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Mac Maharaj discusses peace, justice in post-apartheid South Africa

by Charlie Driver

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Mac Maharaj, a central figure in the journey to end of apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s, spoke about his observations from the struggle to bring peace to his country at an event on Thursday night.

Maharaj also received the Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Public Diplomacy Award, an honor given through the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL).

Uzair Sattar, a first-year member of the IGL’s Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) colloquium, presented Maharaj with the award.

Sattar said the award recognizes people who have distinguished themselves in efforts to address global inequalities. Past winners include President Masoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Ambassador Daniel Feldman, the highest ranking state department official for Afghanistan and

Pakistan during President Barack Obama’s administration.

Maharaj spoke as part of the Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Public Diplomacy Initiative, which aims to bring key global policymakers and officials to speak at Tufts.

The event was cosponsored by the Peace and Justice Studies Program, The Africana Center, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the International Relations Program.

University President Anthony Monaco began the presentation, welcoming those in attendance. Monaco praised Maharaj, calling him “an inspiration for all of us to find productive paths forward.” Monaco’s remarks were followed by an introduction by IGL Director Abi Williams.

Maharaj helped lead the African National Congress (ANC) alongside Nelson Mandela while the group fought for democracy in South Africa. Ultimately, Maharaj served as a negotiator for the group in the talks with South Africa’s National Party government

that led to the nation’s transition from apartheid. Later, Maharaj served as minister of transport under M a n d e l a’s a d m i n istration, and then as President J a c o b FRANK MA / THE TUFTS DAILY Zuma’s offiMac Maharaj, a central figure in the journey to end apartheid in South Africa, speaks cial spokesin the ASEAN Auditorium on Oct. 12. person.

During this event, there was not any men- from a businessman linked with a defense tion of the allegations that Maharaj engaged company interested in contracts with the in corrupt practices while working for the Ministry of Transport, accepting payments see MAHARAJ, page 2

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The Office of Campus Planning plans to make nine more locations available for student gatherings, meetings, events and other social occasions throughout the 2017–2018 academic year.

Students will now be able to book Harleston Hall 051, the Hodgdon Hall first floor lounge, the Hill Hall second floor lounge and the Baronian Field House room 101, which will be available for students to use until 2 a.m. according to Tufts Community Union (TCU) President Benya Kraus, who played a key role in the planning through her role in Senate and as an intern for the Office of Campus Planning. The Carmichael Hall first floor lounge, the old Brown and Brew space in Curtis Hall, the Lewis Hall lounge and the meeting room and atrium in the Tufts Administration Building (TAB) near Davis Square will also now be available.

With these new spaces available, student organizations will have an additional 15,460 square feet at their disposal, according to a map provided by Kraus.

Spaces in Carmichael Hall, Hodgdon Hall, Harleston Hall and Hill Hall were added to the Tufts Space and Resource Reservation System website on Oct. 11 and are available for use starting today, according to Kraus. Curtis Hall, TAB and Baronian Field House will be listed on the school’s reservation system starting Oct. 18 and available for use Oct. 30, she added. The Lewis Hall lounge will be available for booking during December and open for use starting the first day of the spring semester.

Heidi Sokol, senior campus planner for the of [creating a more caring and interactive “Create more dedicated social spaces that Office of Campus Planning, said the locations student environment] had to do with social are central to campus and can be used by difwere chosen based on their accessibility to spaces,” Kraus said. “I know people have dif- ferent groups and organizations throughout students. ferent opinions about the Student Life Review the semester, thereby establishing inclusive “We sought to identify spaces that could Committee report, but what I appreciate is social opportunities and alternatives to frateraccommodate mid- to large-sized gather- that there is a whole section on space … that nity parties,” the report said. ings and activities, that were distributed geo- really shows how access to space is access to graphically throughout the campus, and that social power.” see SOCIAL SPACES, page 2 wouldn’t need too much intervention to make The comthem appropriate for new [and] increased mittee’s report, student organization use,” Sokol told the Daily released to the PLANNED AVAILABILITY in an email. community in TIMELINE However, Sokol said the office is working September 2017, to modify the spaces to ensure they meet the discusses the Existing needs of student organizations. importance of AY ‘17-18 “We visited the spaces to ascertain any physical space modifications that would be needed to enable on campus and the spaces to be used by student organiza- points out the tions, such as security – card swipes and secu- lack of social ORD ORD MEDFO LLE VILLE SOMERVI rity cameras – additional lighting controls, any spaces on camnew or supplemental furniture,” Sokol said. pus that are Kraus, a senior, said she is hoping for addi- available for all tional physical modifications to the spaces,Medford students. / Somerville including an audiovisual system, better furni-Campus “Many stuSpaces identiMEDFO ture and other equipment. For example, sheSocial dents SOME RD RVILL E said adding mirrors to the Harleston spaceOptimization fied the lack of could make it amenable to being a dance or space in general rehearsal space. as ‘the big issue’ Kraus says she learned the importance on campus,” the of social spaces on campus through her report read.

N Location role as a member of the Student Life Review The in Building report Committee, a group which convened last r e c o m m e n d s semester to comprehensively assess student that Tufts make Planning life at Tufts. Rethinking social spaces was a key more spaces part of her TCU Senate presidential platform available for during her campaign last spring. students, espeTUFTS OFFICE OF CAMPUS & CAPITAL RENEWAL PLANNING VIA BENYA KRAUS “Through [the Student Life Review cially for social Provided is a depiction of some of the existing social spaces available for student group booking and usage, as well as spaces that will become availCommittee] it became clear to me that a lot purposes. able throughout this school year.

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continued from page 1 Kraus said that campus organizations often share with her their struggle to book spaces, due to high competition for a small number of vacancies.

Gill Eun Kang, president of the Tufts Korean Students Association (KSA), said that her organization had trouble booking spaces. Kang, a senior, also explained that campus

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organizations are advised to reserve at least two or three weeks in advance.

“The only space that really fits our preference [for big events] is the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room [SoGo],” Kang said.

“The demand is too high. Because this is the best option for many events, especially since 51 Winthrop and other big spaces require a rental fee, it would be great to see other spaces similar to SoGo open up for reservation.”

Kang said she was excited about more spaces now being open to student organizations.

“More options [of spaces] will most definitely help us out. And since our events tend to have varying activities and numbers of attendees, it would be to our advantage to have a greater number of options to choose from,” she said. “Also, competition to reserve the best space (for example, SoGo) would probably lessen as a result of more spaces being opened up.”

Speakers discuss Israeli-Palestinian environmental cooperation at Lunch & Learn

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During Thusday’s installment of the Environmental Studies Lunch & Learn Program, three alumni of The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies — Eve Tendler, Shadi Shiha and Jacklyn Best — spoke about their work on transboundary water management in Israel and Palestine. The event, cosponsored by the Tufts Institute of the Environment, the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and Friends of Israel, was held in the Rabb Room in Lincoln Filene Hall. About 40 people were in attendance.

The Arava Institute is an educational and research-based program in Ketura, Israel, about a kilometer from the Jordanian border.

The institute offers a year-long environmental research program with an international student body, of which the event’s three speakers were alumni. This week’s Lunch & Learn is the first installment of a series of lectures Shiha and Tendler are giving throughout the United States at universities and synagogues in the coming months.

Ari Massefski, the university relations manager for Friends of the Arava Institute, gave an introduction to the work of the institute before Tendler, Shiha and Best began their talk. Massefski highlighted the organization’s emphasis on bringing people of different backgrounds together over a common respect for the environment. He also stressed the diversity within the student body, with interns from the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia.

In an interview with the Daily, Massefski said the goal of the lecture was to “bring awareness of our cooperation in the region to people who might not be exposed to it.”

“We were founded in 1996 on the premise that environmental issues in the region, which are serious issues, are issues that transcend

the politics of the region,” Massefski said in the lecture.

Shiha, Tendler and Best shared the sentiment that environmental issues allow for people to come together despite political tensions. Shiha was born in Amman, Jordan to Palestinian parents who were displaced from their homes in Beersheba and Jerusalem after the Israeli army took over their communities. Tendler is Israeli, born in Tel Aviv to parents with German and Israeli citizenship. Best comes from an American Jewish background.

Both Tendler and Shiha emphasized the sheer polarity of the conflict as they experienced it growing up. Growing up, both were convinced that the people across the border from themselves were their enemies, and they credited the Arava Institute and its peace leadership seminar with giving them an experience of peace and coexistence.

Tendler stressed that environmental issues and politics are deeply intertwined.

“Environmental issues will always exist as long as there is a conflict in the political situation, and the political situation will never be solved as long as there is environmental injustice,” she said. “What we try to do in the Institute is talk about both of them at the same time, and try to engage both narratives when we talk about the environmental issues of the region. It can bring some hope.”

Shiha shared a similar idea, emphasizing that around the world, environmental sustainability cannot exist without collaboration among various groups. “[An environmental issue] is not something that can wait … to get solved by itself.

We should all work on it together,” he said.

“Regardless of whether you are Israeli, you are Jordanian, American, we share the same planet.”

Best spoke about her work at the Arava Institute, which involved negotiating

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Shadi Shiha discusses the Israeli-Palestinian environmental cooperation in the Rabb Room on Oct. 12. between Israelis and Palestinians around wastewater management on a grassroots level. After she returned from the fellowship, she tried to share her experience with the American Jewish community of which she is a part.

“There’s so much we can learn through our friends’ eyes that is more real than what we see on the news and on Facebook and through our various filters that we put ourselves through, so I feel extremely lucky to have gone through this experience [and] to have met people like Eve [Tendler] and Shadi [Shiha],” she said.

Sara Gomez, the assistant director of the Environmental Studies Program and the organizer of the lecture series, described its purpose as twofold: to make environmental topics accessible to the Tufts community, and to build a sense of community within the Environmental Studies Program itself.

“This is a focal point of community,” Gomez said.

She added that this particular lecture exemplifies how individuals “leave aside their interpersonal conflicts for the love of the land.”

Anti-apartheid activist Maharaj wins IGL award MAHARAJ

continued from page 1 department, as reported in South African newspaper Mail & Guardian.

Maharaj’s lecture was built around nine “propositions,” and sought to explain the difficulties in achieving peace and democratic governance in South Africa.

Maharaj’s first proposition was the idea that ending apartheid was an act of justice.

He reasoned that, because apartheid was a crime against humanity, ending it constituted an acknowledgment of its wrongs.

Second, he addressed the violence committed by the ANC. He said that it was necessary because of the apartheid state’s rejection of negotiation.

“The ANC went to war in order to make peace,” he said.

Maharaj then acknowledged the importance of Nelson Mandela’s decision to request negotiations and his skills in the peacemaking process.

“[Mandela] blinked first in a way that shielded both [the ANC and the Apartheid State] from a charge of being weak-kneed,” he said, opening the door to negotiations.

Maharaj’s fourth proposition built on the third, describing how, once Mandela had extended the offer to negotiate, he tied negotiating the release of political prisoners, a skilled move that highlighted his qualities as a peacemaker.

The fifth proposition once again dealt with Maharaj’s view that the ANC’s violence was a necessity. He explained how violence, combined with the influence of Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of State George Schultz, led the apartheid state to open a dialogue with the ANC. In his sixth proposition, Maharaj described the importance of the ANC’s early move to plan a democratic South African constitution, allowing the newly forming nation the ability to garner domestic and international support.

The final three propositions of Maharaj’s lecture dealt with the difficulty in moving on from the atrocities of apartheid that were committed on both sides of the conflict. He argued that, as difficult as it may be, progress can only be achieved if both parties can try to find a way to come to terms with the past.

He praised one of the ANC’s solutions to this problem — the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission — which sought to reveal crimes that took place and gain closure for the events of the conflict, rather than exact retributive justice.

“The way forward to heal our society was to make ourselves aware of what happened,” he said.

Maharaj conceded that this quest for truth has had mixed success, but that it is an ongoing process.

He ended his lecture by addressing the crowd directly.

“I urge you,” he said, “pursue peacemaking, pursue justice.”

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Friday, October 13, 2017

Inside-Out brings classroom discussion to state prison

by Michael Shames

Assistant Features Editor

As part of the Tufts University Prison Initiative at Tisch College (TUPIT), Founding Director Hilary Binda leaves campus early in the morning every Wednesday along with 10 students from the Tufts campus to join their additional 10 classmates at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution — Shirley, a medium-security state prison. She teaches the course “Mass Incarceration & Literature of Confinement.” Every Wednesday, the students meet in the computer lab within Shirley’s educational building. The weekly class, part of a threeyear pilot, is an Inside-Out course, meaning half of the students are Tufts students and half are prisoners.

In a class of 20, nine of the 10 “outside” students (Tufts students) are female, while all 10 of the “inside” or incarcerated students are men, ranging from young adults to senior citizens. All of the inside students have a GED or high school diploma, and some have collegiate experience.

Unfortunately, due to the strict rules of the correctional institution, the Daily could not interview any inside students.

While Binda acknowledged that the course is an attempt to bridge the gap between the Tufts and prison communities, she was adamant in saying that it is not a charity project.

“This bridging is being done with the knowledge that we at Tufts have as much to learn, if not more, from the inside students as they do from us,” Binda said. “It is not a tutoring program.”

Senior Maude Plucker, a student in Binda’s class and a tutor for the Petey Greene Program, which aids in the education process for students on the inside, agreed with the sentiment.

“One of the greatest struggles of Petey Greene is the hierarchy between the tutor and the tutee, and [the Inside-Out course] really breaks that boundary,” Plucker said.

That emphasis on equality is a cornerstone of the class. According to Plucker, for the first class at Shirley, Binda organized the students’ chairs in a circle and had the inside and outside students alternating seats.

“There is this equalizing element to education,” Primary Collaborator for Educational Programming at Tufts Jill Weinberg said. “The [inside and outside] students are reading the exact same materials and having the exact same discussions.”

Weinberg went on to mention that a common narrative among the prisoners is that for that two-hour class period every Wednesday, they do not feel like they are in prison anymore.

One of the most surprising aspects of the course for outside student Sophie Pearlman is just how honest the inside students were from the beginning.

“I thought it would take time for the inside students to be comfortable with us and joke with us, but it happened almost immediately the very first day,” Pearlman, a senior, said. “The classroom, as a space, facilitates this honest conversation where you do feel comfortable sharing.”

For the class, Binda assigns various forms of text surrounding mass incarceration: poems, textbook chapters, narratives and plays. The course is different from other educational programs at Shirley and other correctional facilities in that it is

more of a liberal arts course, according to Pearlman.

“Other educational programs at this prison are very pre-professional, and students have expressed excitement at the fact that this is more of a critical thinking class than a hard skills class,” she said.

From the first class, both Plucker and Pearlman noticed the notes the inside students would take on the texts and how eager they were to discuss their thoughts.

“There was so much enthusiasm and energy from the inside students,” Plucker said. “It was definitely a rude awakening for me.”

Pearlman felt similarly after seeing the inside students’ contributions to the class and comparing them to those of the outside students.

“They are giving their everything to this class, and we might be taking four other credits, but it still deserves our time and energy as well,” Pearlman said.

They also talked about how, aside from the obvious differences between the inside and outside students, there was also a vast array of different backgrounds and perspectives in the class.

“We can identify with each other in different ways,” Plucker said. “And the literature enables us to realize these commonalities.”

Plucker and Pearlman found it interesting to hear about these different perspectives — not only from the inside students but also from the other outside students, as most of them do not know each other very well.

According to Binda, because of a $50,000 Tufts Collaborates grant, as well as a sizable contribution from the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, all of the course fees are completely covered

by TUPIT for inside students. The Tisch Library has also contributed books to the prison based on requests made by inside students.

“That is something the inside students are really excited about,” Binda said.

Pearlman added that full-time outside students are not billed for either transportation or notebooks.

Senior Amanda Borquaye, the student primary collaborator for educational programming, stressed how meaningful the Inside-Out course can be for the inside students.

“It is important to realize that we are all people who want to live a dignified experience,” Borquaye said. “The people we work with [through Petey Greene] and the inside students have academic goals and life aspirations just like everyone else.”

She emphasized the stigma of incarcerated people and how their lives are often sensationalized and marginalized, even though they have more in common with a typical college student than one might think.

“There is not much that separates us other than social barriers, as a lot of times you find out that incarcerated people just weren’t valued by their communities,” Borquaye said.

Both Binda and Weinberg stressed that education is highly correlated with lowering recidivism. According to a RAND Corporation study, while between 43.3 percent and 51.8 percent of former prisoners were reincarcerated within three years of release, those who participated in correctional education programs lowered their chances of recidivism by 43 percent.

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The Founding Director of TUPIT, Hilary Binda, center right, and Tufts students from the the weekly class Inside-Out pose for a photo outside the MCI-Shirley prison on Sept. 13.

“Education is a very valuable way for the prisoners to better themselves,” Weinberg said. “There is this transformative aspect of education that is very hard to quantify.”

According to Binda, the stats around the correlation of recidivism and education make the work of TUPIT that much more significant.

“The numbers are in, and it’s up to us to respond, especially at an elite institution like Tufts,” Binda said.

In addition to Binda’s course, TUPIT is bringing in faculty from a wide range of disciplines to talk at the prison.

“We are really trying to create a rich interdisciplinary curriculum that you don’t see at other prison programs across

the country,” Weinberg, who will teaching a one-time lecture on criminology in the spring, said.

In the fall of 2018, there will be two courses taught to just inside students as well as Binda’s Inside-Out course.

Overall, Binda has been very impressed with both the inside and outside students in her course.

“We are lucky to be bringing inside students who have thought and read a lot about structural inequality, race and economics already,” Binda said. “[The Tufts students] are approaching this experience with such deep reflectiveness and such a sharp critical analysis of the complicated barriers we are all put in direct contact with when we enter a prison.”

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WEEKENDER

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“The Weekender” is a new twist on the Old Fashioned by substituting in smoked maple syrup and black walnut bitters in lieu of sugar cubes and Angostura bitters.

The Boston Shaker brings cocktail tools, ingredients, education to Davis

by John J. Gallagher Arts Editor

In one of the more iconic scenes in “Mad Men” (2007–2015), Don Draper encounters Conrad Hilton (yes, from the hotels) behind an unstaffed bar, searching in vain for a drink. Don vaults over the bar in dramatic-yet-awkward fashion and begins deftly crafting an Old Fashioned as a clearly impressed Hilton looks on. Don wields a muddler and a bar spoon as he assembles the drinks in a pint glass filled with large ice cubes. The scene is designed to introduce Conrad Hilton, a character whose eccentricities define much of the show’s third season, but it also demonstrates the romance of the crafted drink that suffuses the show.

That same romantic spirit is behind The Boston Shaker, a small shop on Holland Street filled with books, cocktail supplies and bar tools (but no alcohol). All soft lighting and glittering glass and metal, The Boston Shaker’s mission is simply to “Make cocktails. Better.”

The store carries a curated selection of merchandise in a space that exudes craftsmanship, with carefully arranged shelves of glassware, cocktail books and bar tools lining the walls. On one wall, above a charming wooden bar bedecked with all manners of syrups and bitters, hangs a copy of John Coakley Lettsom’s 1797 “Moral and physical thermometer,” a poster extolling the virtues of temperance.

The Boston Shaker began a decade ago, and the store grew out of founder Adam Lantheaume’s affection for the B-Side Lounge, a now defunct cocktail bar in Cambridge.

“Adam was a real cocktail savant. [He] was basically going to the B-Side Lounge …

[He] loved Eastern Standard, Hawthorne, Number 9 Park, our first real cocktail bars … and he started wanting to recreate the cocktails he was getting,” Store Manager Lonnie

Newburn said. His first Boston shaker came over the bar … and he started looking into how to find tools and the specific ingredients — mostly bitters — to make the drinks.

At the time, you couldn’t get orange bitters, so he would reach out directly to either the manufacturer or a distributor, and he’d order these bitters, and bartenders would be like, ‘Hey can you order us a case?’ and he was like, ‘How am I supplying you guys?

You’re the ones who taught me this.’ So he realized that maybe there’s something here.”

Lantheaume’s cocktail supply hobby eventually grew into a Union Square popup shop in 2008, which grew into the present, permanent Davis Square location of The Boston Shaker in 2010. The shop also has an online store that serves both individuals and businesses across the country. The Boston Shaker does a brisk online trade in glassware.

Beyond simply stocking sometimes hard-to-find books, bitters and bar tools under one roof, the store aims to carry a curated collection of high quality items to serve its customers, whom Newburn calls “savvy sippers.” The Boston Shaker’s staff is also knowledgeable and thus able to help customers navigate the sometimes-intimidating world of craft cocktails. It’s this dedication to quality items and service that Newburn believes keeps The Boston Shaker competitive with larger online stores.

“For the people coming in, what we offer — beyond just the retail and the products — is the service or the education,” Newburn said. “The bonus of coming in here is not only are you going to get what you need, but you’re going to have a really good staff, a friendly, hospitable staff that is going to be able to walk you through the process and leave you with the techniques and education on how to make that drink.”

But despite the edge The Boston Shaker’s human touch and careful curation gives it

over its larger competitors, Newburn does worry that Amazon and other large online retailers may more aggressively pursue the cocktail supply market and thereby threaten both The Boston Shaker’s online and brickand-mortar operations. If such a thing were to happen, Newburn again plans to rely on The Boston Shaker’s human touch.

“In that world, I would start reaching out to bars and restaurants to get a better connection with [the] industry. We’re trying to keep our clients happy, and obviously we want to keep consistent orders,” Newburn said. “We would [also] offer as many classes as we can … [and] keep a core, constant mix of products and then keep our website finely tuned, so that people looking for specific ingredients, or unique ingredients, find them here.”

Cocktail education is an essential part of The Boston Shaker’s human touch, and for those looking for more instruction than an informal chat with a staff member, the store offers bimonthly “cocktail techniques classes” that teach small groups of attendees the rudiments of mixology. “[The class] is basically getting the tools in your hands, and we go over how to measure, how to pour, but we [also] go over how to shake, how to stir and the difference between the two,” Newburn said. “There’s an opening drink and then [the attendees] make two of their own … We sample all of the spirits individually, including the vermouth, and then everybody gets a discount at the shop. It’s like teaching them how to fish: Take this technique and this recipe that we broke down for you, and these can be applied to all these shaken and all these stirred drinks.”

For those looking to begin making their own cocktails immediately, without taking a class, Newburn recommends purchasing the store’s namesake: a Boston Shaker.

“If you’re just getting a general setup, we would do the Boston Shaker, and we would include a Hawthorne Strainer with that and that would be just under 20 bucks,” Newburn said. “Twenty dollars gets you all the core tools you need to make any cocktail, shaken or stirred.”

Newburn doesn’t see any new locations in The Boston Shaker’s future. He is focused on improving the store’s education offerings — including a potential permanent class at a local distillery — and maintaining a high-quality web store.

Newburn and the staff at The Boston Shaker were kind enough to design a seasonal cocktail for Daily readers. It’s a twist on an Old Fashioned, which we’re calling “The Weekender,” and the recipe is as follows:

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Interested readers can find The Boston Shaker at 69 Holland Street in Davis Square. Store hours are between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.

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Golf places third in qualifier, advances to NESCAC Championships for first time in history

by Sidharth Anand Contributing Writer

On Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, the Tufts golf team finished third out of 10 teams at the NESCAC Fall Qualifier at Indian Hill Country Club. Their strong play earned them a spot at the NESCAC Championship in the spring, marking the first time in history that the Jumbos have qualified. The team most recently competed at the Blazer’s Fall Invite on Sunday where it finished 10th out of 16 after two days of play.

First-year Alex Honigford took home the trophy for the Jumbos, tying for first place with 146 points.

Despite his win, the team only finished in 10th place as the other members of the Tufts team didn’t fare as well.

Sophomore Ethan Sorkin came 37th, the second highest finish for the Jumbos, and the other finishing positions were 44th, 56th and 66th.

The Jumbos began the qualifier, however, with strong all-around performances on Sept. 30. Junior Justin Feldman and sophomore Brandon Karr both tied for eighth place after day one by shooting 77. Karr continued to show the potential he flashed at the Duke Nelson Invitational, where he also scored the joint-best round for the team.

Following Feldman and Karr was senior co-captain Aaron Corn, who tied for 13th place with a 78. Four strokes behind was first-year Harry Theodore, who tied for 23rd place with an 82 in his

fourth-ever tournament appearance. Closing out the scorecard for the Jumbos was senior co-capt a i n Ta y l e r N o r dan, who shot an 85.

In total, Tufts ended the first day with a score of 314, which put them in third place behind

the Trinity Bantams (299) and the Williams Ephs (304).

“Obviously, I was not happy with my score [on] day one,” Nordan said. “That said, we had the luxury of dropping scores, and we handled the pressure well overall. We played our game and did not let anything get to us. This allowed us to set ourselves up well on the first day. We were right where we wanted to be.”

The next day, the Jumbos had to maintain their position to qualify, and they did just that. Though they did not improve their overall position, individual players improved their scores on Sunday and allowed the Jumbos to secure a spot in the spring championships.

Corn finished 12th overall, scoring a 75 for the day and finishing with a total score of 153. Nordan improved by 14 strokes from the first day to the second, parring the course with a 71 to assemble a total score of 156. Feldman scored a 79 on Sunday and also ended the tournament with 156. Nordan, Feldman and two other players shared 14th place.

“Though the score doesn’t necessarily reflect it, I was extremely pleased with the way the team and I personally played. It’s not easy playing golf with 20 miles-per-hour gusts of wind,” Feldman said. “But the team had a motto of mental toughness, to play the game and focus on each shot regardless of anything else that may have happened.

This is what, I think, allowed us to place the way we did.”

Though Karr registered a less impressive Sunday score by shooting an 83, he and Theodore both ended the tournament with 160, tying for 24th and contributing to maintaining the team’s position.

In total, Tufts finished Sunday with 303 and the tournament with 617, staying in third place behind Trinity in first (582) and Williams in second (602) and ahead of the Amherst in fourth (621).

These four teams will compete in the NESCAC Championships in the spring.

“I think [the victory] is indicative of the overall trajectory of the team over the past several years. When Aaron [Corn] and I started playing, it was just a bunch of guys who liked to play golf,” Nordan said. “Now it’s a group of competitive guys who keep the others motivated. We have a squad with a lot of depth, and it pushes us all to do our best. We all now have something huge to look forward to in the spring and that is going to make each and every one of us work extremely hard in the off season and in the spring.”

The victory at the qualifier came a week after the Williams Invitational on Sept. 23 and 24, in which the Jumbos came in ninth out of 19 teams. Tufts finished with a score of 622, behind NESCAC rivals Trinity (584), Williams (589), Middlebury (611) and Amherst (620). Karr finished first for the team, tying for 25th place in the tournament.

Nordan, Theodore and Corn tied for 33rd place, followed by Honigford in 48th place.

Tufts’ next tournament is the New England Championships at Captain’s Course in Brewster, Mass. on Oct. 22.

GOLF NESCAC Qualifier, Newington, Conn.

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Qualified for NESCAC Golf Championship

Jumbos aim to move past previous defeats against Bantams FOOTBALL

continued from back figures through the first four games of 2017. The West Caldwell, N.J. native has completed 67.7 percent of his passes for a total of 957 yards, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions.

Puzzo’s most frequent target is sophomore wide receiver Koby Schofer, who paces the Bantams in receptions (24), receiving yards (417) and receiving touchdowns (3). In the third quarter of last week’s 41–13 rout of the Hamilton Continentals (0–4), Schofer took a Puzzo pass 90 yards to the house for the second-longest passing touchdown in program history.

Chipouras, meanwhile, leads Trinity’s rushing attack. Last year, the junior from Longmeadow, Mass. trailed only Tufts running back Chance Brady (LA ’17) in carries (202 vs. 156), rushing yards (1099 vs. 910) and yards per game (137.4 vs. 113.8). With Brady’s graduation, Chipouras may now rightfully claim the title of most dominant NESCAC running back. Through four games, the Bantam back has amassed conference-high totals in rushing yards (394) and rushing touchdowns (six).

Puzzo, Chipouras and the rest of Trinity’s skill position players benefit extensively from the protection of an experienced and talented offensive line, whose sack rate of 4.63 percent trails only the Williams Ephs (3–1) among

NESCAC teams. In a massively talented unit, Simmons is the standout player.

In 2014, the Manchester, Conn. native became the first offensive lineman in conference history to be named the NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Simmons earned All-NESCAC First Team honors in 2015 and 2016, and he was also named as one of the 2017 National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Athletes of the Year.

Civetti praised the Bantams’ quarterback, skill position players and offensive linemen.

“Sonny Puzzo is one of the best [quarterbacks] that’s played in this league,” he said. “Chipouras and Chance [had] been neck-and-neck, so now, it’s Chipouras’ league. I mean, they lost a couple wide receivers, but like typical Trinity, they just reloaded. Their offensive line [is] big and nasty. They’re the real deal.”

Civetti explained that rather than drastically changing its tactics in an attempt to take away one aspect of the Trinity attack, Tufts’ defense would adopt a balanced approach.

“We just play our game. Although every week, we come up with something [new] tactically,” he said. “I think our offense actually is similar to their offense in terms of scheme, so that probably helps a little bit in terms of preparing our guys.”

An essential component of slowing the Bantam offense will be putting pres-

sure on Puzzo. The Jumbos have excelled at this area of the game defensively, recording 15 sacks this season (just one behind Williams for the conference lead). For comparison, at this point last year, Tufts had recorded only nine quarterback takedowns.

Already, three senior Jumbos have at least two sacks in 2017: Harrison, defensive lineman Micah Adickes and linebacker Zach Thomas. Civetti credited both the players and their coaches for assembling a formidable pass rush.

“You’re talking about three all-conference [caliber] kids … [The players] have worked really hard to get better as individuals and as a front line,” he said. “I think [defensive line coach] Kyle Mcallister has done an awesome job with those guys. He’s helped them improve thus far and he’s put them in the right position.”

Harrison, too, credited Mcallister.

“I believe that our addition to the coaching staff of Kyle Mcallister has really helped out our game,” the senior quad-captain said. “He’s improved little things for me specifically that I have not had in the past … and I know he’s benefited a lot of the other guys such as [Adickes] and [Thomas] as well.”

Despite losing a high number of starters from last year, the current iteration of the Trinity defense remains impressive.

Of the eight Bantams that populated the 2016 All-NESCAC First and Second Teams — including linebacker Spencer

Donahue, the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year — seven graduated in May. The sole holdover is senior tri-captain linebacker Liam Kenneally, who has just one sack so far this year after recording six in 2016. Another standout Trinity linebacker is junior Shane Libby, who ranks tenth in the NESCAC in tackles for loss (3.5). Also of note is senior linebacker Carty Campbell, whose game-sealing fourth-quarter interception in Trinity’s 17–9 victory over Williams earned him NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week plaudits for Week 3.

Among the members of the Bantam secondary are senior cornerback Dominique Seagears and junior defensive back Sameir Madden. Challenging them is a Tufts offense that already has almost as many passing yards through four games this year (953) as it amassed in eight games during 2016 (1,078). Junior quarterback Ryan McDonald will likely look to connect with junior wide receiver Jack Dolan, who ranks second in the NESCAC in catches (26) and third in receiving touchdowns (four).

Harrison summed up the team’s mindset heading into the big game.

“We like how we match up,” he said.

“We know what’s at stake for us and what could possibly be done, and it’s an exciting time for us.”

The Jumbos and Bantams face off at the Ellis Oval on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

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Homecoming loss drives women’s soccer to two huge victories

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Sophomore Hannah Isenhart runs on the field during the game against Trinity College on Sept. 17.

by Sejal Dua Staff Writer

After a 1–0 defeat on Senior Day and Homecoming to the Middlebury Panthers (9–2–1), Tufts recovered to record victories at the Hamilton Continentals (6–4–2) and the Endicott Gulls (7–4–1) this past week to move to 6–2–3 overall and 4–1–2 in NESCAC play.

On a dark Wednesday night, Tufts faced off against Endicott at Hempstead Stadium, just a short journey away from the Medford/Somerville area. The Jumbos take every out-of-conference contest seriously, and their game against the Gulls was no exception. They stepped onto the turf knowing that this would be yet another opportunity to make a statement and to demonstrate their cohesive team play.

Going into the game, the Jumbos came out of the locker room ready to battle. They craved a victory and a more respectable performance which was driven by their discontent with a negative outcome the past Saturday against Middlebury. After reflecting on what happened against the Panthers and moving forward to hone in on areas for improvement, the Jumbos embarked on

a little bit of a revenge rally. They focused on one major emphasis point: capitalizing on plays to secure possession.

“Going against Endicott, we have to come out with intensity and just play our game: possess, win 50-50s,” junior midfielder Sarah Grubman said. “If we do those things then we should get a good result.”

Wednesday night’s 3–1 victory went down in the books as their highest-scoring game since last year’s 4–0 win over Endicott. Two of the Jumbos’ three goals came courtesy of first-year forward Elizabeth Reed.

Just two minutes into the game, Reed led a promising drive down the field and past an Endicott defender. Spying a good look at the goal, she launched a powerful shot at the cage. The ball hit the crossbar and spun into the net to put the Jumbos on the scoreboard early.

Endicott tried to respond immediately, with two shots by junior midfielder Mary Veneris on the 10th and 11th minute saved by Tufts’ junior goalkeeper Emily Bowers. Veneris eventually restored Endicott to level terms after converting a penalty kick in the 27th minute.

Tufts created a number of other scoring opportunities throughout the

night. Minutes before Veneris’ equalizer, junior co-captain midfielder Emma Ranalli tried to double Tufts’ lead, but her shot was put over the bar by a swift save from Endicott senior goalkeeper Shelby Elwell. Verneris had another shot on goal just before half time, but it sailed just wide.

The Jumbos turned on the burners in the second half, putting two past Elwell.

The first goal came eight minutes into the second period, when first-year midfielder/forward Sophie Lloyd converted off an assist from junior defender/ forward Alessandra Sadler. Ten minutes later, Reed took advantage of Elwell’s unfavorable positioning to put the ball into an open goal and seal the result for the brown and blue.

For the remaining portion of the game, Tufts relentlessly defended their 3–1 lead. In the 83rd minute, Tufts’ high foul count culminated in a yellow card for sophomore midfielder Ashley Latona. Aside from that minor setback, Tufts was able to hold onto its lead until the final whistle.

Just three days prior — and the day after the Middlebury defeat — Tufts silenced Hamilton 2–0. According to junior defender Jamie Corley, the Jumbos’ abil-

ity to recover against the Continentals demonstrated the mental fortitude and strong team spirit of the team.

“One of our strengths as a team is that we never turn on each other,” Corley said. “We’re very positive throughout, and we trust each other that we’ll make the corrections that we need to. I think we knew what we had to do. We might have just had an off game [against Middlebury]. One thing we could have done better is winning 50-50s, or balls in the air.”

A huge component to the Jumbos’ success was the number of corner kicks they earned, a sizable 11 compared to the Continentals’ five. Grubman scored the first goal off of senior midfielder Chandler Quintin’s corner kick, redirecting the ball into the goal to give Tufts an early 11th minute lead.

“We were so excited to get an early goal in, but we didn’t let up at all,” Corley said. “We wanted to get right back out there and get another one just because a 1–0 lead, we were not satisfied with.

We wanted to keep pressuring them and kind of make a statement after coming off a rough home game.”

Tufts was the stronger team in the first half, taking 11 shots on goal in the first 45 minutes as compared to Hamilton’s two. The Jumbos recorded a lead-building second goal just before halftime when first-year midfielder Hannah Isenhart found senior midfielder Margaret Zahrah, who tucked one in near the left post at the end of the half.

Though the Continentals threatened in the second half, they could not get past Bowers.

Just a day before, Tufts struggled against Middlebury in a high-pressure contest and, ultimately, Middlebury ended up capitalizing on its dominance — the visitors led in terms of shots (14–7) and corner kicks (5–1) — by converting an opportunity with just under 13 minutes left on the game clock.

“I think the biggest difficulty we faced [against Middlebury] was that we weren’t winning the 50-50s in the middle and all over the field,” Grubman said.

“Even though we had a decent amount of momentum compared to Middlebury, they just finished on their opportunity.”

The team travels to Bates (6–4–1) on Saturday, Oct. 14 for a noontime kickoff, before hosting Lesley (9–2–2) on Tuesday.

Natalie Bettez named NESCAC performer of the week CROSS COUNTRY

continued from back on Sept. 23, after opening the season at the Bates Invitational in New Gloucester, Maine.

At Franklin Park, sophomore Matt D’Anieri led the Jumbo junior varsity men’s set on Saturday, finishing the 8-kilometer course in 26 minutes, 56 seconds. The Wellesley, Mass. native finished 20th out of the 141 runners competing, posting an average mile time of 5:26.

“We were especially impressed by the way Matt D’Anieri passed roughly 30 people in the last two miles,” Little said. “We love to see that type of grit.”

In cross country scoring, the top runners earn fewer points. D’Anieri posted just 15 points for Tufts, while those trailing towards the back of the pack were given up to 94.

Senior Tom DePalma, as well as firstyears Harry Steinberg and Nic Gitter, followed not far behind D’Anieri, posting times just over 27 minutes (5:31–5:32 per mile), which was good enough for

overall finishes of 37th, 38th and 40th, respectively. Their strong performances will not go unnoticed and should build early confidence that they can look to build upon in future races. Given the conditions, the fact that Tufts runners put up solid times is especially promising.

“Our expectations are to beat our rank,” Little said. “We are a young team, and a lot of people have counted us out.

We want to prove them wrong and qualify for nationals.”

While UMass Lowell won the men’s meet, Tufts defeated its only NESCAC opponent (Bowdoin) and should return to campus proud of its performance.

For the women, junior Natalie Bettez stole the show for Tufts, running an 18:23 5-kilometer at 5:55 per mile and placing 11th out of 194 participants.

Bettez was subsequently awarded NESCAC Performer of the Week honors.

Senior tri-captain Brittany Bowman placed 38th for the Jumbos, while another notable performance came by

way of first-year Carly Curcuru, who placed 62nd. The University of New Hampshire won the women’s meet but, just as for the men, the Jumbo women finished first among the NESCAC competition.

“We raced against a number of Division I schools and other schools that we don’t compete against later in the season, so this race was less about our team’s overall finish and more about pushing ourselves on a good course just about half way through the season,” Porrazzo said. “Even though it wasn’t the best day for everyone, we have a really deep team with a lot of promising [first-years] and strong upperclassmen who have been working really hard, and that definitely showed in both the varsity and sub-varsity races.”

Both teams feature many young faces, and halfway through the season, the upperclassmen are gaining an appreciation for the time that they are getting to spend helping the younger Jumbos along. With races most

Saturdays, the teams have best been able to build up their camaraderie over long runs of 10 to 17 miles on Sundays, hard workouts on Tuesdays and lifting sessions twice during the week.

“We have a pretty big [firstyear] class, so it has been really great getting to know them,” Porrazzo said.

“Cross country is always great because we get the opportunity to spend a lot of time with each other and run outside together.”

The Tufts men’s and women’s teams will travel to Waterford, Conn. on Saturday for the Conn. College Invitational. Senior co-captain John Greenberg is looking forward to running the course one more time in his final season.

“We are very excited for the meet on Saturday at Conn. College,” Greenberg said. “It’s a flat course, and we hope to have a lot of personal-best times.

Everyone that is healthy will be competing then, so it’ll be awesome to have the entire team on the line.”

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Sophomore running back Jay Tyler eyes a Bowdoin defender in the homecoming game against the Bowdoin Polar Bears on Oct. 7.

Tufts football seeks revenge against tough Trinity team

by Sam Weitzman Sports Editor

On Saturday, the Tufts Jumbos (3–1) will attempt to snap a losing streak that dates back to the George W. Bush administration. Not since 2007’s come-frombehind 16–10 victory have the Jumbos beaten the Trinity Bantams (4–0).

Trinity was the only team to beat Tufts in 2016, eking out a 36–28 victory in Hartford, Conn. The Bantams finished the season as the undefeated NESCAC champions with an impeccable 8–0 record.

Yet, with all due respect to William Shakespeare, the past is not always pro-

logue. According to Tufts coach Jay Civetti, the Jumbos no longer feel weighed down psychologically by past defeats.

“Historically, Trinity obviously carries a certain brand to it,” he said. “Coach [ Jeff ] Devanney and his staff have been together for a really long time. They do a tremendous job, and they’ve got great players. But as we have matured as a program, I don’t think that the conversation [about the losing streak] is as prevalent.”

Instead, the focus has shifted from external pressures to internal improvements.

“We respect all of our opponents,” Civetti said. “And with where we’re at,

we’ve spent way more time focused on ourselves and getting better. There’s enough things on film that we can improve upon.”

Senior quad-captain defensive lineman Doug Harrison explained that while the players were aware of the contest’s high emotional stakes, their preparation remained unaffected.

“We’re definitely aware that, especially for our seniors, we’ve lost three years straight to Trinity,” he said. “It’s the only team that we have not beaten in the NESCAC, and that definitely holds a personal drive for us … But we treat every game the same. We practice the same.

We watch the film the same. Everything’s

going to be [following] the script [for] the way we handle any other team.”

The Bantam challenge begins with its offense. Of the 11 Trinity offensive starters from last year’s game against Tufts, six return. Of those six, five received All-NESCAC honors last year, including three members of the All-NESCAC First Team: senior tri-captain quarterback Sonny Puzzo, junior running back Max Chipouras and senior tri-captain left tackle Chris Simmons.

After helming an offense that led the NESCAC with 38.1 points per game last season, Puzzo has posted impressive see FOOTBALL, page 6

Cross country competes at AllNew England Championships

by Josh Steinfink Staff Writer

On an uncharacteristically warm and humid October day, the Tufts men’s and women’s cross country teams took on local and regional rivals at the All New England Championships. Running at Boston’s Franklin Park, the teams showed off their cardiovascular prowess — placing sixth of 14 and 11th of 28 in their respective competitions — as the season approached its halfway point.

“The weather definitely made it a more difficult and slower race,” junior Caitlin Porrazzo said.

Both teams agreed that the weather was not ideal, but that they managed to make the most of it.

“It was a brutally hot day, and the guys battled hard,” men’s senior co-captain Sam Little said.

Last weekend, the men competed in an 8-kilometer race at the Paul Short Invitational, hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. Led by junior Colin Raposo (46th out of 217 runners), the Jumbos placed ninth of 24 entrants.

The women did not travel to Lehigh and were grateful for the week off from competition, as it provided the opportunity to have fresh legs going into the All New England Championships.

Prior to the Paul Short Invitational, both teams competed together at the Purple Valley Classic hosted by Williams see CROSS COUNTRY, page 7

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Sophomore Matt D’Anieri sprints to the finish line at the Conn. College Cross Country Invitational at Harkness Memorial State Park on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016.