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Activist Marian Wright Edelman speaks about child poverty by Natasha Mayor

Assistant News Editor

Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, spoke about American citizens’ obligation to combat the overwhelming presence of child poverty in a mostly full Cohen Auditorium on Monday evening. The talk was this year’s Merrin Moral Voices Lecture, in partnership with the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Neubauer Executive Director of Tufts Hillel Rabbi Jeffrey Summit opened the evening by talking about the necessity of children having access to proper healthcare, education and opportunities. Co-Chair of Moral Voices Isabel Merrin explained that this year’s talk will center on children’s advocacy. Merrin, a senior, also listed Edelman’s various accolades, which include over 100 honorary degrees, a Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In Edelman’s speech, she reflected on the current state of national inequality, noting that the United States is divided between haves and have-nots. She encouraged the audience to decide what kind of future they want to see at this important junction in history and what legacy they want to leave behind. “Will our era and lifetime be remembered by how many material things we can manufacture, advertise, sell and consume?” she asked. “Or by our dis-

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Speaker Marian Wright Edelman gives the Moral Voices lecture organized by Tufts Hillel and Tisch College at Cohen Auditorium on Feb. 27. covery, our more lasting, non-material measures of success?” Lamenting the prevalence of guns and gun-related deaths in this nation, Edelman said that regulating guns should be at the top

of our agenda. She talked about the United States’ high child mortality rates and our responsibility as people to fix this situation. “Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are

tortured,” Edelman said, quoting French philosopher Albert Camus. “But we can reduce the number of tortured children.” see EDELMAN, page 2

New prayer room in Fletcher School provides convenience and community by Luke Briccetti

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Tufts opened a multifaith meditation and prayer room, or musallah, inside the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy earlier this month. The room is intended for use by Tufts’ Muslim community, but is open to use by people of all faiths and was organized by a group of both Muslim and non-Muslim students, according to Jack Whitacre (F’16). According to a 2015 Daily article, the construction of the prayer room follows that of Tufts’ first musallah, which was opened in Curtis Hall in 2015. The creation of the space was spearheaded by Tufts Muslim Chaplain Celene Ibrahim, who was concerned about the lack of availability of prayer spaces for members of the

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Muslim community at the Fletcher School. “I was aware that Muslim students in Fletcher were having to find little corners in which to pray between their classes and events,” Ibrahim told the Daily in an email. “The university generously constructed a prayer space in Curtis Hall, which was extremely convenient to the many Muslim engineering and computer science students, but it was too far across campus to serve the students, faculty and staff of Fletcher on a daily basis.” This concern was echoed by Seher Vora, a Fletcher School student who actively uses the prayer space. “As a Muslim, I do try my best to pray five times a day, but it’s a bit hard when you’re running around from place to place, and the other prayer room on campus is all the way across campus at Curtis

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Hall,” Vora said. “It’s really nice to have a space close to us that I can go and use and then it doesn’t become inconvenient.” According to Vora, although Muslims do not necessarily need to complete prayers and ablutions (ritual washing that accompanies prayer) in a designated space, it is often difficult and uncomfortable to find a suitable location for prayer. “If there’s an empty room or just an empty corner I could definitely go and pray there,” said Vora, “but I think a lot of times, it doesn’t necessarily put people off, but makes them feel awkward at times to do prayer in public.” The space contains certain features intended to enhance the experience of worshippers, such as carpets and an area for performing ablutions, according to Ibrahim and Vora.

“Performing ritual washing and prayers several times a day is one of the most central components of Islamic spiritual practice,” Ibrahim said. The room also contains features and accommodations that increase comfort within the space regardless of faith, such as pillows for people who want a place to meditate or relax, according to Vora. “I think people like to use it as a meditation space as well, to use apps like Headspace or mindfulness apps like that to just sit and get away from the hustle and bustle for five minutes or so,” Vora said. Although the financial statements for the new project have not yet been finalized, the Fletcher School did not have any serious trouble completing the project

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Children's rights activist calls on political leaders to combat child poverty EDELMAN

continued from page 1 Edelman spoke about the necessity of directing the nation’s resources toward helping children. She said that, in the United States, half of all black babies are born into poverty. In addition, compared to other nations with developed economies, the United States has one of the highest percentages of child poverty, ranking 34th out of 35, Edelman said. She cited failed policies as the cause of this, and she called for a movement to confront the hypocrisy inherent in the United States’ poverty problem, in spite of its stated commitment to equality. Edelman suggested various policies that governments could implement to combat the issue of child poverty, such as housing vouchers, tax expenditures, early investments in children and school snack programs. She explained that the money for these programs could be easily raised through actions such as increasing taxes on the rich, closing tax loopholes and decreasing military expenditures. “These policies, which would cost $77.2 billion a year — and a bargain at that — could be implemented immediately, improving the lives and the futures of millions of children and eventually saving taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars annually,” Edelman said. “Poverty is simply too expensive to continue.” Edelman said that the United States needs to uphold the values of the Declaration of Independence, which maintains certain inalienable rights for citizens. She said that it is now time to

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Senior Sarah Gottlieb asks speaker Marian Wright Edelman a question after her Moral Voices talk put on by Hillel and Tisch College at Cohen Auditorium on Feb. 27. make sure that the truths that it lists apply to children of all social classes and races. “A nation that does not stand for children does not stand for anything,” Edelman said. Turning to the story of Noah’s Ark, Edelman discussed a few key lessons from the biblical story. She emphasized that everybody is figuratively in the same boat, so people must plan ahead, disregard critics and keep in mind that the Ark was built by amateurs. Edelman also argued that social and political movements brew over time and are never top-down. She called on each person to strive to make a difference in their own community by aiding collective resistance.

“Never has there been a greater need and a greater call for moral voices in all our institutions,” Edelman said. Edelman also advocated for exposing children to great thinkers and moral leaders in their schools. She said that people have an obligation to ensure that the nation always moves forward rather than backwards. In this time of political uncertainty, Edelman encouraged those with the privilege of being free enough to speak out to exercise their power and challenge the government to tackle child poverty. “We do not have a child problem in America,” Edelman said. “We have a profound adult problem.”

Musallah in Fletcher School designed for prayer, meditation PRAYER ROOM

continued from page 1 because they repurposed an existing room rather than adding a new room, according to Valerie Wencis, the director of communications, public relations and marketing for the Fletcher School. “We were very fortunate to be able to make use of an existing resource,” Wencis said. The project was completed very quickly. It was first proposed in fall 2016 and recently opened, according to Vora. Ibrahim and Vora both said that

they were satisfied with the recent actions taken by Tufts and Fletcher administrators to accommodate Muslim students and faculty within the Tufts community. “The administration at Fletcher was a joy to work with in designing the space, and their attention to detail is apparent to anyone who visits,” Ibrahim said. Likewise, Vora said that she appreciates the community spaces currently available on campus. “What [Tufts] has here already is amazing, you have the Muslim House, I went there for dinner a couple of weeks

ago, the Interfaith Center, the Friday services are wonderful and the community is very approachable,” Vora said. Importantly, according to Ibrahim, the new space helps to foster a much-needed sense of community among Muslims both at the Fletcher School and across the Tufts campus. “Having a strong spiritual community is key to Islamic practice, and this sense of community is all the more important for international students and others who are far from their home support networks.”

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TASA Culture Show celebrates South Asian dance, music and culture by Paige Spangenthal Assistant Arts Editor

The TASA Culture Show, presented by Tufts Association of South Asians (TASA) on Saturday in Cohen Auditorium, was a high-energy blend of bright colors, dance, song and video. The theme of the show was “My Big Fat Bollywood Wedding” and was directed by sophomores Sanya Pradhan, Kanav Jhunjhunwala and Sidhant Chadha. Amidst the festivities, however, senior Avneet Soin and sophomore Natasha Karunaratne from Tufts’ South Asian Political Action Committee (SAPAC) added an element of seriousness with a speech that addressed how the American political climate is affecting South Asian people. They spoke of racial profiling, spikes in hate crimes against Sikh and Muslim people and harassment toward people who wear hijabs and turbans. The representatives from SAPAC urged the audience to take action against these issues by volunteering and donating to civil rights organizations, and the speech prompted a powerful moment of reflection during a celebration of South Asian art. The first act was a South Indian classical music performance in which senior Bhavna Sivasubramanian sang two Carnatic pieces accompanied by Tufts professor Layth Sidiq on the violin. The duo first performed a melodic bhajan composed by Meera Bhai that praises Krishna. The second piece was a fast-paced thillana, a highly rhythmic piece usually used in classical Indian dance performances. Storytelling was an important theme of the night. Pulse, Tufts’ nationally competing Indian classical dance team, performed a piece in the styles of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi that told the story of Persephone, Demeter and Hades. The dancers’ gestures and facial expressions perfectly captured

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Dance group Pulse performs a Persephone-themed dance at the annual TASA Culture Show on Feb. 25. the myth’s wide range of emotions. Tufts’ competitive Bollywood Fusion dance team, Tamasha, performed a dance that told the story of a woman’s immigration from India to the United States. During the dance, snippets of her inner monologue and conversations with new acquaintances played over the speakers. One of the clips included a snide New Yorker’s comment about immigrants, which tied back to the speech given by Soin and Karunaratne. The blend of dance and storytelling conveyed an immigrant woman’s feelings of apprehension, alienation and eventual contentment with her new home. JumboRaas, Tufts’ only Garba and Raas team, performed a dance inspired by “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” In an introductory video that was projected onstage, members of the dance team assumed the personas of various characters from the story, such as Augustus Gloop, Charlie Bucket and Violet Beauregarde. Giant cardboard chocolate bars and other props were incorporated into the dance and added an extra element of fun.

Two seniors delivered a unique musical performance that combined Maroon 5 with a song from a Bollywood film starring Shah Rukh Khan. The songs blended together beautifully and the singers proved their musical dexterity by switching back and forth between different languages and vocal techniques. Other performances of the night included the first-year and the sophomore dances, during which underclassmen flooded the stage and filled the auditorium with energy. Tufts’ Bhangra team debuted a new set in one act and collaborated with JumboRaas in another. Dancers from different groups also came together to perform a fusion dance that meshed Bollywood music with Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” (2017). Though admission to the show was free, all proceeds raised from the sale of samosas and mango lassies went directly to the Saheli foundation, a Massachusetts-based women’s organization that provides resources, support and legal empowerment to meet the specific needs of South Asian women.

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Performers dance at the annual TASA Culture Show on Feb. 25.

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n the opening scene of “The Salesman” (2017), actors Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) are forced to flee their apartment. The building shakes, cracks appear in the walls, and they are in danger of collapsing several stories to the ground. Initially, the residents believe it’s an earthquake, a common fear in Tehran. However, the cause is revealed to be a faulty construction project on the property next door. The couple must then move into a new apartment. Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning film has been in a number of headlines recently, many of them due to Farhadi’s decision to boycott the Oscars in protest of President Donald Trump’s travel ban. However, these headlines sell “The Salesman” short, as it is a fascinating tale about the consequences of violence against women, emasculation and social pressures in modern-day Iran. Those who have seen or read “Death of a Salesman” (1949) will notice a number of parallels to Arthur Miller’s classic play, not least because Emad and Rana’s troupe are performing the show with the couple in the lead roles. However, the story that erupts after Rana is attacked in unclear circumstances by a man who walks into their apartment soliciting its previous tenant, a prostitute, begins to blur the line between Emad of Tehran and Willy Loman of Brooklyn. Emasculation is central to the conflict that frames the narrative on both sides. For his part, Emad is haunted by his failure to protect his wife. The judgment he perceives from others leads him to a destructive need for revenge past the wishes of Rana, who desires only to move on from her ordeal. Rana’s elderly attacker, who Emad kidnaps in the film’s climactic scene, is anguished by his own shameful feelings over the consequences of his dealings with prostitution as well as laments over his belief that the entire episode was an accident. Emad’s intention to tell his family what has happened puts the man into a state of such frenzied panic at the thought of the resulting shame that he has a heart attack. However, Farhadi’s direction is always careful to note that these narratives ignore the feelings of Rana, the victim of the entire situation. Unwilling to go through the strain and judgment of a public trial, Rana declines to inform the police. However, her desire to move on is hampered by a lack of adequate support and Emad’s need to bring justice to her attacker. Ultimately, she is forced into facing him again in an extremely stressful situation, this time created by her own husband. Though Farhadi does not divulge exactly what happens to Rana, he does make it clear that her struggle has been co-opted by toxic masculinity. As her attacker’s family wheels him into an ambulance, Rana and Emad are left alone in their old apartment, once again standing against a background of cracks in the wall. One cannot help but think that their marriage and maybe their lives and careers are irreparably cracked as well. Tommy Gillespie is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Tommy can be reached at thomas.gillespie@tufts.edu.

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Celebrities light up the Academy Awards red carpet by Setenay Mufti

Assistant Arts Editor

As highly anticipated as the Oscar winners are, the fashion and red carpet trends at the Academy Awards are iconic, fascinating and divisive in their own right. Here are the highlights from this year’s celebrity looks on the Oscars’ red carpet. Several trends emerged at this year’s Oscars, but the trend of the night was, unquestionably, gold dresses. Charlize Theron wore the look best, in a Grecian-style, metallic gold gown covered in a thin layer of black tulle, designed by Christian Dior Couture. Runner-up was Halle Berry, whose one-shouldered column dress also had a gold base with black tulle detailing. The dress, designed by Atelier Versace, was beautiful on its own but was intensified by the beaded hem and train on bottom and by Berry’s wild, gorgeous head of corkscrew curls. Actress Dakota Johnson was less successful with her take on the trend. She wore a very light-colored gold Gucci gown with long sleeves, shoulder pads and a bow tie ruffle in the front, oddly placed right below her belly button. Johnson’s makeup was minimal and classy, but the plastic-looking fabric and bulky structure did little to heighten her natural beauty. Jessica Biel also wore gold, in a long-fitted gown by KaufmanFranco. Biel is known for her fashion mishaps in the past, but this look proved to be an improvement. The fit was flattering, and her Aztecstyle gold necklace was gorgeous, even though its shade clashed with that of

the dress. Other fantastic gold looks included Chrissy Teigen in Zuhair Murad and Auli’I Cravalho, the young lead voice actress in “Moana,” (2016) in Rubin Singer. Predictably, black gowns also showed up on this year’s red carpet. Kirsten Dunst looked very comfortable in her dramatic black fit-and-flare gown by Dior, which had no embroidery or embellishment but was nevertheless livened by Dunst’s beautiful diamond necklace. The dress also had a lifted hem in the front and, as an extra bonus, pockets. Last year’s Best Supporting Actress winner, Alicia Vikander, also wore black with a lifted front hem, in a tiered lace Louis Vuitton gown. Although the dress was pretty, Vikander’s black gladiator heels were not worth showing off under the lifted hem. Her bun was messy enough to veer into the sloppy category instead of the fashionable, and her tan was overdone. Brie Larson went back to the 80s for her look, wearing a black velvet Oscar de la Renta gown with a fitted silhouette, plunging neckline and ruffled front and train. She completed the look with slickedback hair. Several men wore blue suits or jackets, including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Chris Evans, Riz Ahmed, Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen and Samuel L. Jackson. Messy hair was a popular style for both men and women, worn by Taraji P. Henson, Dev Patel, Casey Affleck and Kirsten Dunst. Another interesting trend was the American Civil Liberties Union blue ribbon pin, which several stars wore

in support of the organization’s commitment to human rights. These stars included Ruth Negga, Karlie Kloss, Busy Phillips, Rosemarie DeWitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda with his mother Luz Towns-Miranda. Although the fashion choices were pretty safe this year, there were some significant mishaps. Ryan Gosling wore a standard grey Gucci tuxedo with black trim, but his white shirt underneath showed black-trimmed ruffle along the buttons, making his outfit look like a ABC / TYLER GOLDEN costume. Gosling’s “La Charlize Theron wore a metallic gown with black tulle overLa Land” (2016) co-star lay to the Oscars on Feb. 26. Emma Stone also stumbled, wearing a sparkly yellow dress by fashion risk in Ralph & Russo Couture. Givenchy Haute Couture. The gown had She wore a modern and romantic sila fitted bodice that abruptly shifted into ver-blue gown, with a long train and a tasseled flapper-style skirt, making the metallic lazar-cut flowers covering the dress look like two pieces sewn together bodice. Monae wore an Elie Saab gown instead of one complete outfit. Casey covered with beads, spikes, sequins, Affleck’s tuxedo looked good, but his mesh and several different patterns on crooked, messy and uncombed hair part her wide skirt. Henson, her co-star in ruined the look. Michelle Williams, who “Hidden Figures” (2016) took a differis usually no stranger to fashion risks, ent but still successful approach. She was a little lackluster in a two-toned wore a dark blue velvet Alberta Ferretti black and pale yellow dress by Louis gown with a deep neckline, high leg slit Vuitton, which boasted a plunging neck- and off-the-shoulder sleeves, giving line but little else in terms of detail or off classic Hollywood glamor. Finally, structure. Ali wore a classy all-black ensemble by The Oscars’ best looks, however, Ermenegildo Zegna Couture. Whatever belonged to Henson, Hailee Steinfeld, mishaps “Moonlight” (2016) suffered Janelle Monae and Mahershala Ali. that night, the look of its supporting Steinfeld once again took a successful actor, Ali, was not one of them.

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herever you go in the world, you can find the same things: movie theaters showing Hollywood movies, international schools teaching an American-style curriculum in English, an educational elite that speaks English, people watching American television shows, a business district imitating Manhattan and more examples in this vein. In addition to all this, the United States is also at the center of the world in other ways such as controlling the largest vote in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and hosting the United Nations headquarters in New York City. A cursory look at the lives of the upper-middle class anywhere reveals the American cultural influence that permeates continents, cultures and ages. This gives the United States a lot of power and influence around the world, because it becomes the cultural center of an increasingly interconnected world. Then, many people with education fall into the American system. People want to come to college or graduate school in the United States, and many from developing countries work hard to stay as long as possible, resulting in brain drain from the educated segments of many emerging economies. They are lured by the American dream to seek the H1B work visa, which Congress and President Donald Trump plan on cutting back and restricting. Trump’s general scaling back of American leadership and centrality in the world coincides with a large push by China to become more of an example and a center in its own right. As the second largest economy in the world, China can definitely afford to project influence, but the hearts and minds of the people of the world are not cheap or bought quickly. The United States has cultivated its image as “leader of the free world” and “defender of democracy” ever since World War II, and even though this image does not reflect a perfect reality, the product being sold — economic prosperity through open markets and political liberalization — appealed to millions across the world. So what is China selling? Rapid economic growth, for sure. But where is the political message? It isn’t a political example it’s trying to present; China isn’t pointing to its domestic institutions as the ones that everyone should aspire to emulate. The more interesting part of China’s push for centrality is its investment in cultural soft power. For this, the crux of its strategy is using ancient Chinese culture, and specifically Confucius as a seminal figure, to convince everyone that they should engage with Chinese culture, language, literature and history. This effort trickles down to even the Tufts campus, and that is embodied in the Confucius Institute that is settled and growing on Packard Avenue. This institute promotes engagement with Chinese culture, while being internationally criticized for sidelining topics concerning Uyghurs, Tibet, democracy or any questioning of the Chinese regime. This is to be expected from an organization that is funded and supported by the regime itself. Cultural engagement is a great thing, and everyone should know more about different cultures and countries, but it doesn’t hurt to be cognizant of the any ulterior motives your teachers might have.

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SHANNON GEARY Correction: The Feb. 27 article “Institute for Global Leadership hosts 32nd EPIIC Symposium” misspelled the name of Ph.D. candidate Benjamin Sacks. The Daily regrets this error.

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Jefferson New presidencies often bring tension between the administration and select media outlets. President Obama had a rocky relationship with Fox News, and his administration went so far as to limit its access to the press pool and to certain interviews. However, a far more unusual event occurred this week when tensions between the Trump administration and the media escalated to the point of barred entry to the White House press briefing for several major news outlets. Because President Trump was angry about stories that portrayed his presidential actions in a negative light, he has chipped away at our democratic ideals and banned media outlets that he perceives to be biased against him. Many accusations have been flying around labelling different media organizations as illegitimate and fake, but now that these accusations have translated into actions, the freedom of the press in the United States is in real danger. Throughout American history, the press has existed to disseminate information to the people and to be the people’s check on the government. Media has advanced since the days of the local newspaper being the primary news source. With journalistic advances comes increased scrutiny on important members of government. President Nixon’s illegal activities were discovered by intense reporting by Washington Post writers, setting the standard for media pressure on the executive branch. With the rise of the Internet, sites like Breitbart, Infowars, and Addicting Info are able to survive and gain a following without much vetting because of the ease of posting information online. These sites release controversial stories about famous figures that are improperly sourced. However, the information is easily accessible, so people read it and spread the information as if it were legitimate. The trouble comes when the executive branch begins to engage with these less credible sources at the expense of the established media outlets. Donald Trump was wrong to ban media outlets like Politico, CNN and the New York Times from his press briefing, just as Barack Obama was wrong to ban Fox News from certain interviews. Freedom of the press is a constitutional right that should never be encroached upon. Countries that shape the news to fit their desires are known as dictatorships, in which one person controls the information flow. As a democracy, the United States should strive to give the people unfiltered access to the government. Reputable media outlets have always been and continue to be the vital link between people and government. Whether or not the president agrees with the news or thinks it is accurate should not be a part of the equation. It is up to the consumers to engage actively with the news and determine if they think it is accurate. That is a decision left to the people, not the president. Regardless of whether or not the news takes a liberal or conservative stance, as long as it is properly sourced and timely reported, it should be shared with the American people. Otherwise, one of the most important constitutional rights has been diminished. Alec Whipple is a sophomore majoring in political science. Alec can be reached at alec.whipple@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos to host first rounds of NCAA tournament WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

continued from page back as the Jumbos only made seven successful shots from their 15 trips to the line in the fourth quarter. However, Tufts’ 12-point lead coming into the final quarter was enough for them to see out the game. Part of the reason for the success in the game came down to better composure from the Jumbos, according to Otley. “I thought in that game we were a lot calmer and more composed than we were the first time we played them,” she said. “The first time, it was our first NESCAC game of the season, so everyone was very jacked up and a little over-excited. So we did a way better job of keeping our composure. Obviously, free throws didn’t go great

down the stretch, and that allowed them to come back a little bit, but overall it was a solid win.” The season is not over yet, as the Jumbos will host to the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament Friday and Saturday. Tufts faces St. Joseph’s College on Friday, where the team hopes to take the final step and improve on last year’s National Championship 63-51 defeat to Thomas More. North believes the team will take the lessons from the NESCAC Championship and improve going forward. “I think we’re all really excited to have the opportunity to play again,” North said. “We absolutely hate losing, especially to a team like Amherst where we’ve lost to them already once this season … so for that to actually happen, it really stung and [added] fuel to the fire. [It

can] actually help us in the end. A team that’s had an unbeaten season won’t have a chip on their shoulders like we have now.” North said she knows that the team has what it takes to make a good run in the NCAA tournament. “Going forward, we just need to rally around each other … make sure we’re instilling confidence in one another because we know … what we’re capable of,” she said. “Also, just remembering that we didn’t win the NESCAC championship last year but we still got to the national title game. Knowing that, we hopefully can climb that ladder again, go one game at a time, reach the championship game again and win this one.”

WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD

Jumbos to host last-chance meet ahead of Nationals by Sam Weidner

Assistant Sports Editor

Tufts sent a small group of runners to the All-New England Championship this past weekend at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. This meet featured competitors from Div. I, Div. II and Div. III schools, making it one of the more competitive meets of the season for the Jumbos. On Saturday, Tufts scored in two events, bringing its final score to nine points and earning the team a tie for 21st place at the meet. The scoring came largely at the hands of rookie runners as first-year Julia Gake ran a time of 1:17.13 seconds in the 500 meter to finish in sixth place, earning three points. That time for Gake is the fourth best time in Tufts’ history, earning her All-New England honors for the meet. Tufts also earned one point from the 4×800 meter relay, in a foursome composed of first-year Rhemi Toth, senior quad-captain Sam Cox, first-year Lauren Diaz and Gake anchoring the race. They finished in eighth place, earning All-New England honors as well. Junior Brittany Bowman managed a tenth place finish in the 3000 meter run, just two places and roughly five seconds out of scoring position. However, her time of 10:17.84 over the weekend is 22.75 seconds off her personal record of 9:55.09, a time which would have placed her fourth at this meet. Coach Kristen Morwick shed some light on why Bowman might not have had as good a race as anticipated. “Brittany Bowman was battling flulike symptoms, so unfortunately, she was unable to improve her 3k time,” Morwick told the Daily in an email. Sophomore Annalisa DeBari also tied her season best in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.06 seconds, and the team hopes she will be able to break nine seconds next weekend in order to give her a chance to qualify for Nationals.

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Sophomore Brita Dawson competes in the long jump at the New England Division III Indoor Championship at MIT's Johnson Athletic Center on Feb. 18. Friday produced similar results as the Jumbos scored in two other events. Sophomore Natalie Bettez ran a big PR in the 5000 meters, placing sixth to score three points for Tufts and earn All-New England honors. First-year Haley Barthel also competed in the 5000, placing in the top 10 and running a PR as well. Tufts went with a different group for the distance medley relay (DMR) on Friday than they have in the past to try out a new combination of runners for the NCAAs in two weeks. Diaz led off in the 1200 leg, senior quad-captain Rita Donohoe following in the 400, Toth running the 800 and Cox anchoring in the mile leg. The group was without usual member Bowman running the mile leg, but they still finished seventh to score two points for the team and earn All-New England honors. Cox, subbing for Bowman, ran a huge PR in her mile anchor with a time of 5:03. Bowman explained that testing out different groups in the relay is crucial to the team’s postseason success.

“We’re racing the DMR again in our last-chance meet to hopefully qualify for Nationals, because the top 12 teams qualify, and we think we’re on the edge. So we’re going to try to run a fast team at our last-chance meet and qualify, [and] then maybe mix it up at Nationals,” Bowman said. “Especially for the DMR since there are four legs of different distances, it’s kind of hard to know who is the best person for which leg, so we’ve been trying to find alternatives if something goes wrong.” With just one more meet before Nationals on March 10 in Naperville, Ill., athletes from all over New England will try to post their best times of the season next weekend at the Last Chance Qualifier meet hosted at Tufts in the Gantcher Center. “[The] last-chance meet is definitely more of an individual meet; it’s not even scored,” Bowman said. “So there will be a lot of people there trying to qualify for Nationals and sneak into that top 17.”

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Sam Nowicki Teeing Off

Fowler wins, Bryan shines

nother week goes by on the PGA Tour and another superstar wins, continuing the trend of 2017. This week it was Rickie Fowler, the 28-year-old So-Cal native taking home the hardware. Rickie began the day with a lot of pressure on him, as he had never before won while holding the 54-hole lead. Rickie entered the final round of the day with a four-shot lead over rookie Englishman Tyrrell Hatton and a six-shot cushion over a pack of chasers, including Wesley Bryan, at seven under par. Fowler ran into some trouble on the sixth hole when he rinsed his tee shot in the lake to the left of the fairway, but he displayed his maturity and resilience, bouncing back with birdies on holes eight, 12, 13 and 16. He eventually took a five-shot lead to the final 72nd hole of the tournament and enjoyed his walk down the fairway, toward the green and his fourth PGA Tour Victory. Bryan, who I’ve mentioned in previous weeks as a young star in the making, had another brilliant week. Wes got it to nine under par after 36 holes and shared the lead going into the weekend. But Bryan struggled all week with the infamous ‘Bear Trap,’ holes 15-17 of PGA National, putting several balls in the water, ultimately taking him out of contention. Nonetheless, Bryan finished T-4th and picked up another $232,000 in winnings, moving him to about $100k short of securing his tour card for the 2018 season already. Wes also jumped from 96th to 77th in the Official World Golf Ranking, moving him closer to qualifying for The Masters. The golf world is definitely reeling right now, wondering, “What did we do to deserve this great start?!” This year has already seen Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson win … and now Fowler has been added to the list. Just as last year was the year of first-time winners, this year has returned to the household names. The excitement is truly building toward Augusta, the year’s first major. In 2014, Fowler finished in the top five at all four majors. He is the only player in the history of the game to accomplish this feat without winning at least one of them … not exactly the obscure stat he wants, but it shows a good trend. In 2015, Fowler won the Scottish Open, THE PLAYERS Championship and the Deutsche Bank Championship, ascending the world rankings, and posing himself to truly break out and win a major. But after his early 2016 win in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the majors of 2016 troubled Rickie as he missed two cuts and wasn’t competitive in the others. I firmly believe the work Fowler has done with swing coach Butch Harmon since 2014 will finally pay off with a major victory this season. Fowler has matured, waited and stayed stubborn in his young career, and my advice would be for him to maintain that mindset this major season. Augusta may not grant Rickie a Green Jacket, but I would be surprised if he doesn’t host either the Claret Jug or the Wanamaker. Sam Nowicki is a junior majoring in biochemistry. Sam can be reached at samuel. nowicki@tufts.edu.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Tufts falls short against Amherst again, looks forward to NCAA tournament by Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editor

A 21-point blitz by No. 1 Amherst in the third quarter was the key factor that drove the team to its second consecutive NESCAC championship title on Sunday as it defeated No. 3 Tufts 41-37, finishing the season undefeated. The championship game was played at a frenetic pace, with 21 turnovers in the first half. Tufts was able to keep Amherst quiet in that half, limiting its opponents to just 10 points. Of these 10 points, however, six of them came from the free-throw line, demonstrating the Jumbos’ defensive strength. In particular, Tufts put up one of its best defensive performances the entire season in the second quarter, holding Amherst to only three points. Bench players junior guard Jennie Mucciarone and first-year guard Sadie Otley also contributed to this defensive effort, picking up two defensive rebounds each. “Credit [goes] to the bench players who came in for people like me who were in foul trouble really early. They didn’t let [Amherst] see the light of day or get any passes inside,” senior tri-captain forward/center Michela North said. “They also went 0-for-7 from three, so that’s great defense on the part of our guards.” On offense, the Jumbos put up 16 points in the first half, going into the second half with the lead. Junior forward Melissa Baptista scored six points off two three-point attempts, while North and fellow senior tri-captain Josie

Lee added two points each. Baptista finished the game with a game-high of 19 points, 15 of which came from the three-point range. She also added six rebounds and two assists. “I think our first half was really great defensively – holding a team as good as Amherst, which scores so many points a game, to only 10 in the first half,” Otley said. “We felt really good about that. It was just really a problem with our scoring, which was a problem for us the last time, and then the third quarter defensively.” But Amherst came back roaring in the third quarter, taking a nine-point lead by the fourth. Despite North opening the scoring in the second half to make it an eight-point lead, Amherst went on a 13-1 drive to seize the initiative. Amherst senior guard Ali Doswell racked up 11 of her 16 points in the third quarter alone. Despite Tufts’ relative success from the three-point range, 5-of-22 compared to Amherst’s 0-of-7, the Tufts offense could not get going in this game, as they went 15-of-54 (27.8 percent) for the Jumbos’ lowest field goal percentage this entire season. North attributes the loss to the defensive challenges that the team was unable to recover from in the third quarter. “I think they did get a lot of points in transition off a lot of our turnovers,” North said. “They isolated Ali Doswell to just go one-on-one. She would drive or get a foul called and make some crazy baskets right at the end … They pulled me out [with] their post players near the three-point line … and they had

the opportunity to go one-on-one with our guards.” A day earlier, the Jumbos successfully saw off the Bowdoin Polar Bears 49-44 to reach their fourth successive NESCAC Championship game. The Jumbos started off with two consecutive three-pointers from Baptista and sophomore guard Jacqueline Knapp, as they finished the first quarter 14-5. Knapp added another three-pointer to make it 21-10 midway through the second, as the two teams traded points in a relatively even second quarter, which Tufts edged 14-10. Knapp eventually finished with a team-high nine points, seven rebounds and two ITONG ZHANG / THE TUFTS DAILY assists. North was Sophomore Jacqueline Knapp and senior Josie Lee fight for a loose also pivotal in secur- ball in the game against Trinity on Feb. 4. ing the team’s victory, as she finished with a game-high 14 the layup to make it 34-43 with 01:28 rebounds, including 12 defensive rebounds. to play in the fourth, the Polar Bears But for all of Tufts’ success in the changed their strategy to deliberately first half, Bowdoin kept the score close, foul the Jumbos. This almost worked, eking out the third quarter 11-10. After first-year forward Maddie Hasson made see WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, page 7

ICE HOCKEY

Bantams overpower Jumbos in NESCAC Quarterfinals by Savannah Mastrangelo Assistant Sports Editor

With 2:03 on the clock, Tufts pulled junior goaltender Nik Nugnes in hopes of climbing out of a 3-1 deficit against Trinity on Saturday. But after Trinity senior Ethan Holdaway scored an empty net goal at 19:35 into the third, the Bantams sealed the 4-1 victory at the NESCAC championship quarterfinal, knocking Tufts out of the playoffs and ending the team’s season. Trinity will continue on to the semifinals and face Williams. Tufts finished its season with an overall record of 11-11-3.

According to head coach Pat Norton, the Jumbos started off strong. “We started out great. They scored, and then we got on our heels a little bit and I thought we struggled to get back to … the game plan,” coach Pat Norton said. “We got away from what we were trying to do and that, to me, is the difference.” At 1:57 into the first period, first-year Barclay Gammill deflected a slap shot from senior defenseman T.J. Sherman from the blue line into the net putting Trinity up 1-0. The Jumbos had many close scoring opportunities throughout the period, including an uncontested

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First-year forward Anthony Farinacci vies for the puck against Amherst College at the Malden Forum on Feb. 11.

wrist shot from first-year Tyler Scroggins at 11:48, and a blocked shot from senior Patrick Lackey by Trinty’s junior defenseman Griffyn Martin. It wasn’t until 15:17 into the first period that senior tri-captain Mike Leary assisted the lone goal of the game for Tufts after passing the puck to senior Conal Lynch who was waiting in front of the net and slipped the puck past Trinity junior goaltender Alex Morin. Bantams senior captain Sean Orlando collected a pass and roofed the puck from the far-side post to regain the lead for the Bantams just 19 seconds later. Trinity maintained the 2-1 lead for the remainder of the first period. “We tried to make it about us, not them, and sometimes you just don’t get the right bounces,” Nugnes said. “They scored off of a deflection, which was pretty deflating, and the third goal had a funny bounce and went right to their player. They got the bounces, and we just didn’t have it.” The majority of the second period was a back and forth battle and remained mostly scoreless. After a hooking penalty was called on junior forward Brian Brown in the defensive zone 3:29 into the second, Trinity went on its first power play while Nugnes stood on his head, saving many close scoring opportunities. After the power play ended, Ethan Holdaway of Trinity was called for hooking and Tufts went on a power play, but the team was also unable to capitalize on the man advantage. With just over two minutes remaining in the second, Orlando won a face-off in

the offensive zone and Holdaway collected a rebounded shot off of Nugnes and scored, giving the Bantams a 3-1 lead to end the period. Trinity dominated Tufts offensively during the third period, although both teams were unable to put the puck in the back of the net for the majority of the third as well. With two minutes remaining, Tufts pulled Nugnes for the man advantage, but a turnover at the blue line of the offensive zone led to an empty net goal by Holdaway with 25 seconds left in the game, solidifying the 4-1 victory. “We started playing hard and I think the effort was there, but our execution across the board wasn’t where it needs to be to beat arguably the best team talent-wise in the NESCAC,” Norton said. “[Trinity] has six or seven kids that, when you make a mistake, can put the puck in the back of the net, and no other team has that many guys that can hurt you. So part of it is they played a great game and part of it is us we didn’t execute as well as we needed to.” While Trinity outshot Tufts 50-26, Nugnes had 46 total saves compared to Morin’s 25. With four players with over 20 points on the season, Trinity’s offensive prowess was evident in this match up. “I think we were all really optimistic going in,” Nugnes said. “At the beginning of the season, we set a goal to win a NESCAC championship, and I think we went in pretty confident that we would accomplish that, but sometimes it just doesn’t work out.”