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Faculty embraces online course expansion by

Abigail Feldman

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Members of the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering faculty voted in December to adopt a new policy on online courses.

The policy outlines a twotier system for approving online courses and expands the webbased courses that count toward graduation from two to five, which represents a semester’s worth of courses, according to the chair of the Education Policy Committee (EPC) David Hammer.

“We wanted to make room for online courses in the schedule,” Hammer said. “We wanted to create an atmosphere that would allow experimentation and innovation.”

The new policy replaces a temporary one that faculty adopted two years ago when they agreed to revisit the policy in the future, Hammer explained.

Hammer created an ad hoc committee to gather data on course value and map a better policy, said Associate Dean Jean Herbert, who represents undergraduate education on the EPC. After a year of discussions and reviews, the new policy was presented at a faculty meeting and agreed upon without hesitation.

“Summer classes that have been offered were good, and people have been responding well,” Herbert said. “A couple of [instructors] had followed up with data evaluations and found that they were effective courses.”

The policy also describes a two-step process for reviewing new online classes, Hammer said. Faculty who wish to introduce online classes must submit course plans that show evidence of interactivity and ability to verify student identification.

Teachers, therefore, must be able to insure that enrolled students cannot hire other students to do classwork for them.

After running a pilot course as many as two times, instructors may choose to gain permanent approval by submitting student work or other proof that students are learning, like live chat logs or discussion boards. Similar systems for approval by the curriculum committee already exist for non-online courses, Hammer explained.

Hammer hopes the approval process will ensure that new online courses effectively promote learning.

“There’s a lot of skeptical faculty saying, ‘We don’t want to have weak courses,’” he said. “‘We don’t want to be condoning something that doesn’t have real depth to it.’”

Hammer emphasized the importance of interactivity in class, explaining that this separated Tufts courses from massive open online courses (MOOCs), which can serve as many as 10,000 students.

“So much of the big conversation around the country is around these massive online courses, and from our perspective we don’t see evidence that that’s a model that leads to real learning,” he said. “If I had 750 students, if I had 7,500 students...I’m not going to hear and respond to student thinking.”

Currently, online classes at Tufts are mostly limited to the summer program, Herbert said.

“Anything offered during the academic year would be considered more of a blended course,” she said. “People might be using online ways of communicating with students, certainly through Trunk and that sort of thing, but [those classes] wouldn’t typically be defined as online courses.”

More online courses at a grad-

uate level could allow for online professional communities, where instructors film and review each other’s teaching techniques, Hammer said.

Online classes could help teachers who feel more comfortable in text-based interactions and allow them to reach undergraduate students learning from a distance.

Because such courses have flexible timing, web-based classes also help eliminate scheduling difficulties, Hammer added.

Senior Manuela Rojas, who this summer took professor George Ellmore’s plants and humanity course from abroad, said she believed she learned just as much online as she could have in a regular lecture class.

“I think the difficulty of normal Tufts classes is maintained,” Rojas said. “If it’s a hard class, then you have to have a lot of selfdiscipline to take the time out of your day to read everything. It’s very easy for you to not prioritize it, but it’s going to be just as hard as it is at school.”

During their next meeting, faculty will begin discussions about permitting students to transfer up to two online course credits from other schools — something which the university currently does not allow, according to Herbert.

“My personal feeling is that ...we rely on the other schools’ curriculum committees to approve courses that they offer,” she said.

“I don’t see why it should be any different for online courses.”

Both Hammer and Herbert said they believed the new policy would make way for new learning opportunities.

“I think there’s just a general trend that we want to be part of the 21st century, and technology is a reality that could really benefit pedagogy,” Herbert said.

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Daisy, a baby giraffe from Southwick’s Zoo, was recently treated at the Cummings School

Cummings School treats newborn giraffe by

Daniel Bottino

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The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine last month successfully treated a baby giraffe in critical condition from Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, Mass.

Abandoned at birth, the giraffe,

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Association of Latin American Students President Astrid Fuentes, a senior, speaks with University President Anthony Monaco at an ALAS community dinner at a discussion in the Alumnae Lounge on Tuesday.

named Daisy, came in for treatment as she was deprived of necessary nutrients after her mother refused to nurse her.

“Daisy’s mom rejected her, she was uncared for,” Mazan said.

“When she came in she was cold,

Reverend Greg McGonigle: It’s been a journey. I grew up in the Boston area, and my family is Catholic. I’ve been interested in spirituality my whole life, and so I decided I wanted to go to a Catholic high school.

It was, in fact, studying religion in school that raised a lot of questions for me about what I believe, and the relationship between facts and faith.

It set me on a journey of exploring different faiths beyond Christianity.

At the same time, I was taking literature classes that introduced me to the Transcendentalist period. I was studying beautiful writings about nature, and how we can connect with the divine through

our own minds and through our experiences in nature. That was very appealing to me. When I got to college — I ended up going to Brown University because I wanted to study world religions and because I liked the progressive atmosphere — I found Unitarian Universalism, which is the tradition I now belong to myself. It’s a tradition that has strong progressive ethical beliefs but is open theologically to a lot of different ways of understanding life and the universe.

I found a home in Unitarian Universalism, and ended up going to Harvard Divinity School to continue studying religions. I had initially considered becoming a professor, but I started thinking of ministry as a way to bring together my interests in religion with my interests in caring for people and social justice.

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‘Gloria’ portrays romance between two divorcée as they cope with growing old.

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she was weak, she didn’t have any functional immune system, she had low blood sugar.”

Soon after birth, Daisy was found lying on the ground in a weakened condition with sepsis and pneumonia. The first action veterinarians took was to treat Daisy with antibiotics, according to Melissa Restifo, large animal medicine resident at the Cummings School. “[Daisy] was very vulnerable to infection, so when she came, we put her on antibiotics,” she said.

Mazan noted that Professor Andrew Hoffman, Director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, was the first to treat Daisy on the night of her arrival. While Daisy was not physically capable of nursing when she first arrived, veterinarians put a feeding tube down her nose and a catheter into her jugular vein to nourish her, Mazan said.

While Daisy slowly restored her strength, her health remained precarious for her first few days at the Cummings School, Restifo said. Mazan said that by the end of Daisy’s treatment, the giraffe was extremely strong, playful and enjoyed hitting her head on a suspended ball.

“She would hit it with her head until it would hit her back, and then she would look completely startled,” Mazan said.

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The greatest difficulty veterinarians encountered was convincing Daisy to nurse from a bottle. ―Daisy was stubborn and easily distracted, Mazan said. Eventually, Daisy’s veterinarians persuaded her to nurse.

“She finally got it,” Mazan said. “What you have to do is to reduce other stimulants and mimic what it would be like if she was nursing from her mom.”

Mazan credited Veterinary Technician Maggie Underwood, Daisy’s baby nurse, with figuring out how to simulate normal nursing habits.

“If she was nursing from her mom, her head would be underneath the udder and it would be dark and it would be like she was in a little cave,” Mazan said. “So what Maggie, our baby nurse, figured out to do was to take a towel and put it over [Daisy’s] head while she was giving her the bottle.”

As Daisy recovered, Cummings School student volunteers continuously tended to the giraffe, Mazan said. These students sat with Daisy in shifts throughout the night, ensuring that she was safe, warm and fed.

After Daisy’s treatment was complete, the baby giraffe returned to Southwick’s Zoo, according to Restifo. The zoo’s current owners are Cummings School alumnus Peter Brewer (V98) and his sister Betsey Brewer, according to Mazan.

“I’ve been [to Southwick’s Zoo] a couple times and it’s a wonderful place,” Restifo said.

“We were happy to treat one of their animals.

Despite Daisy’s return to Southwick’s Zoo, Restifo noted that she would initially be kept apart from the rest of the giraffe herd for fear of injury. She said Daisy would not rejoin her fellow giraffes until she has matured sufficiently.

Mazan explained that Southwick’s Zoo paid for Daisy’s medical care at the Cummings School. Although the Cummings School is not a zoo hospital, caring for large animal patients like Daisy is not uncommon, she added.

“We’ve had zebra, wild horses, moose, camels, so I guess you can say we are kind of adventuresome,” Mazan said. “If it’s large, it ends up with us.”

The story of Daisy’s treatment and successful recovery at the Cummings School has interested Tufts pre-veterinary undergraduates. Laura de Armas, President of the Tufts PreVeterinary Society, remarked that she was surprised to learn that the Cummings School was treating a baby giraffe.

“Daisy’s successful recovery reminds me why I’m pursuing a career in veterinary medicine,” Armas, a junior, told the Daily in an email. “Such touching stories motivate me to keep working hard towards my dream of becoming a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Who knows, maybe someday that’ll be me working to save a baby giraffe’s life.”

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cation, so I realized chaplaincy would allow me to combine all of my interests.

GM: My decision to move into a different faith tradition was not an easy one for my family at the beginning. It was difficult for all of us because they’re very committed to their faith and I’m committed to mine.

I never saw my becoming Unitarian Universalist as necessarily leaving Catholicism. Like languages, Catholicism was my first language in faith, and then I took on another — but you never really lose the first one you learned. That’s why it wasn’t a rejection; it was an embracing, an expansion for me. It was still very hard nonetheless, and I believe that process of both becoming confident in my own identity, as well as working through that with my family, taught me a lot, not only about myself, but also about how those sorts of situations can go — an important lesson, especially working now with those in a university setting who are also experiencing big transitions in their lives, about studies, careers, loves, and beliefs.

Q: What kind of work are chaplains engaged in? What is your role here at Tufts and what kinds of programs do you offer on campus?

GM: We do four main things. First, we support religious and philosophical communities. Tufts has about 20 of them, and part of the work of the chaplains is supporting those groups, advising them and helping them to do the things they do. We work with the Freethought Society [and] nonreligious students as well.

Second, we educate about religions in society and the world; we offer educational and cultural programming for the whole university. Third, we promote interfaith engagement. I work with the Interfaith Student Council, encouraging dialogue across traditions, mutual learning, and engagement on social justice issues people care about.

The fourth piece is pastoral care; we do direct counseling, we provide support for

people when unfortunate events occur, we do memorial services on campus, and we do weddings as well. We do some work in campus and community relations too, and collaborative programming with various academic departments and programs. We’re hoping to do more with The Fletcher School around international issues, and with Tisch College around active citizenship. Those are some of the relationships we’re hoping to build in the next five to 10 years.

Q: What have you seen this semester at Tufts that you would like to change? What would you like to accomplish in the coming years?

GM: I would definitely like to grow some of the resources around the communities we have. We have amazing, vibrant, spiritual and philosophical communities and leaders doing amazing things. In addition to their 20 or so weekly gatherings, all of them offer many one-time programs — speakers, retreats, service projects and musical opportunities. We’re thinking about how we can better support and be a resource for those initiatives.

We’re also trying to cultivate the Interfaith Student Council, and help them to take the lead in getting the university engaged in religious pluralism and religious literacy. A very important part of my vision is that we adopt a collaborative, intersectional, and student empowerment approach — seeing where the energy is for students and focusing our resources in those directions. At the same time we’re increasing resources for faculty and staff — through collaborations with the new Wellness Center [for faculty and staff] — and looking to provide more spiritual resources on Tufts’ Boston and Grafton campuses. We also need to explore support for the spiritual but not religious.

Q: After having gone to Harvard and Brown, and having been involved in the chaplaincy services there, how has chaplaincy changed or evolved since your time at these schools?

GM: I was very close with my college chaplain at Brown, Janet Cooper Nelson, who is also a Tufts alumna. While I was there, I worked with Janet to form the Brown MultiFaith Council, when interfaith councils

were just starting at universities like Brown.

Like Tufts, Brown had a lot of distinct religious communities, but they weren’t working together as much. There’s been a lot of growth around interfaith work — especially since Sept. 11, 2001. Before that many people did not understand the importance of religious pluralism.

Since then, a lot of people have realized how powerful religions are to people, and that they need to be involved in interfaith work if they want religions to be a force for good in the world. Religion can be a lightning rod in our society, and certainly in higher education; it attracts strong energy, and it’s a tool like anything else. People always say religion causes conflict, but you could say the same about politics or economics. The truth is there is a spectrum in all faiths, and we decide whether we are going to use them for division and conflict or for the common good.

Q: Regarding the interfaith aspect of the chaplaincy, how do you balance your own religion while being chaplain to many different campus groups?

GM: The interesting thing about being a Unitarian Universalist at Tufts is that Tufts was founded by Universalists. So although we’re not a Universalist school, I think Universalism is definitely part of Tufts’ DNA. Universalism is a very inclusive perspective; one that seeks to embrace the whole world, because what Universalists came to believe was that people of other faiths, other backgrounds, other nationalities — everyone is part of a divine plan for the world and is sharing a common destiny.

I think that’s part of the reason why Tufts has such a commitment to internationalism, peace and justice work, and active citizenship. It’s part of the fabric of values the founders of Tufts cared about. I think Unitarian Universalism lends itself well to chaplaincy, although people of all traditions do it well. I’m practicing my faith by doing what I do, but not by promoting my particular tradition. In my work, it doesn’t matter what someone else’s identity is, my job is to be there as a companion, and to help them be the best Hindu, Buddhist, Atheist, or Christian they can be.

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Paulina García radiates hope and life onscreen as middle-aged Gloria Cumplido.

Sebastián Lelio’s ‘Gloria’ is gloriously refreshing Chilean film covers complexities of age with candor, grace by

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It appears, for once, that a film has been made that deals with a very difficult topic in a youth-sat-

Gloria Directed by Sebastián Lelio Starring Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zimora

urated industry: middle age. Not only does director Sebastián Lelio’s film, “Gloria” (2013), focus on this

stage of life, but it also delivers an even more unusual companion: romance. The result is an immensely mature and uplifting film.

“Gloria” revolves entirely around the life of Gloria Cumplido (Paulina García, a divorcé who frequents dance clubs, flirts with men and otherwise carries out a somewhat lonely life since her kids have grown up. Lonely, that is, until she meets a fellow divorcée Rodolfo (Sergio Hernández). As Rodolfo and Gloria plunge into an amorous relationship, they encounter a number of problems along way, and it becomes

increasingly apparent that decades of emotional baggage put an added strain on their romance.

As film is a visual medium, onscreen intimacy is typically limited to young, attractive actors, especially when it involves nudity or sex.

“Gloria” is gutsy enough to depict people in their fifties being as every bit as sensual and unabashedly intimate as younger people. It’s surprising — almost jarring. Yet, by the end of the film it’s routine. This is important because Lelio focuses a great deal of attention on the characters’ bodies. The characters

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‘Gloria’ pleasantly navigates the inevitabilities of romance at an older age.

are aware of their respective ages and the physical realities that come with them: you watch Gloria apply facial cream at night before she goes to bed; Rodolfo admits that he has recently had gastric bypass surgery to lose weight.

It would be unfair to harp too much on the film’s unconventional depiction of middle-aged intimacy because it should be judged as simply a good film.

“Gloria” is a character portrait, and a very satisfying one at that.

The protagonist is a flawed but charming and vivacious woman, decked out in oversized glasses trying to break out of her lonely existence. Garciá’s performance is the heart of the movie. Whether she’s singing along to songs on the radio while she drives or inventing awkward dance moves solo on a dance floor, she is always radiant — these little details make her acting so engaging. For instance, we see Garciá’s foot roll to the side for a split second as she walks across a lobby in high heels — and the moment is both hilarious and acted with incredible poise.

Garciá’s performance is impeccable, although really it must be: she’s always on-screen.

“Gloria” is a realistic, candid film

about a woman who is attempting to re-discover passion. There’s a melancholy tone that pervades Gloria’s life: she lives alone in an apartment building constantly rattled at night by a belligerent man who screams at his wife. A hairless cat keeps reappearing in her room like a specter of her looming spinsterhood. Attempting to cope with her loneliness, she smokes pot that has been only been delivered to her house by accident. It’s not difficult to see why she would want to kindle some kind of romantic relationship in her life — or really any kind of relationship.

This is also why “Gloria” is so uplifting. It suggests that the exciting parts of life exist after youth has faded and that even though being lonely is inevitably part of growing older, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “Gloria” dissects aging and the changes that are unavoidably a part of it (a slowly failing body, the impossibility of starting fresh with other people).

It is about remaining open to others and about learning to be selfcontent. “Gloria” is a rare movie that doesn’t kid you about old age, yet somehow leaves you certain that it’s not the end of the world — or of life, for that matter.

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New HBO show depicts reality of modern gay life Deliberately paced ‘Looking’ delights with honest, complicated characters George Esselstyn

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HBO’s new series “Looking,” which premiered Jan. 19, looks promising after its first three episodes. With a slow pace and

Looking Starring Jonathon Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett

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likeable characters, “Looking” explores contemporary gay life in San Francisco. The show, which is filmed on location, echoes Lena Dunham’s unapologetic “Girls” (2012 - present) with a crude, sexual tone and uncensored material.

Critics were quick to draw comparisons between “Girls” and “Looking” as the show approached its January debut. The protagonist in “Looking” — educated, white, trying to take the next step personally and professionally — mirrors the protagonist in “Girls,” Hannah Horvath.

Some critics have even called “Looking” the gay version of “Girls.”

However, the creator of “Looking,” Michael Lannan, gently rejected the comparison in an interview with The Huffington Post: “We’re flattered to be compared to ‘Girls’ or other great shows that came out before us, but I think when people see this, it will be clear it’s something of its own.”

Certainly after its premiere, “Looking” has earned some independence. The show is lowkey, easy-going and refreshing. The half-hour episodes are charming and storylines move effortlessly between the show’s three main characters. Jonathan Groff — who appeared in “Glee” (2009 — present) — leads this trio as Patrick, a sweet, awkward and unsuspecting videogame designer. His roommate, Agustín (Frankie J. Alvarez), is an aspiring artist juggling the trials and joys of monogamy. Dom (Murray Bartlett) completes the group as a 39-year-old waiter who fears the inevitable — turning 40.

With their aspirations, worries, flaws and the occasional ménageá-trois, the three men are wonderfully unpredictable. For the most part, they are content with how they live, but they each have their doubts. The first episodes introduce the characters by acquainting us with their problems — most of which center around love: finding it, recovering from it and dealing with it. The men aren’t flamboyant, funny or aggressive: they’re conflicted.

Together, the men navigate the ins and outs of gay life in San Francisco — dodging bad dates and exes while also seeking something new. It is through these searches for fulfillment, for happiness and for love that “Looking” earns its modest title.

The theme of sexuality never leaves the screen as the relations Patrick, Agust쬠and Dom have with other men range from awkward to sultry to comedic.

Here’s where comparisons to “Girls” are in order: “Looking”

does not hesitate in its raw and uninhibited portrayal of gay sexuality. The show tells the truth, as uncomfortable, beautiful and honest as it may be. But it does so quietly and calmly — while also bursting with rich color and vibrant scenes of San Francisco.

Peppered with occasional comedic moments, the show fosters energy typical of HBO’s repertoire.

Though “Looking” is undeniably slow, its pace — along with its characters — reminds audiences that good TV doesn’t have to be fast or action-packed. “Looking” is accessible, honest and self-aware, and it does not fail to capture a refreshing view of gay reality. For the trio of men, everything is a bit out of reach and, as a result, the show is relatable and almost universal.

As Patrick, Agust쬠and Dom continue to mosey about the handsome neighborhoods of the Bay Area, “Looking” will hopefully continue to explore their lives at its own honest — and distinct — pace.

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With a past role on ‘Glee’, Jonathan Groff stars in a new, more finely tuned drama in ‘Looking.’

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were canceled due to the Winter Storm Nemo.

The tournament is a unique opportunity for the players because during the regular season, the team plays against schools from all divisions. However, the fact that only Div. III athletes will be competing is not expected to detract from the quality of the competitors.

“There’s going to be a lot of good competition, both mentally and physically,” Dahlman said. “Speaking for myself, I want to have a lot of good matches against those top players who we don’t usually get to play during the season. We will [also] get to play some of the NESCAC schools, which is tough competition.”

The tournament gives all the players an opportunity to showcase their individual skills and play independently — each match will be based solely on their own play.

The players will be seeded based on their individual performance throughout the season.

Advani explained how even on the lower-ranked teams, the top three players are very skilled.

“It’s going to be tough,” Advani said. “It’s such a competitive level.

I’m going to be playing some of the same players again who I’ve played earlier in the season.

Hopefully I can beat the players I’ve beaten before. I’m playing a

lot better right now than I have been at the beginning of the year and over the semester.”

Even though wins in this tournament will not necessarily help the Tufts teams’ rankings, the tournament does have the potential to help individual rankings.

“If I do well, my individual ranking could go up,” Advani said. “Zach [Schweitzer] and I are playing very well. We’ve only lost two matches this semester, so hopefully it will be a good tournament.”

“It’s the first year, so I don’t really know what to expect,” Dahlman added.

Another divergence from the norm is the number of players competing for each team. During regular season match play, nine players compete for each team, but during this tournament each team will be reduced to three, augmenting the individuality of the tournament.

“I think this tournament is going to be far more challenging than normal matches because at this point we’re not playing as a team, we’re playing individually,” Advani said. “Everybody is going in with a far different mindset than going in with a nine person team. I think it’s going to be a great experience for all of us since it’s our first time, but especially [freshman] for Josh [Lee] who has never played in something like this before in college.”

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a-half minutes, the Jumbos had sprung out to a 17-point lead, capped by an and-one put-back layup from Madsen.

A 3-pointer from Ferris followed by another make from beyond the arc by senior tricaptain Kwame Firempong a minute-and-a-half later put the Jumbos up 59-42 at the 10:17 mark. Tufts’ lead would not slip to less than 17 points for the remainder of the game.

“We switched everything because we didn’t have a big guy,” Sheldon said. “I think it threw them off a little bit. I think our defense was great. I think the good thing about it was that we didn’t need anyone to be a hero. They stayed within themselves and played like a team.”

Ferris led the way for the Jumbos statistically, posting a

double-double with 18 points including four 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Firempong had 15 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals, while Haladyna added 12 points and three rebounds.

Off the bench, the Jumbos saw contributions from sophomore guard Ryan Spadaford, who hit two big shots from beyond the arc, Smith, who added seven points and Madsen, who had six points and four rebounds.

Walsh led the Corsairs with 14 points, while sophomore big man Wale Abraham pulled in a game-high 13 rebounds.

While the win was certainly a confidence boost and allowed the Jumbos to showcase their talent without Sabety on the floor, it is nowhere near as meaningful as the next four games will be. The Jumbos will travel to Hamilton and then Williams

on Friday and Saturday, have a week of rest and then play against Colby and Bowdoin at Cousens Gymnasium on Feb. 14 and 15.

Tufts is currently in a threeway tie for the last playoff spot in the NESCAC, at 2-4 along with Conn. College and Hamilton. While the headto-head matchup against Hamilton will be important, each conference game from here on out will affect whether or not Tufts reaches the NESCAC Championship tournament for a fourth straight year. “[ We’ve] gotta play every game like it’s the last game of your season, because it could be, it could be the deciding factor,” Ferris said.

“We came in the locker room and said, ‘It’s a good win, but it doesn’t mean anything.’

We have to start thinking about Friday, so that’s what we’re gonna do now.”

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Senior tri-captain Kwame Firempong prepares to drive against Wentworth in the team’s Nov. 23 win.

Firempong totaled 15 points in the Jumbos’ victory on Tuesday.

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of the gas pedal until the final buzzer sounded.

The Jumbos’ success this season can largely be attributed to strong starts. The team often builds double-digit leads by the half and relegates opponents to playing catch-up. This trend was on display once again as Tufts’ defense held Rhode Island to just two free throws in the first seven minutes of play, thwarting any efforts by Rhode Island to get its offense going.

The Jumbos forced 14 first-half turnovers and held the hosts to just 5-of-18 (28 percent) shooting from the floor, building up a 31-17 lead by halftime.

Juniors Hannah Foley and Hayley Kanner, key cogs in the offense and the only two Jumbos averaging at least 10 points-pergame this season, had standout performances against the Anchorwomen. Foley scored 11 points in the first half, with 14 total on the night, and added a team-high seven rebounds along with a game-high four steals.

Kanner, recently named NESCAC Player of the Week, notched 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks for the team.

“Hayley is a talented low-post player, who’s improved a lot in her three years at Tufts and made a big jump in performance since last year,” Berube said. “Hannah Foley just made Academic AllAmerican, an engineering major with a 4.0 GPA which is something I’m very proud of, and of course you have to be a talented basketball player to receive that recognition.”

An often-overlooked member of the Jumbos, junior point guard Kelsey Morehead plays a crucial role in facilitating the offense and working the ball to both of the Jumbos’ leading scorers. Morehead, who is currently leading the team in assists with 2.9 per game (seventh in the NESCAC), had a game-high seven dishes against

Rhode Island, a testament to the team’s swift ball movement. The Jumbos dished out 17 assists as a team against the Anchorwomen, who ended the night with just six. “[Morehead] is never going to get the recognition and attention because she doesn’t put up huge stats, but she puts the team on her back game in and game out, and leads us in so many different ways,” Berube said. “It’s nice to see the team get the recognition that we’re getting, but we wouldn’t be 19-0 without her.”

In a game that saw playing time for all fifteen members of the Tufts squad, Rhode Island appeared utterly over-matched from the outset. Tufts held Rhode Island to just 29.5 percent shooting on the night and kept them scoreless from beyond the arc, while Tufts shot 43.4 percent from the field and went 6-of-13 from 3-point range.

Despite holding teams to a league low of 50.2 points per game, the Jumbos lost the battle on the boards against the Anchorwomen, with the hosts out-rebounding the visiting Jumbos 39-29, which included 15 offensive rebounds for the Anchorwmen.

“We still need to work on post defense, to make sure we have great ball pressure and get deflections. That and defensive rebounding, because we’ve been giving up too many offensive rebounds,” Berube said.

“There are definitely parts of our defense that still need to grow, in every practice and every game.”

With four of their next five games against conference opponents, including tough away games against Hamilton and Williams, the team will have to continue to keep up the defensive intensity.

“It’s a huge test going out to Hamilton and Williams,” Berube said. “It’s a test to see if we’re ready to step onto court and play the brand of Tufts basketball that we want to play.”

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Jumbos handle Corsairs, prepare for final stretch by

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The men’s basketball team matched up Tuesday night with non-conference opponent UMass-Dartmouth, routing the Corsairs 73-54 to bring Tufts its third win in four games. The team improved to 11-9 overall with the victory.

Noticeably missing on both ends of the floor for the Jumbos was their leading scorer, freshman center Hunter Sabety, who was sidelined with an illness. Senior forward Tommy Folliard also did not play, as he was recovering from a foot injury, according to head coach Bob Sheldon.

Luckily the Jumbos did not face any serious size disadvantage as 6’7” freshman big man Drew Madsen and 6’5” senior tri-captain Andrew Dowton stepped up to handle the responsibility in the paint.

“Obviously [Hunter is] a big defensive presence, blocking shots and anchoring our defense,” said Dowton, who started in place of Sabety. “So it’s a big thing, and we have other guys who are gonna play that spot, who are gonna block those shots, just being ready to take charges and being in the position to play defense. Rotating in behind and being that second help, helping the helpers like coach [Sheldon] always says.”

But for the final minutes before the end of the first half, the Jumbos had their way at both ends of the court.

They came out 9-0 to start the game before UMass-Dartmouth scored at the 16:30 mark. After junior guard Ben Ferris converted a layup on a fastbreak pass from freshman Tarik Smith less than seven minutes into the game,

the Corsairs called a timeout as the Jumbos’ lead had grown to 13.

Slowly UMass-Dartmouth crawled back into striking distance, as Tufts struggled to make anything happen on the offensive end. Over just 10 minutes, the Corsairs mounted a 17-7 run to pull themselves within four points of the hosts.

Freshman guard Ryan Walsh knocked down seven straight points to start the Corsairs’ streak. The Jumbos, on the other hand, missed five layups, four free throws and commited four turnovers over the same span. They also gave up eight offensive rebounds from the 13:08 mark until halftime.

This lapse did not prove devastating for the Jumbos in the end, but it is something the team must be wary of, especially with Sabety on the sideline.

“When we’re struggling we just gotta continue to get [touches in the paint] from our guards,” Ferris said.

“It was tough tonight because we didn’t have Hunter and usually we can just throw the ball into him and get a basket. I feel like we’re doing a lot better job playing together. We’re struggling when we’re not getting paint touches and we’re taking contested shots without getting into the paint and getting kick-outs.”

UMass-Dartmouth again cut Tufts’ lead to just four points twice more before the end of the half, but a 3-pointer from Ferris and a pair of free throws from sophomore guard Stephen Haladyna put the Jumbos up 39-30 going into the break.

Coming out in the second half, Tufts was recharged and emerged with no signs of fatigue. After just three-andsee MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 7

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Junior Hannah Foley shoots to score against Colby-Sawyer in the team’s November 19 homeopener. Foley had 11 first-half points in Tufts win over Rhode Island.

Jumbos sink Anchorwomen, keep perfect season by

Midway through a stretch of five consecutive away games, the women’s basketball team soared to a 63-42 win over Rhode Island College on Tuesday evening. The win pushes Tufts to 19-0 while Rhode Island falls to 14-6 on the season.

The victory comes as a welcome relief after two closely contested games this past weekend, in which the team played in arguably the most brutal back-to-back road games thus far. Despite securing crucial wins against NESCAC opponents Connecticut College and Wesleyan, having to play in two unfriendly environ-

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Men and women’s squash top three players head to championships Contributing Writer

The men’s and women’s squash teams send their top three players to the Div. III Individual Championships this weekend.

Sophomore Aditya Advani, junior Zach Schweitzer and freshman Josh Lee will represent the men’s team; sophomore Paget Stanco and junior co-captains Paige

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Kanner takes home NESCAC Player of the Week

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ments within the span of 24 hours was a challenge for the team.

“It’s definitely easy to play in your home gym, with your home crowd, in the place you practice every single day, and it’s tough going on the road in the NESCAC,” head coach Carla Berube said. “But it’s a good test and we grinded out two big wins in Connecticut this past weekend.”

After coming off of its two intense weekend games, the team did not let its guard down when looking to face an easier, non-conference opponent. Instead, the Jumbos asserted their dominance from tip-off and did not take their foot off

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Sophomore Aditya Advani wins the first game of his match against BC.

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Alison Kuah

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Dahlman and Ann Bellinger will represent the women’s team.

While each player in the tournament represents his or her school, the tournament is for individuals — not teams.

Because players are used to participating in team competitions, the tournament will be different from what the Jumbos are accustomed to.

“There’s going to be people

who we’ve never played before and it’s going to be extremely competitive,” Advani explained.

“I’m really looking forward to playing an individual tournament since it’s been a really long time since I’ve played one.”

This will be the first year of the tournament after last year’s Div. III Individual Championships see SQUASH, page 7

On Feb. 3, junior Hayley Kanner was named NESCAC Player of the Week for her performances over the weekend. Kanner is the first Tufts women’s basketball player this year to receive the honor despite the Jumbos’ undefeated record that has them leading the NESCAC standings.

Against Connecticut College on Friday, Kanner scored a game-high 16 points to go along with four assists, five rebounds, and two blocks in the Jumbos’ 56-49 victory over the Camels. The next day, Kanner notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds in a 62-53 victory over Wesleyan. Once again, Kanner filled out the box score with two assists and three blocks.

Following in step with the unselfish character of the team, Kanner sees the award as a testament to the team as a whole.

“It is an absolute honor,” Kanner said of the award. “It’s unique because our team does not rely on one person, so to get this individual honor is surprising.”

Kanner entered the year as one of the most feared shotblockers in the NESCAC, and this year she has lived up to that expectation. She leads the NESCAC with 2.8 blocksper-game, the only player in the league with an average

over two.

Kanner has also improved at the offensive end, with a team-best 11.9 points-pergame, up from 8.8 the year before, while shooting 45.9 percent from the field, placing her tenth in the conference. Furthermore, Kanner has added another facet to her offensive game, shooting 1.3 3-pointers per game, after shooting just three all of last season. Following the graduation of fifth-year forward, and current assistant coach, Kate Baronsky (LA ‘12), Kanner has stepped into the role as the team’s top offensive threat in the post.

“We lost our go-to player and that left an opening that needed to be filled,” Kanner said of her offensive play. “It’s a testament to teammates finding me when I’m open and reading the defense.

While the accolade is the first of the year for a player on the team, this Jumbos squad, which now ranks fifth in the country, has gone anything but unnoticed. With only five games to play in the regular season, Kanner must continue her stellar play throughout the month of February if her team hopes for a successful tournament run.

— by Ross Dember