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Yes on 3 campaign engages students in support of transgender rights

by Anar Kansara News Editor

As Election Day nears, Tufts students are increasing efforts to spread awareness about protecting transgender nondiscrimination laws through the Yes on 3 campaign. The name of the campaign refers to Question 3 on the 2018 Massachusetts ballot that will either uphold or repeal a law that “adds gender identity to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination in places of public accommodation, resort, or amusement” according to state’s election website.

Juniors Sean Murphy and Martina Tan have been active volunteers for Yes on 3 since June of this year, when both were recruited during the Boston Pride Parade.

According to Murphy, the campaign has two main branches: public education and volunteer recruitment. Both sectors are active through phone banks and in-person efforts, Tan said.

As a volunteer leader, Murphy is involved in in-person volunteer recruitment at Tufts.

He is also responsible for “action leading,” which involves training volunteers to

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Juniors Martina Tan (left) and Sean Murphy (right), members of the Yes on 3 campaign, pose for a portrait on Sept. 25.

Rebranded Tufts Entrepreneurship Center offers expanded programming

by Alexander Davis Contributing Writer

The Tufts Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies program was rebranded as the Tufts Entrepreneurship Center (TEC) over the summer to reflect its updated programming and new focus under TEC Director Jack Derby.

The new name is meant to clarify TEC’s mission to train innovative students and provide them with the resources to start their own companies. The center hopes to entice more students to consider an entrepreneurship minor, which is the university’s largest minor.

“I think the main intention behind this shift was to clarify the intention of the program and make the nomenclature of the department more approachable,” Jack Ohringer, a junior on the Tufts

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Entrepreneurs Society (TES) executive board, told the Daily in an email.

According to Derby, the name change is more than just cosmetic; it comes with revamped events and a more interactive focus for the program.

“If all we did was teach and didn’t give students an opportunity to practice, engage and compete, then it wouldn’t be as meaningful,” Derby said.

To kick off the year, TEC hosted a social at Tamper Cafe with entrepreneur Sarah Lockwood (LA ’13). Lockwood is the founder of College Outside, a startup that connects outdoor equipment brands to college outing clubs and outdoor education programs. The event allowed Tufts students to speak with Lockwood and to interact with TEC faculty and staff, as well as each other.

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Senior Alex Wulkan, co-director of TES, said that the social was a great success and that there is demonstrated student interest in TEC’s new direction.

“I don’t think I’ve seen that many people at the Tamper event before,” Wulkan said. “[It was] great networking, great to meet everybody that’s new [and] great to reconnect with the professors. There was a general sense of … community building for entrepreneurship.”

One prominent addition to TEC is the new Jumbo Cafés initiative, which gives students an opportunity to discuss and develop their ideas over pizza with TEC faculty, advisory board members and alumni.

According to TEC’s website, there are five Jumbo Cafés scheduled for this semester.

The sessions are designed to be very personal, as young entrepreneurs can discuss topics of their choice.

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Derby is particularly excited about the upcoming Founder Workshop, scheduled for Oct. 19–20. This edition of the workshop will feature billionaire philanthropist and Tufts alum Bill Cummings (LA ’58). Cummings, according to promotional materials for the event, is a “serial entrepreneur,” having started numerous successful companies.

Following an introduction by Cummings, students will have an opportunity to further develop their startup ideas and hear from a number of experts on the topic, according to Derby. The hope is for students to flesh out any entrepreneurial ideas they may have.

“We have teachers teaching stuff, but if you really want to come in and get your fingers dirty, you [should] come to the work-

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Classics professor Marie-Claire Beaulieu shares research on ancient Greek bird classification

by Daniel Nelson

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Students, faculty and local residents attended a lunchtime lecture on an interdisciplinary effort studying the classification of ancient Greek birds in the Curtis Hall MultiPurpose Room yesterday.

The Environmental Studies Programsponsored talk — part of the program’s weekly “Lunch & Learn” series — featured Associate Professor of Classics Marie-Claire Beaulieu who, for two years, has helped coordinate a push to turn Scottish polymath D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson’s work, “A

Glossary of Greek Birds,” into an understandable, searchable resource.

Beaulieu explained that the 1895 glossary, republished in 1936, is virtually incomprehensible to the modern reader, who would struggle to make sense of Thompson’s obscure patchwork of Greek quotations, Latin passages and classics references.

“How do I bring this into the 21st century? How do I work with this material that’s really encoded for classicists?” Beaulieu said. “This is literally an interdisciplinary project from the beginning.”

Joined by Tufts students studying drama, film and computer science, and in collaboration with the University of

Dundee and the University of St. Andrews, both in Scotland, Beaulieu said she is finding new ways to present the century-old work. She related this interdisciplinary work directly back to Thompson.

“Thompson was a big believer that you needed to bring all sorts of sciences together in order to put a project together because of the interconnectedness of our world,” Beaulieu said. “He saw a very deep connection between all of these things, and most notably for our purposes between the humanities and the sciences.” see BIRD, page 3

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Much of TEC’s programming relies on strong alumni support. Wulkan emphasized that connections with university alumni, particularly TEC alums, remain very robust.

“There is a fantastic connection with alumni. Our problem is that we probably don’t reach out to them enough,” Wulkan said. “When we send out requests for mentors to come in [and] for judges to come in, we are overwhelmed by the response we get.”

With the TEC’s rebranding and new programming, Derby hopes to further integrate the center with Tufts’ undergraduate and graduate schools and eventually, Greater Boston’s entrepreneur community.

“I want to make sure that we are very strong within the 10 [schools], and then we’ll worry about the Boston ecosystem,” Derby said.

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Volunteers highlight personal, communal connections to trans rights YES ON 3

continued from page 1 recruit even more people to the campaign.

According to Tan, she and Murphy became volunteer leaders after other leaders in the campaign noticed their heavy involvement and participation.

“You become a volunteer leader … if you’re devoted to the cause and have a good set of skills that will make you a good leader,” Tan said.

Murphy echoed this sentiment, adding that he finds the campaign rewarding.

“We do this because this is worthwhile work,” he said.

In their roles, Murphy and Tan make sure the Yes on 3 campaign events at Tufts run smoothly and consistently each week, they said. According to Murphy, phone banks take place on Tuesday nights from 6–9 p.m. at the LGBT Center and Thursday nights from 6–9 p.m. at the Women’s Center.

Murphy and Tan, along with other volunteers, run the Thursday night phone bank, as well as in-person recruitment efforts on Fridays from 2–5 p.m. near the Mayer Campus Center. The events began this semester, they said.

Both efforts are centered around public education, which includes calling Massachusetts voters to talk about why nondiscrimination is important, according to Tan. At the in-person events, Yes on 3 volunteers speak with students about transgender rights, according to Murphy and Tan. They encourage students to attend campaign events at other locations, whether at Tufts or in the Greater Boston area.

Tan noted that students don’t have to be registered to vote in Massachusetts to help out.

“I’m registered to vote in New Jersey, and I have my business there, but the fact that [Question 3] is on the ballot is a little ridiculous to me, and if I can do something about, it I will,” she said. “We’re still looking for people who are willing to get more involved in the campaign.”

She also pointed out that the campaign is inclusive toward everyone.

“There’s no one way that a trans rights activist looks,” Tan said.

Murphy highlighted his personal connection to the campaign, as he wants to preserve the nondiscrimination rules that incentivized him to attend Tufts in the first place.

“At the most basic level, these are protections that every person deserves … [and] took place for a great reason,” he said.

“When I first came here, I thought, ‘Tufts and Massachusetts [are] going to be an awesome place to be gay,’ and I know a lot of my trans friends came here from out-ofstate because they thought [Tufts] is going to be a wonderful place to be trans, and that is in jeopardy. I want to protect it.”

Ben Rutberg, a rising senior currently working as a remote team organizer for Yes on 3 during her semester off, recounted a similar experience of having met trans people who moved to Massachusetts because they thought it would be safe, and how the Yes on 3 campaign reaffirmed that safe environment.

“I had never been in a space before where being trans was not only okay but

totally normal … and that being cis[gender] was not the norm and I was like, ‘That’s really amazing,’ so I kept going back,” she said.

Rutberg continued to become heavily involved in volunteering for the campaign, eventually taking a staff position. Rutberg, who identifies as trans and uses she-series pronouns, feels a deep connection to the goals of the campaign.

“This campaign is a chance for us to make a statement that we’re not going to stand for that and that we love trans people,” she said. “It’s a tough job, but I’m really glad I’m able to do it” Rutberg also strongly encourages students to become more involved in the effort to protect transgender rights, especially in an environment of other like-minded, passionate students.

“Massachusetts is almost unique in that we have so many college students who are all so bright and enthusiastic and engage with the issues that, if they register to vote, and if they vote, that will put us over,” she said. “ This is one of the most pivotal battles the trans rights movement has seen and will see.”

Murphy criticized the history of trans rights activism in America, noting that past LGBTQ rights campaigns seemed to to prioritize select issues while ignoring others.

“When same-sex marriage was becoming an issue, and when people would raise issues concerning trans rights, a lot of the response was ‘No, that’s too radical right now — we’ll come back for you,’” Murphy said. “I think there is something to be said about communities sticking together.”

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continued from page 2 She turned to a Greek bird “aithyia” mentioned across multiple Greek myths and epic poems, often in reference to the tombs of sailors lost at sea. The bird is translated into English as a seagull, but Beaulieu indicated that research can lead to a far more precise classification.

“Classics loves this sort of question, and we’re very good at compiling data,” Beaulieu said. “This is a discipline that is 2,000 years old — we’ve been doing it for thousands of years.”

Thompson’s glossary plays a large part in that effort, Beaulieu’s presentation showed.

The scholar tied together research from multiple sources — ancient philosophers such as Aristotle who wrote about animals; descriptions captured in myths; behavioral observations of species still extant in his lifetime — to place a modern name to the ancient Greek bird.

Mythology in particular provided critical details to Thompson, Beaulieu said. She recounted how Thompson turned to depictions of the “aithyia” as a diving bird inone myth to rule out many likely species that did not share that attribute.

“That would sort of lend credence to the fact that [Thompson] views myths as reflecting at least some part of an actual reality and actual bird behavior.”

But Beaulieu said that Thompson was never stubborn in his understanding and conclusions of bird classification; he accepted academic challenges, integrating those he found compelling into the glossary. In the end, Beaulieu said that Thompson’s openness of mind led him to study even more classical references for clues.

The challenge now, Beaulieu said, is for her and other members of her team to find compelling ways to introduce that material to modern audiences. She documented a series

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of ongoing projects, including the production of films, designing a website and the creation of a comprehensive, open-source dataset that users can sift through.

“We’re envisioning an online resource that’s enriched with links to open data, to bird resources and all sorts of classics resources,” Beaulieu said. “We also want to offer a downloadable version so if anyone wants to play with it, wants to enrich it, wants to do something else with it, they are free to do so.”

Edward Beuchert, a Somerville resident who said he regularly attends the Environmental Studies Lunch and Learn programs, said that he learns something new each visit.

“With this particular event, I think that interdisciplinary aspect to it [was fascinating],” Buchert said. “Here’s a team at Tufts University using modern tools like a spreadsheet and other things to deal with a book from the 19th century that is dealing with things from 2,000 years ago.”

Beaulieu highlighted the importance of interdisciplinary studies in an interview with the Daily at the conclusion of the event. She said that classics itself has many crossovers.

“We are expected to know ancient languages, modern languages, archaeology, all sorts of fields like history, literature — it’s really an interdisciplinary field,” Beaulieu said.

But the bird classification project’s multi-faceted reality has, in some ways, made doing it more challenging. Securing funding for an interdisciplinary project from organizations that are often focused on specific fields can be difficult, according to Beaulieu. “[It’s difficult] to find the right venue for funding, because sometimes funding agencies or other venues are … very focused on one thing,” Beaulieu said. “It’s the humanities, it’s the sciences or whatever it is they might want to fund.”

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The Body Project creates new space for body positivity conversations

by Grace Yuh

Features Editor

Content warning: This article discusses eating disorders and mental health.

Disclaimer: Jessie Newman, executive features editor for the Daily, is a participant of The Body Project Collaborative at Tufts. She was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.

In light of the #MeToo movement and current political climate, perceptions of and agency over our own bodies is a more relevant conversation than ever. Physically, sexually and personally, our bodies represent a large part of our sense of self. On college campuses particularly, issues with body image and body confidence, as well as eating disorders, are prevalent.

According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, in the United States alone, at least 30 million people of all ages, genders, races and ethnic groups suffer from eating disorders. Among college students, a national study showed that 3.5 percent of women and 2.1 percent of men belonging to a sexual minority reported having an eating disorder, and 16 percent of transgender college students also reported having an eating disorder.

“Eating disorders are quite relevant for college campuses,” Julie Jampel, director of training at Tufts’ Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMHS), said. “We see students who come in for various concerns surrounding eating, whether it’s body image issues or restrictive eating or binging and purging. I think that is pretty typical for other colleges as well.”

Jampel explained the personal and environmental factors for why college campuses are a space in which eating disorders and issues surrounding body image are particularly significant, noting that those factors also differ across gender identities.

“Some of the thinking about eating disorders is that it’s a combination of personal and environmental factors.

So personal factors are more specific to a person, like family dynamics or experiences. But [there are also] … media influences and things that go into how women in particular … feel about themselves and their bodies,” she said.

At Tufts, the dialogue surrounding body image and eating disorders has remained largely invisible within the student body. This fall saw the start of a new group: the Tufts chapter of The Body Project Collaborative. The Body Project is originally a nonprofit organization with a mission to raise awareness about eating disorders and to promote body image positivity among women in high school and college. The organization works to provide training and promote healthy discussion on body acceptance to people who otherwise may not afford, access or be aware of resources available on those issues. The Tufts chapter, headed by sophomore Sydney

Rosh, aims to bring an intentional, inclusive space and more proactive conversation about body image to the Tufts campus.

“It is basically a discussion class where we talk about body image, and the facilitators have very specific questions in order to encourage people to talk about certain things.

The mission of the four [discussion] sessions is to have people in some capacity feel better about their bodies and themselves,” Rosh said.

Members of the Body Project have expressed multiple reasons for joining. For sophomore Malaika Gabra, it was due to what she viewed as a lack of space meant specifically for these conversations to be had.

“While I definitely think it’s a conversation that a lot of people are having, I don’t feel like there was a space specifically for that. I find it interesting that there wasn’t already a club of some sort. I really enjoy that the Body Project is a space specifically for talking about these issues. The kind of conversations and ideas we are talking about between friends are very casual and … personal, so it’s nice to know that even strangers have problems too, and to hear everyone’s point of view,” she said.

For sophomore Brendan Foley, the Body Project provided not only a chance for him to speak about these issues but also to hear about it from others.

“I never felt like I’d ever really educated myself on body issues, especially [on] campus. We never really talk about it, so I wanted to learn more,” Foley said.

Both Foley and Gabra shared their observations on the dialogue surrounding body image issues, with specific reference to the hookup culture that is present on many college campuses. Foley noted that as a queer-identifying individual, hookup culture impacts his body image in a different way from others.

“No one really talks about that [difference], and I think that’s something that keeps coming up,” he said.

“All these relationships we have in college affect how we view our bodies and our self-confidence, especially when you are being vulnerable with someone who looks like you.”

Gabra also said that the presence of hookup culture in a collegiate environment affects the conversation that students will have about body image, which makes the need for a space like the Body Project more pressing.

“While I’d say that Tufts in general is body positive, I think there is something to be said about the age and stage we’re at. Hookup culture is a major factor. So the Body Project was initially intended to be for high school students, but I think it actually came at a really good time now for college students,” Gabra said.

Another student group on campus that has taken part in expanding the dialogue around body image and eating disorders at Tufts is Active Minds.

According to co-president senior Brianna Pastro, the group serves a more facilitatory role between students and Tufts as an institution.

“We have monthly meetings with CMHS and we meet with the Dean of Student Affairs. They kind of see us as the liaison between Tufts students, who we tend to be more in tune with, and the administration,” she said.

Pastro explained that Active Minds at Tufts aims to promote awareness of mental health issues in general, and thus most of the group’s work on body image issues is focused on programming around National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, typically during the spring semester.

Pastro has seen the conversation around body image change and grow over her time at Tufts, but she noted that it could still benefit from more diversity.

“I think a lot of people at Tufts have this idea of body image being one kind of struggle for white cis straight women who are of an average size. That’s completely valid, but I think there’s a lot more that Tufts needs to do for body image focusing on plus-sized individuals, people of color, etc.,” she said. “There are a lot of groups that have been told their bodies are not valued by society. When it comes to body image, we should also talk about people whose bodies haven’t always been celebrated like trans individuals, people of color, people of [varying] sizes.”

The idea of diversifying the dialogue surrounding body image is one that Foley, as one of the few male-identifying members of the Body Project, took into consideration.

“It’s always interesting because it’s so different to talk about it as a guy.

In media, it’s always a woman who’s suffering from an eating disorder and men are never depicted as having it.

It’s there, just no one talks about it.

I think there’s no space on campus to speak about it with other guys, it doesn’t fit into the norms of masculinity, to talk about body image,” Foley said.

Senior Kevin Sung also spoke to how his gender identity as a man has affected his experience of conversation around body image.

“Growing up, no one has ever told me or had a conversation with me about male body image,” he said. “I can’t really give a helpful answer on what healthy dialogue would look like because at this point, the ideal body image has been so cemented that I’ve never really had a comfortable conversation about it. It’s weird that I don’t know what productive a body image for men would be.”

Jampel shared steps that could be taken to include groups such as male-identifying individuals and members of the LGBTQ community, such as transgender and non-binary individuals, in such conversations.

“Shame around body image and eating disorders, while huge for women, can almost be worse for men, as for women there is more dialogue in the public eye. It would be important for men, and other minority individuals, to know that they’re not alone,” she said. “The encouragement from peer leaders, from [residential assistants], from the people they’re more likely to come in contact with is

important. A culture that encourages is one of the most important things.

It’s just something that’s good for all genders.”

Jampel said that CMHS currently provides prevention resources and sees students with eating disorders.

Jampel also said that CMHS helps students find off-campus professionals for more specialized, long-term treatment.

Pastro added that students and the administration could further promote proactive dialogue and eating disorder prevention measures on campus, aside from the resources that CMHS provides.

“I feel like a lot of the conversations need to be started, first and foremost,” Pastro said. “A great way to start that would be through the [Group of Six] centers … Sometimes, when we host these conversations, the issue can be that people don’t feel comfortable coming to them. We’ve had events where we realized that it wasn’t brought to a place where people felt it was accessible. A lot of the conversations need to be intentional in where they’re held, so somewhere like the LGBT Center [or] the Asian American Center would be a great idea.”

Foley said Orientation Week could serve as a way to introduce the language and topic of body image conversations to incoming Tufts students. “ [ O r i e n t a t i o n ] We e k is one of those times you get talked to about alcohol, drug abuse and sexual assault, and I think body image and self-worth is so important. Why not include [it] as one more thing?”

Foley said. “Or even in the bathroom, on the stickers in the mirrors. That would be something, because when you’re looking in the mirror you’re thinking about your body image, and I think that would be a very relevant place to put it.”

Gabra echoed Foley’s sentiment.

“I’d say on an institutional level, Tufts could improve the dialogue we’re having about body image for all genders, even by just introducing it at a very basic level, such as orientation. So in one of the seminars where we talk about living in dorms and living together, if they could even talk a little bit about body image because it is relevant. I think with any issue, the more we talk about it, the less stigma there is around [it]. And that would be beneficial for male or transgender and non-binary students who’ve never had that before, for people who don’t even have the space to talk about that, for those who are non-conforming,” she said.

Pastro said that advocating for healthy body image dialogue and safe treatment for eating disorders are key goals in order to destigmatize these issues among college students.

“Depression and anxiety are really accepted on this campus, but others like eating disorders are not. So many students deal with it, so it’s a real shame that we’re not talking about it, and that’s one of the goals — to broaden the conversation [and] to reduce stigma,” she said.

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Art history professor Christina Maranci to speak on Armenian art, new book

by Setenay Mufti and Stephanie Hoechst Arts Editor and Assistant Arts Editor

Christina Maranci will give a lecture on her recently published book, “The Art of Armenia: An Introduction,” on Oct. 4, in which she will discuss the meaning and content of her book, as well as her own academic and creative processes.

Maranci serves as chair of Tufts’ Art History department, as well as the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara T. Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art and Architecture. The talk is co-sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), the Tufts Armenian Club and the Darakjian Jafarian Chair in Armenian History at Tufts. “The Art of Armenia,” Maranci’s fourth book to date, seems to have been a long time coming.

As Maranci explains, the book is not intended to provide a comprehensive study of Armenian art but rather to give a solid overview of the region’s complicated cultural and artistic history.

“My book is a general study of Armenian art from the Paleolithic period to the early

18th century, [including] all media [and] all regions of historical Armenia,” Maranci told the Daily in an email.

This includes a range of artifacts, from Armenia’s famed illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages to the oldest shoe ever discovered.

Creating an accessible guide to Armenian art presents a more significant challenge than many, including even some art historians, might think. Historically, Armenian territory has included large swaths of the Middle East and Caucasus regions. As a result, Armenian culture has adopted and appropriated elements of many other civilizations and empires, ranging from Urartu to Rome to Persia, and has become even more complex after the nationwide conversion to Christianity in the late third or early fourth century AD. After the Sassanian Period, Armenia became part of the Umayyad Caliphate, as well as the Byzantine Empire. It was partially conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, and Western Armenia

remained under Ottoman control until the mass killings and deportations of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 — a label still rejected by Turkey and not recognized by the United States.

“The Art of Armenia” attempts to outline all of these cultural elements in a comprehensive way. As a result of its diverse history, the historical aesthetic of Armenian art is multi-faceted and often inconsistent. This may explain why so many art historians tend to overlook the significance of Armenia, according to Maranci. It is not that Armenia is an obscure, empty country; on the contrary, it is fascinating and rich to the point of inconvenience for anyone trying to construct a clear narrative of its artistic tradition. The lack of thorough yet accessible books about Armenian art history compelled Maranci to develop one.

“I wrote it because I needed a good text to assign to my students,” Maranci said. “Available literature was either outdated or at the wrong level.”

Maranci specified that although a great body of work has been writ-

ten about Armenian art, much of it is dense, specialized and in languages like Armenian, Russian and French.

This makes these sources inaccessible to many people seeking an introduction to Armenian art. For this reason, Maranci has also made the effort to cite mostly English and French-language sources in the bibliography of “The Art of Armenia.”

Not only is the book useful for art history students and professors who want to consider Armenia as a case study at the crossroads of cultures, it also gives Armenians to appreciate their own heritage, according to Maranci, who is Armenian herself and was galvanized by the Armenian community’s need for self-appreciation.

This personal connection manifests itself in Maranci’s sense of urgency against the cultural destruction of Armenian art, particularly that of churches standing in the histor-

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Pooh sitting on his branch … beside him, ten pots of honey,” 1970 Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879–1976) Line block, and watercolor, hand-colored by E.H. Shepard.

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Inside the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, a hallway with larger-than-life blue balloons stuck to the ceiling leads the way to an enchanting exhibit. The MFA’s newest adventure, “Winnie-thePooh: Exploring a Classic,” runs from Sept. 22, 2018 to Jan. 6, 2019 in the Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery. While at first glance it may seem aimed at

children, it is unquestionably a timeless experience for all ages.

The interactive exhibit, organized by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, explores the history of everyone’s favorite honey-loving bear, beginning with his first appearances in English author A.A. Milne’s “When We Were Very Young” (1924) and “Winnie-thePooh” (1926). There are original drawings by E.H. Shepard, wonderful pieces of Winniethe-Pooh merchandise — including original stuffed toys — and priceless early editions.

At the very beginning of the exhibit, visitors learn that Milne created Pooh in the likeness of his son’s teddy bear and Shepard’s son’s bear. Milne’s son, Christopher Robin Milne, became the inspiration for Pooh’s very best friend. As the exhibit progresses, Milne’s world becomes immersive. The displays showcase original letters and notes describing Milne’s creative process, including the creation of Christopher Robin and Pooh’s other friends, like Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo, Owl, Tigger and Rabbit.

These walls are not plain old museum walls — they are sets. Like a theatrical production, the exhibit develops scene by scene, beginning in a simply lit room before flowing into a child’s bedroom — presumably Milne’s son’s — and then opening into a massive playground set deep in the Hundred Acre Wood.

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The cover of Professor of Art History Christina Maranci’s book, ‘The Art of Armenia: An Introduction,’ is pictured.

ical Armenian state, whose borders have included parts of modern-day Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Georgia.

Maranci’s interest in the preservation of these churches began in 2013, when she visited the Cathedral of Mren in Turkey. After studying and exploring the cathedral from afar, she arrived in Turkey to find it semi-collapsed and in a state of ruin. In 2015, the World Monuments Fund and the U.S. Department of State’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation used three-dimensional scanning and extensive documentation to prepare an emergency conservation plan.

Although Maranci is not a conservator, she and other scholars have attempted to gain access to sites like the Mren Cathedral for research purposes, only to be blocked or even apprehended by the Turkish government. Mren is in a militarized zone, which is partially responsible for its inaccessibility to foreign researchers. Moreover, the cathedral has been left to crumble for hundreds of years quite intentionally. For this reason, Maranci’s book includes a postscript on “issues of cultural memory and heritage, particularly in light of the Genocide of 1915–1922.”

Artifacts from around the world are currently locked in transnational debates over their repatriation and right to cultural heritage. It seems that political and geographical struggles for power are as relevant to Armenia today as they were in antiquity.

Despite the plethora of challenges for those interested in studying Armenian art, it seems to be gaining appreciation in the United States, including at Tufts. The Metropolitan Museum of Art debuted its “Armenia!” exhibit on Sept. 22, describing it as “the first major exhibition to explore the remarkable artistic and cultural achievements of the Armenian people in a global context over fourteen centuries.” In Boston this month, the South End’s Galatea Fine Art has hosted an exhibit called “Resiliency and Resistance,” which showcases the contemporary artwork of four Armenian women. At Tufts, Maranci’s course “Armenian Art, Architecture & Politics” has gone from a novelty of the art history department to a popular class in its own right; the course’s enrollment this fall is among its highest to date.

Maranci’s lecture on Oct. 4 is an exciting opportunity for her to showcase her book and its journey, which she has described as a labor of love.

“So much of book-writing is solitary, and this will give me a chance to talk about the problems of writing, the revelations of writing it and [to] give people an inside peek into the book,” Maranci said.

She hopes to communicate “how astonishing Armenian art is,” while highlighting the tragedy of its exclusion from Western art history.

“The Art of Armenia: An Illustrated Lecture by Dr. Christina Maranci” will be on Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Alumnae Lounge. The event is free and open to the public.

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continued from page 6 plenty to explore. Images and words from the novels find themselves scattered around the walls and hanging from the ceilings. It is as if the visitor is inside the books themselves.

There is a small door for children (or adults, if you try hard enough) to crawl through, a bell to ring, plenty of places to take pictures, a virtual pond with flowing twigs to grab, Eeyore’s well-built twig home, a giant staircase and a small slide. Different lights and sounds highlight the experience.

It is incredibly immersive, allowing visitors the opportunity to explore the Hundred Acre Wood while reading about it. Expertly

placed original notes and letters compliment the displays well.

One of the most captivating installations is the Make-Up-a-Monster tool, where some rotating pieces allow visitors to use a variety of words to name their own 100-AcreWood monster. This can be time-consuming — by the time you are satisfied, there may or may not be a line of children behind you impatiently waiting for a turn.

The implications of Winnie the Pooh and his iconic status are also presented, featuring details regarding the success of the books and the iconic status of Pooh, Robin and their friends. Disney’s 1966 short film “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree” as well as future

feature length films, short films and television shows are noted, but Milne’s novels are the focus of the exhibit. After all, the four volumes have been translated into over 50 languages.

It is this success — the household name of Winnie the Pooh — that makes the MFA’s exhibit so personal for each and every visitor.

Milne’s literary craft is demonstrated in one particular section. There are examples of expressions in Shepard’s illustrations, discussion of exposition and composition, a look at narrative and character and details of page layout. At the end of the exhibit, a long hallway towards the exit wraps up the jubilant journey, allowing visitors the opportunity to sit with what they have read, seen and been part of.

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“Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic” outdoes itself. It ties together Winnie the Pooh’s literary past and ongoing cultural role to create something inarguably magical. It is reminiscent of Walt Disney World’s ride “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh,” opening the 100 Acre Wood to a new generation and allowing adult visitors the chance to be children again. Tickets for “Winniethe-Pooh: Exploring a Classic” are on sale on the MFA website. Tufts students may claim free tickets with their Tufts ID upon museum entry. Note that for safety reasons, visitors are admitted into the exhibit every 30 minutes, and the number of people let in per admission is limited.

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Crew teams open season at Green Mountain Head

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The Tufts men’s crew team competes against Wesleyan and Bates on the Malden River on April 14.

by Josh Steinfink

Assistant Sports Editor

The Jumbos will kick off their fall season on Sunday at the Green Mountain Head (GMH) regatta in Putney, Vt. Tufts’ men’s and women’s squads will face top scullers from across the Northeast.

The GMH, a three-mile course that starts upstream and turns around downstream at the 1.5-mile mark, is regularly the Jumbos’ first competition of the year. All ages and skill levels will be present, beginning with an under-19 category and progressing in age up to 80 years old. The majority of Jumbos will be competing in the individual 19–34s.

Libby Lichter, a senior co-captain on the women’s squad from Weston, Mass., explained the importance of the event for Tufts. “[GMH] is a sculling-only event with singles and doubles entries,” Lichter said. “In past years we have sent most of the women’s team to GMH, but this year we are prioritizing sweeping to better prepare us for Head of the Charles in October and for spring boat selection in March. This year [the women’s team] is sending only a handful of boats — three singles and one double.”

The fall regattas are known for their eccentric prizes, with everything from food to

T-shirts to glitter-covered fish heads on the table. In hospitable Northeast fashion, the grand prize of the GMH regatta this weekend is maple syrup, with the runner-up receiving a bag of apples and the third-place finisher taking home apple cider.

The men’s team, led by coach Noel Wanner and senior co-captains Ryan Bell, Mats Edwards, Paul Gelhaus and Isaac Mudge, will look to showcase its talent without putting too much pressure on itself right out of the gate.

“We’re excited for the race,” Mudge said. “We’ve been doing these single scull dual races during practice, so we feel like we’re pretty well prepared, but Green Mountain Head hosts some of the best scullers in America, so we don’t expect to beat [all of] those guys. It’s awesome to race next to them and see real speed.”

The seniors appreciate the importance of using GMH as a watermark for how best to guide training going forward. They will enjoy coaching the new recruits through the process and hope the team will gain invaluable experience rowing head-tohead against top competition.

Despite Mudge’s laid-back approach, Tufts’ performance has historically proven to be anything but. Last year, Andrew MacMillen (LA ’18) placed fifth out of

34 participants in the 19–34s, recording a time of 20:07.9 on the three-mile course. Sophomore Charlie Cornillie rowed a 21:40.4, finishing tenth in the U19 group.

The Tufts women team is led by coach Brian Dawe. They also look to make the most of the event without taking themselves too seriously in the first race of their season.

“GMH is a real mixed bag when it comes to competition,” Licther said. “This year there are collegiate scullers from Tufts and Ithaca racing alongside U.S. national team members who have just returned from the World Rowing Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is such a unique opportunity to be racing some of the best in your sport. I’m most excited to be sharing the water with Tufts med alum and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Dr. Gevvie Stone [M ’14].”

The women did not participate in last year’s event, but the Jumbos are eager to get on the water in Vermont this fall. With both teams in good spirits and eager to flex their rowing muscles, the seniors see high potential and the ability to earn some important qualifying spots in next year’s regattas.

“For the fall, we’d like to qualify our eight for next year’s Head of the Charles, which means finishing in the top half of the [GMH] event and to fare well at our third and final

race in Saratoga Springs, [N.Y.],” Mudge said.

“Our main season is the spring, so above all we’re just trying to get in the groove, integrate the [first-years] and walk-ons, and have fun.”

The women’s team is already looking ahead to a very promising Head of the Charles regatta on Oct. 21, in which 23 members of the team will be able to row.

“Our finish from last year was good enough to re-qualify a collegiate 8+,” Lichter said.

“Due to the popularity of the regatta, we had to enter a lottery for a second collegiate 8+ as well as a lightweight 4+, both of which we were fortunate enough to receive.”

Tufts men’s and women’s crew has set its sights on a successful fall season beginning with GMH this weekend and continuing with The Hadley Chase on Oct. 14, the Head of the Charles on Oct. 21, and the Head of the Fish on Oct. 27.

Lichter and the Jumbos look forward to embracing the challenge in Vermont and hope to return with a cornucopia of New England-inspired prizes that the regatta has to offer.

“GMH is an opportunity for Tufts to race on a beautiful course against some of the best competitors in our sport,” Lichter said.

“Ideally, we’ll take down a couple of the Ithaca College boats on the way.”

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Men’s soccer remains undefeated after two wins

by Jake Freudberg Contributing Writer

The Jumbos team continued its undefeated 2018 campaign with two victories this week, placing it for a tie for first place in the NESCAC with Connecticut College. With a 1–0 shutout of the Wesleyan Cardinals (2–4) on home turf Wednesday night and a 2–1 victory on the road against the Brandeis Judges (4–4) on Sept. 21, the Jumbos improved their record to 7–0 on the season.

Wednesday’s game against Wesleyan got off to a slow start for both teams.

Tufts generated only nine shots with three on target, compared to Wesleyan’s seven with three on target as well. The Jumbos struggled to develop an aggressive offensive attack but relied on strong defense from senior back and co-captain Sterling Weatherbie as well as senior back Jackson Najjar to keep themselves in the game early on.

“Historically we’ve had a tough time in mid-week games, and I think today our energy was a little bit slow in the first five minutes,” senior goalkeeper and co-captain Conner Mieth said. “We were slow to adjust [and] we let Wesleyan play their game.”

The Jumbos’ first real scoring chance of the half came just after eight minutes, when sophomore midfielder Travis Van Brewer’s shot was blocked by the Wesleyan defense. Tufts was able to keep hold of possession and worked the ball to junior midfielder Brett Rojas. Rojas, who led the team with five shots in the game, unfortunately missed the net wide to the left. The Cardinals managed to generate some offense and nearly scored in the 23rd minute. However, Mieth made a sprawling save to keep the scores level.

The Jumbos threatened again just two minutes later when sophomore forward Max Jacobs came in off the bench and fired a shot at the net that was saved by Wesleyan sophomore goalkeeper Chris Franklin. To close the half, the Cardinals earned a corner kick, but first-year midfielder Andres Marx could not convert as the kick flew over everyone’s heads.

The Jumbos came out with more intensity in the second half of play. After four good attempts by Rojas and loose balls in front of the net, junior forward Joe Braun finally scored the first and only goal of the game — his second of the season — assisted off of a corner kick by Van Brewer. Earlier in the game, Braun had provided a sign of things to come with a free header in the 20th minute, only this time he converted his

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Sophomore midfielder/forward Alex Ratzan dribbles past a defender in Tufts’ 1–0 win against Bates on Sept. 15. chance in what turned out to be the only goal in the contest.

“We really responded well,” Mieth said. “We were able to dictate the pace of the game in terms of the beginning of the second half. We were able to keep a lot of possessions and dictate the terms.”

Though Wesleyan’s offense was not completely shut down, Tufts out-shot them 12 to 4 in the second half, as Tufts succeeded in keeping the ball on the offensive attack. The game got chippy towards the end as Wesleyan sought to tie it up, resulting in Tufts junior midfielder/back Zach Trevorrow receiving a yellow card in the 79th minute.

Tufts defeated Brandeis 2–1 on the road earlier on Sept. 21. The Jumbos came out with a strong offensive attack, netting two goals within the first 11 minutes of play. In the second minute, Braun assisted junior midfielder/ forward Gavin Tasker off of a loose ball in front of the Brandeis net for the first goal of the game. This prevented the hosts from settling in as Tufts took an early lead. Shortly after a Brandeis shot that knocked off the crossbar, Tufts doubled down on its advantage. Weatherbie provided the assist for junior midfielder Zach Lane to head in what would prove to be the winner in the 11th minute.

The Jumbos also played strong defense throughout the first half, allowing the Judges only six shots, while keeping the ball mostly on the offensive end of the field.

“I think our guys just recognized that we’re better when we start quickly and get on the front foot and try to be positive out of the gate,” coach Josh Shapiro said. “I think both goals were a little bit fortunate how they ended up coming to be, but they came from us sustaining the pressure and kind of being able to control the game in their half of the field and around their goal. If you’re able to do that long enough, hopefully some good things are going to happen.”

After several attempted shots on goal to begin the second half, Brandeis finally connected with a goal from junior forward Jake Warren that got past Mieth in the 61st minute, bringing the score to 2–1. Tufts was however able to keep Brandeis out for the remainder of the game, leaving Waltham, Mass. with a big victory.

Overall, Shapiro was impressed with the team’s resilience after allowing the Brandeis goal late in the game, especially after a similar situation in a previous game against Wheaton on Sept. 16.

“Once we gave up the goal against Wheaton we started to struggle and

[Wheaton] really got in the game,” Shapiro said. “I thought this time we responded much better to giving up the goal and we were able to get control of the game, and I thought we saw out the last 15 minutes pretty effectively where we were able to get the game to Brandeis’ half of the field, created a bunch of corner kicks and a few more good chances to finish it off. Obviously, we’ve made some strides there in terms of our ability to react to a tough situation.”

As one of the strongest teams in the NESCAC, Tufts hopes to continue its strong style of play against difficult opponents, with the season nearly half over and seven conference games remaining.

“It’s good to get some momentum into the weekend, especially against two more opponents,” Mieth said.

“They are going to be more quality, harder opponents, bigger opponents, stronger opponents. We’ll take the good with the bad, keep doing the good and re-work the bad.”

The Jumbos look to improve their record as they host a pair of NESCAC opponents this weekend as part of Homecoming festivities, with the Amherst Mammoths (3–2) on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and the Hamilton Continentals (4–3) on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

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continued from page 12 thereafter, with both teams managing just a touchdown in the second half.

The parallels between Tufts’ win over Bates last year and its defeat of Wesleyan a week ago do not end with the team’s second-quarter outburst in both games. Just as it did against the Bobcats, the Jumbos’ defense stepped up in the second half to secure the win against the Cardinals. Junior linebacker Greg Holt, who recorded eight total tackles in last year’s victory against Bates, dominated in Week 2, recording 12 tackles under the lights at Ellis Oval.

Meanwhile, Bates comes into Saturday’s game with an 0–2 record, having already played two of the NESCAC’s top teams. The Bobcats kicked off

their season by hosting the Amherst Mammoths, as the visitors emerged with a 19–7 victory. Costa scored Bates’ only touchdown on a 26-yard run with just over seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. The Bobcats then faced the defending conference champion Trinity Bantams, who won soundly 59–16.

Tufts coach Jay Civetti emphasized the importance of containing an aggressive Bates team that is hungry for a win this weekend.

“The one thing about Bates that I’m always impressed with is that they’ve done a really good job of recruiting just tough, blue-collar, hard-nose kids,” Civetti said. “I’ve said this to the team, and I believe this: As … frustrated as those guys are with what the score was last week, they’re not a group that’s going to back down from that. If any-

thing, it probably fuels them to play harder.”

Civetti also stressed the challenge the Jumbos will face from the Bobcats’ defense.

“Bates runs a 3–4 defense, which is something we haven’t seen this season,” Civetti said. “They also have some really aggressive kids [who] can create some problems for us — in particular within the run game — as well as two really strong safeties, who I think secure the middle of the field really well. We need to do a better job as individuals, including me, putting guys in positions to be successful.”

Although Civetti and McDonald emphasized the team’s need to maintain its focus on Saturday, they also admitted excitement for playing in front of a Homecoming crowd that will

include several alumni of the football program.

“It’s special, you know,” Civetti said.

“We’re pretty lucky when you think of, for me personally, the eight years of guys that have played for me, and then another two years. It’s my 10th year here at Tufts, and there [are] a lot of guys that I’ve had the honor to coach and compete with.”

McDonald echoed Civetti’s thoughts.

“From a player’s standpoint, you get to see guys who you played with your [first] year — they come back to watch,” he said. “It’s also just an additional 60 guys that are all wearing name tags.

You don’t [know] who they are, and it’s just like this game, this team, this family is so much more important to a lot of people than you think when you’re just playing on the field.”

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Football prepares for Homecoming showdown against Bates

by Alex Viveros

Contributing Writer

Anticipation on campus is high this week, as the undefeated Jumbos (2–0) prepare to take on the winless Bates Bobcats (0–2) in their annual Homecoming game, set to kick off Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Ellis Oval. The game will be Tufts’ second in a row at home, as the team defeated Wesleyan, 16–13, thanks to a spectacular defensive performance on Sept. 22.

Tufts enters the contest with Bates as one of the NESCAC’s four remaining undefeated teams, along with Amherst, Williams and defending conference champion Trinity. Meanwhile, Bates seeks its first win of the season, having dropped back-to-back games against Amherst (19–7) and Trinity (59–16).

For the second year in a row, the Jumbos face the Bobcats in the third week of the season. Tufts secured a comfortable 37–17 victory in Lewiston, Maine on Sept. 30, 2017. Similar to its 2018 home-opener against Wesleyan, Tufts put up a dominant offensive display in the second quarter against Bates last season. Senior quarterback and co-captain Ryan McDonald threw for 113 yards and two touchdowns, both to senior wide receiver Jack Dolan, in the second quarter.

Overall, McDonald had a strong performance against the Bobcats, throwing for 245 yards and four touchdowns while adding 81 yards on the ground. Despite his performance last year, McDonald

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Senior running back Dom Borelli follows a blocker en route to a touchdown in the second quarter of Tufts’ 16–13 win over Wesleyan on Sept. 22. has just one expectation for Saturday’s matchup: winning.

“We don’t really focus on the stats as long as we get the 1–0 after every weekend,” he said.

Tufts put points on the board from both sides of the ball in last season’s

matchup with Bates. With just over eight minutes remaining in the second quarter, junior linebacker Tylor Scales picked off Bates sophomore Brendan Costa for his first career interception. Scales returned the ball 33 yards for a pick-six to stretch the Jumbos’ lead to 27–3.

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