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Tufts in China to become Tufts in Beijing by Aneurin Canham-Clyne News Editor

The Tufts-in-China Program will move from Zhejiang University to Beijing Normal University (BNU) next fall. According to Sheila Bayne, the director of Tufts Programs Abroad, the Tufts-in-China Program began in 2002 at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River Delta. “At the time, the director of the Chinese program investigated a number of different possibilities in China, over a period of years. For a number of factors, they felt like Zhejiang University was the right place,” Bayne said. Zhejiang University has a well-respected Chinese language program, Bayne noted. BNU is also well known for its language program. Harrison Rubin, a junior currently studying abroad at Zhejiang, told the Daily in an electronic message that the school has deep connections with the business community in the region. Mingquan Wang, the faculty advisor to the program and senior lecturer in the Chinese program, said that the retirement of Jay Yang, who oversaw the program, brought its future in question. Bayne said Yang, a residential director and history professor, taught a history course and one of the two culture courses. “We started looking for a new partner institution. Through the Confucius Institute we got in contact with Beijing Normal University,” Bayne said.

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The south gate of Beijing Normal University, the institution where the new Tufts-in-China program will be held, is pictured. Rubin noted that Beijing, which is the capital of China and a metropolis with a sizeable international community, offers more opportunities than Hangzhou.

“They are pretty different…Hangzhou is a very quaint and low key city. It’s situated next to the west lake, one of the prettiest locations in China, it’s a tier

two city so not as developed as a tier one city,” Rubin told the Daily in electronic message. see TUFTS IN BEIJING, page 2

New Virtual Desktop Somerville partners with Infrastructure (VDI) allows ACLU to enact surveillance students to use software outside transparency policy of Eaton Lab by Robert Katz News Editor

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This fall, Tufts Technology Services (TTS) has launched the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), a program that allows students to remotely access software that was previously only available in Eaton Lab. Christine Fitzgerald, manager of service marketing and communication for TTS, said that the VDI can be accessed by going to https://vdi.it.tufts.edu. From there, students can choose to download the program directly onto their desktops or access it through the online portal, using their university credentials.

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Fitzgerald said there are over 55 programs available to students through the VDI. Some of these programs include ArcGIS, Mathematica, Java, Stata and SPSS. George Moore, manager of enterprise systems and services at Tufts University, explained that TTS had to identify which software could be included in the VDI without violating licensing restrictions. “This was mostly an effort in checking with the software vendors and working with our Contracts team to make sure we weren’t in violation of any of the licensing restrictions,” Moore told the Daily in an see VDI, page 2

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The city of Somerville, in cooperation with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), enacted the Executive Policy on Surveillance Technology on Oct. 4. The new policy is intended to enforce heightened transparency and public control over government surveillance technology. According to the city’s accompanying press release, the policy includes “new approval, operational, and public notification and meeting requirements on the purchase and implementation of surveillance technology,” barring any “emergency police investigative or public safety needs.” Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who signed the policy with the full support of the Somerville

Police Department (SPD), said in that the policy would attempt to reconcile civil liberty protections with the need for “effective police work,” according to the press release. “This policy introduces checks and balances designed to keep the public safe from crime as well as from privacy and rights violations,” he said in a statement quoted in the press release. SPD Police Chief David Fallon stated in the press release that the policy’s intention of encouraging more transparent surveillance implementation alines with the department’s community policing goals. “When we build trust and confidence in our force and our methods, we strengthen the community connections that ultimately help us keep Somerville safe,” Fallon said. see SURVEILLANCE, page 3

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Study abroad program in China to relocate to Beijing Normal University TUFTS IN BEIJING

continued from page 1 Rubin also said that Hangzhou offered an interesting opportunity to get to know southern China, but the international character of Beijing and the central location of BNU promises to transform the Tufts-in-China Program. Tufts sent a delegation to China in the spring to choose the best university to relocate the study abroad program, Bayne said. When they visited BNU, the delegation reported that the university offers a number of advantages over Zhejiang. “Zhejiang University is very spread out over Hangzhou, but BNU has an actual campus. So the library, the dorms, the classrooms, everything is right in one area,” Bayne said.

Bayne also added that BNU administrators are making a serious effort to promote international connections with American universities. Bayne noted that Zhu Zhi-ping, the resident director of the new Tufts-inBeijing Program, is leading the effort to finalize the creation of the new program. “Zhu Zhi-ping is coming to the Tufts campus in the spring to meet with selected students and sit down with them and tell them what to expect,” Bayne said, noting that that visit will mark the final transition from Tuftsin-China to Tufts-in-Beijing. Wang said that the Tufts delegation was deeply impressed. “We were pleasantly surprised with how sup-

portive and how ready the institution was to work with Tufts to set up the program,” Wang said. As Wang noted, Tufts-in-China students are supposed to take three and a half language credits and two culture credits. BNU offers more culture classes, compared to more limited offerings from Zhejiang University, Wang said. Wang noted that access to the capital and to a greater number of culture classes would help Tufts students improve their language skills and gain an unprecedented depth of understanding of Chinese culture. “Moving to Beijing offers advantages, not only in terms of institutional resources that we can take advantage of, but also the simple location,” Wang said. “In Beijing offers students enormous opportunities for cultural exploration.”

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continued from page 1 email. “Unfortunately, some vendors have conditions on when or how their software may be used and we wanted to make sure we abide by those conditions.” According to Fitzgerald, the VDI is currently available for use by students in the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering, and TTS is working on expanding to students at the Boston and Grafton campuses. Fitzgerald predicted that the VDI would be beneficial to both students and the university. “In the long run, it’s saving students time and money,” she said. “Over time, if we virtualize a lot of the software, it’s

also going to save the university time and money because you don’t have to have as many licenses for it.” Although TTS has previously created similar programs to meet the needs of specific groups, this is the first program that will make so much software broadly available to students according to Moore. “The virtual lab makes it easier for both students and teachers to use some of this expensive software in classrooms,” he said. “It eliminates issues with PC/Mac compatibility and helps reduce situations where issues with student’s personal computers disrupt classroom activities.” Moore added that feedback has been positive so far, with some users requesting

additional software to be added to the VDI. Moore noted that TTS is working on responding to these requests. Senior IT Client Support Specialist Anthony Ranzino, who works in the computer lab in Eaton Hall, said he has received positive feedback from students who accessed software remotely. Ranzino predicted that the introduction of the VDI would lead to fewer people using the computer labs, as students will be able to use the software in any place where they have an Internet connection. “The benefits of accessing software from anywhere you have internet is super helpful to a student and makes completing assignments or studying that much easier and at their finger tips,” Ranzino said.

Queer in Spirit discussion group explores spirituality and sexuality by Jonathan Innocent Staff Writer

Reverend Daniel Bell, the Protestant chaplain, hosted a Queer in Spirit interest meeting and dinner in the LGBT Center on Oct. 26. At the meeting, students discussed the importance and possibilities of developing and sustaining a group that allows students to explore their spirituality and/or religion through a queer lens. The interfaith discussion group is open to queer people of all faiths, as well as those without a specific faith or denomination who are interested in engaging with spirituality. The University Chaplaincy and the LGBT Center often collaborate and co-sponsor events and programs, but Bell plans for Queer in Spirit to feature ongoing meetings as opposed to being a one-time event. Hope Freeman, the Director of the LGBT Center, is passionate about creating a space for queer students to center themselves and find a sense of identity. “[I want] the group to really find out what they want for themselves first, and not really rely on the pressure to do something or present something,” Freeman said. “[I want them to] find out who they are within that space and where they are on their spiritual journey.” Bell said his idea to begin the Queer in Spirit group came when he met with students who wanted to explore what it means to be a person of faith and queer and what implications a student’s gender and sexuality might have for their religious or spiritual practices and community.

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Scholar Development Program Specialist Anne Moore runs with an LGBTQ pride flag at the LGBT Center’s Coming Out Day Rally on Wednesday, Oct 7, 2015. “[Queer in Spirit] will serve as a safe, welcoming, supportive, meaningful and fun space where students can bring their whole selves without fear.” Bell said. “I also hope that it serves as a sign to everyone on campus that it is a good and beautiful thing to explore and integrate all of who you are — queer, straight, spiritual, religious, secular and otherwise.” According to Bell and Freeman, there is a growing interest amongst LGBTQ+ students on campus to engage with the intersection of faith and queerness. “Groups which focus on the experiences of LGBTQ people with regards to their

spiritual and/or religious perspectives provide a much-needed space on the Tufts campus,” Eli Rosmarin, chair of Jewish Queer Students at Tufts (JQUEST), said. Rosmarin hopes that, in the future, JQUEST can work with Queer in Spirit as the groups serve similar purposes. “Many times spiritual and/or religious perspectives only recognize a heterosexual, cisgender binary. A big question is how can we change the dialogue in religious and spiritual spaces in a way that enables see QUEER IN SPIRIT , page 3

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Somerville becomes one of the first cities nationwide to enact surveillance transparency policy SURVEILLANCE

continued from page 1 According to the city’s legislative liaison, Annie Connor, the specific steps the city is taking in order to make video surveillance practices more transparent will be “shared with the community and posted in a public place.” As well, the SPD will release their policies and procedures for the use and operation of their video surveillance technology along with an inventory of all of security cameras placed in the city, according to SPD Deputy Police Chief Paul Trant. Connor noted that video surveillance is the only surveillance technology that the city currently uses. This video surveillance takes the form of pole-mounted cameras located on major thoroughfares in the city, which are primarily used to monitor evacuation routes, Trant said. “Detectives more often than not rely on private establishments’ video surveillance and residents’ home security systems when investigating crimes,” Trant said. Discussing the policy’s genesis, Kade Crockford, director of ACLU of Massachusetts’ Technology for Liberty Program, said that the organization had reached out to Somerville

because of a strong membership presence in the city and the Curtatone administration’s reputation as progressive. However, Crockford had hoped that instead of Curtatone passing an executive policy, the Board of Aldermen would pass the policy as legislation. “[The executive policy] has its benefits in the sense that doing the executive policy didn’t require going through the much longer and arduous process of getting something passed through the Board of Aldermen, but the downside is that the public wasn’t as involved in the process,” Crockford said. Crockford said another problem with the executive policy approach is that Curtatone’s successor, should they wish, could erase the executive policy. “In terms of ensuring that protections are in place for not just people who live in Joe Curtatone’s Somerville but people who live in Somerville under future administrations, the Board of Aldermen process is preferable,” Crockford said. Ward 6 Alderman Lance Davis, whose constituency includes most of the Davis Square neighborhood as well as the inter-

section of Powder House Blvd and College Ave, affirmed the importance of clarity within his community regarding the usage of municipal surveillance. “Any time you’re talking about a government entity, whether it’s municipality, state or federal government secretly utilizing surveillance on a general level, that raises alarm bells for me from a civil liberties standpoint,” Davis said. “I hope that I reflect the concerns of the people in the community who would also look very cautiously at any plan or policy that constituted the type of regular surveillance that would impede on people’s civil liberties.” Crockford said that she has found problems with police surveillance in other communities. One Jamaica Plain resident called Crockford after seeing Boston Police Department (BPD) officers flying a drone in his community. Crockford followed up by filing a public records request with BPD and found that the department owned three drones, which startled her. The incident was later reported in the Boston Globe. “They did not tell anyone, including the president of the city council in Boston, that they were planning to buy those drones, so

there was no public debate about the purchase of the drones,” Crockford said. The consequence, she said, was that there was no privacy policy for drone use formalized in the department. The push by ACLU was part of the Community Control Over Police Surveillance (CCOPS) effort launched in fall 2016. According to ACLU’s website, by summer of this year, CCOPS laws had been secured in Seattle, Wash.; Nashville, Tenn. and Santa Clara County, Calif., with 19 other cities currently in the process of adopting the legislation. Maine and California, as well, have adopted statewide CCOPS laws. Crockford said these laws are designed to prevent incidents like the unexpected drone in Jamaica Plain. “[CCOPS] ordinances require law enforcement to actually explain to the public, ‘This is why we want this thing and if you allow us to get it this is how we plan to use it … and here is the privacy policy that we intend to govern this technology with,’” Crockford said. “It’s truly about bringing the conversation about surveillance out of the shadows, out of the police department and into the public square.”

Protestant Chaplain Daniel Bell hopes to help LGBTQ+ students reconcile sexual and spiritual identities QUEER IN SPIRIT

continued from page 2 LGBTQ individuals to feel welcome and accepted,” Rosmarin, a sophomore, said. Bell explained that his life and ministry attest to the fact that people’s identities,

regardless of faith, gender or sexuality, don’t have to be in opposition, and that they are all important to who we are as human beings. Bell identifies as a Christian who has struggled to reconcile his faith and sexuality. “Now I am openly gay, in a relation-

ship, and a member of the clergy in the Episcopal Church. I want to support queer students discover their own spirituality and help deepen the faith lives of LGBTQ+ folks, especially those who have been disenfranchised by some

churches and other religious communities,” he said. Bell said that, moving forward, the group has decided to meet every other week at 6 p.m. on Thursdays, most likely in the LGBT Center. The next meeting will be held on Nov. 9.

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Hayley Oliver-Smith In Defense of the Butterfly Effect

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hough perhaps counterintuitive given the university setting, it is true — student contact with professors, advisors or anyone in the administration can be as infrequent as one prefers. The scale of interaction changes depending on the individual student, but obligation remains low. In the words of a friend, Jack Zurier, a Zeta frat boy of old, once found on the front stoop, handrolled cigarette held loosely in his teeth, “Administrators, appointments, papers … you don’t have to do any of it.” Though this attitude could plausibly be attributed to some tropes about this particular character, the perspective resonated. Many aspects of university life are optional, and a lot of it seems superfluous (at best). Extra-curricular contact with highers-up may fall into this category. Whether stemming from a lack of time, fear of perceived failure, distaste for authority, apathy or perhaps a wish to engage that has yet to fully form into action, many students pass up the opportunity to engage with professors or administrators directly. Some operate under the assumption that the concerns with which they approach these higher ups must either be related to academics, complaints or specific questions. This is a stale interpretation of these human beings and their positions in schools relative to students. But why, if ever, would a student seek out their perspectives for anything other than the above listed intentions? Perhaps a sophomore, feeling lost and directionless, would find better comfort in talking with freshmen, recognizing that they are at least more enlightened in some senses than this certain subset of the population. It’s true — at any student level there is a welcome exchange of experience and understanding that comes from belonging to the same category within the university. This status is accompanied by a relief that others who are aged above you can be and frequently are less equipped to answer questions that really matter: What’s it like to be a young person of color in America right now? What does it mean to be a woman who is coming into adulthood in the era of social media? What’s it like to feel betrayed by your government on a fundamental level? In terms of experiential knowledge, there is great wealth in the student population, and this provides a satisfying enough experience for most that professors and administrators, the “behind the scenes” perspective-framers, stay in that place. So be it. But the oscillation between hope and despair among students can be a little intense. Perhaps this truth is sharpened because it comes at a time when the climate is out of control and democracy at large seems on the verge of toppling. The youth are the pulse of the moment, a simultaneous product of the past and a vision for what’s to come, and at present no authority seems credible. But go to a professor with your worry, with your doubt and, even when it seems things are ripping at the seams, you may hear the whisper of hope. Hayley Smith is a senior majoring in international relations. Hayley can be reached at hayley.oliver_smith@tufts.edu.

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Members of CIVIC, a non-partisan politics discussion group, pose for a portrait after their event, ‘The Debate: Democrats v Republicans,’ in ASEAN Auditorium on Oct. 26. by Emma Damokosh Features Editor

Tufts CIVIC held a debate between Tufts Republicans and Tufts Democrats in ASEAN Auditorium at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy on Oct. 26. The debate covered U.S. foreign and domestic policy, which included everything from legislation regarding reproductive health to how to best deal with the potential threat in North Korea. When asked about the goal of the debate was, CIVIC co-leader Alex Jaramillo, a senior, spoke of a hope for respectful discussion of important issues. “In light of the the political divisions that the country is facing, [the goal is] just to clarify the parties’ positions, and just to get a place, as CIVIC does on campus with our regular meetings, to talk about politics without yelling at each other, without it becoming a series of ad hominem attacks,” he said. In addition to creating an atmosphere of civility in which the two sides could share their beliefs, organizing member of CIVIC, Rachel Wolff views these debates as a chance to glimpse into the future of the two parties. “For a lot of people, there’s sort of the assumption that all Democrats support one thing and all Republicans support another thing,” Wolff, a sophomore said. “I think that these debates where we bring out specific members of the party who might not always align with exactly what the party platform is at the moment gives us an opportunity to showcase where the party will be going in 10 or 15 years.” In terms of the debate, Tufts Republicans Vice President Robert Whitehead, a sophomore, said that he is not looking to change anyone’s mind necessarily, but to have open discourse and present new ideas that might not be heard in what many consider to be the liberal echo-chamber that Tufts has become. “I think most people come in here with fairly well formed political beliefs or at least a strong sense of identity not necessarily with a party but in terms of where they stand,” Whitehead said. “So my goal is not to engage

in missionary work or conversion, I’m a lot more interested in not only just presenting a right-of-center point of view but also one that a lot of people actually haven’t heard.” Whitehead, a registered Libertarian, told the Daily that other political ideologies at Tufts are actually being heard but often get mislabeled. “We might call ourselves Tufts Republicans, but at the end of the day we’re also an umbrella organization for people like me who feel more at home with the Libertarian Party than the Republican Party,” Whitehead said. The two representatives from Tufts Democrats were Tufts Democrats President and senior Misha Linnehan and firstyear Caroline Blanton while the two representatives from Tufts Republicans were Whitehead and first-year Alex Muresianu. The debate began with opening statements from both sides regarding their intentions and hopes for the debate, which included open discussion, civic duty and even the potential for a little bit of fun despite the serious topics at hand. The moderators, who were CIVIC members, explained how the debate would work: For every question, the Republicans and the Democrats alternated who gave the first speech. This was followed by a two-minute reply from the other side. Then, if they chose, each side was allowed a 30-second rebuttal speech to address the points made by their opponent. Many of the topics of discussion were hot button issues like healthcare and the current voting system. Things remained civil and productive until a question was asked regarding what action, if any, should be taken surrounding climate change, at which point the debate became increasingly heated. Tufts Republican debaters acknowledged that they believed in the existence of climate change but were quick to point out the economic costs that would come with potential attempts to combat it. Linnehan responded to their statement. “You talked about the costs and benefits of policy, but let’s talk about the costs

and benefits of climate change,” he said. “It’s mostly cost, in fact, it’s entirely cost because it’s going to kill everybody. If we don’t stop climate change everybody on the Earth is going to die … We have to prevent this, we don’t have an option.” A contentious back-and-forth ensued after this statement by Linnehan, with the moderators having to intervene to end the round. Despite the controversial nature of some of the debate, the Democrats and the Republicans agreed on many of the points brought up, including opposition to a wall on the Mexican-American border and the necessity of breaking up monopolies to combat the downturn of the job market. In an interview after the debate, Linnehan mentioned that even though the Republican representatives in the debate seemed to share similar ideologies on various issues with Democrats, it was not an accurate representation of the party as it currently stands. “In the debate, I’m going to call them out on the fact that they are representing the Republican Party and that isn’t how the Republican Party thinks,” he said. “There were several issues where this came up, climate change was a big one… They were saying that they believe that climate change is a thing, but that isn’t what the Republican Party is saying.” In terms of how he finds CIVIC as a platform for debates such as these and political discussion as a whole, Linnehan expressed that he appreciates the intentions of CIVIC, but that it doesn’t encourage enough active civic engagement. “I think that one major problem on the Tufts campus is that not enough people are involved actively in politics. A lot of people like sitting around and talking about politics … which is why CIVIC has such an appeal to people,” Linnehan said. The Daily also talked to Edwin Jain, an organizing member of the Left Unity Project (LUP). Jain talked about how he didn’t feel see DEBATE, page 5

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continued from page 4 that enough political ideologies were being represented in the debates held. “I think the fact that they did not have any really leftist or socialist group or faction in that debate shows that these debates aren’t really representative of what people on campus think, what people in the Somerville community think and what is at stake here,” Jain said.

Tufts Republicans President George Behrakis, a sophomore, told the Daily that he would love to see students with more conservative ideologies come out of hiding. “I get the messages all the time, ‘I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative, I’m a Libertarian, I don’t really tell my friends because I fear that they won’t be my friends after, but what do you do at your meetings.’ If we can get those people to come to one or two meetings and get them more com-

fortable, we’ve accomplished something good,” Behrakis said. While Behrakis expressed a feeling of concern among Tufts students wanting to join the Tufts Republicans, Jain stated that this sentiment did not reflect the country’s political power dynamic. “I think when right-wing groups talk about being marginalized, that’s one of the most ludicrous things I can think of when you think about who has power in this country and in this institution,” he said.

When asked about CIVIC as a platform for political discourse, he spoke of too much analysis and too little action. “This idea of discourse on campus has ignored the power that people engaged in that discourse actually have. A real discussion of ideological diversity, a real way of equalizing voices, is to hear those who don’t have billion dollar media empires,” Jain said. “The way to bring those voices to an equal playing field is to pay attention to groups that don’t have those resources.”

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With ‘New At Noon,’ Tufts Composers Concert Series takes an intentional approach to experimentation

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“New At Noon: Fingerboard, Pedalboard,” a concert highlighting the work of student composers diverse in musical discipline and background, took place in Goddard Chapel.

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The melodies of viola, organ and piano filled Goddard Chapel on Oct. 27. Entitled “New At Noon: Fingerboard, Pedalboard,” the free show debuted seven student compositions centered around viola and organ, one faculty composition by Professor John McDonald and featured a sonata by guest composer Howard Frazin. Students of McDonald’s contemporary composition seminar and composition practicum worked intensely through this semester to refine their compositions for Friday’s performance, which was the first of two noontime performances this semester and part of the broader Tufts Composers Concert Series. The concert highlighted the work of student composers diverse in musical discipline and background, consisting of undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students. Though the instrumentation — viola and organ, from which “New At Noon: Fingerboard, Pedalboard” drew its name — was fixed for the assignment, the composers’ diverse musical backgrounds made for an exciting listening experience. The compositions ranged from the sweet and tonal to the jarring and experimental and everything in between. In an interview with the Daily, McDonald discussed the diverse interests and goals of these student-composers.

“Everyone has a different thing they want to do,” he said. “One of the graduate students is particularly interested in writing music for video games, another is a performance artist who thinks in terms of acting and directing, as well as composing … I’m a composer-performer [myself] … one of the undergraduates is a bassoonist who plays in the orchestra; he’s a computer science [and] music double major.” For McDonald, the self-proclaimed “curator” of the performance, the compositional processes at work in his seminars and practica remain an endless source of fascination. “What’s interesting to me is that we’re all in a room together, and all these dividing lines disappear,” he said. “We’re all trying to write for the same thing, so how do we do it?” In preparation for the performance, the students and faculty immersed themselves in a detailed, intentional process that did not start and end at writing notes on a lined sheet. McDonald recruited staff violist Anna Griffis, faculty violist Scott Woolweaver and local composer-organist William Cooper to perform. Composition students worked closely with performers to fine-tune their pieces in the days leading up to the performance. Griffis explained this process. “It’s a great opportunity for students to write for slightly unusual instrumentation and be able to collaborate,” she said. “They’ll sit in the rehearsals and work with

us, and we’ll give them feedback: There’s a better way to notate this … then, they’ll give us feedback, [for example] I really mean this, try it a different way or this is the sound I’m going for.” McDonald further explained this collaboration between composers and performers. “When it’s nine composers, you probably don’t have an equally personal relationship with every composer, but in pulling apart the music and figuring out how to make it work you’re really having a kind of … local situation,” he said. “It’s a close working situation that you have to develop.” For first-year graduate student Ryan Carraher, who comes from a jazz-guitar background, the assignment helped him develop new skills to approach composition, but also allowed him freedom to apply many of the principles he had previously honed to different instrumentation. His piece, “Rubatosis” (2017) draws conceptually from the “tempo of the mind,” requiring performers to improvise. Carraher gave each instrumentalist a passage from a book or poem, a key that denoted each letter of the alphabet to a musical pitch or phrase. Carraher then tasked each performer with reading through their passage, letter by letter, associating each letter with the established key and immediately playing the associated phrase or pitch. For Carraher, a rich collaborative community that encourages his ambitious

experimentation is invaluable. It was the community that drew him to Tufts for a graduate education in the first place. “That’s why I came to Tufts,” he said. “[My previous school] had a really oppressive community — there wasn’t really any kind of experimentation … I was never into that, and always wanted to experiment with ideas that I think are interesting. The fact that John McDonald is really interested in it and the performers seem really interested in it is just a breath of fresh air. It sums up the community here how diverse and accepting the community here is.” Despite the compositional community’s vibrancy, Griffis acknowledged some of the concerns regarding contemporary classical performance’s accessibility to the broader community. “It’s a little tricky to navigate around for people who are not on the music department and even for people on the music department,” she said. Elaborating further, Griffis celebrated the challenging nature of the types of compositions featured on Friday. “Generally the audiences are very small, but very dedicated,” she said. “Because it is new music — it’s not pop music and it’s not Mozart — much of it is sort of avant-garde and not totally normal to the average listener of aversee NEW AT NOON, page 8

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Haruka Noishiki Majors and Minors

Fauve to French Touch with Matt

his is Matthew Jourlait, a FrenchAmerican-Canadian firstyear, sharing his insight into music today in France. He plans to major in international relations. He played the piano for nine years, and his favorite composer is Bach. Haruka (H): What is music in France like today? What genre, and which artist, is most popular right now? Matt (M): It’s heavily dominated by American music. France is a western country after all, and the American influence is also reflected in movies, magazines. There are a lot of French rock stars and French Canadian performers such as Celine Dion who are internationally known. The older generation listens to them, but the younger generation doesn’t. A modern classic-type, high-quality artist is Christine and the Queens, which could be likened to London Grammar. A lot of more recent French music is highly commercialized like it is in America. For instance, “The Voice” is becoming increasingly popular, and there are a lot of stars that emerge from that show. Fauve is a musical genre that is a mixture of spoken word, rap and poetry, which many people listen to. “Fun Radio” is a station that a lot of people tune into for club music. Many enjoy electronic music, but there are also people who don’t think electronic qualifies as a musical genre. French touch is a popular music genre that’s similar to the genre chill house here, which has a club feel to the music. Parties [in France] are structured around spending time with people and aren’t as crazy as the parties here. You’d find that at a concert or club [in France]. French touch is popular due to musical nationalism, so to speak: a preference driven by the pushback against American musical dominance. French rap is also prevalent. A lot of rappers like to present themselves as having come from lower-income backgrounds. One of the famous rappers is Booba. He is a bit hypocritical, though, since he sells himself as having struggled in poverty but in reality comes from a region called Sèvres, an upper-class-dominated region right outside of Paris. Lyrics of rap pieces often talk about struggles of immigration. Gang violence is a huge part of the areas where those who struggle live; artists have been arrested for illegally using weapons in music videos. French rap is similar to American rap, but there’s some Arabian influence in the melody. Maître Gims is a famous rapper. H: How, if in any way, do you find French music different from other music you’ve encountered? M: A lot of French music carries social messages; French rap discusses social issues rather than money. I’m beginning to see this emphasis in American music too. While there is significant use of profanity in French rap, lyrics are thoroughly deliberated. I think that the lyrical side of French music is high quality, but often modern musical production isn’t at the highest standard. H: Is there a tune that everyone knows in France? M: “Sapés Comme Jamais” by Maître Gims is well-known.

Haruka Noishiki is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Haruka can be reached at haruka.noishiki@tufts.edu.

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continued from page 7 age classical music and pop music. That being said, some of the students and faculty here produce really incredible music, and they’re really getting expert training here.” For Griffis, events like “New At Noon: Fingerboard, Pedalboard” are an important fixture within the Tufts music department. But Griffis encourages audiences to take part in this experience as well.

“Because there’s a really positive energy … there’s always a collaborative nature about them,” she said. “I think they’re really fun experiences for the audience as well, as they can see that the performers really care about performing the pieces well, and the composition students and faculty members really care about the performers.” In Goddard’s intimate setting, with a catered lunch afterwards, events like “New At Noon: Fingerboard,

Pedalboard” are the perfect setting for listeners to be inspired by fresh sounds, challenge their ears and get to know fellow Tufts community members. The next installment of this series, “New at Noon: Prepared Foods,” will take place on Nov. 17. For those uninitiated to the challenging and beautiful music created by the Tufts University contemporary classical compositional community, Nov. 17 will be an excellent day to begin.

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Artist Archy Ivan Marshall, better known by his stage name King Krule, performing at the Melt! Festival on Jul. 19, 2013.

King Krule, the cherub with a demon voice, rocks Paradise by Antonio Bertolino Assistant Arts Editor

British singer and songwriter Archy Ivan Marshall, better known by his stage name of King Krule, performed at Paradise Rock Club in Allston on Oct. 26. King Krule is currently on a tour promoting his new album, “The Ooz” (2017), which is only the artist’s second studio album in his relatively young career. “The Ooz” is Marshall’s first album since 2013, when he released the critically acclaimed “6 Feet Beneath the Moon” (2013). At the same time aggressive and soothing, the Brit’s stage presence is arguably one of the factors that have propelled his musical career in the right direction. It seems like most people share this writer’s fascination with a lanky, ginger 20-something who wears Hawaiian shirts at his performances and is capable of reaching the bottom of his listeners’ hearts with his deep, warm timbre. In concert, King Krule metaphorically bared it all on stage to reveal his true nature as a rock singer, who is at the same time heavily influenced by disparate genres like darkwave, trip hop and punk jazz. Paradise Rock Club was packed for Marshall’s performance. While several security guards kept concertgoers from obstructing access to the emergency exits, King Krule opened the show with “Has This Hit? “(2013) and

“Ceiling” (2013) right after. The first song very much set the mood for the overall experience of the concert, as most members of the audience were at least slightly inebriated. The lyrics of “Has This Hit?” reveal Marshall’s fascination with looking up at what is above him: “See / What I say / On the horizon / The skies are grey / The skies are grey.” The same motif is also explored, quite obviously, in “Ceiling,” in which the songwriter talks about the layers of paint peeling off the ceiling of his room. The feeling of staring emptily and non-soberly at the ceiling of your room is probably very relatable for many of the young people in the audience and on the Tufts campus. As King Krule played the first notes of his third song on his guitar, many concertgoers cheered and started to sing along to the lyrics of “Dum Surfer” (2017), the first song the Brit played from his new album. It feels like in “The Ooz,” Marshall experimented with the interplay of different musical genres even further than in “6 Feet Beneath the Moon.” The singer seemed to rely less on his unique timbre and more on his ability as a musician, as evidenced by the guitar solo between the two main verses of “Dum Surfer” that lasts upwards of 30 seconds. And the choice has evidently paid off, as Metacritic has indicated “universal acclaim” for “The Ooz,” with an average critic score of 81. Marshall compensated the relative mellowness of some other new tracks like “The Locomotive” (2017) and

“Emergency Blimp” (2017) with a very aggressive, quasi-metal sound of his band on stage. It definitely feels like King Krule’s music is much more energetic and vigorous experienced in live performances than when it’s listened to on a record. Toward the end of the concert, Marshall also decided to play “Half Man Half Shark,” (2017) the third single from his new album. He then concluded with two of his most famous and celebrated songs out of his first album, “Baby Blue” (2017) and “Easy Easy” (2013) to which the crowd responded extremely well. For the encore, much to the crowd’s disappointment, it seemed, the songwriter performed “Out Getting Ribs” (2013). The concert overall was relatively short, as King Krule only performed 13 songs from his two albums. Several people in the audience, after the encore (which only comprised of one song), were expecting the British singer to play “Borderline” (2013) or “Czech One” (2017), the first single that came out of “The Ooz,” and currently the artist’s most popular song from his second album. Paradise Rock Club as a venue was quite lacking and probably not the most apt for concerts, as two huge pillars impeded a full vision of the stage. Despite the inadequacy of the venue and a short set list, King Krule put on a strong performance and displayed tremendous growth as an artist.

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Luke Murphy Murphy's Law

The activist that cried wolf

n recent years, political debate in our country has devolved further and further into extremism. As views slide more left and right, the language used for our political discourse has done the same. When extreme diction is used as often as it is today, it diminishes the worth of those words, rendering them weak when used properly. A recent article on Bloomberg View offers an interesting perspective on the nature of political debate in our country; one with which I agree and that I find worth sharing. We all remember the story of the boy who cried wolf. By needlessly crying wolf for attention, people did not listen to him when the wolf really did attack. As progressive discussions about societal issues echo around academia, professors and students alike describe our country with increasingly powerful terms in a well-intentioned effort to increase people’s drive to remedy these problems. Unfortunately, stronger terms like ‘white supremacist,’ ‘misogynist’ and describing capitalists as ‘having blood on their hands’ muddles the message and turns off the people that need convincing to solve injustice. The application of stronger words to social and institutional problems is intended to evoke moral outrage and push people into action. But if we overuse these terms, we’ll run out of outrage, or even care less about minor offenses. If someone who had recently eaten said to you “I’m starving right now,” you would think nothing of it, because they are not starving. If someone called a corporate CEO evil for laying off workers, evil would not be a very powerful word. We all hate Nazis, but someone who finds the NFL national anthem protests disrespectful to the flag is not advocating a race war. The men in white polos in Charlottesville with tiki torches? Those guys are white supremacists. A Tufts organization having mostly white members? Not white supremacist. Activists miss the danger in using these words. Firstly, as we use words like misogynist, oppressive and racist to describe increasingly less serious offenses, we erode the weight these words carry. Secondly, people are going to make moral distinctions based on reality. There are sins of omission and sins of commission. A hiring policy that unintentionally hurts a certain group of people is not the same as full on segregation. Ratcheting up our chosen language does not increase people’s desire to rectify or diffuse problems, it makes them less sensitive to concerted discrimination. If we call Hillel “white supremacist,” then what do we call Jim Crow laws? If Mitt Romney was a misogynist, what is Donald Trump? Our Republican president might pander to racists, but that does not make anyone with an R next to their name a KKK member. If you characterize profit seeking as violent, what will you say when someone enacts real violence against a disadvantaged group? If we strive for greater equality in our country, we need to craft our message more carefully according to different grades of severity and better understand our audience. How will we warn Americans of the wolf when it does show up, if wolf no longer means anything to them? Luke Murphy is a senior majoring in economics and Italian studies. He can be reached at luke.murphy@tufts.edu.

Opinion

Thursday, November 2, 2017

OP-ED

Why is Milo Yiannopoulos the exception to the altright rule? by Christopher Panella Jessica Rowe, of Australian talk show “Studio 10,” was not prepared for her live TV discussion with MiloYiannopoulos earlier this month.When Rowe, a co-host of the studio, told Yiannopoulos she was a “proud feminist,” Yiannopoulos shot back. “That’s okay, I’m sure they’ll cure you soon, there’s chemotherapy for that,” Yiannopoulos said, likening feminism to cancer, which he also did in a speech to students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2016. Yiannopoulos is no stranger to controversy. A former Breitbart News writer and technical editor, Yiannopoulos has voiced many convoluted opinions, like his opposition to gay rights (despite being openly gay) and his belief that college rape culture is a myth. Yiannopoulos’ controversies stack to the point where Twitter banned him for life in 2016 for “inciting or engaging in the targeted abuse or harassment of others.” Yiannopoulos’ Breitbart News connections ultimately link him to the alt-right movement, and while he claims that he and the alt-right are only “fellow travelers on some issues,” Yiannopoulos’ leaked Breitbart emails, released by Buzzfeed in 2017, show differently. The reports and emails show Yiannopoulos soliciting story ideas from people associated with the alt-right and neo-Nazi movements and singing karaoke at a bar where notable alt-right figures like Richard Spencer cheered him on with Nazi salutes. Former Breitbart News staffer Ben Shapiro claimed that “Breitbart has become the altright go-to website, with Yiannopoulos pushing white ethno-nationalism as a legitimate response to political correctness, and the comment section turning into a cesspool for white supremacist mememakers.” Yiannopoulos’ Breitbart article “An Establishment Conservative’s Guide to the Alt-Right” presented the movement of the alt-right to establishment Republicans, an act now being completed by Steve Bannon and his war against the establishment Republican Party. Yiannopoulos may claim to only be “a fellow traveler” of the alt-right, but even Andrew Anglin of The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, claimed Yiannopoulos as an alt-right member when Anglin established that racism and anti-Semitism are vital to the alt-right movement. According to Heidi Beirich, the director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, “Milo is the person who propelled the alt-right movement into the mainstream.” With the establishment of Yiannopoulos’ connection to the alt-right comes the question: Why is he the exception? A gay man supposedly married to a black Muslim man, and whose maternal grandmother is Jewish, Yiannopoulos is considerably the opposite of what the alt-right’s leaders and spokespeople are. The alt-right has established its anti-LGBT, white nationalism/racism, Islamophobic and neo-Nazi views in the past. Why was Yiannopoulos able to break that establishment and become a leading figure of the movement? Yiannopoulos gained much of his following when he announced his support of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. And while Yiannopoulos has said that some alt-

right members do not like him because he is “a degenerate, race-mixing gay Jew,” that does not take away from the fact that Yiannopoulos has a golden status with the movement. Well he did, until his pedophilia comments. In February 2017, the conservative website Reagan Battalion posted videos of a January 2016 podcast recording of Drunken Peasants in which Yiannopoulos showed support for pedophilia and illegal sexual relationships. In the videos, Yiannopoulos said that sexual relationships between 13-year-old boys and adult men and women can “happen perfectly consensually.” To make matters worse, Yiannopoulos continued, saying that “pedophilia is not a sexual attraction to somebody 13 years old, who is sexually mature.” These jarring comments were clarified by Yiannopoulos as the “usual blend of British sarcasm, provocation and gallows humor” and suggested as being a way for him to deal with his own sexual abuse. Both Yiannopoulos’ original comments and his apology were slammed by media outlets globally, including multiple conservative news outlets like The American Conservative. Simon & Schuster canceled their plans to publish his autobiography in June 2017. With these comments came the collapse of Yiannopoulos’ political world and alt-right credibility, at least with Breitbart. Shortly after the release of the podcast clips, a report was released that Breitbart employees were threatening to quit unless Yiannopoulos was fired. Thus, Yiannopoulos resigned from Breitbart News, rejected by previous writers and supporters. Now, in a time where Yiannopoulos is dealing with protestors shutting down his Arizona

event before he even departed for it, it would be expected that his fall from grace would leave him as an outlier in politics. Yet, Yiannopoulos seems to be more powerful than ever with his new media outlet, Milo, Inc. The strangest part about this new development is Milo, Inc.’s potentially biggest donor: The Mercer family, billionaires who raised a large amount of money to help Donald Trump become president. According to leaked documents provided again by Buzzfeed and sources close to Yiannopoulos and the Mercers, “Rebekah Mercer loves Milo.” Thus, despite losing his job and his speaking role with the Conservative Political Action Conference, Yiannopoulos still sits comfortably in the alt-right movement. It is not clear how someone representing many of the traits the alt-right fights against became their poster boy. It is not clear how Yiannopoulos can lose so much credibility after his pedophilia comments and still receive funding and support from Trump supporters and the alt-right. It is not clear, truthfully, whether Yiannopoulos has his opinions and writings just for the controversy and success or if he actually believes in them. It may never be clear. What is clear, however, is that no matter how far Yiannopoulos pushes the envelope, there will always be cash in it from supporters like the Mercers. And where there is money for Yiannopoulos, there is money for the man sitting in the Oval Office. Christopher Panella is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Christopher can be reached at Christopher.Panella@ tufts.edu.

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Thursday, November 2, 2017 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY

David Meyer Postgame Press

Sailing crests with championship qualification SAILING

continued from back and Calandrella contributed two fifthplace finishes and a 13th place finish. Overall, Tufts had a total score of 276 and placed seventh out of the 18 teams that competed, falling behind Dartmouth by just two points, but beating out Brown by eight points to claim the last remaining spot for qualification. Aside from the Schell Trophy, the Jumbos competed in the first-years-

es, while Tufts edged past MIT and Roger Williams, placing ninth out of the 18 teams that contested. The Jumbos won two races and claimed the runner-up position in three, but their final result was ultimately dragged down by a disqualification and several finishes outside the top 10. Although the Jumbos’ final position was in the top 10, Whitney was somewhat disappointed by the result. “I felt like we could have done a lot better,” Whitney said. “We started off

day and the wind kept shifting. [There were] really tough conditions.” At the Victorian Urn Trophy, both the A division and B bivision teams came in 14th place, ultimately leading to them securing a 14th place final position out of the 16 teams that raced. In the A division, senior Molly Pleskus and juniors Taylor Hart and Sabrina van Mell took part in 16 races total, with their highest finish coming in the second race where they finished

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The Tufts sailing team practices on Oct. 17 only Nickerson Trophy and the women’s team participated in the Victorian Urn Trophy. Going into the Nickerson Trophy, first-year Marly Hillman noted the strength of the competition. “It was a pretty tough event,” Hillman said. “We were competing against multiple national champions across different conferences.” Stanford, Jacksonville, BU, Harvard and South Florida took the top five plac-

on Saturday doing really well. We were first overall in the opening races, but the other sailors figured out the wind patterns of the lake and our home advantage diminished.” The conditions moving into the second day were also a factor, Whitney further explained. “Saturday’s conditions were pretty sailable, with a consistent wind from the south,” Whitney said. “But on Sunday it was raining for most of the

third. In the B division first-years Talia Toland and Leyla Senocak, senior Lucy Robison and van Mell shared time on the boat. Their highest finish of the day came in the second to last race, in which they finished fourth. The Jumbos will be back on the water on Nov. 4 at the ICSA Singlehanded Championship in Florida, two other local in-conference races, and Nov. 11-12 for the Atlantic Coast Championship at New York Maritime.

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Saudi Arabia and female fans

ome big news broke in the sports world recently. With one of the craziest World Series in recent history, the NFL deadline fast approaching and Americentrism in terms of sports, this news got passed over on most American channels. In spite of this, the news was, for me, one of the biggest sports news stories of the year. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently allowed women to drive, finally listening to the awesome, persuasive PowerPoint that I put together lobbying for it in seventh grade Social Studies. This was a gigantic step for women’s rights, and the nation has kept rolling. Women are now allowed to go to sports games, starting in 2018. While the women will be segregated in a separate “family” area, it is still a major change. It is a very noticeable shift from three years ago when a woman was arrested simply for attending a soccer game. The recent changes have been partially due to the heir apparent to the Saudi Arabian throne, Mohammed bin Salman. His policies are very progressive compared to those of his predecessors, and new policies are showing that. It is an exciting new time for women in the country. I do not want to downplay the other new and progressive changes for women in Saudi Arabia, but this new sports policy is very special to me. The sports world is filled with competition, hyperboles and surprises, but my favorite part is the human experience that can be shared during a game. When you go to a stadium and stand next to a fellow fan, nothing else matters. All that does is that you both love the same team. What matters is that when your team hits a home run or scores a goal, you high five or hug that person. You cry together during heartbreaking losses (or heartwarming wins). Sports can be a universal language for fans, and the more people who can enjoy it, like newly allowed Saudi Arabian women, the merrier. At the same time, being a fan is not equal for men and women. While women will be able to go to stadiums, they will be in a separate section. At the same time, even if they were integrated, their love of the game would be taken differently. I see sports as a universal language, but many men do not see it the same way. This has come to the forefront recently when Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton made a comment about how funny it was to hear a woman talk about football routes. The fact of the matter is women are often looked at as less than true fans. I have seen many men explain a sport’s rules to a woman without being asked, only to find that the woman knows much more about the sport than they do. The enjoyment of sports is not discriminatory, so fans should help preserve that attitude with their actions. Women, including newly allowed Saudi Arabian women, can, and do, love sports just as much as the next fan. Keep the fan experience fun and equal for all. David Meyer is a sophomore majoring in film and media studies. David can be reached at david.meyer@tufts.edu.

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

VOLLEYBALL

Jumbos enter postseason undefeated in the NESCAC for second straight year by Sam Weidner Sports Editor

The Tufts volleyball team secured its second consecutive year as the No. 1 seed in the NESCAC tournament over the weekend. With wins over Wesleyan and Conn. College, Tufts improved to 10–0 in its conference this season. As the Jumbos prepare to host the NESCAC tournament yet again, sophomore middle hitter Heather Holz reflected on the position that the team is in. “We are definitely excited about being 10-0, but we cannot take it for granted. We have some great competitors in the NESCAC and have to give 150% at all times,” Holz told the Daily in an email. “It is great to be hosting the event again this year, and having Jumbo fans cheering you on adds additional momentum.” On Saturday, Tufts visited Middletown, Conn. for a game against Wesleyan, who sits just below Tufts at No. 2 in the NESCAC. The Cardinals had a chance to steal the No. 1 seed away from the Jumbos with a win. Junior outside hitter Mackenzie Bright described the team’s mindset before the game began. “We were very conscious that hosting NESCACs was riding on that game, but we also knew that if we only focused on that, we wouldn’t be our best,” Bright said. It seemed initially as if the game might have been trending toward an upset, as Wesleyan jumped out to a 10–3 lead in the first set. Tufts managed to cut the lead to 13–11 after an attacking error by Wesleyan sophomore outside hitter Stasie Litinsky, but that was as close as the visitors got. The Cardinals coasted the rest of the way to a 25–19 first-set victory. Bright spoke about how the team reacted to the first set, knowing they had to move past it and onto the second. “We just tried to relax. We were really tense because they were a really great team, and they did not let up in the first couple points, so we got knocked back on our heels,” Bright

said. “We really just had to take a deep breath and remember to play our game, not theirs.” The Jumbos needed to respond in the second set, and that’s exactly what they did, building as large as a 17–6 lead with strong serving runs from multiple players. Tufts did not falter its lead, finishing off the second set 25–18, tying the match score at 1–1. An extremely tight third set followed, culminating in a game point with the score 25–24 in Wesleyan’s favor. Bright kept hope alive with a kill to tie the score, and a subsequent Tufts kill followed by a Wesleyan attacking error allowed Tufts to slip by with a 27–25 victory. The fourth set began much the same way as the third. However, an 8–1 run put together by the Jumbos in the middle of the set gave them an 18–12 lead. This was the final blow against Wesleyan, and Tufts left the gym on Saturday with a 3–1 victory — a perfect capstone to its unblemished conference record. Holz led the team with 12 kills for the game, while Bright, sophomore outside hitter Brigid Bell and sophomore right side hitter Maddie Stewart each added 11 kills. The day before, the Jumbos were just a short drive away from Middletown, with a match against another conference opponent: Conn. College. Despite the Camels’ 2–6 record in the NESCAC entering the match, they proved to be no easy win for the Jumbos. “They might not be highly ranked, but they were still a really scrappy team, and they challenged us so much during the game,” Bright said. “They were really good at throwing balls short that we were having a hard time adjusting to. It was definitely a wake-up call of things we needed to change before we saw Wesleyan on Saturday.” Even with the Jumbos managing to build a few leads in the first set of the match, the score was tied 22–22 down the stretch before the Jumbos rattled off three straight kills to take a 1–0 lead in the match. Playing with momentum, Tufts jumped out to a 7–3 lead early

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Junior Katie Zheng sets up for a dig in the win over Hamilton on Sept. 29. in the second set, and the scoreline never got any closer than that. Holz closed the second set with a kill off a set from junior setter Angela Yu, as the Jumbos won 25–20. Despite trailing 2–0 in the match, the Camels kept fighting, leading in the third set until the Jumbos tied the score at 17. The hosts then won seven of their next eight points via kills en route to a 25–22 third-set victory to keep their chances alive. Despite the Camels good play in the third set, their offense

faltered in the fourth set and posted a number of errors, as the Jumbos easily won 25–16 to finish off the 3–1 match victory. Bell had 11 kills and 10 digs for the day, and sophomore libero Kelly Klimo added 18 digs of her own. Tufts will host Bates on Friday in the first round of the NESCAC tournament. After falling in the NESCAC championship game last season, the Jumbos look to change the story this year with a successful weekend.

SAILING

Tufts’ sailing qualifies for Atlantic Coast Championship after successful weekend by Tim Chiang

Contributing Writer

Over the course of last weekend, the Tufts sailing team competed for the Victorian Urn Trophy, the Nickerson Trophy and the 77th Professor Schell Trophy. It was a largely successful weekend for the Jumbos, as they sealed one of the seven spots for the upcoming Atlantic Coast Championship and had two sailors qualify for National Championships in Florida. The top flight regatta was the Schell Trophy at MIT. Junior skipper Florian Eenkema van Dijk and senior crew Emily Shanley-Roberts sailed in the A Division during both days for the

Jumbos, while junior tri-captain skipper Cameron Holley and junior crew Ian Morgan sailed for most of the B Division races. Later on Sunday, junior skipper Jackson McCoy and sophomore crew Emily Calandrella subbed in for the last few races in the B Division. Despite some occasional shifts, Saturday’s conditions were typical of the Charles River, with temperatures lingering around 70 all day. The MIT Engineers surged to the head of the pack, winning six races in the A Division and opening up a 64-point gap between them and second-place Roger Williams. The Engineers were triumphant in both divisions with senior Ty Ingam

and junior Sameena Shaffeeullah victorious in A and junior Trevor Long and sophomores Julia Cho and Marcus Abate winning in B. Yale finished strong for third place after a rough start on Saturday which initially saw them outside of the top seven. BU, Dartmouth, Tufts and Brown rounded out the rest of the top seven seat, earning the remaining New England spots for the Atlantic Coast Championship. First-year Jacob Whitney articulated the team was pleased with the result. “We beat out Brown, Harvard and BC,” Whitney said. “At best we were expecting a top 10 finish, the fact that we qualified was awesome. It’s a testament to how

good we are as a team and how we can compete at the highest level.” The Tufts A team consisting of van Dijk and Shanley-Roberts registered finishes which totaled to 124 points throughout 18 races, booking top five finishes in seven of their races. In the B Division, two teams raced for Tufts, cumulatively earning a score of 152. Holley and Morgan raced for the first 15 races, while McCoy and Calandrella subbed in for the remaining three. The B team racers also posted seven top-five performances, including a win in the fifth race and a runner-up accolade in the ninth. McCoy see SAILING, page 11