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Waka Flocka Flame to headline Fall Fest

by Kathleen Schmidt Executive News Editor

Hip-hop artist Waka Flocka Flame and DJ Whoo Kid will headline this year’s newly-named Fall Fest, Tufts University Concert Board announced at Fall Gala on Sept. 9. The show will take place in the Carzo Cage at 8 p.m. on Oct. 1, with doors opening at 7 p.m. and closing at 8:30 p.m, according to Concert Board Co-Chair Alex Mitchell.

The fall show, formerly known as Cage Rage, was renamed Fall Fest in a rebranding effort, Mitchell, a junior, said. The show was also moved to take place earlier in the year to coincide with Homecoming, he added.

“We’ve been experiencing some low ticket sales in the past even though the shows have been really good. It’s been more indie,” he said. “[We] decided to go [with a] bigger name and switch genres up a little bit to make it a more Spring Flinglike show, more of a festive atmosphere.”

According to Mitchell, Cage Rage has had three acts in the past, but this year it will have two: Waka Flocka Flame with DJ Whoo Kid and Michael Christmas, a local rapper from Boston.

“That was a conscious decision to allow us some budgetary flexibility,” he said.

According to Ashley Austin, assistant director for campus life and programming, Fall Fest is essentially equivalent to Cage Rage as far as production goes, but she and Concert Board wanted to change the name of the event after receiving negative feedback from both students and administrators.

“I know that the administration has

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Waka Flocka Flame performing at London Music Hall on Aug. 2, 2014. been wanting to change the name for a while just because it sounds a little much, but Cage Rage is actually pretty docile for an event because it’s typically indie music, very chill,” she said.

According to Mitchell, tickets will go on sale on Monday, Sept. 19 at 10:30 a.m. at the Mayer Campus Center information booth and online at tuftstickets.com.

Mitchell said that 1,500 tickets will be

available but that he expected them to go quickly.

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Boston Avenue shuttle adds Whole Foods, Campus Center stops

by Gil Jacobson News Editor

The Boston Avenue shuttle has expanded its route to include stops at Whole Foods Market at 2151 Mystic Valley Parkway and the Mayer Campus Center this academic year.

According to Tufts Fleet/ Transportation Manager Andrea Breault, the Whole Foods stop was added to provide students with another accessible option for purchasing food in addition to those on campus and in Davis Square.

Breault added that student groups on campus collaborated with her to make the shuttle changes happen.

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academic year to discuss improvements to the shuttle program,” Breault told the Daily in an email.

Breault said that Whole Foods was added to the Boston Avenue shuttle route in response to student need and because of the market’s proximity to the Tufts campus. She noted that the university promotes public transportation as a more sustainable way to help protect the environment, which is another reason the stop was included on the Boston Avenue shuttle route.

Tufts students have expressed varying opinions on the usefulness of the new Whole Foods stop.

Sophomore Sonja Hartmann, outreach coordinator for Tufts Urban Planning, Policy and Prosperity (UP3), believes that while the Whole Foods stop will provide students – especially

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those living off campus who shop for groceries more frequently – with access to an upscale supermarket that is a reasonable distance from campus, it could also slow down the shuttle’s pre-established route.

Hartmann noted that this could create problems for students trying to get to 200 Boston Avenue, which is home to Tufts Gordon Institute, or the Science and Technology Center (SciTech) on 4 Colby Street, directly behind the 574 Boston Avenue stop.

UP3 President Jesse Litvin, a junior, believes that the addition of the Whole Foods stop and the Mayer Campus Center is beneficial; previously, Dowling Hall was the only stop on the Boston Avenue route between 574 Boston see SHUTTLE, page 2

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“That can be a trek to many places,” Litvin said.

Litvin added that the Whole Foods stop will benefit students living on campus who do not have meal plans and prefer to cook, as well as students living off campus who do not have their own vehicles.

According to Breault, the Mayer Campus Center stop was added to the Boston Avenue route in order to increase student access to a central part of campus when bringing groceries back. The stop would also serve as a means of creating an intersection between the Boston Avenue and Davis Square shuttles, she said.

The Boston Avenue shuttle runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Friday with a schedule available on the Tufts Administrative Services website,

Breault said.

Litvin also spoke about the travel opportunities that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) buses offer, as the MBTA bus 80 and 94 routes also go toward Whole Foods.

“While the Joey is good, I think the university could also benefit from spreading the news that students can take the buses,” Litvin said.

Students who have a Charlie Card can ride the bus for under 2 dollars, Litvin said. He believes more students should take advantage of the MBTA buses because they generally run more frequently than Tufts shuttles.

“Even getting to Davis, if you’re switching to the Red Line and you have a Charlie Card, it doesn’t cost you any extra to take the [MBTA] bus in than the Joey,” Litvin said.

Litvin acknowledged that Whole Foods is not necessarily the best place to buy groceries for those on a budget. While Tufts and Joseph’s

Transportation used to provide a shuttle to the Stop & Shop at 105 Alewife Brook Parkway, a cheaper alternative to Whole Foods, this service is no longer offered.

“I came aboard in January of 2015 and I believe this particular route was eliminated before my time,” Breault wrote.

Nevertheless, the MBTA bus 89 route runs to Stop & Shop, which students can take from Powder House Square, according to Litvin.

Litvin noted that he would like to see more stops added to the Davis Square shuttle route as well, because while the shuttle passes his off-campus house, the two closest shuttle stops to him are each a 10-minute walk away.

Yet, he also recognized that this would mean increasing the shuttle’s route length.

“It’s an interesting problem that we’re looking at as far as balancing stops and speediness,” Litvin said.

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continued from page 1 the day tickets go on sale,” he said.

Tickets will be 10 dollars for students, and each student will be able to purchase one guest ticket for 30 dollars, Austin said.

“We’ve done two guest tickets in the past, but we wanted to make sure that as many students as possible get tickets because we know people are excited, so we limited it to one this year,” she said.

Concert Board Co-Chair Gracie Kanigher

said that the process of booking an artist for Fall Fest began over the summer. Concert Board worked with an agency that gave them a list of touring artists, from which they selected Waka Flocka Flame, she said.

“We definitely wanted to do a hip-hop artist, and we thought that he’d be really fun and he was touring, so it kind of just worked out,” Kanigher said.

Austin said Concert Board posted a survey to Facebook asking what music genre students would be interested in

for Fall Fest. After receiving between 400 and 600 responses, she said hip-hop was the clear choice.

“We hadn’t had a hip-hop headliner for Spring Fling for the past two years, which I know is a thing people are interested in, so we wanted to offer that this semester,” Austin said.

According to Mitchell, many students seemed pleasantly surprised by the selection of Waka Flocka Flame for Fall Fest.

“People have been really blindsided by

it in a good way, which was kind of our plan,” he said. “It definitely took people by surprise because they’re used to not having heard of the fall artist at all, so it’s usually an afterthought.”

Austin agreed that the response has been overwhelmingly positive.

“I’ve only seen positive reactions which I’m really happy about. Concert Board gets a lot of crap for a lot of decisions they make,” she said. “We’re really excited people are responding positively.”

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AS&E and Friedman students work to expand Indigenous People’s Day movement at Tufts

by Constantinos Angelakis Features Editor

The faculty of Arts, Sciences and Engineering (AS&E) voted on Feb. 24 to change the name of the national holiday that takes place on the second Monday of October from Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day. This name change, which applies to all Tufts AS&E academic calendars, reflects a larger trend on university campuses such as Brown University and in cities such as Cambridge, Mass., both of which now recognize the holiday as Indigenous People’s Day. But for the students involved with Indigenous People’s Day at Tufts, this movement is not just about changing the name of the holiday. It also aims to spread awareness about and begin to address the issues facing indigenous communities, according to junior Benya Kraus, the diversity and community affairs officer for the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate and a co-author of the Senate resolution that changed the name of the holiday at Tufts.

Kraus said that students are planning programming for the week of Indigenous People’s Day 2016, which will celebrate the holiday and inform the Tufts community about indigenous communities in the Boston area.

“During the week of Indigenous People’s Day, there’s going to be week-long programming, also in conjunction with the Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora,” Kraus said. “It will basically involve film screenings, also bringing in panels and guest speakers, and then we’re also hoping to have … a student dinner with different tribal leaders who will be invited to speak on the panels.”

Kraus added that a panel event is planned for the Friday following Indigenous People’s Day, and a celebra-

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Students in support of changing Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day on the Tufts AS&E academic calendars gathered outside of Ballou Hall on Feb. 24 while faculty voted on the proposed change. tion is planned for the night of Indigenous People’s Day, although the specifics have not yet been determined.

In addition to planning this programming and other events throughout the year, Parker Breza, the LGBT community representative for TCU Senate and the other co-author of the Senate resolution for Indigenous People’s Day, said he hopes to continue previous efforts to introduce an indigenous studies minor into Tufts’ undergraduate curriculum.

“We also want to continue the movement to really center indigenous voices on this campus,” Breza, a sophomore, said.

“So part of that means continuing to push for indigenous or Native studies minors through the [Consortium of Studies in] Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora program.”

Shortly after the AS&E name change,

the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts also passed a resolution regarding Indigenous People’s Day, according to a May 1 article from the Friedman student e-newspaper, The Friedman Sprout.

Students at Friedman had already been working to make improvements relating to diversity, according to John VanderHeide, a second-year dual-degree student at Friedman pursuing a Master of Arts in urban and environmental policy from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a Master of Science degree from Friedman.

VanderHeide said that he is the current co-chair of the Friedman Student Council and a member of the Friedman Justice League, a group that formed several years see INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY, page 4

Office of Community Relations hires co-director, expands scope to include SMFA neighborhoods

by Becca Leibowitz Features Editor

When Tufts acquired the School of the Museum of Fine Arts on July 1, Tufts’ Office of Community Relations knew that it would need to build positive relationships with Boston’s Mission Hill and The Fenway neighborhoods, where the SMFA at Tufts is located.

The Office of Community Relations, which works to develop and maintain relationships with each Tufts campus’ host community, therefore decided to expand the size of its office by hiring a co-director, according to Mary Jeka, senior vice president for university relations and general counsel.

“We decided that maintaining good relations with all of these communities required another director who would focus on managing relations in the communities of Medford and Fenway/ Mission Hill,” Jeka told the Daily in an email. “Maintaining strong relationships with our host communities is a high priority for Tufts, and the Office of Community Relations takes the lead in working with our local communities.”

Prior to July 1, Tufts’ host communities included Medford and Somerville, Grafton, Mass., and Boston’s Chinatown, which each host a Tufts campus.

Previously, Barbara Rubel had been the sole director of the Office of Community Relations, in charge of managing Tufts’ relations with Medford, Somerville and Chinatown, according to Jeka. She added that community relations on the Grafton campus was and still is primarily overseen

by Dr. Deborah Kochevar, dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, due to her greater proximity to the Grafton community.

Jeka explained that the Office of Community Relations underwent a reorganization after Susan Fuller-DeAmato, who had been the assistant director of community relations at Tufts, left her position in February 2016.

The search for a co-director began in spring 2016, shortly after FullerDeAmato’s departure, when Jeka and Rubel began reviewing applications for the position, Jeka said. This search ended in August when they selected Rocco DiRico as the top candidate for the job.

DiRico, now officially co-director of the Office of Community Relations, brings with him experience in government and community relations, having worked with Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) for the past 15 years, according to Jeka. This work involved direct contact with elected officials and Markey’s constituents, experience that DiRico believes will help him in

his new position.

“I think that my work in constituent services and intergovernmental relations will serve Tufts well by strengthening and reinforcing existing relationships and forging new ones in our communities,” DiRico told the Daily in an email.

Part of DiRico’s job is to determine how best to build and sustain the relationship between the SMFA at Tufts and its surrounding Boston community, Jeka said.

“Each community has distinct issues and needs,” she explained. “[DiRico] will work with local officials, non-profit organizations and residents to better understand how the [SMFA at Tufts] can contribute to the local community.”

She added that the Office of Community Relations has already begun to build a relationship with The Fenway and Mission Hill neighborhoods through supporting Mission Main Family Fun Day, a free, public, family-friendly community celebration that took place in August.

In the new arrangement of the Office of Community Relations, DiRico manages relations with Medford as well as The Fenway and Mission Hill, and Rubel manages relations with Somerville and Chinatown, DiRico said. Rubel stressed that although he and DiRico are in charge see COMMUNITY RELATIONS, page 4

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continued from page 3 ago out of student concerns over a lack of diversity at the school and in reaction to a 2010 op-ed piece published in the Daily that addresses this issue.

The Friedman Justice League’s website says that the group strives “to make our community more diverse and find ways to allow the Friedman community to better address issues of discrimination and oppression in its teachings, research and programs.”

Tufts junior Anna Del Castillo, who was a senator and the diversity and community affairs officer for TCU last spring, contacted the Friedman Justice League with the idea of bringing Indigenous People’s Day to Friedman, VanderHeide said.

Enthused by the idea, the Friedman

Justice League then contacted Matthew Hast, the assistant dean of student affairs at Friedman, about changing the name of the holiday on official calendars at Friedman, according to VanderHeide.

“We heard about it from the undergraduate campus and thought it was a brilliant idea,” he said.

VanderHeide added that both Hast and the faculty at Friedman were supportive of Indigenous People’s Day, making the process of passing the resolution relatively straightforward.

Now that the resolution has passed, he hopes conversations about indigenous peoples can become better integrated into the curriculum at Friedman, which he already sees taking place in some of his courses.

“I remember we had a discussion about

indigenous water rights when we were discussing the drought in California, how water is allocated there and looking at what that means for Native American nations,” VanderHeide explained.

Kraus and Breza emphasized that the change to Indigenous People’s Day should be seen as one step taken by one university as part of a much larger movement.

“I think the impetus for the name change is not to center the university as a change-maker or really highlight the institution itself per se, but more so connecting this institution, the people involved and students and faculty to a greater movement that is just way beyond our university,” Kraus said.

At the first TCU Senate meeting of this year, Kraus and Breza hope to pass a resolution in support of Indigenous

People’s Day Boston, which Breza is personally working on alongside the United American Indians of New England.

Breza anticipates that, as part of the larger indigenous people’s movement, issues concerning indigenous communities, such as the Dakota Access oil pipeline, will be given greater attention.

“As an academic institution, not only should we be recognizing the harm that this institution has done, but we should be actively working to better the relations between Tufts University and indigenous people, specifically the local indigenous groups,” Breza said. “Part of that means really engaging critically in indigenous studies and actively working to educate this campus on indigeneity and the ways that we are also a colonial presence here.”

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continued from page 3 of different neighborhoods, they ultimately work together to strengthen Tufts’ ties to the community and will also collaborate on projects that cross city lines.

“We work very closely together in support of Tufts’ goal of being a good neighbor and resource to our host communities,” he said.

Although the relationship between Tufts and its local communities may sometimes encounter difficulties, DiRico said he hopes to continue to work with Tufts’ neighbors on any issues that arise.

“Our office is constantly working to build, maintain and cultivate our community relationships on a variety of issues,” DiRico said. “Through constant collaboration with our host communities, we hope to find new, creative ways to address these important issues [such as gentrification].”

In addition to supporting events such as Mission Main Family Fun Day, the Office of Community Relations aims to strengthen communication with Tufts’ neighbors through social media. Rubel and DiRico are working to increase the office’s social media presence, having created a Facebook page

for the department over the summer, DiRico said.

Rubel hopes that keeping community members informed about happenings at Tufts will facilitate their involvement.

“One of our major goals is to continue informing and engaging more of our neighbors so they are aware of Tufts’ good work in the community, participate in our programs and take advantage of the many resources available to them,” she told the Daily in an email.

DiRico believes that Tufts is in a unique position to enact positive change both in local communities and beyond.

“Tufts is a world-renowned leader in

higher education. It attracts talented students, faculty and staff from across the globe,” he said. “I think an important part of Tufts’ role in Medford, Somerville and Boston is to be an engine for good, both at home and globally.”

Ultimately, DiRico said, the Office of Community Relations reflects Tufts’ mission to encourage active civic life by building connections to the outside community.

“Tufts embraces and promotes civic life, and we take that responsibility seriously, as evidenced by all of the many ways in which we support our host communities,” DiRico said.

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Alum calls for Asian-American representation in Hollywood with #StarringJohnCho campaign

by Shirley Wang

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In a “Friends” (1994-2004)-like setting, a group of freshly-commenced graduates gathers in a Manhattan apartment, laughing about a recently botched date with one of the characters, Deb. The plotline repeats a familiar tune. Another character, Chris, complains to his friends about how he is going to tell his parents he’s dating a girl they won’t approve of. His friends, though quick with playful banter, can only try to assist with misguided but sweet advice.

This scene isn’t like anything you’ve seen on television or sitcoms on U.S. cable or broadcast; all but one of the leads are AsianAmerican. In an entertainment business that excludes any Asian speaking characters from more than half of its shows, this scene is unlikely to ever appear on the small screen.

This is a snippet from William Yu’s (LA ’13) TV pilot script, written for a capstone project during his senior year at Tufts. The show features a group of Asian-Americans living in New York City who are trying to “figure out adulthood while also trying to be comfortable with their own cultural identities,” according to Yu. His project also included a research paper about the lack of AsianAmericans in the U.S. entertainment media.

Yu launched the #StarringJohnCho Twitter campaign in May, following his research. The campaign includes a Photoshop project that replaces white lead actors on movie posters with “Harold & Kumar” actor John Cho in order to draw attention to the lack of Asian-American representation in the media.

While some Hollywood decision-makers excuse themselves by claiming a lack of Asian-American actors, Yu aims to have his project demonstrate that there is an eligible actor right in front of them.

“Asian-Americans can fit these lead roles and fill positions of strength and presence and charisma and both be a romantic person as well as being a leader,” Yu said.

“Having examples [in the media] that [Asian-Americans] can directly relate to is very instrumental in not only setting the bar but knowing that you can achieve it and that people before you have achieved certain levels of success.”

Months after the launch of his project, VARIETY announced that Cho will play the lead in USA Network’s “Connoisseur,” an upcoming drama about a con artist who hustles the rich by selling fake wine.

Other social media campaigns have shared the same sentiment and have responded directly to recent casting decisions in Hollywood productions.

Comedian Margaret Cho, through her hashtag #whitewashedOUT, drew attention to the problem – that Hollywood has been whitewashing certain roles that were originally written for East Asians.

Examples of white actors being cast as characters of another race include Emma Stone as a mixed Asian/Pacific Islander woman in “Aloha” (2015); Scarlett Johansson as Motoko Kusanagi, the Japanese protagonist from the manga series “Ghost in the Shell” (1989-1990); and Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa in the upcoming “Power Rangers” (2017) movie.

A report from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism revealed that out of 109 blockbusters since 2014, only 1.4 percent of the lead roles have gone to Asians. Because of this, Asian viewers rarely see their faces reflected in substantial ways on any screen.

“Growing up as a Korean-American, it was tough because there wasn’t a lot of see #STARRINGJOHNCHO, page 6

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Herzog’s new documentary delves into digital world

by Elliot Storey

Assistant Arts Editor

Werner Herzog’s new documentary “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World” (2016), which originally premiered on Jan. 23 at the Sundance Festival, takes its name from the first message sent from one networked computer to another. A connection between a computer at University of California, Los Angeles and one at Stanford University crashed before the word “login” could be typed, leaving only “lo.” It’s an apt inaugural message for an innovation that would transform the world. Herzog’s fascination with that transformation and its effects on individuals and society drive the film, and his personal investment is evident in the footage.

Herzog is certainly not a young man — he celebrated his 74th birthday earlier this month, and his devotion to capturing the layperson’s perspective can create the feeling that your uncle or grandfather has shot a movie about technology. Technical details are entirely absent, and while this conscious omission of potentially confusing or simply unintelligible jargon prevents the film from getting bogged down in the exposition and explanation of terms and concepts, it makes the proceedings elementary for more technically-inclined viewers.

Government security analyst Shawn Carpenter is called upon to figure out the potential damage a cyber-attack could cause, but these dangers will not be news to most viewers, especially those who saw Bruce Willis in “Live Free or Die Hard” (2007), which dealt with the threat of a massive cyberattack almost a decade ago. Those following current affairs and the presidential campaign will also be familiar with recent hacking threats from Russia and China.

Herzog is further limited by the breakneck pace of technological development. Since the film’s premiere, some of his information has already become out of date. His introduction to Elon Musk and SpaceX, for example, seems overly optimistic in light of the recent explosion of one of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets.

To assume Herzog is simply out of touch would be judging him too harshly. The legendary filmmaker and documentarian is not so much interested in the future and what gizmos Silicon Valley will produce next; rather, his interests lie in the world of ideas.

For instance, networking pioneer Ted Nelson’s ideas of information are presented supremely vaguely — Nelson is prone to metaphors, and the audience never gets a concrete understanding of how his ideas diverged from what became the dominant method of computer networking. But that

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Film director Werner Herzog poses for a portrait on Nov. 4, 2011. isn’t Herzog’s aim; his camera lingers on Nelson’s computer screen for only a few seconds. What he is after is a portrait of a man technology left behind. If the man credited with inventing the internet, Tim Berners-Lee, is Blu-ray, Ted Nelson is HD-DVD. Nelson’s stubborn clinging on to his theories is far more fascinating than their intricacies.

Those familiar with Herzog’s work will also be familiar with his voice, which is famous enough that his Wikipedia page features an audio sample. Whereas in most documentaries only the subjects’ answers are heard, Herzog’s own comments and questions are see INTERNET, page 6

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‘Rob and Chyna’ unmemorable, disappoints

by Alison Epstein Staff Writer

Once word got out that Rob Kardashian had shacked up with, proposed to and impregnated the ex-wife of his youngest sister’s current boyfriend (it’s fine, don’t worry about it), it would have been borderline irresponsible if E! hadn’t decided to make a spinoff featuring the beautiful parents-to-be. The first episode of “Rob and Chyna,” which premiered on Sept. 11, proved to be a disappointment.

Although Chyna is refreshing with her lack of filter, the episode never managed to get off the ground in terms of entertainment. It certainly had the potential to be the trashier, more fun little sibling of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” (2007 – present), but the drama, for the most part, fell flat, making for a rather boring 42 minutes.

Viewers could probably sense trouble when the episode opened with views of Los Angeles that looked like they had been shot

using the comic book filter in Photo Booth.

This interesting stylistic choice continued to be used as a transition ad nauseam throughout the episode.

Of course, the main theme of the show was the impending birth of Rob and Chyna’s first child together. Chyna has a three-yearold from her previous marriage to Tyga, which means that Rob and sister Kyler Jenner are eerily close to sharing a stepson. The couple actually pulled off a baller publicity move and announced the sex of their child on air.

It would have been a nice moment had Rob not spent the first 20 minutes of the episode talking about how much he wanted a boy, only to have the ultrasound reveal that Rob and Chyna were expecting a baby girl. It’s going to be such a cute bonding moment for Rob and his daughter when they watch this episode together for the first time.

There was also an ongoing discussion throughout the episode about Rob still being attached by the umbilical cord to his mother, Kris Jenner. This, however, was old

news for anyone who has watched five minutes of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”

How do you think he got the money for that rock of an engagement ring Chyna is wearing? It’s hard to believe the funds came from his sock company.

The climax of the episode was an “epic” fight between Rob and Chyna. There was so much irrational behavior during this fight that it was honestly hard to tell exactly what was going on. What seemed to transpire was that Rob got mad at Chyna for texting other people and changing the passcode on her phone, which led Chyna to believe that Rob was projecting and in fact cheating on her. Chyna confronted Rob over the phone about this and ended up screaming, “WHY ARE YOU TEXTING B******,” which also happens to be the title of this episode.

Rob then laughed through an apology and presented Chyna with some flowers that were presumably from the sale section of the local gas station. Chyna was not having any of this and threw the flowers into her

pool. Then she kicked Rob out of the house.

This entire sequence might have been borderline entertaining had 95 percent of it not already been featured in promos for the show.

After the fight, some other stuff happened, but it is barely worth mentioning. There was definitely something about a really long french fry and a random appearance by Scott Disick. At this point, zoning out was really the only way to make it through.

The episode supposedly ended with a cliffhanger, but this reviewer neither remembers it nor cares to do so.

Based on the pilot, this show is not worth watching, despite its seeming potential to fulfill all trashy reality show dreams. While “Rob and Chyna” should have been so bad that it’s good, it ended up just being bad. There were, however, a few takeaways from the hour: If you’re pregnant, always have a backup supply of jelly in case you finish the first jar, Lord Disick will do anything for a paycheck and Kris Jenner really despises turkey bacon.

‘Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World’ pushes viewers to contemplate digital age INTERNET

continued from page 5 a constant presence, alternately inspiring laughter and deeper thought.

Interviewing a video game addict, Herzog asks, “[Have you adopted] characters that became almost like you?” She declines to answer, and Herzog says in voiceover that he wishes he could have discussed her fictional characters, such as “the malevolent druid dwarf.” The audience could not help but

laugh at (and with) his enthusiastic intonation of that absurd phrase, which also belied his complete unfamiliarity with video games.

On the other hand, when Sebastian Thrun – Udacity founder and self-driving car innovator – asserts that robots almost always perform better than humans, Herzog responds, “But they cannot fall in love, as we can.”

In response, Thrun asks, “And would it be useful for machines to fall in love? Would we want to have machines that are just like peo-

ple? I would say, no.” With just that nudge, Herzog pushes Thrun away from technological limitations and into philosophy, just as he does when he poses the question of whether the internet could start to dream of itself.

Herzog himself does not attempt to answer any of these grand questions, instead letting his subjects puzzle and ponder, keeping the camera on them long after their responses have trailed off into silence.

While Herzog has only scratched the sur-

face of what the internet has wrought (how could he do more in only 90 minutes?), his curiosity is infectious, and his wanderings from topic to topic hint at the edges of a world unexplored. People living near an astronomy facility that blocks out all electronic signals, Buddhist monks glued to their smartphones and soccer-playing robots who could one day beat human players demonstrate both the depth and breadth of the internet’s impact.

Alum discusses diversity and power of social media to bring about change in Hollywood #STARRINGJOHNCHO

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An alternate “Me Before You”movie poster designed by William Yu (LA ‘13) for his #StarringJohnCho project.

continued from page 5 representation of people who looked like me onscreen,” Yu said. “It was hard to define who exactly was going to be the role model that I could be empowered by.”

Yu said he recognizes that a true shift in Hollywood politics will not come from only casting John Cho or other Asian-American individuals, but noted that there needs to be more representation in terms of who is in charge of writing, directing and producing.

“The greater message is about AsianAmericans as a group, because casting one guy is not going to solve all the problems,” Yu said. “You need representation both in front and behind the camera. As much as #StarringJohnCho is about casting an AsianAmerican in a certain role, I think there needs to be great storytelling and richer storytelling from either Asian-Americans or people who are writing for Asian-Americans that explore the detail and nuances of AsianAmerican life.”

Today, more accessible platforms like YouTube and Netflix allow for webisodes from Wong Fu Productions and shows like “Master of None” (2015), created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, to gain widespread attention. Wong Fu’s feature film “Everything Before Us” raised $350,000 on an Indiegogo campaign, after many in Hollywood told filmmakers Wesley Chan, Ted Fu and Philip Wang that films with Asian-American leads were not profitable.

Yu points to these shows as proof that there is a demand for more diverse content.

These productions portray depictiowns of Asian-American life but also don’t always center on race-specific topics.

Smaller scale production can also help avoid problems like the ones Eddie Huang encountered with ABC in the process of creating “Fresh off the Boat” (2015-present), a

show originally based on Huang’s experience as a Taiwanese immigrant growing up in white suburban Orlando. Under the scrutiny of network executives, Huang claimed that much of his story was compromised for exoticized and stereotyped portrayals of the family. Huang eventually denounced the show and created another show called “Huang’s World” (2016) on VICELAND. “There are so many real moments in that show that are way too close to things in my life. You take it for what it is. It’s a network show. It has to be broad in terms of appealing to a wide range of people,” Yu said, acknowledging the broadness of the show. “Honestly, there’s not much else on TV like [Fresh off the Boat], which is wonderful to see.”

Yu, who now works as a marketing strategist at SapientNitro in New York City, believes that social media movements like #StarringJohnCho have the ability to open up these conversations about social justice and equity issues. Yu leverages what he calls the “cultural insight” from social media; anyone with a Twitter handle is able to share their opinions about #StarringJohnCho, and users can share articles or readings that help contextualize a post. Celebrities like Mindy Kaling, George Takei, and even John Cho himself, are able to all weigh in.

While the discussion is only just beginning to gain momentum, there is already growing coverage of Asian-American actors in publications across the United States. A May 26 headline in the LA Times reads, “Asian American theater group pushes for the day when it doesn’t need #StarringJohnCho.” This just goes to show: #StarringJohnCho may have claimed social media, but its deeper implications play off beyond the screen.

An earlier version of this story was originally published online in June.

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New talent on golf team to push current players to improve MEN'S GOLF

continued from back “Clearly, we have more depth this year. We have four or five freshman and sophomores who did not try out for the team last year, so to fill up the number three, four and five spots, we get

to choose from eight bodies, and we never had that luxury before, and I think this will work to our benefit,” Pendergast said. “Presumably, those kids will push each other in practice and make each other better, so one thing that will happen for our team is you’re going to have

to play well week to week in order to keep your spot and nobody is guaranteed their spot.”

The newcomers may very well challenge the more experienced veterans for spots, but the competition does not seem to be causing any friction.

“Team chemistry is high. Everyone is vibing, enjoying one another’s company,” Elliot said.

Tufts golf looks to preserve its fine form as it travels to Middlebury this weekend for the Duke Nelson Invitational at Ralph Myhre Golf Course.

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continued from back they not only got fast off the water but on the water as well.”

Senior tri-captain Zach Merchant also had high praise for the novices from last year.

“The novice boat, of all the boats last year, had the most success,” Merchant said.

“They took silver at New Englands, and at NIRCs. At NIRCs, they lost only to Michigan.

That’s a school of 60,000 and our novice boat lost to them by a little more than a second.”

This season, the team has another strong class of first-years. The novices are still in the process of being selected, but the recruited class is earning high praise from the cap-

tains, just like last year’s novice class did.

“I think it’s safe to say it’s our best recruiting class in a long time,” Merchant said.

“These are really fast guys. They’re leaders right off the bat – guys who know what it takes to be part of a serious, competitive varsity program.”

Burt thinks just as highly of the firstyears, noting their potential and talent.

“They’re very promising,” he said.

“They’re all very driven, very competitive and they’re fast. They’ve been putting in the extra work, going the extra mile. I have nothing but positive things to say about them.”

The new rowers and the returners will compete on some of the biggest stages in

collegiate rowing. The biggest race of the season for Tufts is the Head of the Charles, which takes place in Boston on Oct. 23.

“The Head of the Charles is the biggest regatta in the world,” Burt said. “You’ve got 15,000 rowers and another 200,000 spectators. So that’s the biggest stage for us, the most exciting regatta.”

All four of Tufts’ fall regattas are during the month of October. The first regatta of the season is on Oct. 1, when the crew team will travel to Putney, Vermont for the Green Mountain Head Regatta. In this race, Tufts will just be sculling: a type of rowing that features single rowers in their own boats, rather than in a boat of four or eight.

“Sculling in a single-person boat is one of the best ways to rapidly develop rowing skill,” Wanner said. “The hull is small, highly reactive and it provides strong, direct feedback to the athlete about what kinds of movement[s] produce speed, and what movements are slowing the boat down. As well, there is no confusion about who is responsible – you can’t blame anyone else if things aren’t going well, and when you’re fast, it’s your doing as well.

This combination of factors enables rapid athlete development.”

The crew team will be sculling throughout the fall season, and its abilities will be on full display in its first regatta in two weeks.

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continued from back though, as junior midfielder Erin Sanders knocked the ball in off another penalty corner assist from Travers with four minutes to go, all but sealing the win.

Despite the two goals allowed, Tufts’ defense looked fairly solid for the first game of the season. Polinski made five saves and the team as a whole limit-

ed Colby to nine shots.

Offensively, Tufts also looked very strong: the team was successful on penalty corners, showed that it has a lot of different weapons at the front and got big contributions from younger players stepping up into starting roles.

The Jumbos prepare to host the Bates Bobcats tomorrow in their first home game of the season. The home opener is the inaugural

match on the brand new Ounjian Field, which features AstroTurf instead of regular turf.

The new turf will allow for faster ball movement and quicker passing, which is sure to benefit the Jumbos’ short and quick passing game, even if they are just practicing on the new field for the first time today.

“Bates is a great NESCAC team,” Artz said. “Obviously they come with a lot of skill, and they’re fast and disciplined on the field.

For us, we like to think about what we can control in a game, and what we can control on the field is how we play our game. For us, our preparation just comes down to how we define Tufts field hockey.”

The game kicks off tomorrow at noon on Ounjian Field, located right next to the old Bello Field, and Tufts will be looking to continue its hot start and set the tone for its conference play this season.

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Field hockey upsets top ten team in 2-0 start to season

by Maclyn Senear Sports Editor

Field hockey is already off to a solid 2-0 start in its first week of play this season. In their season debut, the No. 12 Tufts handily knocked off Colby in Maine on Saturday by a 6-2 margin before traveling again on Tuesday to edge out a tough No. 10 Babson team 2-1.

Tufts was confident in its ability to win at Colby, as the Jumbos last lost to the Mules in 2003. Upsetting Babson, which entered the contest 5-0 in the season, was less of a sure thing for Tufts and will surely bring the team up in the national rankings (the latest national rankings released on Tuesday before the game put the Jumbos at No. 12 and the Beavers at No. 10).

“Babson’s a great team,” senior Annie Artz said. “They’re super athletic, super fast — it was definitely a great game all around.

It was a battle out there until the very end.”

Having won its first five games of the season, Babson had also only lost once in their previous 14 games at home, and had an eight-game regular season winning streak against non-conference opponents.

The Beavers are known for being a physically aggressive team, and they lived up to their reputation on Tuesday night by pressing the visiting Jumbos hard in the first half, racking up two green cards and a more serious yellow card.

“We definitely just stuck to our playing style the whole time with quick and fast connecting passes,” sophomore Gigi Tutoni said. “It’s what we know and what we’re good at. Pushing back or getting frustrated only hurts a team in those kinds of situations, which is why I’m glad we were able to maintain our composure.”

The game started out with both teams playing stifling defense: they combined for just four shots in the first half. Tufts took the lead early in the second half, though, when senior co-captain Dominique Zarrella threaded a pass into the circle and Tutoni redirected it into the back of the net.

Babson roared back and put the pressure on, earning six penalty corners in 11 minutes. Junior forward Elise Towers broke through on the sixth corner when she tipped a shot past Tufts’ goalkeeper, sophomore Emily Polinski, to tie it up.

After a timeout and with just under 15 minutes to play, the Jumbos regained their momentum and earned their own series of penalty corners. Slightly under seven minutes remained when Artz inserted a corner to junior midfielder Celia Lewis and then knocked in Lewis’ shot at the post for the game-winner.

The goal was Artz’s second in as many games, an impressive early showing considering she missed all of last season recovering from a torn ACL and meniscus.

“I’m so happy to be back and playing that the second I stepped back on the field, I was just so amped and ready to go,” Artz said. “I think that’s kind of what’s been fueling the start of the season for me.”

Artz is tied with Tutoni for the team lead in goals scored through the first two games, with two each. Tutoni’s assist in the Colby game gives her the team lead in points with five.

“I’m definitely happy with my performance over these past two games,” Tutoni said. “Our team has really pushed ourselves over the summer and these past few weeks, and I think it’s really starting to show. Staying confident is definitely what’s driving our team because we all know we’ve put in the work to accomplish what we want this season.”

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Tufts forwards seniors Annie Artz and Dominique Zarrella defend an opponent’s attempt to attack during a home game against Wesleyan on Kraft Field on Sept. 16th, 2014. Jumbos won 4-0.

The season opener against Colby, while perhaps not as significant a win, was an important early season statement victory that demonstrated the potency of Tufts’ offense.

Six different Jumbos scored on the day, another four earned at least one assist and the team bombarded the two different Mule goalkeepers with 21 shots, 16 of them on goal.

Tutoni got the scoring started in that game as well, finding the back of the net off a pass from first-year Rachel Hamilton just after the 25-minute mark. The Jumbos followed up with two more goals in the next four minutes to establish a comfortable lead that they maintained for the rest of the game.

Junior midfielder/forward Mary Kate Patton redirected a shot from senior co-captain Nicole Arata into the net on a penal-

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ty corner play for Tufts’ second goal and Zarrella added the third shortly after on a pass from Tutoni.

Sophomore Merrill Read scored for the Mules just before the first half ended to put them on the board, but the Jumbos came out dominant to start the second half and quickly extended the lead back up to three with a goal from Artz on a penalty corner insert from junior forward Mary Travers.

Lewis, who fired off four shots during the game, finally netted a goal on another penalty corner play. First-year midfielder Marguerite Salamone picked up her first career assist on the score. The game was already out of reach when Colby scored at the 62:44 mark to bring the score to 5-2. The Jumbos once again answered back see FIELD HOCKEY, page 7

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Tufts golf places fifth in season opener Men’s crew expects growth from talented novice eight

by Ryan Schneiderman Staff Writer

Men’s golf showed no rust heading into its season debut tournament this weekend at the Detrick Invitational, in which they finished fifth out of 11. Despite having never played a round at Indian Hill Golf Club, it did not take long for the team to feel at home at the tournament hosted by Trinity College.

Tri-captains junior Taylor Nordan and senior Owen Elliot led the Jumbos with two round scores of 146, tying for third place overall.

“They played beyond fantastic. They played great. They both had a legitimate chance to win the tournament out of 72 golfers,” coach George Pendergast said.

Nordan led the field after he posted an impressive score of 71 on the first day. If not for a slow start, Nordan may have set a new Tufts’ 18-hole record. After finding himself six-over after the first eight holes, he went on to birdie an amazing six of the last nine holes. His back nine score of 30 is the lowest nine-hole score in Tufts history. Nordan credited a level head during both the highs and lows of a round for his performance.

“It’s easy to give up after getting off to a bad start … [but] it’s important to stay focused and not let previous holes get in the way of the shot at hand,” Nordan said. “I birdied nine and kept grinding. I kind of just caught fire and didn’t really think anything of it. I was just in the zone and wasn’t thinking at all. ”

Nordan went on to record a 75 on the second day and finished tied for third, with a total score two-over par.

Tufts as a team fared far better in its final 18-holes, which may have been the result of increased familiarity with the golf course.

“I would say [the difference] was that none of them had ever played on this golf course; we never even had a practice round. They played sight on scene the first round, so the second round they had seen the course and could make adjustments in club selection, which they did,” Pendergast said.

The Jumbos shaved six shots off of their day one score of 313 to post a final round score of 307 and earn fifth place overall.

Elliot improved on his Saturday score of 74 by two strokes on Sunday to record even par and finish tied with Nordan for third overall. Junior tri-captain Aaron Corn improved 10 shots in his second go around, recording a four over 76 on Sunday, and finished 31st. First-years Brandon Karr and Sanjay Mukherjee placed 40th and 55th respectively, while sophomore Brian Creonte scored an 88 on day two to place 60th.

The first-years played well in their debut tournament and intra-squad competition for limited bids figures to play a large role in the coming weeks and throughout the season. see MEN'S GOLF, page 7

by Bradley Schussel Staff Writer

The men’s crew team is still riding the momentum from its strong spring season as it gears up for the start of fall racing in a few weeks. The Jumbos raked in the medals at both the New England Championships in April and at the National Invitational Rowing Championship (NIRCs). Overall, it was a season of growth and accomplishment for the squad, as the novice eight finished an impressive second in the nation at NIRCs, and the team expects even bigger things in the new fall season.

A big change from last season will be the absence of Gary Caldwell, the former director of crew programs. Caldwell retired after 26 years as the director of crew programs at Tufts and coach of the women’s crew team. The current state of the program is his legacy.

“Coach Caldwell’s impact is impossible to overstate,” coach Noel Wanner told the Daily in an email. “He developed the Tufts Rowing program over most of three decades, influencing generations of young athletes, coaching some champion crews, and securing the future of the team. As one of the crowning achievements of his career, he secured the funding for the building of [Shoemaker] boathouse, which is one of the

best rowing facilities in all of Division [III].

As his successor, I am beyond grateful for all that he accomplished.”

Caldwell coached over 1,300 rowers in his tenure at Tufts, building a powerful alumni network and saving the program from being cut due to budgetary concerns in his first few seasons.

“Gary [Caldwell] is the reason that Tufts Crew is where it is today,” senior tri-captain Doug Burt said. “He built this program.

He coordinated the building of the new [Shoemaker] boathouse; he helped get the school to fund us; he’s really established the team as a viable competitor. We will miss him around the boathouse but we hope to continue building upon his success going forward.”

The crew team was highly successful last season, and Burt cited the team’s development as a big reason for that success.

“We really got to see the team grow and develop tremendously over the course of the year,” Burt said. “The best example of this was the novice eight.”

The novice eight is a group of first-year walk-ons that the team brings in every year.

Last year, they were particularly successful.

“These were guys that were mostly walkons who had never touched a boat before,” Burt said. “Over the course of the season, see MEN'S CREW, page 7