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ResLife to introduce changes to first-year housing by Aneurin Canham-Clyne Assistant News Editor

The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) is preparing to consolidate first-year housing at Tufts and restructure the Residential Assistant (RA) program in the coming year, according to ResLife Director Yolanda King. Going forward, ResLife will house most first-year students in first-year only buildings, according to Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Chris Rossi. This means the elimination of many mixed dorms, buildings in which both first-years and sophomores live together, according to Rossi. Several buildings that have previously provided mixed housing will be changed to house either only first-years or only sophomores. Currently, firstyear students live in a variety of spaces, including first-year only housing such as Tilton, Houston and Haskell Halls,

and mixed-year buildings such as Miller, Lewis and Harleston Halls. According to King, the changes will affect Wilson House, Bush Hall and Miller Hall, all currently mixed dorms. They will become first-year only housing, in addition to Tilton Hall and Houston Hall. Harleston Hall will continue to house firstyear and returning students, albeit in separate sections of the building, while previously firstyear only Haskell Hall will be occupied solely by returning students, Rossi added. Lewis Hall see HOUSING, page 2

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Resident Advisor Robert Middlemist poses for a portrait in Harleston Hall on Feb. 1.

CBS News President David Rhodes discusses news media in politics

David Rhodes, president of CBS News, speaks at the Fletcher School’s ASEAN Auditorium politics on Feb. 6. by Emily Burke

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CBS News President David Rhodes spoke at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy last night at an event sponsored by the Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World. The primary subject of the discussion was the role of news media in the presidential election and beyond.

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Dean of the Fletcher School James Stavridis, introduced Rhodes and commented on the importance of media in politics and diplomacy. “[Rhodes] is someone who personifies the values of journalism. He personifies telling the truth,” Stavridis said. “I say to journalists, thank you for your service, the service you provide this nation of helping us discover the

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truth, which matters and matters deeply.” Rhodes emphasized that real jour nalism is more important now than ever, and that now is the perfect time for those pursuing a role in media to get involved in world events. “I don’t think there’s ever been a more exciting time to seek a career in this field,” Rhodes said. “There are more opportunities for journalZACH SEBEK / THE TUFTS DAILY ists and commuabout the media and nicators in general who have a passion for reporting, for the law, for diplomacy.” According to Rhodes, although many people see recent political developments such as the election of President Donald Trump as unprecedented, some of these events can in fact be contextualized by history. “A new administration always tries to set favorable rules of engagement

with the news media in the afterglow of an electoral victory, whether by deploying new technologies or attempting to reach around reporters and directly to supporters,” Rhodes said. Rhodes advised prospective journalists not to enter the field with the goal of becoming popular with audiences. “Audiences are highly engaged in what we’re reporting, and they care about the way that we’re reporting it and the tone that we’re using,” Rhodes said. Rhodes also addressed “fake news,” which has been a subject of much discussion and debate throughout and after last year’s presidential campaign and election. According to Rhodes, there are several reasons for the popularity and influence of fake news. Rhodes argued that people are drawn to stories that are entertaining or that confirm their opinions, even if there is no evidence that the stories are true. “Why are people taken in by fake news? What is fake news? It’s lies. A story which isn’t true catches on, it’s widely shared on social media, and the combination of lies and social media is very seductive,” Rhodes said. Rhodes explained that the rapid spread of fake news might also con-

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In effort to bolster first-year experience, Tufts to reconfigure residence halls HOUSING

continued from page 1 will now only house returning students, in addition to Carpenter House, Hillside Apartments, Latin Way Apartments, Sophia Gordon Hall, Stratton Hall, West Hall and Wren Hall. According to King and Julie Kennedy, the area residence director for Area Three of Tufts’ housing system, these changes will be accompanied by an increase in the number of doubles in Stratton Hall and a strengthening of the resources and programs designed to help students find off-campus housing. Haskell Hall, a suite-style dorm building, will be switched from a first-year only dorm to a returning students’ dorm, according to Rossi. Rossi explained that this change is motivated by a housing study that Tufts conducted last year, which indicated that first-years are generally more satisfied with and form stronger communities in conventional

dorms rather than suite-style buildings. This emphasis on community for first-years was echoed by King, who said that the reforms were intended to enhance first-year students’ living experience. The change will also provide more suite-style living for upperclassmen, Rossi said. King further noted that the coming arrangement would be a more efficient use of Tufts’ housing capacity, and would allow for the creation of desired first-year communities. According to Rossi, the changes coming to the housing system are a result of cooperation between ResLife, the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate and other student groups. Following the results of the housing survey last year, Tufts moved to implement changes to improve the communal life of students and consolidate housing according to student preference.

King and Kennedy noted that the change in the housing system will also be accompanied by a shift in the roles played by RAs. Starting next year, there will be two distinct residential advisor roles. According to King, the RA role will be separated into First Year Advisors (FYAs) and Community Development Advisors (CDAs). FYAs will live in firstyear residences, while CDAs will live in continuing student housing, according to King and Kennedy. Robert Middlemist, a current RA, said that he is looking forward to the coming changes and hopes they will help create stronger communities in the firstyear class, particularly because FYAs will help to serve as orientation leaders. Middlemist, a junior, added that he has personally enjoyed working as an RA. “Being an RA has provided me with a community or family that I had dearly missed during my [earlier] time at Tufts,” he said.

CBS News President: journalists should continue current approach in wake of 2016 election CBS

continued from page 1 tribute to a growing sense of disillusionment with the media. Rhodes suggested that part of people’s disappointment in the media could be connected to their anger about recent political developments. For these reasons, Rhodes sees no reason for journalists to change their approach to news coverage, even in the face of complaints about the behavior of the media from the Trump administration. “It’s no reason to change journalistic standards in any way. Core standards are timeless. Whether they’re the standards

of law … or media … to change them now would be ridiculous,” Rhodes said. “We’re confident that our methods will hold newsmakers accountable, and continue to serve the public interest as the press, we think, has done for generations.” Edward Schumacher-Matos, director of the Murrow Center, responded to Rhodes’ remarks by bringing up Trump’s tendency to think of the media as the opposition. Rhodes emphasized that it is the media’s responsibility to cover what important political figures are saying and doing, but that tone is critical in providing an impartial perspective on the news.

Rhodes also fielded questions from the audience about topics ranging from the coverage of events such as mass shootings to the relationship between Trump’s tweets and the rest of his diplomatic policy. Rhodes emphasized that it is crucial for journalists to continue seeking the truth and thoroughly investigating important stories both domestically and internationally. “Check your biases at the door, get outside your comfort zone, tell stories, do good work, challenge yourselves, your assumptions and continue to invest time in this reporting,” Rhodes said.

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Day of Service provides local volunteering opportunities for Tufts students by Maddie Gupta Staff Writer

Tufts students volunteered at a number of local charities as part of the University Chaplaincy’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event on Jan. 28. The event followed a symposium on Martin Luther King Jr, which was also organized by the Chaplaincy earlier in January. Students volunteered at the Boston Red Cross Food pantry, the Cambridge Zen Center and the Mystic Learning Center in Somerville. According to Zachary Cole, program and outreach specialist at the Chaplaincy, the sites were partly selected based on their locations. “One of the sites is in downtown Boston, one is in Cambridge, one is in Somerville, so we’re really trying to focus on the local community,” he said. “It’s a chance for students to support local community organizations and continue to build relationships with them.” Cole added that another important factor impacting site selection was a history of collaboration with Tufts students. “We have been working with sites that our students over the past couple of years have been reaching out to,” he said. “We really try to work with communities that we already have an established connection with.”

Cole explained that the event was a collaborative effort and was planned by Tufts staff, faculty and students. Staff leaders acted as chaperones to help facilitate reflection throughout the day, he said. “We wanted students to be thinking about the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and reflecting on some of the systemic pieces of what is happening,” Cole said. “[We wanted them] to really pause and think about the work that we’re doing.” Senior Samantha Goldsmith, who volunteered at the Mystic Learning Center, described the activities of the day. “We played a couple of games with [the kids] and then split off into sports and crafts,” she said. “We helped them make these cute pins with beads and some flower pens with duct tape, which was huge and ridiculous, but it was a lot of fun.” Senior Michaela Beck, who volunteered at the Boston Red Cross Food Pantry, said that she found the experience meaningful and enjoyable. Her work at the Red Cross included both organizational work and work with guests of the food pantry. “We spent half the time at the back of the food pantry, packaging up all the food, putting it all together and putting all the produce into bags so they were prepared for the guests,” she said. “For the second part, we were the ‘runners,’

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which basically meant that we were actually welcoming the guests into the food pantry and bringing them around to make sure they got all the food.” In addition, Beck said she was able to build new relationships with other volunteers. “I felt like the interactions that we had with each other were also really meaningful in addition to the experience in itself. I got to meet a bunch of new people too,” she said. This year was the third annual Day of Service hosted by the Chaplaincy, according to a 2016 Daily article. This year’s Day of Service had the lowest attendance of any year since its launch, Cole noted, with between 20 and 30 people in attendance. According to Goldsmith, the event was not widely known throughout the student body. “I only heard about this through Interfaith because I’m already involved,” she said. “I know that my friends who aren’t involved in interfaith groups would have liked to have heard about it earlier.” Beck commended the Chaplaincy on effective advertising through email, postulating that the challenge is in actually motivating students to volunteer. “I think they did a relatively good job,” she said. “It’s sometimes hard to get students to not just see an email but actually act on it.”

Goldsmith and Beck said that while more Tufts students were probably interested in volunteering, time constraints likely limited participation. When asked to comment on Tufts students’ general attitudes toward volunteering, Goldsmith noted that students are sometimes less enthusiastic about volunteering compared to activism. “We do a lot of activism, which is absolutely fantastic, but when it gets to the micro level of community building and volunteer work, we’re not always as excited because it does take up a lot of time,” she said. According to Cole, Tufts offers many other volunteering opportunities for students over the course of the semester. “There’s Leonard Carmichael Society [LCS], which is a service umbrella group here at Tufts that provides a lot of volunteering opportunities,” he said. “The Chaplaincy also works really closely with our religious and philosophical student communities that often do a lot of service work.” Goldsmith said that the Day of Service was a meaningful experience for her, and she recommends it and other volunteering experiences to students. “Even though service opportunities are a tad hidden sometimes at Tufts, they are there, so anyone who is interested should definitely get involved,” she said.

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ARTS&LIVING SUPER BOWL ADS ROUND UP

The good, the bad and the ugly of 2017’s Super Bowl advertisements by John J. Gallagher Arts Editor

This year’s Super Bowl was an emotional rollercoaster, but, by virtue of some excellent last minute football-ery, the Patriots carried the day. Then someone stole Tom Brady’s jersey, presumably to breathe in the musk of victory. But in addition to the football, Lady Gaga’s halftime performance and the garment theft, there were, of course, advertisements. At a cost of $5 million for 30 seconds of airtime, capturing audience attention cost $0.02 million more this year than last. Even with those high stakes, some brands dared to get political, and others dared to make truly terrible ads. Here is the Daily’s round up of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of 2017’s Super Bowl ads.

The Good – “Ghost in the Shell” The live-action remake of classic science fiction manga and anime “Ghost in the Shell” (1989 – present) has generated a ton of controversy since a trailer premiered last year, due to whitewashing allegations. The trailer that aired at the Super Bowl was brief and thus necessarily light on plot details, but it perfectly conveyed the film’s aesthetic. It shows a series of slow-motion fight sequences and dimly-lit gunfights before a voice declares, presumably directed toward Johansson’s character, “They did not save your life. They stole it,” as a discordant backing track crescendos. The visual splendor and ambiguous ending make for a tremendously effective trailer.

The Bad – Ford: Go Further Visually, this ad is stunning. It opens with a shot of a ski-lift hauling a skier up

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Scarlett Johansson plays The Major in Paramount's live-action adaptation of ‘Ghost in the Shell.’ a mountain in the middle of a snow-dusted alpine forest. The ski-lift judders to a halt and our skier is left stranded. The ad continues with immaculate shots of people of all ages, genders and races getting stuck in various places and failing at daily tasks. A silky, rumbling manvoice then intones: “No one likes being stuck. That’s why Ford is developing new technologies to help you move through life. Faster, easier, better.” The previously stuck people then become miraculously dislodged from their immobile states. Ford makes a vague reference to bike sharing in the ad, and attempts to connect the different activities in which people get stuck, with little success. Audi’s excellent ad from last year’s Super Bowl, “The Commander,” is still the gold-standard of Super Bowl car ads.

The Ugly – Sprint: No Need for Extreme Measures “Let me guess, faking your own death to get out of our Verizon contract?” inquires a hiker after witnessing a man and his children push a car into a ravine. The insightful hiker reminds the man that it is not necessary to fake one’s own demise to escape a phone plan. After all, he could have simply switched to Sprint, which is almost as good as Verizon in the first place! Hoping to sell phone plans by telling consumers that they can pay much less for a marginally worse product is a dubious and unconvincing note to start on, and the ad’s entire premise is also absurd. It is also not absurd in an endearing way, but in a way that leaves viewers cringing. Next time, Sprint should focus on the fact that it is cheaper than its competitors in its ads or pocket the $5 million cost of airtime.

OPERA REVIEW

A night at the opera: HCO presents Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ by Libby Langsner Assistant Arts Editor

For its 25th anniversary, Harvard College Opera (HCO) put on a production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” from Feb. 1– 5 at the Agassiz Theater. The production contained a completely undergraduate cast, production staff and orchestra featuring students from Harvard College, Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. The performance was unique as HCO President Cristina Bianco stated, “For the first time in our organization’s history, we are performing ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ in its original language with projected supertitles.” With the leadership of Musical Director Sasha Scolnik-Brower and Stage Director Joule Voelz, HCO pulled off an impressive operatic feat. The quality of vocal and orchestral talent was superb, creating a sense in the theater that the audience felt transported to another world. “Le Nozze di Figaro” (meaning the marriage of Figaro) is considered to be one of Mozart’s masterworks. At the time the opera was initially written, the play from which the libretto of the opera is based on, Figaro, had been banned from its native France because of its “subversive plotline.”

“Le Nozze di Figaro” surrounds the affairs of two main couples, Count and Countess Almaviva of a Spanish palace and their servants, Figaro and Susannah respectively. The Count is madly in love with Susannah, and on the day of her marriage to Figaro tries to do everything in his power to halt the marriage. Susannah, being loyal to both Figaro and the Countess, tells them both about the Count’s plan. Figaro uses his position as the aid to the Count to figure out the details of his plan, and the Countess and Susannah find a way in which to trick the Count and reprimand him for his unfaithful ways. The plot itself would put any contemporary soap opera or reality TV show to shame. The number of plot twists and characters intensifies the dramatic nature of the play, but also maintains the comical nature of the opera. Mozart’s genius lies in his ability to illustrate the psyche of each individual character through song, along with his capacity to have his characters laugh at their own absurdity. Opera has been unfairly portrayed as the least accessible type of artistic performance. When watching students put on a three-anda-half hour long production, having memorized songs in a language they are not fluent in, it is clear that millennials still have a passion for opera. According Assistant Stage Manager Spencer Glesby, the performers are all amateurs. “Singers from the conservatory aren’t

allowed to study opera until they’ve finished their undergraduate degree,” Glesby said. Out of the entire cast, only graduate student James Lesu’I, who played the Count, had received any operatic training. This was shocking considering the quality of singing. There were even cast members who did not study voice at all, and they were some of the most captivating singers of the production. What is appealing about opera and why young people still want to perform and view it (the last two performances were sold out) is that the lessons that Mozart captures still ring true today. In the screenplay from the movie “Amadeus,” (1984) Mozart proclaims “It’s a piece about love.” This opera nerd would argue it is a piece that goes beyond love. When the Countess sings her aria about how she still loves her unfaithful husband despite all he has done to her, the audience cannot help but feel a moment of empathy. Bianco does a beautiful job of capturing the forlornness in the Countess’ tone, and the viewer realizes how much one puts up with for love. During the final scene, she alone forgives the Count for his immoral ways. The production created such an atmosphere that viewers felt she was not only granting the Count forgiveness, but also forgiving herself for her unconditional love towards him. “Le Nozze di Figaro” reminds viewers that where there is no forgiveness, there is no love.

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Tommy Gillespie On Location

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scene roughly midway through director Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s film “Mustang” (2015) depicts the oldest pair of five orphaned sisters (from youngest to oldest: Lale, Nur, Ece, Selma and Sonay) getting married. Sonay marries her boyfriend, who has been secretly courting her throughout the film. Throughout the joint wedding, she happily dances, sings and imagines her future. Selma, who is marrying a man in an arranged match, retreats to her bedroom feeling frightened and lonely. Her four sisters come up to comfort her, and Lale’s narration reveals that it is the last time that all five sisters will be together. Set in a remote village in northeastern Turkey, “Mustang” presents the lives of these five sisters and the events that ensue after their grandmother and uncle hear that they took a trip to the beach with a group of boys. At the beach, the girls play a game in which they sit on the boys’ shoulders and try to knock each other off. This leads their grandmother to believe the girls were trying to “pleasure themselves.” As punishment, the sisters are forbidden to leave the house unsupervised, and when they are permitted to leave, they are forced to wear conservative dresses. As the film continues, Ergüven depicts the various ways in which the sisters resist the punishment they have been administered. Since “Mustang” debuted at Cannes in May 2015, the film has attracted controversy in Turkey. Many prominent voices in the Turkish film industry have accused the film of pandering to negative Western attitudes about Turkish culture. Some have argued that Ergüven, who was born in Istanbul and grew up between Turkey and France, does not have any real understanding of rural life in Turkey. In response, Ergüven has said in interviews that life for women in Turkey today is “like the Middle Ages.” Despite its heavy subject matter, what makes “Mustang” subversive is its joy. The sisters, particularly Lale, command the film with their unique personalities and powerful bond. The feminist aspects of the film, as well as the female solidarity amongst the main characters, seamlessly outshines all the criticism from conservatives. Additionally, Ergüven does not shy away from the grim consequences these efforts of resistance can receive. Nonetheless, the sisters’ joyful defiance and individuality remain at the core of the film. One early notable scene features the sisters sneaking out of the house to attend a soccer match for the local team, Trabzonspor. The game is exclusively admitting female attendees because the male spectators had been too violent during past matches. The all-female crowd presents a clear message about female solidarity. However, the actions of the girls’ aunt are more intriguing. Upon seeing the girls on TV, she cuts off power in the village, so their uncle will not be able to see them and punish them. It soon becomes clear that to continue living with any semblance of freedom, the girls must run away from their current lives. Therein lies the source of the controversy surrounding “Mustang” and its subversive message: Ergüven essentially argues that free-thinking women have no place in this type of rural society. Tommy Gillespie is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Tommy can be reached at thomas.gillespie@tufts.edu.

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Nesi Altaras Looking In

Becoming the Opposition

f the past week is any guide, millions of Americans are unhappy with the Trump administration. Among them are college students, many of whom are in the opposition for the first time. Our generation, born in the 90s, was too young to be politically conscious during the Bush years and grew up in the Obama era — an era when the government was generally assumed to be “on your side.” You believed that the people leading the country were at least acting in good faith. Even if you disagreed, you did not look for malice. That has changed. Now there is a government that is actively against you and stands for everything you stand against. It is in such stark contrast to your view of the world that your disagreements with the previous government have become trivial. Such is the country I grew up in. I became politically conscious around the time of Obama’s first inaugural while in Turkey, where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğgan had been leading the government since 2003. To me, opposition was natural. It was innate. No one I knew liked the government. It was autocratic, too religious, neoliberal, etc. It was against me, who I was and what I stood for. I came to think that being on the left meant being in constant opposition. So, Erdoğgan kept being prime minister, and then president, and kept getting his way. Until in 2013, for the first time ever, millions of people rushed to the city centers to stand up for a park and Turkey’s democracy, risking brutality, tear gas and murder. For weeks, people did not leave, but we were still in opposition. The opposition in an autocracy does not have any real power except to get crowds moving. Their movement usually doesn’t translate into change. In America, right now at least, it’s different. The political culture and democratic institutions are strong enough to respond to people power, and the past week has done just that. The people demanded and the American Civil Liberties Union sued the government to earn a stay against the ban. That is because the judicial system hasn’t gone anywhere. The United States still has an independent and strong judiciary that truly checks the executive. Such systems don’t work to support the opposition in autocracies. Turkey’s judicial system is filled to the brim with cases of “insulting the president,” jailing journalists and lawfully elected MPs. The Women’s March, protests at airports against the immigration ban and the many more demonstrations to come have real effects. They change the votes of members of Congress, the actions of officials and, hopefully, the minds of presidents. People power can have an effect because this system allows it to, and Americans have seized the opportunity to flex their muscles and exercise their power. They only realized it after the election, but realized it nonetheless. So, go to protests and resist, because your actions matter. Act with conviction for those whose actions go ignored and unnoticed, like the people of Turkey. Nesi Altaras is a sophomore majoring in international relations. Nesi can be reached at nesi.altaras@tufts.edu

Opinion

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

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In Favor of a Two-State Solution As student leaders of various pro-Israel groups on campus including Tufts Hillel, J Street U Tufts, Tufts Friends of Israel, Tufts American-Israel Alliance and Visions of Peace, we may not always agree on the specifics of how to express our pro-Israel identities, but we stand united in our shared belief in a two-state solution as the most viable solution to the conflict. We believe that advocating for a Jewish, democratic Israel necessitates advocating for an independent state of Palestine, and we believe that politics and morality both dictate the need for negotiations to ensure mutual recognition, security, and freedom for Israelis and Palestinians alike. Although some envision a single state for both Israelis and Palestinians, the vast majority of experts on conflict resolution deem this binational solution impractical. The history of the Middle East demonstrates that

forcing competing national identities into a single state leads to continuous turmoil and conflict. We are deeply committed to promoting human rights, self-determination, and democratic representation for both peoples. The two-state solution is the only solution that addresses the national aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians. Through comprehensive negotiations, we envision an agreement that would grant each group their own country, while addressing difficult issues including the occupation of the West Bank, settlement expansion, security arrangements for both peoples, Israeli-Palestinian mutual recognition, borders, refugees, Gaza, Jerusalem and holy sites. We believe that the world will find strength in its diversity when every identity is respected on its own terms. This is the argument for self-determination that frames our internation-

al system, and we believe that both Israelis and Palestinians have a right to be part of that system. Recognizing the enduring violence between Israelis and Palestinians, we understand that this conflict must be resolved politically and not militarily. Rather than laying blame on actors on either side, we dedicate ourselves to taking proactive steps to address the issues that stand in the way of peace. A status quo in which Israelis and Palestinians live in fear of violence every day is unsustainable and unacceptable. We must push for a directly negotiated political solution based on 1967 borders. Editor’s Note: If you would like to send your response or make an op-ed contribution to the Opinion section, please email us at tuftsdailyoped@ gmail.com. The Opinion section looks forward to hearing from you.

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The Trump administration’s war on media Less than a month into his presidency, President Donald Trump has already sent shockwaves through the American public. Since taking office, he has signed numerous proclamations, executive orders and presidential memoranda implementing his campaign platform at surprising speed. He has ordered investigations into voter fraud, despite the lack of evidence suggesting any malfeasance (and diminishing his own victory in the process). He has made plans to cut Dodd-Frank regulations because, as he says, “I have so many people, friends of mine, who have nice businesses who can’t borrow money.” He has issued a ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, none of which has been host to anti-American terrorists in the past four decades. The Trump administration has taken active steps to advance its agenda in many arenas, including berating the media. The administration’s contempt for the media is a crucial issue to examine, given its implications regarding the very foundations of our political system. In deliberately diminishing public trust in the news, Trump is limiting the right of each American to a free press, and undermining a cornerstone of democracy. Throughout his campaign, and continuing into the onset of his presidency, Trump has capitalized on his critique of the media. In the final days of his

campaign, Trump went out of his way to label the media as “dishonest,” the New York Times as “a total lie” and even incited a “CNN sucks!” cheer at one of his events. His voters express being “fed up” with the press, and appreciate his off-the-cuff tweeting as a way to cut out the middleman of mainstream media. Trump’s rhetoric may be expected from a reactionary, impotent candidate, but it has quite a different impact coming from the president of the United States. Indeed, Trump openly calls his relationship with the media a “running war.” Trump’s administration is following his example. White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has not only made claims of a fraudulent press, but has actually told the media to “keep its mouth shut.” Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, has also criticized the media for spreading what she calls fake news, despite her infamous euphemism defining falsehoods presented by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer as “alternative facts.” Perhaps most alarmingly, Bannon and Trump have both called the media “the opposition party.” Rather than respecting the media’s presence as an institution that strives for balance and integrity, Trump’s administration has directly fired verbal shots at news outlets, thus politicizing the very pursuit of truth. Excoriating the entirety of mainstream

media is misguided and dangerous. The American people need the news sources Trump despises in order to educate themselves and act accordingly during the most tumultuous election and presidency in recent history. We should not be encouraged to rely on one man’s Twitter account for our news, whether he’s the most brilliant person on the planet or typing from the bathroom. Without an open supply of high-quality information provided by a thriving media, voters will remain uneducated about the issues facing our country. In order for this country to engage in a robust debate about how to move our country forward, we need a common factual framework to even have that debate in the first place. We, the people, must demand more from our leaders by supporting media institutions in every way possible. One way to do this is by subscribing to reputable news outlets, which helps ensure diligent journalists are getting paid for the important work they do. We must continue to reward responsible journalism and fight against “alternative facts,” because our democracy itself relies upon the relentless pursuit of truth. Editor’s Note: If you would like to send your response or make an op-ed contribution to the Opinion section, please email us at tuftsdailyoped@gmail. com. The Opinion section looks forward to hearing from you.

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Alec Whipple Red, White and True

Respecting the Separation of Powers

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o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which [the Constitution] has established… are the two sheet-anchors of our Union. If driven from either, we shall be in danger of foundering.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1823 Last week, President Donald Trump instituted an executive order restricting travel from seven designated Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East. With Massachusetts U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs’ restraining order having expired on Feb. 5, Washington U.S. District Court Judge James Robart has issued a ruling in the Seattle circuit court that extended the freeze on Trump’s executive order, much to the President’s chagrin. While Robart’s policy here is controversial, the larger issue at hand is the Trump administration’s hesitance to initially follow the court order. Indeed, the very structure of our government is threatened by actions such as these. In a democratic society, the way to disagree is to appeal to a higher court, not to disregard an order of another branch of government. The three branches of government have always stood as independent bodies that are deeply intertwined with each other through a series of checks and balances. However, there is little that the judiciary can do to enforce a ruling on the other branches. The most famous example of a judiciary being unable to enforce its ruling came in the case Worcester v. Georgia (1832), in which Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the government could not seize Cherokee lands. President Andrew Jackson made the infamous comment, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it,” and proceeded to ignore the court ruling. The incident showed the importance of the legislative and executive branches respecting the court and abiding by its decision. That respect has grown in importance since then. Despite there being legal challenges and court orders halting the ban since its first day, some border agents reportedly violated the federal court order by detaining affected immigrants even after the ban was halted. If President Trump’s administration ordered the agents to defy these orders, they could be held in contempt of court. It would be the beginning of what many have labelled a constitutional crisis. The precedent would be damaging for the separation of powers doctrine upon which this country rests. Whether one is a Republican or Democrat, we are all American citizens and thus should be fundamentally opposed to an executive branch that claims supreme power over the other branches. Adherence to the Constitution is one of the hallmarks of conservative judicial philosophy, which will grow in importance if a challenge against this ban reaches the Roberts Court with a confirmed Justice Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court bench. Despite the federal government’s compliance with the judge’s order, the President’s Twitter account told a different story. President Trump should respect not only the order of an equal branch of government, but also the branch itself. There is no place for mocking words like “so called judge.” If we champion respect toward others, particularly on social media, we should not have leaders who mock another branch of government. If it is a goal to preserve the fundamental balance of power, any leader should follow the tenets of the inaugural oath and “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” even if constitutional court rulings do not align with his or her personal beliefs. Alec Whipple is a sophomore majoring in political science. Alec can be reached at alec.whipple@tufts.edu

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Poor shooting dooms Tufts against rival Amherst MEN'S BASKETBALL

continued from back every time and built their lead from there. With just under seven minutes left in the half, both teams switched out everyone on the court, and two consecutive turnovers from Tufts allowed Amherst to score six unanswered points to establish a 30-36 lead. The gap briefly narrowed back to 34-36, but five more points before the half gave Amherst a 34-41 lead with 20 minutes remaining. The Purple and White opened up the scoring in the second half as the Jumbos struggled to take advantage of possessions on offense. One thing that worked to the Jumbos’ advantage was the high volume of fouls that the Purple and White committed, with the Jumbos making 14 of 21 free throws in the second half. After losing their rhythm in the first half, the Jumbos never really regained it. Despite scoring seven unanswered points at the end of the game, they were unable to reduce the deficit enough to challenge Amherst, which came away with the victory. One glaring difference in the performances of the two teams was that the Jumbos’ usually-strong bench failed to perform, contributing only 20 points when in the past they have easily doubled that number. Amherst’s bench, on the

other hand, went above and beyond to score 63 points. Junior guard KJ Garrett had a big impact on the game, grabbing 12 rebounds and ensuring that Tufts remained on par with their opponent’s rebounding. Although once a weakness for Tufts, rebounding has improved drastically due to Garrett’s individual impact, as he has been a solid performer in his first year wearing brown and blue. “Obviously it was disappointing that we lost, but the good thing was that we made a lot of correctable mistakes so we can keep working on all of that stuff in practice,” Pace said. Tufts’ shooting against Trinity on Friday was not significantly different from Saturday, with the exception of shots from behind the 3-point line. Tufts managed to go 53.8 percent from behind the line, compared to only 25 percent on Saturday. Although the Jumbos trailed 0-6 at the start of the game, they quickly brought it back and established a 16-10 lead in the first 10 minutes. Pace, who shot 2-14 on Saturday, went 4-7 in field goals and tallied 16 points against Trinity. Equally dominant in the first half were senior tri-captain Tarik Smith, with 15 points overall, and first-year guard Eric Savage, who had 12 points in the first half

alone. Savage added six points in the second half to lead all scorers. Garrett made big contributions to the team coming off the bench to record 17 points and seven rebounds. The Jumbos went into the second half with a six-point lead, but that dwindled in large part thanks to their shooting success decreasing from 46.4 percent in the first half to only 29.2 percent in the second. The Bantams outscored the Jumbos 37-31 in the second half, allowing them to make up the deficit and force the game into overtime. It was in the final 15 seconds of overtime that the Bantams gave away three free-throw points to the Jumbos, handing them the win. “This weekend was hard because [Amherst and Trinity] play the exact opposite from each other,” coach Bob Sheldon said. “Trinity plays defense, they hold and they want to stop you from scoring. But Amherst is all offense, they don’t care if you score. We were ready for Friday, but Saturday was more up to the players and their energy. With a little more time and preparation, us playing Amherst would be a different game.” The Jumbos are at home tonight against Pine Manor, before Friday’s conference matchup of the season against Williams, which is 4-4 in the NESCAC.

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Sam Nowicki Teeing Off

Hang it up, Tiger

nother hyped event, another dismal performance from Tiger Woods: Tiger withdrew from the Omega Dubai Desert Classic this past weekend. Well, actually, Tiger never made it to the weekend, withdrawing Friday morning after shooting an opening round 77, five shots over par. Tiger pulled out of the event after missing the cut at The Farmers Insurance Open the week prior, an event hosted by Torrey Pines. He previously won at that venue a record eight times, including during a U.S. Open in 2008. His last major championship victory was that event, almost nine years ago. Tiger was and still is scheduled to play four events in five weeks, but perhaps that will change after he cited back spasms as his reason for withdrawal in Dubai. He is scheduled to start at the Genesis Open (Feb. 16-19) and then will play the following week at the Honda Classic as the “Florida Swing” begins, the kick-off to full fields as major championship prep begins for all players. Tiger should do us all a favor and not show up in LA for the Genesis Open. He has become a distraction for the sport. He is not needed anymore, and the days where Tiger was here to “Make Golf Great Again” are long gone. The man hasn’t won on tour since 2013, and hasn’t been in a competitive position in a tournament since August 2015. He has dropped in the World Ranking to number 674th, down eight more spots this week. I will not, nor should anyone for that matter, try to make an argument against what Tiger has done for the game. He has brought a mass of money, swag, money, some money and a little bit more money to the game. Per PGAtour.com, from 1990-1996 b.t. (before Tiger), the total prize money increased from $82 million to $101 million, about 3% per year. From 1996-2008 d.t (during Tiger), the total prize money increased to $292 million, or about 9% per year. Tiger brought excitement to the game, and because of that excitement, ratings. Golf viewership and thus corporate sponsorship skyrocketed and first-place prizes jumped from less than $200k to well over $1 million. But, besides money, Tiger made golf fun. He made it youthful and athletic and really turned it into a sport. He inspired a generation of young golfers to play the game. The problem for Tiger now is that that young generation has completely usurped his throne and is dominating the sport. Players like Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Tony Finau and many others have taken the game by storm and are so much fun to watch. Tiger needs to get out of the game. He needs to stop being a distraction. He needs to stop absorbing any spotlight that could be shone on the young stars of the game. It was often a common theme when Tiger would come back from an injury or from his personal life issues that the game needed him. That he made the game better. Was this true from 19962013? Yes. But what about now? Does the game need Tiger Woods? No. Sam Nowicki is a junior majoring in biochemistry. Sam can be reached at samuel. nowicki@tufts.edu

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Jumbos split weekend road trip, cling to first place in NESCAC by Maddie Payne Sports Editor

The Jumbos were on the road against the Amherst Purple and White and the Trinity Bantams over the weekend. Coming off the back of road losses last week, Tufts fought hard against Trinity on Friday night, eventually coming away with a narrow 78-75 win in overtime. On Saturday, the No. 9 Jumbos fell to the No. 11 Purple and White 84-71 in their biggest game of the season so far. Although Tufts hangs on to the number one spot in the NESCAC at 7-2, Amherst and Middlebury trail 6-2 with the opportunity to tie Tufts in first place with games in the coming week. Amherst is arguably Tufts’ biggest rival both in and out of the NESCAC, with the teams having met three times last year. Although the Jumbos won the regular season game last year, the Purple and White were responsible for both of the Jumbos’ tournament exits. Amherst eliminated Tufts from the NESCAC Championship in the semifinal round and from the NCAA Tournament in the Elite Eight round. “It wasn’t much different than any other game. We always want to have a chip on our shoulder, go out there and win,” first-year center Patrick Racy said. “Given that it was Amherst and we went 1-2 against them last season, there was definitely some extra motivation to play hard.” The Jumbos took an early lead in the game due to the Purple and White fielding

a different starting lineup than usual as they celebrated Senior Day. Racy took the first four points in the game, playing against his older brother, Amherst senior captain guard Jeff Racy. Tufts’ leading scorer junior guard Vincent Pace added three points, and two more from Racy brought the Jumbos to a 9-3 lead, which was extended by junior guard Everett Dayton and senior center Drew Madsen to 13-5. The Purple and White took a 30-second timeout and brought new playANEGLIE XIONG / THE TUFTS DAILY ers on to the court Juniors Everett Dayton and KJ Garrett defend during Tufts’ game against Conn. College on Jan. 21. who had an instant impact. Senior forward Eric Conklin, who trail for the rest of the game. Ultimately, point line. On Saturday, the Jumbos shot scored in double figures in Amherst’s two it was the Jumbos’ shooting that let them 32.4 percent compared to the Purple and victories over Tufts last season, came off down. The Jumbos have seen great success White’s 44.6 percent, and that is arguably the bench on Saturday to immediately this season while their shooting was on what lost them the game. Leading up to earn points for his side. the mark. However, the team lacks consis- halftime, the Jumbos failed to convert Ten minutes into the first half, the tency in that area, and it suffered its first offensive possessions into scoring, but the Purple and White tied the game for the conference loss last week to Bates while Purple and White were successful almost first time at 27-27, and from there, they shooting 36.1 percent from the field and established and grew a lead and would not only 18.5 percent from behind the threesee MEN'S BASKETBALL, page 11

WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD

Third home meet of the year yields several season bests

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First-year Alina Strileckis (left) runs in a sprint with teammate and sophomore Patricia Blumeris at the Cupid Challenge held at Tufts on Feb. 4. by Sam Weidner

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The Jumbos continue to show steady improvement each week as they posted six new season bests at the annual Cupid Challenge hosted at Tufts’ Gantcher Center over the weekend. This was the third meet for the Jumbos at home of the four indoor meets this season. Senior quad-captain Sam Cox explained that the shape of the tracks can make a big difference in terms of players’ performances. In particular, she said the team prefers running on its home track and is happy that it has so

many home meets this season. “Some straightaways are longer or shorter than others, and I know for certain shorter events that can be a huge change from track to track,” Cox said. “We really like our track, and it was just resurfaced so we’re really happy to be running on it. Also, ours is a flat track and if you run a really fast time on a banked track you’re going to have to have a couple seconds tacked on to that time, so people want to run their fast times on our track.” The 4×400 relay was one of the Jumbos’ new season bests, as their squad of firstyear Rhemi Toth, senior quad-captain Rita Donohoe, junior Julia Prusaczyk and first-

year Julia Gake ran a time of 4:06.28 and captured first place for the race. Tufts now has posted a number of admirable 4×4 times, as this group now currently holds the 33rd best time in the nation for the 4×4, while a previous Tufts 4×4 relay from this season holds the 36th. The other group includes senior Hannah Loss and first-year Nehale Kunkle-Read along with Donohoe and Gake. Both of these early season times show that Jumbos will have a significant number of athletes available from whom to field their relay teams later in the season. For the field events, three different athletes posted season best scores in the pole vault, long jump and triple jump. Sophomore Sydney Ladner pole vaulted for a mark of 2.9 meter clearance, which matched her best pole vault of the season, while fellow sophomore Brita Dawson placed third in the meet with a 5.26 meter long jump that gave her the No. 46 jump in the nation as of late Saturday night. Firstyear Rebecca Glass also posted a triple jump of 9.98 meters for a 3rd place finish at the Cupid Challenge. On top of her good day with her pole vault, Ladner also ran a time of 8.22 seconds in the 60 meter dash, Tufts’ best time of the season. For the distance runners, there were also a number of good showings as Cox ran a time of 3:01.44 in the 1000 meter for another Tufts season best to place 3rd in the race. Sophomore Olivia Barnett posted a time of 5:11.22 in the mile as well, which was good for 35th in the nation. Junior Brittany Bowman and sophomore Natalie Bettez set the standard for distance run-

ning for the Jumbos earlier in the season. These new season bests add to the list of strong performances. Cox praised her teammates’ ability to transition from cross country to track this year. “Oftentimes, it is really hard to move from cross country to track for distance runners…but this year the physical transition has been really seamless,” she said. “I’m really excited to see how people perform I think there’s this fresh perspective on it this year …From what I’ve seen from the distance runners this season, I think people are really ready to go and perform indoors.” Coach Kristen Morwick also noted that a number of athletes posted qualifying times or cuts over the weekend for the indoor New England Div. III championships, hosted by MIT the weekend of Feb. 17. “[Sophomore] Kylene DeSmith qualified for New England’s in the pentathlon by doing all five events within the meet, very tough to do…she had to throw the shot put two minutes after finishing the 800m and she ran a PR [personal record] in the 60 hurdles and jumped a PR in the high jump,” Morwick told the Daily in an email. “[Sophomore] Brita Dawson competed in the long jump for the first time all season since she has had a back injury, and jumped a personal record for indoor and qualified for New England’s. The 3k runners also had a really good day…all qualifying for New England’s.” The Jumbos will see action again next weekend on Feb. 10 at the BU David Hemery Invitational, which will be their last meet of the indoor regular season.