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VOLUME LXVIII, NUMBER 10

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Toogood appointed judicial affairs administrator

by Denali Tietjen Daily Editorial Board

Mickey Toogood assumed the position of judicial affairs administrator on Aug. 18, replacing former judicial affairs officer Veronica Carter, who announced in July that she was retiring from Tufts after 30 years of service. Toogood shared the position with Carter during a two-week transition period until her retirement on Aug. 31.

Toogood will have several responsibilities as judicial affairs administrator: overseeing the day-to-day operations of the student judicial process; meeting with students as they go through the disciplinary process; playing a leadership role in revising and updating the Code of Conduct and working closely with faculty across departments in order to uphold community standards and improve the student experience, according to an email announcement from Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon to faculty in Aug. 11.

A current Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English at Tufts, Toogood has taught in the Freshman Writing program since 2011, according to McMahon. He also worked as a staff assistant and graduate intern in the Judicial Affairs office for two years, during which he gained extensive knowledge of Tufts’ judicial system.

“Mickey’s two years of experience as our graduate Judicial Affairs intern made him a very strong candidate,

because he brought firsthand knowledge of how our administrative processes have run and thoughtful ideas about how to update those processes,” McMahon told the Daily in an email.

Toogood said that as judicial affairs administrator, he hopes to be an accessible resource for students rather than a mysterious authority in Dowling Hall. He intends to spend more time out of the office and has already attended fraternity party training and campus events including Fall Gala this year, he explained.

“I want people to know who I am; I don’t want to just be a name that students hear around like, ‘Oh you go see Mickey Toogood when you get in trouble,'” he said, joking that the irony of his last name should work to his advantage in this respect.

Toogood said that while he has an obligation to uphold community standards, students’ well-being is his ultimate priority, and he hopes to change the judicial system to reflect that.

“We would like students to start thinking of us as a resource and think of us as a proactive place, not just a reactive place,” he said. “I’m trying to move away from students viewing me as as a principal, from feeling like I’m their high school principal who’s calling them in to yell at them, and instead trying to shift the conversation to be more about community standards.” see TOOGOOD, page 2

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Daniel Santamaria was named the new Director of Digital Collections and Archives.

Tufts names new director of Digital Collections and Archives

by Patrick McGrath Daily Editorial Board

Daniel Santamaria officially assumed the position of director of Digital Collections and Archives (DCA) on Sept. 2, filling the position previously held by Anne Sauer (LA ’91, G ’98) before she left Tufts for a new position at Cornell University in early April. University Records Manager Eliot Wilczek served as interim director from April through August.

Vice Provost Kevin Dunn led the search for the new director.

Santamaria's appointment as director was officially announced on June 4,

Palestinian Faculty Perspectives on Gaza Tufts professors came together last night to present "Palestinian Faculty Perspectives on Gaza," a series of three speeches on their research and personal views on the current conflict in the Gaza Strip. The event, which was sponsored by Tufts Arabic Program and the the Middle Eastern Studies Program, took place at 7:30 p.m. in a full Cabot ASEAN Auditorium.

Associate Professor of Arabic Kamran

Rastegar opened the discussion, introducing the three speakers and presenting the upcoming Tufts events concerning the Middle East.

The first speaker, Lecturer of Peace and Justice Studies Sa'ed Atshan, presented on the history of the Gaza Strip and Israeli-Palestinian relations from 1948 through today. He spoke of the violent conflict in Gaza this past summer and the portrayal of the conflict by

foreign media.

The next speaker, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Amahl Bishara, spoke of her personal experience in protests across the region and the treatment of protesters. The final speaker, Lecturer of Arabic Souad Zendah, presented on her personal and familial connections to Gaza.

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according to an email announcement to the university from Provost and Senior Vice President David Harris.

Associate Provost Boris Hasselblatt, who oversees the DCA, said that Santamaria has come at a time of both challenges and opportunities for the DCA, which supports teaching and research at Tufts through the preservation of university records and collections. The DCA reports directly to the Office of the Provost.

“I really expect that there [are] going to be a lot of interesting things happening in the Digital Collections see SANTAMARIA, page 2

Cummings School student creates pet care app

by Daniel Gottfried Daily Editorial Board

Loren Sri-Jayantha, a student at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, advanced to the final round of the inaugural Veterinary Innovation Challenge in Philadelphia on Sept.

6 for his mobile application, PetSync.

PetSync was created to send updates and reminders to pet owners about the tasks required to keep their pet healthy and happy, according to Loren.

“It is for everyone that takes care of a pet to have an organized way to take care of them,” he said. “You can track multiple pets and have multiple people taking care of one pet. If I had a cat with three friends, I can know what has been already been done.”

Loren said that he was inspired to create PetSync by his own need to organize pet care in a house with two red-footed tortoises, a bearded dragon and a cat.

“Last year I lived in a house with four other people and a ton of pets, and we had busy schedules and couldn’t talk all that much,” he said. “There was one cat that was really fat and got many more meals than he should have because of a lack of communication about what had already been done. So see PETSYNC, page 2

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Tufts Technology Services expands options

by Nina Goldman Daily Editorial Board

Tufts Technology Services (TTS) announced several new services for students and faculty at the beginning of this semester. The offerings range from a new encrypted wireless network to tools for collaboration, according to a statement from TTS. “Input and feedback from our community shape our service choices, and we also strive to stay current in IT landscape to best serve the university,” the statement said.

Dawn Irish, former TTS Director of Communication and Organizational Effectiveness who left the university earlier this month, noted the addition of a new wireless network to campus: tufts-secure. She encouraged students to use the new secure network, especially for banking and other personal matters.

The next step, according to Theresa Regan, TTS director of Enterprise Infrastructure, is increasing outdoor wireless coverage.

TTS also announced the launch of a new Virtual Private Network (VPN) service in July.

The VPN offers Tufts community members more support and better mobile capabilities, allowing access to Tufts network resources and Internet from off campus.

Irish noted that TTS has increased its ability to assist with technical issues with an on-site location in Eaton Hall.

Help is also available over the phone with a 24/7 IT service desk that debuted in April.

Beyond these improvements, one of TTS’ new offerings is EndNote, which assists users with bibliographies and citations. It can be installed on institutional computers though an email request or on private student, staff and faculty computers by going to the Eaton Lab, according to the TTS website.

Another new offering is Cisco WebEx, which is used for plan-

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Tufts Technology Services recently announced the introduction of several new services including an encrypted wireless network. ning and hosting electronic meetings. TTS is also promoting Box, a file-sharing application already available to members of the Tufts community. This year, each student and faculty member is allocated 50 gigabytes of storage, which others can access for collaboration, according to the statement.

Kris Manjapra, an associate professor of history, said he is using some of these programs to conduct courses in classrooms abroad.

“We use a set of IT tools in order to create a virtual classroom,” he said. “That helps to create a sense of a shared learning community.”

Among these tools is Box, which Manjapra said is useful when the Tufts students are working with their international counterparts to create projects. He said this longdistance group learning allows students to explore building trust with students from different backgrounds.

“It helps to create a sense of discussion in the class,” Manjapra said. “All of these pieces fit together to create an integrated long-distance learning community.”

The courses also use video-conferencing software to hold weekly meetings between the different students,

though Manjapra said they usually use Adobe Connect rather than the similar new program, WebEx. Manjapra said he and Ayesha Halal, the Mary Richardson Professor of History, taught a class last semester with BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and are planning another one with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan for this spring.

“The hope is to teach more like this in the future,” Manjapra said. “[Courses like this] allow students to explore the meaning of globalization ...

It’s a way of connecting theory and practice.”

According to the TTS, it is still unclear how many students and teachers will actually make use of these offerings, and they declined to release any information relating to the cost of these services.

“We always track adoption, and it varies by timing in the academic year," the statement said. "We will continue looking at metrics for each service throughout the year. For services we have just recently launched, our measurements take on greater meaning as the academic year progresses.”

—Sarah Zheng contributed reporting for this article.

New app to help pet owners manage daily care PETSYNC

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we created this app to deal with that.”

Loren explained that he worked on the app with his brother, Darren Sri-Jayantha, and friend, Alejandro Ciniglio, both of whom are computer science engineers.

“I came up with the idea, and I’d been wanting to work on the project with my brother and [Alejandro] for a while,” Loren said. “They are full-time software engineers. I took computer science courses as an undergraduate, but they handled the more complex things.”

Their team was selected as one of eight finalists to present their app and business plan to judges at the competition earlier this month, according to Ciniglio.

“The judges were impressed that we had something running and people were actually using it, but there was a lot of focus for them on having a quantifiable marketing plan and thoughts about how the business would grow,” he said. “That is something that we are starting to take more

seriously now.”

The winner of the $10,000 first prize, SPEAK, was also designed to track care, but it rewarded pet owners after they completed tasks, Loren said.

PetSync has not been launched to the public yet, but it is currently used by family and friends of its creators as they continue to modify and improve the app, according to Darren.

“We have already launched a version of the webapp to a small group of testers, and are working through their feedback and adding new features, mostly around what information we collect and how to present it clearly,” he told the Daily in an email. “Beyond that, we do not have a hard timeline, but we would like to make it open to the public this year.”

The creators are still looking to add a number of features before the app is officially launched. Ciniglio said he plans to add a feature that makes notifications location-sensitive.

“Most pets stay in one location — maybe around a house — so if I need to give my pet a shot I

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can only do that when I am at home,” he said. “So it would only notify whoever is by the house.

Or if no one is near the house, maybe it needs to notify everyone so someone can decide that they need to go home.”

Ciniglio said he also wants to create a feature that allows temporary caregivers to have access to the app for the time that they are in charge of the pet.

“If a family goes on vacation and a petsitter is brought in, then it is important to know that a pet is getting shots, food and is being played with,” he said. “We want to allow the users to add the caregiver as a temporary owner.”

The group of three designers have complementary skills that they contribute to the app’s creation, according to Ciniglio.

“We balance each other out," he said. "Loren is great at the interviewing process and getting people jazzed to try it. Darren and I have been developers for a while, and bring that skill set to the table. I have some background in project management. I’ve really enjoyed working with them.”

Toogood works to revise student judicial process TOOGOOD

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Toogood explained that he is working closely with the Committee on Student Life (CSL) on revising the Student Judicial Process, a written document that defines students’ rights in the judicial system and outlines different charges and sanctions for breaches of the Code of Conduct. More specifically, he hopes to create a more succinct Student Judicial Process that students are more likely to read.

“We are revising particular sanctions and particular charges," Toogood said. "I’m not ready to say what those are, but we’re looking at them.

These changes necessarily have to be slow, and they should be slow, because you shouldn’t allow one person to just change everything.”

While Toogood did not discuss his specific plans for procedural changes, McMahon said that his ideas contributed to his hiring.

“During his daylong oncampus interview with students and with staff from across the University, he discussed innovative ideas to improve our handling of academic integrity cases, firsttime alcohol incidents and generally administering our judicial processes more efficiently,” McMahon said.

Toogood has already led the Dean of Student Affairs Office through a transition this year from using paper files to a more streamlined online student conduct management system, a significant administrative change, according to McMahon.

“The online system is more efficient,” Toogood said. “If we have an issue that involves the police, Health Service and Judicial Affairs, that was hard to coordinate all on paper.

Now it’s much more streamlined, it’s much easier to communicate and make sure that everyone is in the loop.”

Carter did not respond to the Daily’s request for comment.

Santamaria to bring experience to Digital Collections and Archives SANTAMARIA

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and Archives,” Hasselblatt said. “[Santamaria] comes in with a very open and creative view of the role of the Digital Collections and Archives and the university — a lot of energy to act on it, and that includes thinking very much about the connections between Digital Collections and Archives and various aspects of the Tufts community.”

He added that the DCA will be looking to make a number of hires during this semester, and this may serve as an opportunity for Santamaria to have his say in the future of the DCA, which currently only has six staff members.

Hasselblatt said that although no definite strategic plan has been formed yet, there is a push to support continued open access for research papers for Tufts faculty and students, and effectively increase what the digital collections can do.

Before coming to Tufts Santamaria was at Princeton University, where he served as the assistant university archivist for technical services at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library since 2005, according to the announcement.

“Tufts — in the archive community — has a really good reputation,” Santamaria said.

Wilczek said Santamaria will bring experience to his new role as director of the DCA. “Dan is a well-respected figure in the archives field, and he’s done a lot of work with standards for ... arranging and describing archival records and managing collections,” he said.

Santamaria said the department at Princeton was larger, but similar to Tufts' in a number of ways. He explained that the university archives collect all the official records created during business at the university and more.

“Beyond the official records, we collect things that document the university in general — student group, artifacts, memorabilia, any format that

documents the university,” he said. “We also collect a few outside collections that aren’t specifically related to Tufts at the university itself, but document topics that teachers are interested in or other sorts of material that support research or teaching at the university.”

Santamaria said one of his goals will be to increase access and transparency to further involve and inform students, alumni and faculty of the resources of the DCA. Wilczek added that the DCA’s collections continue to grow, as do the complexity of some of the records and the interest in their use.

“I think Dan brings some insights into archival practices and standards that will be useful, and his experience in managing large archival collections where he previously worked and getting a lot of staff to work efficiently and effectively at that, I think will be important," he said.

Wilczek noted that since the staff of the DCA is small, all members work together.

“It’s a pretty collaborative work environment, where everybody in the department is working with each other on various projects and various activities," Wilczek explained.

Hasselblatt added that the DCA will benefit by having both Santamaria and Wilczek, as he also had experience directing the DCA. “He did a fabulous job running the archives this last year, and so Dan Santamaria can rely on a lot of insights and leadership from Eliot Wilczek as well as things move forward, and I think that will be very valuable,” he said.

Hasselblatt sees many possibilities for the future of the DCA under Santamaria's leadership.

“He’s coming in with an open mind, a lot of energy and interesting ideas as well," Hasselblatt said. “I certainly look forward to what he’s going to do."

—Alexa Horwitz contributed reporting to this article.

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Tisch Summer Fellowships promote active citizenship globally

by Sophie Dasinger

Running a water sanitation training program in Haiti may seem out of reach, but it has become a reality for Jessica Laporte (LA '14) and junior Emma Wells, thanks to funding from the Tisch College's Tisch Summer Fellows (TSF) program.

For many Tufts students, designing and completing a research project in a real-world situation is a dream that has come true, in large part due to grants from the TSF program. Although there are fellowships available in Washington, D.C., New York and Massachusetts, the program also includes a grant for international work.

According to the Tisch College website, the aim of the program is to allow students to promote the idea of active citizenship through projects. While the domestic programs are completed through internships, the international program requires students to take on a project of their own design.

“We’ve actually been doing the international award for a few years now,” Tisch College Program Administrator Danica Fisher said. “It’s been really exciting because we’ve attracted students not just at the undergraduate level but also graduate-level students.”

Participants are not limited to the Medford/Somerville campus, either — students from both the medical school and dental school have applied in the past.

Fisher also noted that there is not a specific major or discipline that applicants are coming from.

“It’s exciting because we’ve got so many students from across the campus — a cross-section of students — who are applying for this award,” she said.

“I think that Tufts students by and large are civic minded.”

Students who have worked with the TSF program have tackled a wide range of global projects, according to Fisher.

“Last year we had four projects, two Daily Editorial Board

al and timing, we weren’t able to go through with that evaluation."

According to Laporte, however, the Tisch College remained highly cooperative despite this change in plans.

“They were really flexible with us even though we didn’t end up doing exactly what was originally planned,” she said.

Laporte added that a lack of restriction in the use of funding was useful for the project.

“I think the unique opportunity that this grant provides is the flexibility of the funding," she said. "A lot of other grants that you can get are really restrictive with the funding. [For example,] I got a grant where I could only use a really small proportion of it for travel expenses. Tisch has a great balance between project funding and also personal funding for international travel.”

Wells also attested to the flexibility of the TSF program.

“When we hit the ground there were definitely a couple of hiccups, and Tisch was so flexible and understanding of that," she said. "I think internationally you just don’t know what’s going to come up no matter how much work you do. [Tisch] also does a lot in terms of building a community and checking in.”

According to the TSF International website, students may apply for up to $4,000 in funding for their projects. There are some stipulations — for instance, the project must be accomplished during the summer, and it needs to be led by two or more Tufts students — though generally the TSF grant aims to be lenient.

“We like to be flexible in providing the kind of funding that is oftentimes not funded by other kinds of grantmaking bodies,” Fisher said.

According to Fisher, interested students should keep an eye out for advertisements for the program this fall or visit the TSF website.

“I think that next year we’ll continue to grow the program,” she said.

which were in Haiti, one was in Zambia, one was in Peru,” she said.

One of the projects in Haiti, titled Haiti Global Health Summer 2014, is a continuation of work that has been done over the past four summers.

“I really see the work that we’re doing as important, because it’s providing an opportunity for students to continue the good work that we’re doing all over the world ... and also to expand and think about new ways that Tufts students can touch other areas of the world in really impactful ways,” Fisher said.

Laporte and Wells were able to fund their water sanitation project this summer, titled "The Archimedes Project: Community Chlorinators (Haiti)," with assistance from TSF. The project trains local entrepreneurs in water sanitation and chlorine distribution. “[ The entrepreneurs] work with women in the community to train them,” Wells said. “Those women then go out and do household-to-household distribution of chlorine products.”

Laporte, who is still currently in Haiti working on the project, found out about the Tisch Fellowships through working with LIFT, a community-based nonprofit organization that works to "lift" people out of poverty for good, during her freshman and sophomore years.

“I found out that they had broadened [the fellowships] ... and you could propose your own summer project,” she said.

Applying for the grant involves submitting an application, which consists of logistical details like a timeline and budget, in addition to two letters of support.

“Originally, Emma and I applied to the Tisch College's Active Citizenship Summer Grant for an evaluation,” Laporte said.

After all the proposals were evaluated, Wells and Laporte were selected as one of the four groups to receive funding for a summer project.

“We were going to do a full research evaluation of the pilot this summer,” Laporte said. “Unfortunately, due to Institutional Review Board approv-

Davis Square businesses thrive over the summer Whether they head there to study, dine or catch a movie with friends, Tufts students frequently travel into Davis Square. It's no wonder, since its dozens of restaurants and businesses are all just a short walk or Joey ride from campus.

Tufts students may benefit from the proximity of Davis Square, but may not be aware of how much Davis businesses are affected by Tufts students.

Frequently ranked as one of the best cafes in the greater Boston area, Diesel Cafe is a bustling coffee shop on Elm Street.

“The surrounding universities definitely play a role in how busy we are, and we have our strongest relationship with Tufts since it’s so close by," Diesel Cafe Administrative Assistant Rebecca Mitchell told the Daily in an email. "We see noticeable rushes when Tufts has Parents Weekend, orientations, moving weekend and things like that.”

Called “one of the square’s big success stories,” by Boston.com, Dave’s Fresh Pasta has been an institution in Davis Square for over 10 years.

“A significant percentage of our business ... is either directly or indirectly related to Tufts," owner Dave Jick said.

"So Tufts is very important to us.”

However, though Tufts students contribute a good percentage of Davis' visitors and customers, businesses do not dramatically suffer when the majority of them leave for summer vacation.

“The warm weather brings in lots of people who are looking for something

thirst-quenching," Mitchell said. "And there are more festivals that bring people out. We see more vacationing families in the summer, too.”

Somerville may be a college town, but a vibrant local scene and a steady stream of tourists tend to keep businesses afloat without college students, according to Mitchell.

"When students leave for the summer, our business often picks up from tourists and vacationers, and then when the tourist season dies down, the cafe is filled with study groups and professors," she said.

The students who remain on campus over the summer, though, certainly help.

“It definitely slows down,” Jick said. “But it’s not as dramatic as you might think because of the summer program and because the weather is good, so I think those students up there are a little bit more likely to come on down.”

Tufts students also affect what businesses serve. Dave’s Fresh Pasta notices an increase in sandwich sales and catering for on-campus events once the fall semester starts. Diesel sees many clients staying later to study, often until closing time.

In a recent post on the Diesel Cafe blog, Jess Brasil wrote about ambiguous feelings towards college students returning to the Boston area. She discussed the viral video posted on Facebook by Medford resident, Kim Costa, in which Costa expresses her

displeasure with college students in the Boston area.

Although the arrival of college students can be upsetting to locals, Brasil asserted that Boston's college students are an important part of the community.

“Sure, there is a little Kim Costa in all of us,” she said in the blog post.

“But as far as we’re concerned, Tufts and other nearby universities are part of our vibe, and we welcome you with open booths.”

According to a 2013 article in the Boston Globe, since the Red Line station opened in 1986, Davis Square has been developing and thriving.

"In Davis Square, the opening of the Red Line station in 1986 sparked a remarkable transformation," the article said. "New residents flocked in. Bars and restaurants sprang up to welcome them. Housing construction surged. On Friday nights, Davis hums with activity.”

This new activity in Davis Square and Somerville made it one of UTNE's “15 Hippest Places to Live” in 1997.

Somerville was also ranked one of the top five “World’s most hipster cities” this month in Metro New York.

Tufts students, it seems, do have a strong impact on local businesses. Davis Square, however, is still able to thrive on its own development, reputation and location.

—by Annie Gill

Stina Stannik | A Jumbo in Ghana

Greetings from Ghana

J

ust a year ago, I was starting a pretty average sophomore year at Tufts. I lived on the first floor of Metcalf Hall; I juggled workstudy, an internship and classes; I climbed the hill to Olin three days a week and hated every minute of it.

The beginning of my junior year could not be more different. Since late July I have been in Ghana with the Tufts-in-Ghana program, as one of seven Tufts students studying here. Instead of Metcalf, I am in the International Students Hostel; instead of the flu we’re watching the Ebola outbreak; instead of Beyoncé, people are dancing to Davido, Castro and Shatta Walle. (Don’t worry, people like Beyoncé too.)

Let me set some context: In case you don’t know, Ghana is located in West Africa, tucked against the Atlantic Ocean and between Burkina Faso, Togo and Cote D’Ivoire. We are studying at the University of Ghana in Legon, a suburb of Accra, Ghana's capital.

UG is about as different from Tufts as it is possible to be, at least physically: the student body is about 40,000 and it can take half an hour to get to class. ( Where’s the Joey when you need it?)

Oh yeah, and I don’t mean to rub it in, but it never gets cold here. Like, ever. It's 75 degrees in the “winter” … Okay, maybe I do want to rub it in. Endless summer doesn’t get old very quickly.

For weeks before I left for Ghana, I was terrified at the prospect of spending five months – the longest I have ever been away from home – in a new culture, on a new continent, with a group of Tufts students who all seemed to be friends already. I had a full-on panic attack the night before I left and I cried in the airport.

But the past two months have been the best of my life. The experience is not without its complications and challenges, but I feel grateful to be here every single day.

Writing this column is a part of processing that experience, passing it on to encourage other people to attend Tufts-in-Ghana, and generally sharing the massive personal growth and perspective changes I am undergoing. The biggest lesson I can hope to convey to anyone reading this column is that life is life everywhere; as much as we were warned about culture shock, as much as Ghana or Chile or Hong Kong might seem to be an entirely different world when seen from home, it feels very normal to be here. People eat, talk, dance, laugh, fight, work, suffer, succeed, love, learn and play here just as they do anywhere, even if the details are different.

Within my framework of personal growth and perspective change, I hope to cover overarching issues and recurring themes in my time here. I will tackle topics like food, language, race, the experience of time, gender, drinking culture, cultural norms and more. Join me here every week for a taste of Ghana!

Stina Stannik is a junior majoring in peace and justice studies. She can be reached at stina.stannik@ tufts.edu

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Love is in the air at the start of season three on “Mindy.”

'The Mindy Project' succeeds, avoids common rom-com pitfalls

by Nimarta Narang Daily Editorial Board

There are TV shows that start off brilliantly, but after a season or two lose some steam. There are also

The Mindy Project Starring Mindy Kaling, Chris Messina, Ed Weeks, Zoe Jarman

Airs Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. on FOX shows that have quite a rocky start and find their voice and footing in the seasons that follow. "The Mindy Project" (2012-present) is on its way to becoming part of the latter group.

Season after season, the main characters continue to be fleshed out with a little more characterization. Even better, the show stays fresh with increasingly wacked-out story lines, as each episode puts less of an emphasis on Mindy finding a boyfriend.

Season three begins with Danny (played by Chris Messina) and Mindy (Mindy Kaling) in round two. They are happily together and public about their relationship — sometimes a bit too public. (Mindy even shares information about Danny's bedroom talents with her colleagues!) Now that they're a couple, though, what's next for "Mindy"? TV shows often jump the shark once their main characters get involved, riddling the plot with "will they / won’t they" tension.

This annoying trend probably arises because once the lovebirds do get together their relationship becomes the sole plotline, and other characters become a supporting cast — see Jim and Pam in "The Office"(2005-2013) and Jess and Nick in "New Girl" (2011-present). The audience so badly wants to see these characters together that once its wishes come true, it has nothing else to keep it invested.

Despite this, Kaling has always been clear — Mindy Lahiri and Danny Castellano were meant to end up together. The season two finale saw the show cash in every single cliché it could afford to create a very sweet get-together, ending unsursee MINDY, page 6

Movie Review

'The Drop' delivers pleasant movie-goer experience

by Michael Acquafredda Contributing Writer

Crime dramas have the propensity to conjure images of Brooklyn's back alleys, intimidating mobsters tortur-

The Drop Directed by Michaël R. Roskam Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, John Ortiz ing innocents and — of course — an excess of gun violence. This fall’s newest crime drama, "The Drop," (released on Sept. 12) aligns itself with these archetypes, but sets itself apart with one unexpected character: a painfully adorable pit bull puppy. This odd combination works, setting the movie apart.

"The Drop" takes place in an insular Brooklyn neighborhood controlled by the Russian mob. Each night, money from all the gambling, pimping and other illegal activities run by these gangsters is “dropped” at a random location for pick up. The protagonist, Bob Saginowsky (Tom Hardy) tends one of these frequent pick-up spots: Cousin Marv’s bar.

Bob’s cousin, who is always referred to as Cousin Marv (James Gandolfini), once controlled this neighborhood with a crew of his own. However, both his prominence and his bar were usurped by the “Chechnyans” — as he names them — years earlier. During a run-of-the-mill night at the bar, Bob and Cousin Marv are

held up at gunpoint. Though they survive unscathed, albeit plenty poorer, local law enforcement begins to delve deep into the neighborhood’s nebulous past.

After the robbery, Bob finds a pit bull puppy, beaten and abandoned, in the trashcan of a woman named Nadia (Noomi Rapace). Nadia's initial coldness toward Bob melts upon seeing his instant connection with the puppy.

Nadia encourages Bob to adopt the puppy, and he subsequently names it Rocco after St. Rocco, the patron saint of dogs, bachelors and the falsely accused. In addition to dealing with prying police officers, Chechen mob-

sters and Cousin Marv’s bitterness, Bob must also face the Herculean task of training a puppy. This chore becomes increasingly difficult when Eric Deeds (Matthias Schoenaerts), the neighborhood’s notorious psychopath and murderer who abused the dog in the first place, demands the puppy back while threatening Bob's nascent relationship with Nadia. As a slew of unanticipated problems begins to materialize, Bob, Cousin Marv and the rest of the neighborhood are compelled to respond in unexpected ways. see DROP, page 6

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James Gandolfini says goodbye with a terrific performance in “The Drop.”

ello everyone. My name is Vincent Carbone, and I’ve somehow managed to score a job writing a weekly arts column in this fine paper you’re reading right now.

This isn’t going to be an ordinary arts column. See, I’m not going to review any shows or movies, and I’m not going to blather on about what a particular work “means” or “is trying to tell us.” To me, entertainment isn’t just a bunch of shows and games and comics to be analyzed. Entertainment media is an active participant in contemporary culture.

It helps shape who we are, and who we are shapes it. That’s what I want to look at with this column. I want to look at the entertainment media we create and consume, and see what lessons we can learn from it.

To give you an extremely topical example: You wanna hear something crazy?

Video game fans are arguing on the Internet.

I know, right? When has that ever happened before?

Seriously though, the last month or so has been a pretty busy time for the online gaming world. Thousands of video game enthusiasts have found themselves wrapped up in a heated political debate. The collective name that the Internet seems to have adopted for this little cluster-bleep is “#GamerGate.”

So here’s how it all played out: Not long ago, a female game developer (allegedly) slept with several games journalists to get good publicity for her game’s release. When she was (allegedly) caught doing this, the Internet started investigating and found several more examples of such conflicts of interest in games journalism.

Outraged, gamers demanded that games journalists practice more professionalism in their reporting.

In response to this, the games journalists insisted that the only reason gamers were angry was because the conflict centered on a female developer. Instead of responding to the accusations, they accused the gaming community of widespread misogyny, and published several articles (one of which was written by the game developer who started this whole mess) declaring “gamers” to be a sexist, bigoted group.

I’d really rather not sit here and spew my own opinions on the matter. Check out #GamerGate when you have a second, and do some reading. I trust you all are intelligent enough to form your own opinions.

I want to talk about the way these people are arguing. Now, I’ve been using the Internet for a while. I was there when YouTube added its new copyright claim system. I watched a young Anita Sarkeesian rise in popularity.

I have seen 4chan and Tumblr go to battle countless times.

What I’m trying to say is, when it comes to stupid Internet fights, I’m practically an online war correspondent. But I’m seeing something very interesting with this case. Games journalism may be dying off. Some gamers are swearing off particular journalism websites, and the journalists aren’t doing anything to change that. Instead, the journalists are just insulting the gamers even more, and dismissing all those who disagree with their views as bigots and misogynists, all while hoping that this whole thing blows over. But it’s not blowing over, and if the journalists aren’t careful, they could wind up going the way of Nintendo Power (it went out of business — that’s the way of Nintendo Power).

What can we learn from all this? Well I think the moral here (the one I desperately hope the games journalists learn before it’s too late) is that you can’t just dismiss your opponents. This is the danger of disregarding opposing opinions. No matter how “sexist” or “bigoted” you feel they are, discussion is always the best option. You can’t ignore a problem until it goes away.

Especially if the problem is thousands of your angry customers.

Vincent Carbone is a senior majoring in biology. He can be reached at vincent.carbone@tufts.edu.

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prisingly with the two of them lying on the floor atop the Empire State Building. Following the new season’s premiere, it is clear that "The Mindy Project" has not fallen victim to the TV-couples'-curse now that Danny and Mindy are together. Instead, it uses the romantic pairing as an advantage to showcase the endless possibilities of craziness for the mis-

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‘The Mindy Project’ brings laughs and smiles as Danny and Mindy explore their relationship.

matched duo.

The audience is still able to learn about each of the two characters as individuals rather than as Dandy (or Manny?), a task which so often plagues writers. For example, a secret from Danny’s past is uncovered (literally), and Mindy struggles to keep the gossip to herself. It is clear that they still have many issues to sort out for themselves, but the show is engaging enough to make audiences want to be a part of the tangled relationship as well.

Amidst this new-again relationship, the other characters on the show are left with storylines that either involve the lead romance or deal with another one. "The Mindy Project" may not have fallen into the trap of becoming another boring couple-centric show, but it has yet to develop stronger arcs for its supporting cast. For example, as Morgan (Ike Barinholtz) and Tamra (Xosha Roquemore) offer solid oneliners, Peter (Adam Pally) and Jeremy (Ed Weeks) embark on a love triangle of their own. Jeremy’s addition to the triangle feels particularly rushed and unwarranted.

Still, the seeming randomness of events has been a trademark of "The Mindy Project" from the very beginning. In a way, the unpredictable movement from episode to episode has been refreshing, as fans can expect something new every week. However, the same unpredictability can hinder character development, as the show continues to add new faces. (See the abrupt introduction of Morgan’s cousin. We can forgive this, though — the addition of Rob McElhenney's comedic talent is a welcome one.)

Overall, the premiere shows a solid start for "Mindy's" third season, but only with stronger development for the side characters and a little more consistency will it be able to settle into viewers' weekly schedules.

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“The Drop” features Tom Hardy as protagonist Bob Saginowsky.

Hard-boiled crime meets adorable puppy in Roskam's film DROP

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The strong connection shared by Bob and Rocco, and the symbolism the dog inevitably embodies, actually come as a clue to the story's beginnings. "The Drop" was adapted from Dennis Lehane’s short story, “Animal Rescue.” Darling little puppy dogs are not a typical archetype in many crime dramas — probably because they detract from the intimidating lawlessness on which the characters of these movies rely. Yet director Michaël R. Roskam does a superb job of portraying the relationship between Bob and Rocco. It’s sweet, but not saccharine.

In truth, the plot is fairly predictable, and this film surely won’t keep you on the edge of your seat for its 106 minute run. Nevertheless, it manages to show a respectable degree of intensity. Some of this intensity is demonstrated through gory violence, like when Bob wraps up a severed arm like a salami and capicola sub. At other times, the intensity comes from the dialogue, specifically in those conversations between Bob and Cousin Marv, which deliver the grit expected of a crime drama.

Though some scenes have excellently crafted exchanges, at times the film relies too much on witty back-and-forth to drive the storyline. Several times obvious plot developments are explicitly stated by the characters. Besides insulting the audience’s intelligence, this method of storytelling detracts from the movie’s allure.

Though the dialogue varies between engaging and trite, the casting for this movie was nearly perfect. The handsome Tom Hardy captures Bob’s semblance of simplicity while maintaining a reserved, hidden nature.

Noomi Rapace successfully portrays the complexities of her character, volleying between the compassionate and volatile behaviors of a damaged soul. James Gandolfini effortlessly fits the mold of Cousin Marv, and lends depth to a rather flat character. Gandolfini can surely be applauded for his performance in the last feature-length production of his career prior to his untimely death.

Though "The Drop" certainly does not rank among the highest quality works of the genre — it simply cannot compete with "The Departed"(2006), "Goodfellas"(1990) or "The Sopranos," (1999-2007) — it is an entertaining film that will satisfy anyone's desire to view the criminal underworld — especially if you’re a dog person.

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Toogood should focus on sexual harassment In his interview with the Daily, Mickey Toogood discussed how he would make the handling of judicial processes more efficient as the new judicial affairs adiministrator. Among several important issues at Tufts — including alcohol and substance abuse and academic integrity — Toogood should also focus on Title IX. Although the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) is responsible for processing and mediating sexual harassment complaints, the judicial affairs office is responsible for formally investigating complaints.

With the recent backlash against the Tufts administration from the United States Department of Education for their lack of efficiency and management in investigating the complaint of a student in 2010, Toogood should be extra attentive to his office’s role in sexual harassment cases. Since Toogood is collaborating with the Committee on Student Life (CSL) to update the Student

Judicial Process document, he can better influence how sexual harassment complaints are processed through the judicial system at Tufts. The Student Judicial Code provides no timeline for when sexual harrassment complaints should be processed. Addtionally, there are no restrictions on accused sexual offenders’ participation in class and other school activities until the complaint has been processed by the judicial affaris office and the OEO. For people who have suffered from any type of sexual harassment, the lack of strict protocol is unacceptable. Toogood must focus on improving this part of the code just as much as on other issues, if not more.

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school community. Aside from the task force, Toogood can also connect to the Tufts community by reaching out to students directly, as he did by attending Fall Gala and fraternity party training.

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Addicted to Apple: a dire diagnosis for Millennials

by Brandon Shaik The Oracle

Last week, Apple announced a new generation of its hallowed iPhone, and Millennials everywhere collectively came unglued.

Twenty-somethings scrambled to scrape together pennies, max out credit cards and cash in financial aid refunds to preorder the new phone that [came] out Sept. 19. The palpable desperation to have a finger on the pulse of technology is an indication of the present, and disturbingly intimate, addiction Millennials have with their devices.

A recent study released by Baylor University, published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions, examined 24 cellphone-related activities from 164 college students and found that women spend an average of 10 hours a day on their cellphones while men spend about eight. Of the activities measured, applications such as

Pinterest and Instagram were significantly associated with an addiction to cellphone use.

The idea of cellphone addiction might seem melodramatic, but evidence suggests it's real and here to stay. Fitness magazine reports a recent survey found 84 percent of the world's population said they couldn't go a day without using their cellphone and two thirds of teens and adults checked their phones every 15 minutes.

The American Psychiatric Association recognizes behavioral addictions as diagnosable if there is sufficient research to support the existence of addictive qualities. The most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not yet recognize cellphone addiction as a diagnosable disorder, however some feel treatment is still necessary.

Morningside Recovery Center in California has a treatment program where patients surrender their mobile devices and

are permitted limited access. The treatment program aims to cure what they call "nomophobia," which is identified as stress and anxiety that results from separation from mobile phones.

James Roberts, lead researcher in the Baylor University study, said he believes society's addiction has been woven into the daily lives of many and has become an "invisible driver of modern life."

Undoubtedly, society has become a slave to the device that was once seen simply as a tool, but now as the sole link to the world.

Technology is a very critical instrument to remaining relevant in the world today.

However, it creates anxiety and enables users to reject the real world in favor of a virtual existence. As the world increasingly becomes digital, the role of technology could have greater negative effects. Think about the real-world consequences the next time you're pretending to tweet while you dodge that guy you met on Tinder.

Correction In the Sept. 22 Letter from the Editor "Introducing our columnists" it was incorrectly stated that Nikki Blank would be writing "How to Make a Mixtape" and Eva Batalla-Mann would be writing "A SWUG's Life." In fact, Nikki Blank will be writing "A SWUG's Life" and Eva Batalla-Mann will be writing "How to Make a Mixtape."

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'Economic elites' control education

by Derek Edwards

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According to statistics from The College Board, the average (inflationadjusted) cost of tuition and fees at private, non-profit, four-year colleges has essentially tripled over the last four decades. This trend is replicated in the cost of tuition and fees at public fouryear colleges. The increase in average cost of tuition far outpaces inflation trends reflected by the change in the

Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers. The result? College is becoming prohibitively expensive. This fact isn't news, but it deserves investigation.

Instead of being discussed in terms of the artificially manipulated supply and demand economics of the student loan game, perhaps it should be viewed as a symptom of American elitism.

It's no secret that post-secondary education is a universal barrier to entry for Americans looking for employment. What is a mystery is the lack of

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connection between the ever-lowering cost of exchanging information and the ever-increasing cost of higher education. If post-secondary education truly espoused its oft-affirmed ideals of knowledge being the most important exchanged commodity and learning engendering more learning, it would be more concerned with quickly and cheaply getting students to the point of what is considered basic market competency.

With the advent of massive open online courses (e.g. Coursera, Khan Academy Udacity) and other free university-level courses available through outlets like iTunes U, the actual cost of providing a student with a liberal arts education to the associate's or bachelor's level is completely disconnected with what is actually charged by postsecondary schools for these degrees.

It's worth noting that "going to college" provides a student with much more than most online courses can, but it should be acknowledged that this is then the actual service being provided and paid for. Should students really be put into financial bondage to "make friends" and "network"? Is the cost of administering testing for personal accreditation really worth the financial freedom of an entire generation?

Of course it isn't. Earlier this year, Princeton and Northwestern University released the results of a study which determined that the United States is an oligarchy, based on research which indicated that federal policies are influenced more by special interest groups, noting that, "economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and massbased interest groups have little or no independent influence." Elitist culture is heavily entrenched in all levels of American society, especially in private and public education circles. Higher education should be considered as perpetuating this culture of elitism, since more and more it only allows the children of the already wealthy to succeed within the system.

Non-privileged students play the loan game hoping to come out on top.

They know they are probably capable of performing and creating at the level of CEOs and CFOs. Unfortunately, the truth about their actual chances of success is often de-emphasized by the existing power structure to keep them playing a game that will ultimately benefit the economic gatekeeping business of post-secondary education. In a world where basic education should and can be a universally accessible commodity, general personal accreditation has no place being abused as a tool of class warfare.

Participants in higher education have a moral obligation to fight for more affordable education. Students should be realistic in their financial planning and not gamble against their likely wage-earning ability in the future. University administrators should stop abusing the availability of student loan money in the name of expansionist, brand-marketing university policies, and fight against the value-sapping "good ol' boys" club of regional accreditors and encourage forgiving transfer-of-credit policies.

Families should educate their children with free resources and look to enroll their students in primarily competency-based personal accreditation, and in doing so look to devalue entrenched "name brands." Policymakers and voters should consider how to quickly fix a broken student loans system and save a generation from unnecessary debt. Overall, Americans should recognize that higher education is unnecessarily becoming less about educating and more about protecting elitist ideas of success.

Hillary and Beyoncé

H

ey Hillary, First off, just got to say that the pantsuit you were wearing at your appearance in Cali the other day was on point. The pop of leopard print was just genius. Was it Bill’s idea? It was totally Bill’s idea. I always knew he had a penchant for fashion. Especially those blue dresses! Too soon? God bless him. Anyhow, I’m writing to you about your choice for a vice president. I know you haven’t officially declared your candidacy, but let’s be real, every election needs a head beezy, and we all know you’re not letting Michelle Bachman snatch up that one. So, if you really want to beat her and the other white male Republicans trying to legislate vaginas across this fruited plain, listen to me.

Hillary and Beyoncé 2016.

Right. You’re probably thinking the same thing as me. Will Solange get pissed off?

Won’t she open up a can of crazy on you in an elevator with low-quality security footage of the incident leaking across the web weeks later? Of course. But don’t fret, Hillary: all of the drama will be the perfect catalyst to the campaign. At least that’s how everything goes down in “Scandal.”

The build-up will be enormous. The public will be up in arms, pondering why exactly Solange pulled the stunt. “What if Hillary hooked up with Jay-Z? Maybe Bill and Beyoncé? Did Chelsea refuse to bow down to Blue Ivy’s excellence?” And then, everything comes to fruition at the official announcement. Beyoncé’s role will be revealed, with an entire new visual album dropping at the same instance. Destiny’s Child will be brought together for the main single. Bill will do a throwback “Single Ladies’” video as well, leotard and stilettos included. And you, Hillary, will have just won the heart of America. Actually, more like every country in existence. Who run the world? Hillary Clinton does now. Take that, Monica.

But you may also be asking, how will the Queen of Pop perform her necessary political duties as vice president? After all, she tends to be “Drunk in Love” (wink wink) most of the time. Yet again, Hillary, there’s no reason to have scruples. Think about it. Ms. Knowles’ universal acclaim and affection will be perfect for her ambassadorial duties.

One performance of “To the Left” will surely convince Kim Jong Un to hand over his reign to the queen bee herself. Think Putin is a bit of a problem? “Crazy in Love” will make him fall crazy in love with westernized democracy and human rights activism, that’s for sure. African warlords? Even they will tear up and visualize that someone special when Queen B performs “Halo.” Beyoncé really is the panacea to all of your problems.

In addition, Beyoncé’s new position will cast her as the president of the United States Senate. Another win for you, Hillary.

All of the tumultuous discussions and disagreements in the chamber will dissipate when the new VP arrives. Oh, Ted Cruz is putting on another 21-hour filibuster? Not under the watch of loyal Bey. No one will be able to resist voting your way after a midsession concert/twerk party hosted by one of best performers of all time. Even when that legislation gets backed up in committee, a brief krumping lesson from Sasha Fierce should move the bill right along.

Nancy is going to shvitz, I already know it.

And that’s it Hillary. Basically, it’s evident that any other choice than Beyoncé for VP would be misguided. Pick Yoncé.

We’ll all be Crazy in Love.

XO (last one), Henry P.S.You know Chelsea’s baby? Yeah, he or she will have to come out as gay. I know, I know, it’s still chilling in her uterus at the moment. But it’s okay. Progressivism is key, and you can’t get more progressive than a gay baby zygote fetus. You’re welcome in advance.

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

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"The first few matches of the season are always tough, especially when we haven't played competitively for more than three months," Telkedzhiev said. "However, I think the team's performance this weekend made it clear that each one of us has been working very hard during the last few weeks."

Jacobson played in the same bracket as Telkedzhiev, and though he lost a round earlier, Jacobson played clean tennis to win the closest match of the tournament in the first round. The match featured three suspenseful tiebreakers, but Jacobson maintained his composure to pull through in the third set.

After a first set tiebreak loss, Jacobson stuck to his game plan, committing fewer errors to win the second set tiebreak. In the third set super-tiebreak, Jacobson focused on one point at time and ultimately took the match 6-7(2), 7-6(4), (108). In the quarterfinals, Jacobson lost to junior Ari Smolyar of Middlebury.

"What makes tennis really unique and exciting is that there is no game clock, so even though I was down a set and a break in my first round match, I was able to fight back and win," Jacobson said. "I knew that if I kept playing my game, all the hard work I put in up to that point would pay off, and I’d be able to capitalize on my chances when they came."

The success was not limited to the top flights, as three of the four semifinalists in the D-flight were from Tufts.

Freshmen Zain Ali and Danny Coran competed against each other for a spot in the finals, while junior Nick Cary played freshman Ted Berkowitz of Skidmore. Ali’s

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Junior co-captain Rob Jacobson waits to make a play at the net in a home match from the 2013-14 season. trip to the semifinals in his first collegiate outing was straightforward, with 6-1, 6-2 and 6-3, 6-2 wins in the first two rounds.

In doubles play, Tufts sent two pairs to compete in both the A doubles flight and

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didn't, which ended up being the difference."

The end result notwithstanding, the Jumbos are happy with the way they competed against a team they hope to see again in the NCAA tournament.

"It was a hard-fought game," Hoppenot said. "I think it could have been a different result on a different day, but I thought we played well. We were disappointed with the result, but we thought that we created enough and defended enough to have a good place to start going forward."

On Wednesday, Tufts did not have to settle for any half-victories, as it triumphed over a perennial NESCAC contender, Wesleyan.

The win over Wesleyan moved Tufts to 3-0 in the NESCAC, and more importantly, it proved the Jumbos are well equipped to face off against the best teams in the conference. Coming off wins over Bates and Colby, two teams that are still seeking their first conference wins, the matchup against Wesleyan proved to be the toughest yet for Tufts — who met the challenge.

"When you look at the game against Wesleyan, and you look at the games against Wesleyan over the last three years, it's a very competitive slate," Shapiro said. "It's a team that we know is a great measuring stick for where we want to be. The games are always tight, [head coach Geoff Wheeler] always does an excellent job organizing his group and their approach is always smart and tactically sophisticated. We knew it was going to be a challenging game."

In the first half, both teams played mostly in the middle of the field, with Tufts outshooting Wesleyan 6-0. Although the Jumbos' midfield is shaping up to be one of the most talented units in the NESCAC this year, the trio of Cardinal midfielders — freshman Garrett Hardesty, senior Daniel Issroff, and junior Brandon Sousa — kept the Jumbos at bay.

The second half featured a swifter pace, as both teams became increasingly desperate to get on the board. Wesleyan threatened

immediately, when a well-played ball found freshman forward Adam Cowie-Haskell for one-on-one with Greenwood. Cowie-Haskell was able to send a soft shot past Greenwood toward the goal, but senior co-captain defender Sam Williams came sprinting from the right side to make a sliding stop right in front of the goal line and clear the ball.

"They had some great chances early in the second half, when we were starting to get after them, but they countered and created some chances, and we were lucky to sneak through those windows," Shapiro said.

As the game wore on, it was the Jumbos' fresh legs that made the difference. Shapiro delved way down into his depth chart, as freshmen midfielders Scott Sclar and Tyler Kulcsar and freshman forward Stephen McMillian all saw time during critical moments of the second half. All three freshmen looked particularly spry against a worn out Wesleyan defense, and they allowed a much-needed rest for upperclassmen like Hoppenot, Santos and junior Connor Brown.

This extra rest paid off in overtime, as the Jumbos spent virtually the entirety of the extra frame in the Cardinals' end, pestering senior goalie Emmett McConnell.

Finally, in the 98th minute, Tufts broke through.

Junior midfielder Rui Pinhiero lofted a beautiful cross off a corner kick, which found junior Monil Patel. The defender then headed the ball into a wide-open net to end the game.

For a team that has dealt with midseason slumps in the past, how well it bounces back from the loss against Brandeis will be indicative of how the rest of the year shapes up. The upcoming schedule does not provide Tufts with any reprieve, as Tufts takes on quality teams in MIT, Amherst and Middlebury in its upcoming three games. The Jumbos, undeterred, believe they can emerge victorious no matter whom they play.

"I'm not nervous to play another top-10 team, and I hope our guys aren't either," Shapiro said. "I think it's more of a 'we're here, we're good enough, let's go take it.'"

the B doubles flight. Telkedzhiev and Ali played in the A doubles flight alongside Jacobson and Gupte. Brockman and Wong competed in the B doubles flight with Cary and Tan.

Although the individuals who comprised the teams in the A doubles flight had impressive singles victories, both teams lost in the opening round of the doubles tournament.

Cary and Tan advanced to the second round in the B flight before losing to Middlebury freshmen Noah Farrell and Timo van der Geest. Brockman and Wong made a semifinal appearance, taking out teams from Bates and RPI along the way.

As the fall season progresses, Tufts will mix up teams in hopes of pairing the right players up for the spring season.

"Our doubles line up is expected to change a lot throughout the fall season, which is pretty typical for all the teams in the region," Jacobson said. "We are experimenting with different combinations to see which guys click with each other, and once we hit the end of the fall season, we will have a better idea of what our pecking order is going to look like."

Moving forward, veteran players like Jacobson and Telkedzhiev will lead the team as they move deeper into the fall season, but rookies like Ali and Coran must continue to show strong results in order for the team to progress as a cohesive, competitive unit.

Next Friday, the team will travel back to Middlebury to compete in the ITA Regional Championships. Telkedzhiev will seek at least a semifinal berth, the round that he reached last year at the Championships.

"Last spring my schedule didn't allow me to spend as much time on tennis as I wanted," Telkedzhiev said. "I have always loved the game. I'm really pumped up that I'm back now."

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ing above four NESCAC opponents: Hamilton (633 for 14th overall), Amherst (652 for 15th overall), Bowdoin (665 for 17th overall) and Wesleyan (708 for 18th overall). The only two NESCAC teams that placed above Tufts in the tournament were Williams and Middlebury, who placed third and fourth overall, respectively.

This bodes well for the Jumbos, which barely missed out on the NESCAC playoffs last fall.

"We know where we stand in the NESCAC," senior captain Alex Zorniger said. "In golf anything can happen on any day — you can come in first, you can come in last. There are three big teams in the NESCAC [ Williams, Middlebury and Trinity], and then there's another tier. We feel that we stand at the top of the tier, and there are four spots next week [in the NESCAC qualifiers], so we could win it if we play well."

This weekend, the short game plagued many teams' scores at the Taconic Golf Club Champ Course.

"Putting was very tricky ... their greens were very challenging, [and] you had to be very careful," Koh said. "As my coach said, you had to putt from a lot of different angles and appreciate how [the ball] is going to roll. I think that generally speaking, putting was challenging, but for people like [sophomore] Owen [Elliot] and [freshman] Taylor [Nordan], they managed to score. I think the general consensus with the other teams was that putting was challenging."

Another key to the Jumbos' success over the weekend was the strong play by its underclassmen, who hold seven of the 10 roster spots. Over the weekend, the Jumbos were led by Elliot (76, 73, 149) and Nordan (75, 77,

152). Nordan tied for 18th overall in the individual draw in his first collegiate tournament, while Elliot's tie for seventh overall marks the second consecutive tournament at which he has led the Jumbos in scoring, after shooting for a total of 166 at the Duke Nelson Tournament.

The Williams Invitational was also the last at which the coaching staff could test its lineup before NESCAC qualifications are on the line. In addition to Nordan, three other freshmen have seen playing time: Glenn Van Winkle, Aaron Corn and Michael Lefkowitz, giving four of the five freshman on the roster collegiate playing time before the starting lineup for the NESCAC qualifiers is set in stone.

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by Zorniger and Koh, the only two upperclassmen who have played this fall, but the team is not concerned about the relative lack of experience on the team.

"Owen [Elliot] and Taylor [Nordan] have performed very well," Koh said.

"Owen played in the spring, and I think of all our players he’s probably one of our strongest, [if not] the strongest player now. He’s always set to perform well, and reacts very well under pressure. This was Taylor’s first tournament, and he did well. For the rest of the freshmen, all they need right now is experience. [But] I’m not concerned about the lack of experience; we’re developing these guys and we [have a balance]. We don’t know who’s actually starting for NESCACs , but I’m sure the coaches will factor [experience] in."

Whatever the composition of the Jumbos' final roster for the NESCAC qualifiers, the team will look to channel its momentum from this weekend at Williams into another strong performance next weekend at Hamilton.

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Jumbos perform well against pair of top opponents

by Jake Indursky Daily Editorial Board

The men's soccer team began the tough part of its schedule strong, beating NESCAC rival Wesleyan 1-0 in over-

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On Saturday, Tufts faced its biggest test of the season, and despite falling to Brandeis

2-0, looked equal to one of the best teams in the country.

Initially, neither team could break the game open. However, with the Judges playing a possession game in their own end, the Jumbos were able to force a few turnovers, and in the 44th minute, only a diving stop from Brandeis senior keeper Joe Graffy prevented a goal from senior Gus Santos.

"They're a very good possession-based team, and they had a lot of the ball in the first half, but we felt they had the ball in places that weren't making it dangerous for us," head coach Josh Shapiro said. "We were able to turn them over and [put ourselves] in positive positions. I don't think we created enough opportunities out of those positions.

Given where we had won the ball back, I think we should have produced more, but we also produced three or four excellent chances in the first half, and you have to take one of them."

In the second half, gameplay seesawed, as both teams created several threatening chances. Finally, in the 79th minute, Brandeis got on the board off of a corner

kick. The cross was booted around in the box and found its way to senior midfielder Michael Soboff, who dribbled to the end line and passed to senior defender Robbie Lynch, who put the ball in the back of the net to give Brandeis a 1-0 lead.

"In the last 15 minutes, I thought we maybe lost our discipline a little bit," Shapiro said.

"We started to really kind of throw everything at it and they sort of counterattacked one of our counterattacks, and that's what led to the corner kick, which led to the goal."

Brandeis took advantage of the aggressive Tufts defense in the waning minutes, adding a goal to its total when sophomore forward Zach Vieira caught a perfect lob ball and chipped sophomore goalkeeper Scott Greenwood to seal the victory.

"I thought we started pressing them a little bit harder and turning them over," senior co-captain forward Maxime Hoppenot said.

"But then there were more clear-cut chances for both sides, and it opened up a little bit more, and they took their chances and we see MEN'S SOCCER, page 11

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Seven Jumbos reach semifinals in first invitational

by Jorge Monroy-Palacio Daily Editorial Board

Despite a lackluster spring season in which the men's tennis team lost several key players, the expectations remain high for this year's team, as the Jumbos return several important members to the roster this fall.

Tufts got off to a hot start this year at the Middlebury Invitational, where seven of the nine Jumbos who competed advanced to the semifinals, two of whom advanced to the final round, a positive sign for a team that struggled with consistency throughout its roster last season.

Perhaps the most exciting part of the tournament, though, was the return of junior Nik Telkedzhiev, who teamed up with freshmen Rohan Gupte and Griffin Brockman, sophomore Brad Wong, junior co-captain Rob Jacobson, senior co-captain Brian Tan and three other players to compete in one of the most difficult invitational tournaments of the fall season.

These invitational tournaments differ significantly from regular season matches, as players compete in tournamentstyle brackets as they move through rounds of play.

Telkedzhiev began his attempt at his first invitational tournament win with an

impressive 6-4, 6-4 win in the first round of the A-flight, but found the level of competition increasingly difficult.

In the quarterfinals, Telkedzhiev faced off against sophomore Chris Ellis from Bates. He took the first set 6-3 before dropping the second by the same score.

With tactical play and careful shot selection, Telkedzhiev managed to eke out a third set super-tiebreaker win by a score of 10-8, but he was later unable to make it out of the semifinals.

The disappointing result notwithstanding, Telkedzhiev attributes the team's success to hard work and dedication. see MEN'S TENNIS, page 11

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Tufts shows improvement at Williams Invitational

by Alison Kuah Daily Editorial Board

With the NESCAC qualifiers looming closer, the golf team showed signs of improvement at this weekend's Williams Invitational. The Jumbos finished 11th overall as a team in their final tournament before NESCACs next weekend at Hamilton College. Tufts' four best scores totaled 310 on Saturday and 315 on Sunday, for a two-day score of 625, 27 strokes behind tournament

champions Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

"I think the team did very well, it was probably the strongest showing [for us] as a team in a while," junior Brendan Koh said. "The course was a very scorable condition, meaning that if you play well, you really do well.

If anything, it’s a good prediction of how we can perform next week for NESCAC qualifiers."

The result is a significant step forward for a team that had finished near

the bottom of the draw — 23rd out of 25 teams — at the 31st annual Duke Nelson Tournament, played over the Sept. 13-14 weekend at Middlebury College. The Jumbos shot for a total score of 672, finishing above just two teams: Springfield College, which shot a 689 for the weekend, and Wesleyan University, which shot a distant 723.

But the tides began to turn this weekend, with the Jumbos finishsee GOLF, page 11

y motivation is twofold: I write both to stay within range of public opprobrium, hoping beyond hope that it does not flame out like all the others have, and to encourage insightful criticism, as opposed to the sort of fulminating that has compromised journalistic integrity in recent weeks.

After a quiet week, it appears the Ray Rice scandal lies fallow — just how the NFL prefers it. The shock value of that harrowing video has worn off, so all is right — or still wrong — in the world again. Hackneyed though it may be, however, we cannot let this tragedy out of our grasp, for we would risk permitting the NFL to run rampant with impunity. And we all know how hard it is to slow down, let alone stop, a juggernaut.

Let us begin by identifying the culprit. Ray Rice? Well, of course — the video released by TMZ is sufficiently incriminating. But the NFL Players' Association (NFLPA) filed an appeal of Rice's indefinite suspension and will likely have it overturned. They're not wrong to do so, nor would it be wrong for an independent adjudicator to honor the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its players, who are represented by the NFLPA. After all, not doing so would set a nasty precedent, opening the floodgates to double jeopardy and an imbalance of power that would certainly harm future negotiations. Even if Ray Rice were made an example of, these problems would persist. His actions are merely symptomatic of a pervasive disease.

Roger Goodell?

The face of the nearly $10 billion a year industry that is the NFL, he earns a shade under $45 million a year, by corporate standards a salary commensurate with his job performance. Under his leadership, the NFL has become more lucrative in each successive season. Goodell is a titan of industry who presides over the most powerful sports organization — or cartel, a more apt designation of late — in the world.

Yet all that success and more could not have staved off the spate of incidents that has befallen the NFL these past few weeks.

First there was Rice, then Adrian Peterson, then Jonathon Dwyer. This phenomenon is nothing new; there will always be another Ray Rice, perhaps many more.

For years, the NFL has dealt clandestinely with incidents perpetrated by its players, proving adept at weathering outrage. It recycles these incidents under the guise of "never again," as if each seemingly new one were not prefigured by an endless supply of past analogues. What's more, the NFL has the ability to erase them from the public consciousness, a result infinitely worse than superficial handwringing or apathy. It is by forgetting that we enable the NFL to uphold the status quo and thus become guilty of injustice.

To nip the problem in the bud, which no legion of angry commentators has yet seriously proposed, start with the NFL organizationally. Call it house-cleaning. Start with a safety net, a real one, not the hodgepodge of programs the NFL currently has in place.

Establish a rigid set of demands of each player to ensure his physical and emotional well-being. Instruct them in healthy habits, focusing primarily on mental health and financial literacy, neither of which the NFL broaches in any depth with its players.

Lastly, know the employees. Know where they come from, their paths to fame and fortune, and what makes them tick. Know their tendencies, their likes and dislikes and their family histories. If we could suss out and deal properly with the underlying causes of these incidents, then and only then would we be able to nip them in the bud. Then and only then would we be truly surprised and horrified when a Ray Rice reared his ugly head.

Sam Gold is a senior majoring in religion. He can be reached at samuel_l.gold@tufts.edu Sports Editor at the Tufts Daily.