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TEDxTufts hosts Mosaic in Motion by Abbie Gruskin

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Disclaimer: Mitch Navetta is a current social media editor and former executive social media editor at the Daily. Navetta was not involved in the writing or editing of this article. TEDxTufts hosted Mosaic in Motion on Sunday in Cohen Auditorium, a day-long event featuring talks from guest speakers, TEDx videos, refreshments and interactive art exhibits, with the goal of unifying a diverse range of voices and stories, according to Head of Marketing and Publicity Sarah Minster. TEDxTufts sold out the event, which marked its fifth year as a licensed TEDx group. Over 500 students and Tufts community members attended for the event, according to Mitch Navetta, a junior who is a member of the marketing and publicity team. TEDxTufts kicked off Mosaic in Motion at 12 p.m. with presentations from the first four speakers until 1:30 p.m., followed by an hour-long break for lunch from local vendors including Yoshi’s, the Oat Shop and J.P. Licks, Executive Organizer Akshat Rajan, a senior, told the Daily in an email. A second session of talks from the remaining four speakers followed, concluding at 4 p.m. During the break, Tufts groups sQ! and BEATs performed for attendees. Interspersed among the presentations were short videos curated by the TEDxTufts team and opportunities to interact with a pop-up art exhibit, according to Navetta, a junior. Rajan said that the event was the culmination of a year’s worth of work.

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Speaker Taylor Lomba addresses the audience in Cohen Auditorium on March 10. “The TEDxTufts team spends all year on this one day, we really try to make sure every minute of the day is filled with authentic experiences and we want our attendees to leave Aidekman arts center having felt a whole prism of emotions,” Rajan, a senior,

said in an email to the Daily. “We want people to feel like they are part of a global conversation about our shared future.” The eight speakers included students, alumni, faculty and lecturers carefully selected from over 500 nominations and

100 applications, according to Rajan. The search for speakers began in September with an application and interview process, according to Minster, a sophomore.

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Broadway Bridge to close for a year due to Green Line Extension, local residents raise concerns by Alexander Rowe Contributing Writer

The Broadway Bridge at Ball Square will be closed for a year due to the Green Line Extension (GLX) project beginning March 22. The closure is expected to affect the traffic around the university and the surrounding communities. During a public meeting held at Medford City Hall on March 6, some attendees raised concerns around issues of traffic and the extent to which affected residents would be informed. Terrence McCarthy, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) deputy program manager of stakeholder engagement, began the event with a presentation, followed by a Q&A session. McCarthy discussed the broader goals and

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projected effects of the GLX on communities as well as the specific changes that the bridge closure will bring. Rocco DiRico, director of community relations for Tufts, told the Daily in an email that the GLX will have a positive impact on the university. In particular, DiRico said that the GLX will facilitate transportation for the community members and among campuses. “[The GLX] will make it easier for our faculty, staff, students and visitors to come to campus using mass transit,” he said. “It will reduce the number of vehicles on local roads, which will have both traffic and environmental benefits.” DiRico added that the GLX will connect Tufts’ campuses in Chinatown and Fenway with the Medford/Somerville campus. For breaking news, our content archive and exclusive content, visit tuftsdaily.com @tuftsdaily

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Local residents, however, raised concerns about the closure, specifically safety and detour issues. An attendee at the event, Donald Carriger, said that the closure will make the traffic circle at Powder House Square more dangerous. “There’s gonna be too much cross traffic, so there could be potentially traffic issues inside the circle where everybody’s gonna ram into somebody … so that’s an accident waiting to happen,” Carriger said. Other attendees pointed to the lack of publicity for the residents. Mary Anne Adduci said that the closure had not been sufficiently publicized, especially for residents who did not own computers or use the internet. She said that the lack of communication with the GLX team has been an ongoing issue.

“Our big complaint is the lack of communication with the team. We’ve had [this] experience for the last 10 years; they hold meetings they don’t tell people about,” Adduci said. She added that public announcement door hangers that were distributed throughout the surrounding communities and at the event do not provide enough information for the affected residents. “I have been saying this forever: to please put a phone number on there for people that don’t have computers or who have a problem that you can’t solve by looking at a website,” she said. McCarthy responded by saying that the GLX team has made various efforts to

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news releases to traditional media outlets such as newspapers, radio, and TV; extensive roadway signage including variable message signs and hundreds of traffic signs installed on area roads, public meetings, business outreach, local neighborhood meetings, and the

distribution of more than 6,000 door to door leaflets,” McCarthy told the Daily in an email. The City of Somerville will host a similar community meeting on the GLX on March 13 at the East Somerville Community School.

Minster echoed this sentiment, saying that the speakers covered several distinct topics. “Our event challenges the notion of distinct singularity and disconnectedness of ideas,” she said. “When the talks are understood altogether, they create a larger, all-encompassing network of thought.” In celebration of their fifth anniversary, TEDxTufts integrated more interactive and performative experiences with the talks from speakers, according to Rajan. “One of my visions for TEDxTufts ever since I got here was to expand this event in terms of its marketing and partnerships,” Rajan said. “We’re excited for all the collaborations and want TEDxTufts to continue to be a day filled with curated experiences, not just curated talks.” Between presentations, attendees were encouraged to engage with interactive art exhibits on display throughout the auditorium, according to Navetta. Navetta said exhibits included comedy videos inspired by senior Matthew Stewart’s talk “Political Comedy” and a mosaic made from the colored pieces of paper students jotted their thoughts onto during a TEDxTufts tabling event in the Campus Center. “We asked Tufts community members three questions, ‘What moves you?’ ‘What is the shape of your life?’ and ‘How have you changed?’ and people responded in phrases,

paragraphs, doodles or even song lyrics,” Minster said. “We then assembled these answers into a beautiful mosaic art project.” TEDxTufts also partnered with a company that helped attendees make their own robots inspired by Vasanth Sarathy’s talk “Creative Robots and AI,” according to Minster. “These experiential art exhibits, as well as others, ask people to engage with others, talk about ideas and truly connect with the TEDxTufts event,” Minster said. Rajan told the Daily that the top three talks of TEDxTufts have been from undergraduate students Jordin Metz, Mary Travers and Justin Robbins. TEDxTufts has reached out to past team members and speakers to compile a video in celebration of the group’s success over the years, according to Rajan. “The total views on TEDxTufts talks come up to about 180,000,” Rajan said. “This means people have spent 39,000 hours or 1,625 days watching TEDxTufts.” Rajan said the TEDxTufts team hopes to inspire action within the Tufts community. “I feel like we have really established our organization as an idea-sharing platform,” Rajan said. “But in the next five years, we hope this platform grows and that people are able to realize that this can also be a platform to turn these ideas into action.”

A real scooter to the ankle On March 8 at 11:15 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a report of larceny in Lewis Hall. TUPD was notified by a student that their Razor scooter, which has orange wheels, had been taken from a common area. The student left the scooter in the common area half an hour prior to noticing it was missing. TUPD is currently investigating.

responded to an incident at 123 Packard Ave. A resident had thrown a party the night prior and, as a result, the house sustained damage to the main staircase bannister, an exit sign was broken, vomit was found in the basement, blood was found smeared on several walls, a second floor bathroom faucet overflowed and trash was found on the stairs. Custodial Services cleaned the bodily fluids and Facilities Services fixed the material damage. TUPD is currently investigating.

assisted a student who slipped and fell on ice on Bromfield Road. The student cut their right hand on broken glass from their cup and was treated by Tufts Emergency Medical Services.

Rage against Greek life On March 9 at 11:28 a.m., TUPD

Glass half broken Later that evening at 11:38 p.m., TUPD

continued from page 1 inform the affected residents. “For non-digital types who do not have access to computers, the project has made extensive use of automated (reverse 911) calls;

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continued from page 1 “From these interviews … we met as a whole group and decided on the eight speakers who were uniquely passionate about their ideas,” Minster said. “We were drawn to … ideas that were timely, but also ones that had potent calls-to-action and larger messages about enacting change.” Selected speakers underwent several months of coaching to prepare for the event, according to Rajan. Topics ranged from “The Spirit of Dance,” presented by dance lecturer Taylor Lomba, to “Agricultural Apocalypse” by Tufts senior Annie Bricker. All of the topics and speakers influenced the selection of this year’s theme, according to Navetta. “We choose our theme based on our speakers and not the other way around,” Navetta said. “After stepping back and looking at our selected speakers, we sought out what they all have in common and what listeners can take away from their ideas.” He said that the theme “Mosaic in Motion” arose from this discussion. “We wanted to emphasize that these potentially disparate topics all relate back to the human experience, forming a living, breathing, moving mosaic of what it means to our speakers to be human,” Navetta said.

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Run away ZBT (to the tune of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Run Away With Me”) On the same day at 11:45 p.m., TUPD was notified by members of Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity that an unwelcome individual attempted to enter the fraternity house at 126 Packard Ave. TUPD was unable to locate the individual, who was last seen running down Packard Avenue towards Powderhouse Boulevard.

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Allison Morgenstern Making my (Den)mark

Spring Break in Spain

just returned to Copenhagen after spending the last week traveling in Spain. This week was my free break and at the end of March, I’ll be going to Finland with my core class. My friend and I decided to go to Barcelona as the first stop of our spring break trip, followed by four days in Madrid — a total of eight days in sunny, beautiful weather. I finally got to wear some of my sundresses and T-shirts. And no big parka! It was quite a thrill. If you thought my Amsterdam puns were the end of my travel ‘jokes,’ well, guess again. Most — scratch that, all — of our days in Barcelona included several renditions of “Strut” (2006) from “The Cheetah Girls 2” (2006) or any of the other musical numbers from the Barcelonaset film (a quality Disney Channel Original Movie, if you haven’t seen it), but I promise that I didn’t choose to go to Barcelona just so I could sing these songs. Seriously. In all actuality, I have a friend studying abroad in Barcelona, so I got to visit her and see many of the classic tourist attractions. First up, we went to Park Güell, the park with probably the most Instagram-famous bench in the world. In other words, it’s a beautiful area that features Gaudí’s stunningly unique tile work. I couldn’t resist buying a Gaudí-inspired refrigerator magnet to bring home, even though my mom always yells at me for buying too many “tacky” magnets (sorry, Mom!). We also checked the Sagrada Familia off our lists, which was probably my favorite sight of the trip. From the outside, the church is absolutely ginormous. Looking up at its insanely high towers, it’s hard to believe someone could ever build something that tall and intricately designed. My inner art history nerd was definitely making an appearance that day. I immediately snapped some pictures to send to my first-year art history study buddy. Not only was the outside huge, but it seemed even bigger from the inside. The Sagrada Familia also has some of the most beautiful stained-glass windows I’ve ever seen. It was like we stepped into a kaleidoscope of rainbow colors reflecting off the walls and floor in all different shapes and patterns. I already can’t wait to attempt to paint the pictures I took with watercolors, though I doubt I’ll be able to accurately capture its beauty. Another one of my favorite parts of Barcelona was the La Boqueria market. I can’t totally explain why, but I’ve always loved going to huge food markets. I think it’s because family has always gone to market together whenever we travel. La Boqueria was full of brightly colored fruits, various nuts and cheeses and a whole bunch of other delicious food options. I opted for fresh mango both times we went, and it was definitely some of the best mango I’ve had. All in all, Barcelona definitely fulfilled my preteen, “Cheetah Girls 2” dreams. And I even got a tiny bit of a tan to bring back with me to Copenhagen! Allie Morgenstern is a junior studying child study and human development. Allie can be reached at allison.morgenstern@tufts.edu.

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History department remembers, celebrates Professor Christopher Schmidt-Nowara’s legacy by Dorothy Neher Contributing Writer

On June 27, 2015, Professor Christopher Schmidt-Nowara suddenly passed away at the age of 48. With the news of his death, many in the Tufts community — administrators, students and fellow professors alike — grieved. “It was a terrible loss,” said James Glaser, the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and a friend of Schmidt-Nowara. According to Matthew Ehrlich, a former graduate student at Tufts who began his master’s studies under SchmidtNowara, his absence left a void in the history department at Tufts. “Professor Schmidt-Nowara was the foremost scholar of 19th-century Spanish colonial history in the U.S.,” said Ehrlich. “After his death, the history department really came together. It was a shock for all of us.” In addition to being a highly respected scholar in his field, he was a leader among his colleagues at Tufts. In a resolution, the history department noted how he “formed and nurtured connections across the university” in his position as professor and the Prince of Asturias chair in Spanish culture and civilization. Beyond his academic success, his colleagues described him as being down-to-earth and kind. Elizabeth Foster, an associate professor of history who was a close friend of Schmidt-Nowara, said that in an academic world of stuffiness and prestige, Schmidt-Nowara was loved for his ability to not take himself too seriously. Foster fondly recalled discussing movie and sports trivia at length with him. “He was a star in his field, but you would not have known that from the way he comported himself,” she said. According to Beatrice Manz, the chair of the history department at the time of Schmidt-Nowara’s passing, the department organized a service in celebration of his life and compiled a remembrance book for his family comprised of significant papers and artifacts left in his office. Among these papers and artifacts was a manuscript. According to the resolution, in the time before his death, Schmidt-Nowara had just finished transcribing the diary of Lieutenant Franco Blanco White, a Spaniard who fled the Iberian Peninsula during the Spanish struggle for independence. According to the resolution, Manz stepped in to ensure that the book would appear in print. However, her area of expertise lies far outside the realm of the book, as she studies Asian history. At first, she anticipated handling only the legal aspects of the book’s publication. As the project progressed it became apparent that she would be tasked with a large share of the editing as well. Manz emphasized the fact that she did not work alone. She credited Ehrlich for being a great help and a driving force throughout the entirety of the process. According to Manz, it was he who found the manuscript, ensured that it was up-to-date and worked tirelessly to piece it together. The challenge of editing a transcribed text originally written by a non-native English speaker required Manz and Ehrlich to commit ever-increasing quantities of time to the project.

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Professor Christopher Schmidt-Nowara with one of his students at the Fordham College Lincoln Center. “It was difficult to figure out what might have been an original error in language and what might have been an error in Professor Schmidt-Nowara’s reporting of it,” Ehrlich said. To combat the issues associated with editing the text, they had to strike a delicate balance between establishing clarity while maintaining the voice of the speaker. They also tried to make changes only when they aligned with what they thought Schmidt-Nowara’s desires would have been. “It was just an attempt to get out the work he had done in a form that would not bother him,” Manz said. In the end, they settled on a conservative approach. “We made the decision to not tamper with it, to guess what [Schmidt-Nowara’s] intentions would have been, but to leave it as very much [Blanco White’s] own voice,” Manz said. However, those intentions were far from clear due to a lack of explicit instructions from Schmidt-Nowara. Deciphering the notes left on the unfinished manuscript became a major task in and of itself. “It was a project of historical research to gather the various pieces of the project in a way that made the most sense,” Ehrlich said. Manz said that it was with the help of the team at Louisiana State University Press, along with the research support team at Tufts, that they were able to complete the project. While Manz insisted that finishing fellow scholars’ books is fairly customary, other professors were want-

ed to highlight her contribution, emphasizing the great deal of work that was required of her and Ehlrich to publish the book. Foster emphasized the huge amount of time that both Ehrlich and Manz spent on the project without any expectations for personal gain. She attributed their sacrifices to Schmidt-Nowara. “I don’t think a lot of people would have done what [Manz] did. I think it goes to show the depth of the connections [Schmidt-Nowara] made here even though he wasn’t even here for that long,” she said. Beyond the history department, faculty members expressed their appreciation and admiration for Manz and Ehrlich’s work. Dean Glaser explained the importance of the publication of scholars’ works in the creation of their personal legacies. “What Professor Manz did to finish that up, so that this last part of Professor Schmidt-Nowara’s legacy could be fulfilled, was a very beautiful thing,” Glaser said. According to Ehrlich, the book is a reflection of Schmidt-Nowara’s dedication to telling historical stories that were often ignored. He explained that Schmidt-Nowara was committed to exposing wider historical processes related to liberalism, nationalism, slavery, race and ethnicity through the experiences of individuals. Professor Schmidt-Nowara’s last book, “A Spanish Prisoner in the Ruins of Napoleon’s Empire: The Diary of Fernando Blanco White’s Flight to Freedom,” was published in 2018. It serves as an enduring commemoration of Schmidt-Nowara’s work at Tufts.

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‘Cool Hand Luke’ Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra triumphs in

he Movie: “Cool Hand Luke” The Year: 1967 The People: Paul Newman as Luke Jackson (but given the nickname ‘Cool Hand Luke’), the prison’s newcomer who builds up a reputation, George Kennedy as Dragline, the high-spirited machismo of the prison who comes to idolize ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and Strother Martin as the warden who reveals himself to be increasingly sinister, known as ‘The Captain.’ The Non-revealing Plot: Luke Jackson is imprisoned for destroying municipal property. Aside from this introductory scene, and a few failed attempts at escape, the entirety of the film takes place in a Florida prison. Luke finds himself starting at the bottom but, thanks to his devilish smile and fearlessness, quickly becomes something of an idolized spectacle for the other prisoners, especially Dragline. The Unofficial Genre: An anti-hero, prison drama coated in religious imagery. My Opinion (Emotional): The film leaves it ambiguous as to how one is supposed to feel about its main character. Luke’s sheer commitment to not following the “rules and regulations” of society or of the prison is admirable. He’s a charming, character and his scintillating appeal works to convince viewers to see him the same way his fellow prisoners do — as a model for nobility in a struggle against the institutional incapacitation. However, it could be argued that Luke is more threatening than he is a martyr. Generally, we feel sympathy towards characters wrongfully put in hard situations — much like Tim Robbins’ Andy Dufresne in “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994). The difference in “Cool Hand Luke” is that Luke is rightfully imprisoned. No one watching wants Luke to be harmed, but they would not say that he is innocent. He initially enjoys the prison, as he’s able to show off his mischievous, rowdy side all while riling up support from his prison mates. However, he just as easily allows his inmate followers to lose their faith in him, as he submits to the authority of the prison guards. It becomes clear that Luke does not take life seriously because he does not care about maintaining a situation that is going well for him. He only has to serve a couple of years without causing a ruckus, and then he’s free. He tries, unsuccessfully, to escape three times. I was frustrated by Luke in equal amount despite admiring his chutzpah. My Opinion (Technical): The technical aspects of this film are not overly impressive. The camerawork is slightly interesting, if not relatively standard. The score is generally good, except for one escape scene of Luke’s where the mixture of instruments and sounds is bizarre and jarring. The direction and editing are by far the worst aspects of the film. Although, the acting is superb. Newman is excellent in the lead role, and Kennedy steals the show, creating a memorable, unique character. Overall Rating: The characters, acting and story are what make this film good, but the behind-the-scenes work is not up-topar. I’d give this movie a 7.3/10. If You Like This, You’ll Also Like: “Rebel Without A Cause” (1955) and “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994). Tuna Margalit is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Tuna can be reached at yonatan.margalit@tufts.edu.

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Conductor Matthew Hall leading the Handel and Haydn Society on March 10, is pictured. by Megan Szostak Contributing Writer

Matthew Halls led the Handel and Haydn Society in their Sunday, March 10 concert, which included performances of Mozart’s “Overture to The Magic Flute,” Carl Maria von Weber’s “Clarinet Concerto No. 1” with soloist Eric Hoeprich and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5.” Handel’s “Coronation Anthem No. 1” was also performed with guest conductor Emily Isaacson as a part of the 2019 Community Youth Collaboration. Isaacson opened the program by leading the H+H orchestra alongside students from various Boston-area high schools in George Frideric Handel’s “Zadok the Priest,” composed in 1727 for the coronation of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. The blend between the orchestra and the vocalists in this performance was particularly noteworthy, and the choir demonstrated its ability to remained synchronized with the instrumentalists even through complex, melismatic passages. After the performance of Handel, the spotlight went to the H+H orchestra and conductor Matthew Halls. The only word that could accurately capture Halls’ conducting ability would be ‘versatile.’ His capability to be subtle yet expressive demonstrates his extremely profound understanding of the music and his capacity to transmit that passion to each musician on stage. At several points throughout the concert, Halls extended this connection to the audience, and magically cued members to hold their breaths in moments of musical suspense, or to sigh in relief as tension is resolved.

From the first chords of the “Overture to The Magic Flute,” the H+H orchestra produced a coherent and classical sound, with each note played deliberately and clearly. Principal players Emi Ferguson on flute and Debra Nagy on oboe shone in their solo passages, both producing piercing and bright sounds that were easily heard above the lower winds and strings. As an orchestra focusing on performance of Baroque and Classical period works, the H+H Society is a small, yet coherent group comprised of musicians with historically informed performance training. Most musicians play on period instruments, including clarinetist and soloist Hoeprich, who gave a captivating performance of Weber’s “Clarinet Concerto No. 1.” On his clarinet modeled after a design by Griessling & Schlott, Hoeprich produced a warm, pure sound that filled the hall throughout the duration of the concerto, which is full of sonorous passages requiring great dexterity, breath control, and musicality from the soloist — all of which are traits of Hoeprich possesses. The work concluded with a well-deserved standing ovation. The second act consisted of a stunning performance of Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5,” which is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable and victorious-sounding works of orchestral music. Halls, keeping with the character of the symphony, began the first measures even before the opening applause had ceased, and took a thrillingly quick tempo, adhering to the ‘allegro con brio’ marking of the first movement. The fermatas on the fourth and eighth notes of the piece were held for a much shorter duration than is typical for performances of this work, but their short-

ened length contributed to the urgency established by the opening tempo. The principal motif of this symphony is introduced in the first measures and passed between instruments throughout much of the work. The melodic transfers were executed flawlessly in this extremely cohesive group, and the motific line acted as a structure upon which sub-motives and countermelodies were laid. The second movement strays from the rage of the first movement, and is characterized by a beautiful lilting melody first played by the violas. H+H, as a period orchestra, tunes to an A=430 Hz, a classical period tuning, which is upwards of 10 Hz below modern tuning. Overall, this lower tuning produced darker, mellower sound, which served this particular symphony well because even in the beauty of the second movement, there remains an underlying tension and uneasiness in the harmonies. This tension was articulated well by H+H through their historically accurate tuning and musicality. One of the greatest and most difficult transitions between movements falls between the third and fourth movements. Timpanist Jonathan Hess was perfectly engaged with Halls throughout this transition, and drove the accelerating tempo and enlivening character into the final movement. Halls led the orchestra to a triumphant finale, savoring every note and leaving the final chord to resonate in the air for several seconds after the musicians stopped playing. In one of the quickest standing ovations this reviewer has seen, the audience erupted before Halls even dropped his hands to indicate the conclusion of the performance.

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Steven Spielberg’s fight against Netflix

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Steven Spielberg is pictured at the San Diego Comic Con on July 22, 2017. by Tuna Margalit Staff Writer

From within the upper echelons of Hollywood, a campaign has been mounted against the ever-growing streaming giant Netflix. Recently, director Steven Spielberg has upped the ante on his attempt to block Netflix-produced films from being considered for Academy Awards. He plans to propose changes to the criteria that films must abide by in order to be eligible for an Oscar. Spielberg’s intention to propose changes comes after last month’s Oscars, where Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” (2018), which is primarily available on Netflix, won in three categories and was nominated for several more. Last year, in an interview with ITV news, Spielberg said, “I don’t believe films that are just given token qualifications in a couple of theaters for less than a week should qualify for the Academy Award nomination.”

Spielberg is universally regarded as a Hollywood titan and has been at the center of various shifts within the industry. Most notably, Spielberg is associated with the creation of the modern-day blockbuster, a phenomenon that started with his 1975 classic, “Jaws.” Since then, he has gone on to direct epics of all types — from the aforementioned aquatic horror “Jaws” to the alien sci-fi “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982) to the Holocaust drama “Schindler’s List” (1993) to the biographical crime drama “Catch Me If You Can” (2002) to the political thriller “The Post” (2017). His full-length filmography has spanned five decades, and his films are just as well-received and commercially successful as they were 44 years ago. The grandeur of his films has had a lasting effect on audiences for nearly half a century. A major, uniting theme in his filmography is the ability to create a memorable theatrical experience. The very existence of Netflix, even before it got to the point it is today as an emerging leader in the

entertainment industry, challenges all that Spielberg stands for as a creator of shared visual experiences. At the same time, however, eight Spielberg-directed films are available on Netflix for streaming. Spielberg acknowledged in the same ITV interview that Netflix and similar streaming platforms “take chances on smaller films,” which is crucial in a changing film industry where triedand-true movie formulas are increasingly becoming the norm. For this, a level of hypocrisy is present in Spielberg’s line of thinking. He is working against the very movies that can offset the uniformity and monotony of many of the films that are being released more and more. If the proposals that Spielberg plans to put forth are accepted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), movies would not be considered for Oscar nominations if they were produced by Netflix and other streaming services or if

they did not initially come out in theaters. If his proposals are not accepted, Spielberg’s struggle will likely become a defining moment in the transition manifesting within the film industry over the past few years. Regardless of the outcome, it is unlikely that Spielberg will be heavily affected as a movie creator. He holds such a high status that little can happen that would cause audiences to abandon his films. The only potential loser in this situation would be streaming services. Directors looking for funding would be turned off from production companies whose distribution methods were not compatible with the AMPAS’ requirements, and thus could not win any Oscars regardless of how much money they have to fund films. Steven Spielberg used to be considered a driving force behind the evolution of the film industry, but now he’s finding himself on the wrong side of history.

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How to make dining more accessible During a meeting Feb. 19, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met to hear a resolution regarding Tufts Dining. Some of the changes it proposed include extending the dining halls’ hours of operation, expanding dining uphill and including more options for halal- and kosher-observing students. We support these changes as part of an effort to rationalize and expand dining services and option. Dining hall hours should be extended. For various students, the time that the dining halls open on weekdays — 7:15 a.m. at Carmichael Dining Center and 7:30 a.m. at Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center — is too late. Many sports teams have practice before these opening times multiple days each week. For example, the women’s crew team usually starts its practice sometime between 6 a.m. to 6:45 a.m. Other students have early morning exams; Chem-0001 exams are sometimes held at 7:15 a.m., leaving students with no time to eat. Students should not have to take a test or attend practice with an empty stomach. It is not necessary for all dining options to open that early; it would be beneficial if students

could get food somewhere on campus early in the mornings. Such a change would help students fulfill their commitments without going hungry in the mornings. While students have a plethora of downhill dining spots including Dewick, Hodgdon Food-on-the-Run, the Commons Marketplace and Pax et Lox Glatt Kosher Deli, the students living uphill have significantly fewer options. This can lead to various issues, especially considering that Carmichael closes at 8 p.m. Students who need to eat during the night are able to grab food downhill; where Dewick is open until 9 p.m. on weeknights, and Hodgdon is open until 10:30 p.m. TCU Senate proposed adding a cafe in F.W. Olin Center for Language and Cultural Studies as a way to ameliorate this disparity. This cafe would be ideally placed, giving students uphill the opportunity to grab snacks in between classes during the school day and providing a chance to get something to eat after Carmichael closes. Further, the dining halls at Tufts should do more to include students who follow halal and

kosher diets. Dewick and Carmichael both serve halal grilled chicken breast at lunch and Pax et Lox is a kosher deli, but there are still constraints. For instance, halal hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken can be cooked to order upon request, but only at Carmichael at dinner. Rabbi Naftali Brawer, the Neubauer executive director at Tufts Hillel, told the Daily in an email that offering more halal and kosher options would enhance diversity and inclusion at Tufts. Brawer said he knew of kosher-observant students who wouldn’t apply to the university because their dietary restrictions wouldn’t be met. Tufts should make sure to implement a variety of changes to its dining options to make sure its students are able to eat when they need to, whether studying for a chemistry exam at 10 p.m. or before that same exam the next morning. Students should also have access to food that meets their religious requirements. All of these policy changes recommended by the TCU Senate would go a long way toward improving religious inclusivity and student life at Tufts.

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The Asian American Center needs a director, not an external review by a group of concerned Asian and Asian American students

We write as a group of Asian and Asian American students concerned about the future of the Asian American Center (AAC) and other Group of Six centers. Shortly after this semester, Linell Yugawa will retire from her position as director of the AAC. Her departure follows the recent departures of Women’s Center Director K. Martinez and Latino Center Director Julián Cancino in April and December 2018, respectively. No job listings for permanent director positions at the Latino, Women’s or Asian American Centers have been posted. Instead, Tufts University is only hiring for Interim Programming Administrator positions at the Latino and Women’s Centers — both of which are listed as a “limited appointment position” until Oct. 31, 2019. Currently, there is no posting for an Interim Programming Administrator position at the AAC. The precarious position of Interim Programming Administrator reflects the university’s lack of investment and support for the Group of Six. The Office of the Dean of Student Affairs (DOSA) has often told students advocating for increased resources to the centers that a university-wide budget deficit makes their demands impossible. Nevertheless, DOSA plans to spend a starting cost of between $10,000 to

$15,000 to hire external consultants to review the Group of Six’s operations. We were given this estimate during a meeting on Feb. 26 with Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon and Assistant Dean Raymond Ou. We clearly expressed our concern with this spending. Nevertheless, they told us this report would give them “evidence” to “deepen support” to the centers, despite having many strong testimonies from Tufts’ own students and center directors about what types of support the centers need. We are concerned that this review is being used to undermine and potentially dismantle our center’s communities. It is an incredible oversight to go forward with this study without a full staff. In regards to the AAC specifically, upper-level administrators have intentionally decided not to fill Yugawa’s position while she is still here. This decision reflects ongoing administrative negligence and destroys any chance of a stable director transition following Yugawa’s departure. It is an act of blatant disrespect of Director Yugawa and the other directors and reflects a structural devaluation of the Group of Six director positions. The absence of directors at three of the five identity-based centers is a crisis — Tufts University’s failure to immediately fill these vacancies is a blatant disregard for racial justice on this campus. We believe in preserving spaces for students of historically marginalized identi-

ties. We write urgently with a commitment not just to the centers as they exist now, but to the possibilities they hold for future generations of students. We cannot let the university define our realities and possibilities. We do not need to be externally reviewed. Our centers are identity-based administrative offices that have often been unwelcoming to students; we understand from our own experiences that they have their faults. But job searches and external reviews conducted over the summer in the absence of directors and students cannot actually be about supporting students or addressing any of these historically continuous issues. Do not exploit the challenges that people of marginalized identities face in building community. This review is being conducted under the false pretense of deepening support while systematically devaluing our center’s spaces and the legacy of decades of students and community members who fought for the centers and believed in us. Our centers are born and maintained by a legacy of resistance. It is important that we remember and uplift those histories. A letter to Dean McMahon, Dean Ou, Dean of Arts and Sciences James Glaser, and Dean of Engineering Jianmin Qu sent Thursday, March 7, following up on a previous meeting with Dean McMahon and Dean Ou, is published online. We look forward to upcoming conversations.

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Noah Mills Spaceship Earth

The bottom deck of a sinking ship

hen thinking about the Titanic, images of drowning and loss spring to mind; however, this was not the fate of all those aboard the ship. In fact, more than half of the wealthy people on board survived the shipwreck, and lived on to tell their stories. While 61 percent of first-class passengers survived, only 42 percent of second-and 24 percent of third class passengers survived. In fact, if you were a third class passenger, you were less than half as likely to live as your affluent first-class counterpart. Now as our spaceship Earth heads towards its own iceberg — or lack thereof — it is important to understand who will be hurt the most by the conflict and chaos caused by rising oceans and rising temperatures. From a global perspective, living in the United States gives one a significant amount of privilege. That is a generalization, of course; as a consequence of the absurd wealth distribution in this country, along with simple racism and classism, there are plenty of people who do not experience these privileges. Nevertheless, many here benefit from some privilege. This privilege gives us some protection from the most immediate hazards of climate change. There are programs to help those who are forced to retreat from coastlines and to rebuild property damaged by increasingly common floods, making climate change more of an inconvenience than an immediate bodily threat. This is not to say that we will not have to fight wars when food shortages become particularly bad, but it will not be us who are the first to starve. Through centuries of imperialism, the United States has created a temporary shield against climate change that will protect its more well-off citizens from the harshest effects of climate change. Nevertheless, we must confront the fact that our comfort comes at an extremely high cost. We must fight apathy and use the reality of the damage being done around the globe to those less fortunate than us to motivate others into action. We must make sure that we recognize that somebody born somewhere else has just as much of a right to life as we do. On a sinking ship, the consequences are very clear and present. Unlike the Titanic, however, there is enough room for everyone aboard the Earth’s lifeboats; but if we as a society remain apathetic and unwilling to work to improve the world, not everyone will make it. The actions you take to hinder the course of climate change are important. Lives are on the line and, if significant change is not made, those on the bottom deck of our spaceship Earth may not make it. That is something we must neither accept nor compromise on. No longer can those who benefit the most from allowing climate change to happen be in charge. No longer can we put profit over the lives of others. No longer can we allow anyone to be complacent in watching the ship sink into the awful depths below with our fellow humans trapped inside. Noah Mills is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Noah can be reached at noah.mills@tufts.edu.

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The Jumbos move onto outdoor track season after indoor nationals MEN'S TRACK & FIELD

continued from back page was amazing for racing, so it was honestly one of the most fun races I’ve run in a long time.” With the end of the indoor season, the Jumbos are gearing up for the start of their outdoor track season. The outdoor season begins over Tufts’ spring break when the team will make its annual trip to Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, Calif. The Jumbos will compete in the Ross and Sharon Irwin Collegiate Scoring Meet on March 16 and the PLNU Collegiate Invitational on March 23, both at Point Loma Nazarene University. For now, the Jumbos are resting up before the start of the outdoor season. “After our seasons end, each of us have taken or are taking a little bit of time off to recover and recoup before the outdoor season, but we’ll all be back to running by the middle of this week.” Raposo said. “As a whole, the team is focusing our effort on the outdoor NESCAC championship. Over the next few weeks, our focus will be getting into peak form for outdoors through a strong training block and our training trip to San Diego over spring break.” Coach Joel Williams does not anticipate much of a difference between the indoor and outdoor seasons. “It’s business as usual,” Williams said. “We are practicing every day and working hard.”

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Senior Rory Buckman competes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NESCAC Championship on April 28, 2018.

through [at] halftime and we knew that our offense was flowing, but we really [needed] to get stops on defense because we [couldn’t] just outscore the other team — we [had] to be able to stop them as well. So we basically just [had] to make adjustments to how we were playing screens and how we’d be able to adjust that and stop for [them], because she was basically the only one killing us at that point.” Part of the team’s success was being able to limit Mid-Atlantic Conference Player of the Year senior forward Alecia Rohrer, who usually averages 15 points a game, to just four points. “I thought Thornton had a really great game. She was tough to guard,” Berube said. “But I thought we did a really good job on their other players — on Rohrer, their Conference Player of the Year — and we scored enough to be successful and really took away what they wanted to do. It was hard to just shut down Thornton completely because she’s such a complete player, but [on] the rest of them I thought we did a really good job.” With the loss on Saturday, Tufts concludes a season highlighted by strong performances that led the Jumbos to a 28–3 record and a NESCAC championship on Feb. 24. Their 28 wins mark the Jumbos’ fourth-most wins in a season in program history.

Looking back at the 2018—2019 campaign, Knapp believes the season was still a good one. “I think coming into the season we weren’t sure what to expect,” Knapp told the Daily in an email. “We had graduated four seniors who had all played a significant role on the team, especially [Lauren Dillon and Melissa Baptista]. I think we were a young team this year because we had so many underclassmen and different people had to step up into new roles. We all were confident in one another and our team chemistry was great this year. Our team chemistry off the court definitely transferred onto the court.” The program graduates just two seniors in Knapp and forward Katie Martensen. “Jac and Martie have been just awesome players and people to have in our program [and] to coach every day … They’ve been just great teammates,” Berube said. “Jac was an awesome, awesome captain this year and great leader, and every year since she seemed like [she] stepped up her game. And the same thing with Martie … She’s always been a big contributor to us. We’ll miss them a lot, but I think they’ve left a really … great legacy, and [have] impacted our team in a very positive way.”

The unequal levels of player empowerment

t the 2019 Sloan Sports and Analytics Conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on March 1–2, Bill Simmons, a sports analyst and podcaster, interviewed Adam Silver, the commissioner of the NBA. The hour-long interview covered many topics, but one of the first addressed was player empowerment. For the last five to 10 years across all the major sports leagues, there has been a trend where star players take control of their own career, moving more and more often to different teams in free agency, thus maximizing their financial value and taking further control over the teams and league that are fueled by their talent. Besides fans whose favorite player just left their team and maybe the team owners, most people are generally in support of giving players more agency in their career. After all, the players are the ones who put the product on the floor, work their entire lives to get to this point and are the ones who most often face exploitation throughout their careers. However, there is one question that isn’t regularly considered in the whole conversation surrounding player empowerment: Who gets left behind? Stars of the league who consistently make All-NBA teams — players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant and James Harden — directly benefit from rules that give them more leeway in free agency and the change of culture regarding what players should be allowed to do. Yet for most of the league, from low-tier starters to bench players to the guy on a string between the 12th man and the G League all season long, their situation has not altered that much over the last 10 years. For all the talk about how much has changed, a large proportion of the league is still completely at the mercy of the owners. LeBron is considered to be essentially a general manager in many ways, as he controlled the personnel of the Cavaliers when he was in Cleveland and is now doing so with the Lakers. However, his personal power as a player does nothing to benefit the dispensable roles of players who shuffle through the roster. This year, when Anthony Davis requested a trade from the Pelicans, people talked about how it was a symbol of the new empowered player — a star like Anthony Davis taking control of his life. But that new control afforded to Davis does nothing for the players like Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart whose names were tossed around in countless trade rumors for weeks while the players themselves had no knowledge of where they would be employed even the next day. It is important that star players are getting the share of power that they deserve in the league, but it’s also important to recognize that the benefits are not being felt across the board. For the players that have to fight for their next contract, there is still a long way to go.

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Women's basketball falls in Elite Eight continued from back page tually win the game by a score of 55–41. In a tight first half, no team could pull away by more than two scores. Tufts entered the locker rooms with a 26–22 lead, after first-year guard Sofia Rosa made two free throws with 15 seconds to play in the half. The highlight of the second quarter was Harrington’s three consecutive 3-pointers, which kept the offensive momentum going for the Jumbos. Tufts emerged from the halftime break with more offensive and defensive efficiency, and subsequently went on a 9–2 run to start the second half. This gave the Jumbos much-needed breathing room. That lead extended to 15 points at the start of the fourth quarter after Harrington made a layup, and Tufts eventually emerged with a 14-point victory. DeCandido finished with a teamhigh 15 points, with Harrington close behind with 14. On the other side of the ball, Messiah senior guard Maci Thornton kept her team’s hopes alive throughout the game, ultimately finishing with a game-high 20 points. “We thought that Thornton was super fast and super good — she was using the screens that they were setting really well and we just had to adjust to stop her,” DeCandido said. “So we talked it

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Women’s basketball falls to Scranton in Elite Eight by Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editor

The Tufts Jumbos’ national championship hopes ended on Saturday after it was unceremoniously knocked out by the University of Scranton Royals in the Elite Eight. While the team defeated Messiah College 55–41 on Friday in the Sweet Sixteen, Tufts fell 44–40 to the sectional hosts the next day. This is the second straight year the Jumbos have lost in the Elite Eight, and both defeats came on the same hardwood floor. Junior guard/forward and co-captain Erica DeCandido expressed her disappointment at Tufts’ defeat. “I think we were just not making shots … the whole game,” DeCandido said. “Shots weren’t really falling and I think that Scranton was getting on a run [at the end] and the fans were riling them up. [The game] kind of just got away from us a little. But we fought hard to the end … It’s really hard to have that [defeat].” Saturday’s game was marked by a mix of tough defense and poor execution on offense from both teams in the first half. Tufts tied its season low of 40 scored points, as both teams struggled to keep the ball and make their open shots. It took a little under four minutes for both teams to finally get on the board; Erica DeCandido made two free throws after Scranton junior guard Makenzie Mason had gotten things underway with a 3-pointer. After the first 10 minutes, both teams combined for a total of 13 points, with the Scranton Royals ahead by just one point. The game eventually opened up in the second quarter, with Tufts sophomore guard/forward Emily Briggs leading all scorers with five points in this period. Firstyear guard Janette Wadolowski, who made the game-winning basket in Tufts’ victory over Amherst in the NESCAC semifinals, made a buzzer-beating jump shot to put Tufts up 16–15 at the half. While the Royals quickly retook the lead coming out from the break, the Jumbos then went on a 15–2 run to put themselves in a commanding position with a little under four minutes to play in the quarter. Tufts outscored Scranton 19–14 in the third quarter, and for a moment it seemed as if the team was headed back to the Final Four for the fifth time in six years.

Ultimately, the story of Saturday’s game found Tufts on the wrong side of a 15–0 run at the end of the fourth quarter, effectively surrendering the game to the hosts. While Tufts had gone on a 7–0 run itself that was split between the final two quarters of regulation, the team was somehow unable to finish the game off despite taking a 40–29 lead with eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter. Junior guard Cailin Harrington had given the Jumbos an 11-point lead and it seemed like Tufts was in the home stretch. However, a series of missed shots and fouls in defensive transition gave the Royals an opening, which they gladly seized. Mason’s 3-point shot with 2:48 to play made it a one-score game at 40–38 before her teammate, junior forward Sofia Recupero, tied the game up with just over two minutes to play. Suddenly, the momentum appeared to have shifted in favor of the hosts, while the visitors struggled to get any offense going. With the team shooting just under 25 percent, the second-lowest for the team this year, DeCandido said that this low conversion rate might have contributed to the team’s lack of success as the momentum flowed towards Scranton. “The first couple of quarters, we weren’t hitting shots at all, so no one really wanted to be that person to shoot and have it be … a wasteful possession,” DeCandido said. “We were all kind of on edge, like ‘I can’t shoot that,’ ‘I’ve missed my last five shots.’ But we just kind of try to emphasize the mentality of ‘Next play, next play — you’re only as good as your next shot.’ It was kind of hard, especially since we’re a young team … so just that experience of being in those tight games when you haven’t been playing your best is definitely gonna have to get better as we go along.” In an attempt to stem the tide, coach Carla Berube took a timeout to try and recapture the momentum for her team. However, fouls given up by Tufts gave Scranton’s senior guard and co-captain Bridgette Mann opportunities to extend their team’s lead, which they took easily. In contrast, Tufts’ offensive struggles continued as 3-point attempts by first-year guard Molly Ryan and senior guard and co-captain Jac Knapp came up empty and the team’s postseason run came to an abrupt end.

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Junior guard Cailin Harrington prepares to shoot a free throw in Tufts’ 75–51 victory over Williams on Feb. 16. Berube credited Scranton’s victory to poor offensive execution on Tufts’ end and solid defense on Scranton’s end. “They’re tough defensively [and] it was a tough place to play,” Berube said. “They really packed the gym. And … we just couldn’t make shots. I thought we had some really good looks in both halves, and

just didn’t knock them down. And then there are times where … it was hard to get good looks too. So credit goes to Scranton for playing such tough defense.” A day earlier, Tufts came through a challenging first half against Messiah to even-

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Men’s track and field competes at NCAA Championships, gets eliminated in preliminaries by Liam Finnegan Sports Editor

On Friday, the Tufts men’s track and field team competed at the NCAA Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury Crossing, Mass. Only athletes with top-20 times in their respective events were invited to the NCAA Championships. From Tufts, those athletes included senior co-captain Hiroto Watanabe and seniors Colin Raposo and Josh Etkind. Watanabe came into the tournament ranked 19th in the 800-meter, Etkind came in ranked 15th in the 60-meter hurdles and Raposo came ranked 14th in the mile run. Unfortunately for the Jumbos, neither Watanabe, Raposo nor Etkind qualified for the finals of the meet and were eliminated in the preliminaries. In the 800-meter, Watanabe finished 16th with a time of 1:54.69. It was a pretty tight race, as there was only a one-second difference between Watanabe and 11th

place finisher sophomore Mark Schulz from Wartburg College. Watanabe needed to finish within in the top eight to advance to the finals of the tournament and expressed that he was disappointed with the result. “I am disappointed with [my] performance at nationals,” Watanabe said. “Not making it to finals is a failure on my part.” In the mile, Raposo ran a 4:15.25. This mark earned him 15th place, missing the 10th-place finish needed to move on to the finals in the mile event. He was only two seconds behind the 10th-place finisher, senior Zach Lee, who went on to win the entire event. Raposo was disappointed with his mark but is using it to push forward into the outdoor season. “As a whole, I was definitely disappointed with how this race played out,” Raposo said. “My goal for Friday’s [preliminary] was to make the final, and unfortunately I wasn’t able to put

that together this weekend. It was still a great learning experience to race at this stage, and I’m hoping to be able to use this experience to help me outdoors.” In the 60-meter hurdles, Etkind posted an 8.36 mark to finish 14th. Like Watanabe, Etkind needed to finish within the top eight to advance to the finals. He was just 0.16 seconds behind eighthplace sophomore Thomas Oliver from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, who posted a 8.21-second time. This marks the end of the indoor track season for the Jumbos, as well as the end of Watanabe’s, Raposo’s and Etkind’s tenures as Tufts indoor track athletes. The three of them have been mainstays in not only Tufts indoor track, but also cross country and outdoor track as well. Watanabe has earned numerous honors and high-finishing times. He earned All-American honors two seasons in a row, placing eighth at

the indoor championships in both 2017 and 2018. Etkind has had a great career as well. He has qualified for nationals three times, earned a number of decisive results for the Jumbos and currently holds the Tufts record for the 60-meter hurdles at 8.16 seconds. Like Watanabe and Etkind, Raposo is a NCAA Championships veteran too. Last season, he finished eighth in the distance medley relay in a time of 10:00.49. The season before, he finished sixth in the mile and second in the distance medley relay. For Raposo, the final meet of his indoor career was a memorable one. “Having this past weekend be my final indoor race was bittersweet,” Raposo said. “Because the race was in Boston, it was amazing to have all of my teammates there and the atmosphere

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