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Professors from across fields discuss future of country, world under Trump presidency by Charles Bunnell Staff Writer

Approximately 40 students gathered last night in the Terrace Room to attend a panel event entitled “What to Expect from a Trump Presidency,” sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Experimental College and the International Relations Program. The panel was led by Chair of the Political Science Department Deborah Schildkraut and included Professor of Sociology Keith Maddox, Professor of Political Science Kelly Greenhill, Professor of Sociology Helen Marrow, Professor of Community Health Alecia McGregor, Professor of Political Science Malik Mufti, Professor of Political Science Oxana Shevel and Professor of Economics Enrico Spolaore. Schildkraut opened the event noting that the event was inspired by questions that the panelists had been receiving from students in classes that they felt that they were not always able to answer on their own. Maddox spoke first and centered his talk on social psychology and Presidentelect Donald Trump’s rhetoric during the campaign, which he said was disconcerting to him, as was the fact that so many Americans voted for Trump in spite of his language.

Maddox said that as a result of the campaign and election, many people felt more comfortable expressing biases that they may have kept to themselves previously, but that there was still a silver lining to the election outcome. “There were a lot more people who were not just sort of disappointed or thought it would go the other way, but people who were outraged and I think in some ways that strong affective reaction, it is something that feeds into peoples’ motivation to move forward, to be more activist, if you will,” he said. Spolaore titled his portion of the event “Trumponomics 101” in an attempt to unpack Trump’s economic policy. However, he said that Trump’s policies lacked specifics and were often contraNICHOLAS PFOSI / THE TUFTS DAILY dictory, making predictions Associate Professor of Political Science Kelly Greenhill speaks during a faculty panel on President-elect about growth, distribution Donald Trump’s proposed policies in the Terrace Room on Dec. 1. and equality difficult. “But what I’m trying to remember is are all racist,” he said. “To try to characterSpolaore explained the classic and that there are other people out there who ize all those individuals as being mono- common understanding of free trade, didn’t have that reaction and what I’m also lithic would be to make the same kind of saying that right now the United States trying to do is not overreact and suggest mistakes that we try to avoid when we try that that means they are sexist, that they to study stereotyping and prejudice.” see TRUMP, page 2

Private company proposes new public late-night transit program by David Nickerson Staff Writer

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is expected to decide within the next two years whether it will accept a new, late-night bus proposal that was presented by the private company Bridj on Oct. 24, according to MBTA Director of Communications Joe Pesaturo. The Fiscal and Management Control Board of the MBTA has already heard the proposal and will not make any decision until later next year, Pesaturo said. He declined to comment on how likely the MBTA was to accept Bridj’s propsal. At this point in time there are no estimates on how many people would use the service and how many Bridj buses the MBTA would approve, if any, Pesaturo said. Over the last 15 years, only two other late-night service programs have been

approved, and both ended in failure due to a lack of ridership, according to statements made by MBTA officials to Boston Magazine in December 2015. Bridj allows users to submit requests for pick up through a smartphone app, which then sets a pick up location based on other nearby users who are headed in similar directions. According to Bridj’s Late-Night Service Proposal to the MBTA, the company’s use of small vans allows for streamlined transportation. “Flexible pickup and drop-off points result in a 40-60 percent more efficient trip (on average) than traditional transit, at a $2 to $6 price point,” the proposal reads. Bridj Special Projects Lead Mary Rose Fissinger said Bridj’s proposal will be more effective than previous attempts at late-night transportation services for those reasons.

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continued from page 1 had open trade with China, and that if Trump were to impede trade, that would lead China to retaliate, sparking a trade war. Using the matrix of the prisoner’s dilemma, Spolaore said Trump did not consider many countries to have truly open trade policies with the United States and that Trump believes these countries are taking advantage of the United States. It was for that reason he threatened tariffs on the campaign trail, Spolaore said. Next, Greenhill highlighted key issues that might occur under Trump within her field of study, while also noting and possible points of optimism with regard to his presidency. She said that Trump will likely take more moderate stances on issues following his taking office. She referenced former President John F. Kennedy with regard to his stance on building up a defense budget based upon the Soviet-American missile gap and former President George W. Bush on his running on being less interventionalist, which Greenhill noted as contrary to what would later occur under his leadership. “Running is not ruling,” she said. “All sorts of things are said on the campaign trail. This has historically been the case, it’s not new to say one thing while running and to embrace a more reflective and deliberative behavior once candidates take office.” The next speaker on the panel was Shevel, whose focus is the post-Soviet region, specifically Russia. She said it is necessary for American citizens to be watchful for Trump appointing positions, purely out of self interest, to individuals who might hold a more honorary role due to their inexperience in the field of focus, and therefore taking on advisors who might hold more radical interests.

“It’s going to be very important to see if these appointed positions are going to be the location of power, or if the power might shift to more informal positions, individuals, institutions and mechanisms, which has been the case in less democratic countries where presidents often exercise power not through normal mechanisms, but they sort of side step the constitution … to fit their preferences,” she said. Mufti began his portion of the event by discussing reports to the BBC from a Trump advisor stating that the Iranian nuclear deal would be revised rather than thrown out. Mufti then discussed how Trump’s appointed National Security Advisor, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, believes Turkey will be America’s strongest ally in the fight against ISIS. Mufti also mentioned Trump’s various opinions on Israel, first expressing strong support for Israel but then suggesting that he wants to broker an ArabIsraeli peace. “So we’re really left with gigantic question marks across the board,” Mufti said of Trump and his course of action upon assuming the presidency. He went on to discuss how Iran would expand its sphere of influence over Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Regarding increased U.S. disengagement in the Middle East, Mufti believes Israel is likely to increase settlement expansion, which further decreases the likelihood of a two-state solution between it and Palestine. But Mufti did express optimism in claiming the best case scenario would be the United States surviving without major setbacks after Trump’s administration comes to an end. Following Mufti, McGregor spoke about the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), through the use of “budget reconciliation” measures that will not require the use of a supermajority in Senate.

McGregor noted that it is likely that Trump will allow for certain provisions of the ACA to remain in place. For instance, it is likely that young adults will be allowed to stay on their parents’ medical insurance plan through to the age of 26, and insurance could not refuse clients with pre-existing conditions. Further, McGregor noted that the ACA would almost certainly not be repealed overnight, and would likely allow a two year window in which clients would be able to find new coverage under the likely conservative replacement for the ACA. “To summarize these proposals, they amount to a more conservative brand of healthcare coverage which is characterized by a greater role of personal responsibility and a greater role of the market in healthcare … at the risk of exposing more vulnerable people, including seniors and low-income Americans, to financial risk,” McGregor said. Marrow, who spoke last, said there was a significant level of alienation and fear within undocumented immigration as a result of the election, as well as stigmatization and scapegoating as a result of white, rural, working class people’s perception of a loss in status. “By the way, I’m from an area in rural North Carolina. I grew up among this group, I’m very familiar with this group … but I think you should also recognize the economic anxiety is not solely economic anxiety,” she said. “It’s also about loss of prior privilege and status and it’s also about either conscious or unconscious racism.” Through the deportations and detentions Trump promised on the campaign trail may never come to fruition, the fear it has instilled will have negative consequences, Marrow said. “I think it’s going to come at high public cost … I think we’re going to get all of the bad that’s come before and very little of the good,” she said.

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continued from page 1 “Our vehicles are smaller and we’re more data-driven than your traditional public transit networks, which means we can more efficiently deploy our resources,” she said. “So if we notice that there’s really heavy demand at a certain point in time at a certain place, we can identify that and allocate vehicles there while maybe reducing coverage where there’s no demand at the same time.” Fissinger says that the Bridj starts calculating routes by using cell phone data, and then refines these routes based on the pick-up and drop-off data collected from each user. Bridj’s ability to change the path of vehicles will increase the MBTA’s revenues significantly by reducing cost, according to Bridj’s proposal. The proposal also stipulates that MBTA will pay Bridj $85 per hour per vehicle, amounting to a sum of $1.55 million annually if the program were to be approved in its current form. Fissinger describes Bridj’s current

service model as similar that of Uber, except that pick-up locations will more than likely be shared by multiple users. “Someone will open our app, they’ll drop a pin that says where they are, and they’ll drop a pin where they want to go, and they will be assigned a [shared] pickup location,” she said. “The bus might make two or three pick-up stops, and then, depending on who’s on the vehicle, it will determine drop off locations along a corridor that we regularly service.” According to Tufts’ Transportation, Parking and Fleet Manager Andrea Breault, Tufts students may be interested in a new late-night transit program that offers students a way to get to and from the city after after the T closes. MBTA’s Red Line service ends around 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. “Accordingly, the Davis Square shuttle route ends at 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights,” Breault told the Daily in an email. “If there is any need to extend late-night service, I believe students would be interested in

Red Line service post 2 a.m.” Fissinger believes that students may be one of the late-night service’s primary target demographics, and says that colleges might be included in the Bridj pilot program if it is approved. “We know that all the college students in the area are one demographic that would be interested in public transportation in late-night,” she said. “So, we’re really interested in working with the colleges to kind of figure out what that might look like – if they are served right away as the very initial pilot program or if we were to expand to them if it showed success.” Breault believes that the city of Boston is generally in need of a late-night service program because of its large number of late-night service job workers. “I see the program helping those individuals who do not typically work a 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. workday,” she said. “Added late-service … would help those individuals who work service jobs at Logan Airport, Boston-area hospitals and restaurants.”

CORRECTION In a Nov. 30 article titled “French Society hosts panel on repercussions of colonialism in Francophone world,” the Daily incorrectly noted that Professor of French Mona El Khoury said that the people who obtained French citizenship but kept ties to Algeria were marginalized in French Algerian society. Rather, she said they were excluded for a long time from the French or Algerian national narrative. In addition, colonization in Algeria started in 1830, not 1832. The Daily regrets these errors.

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Paul Beran’s ‘Muqtatafat’ shines a spotlight on comics in the Arab world by Alison Epstein

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When thinking about comics, the first things that come to mind may be Marvel superheroes, comic strips in the Sunday newspaper like “Garfield” (1978-present) and “Peanuts” (19502000) or even the teeny-tiny Bazooka Joe comics on Bazooka bubble gum wrappers. These comics are forms of entertainment, but they are also forms of art. According to Associate Professor of Anthropology Amahl Bishara, comics allow one to imagine other worlds and to see how people manage the world or situations in which they find themselves. This is part of the reason guest speaker Paul Beran was particularly fascinated with Arab cartoons. This interest led him to co-edit the anthology book “Muqtatafat” (2015), which features the artwork from a variety of comics around the Arab world. He presented his work and discussed the importance of comics in the Arab world at the event “Creativity Against Crisis: Arab Political Cartoons,” which was held Nov. 30 night in the Crane Room. The event was co-sponsored by Middle Eastern Studies, the Department of Literary and Cultural Studies and the Department of Anthropology. Beran recently joined Harvard Law School’s Islamic Legal Studies Program and is the executive director of the SHARIAsource Project, an online portal that provides resources on Islamic law. Before that, he was the director of the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard. Beran’s areas of focus are civil society, social movements, Arab politics and U.S. foreign policy. He explained that, in addition to his inter-

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Director of the SHARIAsource project at Harvard Law School, Paul Beran, speaks during his lecture on Arab Political Cartoons in the Crane Room on Nov. 30. est in the Middle East, he has always had a passion for comics and especially enjoyed gory, violence-filled comics as a child. Through frequent trips to Cairo, Beran got to know Magdy El Shafee, an Egyptian cartoonist whose graphic novel “Metro” (2008), had been banned there. In 2010, the two met for coffee and Beran started forming the idea for “Muqtatafat.” He asked El Shafee if he could try to feature some of his work,

although Beran clarified that at this point, there was no sound idea or plan in place. “We just knew that [El Shafee was] teaching us something, and we really wanted to bring this to a much wider audience if we could, because [he was] helping us think,” Beran said. According to Beran, El Shafee’s work is almost film noir-esque and focuses on a story of violence, corruption and classism in the later part

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The audience listens to Paul Beran, a director of the SHARIAsource project at Harvard Law School, speak on Arab Political Cartoons in the Crane Room on Nov. 30.

of Hosni Mubarak’s regime in Egypt. Beran also pointed out the importance of the fact that Mubarak and his regime were clearly threatened by this, which explains why “Metro” was banned. After meeting with El Shafee, Beran and his colleagues met with other cartoonists at the Sharjah International Book Fair, one of the Persian Gulf ’s largest literary gatherings. “It was such an honor to get to know these artists because I … learned so much from the depth of understanding that they had about their own art and what they wanted to do with it,” Beran said. “[ Their work] was nuanced, it was contextualized, it was deep and it was funny.” Beran explained that comics are a form of art and that art is incredibly important to study. When learning about a culture, art reveals certain truths about society’s relation to power and values beyond just studying theory or historical documents. He explained that the way these values and social issues are understood and applied in society can be very hard to see, especially different social issues, and comics can wrestle with this. “Sometimes we tend to approach [these issues] in black and white terms,” Beran said. “[But] comics are all gray. They’re all nuanced.” Bishara also saw comics as providing a new lens through which to understand the Middle East. “I learned about the Middle East primarily from news and, as an anthropologist, through ethnography,” Bishara said. “But, when I looked at [“Muqtatafat,”] I see sort of a whole new world opening, and I find that see COMICS, page 5

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continued from page 4 really exciting.” Mellon Bridge Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies Alexandra Chreiteh also emphasized the importance of the versatility and nature of politics. “All comics are political. And I don’t mean that in the sense that … every sort of text is political — that it has an overt message … But there’s something more in comics. There seems to be something more related to their accessibility or the precise nature of their presenting their… stories or their narratives,” Chreiteh said. “Muqtatafat” is filled with political comics from a variety of artists, from Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and other countries. Beran explained how they

put little images of many of the artists’ works on the front cover to demonstrate the plethora of artistic styles. “We wanted to put them out in a format that we hoped would raise awareness about the art form and raise awareness of what these artists are doing in different parts of the Middle East,” Beran said. Some of the artists featured are Barrack Rima (Lebanon, Belgium), Maya Zankoul (Lebanon), Mohamed El Shennawy (Egypt) and Omar Khouri (Lebanon). Khouri’s cartoon, “Anomaly,” has a particularly interesting style. In the first few frames, the black and white pictures are simplistic and made with thin, clean lines. In the next frames, which take place in a therapist’s office, the lines blur and the pictures almost appear to be done in

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Details: Directed by junior Corinne Thomas, Torn Ticket II’s latest musical is a dark comedy, detailing love and loss in the Big Apple. Tickets are free and available at the Aidekman Box Office online at tuftsdramadancetickets.com.

Details: The student hip-hop group is back for their Fall show, with a theme inspired by Kanye West. Tickets required and, as of publication, are sold out.

When and Where: Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 7 p.m., Balch Arena Theater

“Polykhroma Presents: ~Sensory~” Details: Tufts’ newest independent art group is kicking off its inaugural exhibition this weekend, featuring studio art, graphic design, photography, video art, sound art and performance art. No tickets required. When and Where: Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 7 p.m., Balch Arena Theater

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“Tufts Jazz Orchestra: Splanky, The Blues and the Abstract Truth” Details: Tufts Jazz Orchestra is slated to perform a combination of straightahead jazz, selections from the American Songbook and Afro-Cuban music. No tickets required. When and Where: Saturday at 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Goddard Chapel

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“Tufts Sunday Concert Series — Tufts Flute Ensemble” Details: Featuring music by Florintino Maschera, Georg Abraham Schneider, Catherine McMichael, Ingolf Dahl and John Thow, Tufts Flute Ensemble’s upcoming concert, directed by Nina Barwell, features a wide breadth of composers, that spans a variety of genres and time periods.

“Tufts Chamber Orchestra” Details: The group’s fall concert will be directed by John Page and features class chamber pieces. No tickets required. When and Where: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Distler Performance Hall

watercolor. Beran explained that this exemplified Khouri’s interest in subjective views of reality. Shennawy’s art focuses on simple middle-class characters set in Cairo who, according to Beran, are doing normal things, though the state’s reaction to them is abnormal. “He challenges us to kind of think about this place — this urban setting — in a new and different and deeper way,” Beran said. The event then moved into a more open format with a question and answer session, where audience members shared their favorite comics — “Calvin and Hobbes” (1985-1995) was a very popular choice — and Beran explained the distinct merits of graphic novels compared to cartoons. According to

him, novels have the space to be more nuanced, but few-frame comics are more accessible to a larger audience. Beran also addressed why the Arab world was such a rich place to be studying comics right now. He credited it to the current political atmosphere. “I think you have to have the societal … ripeness, to have things like art really make an impact,” Beran said. “There’s a lot of great art around all the time, but I think sometimes we’re all too busy doing our thing to really have it sink in, and then maybe there’s a crisis, or maybe there’s a poignant moment that you’re searching around for meaning or something to make sense of something that’s too big for you … all of a sudden art becomes really crucial.”

5 revivals worse than ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’ Beloved dramedy “Gilmore Girls” (2000-2007) returned to Netflix with four new 90-minute episodes on Nov. 25. The revival, titled “Gilmore Preamble goes jdksflgj d Girls: A Year in the Life,”here??? has quicklyjsldkfsdf become one ofdthe most talked-about series this year. So far, reactions are mixed. Fans are calling the new season kfdgsk jdsf jsg ljk djl dfjl kfdjl hj l dgs hsd sdlmisogynistic, its characters annoying and its plotlines nonsensical. While “Gilmore Girls: A Year In the Life” solidspoflg “meh,” here are five glkfjaglfdgjsldfkjkds fsddeserves fs fa asdf ;lfkgk;k revivals to prove you it could have been much worse:

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“Sex and the City: The Movie” (2008) and “Sex and the City 2” (2010):

The original HBO show had its own flaws: Its feminism did not apply to most women of color, it had horrible caricatures of gay men (oh Stanford…) and it was unashamedly materialistic. Yet, the show also explored female sexuality in a way other shows could not. The movie franchise that followed the series is, to say the least, a hot mess. With aggravating name drops and cold, unrelatable characters, the movies felt more like an introduction to a Bret Easton Ellis novel than the show fans fell in love with.

“Fuller House” (2016-present):

Every year, network TV airs a “traditional family sitcom” reminiscent of 80s hits “Full House” (1987-1995) and “The Cosby Show” (19841992). These antiquated shows, without exception, now get panned by critics and are ultimately featured in “worst-of-the-year” lists. It is truly mind-boggling that the same platform that brought “House of Cards” (2013-present) and “Orange Is The New Black” (2013-present) decided to follow this trend by reviving the original “Full House.” “Fuller House” is everything a 21st-century show should not be: It is too conventional, cliché and unfunny.

“Arrested Development” (2003-present):

Prior to its 2013 revival, “Arrested Development” topped “cancelled too soon” lists following its third season. Yet, the fourth season of the show was an utter disappointment; due to time restrictions and other commitments, cast members were barely in the same scene together. As a result, the show’s signature awkward family interactions were replaced by sloppy individual arcs. Hopefully, the show will make it right with the upcoming fifth season.

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“Heroes Reborn” (2015-2016):

To put it simply, a “Heroes” (2006-2010) revival was unnecessary. Although the original show’s first season garnered massive mainstream attention, ratings of following seasons quickly plummeted, and the show failed to stay relevant. Reviving the show did not make any sense, for unlike other shows on this list, the show never reached cult status in the first place.

“Melrose Place” (2009-2010):

Remember the “Melrose Place” (1992-1999) revival starring Ashlee Simpson (whose SNL lip sync fail is the best thing about early the 2000s)? The show’s 18-episode season is frustratingly dull and forgettable, except for the brilliant Katie Cassidy. If the “Melrose Place” reboot focused on the original cast instead of the new generation and aired on a different network, it might have been a success, but poor casting choices made the show a “Gossip Girl” (2007-2012) rip-off.

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continued from back five times and leading Tufts to seven NCAA berths. With the program’s future prospects looking promising, Thompson hopes to continue that success going forward. “Looking forward is an exciting thing to do now that the season has ended. We have an incredibly talented and [battle-tested] group coming back who have experienced great success along with a few heartbreaking defeats,” Thompson told the Daily in an email. “The experiences they have had from this season will serve as good fuel for their fires as they head into the always challenging offsea-

son of lifting, sprinting and training on and off court.” Tufts graduates three players this spring, including key starters in co-captain middle hitter Elizabeth Ahrens, middle hitter McKenzie Humann and outside hitter Mary Maccabee. Their departure also leaves a leadership void on the team that will need to be filled. From their widely recognized acumen on the court — Ahrens received All-American honorable mention honors and All-Northeast Region team honors, while Humann was named an AVCA AllRegion honorable mention — to their mentorship of the first-year and sophomore-heavy team, they were critical

to the team’s success. “In terms of our seniors, we will miss all three for very different reasons… All three have been incredibly passionate about our sport and this team and have given us everything they have had up until the last point of our season,” Thompson said. “We are so thankful for their efforts, their leadership and selflessness throughout their careers and they will be missed.” Thompson will look to this year’s juniors and sophomores as well as the talented class of first-years to take up those leadership roles next season. Returning junior captain and defensive specialist Alex Garrett, sophomore setter Angela Yu

and sophomore outside hitter Mackenzie Bright, with their experience and success on the court this season, figure to play important roles in the leadership dynamic next season. The entire team, however, seems prepared to continue the same program mantra they followed all season, of “one game at a time.” Next season’s first-year class likely won’t be as large as this season’s, but no matter how many roster spots the class of 2021 occupy, the returners hope to incorporate them into the team dynamic and maintain this season’s cohesiveness. “We will just be really kind and honest [to the first-years],” Nwankpa said. “And just try to get things done.”

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continued from back He said that the divers had not had high expectations for the results of the meet. “[Due to NESCAC training regulations], going into this meet we had only been diving for three weeks,” he said. “So no one was really fully prepared. We weren’t expecting to blow it out of the water in this meet.” Rohrer also noted that he feels his performances in the two events differed greatly from one another. “The three-meter was the worst three-meter meet I’ve ever had. I failed a dive and didn’t get any of them on my head very well,” Rohrer said. “My one-meter was the best one-meter meet I think I ever had. The meet had its ups and downs, we all figured out what we needed to work on. It was an educational meet.” Hoyt had high praise for the captain and noted that he has been diving at a high level since his first year with the team.

“Matt [Rohrer’s] performance was representative of what he’s been doing since he got to Tufts, which is competing at a really high level, performing at a really high level and helping to lead our diving program,” he said. “That’s what we expect of Matt [Rohrer] that’s what we need from Matt [Rohrer], and he doesn’t let us down. He’s very consistent.” Tufts’ next meet will be the MIT Invitational in Cambridge, which takes place between Dec. 2 – Dec. 4. “Everyone [on the team] trained over break, they’re in good shape and they’re ready to swim some good times,” Rohrer said. “The Middlebury meet got people amped. We saw that we can be a successful team, that we are a fast team. We’re swimming against some of the fastest teams in the nation [at the MIT Invitational], but I’m excited to see what we can pull off.”

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Then-junior Russell Weeks swims breaststroke in a dual meet against Wheaton College on Jan. 23.

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Then first-year Colleen Doolan swims butterfly for the men’s swimming and diving team as it faces off against Wheaton College on Jan. 23.

continued from back “Our first-year women swam great,” Hoyt said. “The freshmen have made an immediate impact on our team this year, and hopefully they continue … to continue to impact the team in competition, certainly in training and also with team camaraderie.” On the diving side, senior Kylie Reiman took first place in the three-meter dive with 255 points. On the one-meter dive she accumulated 235.27 points and was just over one point shy of sweeping the two diving events. According to Reiman, her best dives were the ones she often struggles with in practice. “The dives I felt I performed best were my reverse dives,” Reiman told the Daily in an email. “They are a blind landing for me so I tend to second guess myself on them. I usually struggle with them in practice, but during the meet they ended up being my highest scoring dives.” The team could not have started its season on a better note, but Hoyt was cautious to attribute too much importance to the win. “Our first meet got us off to a great start, but there’s still a lot of work to be done,” he said. “In our sport, working towards the championship is the most important thing. It’s going to happen over time and we can’t just sit back and think that because our first meet went well that the rest of the season will go well. The most important thing for us right now is to keep our women focused, happy and healthy so we can continue to improve moving forward.” The Jumbos will head to Cambridge for their second meet of the year when they compete in the MIT Invitational this weekend.

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VOLLEYBALL

Jumbos see most successful season since 2009

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Members of the volleyball team huddle after scoring a point in the first set of the game against the Roger Williams University Hawks on Sept. 14. by Sam Weidner Staff Writer

Tufts women’s volleyball ended this season with an overall record of 27-4, while going 10-0 in regular season conference play. It was the team’s best season on record since 2009. Tufts advanced all the way to the Elite Eight of the Div. III NCAA tournament in Oshkosh, Wis. before being eliminated in a tight 3-2 match against Southwestern University of Texas. Southwestern went on to lose in its Final

Four match-up against Washington University in St. Louis, which then lost the national championship game to Calvin College. The accomplishments of this Tufts team are arguably even greater than those of the 2009 squad — which also advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals with a 31-5 overall record — because of its youth and depth. The Jumbos were able to play closely and competitively in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament, while playing four first-year and two sophomore players at

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the same time for significant stretches. The team’s young talent bodes well for the program’s future, as the Jumbos look for another shot at the NCAA title in coming seasons. “I’m just very excited about our freshman class because we are so big, so that makes that team very young and I’m excited to have three more years with them,” first-year right side hitter Christina Nwankpa said. Coach Cora Thompson — who has been with the program for 20 years, first

playing on the team as a member of the class of 1999, then serving as an assistant coach between 1999 and 2002 and ultimately becoming the head coach in 2002 — was named the Northeast Region Coach of the Year last month for her pivotal role in bringing together a relatively inexperienced team and leading them to success. Thompson adds this honor to an already decorated resume that includes being a named NESCAC Coach of the Year see VOLLEYBALL, page 7

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Bowen, Wallace lead in season opener win over Middlebury

Tufts outlasts Middlebury in season opener

by Bradley Schussel

by Ryan Schneiderman

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The first meet of the season proved a success for the Jumbos, who beat the Middlebury Panthers 185-110 on Nov. 20. The swimming portion of the meet took place at Hamilton Pool at Tufts, while the divers for both teams traveled to Bentley College. The Jumbos bested the Panthers on both fronts, sweeping the top five spots in the 100-yard freestyle and at least the top three places in the 200-yard free, 50-yard free, 50-yard butterfly, 50-yard backstroke, 50-yard breaststroke and the 400-yard medley relay. Coach Adam Hoyt said that he was excited but not surprised by the team’s performance at the meet. “We’ve got the talent to compete with most teams in the country,” Hoyt said. “Seeing our guys perform the way they did was satisfying and gratifying.” He also noted that the meet marks a great start to what he hopes to be a successful season. “We’ve got big goals for the season,” Hoyt said. “It’s hard to expect it to all come together at the end of the season if you’re not doing it well for the entirety of the season … While there’s more work to be done, we’re certainly off to a good start.”

There were two swimmers that were consistently right in the thick of the Jumbos’ success in the meet. Sophomore Kingsley Bowen and junior Zachary Wallace helped Tufts win the 400 medley relay in a Hamilton Pool record time of 3:30.54. Individually each enjoyed multiple first place finishes in different events throughout the meet. Wallace placed first in the 100 butterfly, the 100 backstroke and the 200 individual medley. Bowen was the winner of the 50 butterfly, the 50 backstroke and was on the victorious relay team in the 400 freestyle relay. “We stress versatility in our program,” Hoyt said. “I hope that our guys are working hard to improve all of their strokes in any events that we need them in. It allows us to compete at a really high level when we know we can utilize our athletes in a variety of events.” On the diving front, the Jumbos — led by senior tri-captain Matt Rohrer — continued their success from previous years. In the meet against Middlebury, Rohrer placed first in the one-meter dive and third in the three-meter dive. see MEN'S SWIM AND DIVE, page 7

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The Jumbos entered Thanksgiving break on a positive note after besting Middlebury College in their first dual event of the season. The Jumbos won the Nov. 20 meet, which took place in Hamilton Pool, by an aggregate score of 156-144. With the Jumbos holding on to a narrow three-point lead and just the 400-yard freestyle relay remaining, senior tri-captain Sophia Lin, first-year Hannah Truslow, sophomore Alexandra Good, and sophomore Colleen Doolan swam to first place, setting a pool record of 3:40.81. They secured the Jumbos’ first dual meet victory against the Panthers since 2008. “The entire meet, we knew we had a chance to win and that our team’s success depended on the outcome [of ] every race, whether it be for first or fifth,” Doolan told the Daily in an email. “When it came down to the last race, Alex [Good], Sophia [Lin], Hannah [Truslow] and I were all very nervous but excited at the possibility of winning this one for our team. Immediately after the race, we all were hugging and received a very excited congratulations from our captains.” Doolan who received an All-American honorable mention and an All-NESCAC

team selection as a first-year last season, took first place overall in the 100-yard butterfly (59.60) and finished third overall in the 50-yard butterfly (27.63). Six other Jumbos finished first in their events. Senior tri-captain Amanda Gottschalk, who was one of two Tufts swimmers invited to last year’s NCAA championships, placed first in the 200yard individual medley. She also finished second in both the 50-and 100yard breaststroke races. Lin swam to first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.06 and finished second in the 100yard freestyle (55.51), missing out on first by just 0.12. First-year Grace Goetcheus finished a full two seconds ahead of second place in the 100-yard backstroke. Goetcheus, Gottschalk, Doolan and Lin made up the 400-medley relay ‘A’ team, which posted a second place finish in 4:02.53. Truslow took first place in the 500yard freestyle and finished second in the 200-yard freestyle. First-year Olivia Leone was right behind Truslow in the 200, as she placed third. Talking about the impact the firstyear class has already had on his team this season, coach Adam Hoyt only had praise for his first-years. see WOMEN'S SWIM AND DIVE, page 7