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Professors discuss resurgence of nationalism in Germany

by Noah Shamus

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Associate Professor of Religion Ken Garden and Assistant Professor of German Annie Pfeifer gave a joint talk titled “‘Wir schaffen das’?: Germany Three Years after the Refugee Crisis of 2015,” in front of a full crowd in the Olin Center’s Laminan Lounge on Monday.

The talk explored Germany’s shifting political landscape as a result of the groundswell of refugees that the country has absorbed since the start of the European migrant crisis. Its title, “Wir shaffen das,” or “We will manage it,” referred to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 2015 assertion that Germany would take in immigrants as they came, according to Garden.

Garden began by explaining Germany’s historical relationship with immigrants. In 1961, 16 years after the end of World War Two, the recovering German economy turned to immigrants as a source of labor. But Garden pointed out that even then, not all were eager to embrace these newcomers. He quoted Swiss playwright Max Frisch: “We wanted workers, but we got people instead.”

While the current refugee influx was not prompted by internal economic factors, Garden explained that Merkel was still ready to take in the refugees. Merkel believed that if Germany let asylum seekers into the country, they would eventually distribute across the European Union. But other countries balked at Germany’s terms, and many refugees stayed in Germany.

Refugees, many of whom were fleeing from predominantly Muslim countries, have caused high-ranking members of the German government to criticize the existence of

Islamic faith in German society. Garden pointed to a March incident in which Merkel directly contradicted her new minister of the interior, Horst Seehofer, after Seehofer said, “Islam does not belong to Germany. Germany is characterized by Christianity.”

All of this came on the heels of the rise of a far-right party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which Garden explained relied on anti-immigrant sentiments to gain traction in German politics. The party won the thirdmost seats in the German parliament in the 2017 national election.

Pfeifer displayed samples of AfD’s ultra-nationalist, anti-immigrant political posters, which the party plasters in public places. One subway poster translated to: “New Germans?

We’ll make them ourselves.” The image was of a pregnant white woman holding her stomach. Another sign, which depicted two bikini-clad women, read: “Burkas? We prefer bikinis.”

The posters’ aggressive messaging took Oge Ezekwenna, a first-year in attendance, by surprise.

“I found the posters and the party propaganda to be striking as many of them use phrases and images not often seen or used in mainstream politics here in the states,” Ezekwenna said in an electronic message to the Daily. “But over in places such as Germany, seeing xenophobia posters on the daily commute to work is a daily occurrence.”

Pfeifer explained that these signs can be seen around Germany, and that the populist message is appealing to large portions of the country. A new poll released by the German newspaper Bild ranked AfD as the second-most popular party in the country, behind only Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party.

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Garden noted that the term Biodeutsch, or an “organic German,” has recently gained traction, reflecting a nativist trend. Germany does not allow its citizens to hold a second, nonEU citizenship, and Turkish immigrants to Germany have a particularly difficult time navigating the nationality laws.

Garden said that discrimination against Turkish individuals is well exemplified by the case of soccer star Mesut Özil, a German citizen of Turkish heritage who left the German National Team after facing heavy criticism and allegations of disloyalty over a meeting he had with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Özil was quick to point to other National Team members with non-German origins whose loyalty was never questioned, despite one of them being photographed with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This is one of the first times since World War Two that nationalism is acceptable again in Germany, Garden said. In August, people sang the national anthem during anti-immigration protests, something rarely done due to its link to Nazi Germany. Björn Höcke, an AfD party leader, has said that Germany needs to take a “180-degree turnaround” on how it views history. “We Germans are the only people in the world that have planted a monument of shame in the heart of their capital,” Höcke said in reference to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located in the heart of Berlin.

To be sure, these are politically uncertain times for Germany, Pfeifer said. Yet, just a few of months ago, 5,000 people who turned out for an AfD rally were drowned out by nearly 20,000 counterprotesters.

University phases out JobX, expands Handshake to on-campus jobs

by Liza Harris News Editor

Tufts has phased out JobX, its job-finding platform for on-campus and childcare jobs, and expanded the role of Handshake, a platform that was previously launched for students to find off-campus jobs and internships.

Handshake will now handle all on-campus jobs, while a new website will host childcare and babysitting job postings.

The decision to switch was facilitated by the student financial services office, according to Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Student Employment Christi Conkling. According to Conkling, using Handshake as an on-campus job platform will benefit students, who will now only need to be familiar with a single job-finding platform throughout their entire Tufts career.

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“Students will use Handshake to get a work-study job, to apply for internships as sophomores and juniors, and to apply for full-time post-graduation jobs as seniors,” Conkling told the Daily in an email. “Rather than learning multiple systems, our undergraduate students now have just one platform to learn.”

For on-campus employers and staff, the functionalities of JobX and Handshake are similar, according to Conkling.

“In their essence, JobX and Handshake offer employers the same resources, but Handshake offers additional functionality to all and much greater ease of use for students,” Conkling said.

Paul Sweeney, Tufts’ sports information coordinator, has used both platforms to hire students and found them equally effective.

“At first I wasn’t sure if the jobs we were advertising were reaching as many students as

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they did with JobX,” Sweeney told the Daily in an email. “However, over these last few weeks … I’ve found that the quantity and quality of students who applied for the jobs [were] about the same. Every application has a resume so I found it equally serves my needs compared to JobX.” The switch from JobX to Handshake is accompanied by other changes. According to Conkling, Tufts is no longer posting parttime jobs, which students reported as unreliable forms of employment. In addition, job postings will no longer include those from individuals, but rather come exclusively from “reputable organizations and companies,” according to Conkling.

Students who have used JobX in the past have stated they had difficulty in locating jobs at first. Katherine Alpert said that she had used JobX in the past to find babysitting jobs.

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“I thought that was pretty useful to find a quick and well-paid job,” Alpert, a senior, said.

Following the transition, Alpert noted that it has been harder to find babysitting jobs in particular.

According to Conkling, all babysitting and child care jobs are now being posted on a dedicated website.

“We recognize that Tufts students are interested in providing childcare and our community certainly wants to hire Tufts students; we are hosting this job board through the Tufts site rather than Handshake,” Conkling said.

Conkling acknowledged that it may take students some time to become accustomed to the new platform.

“We encourage students to go to the student employment website to read more about filtering for on-campus positions in Handshake, application tips, and what to expect from the hiring process,” Conkling said.

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FILM REVIEW

‘Colette’ aims to honor scandalous novelist, but comes short

by Setenay Mufti Arts Editor

“Colette,” starring Keira Knightley as Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), follows the French novelist and actress whose husband took credit for her work for years until she asserted herself as a writer and began to publish under her own name, famously taking up a string of female lovers along the way. The movie follows Colette from her marriage through her first publications, showing Colette’s early years of slowly coming into her own as a writer and socialite from under the thumb of her husband.

Keira Knightley is endearing as ever, and she successfully portrays Colette’s daring and independence growth as she becomes older and finds herself through her writing. She walks taller and with an audacious sexuality that reads, “I’m married but definitely available.” It even seems as though her legendary jaw becomes sharper, although this may be due to her new short haircut halfway through the movie — which Colette’s husband suggested she get to fulfill his fetish for a character she created. Knightley is clearly in her element; her canon of period pieces includes “Pride and Prejudice” (2005), “Anna Karenina” (2012) and “A Dangerous Method” (2011), among others. Interestingly, Knightley said in an interview with Variety that she doesn’t “really do films set in the modern day because the female characters nearly always get raped … whereas I’ve always found very inspiring characters offered to me in historical pieces.”

She certainly finds such a character in “Colette.” At 20, Colette marries writer Henry Gauthier-Villars (Dominic West), who was known by the pseudonym “Willy” and employed a host of ghostwriters.

After he spends too much money drinking, gambling and womanizing with the other libertines of Paris, he suggests that Colette write a novel based on her memories as a schoolgirl. Thus the “Claudine” series is born, published under Willy’s name, and becomes an instant classic.

As each novel becomes more and more popular, Colette becomes exasperated with her husband’s controlling attitude and eventually becomes a bold writer and

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Renaissance woman herself. Later in life, she takes on female lovers in public society and becomes a stage actress, writing other classics like “La Vagabonde” (1910), “Cheri” (1920) and “Gigi” (1944).

The movie mostly follows Colette’s marriage with her husband, which is unfortunately the least interesting of her many relationships. After a fling with

an American socialite early in the marriage (and with her husband’s approval), she continues her affairs and her writing, both of which only become more scandalous. Her sexuality becomes common knowledge among Paris’ elite, and she eventually settles on a relationship with Missy, or Mathilde de Morny (Denise Gough). Missy dresses in men’s clothes

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and smokes cigars. Some modern historians theorize that she was a transgender man (Missy sometimes used the name “Max”), although such distinctions were not made at the time, and this is a matter of speculation only. In real life Colette had a second marriage to diplomat Baron Henry de Jouvenel and began an affair with her 16-year-old stepson when she was 47. These developments in Colette’s later life may have given even more depth to her character had they been explored in the movie.

That being said, even Missy does not get the presence she deserves in “Colette,” especially compared to Willy.

“Colette” seems eager to feature Missy not just as a notable character in Colette’s life, but as a way for the movie to bring up timely issues like homophobia and transphobia. Missy is referenced with both male and female pronouns, although in one scene, Colette corrects Willy’s use of “she” with exasperation, implying that Missy prefers male pronouns. Another scene depicts Missy describing putting on her brother’s school uniform as a child and feeling “at home for the first time.”

But, her relationship with Colette feels more like an afterthought than a new chapter. The couple meets seemingly by chance, and Missy asserts, unprompted and a little too conveniently, that she always knew Colette was the real writer of the “Claudine” series. She is set up as a perfect alternative to Willy, one who understands Colette and treats her well, but even her storyline becomes an antidote to the story of Colette’s marriage with Willy, not a journey in its own right.

Some parts of the movie are moving because they are true, save the on-stage kiss between Colette and Missy that caused a riot in a theater. Others are simply cheesy, as when Colette bites at her husband in the movie’s climax, “I am the real Claudine,” and Willy’s indignant but pathetic “[Stop] … I command you!” as she storms out of the room.

“Colette” is a warm, safe nod to a legendary novelist, but had it been a proper study that broke out of her marriage’s grasp, like the real Colette did, it might have been a knockout.

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ALBUM REVIEW

‘On the Rvn’ shines in vocal experimentation, collaboration

by Nicholas Darell Contributing Writer

Atlanta rapper Young Thug, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, is one of the most intriguing figures in hip-hop, representing a dichotomy of classic hip-hop appeal and the avant-garde. Young Thug’s eccentric vocals and lyrics combined with his unique, often androgynous personal style have made him the subject of both acclaim and rejection in the hip-hop world. The rapper remains unfazed by his critics, however, continuing to evolve in intriguing ways throughout his discography. With his latest project “On the Rvn,” Young Thug maintains the formula of experimentation and raw charisma that made “Jeffery” (2016) and “Beautiful Thugger Girls” (2017) such compelling projects. A six-track EP, “On the Rvn” contains some of Young Thug’s most exciting material yet but ultimately lacks the same intrigue as previous releases.

The EP opens with title track “On the Rvn,” produced by longtime collaborator London On Da Track. Young Thug takes his time with the flow of each verse, gliding across the tropical-flavored beat. His performance is decidedly unmemorable, but the song remains an enjoyable start to the project. Next comes “Icey,” a more engaging song backed by some of Young Thug’s distinctly emotive singing. Most fascinating is the contrast between lighter lyrics like “Whoa, Demon Hellcat and I’m tearin’ up the streets/whoa, I got a gun and a Patek on me” and vocals that can’t help but convey passion.

This same knack for melody carries over on “Climax,” featuring fellow Atlanta musician 6LACK. A clear standout, this cut would have fit perfectly with the country-pop vibe of “Beautiful Thugger Girls.”

“Climax” is written about a lost love, one who now transitions “from the front seats to the nosebleeds/that’s for actin’ like you don’t know me.” The song explores how an aspirational lifestyle cannot always sustain a relationship, and that theme is executed beautifully by both artists. Young Thug’s crooning is an excellent counter to the soft melancholy of 6LACK’s verse.

The EP hits a low point with tracks “Sin” and “Real In My Veins,” both of which feel too derivative of previous material to land on a new record. “Sin” boasts a confident

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Despite closing out the EP, “High” is the undisputed centerpiece. Though Elton John is given a feature credit, “High” is more a hiphop remix of “Rocket Man” than an actual

duet. Those who are shocked by this collaboration are likely unaware of Young Thug’s influence and admiration among musical contemporaries. Elton John has an artist’s ability to recognize sheer talent, a skill that likely catalyzed their decision to work together. What results is an inspired and highly entertaining example of cross-generational chemistry. Who knew those “Rocket Man” piano chords could sound so hypnotic?

It is apparent that “On the Rvn” lacks the overarching ambition of Young Thug’s best work — this is partly on account of its length as an EP. The most dynamic elements of Young Thug’s artistry are missed on several cuts, but the best material still shines through on its own. Ultimately, “On the Rvn” packs just enough punch to keep Young Thug fans satiated until his next full-length release.

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First-years turn in dominant performance at ITAs WOMEN'S TENNIS

continued from page 6 doubles quarterfinals before falling to Williams’ duo of senior Leah Bush and junior Chloe Henderson 8–6.

Sophomore Patricia Obeid reached the Round of 16 in singles, as did the doubles tandem of Rose and first-year Nicole Frankel.

“I do feel like we have a lot of momentum moving forward since we have improved results-wise from the Tufts Invitational a couple weeks back,” Obeid said. “All the first-years had very impressive performances in the tournament.”

Up and down the roster, the Jumbos showed more poise and tenacity on the court than in their season-opening matches, with their confidence increasing with each victory.

With nearly half of the team being firstyears, the sophomore and senior players have come to expect them to deliver right away — and deliver they have.

“All of [the first-years] have won at least two matches in the tournament, both doubles and singles,” Obeid said.

“Caroline’s performance was especially impressive for a [first-year], having won four straight matches in a row to make it to the semis.”

Moving forward, this resilience will serve the Jumbos well, especially as they head into their final fall exhibition at the Bowdoin Invitational on Oct. 12–13.

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“I’m happy with the drastic improvement we showed overall in the last couple of weeks in the time between our invitational tourney and the ITA tournament,” Bayard said. “We showed a lot more fight at ITAs and are looking forward to taking the next step at the Bowdoin Invitational.

We’ll work on staying tougher in the closer matches that can go either way. Doubles continue to get stronger.”

Though the Jumbos performed very well as a group, the ITAs are entirely individual, so the team as a whole did not walk away with any awards. Nevertheless, Tufts can keep building on its success as it works towards its main spring season when matches matter most.

Tufts will continue to stick to its practice schedule for the remainder of the fall season and plans to emphasize doubles play. Bayard hopes to find the best sets of partners to optimize her corps of players. This is particularly important given the number of first-years on the team and their maturation process as the season progresses.

“We’re not planning to make major changes,” Bayard said. “We’ll practice pressure situations in close matches for both singles and doubles. We’ll also look to strengthen doubles skills, and I’ll be playing around with doubles combos to figure out potential teams. This will continue to be a main focus, as it always is in the fall.”

With the strong showing at Williams, the team finds itself in a good place both mentally and physically as the fall season begins to wind down, which it hopes to maintain.

“I think the team’s performance at ITAs was good,” Rose said. “We all pulled through in our first round matches.

Everyone who lost second round, lost in a third or a tiebreak in the second set, so clearly we competed really well.”

Sailing team posts impressive results at sextet of regattas

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After another tiresome weekend chockfull of multi-day regattas, the Jumbos show no signs of slowing down.

Despite the jammed schedule, the team produced a wave of energy to compete at a high level.

This was immediately apparent at the George Warren Smith Trophy, hosted by MIT. Tufts’ two entrants faced 18 other boats, including local rivals BU, Northeastern, Harvard and MIT. Heading into the final two races on Sunday, the Jumbos’ duo found itself in an enviable position.

The Jumbos 2 team, skippered by first-years Ansgar Jordan and Alex Fasolo with fellow first-years Mo Liu and Jessica Friedman as well as sophomore Jacob Whitney as crew, found itself in pole position after 10 of 12 races. However, the Jumbos’ other entrant, skippered by firstyears Samuel Merson and Charlie Hibben with the experienced pair of junior Emily Calandrella and senior co-captain Sabina Van Mell as crew, pulled ahead to top the final standings. In the A division, Merson and Calandrella placed second and first in the final two races of the weekend to key the comeback victory, while Jumbos 2 placed second overall.

Merson explained that despite their collegiality, or perhaps due to it, the Tufts sailors harnessed a competitive spirit at MIT. “While both Jumbos’ [teams] competing against each other is intense, it is often nice to see a familiar face on the water,” Merson told the Daily in an email. “However, I think the fact that you know another sailor on the water means you want to beat them in a race even more.”

Competition was not limited to Massachusetts waters for the Jumbos.

At the Moody Trophy, hosted by URI, a veteran team featuring senior Florian Eenkema van Dijk and senior co-captain Jack Bitney as skippers and sophomores Juliana Testa and Maria Brush on crew sailed its way to a fourth-place finish out of 18 teams. Tufts’ A division boat took first place in the third race of the regatta. Not to be outdone, the team’s B division entrant rattled off a first place finish in the fourth race.

Down in Connecticut, the Jumbos battled against host Coast Guard Academy, among others, at the Danmark Trophy. The B division duo of senior skipper Jackson McCoy and junior crew Emma Clutterbuck placed second out of 20 schools, which included a firstplace finish in their first race. Their performance steered Tufts to a 10th-place finish overall.

The furthest Tufts traveled this weekend was to Maryland for the Women’s Showcase hosted by St. Mary’s. The Jumbos came away from the long trip with a ninth-place finish, including fourth-place showings from the A and B division teams in the third and fourth races, respectively. The A division side was skippered by sophomore Talia Toland and crewed by first-year Ann Sheridan, while the B division team was comprised of first-year skipper Abbie Carlson and senior crew Taylor Hart.

Tufts sent two more teams to the twoday Chris Loder Trophy, hosted by UNH. The Jumbos again performed admirably, finishing third and sixth out of twelve teams. The Jumbos 1 A division boat started off strong with first-place finishes in each of the two opening races, while the B division side topped the field in its third race. Not to be outdone, the B division Jumbos 2 team managed a second place showing on the first race as well.

Back home, a young Tufts squad hosted the Lark Invite on Mystic

Lake. There were many Jumbos on display, with three teams in all — each of which came away with at least one top-three race finish. Tufts finished first, third and fifth out of nine competing teams. The Jumbos 2 team finished atop the podium with 96 points, with first-years Taro Sochi and William DeLong skippering alongside classmates Mallory Hood and Samantha Zwecker as crew.

As the Jumbos settle into the season and their chemistry grows, strong pairings are becoming evident.

“The team is settling in well into the practice schedule with a strong [firstyear] class,” Merson said. “There is a competitive atmosphere of wanting to get better as individuals and as team, raising the level for everyone. There are definitely clear pairings that are forming, but some are still in the works.”

This includes acclimation by many of the first-years to the busy schedule of college sailing, ranging from practice time to new levels of wind.

“Weekday practices, as well as morning lift sessions, have worked their way into everyone’s schedules,” Jordan told the Daily in an email. “While we try to sail in the crew pairings set up by Coach Ken [Legler], there’s also a certain amount of experimentation with teammates due to injuries, people having class conflicts during practice and the need for heavier crews on windy days … It’d [also] be nice to have some more wind on Mystic Lake, we’ve missed in total about a week of practice because there wasn’t any!”

The Jumbos’ busy season shows no signs of letting up, with five more regattas this weekend. The Susan Roger ’75 Memorial, hosted by Cornell, will be accompanied by a scenic drive through the elegant countryside of upstate New York, as Tufts sails on.

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Football looks to go 4–0 in clash with Bowdoin

by Nate Hartnick Staff Writer

Coming off their resounding 47–14 blowout of the Bates Bobcats in their annual Homecoming game, the Jumbos are looking like serious contenders for the NESCAC crown. They will look to continue their strong start as they go on the road to the face the Bowdoin Polar Bears in Brunswick, Maine, who will be hosting their own Homecoming festivities.

The Jumbos will head into Saturday’s game with a perfect 3–0 record.

Tufts is accompanied by Amherst and Williams as the league’s remaining undefeated teams. The Polar Bears, on the other hand, sport a 0–3 record and are coming off a difficult 24–14 loss at the hands of the Amherst Mammoths.

Junior linebacker and co-captain Greg Holt maintained that the team cannot grow complacent, even after such a dominant start to the season.

“There are always things we look to improve,” he said. “We come in to study film on Sundays, ready to work so that we can be better than the week before. Once we hop into the film we are able to identify all of the little things we can do to improve both our pass and run defense.”

Tufts also clashed with Bowdoin in the fourth game of its 2017 campaign. In the Oct. 7 matchup last year, the Jumbos came away victorious in a 31–3 rout of the Polar Bears. Senior quarterback and co-captain Ryan McDonald led the team in both passing (215) and rushing (72) yards in that game. He also both threw and ran for a touchdown, while sophomore running back Mike Pedrini and junior running back Jay Tyler rushed in for the other two scores.

The Jumbos’ defense proved dominant in the game, performing with the same intensity that it showcased in this year’s opener against Hamilton. Tufts limited Bowdoin to only 88 passing yards and sacked sophomore quarterback Griff Stalcup a whopping five times. Former Tufts defensive lineman Doug Harrison (E ’18) led the charge, finishing the contest with a sack and his first career interception. Despite trailing by a surprising margin in time of possession, Tufts outgained Bowdoin in total yards, 462–216.

Tufts will look to recreate its overwhelming success from last year’s contest.

Just like in 2017, Bowdoin is carrying a winless 0–3 record into the game. However, the Polar Bears have played some of the conference’s toughest teams this season. Bowdoin lost its season-opener to Williams, 41–6, before coming up

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Sophomore wide receiver Bryce Adam carries the ball in Tufts’ 47–14 Homecoming win over Bates at Bello Field on Sept. 29. short in its following two games against Middlebury and Amherst, which have been some of the most consistent teams in the conference the past few years. “[Bowdoin is] really good. They’ve played the two top teams in the league, and in case anyone hasn’t been paying attention, Middlebury’s pretty good too — they’ve won a lot of football games over the years,” coach Jay Civetti said. “So when you look at the first three scores, I don’t think the final outcome is at all an indication of how good this team is, and I think they’re only getting better.”

Civetti cited Bowdoin’s defensive scheme, quality playmakers and the successful recruitment that coach JB Wells has added over the last four years as reasons to not sleep on this week’s opponents.

“Defensively they are a 3–3 stacked team, they also would put pressure on the quarterback, play some man [defense],” Civetti said. “They’re certainly someone who you can see the improvement week to week. They get better each week, they’re playing a lot of young guys and a lot of guys are stepping up. In their recruiting efforts, you’re finally seeing the four years of all coach Wells’ guys in there.”

Part of the challenge for Tufts will be Bowdoin’s sophomore quarterback

Austin McCrum. McCrum, a transfer, led Thornton Academy to back-toback state championships in Maine and played for Lafayette until recently.

In the backfield, junior running back Nate Richam leads the conference with 396 rushing yards on 64 attempts.

On paper, the Polar Bears’ offense will prove to be a significant threat to the Jumbos. On Saturday, Bowdoin will not only seek redemption for last year’s rout but also its first win of the season and a much-needed end to its 20-game losing streak. However, the Jumbos are ready to take on their hungry opponent.

“We go into each week with the same mindset regardless of who we are playing,” Holt said. “Throughout the week, our coaches prepare us for things we will see on Saturday. We want to focus on playing Tufts football as a unit and executing our schemes to the best of our ability. Everyone has a job to do, and we are all focused on making sure we have our teammates’ backs.”

While Civetti was pleased with the team’s performance against Bates, he knows that the team has to do better, especially in the face of a challenging opponent like Bowdoin.

“It’s [about] consistency and the focus — you can’t put 10-play drives together and come up empty on offense, you can’t drop passes in critical situations,” Civetti said. “If we really want to be able to execute and really want to be the best we can be, we need to be more clutch, and I don’t think we’ve been clutch enough.

Defensively, we need to stay locked in — we can’t let guys get behind us, we can’t assume things. Attention to detail needs to be amplified.”

In particular, Civetti spoke about McCrum’s quality as something the Tufts defense needs to be aware of.

“Obviously, you look at our statistics — 13 sacks, 7 more sacks than anybody in the league — we’ve got good pressure on the quarterback and we need to continue that, but when you’re going to sack a 6-foot-5, 210pound kid, that’s a little different,” Civetti said. “That’s a big kid with a big arm who’s played [Div.] 1 football, and we’re certainly not going to scare him.

He’s a smart player; he takes what the defense gives him. We just need to be really great tacklers, and we need to keep everything in front of us.”

Tufts’ bid to stay unbeaten will kick off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Garrido shines for women’s tennis at New England ITA Regionals

by Josh Steinfink

Assistant Sports Editor

First-year Caroline Garrido racked up four wins over the weekend at the New England Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional Championships in Williamstown, Mass., where she placed third after reaching the singles semifinals.

The ITA Tournament is widely regarded as the most important tournament of the fall season and is played out on a national stage.

Over 8,000 tennis players from all collegiate divisions compete in various regional championships, and the Div. I winners from each region compete at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships in Surprise, Ariz. in November.

On Saturday, Garrido took down Wesleyan first-year Kristina Yu, the winner of the Tufts Invitational two weeks ago, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, in the Round of 16. She then battled hard against Amherst first-year Jackie Bukzin, the runner-up at the Tufts Invitational, on Sunday. While Garrido fell 6–3, 6–1 to the eventual champion Bukzin, she cemented herself among the top competitors in the NESCAC and the New England region as a whole.

“Overall, we competed a lot better this past weekend [than at the Tufts Invitational],” coach Kate Bayard said. “Every Tufts player won her first-round singles match, and everyone made it to Day Two of [either] singles or doubles. Caroline had an impressive

tournament, representing us into the final day in the semifinals. She showed that she’s capable of beating top players in the country and sustaining that level throughout a tournament.”

With only a few weeks of actual collegiate match experience under her belt, there is no telling how high Garrido’s potential may reach as she continues to mature under the tutelage of Bayard and senior co-captains Mina Karamercan and Julia Keller.

The rest of the team is certainly taking note, impressed by Garrido’s rapid rise through the ranks. Sophomore Kiara Rose explained how watching Garrido has motived her to achieve greater suc-

cess, while also strengthening her bond to the team.

“Caroline, known affectionately as ‘Aunty Carol’ on the team, played really well,” Rose said. “She was all business on the court. She knows how to utilize the entire court, not just with killer ground strokes but also with soft touch and feel.

She played incredibly, and I’m really looking forward to everyone’s performance at the Bowdoin Invitational.”

The team as a whole performed admirably at Williams, with Karamercan and first-year Maggie Dorr reaching the see WOMEN'S TENNIS, page 5