The Tufts Daily - September 19, 2017

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Office of the Provost launches Bridging Differences Initiative to encourage open dialogue on campus

by Kat Grellman

Contributing Writer

The Office of the Provost launched the Bridging Differences Initiative this fall to encourage people with “profoundly different” points of view to openly discuss their thoughts and opinions.

The initiative, led by Provost and Senior Vice President David Harris and Chief Diversity Officer Amy Freeman, is aimed towards creating a strategy to engage meaningfully with difficult topics on campus, Harris said.

A task force of students, faculty and staff selected over the summer by Harris and Freeman will meet for the first time in late September, according to Harris. More students have joined the task force since the Tufts community was notified about the initiative in the Sept. 3 Jumbo Digest email.

Harris outlined two principal goals for the initiative: to understand the cause of polarization on campus and to implement further projects beyond this task force.

“We hope … when people are leaving here as students or as faculty or staff, they come away having engaged far more broadly and deeply than they would have otherwise,” Harris said.

According to Freeman, all Tufts schools are represented on the task force, which consists of students, faculty and staff.

“We’re looking for a cross-section of people with wide viewpoints, so I think it’s going to be a great working group to carry out some of the plans we have,”

Provost and Senior Vice President of Tufts University David Harris poses for a portrait on Sept. 14.

Freeman said.

According to Harris, one of the task force’s jobs will be to identify ways to enhance open and civil dialogue on campus. He acknowledged that students and staff alike are often hesitant to voice their opinions for fear of backlash, so a vital

part of the initiative will include fostering an environment in which members of the Tufts community feel comfortable engaging with each other.

“This is focused in many ways in engagement and inclusion and [on] helping all of us become better at engaging

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outside of our comfort zone and outside of our areas of experience, ideas and so forth,” Harris said.

Some have criticized Tufts for stifling free speech in the past, including Students Advocating for Students President Jake see BRIDGING DIFFERENCES, page 2

Candidates for Senate, Judiciary pitch platforms at ECOM forum

by Anar Kansara News Editor

Students running to be Tufts Community Union (TCU) Class of 2021 Senators, FirstGeneration Community Senator and TCU Judiciary members detailed their platforms at last night’s TCU Candidates’ Forum, held in Barnum 008 by TCU Elections Commission (ECOM).

The forum was held before today’s TCU elections, during which students will be able to vote all day using a new medium called VOATZ, according to ECOM Historian Emily Kibbe.

VOATZ can be accessed through an app on phones or through a link, making the voting process easier, especially after an especially low turnout last year, Kibbe said.

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A total of 28 students spoke at the the forum, which started with the three candidates for the new First-Generation Community Senator position: sophomore Samuel Joseph, and first-years Mohammed Emun and Isaac Kim. All three candidates discussed their backgrounds as first-generation students and their desires to help other students on campus with similar background feel as they belong and have a voice.

“Being a low-income first-gen student myself, I can really relate [to] and understand a lot of the problems that other first gen students are really going through on our campus,” Emun said. “Our struggles can be vast and at times it may seem that the whole world is against us, but I just

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Next, there was a panel for the five candidates running for the Judiciary, including first-years Taylor Lewis, Thomas ChangDavidson and Nina Chukwura, and sophomores Boyce Myers and Joseph Peters.

There are two open spots on the Judiciary.

The candidates talked about how, if elected, they would advocate for fairness and equality among Tufts organizations and groups.

Peters discussed how he planned to allow students to have a stronger role in Tufts policy making and laws, if elected.

“The Judiciary’s job is also to be the guardian of the Tufts Constitution,” Peters said. “So what I’d like to see with that is … the idea of making the Tufts Constitution amendable, allowing students to have a larger say in how the school is run and the

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laws that govern them.”

Myers agreed, saying students should more familiar with how judiciary works.

“Students should be aware of the determination process in order to appeal for their clubs and positions,” Myers said.

The candidates also addressed the measures they would take to open communication between the Judiciary, TCU Senate and Tufts administrators.

Finally, the forum concluded with a two-part panel of the 20 first-year candidates running for the seven open positions in Senate. The candidates covered a variety of platforms, particularly highlighting issues such as financial aid, lack of diversity, challenges facing minority groups and campus social life.

Voting is currently open on VOATZ, and will close at 11:59 this evening.

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Musical Chairs On Sept. 6 at 3:39 p.m., a staff member reported that someone had stolen four brand-new chairs from Eaton Hall. They have yet to be found.

Smoked Out A Tufts University Police Department officer was doing a check at Alex’s Place on the Tisch Library Roof on Sept. 9 at 11:28 p.m. when the officer discovered a couple of college-age students smoking marijua-

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POLICE BRIEFS: WEEK OF SEPT. 19 na. Upon being sighted the students ran away. They left behind their marijuana, a glass pipe and a lighter. The officer confiscated the items.

When Lightning Strikes During the storm on Sept. 14 the Goddard Chapel was struck by lightning at 7:39 p.m., causing the electrical equipment in the basement to smoke.

The equipment was burnt and is currently unusable. Facilities Services is

fixing the fried equipment.

Breaking, No Entering The window of the Tilton Lane side entrance to Haskell Hall was smashed on Sept. 17 at around 9 p.m. Facilities Services boarded up the broken window and the incident is under investigation.

The window will be replaced soon. It is still unknown who broke the window.

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Students evaluate open dialogue on campus in light of Bridging Differences Initiative BRIDGING DIFFERENCES

continued from page 1 Goldberg, who sparked a heated debate last year after claiming that Tufts’ disciplinary policies are excessively restrictive of students’ speech.

Goldberg felt that the backlash he faced from his efforts was telling.

“I think it was indicative of the many problems this school has when it comes to free speech issues. You have hundreds of students verbally abusing a student who’s supporting free speech publicly on campus, and then the administration did, in my opinion, very little to address that,” Goldberg, a junior, said.

Tufts Community Union ( TCU) President Benya Kraus said advocating for free speech means accepting that your views might be criticized.

“I think it’s a little hypocritical to claim freedom of speech but then [feel] angry when there is a backlash against the thing you said … That backlash is also a form of free speech,” Kraus, a senior, said.

Kraus emphasized that students should speak intentionally to engage in productive conversation.

“We’ll have more productive and honestly meaningful conversations if we can always root ourselves to the intentions of ‘What is my goal of having this discussion with you?‘ – is it rooted in a place of love, love for my community, love for a desire to make a change?” she said. “And with that as your goal, what kind of language will get you to that goal?”

George Behrakis, president of

the Tufts Republicans, believes the Bridging Differences Initiative is a good start to acknowledging some of the problems on campus regarding political polarization. Behrakis argued that the liberal “echo chamber” on campus can keep people close-minded to other opinions.

“I think it’s very enriching as a person to learn how to listen to other people, understand where they’re coming from and use their knowledge to enhance your own,” Behrakis, a sophomore, said.

Behrakis said that discussion with people who have differing opinions can offer important benefits.

“Here I wake up and 95 percent of the people around me are disagreeing with me, and that’s fine,” Behrakis said. “I enjoy it because it gives me fuel to actually learn how to defend myself, my beliefs and finetune some of them because I’m getting challenged constantly.”

Behrakis noted the importance of college students feeling uncomfortable.

“You’re supposed to be exposed to things that you haven’t been exposed to before, because they add to your experience, not take away,” he said.

Behrakis acknowledged that the politically-homogeneous climate on campus can make students feel hesitant about expressing more conservative views.

“There’s a lot of people who are afraid, for better or worse, because they feel that they will lose friends or they will feel stigmatized or left out of a group,” Behrakis said .

The Bridging Differences Initiative

closely resembles the Tufts Cooperation and Innovation in Citizenship (CIVIC) model, an organization that provides a forum for people of all political ideologies to discuss things openly without fear of ridicule, according to treasurer of CIVIC Daniel Lewis.

Lewis, a sophomore, said the initiative has the potential to be a positive development for the student body.

“In my mind, it’s something that CIVIC provides, and for it to be an institutional thing is not bad. If the school wants to provide a space for that, that’s great,” Lewis said. “It’s not a solution — that kind of thing can become more of a comment box — but even so, that’s not bad. I appreciate the fact that this is something they’re trying to do.”

Lewis suggested that bringing in more controversial speakers, hiring teachers with diverse perspectives and continuing to allow organizations such as CIVIC to thrive would help contribute to the goals of the task force.

Harris said engaging across differences works best when students assume good intentions from one another.

“I hope that we can all — and this sounds naive or simplistic somewhat — but maybe put ourselves out there a little bit more and be a little more forgiving of one another and assume more than we all do that people come from a good place,” Harris said. “I think the more we do that, the more we open ourselves up for the really positive interactions that the vast majority of people are trying to have across these lines [of difference].”

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Obviously I had faced setbacks in life, from being cut from the soccer team in middle school to being cut from the school play many times. But my high school, despite its many flaws, was focused on community engagement, so these losses didn’t hit so hard.

Instead of soccer, I was encouraged to join debate; instead of performing onstage, I was assured that set crew had a spot open for me. Most other clubs were open to everyone, which meant half the members were only there for their resumes. Putting in any amount of effort meant success and, by senior year, a spot on the exec board.

With minimal effort, I was thriving.

Then I came to Tufts. First semester was a breeze, meeting new people and all struggling together. I wasn’t particularly ambitious with regards to extracurriculars, telling myself I would do more in the spring once I had adjusted to college life. Spring semester came and went and wreaked havoc on my plan, with GIMs and rejection. Tufts Dance Collective, 180 Degrees Consulting, Tufts Wilderness Orientation support staff, Tisch Summer Fellows and TCU Senate. Application after application got shut down. Between January and April, I applied to over 100 summer internships. I heard back from four: three were rejections.

As a first-year, I made the mistake of surrounding myself with older students. While they provided guidance and their friendship was invaluable to me, it also appeared that everyone else had their life together, increasing my personal desperation with every rejection. They had club meetings every night of the week; I had none.

While the other first-years seemed to be finally settled into Tufts, I was spiraling in the opposite direction, feeling more and more like I didn’t belong. I was failing, hard and alone.

The amount of free time I had created a rift with busier friends, so I didn’t feel like I had anyone I could talk to about it. After a particularly rough night where I left a party in tears, I looked into transferring but found myself too late to apply anywhere. I had to sit back and accept that I was going to go into sophomore year alone, living in a suite with nine strangers, and with no apparent structure outside of classes.

But it wasn’t all bad. Rejection after rejection, I kept going. I’ve learned that no matter how many apologetic latenight calls I get, I’m still going to class in the morning. If my biggest failure was my first year, then right now I’m in my growth period. I’m excited to see where I end up.

Kristen Moran is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. Kristen can be reached at kristen.moran@tufts.edu.

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MOVIE REVIEW

‘May It Last’ paints a portrait of the Avetts’ brotherly love

by Amanda Freedman Contributing Writer

On the evening of Sept. 12, hundreds of theaters across the nation were packed with music-loving movie-goers for the one-night-only premiere of “May It Last: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers” (2017).

Fans of the folk rock band filled the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge, lounging comfortably in their reclining seats as they awaited the start of the highly-anticipated film. The theater’s cozy and intimate atmosphere perfectly matched the sweet and wholesome story this documentary told of two brothers who followed their dreams to play in a band together.

The film begins backstage at Madison Square Garden as The Avett Brothers prepare to perform there for the first time in April 2016. The New York crowd’s excitement awaiting their performance is reflected in the audience members watching the big screen. Then the opening melody of “Laundry Room” plays as the film shifts scenes, with the inaudible collective sigh from the audience palpable at the first notes of the familiar song.

Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio do an excellent job of making the viewer feel like a part of the film’s journey through time and space by using the band’s distinct, gorgeous tunes as touchstones to each new moment. The audience is taken back to early 2014 at

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The indie-bluegrass group The Avett Brothers performing “Ain’t no Man.” The documentary “May It Last: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers” portraying the two artists’ lives of pursuing music was released on Sept. 12. the brothers’ North Carolina home to experience the early stages of recording The Avett Brothers’ latest album, “True Sadness” (2016). The documentary spans the album’s recording process up until its release in 2016, interweaving

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Scott Avett and Seth Avett formed The Avett Brothers in 2001. Throughout the band’s more than 15-year history, they’ve

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Avett Brothers' unique sound and journey captured by 'May it Last' AVETT BROTHERS

continued from page 6 Scott and Seth have found as a band of brothers, noting that many family bands throughout history, such as the Bee Gees and Oasis, ended in bad break-ups. Interviews of the other members of the band explain why these brothers are an exception: one band member described Seth as “sweet,” while Scott was described as “a carnival,” noting that one of the secrets to their band’s success is that “because they’re different, they fit together perfectly.”

Like most siblings, Scott and Seth did not always get along when they were younger, and it was not until the brothers were 18 and 14 years old, respectively, that they became friends. Scott and Seth’s strong sibling bond is “beautiful, and rubs off on everyone [in the band],” remarked one member. Seth notes in the film that when it came to starting a band, Scott was the only person with whom he wanted to pursue his dreams.

The film showcases a scene of Scott and Seth writing a song together, Scott filling in lyrical gaps Seth could not complete himself. The brothers write like puzzle pieces, fitting into the spaces one leaves for the other, creating a final product that has been molded by each Avett into an

honest, profound piece of music. Dolphus Ramseur, the manager for the band from 2002 to 2009, said of the brothers’ talent: “I consider Scott the best songwriter in North Carolina, and I consider Seth the best songwriter in North Carolina. I’m just glad they’re in the same band.” It took a long journey, however, for these brothers to find their sound.

Scott and Seth originally rejected their country roots, thinking that the only way to succeed as musicians was by being a loud rock band that screamed rather than sang its set lists. When Seth was 14 years old, he met country music legend Doc Watson, who shattered Seth’s earlier notions of what it meant to make quality music. Seth remarks in an interview, “I thought volume and power were synonymous. I learned that power comes from character. With this music, you can’t hide behind the volume.”

This echoes the raw emotion that The Avett Brothers are known for displaying in their music, both in the lyrics of their songs and in their heartfelt performances.

The brothers state in the film that one thing they’ve become professionals at is “reading [their] diaries onstage.” The talent of the band is unparalleled, yet their music has always remained on the outskirts of mainstream. The Avett Brothers

did not sign with a formal record label until 2009 because they were told they would have to compromise their art if they wanted to be successful. Rick Rubin, the band’s current producer, was able to see that their sound was not meant to be tinkered with by the industry’s higher powers. Rubin articulates in the film that The Avett Brothers’ music “felt handmade, like a one-of-a-kind act.”

The documentary ends back where it begins: with The Avett Brothers performing at Madison Square Garden, singing “Ain’t No Man,” the band’s first No. 1 hit on a Billboard chart. This full-circle ending reiterated the wholesome way The Avett Brothers approach their art — with honesty and integrity.

“May It Last: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers” is a beautiful account of brotherly love. It is a tribute to the band’s music as a backdrop for their lives, and to their lives as a backdrop for their music. Due to the success of the film’s one-night only premiere, Oscilloscope Laboratories announced, on Sept. 15, encore dates at theaters all over the country.

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Rebel in the Rye’ is flattering, but falls flat

by Setenay Mufti Arts Editor

Making a biopic about J.D. Salinger, one of the most private and enigmatic literary figures in history, is a risky undertaking. From his time in World War II to his lifelong problems with women and his later years in seclusion, Salinger hid what made him tick up until his death in 2010. Director Danny Strong, who wrote the screenplays for “The Butler” (2013) and parts one and two of “Mockingjay” (20142015), is not afraid to speculate in “Rebel in the Rye,” an interpretive Salinger biopic released Sept. 8. The result is a warm, if not entirely convincing, love letter to the “rebel” of American literature.

Strong’s Salinger, played by the little-too-handsome Nicholas Hoult, projects more and more instability as his fame and talent grow. In his early days of “The Young Folks” (1940), Salinger is still wet behind the ears, frenzied and flourishing under the mentorship of his professor and first publisher, Whit Burnett, who is played by Kevin Spacey in easily the best performance of the movie.

Salinger dates Oona O’Neill, the daughter of Eugene O’Neill, before she unceremoniously dumps him for Charlie Chaplin. He begins submitting his stories to The New Yorker and, despite rejection, refuses to make his work more commercial. After his service in World War II, in which he stormed Normandy on D-Day and liberated a concentration camp, he is hospitalized for emotional trauma and begins showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. He breezes through his first wife in eight months, takes up meditation and watches his publishing success grow until reaching cult status with the release of “The Catcher in the Rye” (1951). And yet, the timeline is no more a path to success than it is a descent into suspicion, fury and reclusion.

Despite the drama of the story, Strong’s depiction falls flat. Salinger’s flashbacks to the war are kitschy and unconvincing, and his estrangement from Burnett and his first wife are never explored. There are some interesting, tense moments between Salinger and his unsupportive father, but those are not expanded to their full potential. Perhaps due to Strong’s obvious love for Salinger,

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J.D. Salinger (Nicholas Hoult) sits in front of his typewriter in the biographical drama film “Rebel in the Rye” (2017). the movie also glosses over Salinger’s questionable history with women; he was married three times, had numerous affairs and entered a relationship with an 18-year-old first-year at Yale when he was 53.

But perhaps the biggest flaw of the movie is Strong’s consistent portrayal of Salinger as a real-life Holden Caulfield. Salinger himself stated in a 1953 interview that Holden’s childhood was similar to his own, and he refused to sell the movie rights to “Catcher” because he considered the novel untranslatable into film, and because no one (other than himself) could possibly play Holden.

But Strong’s connections are exaggerated.

Salinger’s narration throughout the movie includes a few too many famous quotes from “Catcher,” relying on the assumption that audiences will recognize them, and even shows Salinger experiencing a moment of clarity as he watches a carousel in a park like in the famous scene from “Catcher.”

In the movie, Salinger describes Holden as his companion during the war and as a voice for all of his frustrations. This may be so, but the character of Holden doesn’t hold as much depth as half the members of the Glass family, who are featured in several of Salinger’s short stories and each provide a piece of Salinger’s own psyche. The movie likes to explore Salinger’s frustrations and trauma, but it never shows his real genius.

As he watches a moment of everyday life

unfold before him, the camera goes into slow motion and then pans to him writing his next inspired masterpiece in a frenzy.

This kind of writing process doesn’t give enough credit to Salinger or to his work.

According to the movie, the author is a watchful recipient of opportunity unfolding in front of him, only capturing the essence of his own brilliance and philosophy when he writes “Catcher.” It is a frustrating implication for those Salinger fans, such as this writer, who considers “Franny and Zooey” (1961) a far superior and more subtle novel.

The are occasional moments where Salinger’s connection to Holden is a success.

In one scene, an editor suggests that Salinger’s first depiction of Holden Caulfield in “Slight Rebellion Off Madison” (1946) should make Holden’s alcoholism more obvious. Salinger is stunned, and responds defensively: “He’s not an alcoholic.” Although it is never mentioned again, almost every scene before and after this one shows Salinger with a drink in his hand or an arm’s length away. There isn’t much evidence, however, that Salinger had an alcohol dependency in real life, or that the times when he and his professor drank together in bars were so entertaining, or that they even happened at all.

The movie ultimately portrays Salinger as its director wants to see him. Such an attempt is, if you’ll excuse the terminology, a little phony.

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Nikki Margaretos Is This Thing On?

I miss the old Taylor Content Warning: This column mentions sexual violence. ello, is this thing on? This is a column where I take a stab at the good, the bad and the ugly of pop music. Last year I kicked things off with a Kanye throwback, so let’s start with the complete opposite: whatever the heck Taylor Swift is doing right now. But first, I have a confession: I have this recurring nightmare where I’m in a job interview, and the interviewer slides over the picture of Nicki Minaj sporting side bangs and blue sparkly eyeshadow at the Taylor Swift Fearless Tour and asks, “Care to explain this?” I don’t know what is more cringeworthy: that or Swift’s first single “Look What You Made Me Do” off her upcoming album “Reputation” (2017).

Following the success of her sexual assault legal battle, Swift has done a musical 180. While the “I’m Too Sexy” (1991)-influenced backtrack sounds like it was made on GarageBand, the video proves to be more engaging.

After a juvenile zombie opening representing her rebirth, it’s chock-full of references to who else but Kanye West. Check off Kim’s jewel-filled Paris robbery, Ye’s near-fatal car accident, Taylor cradling a Grammy and a dance sequence reminiscent of rival Beyoncé’s “Formation” (2016). Sitting atop a golden throne engraved with “Et tu, Brute?,” Swift has fully transitioned from Juliet of “Love Story” (2008) to queen of the empire. She redeems LWYMMD with a final self-dragging skit. Who doesn’t love 14 clones ganging up on “You Belong With Me” (2008) band-geek Taylor, y’all?

Speaking of humble beginnings, recall Swift’s “Thug Story” collaboration with T-Pain in 2009. Lyrics like “You don’t wanna fight me … In my extra small white tee,” have as much zing as LWYMMD’s diss, “No, I don’t like you.” Want some frosé for that burn? (I imagine there is large overlap between T-Swift biddies and frosé fanatics). In all seriousness, the reason why this new Taylor feels wrong is because she’s trying so hard to be something she’s not.

Earlier this month, Swift dropped her second single, “…Ready For It?” (2017), returning to her “1989” (2014) glitzy pop vocals, but with an overdose of bass. I’m still not sold on ‘bada– Taylor.’ It’s hard to pull off edginess with lyrics like “Stealing hearts and running off and never sayin’ sorry.” Did you catch that, guys? She’s not sayin’ sorry! She’s also probably unliking all your Instagram photos.

So, is she a snake or the heroine?

Either way, the bottom line is that you can’t avoid her. Even my grandma will know about “Reputation” when the UPS truck delivers her Talbots turtleneck sweaters. It’s the feud that keeps on giving — but Kanye and Taylor are millionaires for a reason. I’m placing bets now that the two cooked up this whole thing as a truly genius PR strategy. I’m not taking sides, but I will get my popcorn and w ait for the West/ Swift 2020 presidential bid. Thanks for tuning in, and check out my column playlist “is this thing on?” on Spotify for more.

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Nikki Margaretos is a senior majoring in economics. Nikki can be reached at nikoletta.margaretos@tufts.edu.

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Shantel Bartolome and Conor Friedmann Bored & Confused

Why do people like watching horror movies?

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othing is more exciting than watching, laughing and screaming at over-thetop horror movie scenes, from Samara crawling out of a well in “The Ring” (2002) to twins appearing ominously in “The Shining” (1980). But one thing may be even better (and more satisfying): forcing helpless friends to watch these movies while I cower behind pillows at slumber-parties-turned-murder-movie-marathons. Our own screaming may prove to be the scariest screaming of all, as we throw popcorn at looming villains and shriek at victims’ stupidity and their resulting demise. And while it’s all fun and gore, it’s time to ask: Why exactly do people like watching horror movies?

The answer lies in a variety of factors, explains psychologist Glenn Walters. Horror films engage viewers in three ways: tension, relevance and unrealism. The factor of tension, which is “generated by suspense, mystery, terror, shock, and gore” is a given, as movie-goers expect engagement and glamour.

Horror movies accomplish relevance through their break into the psyche, establishing “personal relevance, cultural meaningfulness, the fear of death.” At a macro level, horror movies reflect our own primal fears and trepidation about death and doomsday. At a more personal level, horror movies demonstrate relevance by posing a classic question to the public: What would you do? What would you do if you discovered that your newly-purchased house was haunted? What would you do if a serial killer rampaged about town? I’d cry in every situation.

Unrealism, the distinct departure from reality, also plays a role in horror movies’ popularity. Most events in scary movies are outside everyday drudgery. While audiences can relate to scary movies, they ultimately experience a sense of control and safety in acknowledging classic horror tropes and laughing at their innate outrageousness. Viewers can engage with outlandish images, achieve catharsis and leave a movie theater unscathed.

The best horror movies successfully balance relevance and unrealism. The acclaimed 2008 vampire horror film “Let the Right One In” is a perfect, albeit gory, example, depicting a tender friendship between a bullied boy and a vampire girl. The movie first accomplishes the factor of relevance in its focus on interpersonal relationships, from the victim fearing his bullies to the parent concerned for their child, to a boy seeking friendship in a girl (what would you do if your best friend were a bloodthirsty vampire?). The film addresses fears of rejection and isolation, tugging at heartstrings and causing Empire to laud it as a “devastating, curiously uplifting inhuman drama.” While it is “curiously uplifting,” “Let the Right One In” has equally established its unrealism as “simply bizarre: part of a constellation of freakiness and fascination,” according to The Guardian. The audience still feels safe and in control, comforted by the certainty that such “freakiness” isn’t feasible in the real world, but is entertaining in film. This symmetry between relevance and unrealism drives audiences to see horror movies, even at the risk of sleepless nights.

And while slumber-parties-turned-murder-movie-marathons leave us tossing and turning at night, we always come back for more: more frights, more thrills and definitely more screams.

Shantel Bartolome is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. Shantel can be reached at natasha.bartolome@tufts. edu. Conor Friedmann is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. Conor can be reached at conor.friedmann@tufts.edu.

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THE TUFTS DAILY | Sports | Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Arlo Moore-Bloom The Equalizer

Where US Men’s soccer stands today

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nited States Men’s Soccer fans walking away from Red Bull Arena on the night of Sept. 1 had only one thought on their minds: how is this team going to qualify for the 2018 World Cup? Costa Rica, playing in its usual 5–4–1, outfought and outplayed a supposedly “superior” U.S. team to the tune of 2–0. This loss was historic for U.S. Men’s soccer; it was their first home qualifying loss by multiple goals in sixty years.

Days later, an 85th-minute Bobby Wood equalizer against Honduras was all the U.S. could muster to keep World Cup qualifying anxiety at bay.

Even though coach Bruce Arena brought glory to U.S. soccer by winning the Gold Cup this summer, the team is still in dire straits in terms of World Cup qualification.

They play in arguably the easiest qualification group in the world, nicknamed the “hex.” Six teams enter — most of which have a GDP less than a hundredth of the U.S.’s — and three teams leave with a World Cup bid. Even the fourth-place team can qualify by beating the fifth-place team from Asia’s qualifying group.

The team has two more qualifying matches: one against Panama and another against Trinidad and Tobago later this October. They cannot mathematically qualify before their last game, yet ESPN’s Soccer Power Index has them at a 83 percent chance to qualify. The United States is blessed to have such a forgiving qualifying process.

Admittedly, Arena hasn’t had an easy job, and according to captain Michael Bradley, he’s done well in instilling a sense of confidence and comfort in his players. The defense should improve once John Brooks and DeAndre Yedlin come back from injury, and Christian Pulisic, the 19-year-old wonder kid from Pennsylvania who plays for European power Borussia Dortmund, will only improve with time.

For the first time since 1990, the U.S. Men’s team will only have until the last game to qualify for the World Cup. Whether they qualify or not, this will be considered their worst qualifying campaign in almost thirty years. What can be attributed to this poor showing? Given the nation’s size and wealth, shouldn’t the team be showing some sort of improvement?

There isn’t a short answer to this question. The U.S. lacks the soccer infrastructure to develop top players — it’s no coincidence that Pulisic spent his later teen years at Dortmund where he could properly develop. Would Pulisic be the player he is today had he not gone overseas at the ripe age of 16? Probably not.

There is no unifying soccer philosophy in the U.S. that coaches from all levels can draw from, and the pay-to-play mentality of youth soccer keeps a swath of young kids from playing. The set-up of the MLS is frustratingly backwards, and compared to the European system, college soccer inhibits player development instead of improving it.

These problems are all interconnected and influence each other, but there is no panacea to the U.S. underperforming in soccer. Sometimes a failing system needs a shock to reinvent itself. Maybe it would do us some good if we blew it against Panama and Trinidad and Tobago and did not even qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Arlo Moore-Bloom is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Arlo can be reached at arlo.moore_bloom@tufts.edu.

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Bright wins Player of the Week after pair of victories VOLLEYBALL

continued from back be. Tufts squeaked by 25–23, 25–22 and 27–25, getting key kills when they were needed.

The Jumbos raced to an early 17–9 lead before finding themselves down 21–20. They rallied, however, finding themselves ahead 24–23 after Bell added a pair of kills and sophomore setter Rachel Furash added her own.

Finally, Bright smashed home the winning hit to seal the pivotal first set.

In the second set neither team was able to take a decisive lead and the score tied at 20–20. Four errors by the Bobcats and a final kill from Bright were enough to finish off the set with a 25–22 advantage.

Tufts continued its steady foothold on the match as it rolled into the third set, but a series of soft tips over the trees of the Tufts front line at the net kept Bates in it — including one that fought off the second of

three match points. Nonetheless, the Jumbos completed the match using the same formula that worked so well for the majority of day: dominance at the net. As noted by the players themselves, the importance is represented in multiple ways.

“It is so important to be strong at the net,” Yu said. “It allows our teammates to play great defense behind them.”

The dominance at the net showed in the numbers. Tufts hit home 51 kills compared to Bates’ 37. Bright was responsible for 16 of the Jumbos’ kills; however, lots of team members contributed, with sophomore hitters Heather Holz and Maddie Stewart, Furash and Bell each recording at least seven kills.

Bright was named NESCAC Player of the Week on Monday after her outstanding performance over the weekend. She is the first player on the team to be recognized for the award since Elizabeth Ahrens (LA ’17) received the award almost exactly one year ago.

“When you have three hitters in the front row who can all equally put the ball away, it makes it a lot more difficult for the other team to figure out where the set is going to go,” Bright said. “We have a lot of really talented and dynamic hitters on our team who can all step up to the plate and challenge the other team across the net.”

The Jumbos currently sit at the top of the NESCAC in-conference standings, thanks to the two victories.

They’ll look to keep up their undefeated conference record (and potentially even their undefeated set-record) in an away game at Bowdoin today. Bowdoin also won their first two matches of the season, against Colby and Bates as well (though they did drop a set to the latter).

It should be a highly competitive season for the Jumbos and the strong performances over the weekend indicate that they will be in it until the very end.

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Sophomore middle hitter Heather Holz serves in the women’s volleyball home game against Colby in Cousens Gym on Sept 16.

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Jumbos bounce back from early-season loss FIELD HOCKEY

continued from back tively. The Jumbos had clearly carried their momentum from Saturday’s hammering of the Conn. College Camels.

The previous day, Tufts dominated a visiting Conn. College side, winning 5–0. With five different players scoring goals, the Jumbos featured a well-rounded attack, and their defense — while seldom called upon — was stellar when it had to be.

Senior co-captain Mary Kate Patton opened the scoring after 5:38, sliding

a shot past the Camels’ first-year goalie, Andi McGraw. Roughly 14 minutes later, McGraw saved a shot from Travers, but Lewis pounced on the rebound and slotted it home to open up a two-goal lead. The goal was Lewis’ second of the season, as the Houston, Texas native also scored in the loss to Babson.

Despite the early lead, the Jumbos refused to take their foot off the gas.

Malik notched her first goal of the season in the 24th minute, redirecting a long-range effort by Lewis into the back of the net. Tutoni added a fourth

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goal just two minutes into the second half, again tipping a shot from distance. Junior midfielder Claire Trilling rounded out the scoring in the 41st minute with a great individual effort.

In all, the Jumbos bombarded McGraw with 32 shots, 14 of them on target. Tutoni led the way with six shots, four on target. Meanwhile, Polinski had to make just one save thanks to the defense of junior Issy Del Priore, senior Amanda Weeks and senior co-captain Ellexa Thomas.

Next up for Tufts (3-1, 3-0 NESCAC)

is a visit to MIT on Wednesday. Despite their close proximity, the two schools haven’t faced each other since 2009, when the Jumbos prevailed 5-1 in the NCAA Tournament. The Engineers narrowly missed out on a top 20 ranking in the most recent Div. III coaches’ poll.

“Tina [Mattera] does a good job of [putting together] a competitive schedule,” Ward said. “We want to take everything we did well this weekend, and hopefully we can repeat the success we had.”

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FIELD HOCKEY

Tufts forward Gigi Tutoni, a junior, rushes ahead of a Trinity defender in the game against the Trinity College Bantams on Sept. 17.

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Field hockey sweeps pair of NESCAC opponents

by Caleb Symons

Assistant Sports Editor

Following last week’s emotional 2–3 overtime loss to No. 6 Babson, No. 1 Tufts faced two critical games against NESCAC opponents. The team responded with a vengeance, defeating Conn. College 5–0, and Trinity 3–1, on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

“You learn a lot when you lose,” sophomore goalie Samantha Ward said. “I think we did a good job of taking the things we did well [against Babson] and doing them even better, and improving on the things we didn’t do as well.”

On Sunday, Tufts played host to No. 12 Trinity, which — despite its lofty rank-

ing — struggled to begin the season, losing two of its first three games. The Jumbos proceeded to overwhelm the Bantams early on, scoring three goals in the first half hour.

Junior forward Gigi Tutoni opened the scoring fewer than five minutes in, converting a corner off of a feed from senior midfielder Celia Lewis. The goal was Tutoni’s third of the year, and second in as many games. Tufts’ second goal also came via a set play, with junior forward Hanaa Malik redirecting a shot past Trinity senior goalie Lori Berger. Senior forward Mary Travers added a third in the 28th minute, diving to tip a shot from Malik past Berger. The goal increased

Travers’ season tally to three, tied with Tutoni for the team lead.

“They’re doing a great job,” Ward said. “Whether it’s Gigi [Tutoni], or Celia [Lewis], or [sophomore midfielder] Marguerite [Salamone], they all work really well together.”

The three-goal cushion was more than enough for the Jumbos, and they saw out the remainder of the game with solid — and at times, spectacular — defensive play. At the stroke of halftime, Tufts junior goalie Emily Polinski was caught out of her net, but senior midfielder Erin Sanders came up with a miraculous stop on the goal line to deny Trinity a potentially momentum-shifting goal.

Senior forward Kelcie Finn converted a penalty stroke for the Bantams in the 49th minute to narrow the deficit to two goals, but that was as close as the visitors would get. Polinski, with eight saves in the game, made several diving stops in the second half to preserve the victory.

“I’ve been really proud of Emily [Polinski],” coach Tina Mattera said. “She had a great year last year, and she knows she can be even better this year.”

The Jumbos pushed the Bantams’ defense for all 70 minutes, taking 19 shots and earning nine penalty corners compared to only 12 and three respecsee FIELD HOCKEY, page 11

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Back-to-Back sweeps cement dominant weekend for volleyball

by Jeremy Goldstein Staff Writer

Disclaimer: Mackenzie Bright has previously worked as a staff writer at the Daily. She was not involved in the writing of this article.

It was a weekend of perfection for Tufts volleyball, opening up NESCAC play with a pair of emphatic victories against conference rivals. In spite of their earlier victories, adjustments were paramount heading into Saturday’s contest against Colby, in both the respect of strategy changes and simply staying in the moment.

“On Saturday we really wanted to work on staying calm in situations

where we weren’t necessarily in system,” junior outside hitter Mackenzie Bright told the Daily in an electronic message.

Regardless of the slight contrast, both proved to be effective barometers of success. Tufts set the tone against Colby from the beginning with an assertive 25–13 first set triumph, and used that momentum for the victorious 25–13 and 25–17 second and third sets, respectively. Sophomore libero Kelly Klimo, classmate defensive specialist Madison Clay and junior setter Katie Zheng all received the ball well.

Klimo recorded seven digs during the matchup, while Clay and Zheng posted

10 and eight respectively.

“We all trust each other,” Klimo told the Daily in an electronic message.

“We know that we are all capable of doing our jobs in order to help us get to where we need to be.”

The offense took every opportunity that the defense handed it, smashing 44 kills with a 40.2-percent kill success rate over the course of three sets.

Bright led the team with 13 and was closely followed by sophomore outside-hitter Brigid Bell. The match was over in a mere 1:24, ending a weekend of NESCAC play at home.

The back-to-back games did not pose any challenges for the team’s

stamina, and the team was able to adjust their play to either opponent.

“We like to approach each match one at a time focusing on the opponent we are playing rather than past or future matches,” junior setter Angela Yu told the Daily in an electronic message. “So having a game plan for each match keeps our heads in the present moment and allows us to make adjustments specific to the match we are playing.”

Bates, Friday’s foe, was also dispatched in three sets, perhaps as neck-and-neck as three sets could see VOLLEYBALL, page 11