The Tufts Daily - Wednesday, September 19, 2018

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Former presidential speechwriter emphasizes the value of comedy in present political climate

by Shantel Bartolome Assistant News Editor

Comedian and former presidential speechwriter David Litt kicked off the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Civic Life Lunch series yesterday, hosting a one-hour-long talk in the Lincoln Filene Center’s Rabb Room. Approximately 100 people were in attendance.

Litt, who served as lead joke writer for four White House Correspondents’ Association dinners, is currently head writer/producer for Funny or Die’s D.C. office. He has also written a book about his experiences working with the former President Barack Obama, titled “Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years.” His lunchtime talk was co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and JumboVote, according to the Tisch College website.

In his discussion, Litt explored comedy and speechwriting’s role in politics and civic engagement.

Program Administrator for Tisch College Jessica Byrnes introduced Litt and moderated the conversation with questions.

Litt first clarified the value of being a speechwriter at the White House. He said that many people used to ask him if writing speeches was actually a form of cheating, or of allowing “important people” such as the President of the United States to avoid speaking for themselves.

“The way I thought about my job in the White House was certainly not to tell Barack Obama what to say,” Litt said. “It was to save him time, so he could be the president and stuff.”

By introducing new ideas, thoughts and stories to the president’s work, Litt said he saw the speechwriter as a useful tool.

“To me, that’s why speechwriters are not cheating, but actually provide something of value,” Litt said.

Byrnes then asked Litt how one might find oneself in the “path of lightning,” a phrase often used by Valerie Jarrett, a

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Former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, David Litt, speaks in front an audience at the first Civic Life Lunch in the Rabb Room on Sept. 18. senior advisor to then-President Obama, according to Litt’s book.

Litt said that Jarrett’s “path of lightning” refers to the area of action, and then shared an idea as to how to get there.

“Rather than think, ‘How do I create opportunities?,’ [think] ‘how do you put yourself in a place where opportunities come to you?” Litt said. see LITT, page 3

Committee on Student Life holds feedback session on updated student code

by Nicolas Avalle

Contributing Writer

The Committee on Student Life (CSL) hosted a feedback session and public forum to hear comments on the recently announced updates to the student code of conduct in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room on Monday night. Approximately 20 students and faculty members were in attendance.

Among those present were Director of Community Standards Kevin Kraft, Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon and other student and faculty members of the CSL, all of whom answered questions on a variety of topics regarding the updated set of community standards that applies to both new and returning students.

“Our purpose today is to have a community conversation about how people are feeling and what they’re thinking,” Kraft said in an opening statement before opening discussion to the whole room.

He later said that feedback from the session would be reported to the CSL and the Dean of Student Affairs Office, and that those bodies would review the feedback for further consideration and possible implementation at the next regular policy review.

The new code of conduct, announced in an Aug. 31 email to the Tufts community, includes changes to campus drug and alcohol policy, policy surrounding

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protests and demonstrations, and the school’s disciplinary policy.

The process of rewriting the code of conduct began in February 2018 when the Dean of Student Affairs’ Office approached the CSL, a group comprised of students and faculty members. Of the seven students on the CSL, five are elected undergraduates, while the other two are graduate students chosen by the Graduate Student Council, according to Kraft.

Other members of the student body could submit feedback on the old community guidelines through an online portal.

Changes to the university’s student protests and demonstrations policy were a key concern for many students in attendance.

The new policy states that students organizing a demonstration on campus must register their event through the Office of Campus Life (OCL) five days in advance, and may request an expedited authorization for spurof-the-moment protests and demonstrations. Andrew Jeffries and Mia Lambert, both seniors, said they attended specifically to ask questions about these changes.

“We heard buzz around the new gathering and protest policies and wanted some clarification” Jeffries said.

While Kraft acknowledged students’ worries of censorship regarding on-campus protest, he affirmed that the policy was put in place to provide logistical assistance to

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student organizers, rather than allowing the school to prevent protests based on content or cause.

“What we really wanted to do was to clarify that the policies that apply in everyday life still apply in protests and eliminate many rules that were protest-specific,” Kraft said.

Kraft added that all on-campus events are required to register through the OCL, and that by registering public demonstrations, the school can better accommodate them and keep protesters safe through measures like rerouting traffic or providing security.

“Part of the ethos at Tufts is to support activism,” Kraft said. “It’s part of our spirit and our culture here to encourage that kind of thing, and we want that to be the case.”

Another major point of discussion Monday night was the change from the old code of conduct’s rigid enforcement policy, which outlined explicitly what punishments accompany certain violations, to a more case-bycase review system.

The new policy also includes a list of student rights in disciplinary hearings, including the rights to adequate notice of a hearing, to respond to the infraction in writing and to appeal hearing decisions through the CSL. Alexandria Hayman, a member of the Tufts Community Union Judiciary, said that Kraft invited the Judiciary to the feedback session.

She arrived with questions for CSL about these hearings.

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“My personal concern was the number of students on disciplinary hearing juries, and that’s something that I’m optimistic we’ll be able to clarify with the administration in the coming year,” Hayman, a senior, said in an email to the Daily.

The changes in the policies surrounding disciplinary action and the university’s enforcement of the guidelines were another point of discussion during the session. Some students at the meeting raised concerns regarding transparency and fairness in deciding punishments under the new guidelines.

Past disciplinary actions against student groups and organizations are available through an annual report that can be shared upon request. Kraft pointed out that the report can provide useful context for those facing disciplinary action while still allowing the school to consider the unique details of each case. When asked further about the nature of disciplinary action in the discussion, he said that the CSL’s emphasis will tend to favor education over punishment.

Members of the CSL stated that ongoing review of the student code of conduct will be incorporated into the Council’s duties going forward, and that student perspectives will continue to be key to this process. They added that they hope the student body will continue to voice its opinions on the changes in policy.

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t a campaign event in Somerville Monday night, John Walsh — architect of Deval Patrick’s extraordi nary 2006 gubernatorial win here in Massachusetts — said that he was focused on electing people of color to office in the upcoming midterms. “They’re the ones who will excite us and lead us across the board,” Walsh said.

Colin Allred is one of those exciting candidates.

Raised in Dallas, Allred has a unique story which has brought money, enthusiasm and big names to the 32nd congressional district of Texas. Allred attended public school in the suburbs and set himself apart on the football field, until he was eventually awarded a full scholarship to play at Baylor University. He went on to play linebacker as a undrafted free agent for the Tennessee Titans from 2006 to 2010.

After leaving the NFL, Allred decided to pursue a law degree at one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States: the University of California, Berkeley. From there, a passion for public service led Allred to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where he worked for former San Antonio mayor and Texas native, Secretary Julián Castro. Allred’s specialty lay in the Office of General Counsel, where he guarded federal funding from misappropriation and protected public housing tenants from ethics violations by HUD officials. Following his time in the Obama Administration, Allred worked as a civil rights attorney and voting rights litigator at the Perkins Coie law firm.

While at Perkins Coie, Allred held the role of regional director of voter protection for the voting rights group “Battleground Texas”during the 2014 midterms in an effort to help Democrats take back the House of Representatives and bolster protections for the disenfranchised.

Colin Allred declared his candidacy for the 32nd district in April 2017. He beat out a crowded Democratic primary in May of this year, garnering nearly 70 percent of the vote in a run-off. The 32nd is seen as winnable for the Democrats, considering Hillary Clinton narrowly carried the district in 2016. Given the fact that liberals are winning in places that President Trump carried by 15, 20 or 25 points, Colin Allred is likely to be a congressman come January.

In November, Allred will face Pete Sessions, a veteran congressman who has held his seat for the last 22 years.

Allred has done more than energize Democrats in East Dallas. He has drawn impactful endorsements from former President Obama and members of his cabinet, countless local officials and a former governor of Massachusetts.

Deval Patrick, the Commonwealth’s former governor and widely rumored 2020 presidential candidate, has set his course to elect a more diverse House caucus this fall. And should Patrick embark on a run for the White House, he will have a fervent supporter from Dallas waiting for him to call.

Matt Rice is a sophomore who has not declared a major yet. Matt can be reached at matthew.rice@tufts.edu.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT

Alumnus Nathan Foster launches trustee campaign rooted in advocacy, accessibility

by Kenia French Features Editor

Nathan Foster (LA ’18) recently launched a campaign to become an alumni trustee. If elected, Foster would be the most recent Tufts graduate to sit on the Board of Trustees — among the current alumni trustee representatives, the most recent graduate did so in 2001.

Foster’s campaign platform draws from his experience last year as a trustee representative.

“Last year, I was a student trustee representative, and I worked a lot with issues surrounding tuition and affordability,” Foster said. “I tried to raise awareness about how significant a problem this is and how Tufts needs to be more accessible to people who have come from lower-income or even middle-class backgrounds.”

According to Foster, he chose to run for alumni trustee because he wants to make Tufts more democratic and fair. He plans to use his campaign, and hopefully his position, to advocate for broad reform to the Board of Trustees, as the Board is ultimately the deciding body on many critical issues for students.

“The Board of Trustees makes all the decisions that matter for us,” Foster said.

“They decide on tuition prices, they build new buildings … all of these really important decisions that affect the thousands and thousands of people who are part of Tufts. I think that we should have a say.”

According to Tufts Community Union (TCU) Vice President Adam Rapfogel, student trustee representatives are the only undergraduate students who are privy to the Board of Trustees’ decision-making process.

“The trustee reps are basically the only students who see into the Board of Trustees,” Rapfogel, a senior, said.

Rapfogel explained that trustee representatives are students appointed to the role by the TCU Senate. Their responsibilities include attending weekly Senate meetings and serving as a student liaison to the Board of Trustees.

Patrick Collins, Tufts’ executive director of public relations, explained that in addition to the three undergraduate trustee representatives, Tufts graduate schools and faculty have representatives on the Board of Trustees.

“This year, a total of 19 trustee representatives, including students and faculty from the undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, as well as alumni, will be appointed to the three major committees of the Board of Trustees: the Academic Affairs Committee, the Administration and Finance Committee, and the Committee for University Advancement,” Collins said.

Peter Dolan (LA ’78), chairman of the Board of Trustees, stated that the idea behind the trustee representative positions is to to provide Board members with essential insight on the student experience at all of Tufts’ schools.

“Feedback from students is essential to our success as the governing body of the university, and that’s why my fellow trustees and I encourage students to utilize the student representatives to weigh in on matters concerning the institution,” Dolan told the Daily in an email.

Foster recounts that during his time as a student trustee representative, many members of the Board were interested in

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Nathan Foster (LA ’18) poses for a portrait outside of Tisch Library on Sept. 18. hearing his perspective. However, Foster still feels as though he had to fight to make his voice heard.

“I presented a short memo on affordability and tuition to the Board of Trustees at the last meeting I was at, but it took a lot of effort … to be heard,” Foster said.

“Not necessarily expecting to have your voice heard in the position makes it very difficult for [student] trustee representatives in the way the position is currently constructed to really participate in governance and to really give their perspective.”

Dolan acknowledged that the Board of Trustees often is not able to enact as many student suggestions as it would hope.

“For a variety of reasons, we’re not always able to support every idea or proposal that comes before us, but we take every suggestion seriously and appreciate the thought and commitment that go into them,” Dolan said.

In his campaign to increase student participation in governance, Foster has proposed the creation of a “student trustee” role, which would be distinct from student trustee representatives. These would be undergraduate students elected to become a part of the Board for a specific term.

“I think there should be student trustees. I think there should be some sort of election and then students run for the Board of Trustees in two-year terms, rather than one-year terms,” Foster said. “And they should be present for all discussions.

Trustee representatives don’t sit in on executive sessions, where things that are deemed too sensitive for students are discussed.”

Foster is not the only member of the Tufts community advocating for increased student representation on the Board of Trustees. Kayleigh Milano, a

junior, is a member of Reform the Board, a student advocacy group fighting to increase student, faculty and staff accessibility to the Board of Trustees.

“There are many changes we want to see,” Milano told the Daily in an email.

“For example, we would like the Trustees to provide publicly available email addresses and make all meetings open to [trustee] representatives.”

According to Milano, Reform the Board is working to inform students about the Board of Trustees’ strong influence in dictating the Tufts student experience.

“For this semester, our goals are to educate the student body about the role of the Board of Trustees and to build a coalition of people who care about this issue,” Milano said. “In the long term, we hope to give students, staff and faculty formal decision-making power by adding student, staff and faculty seats to the Board itself. We are the people who get to experience the real effects of the Board’s policies — effects they may not even be aware of — and we should have a role in making the decisions that govern our lives while we call Tufts our workplace and home.”

According to Foster, it’s this idea that students should have a say in the decisions that affect their lives that is motivating his campaign for alumni trustee representative.

“For the four years we are here, Tufts decides so many aspects of our lives …

There [are] all these decisions made about who even gets to be in this space in the first place, who gets to feel more welcome in this space and what your opportunities are afterwards,” Foster said. “I think that ultimately the Board of Trustees affects all of us, and it makes total sense that we should have a voice in the decisions that are made at that level.”

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TV REVIEW

‘BoJack Horseman’ brings a season of powerful self-reflection

by Ryan Eggers Arts Editor

The end of the fourth season of Netflix’s animated masterpiece “BoJack Horseman” (2014–) featured BoJack himself with a smile as wide as we’ve ever seen. After 48 episodes of continuous heartbreak, it seemed as though it may finally be time for BoJack and the rest of the show’s cast to begin finding solutions rather than problems.

For Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris) and BoJack (Will Arnett), that solution came in the form of Philbert, a gritty yet horrifically cliché detective series, which Princess Carolyn produces and BoJack stars in.

The show becomes the framework for the most important messages that “BoJack Horseman” puts on display in its fifth season. Flip McVicker (Rami Malek), the inexperienced and offensive director, and Gina Cazador (Stephanie Beatriz), BoJack’s fellow co-star on set and, of course, love interest.

Philbert itself isn’t quite as important as a show as it is a vehicle for self-reflection.

Philbert is in many ways a direct parallel to “BoJack Horseman,” and the biggest meta-lesson comes when Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie) points out that the viewer is absolutely not supposed to like Philbert, the show’s antihero. Her criticisms feel like a direct message from the writers to the audience; BoJack is not a good person, and should not be glamorized, nor his actions absolved, because of the fact that he’s oftentimes crushingly relatable. This has been an elephant in the room for “BoJack Horseman” for a long time, and it’s a welcome relief to see the show finally address it.

Furthermore, show creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg openly admits the mistake he made when casting Alison Brie, a white woman, as Diane, who is VietnameseAmerican. What furthered the error was the white-washing of the character, who until season five had no exploration of her heritage. This changes in the new season, as Diane’s first solution after her divorce with Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins) is to head straight to Vietnam, which is the basis for the second episode.

Mr. Peanutbutter’s reaction to the divorce is disappointingly “business as usual” for the character, who immediately finds a pug in her twenties, Pickles Aplenty (Hong Chau), and begins dating her. The show deeply explores Mr. Peanutbutter’s past with his now-three divorcees in season five, and, for perhaps the first time in the series, he must really face his demons without the veil of his blissful and happy ignorance.

Sadly, Todd Chavez (Aaron Paul) isn’t featured prominently in the new season, though he does have a compelling arc with his asexual girlfriend Yolanda (Natalie Morales).

Mostly, though, he is up to his usual wacky tricks, adding a layer of comedic relief as the season gets progressively darker.

Princess Carolyn, outside of her work as producer of Philbert, once again seeks to find her own Philbert, the baby she’s wanted for years. She finally decides to adopt in one episode and heads back to her home in Eden, North Carolina to meet with a potential mother. The episode is full of gut-punching flashbacks to her old life as a housekeeper’s daughter and is the best-crafted Princess Carolyn-centric episode the series has seen.

In that vein, season five truly brings out the best in the writers in terms of concept episodes. “INT. SUB,” the season’s seventh episode, is told through a dinner conversation between a therapist and her wife, a corporate mediator. As she cannot disclose direct information about her clients, the therapist tells the story of “Princess Diana,” who is having problems with her friend “Bobo the Angsty Zebra,” two of many alternate personas in this “confidential” story.

Most importantly, though, the episode explores therapy and seems to open up the show’s first real attempt at incorporating professional help into the lives of its troubled characters.

There are a few other interesting episodes that distort reality in one way or another, but one concept episode truly sticks out. “Free Churro” is the performance of Will Arnett’s life. While Netflix’s vague description of the title — “BoJack delivers a eulogy at a funeral” — is technically accurate, there’s no way to describe the emotional depth behind this

episode. It’s one of the best 26 minutes of television anyone will watch this year, and will likely go down as the series’ best work.

For fans of the show, the season is still chock-full of animal jokes, funny background signs (a locust-run falafel food truck titled “Shawarma Locusts” stands out) and zany side misadventures. Unlike in season four, this year’s offerings find the main cast intertwined about as closely as they’ve ever been, as each of the cast member’s involvement in Philbert centralizes storylines that had grown far apart from each other. While it is nice to see them develop independently in season four, it feels even better to see the gang back together again.

When the series premiered five years ago, it would be hard to imagine that an animated show could explore the intricacies of human (and anthropomorphic animal) life as masterfully as “BoJack Horseman” does.

But here we are. Season five showcases the best and worst in all of its characters, and somehow tops its predecessors in consistency and peak moments. Simply put, it’s one of the most important shows of this decade, and its fifth season is among the best seasons of television ever.

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continued from page 1 Litt ended the talk with a Q&A session that touched upon his experiences at the White House, his proudest moments as a speechwriter and comedy writer, the speechwriting process and his thoughts on the Trump presidency.

Litt told the Daily in an interview of the challenges of working as a speechwriter for Obama, particularly that of inevitable scrutiny and the high pressure of every speech.

“Every word that he said was scrutinized, was sometimes accidentally taken out of context and sometimes deliberately taken out of context,” Litt said. “I think that realizing your words have that much weight, but still trying to have to write carefully and also well is very hard.”

Litt stressed comedy’s value in today’s intense political polarization, stating that satire helps ground a president.

“In the past, presidents of both parties have made fun of themselves, there’s this sense that ‘well I only hold this job for a little while, [and] this office is more important than I am,’” he said. “I don’t think that our current president feels that way, and so satire is a reminder that we still, as a country, share those values even if they don’t exist in the White House at the moment.”

Litt then said that comedy reveals truth, and that it brings people together.

“So much about comedy is identifying the truth. And that shouldn’t be a radical act, and it shouldn’t be subversive to point things out that are true, but in our current political moment, it is. And so telling the truth has become an act of sort

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of defiance in a way that it shouldn’t be and hopefully won’t be in the future,” he said. “Really good comedy makes you feel less alone, and I think that’s something that’s pretty valuable.”

Litt said that the most formative lesson from his White House career was finding common humanity among people, and realizing even the president is a human being. “[I] imagined that [Obama] was infallible … I think that I learned that he was a great president and … an extraordinarily impressive person, but he’s also a person,” Litt said. “I think in a way that made me more hopeful, rather than less hopeful, because you can be someone that makes mistakes and someone that doesn’t always get it right and still do really important things for your country or the world.”

A previous version of the Sept. 18 article, “TCU Senate elects new trustee representatives,” stated that the body voted to pass the policy change in personal contributions for Senate-subsidized off-campus events. However, the TCU Treasurer only explained the implications of this policy change — which did not require a vote — at this meeting. The article has been updated to reflect this change. The Daily regrets this error.

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Zachary Hertz and Brady Shea The Cheeses of Suburbia

Papa John’s and “American Idiot”

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ach Hertz: Coming to you live, it’s the first meeting of the “Cheeses of Suburbia.” Because we believe a latenight eatery is only as good as its mozzarella sticks, your illustrious hosts will review mozzarella sticks every week while also reviewing a pop punk album. Our first choice might surprise the dedicated late-night orderer: mozz sticks from Papa John’s. An equally suburban album will accompany the “pizza place next door” vibes of our sticks: Green Day’s “American Idiot” (2004). Brady, any words?

Brady Shea: This was the second album I ever owned — my parents didn’t let me get it, but I went to the mall with my friend and his parents, and they went behind my parents’ backs to get it for me as a birthday present.

I have so much nostalgia about this album.

It set the foundation for 2000s pop punk, and people don’t think about the fact that it’s also a rock opera album. I really love that Green Day not only created a coherent story but also mastered the songs that make it.

ZH: Yeah, I feel like this album was everywhere. I didn’t get into music until middle school, but it still managed to make it onto my iPod Nano, much to the pride of my inner angsty teen. Do you have a favorite song?

BS: I’d have to say “Letterbomb” — it’s the turning point in the album. Johnny (also known as “The Jesus of Suburbia”) has two friends who are total degenerates. One gets his girlfriend pregnant and the other goes off with Johnny to live in the city, only to enlist in the war because nothing can excite him anymore. Johnny then tries to escape his mundane life through heroin, only to fall into addiction; his drug-induced illusions develop into a physical embodiment named “St. Jimmy.” In “Letterbomb,” this all comes to a head when his girlfriend, “Whatsername,” leaves him because he had chosen the drugs over her. This song is her wake-up call to him.

ZH: I appreciate that even casual listeners like me can pick up on the desperate wake-up call. The album is also a great look at how the George W. Bush presidency and the War in Iraq permeated cultural life and Green Day’s response — who could listen to “Holiday” and not want to hit the streets?

Speaking of being angry, these mozzarella sticks are an American nightmare. Admittedly, their time spent lost under the couch can’t have been kind, but I think I’ve had kickballs that were less rubbery.

BS: Yeah, the mozzarella sticks were really cold. I’m going to go with five out of ten on that one. If they were warm, maybe a seven out of ten.

In “Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” the energy and attitude of “Holiday” represent the high of Johnny and his friend first moving to the city. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” is slower and the verses are calmer, sort of representing the ‘hangover’ from “Holiday.” Whereas the Jesus of Suburbia in “Holiday” feels like he’s the king of the hill, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” is where he realizes that maybe the city isn’t really all that it’s cut out to be. But yeah, these mozzarella sticks are definitely the “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” of tonight.

Zachary Hertz is a senior studying political science. Zachary can be reached at zachary. hertz@tufts.edu. Brady Shea is a senior studying computer science. Brady can be reached at Brady.Shea@tufts.edu.

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Opinion

LETTER FROM THE MANAGING BOARD

Renewing our commitment to inclusivity, sustainability Dear Daily readers, Print journalism is increasingly difficult in the 21st century. While advertising demand fluctuates, printing and distribution costs remain high. This problem is especially acute for our Friday issues, which have often failed to garner enough advertising to pay off production costs.

To face this new reality, we have changed the way the Daily works to better promote the efficiency and efficacy of our business while remaining committed to inclusivity in our newsroom.

First, we raised $10,375 during our June fundraising campaign to narrowly avoid closing the fiscal year with a deficit. We restructured our business team with an eye for expanding both print and online advertising. We also optimized our circulation numbers and distribution locations, while embarking on cost-saving measures across the board.

To further stabilize our finances, we have made the difficult decision to only print select Friday issues this semester.

We will continue to post Friday content on our various social media, as we do every day, and a digital copy of every issue will be available for you to read on Issuu, at https://issuu.com/tuftsdaily.

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Nesi Altaras Takeaways

What are we afraid of ?

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uring the Cold War, we were scared. I don’t mean the general fear people feel of terrorism or war, but the most scary, specific fear that we have become complacent about and now simply ignore.

I mean mass death from nuclear weapons. A handful of people have the power to end all of human existence.

That is a profoundly scary thought; one that should shake any sane person to their core.

By virtue of the electoral college, 80,000 people spread across a handful of states gave Donald Trump the power to obliterate mountains.

The problem is not the cast of characters who possess this superhuman capability, however scary they may be.

Putin, Trump, Kim Jong Un, Theresa May, Xi Jinping, Modi and so on. These people could be extremely responsible, which they are not, and fear would not subside. JFK and Khrushchev were not madmen by any stretch, but the Cuban Missile Crisis was threatening nonetheless. People are flawed, we make mistakes, we accidently do things, our technology fails, we get wrapped up in a tense moment and do not make the best decision. These are normal human qualities. When these normal, human qualities clash with world-ending weapons, it brings disaster. The fact that we have avoided such a calamity so far is a stroke of excessive luck that we must recognize will not last forever.

The non-proliferation treaty is not a good enough solution. The world certainly does not need any more countries with the power to end all life.

More countries mean more room for accidents and less luck. Yet, it cannot be acceptable that the strongest countries retain the power to destroy everything.

No leader, no country, no nation should have the power to end humanity. Not Modi, not Kim, not the Ayatollah, not Netanyahu, not Trump.

Not Obama. No one.

Arundathi Roy, the author of “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” impresses in her beautifully scary essay, “The End of Imagination,” that these weapons that have powers previously only ascribed to vengeful deities have no place in human life. They are abominations and embarrassments to our existence that endanger that very thing. Risking the world and everything and everyone in it for a little more security for your own country (assuming that these weapons even provide such security) or your country’s pride or greatness is short-sighted. I cannot even accuse such people of being selfish as they, themselves, could also perish in the event of a nuclear catastrophe.

My goal is not to be an alarmist, to say “the end is nigh,” but to point out the sheer stupidity of nuclear armament. My goal is to say we should all be passionately in favor of nuclear disarmament.

No person or government should have the power to end us. All of us.

Nesi Altaras is a senior studying international relations and economics. Nesi can be reached at nesi.altaras@tufts.edu.

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continued from page 7 “I think I always have been somewhat of a slow starter in singles,” Hereford said. “When I get more comfortable out there and play his weaknesses and play my strengths, it helps me get settled. I’ll be out there as long as it takes. I think that Middlebury being the first fall tournament of this year means everyone is super excited to be there and everyone is super excited to compete. Like all my teammates, I wanted to go out there and try to put out a great first tournament for Tufts and myself.”

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In doubles, Grant and Sorkin’s high level of play in singles continued to carry over in the A flight. The Tufts duo defeated tough teams from Middlebury and RPI before losing to eventual champions Kogan and Brandeis first-year Adam Tzeng in the semifinals 8–5.

The team also continued to make deep runs in the B doubles flight, as junior Zach Shaff and Moldenhauer broke through to the semifinals where they lost 8–5 to Brandeis’ sophomore duo of Rajan Vohra and Nikhil Das of Brandeis. On the other side of the draw, the fourth-seeded pair of Hereford and Gorelik fell in the quarterfinals to sophomore Brian Niguidula and first-year Eddie Wu of RPI, 9–7.

Reflecting on his team’s performances in

the opening tournament, Grant said he looks forward to the season to come.

“We’re really, really confident,” Grant said.

“We only have one senior, so it looks good for the future, for [first-years] just coming into college who did so well. The team’s performance is much better than we’ve done in the last few years, and most of our team was deep in the draw on Sunday — Boris winning the A draw, Issac winning the C draw. [In] doubles we should have done better, that was a little disappointing, but [in] singles [we got] positive vibes.”

In two weeks, Tufts will return to Middlebury for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional Championships.

Finishing out the top ten Tufts runners, the runners whose times were recorded for scoring, was sophomore Olivia Martin (19:37.6) in 11th, senior Julia Noble (19:44.5) in 14th, junior Nicole Kerrigan (19:44.6) in 15th, and senior co-captain Caitlin Porrazzo (19:52.0) in 16th.

“Especially after last week’s win, we are all very optimistic about our chances to score well in New England and at Nationals,” Bettez said. “If people stay healthy and keep working hard, I think we can have a great season.”

Senior co-captain Kelsey Tierney also thinks the team can have a strong season this year.

“Our goals are always to have fun and improve upon our performances from last year,” Tierney told the Daily in an email.

“Last year we placed third at the NESCAC Championships and second at the Regional Championships, so we would like to match or improve upon those placings. This year I sort of accidentally dared our coaches to get tattoos of our choosing if we win NESCACs this year, so that is definitely one of our top goals.

We also of course want to return to the national championship and perform well there.”

With a victory at its first meet of the season, the women’s cross country team could not have asked for a better result. The runners have already shown they can compete at a high level, and will hope to keep up that same form for the remainder of the season.

“We were all really happy with how the team performed at Pineland this past weekend,” Tierney said. “Every year we graduate important seniors from our varsity group, but every year some returners and freshmen always step up to fill in any gaps starting at

this first meet. It was fun and exciting to see everyone’s hard work from the summer pay off, get the team win, and take home some maple butter (the top ten finishers at this race win maple butter every year).”

Also, another aspect of the race to note was that the first-years had an impressive first collegiate meet and seemed to slot right into the team. Slager and Page outpaced many of Tufts’ experienced runners, a good indication for what is to come from the new class of Jumbo cross country runners.

Tierney has been impressed by the firstyears thus far.

“We have a really small class of first-years with only five, but two have already cracked our varsity group,” Tierney said. “Anna Slager and Danielle Page had awesome performances at Pineland and have been consistently impressive in workouts all season.”

The team competes next at the Purple Valley Classic at Mount Greylock Regional High School in Williamstown, Mass. on Sept.

22. At the same meet last year, the Jumbos finished a respectable 7th out of 26 teams. In particular, Toth will be looking to repeat her performance from last year — she led the way among female Jumbos with a time of 21:07.6, good enough for 87th overall in the mixed race. Following closely behind her last year was sophomore Maura McCormick, who clocked in 89th with a time of 21:24.4.

Thus, as the All-New England Championship, held in October at Franklin Park in Boston, inches closer, these subsequent meets will serve as a great opportunity for the Jumbos to prepare and get ready for the bigger events.

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The Jumbos competed in its season opener at the Pineland Super XC Shootout in Gloucester, Maine on Saturday. While it was a straight shootout between two teams, Tufts beat out Bates to start its season on a victorious note.

The 5,000-meter run was the only event of the competition. Tufts senior co-captain Natalie Bettez took first with a time of 18:08.8, close to a whopping 40 seconds ahead of Bates senior Katie Barker, who placed second with a time of 18:48.0. The victory is Bettez’s first of her career.

“I’ve never won a cross country race before, so finishing first at Bates was definitely an optimistic way to start the season,” Bettez said. “It was exciting to see all the hard work from the past months pay off.”

With her victory, Bettez has high hopes for the season to come.

“My personal goals for this season are to finish strong for my senior year and hopefully travel with the whole team to Nationals,” Bettez said. “It is my last year, so I would love to see us improve on past seasons.”

Behind Bettez was junior Lydia Heely, who posted a time of 18:55.6 to place third. First-year Anna Slager, in just her first competition for the Jumbos, placed sixth in 19:13.8. Rounding out the top ten was sophomore Alexandra Wolf (19:21.0) in seventh, first-year Danielle Page (19:22.6) in eighth and junior Rhemi Toth (19:30.1) in tenth.

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Men’s tennis takes two titles, makes deep runs at Middlebury

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The Jumbos launched their fall season on the road in Vermont at the Middlebury Invitational, securing two singles titles and deep runs in the 2017–18 season’s opening tournament.

Sophomore sensation Boris Sorkin, who was seeded second in the tournament, steamrolled Bates first-year Pieter Wernink 6–0, 6–2 to take the A flight singles title. Sorkin, who saw action at the No. 1 singles spot several times last season, seared through the competition and dropped just 10 games throughout the entire singles tournament. In the same flight, Tufts junior Ben Biswas advanced to the semifinals by defeating fourth-seeded Middlebury sophomore Nate Eazor before falling to Wernink in a tight three-set battle, 6–4, 4–6, 10–6.

Sorkin was delighted at the opportunity to make amends for an early exit in last year’s tournament.

“It felt great,” Sorkin said. “After losing last year in the second round of the B flight, it’s great to win [the] A [flight]. That was a great improvement.”

Though the team’s regular season will take place in the spring, the fall sched-

ule provides opportunities for player development. With a young squad competing at Middlebury, the team showcased plenty of fresh talent amid its large class of six first-years.

In his first tournament representing the Jumbos, unseeded first-year Isaac Gorelik won the second title of the weekend for Tufts. Gorelik upset second-seeded senior Jackson Kogan of Brandeis in two tight tiebreakers 7–6(4), 7–6(4) in the semifinals before going one better by reeling off another victory over top-seeded sophomore Rajan Vohra of Brandeis 6–1, 6–1 for the C flight singles title.

Tufts sophomore Owen Bartok, seeded fourth, advanced to the quarterfinals, where he lost 6–1, 6–3 to junior Weston Brach of Middlebury, while first-year Jack Moldenhauer just came two points short in a 7–6(5), 1–6, 12–10 loss to Kogan in the quarterfinals of the same flight.

Despite losing a close game, Moldenhauer was able to look at the positives coming out of the tournament — his first as a Jumbo.

“It was exciting,” said Moldenhauer.

“A lot of the [first-years] won matches so we’re pretty excited about what we can do, and it was the first tournament so we will get better, too.”

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In the B singles flight, sophomore CarlHerman Grant dug deep to advance to the semifinals, emerging victorious from a nail-biting quarterfinal against top-seeded first-year David Vilys of Middlebury 6–3, 4–6, 18–16.

“We were going back and forth the whole tiebreak,” Grant said. “We both had lot of match points when we got to 12–12, 13–13, 14–14. It was basically who was lucky enough to get the ball in.

I got more lucky than him, and I won.

[Middlebury] was getting into it, we were getting into it. It was fun.”

Grant eventually lost to sophomore Anupreeth Coramutla of Brandeis in the following round in yet another close three-setter, 4–6, 6–2, 10–3.

In the D singles flight, second-seeded sophomore Niko Hereford battled back from a set down in the first round and quarterfinals before yielding to senior Tyler Ng of Brandeis in the semifinals 6–3, 6–3. Fourthseeded first-year Akash Verma was defeated in the quarterfinals of the same flight.

Hereford later revealed the mentality which allowed him to come back from falling a set behind in his two singles matches. see MEN'S TENNIS, page 6

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The case for a LOUD introduction

don’t hate necessarily hate you. Just accept that we’re different.

When rooting for Boston athletics, you quintessentially cheer for the antithesis for my existence: a strong, anti-New York attitude. You root for the exceptional yet down-to-earth common man: Tom Brady with his 5.28 40-yard dash time, Bruins bruiser Shawn Thornton, or maybe psycho Joe Kelly. Hell, you’ll even lionize renowned benchwarmer Brian Scalabrine and turn him into one of the greatest sports memes of all time (I digress).

You root for the hard workers, the united team, the industrious collective.

Perhaps some of my animosity comes from the perception of a New Yorker who feels guilty over supporting the deep-pocketed Yankees or the all-glitzno-rings Knicks. Perhaps I seek a collective of such energy that I can feel invested in. Perhaps I seek the underdog, the little David instead of Goliath. Perhaps New York is overrated. Perhaps.

While it might be in poor taste to compare Boston and New York to David and Goliath, I feel that the athletic comparison also trickles its way into a more general perception of the two cities. New York carries the baggage of big-spending, bribery, Wall Street shadiness. There’s a corporate, top-down mindset that must have seeped into the plumbing, because us inhabitants all possess a subtle arrogance.

So, what are you rooting for when you support New York sports? While the Giants may have at least recently partially altered the narrative, you’re rooting for certainty. You’re rooting for the “oh, our players are more famous and more expensive, we have to win.” You root for Carmelo Anthony, Alex Rodriguez, Rex Ryan, bona fide scum in the eyes of everyone else. Yes, the Giants were underdogs, and so too the narratives of Jeremy Lin and Henrik Lundqvist. These are lovable exceptions. Not norms.

There is a sort of moral hurdle I feel like I dodge every time I defend my fandom of the Yankees. It’s as if I’m supporting this mass, faceless machine that simply plugs in money and churns out results, personified by their policy of “no-facial hair.” They are grey faces with corporate-styled and bright-white Pinstripe uniforms, not unlike a suit that could be found in the wardrobe for American Psycho.

There’s an urge to paper over the cracks in my justification, swallowing my pride while claiming my Yankee fandom. Similar to how I fully understand that the Boston T is a better system than New York’s still-crumbling MTA, I just won’t admit it openly (whoops). I can chirp, “wowwww, your trains are colors,” “too clean for a subway” or “you call that busy?” All remnants of a fragile ego.

But at the end of the day, I just eat it up.

Maybe it’s just me, but who wouldn’t want to be given a persona? I’ve been given an assigned, socially acceptable way to act. I am the corporate, possibly-scandalous, potentially-greedy, definitely arrogant, always-running-late New Yorker. I am a Yankees man, and we spend money to win. Deal with it.

And Sox fans, by the way, who had a higher payroll this year?

Jeremy Goldstein is a sophomore studying political science and film and media studies. Jeremy can be reached at Jeremy.

Goldstein@tufts.edu.

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No. 3 men’s soccer atop NESCAC after trio of victories

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Tufts junior midfielder Zach Lane dribbles past a defender during game against Bates on Sept. 15.

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At a perfect 5–0 in the season after only two weeks, the Jumbos moved to No. 3 in the nation and are one of only two NESCAC teams in the Top 25, the other being the Conn. College Camels, who sit at No. 21. While the Jumbos conceded their first goal of the season in a non-conference matchup against the Wheaton Lyons on Sunday, they were able to go 2–0 in the NESCAC after beating the Bates Bobcats 1–0 at home in overtime the day before. Earlier in the week on Tuesday, Tufts eased to a 3–0 win over visiting Keene State.

In its second game of the first doubleheader weekend of the season, Tufts’ two first-half goals were just enough to clinch its fifth win of the season on Sunday. The matchup showcased a standard Tufts performance: The team played in its usual 4-1-4-1 formation and enjoyed the majority of possession in the first half. After taking five shots in the first 17 minutes to no avail, the sixth, a header by first-year defender Ian Daly floated into the net to give the Jumbos a 1–0 lead, with junior midfielder Brett Rojas providing the assist off a corner kick.

The Jumbos have been dangerous from corner set pieces so far this season, having already scored at least three goals this way, compared to one goal all of last season.

“Being effective and dangerous in the attack on set pieces has been a big emphasis because we took something like 150 corners last season and scored

on one of them, and we already have three off of 20 this season,” coach Josh Shapiro said. “We felt it was an area that we absolutely needed to improve in. It’s an area that we felt like we could control, and we should be more effective and at least dangerous, maybe every one in eight. So that was a point of emphasis.”

A little over twenty minutes later, sophomore forward Max Jacobs found the net for his third goal of the season, a mark that has him tied for the lead in the NESCAC. No player on the team scored more than five goals during the entire 2017 season, reflecting the potency of the Jumbos’ attack this year.

Sunday’s game also marked the first goal that the Jumbos have conceded this season. In the 73rd minute, Wheaton senior midfielder and co-captain Curran Wait intercepted a pass and immediately played a long ball over the top of the Tufts defense.

Wait’s pass was served on a plate for junior forward Shawn McCall, who flicked a header over senior goalkeeper and co-captain Conner Mieth. The goal highlighted the Jumbos’ failure to drop their defensive line back in time to handle the transition play. Ultimately, though, Tufts still came away with the win thanks to the two first half goals.

The day before, Bates’ stingy defense frustrated Tufts for 90 minutes of regular time. Despite dominating possession and keeping the ball well clear of their defensive third of the field, the Jumbos struggled to find the net with their 18 regular-time shots. More than

once, Bates defenders had to clear the ball off of the goal line after junior goalkeeper Robbie Montanaro had already made the initial save.

Just five minutes of overtime elapsed before Tufts senior defender and co-captain Sterling Weatherbie finally scored off a corner kick, and chaos ensued in the box. The team rushed the field as the sudden-death goal brought the game to an end and gave the Jumbos their second conference shutout win.

Shapiro expressed frustration regarding the team’s scoring drought during regular time.

“Yes [it annoyed me],” Shapiro said. “I think the guys recognized that there were opportunities in the game, and we could have been up two- or three-nothing in the first half. We have to start becoming more cold-blooded with our finishing. We’re making our own problems. [Against Wheaton] we had wonderful chances to [score] three or four and have a less stressful afternoon, but instead they score one goal and now its a nervy final 15 minutes, which is something that we felt we should have handled better.”

Scoring wasn’t an issue against Keene State on Sept. 11. It took just over four minutes for junior midfielder/forward Gavin Tasker to send a through ball to Jacobs from the left wing. Jacobs fired a low shot with his weaker left foot that the goalie dove for, and got a piece of, but ultimately was unable to turn away as the ball rolled into the net. Jacobs made a sharp cut toward the wing to get behind his defender,

which gave him enough space for his shot to make it 1–0.

In the 24th minute, junior forward Joe Braun kicked the ball into the net from close range after it was sent in via a corner by sophomore midfielder Travis Van Brewer. The high corner bounced around the box before Braun pounced for his first goal of the season. The victory was all but assured 10 minutes later, when Van Brewer’s corner flew to the far post, where it found unmarked first-year defender William Raphael, who timed his jump to perfection and powered the ball into the top corner of the goal with his head. It was the Andover, Mass. native’s first collegiate goal.

Of the six goals scored in these three games, three of them were put away by defenders.

“Coach Shapiro has been emphasizing attacking through the back and playing on the counterattack,” Daly said. “So the team definitely encourages defenders to take the ball up into the attack. I know that if I go up, someone will stand back for me, which really demonstrates the relationship that we all have. I have confidence in my wingers and defenders to cover for me if I go up and it allows us all to take more risks in the final third.”

The three games highlighted clear strengths in Tufts’ play, as well as some weaknesses that the team will undoubtedly look to shed in the weeks to come.

The team will travel to Brandeis (3–3) on Friday night, before hosting NESCAC opponent Wesleyan (2–2) on Sept. 26.