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The Monologues production shifts focus to include more identities

by Marianna Athanassiou News Editor

The Monologues, a production set to take place next spring in which student narratives are performed, will cease accepting show submissions tomorrow.

The production has shifted its focus to “[prioritize] female identifying, gender-nonconforming, gender-queer, and trans* individuals,” according to its Facebook page.

Sophomore Morgan Freeman, one of the Monologues’ co-directors, said she wanted to make the distinction between this year’s Monologues, last year’s “Not Your Mother’s Monologues” and previous see MONOLOGUES, page 2

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Tufts sophomores Morgan Freeman, left, and Miranda Perez, the co-directors of the Monologues, pose outside Carmichael Hall on Nov. 10. The Monologues, a student-run production, provide a platform for female-identifying, gender-queer and gender non-conforming students to share their stories.

Gordon Institute creates master’s program in innovation and management

by Zachary Hertz Contributing Writer

The Tufts School of Engineering will be providing a new Master of Science degree in Innovation and Management from its Gordon Institute — a branch of the School of Engineering specializing in engineering leadership — beginning next September.

According to Gordon Institute Executive Director and Associate Dean Mark Ranalli, the one-year masters program will aim to help engineering students who have mostly technical experience to gain business and leadership skills for their careers. “[The degree is] a career bootcamp to get more done in whatever career choice they make,” he said.

The Gordon Institute created the master’s program to supplement the undergraduate education of students in science and engineering disciplines that don’t have skills outside their core technical field, according to Jianmin Qu, dean of the School of Engineering.

“Undergraduates with degrees in science or engineering have a strong foundation of technical expertise, but most lack the business skills and leadership qualities they need for early career impact and long-term success in the innovation economy,” Qu said in an Oct. 26 press release. “To stay competitive, companies need leaders who can drive technolo-

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gy-enabled innovation, and our new M.S. in innovation and management addresses this need.”

According to Ranalli, required classes for the degree include marketing, leadership, finance, project management, innovation and statistics. Students will also have the opportunity to customize the degree by taking classes in specific areas such as entrepreneurship, operations management or extensive technical work.

“A lot of young graduates today are entering the workforce without some of the critical leadership and management skills they learn later in life,” Ranalli said.

“As a result they’re not given as much leadership or responsibility as they’d like. [The degree] will allow them to hit the ground running early in the career and I believe that it will give them countless dividends as their career progresses.”

According to the Gordon Institute’s website, the degree will allow students to choose a specialty track in entrepreneurship, operations management or a technical discipline. It will also provide a cohort-based first semester centered on new product development, a summer-long Capstone Leadership Project, career workshops with industry leaders and coursework that focuses on leadership in technology industries.

Although the degree will not begin until 2016, Ranalli said that there has already been “very favorable interest” in the program.

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“We certainly thought this would be appealing in the [School of Engineering].

We defined it as being [Science, Technology, Engineering and Math] STEM, but there’s been a lot of interest expressed [from students in] the School of Arts and Sciences,” he said. “We’ve had international students express interest, and Lee Coffin is working to advertise this across the country.”

Interested students include senior Chris Shultz, who is currently double majoring in engineering psychology and biomedical engineering. Shultz said that his interest in the Innovation and Management degree is related to his interest in the entrepreneurial aspect of engineering and his desire to start his own company.

“I’ve always been interested in business, and unfortunately Tufts doesn’t have a specific business program or degree,” Shultz said. “After taking…engineering management classes, I decided it’s a field I want to pursue … [Learning] the business side of things could be pretty valuable in the workplace. [The master’s] just gives me a few more tools in my belt before I start working.”

Ranalli said that beyond helping graduates work well, the new master’s degree would help students become well-rounded workers.

“We’re not looking to build investment bankers,” he said. “We’re looking to build the next generation of leaders.”

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The Student Affairs Pluralism Initiatives, which works with Tufts students in identity and social justice leadership development, held a panel event about faith and colonialism on Monday evening.

Director of Student Affairs Pluralism Initiatives Steph Gauchel, who works with the Group of Six and Social Justice Leadership Initiative (SJLI) in her role, said the event was one of several semester projects meant to engage students in exploring issues surrounding identity, which include a field trip held last month to the New York Botanical Garden, panel discussions and the introduction of a film series.

The Nov. 9 event, entitled “Questions of Faith: Religion, Diasporas and Colonialism,” focused on how diasporas and colonialism, migration and oppression, have influenced religion in America. A panel of professors from Connecticut College, Harvard Divinity School and Brown University, along with Cambridge Reverend Irene Monroe, discussed the subject. “[The panel discussed] the ways in which marginalized peoples have retooled and/or rejected the impact of colonialism and missionary activity in past and current social movements of survival, resistance and social justice,” Gauchel told the Daily in an email.

Monday’s panel was just one of many of the Pluralism Initiatives’ current plans. Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon explained that she started the pluralism program last year in order to create an intentionally inclusive environment for all Tufts students.

“The idea was to look at intersectional identities [and] intergroup dialogue, and that really is what this is about, too,” she said.

According to McMahon, the pluralism initiatives were created to revisit the Intercultural Social Identities Program, which was introduced by former School of Arts and Sciences Dean Joanne BergerSweeney, to collaborate with the Group of Six on campus policy concerning inclusion, student retention and equal participation.

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The Monologues make changes to prioritize marginalized voices MONOLOGUES

continued from page 1 years’ adaptions of Eve Ensler’s play, “The Vagina Monologues.” While in past years gender identity has been a major theme, this year the Monologues have evolved in focus to include more than issues of gender identity, she said.

Miranda Perez, a Monologues co-director, said that the people working on the Monologues are trying to separate themselves from “The Vagina Monologues,” since they have been seen as extremely gender limiting.

Freeman explained that this year’s show submissions are open-ended and can range from funny and quirky to reflective and deeply personal. All that is required of a submission is that its narrative is unique and honest.

“As far as ‘themes’ go, I think the best way to put it is that we are looking for anything and everything,” she said Perez, a sophomore, agreed with Freeman’s description of the theme and prompts.

“Our prompts are there to get people thinking about what to write, as well as for them to see that we are really accepting pieces about everything and anything,” she said. “Our theme is you.”

According to the Monologues’ Facebook page, some of the prompts for submissions to this year’s show include: “Write about your last T-stop crush,” “Who do you need to forgive,” “Middle school (lol) – Write about it,” “What’s going through your mind right now,” “When do you feel in your body,” “What does language mean to you” and “Talk about experiences being naked in a non-sexual environment.”

Lupita Estela, assistant director for the Monologues, explained how the focus of this year’s Monologues has expanded drastically in comparison to other years.

By devoting less of the show’s focus to exploring body issues and sexuality, students can look into other types of narratives that deserve attention, she said.

Issues such as sexuality and body issues are being explored but to a much

lesser degree, allowing us to focus on any other issues people feel are important as well, she said.

“I do think that this change has caused confusion among the people who hear about our show,” Estela, a sophomore, told the Daily in an email. “Because there’s no particular theme or focus, people aren’t sure what they’re catering to when it comes to submitting. But we want it all.

We want any experience or story that people feel need to be shared and can speak to others.”

Freeman said that the Tufts campus, like many other campuses nationally, still caters to a small number of privileged students whose stories are disproportionately shared, but she said she hopes this year’s Monologues will disrupt that monotony.

Estela agreed, saying that she hopes the Monologues will provide a platform for marginalized voices.

“I hope that the Monologues becomes a space in which voices [that] are not always (or really ever) represented, are prioritized,” she said.

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continued from page 1 “For me, it’s about creating an intentionally inclusive environment for all students at Tufts,” she said.

Gauchel explained that through the pluralism initiatives program, she was also able to take more than 100 students to the New York Botanical Garden on Oct. 24 and 25 to see the “Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life” exhibition, curated

by Tufts art and art history professor Adriana Zavala.

Additionally, Gauchel is currently helping to coordinate a new faculty-new students of color mentor program run by the Office of Student Affairs. She is also organizing a Nov. 16 film screening and discussion of “This May Be The Last Time,” (2014) as a part of the Dean of Student Affairs 20152016 film series.

“This film connects to themes of [Monday’s] panel and explores the history of [Creek Nation] Native American hymns,” Gauchel said.

Gauchel, who is also the director of the Women’s Center, said she supports SJLI and the Group of Six by assembling Group of Six standing meetings and serving as a member of Chief Diversity Officer Mark Brimhall-Vargas’ Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, which is meant to assess strategies for helping the university support diversity and inclusion on campus.

“My aim is to help with university-wide communication and response efforts related to identity-based issues that impact our centers individually, collectively and/ or intersectionality, while also highlighting the individual and collective work of the Group of Six and SJLI,” she told the Daily in an email.

According to Rubén Salinas Stern, the director of the Latino Center, Gauchel’s work fosters coordination between the Dean of Student Affairs and the Group of Six, which also includes the Latino Center.

He added that the Student Affairs Pluralism Initiatives are still a work in progress, so the Group of Six cannot yet comprehend the full scope of the position. For now, Gauchel serves as a vital link between

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In her role as director of the Student Affairs Pluralism Initiative, Steph Gauchel hopes to engage students in exploring identity-based issues. the Group of Six centers and the Dean of Student Affairs, while helping plan events that are relevant to the Group of Six’s missions, Stern said.

“It’s not just the programming, it’s that we’re represented in a variety of committees,” he said.

Gauchel said she hopes to continue

using her role to create opportunities and events to engage students “[I want] to continue to increase co-curricular opportunities for students to engage in education and programming related to diversity, pluralism, social justice and intersectionality,” she said.

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At 5:30 am, Jasson Bitencourt arrives at the Gannett Boston Offset, where the Daily is printed each day. The smell of ink lingers in the air from the freshly printed newspapers, as he begins stacking the 3,000 copies of the Tufts Daily into the back of his car.

Bitencourt is the newspaper courier for the Daily. He and his family have been distributing the Daily for four years, ever since Bitencourt’s father acquired the delivery service Superior One Deliveries through a friend.

Every morning, Bitencourt arrives at campus around 6 a.m. His route starts at the Danish Pastry House and continues across campus, concluding at 200 Boston Ave. Bitencourt strategically drives across Tufts — he times his stops to correspond with the opening times of different buildings. Oftentimes, Bitencourt has to recycle yesterday’s paper to make space for today’s, but otherwise, it is a simple drop on the building’s stoop. By 7:40 a.m., the sun has fully risen, and the final stack of newspapers has been delivered.

While driving down the near-empty highway to the Boston Offset in Norwood, Mass., Bitencourt spoke of the benefits of his early paper route.

“I feel like waking up early gets me ready for my day,” Bitencourt said. “I wake up [at] 4:30 a.m., drive a little …

I walk and run around delivering the papers. I try to make it as fun as possible.”

The Gannett Boston Offset, the printing branch of Gannett Company that has worked with the Daily for four years, is closing its Norwood site on Jan. 31, 2016 as part of a deal with the Boston Globe, which is acquiring the Boston facility.

As part of the Boston Globe acquisition, dozens of the Boston Offset’s employees will be facing layoffs, according to an Oct. 9 article by the Boston Business Journal. Commercial Printing Manager of the Boston Offset Sue Byers was unable to comment on the reasons for the closing or on the future of the employees.

Before its printing at the Boston Offset, the Daily begins its production process every night in the basement of Curtis Hall, where articles are edited and the paper is laid out. According to Production

Director Andrew Stephens, an article goes through many stages before it lands in Tufts students’ hands. After multiple rounds of editing from section editors, copy editors and managing editors, the article is published online. But according to Stephens, a senior, this is only the beginning of the printing process.

“At that point, you pretty much just have a blank page and have to assemble it in a way that fits,” Stephens said. “We have a bunch of tricks in layout to make things fit if there’s not enough or too much [content].”

To fill this blank page, the layout team works to organize stories in order of priority, adding photos and smaller details such as jump words or photo credits along the way, Stephens said. Once the layout is set and checked over, each page is converted to PDFs and sent to the printer.

Working from a simple brick building in Norwood, which is about a 30-minute drive from campus, the Boston Offset is located in one large, fluorescent-lit room housing a slew of massive offset printers.

According to Byers, the offset printing pro-

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cess starts with the digital image of a page, which is imprinted on a metal plate. This plate is used as a template for the printer to create each page of the newspaper. The machines used at the Boston Offset can print about 32,000 Daily-sized pages with a four-color scheme per hour, Byers said.

According to Byers, there is a unique set of problems that accompanies working with printing production and printers. In an email to the Daily, Byers added that the machines are subject to technical difficulties that are dealt with by an in-house technology services department. Additionally, problems with the PDFs — such as incorrect fonts and images that are not embedded — can crop up.

However, if everything goes smoothly, and all issues get resolved, the copies of the Daily are neatly stacked in the Boston Offset in the early morning hours, ready to be delivered by Bitencourt.

Byers also commented on the impact the digitization of printing has had over the course of her 30 years working in the printing industry, as it has led to a demand for faster performance with fewer staff.

“It was a different time,” Byers said of her early years working in the printing industry. “Deadlines weren’t as tight. You had the time it took. The time it would take to do a job was probably three times the amount of time it takes now. You had to have a lot more people working on the job … [Today,] the job that would take four people to do is down to one person.”

According to Bitencourt, the Daily is Superior One Deliveries’ first and only newspaper client, and the company is having difficulty finding additional accounts. This challenge is one way in which the decline of the print industry has affected the family industry.

Stephens still believes that having a physical presence on campus is a part of the Daily’s image, and explained that the publication is not planning on giving up, despite its online growth.

“I think it is important to have some sort of printed paper on campus just so you have a presence and, even if [people] don’t pick up the Tufts Daily and read it cover to cover everyday, they see it all the time, which, if nothing else, will drive

traffic to our website,” Stephens said.

“We’re definitely seeing more traffic on our website…with somewhat of a decline of our print paper [readership]…[but] we still see plenty of people [reading] the print paper.”

Stephens hopes that the Daily’s commitment to print does not overshadow the need for developing the newspaper’s online presence, especially in light of recent updates to the Tufts Daily website. He believes that the Daily should be making a transition to a more online-focused model of publishing.

“I really want to make sure…that the website and the print have roughly equal priority, [and] if not, that we’re doing more for the website,” Stephens said. “I think we have a little more focus on print than we should. That’s just one of our internal battles.”

Trends in the newspaper industry show that the circulation of print is decreasing. Furthermore, large newspapers’ online presence is outpacing their circulation. According to a study published this April from the Pew Research Center on Journalism and Media, both weekday and Sunday circulation decreased by about three percent from 2013 to 2014.

Additionally, many of the largest newspapers in the country have seen their digital audience begin to exceed their print audience.

“For these largest newspapers, their digital audience numbers far outpace circulation: The New York Times reported an average weekday print circulation of less than 650,000 in September 2014,” the Pew Research Center study said.

“But their website and associated apps attracted nearly 54 million unique visitors in January 2015, and the majority of their paid circulation comes from digital sources (about 1.4 million).”

This conversation has also found its way into the classroom at Tufts.

In an Experimental College (ExCollege) course offered this fall, “Social Media: Participatory Culture and Content Creation in Society,” co-teachers Ben Rubenstein and Jesse Littlewood lead their class in discussions about the changes being observed in modern jour-

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nalism. Rubenstein is the senior manager of social media and online community at TechTarget, a solely-online media company that runs over 120 websites.

According to the ExCollege website, “Littlewood is the digital strategist with Echo & Company, a Somerville-based firm that consults with non-profits, government agencies and socially responsible businesses.”

In a presentation that Rubenstein gave to the class earlier this semester, he quoted social media theorist Clay Shirky’s article Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable: “Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism.”

Rubenstein commented on Shirky’s ideas as they pertain to the decline of the print industry.

“I think that when it comes to all the discussion about the print industry dying and all that’s going to happen to newspapers, people kind of conflate…the delivery mechanism that we use to get certain things or that news organizations use to give news to the audience versus the actual product of the news itself,” Rubenstein said.

According to Rubenstein, newspapers should accommodate the preferences of their audience, which includes maintaining a digital presence. One hurdle for digital news is maintaining revenue, he said. While some newspapers use paywalls, paid premium services and revenue from social media ads to make money online, a sustainable model for digital revenue has yet to be found. “[Newspapers] have to figure out how to be where their audiences are and [how to] deliver things in the way their audiences want them to be delivered, and I think that’s the main thing that people should be focused on and…[figuring] out how to make that economically sustainable,” he said.

However, for those who have worked in the print industry for as long as Byers has, print holds a special familiarity and unforgettable quality.

“Usually people like me who have been in the business this long, it’s in our blood,” Byers said. “The smell of the paper, the smell of the ink, you know, you recognize it.”

wrote an article earlier this week about how the Greek community is working to prevent sexual assault through bystander intervention tactics. After writing it, I felt genuinely impressed by the self-awareness and self-criticism displayed by the members of the Inter-Greek Council (IGC) with whom I spoke.

But I am concerned by the idea that Greek life at Tufts is somehow different from Greek Llfe at “big, state schools” or “southern schools,” as the members of the IGC suggested. We tend to think of Greek organizations at larger, less “intellectual” schools as perpetrators of racism, classism and misogyny. But then how does one explain what happened last week at Yale, when a sophomore reported that women of color were denied entry to a party at the school’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon?

Or when the Alpha Delta fraternity and Tri Delta sorority at Dartmouth College hosted a “Bloods and Crips” party in 2013?

Or when a fraternity at the University of Pennsylvania posted a photo last Christmas with a racially charged and misogynistic blow-up doll meant to resemble Beyoncé? Is Tufts really above these acts, perpetrated by colleges and universities that are supposedly as or more elite than ours?

Apparently, we’re not. Tufts’ own Delta Upsilon (DU) is currently suspended right now for playing a song at an event that was considered “a violation of the university’s policy about non-discrimination,” according to Mickey Toogood, the judicial affairs administrator. Toogood told me this information when I interviewed him for my Daily article.

Saying that Greek organizations at elite private schools are not as susceptible to racism, misogyny, homophobia and a host of other issues is sort of like saying these issues don’t exist in the United States outside of the South. While I recognize that not every fraternity (or sorority) is guilty of these problems, I think it’s time Tufts had a serious discussion about the merits of these organizations.

When I interviewed Toogood, he told me that Tufts is considering bringing one or two new fraternities to campus, both of which would not have houses on campus.

“It would be a positive shift in the way we think about Greek Life, or at least [an] opportunity to reevaluate the association between having a house and what students get out of a brotherhood or sisterhood,” he said.

This is a positive first step. Especially since Greek Life is growing at Tufts (to the point that a first-year told me this weekend that when she first got to Tufts, she felt like she wouldn’t have a social life if she didn’t rush), it’s crucial that the university look critically at the system. And it’s great that the IGC is educating the Greek community in bystander intervention, but it’s important to recognize what the IGC isn’t doing, such as creating Greek-wide community consequences for rape if and when rape happens, or meaningfully addressing the underlying issue that many students cannot afford to join a Greek organization.

We can claim that Tufts is morally superior to those “other” schools. But let’s be honest: the Greek system is deeply flawed, and DU’s action seems to suggest that Tufts is no exception.

Miranda Willson is an Assistant News Editor for the Tufts Daily. She is a junior majoring in environmental studies and urban policy & development and can be reached at miranda.willson@tufts.edu.

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evolution of bond and the end of an Era...

by Merilla Michael Assistant Arts Editor

26 movies, 12 novels, two short story collections, one television series and eight different actors over six decades -- this is the history in numbers of the James Bond franchise. The latest installment, “Spectre,” opened last weekend with Daniel Craig starring, for the fourth time, as the dapper British spy with a license to kill. Craig, who has held the part of 007 for nearly a decade, continues to bring his own interpretation to the iconic character, one that has undergone many changes since his first appearance in a 1953 Ian Fleming novel.

James Bond was first played on the screen by Barry Nelson, in “Casino Royale,” a 1954 episode of the television series “Climax!” (1954 - 1958). In this iteration, Bond, then in his early stages of development, was not given a lot of backstory -- a choice that Nelson himself found to be a poor one. In a 2004 interview with Cinema Retro, he expressed his frustration with the time constraints of a 40-minute television episode, which did not allow for a lot of background information, and he described the show as “too superficial.”

The first actor to play the role of Bond, Nelson was presented with unique challenges: he had only Fleming’s novel -- and no previous films -- as a reference. The episode did not have much of a lasting impact, which is likely why so many current Bond fans believe Sean Connery was the first actor to take on the role.

It was Connery’s portrayal of Bond, in fact, that allowed the franchise to find success. He played Bond six times, first appearing as 007 in “Dr. No” (1962).

Connery’s Bond was a cold and dangerous one. This Bond was excellent at his job, efficient and effective, but he also possessed a stone-cold seriousness that stood in opposition to the light-heartedness of later iterations of the character.

In 1967, two different Bond films were released. “You Only Live Twice” starred Connery and marked his fifth appearance as Bond. Another movie, “Casino Royale,” also hit theaters, but with David Niven in the lead. Producer Charles Feldman decided to make it a satirical film -a decision that had both positive and negative consequences. “Casino Royale” was financially successful and earned an Academy Award nomination for the song “The Look of Love,” but it was generally seen as chaotic and a poor continuation of the Bond story.

In 1969, George Lazenby played Bond in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” The overlap of three different Bonds in one time period made for a disjointed storyline, especially since Lazenby portrayed a Bond whose personality was the polar opposite of Connery’s. Lazenby’s Bond

was not nearly as cold as his predecessor was, as the actor was more interested in displaying Bond’s intelligence.

The next Bond, Roger Moore, was part of the franchise for 12 years (1973 to 1985) and was in seven films, playing an almost disconcertingly campy Bond. His was a light-hearted performance, and he was not concerned with portraying Bond with the same intensity as Connery had.

Timothy Dalton took on the role after Moore, playing 007 in two films (one was released in 1987, the other in 1989). His interpretation of the character once again represented another overhaul of the infamous spy. He tried to focus more on the Bond described in Fleming’s book, and the resulting performance was similar to Connery’s. This Bond -- ruthless and dangerous -- was also loyal.

The two actors who followed Dalton similarly took cues from Connery’s performance. Pierce Brosnan, who played Bond in four films (from 1995 to 2002), performed a diluted version of the Connery Bond. His Bond was a little less snarky and cold, and Brosnan also focused on conveying Bond’s intelligence. Craig has perhaps managed to deliver the most complex Bond to date. He might be a loner, but he is loyal to the people he cares about. Craig plays a Bond who has the ability to be warm, to love and, possibly, to settle down, which (spoiler alert!) is (perhaps) what the ending of “Spectre” hints at.

In the early years of the film franchise, it seemed that with each new Bond came a radically different personality. This may have been a ploy to keep viewers interested, since, with Connery and Moore both playing Bond for several years in a row, 20 years of the same Bond personality would have been monotonous for moviegoers. Beginning with Dalton, however, each successive Bond seems to expand upon his previous incarnations rather than completely disregard them. The continuity has allowed the series to evolve and has prevented each new Bond from appearing isolated from his predecessors.

The three most recent Bonds have also opened up emotionally, and their personalities have become less extreme. In other words, there has been genuine character development.

“Spectre” looks to tie up many loose ends and to close the storyline of Craig’s Bond into a neat little package: the ending of “Spectre” has Bond essentially driving off into the sunset with the Bond girl du jour, Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux).

This seems as good a time as any for Craig to exit the franchise, especially given the actor’s comments in which he implied that he was sick of playing Bond. Indeed, Craig has explicitly said that he does not want to do another Bond film. Given these statements, all signs seem to point toward

Craig’s departure, but the actor does have a five-film contract, making it likely that he will return for another film, especially since his Bond has been so financially successful. “Spectre” saw an impressive opening weekend, bringing in $20.4 million, just short of the “Skyfall” (2012) debut weekend.

Though Craig will probably not be leaving the franchise immediately, he is nearing the end of his time in the iconic role. Unsurprisingly, this hashasprompted prompted many to speculate about who will play Bond in the future and how that actor will shape the character. Whoever it is will have a quite a legacy to uphold. The James Bond movie franchise is one of the longest-running and most successful in history, and it will likely continue to thrive even after Craig departs.

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Top 10 Vincent Adultman responses to difficult questions

by Merilla Michael Assistant Arts Editor

Vincent Adultman, a character from “BoJack Horseman”(2014 – present), a Netflix original animated series, always gives the best advice. He is deceptively mature despite the fact that he is just three small children stacked on top of one another under a trench coat. No one except for BoJack seems to notice this, because Vincent Adultman is able to give wise and helpful advice to anyone who asks. Whenever you find yourself facing a difficult question, just think to yourself, “WWVAS?” (“What would Vincent Adultman say?”). Here are his (their?) best quotes in response to difficult questions you might face in your day-to-day life:

you sound extremely unsure of yourself, your potential future employers will be eager to learn more about you. What kind of businesses? Which transactions?

Always keep interviewers on their toes.

3. When you are trying to impress your date at a bar or club: “Would you like a alcohol?” You can subtly mention the intentional assonance of “a alcohol,” despite your disregard for grammatical rules, and your date will practically fall at your feet. People are suckers for rhetorical devices and lessons on grammar.

4. When you are trying to get out of going to your friend’s event: “I have to call the guy at the office to take the car to the place.” You have things to do.

That guy at the office, though he may be fictional, can’t take the car to the place without your help. You don’t want your fictional world to fall apart, do you?

Utilizing the guilt-trip in conjunction with this line on said friend is guaranteed to get you out of anything.

1. When you are trying to apologize to anyone, including friends, family and professors: “I had a attitude problem, but then I took a timeout, and I thought about what I did.” This is the perfect way to apologize to someone without actually saying you’re sorry. You don’t even have to have taken a timeout to use this response; the idea of repenting for your mistakes is enough to get you off the hook.

5. When your parents ask what you’re doing on a Friday night: “Um…adult stuff?” Pretty self-explanatory. Don’t go into the details.

2. When an interviewer asks you what your interests are: “Mmm…I like business…uh…transactions?” If you keep your answer completely vague and

6. When you need to explain yourself after messing up big-time: “I promise you, there is an explanation for all this.”

There may or may not be an explanation

for everything, but using this line buys you 10 seconds — think fast.

What’s up This weekend Fourth Annual Culture Crawl

7. When your friends ask how you want to spend the afternoon: “Let’s go feel the grass between our toes.” It may be really cold outside now, but the sentiment remains the same. If you or your friends seem stressed out, suggest taking a personal day. Your future self will be grateful.

Tufts Culinary Society is hosting its annual Culture Crawl this week. Travel the culinary globe with a sampling of Tufts’ cultural clubs, as they give you a taste of the world.

Friday at 6 p.m. in the Alumnae Lounge.

Admission is free and includes three food vouchers. No tickets required.

8. When your parents ask what you’ve been doing all day: “I went to the stock market today. I did a business.” Who cares if you’re a biology major and know absolutely nothing about stocks? Your parents will hear “did” and “went” and just be happy that you didn’t spend the entire day sleeping or binge-watching “Lost” (2004 – 2010) in your pajamas.

Tufts Podcast Network presents another installation in their Story Slam series. The theme for this slam is stories of being lost, both metaphorically and literally.

Friday at 9 p.m. in the Terrace Room.

Admission is free. No tickets required.

9. When your friend asks you how they look: “Business-wise, this all seems like appropriate business!” They just need positive reassurance, and this will give it to them.

10. When you greet another adult: “Hello, other grown up.” You have to assert your dominance by making sure they know you are also, in fact, a grown up.

Thank you, Vincent Adultman, for making answering questions in the adult world just that much easier.

Story Slam Presents — Lost

The Institute’s 87th Annual Charity Gala (and Sketch Show)

This is not actually a charity event, per se, but it will definitely be a good time.

Friday at 9:30 p.m. in Braker 001.

Admission is free. No tickets required.

Chocolate Walking Tour of Back Bay

This two-and-a-half hour walking tour of the Back Bay will take you on a journey through the area’s chocolatiers and teach you more than you could deign to want to know about the candy.

Saturday at 10:15 a.m. at Flour Bakery. Admission details at www. bostonchocolatetours.com

Movie Review

Theatrical yet realistic, ‘Brooklyn’ portrays compelling immigrant story

by Eran Sabaner

Contributing Writer

formance here; the audience can easily empathize with her character’s situation.

Things get better after Eilis meets an Italian man named Tony (Emory Cohen), with whom she quickly forms a relationship. While the two are from different cultures, the film depicts their differences in a delicate way. Both Tony’s family and Eilis’ friends seem to accept their relationship.

While dating Tony, Eilis begins adapting to her new life, that is, until her mother

Unlike many immigrants, Eilis has the privilege to, more or less, decide her own fate. In many ways, the movie can be seen as a coming-of-age story, as Eilis transforms from a naïve girl to a reasonable and smart young woman. Ronan perfectly captures the difference between Eilis as she first appears and the fully-grown Eilis that viewers see at the end of the movie.

“Brooklyn” is brilliant because it is able to present its relatively ordinary storyline in a touching way — sentimental, yet not overtly dramatic. Part of the movie’s success can be attributed to the director John Crowley’s background in theater. Crowley expertly creates a complex drama without big twists or revelations and avoids falling into familiar formulas and clichés. The movie also includes terrific performances, not only from Ronan but also from the supporting actors such as Cohen, Julie Walters and Jane Brennan. Cohen’s performance as the romantic lead is charming and shows the actor’s promise.

As a period piece, “Brooklyn” delivers. It is stylish and reminiscent of the movies from the era in which it is set, and its colorful visuals create a light and emotional atmosphere. The film manages to feel realistic, beautiful and simplistic, and intentionally avoids being tragic for tragedy’s sake. Be Kerry Brown / Twentieth Century Fox on the lookout for “Brooklyn” come awards season.

calls her with bad news and urges Eilis to come back.

During the second part of the movie, Eilis travels back to Ireland. Her mother encourages her to stay in Ireland, and, although Eillis is miserable at first, various opportunities make Eilis realize that she can build a happy life in both Brooklyn and Ireland. Eilis has to decide what life she wants to live — a riskier, more colorful life in Brooklyn or a more stable life in Ireland.

Six years ago, a charming little period film penned by Nick Hornby received critical acclaim and earned itself a spot on many best-movies-of-the-year lists.

Titled “An Education” (2009), the movie was praised particularly for its lead actress’ breakthrough performance.

That actress — Carey Mulligan — ended up becoming one of Hollywood’s iconic stars. Six years later, Hornby has written another period piece, titled “Brooklyn,” that is sure to follow in the successful footsteps of “An Education.” “Brooklyn” is anchored by a glowing performance

by Saoirse Ronan, known for her role as Agatha in “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014), and boasts a poignant storyline.

“Brooklyn,” set in the 1950s, is the tale of a young Irish woman named Eilis Lacey, played by Ronan.

Eilis lives in a small Irish town but, with the help of her sister Rose (Fiona Glascott), she forms a plan to immigrate to Brooklyn, where she hopes to stay at an Irish boarding house. After a painful and disorienting trip, Eilis finally arrives in Brooklyn. Even though she manages to find shelter, a job and friends, she feels pangs of homesickness, amplified by her introverted nature. Ronan Saorise Ronan as Eilis and Emory Cohen as Tony in “Brooklyn.” delivers a perfectly balanced per-

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Sally Tilton sketches artistic pursuits

by John Gallagher

Assistant Arts Editor

Sally Tilton, a junior, discovered their passion for digital art during high school.

“I started off with a tablet and tried to do digital painting,” they said to the Daily via Facebook message. “Then I went digging around for open source drawing software and found Inkscape, so then [I] moved into vectors a bit more. It’s not an amazing program or anything, but part of the fun is working within constraints.”

According to its website, Inkscape is a “professional quality vector graphics software.” Vector graphics are commonly used in illustration and digital art to store images because they allow images to scale without pixelation.

Tilton’s friend Lindsay McCormick, who Tilton describes as their “high school muse,” encouraged their artistic pursuits since Tilton first began working in digital art.

Courtesy Sally Tilton

Tilton, right, developed an interest in digital art in high school and continues to draw for fun at Tufts. “[She had] the most interesting and absurd interpretations of my artworks, and I loved it,” Tilton said. “She gave me instant gratification.”

McCormick’s encouragement changed Tilton’s thinking about sharing their art.

Tilton now posts their work to the art-shar-

ing website Deviant Art and has produced cover art for the band The VaGinas’ song “Biggest Penis in Rock” (2015). According to Tilton, without McCormick, they would have continued to produce art but would not have shared it. “[McCormick] made it worth sharing my artworks,” they said. “I would have probably kept them to myself otherwise.”

Tilton is unsure of where their artistic interests will take them next but doesn’t think that creating art professionally or semi-professionally would fit with their personality or artistic motivations.

“I think my art will mainly stay a hobby, since it’s pretty personal for me,” they said.

“I like to keep it as a little record of what I was up to at certain points in my life. I try to keep them simple and playful, more like a child’s artwork, so I don’t think I could use them in a more serious application. It would sort of go against the whole point of why I do it. It’s self-indulgent most of the time with me.”

Artsy Nugget

Streaming is king

by Josh Podolsky

Executive Arts Editor

Something changed over the summer.

The change was probably imperceptible to most people, but it is meant to fundamentally affect the music industry.

For years — since 1989 in fact — new music in the United States had gone on sale on Tuesdays; in Canada and the U.K., Mondays; and in Australia and Germany, Fridays. According to Keith Caulfield, co-director of charts at Billboard, the primary reason for these mandated national release dates was shipping time. In a world where physical media was king, an album carried by one record store but not by its neighbor could make the difference

between surviving and going out of business. Mandated release days evened the playing field by ensuring everyone had their stock at the same time.

Fast-forward to the age of digital music, and these national release days are a problem because they vary from country to country. A Monday release date in the U.K. allows a listener there to upload the album to the internet before it officially launches overseas in, for example, the United States, encouraging piracy abroad.

The solution? The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, an organization representing music labels, has unified the various release days into one global release day: Friday. Friday was chosen based on a very limited survey

of consumer preferences, which included questions about when they would prefer to receive new music. It did not, however, take into account the preferences of the owners of physical music stores.

The new release schedule may pose a threat to these stores’ business models, which have been built around the Tuesday release day for two and a half decades.

However, according to a report by NPR, album sales were down four percent last year while album consumption increased alongside the rise of streaming services like Spotify. If anything, this is indicative of the supremacy of consumption via online streaming. The change is not a nail in music stores’ coffins; it is a (belated) passing of the baton.

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In pursuit of soft power

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hen I went to Beijing this past summer, I made a vow to myself that I would immerse myself in China’s media. I would read only Chinese magazines and books, listen to purely Chinese music and watch Chinese television exclusively. By the last weeks, though, I found myself binge-watching “Game of Thrones” (2011 – present) — at least it had Chinese subtitles — and listening to my favorite indie artists while working out. I had submitted because I craved some semblance of home, and this was the closest I could get (the somewhat authentic brick-oven pizza place shut down halfway through my visit). But the other reason was simply that there was not enough quality media out there.

China seeks soft power, which Joseph Nye defines as “the ability of a country to persuade others to do what it wants without force or coercion.” This often comes down to its ability to impress and inspire imitation. At the very least, it means some positive press. China wants to be a trend-setter, with more likes on its profile picture or more followers on Twitter.

The government has poured money into Confucius Institutes, the Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai Expo for exactly this reason. While the Olympic song “Beijing Welcomes You” became popular among American and Chinese audiences alike, we are far from a world that closely follows Chinese media.

Of course, China is not entirely without influence. It has much more soft power across Latin America and Africa, garnered through its economic aid to those regions, than it does in Europe and the United States. Attracting the interest of Westerners is much more difficult; it requires infiltrating their TV screens and earbuds.

The cultural medium that has garnered the greatest following in the West, ironically, is that of dissident artists, the most prominent of whom is Ai Weiwei. The artist, known for shattering Han Dynasty vases, is not exactly the figure with which China hopes to capture the world’s attention. As Nye, who coined the term “soft power,” writes, “The best propaganda is not propaganda.” Ai Weiwei’s work is about truth and struggle; this is what attracts attention. With his contributions to the iconic Bird’s Nest, his Netflix documentary and exhibitions worldwide, many are watching for his next step.

We have yet to see a world where American college students dance to Chinese music at frat parties or European teenagers find themselves addicted to Chinese series. This may be because of the devaluation of art in the education system. After all, Chinese students must choose between humanities and sciences when they enter high school, and it is mostly the students with high grades that choose sciences. What puts China ahead economically may be exactly what baffles it in the realm of soft power. Another reason for China’s struggle in the realm of cultural influence is that China’s communist regime stifles freedom of speech and, along with it, creativity. It is no surprise, then, that the most popular Chinese media comes in the form of rebellion.

Lara LoBrutto is a junior majoring in international relations and minoring in Chinese. She may be reached at lara. lobrutto@tufts.edu.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Opinion Op-Ed

Let’s make transportation great again

by Emma Rosenthal The state of our nation’s infrastructure is worsening, and it’s happening quickly.

However, the subject is nowhere to be found on the largest stage for public education and awareness: the presidential race. While topics like immigration and tax reform are extensively covered by the presidential candidates, many equally or even more critical issues, like infrastructure and transportation, are left in the dust.

While the United States as a whole has a decaying transportation system, the Northeast region, which encompasses major cities like Washington D.C., New York City and Boston, is currently in the most dire state.

According to a report published by the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission in February 2014, the Northeast is home to 17 percent of the United States population. The Northeast produces 20 percent of U.S. GDP, which is $3 trillion (fun fact: if the Northeast Corridor (NEC) was its own entity, it would have the fifth highest GDP in the world). I could go on with the statistics, but I hope these get to the point: the Northeast is important.

In the same report, the Commission goes on to quantify the transportation habits of NEC residents and assesses the quality of its infrastructure. Spoiler alert: it’s bad.

The report also showed that the NEC main line, which travels from D.C. up to Boston, is the busiest passenger railway in all of North America. Between 2010 and 2011, commuter rail passengers rose by 12 percent and subway riders by 26 percent.

In short, that’s a lot of people using roads and rails — and if that’s not enough, the population in the NEC is expected to grow by another seven million by 2040.

Now comes the quality angle, although this part might be more obvious and hit closer to home for readers. Traffic is a huge problem; half of the worst highway bottlenecks in the country are in the NEC and at least once a month, in areas with the highest traffic, a six-minute drive takes commuters 28 minutes. For the people who produce one fifth of our whole country’s GDP, that’s quite a sizable loss to productivity; to be exact, that’s a loss of over $1,000 each year per person who commutes to work by car. The report also notes that at the rate that travel demand is growing, we would need over 2,700 new miles of highway (at the very least) to keep up.

For rail lines, the future does not look great either. Passengers commuting by rail in the NEC make up three quarters of all riders in the United States. Some of the region’s most essential segments of railway — lines between New Jersey and New York — have already reached capacity.

And if you traveled between the two states at all this past summer, you’ll know that this over-capacity has created frequent,

extreme and frustrating delays.

Finally, apart from congestion, the quality of our infrastructure is rapidly decaying and is at the end of its life (reminder: many of the tunnels and bridges were built in the late nineteenth century); 80 million cars per day in the Northeast drive over bridges that are structurally deficient.

So, with all of this worrisome information on the current state and future of NEC infrastructure, where do the presidential candidates — some of the most visible and influential people in media today — stand on the issue of transportation? Well, they don’t. On each front-runner’s campaign site — including Clinton, Trump, Bush and, yes, Carson — transportation is nowhere to be found on anyone’s list of issues.

The discussions and debates over popular issues like immigration and the economy are absolutely important, but it’s alarming that transportation is absent from those discussions. Our current transportation systems are failing, and that affects not only all Americans, but it influences the world as well. And while much of the content in the presidential race so far has become a punchline, we should utilize this unique, expansive forum to spread knowledge and incite change.

Emma Rosenthal is a Features contributing writer. She is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. She can be reached at emma.rosenthal@tufts.edu.

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Breaking News: A group of students has been offended. Allegedly, they were stereotyped by an individual, prompting them to alert campus authorities.

Speaking on the situation, TUPD officer Guy Hoosreal said, “I wasn’t surprised that the suspect was wearing a Patagonia fleece monogrammed with Greek letters. He seemed like just the type of individual that would engage in offensive stereotyping.”

The recent offense was not the first of its kind. In 2014, a seven-offense pile-up occurred on campus when a microeconomics professor committed what’s known as a “micro-aggression,” which involves asking students how many pieces of sushi a Japanese firm must produce per day to maximize profits.

What has contributed to the massive uptick in college offendings? Some liberals suggest a correlation to the ease of acquiring a sense of humor without a background check. They point to the fact that, in Britain, only a few individuals nationwide engage in humour, and the rate of hurt feelings there is comparatively low.

Donald Trump, on the other hand, suggests a link between the rising sensitivity of individuals and the recently administered flu vaccine. He explained, “Look at me. I’m not vacc- *cough* I’m not vaccinated against anything and I can – *coughs up blood* withstand the criticism of a whole nation! *confidently passes out from diphtheria*” Perhaps most unhappily privy to collegiate sensitivity are comedians. Jerry Seinfeld, famed star of the show Seinfeld and person I’m using to make a potentially sensitive point for me, has opined that college students are too quick to take offense to jokes and chide comics. Seinfeld’s animosity toward what is being termed “victimhood culture” might have begun when he asked a college audience “What’s the deal with airline food?” prompting the crowd to audibly gasp, remembering vividly the time when their flight from San Francisco had no gluten free entrée.

Looking to protect students from such offensive jokes, last week, the managing board of The Tufts Daily pulled from circulation a satirical piece. The cut column, penned by a staff writer who could totally grow a beard but just doesn’t want to, discussed racial tension and police misconduct.

Despite the satire — entitled “Graphic Footage Captures Police and Black Man Getting Along Swimmingly” — being largely a criticism of a racist police force, the managing board cut it, finding it “inappropriate for a white columnist to joke about Black Lives Matter and police brutality.” White columnists, obviously, should limit their discussion to topics put forth in the helpful acronym, WHITE: Watersports, Halo 5, Interior design, Trump and Entertainment Weekly.

For a white speaker nowadays, attempting to discuss prominent social issues can leave you gingerly acrobatting through the minefield that is on-campus social discourse. While you focus on dodging booby traps (breast traps, sorry!), you’re reminded to check your privilege.

Pro tip: “What, why, do I have a smudge?” is NOT considered an acceptable response.

Kevin Lawson is a junior majoring in political science. He can be reached at kevin. lawson@tufts.edu.

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Sports FOOTBALL

Tufts looks for elusive sixth win against Middlebury

by Eddie Samuels Staff Writer

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After intercepting the ball, Tufts sophomore DB J.P. Garcia runs back towards the Trinity end zone on Oct. 17.

Jumbos fall to Panthers in NESCAC quarterfinal

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After a teammate’s set, Tufts junior outside hitter Mary Maccabee prepares to return the ball to the Springfield College side on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

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Tufts saw its season end with a loss at the hands of Middlebury on Friday, Nov. 6. In their NESCAC quarterfinal rematch, the Jumbos fell three sets to one, knocking the team out of the conference tournament.

After the loss, the only way for Tufts’ season to continue would have

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Week 10

With just one week remaining in the regular season, the 5-2 Jumbos will look to achieve their best record since 2001 with a win over the 5-2 Middlebury Panthers at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Middlebury features one of the strongest offenses in the league led by senior quarterback Matt Milano, who has racked up 2,177 passing yards this season, along with 20 touchdowns.

Coach Jay Civetti explained that stopping such a prolific passer creates a unique challenge for the Tufts defense.

“We’ve got a different challenge this week on the defensive side of the ball,” Civetti said. “[Middlebury] has arguably one of the best passers in the history of the league at quarterback.

They’ve got some guys banged up at the wide receiver position, but in true Middlebury fashion, it’s just next man up. They can really stretch the field vertically. It’s a different change-up for us, because we’re usually trying to stop the run.”

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record overall, including 7-3 in conference play. The winner of the NESCAC, Bowdoin, earned a bid automatically.

The final match of the Jumbos’ season came in a tough defeat at the hands of the Panthers. Tufts had closed out the regular season with a loss to Middlebury, and, according to first-year Katie Zheng, the team was fired up to see VOLLEYBALL, page 14

ith the season now officially halfway through, I think it’s time to recognize some of the most impressive mistakes of the season. First and foremost, I’d like to give the midseason award for worst play to the Indianapolis Colts and their fake punt. For anyone who has yet to see the utter atrocity that was the week 6 blunder, I recommend pulling it up, and watching what has to be one of the worst plays in NFL history on repeat.

The second midseason award is for the worst offseason acquisition. As with any year, plenty of players have failed to pan out for the team that offered them too much money to begin with; this year, however, no signing could be worse than the Cowboys’ acquisition of Greg Hardy. Hardy is a frightening — and apparently unapologetic — terror. When this season inevitably fails to pan out for the Cowboys, I expect Hardy to be dropped from his team and from the NFL for good.

On to this weeks failures: The Falcons: The Falcons started the season 5-0 to cheers of “Rise Up!” from their bandwagon fans, but they’ve since managed to lose three of their last four games. It would be one thing to be on a rough skid against a streak of tough teams, but the Falcons managed to lose to the Bucaneers, Saints and 49ers — teams with a combined record of 10-16. I maintain that the Falcons are secretly one of the better teams in football right now, but would really appreciate it if they’d play like it.

Aqib Talib: With the game on the line, we all look to the veterans and team leaders to make a play when it counts.

Instead of giving us a crucial pick-six or forced punt, the Broncos secondary committed an untimely penalty. Talib aggressively shoved his finger into Colts’ tight end Dwayne Allen’s eye, costing the Broncos 15-yards and a first down, ultimately ending the Broncos’ undefeated season. Talib was given a one game suspension for the gouging, which he will appeal, and as much as I would like to confidently say it will be upheld, in this league, who knows.

49ers Quarterbacks: At this point I don’t even know what to say. Colin Kaepernick is uninspiring. He’s benched in favor of the more uninspiring Blain Gabbert. The 49ers quarterback situation is so tenuous I would not be shocked to see Joe Montana show up and lead a couple drives sometime this season.

Leading into week 11 of the NFL season, the story is always on which teams will refuse to lose leading into the playoffs and what teams will collapse in a heaping pile of front-office infighting and quarterback controversies. Teams I would count on exploding in a blazing ball of failure include the Giants, Cardinals, and perhaps most surprisingly the Packers.

This part of the season is always thrilling as a fan of good (and horribly bad) football, and this week should be no different.

Eddie Samuels is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. He can be reached at Edward.Samuels@tufts.edu

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Tufts continued its successful season, finishing fifth place out of 40 teams at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Div. III Cross Country Championship at Mount Greylock High School on Saturday.

First-year Dylan Jones led the team, finishing in seventh place. He ran the eight-kilometer race in 26:59.94. The second Jumbo to finish in the race was first-year Matthew McDermott, who finished in 14th place with a time of 27:08.29.

“It was nice to end the season with a good race,” Jones said. “It was a rough course, lots of rocks and awkward hills, so it was awesome to

still finish high and just have a good race.”

Both Jones and McDermott earned All-ECAC honors due to their top 15 finishes.

“It’s a great honor for them to be rewarded with such a notable accomplishment,” first-year Christian Swenson said. “All-ECAC is an honor that every Div. III runner wants and something I hope I accomplish one day. The whole team is proud of them.”

Sophomore Sam Little came in third place for the Jumbos with a 24th-place finish, completing the course with an impressive 27:23.67 time. The next Jumbo was sophomore John Greenberg, who finished in 27:55.79, good for 46th overall. Rounding out the top five for the Jumbos was firstyear James Gregoire, complet-

ing the course in 64th place with a time of 28:17.53.

Not everyone on the roster ran in this race, with the team resting some of the runners likely to compete in the NCAA Regional Championships this upcoming weekend.

“It is a long season, and coach [Michael Schmidt] wants to make sure everyone is properly rested for next week,” Swenson said. “[ We’ve] got [NCAA] Regional Championships next weekend and we really want to do well in that race.”

The Jumbos next race is Nov. 14, at Connecticut College in the NCAA Regional Championships. Tufts hopes to qualify for a spot in the NCAA Championship with a strong showing in the race.

Courtesy Alyssa Rivas

Colin McCrory (LA ’15) races past a group of runners on Nov. 22, 2014.

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continued from page 13 has been dominant this season, the team has struggled to run the football effectively, having only managed 484 rushing yards this season and a team average of 2.3 yards per carry.

Facing such a fast-paced offense, the Jumbos may have to turn to their own passing game should they find themselves falling behind early. They are led by junior quarterback Alex Snyder, who Civetti is confident can keep up with the Panthers should the need arise.

“We have a challenge offensively; Coach Mandigo, the defensive coordinator, will load the box,” Civetti said. “He’ll create a lot of variations of things we’ll have to sort out throughout the game. Certainly he’ll be emphasizing stopping the run, so we need to take advantage of our vertical threats. They’re going to start fitting seven, eight, even nine guys in the box.

Fortunately, Alex Snyder has one of the

better arms in the league as well.”

While Tufts feels confident turning to their passing attack if it becomes necessary, the Middlebury defense has been strong against opposing quarterbacks this year. Their secondary features defensive backs junior Nate Leedy and sophomore Kevin Hopsicker, as well as sophomore linebacker Wesley Becton, all of whom have managed three interceptions this season. On the defensive line is senior Gil Araujo, whose seven-and-a-half sacks are second in the NESCAC this season.

“They do have a phenomenal corner in Leedy, he’s the boundary corner,” Civetti said. “He is very, very good.

Their safeties are excellent, they’ve got great linebackers. [Araujo] is certainly a guy we have to keep an eye on, setting our protections to him, so that we can keep Alex [Snyder] upright and be able to get the ball downfield.”

While Middlebury tries to stop the Tufts running game, Tufts will be relying on the secondary to keep up

with Middlebury’s number one receiver, senior Matthew Minnow. The 6’3″ Minnow is a massive target who has managed an impressive 661 yards and eight touchdowns through the air this season.

Putting pressure on the quarterback has been one of Tufts’ strengths this year. The team leads the NESCAC in sacks with 24 — four more than second-place Middlebury. The Jumbos will no doubt be looking to their defensive line to put pressure on Milano, and sophomore linebacker Zach Thomas will be looking for another strong performance following his three-and-ahalf sacks last Saturday against the Colby Mules.

At 5-2, Tufts is eliminated from contention from the NESCAC championship, but the team will continue to play for the chance to better their record.

“From a mathematical standpoint, that opportunity was taken away from us, but we talk about always competing and always competing to be your

best,” Civetti said. “Right now we have the opportunity to be our best at 6-2.

Everything we emphasize, everything we talk about is always about winning or losing and achieving and giving it your all. We need to do our part to start challenging Middlebury a little better than we have in the last few years.”

Civetti spoke about the team’s development over the course of the past few seasons. “[This season] is a reflection upon our senior leadership,” Civetti said.

“They did their job in terms of carrying the team to the next spot. They made a promise to the seniors last year who got us to 4-4 that they would take the program to the next step, and make it better than they found it. Their first two years they started out 0-16, and right now their sitting at 5-2. That’s something to be proud of. We’re back in the conversation, and back in the place where year in and year out we should be competing for a championship.”

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continued from page 13 have a second shot.

“Middlebury played incredibly well; they were in system and did all the right things,” Zheng told the Daily in an email. “I think playing them so recently had totally affected the match because we were out for vengeance and played with our hearts out on the floor.

There was so much fire and it honestly might’ve been the best match we’ve played all year, but it just didn’t work out for us.”

Playing in Brunswick, M.E. at the home of top-seeded Bowdoin, Tufts got off to a good start, holding a 10-7 lead. Middlebury, however, fought back and took the lead. Tufts closed the gap to a single point at 22-21, but Middlebury was able to finish off the set with three straight points, including an ace and kill from sophomore Becca Raffel.

“Middlebury played very well against us; good passing and serving…[and]

taking care of the ball, [and] they did an excellent job of minimizing their errors,” senior Maddie Kuppe told the Daily in an email.

The Panthers led throughout the second set and won it comfortably.

The margin between the two sides was as large as 12 at 19-7 in favor of Middlebury. Tufts was able to cut into the deficit slightly, and eventually pulled within four at 24-20. However, after calling a timeout following four straight Tufts points, Middlebury was able to put the set away and go up 2-0 in the match.

With their backs against the wall, the Jumbos flipped the script for the match’s third set. On the serve of firstyear Angela Yu, Tufts jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the third, and did not relinquish it. Although Middlebury closed the gap slightly, Tufts led comfortably throughout the set and eventually won it 25-19.

The fourth set again saw the Jumbos take an early lead, but the

Panthers drew even at 5-5 before pulling ahead. The teams remained close for much of the set until a point for Tufts drew them within two at 17-15.

Middlebury won eight of the next nine points (including five straight) to close out the set and match, 25-16.

Although the loss was Tufts’ fourth out of its season’s last five games, the season was, on the whole, an impressive one. The team got off to a decent 4-3 start, but hit a dominant second gear about a third of the way into the season.

Over a stretch lasting almost a full month — from Sept. 25 against Conn.

College to Oct. 23 against Wellesley — Tufts finished with a remarkable 12-1 record. The span included an impressive 5-1 record against NESCAC opponents and an eight-match winning streak.

“I think we had a great season overall, with many great moments and some not-so-great moments, but that’s okay because that’s what we need to grow,”

Zheng said.

While the season did not end in a way the Jumbos would have liked, Kuppe, one of four graduating seniors, has high hopes for the team next season.

“We had an incredible depth of talent on this year’s team, so I anticipate a really strong squad for the 2016 season,” Kuppe said. “It’s going to be great to see what these girls can do next year.”

Zheng is also confident in the future of the program, fueled by returning players and successful recruiting by coach Cora Thompson.

“This program just gets better and better,” Zheng said. “Coach [Cora] Thompson does such a great job with recruiting and bringing in more new talent, and the rest of the returning players are so talented, motivated and goal-driven. We will miss all of our incredible seniors dearly, for they were such key components in our program and such great leaders on and off the court. But I can’t wait to see what future Tufts Volleyball will have.”

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