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Office of Residential Life hosts off-campus housing resource fair, discusses options for students by Alexander Janoff Contributing Writer

Residential Life (ResLife) hosted an off-campus housing resource fair on Oct. 21. While first-years and sophomores are required to have on-campus housing, juniors and seniors are not guaranteed university housing and must either acquire on-campus housing with a high lottery number or search for off-campus options in the neighborhoods surrounding Tufts. Angy Sosa, the assistant director for residential operations, said that the fair connected Tufts students with various groups that could help in the search for off-campus housing, including realtors and property management companies. According to Sosa, a number of Tufts departments, including ResLife, the Financial Aid Office and the Office of Government and Community Relations also attended the fair. These groups provided resources and a university perspective to students seeking off-campus housing. “The representative from the Office of Government and Community Relations was there to give students an idea of what living in a neighborhood is like, as opposed to living in a residential hall … while the financial aid representative informed students on how their financial aid package would potentially cover off-campus housing,” Sosa said. Sosa said a big reason for the creation of her position a year ago was to help reduce the general stress of searching for off-campus housing and act as Tufts’ representative for students considering off-campus housing. “I think there’s been a historical panic that’s been passed down from year to year,” Sosa said. “One of the things that me and my team have been trying to push out there is like, ‘Let’s calm down. Let’s make sure that everybody understands what they’re getting into before jumping into this.’” Sosa said this panic leads many sophomores to sign a lease for their junior year early in the fall semester. “A lot of times, one of the things that we’re seeing is our sophomores … come into their sophomore year prepared to sign leases right away,” Sosa said. “And that’s not something they should be doing.”

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Office of Residential Life on 20 Professors Row is pictured on Oct. 22. According to Sosa, the general policy of ResLife is to preach patience and caution to students seeking off-campus housing. There are a number of reasons why students shouldn’t rush into signing leases, according to Sosa, one of which is because the process is a significant decision that is a new experience for many students. Furthermore, many landlords put pressure on students to sign a lease early on in the process. “Landlord[s] will kind of say, ‘if you don’t sign this, I’m going to find someone else,’” Sosa said. “And that can be really stressful for a lot of people, and I think [that’s] because our students are panicked in ensuring that they have housing.” According to Sosa, another reason students shouldn’t rush when it comes to signing a lease is that friendships frequently change in college. This could become problematic when a student signs a lease with a group with whom they are no longer close. “I’ve run into several situations — both on campus and off campus — where relationships have changed within [a] group,” Sosa said. “So, you’ve signed the lease to live in the space with ‘x’ number of people, and your relationship is no For breaking news, our content archive and exclusive content, visit tuftsdaily.com @tuftsdaily

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longer the same, [or] you don’t get along with this group, but you’ve signed the lease for a year.” According to Sosa, a significant reason why students panic about finding off-campus housing is because they think everyone else is locking into a house and they won’t have a place to live. While some sophomores do sign leases right away, many wait until later in the academic year before committing to signing a lease. “I think a lot of people hear a lot of stories of everybody signing a lease right now,” Sosa said. “Not everybody is signing a lease right now.” On the other hand, if a student knows that they’ve found the perfect place, there’s nothing wrong with signing the lease and locking in right away, according to Sosa. “If you find the space that you’re like, ‘100%, this is it, the price is right, the location’s perfect, my parents are down, my friends are down, [and] we know we’re going to be best friends forever,’ by all means, if that’s how you if you feel comfortable doing that, go right ahead,” Sosa said. According to an email from the Office of Financial Aid sent by Amy Piantedosi, a financial aid counselor, students who

live off campus and are on financial aid will have their off-campus housing costs covered by their financial aid plan. “If you live off-campus, your financial aid will be based upon the cost of the premium meal plan and the standard on-campus room rate,” according to an email statement from the Financial Aid Office. “You will not be charged for a room and you will likely choose a reduced, or no, meal plan.” The email also gave recommendations to how students should budget their years off campus. “In 2019-20, the premium meal plan and standard housing cost is $15,086. If you divide $15,086 by 9 months, it equals about $1675 per month. As long as you keep your monthly budget (rent, utilities and food, etc) to $1675 or less, it won’t cost you more to live off-campus than on,” the email said. Henry Ross, a sophomore, signed a lease right away for an off-campus house for next year. Ross said the off-campus housing search was relatively stress-free for him. “Start early,” Ross said. “[Units] go, especially if you want something different than like a three or four-person upstairs unit above a family with a small child.”

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Alumni Michael Ewald (LA’94) and John Wright (LA’99) from Bain Capital came to Tufts yesterday for a discussion on their careers at the invitation of Tufts Financial Group. They discussed Bain Capital’s business model and practices along with their roles in the organization. They are two of the 130 directors and partners in the organization. Bain Capital is a private investment firm founded in 1984 and headquartered in Boston. Today, it has platforms across the continental U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia, with over $305 billion assets under management. With over 1,000 employees and servicing some of the biggest household names, it ranks seventh in the largest private alternative asset manager. Ewald knew he wanted to go into investments and finances during his time at Tufts. Luckily for him, investment banking was, according to Ewald, gaining popularity at the time of his graduation. He started out at Credit Suisse where he was a consultant. “At the time, it was a very steep learning curve where I had to learn a lot … but at the end of the day consulting is interesting, but you are not necessarily making any decisions. So, I wanted the decision-making ability and the feedback loop of ‘Did it work?’” Ewald said. Ewald started out at Bain Capital in 1998 when, according to him, there were as few as 75 employees. Ewald remembered how

then-CEO Mitt Romney led Monday morning meetings every day. Ewald has been at Bain Capital ever since. Wright likewise knew he wanted to enter finance and investments when he graduated in 1999. He started in the operations and finance group of Bain Capital before slowly moving into investment credit. He credits Tufts as being “an integral part of my beginnings of my career.” To a nearly full house in room 206 of the Cabot Intercultural Center, Ewald began the lecture by describing Bain Capital as an alternative asset manager. He emphasized that they are a private company, meaning they are purely serving their investors and themselves. Bain Capital branched out into a venture business, public equity, credit, public equity, real estate, double impact, life sciences, partnership opportunities and tech opportunities. “We have a whole lot of alternative assets not just in private equity, not just in assets,” Ewald said. Wright then took over and discussed some of the key aspects of Bain Capital. “We’ve always taken an approach with the heritage of coming from a consulting firm that you are going to overstaff problems,” he said. Unlike most of their competitors, Bain Capital remains private. Wright said how this allows them to make their own initiatives and focus on their own capital and external investors.

Wright then discussed how Bain Capital has $41 billion across the spectrum of high-yield credit. Eight billion dollars are in “Distressed and Special Situations” which involves companies going through major restructuring or another opportunistic approach in a special situation. Another $8 billion is in private credit, which is generally with smaller companies. Ten billion dollars are in structured credit which is predominantly found in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). The remaining $15 billion is in liquid credit which can be in open ended funds or single investors funds which allows them to invest and lend money. Wright primarily works with companies that are more likely to be household names, saying he pools “anywhere from 150 to 400 and be diverse by company, diverse by company, but generally speaking all of these companies are below investment grade.” This allows a greater yield to Bain Capital as a lower investment grade would allow a greater charge to the company. “It’s not necessarily a statement about the reliability of the business,” Wright said. “It might just be a statement about how levered that business actually is.” This allows Bain Capital to receive a very senior tranche of debt and minimize any losses due to defaulting on loans. “Generally speaking, the equity of CLOs has generated returns that are competitive with other equity products, although they can trade in a pretty volatile fashion,” he said.

Police Briefs — Week of Oct. 29 by Matthew McGovern Assistant News Editor

On Oct. 21 at 1:30 p.m., the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report from the Mayer Campus Center that a MacBook that was on loan from the library was stolen. The student who had loaned it left the laptop in Hotung Café briefly in order to get some food, and it was gone when they returned. Despite being an Apple product, the “Find My” capability was not enabled. On Oct. 22 at 10:48 a.m., TUPD was notified by Tisch Library staff of graffiti in the accessible stall of a men’s bathroom.

The graffiti said that “It’s okay to be white, black, Asian, Latinx, gay,” with check marks next to each word. TUPD called Facilities Services, and they removed the writing from the stall. TUPD responded to a minor collision involving a Tufts Facilities truck and a Progistics Distribution vehicle on Oct. 23 at 3:29 p.m. The former tried to maneuver in between a Tufts shuttle and the Progistics truck and struck the vehicle with its rearview mirror, causing minor damage to the other vehicle’s left rear tail light. On Oct. 24 at 9:07 a.m., TUPD was notified of destruction of Tufts property at 550 Boston Ave., which houses the Office of

Sustainability. Wires had been cut on a computer that was the operating system for the building’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning. The system was repaired and is now operational, and the incident is under investigation. TUPD received a report that a professor’s backpack containing a MacBook was stolen from the Science and Engineering Complex on Oct. 25 at 8:58 a.m. The bag was apparently taken from an office in Robinson Hall. The victim reported the incident to Apple and was able to track their laptop’s location to Malden later that evening. The laptop has not yet been recovered, and the incident is still under investigation.

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New Professor Q&A: McGuirk talks teaching plans, development economics by Janya Gambhir Contributing Writer

Originally from Ireland, Eoin McGuirk is an assistant professor of economics who joined Tufts this semester. He is teaching Basic Econometrics (EC-0015). The Tufts Daily spoke to him to learn about his background, research projects and plans at Tufts. Tufts Daily (TD): Could you tell us about your background? Eoin McGuirk (EM): I’m from Galway in the west of Ireland. I studied French and economics in my undergraduate years at the National University of Ireland, and I also spent a year in Montpellier, [France]. I wasn’t entirely certain in my junior and senior years about what I was going to do with my life, but I was always interested in international development, so I did a master’s in economics at University College Dublin. By the end of getting my master’s degree, I was sure that economics was the discipline that would speak the most to me after meeting incredible mentors and influential professors. I was then nudged to do a Ph.D, which wasn’t something that I was interested in doing since an early age; it was a case of what sounded attractive to me at the moment. I did a Ph.D. in economics at Trinity College Dublin, and I spent the final two years of that at the University of California, Berkeley, which was my first introduction to academia in the U.S. There has been a lot of hopping around since then. I did a project in Sierra Leone, spent some time in Sweden and then I had postdoctoral appointments and Brown University and Yale University. I met my now-wife who is from the U.S., which sort of sealed where I would end up. Now, I’m an assistant professor at Tufts in the economics department. TD: Why Tufts? EM: Tufts has real strengths in the areas I’m interested in: development economics, which is about the economics of poverty and escaping poverty in the world, and political economics, which is using the tools of economics to understand political behavior of voters and government institutions. The other reason why Tufts was such a good match was that it is very strong in applied econometrics — the tools we use to study our fields. It’s brilliant to be in an environment where the study of economics is so emphasized. The students are outstanding, and the professors take teaching seriously. Looking at the bigger picture, living in this part of the U.S., especially the Boston area, is unrivaled. TD: What are you teaching this semester? EM: I’m teaching Basic Econometrics, which is a required class for people who are majoring in economics. Students will have completed introductory economics and statistics courses, so this will be a way to use statistics to test economic theories to try and determine what causes what in economics. I’m enjoying it because I think the students are excellent. They seem engaged, or least they’re good at pretending they are, which is equally gratifying to me. There are two small sections — it’s the type of thing that works well in a smaller group because there’s a lot of unfamiliar material for the students. I hope that the students are getting something out of it. What I said to them at the start was that with econometrics, my aim is not to teach everyone to become an economic researcher. There are critical thinking tools in econometrics that

will help you with no matter what you do, even if you never take an economics class again. Putting structure to a problem by analyzing its correlation will help students gain the skills to think carefully about that problem in their life. A basic understanding of econometrics can help you consume research by learning how to filter out nonsense interpretations of data and make more thoughtful inferences. So I might be getting a bit high-minded about what students can learn from an introductory class, but that’s what I hope some of them feel. TD: Could you tell us about your research? EM: I mentioned that my interests lie in the overlap of developmental and political economics. One of the subfields at that intersection is the economics of violent conflict. My last three projects were centered around conflict. I’ll give you a snapshot of what I’ve been working on. In one of my projects, I wanted to look at the relationship between poverty and conflict. In economics, we ask a classic question related to this discipline: Does conflict cause poverty, or does poverty cause conflict? Usually, you see conflict in areas that are quite poor, and you don’t see civil conflict in areas that are quite rich. Alongside co-author Marshall Burke, we looked at if economic shocks (negative economic events) can trigger civil conflict in Africa. We had to find an economic shock that is not caused by conflict in Africa to focus on … we wanted to experimentally change increments in some places and not change increments in other places, using this to determine how conflict responds to that. Obviously, we had to look at a natural experiment because we didn’t have the research budget or the IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval to go ahead with something like that. We studied what happens after world food prices change — world food prices vary for several reasons, but nothing within Africa is going to make a dent to world food prices. We saw that when world food prices increase, there were fewer civil conflict events in areas that grew those crops because income was coming in. We saw more civil conflict in areas that consumed those crops, which is when income was falling and things became more expensive for consumers. That allowed us to conclude that negative economic shocks do cause conflict in Africa and that when food prices change, you can trace where conflict is falling and increasing. Right now, the thing I started recently is looking at how weather events can cause conflict in Africa through migration. If you have a drought in a pastoral area where nomadic areas live, the people will migrate to find water. There are often conflict events in the new areas that the nomadic groups migrate to. TD: What do you hope to accomplish at Tufts? EM: There’s a teaching side and a research side. On a teaching side, I’m looking forward to seeing what students have gained out of being in my course. The evaluations that you guys fill out are important to us professors. I think Basic Econometrics is fundamental to social science, so I’m looking forward to modifying the course based on the feedback I get from students. I’m also very excited to develop my own course, which is something I will probably do next year. The topic of political economics is really having a moment, so I’d like to develop a course for juniors

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Eoin McGuirk, assistant professor of economics at Tufts, poses for a portrait on Oct. 11. and seniors to explore it. Students would be able to apply their basic skills of microeconomics and econometrics to political problems. This is my dream course, so I hope that at least a couple of students would show up. On the research side, it has been a fruitful experience already, and I hope to use the tools at Tufts to extend my research. We have internal seminars where we can get feedback on preliminary thoughts and current projects that have been beneficial. There is also a new Ph.D. program that is at the forefront of my mind, which is the EPP (Economics and Public Policy) program joint with the Fletcher School [of Law and Diplomacy]. Students are able to specialize in either developmental economics, environmental economics or political economics in their second year. It is going to be super exciting to see where the program goes, as it is only in its third year. I am excited to make changes to the program alongside other economics professors after seeing how the first cohort finds their experience and enters the job market. TD: Do you have any advice for firstyear students? EM: I was at a retirement event for an economist, and he was asked if he had any advice for junior research-

ers. In a roundabout way, he said that everyone’s situation is so different due to their different backgrounds and experiences. Universal advice is almost meaningless. We all have our own path. I don’t know if there is any advice I can give other than the obvious stuff. If you go to class, study with your friends and do all your coursework, then you’ll have an enjoyable time. Stay on top of things. That’s the most boring universal advice I could possibly imagine. Also, talk to your professors. This is a good secret — professors love talking about their research. Don’t be intimidated to meet them in their office hours because we love when a student is interested in our work and subject. Maybe this piece of advice was slightly less boring, I hope. TD: Do you have any fun facts about yourself that you’d like to share? EM: I can’t imagine that there are any fun facts that I’d like to share … No, I shouldn’t say that. There are no skeletons in my closet. [Laughs] But I do have the best dog in the world! He’s a 10-year-old black labrador. Maybe I’ll bring him to campus one day so people can say hello.

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Halloween Costumes

alloween is one of those holidays that is fun at any age. As a kid, you get to walk around demanding candy, and as an adult, you get to buy candy and dress up as your favorite television character. Depending on where you live, it is the last non-family-centric party of the year. After this, it’s all traveling, cold weather, seeing family and sleeping on couches. It’s also fun to really lean into Halloween, going all out on the decorations, food and costumes. I will even go so far as to say that because of these aspects, Halloween parties have the highest fun-potential of any party. Any good Halloween party starts with a good costume idea. However, your correspondent Townie Tim is not here to dip his toes into the mire that is choosing a Halloween costume. I’m here to provide some guidelines to help you rule out any potential costume hangups that might come your way. I’ve been dressing up every year since I was a kid, and through pure trial and error, I have come up with a few surefire rules to solidify your costume choice. The first, and most important rule, is that your costume has to reflect your creativity and personality. There really isn’t any other holiday that lets you express yourself as much as Halloween, so take advantage of the opportunity. Yeah sure, we all get stuck trying to figure out a costume the day of a party and end up going as “Three Hole Punch Jim.” You’re better than that though. A costume is so much more fun if it is not something clearly lifted from Pinterest. The next rule is comfort. When I was in the third grade, I went trick-or-treating as an alien. The costume consisted of black pants, a black turtleneck and a plastic alien mask. After about three houses, I was borderline suffocating in the mask and had to ditch it. For the rest of the night I was just some Steve Jobs-looking 8-year-old demanding candy. The mask was a great idea at my house, but in the wild, it was a nightmare. If your costume requires bulky equipment or that you constantly hold something, it will fall apart faster than toilet paper in the rain. Make sure whatever you dress as can stay relatively intact and be comfortable as you move through your night. Lastly, and this is sort of a combination of the first two, your costume has to be approachable. I had a friend in high school that insisted every year he dress up as a cinema-quality zombie. From an execution standpoint, it was top tier. But everywhere we went, he looked so realistic that it was actually hard to do anything more than glance at him. You have to make sure your costume is something people can stand to be around for an appreciable length of time. Obviously, this takes a lot of reading the audience; my friend would have fit right in at a Walking Dead convention. I would also throw really obscure costumes into this rule as well. I once went as James Murphy from the “All My Friends” (2007) music video and spent the entire night explaining what I was. Needless to say, people weren’t stoked to talk about it and quickly moved on. Nate Rubright is a member of the Somerville community. Nate can be reached at nathan.rubright@gmail.com.

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Halloween

ou know what day it is. It’s Halloween! Well, tomorrow’s Halloween, but this column runs on Wednesdays, so I’m making do with what I’ve got. Halloween is undoubtedly my favorite holiday. It’s not a government holiday, nor is there any real reason we need to celebrate it. It’s just an opportunity to dress up in fun costumes, enjoy being spooky with your friends and maybe go into a haunted house if you’re into that. So without further ado, here are my favorite Halloween songs:

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Kanye West performs atop a mountain at the Verizon Center on Nov. 21, 2013, in Washington, D.C., on The Yeezus Tour. by Tuna Margalit

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This past Friday at approximately noon, this century’s most polarizing, provocative, interesting and ultimately wildly talented artist dropped his long-awaited ninth solo studio album. Kanye West, after pushing back the release of the originally-titled “Yandhi” multiple times over a span of more than a year and starting his own traveling church known as “Sunday Service,” finally settled on midnight of Oct. 25 to let the renamed and rewritten “JESUS IS KING” grace the public’s collective ears. For good measure, West made us all wait an extra 12 hours as he and his production team made some last-second mastering touch-ups. The consistent pushing back of drop dates made room for nothing save West dressed as a Perrier bottle in a “Saturday Night Live” performance alongside Lil Pump, a disappointing Black Friday and frustrating excuses announced by his wife and de facto spokesperson Kim Kardashian. The constant extensions made the one year, four months and 24 days since his eighth studio album, “Ye” (2018), seem much longer than they truly were. After all, this was his second quickest turnaround between solo albums — the quickest was the album “808s and Heartbreak” (2008), which was conceived as a reaction to the death of his mother and the breaking of engagement to his long-time girlfriend. So, where has this cacophony of contradictions, public appearances and quasi-church services all led to? An 11 song, 27 minute ditty of a gospel-rap album that has haunting and beautiful moments in a smaller abundance than it does shallow and lacking moments. Let’s go through them oneby-one. West kicks off the album with “Every Hour,” a 1:52, uptempo piece sung

by members of Sunday Service with West’s vocals nowhere to be audibly found. With his absence, West indirectly asserts the relationship of people of the Christian faith to Jesus Christ as the album’s focal point, with his own story as a noteworthy example. Whereas his albums typically feature West at the forefront, “JESUS IS KING” seems to start off in the opposite way. The next track, “Selah,” maintains this idea, with West using his first verse to reflect on what brought him to his current relationship with God and the second to extend this salvation to everyone. In between the two verses, a dark yet soul-lifting choral repetition of the word “Hallelujah” provides a top moment of the album, and West’s vocal outro of raw chants and screams brings to mind the similar frightening conclusion to the “Yeezus” (2013) track “I Am A God.” “Follow God” begins with a reworked seven-second sample off of a record that could most likely be found only at the bottom of a hoarder’s attic pile of music. Magically, West turns this unassuming Vine-length snippet into one of the jumpiest and most pleasing beats in his musical catalog, and he pairs his best verse of the album with it. The track is an excellent mixture of classic West songwriting — taking a soulful, gruff vocal as he does on “Otis” from “Watch The Throne” (2011) and splicing it into his lyrics, all over an absolutely infectious, similar to “Yikes” (2018). Though the next track, “Closed on Sunday,” has gotten a decent amount of ridicule for its corny lyrics — especially the title-dropping “Closed on Sunday/you’re my Chick-fil-A” — the real fault of the song lies in that it limits itself to just two sections. The first features beautiful harp-like notes mixed with an angelic acapella-like beat leading into West sing-rapping in a nearly sorrowful voice. His voice maintains a restrained but sharp edge

to it as the second section seamlessly appears, powered by a beeping earworm and a transition by West to completely unrestrained singing. The two sections flow well into each other. They are unique, sonically pleasing and seem to perfectly set up a third part to the song, if not more. But West decides to cut it right after the second section, doing so by yelling in a highpitched voice, “Chick-fil-A!” This is the most frustrating example on the album of a wasted track. “On God” follows with an absolutely hypnotic beat from producer Pi’erre Bourne and some boringly delivered yet relatively solid bars, but it feels like a throwaway or something that might match better with the Lil Uzi Vert’s sound. The lyrics align with the rest of the album, but the music would’ve fit better on “Yandhi” or even “TurboGrafx 16” — another West album lost in the ether. Next comes “Everything We Need” which has been, in some version or another, in the playlists of devoted West stans for a while via leaks. Late rapper XXXTentacion was originally on it, and the fact that his absence on the final product makes the song worse is a clear sign that, for a West track, this slots in well below the mark — even with the help of oft-collaborators Ty Dolla $ign and Ant Clemons. The next two, “Water” and “God Is,” are two of the album’s strongest songs, with the former featuring a calm and fascinating beat that honestly sounds straight out of a Super Mario Bros. loading screen and the latter featuring West’s rawest performance — a constantly-breaking, emotion-filled voice, crooning over a strong chorus of hums and shouts. “Hands On” features the most sonically interesting piece of the album, with gospel singer Fred Hammond frantically murmuring the titular see KANYE, page 6

“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult “People Are Strange” by The Doors “Dead Man’s Party” by Oingo Boingo “This Is Halloween” from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993) “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett “Spooky, Scary Skeletons” by Andrew Gold “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah” from “30 Rock” (2006–13) “The Time Warp” from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975) “Weird Science” by Oingo Boingo “bury a friend” by Billie Eilish “Halloween” by Siouxsie and the Banshees “O Superman” by Laurie Anderson

Yeah, there are some obvious picks, but “Monster Mash” (1962) is so definitively Halloween that it would be inappropriate not to include it. The problem with Halloween is that it doesn’t have nearly as large of a catalogue of music as other holidays. I could easily fill up a semester’s worth of Christmas columns with just Michael Bublé, but Halloween is decidedly more tough. I bet there’s a big market for Halloween musicians waiting to be monetized, so if you play any instruments, you should hop on that now. Anyways, my favorite Halloween-ish band on here is Oingo Boingo. Weirdly, I’ve been listening to them since fifth grade, and I have absolutely no clue why. They make great spooky-themed songs like “Dead Man’s Party” (1985), which adds a not-asked-for-but-very-appreciated new wave twist to Halloween. More interestingly, the founder of Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman, is also the composer of many great Halloween movies, including “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Beetlejuice” (1988) and “Edward Scissorhands” (1990). He is also a frequent collaborator with Tim Burton, who directed/produced all three of those movies. Elfman and Burton are the Halloween dynamic duo, who seem to be living perpetually on Oct. 31, and honestly, I’m a little jealous. What a life that’d be. The last song on the list,“O Superman” (1982), isn’t necessarily a Halloween song, but in the Halloween spirit, it absolutely terrifies me. I first heard a segment of it in “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” (2018) where I thought it was pretty cool, but then I listened to the full version at 2 a.m. on a winter break Saturday, and I was deeply disturbed. It’s not quite scary as much as it is eerie. The song starts with a looping “ah” noise that persists throughout all eight minutes of the song, and after the first minute, a voicemail recording comes in that made me jump when I first heard it. The lyrics are also super creepy, and conspiracy theorists say that she predicted 9/11. I’m probably overhyping it, but I definitely wouldn’t listen to it alone at night. Anyways, Happy Halloween! Link: https://spoti.fi/2JtK0nI. 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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continued from page 5 words through heavy vocal effects. Unfortunately, it features West’s worst verse of the album, delivered plainly and to almost no effect. “Use This Gospel,” like “Everything We Need,” has had many different versions circulating the internet for a while. The song has all the makings of being the album’s best — the universal sound that a car makes when you leave the key in the ignition but open the door, hard-hitting verses from brothers

Pusha T and No Malice, an extremely catchy melody and a beautiful saxophone solo from Kenny G. Bizarrely, the whole feels less than the sum of its parts. A severe lack of drums in the first three minutes of the song and some very out-of-place drums in the last 30 seconds could account for that. The album closes with 49 seconds of ethereal horns mired by West making his final, impersonal statement — “Every knee shall bow/Every tongue confess/Jesus is Lord/Jesus is Lord.” This outro is a perfect microcosm of the album. Whereas West proves

himself on this album to be just as adept at creating wonderful musical moments through new avenues (as he always has been), the extent to which he does so is always cut short — the average non-intro-or-outro track being less than three minutes long. And while some of the lyrics being rather impersonal makes sense in the context of the album, what has made West so accessible is his ability to create albums with a combination of songs entirely about him and songs that any listener could see themselves in.

W i t h “J E S U S I S K I N G ,” We s t s h ow s t h a t h e c a n s t i l l c r e a t e unique pieces of music, although h e d o e s n’t f i t t h e m t o g e t h e r w e l l ; he can still write deliciously corny l y r i c s , a l t h o u g h h e d o e s n’t b a c k those up with introspective and thoughtful lines; and he can still drum up musical genius, although h e d o e s n’t f l e s h i t o u t a t a l l . He re’s t o h o p i n g t h a t i n w h a t e v e r d i re c t i o n We s t’s t a k e s h i s n e x t a l b u m , h e c a n re c a p t u re t h e p e r f e c t i o n t h a t i s u b i q u i t o u s i n h i s d i s c o g r a p h y. It’s d e f i n i t e l y s t i l l o u t t h e re.

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ver since Christian Pulisic broke into the first team at Borussia Dortmund in 2016 as a bright-eyed teenager, he has been hailed as American soccer’s savior. After thriving in the German Bundesliga for two full seasons as a 19- and 20-year-old, Pulisic moved to Chelsea over the summer for $73 million, making him by far the most expensive transfer of an American soccer player. But it hasn’t been easy for him in England as he has found it tough to cement a spot in Frank Lampard’s side. American soccer fans were left to rue if he would follow in the footsteps of countrymen Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Jozy Altidore and others as a useful role player but not a star. Both Lampard and Pulisic have faced many questions regarding his playing time, with the American calling his lack of appearances “very frustrating.” But with the return of Callum Hudson-Odoi from injury coupled with the impressive play of veterans Willian and Pedro, Pulisic knew that his goal of consistent playing time would get harder to meet. All he can do is “to improve [himself] in training and try to get back in the line-up,” as Lampard told him. Lampard gave Pulisic a 25-minute cameo last Wednesday against Ajax, where the American teed up striker Michy Batshuayi for the winning goal. It was by far his best performance in a Chelsea jersey — and set the groundwork for him to make his start against Burnley — where Pulisic notched his first three competitive goals for Chelsea with a perfect hat-trick (one with his right, one with his left and one with his head). It was a remarkable performance from the 21-year-old that came as a byproduct of hard weeks in training. Given the amount of competition Pulisic faced for the spot, he was obviously more motivated than he would have been had he been simply handed the spot at the beginning of the season. Now, with all four of his wingers fit, Lampard is facing the best kind of coaching dilemma. With the pressure of knowing that one bad performance could result in them being dropped, the wingers/attackers have all raised their level of play, and the results are visible in Chelsea’s rising position in the table. Lampard has fostered a positive environment, getting the best out of the players and avoiding frustration and in-fighting. It’s similar to the strategy that Manchester City has used over the past few seasons, stacking the team with an abundance of attacking talent in wide areas, with Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sané, Riyad Mahrez and Bernardo Silva competing for a couple of spots in the starting lineup. And while many thought that one, or even two, of them would leave this summer for more playing time elsewhere, the allure of winning trophies at City and still playing most weekends kept them at the Etihad. City’s wingers have taken the league by storm over the past two seasons, and Lampard will be hoping that similar success can keep his team together and spirited. Allie Birger is a sophomore studying sociology. Allie can be reached at allyson. birger@tufts.edu.

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TCU Senate, ECOM should improve transparency, budget focus in elections Among the expenses included in the cost of attendance each year for Tufts undergraduates is the Student Activity Fee; the fee for the 2019–20 school year is $382. While this fee may not seem significant relative to the total yearly cost of attendance, it adds up. Collectively, all students’ activity fees amount to a budget of over $2 million, managed entirely by the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate. The Board of Trustees of Tufts University has vested the TCU Senate “with complete responsibility for the allocation, management, and distribution of the Student Activities Fee” to TCU-recognized student groups. While the Senate has multiple responsibilities, its power to allocate funds is among its most significant. Membership in the TCU is contingent on being an undergraduate at Tufts and paying the required Student Activity Fee. Payment of this fee defines membership to the TCU and who the TCU government serves; it lies central to the Senate’s constitutional purpose and function. Therefore, it is critical that students have an active voice in who manages the activities fee fund and how that money is allocated. Although the distribution of the activities fee clearly affects students’ daily lives, students have little direct say in this aspect of governance. The TCU Senate Treasury, in conjunction with the Allocations Board (ALBO), allocates funds to organizations recognized by the TCU Judiciary and monitors the budgets and transactions of these organizations. The funding decisions proposed by ALBO require a majority vote from the full Senate to be enacted. The Senate internally selects which senators are on the ALBO. However, the financial platforms of

these senators are not publicly available unless these candidates decide to disclose their policies. The student body directly elects senators but is often kept unaware of the financial priorities of those who make budgetary recommendations. The treasury section of the TCU website provides links to complete budget sheets, and the Treasury Procedure Manual provides guidelines for allocations. Yet the detailed nature of these procedural outlines does not make the allocation of funds algorithmic and cannot completely remove biases from the decision-making process. It is crucial that students know the priorities, values and financial competencies of those managing the activities fee. Furthermore, upwards of $2 million is a lot of money, and it is important to ensure that it is used in accord with the desires of the majority of the student body. The TCU election process as it currently stands does not promote financial transparency. It doesn’t grant students ample opportunity to understand and examine the candidates’ policies, especially their financial policies, before elections. While the Elections Commission (ECOM) does have a page on which candidates can write a short biography, the website is not comprehensive. The biographies provided are not long enough to give the student body substantial information about candidates’ priorities. Most platforms consist of broad ideals and general statements, often unrelated to the allocation of the activities fee, and in lieu of these, many students depend instead on individual candidates’ advertisements to receive information. Candidates largely promote themselves with a combination of social media, phys-

ical posters, sidewalk chalk and candidate forums. This method of campaigning does not give students an adequate idea of the range of candidates and their fiscal positions. Many students, particularly first-years unfamiliar with the TCU government and its election process, may not even know who they will vote for until election day. The current system does not offer adequate transparency, making it difficult to carefully consider who they would like to represent their interests on important financial and social issues. It is essential that ECOM promote greater transparency and informational accessibility in the election process. ECOM should better advertise candidates’ bios; these are the most effective, consolidated election materials that voters have at their disposal. Furthermore, bios should not merely be four to five sentences long, considering that candidates vie to have influence over a more than $2 million budget. ECOM should require that candidates answer a set of questions in their platform regarding their financial priorities, where they desire to see money allocated and any prior experience with allocating funds and budget management. These changes would not require much on the part of the TCU Senate or ECOM. They are not fundamental changes to the structure of the Senate, but they are small yet essential mechanisms through which the student body can gain access to the visions that candidates have for the TCU Senate and the allocation of the Activity Fee. Ultimately, making election materials clearer and more accessible to voters would only help the TCU Senate fulfill its mission to “represent the interests and desires of the TCU.”

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Like many universities in the U.S., Tufts is a predominantly white institution. While the Jumbos impress on the field, this lack of diversity can often be overlooked within athletics. In 2018–19, 76% of Tufts student-athletes were white, compared to the 55.2% of total undergraduate students who were white. Of the non-white student-athletes, 56% were male and 44% were female — which happens to almost exactly match the overall male/ female split of Tufts student-athletes. This data comes from the annual Sports Sponsorship and Demographics Report that NCAA schools must submit every summer, according to Alexis Mastronardi, senior associate director of athletics and senior woman administrator. Tufts also accurately reflects the demographics of the NESCAC as a whole, too: The NCAA reported in 2018 that 78% of all NESCAC student-athletes were white. With an overwhelming portion of the university’s student body identifying as white, it’s no surprise that at Tufts, student-athletes of color are also a minority. Of course, diversity varies from team to team — some teams tend to have more athletes of color than other teams. “Tufts is a [predominantly white] campus, and once you get to the athletic teams, you only see one or two people of color, except for the football and swim teams,” senior Alison Moky, a former lacrosse player who now competes in track and field, said. The general minority of student-athletes of color has led to the creation of an organization — Athletes of Color (AOC) — of which Moky and senior Afua Ofori-Darko serve as co-presidents. AOC has existed for several years, but Moky and Ofori-Darko, a former member of the women’s tennis team, have recently revamped the organization as co-presidents on its nine-person executive board. AOC now has Tufts Community Union recognition and more administrative support from staff such as Mastronardi, football coach and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) staff liaison Jay Civetti, and Associate Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Rob Mack. “We made it our point that before we leave this campus … we want to make

sure that everyone has a safe place that they come to talk about issues that they feel they can’t talk about to anyone else,” Moky said. For Ofori-Darko, part of that inspiration came amidst NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests and the controversy surrounding them. “The Colin Kaepernick [situation showcases] why [AOC] needs to happen on our campus, because when that happened, I saw all the different viewpoints people had,” Ofori-Darko said. “For me, it was hard to see how almost ignorant some people were about that situation.” In the past, AOC focused mainly on supporting student-athletes of color and providing space to share their experiences, hosting study nights and dinners, and cheering on athletes of color at their games. This year, AOC is working more on outreach and education: Plans are in the works for diversity education for coaches and staff, and potentially student-athletes further down the road. Moky and Ofori-Darko are also working on an event to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January, which may include performances from student groups at athletic events as well as an alumni panel and discussion. Civetti noted that there has also been interest for student-athletes to be involved in the coach recruitment process to increase diversity on coaching staffs. According to Moky and Ofori-Darko, student-athletes of color are regularly affected by microagressions — inside and outside of athletics — which is why AOC believes these initiatives are so important. “They are just microaggressions, but they add up after a while,” OforiDarko said. “I wouldn’t say it’s anyone intentionally doing these things, but we want people to be aware of their actions and what they’re saying.” As such, AOC provides space for student-athletes of color to share their experiences and find a supportive community. “That’s why we have Athletes of Color: to have a safe place in order to encourage people to talk and to share about things that are on their mind, or something that they feel they can’t just go right to their coach about because our coaches or other teammates [may not] understand how to empathize with us,” Moky said. Ofori-Darko recalled a specific instance when a conversation with her

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The logo for Athletes of Color is pictured. team about a Boston Globe article series calling Boston the “most racist city” led to some uneasiness. In discussing the article, Ofori-Darko claimed that her opinions were dismissed by another teammate. “They specifically told me not to talk about it anymore,” Ofori-Darko said. Another potential issue rests at the intersection of race and socioeconomic background — some student-athletes of color may need to work in addition to academics and athletics. While this is a broad generalization and every individual (student-athlete of color or not) has their own unique situation, student-athletes who have commitments outside of athletics may face additional difficulties. “This is not me personally, but some coaches don’t understand that some athletes of color are not from the most advantaged backgrounds and they have to work after practice,” Ofori-Darko said. “For some coaches, that comes off as they aren’t committed to the team because they’re doing other things besides athletics, but it’s what they have to do.” Moky explained that recent events of bias and hate on campus, such as the blackface incident in January, should also prompt conversations within athletics. “Those issues shouldn’t be pushed to the side because there are some people on the team that think what

they did isn’t wrong or it’s r ight, a n d t h a t’s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y t r u e,” Moky said. “It’s the coaches’ job to have those conversations with all the teammates so that one person isn’t feeling like … they don’t belong because other people don’t understand what’s going on.” The hope is that through AOC’s student leadership and initiatives, coaches will have the tools to foster these types of conversations with their teams to benefit the experiences of student-athletes of color. Civetti acknowledged his role as a coach in these conversations. “When you have a team of 70, 80 guys from all different diverse backgrounds, there are a lot of opportunities to have real conversations about race and about beliefs,” Civetti, who has worked with AOC through his role with SAAC, said. “[For example,] how you handle playing the national anthem; how you have a locker room of 76 guys and almost 50% of the team are students of color in a predominantly white community.” “We really want to be connected with our campus, and we want to go out there and educate and promote,” OforiDarko said. “We can come [together] and complain all we want, but nothing will change if we do that, so that’s why we want to have the trainings and [educational outreach], so that we can actually make a difference.”

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Field hockey defeats No. 1 Middlebury, breaking Panthers’ win streak

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Sophomore midfielder Gillian Roeca, carries the ball upfield during Tufts 2-0 win over Williams on Oct. 20, 2018. by Sruthi Kocherlakota Contributing Writer

In a captivating game against the thenNo. 1 Middlebury Panthers during Parents and Family Weekend, the Tufts field hockey team put up an impressive fight, defeating Middlebury 1‒0. This win leaves the Jumbos with a 12‒2 overall record and an 8‒1 record in NESCAC play. The Middlebury Panthers lost their 20-game winning streak, marking their first loss of the season. Their record drops to 13‒1 overall and 8‒1 in NESCAC play. Currently, Tufts, Middlebury and Bowdoin are tied for the first seed in conference play. The Jumbos sought to defeat the Panthers this weekend after their previous matchup ended in a heartbreaking loss last season during the NCAA finals game. Playing with noticeable agility and conviction, the Jumbos dominated Saturday’s game. In the first few minutes, Middlebury seemed to control the game, having a calm demeanor when approaching the ball. However, Tufts slowly began to develop its high press, hindering Middlebury from effectively transferring the ball and opening up the field. This gave Tufts offensive momentum during the first half, as the Jumbos had four attempted corner plays against the Panthers in the beginning quarter, while Middlebury saw no offensive corner action. Leading into the second quarter, the tone of the game became more aggressive, as evident in the assertive plays and hard cuts both sides made. The crowd grew more contentious as players on both teams received green cards on different occasions. However, the half carried out with hardly any offensive chances for either team, as the ball traveled in the middle of the field for most of the quarter. The Jumbos dictated the majority of the third quarter, constantly putting pressure on the Panthers’ defensive line. A near goal attempted by senior mid-

fielder Marguerite Salamone early in the third quarter allowed the Jumbos to gain more traction. Minutes later, Tufts had three consecutive offensive corners but were not able to capitalize on these shots. Another corner was called after a foul occurred in the circle, and the Jumbos were given another opportunity to create a lead. On the fourth penalty corner in the third quarter, the ball was inserted by Salamone and sent to senior forward and co-captain Rachel Hamilton. Hamilton quickly sent the pass back to a waiting Salamone, who chipped the ball near the stroke mark. Sophomore midfielder Gillian Roeca netted the ball into the cage for the game-winning goal. Middlebury was eager to compensate for its goal deficit and made its way into Tufts’ defensive circle. With less than two minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Panthers netted a ball during a corner play, which was ultimately ruled as a no goal. Confused Panther fans on the sidelines expressed their concerns about the game and made little effort to conceal their worry leading into the last quarter. The Jumbos were determined to maintain their lead throughout the fourth quarter as the tensions on both sides grew. Tufts lost some of its offensive momentum in the fourth quarter due to the Panthers adamant offensive line. Middlebury had four shots on goal during the fourth quarter, but none netted a goal that would have sent the game into overtime. When asked what contributed to the team’s success against Middlebury, Roeca mentioned a strong game plan as a key focal point. “I think that the team stayed composed throughout the whole game,” Roeca said. “We used a high press against their defense, allowing everyone to get the ball at some point, and we had a great defense who kept the ball out of the defensive 25 almost the whole game”

Coach Tina Mattera shared similar sentiments when asked about her team’s performance. “I think that our game plan worked really well,” Mattera said. “The players understood it, studied it, and they knew what needed to happen. I was really proud that we were able to implement our game plan.” Heading into the week of practice before the Middlebury game, sophomore midfielder Claire Foley spoke about how the team prepared for the match. “[Our] team watched a ton of film, practiced our different defensive strategies against them, marking their players and corners,” Foley said. “We knew that if we got corners we would be able to score, so we spent time perfecting those.” This win was crucial for the Jumbos and allowed them to prove their strength after losses against the Panthers last season. When asked about how this win felt after losing to Middlebury in last year’s NCAA finals, Coach Mattera shared her thoughts. “It felt awesome. Last year was tough, we lost in overtime, then we lost by one goal, and then we lost by two goals and they were our only three losses,” Mattera said. “It was pretty tough to look at the stats and know that we had more shots and more corners but were not able to finish. So I was really proud of the girls for finally finishing, and I know that we can beat them. It’s finally great to implement it and actually get it done.” Roeca also spoke about what the win means for the Jumbos as they move into the offseason. “[This win] shows that we are a really strong team and that the national championship last year could have gone either way,” Roeca said. “Unfortunately, it went their way, but they are going to have a tough time getting back there with us competing against them this year.” The Jumbos play their regular season finale against Bowdoin on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at Ounjian Field.

ver since Christian Pulisic broke into the first team at Borussia Dortmund in 2016 as a brighteyed teenager, he has been hailed as American soccer’s savior. After thriving in the German Bundesliga for two full seasons as a 19 and 20-year old, Pulisic moved to Chelsea over the summer for $73 million, making him by far the most expensive American in history. But it hasn’t been easy for him in England as he has found it tough to cement a spot in Frank Lampard’s side. American soccer fans were left to rue if he would follow in the footsteps of countrymen Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Jozy Altidore and others as a useful role player but not a star. Both Lampard and Pulisic have faced many questions regarding his playing time, with the American calling his lack of appearances “very frustrating.” But with the return of Callum Hudson-Odoi from injury coupled with the impressive play of veterans Willian and Pedro, Pulisic knew that his goal of consistent playing time would get harder. All he can do is “to improve [himself ] in training and try to get back in the line-up”, as Lampard told him. Lampard gave Pulisic a 25-minute cameo last Wednesday against Ajax, where the American teed up striker Michy Batshuayi for the winning goal. It was by far his best performance in a Chelsea jersey at the time — and set the groundwork for him to make his start against Burnley — where Pulisic notched his first three competitive goals for Chelsea with a perfect hat-trick (one with his right, one with his left, and one with his head). It was a remarkable performance from the 21-year old that came as the byproduct of hard weeks in training. Given the amount of competition Pulisic faced for the spot, he was obviously more motivated than he would have been if he had been simply handed the spot at the beginning of the season. Now, with all four of his wingers fit, Lampard is facing the best kind of coaching dilemma. With the pressure of knowing that one bad performance could result in them being dropped, they have all raised their level of play, and the results are visible in Chelsea’s rising position in the table. Lampard has fostered a positive environment, getting the best out of the players and avoiding frustration and in-fighting. It’s similar to the strategy that Manchester City have used over the past few seasons, stacking the team with an abundance of attacking talent in wide areas with Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sané, Riyad Mahrez and Bernardo Silva competing for a couple of spots in the starting lineup. And while many thought that one, or even two, of them would leave this summer for more playing time elsewhere, the allure of winning trophies at City and still playing most weekends kept them at the Etihad. City’s wingers have taken the league by storm over the past two seasons, and Lampard will be hoping that similar success can keep his team together and spirited. Arjun Balaraman is a junior majoring in quantitative economics. Arjun can be reached at arjun.balaraman@tufts.edu

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