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Panel explores the history, implications of segregation

by Seohyun Shim News Editor

The Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD) hosted its first panel discussion of the year, which focused on the history of segregation and its implications in urban spaces on Wednesday night, featuring Justin Steil, an assistant professor of law and urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT ), and Garnette Cadogan, an essayist and visiting scholar at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. The discussion, titled “Racial Violence, Urban Space, and the Politics of History,” took place in the Rabb Room, and more than 60 people were in attendance.

Kendra Field, director of the CSRD, introduced the two speakers, who each discussed racial violence in America and the role urban segregation plays.

Steil’s research focuses on how segregation manifests itself in laws and policy about physical space. He discussed the history of urban segregation in the United States and the way legislation enforces white supremacy. “[Racial] violence was constantly associated with the legislative signals of … white dominance,” Steil said.

“When we look more broadly of this mob violence, we can see the way in which local white political elites facilitated white supremacy through the legislation that they passed.”

He found that racial violence was significantly more likely to occur in the cities where segregation ordinances were adopted.

Next, Cadogan discussed how white people who claim to stay out of racial debates are tacitly supporting systems of white supremacy with their silence. He also shared personal anecdotes of facing stereotypes and racial discrimination.

“Any given week I am in CVS, I am assumed to work at CVS. I am assumed to work at restaurants and bars … Any black person knows that at some point you are there to serve,” Cadogan said.

“Because of mere shade of my skin, I was there to serve you.”

He added that racial discrimination is not only perpetrated by extremist hate groups, but also by people who are reluctant to let go of discriminatory systems established with white

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Garnette Cadogan, an essayist and visiting scholar at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, shares his take on racial issues in America during ‘Racial Violence, Urban Space, and the Politics of History’ in the Rabb Room on Oct. 18.. supremacist ideology.

“My fear wasn’t the Klan,” Cadogan said, “so much as my fear was a worried young white woman with an access to cell phone that could call 911 … and shift my fortune for the worst.”

The talk was followed by a question and answer session and a brief conversation among the panelists. Logan Mouton, a first-year who attended the event, said the event taught him about how silence can perpetuate white supremacy.

“The talk was really good,” Mouton said. “I learned a lot. I think [the talk changed] my understanding of how white supremacy works.”

Mouton said that Cadogan’s remarks keenly addressed issues in the fight against white supremacy.

“Cadogan was talking about how when white supremacy is criticized, when the white power structure is criticized in America, white people often say … they are innocent [by saying] ‘oh that’s not me,'” Mouton said. “I don’t think they understand that [their action] really hurts the movement against … white supremacy when they don’t acknowledge the power structure that they benefit from.”

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Language Fair presents multilingual students emploment, education

by Daniel Nelson News Editor

Tufts’ Department of International Literary and Culture Studies (ILCS) hosted its first Language Fair in Alumnae Lounge yesterday, attracting nearly 200 students to a career-oriented event that featured Tufts administrators, employers and educators from around the Boston area.

The event was designed to show students that second languages can be valuable career tools by putting them in direct contact with employers interested in multilingual applicants, according to multiple department professors who attended at the event. Representatives of Amazon, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the German and Japanese Consulates General in Boston were among the companies and organizations that set up tables in the Lounge.

Hedda Harari-Spencer, senior lecturer and Hebrew language coordinator, helped organize the fair. Harari-Spencer

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said that International Literary and Cultural Studies professors reached out to industry contacts to set up the event.

She added that organizing the fair was a joint effort of the faculty; the department houses nine majors and two graduate programs.

“We talked among us and each program, with their connections, brought people that they thought would be helpful for the fair,” she said. “It could never have happened without the close collaboration of faculty members and administrators within our department.”

Harari-Spencer said that the event was born out of a desire to encourage Tufts students to study six semesters of language. Tufts undergraduates are required to complete six semesters of language study to graduate, but may opt to take three semesters of culture studies in the later half.

“Students have the tendency after the third semester to drop the language,”

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continued from page 1 she said. “By doing this fair a few weeks before they sign up for spring courses, they’re encouraged to continue on. If they come to the fair and they see career opportunities, internship opportunities, they’re more likely to understand the value of this kind of knowledge.”

Mingquan Wang, a senior lecturer and the Chinese language coordinator, said that language study can help students have more successful global interactions.

“When you have the language skills and you are proficient in the language and the culture, you can communicate better with the people you’re dealing with,” he said.

Wong also noted that companies seek out multilingual students.

“There are more and more companies that will employ people with a certain skill, with a certain language,” he said.

Employers at the Language Fair said they were interested in finding students with a linguistic edge. John Martel, an Amazon recruiter who was at the fair, said Amazon needs employees proficient in languages other than English because its customers hail from around the globe. “[Amazon is] a global company,” he said. “For all of our technologies and for our website we want to have a fluid experience no matter where you’re coming from.”

The fair also had a strong showing from Tufts’ student support network.

There were tables for The Office of Programs Abroad, the Career Center and the Office of Scholar Development. The Office of Scholar Development, in particular, helps students find “money or glory” in the form of academic awards including the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), said Anne Moore, a program specialist in the office.

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Olin Center for Language and Cultural Studies, covered with snow due to a winter storm, is pictured here on March 14. It is home to numerous foreign language departments and classes.

Moore noted that the CLS, a U.S. Department of State program, pays for students’ participation in language immersion programs around the word.

“It opens up a ton of opportunities post graduate if you speak another language,” she said.

Jonathan Sanford, the assistant director of employer relations at the Career Center, said that the Language Fair was a welcome addition to Tufts’ slate of career-oriented events. Sanford explained that while the Career Center currently hosts each semester’s career

fair and targeted employer-student meetand-greets, he saw a value in specialized career events like the Language Fair. “[This is] where specific events from employers are really useful, because [the employers] can engage with groups highly tailored to them,” he said.

Holden Rosen Grupp, a senior who attended the fair, felt the event was unique among different career preparation opportunities.

“I think it’s really cool that there’s a certain niche to this fair,” he said.

“It’s not just a random fair. It shows

that [Tufts] want to create a connection between specific students and options they may have, and [the students] don’t have to go far to find them.”

Though this was the first time that the Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies hosted a language fair, Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies Alexandra Shraytekh was hopeful that it will not be the last.

“I think that [the Language Fair] should be done every year,” she said. “I hope that more companies and more organizations will come [to future fairs].”

Tufts receives $8 million gift to study collegiate-level learning

by Dylan Miles

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Tufts will soon expand its footprint into the study of collegiate education with the launch of the Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI), according to a Tufts Now article. The institute will focus on developing more effective methodologies and techniques that can improve learning outcomes of students at Tufts and beyond, especially in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

The institute is funded through an $8 million gift from the James S. McDonnell Family Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding scientific research and scholarship.

According to University President Anthony Monaco, the institute will add scholarship to the small field of university education.

“We are very grateful to the [McDonnell Family Foundation] for its generous support in establishing the Institute, which will enable the university to study the under-examined area of how students learn at the collegiate level,” Monaco told the Daily in an email. “The results of this research will benefit students both here and beyond Tufts.”

While the institute will initially focus on STEM disciplines, it will later

branch out to all subjects and how they can be taught more effectively, the Tufts Now article explained. A bridge professor and two tenure-track faculty will be hired to staff the center.

Provost David Harris agreed that the IRLI will add notable scholarship, especially in the fields of educational and cognitive science. “[The IRLI will study] how myriad aspects of the teaching environment affect learning outcomes … [by] integrating technologies, rethinking evaluation, and creating inclusive learning environments,” Harris told the Daily in an email.

He added that in addition to faculty research, the IRLI will have opportunities for student involvement.

“IRLI will provide innovative opportunities for student research, both in support of faculty projects, and as a base for more independent student projects,” Harris said.

Monaco said that the work of the IRLI is particularly important as Tufts aims to admit a more diverse student body.

“As higher education welcomes an increasingly diverse community of students, our institutions need to discover new and better ways of teaching students with a variety of learning styles,” he said.

“The institute will enable us to use discipline-based research to develop pedagogies that improve students’ learning outcomes.”

The McDonnell family has previously made gifts to the Center for

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Provost Harris welcomes the audience to the Institute for Global Leadership’s 31st annual EPIIC International Symposium on “Europe in Turmoil” on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.

Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts and is interested in moving STEM into schools more effectively, according to foundation president and member of the McDonnell family Catherine Rogers.

Harris said this latest gift helps establish the relationship between the McDonnell Family Foundation and Tufts.

“This most recent gift is a significant enhancement of the foundation’s support for our activities,” he said.

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Hayley Oliver-Smith In Defense of the Butterfly Effect

Old world, new eyes

I The Tufts Secrets Facebook page, pictured here, allows Tufts students to post anonymously, an ability that has led some to debate the usefulness and helpfulness of this page.

Tufts Secrets sparks debates about online anonymity

by Aly Haver

Contributing Writer

From ASKfm to Yik Yak, anonymous sharing platforms seem to inevitably descend into baiting, bullying and bitterness. Nevertheless, they continue to be reimagined and reintroduced, aiming to create positive spaces for unfiltered exchanges. “Tufts Secrets,” a Facebook page created this fall by an incoming graduate student, proves little different.

The page’s goal is to make people feel they are part of a tangible community and find people they could relate to, according to its creator who requested to remain anonymous. Despite well-meaning intentions, the page’s atmosphere quickly turned sour. The page administrator tracked the descent.

“The other secrets pages I’ve looked at aren’t nearly as politically charged as this one,” the administrator told the Daily in an electronic message. “But one or two controversial posts started a chain reaction and it expanded from there. And I, in an often misguided quest to promote free speech, still posted them.”

James Boehme, a first-year who follows the page, weighed in on its commitment to free speech.

“I would like to see the admin maybe enforce a bit more,” he said. “I would be worried that would lead to an outcry of people saying it’s overly censored … but I would like to see vetting.”

The administrator defended his decision to post every secret received.

“If I silenced them it wouldn’t change anything, but letting them speak opened up at least some kind of dialogue,” he said. “These disagreements can be heated, but it’s the best way to bring about change.”

The controversy on the page surrounding free speech and political intolerance, left unchecked since the page’s inception, continued to escalate until secret #390, when it could no longer

be easily ignored. Among 331 words, the anonymous poster wrote, “It doesn’t even have to be Nazis, any race capable of taking over the world should do it.

All races are not equal and anyone who thinks so is lying to themselves.”

The post faced immediate opposition from commenters with varying intents. Boehme, who commented to reason with the poster, was eager to respond to the post.

“I felt this immediate urge to disagree and condemn it,” he said. “I hope the poster saw because I’d really love to start a dialogue.”

Others viewed debating with the poster as futile. Edwin Jain, a junior who commented with specific objections, felt that his comments were more for the ambivalent readers of the post.

“My purpose wasn’t to engage the poster, it’s to engage people who are looking at the post and are slightly appalled, but not really understanding the problem with the logic,” he said. “My intention is not to try to convert people who are borderline Nazis.

That’s a waste of time.”

On the differing comments, the administrator thought that impactful ways to respond to disquieting posts exist.

“I don’t think generic ‘shocked’ responses are particularly useful,” he said. “If you dismiss someone’s views as inherently terrible and wrong (even if they are), without explaining why, it doesn’t really help anything.”

In response, Ria Mazumdar, who commented a simple denunciation, explained her thoughts on why discourse on the page would be ineffective.

“The post was a reflection of the anonymity, and the [original poster] decided to use the page as an avenue for a socially unacceptable viewpoint,” Mazumdar, a junior, told the Daily in an electronic message. “That lack of transparency puts no obligation on me to persuade or have a thoughtful discussion with this person and does not limit my right to express a superficial reaction. Moreover, I don’t believe

a Facebook retort would sway anyone’s core political beliefs.”

Jain, however, saw anonymity as beside the point.

“This is a common thing with thinking people are going to act terribly if they’re anonymous, and it’s more like people are going to act terribly if incentivized to act terribly,” he said.

“It’s not getting rid of anonymous internet spaces we need to be worried about, it’s about actually changing the way power works.”

Boehme promoted in-person dialogue as a way to hold people accountable for their opinions and stated that Tufts Secrets’ anonymity didn’t offer a productive conversation. However, he argued, if better utilized, anonymity could be helpful.

“Someone who is LGBTQIA needing a safe space for coming out — that could be a good way as a first step to have that anonymity, just post it and say, ‘This is what I feel,’” he said.

Mazumdar denied the page’s potential benefits could outweigh inherent problems.

“I don’t think the existence of the page in general contributes any productive discourse whatsoever,” she said.

Boehme saw the page as a microcosm of campus.

“At Tufts there’s been a lot of call-out culture … which I don’t think is very helpful,” he said. “In that sense it’s been representative of the Tufts feel.”

The administrator, however, urged perspective.

“The page is only around 700 likes/followers … a small sample size of the entire Tufts community,” he said. “[I] hope people realize that and don’t lose faith in the entire school or a demographic based on a few ‘unsavory’ secrets. Also, of those 700-ish, the vast majority are kind and decent people always willing to lend a helping hand to fellow students going through a rough time.”

To refocus the page, the administrator instituted a theme week. Each day he see SECRETS, page 4

t’s amazing to think of the information that is available to us at a moment’s notice.

This sentence is uttered often, usually calling forth some proof resting on the rapid pace of technological expansion during our lives. The new human magic trick of rapid data is fascinating; we can play games with it all across the world and time. There is great potential and current effort to put the vast trove of information to good use.

But we are brand new to this state of affairs, and even the experts are unsure of how we should interact with this new and infinite world.

It’s amazing to think just how much there is out there to know! However, upon hearing someone express this compelling truth of our time, instead of feeling empowered, I mostly feel guilty. While I could be learning Chinese or getting all the details of the Rohingya migration route on my walk to class, I can most often be found not doing those things.

My mind feels weighty as I imagine all those unknown people out there who are busy getting a college-level education through Wikipedia while I get mine for five times the median U.S. income. I don’t like to think of how much of that money has been spent catching my eyes on people’s open Facebook windows when I’m sitting behind them in lecture.

There is so much complexity when I reflect on our generation’s use of media, especially social media. “Though those hours add up,” a friend of mine told me, scratching their head. “It’s not actually the time that I spend that’s the waste. It’s what my brain can’t do afterwards that’s the problem.” In my friend’s comment there lies a sort of triple threat of the way many of us misuse information: the important stuff is usually drowned out.

Most of the media we are exposed to is not high quality and we’re made to judge ourselves harshly for not using information we didn’t ask for. In the saddest sense, so much time is spent mindlessly paying attention to lives outside our own. Not even lives, just bits and blips.

They may be called “stories,” but they are so far away from compelling narratives, and they make for a very uncompelling mental state.

When we are convinced that the world is happening “out there” instead of here with us, we take ourselves away from the stories of our lives. I have recently attempted a new exercise that I will share in print: for roughly half an hour each day, I commit to using my brain as a data collection tool all by itself. I don’t keep track, I just watch what happens. I try to notice silence, maybe listen to its emptiness. I have found that empty space is often more full than an event missed, a missed call, the prospect of a midterm or a lifelong tickertape of to-dos that weave in and out with the latest headlines.

Hayley Oliver-Smith is a senior majoring in international relations. Hayley can be reached at hayley.oliver_smith@tufts.edu.

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continued from page 3 accepted secrets only on a specific topic, like sadness, happiness or anecdotes.

“I’m hoping this’ll give people an idea of how positive and genuine the page

can be when it isn’t bogged down by negative stuff,” he said. “People will still be free to submit anything they’d like when the week’s up, but hopefully there’ll be more positive stuff in the future.”

Jain viewed the theme week as attempting to ignore deeper problems.

“I don’t think it changes much …

A negative peace is everyone stops talking about the crap that goes on, and I think that’s what this is about,” he said. “Then there’s a positive peace, which is, ‘Let’s actually change that, so we don’t have this unrest.’”

The theme week ended on Oct. 14 with a post from Tufts Secrets at exactly midnight stating, “So yeah now let’s going back to any and all secrets you’d like to submit! Remove that filter! Go off script! Dance like no one’s watching!!”

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OPERA REVIEW

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Cavaradossi (Jonathan Burton) assures Tosca (Elena Stikhina) that he loves her in the Boston Lyric Opera production of Tosca, running Oct 13–22 at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater.

Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Tosca’ combines convention, experimentation

by Silvia Curry

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“For myself the violent conquest has stronger relish than the soft surrender,” baritone Daniel Sutin croons in Italian, thirstily eyeing the striking, though currently distraught, auburn woman with whom he shares the stage. The audience audibly reacts, repelled by the villain’s lyrics, just one of many emotional responses elicited by the Boston Lyric Opera’s (BLO) sold-out opening night performance of Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Tosca” (1900) on Oct. 13 at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre.

“Tosca” is a tale of political tumult and romance in Rome during Napoleon’s invasion of Italy, but it is less a love story than the musical exploration of a complex heroine.

It is worth seeing BLO’s “Tosca” if only to hear Russian soprano Elena Stikhina make her American debut as Floria Tosca. The protagonist and singer, Tosca is arguably a more complex character than her male counterparts. Mario Cavaradossi is devoted to Tosca, but he is primarily focused on her physical appearance. Scarpia is a purely sadistic demon, and his complete lack of a single redeeming quality, while serving as the opera’s source of drama, makes him a simple antag-

onist. Tosca is initially presented as effervescent, a little bit petty, perhaps even vapid and certainly prone to fits of jealousy. As the opera unfolds, she grapples with issues of religious doubt, sexual assault, free will, autonomy and more, sometimes all at once.

We watch Tosca conflicted, defeated, furious, introspective and begging for mercy, but she is ultimately empowered. Stikhina captures this gradual unfolding of her character through the power of song, which poured from the stage and rushed over the audience in a wave of pure bliss. Her technical mastery was evident, but harder to pinpoint was the source of her voice’s timbre as it filled the hall with a warm glow. The famous “Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore” aria marked the most sensitive moment of the production, during which Stikhina sustained a constant energy and wonderfully rich tone, even at her most vulnerable — reflective of Tosca’s determination to make her own choices until the lugubrious end.

The male leads provided a sufficient backdrop to Stikhina’s soaring execution. The Sacristan is a small role, but baritone James Maddalena’s treatment of it was noticeably weak in strength and projection. On the contrary, baritone David Cushing as Cesare Angelotti provided the strongest performance of the male singers. Right in the middle, tenor Jonathan Burton sung a respectable Cavaradossi. They blended well, especially in the unaccompanied

duet near the opera’s end. In general, though, Burton could not help but be overshadowed by Stikhina’s remarkable vocal prowess. Sutin pulled off a convincing Scarpia in a similarly capable fashion.

Julia Noulin-Mérat’s clean and meticulously researched set designs complemented the plot without visually dominating the scenes. The intention to manipulate the stage less yielded a twofold benefit: The production avoided the anachronistic pitfalls that over-adaption can sometimes affect, while still presenting themes relevant to contemporary audiences.

In fact, BLO proved its ability to execute a unique and memorable production in other ways. Puccini’s score is the key to the opera’s hallmark melodrama, and on Oct. 13 the opera orchestra was elevated 10 feet above the stage on a platform, which created room for 58 musicians in a space that normally fits a maximum of 35. There were no apparent acoustic consequences for this inversion of instruments and voice. An opaque screen was draped in front of the orchestra, leaving visible only the profile of conductor David Stern in his BLO debut. The relationship between Stern’s physical movements and the music’s aural presence provided the audience with another dynamic element to observe aside from the singers. The one drawback to this arrangement was that, because most conductors conduct ahead of the beat,

Stern’s vigorous cues would sometimes give away the timing and character of what would otherwise have been an aural surprise, as a result undercutting the musical phrase’s impact.

Despite the formidable vocal chops of its performers, there is something that BLO does even better than sing: The company makes an unwavering commitment to reducing both cultural and financial barriers to opera accessibility. Its community outreach programs and innovative marketing far exceed those of peer organizations in the American opera and greater classical music worlds. High school and college students were invited to view the show’s final dress rehearsal for free; the opera’s Student Study Guide explained the fundamentals of opera and audience etiquette, identifying musical highlights to listen for in “Tosca”; and magazine articles such as “Get to Know Tosca in 5 Minutes or Less” provided a gateway to the stage for less experienced patrons.

And there are results: Last Friday’s performance welcomed over 100 attendees who had never seen an opera before, and a record number of PRIMA (BLO’s social group for young professionals) members were present, as was a hearty delegation from the Harvard Business School. Most orchestras and companies claim they understand the importance of attracting young people to the performance hall, but few are succeeding at BLO’s level.

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Haruka Noishiki Majors and Minors

Punta to Candu from Honduras with Yanelle This is Yanelle Cruz Bonilla, a junior from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She’s thinking of studying sociology and political science. She loves singing and musical theater, and she has worked backstage.

Through selecting songs as a part of her artistic expression, dance is another way Yanelle engages with music.

Haruka (H): What is pop music in Honduras like?

Yanelle (Y): We have Honduran artists, but I wouldn’t say we have a Honduran pop artist; what’s popular here in America is what’s popular [back home]. In terms of Spanish music, we listen to a lot of Mexican artists. And anyone who’s wellknown in Latin America generally will also be popular in Honduras.

H: What is traditional Honduran music like?

Y: The most popular [form] is called Punta. It has West African roots, and it comes from a tribe called Garifunas. The story is that they migrated to Honduras a long time ago and found a way to bring in their roots and make it enjoyable in the country. Punta uses drums, tambourines and a lot of instruments that make unique sounds. The music is very upbeat and fastpaced, which speaks to dance styles as well. It’s almost like Caribbean music too, since the Garifunas settled near the beach and were [likely influenced by] Caribbean styles. I love Punta; it cheers me up when I’m feeling down. On the other hand, folk music uses marimba and wind instruments instead of drums. You hear [folk] during Independence Month, and schools teach traditional dances to perform with it. A lot of the dances [tell] stories, for instance, about the independence movement. The songs are in the background, and the dances tell the story.

Sept. 15 is Independence Day. Throughout September, there are various kinds of celebrations. The day we kick off celebrations is Flag Day [Sept. 1]. Anything that gives us an excuse to dance and eat food, we celebrate. We also have designated days to celebrate the people who fought for our independence. The Independence Day carnival is televised nationally. Dance groups, orchestras and bands and even cheerleaders parade the capitol. Palillonas, cheerleaders who use Palos (sticks) instead of pompoms, are one of the most exciting parts of the parade. While at an average party you might see a mix of traditional and imported cuisine, at every celebration during this month, it’s all of our traditional food. At schools, there’s a lot of programming for Independence Month, such as putting on a play or parade. A lot [of the celebration] is centered around music, dancing and food.

H: Is there a song that everyone knows in Honduras?

Y: Everyone, of course, knows the national anthem; you can’t graduate from high school if you don’t know it. Everyone learns “Anthem to a Mother” at school and performs that on Mother’s Day. “Candu” is a folk song that everyone performs during Independence Month, which comes from our indigenous background; Honduras had a lot of tribes. There are a lot of other folk songs that most people know. People know soccer team chants, too.

Haruka Noishiki is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Haruka can be reached at haruka.noishiki@tufts.edu.

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Do it this weekend: Oct. 20–22

by Setenay Mufti Arts Editor

It’s after Homecoming, before Halloween and in the thick of midterms — this weekend may not seem like much fun, but if you’re looking to unwind a little and take a break from the books, the Daily’s got you covered.

Check out these events below, and enjoy the sunshine and the spooky season while they last!

FRIDAY “Cabaret/Cabin in the Woods” The Somerville Theatre is known for its oddball, holiday-themed events and screenings. Thanks to the Bostonbased horror burlesque troupe The Slaughterhouse Society, this Halloween doesn’t disappoint. Come to “Cabaret in the Woods!” for a fun, on-theme live performance, and stay for a screening of “Cabin in the Woods” (2012) in 35mm. A ticket to both events is $15.

When and where: Live show at 8 p.m., movie screening at 9; The Somerville Theatre “Polykhroma Presents: Fusion” This Friday, Polykhroma finally debuts its first exhibition of the school year. The theme is fusion: “from information integration and intertwining cultures to political partnerships and principles of science,” plus fusion-in-

spired drinks. Take in the art and performance of fellow students, and finally engage in conversations about more than classes. Abstract and relevant, this arts event is one you won’t want to miss.

When and where: 8–11 p.m.; 48 Winthrop St, Medford SATURDAY “Oktacofest — Cold Beer, Tacos, Music & More!”

Tired of the yearly “Oktoberfest” tribute parties with cheap beer and lame conversation? Come to Boston’s freshest art park for something new: a tacofest with music and family-friendly events all day. Whether you drop in for a taco or stay all day, this take on “Oktoberfest” celebrates the season in style.

When and where: 12–8 p.m.; Underground at Ink Block, Boston “2017 Head of the Charles Regatta” This iconic Boston tradition is back at it again with its exhilarating boat races along the Charles River, featuring competitors young and old alike.

Even if you’re not competing, come and enjoy fierce competition and a gorgeous view of the city, preppy Cambridge style.

When and where: Oct. 21 and 22, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; Charles River, Memorial Drive, Cambridge

SUNDAY Tufts Sunday Concert Series — “An Afternoon with Nina Barwell and Friends” The Tufts Music Department’s Sunday Concert Series brings another event this week, featuring flutists Nina Barwell and Rachel Roberts, cellist Emmanuel Feldman and pianist Thomas Stumpf. In the midst of chaos and cramming, this concert is sure to be the soothing experience you need. Have a relaxing afternoon with C.P.E. Bach, Czenry, Martinů and more!

When and where: 3–5 p.m.; Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center “The Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam Tournament” The “Feminine Empowerment Movement,” or FEMS, is organizing a grassroots poetry slam for feminine-identified people in Boston. This Sunday, the tournament culminates in a first-ever finals stage of poetry and expression. You may not have heard slam poetry since high school, but come and see the talent and empowerment flourishing in your own backyard.

When and where: 6:30–9 p.m.; The First Parish in Cambridge, 1446 Mass.

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

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Brown and Blueprint: Moving forward with a vision for Tufts social life

by Benya Kraus Content Warning: This op-ed discusses sexual violence.

My response to the Student Life Review Committee report begins with a memory of a Sunday last spring, when Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon invited all the students serving on the committee to her personal home for a homemade breakfast.

The committee, charged with evaluating the student social environment and the future of Greek life, began with steadfastly held pre-judgments, nauseating moments of invalidation and a deep-seated distrust between members.

As the seven students on the committee sat around a dining table scooping pancakes and bacon onto our plates, we were asked to share with one another where our names came from. I learned about people’s grandparents, their histories of immigration and how much it hurts when proper pronunciation is denied to them. By the time I was finished with my eggs, I learned about friendships that held someone together during their most broken moments and about feeling erased, unvalued, misrepresented and not even represented by more than three percent of campus.

While I will gladly accept chocolate chip pancakes any day, the breakfast did not lure us into unified agreement about the outcomes we wanted from the committee. But we did all leave with a greater sense of respect and value for one another, a reassurance that when I spoke from my heart, I could trust the others — many of whom did not agree with me policy-wise — to hold my truth.

I share this story because it is one that is not captured anywhere in the introduction, findings or recommendations published in the Student Life Review Committee report.

Regarding the report, I have many disappointments with it. I was public prior to the committee with my belief that a truly inclusive social life cannot be dependent

on one’s socio-economic status, gender identity or ability to be rated highly on a 1–5 scale. True brotherhood and sisterhood are powerful and beautiful things, but too often they are co-opted and used to perpetuate sexual assault, silence survivors and impose exclusionary and oppressive gender standards.

I know many Greek life student leaders at Tufts are aware of these modes of oppression and are trying their best to fight against them within their systems. I value and support their efforts to reflect and do better for our community; however, like many others, I am also disappointed that the report did not recommend pathways for building “brotherhoods” and “sisterhoods” independent of the exclusive systems set forth by national Panhellenic and fraternity institutions.

Larger and more significant than the Greek life debate, however, is the fact that physical space and resources have been inequitably distributed and institutionalized for decades at this university. And where there is inequity there is impunity; without a diverse and dynamic social ecosystem, there is no competition between social outlets and therefore no alternatives when abusive behavior becomes normalized where social, economic and physical capital lay.

I know many students are upset with the lack of specificity in the committee’s report — I am too. But what it does provide is a strong foundation upon which to ground our continued activism.

Let’s look at the report’s findings; in a section dedicated entirely to space, the report acknowledges, “the only dedicated social spaces central to campus are controlled by the fraternities.

This has concentrated many exclusionary and/ or negative student experiences at the center of campus.” It also identifies “equitable access to campus space for a wider variety of student groups and organizations as a means to support a healthier and more vibrant campus life.”

These ideas are the foundation for continued action toward a sustainable, more inclusive

and, honestly, more fun student social experience. Under our current system, we are all deprived of a social ecosystem that truly allows us to connect with one another’s humanity across interests and across difference; a diverse and more equitable social life is therefore something that all of us — regardless of where we stand on the Greek life debate — should put our work toward.

And work, inspired by the report, is already being done. Take, for example, the opening of nine new social spaces that will be available through EMS booking by the end of the semester. This is not a change listed specifically in the recommendations, nor does it address the systemic roots of spatial inequity, but it is an example of how tangible change can be fueled by the findings within the report.

So I encourage us all to ask: Where else in the report can we ground our further activism efforts? How can we leverage this report to fight for systemic change to spatial inequity?

As president of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, I ran on a platform to continue the work of the committee’s recommendations, and through working with the Office of Campus & Capital Renewal Planning, as well as the TCU Senate Admin & Policy Committee, there are two opportunities for where this report can take us: A themed housing system in the upcoming Capen Village development.

15 wood-framed houses between Winthrop and Fairmount streets are scheduled to be built for junior and senior housing by fall 2019, with five houses in place by fall 2018. This gives us an opportunity to establish a new system for communal, co-responsible, themed living, giving residents access to institutional support and physical space to host social events by theme, across themes, and for the Tufts community.

A student-driven comprehensive review of existing physical space needs and spatial inequities.

Spaces like the Group of Six centers have too long been underinvested, undermain-

tained and pitted against one another in their demands for greater support. Our specialty themed houses offer great opportunities to build community, but can be supported to offer so much more. Students studying in Braker or Eaton are working in cramped, underrenovated, overheated spaces that do not promote collaborative learning. Let’s get together and share how we are interacting with our built environment. In which ways do our physical spaces help us build community, and how might they present challenges to the communities we envision growing?

The TCU Senate is holding a town hall on Monday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Alumnae Lounge to envision together how we can create more equitable social spaces.

We will present a vision for the themed housing system with opportunities to share feedback. We will also launch a new Senate initiative, “Brown & Blueprint,” to tie all these conversations together in a student-led assessment of our interactions with physical space. We will be conducting listening sessions with individual students and student organizations throughout the semester, and are in the process of creating a website for you to submit comments, request a listening session for your student organization and track progress and key takeaways on these conversations.

I know many of us are tired of being asked yet again to pour our emotional energy into this university; believe me, I hear you. But if there’s one thing I learned from my Student Life Review Committee breakfast, it is that we’re all trying to find home here. With the launch of this report, we have an opportune moment to ask ourselves two questions: 1) What do we need to truly find home here? 2) What are we willing to give, to create, to work together on, in order to get there?

Benya Kraus is a senior majoring in international relations. She is the Tufts Community Union (TCU) president and can be reached at benya.kraus@tufts.edu.

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Harvey Weinstein is not the only one who’s guilty Content Warning: This editorial discusses sexual violence.

At least 45 women have come forward to accuse Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment.

The accounts have triggered a firestorm of outrage, most prominently on social media. Many individuals have publicized their own stories of sexual harassment, even starting a movement, “#MeToo,” to show just how pervasive this issue really is.

While these brave people who shared their stories give hope to an enriched dialogue, the scandal itself leaves a frustrating residue of unanswered questions.

Why do dozens of women need to speak out for one man’s actions to be condemned? Why do we ask victims to post their traumas in tweets to prove the gravity of sexual violence? How many accounts of assault must we hear before we feel change?

Unfortunately, these questions hit home for so many college students. We’ve all heard the statistic: one out of every four female-identifying college students reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact. And universities have responded through multifaceted educational reform: online training sessions, surveys and of course, the “Tea Consent” video — you can’t dumb it down much further than that.

At Tufts, we have the Office of Equal Opportunity workshops and Green Dot Bystander Intervention programs.

After all of this, you’d think we’d know better. We should act differently. But for some reason, we aren’t all taking sexual harassment seriously. It would be hard to tell, looking at a Tufts party, that we’ve learned anything about sexual misconduct.

And maybe it’s because sexual assault at Tufts typically (and thankfully) does not look overtly like the Weinstein brand of sexual assault. To the same point, not every person who sexually harasses another student here is a Weinstein-esque archetype.

They’re our teammates and classmates and friends. Sometimes, they may truly not realize when they are overstepping, or even fully grasp what overstepping looks like. This is not meant to mitigate their misdoings, but to understand why it’s that much harder to speak out against them and why we must.

Sexual assault at Tufts is insidious and ubiquitous. In the same way that Weinstein’s wrongdoing was Hollywood’s “worst kept secret,” the blurring of consent is the tacit transgression of Tufts.

It would be difficult to find a student who hasn’t witnessed or experienced this discomfort themselves — a drunken advance turned aggression, an unwanted touch played off as humor, a sexual act they feel entitled to, never asking if it’s okay with you.

Part of the problem may be the language we use. Accusing someone of

“assault” may feel hyperbolic, especially if you know them. Labeling someone as a “victim” could seem condescending, especially if they don’t use it themselves. Maybe we should minimize usage of PowerPointready jargon and lay out explicit incidents of assault instead, so we can step in when we see them.

Sexual misconduct is not some vague, gray area of abuse. It is grabbing someone’s ass in a frat basement. It is getting a girl drunk so she’ll hook up with you. It is the sex he didn’t want to have. It’s disheartening that this has to be laid out so plainly for some people, but clearly current definitions aren’t working. Almost a quarter of Tufts undergraduates have experienced “non-consensual intercourse or other non-consensual sexual contact.”

In the same vein, we also shouldn’t frame sexual assault as exclusively a women’s issue. Yes, around 90 percent of adult rape victims are female, but that shouldn’t mean women bear the brunt of responsibility to yield change — really, it should mean the opposite. Instead of asking women to speak out, we should be asking men to stand up. Men simply don’t have conversations about this enough.

In the instances that men do speak up about sexual assault, many talk about the issue in reference to the women in their lives. While this does personalize the issue, it also shifts focus off of perpetrators. Men should not only care because their daughters are being assaulted; men should care because their sons are assailants (and assaulted, too).

When we take the perpetrator out of the equation, we make tangible change much more abstract. Talking about assault as though it’s some unpreventable natural disaster takes pressure off of perpetrators.

Even if this article doesn’t resonate with you, and you feel incapable of sexual harassment of any kind (first of all, you’re probably wrong), you still need to recognize your role in this culture. Witnessing these acts without speaking out lets this culture of sexual violence fester in the same way it took a complicit village to allow Weinstein’s assaults to continue for decades. We must talk to each other, we must look out for one another and we must intervene.

Yes, this may mean putting yourself in social jeopardy. It is not an easy thing to confront a peer face-to-face about anything, let alone an issue of this magnitude.

But every time we don’t speak up, we are prioritizing our shyness, our awkwardness, our desire to be liked, etc. over someone else’s safety. We are putting societal pressures over the well-being of our classmates.

If that upsets you, act differently next time.

If we don’t change, there will definitely be a next time.

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Make trade, not tweets: Easing North Korean tensions with commerce

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f you haven’t noticed, North Korea has been a bit of an issue lately, as Kim Jong Un and the knuckle dragger that is our president exchange words. North Korea’s continued militaristic growth stems in part from fledgling proto-capitalism and entrepreneurship, encouraged by American influences.

The West encouraged North Koreans to grow businesses, and the small enterprises and black market that have developed in North Korea have created enough wealth to afford increasingly frequent missile tests. The North Koreans on which this growth has been built are known as the “donju,” small private business owners, operating in a legal gray area, some with guidance from Western business operators. Despite characterizations of Kim Jong Un as a “crazy fat kid,” he has improved his country by enabling some of his people to learn business from capitalists and even pairing foreign businesses with North Korean companies to develop his country.

While Pyongyang may characterize capitalism as “honey-coated poison,” Kim Jong Un has realized that by allowing just a bit of private business in his country, the portion of profit the government takes would be enough to fund his military ambitions.

The Bank of South Korea estimates North Korea’s 2016 GDP at $28.5 billion. Despite U.N. sanctions, the North Korean economy continues to grow, with the same South Korean estimates indicating a 3.9 percent year-overyear GDP growth in 2016. As entrepreneurship continues to grow in North Korea, some profit that would normally go to the individuals running the businesses is funneled back to the state, which means more military spending.

Condemning North Korean missile tests and imposing sanctions will not slow Pyongyang, but cultural change from within could be enough to tip the scales toward a more sensible regime. As the donju gain exposure to capitalist influences, the North Korean people will become more self-reliant and less accepting of their state. Wages and standard of living have shot up during Kim’s reign, thanks to his willingness to relax some rules and his police’s propensity to accept bribes that allow otherwise illegal private enterprises to operate. According to the Korea Development Institute, around two-thirds of North Koreans’ incomes come from unofficial side jobs.

Economic vitality in North Korea is reducing the leverage the western world can exert on North Korea with sanctions and diplomatic language. To eliminate its nuclear proliferation, we must push Pyongyang further into capitalism. A stronger move to a market economy will make North Koreans desire more freedom and exploit untapped economic potential to improve living conditions in the country. The further North Korea moves toward a market economy, the less control the state will have over its people, and the dictatorial power Kim seeks to retain with nuclear weapons will erode.

Allowing a market economy to exist alongside one run by the state has been the source of growth in North Korea. If the market economy is more powerful than the state, the nuclear threats are not necessary for defense. To discourage the state’s nuclear program, we should double down on commerce with North Korea and drive its centers of power more to individuals and businesses than to the government.

Luke Murphy is a senior majoring in economics and italian studies. He can be reached at luke.murphy@tufts.edu.

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Thursday, October 19, 2017 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY

Jumbos gain momentum, experience before spring season

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Mina Karamercan, a sophomore, winds up to hit the ball at the MIT Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 16.

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“It was exciting to see Kat and Patricia put into play everything we have been working on in their doubles,” coach Kate Bayard said. “That was definitely a highlight.”

Senior tri-captain Lauren Louks and junior Mina Karamercan racked up three wins in doubles, both in dominant fashion. Louks and Karamercan first defeated a pair from Skidmore, 8–3, and then bounced back from their subsequent 8–5 loss to Bowdoin by crushing a different Bowdoin pairing on Sunday, 8–2. They added a third win against another Skidmore pair later in the day, winning 8–4. Much of the duo’s success is a result of experience, according to Karamercan.

“Lauren and I have a lot of experience playing together. Since freshman year, we always seem to end up together for doubles,” she said. “We have different tennis styles and combining [them] brings out the best in both of us.”

Since the Bowdoin Invitational always comes at the end of the fall season, the Tufts squad was prepared to finish strong, both physically and mentally.

“We knew this was our last event for the fall, and we know we aren’t going to get to play [opposing teams] until spring break basically,” Karamercan said. “So our main goal was to give it our absolute best every single match and stay positive on court.”

While the squad focused on bringing maximum effort to every single match, it also made sure to implement technical skills that the players have been working on individually.

“I thought this weekend was a great display of what we’ve been practicing,” Miller said. “Since … this tournament always falls on the last weekend of our fall season, it’s a chance to leave it all out on the court.”

Tufts’ sense that the Bowdoin Invitational represented its last chance to face true opponents, coupled with a strong work ethic, certainly translated into a successful outing. Perhaps even more impressively, every player in the Jumbos’ lineup contributed in some way to their 26 total victories, either through individual single matches or with prowess in doubles.

In singles, Louks defeated a talented Wellesley opponent 6–4, 6–2. For her part, Miller beat a Skidmore player handily, 6–2, 6–4.

“I was really happy with the way I played,” Miller said. “My focus has been on improving my singles game and my serve confidence, so I was able to put that stuff into good practice.”

Wiley also emerged victorious in her singles match on Saturday, grinding to eventually beat her Bowdoin opponent in a third-set tiebreaker: 7–5, 4–6, 11–9.

Additionally, all three of the team’s first-years stepped up with contributions. In singles, first-year Margot Shea beat her Wellesley opponent 7–5, 6–2. After going up 3–1 in the first set, Tufts first-year Kiara Rose won by default when her Skidmore opponent retired. Besides Obeid’s doubles victor y on day one, the New York, N.Y. native also recorded two singles victories (6–2, 6–3 over Skidmore and 6–3, 6–4 against a Bowdoin opponent).

“I am so impressed with how the [first-years] have stepped up and been super active on the team and join in a really cohesive way,” Miller said. “Each of them brings so much, and it’s really awesome having them on the team.”

The squad will now begin to plan for the upcoming spring season. The women’s primary goals are to maintain their fitness and improve upon their technique during the offseason. Bayard hopes that by training hard in workouts and on the court this winter, the Jumbos will not need to work their way back into being physically fit once spring arrives.

“How hard we work in the offseason will have a direct effect on how we do in the spring,” she said. “It’s not necessarily about quantity of practices, but the quality.”

Cohesiveness will also be a focus for the Jumbos, as they attempt to further integrate three new members into a young team that has just two seniors.

“I think this offseason is an exciting opportunity because we don’t have anyone who is away for this semester,” Miller said. “That gives us a chance to all be on the same page with our commitment level and what we call our controllables.”

The Jumbos are scheduled to return for their spring campaign on March 11, when they will use the momentum and experience gained this past weekend to compete in a match against Wellesley.

ith all of the serious topics I have written about in the past few weeks, I think it is finally time to write about one of the biggest, cutest, nicest smile-bringers in sports: waving to the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.

Every game at the end of the first quarter, the University of Iowa fans turn around or continue facing forward, look up and wave at the beautiful building next to the stadium. That building is the newly erected University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. The so-called “Kinnick Wave,” named after the stadium in which the University of Iowa team plays, is a heartwarming event.

Many of the young patients at the hospital come to the windows and wave back, as they see a crowd of 70,000+ fans and players waving to them. Even opponents join in. Recently, the marching band formation was a hand that moved back and forth as they played, waving at the hospital. It is such an amazing event that ESPN is willing to push back its commercials so that everyone can see it.

Things like this are so important to see in sports. With controversy on suspensions, kneeling and more, it is a refreshing change of pace to see such a kind gesture.

While I don’t necessarily think that there needs to be a larger message to this story, I do have a column to fill and there is a message that can be discussed.

This awesome new tradition was originally proposed by the Facebook page “Hawkeye Heaven,” an Iowa fan page. The word spread and the tradition was born.

Similarly, during a night game, a fan sent the idea to wave with flashlights to an Iowa columnist who tweeted it out. The word once again got out, and the waving tradition continued despite the darkness.

Social media has created a big change to the sports atmosphere. The athletes, commissioners and even leagues themselves interact more and more with fans.

Any player can reply to a fan’s tweet or say something funny outside of an interview.

At the same time, social media allows players to share the causes they care about even more than they could before.

Charities can get plenty of exposure, and oftentimes players post the good deeds they do, like Russell Wilson and JJ Watt visiting children’s hospitals. Fans, too, get to communicate with each other at a level they could not before, creating traditions like the “Kinnick Wave.” Sticking with that positive vein, people have even met their spouses during sports-sponsored social media nights (check out Atlanta Hawks Tinder Nights).

The whole point of this for me is that social media has been wrongly vilified in regards to sports. Yes, athletes have said stupid things, liked inappropriate things and posted at bad times (Chad Ochocinco/Johnson got fined $25k for tweeting during a game). But overall, the good that social media does for athletes and for sports greatly outweighs the problems it causes. I mean, who can argue with a unified crowd waving to sick kids? I think I’ll go tweet about it.

David Meyer is a sophomore majoring in film and media studies, and can be reached at david.meyer@tufts.edu.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER

Women’s soccer beats Bates, loses to Lesley

by Tim Chiang

Contributing Writer

At home on Kraft Field, the Jumbos (7–3–3 overall, 5–1–2 NESCAC) fell 1–0 to the Lesley Lynx (11–2–2 overall) in a closely contested nonconference matchup on Tuesday. The game was locked dead even until Lesley’s junior forward Samantha Bessey scored the lone goal in the eighth minute of overtime to earn her side the victory.

Heading into the contest, Tufts understood that Lesley — undefeated in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) — would be a formidable opponent.

“This is a team we’ve struggled with in the past,” junior co-captain midfielder Emma Ranalli said. “We knew we were in for a tough battle.”

The Jumbos applied pressure early on the Lynx. From a corner kick in the fourth minute of the game, Tufts’ sophomore midfielder Sarah Maloney headed a shot that just missed over the top of the goal. Yet the visitors were quick to respond five minutes later, with Lesley’s senior midfielder Karlie Rubin firing a shot that was saved by Tufts’ junior goalkeeper Emily Bowers.

The Jumbos and Lynx continued to exchange several shots throughout the first half, yet both sides were unable to convert their opportunities. In the 41st minute, Lesley’s leading scorer and junior midfielder Jordan Mitchell launched a shot at goal, but Bowers dove right to stave off the attempt.

Moving into the second half, the Jumbos began to fire on all cylinders and registered 13 shots, of which five were on goal. In the 64th minute, junior defender Taylor Koscho forced Lesley’s senior goalkeeper Lilly Donovan to spring upward to save the ball. Later, in the 72nd minute, junior forward Alessandra Sadler nailed a shot off a pass by firstyear midfielder Sophie Lloyd, grazing the ball off the crossbar over the goal.

With four minutes remaining in regulation, first-year forward Elizabeth Reed darted past a Lesley defender to take a shot. Donovan dove to save the ball and keep the game scoreless through the opening 90 minutes.

Just over seven minutes into sudden-death overtime, and despite the spirited effort from the Jumbos, Bessey broke through the defense and belted the ball past a diving Bowers to finish the game with a 1–0 Lesley victory.

Although Tufts held the upper hand in shots (18–10) and corners (4–1), they were unable to capitalize and break through Lesley’s stalwart defense. The Lynx’s goalkeeper Donovan made six saves, while the Jumbos’ goalkeeper Bowers also held her own with an impressive five saves throughout the match.

“I think we exposed them at times but just couldn’t finish,” Ranalli said. “We knew it was going to be a close game, and one goal was going to make the difference, but they’re a tough team.”

The Saturday before losing to Lesley, Tufts surged to a 3–0 silencing of the Bates Bobcats (6–6–1, 2–5–1 NESCAC), marking the Jumbos’ third consecutive win. Heading into the final stretch of the season, Ranalli articulated the importance of building a winning streak.

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Forward Liz Reed, a first-year, keeps the ball away from a defender in the women’s soccer home game against Lesley in Kraft Field on Oct 17.

“It’s been good to get the momentum,” Ranalli said. “Before this threewin streak we hadn’t won two games in a row. It was really big for us to prove that we can consistently get the results.

It’s the direction you want to be heading at the end of the season.”

The Jumbos raced out of the gates with their ruthless offense, leading the Bobcats in shots (13–4) and corners (6–3) in the first half. Yet while Tufts was playing well tactically, the team initially struggled to convert and put the ball in the back of the net in the opening 45 minutes.

First-year midfielder Hannah Isenhart detailed how the Jumbos adjusted their mentality heading into the second half.

“Throughout the season we’ve been working on knowing that we can finish a game and that we can score,” she said. “In our halftime speech, we talked about getting out there and scoring, and that’s exactly what we did.”

In the 48th minute, Reed rifled the ball from 20 yards out into the top right corner of the net to put Tufts on the board. Just nine minutes later, Sadler brought the ball up to the box and passed it to Lloyd, who slid the shot past Bates’ senior co-captain goalkeeper Sarah McCarthy for a 2–0 lead.

Reed scored another goal in the 65th minute, putting the Jumbos up 3–0. Notably, all three goals in the game came from first-years.

“Our first-years have killed it on the field,” Ranalli said.

Reed was recognized this week as NESCAC Player of the Week for scoring

four goals across two wins, with two against Bates and the other two against Endicott in a 3–1 win on Oct. 11.

Bowers made six saves in the shutout. On the other end of the pitch, McCarthy made seven saves and conceded three goals, while her replacement, first-year goalkeeper Katherine Nuckols, made five stops.

With the win against Bates, Tufts maintained its position as the second-best team in the NESCAC, trailing only the No. 3 Williams Ephs (12–0–1 overall, 7–0–1 in-conference).

In a dramatic turn of events, the Jumbos’ next fixture will take them to Williamstown, Mass. for a highly anticipated clash of the NESCAC titans.

“We’re really excited,” Ranalli said.

“Williams is a great opportunity to test ourselves against one of the best teams in the country. To get a win or tie against Williams would prove a point to the rest of the nation. We have nothing to lose.”

On Saturday, Tufts and Williams will kick off at Cole Field at 12:30 p.m.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Women’s tennis wraps up fall season with 26 wins at Bowdoin Invitational

by Ryan Albanesi Staff Writer

The Tufts women’s tennis team competed in its final match of the fall season this weekend, traveling up to Brunswick, Maine for the Bowdoin Invitational. The Jumbos fought hard in both individual and doubles matches against various regional opponents, winning a total of 26 matches.

In the round-robin style tournament, no players were given seeds or rankings, and matches were assigned randomly. Many Jumbos, however, faced opponents against whom they

will be competing during their upcoming spring campaign.

“We had good competition and got to see some of the new faces on teams [that] we will see again,” senior tri-captain Zoe Miller said. “We also had a lot of time to focus on doubles play and put in some practice there.”

That practice paid off in spades for the Tufts squad, as the partnership of firstyear Patricia Obeid and sophomore Katherine Wiley defeated Skidmore 8–4 on the first day of the Invitational. see WOMEN'S TENNIS, page 11