ALL 9 FREE platform reflects national trends and trends within the Tufts community, which has seen an increase in the severity of allergies and the number of students who are severely allergic, according to Director of Dining and Business Services Patti Klos. Klos added that the platform, and specifically the decision to dedicate a whole cooking area to it, was also born out of student inquiries and needs; many students wanted the assurance that the way their food was prepared was isolated and free from cross contamination. Kelly Shaw, Tufts’ nutrition marketing specialist, said that 150 students have registered their allergies and dietary restrictions with Student Accessibility Services but noted that there could be more beyond those who have self-identified.

Sophie Buckingham, a student who has a mild gluten intolerance, said the platform and its new options have not only made it a lot easier for people like her to find food, but it particularly helps other students who have severe allergies and restrictions. “I have friends who went off the meal plan because there weren’t many options for them in the dining hall, and I think they really would have benefited from this station,” Buckingham, a senior, said. The measures in place, like the station’s layout, placement in Dewick, and the signs urging visitors to use a clean plate every time at the platform, are necessary for preventing cross-contamination. “One of my friends has celiac disease and, before [the platform], she’d have the same option every night and that was about it. It was also harder for her to eat and not worry about cross contamination,” Sara Morsi, a first-year, said. Shaw said that the addition of the ALL 9 FREE platform mitigates some of the burdens placed on students by increasing flexibility and spontaneity. Before, with the other dietary programs on campus, students had to plan and notify dining staff about their preferred meals in advance. “I’ve had students tell me ‘thank you so much, this makes it so much easier. It’s

such a relief to be able to go in at any time and know that there’s food that’s been prepared safely,’” she said. In planning for the future, Klos and Shaw listed their hopes for improving the existing dietary programs. For one, they intend to expand the ALL 9 FREE menu with new recipes and ensure its participation in special dining events. Klos and Shaw also stressed the importance of increasing education and awareness about food allergies among the entire Tufts community, well beyond the confines of the dining centers and beyond students with food allergies — an effort intended to promote food safety in classrooms and other campus environments. “I feel most confident about how students with food allergies eat on campus in the dining center because I know that we have training and there are systems in place,” Shaw said. Other efforts aimed at meeting students’ dietary needs will focus on fortifying communication about the dietary services available and implementing meetings with resident advisors to present information that could be passed along to students. “It is a combination of things: being responsive but also being proactive and anticipating the needs,” Klos said.

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Friday, November 22, 2019

Julia Jacklin brings heart-wrenching folk songs on tour by Yas Salon

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Going through a breakup? Missing an ex? Just feeling a crushing, existential loneliness and wanting to curl up in bed and be emo for an hour or so? Or, are you perfectly content and satisfied by your relationships and just want to hear some impactful, to-thepoint but powerful music? Look no further — Julia Jacklin’s got you covered. The Australian singer-songwriter rose to prominence with indie sad-girl anthem “Pool Party” (2016) and her dreamy, melancholy cover of The Strokes’ “Someday” (2001) released earlier this year. Jacklin recently embarked on a multi-national tour alongside Americana singer Christian Lee Hutson, who was also put on the radar for many when he opened for Better Oblivion Community Center earlier this year. Hutson and Jacklin stopped by Somerville Theatre on Nov. 9, a strangely luxe venue for musicians that seems more suited for the likes of Great Scott or The Sinclair. After everyone had made it to their plush, assigned theater seats, Hutson opened the show with a beautiful, simple set, devoid of any flashy theatrics — instead, it was just a man and his guitar. “I’m gonna play the hard one first,” remarked Hutson after tuning. Hutson followed his opening track with “I Have to Keep You Down” (2016), a twangy, slow number that perfectly encapsulates the tragic desperation one feels when they know they’ll be left behind by a lover. When he croons, “It isn’t hard to imagine that you won’t need me someday / cause I know something that you don’t / you never did anyway,” before picking the tempo up into an equally tragic chorus, it’s impossible not to feel the deep, dull sadness of a doomed love. His subsequent belting of the line, “I have to keep you down,” some of the most commanding vocals in any of his songs, draws the ear to the clinging need for love of the doomed lover and their willingness to “keep down” their lover as to not lose them. After taking some time to banter with the audience about any movies they had seen recently (spurred from the fact that the concert was in, well, a movie theater) and discussing the merits of Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” (2019), Hutson announced that his next album, produced by friend and collaborator Phoebe Bridgers with whom he toured earlier in 2019, is slated to release in April of 2020. Shortly after this news, he invited a band consisting of Julia Jacklin and her bassist and lead guitarist onstage. “We started a band the other night; we’re called Deep Heat,” announced Hutson. Hutson closed out the set with two final tracks, starting with, “I Just Can’t Fucking Do It Anymore” (2016), a thoroughly depressing but charming bluegrass number about giving up on a relationship. The final track, “Northsiders” (2019), which is the first single off Hutson’s upcoming album, is an uncharacteristic track for Hutson. Sure, the folk guitar is there, but it isn’t his normal slow, sorrowful song. Instead, it begins as a nostalgic but comedic look back onto romance between two indie kids. Some select mockeries of Huston’s teenage self include, “Tried cocaine at my cousin’s house / Yeah, I’m probably addicted now” and “Said that we were communists / And thought that we invented it.” About halfway through the track, the lyrics fully shift into Hutson’s trademark brand of gloom, as they recount one of the lovers dying young after spending time away from the other.

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Julia Jacklin performs at the Somerville Theatre on Nov. 9. Jacklin followed Hutson with a set consisting primarily of tracks off her most recent album, the lulling and playfully titled “Crushing” (2019), a play on the term’s dual meanings; the songs are all about love, but not the beautiful parts. Instead, “Crushing” chronicles all the painful, gut-wrenching parts of love and the loss of it. Jacklin opened the set with “Comfort” (2019), a lullaby-esque track whose minimalist guitar and crooning vocals are reminiscent of Connie Converse, Julia Byrne and other to-the-point singer-songwriters. The shift from “You’ll be okay” to “He’ll be just fine” in the first and second verses, respectively, followed by a final shift to “I’ll be okay” is immensely effective in portraying the complexity of the narrator’s grief for the relationship she ended. The lack of overly flowery language and simplicity of Jacklin’s lyrics allow for all aspects of the song to convey her sadness, not just the words themselves. Jacklin continued with “Body” (2018), a narrative track simmering with quiet anger about Jacklin’s lover exploiting and objectifying her. “Leadlight,” a song from

Jacklin’s first EP “Don’t Let The Kids Win” (2016), followed. The ensuing “Turn Me Down” (2019), a gut-wrenching number with heavy rhythm guitar and pleading, repetitive calls of “turn me down,” was the musical equivalent of Jacklin ripping her heart out onstage and holding it for the audience to see. It was around this point in the show that tears started to flow down audience members’ faces. Concurrently, it became clear that no matter how good Jacklin sounds on her records, it can’t even come close to experiencing her vocals live. Her arresting vocal control and full tone truly aren’t done justice on “Crushing” — on the record, she can sing. In person, she can sing. After her bandmates departed offstage, Jacklin played “Convention” (2019) as a solo song, finger-plucking gently with hazy vocals floating overtop. Next was “Good Guy” (2019), a slow track about just wanting love, even if you know its not real — just being told that you’re loved, regardless of the truth of the statement, is good enough. She followed with “Don’t Know How to Keep Loving You” (2019), her second most-streamed song on Spotify and another

prime example of how Jacklin’s impressive vocal skills give another rich dimension to her already evocative lyrics. She gains vocal strength and is increasingly daring with the notes she hits each time she calls out, “Don’t know how to keep loving you / now that I know you so well.” Jacklin began to approach the end of her set with her blues-tinged “Pool Party,” a song that wouldn’t feel out of place alongside Johnny Cash tracks. “Pressure to Party” (2019) follows, a bouncy, mildly-manic number where Jacklin laments the trials of attending a party newly single, and all of the expectations on how to conduct herself. In her encore, Jacklin played her most melancholy and straight-up depressing song of the night (which is saying something because “Good Guy”and “Turn Me Down” pull some serious heartstrings), “Don’t Let The Kids Win” (2016), the titular track off her first album. The track is simple — just guitar and vocals — but the universality of the lyrics and the angst of youth disappearing that anyone can empathize with gets the waterworks going. By the time people were leaving the show, the majority were wiping tear stains from their faces.

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‘Critical Printing’: The power of simplicity by Ramona Meng Xi Contributing Writer

The word “printing” carries a sense of monotony and is, in general, rather self-explanatory. People can be fooled by its seeming banality because the frequent appearance of the word “print” in our lives (especially as students) conditions us with the association of repetition and replication — which is true, since the process of printing consists of transferring and mirroring patterns, lines and shapes onto another medium. Nevertheless, the exhibition “Critical Printing” at the Harvard Art Museums’ University Teaching Gallery, which opened Aug. 31 and closes Jan. 5, 2020, leaps beyond people’s common conception. The exhibition outspokenly instructs the audience to walk around the space clockwise due to the specially designed layout that showcases more than 20 prints. Instead of lining up according to chronology or genre, works are arranged in five

clusters depending on their different “fundamental modes of critical thinking” that consist of”Reversal,” “Pressure,” “Color Separation,” “Depth” and “Replicability.” Each mode represents a peculiarity of the printmaking process, which not only galvanizes each print’s artistic purpose but also unveils the embedded power of printing in the realms of history, culture and society. At first glance, the five terminologies might be confusingly profound due to their terseness and their seemingly ambiguous correlation with the artistically abstract prints. However, it is the perplexing first impression that potentially ignites the urge to decipher the hidden meaning and complete the puzzle. What’s fascinating about each print is its utilization of the printmaking’s natural characteristics that empower the meaning without extra ornament. “Camp of Massachusetts Sixth Regt. Vols. Suffolk, Va.” (2006) is an inkjet digital print top-coated with a glassine overlay. Artist Fred Wilson copied and printed an 1863

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lithograph depicting the encampment of a Massachusetts regiment of Union soldiers, then laid a sheet of translucent glassine to blur the details. However, the lower left corner contains a hole on the glassine to allow the audience to peek at one specific facet of the print underneath. Because of its two-layered nature, this print is categorized into the mode of “Depth.” The process of this print seems absurdly simple — “copy and paste” the original image, cut a hole in the glassine and layer two pieces together with a narrow space in between, but what Wilson is trying to convey is the powerlessness and invisibility of African Americans throughout American history. In this obscured image, only a washerwoman’s figure is clarified through the cut-out. Her minuscule presence in the whole frame reveals how negligible she appears in the original print. The visual impact that emerges from the physical “depth” thus not only manifests a reflective and aphoristic criticism toward American history and society

but also exposes the grievance of African Americans while upholding their importance and contribution. In the section of “Reversal,” which is the reversal of image as it “passes between the matrix (the block or plate) and the paper,” artists employ reversed graphics to destabilize and challenge certain historical settlements, social rules and common perceptions. A bolded and reversed “NO” printed in punchy red in “stars” (1967) by Corita Kent aims to erase negative thoughts within individuals and illuminate positivity by “rejecting the rejection.” Indeed, according to the quote in “stars,” “Everyone has, inside himself…what shall I call it? A piece of good news!” Within each cluster, every print has its own personality, story and power. Their critical nature, as well as their organic simplicity, influence and resonate with the grand environment in unique ways, empowering and redefining the scope of printmaking.

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Friday, November 22, 2019

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Hooliganism and the rise of the right

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t was 2010, and the financial crisis seethed throughout Europe. Some of the European Union’s most vulnerable markets — Greece, Russia and Italy — were hit the hardest, as the decade would usher in years of austerity, stagnation and the proliferation of soccer hooliganism triggered by the rise of the far-right. As reported by Foreign Affairs, far-right parties are the biggest beneficiaries of financial crashes. Politicians emerge from statehouse shadows, galvanizing extremism under the guise of law and order. Encouraged by far-right politics, hooliganism across all of Europe has also surged. Ultras — a team’s most fanatical supporters — and their firms, or gangs, carry out violence today with liberty and support that 21st-century soccer has never seen. Firms are perfect outlets for young, masculine, white working-class men to assert an identity and status that far-right politicians often contend is under threat. The far-right Golden Dawn party won the third most votes in Greece’s 2015 parliamentary elections, in part due to its ultranationalist and neo-fascist ideology. The party’s youth arm, Galazia Stratia, also functions as a football supporters firm and regularly engages in organized violence. Galazia’s popularity rose with Golden Dawn’s, and its young recruits conduct violent attacks against immigrants who are scapegoated for the country’s financial capitulation. An article by the Guardian exposed how in Russia government officials encouraged violence in right-wing firms for decades. One Ultra became friendly with a far-right politician, who paid for the firm’s activities in return for party votes. Vasily “The Killer” Stepanov, the former leader of Spartak Moscow’s hooligan firm, described his hooligans as “Putin’s foot soldiers” in a BBC documentary. The issue is not exclusive to Eastern Europe. In England, the birthplace of hooliganism, police figures show that the number of matches at which hooliganism — ranging from throwing coins to fighting — occurred rose from 727 in the 2012–13 season to 1,128 in the 2017–18 season. Serious incidents, such as assault, rose by 24% in the past year, while hate crime rose by 67%. Italy presents a jarring marriage of right-wing politics and hooliganism. In late 2018, Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, a black player, heard monkey chants ring out in Inter Milan’s stadium. Pavel Klymenko, a member of the organization Football Against Racism, wasn’t surprised. “When we look at the politics in Italy right now, this scaremongering of refugees and migrants … [former Interior Minister] Matteo Salvini [is] introducing regulations against migrants and ethnic minorities in the country — this has an impact on the stadiums,” he said earlier this year. Though the right-wing populists failed to gain power in Italy in September, the hooliganism it enabled persists. And in Greece, support for the Golden Dawn has since left the political stage after a steady decline in support. But the ranks of neo-nazis and their fascist chants can still be heard in soccer stadiums across Europe. Just as politicians can be voted out of office, dangerous soccer fans can be thrown out of stadiums, too. Governing bodies such as FIFA and UEFA must enforce their anti-hooligan policies with more vehemence to ensure today’s nasty present doesn’t become tomorrow’s normalized reality. Arlo Moore-Bloom is a junior studying international relations and history. Arlo can be reached at arlomck21@gmail.com.

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The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams traveled to Williamstown, Mass., on Saturday for their season-opening quad meet. The men’s team emerged victorious over Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) 251–68 and over Wesleyan 259–56, but were topped by the hosting team Williams 175–138. The women’s team similarly downed WPI and Wesleyan 267–54 and 255–57, respectively, but were also topped by the hosts 201.5–111.5. Coach Adam Hoyt spoke about his expectations heading into the competition, as well as his initial impressions from the meet. “Since this was our first time competing as a team since last March, I did not have any performance expectations for our team,” Hoyt said. “I did have expectations on the level of energy the team brought to the meet, and [I thought] everyone did a great job supporting each other, cheering and keeping the energy level high throughout the meet.” The women’s team showcased its incredible versatility, posting top finishes across all fourstroke disciplines. Junior Lily Kurtz and firstyear Emma van Duijnhoven led the way for the Jumbos in the 200-yard breaststroke, placing first and second with times of 2:33.15 and 2:33.56, respectively. In the butterfly events, junior Amy Socha snagged a pair of second-place finishes in the 100-yard and 200-yard distances, with times of 58.37 and 2:09.97 respectively, while classmate Sasha Fong sprinted to a third-place finish in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 26.60. The Jumbos also performed well in the middle-distance events, with first-year Claire Brennan and sophomore Mary Hufziger capturing third and fourth respectively in the 200-yard freestyle, while junior Abby Claus and first-year Chloe Deveney placed third and fifth in the 400yard individual medley, respectively. The Jumbo first-year class swam exceptionally well throughout the course of the meet. In particular, first-year Katelin Isakoff had a stellar collegiate debut, topping the field in the 200yard butterfly with a time of 2:08.68. Isakoff also placed second in the 500-yard freestyle in a close bout with Williams swimmer Molly Craig , while also swimming strong to place fifth in the 200yard freestyle. Isakoff shared how she felt about her debut as a Jumbo and what she looked forward to for the remainder of the season. “The first meet was really fun, everyone [was] cheering and supporting each other,” Isakoff said. “The older swimmers were so fun behind

the starting blocks and definitely helped to calm my nerves. It truly was a special experience to be representing Tufts [and] to be swimming for a team for the first time and not just for myself. I think we swam and dove really well for this time of year, and I’m just really excited for the rest of the season!” Hoyt also spoke about how he felt his firstyear class handled its first experience with the collegiate dual-meet experience. “It was nice to see our first-years racing and diving in their first collegiate meet,” Hoyt said. “The class handled the pressure well and put together some good performances.” On the men’s side, the Jumbos, led by senior Roger Gu, secured top finishes in a number of sprint and middle-distance events. Gu, fresh off his 2019 NCAA title in the 50-yard freestyle, scorched the field and finished in a blistering 20.55, nearly a second faster than the rest of the field. Gu also picked up a win in the 100yard freestyle in a 46.04 and placed third in the 200-yard distance, while anchoring the winning Tufts 200-yard freestyle relay in a blazing 19.81 split — the only swimmer at the meet to split sub-20 seconds. Gu shared his thoughts about his and the team’s overall performance, as well as his expectations for how the rest of the season will go. “I went into the meet with the goal to practice getting back into a racing mindset, and I think that went well. The times might not have been the best, but there was a lot of good energy and takeaways that will definitely benefit [the team] and myself for future meets,” Gu said. “It really is tough racing together for the first time as a new team, but we handled it well and it definitely shows for a promising rest of the season. Coming in as the [defending] champion is cool, but it definitely won’t be an easy year and I’m looking to keep improving as the season goes.” Sophomore Tar Tar Jarusinchai also played a major role for the Jumbos, finishing in the top three in all three of his events. Jarusinchai exhibited his breaststroke prowess with a first-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke, with a time of 2:10.72, over five seconds faster than his teammate and runner-up sophomore Michael Gregorace, who finished in 2:16.29. He also nabbed two second-place finishes in both the 50-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard breaststroke. The rest of the men’s team performed admirably with a number of top finishes. First-year Joshua Balbi showcased his speed, racing to fifth in the 50-yard butterfly, third in the 100yard butterfly, and fourth in the 50-yard backstroke. Sophomore Nate Tingen finished second

in both the 50-yard backstroke and 100-yard backstroke, while also finishing third in the 200yard backstroke. The Jumbos were also strong in the sprint freestyles; besides Gu, first-year Dylan Brown nabbed third in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle, with times of 21.78 and 47.70, respectively. Hoyt shared his insight on how the team’s training has gone and what to expect from the team moving forward. “We trained through the meet,” Hoyt said. “Our focus is being the best we can be during the championship season, and with the NESCAC schedule and start date, we need every day we can get to train with that goal in mind.” Not to be outdone, the men’s and women’s diving teams put up notable performances in both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. For the women, first-years Alaina Kosko and Sydney Ho placed third and fourth in the 1-meter, with scores of 252.00 and 246.46, respectively. The two also dove their way to second- and fourth-place finishes in the 3-meter contest. On the men’s side, first-year standout Zach Lawrence topped the field in the 3-meter with a score of 303.53, while classmate Kai Renshaw finished third with 235.21. Renshaw was able to beat out Lawrence on the 1-meter, with the two grabbing second and third respectively. Both the men’s and women’s teams finished the meet with stellar relay performances in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The foursome of senior co-captain Grace Goetcheus, Fong, and first-years Hannah Lesser and Isakoff finished in 1:41.42, narrowly edging out the other Tufts relay, comprised of senior Brooke Bernstein, Hufziger, sophomore Hannah Spencer and first-year Camille Ross, with a time of 1:41.55. For the men, the foursome of Gu, juniors JJ Batt, Dylan Brown and first-year Peter LaBarge surged to a winning time of 1:24.91, beating out the other Tufts relays that finished in second and third. Hoyt voiced how he felt the teams could improve their approach toward competition going into the rest of the season. “We need to continue to build on our energy level at meets,” Hoyt said. “We have a large team that can impact the environment of a meet, and that’s a goal of ours. We’ll continue sharpening up technical aspects of our swimming and diving; with only two-and-a-half weeks of practice, we see areas where we can be better in for our next contests.” Up next, both teams will travel to Waltham, Mass., to face the Brandeis University Judges Sunday at 1 p.m. for a non-conference dual meet.