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Liz Walker discusses healing, community trauma at Civic Life Lunch

by Bridget Wall

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Content warning: This article discusses gun violence.

Reverend Liz Walker spoke about her work on trauma and the healing process in local communities on Oct. 9 in the Rabb Room as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Civic Life Lunch. The event, called “Finding Grace After Trauma: Empowering Communities to Heal Together,” was co-sponsored by JumboVote, the Africana Center and the University Chaplaincy.

Walker began her career as a journalist, becoming the first AfricanAmerican television news anchor in Boston. After reporting on a story in 2001 about the slave trade in what is now South Sudan, she was moved to change her career path.

She then attended Harvard Divinity School and now works at the Roxbury Presbyterian Church as a senior pastor. According to Walker, her community of Roxbury experiences large amounts of violence, which has become a tremendous problem. This violence — frequently shootings — has caused large amounts of trauma among the residents of Boston, Walker noted.

“The residual effect of violence is trauma,” Walker said.

The large amount of trauma and high incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in her community led Walker to establish the Cory Johnson Program for Post-Traumatic Healing. This program is named after Cory Johnson, a man

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Community healing activist and former journalist Reverend Liz Walker speaks about finding grace after trauma at a Tisch College Civic Life Lunch in the Rabb Room on Oct. 9. who was killed for unknown reasons in 2010. After his death, Cory’s family tried to heal but were unable to do so without talking about their trauma openly.

Walker explained how this program creates a safe space where participants can openly talk about pain.

“Psychological wounds, just like physical wounds, need light and air,” Walker said.

Walker added that by bringing these topics out into the open, participants are able to reflect on these traumas and begin to heal mentally.

The program was created to help those affected by violence, but then expanded to anyone dealing with any form of trauma, according to Walker. She said that there is no registration needed or requirements

to meet to join this program, and anyone is welcome.

The Cory Johnson Program has also partnered with the Boston Medical Center in a holistic approach to healing, Walker explained, adding that the program has since been replicated in many other areas. see TRAUMA, page 2

TCU Senate hears supplementary funding requests, passes resolution

by Alexander Thompson Contributing Writer

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to hear supplementary funding requests as well as an appeal of an Allocations Board (ALBO) decision by the Tufts Financial Group (TFG), vote on a resolution endorsing the campaign of Nathan Foster (LA ’18) for the Board of Trustees, elect a new member of the ALBO and hear a presentation by the students involved in a statewide Yes on 3 campaign at Tufts.

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Perspectives and Conversation group for $5,000 to bring Alok Vaid-Menon, an artist and LGBTQ rights activist, to campus.

The body also approved $2,087 for Tufts Quidditch to go to its regional qualifying tournament, $977 for the Tufts chapter of National Society of Black Engineers to send 10 people to its national organization’s fall regional conference, $2,065.52 for Baseball Analysis at Tufts to attend a competition in New York City and retroactively approved $1,008 for the Singapore Students Association to go apple picking.

The body then heard TFG’s appeal against ALBO’s recommendation.

According to TCU Treasurer Izzy Ma, a sophomore, TFG had made a supple-

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mentary funding request for transportation and alumni gifts for their biannual networking trip. Originally TFG had requested flights back to Boston from New York at the price of $73 per person on a trip with 25 members of the club; ALBO would only grant money for bus transportation back citing the fact that buses would be one third the cost, according to Class of 2021 Senator Ayden Crosby, who serves on ALBO. TFG Co-Vice President and Class of 2020 Senator Harry Kong told the body that buses leave at inconvenient times and get back around three or four in the morning.

Elizabeth Clarkson, president of TFG, argued that the group had cut 50 percent

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of applicants and that the group emphasized diversity among those selected. “[We] really made a point to make this trip more inclusive to people of all different backgrounds, whether underrepresented students, students of color [or] first generation students,” Clarkson, a senior, said.

Clarkson also told senators that TFG had first asked for funds from the Office of the President, which were granted, in order to reduce the cost for the Tufts community.

Jillian Kleiner, TFG co-vice president, said that, as a woman, she didn’t feel entirely safe in the New York City Port Authority Bus Terminal late at night. But

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continued from page 1 According to Walker, childcare and a free dinner are offered to attendees of the Cory Johnson Program’s events.

Walker is also working to develop a program for children to help them deal with trauma caused by violence, adding that trauma is intergenerational and can be passed down from a parent to their children.

Through this program, Walker has learned to find a healthy balance between self-sacrifice and self-care.

Walker expressed that this type of program works very well in a religious setting because of the emphasis on sacrifice in religion. Although this work can be emotionally draining, Walker

described it as the most rewarding endeavor she has ever embarked on.

Walker has also been able to form her own definition of grace through leading this program.

“Grace is that unearned gift where you don’t know if they will thank you,” Walker said. “We need more of that than anything else right now.”

Walker explained that each individual action can build towards a better future.

“If you can just do one authentic thing to move the world forward, that counts,” Walker said.

In an interview with the Daily, Jessica Byrnes, program administrator for Tisch College, explained that the Tisch College had been working to bring Walker in as a speaker for some time, but that Walker’s work has kept her busy.

“She’d actually been on our short list of speakers for probably a year and a half,” Byrnes said.

According to Byrnes, Tisch College Dean Alan Solomont has close connections with Walker through his involvement in the Boston community; in particular, Solomont served on the Roxbury Presbytarian Church’s Lasting Change Committee, a fundraising committee for the Cory Johnson Program, Byrnes explained. This connection between Solomont and Walker helped make this talk possible.

Bronwyn Fulton, a first-year, explained that she attended this event because she is Presbyterian and interested in pursuing social work.

“It’s really inspirational to hear people talk about all the good that they’re doing in the world,” Fulton said.

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continued from page 1 Class of 2022 Senator Iyra Chandra said that she had done the trip by buses many times alone and had never felt unsafe at Port Authority Bus Terminal.

The Senate voted to uphold ALBO’s recommendation by a vote of 21-4-5.

Next, the body heard a resolution to support Foster’s candidacy for a four-year-term as an alumni trustee. The resolution claims that Foster would pursue “transparency, accountability and substantive change that will benefit the Tufts community.”

Authored by Class of 2019 Senators Jonah O’Mara Schwartz and Shane Woolley and Class of 2021 Senator Sarah Wiener, the resolution also calls for reform of the Tufts University Board of Trustees.

O’Mara Schwartz argued that Foster

can help bring transparency to the Board of Trustees’ decisions, as many university decisions currently lack transparency.

“All of these things … are, at the end of the day, rubber stamped by the Board of Trustees,” O’Mara Schwartz said. “This is a kind of shady organization that has no accountability and I think that us, as future alumni, should get involved in this campaign by endorsing [Foster].”

The body passed the resolution by a 25-3-2 vote.

The body then held an internal election to fill an open seat on ALBO. Klavs Takhtani, a senior, was elected to the post by ranked choice voting.

TCU Parliamentarian Sharif Hamidi, a sophomore, took the floor to share with the body that it will vote on two resolutions at next week’s meeting, one of which, currently titled “A Resolution

Affirming the Tufts Community Union’s Support for Massachusetts Ballot Question 3” will be in support of a “yes” vote on Massachusetts ballot Question Three. A “yes” vote moves to uphold protections for transgender individuals signed into law in 2016. The other resolution, titled “A Resolution Supporting Tufts Dining Workers in Their Ongoing Contract Negotiations,” will move to endorse dining workers through their contract negotiations.

Martina Tan, a junior and volunteer leader for Yes on 3 at Tufts, presented before the body and encouraged the senators to support the campaign. Tan told the Daily in an electronic message that it was a coincidence that the Senate resolution on Massachusetts ballot Question Three was introduced during the meeting.

Medford hosts its ninth annual Harvest Your Energy Festival

by Alejandra Carrillo Contributing Writer

Nearly 80 people attended the ninth annual Harvest Your Energy Festival at the McGlynn Elementary and Middle School in Medford on Oct. 13. The festival focused on informing citizens about green products and practices by hosting several environmentally friendly companies. There was also document shredding, opportunities to recycle electronics and textiles and tours of a wind turbine.

Hosted by the Medford Office of Energy and Environment and the Green Energy Consumers Alliance, the festival was a part of the Go Green Medford initiative. Go Green Medford is a program of the City of Medford that raises awareness around local environmental issues, according to its website. The Green Energy Consumers Alliance shares a

similar goal of promoting environmental protection by finding more cost-effective ways to access green energy, according to its website.

The Harvest Your Energy Festival allows the Medford community to come together and learn about energy sustainability initiatives that aim to protect the environment, according to Lauretta James, a member of the Medford Energy and Environment Committee and an organizer of the event. James said that she focused on corporate outreach and selecting the companies who attend the festival.

“It is important for the companies to showcase their practices and energy-saving products,” James said. “We [Medford] are one of the only [towns] who have an environmental festival.”

Barry Ingber, a member of Go Green Medford Committee, said that the committee has been working on concrete policy actions to promote environmental sustainability.

“We work with the mayor and the community to promote environmental policy,” he said. “We’ve supported the plastic bag ordinance and the plan for community aggregation of electricity.”

The event also provided a platform for Medford High School students to advocate for sustainable practices and environmental protection.

Auderulca Ashmarah, a senior at Medford High School, shared statistics about the number of gas leaks in the Medford area. She said that the city can repair the gas leaks in homes that have been neglected in order to improve environmental safety.

“I was educated about climate change and want to help other people be aware of the problems that face our communities,” she said.

Several other companies, including Boston Sports Club and Borealis Community Yoga, were also at the event.

Quinn Pham is a sophomore studying international relations. Quinn can be reached at quinn.pham@tufts.edu.

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ately, while procrastinating on convoluted assignments, I ask myself why I chose college over the variety of options I could have gone with after high school, each leading me down a complex and unpredictable path. But then I look at the clock, fret about grades and go back to studying. The real questions that keep me up at night or some mornings while staring at my cereal in Dewick are: What was the decisive factor that made me who I am? What does it mean to exist? Where do I go from here?

Allow me to take you through an exploratory column of the human existence and questions that I will raise but ultimately be unable to answer. Perhaps you’d like to join me on my perpetual existential crisis?

So what, exactly, makes a human? Two of my favorite authors agree that identity makes a human. Haruki Murakami weaves together surreal parallel worlds into one where strange occurrences force his protagonist to reevaluate their self-image and their struggles in life. Joshua Ferris creates oddly specific protagonists — for example, ones that enjoy dentistry, religion and masturbating in a closet — and then whisks away the fundamental parts of their characters so us readers can watch them painstakingly piece themselves together. Literature gives us one question which then leads to another, and the identity equation turns into the formula for human existence, which turns into what it even means to be a human, which turns into another hour I spend on YouTube watching Kurzgesagt videos rather than studying.

In biology, the human formula is etched in our DNA and expressed through the development of the cell. It starts with a fertilized egg which divides into more complex cellular formations, forms blood vessels and important organs, then miraculously exits the mother.

In psychology, the human formula is a lot less linear. There are many theories, but one of the most comprehensive ones is Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Maslow solves the formula with a pyramid, where our most basic but easily overlooked physical and safety needs are at the base, leading up to the factors that come to mind when we talk about what makes a human, such as social belonging, self-esteem and ego. The elusive “self-actualization” tops off the pyramid.

The higher we climb the pyramid, the more we start to question our reality.

Recently, in interviews or while meeting new people, when asked what my hobbies are, I start to frantically think about which of my hobbies are not weird and I am actually good at, only to find that none fit this mold. Why do I worry? Is it because I am climbing the pyramid and have reached that stage where social inclusion and a respectable reputation are inexplicably important? But surely, those factors don’t define me — or do they, or should they?

How do I go about life with this existential identity crisis? Abraham Lincoln, when called “two-faced” in a debate, said something to the extent of: “If I had two faces, do you think I’d be wearing this one?” I like to think of Abraham Lincoln as having reached “self-actualization,” and if someone like him goes through life with such self-deprecating humor, why shouldn’t I? Maybe that’s my formula.

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Evan Zigmond Out on the Town

Troye Sivan’s ‘Bloom’ tour hits Boston with authenticity

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by Amy Tong Staff Writer

“F*** it up, Boston!” The crowd erupted into a cheering and screaming frenzy surrounded by the chaotic blasting of white lasers as 23-year-old Australian pop star Troye Sivan leaped across the stage in preparation for his next song.

Sure enough, Boston lived up to Sivan’s expectations in the Boch Center’s Wang Theatre Friday night, part of the promotional tour of his sophomore album “Bloom.”

The concert opened with performances from Leland, an American singer-songwriter, and Kim Petras, a German artist based in Los Angeles. Leland and Sivan worked closely together on many songs from both “Bloom” and Sivan’s debut album, “Blue Neighbourhood” (2015). Boston was also the last stop on the “Bloom” tour where Leland would be performing, and he certainly made it memorable. Sporting a rainbow-colored tee and baggy jean shorts, Leland quickly captivated the initially hesitant crowd, transforming the theater into a wild dance floor as he let loose uninhibited dance moves. Then, 26-year-old Petras took command of the stage with powerful vocal chords, a short black skirt and color-changing sunglasses. By the end of Petras’ seven-song performance, none of the crowd’s initial restraint remained.

The theater was dark, waiting for Sivan. The stage and audience then gradually became engulfed in different hues of blue in wave-like motions and faint, echoing music. Breaking the tranquility of the underwater scene, Sivan stepped out from behind the curtains as the lighting changed to a crimson red to match the color of his suit and pants. The audience screamed as he uttered, “I got these beliefs that I think you wanna break,” the first words in the album’s opening song “Seventeen.” As the song progressed, the curtains dropped to expose the rest of the stage and the band. He then quickly moved into “Bloom” as misty lights swept over the audience, mimicking the mystic mood of the “fountains and the waters” of his “garden,” as portrayed in the lyric video.

Prancing and spinning around the stage, Sivan took off his suit during “Plum,” revealing a white long-sleeved shirt underneath and transitioning to the next act of his performance — one that was much more tender. Only after “Plum” did he take a break, finally speaking directly to the audience, recounting how some of his favorite shows had been in Boston and encouraging the audience to get up from their seats to dance.

Sivan continued the show with “Heaven,” a throwback to his debut album and a ballad about his own coming out experience. In one of the most poignant moments of the show, thousands of audience members held up different colored paper flowers in front of their phone flashlights in form of the pride flag, as rainbow-colored stage lights shined back toward them in solidarity. The image of Sivan’s silhouette between these lights, juxta-

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Troye Sivan sings at the Capital Pride Festival on June 10. posed with statues of angels above and to both sides of him and amidst a theater replete with elegant Renaissancethemed art, was striking, as he sang “If I’m losing a piece of me / Maybe I don’t want heaven.” Touched, Sivan invited the teens who organized it onstage, sharing a group hug and a selfie, recognizing them as the “same little twerps” who had done the same thing on his last tour.

Next, the crowd sang along to the familiar, beloved opening of “FOOLS” as Sivan sat on stage, ruminating about a lost love. In “Lucky Strike,” Sivan, coated in red, began by hugging the microphone stand; music slow, the vulnerability quickly evolved into a confidence as he strutted across the stage with exaggerated body movements, singing about his blissful love and desire for a boy he met. The act ended with another “Blue Neighbourhood” hit, “WILD.” With the addition of an antique couch and lamps rising up on an elevated platform, along with a beautiful keyboard solo by Karina DePiano, the intimate third act began. In a black tank top and sweatpants, Sivan sat on one edge of the couch while pianist Kaela Sinclair sat on the other, voices perfectly complementing each other in the duet “Postcard.” In the dim blue, the song’s melancholy and longing found its ways into fans’ hearts, the venue once again lit with the glow of flashlights slowly waving back and forth.

Accompanied by a single guitarist sitting by the foot of the couch, he next performed “The Good Side,” a song expressing apologetic sympathy to a past lover after a rough breakup. With blinking stars rising and dropping, and pink lights beating to the rhythm of the thudding drums, not a single eye in the crowd was dry. In response to his moving on as expressed in “The Good Side,” “What a Heavenly Way to Die” talks about his timeless, eternal love for his current lover as he laid sensually on the couch, arms stretching out in gentle lust, singing “I wanna be with you.”

In the last song of this act, Sivan performed “COOL” for the first time on tour this year; carefree dancing mirrored the song’s youthful spontaneity, seamlessly transitioning this act’s delicacy to his forceful final act.

Now in a white tank and black pants, Sivan steadily navigated the stage in “BITE” while menacing white and orange lasers shot through the blackness. He then brought back full 90s nostalgia in neon purple and blue as everyone clapped along to his newly-released bop with Charli XCX, “1999.” He even spotted a fan dressed as he did in the music video imitating a young Justin Timberlake.

Asking the audience to dance along with him, he turned the theater into a disco floor with spinning lights during “Dance to This” and ended the act with a heartfelt performance of his personal favorite song from the album, “Animal,” crouching down to engage with fans. The audience waved their arms and danced with surges of intense energy.

As he left the stage, roaring applause shook the ground before he cheekily reappeared five minutes later, bringing back “YOUTH,” his top hit from “Blue Neighbourhood,” and finally ending the memorable night with “My My My!”.

Throughout these two songs, with colorful lights zipping in and out through the cracks between each person, the entire crowd shouted out all the lyrics in unison, jumping, screaming, dancing and crying — for a brief moment, time was at a standstill, as the concertgoers were completely immersed in this getaway that Sivan created in total and perfect ecstasy.

Sivan’s “Bloom” tour was an extraordinary culmination of all he has worked toward so far in both his career and life. With an exquisite but rich voice, he led Boston through everything from his identity struggles to his understandings of love and the nooks and crannies of his sexual desires. By showing a raw vulnerability of being human that seems rare in the pop arena today, his strength was ever apparent as his concert concluded with songs from both albums celebrating freedom, confidence, love and living life to its fullest. With his authentic emotion and energy, the night turned an audience of thousands of strangers into an intimate, fun get-together as he intended; the differences in background and identity among these strangers ultimately proved negligible as everyone rallied behind the universal themes and sentiments his songs relay, basking in the wonders of the present.

oston has a large contingent of Italian immigrants dating back to the late 1800s, and the cultural footprint of Italians in Boston is still quite strong. In the North End, Italian restaurants line the narrow streets, with city-dwellers and tourists alike looking for their favorite eats. It is only natural that an area of Boston with such a rich culinary tradition would care deeply about the quality of its desserts, especially cannoli.

Mike’s Pastry and Modern Pastry are widely considered to have the two best cannoli in the North End, but Bostonians can’t seem to agree on which of the two they prefer. Everyone loves a good food feud, so I felt it would be appropriate to try both myself and give my two cents.

Leading up to my taste test, I asked around campus to see what those from the Boston area had to say about the controversy. In my philosophy class, one friend was adamantly pro-Mike’s, which surprised me.

Later in the week, another friend expressed their pro-Modern views with a passion.

Seeing how fired up people got about the two pastry businesses made me even more excited to form my own opinion.

Both bakeries are in the North End, easily accessible via the Green Line. I took the T from Davis Square to Park Street, stopping at Harvard Square to pick up someone I knew. At Park Street, we transferred to the Green Line and headed toward Lechmere.

After getting off at Haymarket, we walked a very scenic few minutes to Mike’s and Modern, which are only a few storefronts down from each other. Mike’s had a line out the door and down the street, while Modern had a more modest line, so we stopped there first. A standard ricotta cannolo is less than $5 at Modern, but they only accept cash, so be prepared. After ordering our cannoli, we walked a couple of blocks to the seafront and sat on the dock. Modern’s cannolo was relatively small, with a fresh, gooey ricotta filling. The shell was thick and firm, maintaining its structural integrity as I took each delectable bite. Both the cheese and the shell were sweet, but not overpowering. The flavors were quite distinct from one another. I didn’t feel like I was eating a nondescript sugary amoeba, which is sometimes the case with pastries. Modern’s cannolo, was, in short, delicious.

Mike’s cannolo was next. After an agonizingly long wait, and another $5 fee, I was greeted with a behemoth of a cannolo. This monstrous pastry featured slightly less runny ricotta cheese, opting instead for a pastier texture. Unlike the Modern cannolo, the shell was flakier, and broke exactly where I expected it to during each bite. The cannolo was very sweet, obscuring the flavor profiles of the shell and the cheese. Here, I felt like I was eating a sugary amoeba. It was delicious, to be sure, but I couldn’t distinguish the flavor of the shell from the flavor of the cheese. With that being the case, I hereby declare this column pro-Modern. That being said, both were delicious, and I highly recommend checking out both businesses to form your own opinion.

Evan Zigmond is a sophomore studying music. Evan can be reached at Evan.Zigmond@tufts.edu.

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Kristen Cibelli Hibben (EPIIC’99, A’99) works in the International Unit at the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan where she consults, builds capacity, and develops resources to improve the quality of international and multinational, multiregional, and multicultural surveys. She has authored and co-authored numerous invited book chapters and journal articles, and has contributed extensively to the Cross-cultural Survey Guidelines, an online resource for the design and implementation of international, multinational, multiregional, and multicultural surveys. She received her PhD in Survey Methodology from the University of Michigan and her Masters of Science degree from the Joint Program in Survey Methodology from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Prior to her graduate studies and work in survey research, Kristen worked in the area of international human rights. This work involved working with a variety of partners including truth commissions, human rights commissions, the United Nations and numerous non-governmental organizations on the collection, management and analysis of data about human rights abuses in countries including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Thailand (for Burma). Her work also included training and advising partners in the use of Martus, Analyzer and data analysis in the human rights field. Kristen helped guide the development of Martus and Analyzer software, managing the needs of field users and setting priorities with data processing and software engineers. She led Benetech’s efforts with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia, advising the TRC on data collection, the design of coding forms and process, and broadly on the use of large-scale data collection and analysis to support their truth-seeking mandate. She worked on site providing direct support to the TRC in Monrovia for eight months in 2008.

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lon Musk, Milton Friedman and Bernie Sanders walk into a bar.

They’d argue all night, but there is one idea they’d likely agree upon: universal basic income (UBI). It has been widely touted as a preemptive solution to the looming threat of automation and a means to fight poverty. It sounds like a catch-all fix, and makes for a great sound bite. Many localities, from cities in Canada to U.S. states like Alaska and even the nation of Finland, have debuted their own UBI experiments, which will be evaluated in the coming years for their efficacy. The idea is no more than an early-stage solution to the challenges facing neoliberal capitalism, but it certainly seems a promising start. The impetus for implementation is more than just economic or political — it is personal. A past UBI experiment has shown “statistically significant gains in mental health, education, employment, and [physical] health.” Unfortunately, it is not as simple of a solution as many believe.

Firstly, implementation of a UBI could prevent more fundamental reform in the future, as it would only guarantee basic living necessities to those living in poverty while allowing wealthy capital owners to accumulate profits without sharing them with the workers instrumental in generating them.

But even more important in the short-term is the challenge of figuring out who would bear the cost. As with any policy that attracts widespread political support from different actors, UBI can easily become a vehicle for those actors’ divergent long-term visions.

On one hand, Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union, cautions that a tax-the-rich approach would be politically unpopular and thus ineffective. He endorses a vision of a UBI funded by cashing out welfare programs and imposing a consumption tax, both of which would disproportionately affect poor people in the first place, thus diluting the effects of the policy. This approach seems to run counter to the fundamental purpose of UBI as a poverty reduction mechanism. A system that requires the wealthy to contribute the most to UBI is not as unfair as it sounds — after all, even the rich would receive a UBI, and pay it back in the form of taxes if they remain wealthy enough. But if a rich individual lost a significant sum of their money, they would be able to fall back on the UBI payment as their tax bracket moves lower. An effective UBI may need to be rolled out in tandem with an innovative taxation strategy, perhaps shouldered by companies that benefit from automation.

Like any shared public good, everyone pays and everyone benefits, a phenomenon that becomes even more undeniable when one considers the positive externalities that come with combating poverty.

The experiments so far have been met with mixed sentiment. This is partially due to their lack of a unifying ideology. The question, in my view, is not whether UBI should be implemented; the benefits of providing poor people with a living wage are undeniable. What we should ask ourselves instead is how we will actually fund and distribute it. As with all policymaking, the devil is in the details.

Anita Ramaswamy is a former executive opinion editor at the Daily. She is a senior majoring in political science. She can be reached at anita.ramaswamy@tufts.edu.

Opinion

Monday, October 15, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A response to ‘Tufts should expand career advising for humanities, social science majors’

by Gregory Victory I would like to thank the Daily for offering its opinion on the work of the Career Center in its Oct. 10 editorial. When I arrived at Tufts over two years ago, I made a concerted effort to reach out to student leaders, student organizations and individual students to seek feedback on how we could continue to improve what we do. Continuous feedback is what makes us better and what allows us to serve Tufts students in the best way possible.

I agree with much of your editorial and I applaud you for also recognizing that sometimes students need to be more proactive in using our services and programs. With the goal of giving students a full view of the situation, I am writing to provide additional information to round out your editorial.

It is important to note that in recent years recruiters and organizations in every industry have come to see the value of a liberal arts education. In fact, the strength of our liberal arts programs is one of the main reasons that so many employers seek Tufts students for internships and full-time opportunities. Similarly, in most cases, specific jobs and career paths aren’t linked or limited to one particular major. It may surprise you to know that after your first full-time job, very few companies will even ask you what your major was. Rather, it is about understanding the competencies you have developed and how they apply to particular roles, and that process is certainly where one of our career advisors can be extremely helpful.

Speaking of advising, we have eight advisors that are focused on providing services to students from Arts & Sciences. Our other four advisors are focused on alumni, graduate students and students in the School of Engineering. Our 1:1 advising appointments

and drop-ins are up significantly over the past few years, meaning that students are taking better advantage of our services for their job, internship and graduate school searches. We are excited about this progress, and we continue to encourage students to seek our advising services no matter where they are in their career development journeys.

The editorial states: “In an ideal world, every student would find a plethora of opportunities tailored to their intellectual and professional interests at the biannual career fairs.” One should note that while career fairs are a great resource and well worth students’ time, the majority of Tufts students do not get their internships or jobs from a career fair. From my experience, that is the case in every other higher education institution. Instead, career fairs are one of many ways for students to explore opportunities, network with recruiters (many of whom are Tufts alumni) and build relationships with organizations of interest. Most students find jobs and internships through networking, including conversations at Industry Nights (which feature both alumni and employer reps), other career programs and fairs, and of course, through referrals from former supervisors, Tufts alumni, friends, family and others.

We have worked diligently over the past few years to increase the number and diversity of organizations that attend the Fall and Spring Fairs. For instance, the Fall Career Fair used to draw about 130 organizations, and this year we had 196 organizations in the Gantcher Center. With increased attendance comes an increase in the diversity of the organizations represented.

The editorial made an incorrect assumption that smaller organizations are not able to participate in our fairs due to financial reasons. In reality, we have never turned away

an organization that could not pay a fee, and we offer discounts to smaller nonprofits and the like. A smaller organization’s decision not to attend a career fair — at Tufts or otherwise — is often more about staffing resources than finances. Some employers may not allocate staff time for career fair attendance, while others limit their recruiting to selected schools due to particular recruiting policies.

In the latter case, we leverage our amazing alumni to help students make inroads and navigate the recruiting process.

I appreciate that the original piece mentions our new Industry Night programming.

Industry Nights are an opportunity for Tufts students to connect with professionals about specific industries; learn about new industries, organizations, emerging trends and roles; explore different career paths; strengthen and build confidence in communication and networking competencies; and connect with others who are interested in the same career fields. The goal of these events is to expose students from all majors to the variety of roles that exist in each of these broad industries. Spring 2019 will bring events focused on health and life sciences, education and advocacy, art and design, and sports and entertainment. We hope to see you at one of these programs.

Above all, we are committed to continual improvement of our services and programming. Let this letter serve as an invitation for students to seek me out and chat about the different ways we can work together to meet this goal. I am all ears.

Respectfully, Greg Victory Executive Director, Tufts Career Center Gregory Victory is the executive director of the Tufts Career Center and can be reached at Gregory.Victory@tufts.edu.

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Thirty unanswered points key to Trinity's victory

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Senior quarterback and co-captain Ryan McDonald runs with the ball during Tufts’ 47–14 Homecoming victory over Bates at Bello Field on Sept. 29.

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continued from page 8 the Trinity-14. The turnover led to another Tufts touchdown, as Dolan soon caught a 10-yard pass from McDonald to put the Jumbos on top by two scores, 14–0.

The Bantams quickly responded with two scoring drives of their own powered by Vazzano’s arm. The junior led his team down the field to set up a rushing touchdown by first-year wide reciever Devante Reid. Vazzano then threw a touchdown of his own on his team’s next drive.

After a turnover on downs by the Jumbos on the following possession, senior running back Max Chipouras rushed for a touchdown to put the Bantams ahead. Senior defensive back Tim Preston was able to block Trinity’s extra point attempt, but Tufts still went into halftime trailing 20–14.

Despite this relatively close halftime score, a deeper look at the statistics foreshadowed the final result. The Bantams had out-gained the Jumbos in total offensive yards, 245 to 106, at the half.

Trinity capitalized on its opening drive of the quarter, which was punctuated by a 59-yard pass from Vazzano. The quarterback would soon rush for a touchdown and put the Bantams up 27–14.

Tufts’ offense seemed to get back on track the following possession. After a 30-yard kickoff return from sophomore wide receiver OJ Armstrong, McDonald was able to string together a number of completions, including a 15-yard pass to senior wide receiver Dan de Leon that put Tufts all the way at the Trinity 9-yard line.

However, sophomore defensive lineman James Christiano intercepted McDonald on the next play, which ultimately led to a Trinity field goal. This drive was the final act of Trinity’s unanswered 30 points, as the momentum clearly shifted in favor of the hosts.

The Jumbos finally got back on the scoreboard on their next drive, with sophomore kicker Matt Alswanger nailing a 23-yard field goal that capped off a 17-play drive short of eight minutes. The Bantams then answered immediately with another scoring drive that included a 61-yard run

by Chipouras, leaving the Jumbos to face

a 38–17 deficit. However, the Jumbos held strong in the face of clear defeat, putting together one more successful offensive possession. Dolan caught his second touchdown of the game with 6:53 remaining in the fourth quarter, in what was the final score of the game for either team, which consigned Tufts to its first defeat of the season.

McDonald believes that in response to this defeat, the team has to get back to basics as he outlined in a plan for regaining the team’s momentum.

“It’s really just about getting back to what Tufts football is built on,” he said. “We need to focus on our attitude, effort and toughness as we gameplan this week and look to get back to our strengths as a program.”

Civetti gave credit to the Bantams, and stressed the Jumbos’ unwavering belief in themselves.

“I think we needed a bit of a wakeup call about staying in the moment and not being complacent,” Civetti said. “This was the first time this season, aside from the Bates game, that we’ve really played from behind. Trinity’s an excellent team — they didn’t miss anything on Saturday, and we

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY at Conn. College Invitational 3rd of 25 SAILING Larry White Trophy at MIT Women’s Showcase Finals at Brown Captain Hurst Bowl at Dartmouth at Mass Maritime Invite at Mass Maritime Crew’s Regatta Callagy Ross Trophy at Vermont at McGill Cup at Fairfield Cup *scores not available as of press time did. At the end of the day, we’ve got to keep ourselves focused and keep paying attention to the individual jobs and battles that we each are required to do on Saturday.

That starts with me.”

Tufts will look to bounce back from this defeat on Oct. 20 when they return home to take on the 4–1 Williams, another top-class NESCAC squad, at Ellis Oval.

McDonald made it clear that the team’s preparation for Saturday will be primarily directed inward.

“It’s really just about focusing on ourselves,” he said. “We’re looking at what we can do better as a team as opposed to focusing on our opponent.”

Tufflepuffs look to recreate magic of earlier seasons QUIDDITCH

a fun, friendly attitude and catered to a by-and-large non-athletic demographic.

“You see a couple Harry Potter fans …

Serena Monteiro said. “You cannot recruit but they’re also great athletes,” Monteiro anyone off of the street. It’s getting more said. “Now it’s dominated by this competicompetitive — inevitable for a sport that tive rulebook and its grown intensity … it’s we want to be growing.” losing a core aspect of the sport.”

Nowadays, teams like Texas A&M Junior beater Emma Wolfe has seen and University of California, Berkeley — players break legs and collarbones, tear schools with student bodies of over 30,000 ACLs and incur concussions — nothing that can attract ex-Div. I athletes — dom- close to the physicality of Manshel’s inate the US Quidditch Cup. original Quidditch. But for a sport look“When the sport first started, everyone ing to grow, Wolfe thinks this shift is started on the same playing field. It was so inevitable. new for everyone,” Bento said. “As it grew, “We have a new player who joined our bigger schools had bigger student pop- team because he can tackle people. It’s ulations to pull from, so naturally there’s a big draw,” Wolfe said. “We’ll get more more talent on their team.” legitimacy if we have more tough, physical In the spirit of J.K. Rowling’s Quidditch, play and physical people involved in it.” every team must field at least two players But there is another reason for the of each gender at all times, a rule called game’s increasing physicality. In “Harry Title 9 3/4. These days, big men often Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001), dominate matches, physically overpow- George Weasley says: “Rough game, ering opponents. The development does Quidditch.” His twin, Fred, quickly not faze Monteiro, who attributed it to responds: “Brutal, but no one’s died in Quidditch’s quest for recognition. years.” Bento thinks that Quidditch’s new“Unfortunately — and this is just how ly-developed physicality is an effort to stay it is — if you have big, strong guys playing, true to the sport. you have more legitimacy attached to your “In the films, people are just flying sport,” Monteiro said. around punching people in the face,” The development is a direct contradic- Bento said. “They’re trying to keep that tion to the origins of a sport that valued aspect true to form.” continued from page 8

In the midst of Quidditch’s transition from a young, tame sport to an aggressive one, the Tufflepuffs played one of their best seasons ever in 2015, finishing 11th in the country. Captained by Team USA player and 2014 IQA World Cup gold medalist Hannah DeBaets (LA ’16), the performance was Tufts’ best since 2010. “[DeBaets] was very much like, ‘I’m a very good player. I’m going to make my teammates very good players,’ and it worked really well,” Bento, then a member of the team, said. “We had a non-stop ‘We’re gonna win’ mentality. We won the Northeast Regional [Championship]. We made cuts from the team. It actually drove a lot of the kids away because it was too serious for them.”

Perhaps that sort of mentality is what success in Quidditch now requires, especially for a small school like Tufts. But Bento understands that he has competing interests to balance. As captain in 2016, Bento decided to form separate practicing and traveling squads; then, players could grow into the sport and still enjoy a fun atmosphere. It also makes the roster spots more competitive. As coach, his goals remain similar.

“I want to keep the Tufts team a mix of competitive and fun,” Bento said. “That’s the challenge. Most people treat it as a real sport — I like to treat it like a real sport. But

you also have to understand that some people are here for the Harry Potter references.”

In an effort to return Tufts to its once-formidable form, Bento and his friend, Nik Jablonski, started coming out to practices last year, and this year, they took a coaching course to be the Tufflepuffs’ official coaches.

“Not to toot my own horn, but having someone who’s played for five-and-a-half years is major,” Bento said. “You can totally tell when a team has a coach and when it doesn’t.”

This year, the team competes in the new Massachusetts Quidditch Conference (MQC), which includes some of the oldest Quidditch teams in the world such as Middlebury, Emerson and BU, the latter two which were founded in 2008. The Tufflepuffs currently sit at No. 21 in the country, according to USQ, with three wins and two losses. Bento hopes to win the Northeast Regional Championship, and recreate the success of his junior year.

Since Manshel and Benepe raided broom closets in 2005, the Tufflepuffs have witnessed the sport grow from its infancy to a worldwide phenomenon, navigating the rapidly changing sport with guile and hiccups alike. Tufts Quidditch has maneuvered amidst the chaos, staying true to its values while striving to compete in a competitive, if not quirky, sport.

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Monday, October 15, 2018

CLUB SPORTS FEATURE

Tufflepuffs seek to reassert themselves amidst Mental health in changing Quidditch landscape

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the NBA

he past year in the NBA was highlighted by a variety of compelling stories, from Kawhi Leonard’s sudden rift with the Spurs to Bryan Colangelo’s burner Twitter accounts. Yet one story that didn’t gain the most news coverage but may end up leaving the most important legacy for the league is the emergence of a conversation surrounding the mental health of players.

Beginning with Kevin Love and Demar Derozan, a number of players began to come forward last season and speak publicly about their struggles with mental health. Some of these stories were highlighted by Jackie MacMullan’s five-part ESPN series written about mental health, featuring interviews with Shane Larkin, Marcus Morris and Trae Young. The bravery of these players in coming forward to talk about their struggles has been immensely impactful in helping to address this topic. Derozan and Love were not the first to speak openly about their mental health struggles, as players in the past such as Keyon Dooling, Metta World Peace and Royce White have all advanced the topic, but this is the first time that the NBA has taken steps to address these issues.

Since these stories surfaced, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) hired Dr. William Parham to fill a position as the NBPA’s head of mental health and wellness, and they have begun to prioritize the matter with NBA commissioner Adam Silver reportedly prioritizing creating some form of mental health policy for the league. The NBA and NBPA reminded players in September that they have mental wellness help available for every player in every city, and that players are encouraged to make use of whatever they feel they might need.

These are all steps in the right direction as the NBA seems to again be on the forefront of progressive change for American sports leagues; however, if the NBA wishes to maintain the progress that they have begun, there is one lobbying voice that they must reject.

It was reported back in August by MacMullan that some NBA owners have been pushing to get players’ mental health histories included in their medical files. According to MacMullan’s report, the owners argue that they have a right to know these issues before they make commit to multi-million dollar contracts with these players. On the surface this argument may seem valid, but it actually threatens to halt or even reverse all the crucial mental wellness progress that the NBA has made over the last few seasons.

Most of the players who have so far spoken about their own mental health problems, have also mentioned the difficulty they had in deciding to speak due to the stigma associated with mental illness. Especially in a hyper-masculine environment like an American sports league, players will always be reluctant to speak unless there is a massive change of culture and perception around mental health.

This change won’t occur, however, without discussion also occurring around the issue.

NBA owners who force players to choose between their mental well-being and their careers only encourages players to bottle up their struggles and never speak to anyone.

For a successful NBA future, and health of the players who make up the league, it is crucial that the NBA continues to allow confidentiality to be non-negotiable.

Sam Weidner is a junior studying mathematics. He can be reached at samuel. weidner@tufts.edu.

COURTESY ISABELLA GONG

Sophomore chaser/seeker Donovan Brady runs the quaffle up the field during Tufts’ 80–120* loss to Texas Tech on April 14.

by Arlo Moore-Bloom Sports Editor

Disclaimer: Ana Sophia Acosta is an executive video editor at the Daily and a member of the Quidditch team. She was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.

Bored of their dorm’s bocce league, Xander Manshel and Alex Benepe of Middlebury College looked only to indulge their Harry Potter cravings when they took to their quad on a Sunday afternoon in the fall of 2005. Thirteen years, 12 rulebooks, 10 World Cups and over 500 teams around the world later, Quidditch continues to mystify and astonish the Muggle world.

Whether it is practice on Tufts’ residential quad or on Bello Field, the six opposing rings on a basketball court-sized field stick out like a sports team eating at Carmichael Dining Center. As the butt of campus tour guide jokes, Tufts Quidditch is no stranger to ridicule. The Tufflepuffs are well aware of the ubiquitous incredulity they face.

“If we got paid every time a lacrosse or football player asked, ‘Hey, where’s Harry?’ [or] ‘Where’s the Snitch?’ during practice, we’d be rich,” junior co-captain Finn McGarghan said.

The sport spread across small liberal arts schools in the Northeast via word of mouth and email chains, and within a few

years of its inception at Middlebury, Carly Boxer (LA ’13) founded Tufts’ team in 2009.

The Tufflepuffs burst onto the national Quidditch scene, finishing second at the 2010 International Quidditch Association (IQA) World Cup IV, now named the US Quidditch (USQ) Cup. The tournament was played in New York City — the first time it was not held at Middlebury — and included 24 teams that qualified via regional play. Over 10,000 spectators attended the two-day event that was covered by 40 media outlets around the U.S. But the sport that Manshel and Benepe introduced to the world all those years ago is a far cry from what it is today. What was once a hobby for Harry Potter enthusiasts is now a legitimate sport. Its rising popularity validates its participants but shifts the game away from its origins, and as Quidditch becomes more competitive, it is beginning to exclude the very demographic it was designed for.

“We get big Harry Potter fans showing up to tryouts who quickly realize it’s a real sport. They’ll get tackled three times in their first game, and we’ll never see them again,” coach and former captain Greg Bento (E ’16) said.

Tufts has not re-discovered its 2010 form: The team has failed to enter the

nation’s top 30 since the 2014–15 season, when it finished 11th. Last year, the Tufflepuffs finished 47th in the nation, according to USQ. According to McGarghan, the Tufflepuffs barely qualified for the 64-team U.S. Quidditch Cup, finishing 13th out of 14 teams at the Northeastern Regional Championship.

One perpetrator is the rulebook. The inaugural 39-page rulebook written by Benepe in 2005 limited physical contact and encouraged strategic play. It also decreed all players must wear capes and use brooms with bristles.

But as the game evolved to allow full contact, including tackling, schools with access to better athletes quickly overtook smaller, more experienced teams. Middlebury, home to the sport’s inventors in 2005, won the first five national championships through 2011, but did not qualify for the tournament in 2012 and has not won since.

Meanwhile, player collisions led to broken brooms causing gruesome, bloody injuries. Players now wear jerseys and can use PVC pipes between 32 and 42 inches long, according to the 187-page 12th edition of USQ’s official rulebook.

“The rules now make the game more dependent on athleticism,” junior beater see QUIDDITCH, page 7

Football struggles with defense in defeat at Trinity

by Nate Hartnick

Contributing Writer

The Jumbos traveled to Hartford, Conn. on Saturday to take on the Trinity Bantams, the defending NESCAC champions. The Jumbos went into the game undefeated but came out on the losing end of this matchup, dropping their overall record for the season to 4–1. Tufts is now tied with Trinity and Williams for second place in the NESCAC. Senior co-captain and quarterback Ryan McDonald led the team with 293 yards passing and tied with sophomore running back Mike Pedrini for the lead in yards rushing with 27 each. The Jumbos

also had a pair of 100-yard receivers in the game, as senior wide receivers Frank Roche and Jack Dolan finished with 116 and 104 yards, respectively.

Tufts’ defense went through a struggle against the Trinity offense. While the Bantams only managed 220 passing yards compared to the Jumbos’ 307, they outrushed Tufts by an astounding margin of 250 to 68. Trinity’s ability to attack on the ground proved crucial to their resounding victory.

Tufts coach Jay Civetti saw the team’s defensive woes as a failure to satisfactorily execute the “do your job” motto that they have adopted from the Patriots.

“We’ve just got to be better at stopping the run,” he said. “I don’t think it was a

matter of scheme or game plan. We need to be where we’re supposed to be, when we’re supposed to be there, and doing our jobs to the best of our abilities.”

The Jumbos started the game out strong with a 61-yard scoring drive. McDonald completed a 30-yard pass to Dolan on third and 10 in order to keep the drive alive, then rushed in for a touchdown to put the Jumbos on the scoreboard first.

On the hosts’ first drive, the Jumbos’ senior defensive back and co-captain Alex LaPiana intercepted the Bantams’ junior quarterback Jordan Vazzano at the Tufts-22 and returned the ball all the way to see FOOTBALL, page 7