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ACE Fellow program expands, redefines role on campus by Joe Walsh

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The Academic and Community Engagement (ACE) Fellow program will expand the number of fellows from seven to 10 for the next academic year. This program, which places student leaders in residence halls to offer academic and social guidance to firstyears, will also shift its approach to focusing on helping first-year students transition to Tufts. The program accepted its fellows for the 2016-2017 academic year near the end of February from a record of 40 applicants, more than double last year’s 17 applicants, according to Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Chris Rossi. “Regardless of application numbers in the past, we yielded great people, so we’re lucky in that regard,” Rossi said. Rossi said that he identified a need to grow the program at the beginning of the academic year because more students wanted assistance from ACE Fellows than the fellows were feasibly able to provide, especially because ACE Fellows live in the same residence halls as first-year students. “Some of the tangible and practical hurdles for students…were coming up in residence,” he said. “A lot of times, our ACE Fellows would be almost overwhelmed because we’d have so many first-year students coming to them.” For that reason, Rossi said that the program will be “asymmetrically focused on the first-year experience.” He explained that he and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Robert Mack plan to refocus ACE Fellows’ role on helping students transition during orientation and immediately afterwards. He said that the residential aspect of the program is still important but that there remain opportunities to create a specific structure to help students during their first several weeks and months at Tufts. Later in the year, Rossi said ACE Fellows will lead larger-scale programs so that students can reflect on their experiences. The increase in ACE Fellow applications can be attributed to the program’s shift in focus on the first-year transition, along with proactive efforts to advertise the program through information sessions, Rossi said. He added that many applicants cited current fellows as the reason why they chose to apply. A Jan. 31 email advertising the ACE Fellow program encouraged students to

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apply for “free housing and the chance to change lives.” ACE Fellows receive free housing in exchange for their work, Rossi said. The ACE Fellow program began as a pilot program with four fellows in 2012, according to a Nov. 20, 2012 Daily article. Rossi said that several of the ACE Fellows from this academic year reapplied to be fellows next year. Overall, half of the applicants were current first-years, seven were sophomores and 13 were juniors, all with a wide range of majors, according to Rossi. Junior Keren Hendel, a current ACE Fellow who plans to continue with the program next year, said she served as a Resident Advisor (RA) last academic year. She explained that the ACE program allows her to help first-year students transition to Tufts without having to punish them for disciplinary problems. “RA…was a great role,” Hendel said. “But [the ACE program] is kind of all of the best parts of being an RA without the disciplinary piece.” Hendel said that several other RAs have expressed interest in the ACE Fellow program because it offers similar tangible and social benefits to being an RA. According to the Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) website, RAs are expected to organize programs, conduct rounds and oversee their floors. Sophomore Jukurious Davis explained that he chose to be an ACE Fellow, so he could help first-year students transition and adjust to Tufts in a formal role. He said that the fellows’ lack of disciplinary responsibilities is

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an important distinguishing feature from the role of an RA. “ACEs serve as more of student resources and ‘sounding boards,’ if you will, for first-years,” Davis, a sophomore, told the Daily in an email. Hendel said she is excited for the program’s new focus because it will clarify the ACE Fellows’ role on campus, distinguishing their role from that of the RAs. She explained that their goal is to work more as a cohesive team rather than exclusively in residence halls. “I think a lot of people just see us

as an upperclassman that lives in the dorms who can give advice,” Hendel said. “Making sure that people really know what we do and how we do it is going to be important.” Rossi said that the program’s growth will make it an important feature of students’ transition to Tufts. “We’ve heard a lot about the ACE Fellows wanting to be involved earlier in the students’ transition,” Rossi said. “[In] my opinion, this group is going to be the lead student leadership group as it relates to the first-year experience.”

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Police Briefs Stolen Jacket Theft A student called the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) at 5 p.m. on Feb. 18 to report that her 3/4 length black Canada Goose jacket with a fur hood had been stolen the previous night when she was at an off-campus event. Her house keys, iPhone and wallet were in the jacket pockets. She received those items the following day, but the jacket is still missing. Pole Crash A vehicle backed into a light pole on the academic quad on Feb. 18 at 8:30 p.m. and then left the scene. TUPD was able to locate the driver, who was unaffiliated with Tufts, and Facilities Services was informed for repairs. Trash Can Fire A trash can in the Mayer Campus Center’s front entrance caught on fire at midnight Feb. 19. TUPD and a local fire department

responded by extinguishing the fire. The cause of the fire is still unknown. Gas Leak A vehicle had a minor drip leak below the rear passenger side at the corner of Professors Row and Packard Avenue at 7 p.m. on Feb. 22. A gas smell was detected and Facilities Services was informed. TUPD found the vehicle owner, the leak was cleaned up and the owner took the vehicle to her mechanic. Road Paint TUPD found white spray paint on the road between Olin Center and Cabot Intercultural Center at 12:15 a.m. Feb. 26. A phone number was listed on the ground, and officers checked campus for similar graffiti, but none was found. Facilities Services was told to clean up the paint.

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Melissa Feito The Story of Stories

The Visual Barrier

don’t cry when I watch films. In my teen years, I thought that there was something wrong with me — that I was missing the empathy bone and I was resigned to a life of possible sociopathy. My friends and I would watch some romance movie, and they would cry when one of the lovers inevitably died or when they separated, but I would be giddy. I was too aware of the structure of the film, too aware that the actors were actors and too aware of the techniques of the writers. “What an awesomely plotted ending!” I would think to myself as I blushed and smiled. Somehow, the most devastating stories filled me with the most excitement, because I knew that what I was watching was excellently designed. So, moving past the fact that every reader now knows I’m a basket case, let’s talk about visuals in narrative. Narratives that include a visual component — film, TV, theater, broadcast news (sometimes, even writing) — create a barrier. Maybe not for everybody and every experience, but there’s a certain virtue to omitting the picture, a darkness that sometimes makes the whole story more poignant. The visual barrier creates staging; the audience is given all the information they need in the visual, so there is no need to think or wonder beyond the frame. In nonfiction photojournalism and news, what is depicted in the visual is strictly intentional to furthering the narrative. In fiction, the shot (or the scope) is of course staged and edited. We can see each character’s expression and if or how they react to the happenings around them. The actors might be doing an incredible job, but the experience is passive for the audience, as they must interpret only what the visual gives them. But the uncertainty of what exactly is going on can create more excitement and more freedom for the audience. Even monsters are scarier when left unseen. In Jeff VanderMeer’s novel “Annihilation” (2014), there is a scene where the main character, who is traversing a cursed and alien landscape, finds the journal written by the explorer who supposedly came before her. There are hundreds of pages of meticulous notes written while observing a single plant over the course of several days. The main character realizes that the explorer must have been keeping her eyes glued to this plant to keep from facing the monster lurking on the edges of camp. What unspeakable horror this monster manifests itself as is never described, the gravity of which is only implied by the emptiness of an image. It was enough to keep me up that night. This is, of course, an example of image lacking in written narrative, but what about excising the image in performance? This is why I think that the novelty of the image hasn’t killed off radio or its most modern manifestation: podcasting. The darkness of radio forces the audience to co-create the experience with the speaker. As you listen, you’re forced to imagine what the speaker describes and, in a certain way, experience it with them. And although “did it make me cry?” is not exactly a valid marker of quality, I will tell you what did: the only times stories ever move me to tears is during episodes of “This American Life,” “Radiolab,” “The Moth” or other podcasts. But more on spoken narrative and how it works next week.

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Something lurks under the surface of ‘The Witch’

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Anya Taylor-Joy in “The Witch.” by Cassidy Olsen

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Somewhere at the crossroads of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Jonathan Glazer lies “The Witch” (2015), a New England horror film released on Feb. 19 that broods as much as it scares. Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Robert Eggers, the movie is riddled with the usual tropes of religious anxiety and things that go bump in the night but manages to avoid being formulaic by casting these old standbys in a new light and shifting the lens through which they’re presented. Although the film may leave hardcore horror fans wanting more, “The Witch” makes a compelling case for a contradictory-sounding subgenre: accessible art-horror. The film, which originally premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, secures its art-horror status through beautifully crafted scenes that work to reflect on the destructive aspects of unwavering faith, patriarchy and guilt. It follows the “New England folktale” of a Puritan family that

is exiled from its plantation when the father, William, played by Ralph Ineson, is charged with heresy. Even as they try to live piously, the members of the family face tragedy at the hands of the darkness that lurks in the woods, and all the ties that bind their lives in isolation begin to break down before their eyes. Although “Game of Thrones”(2011 – present) actress Kate Dickie brings an essential severity to the grief-addled mother Katherine, the true heart of the movie is daughter Thomasin, played by Anya Taylor-Joy. Much like the titular character of Stephen King’s “Carrie” (1974), Thomasin is coming of age just as the religious fanaticism of her parents is reaching a tipping point. Her parents respond to her burgeoning womanhood and power negatively, deciding they must dismantle it through oppression and guilt. She and her siblings, including next-eldest Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), are as clueless in the ways of life as the students in “Spring Awakening” (1891) and must rely on scripture and the words of their parents to survive. Even in their sever-

ity, however, William and Katherine aren’t caricatures of the deeply religious but oftentimes sympathetic portraits of real, flawed people acting on faith and fear. “The Witch” does not mock them even as they accuse their daughter of the unthinkable but grants them a desperate and grim humanity. Much of the magic in “The Witch” comes in the form of Anya Taylor-Joy, the film’s young lead. Taylor-Joy brings an unblinking, saucer-eyed gaze and purity to the role of the persecuted woman but doesn’t allow Thomasin to simply become the all-suffering bearer of meaning for a statement on patriarchal power and religious oppression. The actress instead grants the character a strength and agency that makes her entirely compelling as an individual. Taylor-Joy’s otherworldly looks, while important to the aesthetics of the film and the crafting of the character, only work to elevate the effects of an incredibly strong performance. It is so central to the mission of “The Witch” that the audience care deeply for Thomasin see WITCH, page 7

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Saloon demystifies the hipster bar scene by Josh Podolsky Arts Editor

Davis Square is chock-full of fantastic places to eat, and the dining scene is dynamic, with new establishments popping up in storefronts around the area fairly regularly. Long-established Johnny D’s is singing its swan song, Meju is now well past its first year and seems perennially packed and Yumi is a young upstart in the neighborhood. Without a doubt, Davis Square is a great place to go out for many nights of food adventures with friends. For those old enough to drink — or for those able to convince bouncers that they are old enough to drink — Davis Square offers exponentially more options. While most of the bars are well established, the best known remains

The Burren, where ‘Bos congregate on many thirsty Thursdays. Yet there is so much more to bar hopping in Davis than this regular haunt. One particular standout among the all-star bar lineup in Davis Square is Saloon. Nestled between Davis Square Theater and Foundry, Saloon is unusually difficult to find. This writer walked past it three times when going there for the first time. With hardly a hint to tell you where it is on the outside, Google Maps may be the best way to find it. The main reason Saloon is so hard to find is that it is underground, and its main entrance is an unassuming door that opens to a small foyer and staircase downward. The décor in the main part of the bar might remind drinkers and diners of a less fussy, more accessible ver-

sion of The Blind Barber in New York City. Being subterranean, Saloon has a speakeasy vibe and, as a result, an oldtimey feel. Elaborate dark wood paneling and furnishings invoke a decidedly upscale feeling, and the menu (fancy clipboards with options printed like old tickets) of inoffensively hipster cocktails and food definitely adds to this atmosphere. So far, Saloon may sound like a hoity-toity bar for the young professional crowd around Davis, but somehow it manages to feel totally effortless. There is no pretension about this place, and the energy of the young and ever-present crowd is always high, felt (read: heard) mostly through its sheer volume. Loudness is more of a concern see SALOON, page 7

aking a reader cry is often surprisingly easy. Combine a pair of star-crossed lovers, make sure that at least one of them has an incurable and fatal disease, add in a few poignant speeches that people can put on posters and tattoos, stack misfortune on top of misfortune and watch the tears flow (and I say this as someone who genuinely enjoyed 2012’s “The Fault in Our Stars.”) However, making a reader laugh is a much more difficult task. Everyone has a slightly different sense of humor and what makes one person laugh out loud, attracting undue attention on public transportation, can make someone else roll their eyes and quickly turn the page. Humor is also often a visual medium, one that can fall flat when consigned to the printed page. And yet, the works of P.G. Wodehouse are some of the most consistently funny that I’ve ever read. Admittedly, Wodehouse, the writer best known for creating the hapless Bertie Wooster and his remarkably capable gentleman’s gentleman Jeeves, has a sense of humor that tends towards the distinctly English. Aristocrats generally make fools of themselves, and when they’re not dreaming of being left in peace to pursue some kind of eccentric hobby, all sorts of shenanigans ensue at elaborate house parties in the countryside, clever people find out they’re not quite as clever as they thought they were and all variety of preposterous plot twists are, inevitably, neatly resolved. Perhaps reading Wodehouse won’t help you to discover the meaning of life, but it’ll keep you massively entertained. The classic place to start, of course, is with the various Jeeves short stories and novels, often conveniently collected into various omnibuses. Jeeves and Wooster became Wodehouse’s signature characters for a reason, and it’s hard to go wrong with anything featuring them. Moreover, the Jeeves stories and novels can be read in almost any order, so there’s no need to carefully request volume after volume from the library or order specific titles from your local bookstore. Pick up one of the Jeeves and Wooster books (wherever they can be found), read, be entertained and repeat. However, if you’re looking for a stand-alone novel, “A Damsel in Distress” (1919) and “Summer Moonshine” (1937) are also quite delightful. “A Damsel in Distress” features the smitten composer George Bevan, the headstrong heiress Maud Marsh who he promptly falls for when she hops into his cab, and a earl who’d prefer that his sister stop pressing him to marry off his daughter and leave him alone to garden in peace. Other players include an entire theatrical troupe that arrives at a country house for a week and naturally bring disorder in their wake. It’s a charming, frothy confection that’ll keep the reader happily absorbed for at least a day. “Summer Moonshine” is written in a similar mold. Sir Buckstone Abbot is forced by financial necessity to take paying lodgers into his hideous ancestral home and so, when it appears that a wealthy, if bad-tempered, princess might buy it, he’s overjoyed. Misunderstandings and hijinks naturally ensue. Either way, it’s practically impossible to steer wrong with Wodehouse and his elegant, clever and humorous stories. Natalie Girshman is a senior majoring in history and drama. She can be reached at natalie.girshman@tufts.edu

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‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ beta dragged down by iterative gameplay by Isaac Brown

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Tom Clancy’s name has been thrown into the titles of so many thriller novels and video games of varying quality that it has become a red flag for mediocrity, and its inclusion in the title of “The Division” doesn’t help matters. “The Division” is an open-world third-person shooter with role-playing game elements set in New York City where the player plays as an agent for the Strategic Homeland Division working to restore order after a virus brought down the U.S. government. There appears to be some semblance of a story and character development, but the end result is a game that just allows the player to run around Manhattan with a license to kill. Many of your enemies A screenshot are Americans who have turned to lives of crime in order to get by in a collapsed society, as opposed to zombies, Nazis or other extremists. “The Division” rewards the player for killing these marauding bullet sponges with experience and equipment, so it’s clear that whatever the “Strategic Homeland Division” is, it is not exactly benevolent. Players won’t be reading anyone their Miranda rights and hauling them to court; all disputes are resolved with vicious exchanges of hot lead. Unsurprisingly, the reviewer did not feel comfortable emptying magazine after magazine into people who were almost certainly downtrodden members of society before everything fell apart. In this world, there are no heroes or villains, only those with faster trigger fingers and bigger guns. In light of recent events bringing cases of police brutality against minorities into the mainstream media, “The Division” treads on dangerous ground.

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from Tom Clancy’s online video game “The Division.” Thematic concerns aside, Ubisoft has itself a solid, albeit uninspired title that builds on the detailed map design and verticality of “Watchdogs” (2014) and creates opportunities for meaningful player vs. player interaction. Unlike most open-world games that contain cities, this depiction of Manhattan allows the player to walk inside a decent number of buildings and scour fully-furnished apartments and stores for loot. The unfortunate thing is that the city is meant to feel like a wasteland, so it can get a bit lonely sometimes unless you are willing to go over to the Dark Zone or play co-op. The Dark Zone is the foreboding player vs. player area of the city where you can cooperate with — or kill — other players in order to gain loot. Some loot can be acquired in the safe zones where you only face AI enemies, but rare items are more easily found if you are willing to take some risks and

either work with other players or hunt them. When playing alone, this has great potential to feel frustrating if you run into groups of coordinated players who shoot you on sight, so it’s strongly recommended that you buddy up for protection — preferably someone you know who won’t shoot you in the back. Neither the weapons nor the various quests and activities stand out as particularly compelling. The weapons are all ones that will be familiar to those who play modern military shooters and shots don’t feel impactful when the enemy absorbs so many of them. While enemies in other titles within the same genre such as “Borderlands” (2009 – 2014) or “Destiny” (2014) are also bullet sponges, huge health bars make sense in the context of those titles, whereas “The Division” takes place on Earth and is somewhat grounded in reality, where people can’t take that many hits. Another concern is

that there isn’t much content to be had, even for a beta. The player is limited to a fraction of the full map and skill tree, but the significant amount of content that was roped-off for the beta does not inspire confidence that the title will have enough content on release to satisfy many players. Ubisoft can be counted upon to create beautiful environments and set pieces, but its gameplay in many of its titles often feels like an extension of something that has already been done before. From the limited content shown in the beta, it doesn’t seem like there are enough distinguishing features to persuade people to play “The Division” over other similar titles. One can only hope that Ubisoft intentionally held back some game-changing content in the beta and that innovative features in the full release will prove this reviewer wrong. “The Division” will be released on March 8 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

‘The Witch’ is cerebral, refreshing art-horror WITCH

continued from page 6 by the movie’s final, unforgettable shot that it would be criminal to underplay the value of Taylor-Joy’s active role in evoking sympathy. Visually, the film is sparse and shadowed, reminiscent of Cary Fukunaga’s “Jane Eyre” (2011) in its commitment to tone and restraint. Gore is employed judiciously, creating just enough unease to contribute to the anxiety that

builds throughout the film. Creeping violins are used similarly, ratcheting up moments of tension, but staying silent for long stretches of the film. The overall effect is one of restriction, mimicking the patriarchal, Puritanical ways of the family at odds with the unruly, indulgent and satanically “female” ways of the woods. In the wake of breakout indie horror hits like “The Babadook” (2014) and “It Follows” (2015), the alternative methods

and message of “The Witch” fall in step with the reclamation of “scary movies” from the slasher flicks and torture porn that have dominated the scene for the past two decades. It most closely shares horror DNA with Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin” (2013), an atmospheric science fiction exploration of female power and human agency led by Scarlett Johansson. Although both films focus on a cultural and societal fear of women’s sexuality, “The Witch” is less experi-

mental and more closely follows a clear narrative, making it more accessible for audiences despite its use of period-appropriate language in the script. With its restraint and unease, “The Witch” is not a perfect horror film, but it is so admirable and unique in its art-horror exploration that it justifies a viewing from genre fans and casual moviegoers alike, if only for Thomasin’s inevitable and immensely satisfying revelation.

Saloon provides upscale bar experience in Davis Square SALOON

continued from page 6 right at the bar, but the alcoves to its right and its left can be significantly quieter and suitable for anything from intimate conversations to large discussions. Service is fast and attentive for the most part. On different occasions, servers have been too quick, too slow or right on time offering another round of drinks, so experiences will vary. Some

cocktails are priced at the high end for Davis Square, but are reasonably strong and almost universally good. The whiskey list leaves a little to be desired, but there’s something for just about everyone. In this writer’s experience, drinks ordered that were not explicitly on the menu were very reasonably priced — below the offerings on the cocktail menu — and just as strong. The food, however, is amazing. The stars of the menu are the appetizers

— as if that really has to be said. The crispy potato wedges are to die for. With garlic, parmesan and horseradish mayo (which really just tastes like amazing mayo), these fries are the one fry to rule them all and go well with any beverage. Reactions to the first couple of bites are sure to put any conversation on hold while diners adjust to the feelings of bliss emanating from their tongues. Devils on Horseback, feta-stuffed dates wrapped in bacon with reduced bal-

samic, are the damnation your arteries have always wanted — let them enjoy the decadence of these little bites. Saloon is the whole package; it has great drinks, great food and great atmosphere. The combination does not come cheap, especially by college student standards, but is more than worth the expense on special occasions. Be careful, however, or you may find yourself turning every occasion into a special one.

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On Super Tuesday, vote for America Once again, it is that time of year. Today is Super Tuesday, and it is justifiably called so. On this day, residents of Massachusetts, 11 other states and one U.S. territory cast their votes in the Presidential Primary Elections. In total, over 40 percent of the Democratic Party’s delegates are up for grabs and 25 percent of the Republican Party’s delegates are as well. So what does all of this mean for the Tufts Community? A time for choosing is upon us. As is the case in every election cycle, there will be those of us who cast a ballot and others who decide to stay home. To each category, the Daily has some suggestions. For those of you who plan to cast a vote today, we commend you. It is, however, important to keep in mind some voting strategies. By no means is there a right or wrong impetus for casting a ballot, yet there is a spectrum of efficiency when it comes to voters’ reasoning. A 2005 study, conducted by psychologist Alexander Todorov, Anesu N. Mandisodza, Amir Goren and Crystal C. Hall found that a large amount of

voters select their candidates primarily based on their looks. Another study revealed that a sizable amount of voters pick their candidate by voting for the first name listed on the ballot. While one has every right to vote in accordance with their own reasoning, it is important to remember that a vote is a reflection of your beliefs. To implement the changes you wish to see, it is not enough to merely project your views onto a candidate who may or may not hold them. Indeed, an efficient vote, one that is given to the candidate who best represents your beliefs, cannot be cast without deep reflections. Remember that every vote counts. By voting, you participate in steering the future of the country. To those who do not plan to cast a vote, you are not alone; in fact, you are in the vast majority. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 statistics, roughly 77 percent of those aged 18-34 did not report themselves as voters during recent election cycles. For a nation that prides itself on being a participatory republic, that is a sad and

startling statistic. To those of you who feel that your single vote does not count or that there are no candidates who properly represent your beliefs, here is a different perspective on the presidential election. It is easy to focus our attention on the political games of the candidates rather than their real qualities, on the criticisms surrounding the super-pacs’ commercials and the conga line of public endorsements, etc. All of these things completely swallow up who really matters in this political process: you. It is vital to remember that campaigns clash over who can make a difference tomorrow, but we are the ones who can make a difference today. We are the engineers and pre-medical students whose work today will pioneer new innovations. We are the arts and humanities majors whose contemporary projects will be the face of American culture. We are the listeners whose voices seek to be heard. Therefore, please do not fall into the silent majority by staying home. Go out and exercise your right to vote today— vote for America.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Luke Sherman Earth On Fire

Choosing a Climate Champion

olitical pundits say it every four years, but this time they’re right, the stakes of this November’s presidential election could not be higher. The next president will oversee our country’s strategy in the fight against ISIS, confront stubbornly high economic inequality and leave an indelible mark on the federal judicial system. In a previous column, I wrote that the number one issue American voters should consider when deciding which candidates to support should be climate change. After the Supreme Court voted in early February to temporarily block President Barack Obama’s key initiative to reduce the United States’ carbon footprint, the next commander-in-chief will have even more power to influence the trajectory of our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Today, Democratic voters across the state are deciding between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont to be the party’s standard-bearer in November. What does an analysis of their records and platforms on this issue reveal? Secretary Clinton’s plans to address climate change are far-reaching. Pledging to build upon the directives issued by President Obama, the secretary calls for cutting domestic GHG emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050, mostly by encouraging the growth of the clean energy industry, increasing our investments in public transportation and dramatically cutting our consumption of petroleum. Senator Sanders supports taxing carbon, ending the billions of dollars of subsidies Big Oil receives from the federal government every year and creating millions of new green jobs. If both Democratic candidates support multitudinous initiatives to further the successes of the Obama administration, how should voters decide between the two? Let’s look more closely at the voting records and public statements of Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders over the years. In 2011, well before environmentalists thrust the issue onto the national stage, Senator Sanders requested that the Department of State — at the time headed by Secretary Clinton — reevaluate TransCanada’s proposal to build the Keystone XL Pipeline because of fears that conflict of interest pervaded the initial review process. For years, Secretary Clinton refused to take a position on the project, waiting to announce her opposition to it until this past September after environmentalists highlighted the risks the project would pose to the nation’s air and water resources. As a senator, Secretary Clinton voted with Republicans in 2006 to expand offshoring oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, earning criticism from key environmental groups like the League of Conservation Voters. Whereas Senators Sanders has announced that his campaign will not accept any donations from the fossil fuel industry, the secretary has declined to do the same. Moreover, in her memoir “Hard Choices,” Secretary Clinton writes that the United States should pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy despite warnings from the scientific community that doing so would lock us into runaway climate change. The secretary may have a bold strategy to address global warming, but Senator Sanders has the record to back it up. It’s time to send a true climate champion to the White House. Senator Sanders is that champion. Luke is a senior majoring in Environmental Studies. He can be reached at Luke.Sherman@tufts.edu.

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Why Hillary? by Kate Mieher and Sofia Mankin By now, we’re sure you have seen the media coverage — both positive and negative — on the woman we hope will be inaugurated as our next president, but how much do you know about her and her supporters? Though you may be a strong Hillary supporter, you may still be undecided or supporting Bernie Sanders. Allow us to tell you “why Hillary,” why we support her, why we give up weekends and evenings to phone bank and canvass and why we will be voting in the primaries (and the general election) for this incredible public servant. Hillary is, hands down, the most qualified and the most experienced candidate. Though this election has shown it may be “in” to be an outsider, Hillary has a level of experience that is nearly unmatched in Washington, D.C. today, an asset that will undoubtedly aid her in the White House. Her tenures as First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, Senator from New York and Secretary of State have given her an unmatched level of access to the

decision-making process behind some major political moments and have allowed her to make amazing contributions herself. As Senator, she worked to ensure 9/11 first responders received the healthcare they deserved and needed and that New York City received the money required to rebuild the city after the devastating attacks. As First Lady, she started the conversation about healthcare reform and created the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which today insures eight million children. Her experience in these areas, and many more, means she will be ready to be president from day one in office. Furthermore, although the media has presented Hillary as out of touch with young voters, she has presented comprehensive plans to address issues closest to the hearts of college students like us. These include her plans to prevent sexual assault on campus, to make college affordable for the people who need it most with her New College Compact and to stop preventable gun violence. Her plans to combat campus sexual assault include ensuring that comprehensive,

confidential support is given to victims regardless of their choice to prosecute the crime and, if the victim does decide to press charges, guaranteeing a fair legal process. She even plans to help prevent sexual violence by increasing education and awareness of sexual assault at the secondary school level, with the goal of breaking the cycle of violence. With her New College Compact, Hillary will ensure students and families will not be burdened by the crippling debt of college tuition by lowering loan interest rates to match those of other government loans, and by increasing taxes on high-income taxpayers. She will also work to close the loopholes that give the gun industry immunity and institute tougher background checks to keep guns out of the wrong hands. These are just a few of the issues she has practical, passionate opinions on, and are ones that she will bring to the forefront once she is in the White House. Finally, Hillary has the unique opportunity to advance women’s rights in a revolutionary way. You have probably heard people repeatedly saying, “Hillary is

just playing the gender card.” Though we would not recommend voting for a candidate based solely on gender, it is worth noting that as the first female president, Hillary would show girls everywhere that they can and should dream of achieving anything they want to. No, her presidency would not eliminate sexism, nor are we suggesting her presidency would remove the different and complex barriers faced by transgender women and women of color, but isn’t it time we see a woman in the White House? Polls indicate the upcoming Massachusetts primary will be a close election. We hope you will vote, and vote for Hillary Clinton because she has been fighting for us since day one and will keep fighting for us everyday that she is in the White House. We believe she is the best candidate in this race and we hope you join us in voting for her on March 1. Kate Mieher is a junior majoring in political science and history. She is the president of Tufts for Hillary. She can be reached at kate.mieher@gmail.com. Sofia Mankin is a sophomore majoring in political science. She can be reached at Sofia. Mankin@tufts.edu.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY

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Jumbos' upset earns them a rematch against Trinity ICE HOCKEY

continued from back year with a NESCAC Championship tournament victory over a heavily-favored opponent. “I just remember the feeling from last year when we beat Trinity, and it was the same thing [this year], guys were going crazy in the locker room, jumping around,” Brian Brown, a sophomore, said. “I think Coach [Norton] came in and was in shock how crazy we were going. It was a big win. We stuck to the gameplan and got it done.” “[I was impressed with] our team poise, guys like Brian Ouellette and Sean Kavanagh, those guys showed a lot of poise in the latter stages of the game when Williams was pressing,” Norton said. “They made smart plays and didn’t panic and stayed within the game plan.” The shots on goal were 23 for Tufts and 37 for Williams. Tufts was 0 for 2 on power plays to Williams 0 for 5,

and both teams were only penalized four times. The low penalty count was a point of emphasis for the Jumbos coming into the game, as was playing 60 minutes of focused hockey. “We stayed out of the box…which was a big step forward for us and we tried to eliminate turnovers on our blue-line and their blue-line to try to make them go the whole 200 feet because they are really good in transition,” Brown said. “We found that out in the two games we played against them. We just tried to get pucks in deep and go to work that way and they were kind of caught off guard by it.” With a win against the Ephs under their belt, the Jumbos will look to avenge two tight 3-2 regular season losses to the reigning national champion, the Trinity Bantams and to repeat last year’s 2-1 victory over the higher-seeded Bantams in the NESCAC tournament. “We beat them last year and knocked them out [of the NESCAC tournament], and I think they are scared,” Brown

said. “I don’t think they wanted to play us. I think they were happy that we lost to Colby. I think we are ready. Last year, we kind of got a taste of the playoffs… and that experience is going to help us going in against Trinity. Playing them in the playoffs again in back to back years is definitely a way to start a rivalry.” “We lost to [Williams] twice previously during the year, and we don’t think there’s a team in the league that can beat us three times, so the guys were really confident going in [on Saturday],” Ouellette, senior co-captain, said. “Trinity is another one of those teams, they’ve beaten us twice this year, and we don’t think that they can beat us a third time in a row so we are going to work hard this week, and I think we are going to be able to take it to them this weekend.” No. 8 Tufts takes on No 2. Trinity in Hartford, Conn. on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.. The winner of that game takes on the winner of the earlier 1:00 p.m. game between No. 5 Middlebury versus No. 6 Amherst on Sunday.

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Tufts tri-captain guard Ryan Spadaford (LA’ 16) dribbles the ball against a Williams College defender in a 77-71 win against Williams in the men’s basketball NESCAC Quarterfinals on Feb. 20. The team lost to Amherst in the NESCAC semi-finals this weekend.

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continued from back “Yeah, it was a tough loss, but I wouldn’t call it a bad loss,” Haladyna said. “I thought we played pretty well. We definitely played hard, with a lot of energy, but [Amherst] made more plays at the end that won them the game, but I didn’t think we played too bad.” Amherst had six players finish in double digits, including junior center David George, who finished with 14 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks. “We defended the three-point pretty well, which we wanted to do going into the game,” Haladyna said. “But I thought we didn’t have enough help-defense on their big man [George]. He played very well during the game, and I think we needed to play a little bit better defending him.” “[Scoring 33] felt good,” Pace said. “I felt like I was playing for the team, and I didn’t really force too many shots. It was good to

get a couple going because in the first half I struggled shooting from the outside so to get a couple in the second half was big. It was good to get us back in the game.” Middlebury took the NESCAC title over Amherst on Sunday in a 70-58 win. The loss prevented the Jumbos from being able to compete again for their first NESCAC championship despite six straight trips to the conference postseason tournament, and the automatic berth into the NCAA tournament that comes with winning the NESCAC went to Middlebury. Still, the Jumbos are well-positioned for a deep NCAA run with the bid they received. Tufts men’s basketball, for the first time in school history, will be hosting a regional at Cousens Gym this weekend. Immediately following a game between Franklin and Marshall College and Skidmore College on Friday evening, Tufts (20-6 overall) will face off against Southern Vermont (24-3 over-

all). The winners of the two games will play on Saturday to decide who goes on in the national tournament. The NCAA tournament will provide a chance for the team’s senior class — which includes center Zach Roswald along with Haladyna and Spadaford — to make up for missing out on a NESCAC title this year. “[This year] the chemistry with the guys has made it an awesome year,” Pace said. “I think that these seniors have started to form a culture around the team. I think we owe a lot of our success to that. They mean everything to the team, and we want to send them off the right way, so we’re going to play as hard as we can every single game.” The action kicks off on Friday with the Franklin and Marshall and Skidmore game at 5:30 p.m. at Cousens followed by the Tufts and Southern Vermont College game at 7:30 p.m.

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f you’re reading this, you probably like sports. Whether you’ve played them, are a die-hard fan or maybe just a casual observer, sports most likely brought you here. Anyone who has read, watched or talked about sports has heard the cliché that sports are anything but just a game. Within the foundation of this cliché is the recognition that sports are a social construction. The emergence and popularization of mass sports has become especially permeated within every facet of society today. Sports images can be found in supermarkets, bookstores, gas stations and coffee shops. I’m looking at you Dunkin Donuts. With this increased role, it’s significantly important that fans — or non-fans — step back and understand sports’ role and power within our society. Like economics, politics or entertainment, the sporting industry’s power today is demonstrating how a cultural industry can largely affect and influence our lives locally, nationally and globally, sometimes without us even noticing. The beginnings of local sports can trace its way from traditions and the development of physical games that provided both release and entertainment for communities around the world. How did baseball make its way from local upstate New York fields into million dollar stadiums? This was due, in part, to the popularization of the sport and the enjoyment of the spectator. But with this enjoyment of the fan masses, businesses realized how profitable a cultural product like baseball could be. Local government soon helped bring in local stadiums with tax breaks, displacing people and clearing land in hopes of attracting profits and votes. Modern sports have become largely a business venture, profiting off the loyalty of regional fans to their respective teams. This incredible “die-hard” loyalty is something all businesses strive to attain, and the sporting industry has successfully been harnessed and packaged to become a massive player in both politics and the economy. On a national level, the powerful sporting industry has a strong political connection. Why do we care that Bernie Sanders was shooting hoops during the campaign trail? Why does it matter that Tom Brady is linked with Donald Trump? The questions reveal the parallels of how powerful a cultural product like sports can be used as a political instrument. Politicians see sports as another way to push their image and garner votes. The game doesn’t matter for them necessarily. This is also true when we look at the Olympics, as sports is intertwined with politics behind a curtain of honor and nationalism. For example, when Putin brought the Olympics to Sochi to 2014, it was a political maneuver to showcase his image of a new Russia under the blanket of the world’s most exciting games. To recognize sport outside of the perspective of the fan is vital, as sport is being increasingly used as a way to influence and profit off the masses. So before you gear up for your NFL teams’ pick in the upcoming draft, put on all your Steph Curry gear or attend a Red Sox game, you should take a step back and understand exactly what you are buying into. It’s anything but just a game. Nicole Brooks is a features editor at the Tufts Daily. She is a senior majoring in History and minoring in Communications and Media Studies and can be reached at nicole.brooks@tufts.edu.

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Jumbos are giant slayers once again in first round of NESCACs by Phillip Goldberg Sports Editor

In what is quickly becoming a familiar story, No. 8-seeded Tufts defeated the No. 1 seed Williams 2-1 in the first round of the NESCAC Championship on Saturday. The win was the second in Tufts’ NESCAC tournament history after last year’s victory where Tufts, also the bottom seed then, beat the No. 1 seed, Trinity, 2-1 in the NESCAC quarterfinals. The Jumbos relish the opportunity to demonstrate that they are as good as any other team in the NESCAC. “We were a little disappointed at the end of the season because we lost to Colby and dropped to the eighth seed, but I said ‘you know what? We like the eighth seed,'” Dom Granato, a senior, said. The Ephs struck first and led throughout the game in shots on goal, but two goals in the second period earned the Jumbos the lead and a semifinals berth. Through the first period, Williams led in shots on goal 11-4. After a face-off one minute into the second period, first-year Michael Lata passed to sophomore C.J. Shugart in the slot. Shugart then rifled a shot past junior goaltender Mason Pulde to put the Ephs on the board first. Ten minutes of game time later, junior Sean Kavanagh fired a shot from the right side at first-year Michael Pinios. The puck rebounded off a body in front of the net and found twine, tying the contest. Momentum temporarily favored the Jumbos, and they felt the urgency of needing another goal. Junior Mike Leary sped through the Ephs’ defense and fired a shot at Pinios, but the firstyear saved it with his pad. Unwilling to leave it at that, senior Keith Campbell collected the rebound and scored his

first goal of the season. That timely goal at 12:53 in the second period turned out to be the game-winner that extended the Jumbos’ season one more game. “Keith [Campbell] has played hard all year for us, and has been ready to play when called upon,” Coach Pat Norton said. “He has played well of late, and he was given an opportunity to play in the tournament this weekend, and he played hard and competed. The puck found him in an opportunistic spot, and he was able to finish

it off, and it was really exciting for him, and I know he was really happy, and the guys were really happy for him.” “These are my last games coming up, and I want to play as many as I can,” Granato said. “All of us seniors were just fighting for another day. As a senior, you just have to put yourself out there and give yourself to the game and the team.” The Jumbos led 2-1, but there were still plenty of opportunities for the Ephs to tie the game. The Jumbos went

on a power play late in the second, and although they did not score, Norton was pleased with how well they executed. In the third, Williams came out firing on all cylinders. Pulde saved 17 shots to Pinios’ five. With 45 seconds left, Pinios was pulled for the extra man and still, the Jumbos resisted. Though their defense bent, it did not break, and at the end of 60 minutes they went wild, celebrating their second straight see ICE HOCKEY, page 11

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Tufts defenseman Sean Kavanagh (LA’ 17) keeps the puck from an opponent on Friday, Feb. 5.

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Vinny sets the Pace, but Tufts still falls to Amherst in NESCAC semifinals by Eddie Samuels

Assistant Sports Editor

In one of the team’s closest and hardest-fought games of the season, Tufts fell to Amherst 86-83 in the con-

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ference semifinals Saturday evening, ending its NESCAC tournament run. Mitigating that defeat, however, was the news announced yesterday on the NCAA Div. III selection show that Tufts still received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and will be hosting games for the first two rounds of the tournament starting this Friday. In the loss, sophomore guard Vincent Pace put up an impressive 33 points — more than double the points any other player on either team — as part of an offensive outpouring that the Jumbos have come to expect from their top

scorers. Senior tri-captain guard Ryan Spadaford put up 12 points and 11 rebounds, while junior tri-captain Tom Palleschi managed to score 11 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 4 blocks. The normally prolific Tufts offense came just shy of matching its season average of 86.1 points per game. Playing at Trinity on Saturday, the No. 3-seeded Jumbos fell behind against the No. 2-seeded ex-Lord Jeffs early but managed to take the lead midway through the first half. The Jumbos were able to stay ahead with late push and carry a lead into the half, leading by two at the buzzer. “We struggled shooting for a little bit,” Pace said. “But we played our defense the right way. We struggled shooting, but we kept the game in the 80’s so our defense was pretty good.” Amherst took back its lead early in the second half thanks to a layup from sophomore guard Jayde Dawson. The Purple & White maintained that lead throughout the second half and extended it to as many as nine points; though the Jumbos remained competi-

tive and the game seemed much closer. The Jumbos clawed their way back to erase that deficit, a run that was capped off when senior tri-captain Stephen Haladyna was fouled while making a layup and then sunk the foul shot, followed by a pair of free throws from Pace to tie the game at 79 apiece with 1:02 left on the game clock. Haladyna’s layup was more than just a clutch basket as it marked his 999th and 1,000th points for his career as a Jumbo, part of a 15-point outburst he contributed to the evening. Only 27 Jumbos have managed to score 1,000 career points before him. “[Scoring my 1,000th point] means a lot,” Haladyna said. “It was kind of tough to get [that milestone] in a loss, but hopefully we get a bid today [said before the bids were announced], and this can be a big part of ending my senior year.” The Purple & White responded quickly with a layup to break the tie with just under a minute to go, but Pace answered with a jumper of his own, leaving the game at 81-all at 39 seconds. But Amherst sophomore guard Riopel —

who proved to be a critical contributor off the bench with 11 points — came through with a dagger, shooting a long three from the left corner to put his team up again 84-81 with 17 seconds left. “The guy who we wanted to make beat us [Riopel] was the one who beat us,” Pace said. “You’ve got to give him credit; he made a tough shot.” Pace immediately took the inbound and drove towards the basket to go for the dunk and was fouled with 11 seconds left but could not get the ball to go in for the and-one. He drained both of his shots, but still down by one, the Jumbos were forced to foul the Purple & White’s Dawson immediately on the inbound. Dawson made both free throws to increase Amherst’s lead to 86-83 with 11 seconds to go, setting up a final Jumbo play for a three to try to send the game to overtime. Senior tri-captain Ryan Spadaford got the ball on the left wing and got off the long shot before the buzzer, but it fell just short of the basket as time expired. see MEN'S BASKETBALL, page 11