Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Perks of a pre-o: what students stand to gain (or lose) by foregoing pre-orientation programs see FEATURES / PAGE 3

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Jumbos sack Bowdoin in first away game, rise to 3-0

Westworld: HBO’s new gem comes to life see ARTS&LIVING / PAGE 7

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Community celebrates Indigenous People’s Day

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Students gather on the Academic Quad to watch indigenous dancers perform at the Indigenous People's Day Celebration on Oct. 10.

by Gil Jacobson News Editor

Community members gathered on the Academic Quad on Monday evening to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day for the first time at Tufts.

The celebration included indigenous food and musical performances from different indigenous groups native to both the New England region and Latin America, as well as tables supporting the campaign to have the City of Boston recognize Indigenous People’s Day and opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).

Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate LGBT Community Representative Parker Breza and TCU Senate Diversity and Community Affairs Officer Benya Kraus organized the event with the help of academic departments and Visiting

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Assistant Professor of Native American Studies Matt Hooley.

“We wanted to bring a bunch of different indigenous groups to campus, to be visible, to remind people that Indigenous people are still around, the culture’s still thriving, that we are on indigenous land and to just culminate the process,” Breza, a sophomore, said.

A major challenge in organizing the event was fundraising, Breza said. He and Kraus, a junior, received sponsorship for this event from the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, Office of the President, Office of Student Affairs, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Latino Center, International Relations program, Peace and Justice Studies program, Department of Political Science and Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora (RCD).

Breza said that he became

involved in organizing the celebration because of his participation in the campaign to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day on the Arts, Sciences and Engineering academic calendar in February. He is also involved in the Indigenous People’s Day Boston movement, which the TCU Senate supported in the form of a resolution in its Oct. 2 meeting.

“Coming to Tufts, and seeing that we celebrate someone who was responsible for the largest genocide ever, and that’s normal was pretty upsetting to me for a lot of different reasons and it just seemed like an important thing,” Breza said.

Breza said he hoped Tufts will celebrate Indigenous People’s Day every year with a large celebration like the one held this year. see COMMUNITY HOLIDAY, page 2

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Activist Mahtowin Munro speaks during the Indigenous People's Day Celebration on the Academic Quad on Oct. 10.

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continued from page 1 “I’m looking forward to … just seeing everyone celebrate indigenous culture and reminding ourselves about this land we’re on, and taking responsibility, and then also being able to celebrate and be in community with each other,” he said.

Breza and Kraus kicked off the event with opening remarks before giving the stage to Native American dance group La Piñata dance troupe, a program of the Boston-based La Piñata Latin American Cultural Family Network. La Piñata, which is comprised of native peoples, performed dances to represent earth, wind, water and fire. During the fire dance, several members of La Piñata made their way through the audience, carrying small bowls of fire and performed a ritual in which they circled audience members to clean their energy.

“We thank Tufts University for being one

of the few universities to change the name to the correct name — Indigenous People’s Day,” a member of La Piñata said. “Because we cannot celebrate a genocide.”

Afterwards, Mahtowin Munro, a member of United American Indians of New England who organized the Indigenous People’s Day Cambridge movement, discussed Indigenous People’s Day Boston in addition to efforts to stop DAPL. “It does damage not only to our native children but also to our non-native children, to have them believe that this was empty land discovered by someone,” Munro said.

Hooley then discussed the 2016 Fall RCD Workshop: Indigenous Studies, Colonialism and the University, which will be held on Friday at noon in Sophia Gordon Hall.

Kraus thanked the TCU Senate, faculty members and University President

Anthony Monaco for helping make this celebration possible, before Breza introduced Chef Sherry Pocknett, who runs the restaurant at the Pequot Museum, to discuss the food at the celebration.

The night concluded with a performance from the Nettukkusqk Singers: Deborah Spears Moorehead, Jasmine Moorehead, Jackie Moorehead and Pam Ellis. In the Natick dialect of Algonquin, “Nettukkusqk” means “my sister.” They sang multiple songs, including their anthem, and also led the audience in a western round dance.

“Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up and listen to our song, for we are Nettukkusqk, native and strong,” they sang.

The Nettukkusqk Singers then took a group photo with audience members against DAPL, saying “Water is life.” Breza thanked everyone for coming before the event concluded.

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University President Anthony Monaco watches the performances on the Academic Quad during the Indigenous People's Day Celebration on Oct. 10.

This week on the Hill WEDNESDAY “Ellen Harvey Artist Talk” Details: Ellen Harvey, Brooklynbased artist specializing in video, painting, performance and installation, will be giving a lecture on her work as part of the Visiting Artist Series.

Where and When: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Anderson Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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THURSDAY “Sharing the Rough: Documentary Screening and Q&A with Director” Details: A screening of the documentary “Sharing the Rough,” about the fine gem industry, will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the director, Orin Mazzoni.

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Third Annual Workshop of the Consortium in Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora Details: This year’s Workshop of the Consortium in Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora will be addressing the theme of Native American and indigenous studies, colonialism and the university.

Where and When: Sophia Gordon Hall, 12 noon – 8 p.m.

Sponsor: Tufts Diversity Fund; Toupin-Bolwell Fund; Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora; University Chaplaincy; Center for Humanities at Tufts

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Features

As pre-orientation programs grow, students, staff consider their impact on non-participants

by Fina Short

Contributing Writer

First-year Sara Kniaz put a lot of thought into her decision not to participate in a pre-orientation program. After speaking with many students about their experiences, she decided it would be easier not to participate because of cost, confusion over logistics of the programs and a lack of enthusiasm about the offerings.

However, Kniaz said that upon arriving on campus, she regretted her decision.

“I had always thought it was the minority that did it, and when I got here it felt like only one out of every 10 people I talked to didn’t do one,” she said. “I thought people just did them because it was an [activity] that they loved, but really people did them to find their friends. If I had known that was the main point of them, I would have done it.”

Tufts’ pre-orientation programs have never been more popular than they are now. This August, 912 incoming first-year students participated in one of the six programs offered: the newly introduced Students’ Quest for Unity in the African Diaspora (SQUAD), Tufts Wilderness Orientation (TWO), Global Orientation (GO), Fitness and Individual Development at Tufts (FIT), Conversation, Action, Faith and Education (CAFE), and Freshman Orientation CommUnity Service (FOCUS).

For Kniaz, it was somewhat jarring to start school among classmates who all seemed to know each other already.

“Going to college itself is a big adjustment,” Kniaz said. “But it’s one thing when you get there and no one knows anyone, and it’s another when you get there and it seems like everyone knows each other already.”

First-year Lilian Gjertsson also chose not to sign up for a pre-orientation program, noting that the deadline felt too early for her to commit to one and that she did not think they would be such an important part of the first-year experience.

“When the deadline was there, I just thought, ‘Oh, it’ll be fine, not that many people will do it,’” Gjertsson said. “So then I just didn’t do it. Bad decision.”

Gjertsson added that she had no idea how popular the programs were when deciding whether or not to sign up. For her, seeing the established social groups that came out of the pre-orientation programs made for an uncomfortable orientation.

“For most people this is probably the

hardest time in college, and to have it be a time where there are already social groups that some people just aren’t included in is kind of weird,” she said.

While Gjertsson said she believes that the programs should be made mandatory, she recognized that financial restrictions could make this difficult.

However, she said she wishes that Tufts gave a clearer image of the high student participation in pre-orientations. “[T]hey should at least have a giant disclaimer that says, ‘everyone does this, you should too,’” she said.

Director for Campus Life Joe Golia acknowledged that high participation in pre-orientation programs can make starting the year difficult for students who do not join in them, but he added that this high participation rate is made clear on the pre-orientation website.

“It’s hard,” Golia said. “You can’t bash pre-o because of it. Pre-o is not doing anything wrong. But it is an issue … I don’t want to tell people when pre-o is over, ‘Don’t be friends anymore.’”

As for efforts to make the programs more inclusive, Golia explained that Tufts does offer financial support to match a student’s financial aid status.

He also stressed that the office works to separate pre-orientation programming from orientation week in order to provide all incoming students the same opportunities after matriculation.

“We try as best as possible, once pre-o is done on Tuesday night and then all through orientation, to make sure there are no pre-o programs, pre-o meetings, pre-o meet-ups,” Golia said.

He emphasized that the programs are accessible to everyone who wants to sign up for them.

“Every single person who applied had the opportunity to do a pre-o program,” Golia said. “Some people were not able to do their first choice … but it’s important to know that all students applying or who show an interest in participating in pre-o are already being accommodated.”

While some programs such as TWO receive far more applications than they can accommodate, Golia said there are no plans in the works to significantly expand them.

“For us to increase the numbers, so much has to happen with staffing,” he said. “I think to go up much more, like 20 students, 30 students, 40 students, we’d have to shift the entire focus of the program and look at [administrative and student] staffing, look at space.”

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Incoming first-years of the Class of 2019 participate in the final day of CAFE, an interfaith pre-orientation program, in Boston on Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2015.

Because the programs all cost the same amount and are paid for by students, Golia also noted that it would be difficult for the office to significantly expand any single one. Expanding one program could take students and resources away from the other ones.

“There’s no budget from the university,” he said. “They’re totally funded by what people pay to come to them … [TWO] especially is a very expensive program to run.”

While Golia said that the office has discussed making the programs mandatory for everyone, he confirmed that they will not become mandatory in the next few years.

“We want to keep working on how to help these students that don’t do pre-orientation,” he said.

Golia cited the Mentor Collective at Tufts as another initiative to include students who did not participate in pre-orientation programs. The program matches students with upperclassmen for opportunities to communicate over Skype during the summer preceding their matriculation at Tufts.

Spearheaded by College Transition Advisor Danielle Vizena, the Mentor Collective was introduced in 2015 initially as an option for students participating in GO. “It was implemented to provide students a peer point of connection on campus to help ease their transition to Tufts,” Vizena told the Daily in an email. “This was the first year we opened it up to all undergraduate students not participating in pre-o.”

Vizena stated that she expects the program to grow next year.

“Now that it has gained recognition and a reputation among first-years and their mentors, I think more incoming firstyears will be interested in participating,” Vizena said.

Until then, Golia is waiting to get the results from this year’s annual orientation survey, which is sent to half of the first-years one week after orientation by the Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation and asks about their experiences during orientation and pre-orientation, if applicable. He hopes that the results from this year’s survey will include ideas from students who did not participate in a pre-orientation program about how to improve orientation.

“But you know, I’m hoping to really open this up in the future to some of our [pre-orientation] leaders, our students, and ask them their ideas,” Golia said. “Once we get the survey, that’ll help us get some of our info, and then we can put together some focus groups of students who didn’t do pre-o to just come and talk about what their experiences were like.”

Golia added that previous orientation surveys show that the pre-orientation programs are consistently rated well among students who participate. However, as the student participation rate in pre-orientation programs swells to over 50 percent of the first-year class, Golia acknowledged that changing the system might be necessary soon.

“The ratings are always so high. It’s a very good problem to have, but it’s a scary problem,” Golia said. “Because if one year, 1,000 to 1,200 students wanted to do them, with the system we have now that would be a problem. So we need to start working on that.”

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Faryal Jafri and Natasha Khwaja Karachi vs. Kansas

Checking boxes

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(Natasha): So in the midst of my many anthropology readings, I’m starting to think about how individuality sometimes disappears when we look at a group or culture as a whole. But then again, it is rather impossible to refer to concepts without generalizing our terminology.

Like, if you look at us, we’d probably look the same on paper – we would “check off the same boxes.”

F (Faryal): We’re both PakistaniAmerican, Muslim, female, have parents from the same profession, are from the Midwest and have two siblings. Our friendship can probably be attributed to these similarities, but we’re very different people if you look beyond these boxes.

N: Exactly. Each of those general labels has many more layers and variables to it, which are apparent in different places and situations. In Pakistan, for example, because it’s such a new country, national identity is regionally bound by ethno-linguistic groups. My family would be classified as “Kashmiri-Punjabi,” and while such distinctions are less prevalent in contemporary society, their legacies remain salient when locating our identities among often tumultuous political landscapes.

F: Ethnicity, race and nationality are all different things, yet their individual importance is often erased here in the United States. We get lumped in categories that lose meaning because they are so incredibly vague. Take the term “Asian,” for example. Asia is a continent of about four and a half billion people from 48 different countries. When I check the “Asian” box on a form, I’m not sure how much information I’m revealing besides the fact that I’m probably not white.

N: Where we are also changes how we and others see our identity. We’ve found that in the United States, minorities are constantly struggling between building up strength within their own communities and working in solidarity with other groups to create a bigger impact. In Pakistan, there is a struggle between being of the diaspora and being Pakistani. Pakistanis often don’t see us as truly Pakistani because we aren’t as in tune with the country’s trials and tribulations and tend to hold idealized images of “back home.” That’s why it can be so difficult to simply check a box or join an organization. I often feel that I’m never being entirely represented.

F: I understand that for the sake of efficiency and good enough data, we can’t always delve into the deeper levels of each person. I do believe, however, that some of these nuances do need to be addressed better.

N: I am not sure if there even is a solution to what is essentially more of an uneasy feeling. We don’t feel adequately represented by the labels that we are given. They don’t represent the story of who we are or where we come from. We will never quite fit into the boxes we check.

Faryal Jafri is a junior majoring in international relations and minoring in economics. She is currently abroad in London and can be reached at faryal.jafri@tufts.edu.

Natasha Khwaja is a junior majoring in international relations and anthropology.

She can be reached at natasha.khwaja@ tufts.edu.

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Arts & Living CONCERT REVIEW

James Blake performs new, old hits at House of Blues

by Eran Sabaner Arts Editor

British singer, songwriter, musician and producer James Blake — arguably one of the most versatile performers today — performed at the House of Blues on Oct. 4. His show would be appropriate for both music halls and nightclubs, as his music is a fusion of soul and electronic genres. Likewise, his music is alternative yet also accessible, proven by this year’s collaborations with Beyoncé on “Forward” and Frank Ocean on “White Ferrari.” It would not be an overstatement to call the Mercury prizewinner one of the most talented singers in the indie scene today, as he never fails to receive overwhelming acclaim from critics. Blake’s concert, which sold out weeks before the show, was a reminder why all these statements about the artist hold validity.

Usually, opening acts are not a highlight of a concert. This wasn’t the case with Moses Sumney, the opening act for Blake, whom Pitchfork has praised for having a “gorgeous voice that is as intricate as it is intimate.” Performing songs from his recently released EP “Lamentations” (2016), Summey was surprisingly captivating and undeniably entertaining. His short set probably resulted in hundreds of audience members writing down his name on their phones.

Sumney’s performance was quickly forgotten when Blake appeared on the stage, however. At the right of the stage, never centered, Blake sat by his keyboard as usual. The show opened with “Always”, a mid-tempo song from Blake’s third album, “The Colour in Anything” (2016). “Always” is a surprising way to open the show, as Blake usually likes to start with a more electronic, upbeat song such as the dubstep

jam “Air & Lack Thereof” (2009).

Nonetheless, unlike “Air & Lack Thereof,” “Always” better demonstrates Blake’s vocal abilities, so it provides a better idea of what’s coming next.

One criticism of “The Colour BILL EBBESEN VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS in Anything” has James Blake performs at Roskilde Festival on July 2, 2011. been the album’s length. It has a whopping 17 tracks, a high (2011). For the encore, he performed his cover number even for hip-hop and rap albums that of Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You” (1971) from have multiple interludes. At times, listening his 2011 EP “Enough Thunder” instead of a to the album is an overwhelming experience, one of the newer piano songs from his new but the concert legitimizes Blake’s decision to album, like “f.o.r.e.v.e.r.” But Blake is well aware keep the album 76 minutes long. The album that “A Case of You” would be a better segue to expands Blake’s catalog of expressive piano “Measurements” (2011), the second encore songs and includes more electronic dance track. Instead of performing a bunch of rantunes, which sound much better live. Blake dom hits, Blake carefully selects the songs he performed the majority of the album’s songs is going to perform from his quite extensive throughout the concert with, “Modern Soul” repertoire. and “Radio Silence” as the highlights. “I Need It has almost become a tradition for Blake to A Forest Fire,” missing the vocals of Bon Iver, end concerts with “Measurements.” The song is perhaps the weakest performance of the is a perfect closure not only because of Blake’s concert. When trying to cover Bon Iver’s part, little gimmick of leaving the stage before the Blake sounds flat at times. song ends but also because “Measurements” Musicians usually like to play their new requires the audience to stay silent throughout and popular songs in their concerts, typical- the song as Blake records and loops his voice ly leaving their biggest hit for the finale or live. As a result, the audience is able to experithe encore. Blake, on the other hand, did not ence the song more, so it almost sounds spirishy away from performing older and more tual through Blake’s soulful vocals. That night, obscure songs. For example, instead of closing when the song ended and the lights turned on the show with his biggest hit “Retrograde” to an empty stage, the audience was baffled no (2013), Blake decided to perform “Wilhelm matter how many times they had seen Blake Scream” from his debut album “James Blake” perform live.

TV REVIEW

‘Westworld’ offers gunfights, excitement and dash of existential crisis

by Isaac Brown

Assistant Arts Editor

HBO fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” (2011-present) captivated viewers with its portrayal of flawed men and women pursuing power through pithy dialogue, sexual manipulation and epic clashes of blades and wit. Show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss skillfully brought brutality and grit to a world of magic and dragons, reinvigorating high fantasy portrayal in film to levels not seen since “The Lord of the Rings” film series (2001-2003).

With the series nearing completion, HBO hopes to broaden its offerings in the genre with “Westworld” (2016), which aired its pilot episode on Oct. 2. Media outlets, desperate for clicks from an avid fanbase, were falling over each other to label the show “the next Game of Thrones.” This is misleading at best.

HBO certainly spared no expense to bring both shows to life and they both feature strong casts and complex storylines, but the similarities end there.

While “Game of Thrones” gave viewers the opportunity to revel in its titillating displays of sex and gratuitous violence, “Westworld” takes place in a not-so-distant future in which people want to roleplay similar guilty pleasures in real life. They want to manifest their deviances in a world without consequence, a privately-run park set in in the American Wild West populated by “hosts” – machines designed to appear human and believe in their own humanity.

Human guests pay tens of thousands of dollars per day to interact with the hosts and this simulated environment in any way they see fit. Hosts begin the day as characters going about their programmed routine: wizened prospectors, welcoming prostitutes and trigger-happy bandits. By sundown, many hosts lie “dead,” riddled with bullet holes or subjected to violence, sexual or otherwise. At the end of the day, hosts are cleaned, repaired, memory-wiped and put back in their starting positions to do it all again.

“Westworld” captures that uncomfortable paradox in which many have difficulty confronting “real” violence but love consuming violence when it’s packaged as entertainment. The park caters to people’s darkest impulses in the same way that TV shows like “Game of Thrones” do. Gunfights and carnal pleasures are only the surface level of what the park offers guests and, by extension, viewers. Amidst an overarching plot line in which the park’s hosts slowly become aware of the daily suffering they’re enduring at the hands of guests, “Westworld” works on a number of different levels because it’s more than a delivery mechanism for grand ideas about artificial intelligence and the danger of unchecked technological advancement.

“Westworld” creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have ensured that the show’s secrets and subtleties keep viewers hooked.

Its characters appear thin on the outset but this façade quickly falls apart upon closer examination. The Man in Black (Ed

Harris), for instance, is a long-time guest who destroys hosts without hesitation in pursuit of Westworld’s “endgame.” While he may appear to be the story’s antagonist, he drops a number of small clues that suggest his goals are not so straightforward. He may completely disregard the hosts’ welfare, but is that necessarily evidence of evil, or just of a man who sees the hosts as nothing more than machines, tools to a greater goal? Fan theorists are on the job.

Music, too, plays an instrumental role in making scenes come alive, in no small part due to the impressive skill and experience of the show’s composer Ramin Djawadi, who also wrote the music for “Game of Thrones.”

One particularly memorable scene is the bloodbath that ensues when wanted criminal Hector Escaton (Rodrigo Santoro) rides into town with a gang armed to the teeth to an orchestral version of The Rolling Stones’ “Paint it Black” (1966). The scene elegantly captures the anachronism of the robotfilled Western theme park and the banality of scripted violence, as the guests look on with glee while bandit hosts gun down other hosts in the middle of the street in a dramatic gunfight.

There is a lot to enjoy and absorb in “Westworld,” whether one is in it for the bullets and nudity or the existential crises that result from being confronted with machines on the verge of sentience. Whatever level viewers choose to engage the show on, they can find something that will make them hungry for the next episode.

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On the road

f you’ve seen “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” (1987), then you have a good picture of my experience trying to get to Providence this past Friday afternoon to see my best friend.

That is, if you substitute Steve Martin’s exasperated businessman with me, a hungry college student, and replace John Candy with my extremely heavy backpack and suitcase. The afternoon transpired something like this: I called an Uber only to see it zoom past me and cancel the trip, forcing me to sprint to Davis and get onto the T. I arrived at Back Bay Station, asked if the train on the platform was headed to Providence, was told yes, only to be told later that I had gotten on a different train to Providence and had to pay an extra fare. Luckily, I did not accidentally set fire to a rental car. Traveling alone is hard.

However, along with love and war, travel is one of cinema’s never-ending wells of stories. It is not a coincidence that so many of the movies that I find myself thinking about again and again are road movies; they concretize an internal journey and force characters to confront whatever they have hidden inside themselves. In turn, the journey becomes an indelible part of them.

In that vein, I believe the best road movie of the past five years is Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Ida” (2013). Set in early 1960s Poland, the film follows an orphaned novice nun called Anna, played by Polish actress Agata Trzebuchowska, as she looks for to her aunt Wanda and to learn about herself before she takes her full vows.

Her aunt, who is her only relative, tells her that she is actually Jewish and that her real name is Ida Lebenstein.

Together, they venture into the countryside, still sparse and withdrawn from the destruction of World War II, to find the truth about what happened to their family.

The reason “Ida” resonates so well is not the characters but the journey.

As the two women travel further into the searingly wounded countryside of Poland, the film – through the tragic story of Ida and Wanda – reveals the intricate story of the land itself, ravaged by war and unspeakable human evil.

Nothing is stated; in black and white, the shots seem wistful and defeated and the country is quiet, barren and melancholy.

This contrasts with the characters, who, knowing the truth of their family’s past, must find a way to move on with their lives in this crestfallen place.

“Ida” particularly interests me now because it finds the title character and me at such a similar — yet so different — point in our lives. Both of us have left the place where we spent our first 18 years and we are now “on the road” — a journey that will force us to confront the truth about who we are and what we want to make of our lives in light of that knowledge. I am, however, glad that the similarities end there, because I like to eat out and I never stop talking, and I don’t think those qualities are well-suited to convent life.

Tommy Gillespie is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Tommy can be reached at Thomas.Gillespie@tufts.edu.

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Indigenous People’s Day: A step toward greater inclusivity and awareness Yesterday, Tufts celebrated its first Indigenous People’s Day just several months after faculty voted in favor of renaming the university holiday formerly recognized as Columbus Day. In addition to a break from classes, the day was commemorated with a celebration on the Academic Quad on Monday evening,with indigenous music, art and food.

Most of the country also enjoyed the day off yesterday, celebrating Columbus Day rather than Indigenous People’s Day. The difference between the two lies in more than just semantics — the new name is symbolic of honoring a people who have long been degraded by national esteem for Columbus, who was responsible for much of their anguish and demise. Tufts’ decision to dedicate the day to America’s indigenous people is admirable and representative of the cul-

ture of inclusivity for which the university should strive.

The idea for establishing Indigenous People’s Day was initiated by a December 2015 Tufts Community Union Senate resolution and was voted on by the Arts, Sciences and Engineering Faculty in February. The Senate resolution proposed both that the day be officially known as Indigenous People’s Day from then on and that the day include programming dedicated to the history of Native Americans.

Not only does the name change show a commitment to inclusivity, but it also demonstrates a university-wide recognition that paying homage to a history of colonization and decimation is not what the Tufts community stands for. Rather than honoring a man who played a key role in instigating years of violence and displacement, we should commemorate those affected

by such acts. The activities on Monday evening were particularly significant in that they brought the Tufts community together to observe and appreciate indigenous culture. By redirecting the focus of the holiday to recognition, remembrance and historical truth, we stand in solidarity with Native American communities across the country, many of which still face the consequences of these historical events.

While renaming yesterday’s holiday is undoubtedly a step in the right direction, there is still more our community — and the rest of this country — can do to educate its citizens on our nation’s history.

Firstly, we can work to incorporate a more substantial, objective education on Native American communities and culture. Due to the long-held celebration of holidays like Columbus Day and Thanksgiving, much native history is buried underneath

historical esteem for the “heroic discovery” of America.

However, we must be learned on all sides of the story. In an effort to recover much of the history that is often sugar-coated or left behind, our celebration of Indigenous People’s Day should aim to educate as well as honor. This is why the inclusion of cultural events aimed at educating and raising awareness is an imperative component of the holiday’s celebration.

Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day will not right all of the wrongs done to Native Americans. However, this holiday should be applauded as an integral tool in making our campus more inclusive and more informed. So, from here on out, don’t just think of Indigenous People’s day as a day off from class; think of it as a celebration of a beautiful culture and a commemoration of the past.

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Challenging “outness” on National Coming Out Day

by Kayla Williamson “When did you come out?”

Come out? Come out to whom? To where? What does “coming out” even mean, and why is it so important that I even come out? Isn’t it my business whom I decide to love? These are all things I think about when someone asks me about when I chose to emblazon it on my chest that “I Love Ladies;” they’re inquiries I believe everyone should consider when they think about coming out.

A lot of people I’ve met act like every queer person has to have a coming out story or else they’re not a real queer. This could not be more inaccurate. You are not a “fake” queer by not wanting to come out.

There are a million reasons not to come out, and you should know that you are valid in your reasons for not wanting to come out — you still belong in the LGBTQ community no matter what. Honestly, coming out is a privilege that a lot of people do not have, and I’d like to recognize all those people who don’t have that privilege and really struggle with it. You are all still valid. You are all still queer enough.

The fact is, coming out isn’t always — or even often — a happy ending. Most queers I know have terrible coming out stories, and a lot of them wish they had stayed in the closet. I reject the idea that coming out is some magical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow (pun intended); instead, maybe think about coming out as a big, complicated roller coaster on a track that constantly chang-

es and that everyone experiences in different ways. Sometimes the roller coaster can be thrilling and fun, sometimes it can be terrifying, sometimes you want to get off the ride entirely and sometimes you don’t even get in line.

You see, there are so many different ways to experience coming out. There’s coming out to friends, coming out to family, coming out on social media, at school, at work and even at Walgreens when you have to explain that you’re buying so many sour gummy worms to ask your girlfriend to prom (good times). It’s difficult to choose how “out” to be, because sometimes it’s safe to be out in some spaces but not in others. For example, you could be out at Tufts but not out to your family back home. You could be out to your cool professor and not out to that other professor who tries to slip Jesus into every lecture.

Coming out is strategic, and you have to pick your spaces wisely.

That is, if you have the ability to pick a space. Many queer or transgender people are forced to come out simply because of outward appearance, and they don’t get to pick the spaces in which they are out.

On the other hand, some people just don’t ever want to come out, and I applaud them — it takes a lot to stay in the closet, in the same way that it takes a lot to actually come out. Oftentimes I feel as though I only came out because society told me I had to and told me things would be easier if I did. This was only partly true. Being out is easy in some ways (like being able to introduce your girlfriend as your girlfriend

and not as your “very platonic gal pal”) and harder in others (like having to correct someone’s usage of your pronouns over and over and feel the exasperation seeping from their pores).

So how do you choose how out to be, especially on this daunting occasion called National Coming Out Day? To be honest, it’s up to you. Your own comfort levels and your own safety and happiness are most important. Keep your mental health at the forefront of your mind. There is no formula for coming out. There’s no right answer on the “gay test”; there’s no gay test in the first place, because you experience being queer how you experience being queer, not how I experience it or Adam Lambert experiences it or even how Ellen Degeneres experiences it. It takes a lot of bravery both to come out and to stay in the closet, and I want Tufts to recognize both groups of people (and people who are in the coming out limbo stage) on this day. Tufts students have consistently been about lifting up the experience of the individual, not the group, and we should continue to do so when it comes to the subject of outness.

So, queers, celebrate those who can be out today and celebrate those who can’t.

Or, don’t celebrate today at all. All colors of the outness wheel are beautiful and vibrant, just like yourselves. Keep painting the world with all your fabulous hues, today and every day in the future.

Kayla Williamson is a junior majoring in psychology. Kayla can be reached at kayla.williamson@tufts.edu.

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’ve never really been one to broadcast when it’s my birthday. In fact, I’ve always tried to downplay the annual occasion — the last time I planned a birthday party for myself was when I turned 12. It’s not that my birthday isn’t special to me. It’s just that I’ve never been compelled to parade about exclaiming, “Guess what day it is? MY day! Aren’t you going to sing to me?”

Growing up, I’d learned to soft-pedal my birthday because there was never a need to announce when it was. Everyone who was important to me — my immediate family and school buddies — knew the date.

But studying at Tufts means those people are not around for my birthday; my immediate family lives in California and no one else from my high school has attended Tufts in more than half a decade.

Last October, I was hesitant to let people know when it was my birthday. I didn’t want anyone to feel obligated to host a party or get me presents. Nor did I want them to feel pressured to remember the date from then on.

But I did end up letting a few people know. And my birthday last year was nothing but spectacular. My Tilton floormates threw me my first surprise birthday party. My next-door neighbors baked cupcakes for all of us and decorated them with the number 19.

This past Saturday was equally spectacular. I spent the first hour of the day on the phone with a childhood friend. I spent the next three hours with a suitemate who is also from California. We recounted the best and worst parts of our high school careers, then stayed up until 4 a.m. looking at Google Maps aerial views of our high schools, our towns and — of course — our favorite beaches.

Five hours later, I woke up to have brunch with a different suitemate, took a nap (a birthday present to myself) and then walked to Mail Services to pick up some presents my family had mailed to me.

My favorite present was from my parents. They made this cardstock fold-out that listed 20 things they loved about me — one for each year I’ve lived. After tearing up over that, I opened the remainder of my heartfelt gifts. I ended my birthday with the boys, kicking back and watching a movie on our suite’s projector.

And thus began my official advent into the unknown world of adulthood. I’m no longer considered a “teenager.”

And that’s weird for me.

To be honest, I’d never bought into the whole, “I feel so different now that I’m a year older” idea. After all, I’m just 19 plus a few days old. I still have no idea what I’m doing. I’m still pimply and awkward.

And I am still frightened of what the future holds.

But that’s also exciting.

Turning 20 just means that I’ve been armed with yet another year’s worth of experience. I’ve had 19 years to prepare for my first trial run at officially “adulting.” And it really is a trial run to learn to be more reactive to and responsible about life’s hurdles. To become more mature. To fail harder. I’ve been given another year to learn more. To love deeper. To do more.

Isn’t that one hell of a gift?

Jake Lawicki is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. Jake can be reached at jake.lawicki@tufts.edu.

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continued from back yards. Most of his yardage came on a 77-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Mike Miller. “[Snyder] continues to be a pocket-passer,” Civetti said. “He certainly has a big arm and can be a big threat for us downfield. I would imagine they will continue to see both quarterbacks.”

Tufts first scored behind the strong leg of senior punter/placekicker Willie Holmquist, who kicked a field goal from 46 yards out on Tufts’ first drive of the game. While most NESCAC kickers aren’t asked to consistently drill field goals from 45-plus-yards out, Holmquist, whose season long is 48-yards, appreciates his team’s faith in his leg.

“I’m really happy that coach Civetti has confidence in me,” Holmquist said.

“I’m not really doing a whole lot of thinking when I’m out there. I’m just lining it up and I trust my body to do what I’ve trained it to do. If I can put points on the board for my team, I think I’m doing a good job.”

A 14-yard touchdown run from McDonald gave the Jumbos a 10-0 lead at 9:18 in the first quarter. Despite the lead, the first half was not without its miscues for Tufts. While blocking on a punt return, sophomore defensive back Tim Preston ran into Tufts’ punt-returner and the ball fell loose. The Polar Bears recovered deep in Jumbo territory.

Tufts prevented Bowdoin from scoring and forced a turnover on the drive, as sophomore defensive back Frank Roche picked off Bowdoin sophomore quarterback Noah Nelson in the end zone. This was the first contest this season in which the Jumbos’ pass defense was thoroughly tested and Civetti was pleased with their play.

“I think as a whole, we went against a really good, young quarterback and a couple really good receivers,” Civetti said. “I think for the first game where anyone has really thrown the ball against us, we did a great job.”

Tufts allowed 246 yards through the air but limited Bowdoin to just 5.1 yards per pass play. Roche’s interception saved a potential touchdown and Preston, last year’s NESCAC leader in interceptions, earned his first pick of the season in the third quarter.

“It was a good test for our secondary,” Preston said. “We haven’t really gotten tested [this season], so it is definitely good ahead of [Saturday’s game against] Trinity.”

Tufts punted with just over three minutes remaining in the first quarter and Holmquist sent a high spiraling ball downfield that Bowdoin junior wideout Nick Vailas fielded at his own 25-yard line. Vailas found a seam down the sideline and took it 75 yards to the end zone to make the score 10-7.

“If something goes wrong, one thing I’ll never do is panic,” Holmquist said.

“You can’t get too high; you can’t get too low. You’ve got to stay the course and worry about making the play out on special teams.”

The end of the first quarter saw the Jumbos start a long drive down the field from their own 30-yard line. That drive was capped off at 11:50 in the second quarter on senior tri-captain running back Chance Brady’s five-yard run.

Brady ran 32 times in the Jumbos’ last contest against the Bates Bobcats but saw limited work in Saturday’s game, rushing eight times for 54 yards. “[Brady] was in there to start the second half but at that point, we felt like it was an opportunity to get some other guys in the game,” Civetti said. “He had a big week the week before, no hidden secrets there.”

There was plenty of scoring to go around in the second period, as McDonald and junior wide receiver Joe Byrnes connected for a 17-yard touchdown just two minutes after Brady’s touchdown and first-year running back Nate Richam scored for Bowdoin on an 11-yard run at 5:09. Tufts entered into halftime with a 24-14 lead, its largest halftime lead of the season.

The Jumbos came out explosively in the second half. Starting on their own 25-yard line, McDonald took the snap and was immediately off running.

Blockers gave McDonald room and he hit the open field for a 75-yard touchdown on the first play of the half.

Later in the half, the Jumbos scored once again in their first play of a drive as this time, Snyder lined up in the backfield. He took the snap and found Miller for a 77-yard touchdown pass with 7:07 left in the third.

“[Our game plan was to] be balanced and to get the ball where it needs to be,” Miller said. “Nothing special about [the game,] we just do what we need to do. Coach always stresses making the big play and we got an opportunity to do that yesterday and capitalized on it.”

Miller was also glad that the third game featured a more dynamic Tufts passing offense compared to the run-centric style the team was forced to play in the first two weeks.

“It was fun,” Miller said. “We’ve got a really good running back [in Brady] so I can’t really complain if we run the ball, but when we throw the ball, pass it around, it’s fun to play like that.”

With their defense playing well and their offense consistently putting up points, the Jumbos held onto their lead, and eventually time ran out on the Polar Bears’ hopes for a comeback. The final score was 41-21 in favor of Tufts.

“So far so good,” Preston said. “It’s nice to be 3-0 for sure. I think we all know we still have a lot to work on, but we can’t complain about being 3-0.”

The defense consistently laid Bowdoin passers on their backs, with four sacks in the game: one each from junior linebacker Chuck Calabrese, first-year defensive lineman Conor Chepenik and senior defensive lineman Quinn Metoyer, and a fourth shared between junior linebacker Zach Thomas and classmate defensive lineman Doug Harrison. “[Each sack] is a big deal. It brings a lot of energy. Any time you get a hit on the quarterback, it’s a big deal. It puts a lot of pressure on the offensive line and makes the quarterback have to make bad throws and certainly helps the secondary do [its job],” Civetti said.

Now 3-0, the Jumbos face their biggest challenge yet on the road against the 3-0 Trinity Bantams at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Bantams have scored at least 37 points in all of their games this year and lead the league in points per game and points allowed. The Jumbos rank fifth and fourth respectively in those categories. As two of the three remaining 3-0 teams, this matchup is a chance for both teams to definitively move toward winning a NESCAC championship.

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continued from back overall with a time of 24:04.65, sophomore Olivia Barnett placed 63rd overall with a time of 24:08.64, first-year Cecelia Rosenman placed 64th with a time of 24:09.15, junior Franchesca Burgos placed 77th with a time of 24:23.63 and first-year Emma Ishida placed 83rd with a time of 24:25.92. Rounding out the team, first-year Remi Toth placed 87th with a time of 24:29.86, junior Sara Stokesbury placed 94th with a time of 24:37.48, sophomore Jennifer Jackson placed 121st at 25:02.78 and first-year Fernanda Brena was 204th, finishing at 25:56.47.

“I thought the race went really well.

I would say the majority of the kids on our team ran a personal best,” Morwick said. “It was an awesome performance for us ... [Especially] considering the team that beat us ran their top group and we held out eight of our runners and filled out a close second.”

Coming up next for the Jumbos is the Connecticut College Invitational on Oct. 15, where the Jumbos came in second last year.

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Nicky Shapiro Under the Lights

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om Brady’s revenge tour underway as Patriots spank winless Browns,” read USA Today’s headline hours after the New England Patriots’ 33-13 victory over the hapless Cleveland Browns.

Narratives like this are already being tossed around after Brady scorched the Browns on Sunday with a 406-yard, three-touchdown performance. If it was a “normal” game, the 4-1 Patriots dismantling the 0-5 Browns wouldn’t have made a dent on the national radar.

To the eyes of the world, though, this was no ordinary game. This was Brady’s triumphant return to glory after his four-game suspension for his role in the silliest use of the suffix “-gate” of all time: Deflategate. Yes, Deflategate, when Brady allegedly conspired with his ballboys to take extra air out of some of his footballs and was suspended for four games in the aftermath by the closest thing America has to an acting dictator NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell.

The scandal was ridiculous and the subsequent coverage demonstrated the sports universe at its worst. This was because, for everything the Brady-saga lacked in actual substance, it had the one thing sportswriters and casual fans love more than anything: implicit narrative. So when Brady went out and won the Super Bowl two weeks after the Deflategate saga began, he was doing it not for himself or his team but to spite the rest of the league. When Brady fistpumped after throwing one of his three touchdown passes on Sunday, it wasn’t out of competitiveness but out of anger towards the league office.

Such contrived storylines are no better than the overdone celebrity tabloid stories lining grocery checkout lines.

They come from a place of laziness and take away from the accomplishments of the athletes.

Isn’t it possible, just maybe, that one of the best quarterbacks of all time had a remarkable game against a porous, perpetually-awful Browns defense?

Must we assign all this meaning, this narrative, to a player, game and story that can be chalked up with so much more ease to factors that actually have basis in reality?

We should be spending less time caught up in the silliness of petty narratives like Brady’s and more time examining the things that actually affect the game and the players who play it. Why not look into Brady’s historical statistical dominance or the fact that the Browns keep trudging out practice-squad-level talent on their game-day roster? There are real causes that have real effects if we spend a little more time and use a little more rational thinking.

We also don’t have to make these stories up because players like Brady deny them every time, and at a certain point, we’re just going to have to start believing the players.

“I’m just happy we won,” Brady said after Sunday’s game in the same story that procured the headline at the beginning of this column. “The last four weeks, none of it matters.”

That’s it. “None of it matters.” On Sunday afternoon, Tom Brady did what he’s done his whole life. He just played football.

Nicky Shapiro is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Nicky can be reached at nicholas.shapiro@tufts.edu.

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Sports

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

FOOTBALL

Jumbos best Polar Bears 41-21 to remain undefeated

by Eddie Samuels Sports Editor

On the road for the first time this season, the Jumbos dominated the Bowdoin Polar Bears 41-21 to improve to 3-0 on the season. Tufts benefited from its unique quarterback situation in this game, as sophomore quarterback Ryan McDonald’s dual threat capabilities and senior quarterback Alex Snyder’s precision through the air helped the Jumbos’ offense capitalize on nearly every opportunity. Tufts netted over 500 yards from scrimmage for the first time since a 70-49 loss to Amherst on Oct. 30, 2010.

McDonald completed nine passes for 92 yards, got a touchdown and added 146 yards rushing with two touchdowns on just 11 attempts. His longest run of the day came on a 75-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. “[McDonald] continues to do a great job in our run game with our read [option] game,” coach Jay Civetti said. “He was nine for nine passing. We didn’t ask him to throw the ball a lot.

He’s a dual threat. I think he brings a different element to our offensive game.”

Snyder completed three of six passing attempts for 102 see FOOTBALL, page 15

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Senior tri-captain running back Chance Brady blocks for senior quarterback Alex Snyder as he passes in the game against Trinity on Oct. 17, 2015.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Cross country places second at invitational

by Arman Smigielski Contributing Writer

Women’s cross country finished strong last weekend at the James Earley Invitational, placing second out of 41 total teams at the five-kilometer race. The Jumbos finished high despite resting many of their best runners, those who ran in last week’s Paul Short Invitational.

Because of the nature of collegiate cross country competitions, runners — especially top performers — occasionally rest from week to week.

No. 13 Tufts finished with 84 points, close on the heels of the first place finisher, the University of New England, which won the race with 65 points. There was a large gap between the first two places and the remainder of the field. Following Tufts was third placed Keene State College with 208 points overall.

Tufts outran divisional rivals No. 3 Williams and Colby.

The Ephs placed seventh and the Jumbos beat them by 188 points, outracing them by six minutes total. Tufts also out-

performed NESCAC rival Colby College, which placed 18th in the race with 506 points.

Sophomore Kelsey Tierney led the Jumbos and finished fourth out of over 459 runners with a time of 22:09.55. Coach Kristen Morwick was impressed

by Tierney’s performance.

Tierney finished faster than Tufts’ previous top long distance runner Audrey Gould (LA ’16), who had run 22:12.61 on the course as a first-year.

Junior Olivia Nicholson was Tufts’ second scorer and the 12th finisher overall with a time of 22:41.43. Finishing with her was senior tri-captain Samantha Cox, whose time of 22:42.07 ranked 13th.

Junior Danielle Skufca placed 24th and ran the five-kilometer race in 23:19.59.

Although only the next three Jumbos placed in the race, the following four Jumbos finished on each others’ heels, illustrating the team’s commitment to pack running. Junior Eliza Lawless scored for Tufts at 32nd overall with a time of 23:28.94.

Finishing two seconds after her

was sophomore Julia Noble, who snagged 34th. First-year Haley Barthel rounded out the scoring for the Jumbos as their seventh place runner with a 35th place finish overall and a time of 23:31.65, finishing mere hundredths of a second behind Noble and Lawless. Sophomore Sarah Perkins placed 36th and came in close behind the aforementioned runners with a time of 23:31.00.

“Considering we didn’t race our top 8 runners, there were a lot of people who filled in the front pack of the race and had breakthrough races that really prove the depth that we have on our team,” senior Sarah Corning told the Daily in an electronic message.

The remaining Jumbos finished as follows: first-years Nicole Kerrigan and Lauren Diaz finished 39th and 43rd at 23:32.74 and 23:50.35, respectively, and junior Evelyn Heffernan came in 47th place at 23:41.52.

Sophomore Caitlin Porrazo placed 53rd overall with a time of 21:01.43, Corning placed 59th see CROSS COUNTRY, page 15

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Audrey Gould (LA ‘16) leads a pack around a bend at the NCAA Nationals in Ohio on Nov. 24, 2014.