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Elizabeth Warren came to speak at the protest against Trump’s anti-immigration act at Logan Airport’s international arrivals terminal on Jan. 28. by Joe Walsh
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Hundreds of protesters convened in Logan International Airport on Saturday night to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration. The protest was organized in the wake of an executive order signed by Trump on Friday that suspended the United States’ refugee program and temporarily banned entry into the country by nationals from seven majority-Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Yemen and Somalia. It paralleled demonstrations at airports nationwide, including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities, according to the Associated Press. Protesters stood in the arrivals area of Logan Airport’s international terminal. Early in the protest, which began at about 7 p.m., activist Catalina Santiago gave a brief introductory speech both in English and Spanish. She noted the importance of unity in response to Trump. “It is time for all immigrants to come together and join forces and stand … with our Muslim community,” Santiago said. “This is nothing new.” In between songs and chants of “let them in,” several local politicians and activists, including Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson, addressed the crowd. Jackson and Walsh strongly condemned Trump’s executive order and reaffirmed their support for Muslims and undocumented immigrants living in Boston. “This is the beginning of the second American Revolution,” Jackson said. At one point, Hamed Hosseini Bay emerged onto the concourse. Hosseini Bay, who is a
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postdoctoral scholar in biomedical engineering at Tufts, said he was questioned by authorities for several hours after returning to Boston from Iran. He was greeted at the airport by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and was promptly reunited with his family. “I’m grateful for all the people back here, but it was chaotic,” Hosseini Bay told reporters. Hosseini Bay was not the only person stopped by security personnel following Trump’s executive order. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, numerous individuals were detained at airports after arriving from countries listed in the order. On Saturday night, a federal judge in Brooklyn issued a stay that prevented the government from deporting legally-authorized travelers who were detained. Later that night, a federal judge at Boston’s Moakley Courthouse also ordered that individuals not be detained at Logan Airport because of Trump’s executive order. Meanwhile at Logan Airport, several protesters said they were encouraged by the number of people who gathered to oppose Trump’s executive order. Protester Jasmine Riad said she believes the executive order is both unconstitutional and an affront to American values. “It’s really inspiring to see people so upset,” Riad told the Daily. “I feel supported here [in Boston], so I hope that extends to other regions of the [United States].” Protester Ben Bradlow said that he views Trump’s action as a religious test for immigrants, a concept that he strongly rebuked as discriminatory. He added that he is hopeful for continued opposition to Trump, whom he sees as illegitimate. “We are fighting for refugees, we are fighting for people of all religions and we are fighting for the protection and restoration of democracy,” Bradlow said.
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Robin Glover and Ellen Pinderhughes are Tufts’ new interim Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs), following former CDO Mark Brimhall-Vargas’s departure from Tufts on Jan. 10. Glover is the associate dean of public health and professional degree programs at the Tufts Medical School, and Pinderhughes is a professor of child study and human development. They both said that they will continue to serve in these positions and will only serve as interim CDOs until a permanent CDO is selected. Provost and Senior Vice President David Harris said that he asked Glover to focus primarily on the Grafton and Boston Health Sciences campuses and Pinderhughes to focus on the Medford/Somerville campus. Nonetheless, they both said that they will work closely together. Harris explained that the process for selecting these two interim CDOs included input from Brimhall-Vargas, who currently serves as Brandeis University’s Chief Diversity Officer. “Given the limited duration of these interim appointments, and the desire to maintain momentum, I started by asking our former CDO to suggest outstanding candidates from among the many people who have worked on diversity and inclusion initiatives,” Harris told the Daily in an email. “I interviewed candidates and then made offers to [Glover] and [Pinderhughes].” Harris added that a new, permanent CDO will likely be chosen by a search com-
mittee of students, faculty and staff by the end of the academic year. Pinderhughes explained that, in her academic career in clinical and developmental psychology, she has studied and taught courses about cultural sensitivity and cross-cultural interaction. Additionally, she served on Tufts’ Council on Diversity and has worked with Brimhall-Vargas to improve the university’s services for low-resource students. Glover has served on the university’s Council on Diversity and the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, according to a Jan. 13 email from Harris. Brimhall-Vargas said that he suggested both of the interim candidates because of their good reputations among students and faculty and because of their prior work regarding diversity. “[Glover] is very familiar with the medical school campus, has relationships with Grafton, is very well respected there and has already served on the diversity and inclusion working group,” Brimhall-Vargas said. Brimhall-Vargas added that Pinderhughes will bring important experience and insight to the CDO role because she is a member of the Tufts faculty. “I appreciate [Pinderhughes’] willingness to serve as a faculty member,” he said. “As a faculty member, she can address some of the things that I think are still unresolved such as the search and selection process for faculty.” Glover and Pinderhughes both said they wanted to continue strong communication with students. “My goal has always been … to always listen to [students], that has been very see CDO, page 3
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Interim Chief Diversity Officers Ellen Pinderhughes, left, and Robin Glover, right, pose for a portrait in Ballou Hall on Jan. 27.
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Charlie Baker to speak at Tisch College in February by Joe Walsh
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will speak at Tufts as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series this semester. Baker’s speech will be on Feb. 23 in Distler Performance Hall. It will be free for Tufts students to attend, though it may be ticketed, according to Tisch College Director of Policy, Planning and Strategy Jennifer McAndrew. Baker, a Republican, has been governor since 2015. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. In the 1990s, he was appoint-
ed to be Massachusetts’ Secretary of Health and Human Services, and later he became the state’s Secretary of Administration and Finance, according to his official website. On Sunday, Baker announced that he is opposed to President Donald Trump’s executive order barring travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, according to a statement from the Governor’s office. However, on the same day, protesters against the executive order in Boston’s Copley Square criticized Baker for not appearing at protests. “Massachusetts is a global community,” Baker wrote. “We all benefit from
the shared experiences of our partners from around the world … The federal government’s recent decision puts this at risk, and I believe focusing on countries’ predominant religions will not make the country safer.” In addition to Baker’s speech, the Distinguished Speaker Series will include a panel discussion on March 7 featuring NPR Political Correspondent Mara Liasson and Harvard Professor of Public Policy Robert D. Putnam, according to McAndrew. The discussion, entitled “The Civic State of the Union,” will be about the importance of civic engagement in foreign and domestic policy.
Tisch College is also organizing a series of Civic Life Lunches this semester featuring speakers such as Boston City Council President Michelle Wu and MSNBC Political Analyst Nicolle Wallace. Tisch College Dean Alan Solomont explained that the school sought to invite a diverse slate of speakers to campus this semester. “We hope students will engage directly with these distinguished speakers, deepen their understanding of the challenges and opportunities our communities face and be inspired to contribute to our civic life,” Solomont told the Daily in an email.
TCU Senate discusses ResLife, general updates by Vibhav Prakasam Senate Correspondent
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met for the first time this semester in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room on Sunday night. At the meeting, senators discussed housing updates and various committee projects. Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) Director Yolanda King, Director for Campus Life Joe Golia, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Chris Rossi and Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs Raymond Ou attended the meeting as special guests and gave a presentation about changes to the housing system. In the future, according to the administrators, first-years will all be placed in first-year exclusive dorms, with the exceptions of Metcalf Hall, which will contain students from all four classes, and Harleston Hall, which will be half first-years and half sophomores. King also described the role of the newly-created First Year Advisors (FYAs). An FYA, according to King, is a student who will live in one of the first-year-exclusive halls. They will serve as guides and mentors to the first-year students, providing them with resources and creating a positive social environment. The other halls on campus will be dedicated to sophomores and above, and
instead of FYAs, they will have Community Development Advisors (CDAs). CDAs will facilitate a positive community culture like FYAs, but their work will be geared toward upperclassmen. Their role is to encourage communities that people have already established and contribute to personal and academic development, according to the administrators. There will be about 100 FYAs, CDAs and existing Academic and Community Engagement (ACE) Fellows. ResLife will also hire an Associate Director of Housing Operations who will be responsible for managing various aspects of the on-campus housing system and assisting students with off-campus housing, the administrators said. In addition to these changes, the orientation program is going to be modified. Part of the 100-person housing staff will now help lead orientation groups, according to the administrators. Finally, the administration officials talked about changes to the lottery system. Lottery numbers will now be released on a year-by-year basis in November, instead of releasing the numbers for all three years at once. Also, instead of the senior year number being an inverse of the sophomore year number, now all three numbers will be completely randomized. Additionally, the size of a group of students applying to live in suite-style dorms such as Wren Hall has gone from 10 to five.
The administrators took questions from senators throughout the presentation. Following their presentation, TCU Senate Treasurer Chris Leaverton took to the floor to discuss two supplementary funding requests. One request came from The Institute Sketch Comedy, which requested funding for a rental car and gas to go to a comedy festival at Skidmore College. The Allocations Board (ALBO) matched its request, and it passed by acclamation in the body. The second request was from Tufts Ballroom Dance Team for two buses to go to a dance competition at Rhode Island College. ALBO matched the request, and it also passed by acclamation. Leaverton, a sophomore, then reminded everyone that budgeting processes for student groups will begin soon and signatories for student groups should be reminded and notified of upcoming deadlines. Each of the nine members of ALBO is assigned to a council that corresponds to a different category of student groups. The ALBO member is responsible for budgeting the groups that fall within the category of council they oversee. TCU Senate Vice President Shai Slotky then took the floor to announce a Strategic Plan meeting and ask for committee updates. Education Committee Chair Nesi Altaras went first to announce that
the linguistics minor is back. Next, Diversity and Community Affairs Officer Benya Kraus said that Culture, Ethnicity, Community Affairs (CECA) Committee members are screen-printing #NoDAPL shirts and will sell them in Mayer Campus Center on a sliding scale of a $15-25 suggested donation. Kraus, a junior, also mentioned Medford Conversations, a project for promoting and acting on positive visions for Medford through conversation. The project is looking for more participants from the Tufts community, according to Kraus. Kraus then recognized the Swipe It Forward initiative, an online meal bank through which students can donate meal swipes to other students who need them. Students on premium meal plans can give one swipe, while those on limited plans can give up to four. Finally, TCU Senate President Gauri Seth took the floor to talk about Tufts Community Conversations: A Diversity Reverse Career Fair on Feb. 9, where student organizations will set up tables for employers to view, instead of the other way around. It is not a typical networking opportunity, according to Seth, a senior, as it allows organizations to notify student groups of internships and other opportunities. Seth concluded the meeting by encouraging everyone to take care in light of recent national events.
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continued from page 1 important,” Glover said. “I think if you give them the opportunity to have a voice, that helps.” Pinderhughes expressed confidence that Tufts has been moving in the right direction on issues of diversity. She added that she hopes Tufts will serve as a model for inclusivity. “I think Tufts has an opportunity to really
kind of step into this and be a model, if you will, for supporting inclusion and continuing to build on the initiatives that have already been started around supporting diversity,” she said. While reflecting on the former CDO, Senate Diversity and Community Affairs Officer Benya Kraus said Brimhall-Vargas was especially helpful to student activists. “I think [Brimhall-Vargas] did a really good job explaining to us the administrative climate
and administrative challenges that us as activists could be facing, so he helped us to be prepared and to be very strategic in how we wanted to achieve our goals,” Kraus, a junior, said. “I felt like we were very much on the same page, which I am hoping will also be true with the new CDO.” Brimhall-Vargas said that, although making change at Tufts is hard, he has confidence that progress will continue under the two new interim CDOs.
“Change at Tufts can sometimes be a meandering process, but it does eventually get there,” he said. “I really am grateful for the opportunity to have served the campus, and I have confidence that the campus can and will move forward, and that the people who are entrusted with that in the form of [Pinderhughes] and [Glover] will do well in their interim positions.”
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Students protest through art at ‘NASTY WOMEN x TUFTS’ by Libby Langsner Assistant Arts Editor
Since the original Nasty Women exhibition from Jan. 12 to 15 was held in New York City, dozens of pop-up shows bearing its name and message. Last Thursday, Tufts students curated their own Nasty Women exhibition, “NASTY WOMEN x TUFTS,” which featured visual and literary works as well as live performances from Tufts students and alumnae. The exhibition was the brainchild of Cecily Lo, a senior, and was put together with the help of seniors Christine Balcer, Isabel Merrin, Liza Leonard, Olivia Scheyer, Oona Taper, Sarah Kotis, Tess Dennison and sophomores Ella Huzenis and Lily Rudin. The event was held in an off-campus student house, and the small basement filled up quickly with artists and eager event-goers. Before entering the main exhibit, people were encouraged to write their own messages on a wooden mock-up of the word “NASTY.” Many of these messages referred to Donald Trump, but there were also slogans utilized by the LGBTQ, feminist and civil rights movements. The exhibit itself was immersive: each wall was filled with visual art, including a video instillation, embroidery, collages, paintings, graphic design and other mediums. According to the original Nasty Women exhibition’s website, “This is a group exhibition that serves to demonstrate solidarity among artists who identify with being a Nasty Woman in the face of threats to roll back women’s rights, individual rights and abortion rights.” The press release of the Tufts exhibition states, “The power now lies with us — women, the majority — who will say what we shall or shall not do. We refuse
to turn our clocks back in time. We must stand together to voice our opposition of these injustices, and only through lifting up all marginalized people can women truly be equal.” Overall, the message Tufts women sent in the press release was much more comprehensive than that of the initial show. The funds collected through the selling of artwork and COURTESY CONNOR BOURKE VIA CECILY LO donations all went ‘NASTY WOMEN x TUFTS’ features artwork like ‘Femme Fatale’ by Oona Taper. toward Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties contemporary groups like Go! Push Pops all the thoughts and actions that are inspired Union and Rosie’s Place, organizations that challenge the notion that art is an all boys by a work of art. stand in opposition to the Trump administra- club. The show reminds viewers of what it What does it mean for a woman to be tion’s proposed polices regarding reproductive means to be a woman today, of the chal- nasty? For one, she has to be loud, disruprights and civil rights, as well as his stated atti- lenges women face and the anxieties they tive and bold, but above all else, a woman tudes toward women. feel under an administration that seeks to has to stick up for herself and for her sisThe “NASTY WOMEN x TUFTS” exhi- limit their rights. ters. As the founder of “NASTY WOMEN bition is an example of how marginalized The ’60s performance artist Allan Kaprow x TUFTS,” Lo said, “Being a nasty woman groups can come together and demonstrate spoke about “the gap” that distinguishes the means actively rejecting the societal expectheir values through art. It is inspiring to see space between that which is neither art tation that women are to be obedient and people who all attend the same educational nor life. The experience of the show itself, docile in a male-dominated world — to fit institution come together to lift each other including the people and the discussions a certain idealized mold, to be seen and not up and get each other’s voices heard. The held there. achieved the sensation of living heard and often treated as second-class citiworks of “NASTY WOMEN x TUFTS” fall in that space, where no one was partici- zens with second-class opinions.” into a larger artistic and historical tradition pating in art but their presence at the show Who are the people telling women of women coming together to challenge superseded the mundaneness of everyday they’re nasty when they’re just expressing sexism in the art world. Collectives such as life. Maybe that is where the effectiveness of themselves? Those are the same people who the Guerrilla Girls, Judy Chicago and more art lives: not in the objects on display but in will weep while nasty women flourish.
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OKbaby’s teen parents make living through YouTube
Morales and Sivertson use sensational thumbnails to drive traffic to their videos. by Paige Spangenthal Assistant Arts Editor
In the age of social media, platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Vine and YouTube have enabled people from all backgrounds to share their narratives with the world, allowing seemingly anyone to rise to fame. Oscar Morales and Kyra Sivertson uploaded their first video to their joint YouTube account, OKbaby, on May 17, 2015. They were 18 years old, expecting their first child and dealing with the challenges many teen parents
face, like finishing high school and finding financial stability. At the time, Morales worked at a warehouse. Over the past year, Morales and Sivertson have uploaded over 500 videos and amassed more than 800,000 subscribers, depicting the reality of teen parenthood in their daily vlogs. They are now full time YouTubers, living off of the money they make from brand deals and advertisements. Their son, Levi, is 15 months old, and their second child is due in February. Levi’s birth, first words and first steps have been immortalized
on YouTube for the world to see. In comparison to television shows about teen parenthood such as MTV’s “Teen Mom” series (2009-present), there is something refreshing about OKbaby. In the world of reality television, producers and television executives choose how stories are told. Often, dramatic subplots are forced and dialogue seems scripted. On YouTube, Morales and Sivertson are free to tell their own story in exactly the way they wish. OKBABY ON YOUTUBE This is not to say that OKbaby is a completely organic artistic endeavor. At the end of the day, Morales and Sivertson have the same goal as television executives: to gain greater viewership. Often, the flashy titles and thumbnails for an OKbaby video make its contents seem more dramatic than they really are. For example, in the thumbnail of a video entitled “Scary Bath Accident,” Levi appears to be drowning in a tub. This thumbnail is taken from a split-second of footage when Levi’s head goes underwater during his bath. Oscar immediately picks him up and nothing particularly disastrous or scary happens. Many
YouTubers use this tactic, known as “clickbaiting,” to draw attention to their content. The best moments in OKbaby videos are those that show how human and vulnerable Sivertson and Morales are. At times, the duo comes across as incredibly childish, like when they pull pranks on each other or go sledding at 4 a.m. Other times, their videos depict extreme maturity, like when they comfort Levi as he experiences a night terror. The channel also exposes the difficulty of maintaining a romantic relationship while handling the responsibilities of parenthood. Sivertson and Morales often bicker over household chores and other minor problems. In one video, they discuss how difficult it is to find time to spend together alone as a couple. It can be easy to make life seem perfect on social media, so it is refreshing that they are open about these struggles. Growing up in the spotlight already seems to have subtle effects on Levi. Footage on the OKbaby channel has shown him playing with his parents’ camera and pointing it at his face as if he is recording himsel. This raises a question: How does being constantly surrounded by camera lenses affect a child’s development? Because daily vlogging is such a recent phenomenon, it is too soon to see how this will shape Levi as a person. It is fascinating to see how technology is changing the concept of fame. A contract with MTV is no longer necessary to get a story out into the world — all one needs is a camera, a YouTube channel and perhaps some video editing software. It will be interesting to see how channels like OKbaby will further influence entertainment as we know it.
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The future of healthcare, Part 2 by Jamie Neikrie Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series on the state of U.S. healthcare and its future. Using the process of budget reconciliation, Senate Republicans have ensured that they can pass a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with just 51 votes, avoiding filibuster. This loophole – traditionally utilized to pass budgets and address the deficit – is a huge step for Congressional Republicans in their quest to repeal the ACA, commonly known as Obamacare. Last week, I looked at the failures of the ACA and how they can be addressed. At this point, it has become clear that the GOP has no intention of fixing the ACA, only of repealing it. However, the Republicans are already running into roadblocks. The GOP holds 52 seats in the Senate, plus the potential for a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence. That means they can lose, at maximum, two votes from their own side before an Obamacare repeal becomes impossible. Already, the GOP is facing pushback from some of its own members, many of whom oppose repealing the law before a replacement plan is ready to be enacted. Without an alternative in place, repealing the ACA could cost 18 million Americans their health insurance in the first year alone, according to the Congressional Budget Office. This was the reasoning that led Kentucky Senator Rand Paul to defect from his party on the budget reconcilia-
tion vote. Senator Paul could continue to be a thorn in the side of the Republicans throughout this process. Similar concerns have been raised by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Any repeal plan is also likely to include provisions to defund Planned Parenthood, bringing the resolution into conflict with more moderate Republican Senators like Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. While party fealty is a strong force, any two of these senators could cripple a GOP repeal plan. If the Senate Republicans want to assure the passage of an ACA repeal package, they may have to finally offer an alternative. So what might this Republican healthcare plan look like? President Trump complicated the answer to that question earlier last week when he announced that he is crafting his own ACA alternative, one that will provide “insurance for everybody,” while also forcing pharmaceutical companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices for Medicaid and Medicare. These descriptions are consistent with the single-payer and universal healthcare systems offered by many European countries, the types of plans that Republicans have denounced as being socialist and inefficient for decades. While Trump has offered few other details – “much lower deductibles” – and his policy proposals are infamously transient, these comments suggest that Trump has little interest in the details or the principles of proposals put forth by
Congressional Republicans. If Trump holds true to his promises, his plan will conflict with the proposal put forth by his own nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Rep. Tom Price (GA). As head of HHS, Price will oversee the implementation of any ACA replacement. While in Congress, he authored the Empowering Patients First Act, one of the most thorough and specific conservative healthcare plans in opposition to the ACA. Price’s plan highlights an ideological difference on healthcare policy between Republicans and Democrats. The ACA was crafted to be a safety net for the poorest and sickest. Its ban on the practice of denying coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions and its inclusion of essential benefits aid the sick. Its cost-sharing measures make it affordable for the elderly, and its expansion of Medicaid is crucial for the poor to be able to afford health insurance. Price’s plan is far more beneficial for young, rich and healthy Americans, who won’t be asked to pay more to offset the costs of disadvantaged Americans as they were under the ACA. It also ends the Medicaid expansion, which has helped 16 million Americans secure insurance since 2013, while offering no alternative. Price’s plan is consistent with the conservative view of healthcare; it is not a safety net or a redistributive program, but insurance against disaster, and personal coverage based on your personal risk of illness. The first problem with Price’s plan is that it disadvantages the elderly, a core
conservative constituency. Even more problematic, it offers less aid to the poor than does House Speaker Paul Ryan’s ACA replacement plan, and conflicts with Trump’s proposal. Discussing his plan, Trump announced, “We’re going to have insurance for everybody … There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us.” I doubt he knew that those circles included the Speaker of the House and his own nominee for Secretary of HHS. Healthcare policy is incredibly complex and contentious. Democrats learned the same lesson in 2009 when they debated Obamacare, which only passed in 2010 when they controlled 57 seats in the Senate. This coalition was capable of withstanding a filibuster and inter-party defections. The margin of error for Republicans in Congress right now is slimmer. Before the election, the GOP was in shambles, divided by severe ideological fissures. Those cracks are materializing again, even as Republicans attempt to achieve their signature policy proposal. Until the GOP can determine the ideological foundation for their healthcare proposal – an equalizer or a prevention against worst case scenarios, universal or individual – the law they voted more than 60 times to repeal will continue to operate, a lasting symbol of President Obama’s legacy. Jamie Neikrie is a junior majoring in political science. Jamie can be reached at benjamin.neikrie@tufts.edu.
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Tufts should do more to ensure economic diversity On Jan. 18, the New York Times published an article analyzing the income distribution of students in various colleges. The article, based on a recent study, showed that 38 colleges and universities in the United States had more students from the top one percent of the income scale than from the bottom 60 percent. Ranked in order based on the largest difference between students from these two groups, Tufts was placed 10th. According to the article, 18.6 percent of students at Tufts belong to the top one percent, while only 11.8 belong to the bottom 60. These statistics, while disappointing, are not shocking. Most students would acknowledge that the vast majority of their peers on campus are economically privileged. Furthermore, the comprehensive fees and costs of attending Tufts amount to approximately $68,200 a year for students who do not commute, while the definition of the bottom 60 percent of income distribution is a household earning less than $65,000 a year. However, this
fact does not excuse Tufts from its lack of economic diversity, particularly when other universities with a similar cost and endowment, such as Vassar College, are on the list of elite colleges that enroll the highest percentage of low-income students. This issue has implications far beyond Tufts and addresses the importance of obtaining higher education in the modern world. Overall, people without college degrees end up making significantly less than their college-educated counterparts. According to the Washington Post, a man with a high school diploma would earn 15 percent more than the median salary in 1965, but in 2012 a man with a high school diploma and no bachelor’s degree would earn 20 percent less than the median salary. For women, the difference is greater: 40 percent more in 1965 and 24 percent less in 2012. At the same time, the college enrollment gap between low-income and high-income students has increased over the last few
years. A recent report by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education states that 77 percent of students from the top family income quartile earned a bachelor’s degree in 2013, compared to only nine percent of those in the bottom quartile. Yet, when low-income students do attend college, their chances of social mobility skyrocket. Low-income students who graduate from selective colleges often end up doing almost as well as their high-income peers. According to the Times article, low-income children who attended elite colleges eventually found themselves in the 70th-75th percentile for income, on average. These numbers suggest that college education could reverse the increasing income inequality we have seen in the United States in the last few decades. For this reason, it is all the more important that Tufts and similar universities increase their efforts to admit low-income students. It is true that the economic college enrollment gap is a systemic issue that starts with K-12 schools and makes its
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way up to higher education. However, this does not mean that Tufts cannot take specific measures in order to stop being a part of this problem. One way to combat this is through need-blind admissions. Tufts has found it necessary to operate under a need-aware system of financial aid, using financial need as a decision factor in the final five percent of applications, according to a 2009 Daily article. While it may seem that five percent is not enough to make a difference, it very well could be that many of those 850 students affected by this decision came from low-income households. Furthermore, studies show that a need-blind policy attracts students from lower-income backgrounds and boosts diversity on college campuses. The Tufts community often engages in important discourse regarding the inclusivity of different cultures, languages and sexual orientations. It is time to ensure that our community is just as concerned and aware of economic inclusivity.
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Jumbos show speed at first of two home meets by Liam Finnegan
Assistant Sports Editor
Over the weekend, the Jumbos hosted the Tufts Stampede Invitational, during which the team finished sixth out of nine teams after day one. Tufts runners also earned a handful of nationally-ranking times, most notably senior distance runner Tim Nichols’ then-firstin-the-nation 3000-meter time. On Saturday, the Jumbos dominated the 3000-meter event. Nichols ran the event in 8:21.51, earning him first place in the event and ranking him first in the nation at the time of the meet. His time was quickly surpassed by RPI senior Benjamin Fazio, who now holds the lead in the event by just three-tenths of a second. Senior tri-captain distance runner Luke O’Connor ran the same event in 8:24.21, the then-third-fastest time in the nation. Both runners broke the Tufts school record for the 3,000meter, a long-standing record previously held by David Patterson (LA ’01). Nichols attributes his times to his increase in mileage during training and his healthy regimen. “There’s not too much different in my training except for more mileage,” Nichols said. “I’ve really just been trying to avoid injury and stay on top of my work and sleep.” Sophomore thrower/hurdler Henry Hintermeister took first place in the heptathlon on Saturday, coming back from a lackluster start on Friday. Hintermeister was only in sixth place on Friday with 2,370 points, but he put in a strong performance on Saturday to get 1,849 points from three events, earning a combined total of 4,219 points.
H i n t e r m e i s t e r ’s final score was enough for first place at the event and currently puts him ranked 15th in the nation for the hepthathlon. Other nationally-ranking performances include the 4×400 relay team, consisting of senior tri-captain Nick Usoff, senior Blake Coolidge, junior Andrew DiMaiti and firstyear William Wi t ro c k , with their 25th-ranked time of 3:25.50. Sophomore hurdler/jumper Josh ALEX KNAPP / THE TUFTS DAILY Etkind finished Then-junior sprinter Niticon Davis competes at the Tufts Stampede on Jan. 30, 2016. first with a time of 8.40 in the 60-meter hurdles. team ranked highly in a plethora of “Overall, it’s been taking care of the In addition to the nationally-ranked events and meets such as their sec- little things,” O’Connor said. “[Things times, the Jumbos as a whole performed ond place finish in the NESCAC and like] taking it easy when appropriate, well at the Invitational. Sophomore their sixth place finish in the NEICAAA icing, sleeping right or keeping with mid-distance runner Hiroto Watanabe, Championships. The team was also form work. That stuff has kept people continuing his great form from the last made up of some of the best runners healthy through extended periods and meets, recorded a 1:22.35 in the 600- the program has ever seen, with runners helped give them that edge.” meter to win the event. First-year long like Mitchell Black (LA ’16), who won The Jumbos will host the Cupid sprinter Jordan Abate secured a first the NCAA 800-meter Championships Invitational on Saturday, and O’Connor place finish in the 400-meter with a two years in a row and received mul- thinks the team is ready to face the time of 51.42, and sophomore mid-dis- tiple All-American honors. The track challenge. tance runner Colin Raposo won the and field Jumbos of 2017 seem to be “I think a lot of people have been on 1,000-meter with a time of 2:32.10. carrying on the legacy of success last the upswing,” O’Connor said. “Whether With so much success and many year’s team left behind. they are improving their approach or nation-topping times in the early seaO’Connor attributes the team’s suc- finally getting up to full speed, guys son, track and field looks ready to rival cess to simply being consistent with are ready for big marks when they get the success of last year. Last season’s self-care and training. after it.”
Bowman continues success from cross country season at Tufts Invitational WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
continued from back ed season high and 2017 high times, respectively, for the team. Ladner ran an 8.24 in the 60-meter dash and Kerrigan ran a 3:05.66 in the 1000 meters that won her runner-up. The first-year and sophomore classes have burst onto the scene for Tufts in the new calendar year, as it seems that almost every meet comes with a season best or highly ranked time from an
underclassman. This bodes well for the future of the team as the runners continue to improve. Additionally, they will be key pieces for the team as it continues to rely on its depth and versatility. “The [first-years] and the sophomores coming back from their [first] year have already showed a lot of improvement. I think they will be most important in their contributions to our relay teams,” Cox said. “So in years past, we’ve had a hard time putting together
a solid relay team without overexerting people. This year, there are more people we can draw from for those relays.” Tufts had another season best time in the 4×200 meter relay, featuring senior quad-captain Rita Donohoe, Ladner, first-year Alina Strileckis and junior Annalisa DeBari, posting a time of 1:47.57. With their new and improved time, they placed 4th out of 13 teams in the event. In the field events, junior throw-
er Jennifer Sherwill highlighted the Jumbos’ successful day, posting her own new season-bests in the shot put and in the weight throw. Sherwill became one of Tufts’ throwers last season heading into NESCACs. With continued improvement this season, Sherwill will be key for the further development of the program. Tufts will next see action at the the Tufts Cupid Challenge at home in the Gantcher Center on Saturday.
Jumbos look to end losing streak against Conn. College Camels this weekend ICE HOCKEY
continued from back early against the conference’s top team. Williams was quick to retaliate, and at 3:59 into the second, junior Colby Cretella scored after taking advantage of a Tufts turnover. Less than a minute later, Williams senior Tyler Young scored an equalizer, tying the game 2-2. Tufts took the lead once again at 8:15 on a power play after first-year
Jordan Haney hit a shot from the left point that was deflected by first-year Machlan Sawden into the net. Once again, Williams responded quickly with a power-play goal shot from the left circle by senior Alex Hagerty at 15:44. The second period ended tied, 3-3. Balboa then retook the lead for the Jumbos midway through the third, beating a defender wide and chipping a shot over the Eph goaltender at 12:28 to put
the team up 4-3. Tufts maintained this lead until 17:01 when sophomore Roberto Cellini of Williams responded with a goal to tie it up. Just 16 seconds later, senior Taylor Carmola scored the game-winner, and the Ephs held on for the victory. “[Letting up two goals in the last two minutes] was definitely caused by a mental breakdown as a team, and this was something we probably could have avoided if we had made harder plays,
but you really can’t control for tough bounces sometimes,” Balboa said. Nugnes had 27 saves while his Williams counterpart, junior Stephen Morissey, finished with 35. Tufts outshot Williams 39-32 and also won the faceoff battle 35-30. Tufts takes on Conn. College in a two-game series this weekend, with a game at home on Friday followed by a game in Connecticut on Saturday.
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Men’s hockey, plagued by injuries, stuck in mid-season slump by Savannah Mastrangelo Assistant Sports Editor
Despite a hot start to the season, Tufts is mired in a four-game losing streak after suffering another pair of tough losses this weekend. Following two losses and major injuries to four key players from the previous weekend, Tufts failed to recover as the team lost 5-4 to NESCAC leader Williams on Friday in the last three minutes of regulation before falling to last-place Middlebury 1-0 on Saturday. Trying to bounce back after their Friday loss, Tufts showed some minor improvements in its game against Middlebury, although the result ended up being a 1-0 loss and the team’s second shutout of the season. Both teams went scoreless in the first period as senior goaltender Nik Nugnes was solid in goal with 15 saves, but the Panthers scored their lone goal at 4:30 in the second after the puck was slotted across the defensive zone and junior Mark McLellan put the puck in the net from the right side. Although Tufts ended the game scoreless, the team had an abundance of scoring opportunities throughout the second and third period and outshot Middlebury 41-30, outshooting the visitors 21-4 in the third period alone. The Jumbos also won the face-off battle 44-25, while Nugnes had 29 saves, facing less pressure in the second and third
periods as the Jumbo offense turned up the pressure. “Our coaches have been outstandingly calm through this rough period, and I think that has been what has helped our team mentality: everyone understands that we still did this awesome thing at the beginning of the year,” sophomore Nick Balboa said. “[T] hat team from the beginning of the season is still there, it’s the same guys and the same mentality. We just have to work hard and start getting those good bounces again.” Tufts now stands at 7-8-3 overall record and 5-6-1 in NESCAC play — in seventh place in the conference — with six NESCAC games left in the regular season to improve their seed before postseason play. But the team has been hampered considerably in the latter part of the season by a series of devastating injuries, with multiple players out with concussions and senior goaltender Mason Pulde out indefinitely with an ACL tear. The Jumbos hope to regain some of these players in the upcoming weeks and turn their mid-season slump around to finish the regular season on a high note. Junior forward Brian Brown said that recovering from last week’s injuries is paramount to the team’s success. “Getting a little healthier and just sticking to the game plan will definitely help us for the upcoming games,”
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First-year forward Tyler Scroggins faces off with a Trinity player in the home opener against the Trinity Bantams on Nov. 18, 2016. Brown said. “We showed that in the beginning of the year we are a team with highs and lows, and this is a big low for us right now.” The Jumbos started the weekend with high energy and high intensity and never trailed against a tough Williams Ephs squad until the end of the game. Though the Ephs have been one of the NESCAC’s top programs in recent years and earned the No. 1 seed heading into the NESCAC tournament last year, the Jumbos have had success against them, upsetting the Ephs 2-1 in the first
round of the playoffs last year and tying them 3-3 in the teams’ first match-up this season back in December 2016. But Williams entered this contest having won four of its last six games, while Tufts entered having won just one contest in its previous seven. At 18:34 into the first period, senior Conal Lynch scored the first goal of the game off of a wrist shot from the right circle, and a little over a minute later Brown scored again to put Tufts up 2-0 see ICE HOCKEY, page 11
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Young runners showing strength for Jumbos at Stampede Invitational finishing second in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:55.09, which stands as the 8th best in Div. III this season. Bowman ended last season on a high note after finishing 3rd in the 10,000-meters at N E S C AC s with a time of 36:38.87. That success propelled Bowman into a strong cross country season in which Bowman placed 18th in the national championship race, earning All-American honors, and the SOFIE HECHT / THE TUFTS DAILY momentum seems Then-senior Audrey Gould, front, and then-sophomore Brittany Bowman compete in the Women’s 5,000-meter run to have carried during the Final Qualifying Meet in Gantcher Center on March 4, 2016. over with a numby Sam Weidner ing that they lost several key players ber of highly ranked times in the nation Assistant Sports Editor who graduated last year. so far. In addition to her time over “We were really encouraged by what the weekend, Bowman also has nationSeveral Jumbos set the pace at the happened this past weekend,” Cox al top-15 times in the 5,000-meters Stampede Invitational, the first of said. “I would say in a way it’s a rebuild- (17:10.94) and in the mile (5:06.75), two consecutive home track and field ing year … there’s so much potential fourth and twelfth at the time of the events. The Jumbos left on day one for other people to step up and fill [the event, respectively. in eighth place out of 13 teams, but a Class of 2016’s] shoes in different ways, “This year will be really big for number of strong individual perfor- and evidenced by this past weekend, I [Bowman] especially, and she’s obviousmances buoyed the team. think that’s really possible.” ly already run some nationally ranked Senior quad-captain Sam Cox said Junior distance runner Brittany times,” Cox said. “I know she’s really the team was happy to have performed Bowman continues to roll in what has excited looking forward to nationals, well this year, especially consider- been an outstanding season thus far, and I know she’s going to be a key player
in ways that she hasn’t had a chance to be in track yet. I think there’s a lot of success coming her way.” The Jumbos also added another nationally-ranked 5k time to their growing list, as sophomore distance runner Natalie Bettez ran a time of 18:18.45, which was 5th on the day and 30th nationally at the time of the event. Five other Tufts runners have times among the top 46 in the nation. The distance runners for Tufts appear to have benefitted from a strong cross country season, as Bettez is also coming off an AllNESCAC honors season, in which she placed second overall at the NESCAC championships in the fall. Coach Kristen Morwick expressed pride over Bettez’s performance at the Stampede Invitational. “Natalie … ran a personal best by over 50 seconds and is ranked in the top 40 nationally in the 5k now,” Morwick told the Daily in an email. “It was great that she and [senior] Lindsay [Atkeson] could pace each other … and Nat broke away from Lindsay with about three laps to go … but that was also a big PR for Lindsay.” In perhaps the team’s best event of the day, the Jumbos dominated the 800 meters by taking all three of the top spots. First-year long sprinter Julia Gake won the race with a time of 2:22.45, followed by fellow first-year mid-distance runner Lauren Diaz (2:22.86) and Cox (2:22.96). Sophomore Sydney Ladner and firstyear Nicole Kerrigan also both postsee WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD, page 11