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Holocaust survivor Anna Ornstein stresses importance of hope in trying political times by Elie Levine

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Anna Ornstein, a Holocaust survivor who pursued a career in psychiatry, addressed 200 people in a packed ASEAN Auditorium in Cabot Intercultural Center yesterday. Ornstein, who survived Auschwitz and several work camps, detailed her experiences in the book “My Mother’s Eyes,” copies of which were available at the event. Her lecture was the 2018 keynote address of the Cummings / Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education. Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, the outgoing Jewish chaplain and Neubauer executive director of Tufts Hillel, gave the opening remarks. Stressing the importance of innovative programming, he spoke about Tufts Hillel’s various educational programs about genocide with the support of Joyce and Bill Cummings,

describing the interfaith delegations Hillel has recently sent to the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., Germany and the AgahozoShalom Youth Village in Rwanda. Summit referenced the significance of hearing from a Holocaust survivor at a time when their numbers are increasingly few. “There will come a time in your lifetime … when people will not be able to meet and hear survivors of the Holocaust tell their story. But you can now, and people in this room will be able to say to your children, God willing, that you heard a survivor from the Holocaust speak,” he said. He also spoke about the intended goals of Tufts Hillel’s genocide-education programming. “Some people will tell you that you can never change the world, you can never end genocide, it’s beyond us to fix what’s broken in society. We don’t believe that at Tufts … [or]

at Tufts Hillel. We see change is slow, change is incremental, but we believe that education can and should move us to action, and actively engaged citizens can and will raise a moral voice to make real changes in our society and in our world,” he said. Jennifer Gray, a member of the Cummings / Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education, then gave a brief introduction for Ornstein, emphasizing the importance of resisting hatred and preventing future atrocities. “We are at a crucial moment in history, when many are choosing to either forget or deny the events that happened 75 years ago,” Gray, a sophomore, said. “It is our responsibility to make sure that the world never forgets.” For the first 40 minutes of the event, Ornstein read from papers. The last 20 minutes were reserved for questions from the audience.

She gave an account of her experience at the Auschwitz concentration camp with her mother by her side, describing a chaotic scene with barking dogs and screaming crowds. “I heard my mother tell my cousin that the heavy, sweet-smelling black smoke could be human flesh burning,” she said. “I believe almost instantly, my mother realized that we were in an extermination camp. She grabbed my hand, and from here on, we did not dare to lose sight of each other.” Ornstein, her mother and a cousin were selected for labor. Their heads were shaved, their clothes were removed and they were made to wait for their selection in barn-like holding chambers with only grass to eat. She said her father, grandmother and other members of her extended family were taken into see ORNSTEIN, page 2

IGC hosts discussion on past, future of Greek life at Tufts by Conor Friedmann Staff Writer

Yesterday evening, the Inter-Greek Council (IGC) and its Diversity and Inclusion Task Force hosted a discussion in Cohen Auditorium entitled “Greek Life at Tufts: Where We Were, Where We’re Going” about the the history of Greek life and its current state at Tufts. The discussion focused on diversity and inclusion, shaping campus life and impact on the national Greek life scene. About 40 people were in attendance. Charlie Trantanella (E ’89), author of the book “Brown and Blue and Greek: A History of Fraternities, Sororities, and Early Student Organizations at Tufts University,” gave a presentation on student culture and development, social justice and Greek life at Tufts. Trantanella was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity while at Tufts. He began his presentation by talking about the history of student life at Tufts since the university’s inception. “Student life was just not something … [the administration] cared about. Student life was left to the students,” Trantanella said. Trantanella walked the audience through the history of Greek life at Tufts, which began with the formation of Zeta Psi and Theta Delta Chi in 1855 and 1856, respectively. These first fraternities established Tufts’ first undergraduate publications, according to Trantanella. “The first fraternities published annual yearbooks and ‘The Tuftonian’ publication, which became The Tufts Weekly. They also organized sports teams, like baseball and crew,” Trantanella said.

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Greek life representatives speak at the Inter-Greek Council’s “Greek Life at Tufts: Where We Were, Where We’re Going” student panel in Cohen Auditorium on Apr. 18. Trantanella also described the history of sororities at Tufts, the first of which, Alpha Delta Sigma, was founded in 1895 and would eventually become Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII). Trantanella described the sororities as having similar contributions to campus social life

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as fraternities, while also establishing scholarships for women to study at Tufts. He also emphasized the history of black Greek-letter organizations at Tufts. “Historians overlooked black Greek-letter organizations, which have a rich history at

Tufts for over a century,” Trantanella said. Black Greek-letter organizations established scholarships and attracted black stu-

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the gas chambers. From Auschwitz, Ornstein and her fellow prisoners were shipped to a labor camp in Poland, where they worked in a stone quarry through the summer of 1944. In the fall, they were taken back to Auschwitz and given tattoos. From there, they were taken to a factory in the Czech Republic and were liberated by the Russian army on Armistice Day, May 8, 1945. Ornstein returned to Budapest, where she finished high school and married Paul Ornstein, whom she had known before the German occupation of Hungary. She studied medicine in Heidelberg, Germany, living in the homes of S.S. officers and Nazis. Ornstein focused the bulk of her talk on a comparison between the current threats to democracy in the United States and the political environment in 1930s Germany, characterized by a similar apparent corrosion of democracy that led to the Holocaust. She spoke about her experience answering questions related to whether such an atrocity as the

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Harrison Rubin, the president of Delta Tau Delta (DTD), spoke about the lessons he has learned as president. “The biggest professional development lesson is leadership. It’s not that easy being the president of 60 of your closest friends,” Rubin, a junior, said. Camille Jackson, the president of Chi Omega, spoke about the affordability of Greek life at Tufts. “We have a payment plan and scholarships to ensure everyone at Tufts is able to join Chi Omega, regardless of financial circumstance,” Jackson, a sophomore, said. Rubin, a junior, addressed the issue of alcohol and substance abuse, and noted that at all DTD parties since his first year, there had been no students who needed to be evaluated by Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) as a result of alcohol. “We also throw dry parties and try to maintain an alcohol-free social space,” he said. The panel emphasized that the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) is primarily concerned with students leaving Greek life parties and going to places with no institutional frameworks in place. To end the panel, Trantanella answered a question about the frequency of turning points in Greek life at Tufts. “They happen a lot. Probably once a decade. During my time at Tufts, there was no IFC [Interfraternity Council] and no accountability within the system. Fifteen years later, there were other issues,” he explained.

the 22nd-highest individual scorer out of 122 competitors in Division II at the ICT. The University of Chicago placed first in Disclaimer: Zachary Hertz is a manag- Division II and Yale University placed ing editor of The Tufts Daily. He was not first in Division I. involved in the writing or editing of this The team qualified for the ICT by article. first competing in the New England This past weekend, four mem- Sectional Championship Tournament bers of Tufts Quiz Bowl traveled to (SCT) in February, where they placed secRosemont, Ill. to compete for the first ond behind Harvard’s C Team in Division time in the Intercollegiate Championship II, Arnstein said. According to Scott, since Tournament (ICT). Senior Jay Naborn, Tufts Quiz Bowl had never previously junior Zachary Hertz, sophomore Jacob competed in the SCT or ICT, they particArnstein and first-year William Scott ipated in Division II. Division II gives new competed in the tournament, which teams an opportunity to play against one was organized by National Academic Quiz another, according to the NAQT website. Tournaments (NAQT). Naborn said the team had initially Tufts placed 14th out of 32 institutions hoped to place in the top eight at the ICT. in the Division II tournament. Scott was “After a couple of disappointing ear-

ly-morning losses, we did a good job maintaining our confidence, encouraging each other to keep buzzing aggressively, and picked up some quality wins,”Naborn told the Daily in an email. “We ended up 14th in our division, which has to be considered a success for a young program like ours.” The Tufts Quiz Bowl team knew that this tournament would be more difficult than anything they had faced before. “We were expecting a challenge definitely. The competition is really steep. A lot of the teams have a lot of graduate students, people who have been playing

continued from page 1 dents to campus in the 19th century, an era when many other colleges in the area, such as Harvard, prohibited integration, he explained. Trantanella then launched into two important stories to exhibit the history of Greek life at Tufts. In the first story, he focused on the admission of women to Tufts in 1892 after 40 years. When women arrived, they were shunned by all organizations except one: Heth Aleh Res, a Hebrew-letter fraternity. Heth Aleph Res, with their support for women’s admission to Tufts, became one of the first co-ed fraternities in the country in 1892, according to Trantanella. To the dismay of then-President Elmer Hewitt Capen, Heth Aleph Res also allowed men and women to eat together. “President Elmer Capen strongly opposed Heth Aleph Res and their allowance of men to eat with women. Heth Aleph Res ignored the order to stop and never suffered any real consequences. It was a rebellion,” Trantanella explained. The second story was of the Sigma Kappa sorority, which pledged two African-American women, prompting the national organization to revoke its charter. “Sigma Kappa looked to become one of the first racially integrated sororities in the country. However, the national organization of Sigma Kappa opposed the integration, lifting the Tufts chapter,” Trantanella said.

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scapegoats are not Jews, but Muslims and immigrants. “Once a minority is scapegoated, however, … ever-present racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia are reactivated,” she said. In particular, she criticized a trend of xenophobia. “The manner in which the current anti-immigration trend is fueled by deeply entrenched racist attitudes, I am afraid, is not too different from the … centuries-old anti-Semitism [used] to ensure the passage of anti-Semitic legislation,” she said. She expressed hope, however, in America’s future, referencing the civil rights movement and affirming her faith in young people. In a question-and-answer session after her lecture, Ornstein answered questions about her career in psychiatry and scholarship in psychoanalysis, her relationship with Judaism after the Holocaust and how she reckoned with grief. Sara Schiff, a senior and a member of Tufts Against Genocide, gave concluding remarks and presented Ornstein with a gift of a ballpoint pen.

Trantanella emphasized this story as an example of Tufts Greek life’s history of resisting national organization rules and progressing for the better. “Greek life at Tufts has a rich, storied history that has shown the ability to adapt to changes in society more so than on other campuses,” he said. Ben Kesslen, a senior who attended the event, responded to Trantanella’s statement that Greek life at Tufts is different. “I appreciate that the IGC wants to confront their past—one riddled with racism, antisemitism, homophobia, and transphobia—but the presentation by [Trantanella] only shed Greek Life in a positive light. The IGC says it ‘is eager to critically examine the history of Greek life at Tufts,’ but none of the eagerness was on display tonight,” Kesslen said in an electronic message. “Instead, it was [a] 45-minute lecture arguing for Greek life’s supposed history of progressivism, and a panel of similar length declaring that Greek life at Tufts is different than it is elsewhere—a claim that 2016 clearly proved false—and extolling the changes that have been made since last year’s campus reckoning. Given how sparse the crowd in Cohen was, if the IGC were to reserve a room for another laughably masturbatory event, I would suggest Eaton Hall.” The second part of the conversation took the shape of a panel of 10 current Greek life leaders at Tufts. The audience was given a chance to ask questions about the current state of Greek life and what its future looks like.

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Holocaust could happen again in America. “In the past, I didn’t hesitate with my response. I reminded the children that we are in a multiethnic, multi-religious country, and that we have a document, the Constitution, that [safeguards] the democratic principles on which our country has been established,” she said. “The Constitution does not protect all its citizens equally; however, as a whole, the concept has been moving in the direction of tolerance and acceptance of differences.” Ornstein described how her attitude had changed after the 2016 elections. Describing her experience growing up in the Third Reich and Communist Hungary after the first World War, she emphasized the importance of not taking American democracy for granted. She stressed that there are far more differences than similarities between these environments and the U.S. in 2018. One similarity she mentioned is the blaming of a minority group for society’s economic and political ills. At the time Hitler rose to power, blame fell on the Jews, who made up less than one percent of Germany’s population. In this country, she explained, the

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Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto leads team behind Chopping prices innovative, tiny tooth-mounted diet tracker

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his week’s column delves into the question of ‘How Tufts Works’ for students. For some Tufts students, balancing work and school is a major challenge. For others, it is a well-established part of life. Sophomore Ian Seerung belongs well within the latter group. In high school, Seerung was working nearly 30 weeks during the school year at his local grocery store, Price Chopper. Over school breaks, he was pushing forty hours a week. Most of his time not spent in school or studying was consumed with chopping prices. On top of the demanding schedule, the work itself was tough. The trials of the job were only mitigated by the fact that he was well liked by his bosses and coworkers, which led to his promotion to supervisor in his senior year. The experience also instilled in him impeccable interpersonal skills, especially the ability to “smile and stay calm even when people are yelling.” Working full time in high school gave him the financial leeway to pursue less intense job opportunities in college. As a first-year, Seerung cleaned the chemistry labs a few times a week. He describes this experience as chill and relatively easy; a stark contrast to Price Chopper. Then last summer, Seerung worked for Tufts Dining during commencement week. This was, according to him, both a marathon and a sprint. After cramming 48 hours of hard work into one week, Seerung walked away with an appreciation of the Tufts Dining staff and a better understanding of how to put on successful social events. After being a part of end-of-theyear festivities, Seerung was also hired as an orientation staff member last fall. Welcoming a new class of students after saying goodbye to the graduating seniors was an interesting contrast, he said. However, it is when he talks about his current job at the Student Services desk that he becomes the most animated. A typical shift consists of processing transcripts, answering students’ questions and handling important documents. Seerung values the fact that, by helping others find the resources they need, he has become well accustomed with the vast network of services available to students. On top of that, he genuinely enjoys the work and appreciates his colleagues. Overall, Seerung insists that all of his supervisors have made working at Tufts accessible for him as a student. For the most part, they understand that academics come first and have been accommodating with his needs. For Seerung, though, balancing work and school after Price Chopper is not an issue. Although his stint in the grocery world was an altogether positive experience, Seerung admits that he is glad to not be returning there this summer. Instead, he will be leading discussion groups at a summer program for future college students before jetting off to France where he will spend the year studying abroad. Don’t worry though, Seerung will be back on campus working hard when he returns. Dorothy Neher is a sophomore majoring in international relations and Spanish. Dorothy can be reached at dorothy.neher@tufts.edu.

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Research done at the School of Engineering on a new, miniaturized diet-tracking tooth-mounted sensor has recently garnered significant media attention. On March 23, a team from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, led by Frank C. Doble Professor of Engineering Fiorenzo Omenetto, published their research in the journal Advanced Materials about a tiny sensor — two millimeters by two millimeters — that is placed on a tooth and can track a person’s nutritional intake. The other authors are Peter Tseng, former postdoctoral associate in Omenetto’s lab; David Kaplan, Stern Family Professor of Engineering and chair of the biomedical engineering department; Bradley Napier, a third-year Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering; and senior and electrical engineering major Logan Garbarini. “How the sensor works is you have two pieces of metal film and in-between there’s a silk [inter-layer], and that inter-layer is sensitive,” Garbarini said. According to Omenetto, on either side of the silk inter-layer, there are two antennae. Based on the sensitivity of the inter-layer, the antennae will be able to detect what is happening. For example, depending on the pH level inside the pouch, the antennae will observe the inter-layer either swelling up or contracting. As Garbarini described, the sensor uses a transduction mechanism to relay the information that it detects. “We have a transduction mechanism that is based on the thickness of the film, and when the thickness of the film changes due to swelling, due to ethanol or pH or whatever, then you have this great electromagnetic frequency change,” he said. Omenetto explained that depending on the contents or pH levels that the sensor detects, it can identify what foods are being consumed. While the device can currently detect the consumption of numerous foods, Omenetto noted that expanding the list of detectable foods is one of the main areas of improvement. “We need to build sensitivity and specificity,” he said. The miniature size of this device makes it unique. Garbarini mentioned some other in-mouth devices but explained that their size made them impractical. “There’s been discussion about putting some sensors in mouth guards for football players, but that’s pretty bulky; you can’t wear that day-to-day,” Garbarini said. “So there’s a lot left to be desired in terms of the technology [and] where the technology goes next. So the tricky part is, how do you get something so small that’s not intrusive.” The size is something that Garbarini believes they have accomplished. “The sensor that we developed is really thin, tens of microns thin, so that is something that is really small and can be left on the tooth,” he said. Jianmin Qu, dean of the School of Engineering, also noted a few other significant breakthroughs. “The sensor works using a miniature antenna, hidden behind an outer

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Tufts researchers and engineers have recently developed a tooth-mounted sensor that can track one’s diet. layer that responds to different nutrients or chemicals, such as glucose, salt and alcohol. More importantly, the device is a multilayered structure where each layer responds to a different type of nutrients or chemicals, thus enabling the sensing of different foods,” he said in an email to the Daily. Omenetto attributed the uniqueness of the device to the usage of silk. “This is something that comes with the territory of buying materials in silk, and the silk devices, and the things we do,” he said. In his career, Omenetto has specialized in working with silk. In 2011, he gave a TED talk on the numerous groundbreaking applications of silk. His lab at Tufts is named the SilkLab for its focus on silk research. The ideas behind this device were borne when Omenetto first began working with the material. “When I started working with silk, I looked at silk as a material platform for unusual devices, meaning flexible electronics, conformal electronics, implantable electronics, implantable optics, electronics that you can eat, optics that you can eat, and these types of things,” Omenetto said. “And it sort of evolved a little bit; the platform went through its various phases.” After working with silk for some time, Omenetto first began exploring the option of silk used in mouth sensors with a colleague at Princeton University in 2012. “I always thought that it was a good idea because the oral cavity has a ton of markers,” he said. While Omenetto and his team have been working on this device for years, they only began experimenting with a version of the device about a year and a half ago. According to Garbarini, the process included a lot of trial and error, as well as several frustrating false starts. “There [were] false starts, [where] you start seeing some data and say, ‘Oh, this looks good, I’m going to run some more tests,’ and then of course, soon enough, ... you find out that doesn’t work,” Garbarini said. “So there was a lot of back and forth, and false starts, and kind of getting somewhere and then realizing you had to take four steps back and go in a different direction.” “That’s probably the hardest part from a mental prospective. It’s not a linear path. You go down one path and

it’s a dead end. You have to go all the way back and start down another path, and that’s sometimes [also] a dead end,” he said. At the moment, it is unclear where this device will go next. While it seems likely that the device will be used for commercial purposes in the future, Garbarini and Omenetto agreed that there are still many intermediate steps to be accomplished. “I think there’s a lot of chance to put this in the hands of dental researchers or someone researching. Somewhere that’s not immediately commercial, but to start off with getting it somewhere in another research lab that is researching an actual clinical issue, [such as] drymouth, tooth decay, diabetes, or something like that,” Garbarini said. Omenetto believes that there are many possible applications for this device. “I think that the ways it can help really depend on a bunch of things. It depends on a clinical need, it depends on an economical need, it could be a lifestyle application, it could be a diagnostic application [or] it could be a compliance application,” Omenetto said. “If you have someone who is recovering from surgery and needs to go through a drug regimen, [the device] helps [to] keep somebody apprised of the rate of drug intake, for example.” He added that their research is unprecedented in the world of wearable technology. “The material formats are, I think, unique,” Omenetto said. “The fact that you can start making these wearable pouches, and these little [devices] embedded by polymer layers, and these real tiny, tiny formats, is kind of neat.” However, Omenetto explained that he is currently only focused on improving the device. “As far as I’m concerned, I think that we want to make the material smarter and smarter. So, we really want to address sensitivity and specificity,” he said. While the device has received considerable praise, Omenetto understands that the device is far from its potential. “The device is still a prototype. It’s still a very coarse detection technique. So, it may have some utility, but I think that its utility needs to still advance in order to do what the people have written the device may do. But I think the direction is really into making the material more sophisticated and still compact, and very

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continued from page 2 for years,” said Arnstein. Scott described the process of preparing for quiz bowl tournaments, which involves reviewing past questions, doing research and readings and individually trying to focus on certain fields of knowledge. “As a team we try to specialize a little

bit, so we have one player focus on history and another on science. I specialize in visual art and science … but we definitely all cover in each other’s areas sometimes,” Scott said. Arnstein reflected on the experience and opportunity to represent Tufts at the national stage. “Tufts Quiz Bowl has come a long way in the past couple of years,” Arnstein

said. “We have one senior, and when he started there were two people in the club. We never thought we’d make it to nationals.” Scott explained take aways from the competition. “It reaffirmed for all of us how much we like this and how worthwhile it is,” Scott said. Naborn expressed his hopes for Tufts

Quiz Bowl in the future. “I’m confident that the future is very bright for Tufts Quiz Bowl,” Naborn said. “Enthusiasm is soaring, and I would encourage anyone who likes trivia to give Quiz Bowl a try. It’s a supportive environment where you always learn something cool and getting a chance to compete against other schools is a lot of fun.”

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The singles bar: The stars are out edition by Justin Krakoff Arts Editor

In addition to this spring’s excellent album releases, namely Cardi B’s “Invasion of Privacy” and Kacey Musgraves’ “Golden Hour,” the coming of warmer weather has also led to a bevy of excellent singles from some of music’s biggest stars. Here are some of the best and biggest hits that the coming months will have to offer: “Chun-Li” and “Barbie Tingz” — Nicki Minaj Now that’s a comeback. After the underwhelming release of her so-called diss track “No Frauds” early last year, Nicki Minaj is back with a vengeance, returning to a more unadulterated hiphop sound. That is not to say Minaj is not simply rehashing old territory of herself, as she stays current by drawing up various sonic trends to create two surefire hits. Of the two, “Chun-Li” stands out as Minaj addresses a reputation that she perceives as unfair. Over a sedated backbeat and perfectly timed percussion, Minaj’s flow is impeccable, especially as she declares, “They need rappers like me! / So they can get on their fucking keyboards! / And make me the bad guy, Chun-Li.” Though it is safe to say that Minaj is referencing the famed “Street Fighter” character in only aesthetic and name, since said character is not actually a villain, the aesthetic works to create what feels like a true return to form, placing the track among her greats like “Itty Bitty Piggy” (2009). “Barbie Tingz,” which appears to be getting released as a proper single due to a music video teaser for the track, is another good effort by Minaj, though it lacks the imagination of the “Chun-Li.” Tapping into trap music, Minaj feels almost a little on autopilot here, especially considering her decision to reuse her lyrical motif of barbies from her “Pink Friday” (2010) era. However, Minaj on autopilot is still better than most rappers at the top of their game, and the track is elevated by the inclusion of ’80s synths and fun one-liners like “It’s time to make hits, and it’s time to diss.” Rating: 4.5/5 and 3.5/5 “Nice for What” — Drake To say that 2018 has been Drake’s year would be an understatement. The Canadian hip-hop star landed another No. 1 hit of his career with “God’s Plan” (2018), a feel-good hit discussing his success. While the track is decent, it pales in

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The album art for Nicki Minaj’s ‘Barbie Tingz’ is pictured. comparison to “Nice for What,” Drake’s most original and freshest-sounding hit in years. Sonically, the track makes the genius choice of drawing up bounce music — a style of New Orleans hip-hop built around a call-and-response technique — to create a party anthem for the ages. The song’s lyrics reinforce this for good measure, brilliantly sampling Lauyrn Hill’s “Ex-Factor” (1998). As a result, the chorus of “Nice for What” is built around the bridge from Hill’s original song, as she lets loose with, “Care for me, care for

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me, you said you’d care for me / There for me, there for me, said you’d be there for me.” With the track already debuting at No. 1, it seems that Drake is on a hot streak this year. Rating 4.5/5 “One Kiss” — Calvin Harris with Dua Lipa Floorfiller, which refers to simple dance music that excites the audience, is never a bad thing when released by Scottish DJ Calvin Harris. On “One Kiss,” his collaboration with the It Girl of 2018, Dua Lipa, this rule holds up.

Returning to the house-inspired sound that made Harris so popular in the first place, “One Kiss” is a decent dance tune that is built around the simple refrain of Lipa cooing, “One kiss is all it takes / Fallin’ in love with me / Possibilities / I look like all you need.” While the track fails to excite like Harris’s landmark collaboration, “This Is What You Came For” with pop icon Rihanna, it does the trick and will definitely be featured on any party playlist for the foreseeable future. Rating: 3/5

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Details: The drama and dance department’s Critical Drag class will be presenting their end-of-semester drag performance. Be sure to come see these talented students lip-sync for their grade! When and where: 9:30–11:30 p.m. in Tisch Library Hemicycle “BEATs 4/20 Presents: Feats” Details: Finish your Friday in style with BEATs (Bangin’ Everything At Tufts) for their 15th annual 4/20 show. Good company and loud noises abound. Admission is free, no tickets required. When and where: 9:30–10:45 p.m. in Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center SATURDAY “TDC Presents: The Boston Tea Darty” Details: The folks of Tufts Dance Collective (TDC) will be performing

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Senior Pranav Menon poses for a portrait in front of the BEATS ensemble on April 15.

Looking to kick back and relax this 4/20 weekend? Stop by any of these shows to be entertained and enchanted by student performers! FRIDAY “S-Factor Presents: ‘Can’t Hide Love'” Details: S-Factor, Tufts’ all-male a cappella group devoted to the music of the African diaspora, will be performing their semester show “Can’t Hide Love” featuring The Ladies of Essence and Mufaro. Come to hear some beautiful tunes and support hurricane relief in the Caribbean. Admission is free, no tickets required. When and where: 8:30–9:30 p.m. in Goddard Chapel “The Library Is Open: A Critical Drag Show”

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Julian Blatt Tufts Creatives

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TDC, jazz, miming, more this weekend at Tufts

Bang it!

veryone knows that hitting things is fun. But for senior Pranav Menon, the Beatsmaster of Bangin’ Everything At Tufts (BEATs), it’s also a passion. Menon believes that by making music with commonplace items, rather than instruments, BEATs performances are much more exciting and immersive than typical concerts. So if you want to enjoy an incredible musical experience, go to Dewick at 9:30 tomorrow night! Julian Blatt ( JB): When did you become interested in drumming? Pranav Menon (PM): I vividly remember watching my high school drumline when I was a freshman and thinking that, no matter what the cost, I had to learn how to play drums. So I started teaching myself: I bought a pair of drumsticks and a drum pad and drove my parents and teachers and anyone within a 10-foot radius of me crazy for a year. And then I tried out for the drumline and made it. JB: Which drummer inspires you? PM: Brian Blade — he treats his drum set like another melodic voice in his music. And that’s how I want to think of drumming. It’s not just a timekeeping device or something to hold steady while other instruments play; it’s part of the compositional texture and melody of the song. JB: Why does BEATs use everyday objects instead of drums? PM: I think that when we play percussion on buckets and jugs and trash cans and various pieces of metal, it pushes us to think more creatively of the music. We have to understand how the object produces sounds, how it can be used to produce new sounds and how those sounds fit together. From an audience perspective, I think it illustrates that making music doesn’t require years of training, or expensive equipment or the right ear. The lesson we try to impart in our performances is that music is in everything we do. Walking down the street, your feet on the floor — there’s a rhythm to that. And either you choose to hear it or you choose to tune it out. JB: Any embarrassing moments? PM: Something we do in BEATs is “drop the one.” We’ll play a line and cut out for the first beat of the next measure. One of the most embarrassing things you can do is be the only one playing when everybody else cuts out. During the first big show of my freshman year, I was so excited to be playing with BEATs that I forgot to drop the one at a crucial moment. Everyone stared at me with this “What are you doing?” look. It was mortifying. JB: What would you say to someone who wants to join BEATs? PM: Something we stress before auditions is that you don’t need any prior musical experience to be a member of BEATs. Plenty of people who are in the group now and have been in the past had never picked up a drumstick until they joined BEATs. What we look for is an inventive spirit. Do you want to try something new? Are you enthusiastic about creating something that didn’t exist before, and being part of something that’s strange and challenges the way we conventionally think about music? If so, BEATs is the group for you. Julian is a first-year majoring in cognitive and brain sciences. Julian can be reached at julian.blatt@tufts.edu.

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Members of Tufts S-Factor perform at the closing ceremony of the Same Roots, Different Soil conference in Barnum Hall 008 on Oct. 15, 2017.

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continued from page 5 their semester show “The Boston Tea Darty” twice on Saturday night. Go to watch your friends make a fool of themselves; stay because some of the dances are really good! Tickets are free but going fast. When and where: 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. in Cohen Auditorium “Tufts Jazz Orchestra: Slings and Arrows” Details: The Tufts Jazz Orchestra

will be performing works by Michael Brecker, Stevie Wonder, Count Basie and Earth, Wind & Fire in “Slings and Arrows.” Admission is free, no tickets required. When and where: 8–10 p.m. in Goddard Chapel SUNDAY “HYPE! presents: Down the Mime-ory Lane” Details: Come celebrate the 20th anniversary of HYPE! Mimez with their end-of-semester show, “Down the

Mime-ory Lane.” Admission is free, no tickets required. When and where: 8–9:15 p.m. in Cohen Auditorium “Small Jazz Ensembles Concert” Details: Didn’t get enough jazz on Saturday? Stop by the Small Jazz Ensembles Concert, directed by Nando Michelin and Paul Ahlstrand. Admission is free, no tickets required. When and where: 8–10 p.m. in Fisher Performance Room, Granoff Music Center

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by Alexa Weinstein The 617

Congressional Races

emocrats are aiming to “flip the House” is 2018. With all 435 House of Representatives seats up for reelection, it’s the perfect opportunity for Democrats to garner support against President Trump and secure the House. With Republican leaders like Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC) deciding not to run for re-election, gaining a Democratic House majority seems more plausible than ever. Currently, all of Massachusetts’ nine Congressional districts are represented by Democrats. In 2018, is there a chance any of the districts flip? Although the candidate filing deadline isn’t until June, the race for fundraising and attention has already started. In District 1, encompassing mainly Western Massachusetts, the democratic incumbent Richard Neal is running for reelection. According to Open Secrets, Neal has raised 50 times more than his Democratic competitor. District 2, which is Central Massachusetts, has two Republicans and a Democrat challenging incumbent James McGovern. Here, the incumbent has also vastly out-raised all other candidates. District 3 encompasses Northern Massachu setts where Representative Niki Tsongas will not be running for reelection. With no incumbent in the race, this has brought 13 aspiring representatives to the fundraising field so far. Leading the fundraising is Democrat Dan Koh, former chief of staff to Mayor Marty Walsh. Tons of other candidates are jumping into the race and are pretty well qualified: a former US ambassador to Denmark and a former Pentagon intelligence analyst, to name a few. With only two Republican candidates declared, it seems unlikely the district will flip red. District 4 is much less exciting. Including cities like Brookline, the district is currently held by Representative Joe Kennedy. With no other candidates jumping into the race, it seems that it’ll be uncontested. Still, Kennedy has managed to raise over $2 million for the 2018 race. As a favorite of the Democratic Party and the one who gave the rebuttal to Trump’s last State of the Union, Kennedy won’t have too much to worry about. In our district, number five, incumbent Katherine Clark is seeking re-election with no competitors. She has raised over half a million dollars and there doesn’t seem to be any worry about her losing. District 6 is interesting, but not for its race. Incumbent Democrat Seth Moulton faces two Republican challengers, both of whom have yet to fundraise even $10,000. Politico released a piece on Moulton discussing the possibility of him vying for the presidency. As a decorated army veteran with a fiscally moderate approach, there are some eyes on him for a 2020 presidential bid. Moulton will be a Democrat to keep eyes on in the upcoming years. Districts 7 and 8 both face Democratic incumbents running for re-election, with only Democrats challenging them. Neither incumbent faces challengers who are out-fundraising them, and the races are guaranteed to swing blue. Lastly, District 9 has Democratic incumbent Bill Keating running again, with a Republican and Independent challenging him. But the ninth district will be holding a Republican Primary, which no other district is doing. Even though all of the Massachusetts congressional districts are seemingly going to stay blue, it’s important to get involved. Uncontested or not, these elections still happen, and getting out to vote matters. Anyone can get involved in a campaign for a candidate they feel passionate for. vvv Alexa Weinstein is a sophomore majoring in political science and history. Alexa can be reached at Alexa.Weinstein@tufts.edu.

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To our readers At the Daily, we strive to ensure that what we publish in our paper is fair, accurate and upholds the values of the community we serve. One of the columns published in the Daily on April 17, “Surveying the rap scene,” failed to abide by our standards. The column, whether intentionally or not by the author, echoes historically racist tropes used to portray black people in its discussion of rap music. We thank the Tufts community and members of the Class of 2020 page for bringing this to our attention, and we’d also like to give space to several students who voiced their concerns with the article. Some noted that the piece’s flippant attitude regarding lyrics on drug use reflected a lack of knowledge behind the article. “Most of these rappers grew up around drugs their entire lives and depend on them to live, whether it’s through dealing to survive or through usage as a coping mechanism for trauma,” Jason Mejia said. “Her judgments toward their lyrics and references come

from a background of ignorance of why they talk about drug use in the first place.” Others agreed. On a thread discussing the article in the Class of 2020 page, junior Caila Bowen commented: “Please refrain from writing articles on cultures without doing P R O P E R research.” And ultimately, discussion around this article became one of the countless instances in which people of color are constantly expected to educate others. Sophomore Sylvester Bracey put it best: “I find it problematic that the pressure was put on Black people to point out what was problematic here, rather than people looking to see where they’d messed up. It is not the job of the oppressed to educate. There are ample resources out there, free ones, that one can use to inform themselves and prevent instances like this.” We are working on revising our columnist policy, which currently gives broad leeway to columnists and only allows edits for grammar and fact-checking, to ensure that similar incidents do not hap-

pen again. We deeply apologize to the Tufts community, especially the black community, for its publication. We are removing the article, and we will not be publishing any more content from the author aside from the following apology: I would like to formally apologize to the black students of the Tufts community for a column I wrote on Tuesday. Writing in a newspaper is a responsibility, and I have had the privilege to do so for three semesters. However, in my writing recently, I have not always devoted enough time to researching my topics and have sometimes tried to write about pieces that I have limited knowledge on. This isn’t an excuse, and as a senior I am disappointed in myself for not putting more thought into my writing. I should have acted and written differently, and I’m extremely sorry to everyone who was offended by my writing. I want to thank you for all of your criticism and honest opinions. It has offered me a chance to reflect and reconsider how I can better communicate going forward.

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THE TUFTS DAILY | Sports | Thursday, April 19, 2018

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SAILING

Tufts competes in four regattas to gear up for championship events

COURTESY KEN LEGLER

First-year Talia Toland and senior Lucy Robison compete in the Oberg Trophy, hosted by Northeastern, on April 14. by Sejal Dua Staff Writer

The Tufts sailing team once again encountered shifty winds over the weekend, as its sailors participated in their last regattas before qualifiers. The Jumbos competed in four different regattas: the Owen/Mosbacher/ Knapp Trophy at Kings Point, N.Y., the President’s Trophy hosted by Boston University, the Thompson Trophy at Conn. College and Northeastern’s Oberg Trophy. Tufts struggled in difficult conditions at the Owen/Mosbacher/Knapp Trophies, recording a score of 295 between the A and B divisions for 13th place. Yale won the event with 155 total points (83–72). In the A division, Tufts junior skipper Samuel Shea and firstyear crew Juliana Testa finished 14th overall, with fourth-place results in the third and 11th races. In the B division, first-year Austen Freda skippered with sophomore crew Duke Saunders, as the duo secured 12th place. The Thompson Trophy in New London, Conn. was a productive regatta, which helped the Jumbos’ transition from team-racing mode to fleet racing. Junior Florian Eenkema Van Dijk said the event attracts strong competition for the first major fleet-racing regatta of the season and gives teams the opportunity to get up to speed with the new style. Tufts coach Ken Legler was not too concerned with his team’s 15th-place finish (out of 18 teams) at Conn. College because he approached the regatta with the intent of giving sailors experience in different positions. Through a total of 12 races in divisions A, B and C, the Jumbos scored 156–122–116 for a final tally of 394. Harvard took first place with a total of 190 points.

Junior skipper Jack Bitney, senior crew and co-captain Lara Dienemann and junior crew Ian Morgan struggled early in the regatta but recovered to record a runner-up finish in the final B division race. Meanwhile, aside from a speedy second-place result in the first race, the Tufts A boat — consisting of junior skipper and co-captain Cam Holley, Morgan, first-year skipper/ crew Bram Brakman and Dienemann — posted an inconsistent showing, ultimately finishing 17th. The Jumbos encountered harsh conditions in Boston in their other two regattas over the weekend. Saturday brought winds upwards of 10 knots on the Charles River, and Sunday was cold and rainy, creating unpleasant sailing conditions. As a result, both the Oberg and President’s Trophies cancelled the second day of competition. At the President’s Trophy, Tufts’ women’s team also struggled with consistency, taking ninth place with an overall score of 94 points. The Jumbos’ top boat finished toward the back of the pack in the opening races but recovered to complete the day with its best foot forward. “We had [sophomores] Charlotte Lenz and Elena Gonick sailing together, which wasn’t great because Elena is normally a skipper, not a crew,” Legler said. “They were kind of awkward in the boat together until the last race, which they won. They rounded the first mark in first place and they held that first all the way around.” Reflecting on the regatta, Gonick mentioned that since she and Lenz both typically skipper, it was fun to sail with her teammate instead of against her. According to Gonick, the duo got off to a great start in the last race, got locked in, played the wind shifts well

and hiked as hard as they possibly could for the final stretch of the race. “I know the A boat was struggling a bit in the beginning, but they definitely got better throughout the day,” junior Kahler Newsham said. “It definitely helps listening to their advice, watching their races, seeing what worked and what didn’t work and then trying to incorporate that into [our] race.” Newsham and first-year skipper Leyla Senocak earned second place in the B division with a score of 28, falling just three points short to Northeastern. Newsham and Senocak managed to finish among the top eight boats in each of their races. “I think we were doing well at making decisions together [and were] reading shifts before everyone else, which was really good,” Newsham said. “We were really close to taking first place in the B division. While we were competing, I could see [Northeastern] just in front of us or just behind us. There was actually a really good Harvard team, but in the second-to-last race, they capsized and left the race, so we passed them for second place.” Senocak similarly attributed the team’s success to Newsham’s help in reading wind shifts and was delighted with the adjustments they made. Tufts’ top teams on both the co-ed and women’s sides posted impressive results at the Oberg Trophy, hosted by Northeastern. In A division, senior skipper Alp Rodopman and junior crew Sarah Bunney sailed to first place overall, collecting three race wins along the way, while senior skipper Molly Pleskus and junior crew Taylor Hart finished fourth. The Jumbos took fourth and seventh place, respectively, in the B division. First-year skipper Talia Toland and senior crew Lucy Robison finished

fourth with 60 points thanks to a top finish in the second race. Meanwhile, junior skipper Chris Keller and senior crew Michelle Chisdak placed seventh after suffering two consequential breakdowns. In the C division, senior skipper and co-captain Julien Guiot and first-year crew Wells Drayton glided across the Charles to first place. The duo recorded just 35 points, accruing two first-place finishes, two seconds and three thirds in an outstanding showing. Heading into this weekend’s New England Women’s Championship, as well as the co-ed New England Dinghy Championship from April 28–29, the Jumbos have their work cut out for them. Senocak and Legler both said that the women’s team must direct its focus toward light-air sailing, an aspect of the sport in which weight placement in the boat is crucial. Though the stakes are high, there seem to be more feelings of excitement and anticipation among the team than nervousness. Tufts will also send sailors to the Admirals Cup, hosted by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, which presents a final opportunity for the team to improve its fleet racing prior to the New England Dinghy Championship. The Jumbos have an optimistic mindset, and their primary focus for the regatta is to capitalize on as many controllable aspects as they can. “[Areas for improvement include] speed, of course, but also understanding the game in real-time quicker,” Van Dijk told the Daily in an email. “There are a lot of things many in my class year have picked up on after last season’s opportunity to race at the highest level. It’s all about not making the same mistake twice.”

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Thursday, April 19, 2018 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Tufts rallies to defeat Amherst after tough loss to Wesleyan

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Junior co-captain Julia Keller lines up a forehand shot at the MIT Invitational on Sept. 16, 2017. by Haley Rich

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The No. 6 Tufts women’s tennis team (10–4, 5–2 NESCAC) powered through its second straight weekend of multiple away matches, falling 6–3 to Wesleyan on Saturday before rallying the following day to defeat Hamilton, 9–0. Two days later, the Jumbos downed the Amherst Mammoths in a close 5–4 match. Tufts and No. 8 Amherst (8–6) faced off in the Gantcher Center on Tuesday evening. Last season, the Jumbos beat the Mammoths for the very first time in the 21st century, grabbing an exciting 5–4 win at home. History repeated itself on Tuesday, as the hosts once again edged out the Mammoths by a single point. The match came down to senior co-captain Lauren Louks’ match at No. 2 singles, and the Malibu, Calif. native didn’t disappoint. Louks played a thrilling come-from-behind match and managed to capture the victory in three sets. Her 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 marathon match against senior Victoria Ip finished just past 9 p.m. and secured a 5–4 win for the home squad. Junior Mina Karamercan also produced a major upset of her own, defeating Amherst sophomore Camille Smukler, 6–4, 6–2, in first singles. The Jumbos also earned a point at the third spot, as junior Tomo Iwasaki bested sophomore Maddie Dewire, 6–3, 6–0. The singles wins were much needed after the Mammoths grabbed a 2–1 lead in the doubles matches. In second doubles, Ip and junior Jane Fraley defeated the Jumbos’ pairing of Louks and first-year Patricia Obeid by a tight 9–8 (6) scoreline. Meanwhile, Tufts senior co-captain Zoe Miller and sophomore Kat Wiley lost 8–4 to Dewire and Smukler in the No. 3 position. Fortunately, Karamercan and junior Otilia Popa were able to squeeze past the Amherst duo of senior Avery Wagman and sophomore Anya Ivenitsky, 9–7. Heading into Tuesday’s match, Tufts was determined to rebound from its disappointing loss to NESCAC opponent Wesleyan on Saturday. “We want to take what we learned during the Wesleyan match and apply it to Amherst,” Iwasaki said before Tuesday’s

battle. “Amherst is a tough team, but we know we are just as talented.” The same confident mentality boosted the group to a dominant win over Hamilton (3–7) on Sunday. The Jumbos defeated the Continentals, 9–0, in Clinton, N.Y. “We were playing indoors, meaning we only had four courts, so we were trying our best to win quickly and efficiently,” Louks said. The team certainly accomplished its goal, losing only seven games across all of its three doubles matches. Miller and Wiley teamed up to serve Hamilton senior Katherine McNally and first-year Ndanu Mutisya a bagel in No. 3 doubles. The No. 2 pairing of Iwasaki and Louks defeated their opponents 8–4, while Karamercan and Popa won in the No. 1 spot, 8–3, to give the visitors a 3–0 lead. The positive trend continued in the singles competition, with Miller besting first-year Ajla Karabegovic, 6–1, 6–2 in the No. 4 position. Karamercan secured the match for the Jumbos with a double bagel (6–0, 6–0) in her dominant takedown of junior Jane Haffer in first singles. The match marked Karamercan’s 12th win of the season. Her only two losses have come against Middlebury sophomore Catherine Blayze (ranked 24th nationally entering the season) and against Emory senior captain Bridget Harding, ranked seventh nationally. The remaining four singles matches wrapped a nice bow around the Jumbos’ victory. Junior co-captain Julia Keller overpowered McNally with another double bagel in sixth singles, Wiley defeated Mutisya 6–3, 6–1 in the fifth spot and Iwasaki took down Hamilton first-year Audrey Chor 6–4, 6–1 at No. 3. Louks initially struggled against firstyear Sophia Aulicino in second singles, allowing the first set to reach a tiebreak. However, she quickly won the second set, securing Tufts’ clean sweep with a 7–6 (2), 6–2 victory. “[Aulicino] came out really strong, and I was having a hard time adjusting to the speed of the courts at first because they were really fast,” Louks said. “Once I started getting more consistent with my returns, I was able to better set myself up for points.”

Dominating Hamilton built up Tufts’ confidence and gave the team an opportunity to work on the poorer aspects of its loss to Wesleyan a day earlier. The Jumbos faced off against the No. 5 Cardinals (8–1) in Middletown, Conn. on Saturday, where they were served a tough 6–3 loss. The battle began with a Wesleyan win in No. 3 doubles, as senior co-captains Helen Klass-Warch and Nicole McCann outplayed Iwasaki and Keller, 8–3. The Jumbos responded in second doubles, with Louks and first-year Patricia Obeid topping first-years Alissa Nakamoto and Polina Kiseleva, 8–2. The final doubles match was awarded to the hosts, as senior co-captain Eunice Chong — who entered the season ranked first in singles — and junior Victoria Yu defeated Karamercan and Popa, 8–5. The Jumbos quickly faced a 3–1 deficit as Obeid, down 4–0, retired from her No. 1 singles match against Chong due to a back injury. Wesleyan clinched the match with two more singles wins, as Kiseleva downed Iwasaki in fourth singles (6–1, 6–2), and Nakamoto defeated Miller in fifth singles, 6–2, 6–2. First-year Kiara Rose fell to Klass-Warch in No. 6 singles, 6–0, 6–1. Karamercan and Louks produced the Jumbos’ lone singles victories at the second and third positions, respectively. Karamercan registered an exciting comeback victory against Yu after losing the first set, 2–6. “I was making a ton of [unforced] errors in the first set, and [Yu] just didn’t,” Karamercan said. “Her game was very consistent and passive, and it kind of threw me off. Once I figured out how to play against her in the middle of the first set, it was easy.” Moving her opponent around with more consistent play helped Karamercan capture the second set, 6–2, and then the decider, 10–5. Meanwhile, Louks defeated senior co-captain Aashli Budhiraja comfortably (6–0, 6–3). Tufts will face No. 2 Williams (13–0) at home on April 28 in more NESCAC play, before finishing the regular season with a crucial match at Bowdoin (8–9) the following day.

Yuan Jun Chee On the Spot

Who’s joining Wolves?

olves will be playing Premier League soccer next season for the first time since 2012. They clinched their promotion this past weekend. At the end of the day, the league table doesn’t lie when we’re this far into the season. Wolves have a twelve-point lead over their nearest rivals, Cardiff, albeit having played a game more. Former Valencia and Porto manager Nuno Espírito Santo has been an inspiration for the Chinese-backed side, which improved from last season’s 15th-placed finish. With recognized quality in the form of Rúben Neves, loanees Diogo Jota and Benik Afobe, and Carl Ikeme in goal, it’s safe to say Wolves have the pieces to put together a strong campaign next season. The question is who joins them in the Premier League next season. It’s a battle between Fulham and Cardiff for the remaining automatic promotion spot, and I just about favor Fulham. The Den might be a difficult place to visit on Friday, given that Millwall are also chasing promotion, but Fulham seem to have more straightforward opponents that I think they’ll defeat than Cardiff, who play Nottingham Forest, Derby, Hull and Reading — teams that could give them a run for their money. As many as eight teams are still mathematically in the hunt for the remaining three playoff spots. Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Millwall currently hold those spots. I think Villa are more or less there, given their 10-point lead on Boro. They’ve got a very astute manager in Steve Bruce, who has been in these situations in the past with Birmingham City and Hull City. Boro likewise have a very experienced leader in Tony Pulis, but comparing squads, I fancy the talent in the Villa squad a bit more. They’ve got the better ball-players such as Robert Snodgrass and forward Ross McCormack, and an equally solid defense led by former Chelsea captain John Terry. As things stand, I fancy Villa to win the promotion playoffs. I also think Derby County are more likely to overtake Millwall and claim the final spot. That’s no disrespect to Neil Harris and what he’s done with his Millwall team that were promoted to the Championship just this year. Write them off at your own peril — they won the playoffs last year to come up from League One and could very well do it again. Derby, though, just have that much more quality and know-how in the squad with former quality Premier League players like Tom Huddlestone, goalkeeper Scott Carson and Marcus Olsson. They have in their ranks current league-leading goalscorer Matej Vydra, who has been in a similar situation with Watford, as well as David Nugent, who has made his name scoring goals for fun in the Championship. One final team to watch might just be Alex Neil’s Preston North End. Neil has done an excellent job since leaving Norwich City, and with young talent like Josh Harrop, they could still yet make a late push. With a few weeks to go, it’s still anybody’s game. For me, though, it’ll be Wolves, Fulham and perhaps one of Cardiff, Villa and Derby in England’s top flight next season. Yuan Jun Chee is a junior majoring in history and international relations. Yuan Jun can be reached at yuan.chee@tufts.edu.

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Sports

Thursday, April 19, 2018

MEN’S LACROSSE

Jumbos suffer first loss, bounce back against Bobcats

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Sophomore midfielder Nick Shanks protects the ball from an Amherst defender in Tufts’ 20–16 loss at Bello Field on April 14. by Onat Tarimcilar Staff Writer

The No. 6 Tufts men’s lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, losing 20–16 to No. 4 Amherst. The Jumbos bounced back, however, with a 20–12 win over the Bates Bobcats on Tuesday night. The up-and-down week has Tufts (11–1, 7–1 NESCAC) tied atop the conference standings with Amherst and Wesleyan. Tufts’ game against Bates (7–6) on Tuesday night in Lewiston, Maine, initially mirrored the team’s loss to Amherst. After trailing in the second quarter by scores of 8–4 and 10–7, the Jumbos caught fire with a massive run. Unlike in its loss to Amherst three days prior, though, Tufts refused to relinquish its lead. The Jumbos’ commanding 9–0 run started with a goal by sophomore attacker Matt Treiber at the 3:51 mark of the second quarter and was not broken until senior attacker and co-captain Clarke Jones scored for the hosts with just over 11 minutes left in the fourth. By that point, Tufts had erased its three-goal deficit to take a 16–10 lead. The Jumbos coasted to their seventh NESCAC victory of the season, scoring four more goals in the final quarter. “Momentum is extremely important to our team and our style of play,” junior

midfielder Nick Katz said. “The energy starts from the sideline, and we have to bring that to every game. The key is just continuing to sell out on the field and having the right demeanor.” The Jumbos were buoyed by four goals from their leading scorer, junior attacker Ben Connelly, and received three-goal performances from a trio of players: Treiber, senior attacker Andrew Seiter and sophomore midfielder Nick Shanks. After a disappointing showing against Amherst, junior midfielder Henry Hollen returned to his usual form, controlling 20 of 35 faceoffs. Sophomore goalie Mason Pollack made 10 saves for his eighth win of the season, and Tufts’ defense buckled down in the second half, allowing just two goals. Most importantly, the Jumbos showed an ability to quickly bounce back from a tough loss — something they were unable to do last season, when they lost six of their last eight games. “Nothing changed in our preparation,” Katz said. “The hard work showed on the field against Bates, and that has to be the standard.” On Saturday, Amherst (11–2) was in complete control of the first half, going up 15–4 late in the second quarter to put host Tufts in its first double-digit hole of the season. The Mammoths dominated the Jumbos in nearly every statistical metric in the first half, as the

visitors went on a 7–0 run late in the second quarter to take a 10-goal advantage into halftime. Amherst outshot Tufts 35–25 in the opening 30 minutes and held a plus-five advantage in ground balls. The Jumbos didn’t sugarcoat anything about the first half, which was clearly their worst stretch of the season. “We need to be better,” Hollen said. “We didn’t come out the way that we needed to, and [we] let them go on a run. We need to play full games to win.” Hollen, who has typically been very reliable at the face-off dot for the Jumbos, went just 14-for-34 on Saturday. The San Diego, Calif. native’s subpar performance was not the only disappointing one for the hosts. Tufts’ defense, which had carried the team in its previous three games, conceded 15 first-half to an Amherst team that ranks third in Div. III in scoring offense, averaging 17.15 goals per game. The Jumbos had allowed 15 goals in an entire game only once all season, in a 16–15 win over the Cortland Red Dragons on March 25. Moreover, Tufts’ offense scored just five goals in the first half after netting at least seven in the opening 30 minutes of every game. With five goals on 25 shots, the Jumbos’ conversion mark fell well short of their season average (32.2 percent). “We lacked focus in our fundamentals, and it hurt us,” Hollen said.

The second 30 minutes at Bello Field was a completely different story, however. Tufts held Amherst scoreless for nearly the entire third quarter and netted six goals of its own during the period to cut the deficit to five entering the fourth. Shanks and senior midfielder and co-captain Frank Hattler each had two goals during the Jumbos’ run. The hosts’ surge continued into the fourth quarter, as the Mammoths failed to find the net in the first four minutes of the final frame. Meanwhile, the Jumbos tallied three goals — including two by Treiber in man-up situations — to close the score to 16–14. The 9–1 second-half run was typical for the Jumbos, who have scored in bunches all year. “Lacrosse is a game of runs,” Hollen said. “We pride ourselves on being able to take punches and hit back harder.” Unfortunately for Tufts, Amherst returned to its first-half form with 10 minutes to play. The Mammoths rattled off four straight goals in a span of five and a half minutes to increase their advantage to six, effectively putting the game out of reach. After its come-from-behind win on Tuesday night, Tufts turns its attention to its final two regular-season games. The team will visit Middlebury (8–5) on Saturday afternoon before hosting Bowdoin (8–4) in its season finale on Wednesday.