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Monaco says Sackler investigation complete, discusses mental health at town hall by Alexander Thompson News Editor

University President Anthony Monaco announced the completion of former U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern’s report on Tufts’ ties to opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family in a town hall last Friday. The report will be presented to the Board of Trustees at its upcoming November meeting before being released to the public by the end of the year, Monaco said. “We’re hyperfocused on this, but I will have something to say publicly hopefully by the end of the calendar year,” Monaco said. The report was written after an independent investigation by Stern into donations to the university from the billionaire family widely blamed for the opioid epidemic and the influence that the family may have exerted over the university. These allegations surfaced in a lawsuit against the family brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and a Tufts Daily investigation. The town hall consisted of a 35 minute PowerPoint presentation covering a range of subjects, including the recently released Mental Health Task Force report, the newly created Bias Response Teams (BRTs) and the university’s budget, before taking a few audience questions at the end. Monaco devoted the biggest chunk of his presentation to mental health on campus.

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University President Anthony Monaco gave a presentation covering a range of topics, including the Stern Report, mental health and university finances at an Oct. 25 town hall in the Barnum Hall auditorium. The rate of students using Counseling Monaco explained that the increasing and Mental Health Services (CMHS) on severity of cases is even more worrying than campus has risen about 1% per year on the increasing quantity, as the university the Medford campus from around 14% of has seen a spike in cases of acute distress, students in 2005 to 28% this year, a rate including bipolar disorder, major depressive approximately five to 10% higher than the disorder, suicidal ideation and self harming. national average, according to Monaco. Monaco spoke sympathetically of the He explained that this was likely impact that these issues have on the stubecause Tufts has fewer barriers to access dents struggling with them, as well as the than other institutions and has higher impact on their friends, classmates, parquality services. ents and professors.

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“I can hear lots of students who feel stressed by having one of their friends go through this and feeling that they’re kind of watching out for them,” he said. “That’s not easy for students at this age.” He said the university did not have good policies for early identification of students with mental health issues compared to other universities and that the medical leave policy was difficult for students to navigate. “We cleaned all that up,” he said. The president also touched on the financial challenges the trend entails, especially the increased need for CMHS funding, personnel and facilities, and said he will work to secure philanthropic funding to confront the issue while chairing a steering committee to keep the university’s focus on the issue. Before he tackled mental health, the president began his town hall by addressing upcoming retirements, including Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Thomas McGurty, who will step down in December, as well as lauding successful efforts to secure a series of million-dollar federal grants and the reforms to the Confucius Institute on campus. The newly announced BRTs, which were created in response to a string of acts

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Panelists discuss decolonization, colonial struggles in Fletcher conference by Sofie Pedersen Contributing Writer

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy hosted a conference titled “Decolonizing International Relations: Law, Development, Resistance” on Friday. The conference included a three-part panel. Each section highlighted a different aspect of decolonization. Sections were titled “Re-examining the Foundations and Practice of International Law, People Power,” “Strategic Non-violence Bottom Up Approaches,” and “Moving Beyond NorthSouth Development Practices.” The conference took place in the ASEAN Auditorium and lasted from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Attendance varied for each panel with around 50-100 people at each event. Three working sessions were also held after the first panel where participants

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of the conference got the opportunity to work and listen more closely to some of the panelists. These sessions lasted about 80 minutes each. The sessions were titled “Environmental Justice in Practice,” “Movement Methods” and “International Development in Practice.” Rachel Kyte, the dean of the Fletcher School, gave the welcoming address after the opening remarks, which were hosted by Danielle Tomlinson and Nigel Robinson, both graduate students at the Fletcher School. “It is an opportunity, an urgent opportunity, to examine our shared assumptions about the world,” Kyte said about the conference in her opening remarks for the audience. The second panel focused on resistance and decolonization in international relations. In particular, it addressed For breaking news, our content archive and exclusive content, visit tuftsdaily.com @tuftsdaily

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and critiqued the difference between violent resistance and civil resistance. The panelists featured Maria J. Stephan from the U.S. Institute of Peace, Sean Chabot from Eastern Washington University and Tufts Anthropology Department Chair Amahl Bishara. The panel was moderated by Professor Douglas A. Johnson from Harvard Kennedy School. The panel opened up to questions from the audience after its discussion. “Why are we engaging in violence? If I’m defending my way of life is that really violent? Or is that my way of being nonviolent in that moment? If I’m building my own way of life and communities, isn’t that also a form of nonviolence? Why don’t we see that as legitimate?” Chabot said during the discussion to explain the difficulties in labeling resistances as being either nonviolent or violent and how that can become problematic.

“We want to also think about decolonizing civil resistance, and we might also think about histories of solidarity,” Bishara said. When an audience member expressed concern that the panel would be discussing crises and policies around the world without panelists from each region, Stephan suggested that more forums would be needed in the future. “I would recommend 10 other future panels, workshops and events involving leaders of resistance movements around the world and have them share their stories, their strategies and tactics and have the whole community engage with that,” she said. The third panel featured speakers including Sidi Omar, who is the UNESCO chair of philosophy for peace, Kyla Rathjen,

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continued from page 1 Global Advocate Program Management and Inclusion Lead for Mama Hope, and Sumeeta Banerji from the U.N. Office for South-South Cooperation. Mahmood Mamdani, a professor in the anthropology and political science departments at Columbia University, delivered the keynote address for the event. According to the event description, Mamdani’s work focuses on the history of genocide in Africa, human rights theory and other topics. The closing remarks were given by Associate Professor with the Fletcher School Kimberly Theidon, a writer and medical anthropologist focusing on Latin America. She reiterated the time and effort put into the execution, planning and making of this conference that was stated earlier in the morning by Robinson. “It’s not the work of one day, it’s not the work of one or five people, it is the work of a lot of people,” Theidon said.

Monaco addresses university budget, BRTs at public meeting TOWN HALL

continued from page 1 of hatred on campus earlier this semester, were next up on Monaco’s agenda. He said that the BRTs are still in the planning stages, but that they will “formalize” the university’s existing responses to such incidents. After addressing the BRTs, Monaco thanked the university community for the difficult choices it made to slim down Tufts’ budget and presented optimistic projections for operating surpluses, ranging from $5.7 million this fiscal year all the way to $28.9 million in fiscal year 2024.

He cited the newly created University College’s efforts to reach non-traditional students like high school summer programs and renting lab space at the Boston Health Sciences Campus as key areas of revenue growth. He warned the surpluses would be badly needed if the much-hyped recession arrives in the next few years. Monaco wrapped up his address by announcing his desire to see Community Housing, university-owned renovated wood-frame houses for upperclassmen, expanded from the Medford side of campus to the Somerville side.

Efforts to expand Tufts housing into Somerville in the past has provoked fierce opposition from the Somerville community, and Monaco was quick to clarify that the university would like to approach the city about renovating existing new wood-frame houses “or adding one or two more” near Metcalf Hall, “not on the outlying streets” over the next few years. While the town hall was open to administration, faculty, staff and students, the audience that filled about half of the Barnum Hall auditorium was almost entirely made up of administrators.

Details: TheWomen’s Center will build a popcorn bar and screen “Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior” (2006). A discussion on the movie and media consumption for children will follow. Where and when: Tufts Women’s Center, 55 Talbot Avenue; 7:30–10 p.m.

Details: The university chaplaincy will hold its annual midnight organ concert the night of Halloween, featuring pieces such as Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” and Koji Kondo’s video game music. Where and when: Goddard Chapel; Oct. 31 at 11:50 p.m.–Nov. 1 at 12:20 a.m.

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Keynote speaker Dr. Mahmood Mamdani addresses the audience during the Decolonizing International Relations Conference in ASEAN Auditorium on Oct. 25. This event marks the second Azlan and Khadija Mohamud, the conferDecolonizing International Relations ence seeks to contrast Western-dominated conference at Tufts. Organized last year narratives its founders experienced at by second-year Fletcher students Latifah Fletcher.

MONDAY “Lunch & Learn with Max Felker-Kantor” Details: Max Felker-Kantor (LA’06) will discuss his new book “Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD” (2018), which focuses on how the Los Angeles Police Department has consolidated power since the Watts riots in 1965. Where and when: CHAT Seminar Room, 48 Professors Row; 12–1:15 p.m. TUESDAY “Popcorn and a Movie: ‘Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior'”

WEDNESDAY “TUSC Tarot Card Readers” Details: The Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC) will bring tarot cards and other puzzles to the Campus Center. Where and when: Campus Center lobby; 11 a.m.–2 p.m. THURSDAY “Halloween Organ Concert”

FRIDAY “Either/Orchestra” Details: The jazz ensemble Either/ Orchestra, along with guest Teshome Mitiku, will play at Tufts. The band is known for its mix of pop, Latin and Ethiopian music. Where and when: Distler Performance Hall; 8–10 p.m.

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Hillel connects Jewish community through The ‘home bias’ in Initiative for Innovative Community Building

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hen we talk about stocks and “the market,” we usually think about the American market — companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. A local focus pervades into the portfolios of American investors, who tend to invest the majority of their equities in domestic companies. In fact, across the world, investors have a “home bias”: a tendency to invest most of their equity in stocks from their own country. However, increasing diversification across the globe allows investors to reduce their exposure to risk. There are a variety of reasons investors tend to focus on their home country. Mainly, investors feel a sense of familiarity by investing in what they “know.” There are common misnomers related to familiarity: that investing in companies you’ve heard of — think name brands like Nike, Walmart and Starbucks — will lead to higher returns. There is no quantitative evidence to defend this fallacy, but because it feels better and safer, we prefer it. For Americans in particular, we know we have the world’s strongest economy, but we might not understand how it fits into a global context, leading us to invest a large portion of our portfolio in U.S. stocks. A good way of understanding the role of the American economy within the world stage is by looking at its share of world market capitalization. The market capitalization (typically shortened to “market cap”) is the price of a company’s stock multiplied by the amount of shares outstanding; hence, market cap provides a measure of the company’s value by telling you the hypothetical cost of purchasing all its shares. When looking at the country level, the market cap for any country’s stock market shows what portion of the global stock market the company constitutes. Since 1970, the U.S. stock market has ranged between 30–60% of the global market cap. For the past five years, the U.S. market has accounted for about 50% of the global market cap. So, if you bought only U.S. stocks, you would limit yourself to only half the existing market! The first key implication of the “home bias” is a heightened exposure to risks. By only investing in stocks from your home country, you overexpose yourself to risks specific to that country. With global diversification, you effectively buffer yourself against risks related to your home country. Due to globalization, increasingly interconnected economies and the presence of multinational corporations, you might believe the U.S. stock market is already globally diversified enough. Well, it is true that in 2015 44.3% of the revenue of S&P 500 constituents came from foreign countries. However, the sectors of the U.S. economy differ from those of other nations across the world. For example, if the information services sector flopped in a given year, but the materials industry thrived, you would be especially hurt by investing in an economy that favors the former over the ladder. No matter where you come from, remember to overcome the familiarity of investing only in stocks from your home country. Global diversification allows you to reduce volatility and access the returns of foreign markets. Ryan Gell is a senior studying economics and history. Ryan can be reached at ryan. gell@tufts.edu.

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The Granoff Family Hillel Center is pictured on Oct. 19, 2014. by Amelia Becker Contributing Writer

Each student has their own unique experience with Judaism through their individual upbringing, which can make Tufts Hillel feel intimidating to some. With this in mind, the Initiative for Innovative Community Building works to focus on meeting students where they are. “I think people … come from very different Jewish backgrounds, and Hillel is not always comfortable for people to find their Jewish community,” senior Community Building Fellow Dani Musoff said. The Initiative for Innovative Community Building serves to expand the Jewish community on campus beyond the walls of Hillel. Focused on student voices, the initiative works to create space for those who want to be involved. Rabbi Jordan Braunig, director of the initiative, acknowledged that while he sees the Hillel center as a wonderful space, he understands that some individuals may not see it in the same light. “I’m always thinking about what can be happening in this building to make it feel more radically inclusive and welcoming to every person who steps into it,” Braunig said. At the same time, he expressed excitement about using the spaces that already exist on campus for the community to continue to grow. The Initiative for Innovative Community Building existed before Braunig came to Tufts, but it has expanded greatly since he assumed the role of director. “It used to be in its prior iteration about eight to 10 students doing a lot of … far reaching networking and engaging people in Jewish life around campus, and since I’ve been here now we have like 24 fellows,” Braunig said. The program provides monetary support for fellows in the form of a “coffee budget,” aiming to bring as many people into the community as possible. “If what’s getting in your way of having the conversation is a $3 latte at the Rez, I can cover that,” Braunig said.

Fellows facilitate conversations about students’ experience with Judaism, or just about their life. “Fellows this year essentially just take people of their choosing that are Jewish on campus out to coffee and … maybe putting a Jewish lens on any other things going on in their lives, not just traditionally Jewish discussions,” senior Community Building Fellow Rebecca Gertler said. Braunig mentioned that he hopes students go beyond the surface level interactions that happen every day. Braunig also said that he welcomed questions about the group’s identity and who exactly they were within Hillel. “I feel like when the program is working its best, sort of full throttle, students are opening up space for different types of conversations than the norms,” Braunig said. The idea of making space and listening is central to the program. Musoff, a senior, said that there’s no agenda associated with these conversations. The goal of the conversations is to get to know someone else on campus. Fellows serve the role of reaching out and facilitating this exchange, and the program evolves based on those who are participating. “[We] listen to what their needs are and just what they’re interested in and build [the program] around them,” Musoff said. “There’s no ask at all, it’s really just creating a space for them.” Innovative programming can come out of the conversations between students and fellows. Rabbi Naftali Brawer, Neubauer executive director and university Jewish chaplain, said he believes a Jewish ritual is able to be expanded and made applicable to more people, even those who are not Jewish. He emphasized that the initiative is not about formal committees deciding what works best from the outside, but about having students shape the programming from the inside. “From these conversations with students, fellows are able to create programs that really answer the needs of the students,” Brawer said. One example Braunig pointed to is the topic of climate change. Multiple fellows

have heard students bring this up in their conversations. From this, Braunig wants to think about what Hillel, as a Jewish life center on campus, can be doing to address some of these concerns. Yet a conversation does not have to be about the policies at play. “[It can be] having a conversation that’s not always about the issue, but also about the values that are at play behind the issue and our human experience,” Braunig said. The program depends on its fellows to make it possible. Gertler and Musoff are responsible for logistical coordination and support of the program fellows, along with reaching out to students on their own. Braunig assists fellows in learning how to make space in conversations. “In my training, one thing I feel like I want students to see is that you can create meaningful relationships without being the primary person in every conversation … It’s not about the questions we ask, but it’s all about the spaces we give and about that act of contraction and stepping back,” Braunig said. Braunig also provides practical knowledge on how to actually ask someone out to coffee in a way that feels inviting. Along with aiming to create a community on campus, program fellows also said that they gain valuable skills. Gertler highlighted communication skills as one of the benefits of being a fellow. She said that part of this is learning how to truly listen. “We do a lot of training about how to reflectively listen and be a support system for someone, which is really helpful in life,” Gertler said. Musoff echoed this sentiment, emphasizing the importance of making space for others. Through the program, she said that fellows are able to create a community for the students involved and also for themselves. The program gives her the excuse to reach out and ask people to coffee, in the interest of getting to know them better. “I would reach out to people I normally wouldn’t have reached out to, but also it … led to conversations with some of my best friends who I see every day, who I thought I knew a lot about, and I did, but it made our relationships even deeper,” Musoff said.

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‘American Idol’ as ‘Parasite’ disarms before dealing final blow by Christopher Panella a microcosm

ome of you might’ve lost trust in the American electoral system in November of 2016 as high schoolers or undergraduates. It was May 21, nearly eight years earlier when my own naivete was taken from me by the failings of the mainstream electoral processes. However, on that fateful day in 2008, the country’s focus wasn’t on Florida or Pennsylvania, it was on the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif.: the season 7 finale of “American Idol” (2002–). David Archuleta was, in all ways, made to be on the cover of every issue of “Tiger Beat” and “J-14.” As a seven, nearly eightyear-old girl, I thought he had the perfect not-quite adult male voice that had the range to do both an emotional Jonas Brothers’ “When You Look Me in the Eyes” (2007) and a lighthearted “If That’s Not Love” (2007) by The Naked Brothers Band. However, the American Idol electorate was compelled to crown the mid-20s “rocker” David Cook, who chose to sing Switchfoot songs over John Mayer, the winner. From the joke candidates (e.g. William Hung, Sanjaya Malakar) that remained un-eliminated for the laughs to the season in which Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey distracted from the competition by fighting, American Idol, in many ways, can point to us the shortcomings of our country’s electoral system. It is, perhaps, the quintessential microcosm of American politics. Perhaps the implementation of rankedchoice voting would have prevented the elimination of Jennifer Hudson during its third season. The inevitable drama that accompanied the portion of Hollywood Week where contestants were forced to perform in groups might serve as an example of how our primary system is fundamentally flawed. And this might be a stretch, but the sheer number of country-leaning pop stars that have won the show might be indicative of an unrepresentative American Idol electorate. This phenomenon of monumental electoral failures in the specific context of talent-search shows is not bound by American borders. In 2010, the United Kingdom’s version of “The X Factor” (2004) produced Matt Cardle as its winner. While Matt Cardle, similarly to Cook, was certainly not untalented, also competing during the seventh season of the show was One Direction. Although the band ultimately went on to be so legendary that even their B-side songs like “Act My Age” (2014) are still works of art, their third place finish points to the idea that sometimes democracy fails. Comparing entities made solely for the purpose of entertainment and a process that is, ideally, meant to be purely serious is pretty risky. And admittedly, the last American Idol episode that I watched was probably when I was nine years old. But the many parallels between politics and talent-search shows expose the fundamental flaws in giving mass opinion so much power. However, whenever I bemoan the existence of the electoral college or the potential that was lost with “Australia’s Got Talent’s” (2007–) Bobby Andonov, I think of Winston Churchill’s proclamation that “democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Sammy Park is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. Sammy can be reached at samantha.park@tufts.edu.

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This review contains spoilers. There’s a sense, when things are going far too well, that something bad is coming. It could be the calm before the storm. The anxiety of life being too good to be true is similar; the idea of everything going right can’t exist without the acknowledgement that something will eventually ruin that winning streak. “Parasite” (2019) presents something similar — its humor disarms the viewer and its characters are likable. But it’s clear that the con job isn’t going to end well. That anxiety haunts “Parasite” and tortures the viewer. Director and writer Bong Joonho spends much of the first part of “Parasite” with the Kim family in their impoverished, dirty basement apartment. The father, Ki-taek, is unemployed. The mother, Chung-sook, and their two children, son Ki-woo and daughter Ki-jeong, make ends meet wherever they can. They fold pizza boxes for a pizza delivery company and mooch Wi-Fi from their neighborhoods. Nevertheless, they’re close. They laugh at each other — the love, despite their conditions, is there. When Ki-woo’s friend, who is traveling for study abroad, leaves the family with a large rock that is supposed to bring good fortune and suggests Ki-woo take over his job as an English tutor for the Park family, the Kim family suddenly sees an opportunity they can’t resist. The Park family is absurdly rich. Their house is modern and exquisite, their fridge is full of food and glass water bottles, and their bathrooms have freestanding tubs. The Kims begin to slowly infiltrate the Park house as individual workers with no familial relationships — talk about the ultimate con job. Ki-jeong becomes an art teacher/ therapist, Ki-taek takes over as a driver and Chung-sook is hired to replace Moon-gwang, the housekeeper. But the process involved is ruthless. Ki-jeong plants her underwear in the car of the previous driver, which Mr. Park and Mrs. Park discover and are disgusted by — and secretly turned on by, but that comes later — and the Kim family takes advantage of Moon-gwang’s life-threatening allergy to peaches and frame it as tuberculosis. It’s a vicious climb to the top, and the Kim family barely acknowledges the people they’ve gotten fired. How the viewer should feel about the Kim family kicking the previous workers off of the totem pole of success is not entirely black and white. It’s certainly something that brings out the individual viewer’s own ideology. Should the Kims only worry about themselves and remove everyone else from the equation? But the Kim family’s deception of the Parks is the best part of “Parasite” — it’s impossible to feel badly for Mr. and Mrs. Park and their children because of their blindness to the world around them. The Kims have plenty of good times in the Park house. They gorge themselves, get drunk and take long baths. But when Moon-gwang returns and discovers that the Kims are a family, is the viewer worried for

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A promotional poster for ‘Parasite’ (2019) is pictured. the Kim family? It’s that moment when “Parasite” twists and turns. Like a nice afternoon, the film is approachable — the Kim family is funny, and their con job is funnier — but now the storm is here, and rather than realizing their common enemy is the wealthy Park family, the fighting between the workers begins. It’s incredibly dark and almost a gut punch to watch as the conflict builds: Moon-gwang reveals her husband lives underneath the Park’s house, hiding from debt collectors and leeching off of the Park family. It’s shows a deeper level of the disparity of wealth between the workers and the Park family. Desperate to keep their jobs, the Kim family does everything to quiet Moon-gwang and her husband and prevent them from disclosing the Kims to the Parks, which eventually leads to the extremely upsetting death of Moon-gwang. She’s on the ground of the basement, bleeding out, moaning as her husband watches in terror, tied to a nearby pipe. And “Parasite” only gets dirtier from there. A storm causes the Kim’s apartment to flood, but it’s not only rainwater. Everything — trash, sewage — flow through their apartment. They try their best to rescue what they can, but the night leaves them gross and defeated. Mrs. Park notices this the next day and reacts to how disgusting Ki-taek smells as he drives her to do her shopping for a party. “Parasite” shows class conflict not just in status and resources, but

behavior. When Mr. and Mrs. Park have sex on the living room couch — unaware of the Kim family hiding underneath the coffee table — they fantasize about the woman who left her underwear in the former driver’s car, roleplaying as seedy and perverse. But in the morning, they take showers, wrap themselves in soft robes and talk about throwing a party for their son. They talk pleasantly about the rain from the storm. The Parks are completely removed from the impact of everything. They don’t think about the Kims as having their own lives, but as parts of their house, workers who are there to serve — both physically and psychologically. During the Park family’s son’s party, all hell breaks loose, and Moon-gwang’s husband, who was trapped in the basement by the Kims, breaks free from the basement. It’s a release of all of the chaos that’s been hiding underneath the surface, and it’s a horror to watch. And while “Parasite” ends where it began — the basement apartment, the Kims (or what’s survived of them) impoverished — it’s impossible to view the parallel scenes as similar. The calmness of the beginning, the idea that “Parasite” is purely humor with a tinge of darkness, is unhinged by its horrifying twist. The anxiety of the Kim family being caught and the consequences of their actions haunts even the good times of “Parasite.”

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‘Looking for Alaska’ clings to Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope by Phoebe Yates

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Turns out the Manic Pixie Dream Girl isn’t quite dead (or is she?). Hulu takes another stab at original content (okay, “The Handmaid’s Tale” was pretty good) in the young adult mystery “Looking for Alaska,” an eight-episode streaming miniseries that premiered on Oct. 18. Adapted from the wildly successful John Green novel of the same name, “Looking for Alaska” (2005) hurtles viewers back in time to the late 2000s, when young straight, white men seemingly couldn’t take 10 steps forward without having their worlds turned upside down by kooky girls with tragic pasts. If the name Ansel Elgort conjures up “The Goldfinch” (2019) and not “The Fault in Our Stars” (2014) — or if you’re unfamiliar with Zooey Deschanel’s entire filmography — you may need a quick refresher on what, or who, a Manic Pixie Dream Girl is. In 2007, A.V. Club critic Nathan Rabin coined the term to describe Kirsten Dunst’s character in “Elizabethtown” (2005) existing “solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.” Critics and audiences alike have since played fast and loose with the term, spotting them everywhere from Holly Golightly in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) and Natalie Portman’s quirky epileptic in “Garden State” (2004) to every single one of Lena Dunham’s “Girls” (2012–17). Rabin has stated in recent years that he finds the trope sexist. In 2014, he announced that he regretted inventing the term in the first place. Even John Green has declared the Manic Pixie Dream Girl a “patriarchal lie” that must be “stabbed in the heart and killed,” claiming he wrote his 2008 novel “Paper Towns” with the aim of deconstructing the trope. However, Hulu’s “Looking for Alaska,” on which John Green served as an executive producer, is raising that very “patriarchal lie” from the dead. “Looking for Alaska” follows the story of Miles (Charlie Plummer) as he transfers to his father’s alma mater, Culver Creek. The story is a fictionalized version of Green’s own boarding school experience, with Plummer playing an appropriately “broodingly soul-

ful” stand-in for the author himself. Settling into his new surroundings, Miles immediately wows his new roommate, The Colonel (Denny Love), with his uncanny ability to recall the dying words of famous figures. His favorite? Francois Rabelais’ “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” Here we are introduced to the series’ most heavy-handed theme. Within days of meeting the titular Alaska Young (Kristine Froseth), she has already urged him to shed his ordinary life and chase a better, more interesting one. Sound familiar? Per Rabin’s definition, Alaska’s primary role in the story is to help Miles “embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.” Their little gang (rounded out by their friend Takumi, an underused Jay Lee) proceeds to spend the first few weeks at Culver Creek talking about philosophy, smuggling around alcohol in cartons of sour milk and executing some pretty lame practical jokes as part of its ongoing “prank war” with a group of Culver Creek jocks unfathomably referred to as the “Weekday Warriors.” Whether intentional or not, Alaska is textbook Manic Pixie Dream Girl. The phrase “she’s not like other girls” might be a sexist old adage, but at Culver Creek, Alaska truly isn’t like other girls. While her female classmates fervently prepare for their upcoming Debutante Ball, she drinks strawberry wine, plays video games with the guys and crafts elaborate schemes. It’s understandable why Miles — a guy obsessed with the biographies of people living more interesting lives than he — is hooked. Froseth, as Alaska, can capably play the role of an enigma but struggles to endow Alaska with the level of charisma demanded by the plot. Certainly, if she were a living, breathing person, Alaska would be complex and multi-faceted. Instead, she comes across as two-dimensional — all meaningful looks and wooden feminist one-liners. In “Looking for Alaska” the only purpose Alaska serves is to imbue Miles’ life with meaning, and she does a pretty lousy job of even that. Originally intended to be a film, “Looking for Alaska” suffered an arduous journey from book to screen, shelved two separate times after years of false starts. This adaptation, premiering years after

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A promotional poster for ‘Looking for Alaska’ (2019) is pictured. the John Green-mania fueled by “The Fault in Our Stars” had long died down, lags as a miniseries. The introduction of Alaska’s disappearance halfway through doesn’t exactly rejuvenate it. The characters and their boarding school surroundings don’t gel enough to justify the sheer amount of exposition, and it’s hard to care about the relationships between characters when they lack chemistry.

“Looking for Alaska” has the bones of a classic teen movie, making much of the rest feel like filler. Watching the show, I found myself wishing Hollywood’s attempts to bring Green’s novel to the big screen had worked one of the first two times instead. If Alaska is a multi-faceted character trapped in an overused trope, “Looking for Alaska” is a movie trapped in a miniseries.

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Democratize access to athletic training facilities, health and safety resources Deep within the first floor of the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center lies the Mugar Sports Medicine Suite, which houses two services: the Tufts Sports Medicine Department and physical therapy services provided by the external group Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy Associates (OSPTA). Upon initial review, these operations seem very different. Tufts Sports Medicine provides ad-hoc and continued treatment from athletic trainers to specific athletes. OSPTA enlists physical therapists and treats anyone prescribed physical therapy by a doctor and follows standard medical billing procedures. However, these entities exist in the same space, treating patients with the same facilities and equipment. Additionally, as Director of Sports Medicine Matthew Whalen remarked, there is little difference in physical therapy treatment and athletic training treatment for orthopedic injuries — those who require physical therapy in the first place. In an email to the Daily, Whalen stated, “in a specific orthopedic injury case requiring physical rehabilitation, the difference in potential treatment [between athletic training and physical therapy] is minimal.” As such, OSPTA physical therapy and Tufts Sports Medicine perform similar work with only one clear difference: only varsity teams, club rugby and club

frisbee athletes can utilize Tufts Sports Medicine and athletic training services; all other students, including the majority of non-varsity athletes, must go through OSPTA physical therapy to receive treatment. Considering that OSPTA and Tufts Sports Medicine can provide essentially the same services, fast-tracking sports medicine resources to specific athletes is a clear issue of fairness. The root of this problem lies in the process of accessing a physical therapist. While Tufts Sports Medicine services are free for athletes, OSPTA requires a written prescription from a medical doctor, and according to Whalen, “physical therapy specific services are paid via insurance and the personal financial responsibility is dependent upon the individual’s insurance.” As such, some club athletes and non-athletes, who require sports medicine treatment beyond a quick, first-aid fix, must engage in an extended process of visiting a medical doctor before receiving physical therapy, leaving them without treatment for a longer period of time. Additionally, they must pay for physical rehabilitation services if their insurance stops covering treatment. In contrast, a varsity athlete can receive the same services free of an exhaustive process and financial burden. However, only some athletes receive these benefits. As mentioned, these sports

medicine privileges are reserved for varsity, club rugby and club frisbee teams. This excludes the many club teams exposed to just as much physical exertion as varsity athletes, including club teams like soccer, tennis, lacrosse, rock climbing, martial arts and volleyball. Additionally, simply engaging with college life comes with many physical risks. Whether it is twisting an ankle walking down the memorial steps, injuring oneself in the weight room or tearing a muscle after running to class in the rain, the potential for injury surrounds non-athlete Tufts students on a daily basis. Exclusive access to sports medicine facilities lacks equity. All students, no matter their athletic choices or affiliations, should be allowed to access athletic trainers and associated sports medicine resources. We urge the Tufts Sports Medicine Department to hire any necessary additional trainers in order to ensure full accessibility to this important resource. This is a problem of fairness, equal opportunity and safety, for nobody should be scared to join a club sports team or attend a rowdy rendition of “DONTTRUSTME” by 3OH!3. Resources meant to keep students safe and healthy should be open and available to all — especially if they’ve already been made easily accessible for some.

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Data privacy and cybersecurity

ccording to The Economist, oil is no longer Earth’s most valuable asset — it’s data, and we’re the source. Companies like Facebook and Google thrive off our personal information. In fact, nine of the world’s 10 most valuable corporations deal critically in big data. Whether it be Apple’s data-driven approach to cross-device integration or Amazon’s individually tailored advertisements, data is king in today’s day and age. Let’s explore what it means for everyday people to be the product of this new booming industry, and how companies like Facebook are exploiting the world’s citizens. In Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to the U.S. Congress last year, he reluctantly revealed a good deal of previously unknown information that shed light on how Facebook actually turns a profit whilst providing a seemingly free service. The social network collects user information and builds links between different profiles, then catering ads for specific individuals based off what their indicated interests are. While most information gathered is voluntarily provided by users, many individuals aren’t even aware of what data Facebook stores, or if they’re allowed to have it removed from their servers. Facebook also stores information on individuals who don’t have an account in what they call shadow profiles, which can contain any number of data points such as photos, names and contact information. All of this information is stored on Facebook servers and is regularly shared with other big data companies for varying reasons, one of which used the data to propel Donald Trump to an upset victory in the 2016 presidential election. Facebook’s data sales have been invaluable for the powerful few wishing to manipulate the masses. And while new laws are on the way to help regulate big data, security concerns may have already allowed for too much damage to contain. Cybersecurity threats are on the rise, and they’re not going away any time soon. Data breaches can be extremely costly to companies. With average losses of $13 million per year, the price of bad security is nothing to scoff at. But the cost to consumers, the people whose information is actually being stolen, is considerably more serious. Those unfortunate enough to have their information stolen (of which there are many) could face identity theft, fraudulent bank activity and account holds. The rise of cyber attacks paired with increasing global reliance on personal information allows big data to exploit the average consumer for billions of dollars. So what is to be done? Many experts call for the use of antitrust laws to break up big data companies much like Standard Oil was broken apart roughly a century ago. But data companies don’t check the necessary boxes to count as a legal monopoly as The Economist explains. New laws are the next logical solution. The Age of Information has fundamentally altered the way our society functions, and governmental regulations must reflect that. The longer the government waits to update its policies on digital monopolies, the more Americans will be exploited and exposed by the world’s richest corporations. Data protection is a human right. That right must be recognized. John Little is a sophomore studying computer science. John can be reached at john. little@tufts.edu.

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Bassett, Mukherjee reflect on stellar fall season

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ollowing the tumultuous NBA summer, the Boston Celtics enter the 2019–20 season with a young and fresh roster hoping to regain the momentum from their 2017–18 magical postseason run. Last year, poor team chemistry and sophomore slumps impeded the Celtics from legitimately competing for an NBA title. Kyrie Irving, who created a toxic locker room environment, has departed for Brooklyn in hopes of “running his own team.” General Manager and President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge countered the departure by signing Kemba Walker, an all-star point guard whose talent and attitude often get overlooked. However, even with Walker’s addition, NBA experts are expecting a mediocre season out of the “Big Green.” With new rookie additions and a weak Eastern Conference, the Celtics have the ability to exceed offseason expectations and make an unforeseen playoff push.

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Junior Harry Theodore sinks a putt on the 12th hole in the NESCAC championship qualifying tournament at Indian Hill Golf Club in Newington, Conn., on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017.

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continued from back page “We are excited for a productive offseason,” Mukherjee said. “And we are dedicating all our efforts to winning the championship at Williams in the spring.” With NEIGA being the final tournament of 2019, it was also a great oppor-

tunity for players to reflect on the fall season as a whole. “Everyone was extremely dedicated,” Mukherjee said. “We had a good group of [first-years], and our starters stepped up in the biggest of moments. Overall, this has been the most incredible season.”

Preparing for the spring is the next step for the Jumbos, where they will stare down their third consecutive NESCAC championship. They will sadly be missing two regular starters — Bredahl and Theodore — but there is widespread confidence that the deep squad will be able to go to Williams and put up a great fight in April.

Despite outstanding defensive 2nd half, Tufts falls to Hamilton five minutes remaining in the game, the Jumbo offense committed its fourth turnover of the game. Senior running back Dom Borelli attempted a pass in the end zone that was intercepted by defensive back Jared Schwartz. Hamilton ran the time out for the rest of the game, finalizing the score at 36–21 in favor of the Continentals. Civetti spoke about the prospects of the team moving forward, sharing the areas in which the team could improve. “[We need to] regroup, get back on track, and stay consistent,” Civetti said. “I’ve been doing this long enough, and I’ve been in far worse situations. We need to get back to basics and continue to prepare better than we did last week.”

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With two games left in the season, Holt spoke about his hopes for the remainder of the season. “I think we’re just going to keep going out and enjoying the time we have left with each other,” Holt said. “Focus on trying to finish this thing out as strong as we possibly can, and doing our job each individual play for the dude next to you.” Holt also mentioned his teammates, thanking them for the years they’ve had together on the program. “I’m gonna miss them. I love them,” Holt said. “It’s been a blast, and I couldn’t have played anywhere else, ever, so I’m thankful for them beyond measure.” The Jumbos will travel to Waterville, Maine, this weekend to face the eighth-place Colby Mules (1–6). Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

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continued from back page ed around his defender, adjusting in the left side of the end zone to make the solid two-handed catch. However, while the Tufts offense was able to score in their first drive of the fourth quarter, their second drive started at the Tufts 1-yard line. Pressured by the powerful Hamilton defensive line, Tufts was forced to punt in its own end zone. With no space, Hamilton’s special teams blocked the punt, resulting in a safety and putting Tufts down 36–21. With the Jumbos down by two potential scores, for a moment it seemed as though they had the possibility of staging a comeback attempt late in the fourth quarter. However, with less than

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Rookie Additions Ainge is famous for stockpiling draft picks — he covets them. During this year’s draft, the Celtics acquired four rookies: Romeo Langford, Grant Williams, Carsen Edwards and Tremont Waters. Looking to grab extra bench depth, the Celtics drafted three guards (Langford, Waters and Edwards) and one forward (Williams). The Celtics are well-known to give ample playing time to rookies — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown started most games in their respective rookie seasons. The Celtics needed a reboot; after last season’s collapse, the locker room needed fresh rookie faces. During the mid-season stretch, last year’s Celtics team struggled to create shooting opportunities. Langford and Edwards, however, are extremely capable of creating shots for teammates, especially Tatum, who struggles to find uncontested shots. As the season progresses, we Celtics fans hope to see major development and impact from the rookies.

Weak Conference For the past five years, the Eastern Conference has been known to be relatively bad; the top four teams are usually juggernauts, then the drop-off for the next 11 teams is absurd. In recent years, teams with near-losing records in the Eastern Conference make the playoffs. In the 2019 offseason, the already powerful Western Conference gained Kawhi Leonard, who left following an NBA Finals victory with the Toronto Raptors. The Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers remain well-coached. However, both teams have a weak bench and no 3-point shooting. The Celtics have the ability this season to beat up on weaker teams, gain a high playoff seed and ride an easy path to an Eastern Conference Finals appearance. Look, I know that the Celtics’ chances to reach the NBA Finals are relatively small; the Western Conference is unbelievable, and the 76ers and Bucks are both great teams in their own right. But the Celtics are capable of creating magic down the stretch. Gordon Hayward, Tatum and Brown will continue to develop, and hopefully, the rookies will create an impact and provide consistent scoring chances. In Brad Stevens we trust.

Matt Goguen is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Matt can be reached at matthew.goguen@tufts.edu.

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Football falls 36–21 to Hamilton on Parent and Family Weekend by Alex Viveros

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On Saturday, the Tufts football team fell in a 36–21 battle against the Hamilton Continentals (4–3) during the Friends and Family day game. With the loss, the Jumbos fall to a record of 3–4 and now hold seventh place in a competitive NESCAC conference. Fresh off their 49–0 victory over the Bowdoin Polar Bears the week prior, the Jumbos went into halftime with a disheartening 34–7 deficit. Despite a marvelous second-half defensive rejuvenation that constricted the Hamilton offense to no points in the third and fourth quarters, the Jumbos were unable to finalize on what for a moment seemed like a potential comeback performance. Coach Jay Civetti spoke about the result of the game, making it clear that moving forward, he hopes the team can perform better. “We did not play well,” Civetti said. “We need to play better, and we just need to work harder this week in order to get back on track.” Turnovers plagued the Jumbos early in the first half. On the opening drive of the game, Tufts senior quarterback Jacob Carroll threw a pass that was snatched out of the air by Hamilton defensive back Ian Esliker, who returned the interception to the Tufts 48-yard line. Although the Continentals were ultimately unproductive in their ensuing three-and-out drive, the Jumbos soon gave up another turnover, giving Hamilton the perfect scoring opportunity. On a drive that started at the Tufts 1-yard line following a lucky bounce off of the punt, the Jumbos executed a series of runs to try to create some distance between themselves and their own goal line, even choosing to substitute Carroll for the more run-heavy first-year quarterback Trevon Woodson. However, an exceedingly high snap at Tufts’ own 22-yard line led to a mad scramble for control of the ball by Woodson and a multitude of the Hamilton secondary. By the time the play was over, the Continentals were waving their arms toward the Jumbo endzone, celebrating their ball recovery at the Tufts 10-yard line. Hamilton was quick to score off of their fortuity. Although one of the Continentals’ passes was broken up by sophomore defensive back Brandyn Jones, quarterback Kenny Gray completed a pass to wide receiver Sam Robinson to put Hamilton up 7–0 six minutes into the game.

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Junior running back Mike Pedrini runs the ball in the homecoming football game at Zimman Field against Bowdoin on Oct. 19. Civetti commented on the turnovers, accrediting them to Tufts’ disappointing loss. “One of our key tenants is that we need to control the turnover battle,” Civetti said. “We didn’t, and that’s why we lost.” Following Hamilton’s first score, a bad three-yard punt off of the foot of Tufts firstyear punter Patrick Walsh once again gave Hamilton the ball in Tufts territory. Starting at the 36-yard line, Gray led a drive that ultimately ended in a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Will Budington, putting Hamilton up 14–0. Hamilton scored its third unanswered goal in the opening minutes of the second quarter. After starting at their own 48-yard line, the Continentals ground their way down to the Tufts 8-yard line. Running back Joe Park broke past the Jumbo secondary to set the Continentals at a 21–0 lead. By the third Hamilton touchdown, it was obvious that Carroll had had enough. Starting at Tufts’ own 33-yard line, Carroll crossed the 50-yard line for the first time in the game and went 3–4 on his ensuing drive. In just over a minute, Carroll finally gave the Jumbos points on the board by connecting with graduate student wide receiver Frank Roche in the red zone. The experienced wideout thereafter used a mixture of his speed and tenacity to shake his

defender off, sprinting into the endzone to set the score at 21–7. The rest of the second quarter was dominated by wide receiver Christian Donahoe. The slippery 5’11” receiver caught a 41-yard pass to set up a successful field goal for the Continentals. Later, Gray left the pocket and signaled to Donahoe for a long 54-yard pass that was caught and downed at the Tufts 11-yard line. Two plays later, Donahue caught an 8-yarder to put the Continentals up 31–7. A successful field goal attempt sealed a 34–7 lead for Hamilton at halftime. To the casual observer, it seemed that the game was destined for disappointment coming out of the halftime break. However, coming out of the locker room, the Jumbo defense owned the entirety of the second half. With fierce tackles, good reads and excellent coverage, Tufts was able to contain the Continentals to zero offensive points throughout the third and fourth quarters. The defense was led by three-time all-NESCAC senior linebacker and co-captain Greg Holt, who accumulated 12 total tackles in the game. Along with the defensive shutout in the second half, the Jumbos forced Hamilton to four three-and-outs. When asked about the strong defensive stance in the second half, Holt attributed

a large part of its success to the Jumbo coaching staff, as well as focusing on assignments. “We chalk that up to coaching and getting back to the fundamentals of what our coaches are coaching us to do,” Holt said. “I’d say in the second half, the biggest adjustment we made was just focusing on ourselves, and do what we were coached to do.” Civetti also commented on the team’s second-half defensive performance. However, despite their success, Civetti clarified that the first half remained unforgotten. “It’s a 60-minute game,” Civetti said. “You can’t play a half of football. We need to get better.” Carroll supplemented the performance of his secondary by throwing for an extra two touchdowns in the second half of the game. In his first two plays of the third quarter, Carroll made his way down 68 yards of the field, scoring on a 27-yard pass to Roche. Carroll’s second touchdown came in the fourth quarter when he connected once again with Roche to cut Hamilton’s lead to 34–21. Roche extend-

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Golf caps off fall season with 12th-place finish at NEIGA championship by Aiden Herrod

rotation to gain experience. Sophomore Adam Schwimmer, first-year Kemp Bassett and senior Sanjay Mukherjee all Tufts placed 12th out of 22 teams in the made the NEIGA lineup and logged valuNew England Intercollegiate Golf Associatoin able playing time. (NEIGA) Div. III Championship in Brewster, In addition to some of the newer Mass., to cap off off a stellar fall season. The players, mainstays junior Harry finish came off a team score of 333 strokes on Theodore and sophomore Mac Bredahl the first day of competition, which had them also competed, putting up quality numin 13th place at the end of Sunday, Oct. 20. bers to both tie for 12th after Monday. The team mightily improved on the next day, The two rallied on the second day and scoring 323 for a 10-stroke improvement and were a large contributing factor to the a jump from 13th to 12th. Jumbos’ advancement from 13th to After clinching a berth in the NESCAC 12th. Theodore shaved two strokes off championship next spring, the NEIGA his initial 79 to card a 77 on day two, Championship was an opportunity for while Bredahl improved from an 80 on some players outside the regular starting day one to a 76 on day two. Staff Writer

The Captain’s Golf Course proved to be challenging for the Jumbos. “The course is quite tricky,” Mukherjee said. “There are trees everywhere, and you have to be extremely accurate.” The difficult course, paired with the massive field of competitors, left little margin for error, and the Jumbos ultimately came up a bit short of what they were hoping for. Tufts was only three strokes off of the 11th-place team, Salem State University, and four strokes away from 10th-place Endicott College. Despite being slightly dissatisfied with their finish, the Jumbos had many impressive highlights throughout the tournament. Bredahl took over the 12th hole on Sunday with an eagle, while Theodore capped off

the weekend with two straight birdies on the final two holes. While the team came short of their expectations, many players welcomed the opportunity to grow and learn from their experiences. “All in all I was very disappointed with how I performed this weekend,” Bassett said. “With that being said, I think this experience will help me a lot moving forward over these next four years as I’ve learned about what it takes to succeed in high pressure situations.” Many of the team’s takeaways concerned future performances, where the NESCAC championship looms.

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