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VOLUME LXVIV, NUMBER 27

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Entrepreneur receives Women’s Leadership Award

by Gabriella Zoia Assistant News Editor

The second annual Fletcher Women’s Leadership Award will be presented on March 6 to Amanda Judge (F ’09), the founder of Faire Collection, a New Yorkbased fair trade jewelry company.

Leslie Puth (F ’11), the chair of the Fletcher Women’s Leadership Award committee, explained that the committee chose Judge because of her ability to combine her entrepreneurial spirit with her passion for social issues. “[She has an] awareness of social issues and a desire to address those in some meaningful way, coupled with a very admirable business acumen,” Puth said.

Judge originally came up with the idea for her company during her time as a Fletcher School student, when she traveled to Ecuador on several occasions to study poverty reduction strategies, including microfinance.

Her research primarily focused on the financial difficulties experienced by Ecuador’s artisans.

“I realized that in a lot of cases that the artisan work that women were doing was [resulting in them] barely breaking even or actually taking income away because it was really expensive,” Judge said.

“They were making something like 10 cents an hour because they didn’t understand the cost structure.”

Judge attributed most of the financial problems the women faced to their lack of education.

“The majority of [the] women did not finish elementary school, let alone high school,” she said. “Most of them were literate, so they could read, but they weren’t literate in business skills.”

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This year’s EPIIC Symposium began Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 with a panel on Religion, Politics, and Identity in Russia.

Pickering presents keynote address for annual EPIIC Symposium's final day

by Patrick McGrath News Editor

Former U.S. Ambassador and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Pickering (F ’54) presented a keynote address, titled “Russia and Global Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy,” on Sunday for the conclusion of the 30th Annual Norris and Margery Bendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) Symposium in the Cabot ASEAN Auditorium.

Pickering’s ambassadorial appointments have included Russia, India, the United Nations, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria and Jordan.

Arik Burakovsky, TA for this year’s EPIIC class and first-year student at The

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, introduced Pickering and presented him with a Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award.

Pickering began his speech by addressing the differences between the United States and Russia, noting that there are “enormous and challenging difficulties before them.” He added that events like this year’s symposium provide useful opportunities for discussion.

“This kind of meeting … is an important one in which to share some thoughts and ideas,” he said.

Pickering underscored the dire situation regarding diplomatic relations between the two countries.

“U.S.-Russian relationships are a low point, perhaps the nadir so far … since

the Cold War,” he said. “It is not difficult to understand why.”

Specifically, Pickering said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has found himself in difficult circumstances, but he is influenced by his desire to remain in power, calling him “a man with great ambition and serious aspirations” who is strongly driven by his own political background.

“My sense is … that President Putin is very concerned about his own ability to continue in leadership,” he explained.

“State succession is not something that is highly developed in the new and modern Russia.”

However, Pickering stated that the West has suffered from oblivioussee PICKERING, page 2

Jumbonnaroo to proceed Relay for Life

by Aaron Pomerance Assistant News Edtior

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Tufts Applejam held a concert in the Crane Room on Feb. 27, which included the band Future Punx.

Inside this issue

Tufts Relay for Life will host the spring Jumbonnaroo music festival at Zeta Psi, Sigma Epsilon (SigEp) and Theta Delta Chi (TDX) this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

According to Ben Silver, special events co-chair for Tufts Relay for Life and founder of Jumbonnaroo, the purpose of the music festival is to promote and raise money for Relay for Life on April 10. “[ Jumbonnaroo] helps Relay for Life market itself through music,” Silver, a junior, said.

Andrew Nitirouth, one of the co-philanthropy chairs at TDX and a member of the subcommittee for ceremonies and survivorship for Tufts Relay for Life, explained that Jumbonnaroo parallels Relay for Life in that both events bring people from all ends of campus together to fight back against cancer.

“Relay is really about three things: remembering those who have lost their battles, celebrating those who have overcome and fighting back with those who are still fighting,” Nitirouth, also a junior, said.

Nitirouth added that as a cancer survivor, he is proud to be working to fight cancer with his fraternity through Jumbonnaroo and Relay for Life. “[ Jumbonnaroo] is a great way to get word out for Relay,” Nitirouth said. “It raises awareness and opens up dialogue … and it showcases Tufts musicians.”

Silver explained that the festival creates a different social atmosphere, with people outside of Greek life coming to the fraternity houses. He said that the diversity in music attracts more people to the event, and the festival tries to represent see JUMBONNAROO, page 2

Today’s sections

Tufts neuroscience researchers have been researching ‘risk factors’ in the development of autism.

Boston Ballet debuts spring season with “Lady of the Camellias.”

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News 1 Features 3 Arts & Living 4 Editorial | Op-Ed 6

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News

Visiting the Hill this week MONDAY “BME Seminar: Frank Vollmer” Details: Frank Vollmer of the Max-Planck Institute in Germany will speak as part of the Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series.

When and Where: 10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m., SciTech Center Room 136.

Sponsor: School of Engineering.

“ME Seminar: Peter Hancock, University of Central Florida” Details: Peter Hancock of the University of Central Florida will speak on “Transports of Delight: How Technology Conveys Us to New Realms of Being” as part of the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series.

When and Where: 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m., Nelson Auditorium (Anderson Hall room 112).

Sponsor: School of Engineering.

TUESDAY “Artist Talk – Gabriel Martinez” Details: Gabriel Martinez, senior lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design, will discuss his work, which pri-

marily involves photography, performance and installation, investigating themes such as loss, queer identities and male heterosexuality.

When and Where: 6:15 p.m. — 7:45 p.m., Aidekman Arts Center Art Gallery.

Sponsor: Tufts University Art Gallery.

WEDNESDAY “UEP Colloquium: Alumni Panel Discussion – ‘Memories of Mayor Thomas Menino'” Details: A group of Tufts alumni will discuss the impact of the late former Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino.

When and Where: 12:00 — 1:15 p.m., Sophia Gordon Hall Multipurpose Room.

Sponsor: Department of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning.

“Exceptional Empire? The United States and the Turn from Colonialism in the Twentieth Century” Details: Julian Go, professor of sociology at Boston University, will discuss the United States’ shift in empire-building from acquiring territory at the turn of the twentieth

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ness and has failed to consider how certain actions are perceived and interpreted by other countries, noting that to examine a problem with another side, one must first look at the problems on one’s own side.

He added that this is “not a discourse to excuse President Putin from what I consider to be his numerous errors and serious mistakes.”

Pickering particularly emphasized the danger of Russia’s aspirations toward expansion of national territory in a period of time when most countries consider this to be contrary to international legal dictates, noting that this creates “a potential for serious conflict that we must find a way to avoid.”

The tools that Putin has made use of to achieve his goals are also inherently problematic, including the use of exhortation and the taking advantage of nationalist appeals, according to Pickering.

On the American side, Pickering explained that there is a tendency to view conflicts in terms of a win-lose environment, but there needs to be progress toward finding rational and logical solutions that interest both sides sufficiently.

“The process at the moment doesn’t seem to be there,” he said.

Pickering then opened up the discussion to questions from the audience, focusing first on Russia as well as the conflict in Ukraine before moving on to issues in the Middle East.

In turning toward Ukraine, Pickering focused on the need for a multifaceted solution to the conflict, arguing that sending more arms to Ukraine is not an answer to the question.

“My opinion is that what we must do in Ukraine is to find every conceivable way to find a path forward that can incorporate several elements,” he said, noting the need to make the recent Minsk II summit agreement work.

Further, there is a serious need to address how economic difficulties have exacerbated the problem in Ukraine, according to Pickering.

“My feeling is the Ukraine process and problem began heavily in the economic area, and almost nobody has talked about it,” he said, citing the need for international institutions alongside state actors,

including Russia, to come together to develop proposals on “how to put the Ukrainian economy back on the road to growth and prosperity.”

The political circumstances surrounding further economic promotion, however, must involve a purposeful attempt to view Ukraine as a “bridge country,” rather than a part of the sphere of influence of either the European Union or Russia, Pickering explained.

“You ought to be able to work out a set of relations on both sides that can promote trade,” he said.

Regarding the feasibility of this kind of economic cooperation, Pickering said he is not sure about whether it will happen, but he noted that there simply has not been enough time spent thinking about how and in what way relationships in the region could be repaired or reestablished.

Pickering discussed the potential to increase autonomy in Ukraine’s eastern oblasts, noting that the Ukrainian government has failed to appreciate the value of the Russian language in the region. First and foremost, however, the settlement of the conflict must come from Ukraine, but language equality must be included.

Pickering also touched on his experience arriving in Moscow in 1993 and his perceptions of American aid and assistance in the post-communist country, noting that most expertise at the time focused on failed or failing states in Africa, Latin America and Asia, rather than transition economies. This focus meant there was little knowledge of Russian culture and language, and ideas to encourage growth were more shaped by past experiences than by efforts to look into what Pickering described as Russia’s “unusual set of circumstances.”

Other topics discussed included security threats in the Baltic states and the possibility of the reunification of Ukraine.

Pickering then fielded questions on the civil war in Syria, reform of the United Nations Security Council and nuclear arms proliferation in Iran.

The keynote was followed by the symposium’s final two panels, “Political Engagement: Civil Society and Dissent” and “Sanctioned Split? Russia and the European Union” later that afternoon.

century to more informal, non-territorial means.

When and Where: 4:30 — 6:00 p.m., Alumnae Lounge.

Sponsors: Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora, Department of History, Department of Sociology, the Toupin-Bolwell Fund.

THURSDAY “ME Seminar: Rob Wood” Details: Rob Wood of Harvard University will talk about “Very Small Flying Robots” as part of the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series.

When and Where: 3:00 — 4:00 p.m., Nelson Auditorium (Anderson Hall room 112).

Sponsor: School of Engineering.

“Masha Gessen: ‘Putin’s War Against the West'” Details: Author Masha Gessen will discuss her work on Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin. She will be presented with a Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award.

When and Where: 7:00 p.m., Pearson

Chemical Laboratory Room 104.

Sponsors: Center for the Humanities at Tufts, Institute for Global Leadership.

FRIDAY “VENTURING: The Tufts Entrepreneurs’ Symposium” Details: The Tufts Entrepreneurs’ Symposium will kick off a two-day conference featuring insights from industry founders and investors.

When and Where: 9:00 a.m., Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center and Cabot Intercultural Center.

Sponsors: Tufts Office for Technology Licensing & Industry Collaboration, the Gordon Institute’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, Center for Engineering and Education Outreach, Entrepreneurial Alumni Network, Tufts Social Impact Network, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

—by Patrick McGrath

Jewelry company offers business training to artisans in Latin America, worldwide JUDGE

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Seeking to help the artisans improve the financial viability of their businesses, Judge founded Faire Collection, a business that combines social entrepreneurship and fair trade jewelry. “[It was an idea] that would help these women figure out their own businesses and harness the world’s market to their advantage,” she said.

According to Judge, Faire Collection now works with artists in both Ecuador and Vietnam. Rather than simply selling jewelry, the company has developed programs to improve the artisans’ business acumen.

“Right now in Ecuador we’re working on new programs and

have opened up a fair trade workshop,” she said. “In addition to working directly with artisans and helping them build up their own small businesses, we began our own workshop as a model for how you can adhere to local laws and hire new employees.

Judge explained that many artisans struggle to transition out of the informal economy in which they work, which led her to create the workshop.

“How can we help them navigate to move their business into the formal economy?” she said. “We found that it’s a really difficult transition for them to make. If we created our own workshop, we could demystify that entire process.”

According to Puth, Judge embodies what the Fletcher School hopes its students bring and takeaway from their education.

“She saw the need through her work in microfinance in Latin America, and she was able to bring back more money to the communities in a meaningful way,” Puth said. “She coupled that with a really brave initiative to start a business in a very difficult field.”

Judge will be honored at a 3 p.m. ceremony in the Cabot ASEAN Auditorium on Friday, March 6. According to the Fletcher School website, the ceremony is timed to coincide with International Women’s Day, which will be celebrated worldwide on Sunday, March 8.

Jumbonnaroo features student bands, raises funds for American Cancer Society

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as many types of talent as possible.

He added that Jumbonnaroo gives smaller groups the opportunity to perform in front of many people.

“It’s really cool to see different crowds getting together,” Anna Kaplan, the bass player in Market Basket, one of the featured bands, said.

She added that she is excited for the opportunity to play at TDX. “We played at Alpha Tau Omega last fall for Jumbonnaroo, and that was a blast,” she said.

Kaplan, a junior, explained that JumBonnaroo is a great opportunity for Market Basket — which she described as “your favorite middle school basement cover band” — to play for a new crowd and get on the fraternity scene.

“I hope that [ Jumbonnaroo] gets our name out there, and we can get hired to play more gigs,” Kaplan said.

Silver noted that the fraternities donate their houses as a resource, and in exchange, all financial proceeds go to the fraternity’s Relay for Life team and to the American Cancer Society.

“This provides an incentive for [the fraternities] to participate,” he said.

Silver also explained that previously, Tufts Relay for

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Waldo performs during Battle of the Bands in Hotung Cafe in the Mayer Campus Center on April 2, 2014.

Life’s promotional event was a ticketed fraternity party known as Party for Life.

Since he took over the event last year, Jumbonaroo has become a music festival that uses fewer fraternity houses and runs in both the fall and spring semesters.

“There is something for everyone [at Jumbonnaroo],” Silver said.

Nitirouth, who will be DJing at TDX on Saturday night, feels that Jumbonnaroo will build on its past success and continue to raise awareness for Relay for Life.

For his part, Silver said that he hopes to

expand Jumbonnaroo into off-campus venues such as The Burren in Davis Square.

“I don’t want to restrict [ Jumbonnaroo] to Greek organizations,” he explained.

“I want to create more spaces for live music,” Silver said.

“People are clamoring for live music played by Tufts musicians.”

He added that the musicians are working hard on their sets and live performances in the weeks leading up to the event.

“I want to help make Tufts a little more fun … and if I can guarantee that for $15, I’ve done my job,” Silver said.

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Tufts neuroscientists break new ground in autism spectrum disorders research

by Arin Kerstein

Assistant Features Editor

Through the use of animal models, neuroscientists at the Tufts Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences are breaching new territory in the field of research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which could lead to improvements in both medical and therapeutic intervention methods.

Their recent research, which has received most of its funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has shed light on the synaptic causes of ASD and focuses on conditions that are often present, or ‘co-morbid,’ with ASD, according to Philip Haydon, neuroscience professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the Tufts School of Medicine. The department’s research has been using animal models to understand disorders and develop treatments, Haydon said.

“Research in our department focuses on translationally relevant questions,” he told the Daily in an email. “We emphasize the use of animal models for disorders of the brain so that we can gain insights into how signals within the brain are modified in such disorders, with the long-term view of providing a foundation for the development of new treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders.”

Interested in understanding the changes in the developing brain that give rise to behaviors that indicate autism, neuroscience professor Michele Jacob has been using genetically modified mouse models in her lab in order to test different drugs and analyze their effects on behaviors and brain pathways.

“We are comparing what are the behavioral changes we see in the mice, how severe are their learning disabilities, autistic behaviors and seizures, and in different brain regions, we’re seeing different molecular pathways malfunctioning,” she said. “We’re breaking down what different behaviors or disabilities correlate with those pathways.”

Jonathan Alexander, a Ph.D. student in Jacob’s lab who has been working on Jacob’s research for the past five years, explained the way the animal models work.

“We’re examining some of the autistic-like behaviors in our mice, and then you can do certain techniques to see what areas of the brain are being activated when they’re doing these things,” Alexander said.

These results are then compared to those derived from experiments on a “normal” mouse.

“We’re basically studying all of the brain saying okay, now in our model versus a normal mouse, where do these areas light up differently?” Alexander said.

One of the examples Jacob gave is that the mice have been experiencing seizures, which she said is very common in children with autism. She explained that these seizures cause even more developmental delays in the affected children, and that correcting them would be extremely beneficial.

“It’s kind of beautiful because the mice are showing a lot of the same types of problems that you would see in people when these pathways don’t work properly,” she said. “Our goal is to prove that that’s a relevant pathway and to test drugs that would potentially correct the problems and maybe improve the behaviors and, significantly, the disabilities.”

In a paper that they published last summer, Alexander and Jacob focused on the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) mouse model and hypothesized that a molecule other than APC was playing a major role in causing malfunctioning pathways.

“APC itself functions in one of these major pathways and regulates anoth-

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Researchers in a Tufts Medical Center laboratory inspect data from their research on mice demonstrating signs of autism on Thursday, Feb. 26. They hope to identify ways to treat key causes of autism. er molecule,” Alexander said. “We’ve been working on the hypothesis that it’s not necessarily APC that’s causing it, it’s [the other molecule that is] the real central player to these major pathways, it links a lot of different pathways together.”

Alexander expressed hopes to publish an additional paper in the upcoming months with data supporting this hypothesis.

“Basically, [by] not allowing the molecular changes to happen, it turns out that the autistic behaviors are corrected,” he said. “There’s been some proof for the principle that treating it with the drugs might help some of the autistic behaviors like repetitive behavior and social interactions.”

Jacob also mentioned that she has been testing to make sure that the drugs have no side effects. She said that she has been collaborating with professors in the School of Engineering to discover whether it’s possible to create a culture from human cells in order to test the drugs more quickly.

“At the minimum, [the research] will help us understand what kind of molecular changes in the developing brain lead to disabilities,” Jacob said. “What are the consequences in the brain for how it functions — how it’s connected to other parts.”

According to Jacob, a better understanding of these changes and their effects could be used toward therapeutic ends.

“Just knowing that is useful for developing therapeutic strategies, and then we’re starting to test [them]; if we can find anything that helps in any way, it would be spectacular,” Jacob said.

She noted that of the three drugs they have been testing so far, they are currently focusing on two for which they have encouraging preliminary data.

“There are several different genes [that cause autism], and it may not be that you can treat every single person with one drug,” she said.

Jacob has also been working with Associate Professor of Neuroscience Thomas Biederer to figure out what brain functions correspond with certain autism-relevant behaviors. She explained that the results of this research will indicate which regions of the brain need to be focused on during therapeutic intervention.

Biederer has also been working on the role of certain molecules in synapse development and how they have emerged as a major set of risk factors for ASD. He explained that in his lab, researchers study proteins that control and hold synapses together.

“In this larger group of synaptic adhesion proteins, there are several

proteins in that family that have been linked through human genetic studies to ASD,” he said. “And so, by studying how these proteins control synapse formation and how they signal in synapse formation, we will have an entry point to understand that aspect of ASD.” With the long-term goal of understanding and treating ASD, Biederer has employed approaches from different disciplines, including chemistry, proteomics and cell cultures. He noted that the use of genetically-modified mouse models has been the most beneficial.

“My lab can demonstrate that these transsynaptic interactions can draw us information of new synapses, and we can also show that these proteins regulate the ability of synapses to reorganize in an activity kind of manner, and this ultimately can be used to manipulate the ability of animals to learn,” he said. “So that ultimately, we have been able to make animal models that can learn better.”

He emphasized the importance of this research in its transferability to humans, as the research is showing that these processes can be used to improve learning and memory.

“We are helping to understand what the functions of these proteins are in normal brain development, and with that we can understand what effects these mutations have,” he said. “Synaptic aberrations are one of the most important factors in developing autism, and my lab’s research helps to understand how these synaptic aberrations arise from molecular changes.”

Biederer estimated between 200 and 800 risk factors for ASD in the human genome, explaining that it is extremely rare that a case of ASD would arise from only one mutation.

“That means most patients who have autism are different from each other; there’s not one autism because you have different combinations of different risk factors,” he said. “What is important, though, is if you analyze these risk factors, that patterns emerge, and one of the important patterns is changes in synapse mutations and synapse-organizing proteins.”

Through his research, Biederer hopes to develop a more precise subdivision of ASD in order to refine therapeutic interventions.

“This type of sub-classifying autistic children will actually help tremendously when it comes to developing therapeutic intervention,” he said. “Having these molecular tools of subdividing autism into sub-types of autism will actually … advance our molecular understanding and open up molecular intervention for these subtypes and then accelerate treatment.”

Nico Johnson | Swiping In

Holy hamburger, Batman!

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pparently, ramen burgers are a thing now. I won’t be talking about them.

Let’s get back to the no-nonsense roots of bun, burger and toppings.

Boston Burger Company (colloquially and hereafter referred to as BBC) provides a startling array of burgers. The Davis Square mainstay has so many, in fact, that it gets a bit overwhelming. Anyone who’s been to the eatery is familiar with what a typical visit to the restaurant looks like: “Welcome to Boston Burger company. How many of these burgers have you tried?”

“I dunno, maybe three?”

“Have you tried the Kitchen Sink? (a burger with fried egg, ham, bacon, grilled onions, peppers mushrooms and three cheeses). It’s like an entire farm on a burger.”

“Done.”

“Okay, but did you even look at the Waikiki Beach Burger (grilled pineapple, ham, bacon and teriyaki)?”

And so on. The kicker is, once you’ve gone through the labor of choosing (and maybe finishing) a burger, you still feel like you’re missing out. You’ve had one burger, and there are 27 others on the menu. The only remedy to the situation is to go again.

The good news is, the dining halls have the ingredients you need to build a number of the beautiful (and mind-boggling) burgers on the menu. Save yourself a trip to BBC and see what you can accomplish at DMC (DewickMacPhie/Carmichael). All the burgers’ names courtesy of BBC: Killer Bee: American cheese, bacon, onion rings and honey BBQ sauce. No honey BBQ sauce? Honey + BBQ sauce = problems are solved.

Ranch Burger: Ranch, bacon and American cheese. This is super, super healthy.

Burger Bomb: Grilled/sautéed onions, peppers and mushrooms, with American cheese.

Try this one the next time the dining halls serve Philly cheesesteaks and all the ingredients should be there.

Mac Attack: Macaroni and cheese, bacon and a burger. You really can’t go wrong.

The King: This one is crazy, but again, everything you need is in the dining hall: peanut butter, bacon and banana, with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top. Jeez.

Hot Mess: This one calls for sweet potato fries, pickles, American cheese, jalapeños, red onion, bacon, shredded lettuce and Thousand Island dressing. Pray for a day with sweet potato fries.

Green Monstah: Guacamole and pico de gallo, with your choice of cheese. Personally, I’d go with cheddar.

420 Burger: Bacon, BBQ sauce, American cheese, mozzarella sticks (because more cheese is never a bad idea), onion rings, french fries and macaroni and cheese (see?). I think we all know why it’s called the 420 Burger.

Hopefully they’re serving mozzarella sticks on April 20 this year, but that might be too perfect.

The following burgers aren’t on BBC’s menu, but they’re sure on mine: Bacon Bleu Burger: Mix a bit of butter with crumbled blue cheese. Put it on a burger and sprinkle some of the poultry seasoning over it.

Finish with bacon, tomato and lettuce.

The Don’t-Knock-It-Til-You-Try-It: Top your burger with provolone, pesto, bacon and tomato.

I’m not going to mince words: the burgers at BBC outshine anything you can get in the dining hall, and I’ve only covered about a fourth of their menu. If you haven’t been, go: It really is delicious. But when the overwhelming feeling of “too many burgers, too little money in the bank account” sets in, settle for something out of DMC. P.S. If you ever want to try one of these burgers, but don’t want to/don’t have the confidence to make it yourself/would like to be waited on, I’ll happily make you one in exchange for being swiped in. Cheers!

Nico Johnson is a senior majoring in political science. He can be reached at Nicholas.

Johnson@tufts.edu.

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Theater Review

'Lady of the Camellias' stuns with beautiful sets, emotive performances

by Jennifer Straitz Assistant Arts Editor

The Spring 2015 season of the Boston Ballet opened with a beautiful rendition of “Lady of the Camellias” (John

Lady of the Camellias Directed by Mikko Nissinen Boston Ballet

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Neumeier’s ballet version premiered in 1979), a devastatingly sad, yet beautifully told, story of forbidden love.

The story starts in the apartment of Marguerite, a courtesan played by principal dancer Erica Cornejo, as she enjoys a night of champagne and flirting with the Parisian elite. Though societal obligations tie her to the Baron de Varville (soloist Bradley Schlagheck), amidst the revelry she finds herself attracted to Armand Duval, played by fellow principal dancer Lasha Khozashvili. She manages to share her feelings with Armand, secretly giving him a key to her boudoir before he leaves the party.

The scene changes to a stormy Parisian street, complete with the sound of thunder and rain as the audience sees Armand turn back toward Marguerite’s apartment, arriving just after she sends away the Baron. A beautiful pas de deux between Marguerite and Armand follows in which the relationship between the two is solidified. Despite her life of frivolity, there is an overhanging sense of foreboding; Marguerite is ill, and her health is set to deteriorate over the

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The corps de ballet does beautiful ensemble work in Boston Ballet’s “Lady of the Camellias.” course of the production.

Act II opens with another social gathering, this time in late afternoon on a summer’s day. The breathtaking scenery, designed specifically for this act

by Robert Glay de La Rose, includes an overhanging tree, two swings suspended from the roof of the stage and billowing white curtains set in window frames. A larger company graces this garden party than in the previous act, cheerfully chatting, dancing and playing games as Marguerite and Armand sit cozily together on a bench, observing the scene. The sense of intimacy is not only felt in the clear chemistry between Cornejo and Khozashvili as the romantic

couple, but also in the choreography and placement of the other dancers.

For example, at one point a ballerina sits center stage, right at the edge closest to the audience, allowing both the audience and the dancer to engage in the same action of watching the party together.

As the evening progresses, the peach sky behind the dancers deepens in color, foreshadowing the shift from the day’s bliss that the night will bring. This feeling intensifies once Marguerite is left alone on stage after Armand goes off to play badminton with a friend. The see CAMELLIAS, page 5

TV Review

'The Night Shift' disappoints with subpar characterization, plot development

by Sabrina Chisti Daily Staff Writer

“The Night Shift”(2014-present) is NBC’s lackluster shot at a medical drama. Set in a hospital in San

The Night Shift Starring Eoin Macken, Jill Flint, Freddy Rodriguez, Ken Leung

Airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on NBC Antonio, Texas, the show is a mix of comedy and drama, but it is heavier on the dramatic elements. The first season of “The Night Shift” had a weak start, with subpar characterization and not much plot; however, NBC ordered another season, the first episode of which premiered Feb. 23. The second season’s premiere seems to be off to a better start than the series’ pilot, most likely because the characters and their backgrounds are already established — with a couple new faces in the mix to spice things up.

The show centers on a group of doctors working the night shift in a Texan hospital. More than half of them are military and crave the adrenaline that comes from working in what is often a high-stress environment. The nurses, new interns and lawyers that make up the cast of regular characters on the night shift join the group of doctors.

The main character is TC Callahan (Eoin Macken), an army medic with severe PTSD which led to a nervous breakdown in the operating room at the end of the previous season. This breakdown resulted in his suspen-

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Freddy Rodriguez plays Michael Ragosa on “The Night Shift.” The show failed to truly develop his character over the course of the series. sion at the conclusion of season one.

Refusing to stop working as a medic, Callahan continues to pop in and out of the hospital in the second season’s first episode, trying to help. But while some aspects of “The Night Shift” may be on the up-and-up, a major pitfall of the series seems to be poor character construction.

Callahan, for instance, is two dimensional — his backstory, although more or less fleshed out in the first season, doesn’t seem to be as compelling as those of some of the other characters.

Instead, he seems to be the same

cocky but brilliant doctor trope that many other shows have already used, and he does not add anything new or nuanced to the role.

The other main character, Jordan Alexander ( Jill Flint), is a smart, focused doctor who genuinely cares for her patients. Unfortunately, though she has a do-gooder attitude, she lacks common sense, the absence of which prevents her from being able to logically foresee the results of her decisions. Somehow, this character see NIGHT, page 5

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Author Spotlight: David Sedaris

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he non-fiction essay is an oft-forgotten genre, one that doesn’t have its own section in a bookstore or a list of bestsellers. It doesn’t fall directly in line with the short story or the biography, instead treading a grey area between fictional writing and personal memoirs. It isn’t a genre overflowing with authors. However, my favorite that I’ve stumbled upon so far is David Sedaris.

Sedaris’ darkly humorous essays encompass everything from his arduous upbringing in suburban North Carolina to his relationships with his siblings and friends. A middle-aged, insecure and selectively brilliant man (in my opinion, intelligent about some topics and immature and clueless about others), Sedaris’ stories, despite using substantial exaggeration, are all relatable in one way or another.

They are written in such a way that I can picture him sitting next to me, reading aloud in his distinctively slightly whiny voice each time I begin one of his books. Although Sedaris has published nine essay collections and over three dozen stories in various literary publications, giving me such a wide pool to choose from, I’ve selected a few of my favorites from two collections.

“When You Are Engulfed in Flames” (2008) was the first collection of Sedaris’ that I read.

Each essay and, as Sedaris describes, “real-ish” story deals with situations where the absolute worst outcome imaginable was the one that occurred. I particularly love this collection because it has the best examples of Sedaris’ shadowy and witty sense of humor. He takes each misfortune in stride, but never quite finds the root cause of all mistakes like a typical fictional protagonist might. His realistic thoughts and reactions resemble how many people would react in those ridiculous situations in which he finds himself. However, Sedaris puts his own spin on everything when he incorporates his massively insecure and awkward personality. My favorite essay in this collection is “Solution to Saturday’s Puzzle,” where Sedaris spends a plane ride agonizing over a small misunderstanding with his seatmate and her husband. We’ve all spent time analyzing what we could’ve said in an argument, but Sedaris takes that anxiety to the extreme when he consumes hours of the plane ride with his concerned pondering.

In his most recent collection, “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls” (2013), Sedaris brings in anger behind his words, giving readers the feeling he’s not satisfied with the events that transpired. Equally sharp as his other works, this collection has a beautifully polished feel that only comes with age and experience. His words flow perfectly, telling his stories effortlessly across the pages.

One essay, “Loggerheads,” describes Sedaris’ experiences as he grew up as a gay child in 1960s North Carolina. His descriptions of his childhood are painfully honest as he explores how hard it was for him to force behaviors and actions that seemed to come naturally to other kids. A favorite of mine is a fictional email exchange between two sisters, entitled “Just a Quick E-Mail.” One sister, Ronda, writes to another, Robin, to complain that she was only provided a gift certificate for two large pizzas as a wedding present.

However, as the story continues, we discover Ronda is actually responsible for a drunken car accident that left Robin paralyzed. To make matters worse, Robin’s husband left her for Ronda. Told in a sarcastic and naive tone, Sedaris masterfully concocts a detailed story of one sister completely unaware of the pain she has inflicted upon the other.

David Sedaris is one of the most thoughtprovoking authors that I’ve encountered on my literary journey. His essays are outright ridiculous, endearing and hysterical, but above all, they’re relatable. It’s fun to hear about the problems of a cynical, middle-aged man – only until you realize you’re not as different from him as you’d like to believe.

Helen Schmidt is a sophomore majoring in biology. She can be reached at helen. schmidt@tufts.edu.

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NBC’s weak medical drama ‘The Night Shift’ returns for a second season NIGHT

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flaw is not addressed very well in the show. Often Jordan makes extremely questionable calls that, most of the time, result in little to no consequences for her. In the first episode of the new season, she makes her brash decisions with no repercussions. However, all may not be lost; at least she seems to think about the consequences of her choice before deciding to stick to her course of action anyway. Though

minor, this is an indication of a potential glimmer of character growth.

In contrast, one of the more compelling characters on “The Night Shift” is Michael Ragosa (Freddy Rodriguez), the hospital’s lawyer. The show often pits Ragosa against the other doctors, often due to discord over the hospital’s budget. Ragosa remains concerned about the budget because the hospital is accommodating an influx of people who need treatment but can’t afford it due

to their lack of health care. Ragosa is often in a tight position: he wants to help people in need, but he is unable to connect to the other doctors who view him with disdain. Again, disappointingly, the show squanders what could have been a sharp critique of the way hospitals operate day to day, and instead abandons complex storyline altogether; Ragosa quits in order to finish his dream of becoming a doctor. Dramatic tension dissolves just as soon as his interesting and

conflicted position as the hospital’s lawyer suddenly evaporates.

It seems that although “The Night Shift” tries its best to push new boundaries as a medical drama, it falls short due to its lack of ambition and vision. The characters just aren’t nuanced enough to be truly likable or relatable, and the case-a-week format is just too limiting to create meaningful storylines. Even cast romances feels superficial and tacked on as an afterthought, ultimately leaving the viewer woefully unsatisfied.

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young woman is approached by a man in a long dark coat, who appears to be yet another lover interested in the gorgeous, yet sickly, Marguerite. However, he turns out to be Armand’s father, Duval Sr. (second soloist Bo Busby) who has arrived to confront Marguerite, asking her to denounce her love for his son because they are socially unsuitable for each other. Marguerite is devastated, but she complies, shunning Armand and leading him to believe that she is in love with the Baron after all. The act ends with a moving pas de deux between Armand and his father, highlighting Armand’s grief.

The figure of the tall, strong, darkly clad Duval Sr. contrasts with the limp figure of his son, whom he holds in his arms as the curtain falls.

This contrast continues in the opening of the third act, with curtains rising to reveal an ornate room at a party hosted by Olympe (soloist Dalay Parrondo), Marguerite’s rival.

Gone is the happiness of the

summer, the bright color scheme replaced by ballerinas adorned in heavier, darker dresses and black gloves. When a clearly sickened Marguerite arrives on the arm of the Baron de Varville, she finds that Olympe’s date is none other than Armand. Her grief at seeing the couple only worsens when Armand humiliates Marguerite in front of the guests, leading the Baron to challenge him to a duel.

The start of the final scene finds a wilting Marguerite facing the audience, a spotlight shining on her as her two lovers square off in the background.

The sound of a gunshot jolts her to her feet, and she appears to almost flap across the stage like a bird — an image which is reinforced by the sounds of birds of prey calling in the background.

The ballet makes use of repeated motifs that develop throughout the course of its three acts, mirroring Marguerite’s transition from life to death. Props, costumes and music develop to indicate this deterioration of the main character. A series of repeated yet darker images

and sounds transport the viewer from a material world of frivolity to an ethereal, deathly dream eliciting the feeling that the woman is very much alone.

Examples of this occur in the form of a gliding female member of the demi-monde, her dress and parasol exchanged for those of a darker color; Marguerite’s elegant nightgown is exchanged for a simple slip.

The ambiguity of the final scene leaves the viewer pondering many questions. This uncertainty is amplified by the layout of the scene as a quasi-dream sequence where Marguerite’s ailing health blurs the line between reality and dream for the audience. Which of Marguerite’s lovers dies? How does a woman of such wealth and stature finds herself alone at her death, with a sole camellia beyond the reach of her fingertips as the only reminder of a joyful summer? The combination of subtle elements of performance and the emotional choreography prove that there is no questioning the Boston Ballet’s ability to execute a beautiful, moving performance.

Courtesy of Gene Schiavone and Boston Ballet

Kathleen Breen Combes and Yury Yanowsky are also playing Armand and Marguerite in Val Caniparoli’s “Lady of the Camellias.”

Wendell Phillips Award Finalists Presentations Wednesday March 11, 2015 12:00 pm in the Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center The presentations are open to the Tufts Community.

All are welcome to attend.

Each Finalist will present a 3-5 minute response to the following topic:

“It’s better to be a pirate than to join the navy.”

-Steve Jobs What does this dichotomy mean to you? Do you ever feel torn between these figurative paths?

Should we even set up life-choices in this way?

The finalists for the 2015 Wendell Phillips Award are:

Rebecca Goldberg Michael Maskin Amber Johnson

THE WENDELL PHILLIPS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD The Wendell Phillips Memorial Scholarship is one of two prize scholarships (the other assigned to Harvard College) established in 1896 by the Wendell Phillips Memorial Fund Association, in honor of Boston’s great preacher and orator. The award is given annually to the junior or senior who best demonstrated both marked ability as a speaker and a high sense of public responsibility. Coordinated by the Committee on Student Life

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Tufts, like any other institution that wants to remain profitable and in business, is focused on efficiency. A university that caters to over 5,000 students – to say nothing of the faculty – obviously buys things in bulk, which is fine. In addition, it’s not that hard to see why offering free, unlimited printing is beyond reasonable; just a few abusers can cost buckets of cash in wasted paper.

However, over the past few years, Tufts seems to have crossed the metaphorical line, and efficiency has become more and more nickel-and-diming. That line, thin as it may be, is marked by half-ply toilet paper, expensive printing and an overall neglect for the little things that affect the people who actually attend the school – the people for whom these frugal actions are taken in the first place.

To be clear, half-ply toilet paper is not the issue (though it is a well-known grievance for any Tufts student that has lived in a dorm or used a bathroom on Tufts’ campus). Instead, it is a clear example of the fact that Tufts can shrug off the ways in which its decisions affect the daily life of its students.

Obviously, no person is going to choose to leave the university or transfer based on how thick the toilet paper is, nor will they go bankrupt at 10 cents a page. However, there is a certain attitude that a student can tend to develop when these repeated small offenses add up.

It may come to seem that the university puts academics before the wellbeing of its students, even though this is far from the case. This is fair, and some argue that they should act in this manner. No one is asking Tufts to defund the new physics building so that we can be treated to the poshest of Charmin Ultra Soft. However, with tuition reaching ever closer to $50,000 a year, it is only natural that one can, in a half-jocular manner, ask if this is really the best their tuition can afford.

All half-hearted rhetoric and tonguein-cheek musings aside, it is important that Tufts strikes a balance between academics and student life. Whether it involves recognizing that the mouse caught in Latin Way last week is indica-

tive of a larger issue, or seeing that universities in our area offer free or reduced price printing (such as Harvard, who has five-cent printing as opposed to our 10 – we know that we love to beat Harvard at the small things), there are steps we can take to make students feel more valued. Even little things such as upping the ply of the paper in Tisch and offering some printing credit independent of the JumboCash received on meal plans makes students feel like they’re getting their money’s worth, especially when we’ve lost so much class time due to the snow. Digital paper submissions could be encouraged, as could – as we have suggested in previous editorials – more online solutions to missed classes.

It’s a small problem, sure, but solving a small problem is still a step forward to making Tufts the best institution it could be. Pursuing our primary objective as research institution is paramount, but thinking of the researchers themselves is something that should not be forgotten.

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Hollywood’s women are more than their dresses

by Lena Rawley

Washington Square News

Every awards season, the women of Hollywood are asked the same questions by a throng of glittery red carpet reporters, over and over: “Who are you wearing?” followed up with a flurry of “How did you get in shape?”, “What are your beauty secrets?” and “Who are you dating?”

In turn, Hollywood’s women must stand there and field these questions, participating in a discussion about their appearances rather than their careers.

This awful line of questioning results in demeaning conversations. Yet for the longest time, Hollywood’s women have put up with it. They talked about their dresses, their exercise routines, their diets and their hair — they even hesitantly put their fingers underneath a high definition camera so we can get a better look at their nails instead of hearing what they had to say.

Last February, however, things began to change. The Representation Project

launched the #AskHerMore social media campaign, demanding red carpet reporters ask female stars more than just the “Who are you wearing?” line of questioning.

The campaign took off and coincided with Hollywood women expressing their dislike of these questions.

It started at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Jennifer Aniston refused to do the mani-cam. “No, no, no,” she cried when asked to put her fingers under the scrutinizing camera. At the Grammys, when a correspondent implied that Taylor Swift would be “taking home a lot more than awards with those legs,” Swift shut the reporter down, saying she was there just to be there with her friends. Later on, Nicki Minaj stopped a frivolous line of questioning from Ryan Seacrest about her love life. And then, a few days before she would walk the red carpet at the Oscars, Reese Witherspoon posted an Instagram demanding that, on Sunday, reporters better #AskHerMore than who designed her dress.

These women’s rejection of the “Who are you wearing?” line of questioning is not only empowering to watch, but extremely necessary. Questions about beauty, men, shoes and athletic regimens are extremely demeaning. By subjecting Hollywood’s talented women to these sorts of questions, we are allowing them to slowly morph from Oscar Nominated Actress into generic symbols of celebrity.

This is an awful thing to do; Nicki Minaj is more than just a “beauty in Tom Ford” — she is a best-selling rapper. Reese Witherspoon is more than a dress, she is an Oscar winner.

Jennifer Aniston is more than her nails, she is a successful actress whose work in “Cake” garnered critical acclaim.

All the women who walk down the red carpet are more than their dresses. They are more than their waistlines. And they are, most definitely, more than the way they steam kale to get their waistline to look the way it does. Like Minaj, Aniston, Witherspoon and Swift, they are successful women who deserve to be admired for their talent, not their appearance.

Correction In a Feb. 25 article titled “Allen’s victory headlines Tufts’ performance at New Englands,” the athlete in the featured photo was misidentified as Marilyn Allen. The Daily apologizes for this error.

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An open letter to the Tufts University Student body from NFC

by Stacey Bevan

On behalf of the Non-denominational Christian Fellowship (NCF), the Vision and Planning Team would like to announce that NCF received TCU recognition as an undergraduate student group at Tufts Medford Campus. NCF is a new student group excited about providing a space for people of different spiritual backgrounds to come together, share perspectives and learn from each other.

The student organization is exclusively lead by Tufts undergraduate students for the Tufts community.

Non-denominational Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centered community of people who support and challenge each other in exploring the life of Jesus Christ and its relevance to the Tufts community and beyond. NCF is open to all students and committed to pursuing faith, having fun, building community and enjoying food together. The group believes that true life is found in Jesus, and its vision is to express this faith, while inviting others to join. This is NCF’s

purpose statement. The entire constitution can be found on the NCF website at http://sites.tufts.edu/nondenom/.

The hope of NCF is to bless the Tufts community by providing a space in which students, as well as faculty and staff can explore Christianity, develop friendships, receive encouragement and participate in community service at Tufts and in the greater Boston area.

NCF prioritizes building relationships and collaborating with other religious and philosophical student groups, as expressed with the active representation of the group in the Tufts Chaplaincy Interfaith Student Council. NCF is also committed to connecting students with churches of various denominations and practices and other local community resources such as mentorship, missions, theological training and perspective and service opportunities.

NCF would like to extend an invitation to any interested members of the Tufts community to join NCF at their weekly gathering, what the group calls a Large Group meeting, on Thursday

evenings at 7:30 p.m. in the Interfaith Center (58 Winthrop Street). In this time the group aims to celebrate the diversity of Christian spiritual expression found at Tufts and welcome students of all perspectives, faith backgrounds and affiliations. A typical Large Group may include discussion, a guest speaker, worship, prayer, collaboration with another student group, or a time of open mic sharing. All of our activities are open to students from all faiths, perspectives and backgrounds.

NCF is excited to be an official part of the Tufts community, and welcomes your participation, input, questions and collaboration. NCF looks forward to contributing to the vibrancy of student religious and philosophical life at Tufts!

Stacey Bevan is a senior majoring in international relations and biology, minoring in child development. Stacey can be reached at stacey.bevan@tufts.edu. The NCF Vision and Planning Team can be reached at tufts.ncf@gmail.com

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Musings of a concerned brother and friend

by Edward Lowe

My name is Edward Lowe, I am a senior at Tufts, and I am an older brother. I have two younger sisters: one is going to college next year and the other journeying towards high school. The other night, as I was praying, I had the harrowing realization that my sister was going to enter a college with a campus culture not unlike the one we have here at our fine, progressive university.

The reason for my concern has largely to do with the party culture but also, more importantly, with the sexual culture on campuses that, like ours, are considered progressive and liberated. Over the past four years, my sister and I have developed a close friendship and, since our parents divorced, have worked together and supported one another in dealing with our fragmented family. She has become one of my best friends and I would be heart broken if anything bad were to happen to her. Given the statistics that any informed Tufts student is aware of regarding sexual assault on college campuses, she will inevitably have to take steps to protect herself in the years to come.

The fact that this is a genuine and deep fear of mine, along with her necessary selfdefense education, struck me as somewhat absurd. I thought this was the dawning age of sexual liberation? As I began to consider what exactly our liberation has meant, in terms of real human beings and real human lives (rather than dogmatic ideological assertions about “freedom”), I began to think of the issues, and potential solutions, that we, as young, informed and progressive people, are all too willing to ignore.

Over the past 60 years, sexual liberation has freed millions of American women

from the bondage of patriarchy and sexism, enabling them to advance socially and in the workplace in ways they never could before. But what exactly has this liberation meant, and what is it liberation from? While it might clearly be articulated that it is liberation from the (White-AngloSaxon-Protestant) patriarchy (and I, coming from an Irish Catholic background, resent being grouped with the Brits simply because the islands are near one another), it is rarely discussed exactly what this liberation has meant as it has played out in real time and space.

Freedom is generally understood by the liberal mainstream to mean freedom to exert my will as long as no one gets hurt (unless they’re old and suffering or developing in my uterus). What that means for living in communities with one another is that no external monitors or controls are allowed. I, as an enlightened, mature, autonomous individual, am perfectly capable of deciding what is right and wrong for myself, thank you very much. We have completely removed the possibility for prevention (consider the heyday of sex-segregated dorms, student curfews and faculty ensuring that no one was having sleepovers).

Now, while I wouldn’t advocate an immediate return to the 1850s, it begs the question: if most sexual assaults occur in dorm rooms, why do we so vehemently decry the injustice of being treated like children and denied sleeping “rights” with those we desire to sleep with?

And when we show consistently that we as a culture and as a society are incapable of positively monitoring ourselves, or each other, very well: how is it that professors and adults a century ago understood the passions and aggressions of young adults

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and found effective ways of dealing with it while we, having “progressed” as much as we have, can only offer more punishment after the fact?

The problem with greater punishment afterward is that this doesn’t address the event before or as it is happening, and the casualties are living here among us — our sisters, our children and our mothers (and the obligatory acknowledgement that men are victims of sexual assault too).

And yet all we can do for them is punish their perpetrators more harshly?

We, as a liberal, progressive culture, have failed our women and have become blind to basic and consistent realities of human nature. In the name of the gods of freedom and liberation, we put women at greater risk of violence and abuse while we reject any effective prevention methods that have proven the test of time as degrading and oppressive.

When will we recognize the failure of “sexual liberation?” When will the millions of children of broken marriages and single mothers speak to us more loudly than our progressive doctrines of freedom? When will a generation of men addicted to pornography and women alienated from such men, who cannot help but see them as objects, make us think twice about our “rights”?

After the past four years at Tufts, I can boldly declare that I am profoundly disillusioned with our ideas of “progress,” “freedom” and “sexual liberation.” Take a step outside the classroom, look around and see the price we have paid.

Edward Lowe is a senior majoring in biology. Edward can be reached at Edward.

Lowe@tufts.edu.

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ear mental sanity, Wintertime. Being constantly surrounded by myriads of people.

Eating “curried tofu surprise” for the third day in a row at the dining hall.

During this time of year, it can understandably be difficult to escape from the bubble that a college campus can create. The state of isolation, especially here in Boston, is only exacerbated by the far too often breakdown of public transit. But fret not: I have brought together several ideas for the occasional escape from campus into the world beyond. Bring friends along if you please, but for a complete solace approach, go solo. Like that one Jason Derulo song.

First, venturing off to cafés outside the immediate college-town area can be a relatively quick and inexpensive panacea to winter or isolation blues. While Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee and Munchkins will always do wonders, upgrading to the next tier can be an especially worthwhile investment. Local cafés in the nearby Davis Square area are prime examples. Diesel Café’s quick and efficient baristas serve perfect java jolts, and the accompanying industrial seating area proves to be the perfect spot to work or simply enjoy oneself. Many other options also present themselves in the vicinity, including hybrid frozen yogurt shops and more. But for the ultimate experience, I recommend heading down toward Fenway and spending an afternoon perusing the art at the Museum of Fine Arts — which for Tufts students is completely gratuit, meaning that you can spend more money at the nearby coffee shop, Neighborhoods Coffee & Crepes.

Get some coffee, pick your favorite sweet or savory crepe and wallow in gluttony for a hot while.

Another option is visiting nearby music venues and shows. Attending your favorite band’s performance at smaller venues like the Middle East is a relatively inexpensive, intimate experience. Smaller venues are key, with the artists having more interaction with fans in these environments. Less popular but equally entertaining and reasonable for heading off campus are orchestral performances such as the Boston Orchestra or the Boston Pops. Special rates for students are often available at specific times. Remember that one time Yo-Yo Ma made a cameo on Arthur, making every aardvark in that joint swoon? That can be you on Wednesday, March 4 if you hurry. Late tickets are often cheaper, and splurging a bit for the noncartoon-form paragon cellist is probably worth it.

In addition to the on-campus productions and plays, downtown theater district shows are another choice to explore other options. Again, student IDs are very powerful in the world of reductions and free tickets, and sometimes asking for leftover tickets the day of a show can result in steep discounts — so steep that you may be featured on the next episode of TLC’s “Extreme Couponers.” Watch out Kate Gosselin.

Lastly, volunteering options on campus can easily lead to off-campus opportunities. One of my friends was recently recounting how her performance group ventures to schools in the greater Boston area for shows, in which she was able to explore new areas while still remaining productive towards a positive cause. Tufts United for Immigrant Justice, which I am personally involved with, frequently ventures off campus to visit various cultural events in the area. Other health exchange programs work with organizations within the greater Boston area, offering regular opportunities to retreat from the realm of campus. Ironically, one of the easiest ways to get off campus originates from becoming more involved at our institution itself.

Freeing your soul, Henry

Henry Jani is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at henry.jani@tufts.edu.

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Egypt, four years later

by Zach Shapiro Op-Ed Contributor

2015 has already been an interesting year for late-night comedy.

I’m not talking about the end of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, though I will miss them. I’m talking about Jon Stewart’s lesser-known counterpart, Bassem Youssef.

Originally a doctor, Youssef rose to prominence after a web series he and his friends made when the 2011 Tahrir Square protests went viral, evolving into “El Barnameg,” or “The Show.” Three seasons and hundreds of millions of YouTube views later, Youssef has moved on to a fellowship at Harvard University.

His meteoric rise is nothing short of impressive. But the trajectory of his comedic career exposes greater truth about Egypt’s so-called Tahrir Revolution. As explained by Egyptian historian Hazem Kandil and Tufts’ own Professor Hugh Roberts, it wasn’t as rosy and successful as many in the West wished.

They argue that the Egyptian revolution of 2011 was far from a true revolution. They are right that the so-called Egyptian revolution brought new faces while leaving the foundations and trappings of familiar authoritarianism intact.

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offers a particularly wellsuited example. Known to many Egyptians as “the spare tire,” Morsi was far from the top choice for the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate. Rather, election law in place dictated that no one who had been imprisoned or arrested by the Mubarak regime could stand for presidential elections. So much for progress, reform and open elections.

What is even more frustrating than the fact that little – if any – serious progress has been made since 2011 is how naive some have been since the first protests of Khaled Said’s murder.

In its dangerous flirtation with political correctness, the West has become obsessed with rapid and premature democratization. It is time that Western idealism be met with a dose of reality, bitter a taste as it may leave.

Democracy, especially of the viable or sustainable type, does not happen overnight.

Good things take time, so the adage goes. Critics jump at the chance to respond to this fundamental truth with claims of American-centric imperialism and the like.

It did not, by any means, happen overnight here in the United States. It took years of war and a constitutional charter — the Articles of

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Confederation — which rendered government too weak to function. It took the country’s hinging on failure for necessary democratic reforms to be conceived and passed.

The fact of the matter is that ill-conceived democratization can make people worse off. The Egyptian economy suffered as tourism plummeted and unemployment rose drastically in the wake of the Muslim Brotherhood’s ascent

to power. Only now, under President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, is the Egyptian economy on its way to getting back on track and to restoring tourism and employment to pre-2011 levels.

We must also accept the fact that Egypt’s reality is doubleedged. While the economy appears to recover under Sisi’s authoritarian regime, Bassem Youssef was effectively coerced off the air by the regime. Youssef has said that his show is over,

but I’m still holding out hope for a fourth season sometime in the future. Either way, it is a stark reminder that free speech and expression remains repressed.

Where Sisi will take Egypt in the future is unclear.

Nonetheless, it is time for the West to begin considering how (or maybe even if ) we can reconcile Egypt’s resurgent political and economic stability with familiar authoritarian tendencies.

El Tit fills the gap other publications can’t

by Madeline Bacchus Op-Ed Contributor

If you’ve been lucky, you may have gotten your hands on one of the few copies of El Tit within the past week or two. The “only oldest, co-ed, non-acapella, unrecognized” feminist satirical magazine made its debut very recently in black and white, stapled-together booklets. Though the material is entertaining and thought provoking, with the Tufts satirical magazine The Zamboni already a recognized publication – not to mention the Tufts page on Her Campus – where exactly does El Tit fit in, if it does at all?

The publication was not recognized by the school for these same reasons. Satire is The Zamboni’s area and Her Campus is meant to serve as a forum for women. However, it is unfair to assume that between the two publications, the goal El Tit works towards can be achieved.

Even before El Tit came out, it was quite apparent that there really was no campus publication that provided a place for women to discuss striking issues both on and off campus.

Though Her Campus exists as a platform for women to discuss issues they may face in college as women, the articles don’t delve into the rougher struggles women face on college campuses and out in the world. In fact, many of their articles merely serve as advice columns that perpetuate the notion of gendered actions and expressions.

There is very little discussion on topics such as positive body image, gender-related double standards, misrepresentation in the media and more.

When the only forum for women on campus focuses more on pilates than politics, it discourages the open discussion

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of hard-hitting topics across the campus. There’s a large gap in the promotion of feminism here that isn’t filled thoroughly by any other group. Sure, there are gender equality advocacy groups — however, it is important that such discussion is held in a very public, open space that reaches a larger audience. Campus publications reach more people than group meetings or forums do.

El Tit makes an attempt at becoming such a public space, but with a twist. Instead of just being a regular magazine publication, it uses satire to draw attention to issues women face in everyday life, especially in their representation in the media. Most importantly, the writers understand how to effectively utilize such a writing style

to get their messages across.

They make sure that the satire is well thought out and engaging.

Satire is best consumed in small doses. After a while, its appeal wears off and it even gets irritating. Unfortunately, while the personalities in The Zamboni are entertaining, the magazine itself is much too long. There’s just too much satire in one issue, so much that it become tasteless before you even finish it.

The Zamboni also doesn’t use its position as a satirical magazine to promote the discussion of social justice issues, which is the original purpose of satire in the first place. Once again, there is that gap of under-representation prevalent in Her Campus as well. This is exactly where El Tit comes in.

The shortness of the zine itself ensures that readers get through the whole issue and enjoy every part of it completely, a factor that is essential in the development of a satirical publication. While the personalities and tones of each individual article are hilarious and stimulating, the message behind each one sticks with the reader.

For example, the magazine pokes fun at the notion of gendered items and expressions.

One article is a rage-filled outcry against men who wear their long hair in a bun, because apparently long hair is for women and women only, and it’s offensive to take that sense of identification away.

As it seems to me, the creators of “El Tit” felt as though their voices were not represent-

ed accurately by other publications on campus. Since its debut, many more students agree. The light-hearted tone of the writing attracts a larger audience, therefore alerting many more students to the problems others face on campus. They take away the prim and proper tone that is expected of and used in women’s platforms and replace it with an unapologetic attitude, one we should all have when calling out institutions on their misogynistic tendencies.

El Tit appears to be gaining more and more popularity as the few booklets that have graced our campus are being passed from friend to friend.

Hopefully, the school realizes just how important and necessary such a magazine is for the voices here.

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Holding Trinity to just one goal was no easy accomplishment. Trinity boasts three of the NESCAC’s top five point scorers on the season. Cole, junior Michael Hawkrigg and senior Jackson Brewer are the first, second and fourth NESCAC point leaders, respectively. Also, Cole, Hawkrigg and sophomore forward Sean Orlando are tied for secondmost goals in the league with 14 each, behind only Amherst first-year David White, who has 18. Tufts first-year forward Brian Brown ranks sixth with 13 goals. Pugh is the only other Tufts player in the top 30 for goals. Brewer, Cole and Hawkrigg are first, second and third in the league for most assists.

“We made some adjustments over the course of the week,” Murphy said.

“We worked on penalty kill. Their power play is one of the best in the country and they went 0-5.”

Trinity has scored on 26.9 percent of its power plays — the second-best rate in the NESCAC after Bowdoin — but Tufts’ effort on the penalty kill prevented Trinity from scoring on any of its five power plays.

“We made a little adjustment on our forecheck, but nothing new in zone,” Voigt said. “I guess we just worked a little harder to clear pucks out and to block shots this week and it really helped us out.”

The Jumbos are excited by the program’s first playoff win, but they are now focusing all of their attention on the Lord Jeffs.

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A third-period goal by senior forward Tyler Voigt ended the scoring in Tufts’ Saturday match-up against Trinity at 2-1. ship,” Murphy said. “It’s a big win, but really we are just going to build on it as we look to Amherst. For us to be in the NESCAC final four is fantastic. I feel like [the] Tufts community should be more aware of their high achievers, their fantastic young men.”

The teams will face off at Amherst on Saturday. After defeating one of the best teams in the country in the first round, the Jumbos have made a statement to the rest of the league that they are not to be taken lightly.

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Tufts’ lead to just five, Tufts’ strong outside shooting helped it slowly pull away.

Morehead hit a shot from beyond the arc at 14:02 mark, and Kanner followed it up with a 3-pointer of her own with 12:13 left to play to push Tufts’ lead to 10.

Just over halfway through the final half, the Jumbos had taken a 14-point lead on a layup from Roberson and a pair of free throws from sophomore center Michela North. Despite pushes from the Polar Bears, the Jumbos effectively held the lead as Roberson took over on offense. She hit a layup and then a 3-pointer with 4:42 left to keep the Jumbos’ lead at 15. From here, the Jumbos ran out the clock with strong offensive rebounding and consistent free throw shooting. When the buzzer finally sounded, the Jumbos had outlasted all competition the NESCAC could throw at them and captured the conference’s top prize.

“Yeah, it felt incredible last year, and it feels even more incredible this year,” Kanner said. “I thought we had something to defend

this year, and the fact that we’ve won two years in a row speaks to it not being a fluke.

So I think that this year was a great year in proving that we’re still that great team that made that great run and there’s a lot more left to this season.”

Roberson finished with a game-high 16 points, while Lee scored a career-high 12 points, adding six rebounds, five assists and three steals. North and Kanner also scored in the double digits with 14 and 12 points apiece. Junior Shannon Brady of Bowdoin led the Polar Bears with 15 points and 12 rebounds, while sophomore point guard Marie Curle, who tore apart three-seed Amherst with 19 points and 11 rebounds the day before, was held in check by Morehead and first-year guard Lauren Dillon. Bowdoin out-rebounded Tufts 36-29, though the Jumbos held a 52.3-34.4 percent advantage in shooting.

On Saturday, Tufts battled past a Williams team that played it tough for the second time this season. The Jumbos squeaked out a 54-50 win on the road at Williamstown earlier this year, and the NESCAC semifinal match-

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First-year guard Lauren Dillon slams into a Bowdoin defender during the NESCAC championship game on Sunday, Feb. 22.

up at home against the Ephs came no easier for the home team. Once again, the Jumbos had to match up with tough individual talent, as the Ephs’ senior guard Ellen Cook kept them in the game until the final minutes.

The game started slowly for both teams on offense, with a back-and-forth affair leading to just a 13-8 lead for Tufts 10 minutes into the first stanza. The Jumbos were relatively stifled down low for much of the first half. North and Kanner did not enjoy the same freedom in the paint, as Williams’ height and defensive strategy made what are usually easy layups difficult to convert for the Jumbos’ front court.

Williams was able to stick around, and by the 6:35 mark a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Devon Caveney knotted the game at 16-16. The Jumbos’ lead hovered around four points for the remainder of the first half while the Jumbos and Ephs traded layups and jump shots going into the intermission.

Despite a surge from Cook and the Ephs, the Jumbos held on for the semifinals win led by Kanner’s game-high 20 points and a 52-39 advantage in rebounding. Cook finished with 18 points, 15 of which she scored in the second half, and the Jumbos held an 18-1 advantage in points off the bench.

With the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, it is likely Tufts will host at least one game at Cousens Gym next weekend in the early rounds of national play. The Jumbos will find out tomorrow who they will match up with first in their fourth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. Regardless of the opponent, however, Tufts has the experience with postseason play that could help carry the team deep into the tournament just one year after advancing to the Final Four.

“That experience is invaluable,” Kanner said. “We’re gonna come into situations that we’re used to and there’s a strong group of girls that are coming back from last season that know exactly what to expect and are going to do a great job letting the newcomers know what this time is all about and how it’s a survive-and-advance situation. I really think we’re going to put our best foot forward to advance.”

raig Kimbrel, Aroldis Chapman, and Greg Holland are clearly the position’s elite, but none of them will wind up on my teams this spring simply because of how early people tend to draft premium closers.

The aforementioned three will bring you excellent ratios and at least 90 strikeouts, but I would rather take a second OF or SP in the 4th-6th round range. Instead of spending a 5th round pick on Chapman and a 6th on Holland, I could see myself waiting until the later rounds and selecting a trio like Drew Storen, Luke Gregerson, and Tyler Clippard.

While Storen is my 16th ranked closer, if he remains the Nationals’ 9th-inning guy all season, 45 saves seems likely. Gregerson has never been a full-time closer before, but he has always had excellent ratios and an average strikeout rate. Finally, Clippard is an elite reliever who will begin the year as the A’s closer, but injured Sean Doolittle is waiting in the wings to take back the closer role. Doolittle’s partially torn rotator cuff scares me, so I think Clippard has the higher upside in Oakland.

If you are someone who sees benefits to taking a top-shelf closer, I round out my top10 with (in order), Mark Melancon, Cody Allen, Huston Street, Dellin Betances, David Robertson, Kenley Jansen (injured), and Jonathan Papelbon.

Melancon has quietly been one of the sport’s best relievers over the past two years posting back-to-back seasons with sub2.00 ERAs, sub-1.00 WHIPs, and 70+ strikeouts. Pittsburgh will be a playoff contender once again, so Melancon is a safe bet for 30-40 saves.

Allen excelled in his first year as the Indians’ closer and his career 10.97 K/9 shows that the 26 year-old has 100 K potential. Street is as consistent as they come, but he falls outside of my top-five due to his low strikeout rate.

Betances may have the highest upside of any player in this article (2014 stats: 1.40 ERA/0.78 WHIP/135 Ks), but he has never been a closer at any level, and will supposedly have to beat out newcomer Andrew Miller for the Yankees’ 9th inning duties.

Robertson’s 3.08 2014 ERA is my only knock against him, but he certainly possesses topfive potential. Jansen might rank 3rd or 4th on my list were it not for his pesky foot surgery, and finally Papelbon rounds out the top-10.

The Phillies’ closer takes a lot of heat for his bad attitude and diminishing fastball velocity, but statistically speaking, his ERA, WHIP, and save numbers over the past four seasons are 1st tier worthy. Philadelphia might only win 70 games this season, but they will certainly not be blowing anybody out, so he should still get his opportunities (plus he is likely to be traded).

Just outside of this group is (in order), Joaquin Benoit, Steve Cishek, Koji Uehara, Trevor Rosenthal, Glen Perkins, Drew Storen, Jake McGee, Hector Rondon, Luke Gregerson, and Neftali Feliz.

Benoit has great ratios and an above average strikeout rate, but has never been a closer for a full season. Still, if the Padres notch 90 wins, Benoit could be a 40-save guy.

Uehara’s ratios rank among the best in the MLB over the past three seasons, but he allowed 10 earned runs over his final 7.2 innings of 2014, so fatigue seems to be very legitimate issue here. If he remains Boston’s closer for the full season, he could approach the position’s top five.

Potential Sleepers: Ken Giles, Aaron Sanchez, Brad Boxberger, Joakim Soria, Francisco Rodriguez, Jordan Walden Potential Busts: Fernando Rodney, Zach Britton, Addison Reed, Sean Doolittle, Santiago Casilla, Joe Nathan.

Wil Glavin is an junior majoring in English.

He can be reached at william.glavin@tufts.edu

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Jumbos capture second consecutive NESCAC title at home

by Alex Schroeder Sports Editor

This time last year, the women’s basketball team cut down the nets in Cousens Gym after winning the first NESCAC cham-

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pionship in the program’s history. This year’s team had its sights set on a repeat with most of its integral players still around and hungry for another title. After earning the tournament’s No. 1 seed for the second year in a row, defending home court and battling through injuries, the Jumbos are once again conference champions.

“I couldn’t be prouder,” coach Carla Berube said. “I’m excited for this championship like I was last year. It’s a new team, there [are] new faces, so I’m really excited for them all.”

This year’s finale was a showdown between the conference’s top two seeds: the No. 1 Tufts Jumbos and the No. 2 Bowdoin Polar Bears.

The two teams had played just about two weeks ago — Bowdoin visited Cousens Gym in a battle between the NESCAC’s best talent.

The two teams were battling for the No. 1 seed in the conference then. On Sunday, however, the stakes were higher, as the NESCAC title carried an automatic berth into the NCAA Div. III tournament.

Just as they did against Bowdoin on Feb. 14, Tufts handled its business in the championship, pulling away from Bowdoin in the second half for a 68-52 victory. For many of the team’s players, this was their second time cutting down the nets in Cousens Gym. The Jumbos’ discipline, depth and talent have kept them at the top of the conference for two years in a row.

“There’s a toughness, you know, that we come to play with day-in and day-out in practice; in games you see it,” Berube said.

“And there was a resiliency, with [senior tricaptain] Kelsey [Morehead] going out when she did and then with [senior tri-captain] Hannah [Foley]. People are just going to step up and do their jobs, and we had huge contributions from [junior] Emma Roberson and [sophomore] Josie Lee, and some people off the bench this weekend with [junior] Michelle Wu and [junior] Maura [Folliard].

And our bigs were big and made some big

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First-year guard Lauren Dillon crosses over a defender in the NESCAC Championship. After defeating Bowdoin, the Jumbos advance to the NCAA Div. III tournament. plays down the stretch and [senior tri-captain] Hayley Kanner is gonna put us on her back, and you know, that’s what an all-American does.”

Though the Jumbos came out of championship weekend victorious, they suffered a blow on Saturday in the semifinals matchup with Williams. As coach Berube alluded, guard Hannah Foley, the NESCAC runner up in 3-point percentage and Tufts’ thirdleading scorer, was injured.

With just over three minutes to play before the end of the first half, Foley hit a running layup from the left side of the basket, but then came down awkwardly on her right leg, grabbing toward her knee and yelling in pain. After several minutes of evaluation, she received a leg brace and crutches and was able to walk off the court under her own power.

Foley, however, did not return to the game and did not suit up Sunday. Her status is unknown in terms of how long the injury will keep her sidelined. Though the Jumbos are a deep team with players experienced enough to step up, the loss of one of their top scorers, rebounders and defensive specialists

will prove difficult to overcome in the NCAA tournament.

“Hannah’s a top player on the court … but she’s also an incredible leader off the court.

She’s a voice that you can hear at every single one of our practices, and at games,” Kanner said. “She really does the little things very well. So in that sense she’s gonna be missed just as much as what she’s producing on the court. And at the end of the day, there’s nothing that can be done. It’s a very unfortunate injury and she’s gonna rehab as best she can, but it’s just something that we can’t help. It’s something that we tried to put out of our minds in the Williams game and hope for the best, and then we’ll regroup and find out what the doctor says another time.”

Tufts has played the majority of the season without another of its top players — Morehead. The team is confident in its ability to come together and make the necessary contributions to make up for the loss of one of its star players.

“Everybody just needs to rise up, and you know fill in, which is hard because Hannah Foley kind of does it all,” Berube said. “But we

have the personnel to do that, and Hannah [has] made people better every single day. So it’s a challenge, but we’ll be ready for it.”

In the conference championship, both the Polar Bears and Jumbos struggled on offense in the first half. The two sides had over double digit turnovers, with Tufts conceding 11 giveaways and Bowdoin losing the ball 10 times.

Lee, who filled in for Foley in the starting lineup at guard, made her presence known from the start, scoring the game’s first points and then hitting a 3-pointer two and a half minutes in.

Overall, the first half was characterized by gritty defense and the inability of either team to consistently control the momentum. For nearly six minutes in the middle of the half, neither team was able to convert a basket.

Tufts took a six-point lead on a layup from Morehead in the final seconds.

Kanner kicked off the second half with an and-one layup to boost the Jumbos’ morale.

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Ice Hockey

Tufts upsets Trinity to open NESCAC playoffs

by Phillip Goldberg

Heavy underdogs going into the game, Tufts (9-14-2) defeated No. 2 Trinity (213-1) for the program’s first victory in the Assistant Sports Editor

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quarterfinal round of the NESCAC tournament. Tufts will advance to take on No. 10 Amherst, while Trinity’s season is at the mercy of the NCAA selection committee.

“We kind of put our stamp on history,” senior forward Tyler Voigt said.

The Jumbos’ motto has been a bluecollar approach to the game and confidence in the players’ abilities.

“We can beat any team on any given day and I think we’ve just proved that this past weekend,” Voigt said. “Everyone

bought into what the coaches were telling us. We came in prepared and just did it out there on the ice. Everything came together.”

The final score (2-1) did not accurately portray the excitement of the Saturday contest on Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

Neither team was able to score in the first period despite the Jumbos earning a few decent looks, including junior tricaptain forward Stewart Bell’s shot on a penalty kill.

Tufts capitalized at 10:54 in the second period when sophomore forward Matt Pugh found the bottom right corner of the goal behind junior goalie Nathaniel Heilbron. First-year forward Scott Majkowsky was credited with the assist.

Unwilling to enter the third period with a deficit, Bantams first-year forward Anthony Sabitsky answered back off a rebound at 19:07 in the second.

Sophomore forward Ryan Cole and senior defenseman Paul Burns assisted.

With the score tied 1-1 in the third period, Tufts’ promising season and

Trinity’s dominant one hung in the balance. Deep in the Bantam’s zone just four minutes into the period, junior defenseman Dominic Granato collected the puck and fired a shot that Heilbron saved. Then, at 4:43, Voigt had the perfect opportunity.

The Bantams failed to clear the puck and it found its way to Voigt, somehow left open.

His aim true, Voigt buried his shot behind the scrambling Heilbron.

“It was kind of just a scrum in front of the net and I just wanted to shoot it on net and try and put it in as fast as I could,” Voigt said. “It ended up going in. It was awesome. I had a lot of adrenaline and it was fun, to put it simply.”

There were still over 15 minutes left in the game, however, and the firstseeded Bantams desperately needed a goal to force overtime. They could not have asked for a better chance when sophomore defenseman Sean Kavanagh was called for charging with just under two minutes left in the game.

Kavanagh leads the team in time spent in the box, and this penalty undoubtedly hurt the Jumbos. Regardless, coach

Brian Murphy has consistently found Kavanagh’s elevated play to offset his penalty accumulation. “[Kavanagh] is an all-league type of player,” Murphy said. “Anybody in the league would want him on their team. I think it’s a tough call; he was being physical.”

Coach Matthew Greason elected to call a timeout following the penalty and pulled Heilbron for an extra skater. However, Tufts sophomore goalie Mason Pulde survived the onslaught — Trinity shot 25 times in the third period alone — and the Tufts ran out the clock.

The Bantams finished the game with 43 shots on goal; the Jumbos with just 25.

“Shots [on goal] is the most overrated statistic in hockey,” Murphy said.

“We kept them on the perimeter for the most part. [Pulde] played great. We knew they’d have a major push, which they did and we did a great job clearing. We knew they were going to outshoot us. It’s shots from quality areas that count.” see ICE HOCKEY, page 11