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Paul Simon performs hits in celebration of Granoff Music Center’s establishment

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Musician Paul Simon, of folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, performed to a packed Distler Performance Hall in the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center yesterday afternoon. About 300 people were in attendance. Following the performance, Simon participated in a question-and-answer session with members of the audience.

Simon has won 16 Grammy Awards, received Kennedy Center Honors and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. Simon is also a philanthropist who co-founded the Children’s Health Fund and has raised millions of dollars for organizations such as Autism Speaks, the Nature Conservancy and the Half-Earth Project, according to a program distributed at the event.

Simon recently announced the beginning of his farewell concert tour, “Homeward Bound — The Farewell Tour,” across North America and Europe, his final tour after a career that has spanned 50 years.

Simon was introduced by University President Anthony Monaco and David Locke, professor of music and chair of the music department. Locke praised the Granoff Music Center, saying that it enables all members of the Tufts community to engage with music. Monaco said that the afternoon concert was in celebration of the establishment of the Granoff Music Center in February 2007, and he thanked Perry

and Marty Granoff, Stephen Distler (A ’74), Roxanne Kendall (J ’75), former University President Lawrence Bacow and Adele Fleet Bacow for their donations and fundraising efforts in building the Granoff Music Center and Distler Performance Hall.

When Simon took the stage with an acoustic guitar, he was accompanied by Mark Stewart on acoustic guitar and cello.

Stewart is a multi-instrumentalist and former artist-in-residence at MIT. Simon, who first gained fame as part of Simon & Garfunkel, played classics such as “America” from their album “Bookends” (1968), “Homeward Bound” from their album “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme” (1966), and “The Sound of Silence” from their 1963 album “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.” “I played here with Artie in 1967, so I’m playing songs from 1967,” Simon quipped after performing “America,” referencing a past Simon & Garfunkel performance at Tufts during the 1967 Winter Weekend.

Simon also played songs from his extensive solo career, such as “Mother and Child Reunion” and “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” from his album “Paul Simon” (1972), and “American Tune” from “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon” (1973). Simon also played a cover of The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” from “Abbey Road” (1969). He closed with a performance of his more recent song “Questions for the Angels” from “So Beautiful or So What” (2011). see PAUL SIMON, page 2

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Paul Simon performs at Lincoln Center in Manhattan on April 25.

Latino Center joins community agriculture program, brings local farmers to Bolles House

by Shirley Wang Staff Writer

Starting in mid-June, the Latino Center, located in Bolles House, will become another pickup location for the New Entry Food Hub’s community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. The New Entry Food Hub, part of the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, is the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy’s initiative to work with new, small-scale farmers and help them formulate or refine agricultural production plans. The program brings boxes of freshly harvested crops to various pickup locations each week.

Tufts community members, including students, faculty, staff and Medford/ Somerville residents, will have the opportunity to sign up for shares of locally grown produce that will be delivered weekly

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to Bolles House. Any food not picked up will be donated to the Latino Center, for visitors to take home or cook at the center.

After the Latino Center went through renovations earlier this year, the house added a new fridge, communal table and new cookware to its dining space. Director Julián Cancino said that food was the necessary component to complete the equation.

“A lot of the things that people like to do at the Center is eat together … so this is just an extension of that,” Cancino said. “I’m just interested in how people are going to make New England food into Latino food.”

Most of the farmers are recent immigrants and refugees who harvest less than two acres of land and work with the program to establish self-sufficient businesses.

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into markets across the region, according to Food Hub manager Tony Grasso.

According to the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project website, anyone in the Medford/Somerville area can sign up for a full 20-week share for $575 or a 10-week share for $300.

This year’s summer share includes cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, peaches, cabbage, garlic and basil. For the fall, plums, Anaheim peppers, chives, kale, eggplant and thyme will be available, along with other greens. Starting sometime in mid-June, shares can be picked up on Tuesdays from the Latino Center between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Though students may hesitate to take in a large quantity of perishable produce, Tufts Office of Sustainability Education and Outreach Program Administrator Shoshana Blank recommends that two to three peo-

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ple share a box and suggests that people plan meals ahead of time.

Senior Alberto Rivera worked with Blank and Cancino to put the Latino Center on track to achieve Green Office Certification and says this is the first step to starting a conversation about sustainability within the center and the student organizations that use Bolles House.

“For example, the Latino graduation [ceremony] is coming up,” Rivera said.

“That event can be a zero-waste event. It takes a lot to do that or convince people to do that, but if [they don’t] next year, [then hopefully they will] the year after.”

The Office of Sustainability offers a guide to hosting zero-waste events for occasions too small for Facilities Services to organize, with directions on recy-

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continued from page 1 Simon’s sense of humor was apparent throughout his set. After performing a brief cover of Elvis Presley’s version of “Mystery Train” (1956) that segued into Simon & Garfunkel classic “Mrs. Robinson,” (1968) Simon joked with the crowd, asking for requests.

He then told an anecdote about a “copiously weeping” woman who kept requesting a song at one of his shows. Simon said that he could not understand the woman’s request through her tears and assumed that she may have been requesting a Paul Simon song that held deep personal meaning. He finally realized that the woman was saying “Please, play ‘The Lion King!’”

While performing Simon & Garfunkel hit “The Boxer,” from their 1970 album “Bridge over Troubled Water,” Simon encouraged the audience to sing along to the song’s widely-known chorus, and many did. Simon received multiple standing ovations.

After his set, Simon spoke with Joseph Auner, Austin Fletcher Professor of Music and Dean of Academic Affairs, and answered audience questions.

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eral studio bands that were exceptional and became very well-known,” Simon said, while discussing his creative process.

Simon said his music has been heavily influenced by places and musicians he has visited around the world. He referenced musical groups such as Los Incas — a group from Argentina known for performing Andean music, who accompanied Simon & Garfunkel on their song “El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)” and went on to tour with Simon — as well as Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African male choral group who sang with Simon on his acclaimed 1986 album “Graceland”, which was partially recorded in South Africa.

He told the audience about traveling to Jamaica to try to pinpoint a sound he thought was ska that he wanted to use in a song. However, upon speaking to Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals, he was told that the sound he was looking for was not ska, but reggae.

“So they played it, and I said, okay, yeah, let’s do reggae,” Simon said.

Another moment of humor came later in the question-and-answer session, when an audience member asked Simon what his inspiration for writing his cryptic solo

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continued from page 1 cling catering materials like aluminum trays and hard plastic utensils. However, Blank recognizes that the office has yet to expand its collaboration with cultural centers on campus.

For Cancino, introducing New Entry to the Latino Center is part of a larger goal to create a culture of consumer conscience and prompt larger questions about food systems and agriculture.

“[This is] about nourishing people but also learning where the food comes from,” Cancino said.

Thinking about green practices, he says, helps to address intersections of environmental justice and racial justice.

According to a study conducted by the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut, average CSA weekly prices ranged from $15 to $50 in 2017, with the New Entry CSA landing in the middle of this range. However,

Cancino hopes that having the CSAs at the Center will help broaden the conversation about food and obtaining meals on campus.

“Many low-income [community members], many people of color suffer from food insecurity at Tufts,” Cancino said. “I know that the university has many programs [to attempt to address this], but I see [this collaboration] as an entry point.

There’s something different about having fresh food and a kitchen. I want to be able to use this space in its full capacity.”

ing to the Environmental Protection Agency — and then asked passers-by to attach an item of garbage to the numbers. The class also passed out flyers with information about environmental justice.

The project began as a class assignment to organize, plan and execute an entirely student-run social action, Roy said.

Ruiz said that the 25 students in the class designed the project and put it in motion collectively.

“This was completely up to our interpretation and after much discussion we decided on putting together a public art performance piece using the waste Tufts students produce,” Ruiz told the Daily in an email.

First-year Rachel Marston, a student in the class, commented on the impact that the class hopes to generate on campus with the installation.

“The sculpture represents the amount we throw away and implicates us in the process of waste. I hope people just begin to understand the sheer amount of garbage we generate,” Marston told the Daily in an email.

Ruiz also voiced the class’s desire to increase awareness of our generation’s wastefulness.

“That’s what the public sculpture was about, interacting with people around the [campus center], engaging them in thinking about their waste production, and hoping to make waste at Tufts a little more public,” Ruiz said.

Roy spoke about the origin and evolution of the course, which is offered each spring and taught alternatively by herself and English Professor Elizabeth Ammons.

“The class, ‘Environmental Justice and World Literature,’ was originally designed by [Ammons] … She had designed it as an American Literature course. Together, we revised its focus to world literature,” Roy told the Daily in an email.

Although the primary text of the course is “Sharing the Earth: An International Environmental Justice Reader,” Roy expressed that the class explores global and local topics.

“Our focus remains global but we also learn about local issues and we invite and encourage students to think of becoming part of making change,” Roy said.

Environmental Justice and World Literature class installs sculpture of paper, plastic waste

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For an hour last Thursday, the Environmental Justice and World Literature course taught by Associate Professor of English Modhumita Roy displayed a public art installation on the lower patio of Mayer Campus Center. The sculpture was made up of cardboard from Mail Services and used utensils collected from the campus center.

According to senior Ania Ruiz, the students constructed cardboard numbers spelling out “254,000,000” — the number of tons of garbage that Americans generated in 2013, accord-

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hit, “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,” (1972) was.

“I am very often asked that question, and I never answer it,” Simon responded, to audience laughter.

An audience member asked Simon about leveraging his platform as a musician in order to pursue projects that progress society. Simon responded by talking about his failed 1998 musical “The Capeman” written about the life of convicted murderer Salvador Agrón, which suffered from poor reviews and, in his words, “wasn’t well-written.”

However, Simon said that negative responses to his music do not bother him.

Simon continued by talking about being able to use music to make a statement.

“If you’re going to do music, you don’t have to do anything other than play music.

That is enough to bring people together in a way that’s nonverbal,” Simon said. “But if you want to add a political aspect to what you’re doing, you can. The downside is that you alienate the group of people who aren’t on your side, you know? But again, I say, ‘So what?’”

“Do what you want, but make the music good,” he added, in closing.

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Students from the Environmental Justice and World Literature class pose outside the Campus Center with their installation on April 26.

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Engineering, SMFA faculty craft new curriculum with maker mindset

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Students, graduate and undergraduate, pack a room at the 574 Boston Ave. Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC) on April 24 for their final presentations on their semester-long group projects: to design and prototype a solution that achieves one of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It may be surprising that this class, Emotional Design (ENP 149), is taught in the Human Factors Engineering program by Jennaca Davies, lecturer in metals at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts.

Davies’ class is one of a growing number of interdisciplinary initiatives by the School of Engineering and SMFA faculty in the field of design and making. Not only is Davies interested in cross-school collaboration, but she also brings to the table experience from both the engineering and fine art worlds in architecture, jewelry and metals.

“I’m halfway between design and fine art, and have always gravitated toward more technical [areas],” Davies said. “I like a lot of digital fabrication techniques, 3D printing, laser cutting — all of those type of things.”

Last fall, Davies co-taught a level-one engineering class, Foundations of Design: Methods of Making, with Darryl Williams, former Dean of Undergraduate Education in the School of Engineering.

“We did a lot of exploratory assignments initially. Very basic, three-dimensional, foundational design,” Davies said.

“Kind of getting [the students] out of the world of engineering entirely and getting them to think about the terminology of three-dimensional design.”

Davies was first introduced to Williams

by SMFA Dean Nancy Bauer, before she worked with Williams to apply for a Tufts Innovates seed grant titled “Innovation Through Design in Engineering, Art, and Science.” In an email to the Daily, Bauer noted her commitment to facilitating cross-school collaboration but emphasized the role of individual faculty members in creating such collaborations in the first place.

“Occasionally, when an SMFA faculty member is musing about something they’d like to do, a lightbulb will go off in my head, and I’ll put them in touch with faculty members in engineering,” Bauer said. “Far more often, however, the artists and the engineers just find each other … The deans’ job is to carve out spaces for makers to create, embrace the good ideas that come our way and support the faculty as best we can.”

Bauer also noted another recent instance of cross-school collaboration: On April 25, students in a class taught by Ethan Murrow, professor of the practice in painting at the SMFA, finished painting a wall mural in Robinson Hall, after observing a robotics class taught by Chris Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

In fact, Davies explained that after working with Williams as co-instructors last fall, she was approached by James Intriligator, professor of the practice in mechanical engineering and faculty coor-

dinator of human factors engineering, to teach Emotional Design, a new course taught this spring. “[Emotional design] is really stepping into the shoes of the person that you’re designing for, and saying, ‘How do I empathize with them, how do I have an emotional response to what it is that they need, and how do I solve the problems that they are running into in their lives?’ It’s very human-centered design,” she said.

Sophomore Winston Tan, who is double majoring in engineering psychology and computer science, is enrolled in the Emotional Design course. He shared more about the process of working on his group project this semester.

“We would be fabricating things, we would be sourcing for materials, going for interviews, surveys — the usual usability testing, in order to come up with a product that we would think would solve our users’ needs,” he said.

Davies noted that there are students of different backgrounds and ages in her course this semester, which mirrors the current trend of multidisciplinary teams in the design and innovation industries. “[Companies] don’t want just an engineer anymore. They don’t want just a designer. They want people that are connected, cross-disciplinary, able to work and understand a little bit of what’s going in all these different fields, so that they can bring a comprehensive conversation to the table,” she said.

Despite Davies’ best efforts, no SMFA students enrolled in her Emotional Design course, which is taught on the Medford/ Somerville campus.

“I was desperate to get a few [SMFA students] in that class. I think that they would bring a really different conversation, and they are also really comfortable with their hands. They are immediately like, ‘Oh, let’s just jump into material,’ whereas for my engineering students, that’s not what they inherently do. [Engineering students] are very good at systems … but the actual physical making is not something that they have a lot of training in,” she said.

Davies faced a similar pattern with the engineering students in her course last fall, Foundations of Design: Methods of Making, many of whom were less familiar with more ambiguous course material.

“There were moments of confusion.

They were unsure of how to answer a prompt that didn’t have an answer. There was no concrete way of saying, ‘This is exactly what [the instructors] want.’ That threw them all a bit. They questioned that, and they also questioned the fact that the answer was subjective,” she said.

After the course ended last fall, Davies was heartened to see her students engage in iterative prototyping and become more handy with the fabrication tools that are available for engineers through Bray Lab — a design, build and testing space run by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

“I’m not sure everybody loved it. Some people are going to gravitate to that type of work and other people are not. But in general, they began to understand what it was we were trying to show them,” Davies said. “They are really comfortable working see SMFA AND ENGINEERING, page 4

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Ross Sonnenblick The Tuftonian Dream

Know your audience

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hen you were young, you maybe had a dream. You were going to fly to the moon, pass EC 5, cure cancer. Then, you grew up. You cut your hair, chose your major, changed your outlook. You changed a lot, but did you change your dream?

Senior Suvi Rajadurai knows that he will never upstage Roger Federer, his tennis idol, under the bright lights of a famous tennis court, but not everyone knows that Suvi once envisioned finding fame on an entirely different stage. “I really wanted to be[come] a comedian when I was in middle school … I really liked the sensation of being able to make people laugh,” he said. Suvi modeled his forehand after that of his favorite player, and he practiced the jokes that he heard in YouTube clips on his middle school classmates. Soon, though, Suvi realized that he didn’t take to stand-up comedy like Roger Federer takes to the grass courts of Wimbledon.

In high school, a fortuitous turn of events led Suvi to pursue musical theater. Eventually, he served as the vice president of the drama club. Acting afforded him another avenue to inspire laughter, and he loved “being able to communicate and tell a story.” As a firstyear at Tufts, Suvi participated in three shows on campus. “I’m one of those people who hates being in a crowded room where no one’s talking,” he remarked.

By his sophomore year, though, he had squarely settled on the pre-medical path, which meant that inevitably, he would have to take the MCAT in a crowded room where no one’s talking. Once he established medicine as his particular passion, he feared that he wouldn’t have time to continue acting. He thought, “Okay, I’m gonna have to make sacrifices,” and he scaled back his involvement in shows at Tufts.

Then, Suvi went to work at Mass General Hospital, where he made no further sacrifices. After all, medical practitioners swear to do no harm. At the beginning, Suvi’s volunteer work consisted chiefly of pushing around a snack cart, but Suvi credits that experience with steering him to a pivotal point of understanding. He expresses, “I got to really interact with people, make sure that [they] were comfortable, listen to their stories.” Ultimately, he asserts, “I realized I could feel the same way in theater and medicine.”

By Suvi’s assessment, those two apparently separate careers boil down to “making people feel better and working with a team,” and Suvi believes that tennis and treatment share certain similarities as well. Both pursuits, one leisurely and one life-saving, require that one make flexible adjustments to challenging situations, and in both instances, as with the comedy that initially attracted Suvi, “You have to know your audience and craft a response that’s applicable.”

At the end of the day, how will Suvi know if he has done his job? His patients will improve under his diligent care, but moreover, he emphasized, “I don’t want to be known as purely a physician. If you have me as a physician, you know me as a friend.”

Ross Sonnenblick is a sophomore majoring in psychology and international literary and visual studies. Ross can be reached at ross.sonnenblick@tufts.edu.

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with paper, and they can model-make very quickly. They can do a quick little design study that maybe they wouldn’t have been able to do without having taken that class, or at least they wouldn’t have been as comfortable doing. They learn quickly — these are very intelligent students. You can tell them once and they understand the concept, and then they know how to do it from there on.”

In teaching these courses, Davies has come up against limitations in the existing studio and storage spaces available on the Medford/Somerville campus.

“There are very few rooms where you can go in, move the tables around, push them all together, get everybody working in a group, and know that you can make a mess and it isn’t going to be a problem.

There is no messy sink, or paint or any available tools, other than a little bit in Bray,” Davies said. “The other thing that we have run into is that there is not a lot of room for storage of projects. If you’re making an object that is this big, do you carry it back and forth to your dorm? Do you

consider that maybe you make your project a little smaller, just so it is portable?”

In an email to the Daily, Dean of the School of Engineering Jianmin Qu noted that the 5,000 square feet Nolop Fabrication, Analysis, Simulation and Testing (FAST) Lab — slated to open in June — will offer a brand-new space for Tufts makers and designers.

“There are many opportunities that SMFA and [Engineering] faculty can collaborate on. One such example is the soon to be completed Nolop FAST Facility, a.k.a. the makerspace,” he said.

A March 31, 2016 article in the Daily also noted an expansion of maker-spaces available to students around campus, including the Crafts Center, Bray Lab and Jumbo’s Maker Studio, located at CLIC. Another difficulty that Davies has faced in building such collaborations is the block schedule of undergraduate students on the Medford/Somerville campus, which she said discourages students from taking studio classes in SMFA at Tufts.

“The reality is that you guys have very packed schedules, and then you’re dealing with a commute — trying to get across town, it’s not easy. You’re in classes all day,

almost every day,” Davies said. “We are very aware of it, but we can only shift so much at the [SMFA] and still run the type of curriculum we need to run. We can’t run a studio class in an hour and a half.

You basically would set up, and it would be time to go.”

Regardless, Davies hopes to continue offering new design courses, foster crossschool collaboration and work with scheduling conflicts, even as Williams — whom Davies described as a great working partner — has since left Tufts to join the Franklin Institute, a center for science education and research in Philadelphia, Pa. Tan is pleased with the expertise that Davies has brought and hopes that the design curriculum at Tufts will continue to expand in the future.

“It’s a different perspective. For example, [Davies] has experience with fabrication and more of the visual and emotional design field, compared to [others in the] School of Engineering,” Tan said. “I think our human factors program needs more perspectives, or has to go more in-depth and not just scrape the surface. For me, I want there to be more depth in it, more focus, maybe even more specific expertise.”

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‘Riverdale’ Chapter 32: Finally unmasking the real Black Hood?

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Okay, things have taken a turn. This episode of “Riverdale” (2017–) was all kind of screwed up, but also kind of great! At least “Chapter 32: Prisoners” brought the drama, and at least we have pretty definitive proof that the mid-season Black Hood reveal was just a red herring. What more could we ask for?

Maybe we should be asking for a new sheriff, as Cheryl points out to Sheriff Keller himself after Midge’s funeral.

Clearly Keller has failed at completely closing the Black Hood case (case in point: dead Midge), and Cheryl is not too keen on whipping out those River Vixens outfits again any time soon (as funeral-chic as they are).

This whole ordeal naturally puts Archie back on the “I saw the Black Hood’s eyes” train, and, to make things worse, it appears he is being stalked by the Black Hood. Except it turns out not to be the Black Hood at all, but Nick St. Clair, back on his feet and here to hold Archie for ransom. But, problem: Hiram doesn’t care enough about Archie to pay $1 million for his safe return. Sorry Arch, looks like that blood oath you took with Hiram didn’t mean too much after all. Such a bummer when blood oaths don’t even save you from getting kidnapped.

Veronica winds up taking things into her own hands, but she doesn’t have $1 million. So, she ends up striking a deal with Nick: She’ll have sex with him in exchange for freeing Archie. And, better yet, Nick is going to make Archie watch via live feed. This episode really is not messing around.

Unfortunately for Nick, all that private school education did not teach him or his friends how to properly bind someone to a chair, and Archie breaks free with next to no effort. By the time he gets to the hotel, however, Nick is passed out on the floor, having been “given a taste of his own medicine” and roofied by Veronica. She then calls Nick’s parents and secures $1 million from them in exchange for Nick. Why is Hiram busy grooming Archie to be his predecessor when Veronica is clearly more than capable of taking over the ‘family business’?

If you think what happened with Veronica and Archie was messed up, then just wait until you hear what went down in the Cooper household this week. The first big reveal: Chic isn’t really Alice’s son! Upon confronting Chic with this information, Chic grabs a knife and stabs his fake mom in the arm. Fortunately, the Cooper family has developed better binding skills than the St. Clair gang, and they tie him up to a chair in their basement

for questioning. Finally, this is Betty’s moment – all her fake teen detective work has been in preparation for this moment.

Chic admits that he and Charles were friends, and that upon having a door slammed in his face by Alice, he overdosed on jingle jangle. This naturally sends Alice into a spiral and right into FP’s arms, where we get a reveal that really isn’t a reveal if you’ve been paying any attention at all (or reading these recaps): FP is in fact Charles Smith’s real father. FP and Alice forever.

Since Chic is basically a pathological liar, Betty and Jug do a little digging to figure out that while Charles did show up at the Cooper house and was turned away by Alice, he didn’t die via drugged-up Pixy Stix. Turns out, Chic murdered him, because duh, Chic is a murderer.

Handily enough, right when Betty finds herself in the company of another “sinner,” we hear an extraordinarily familiar, extraordinarily irritating ringtone coming from Betty’s phone. That “Lollipop” song can only mean one thing: The Black Hood is alive and well and back for more blood. He admits to killing Midge and says Chic is next.

While Alice tells Hal the truth about everything involving Chic (important), Betty ditches her moral compass and takes Chic out to the cemetery, where

the Black Hood is waiting in the distance. Betty gives Chic a running start, and we don’t see the results of this attack, but we can assume that things are not looking great for Chic.

The second major reveal of the night: Hal is a very, very probable candidate for Black Hood. When Betty gets home from orchestrating Chic’s murder, Alice informs her that Hal isn’t home because he went out looking for her. We also know he had all the information about Chic’s wrongdoings from Alice. Quite suspicious, to say the least.

Listen, Hal has been a prime suspect for Black Hood since the beginning of the season (it is definitely plausible that this man is very unhinged), and the evidence we have for the Black Hood’s identity is a lot more consistent with Hal than it was with the janitor. Why would the janitor know Betty’s favorite childhood book?

Assuming Hal is the real Black Hood, and not another red herring, Riverdale really has got to look into its murderous father problem. First Clifford Blossom, then Hiram, now Hal. Talk about toxic masculinity.

We’re clearly gearing up for the season finale at this point, and if things continue in this direction, the finale could end up being insane. No complaints here. “Riverdale” being unabashedly insane is peak “Riverdale.”

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The first season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” (2017–) ends on a note of foreboding uncertainty. Thrown into the back of a van that will either spirit her to salvation or cart her off to unimaginable punishment, June (Elisabeth Moss) can do nothing but wait and contemplate her unknown fate.

Readers of the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood were left in an identical position, since the original story concludes with this agonizing cliffhanger. Fortunately, creator Bruce Miller has returned to end our suffering, promising a second season — 13 episodes — of Gilead, a dystopian United States where women are treated as vessels for reproduction.

An extremely religious and hierarchical society, Gilead maintains order through hatred and fear, and offers little hope of rebellion.

June, however, refuses to submit.

Even under threat of death by hanging, she continues to fight, holding onto the belief that one day she will be reunited with her husband and daughter. Moss’ performance is simultaneously beautiful and heartbreaking. The frequent close-ups of June’s face reveal a woman who has lost everything yet would rather cut off her tracker (and thus part of her ear) than become a mindless servant to the lust of her Commander (played by Joseph Fiennes). Dressed in the man-

datory Handmaid uniform, a conservative red dress and a stark white bonnet, June exudes obedience and purity but hides a barely contained storm of twisted emotions brews within.

For those of us who are students, “The Handmaid’s Tale” occasionally strikes too close to home, in a very literal sense. The Boston setting makes the horror of the show feel even more real.

For example, when June attempts to escape, she temporarily takes refuge in the basement of the abandoned Boston Globe office, only to discover that it had once been used as a human slaughterhouse. Fenway Park has become a mass gallows. After watching this show, your favorite landmarks will be forever tainted by the ominous and bloody possibility of what could be.

Perhaps even more unsettling than the gore is the onset of ubiquitous and absolute intolerance. Prior to the creation of Gilead, Emily (Alexis Bledel) was a professor at a local university. Because she is a woman, however, she was deemed unfit to teach and subsequently lost her job. Although she and her wife and son buy plane tickets to Montréal, the latter two are forced to leave without her, since same-sex marriage is no longer recognized under “The Law.” Despite sharing the same unwaveringly rebellious spirit, Emily is stripped of her identity in a way that June can never fully understand. For Emily, Gilead is not just a cruel master. It is the physical

embodiment of the all-consuming fear of discovery and subjugation that disproportionately affects minority groups.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” not only portrays current-day Gilead but also shows what happens in the months leading up to, and during, the collapse and takeover of the U.S. government. To a certain extent, the flashbacks are more troubling than the real-time events, despite the unending ghastliness that Gilead presents to us. Due to a series of terrorist attacks, including one on the White House, the entire nation is in chaos and disarray. On a personal level, June requires her husband’s signature to purchase birth control pills and must leave work early when her daughter is sent home from school with a fever.

These scenes may seem benign, but the prejudiced thinking and false beliefs behind them are responsible for the establishment of Gilead. Ignoring societal issues will not make them go away: It can only lead to graver problems in the future — ones that will be much more difficult to solve.

The road to tyranny in “The Handmaid’s Tale” serves as a warning of the slippery slope many envision today. And then where will we be? Gilead is waiting for us right around the corner, and the next few years could herald a new age. However, if we look to June as our guide and realize that now is the only time to speak out, hope may yet remain.

od of War” (2018) is among this generation’s best games. The combat is enjoyable, the world is beautiful and detailed and the characters are among the best in any game I have played.

As the name “God of War” may suggest, the main character Kratos spends most of the game fighting. Thankfully, the game is up to task with a fun and complex combat system. Battle starts simply, with Kratos only having a strong attack, light attack and the ability to throw his axe. However, even in the beginning, “God of War” makes the player feel powerful. Kratos is massively muscled, and each attack feels as though there is significant power behind it.

As the game goes on, you level up and slowly gain more abilities, many of which change the way you play the game. The game’s combat is not without flaws, however. Some of the enemies can be a pain to fight, with the flying enemies being particularly frustrating.

Additionally, the game almost always pits you against multiple enemies at a time, which sometimes feels unfair. In spite of occasional frustrations, “God of War” is incredibly fun to play and does a remarkable job of making the player feel like a god.

The world of “God of War” also stands out as one of its strong suits. Set in a beautiful rendition of Norse mythology, “God of War” presents a world filled with horrific monsters and stunning vistas.

The game is among the best-looking games I have ever played, with intricate details everywhere you look. The areas you journey through are varied, including mines, mountains, caves, snowy expanses and several surprising areas that I won’t spoil here. Every location feels handcrafted and interesting, with secrets and worthwhile collectibles liberally scattered throughout. The Norse setting also allows for an arresting backstory to each enemy and area. The game does a fantastic job of explaining this lore to the player. Exposition never feels forced, as Kratos is as unfamiliar with this world as you are.

The amazing cast of characters in “God of War” is what truly makes this game a masterpiece. While the cast is relatively small, all the characters are likable in their own right. Kratos is laconic (fitting as he is from Laconia) but manages to impart more meaning than you would expect from his few words. His young son Atreus is rarely grating and frequently helpful. It is the side characters, however, who steal the show. Two dwarven blacksmith brothers provide comic relief without being annoying, and the Norse gods are always a joy to have on screen, even if some of them are truly vile. With these characters in tow, the story of “God of War” is epic and full of surprises. I won’t spoil anything, but it ranges from epic landscape-changing fights to small moments that rank among gaming’s most touching. Altogether, “God of War” is an absolute masterpiece. Anyone with a PlayStation 4 should not pass it by.

Alec Provost is a junior majoring in history. Alec can be reached at alec.provost@ tufts.edu.

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: On the one hand, internet people are creepy — it could seem skeevy to be back on the Tinder grind, and like everyone is shallow, heartless, seeking nude pics — or a combo of all of these. And yes, that may be true to some extent, but also you are still YOU when you are on an app. Use your winning smile, a well-composed bio and your normal ability to judge the content of someone’s character to see through the awkward selfies and shirtless pics to pick out some suitable matches. If their bio says “I love Nickelback, drowning puppies and want to collect snippets of hair from strangers,” you can give them a pretty decisive left swipe!

But the remarkable thing about Tinder it can be used as a tool to connect us to more people than you’d ever meet at a bar or party, and removes some of the guesswork involved — those nagging questions that haunt you with every nascent flirtationship — “are they single? Do they think I’m cute?” are quickly assuaged… because they swiped right, and they are on this sight, and something in the bio caught your eye!

So we say don’t knock it till you try it, but be smart about it. A little casual conversation never hurt anybody, but don’t sacrifice your standards. And have fun, and don’t be embarrassed! They are on this app too, and even if you don’t find the love of your life, you’ll probably get a really good party story out of it!

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ne year when I was in high school, my school ran out of paper. Our principal appeared on the morning announcements and urged us all to refrain from printing assignments in the school library and encouraged teachers to send homework electronically. This absurd scenario lasted for weeks, but to my peers and me at the time, it didn’t seem too far out of the ordinary. After all, our AP Literature class had 40 students packed into one classroom and not enough seats, so we’d sit on camping chairs our teacher brought to class, some of us left to sit with our legs crossed on the floor. I went to public school in Arizona where, like in many other states, kids are forced to find their way in an education system that cannot even afford them the basic materials they need to learn.

Only 56 percent of the Tufts Class of 2021 attended public high schools. Of that 56 percent, I would venture to guess that many were located in places such as New York, Massachusetts or Connecticut — states that have some of the highest levels of per-pupil funding in the nation. Arizona is in the bottom three by that metric. The extent of inequality between public schools can insulate more privileged students or make us believe that the problem is not actually so bad. But the fact remains that in 2017, over half of Americans were dissatisfied with the quality of K-12 education in the U.S. Clearly, there is something wrong with the status quo. But how do we fix it? One can take two approaches. The first is completely giving up on the public education system, labeling it “broken” and “unfixable” and funneling money to charter schools and voucher programs that allow (privileged) parents to let their kids opt out.

The problem with this approach is that charter schools lack oversight and accountability, and while they can be beneficial in some circumstances, their net benefit to the system is dubious due to inconsistent quality. Not all students have the opportunity to attend the top charters. Education funding is a zero-sum game, and the more dollars that flow to charter schools, the less will flow to public schools.

The second option is reform. A landmark study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in July 2016 examined student test scores and found that in the long run, states that send additional money to their lowest-income school districts see more academic improvement in those districts than states that don’t. This finding is significant because it clears up the prevailing doubts that public schools are too inefficient to allocate funds properly. In short, more funding is likely to improve the quality of education.

The public school system is undoubtedly flawed, but abandoning it is a privilege. The students who will be left behind are those who have no other choice. The most pervasive problems with our public schools can be combated with a greater understanding of demographic issues, comprehensive budget reform and most importantly the belief itself that these issues can be combated. Giving up now would shortchange a generation of students in underfunded states who just want to be able to put pen to paper and pursue their dreams.

Anita Ramaswamy is a junior majoring in political science. Anita can be reached at anita.ramaswamy@tufts.edu.

Opinion

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A critique of the Tufts Daily from within “Cold objectivity in the face of injustice is a form of complicity,” renowned Mexican author Octavio Paz writes about Elena Poniatowska’s journalistic testimony “Massacre in Mexico” in his introduction to her book.

Last year, the Intentionality and Inclusivity (I&I) Committee wrote a statement with the spring 2017 Managing Board for the Daily that dissuaded journalists from seeking “objectivity” above all else, and instead affirmed an important goal of our paper to “speak truth to power.” The Tufts Daily is not an apolitical space — decisions on what to publish and not publish reflect choices made by leading editors, and these choices are informed by bias, context and other beliefs.

The I&I Committee has lacked transparency about our relationship with The Tufts Daily, one of the most powerful institutions on campus. As the current members of the I&I Committee, we want to use this op-ed space to be explicit about what we have been doing within the Daily.

I&I has been holding weekly meetings in the Daily office since 2013 to discuss journalistic ethics as well as to work on projects to educate our staff of 200+ writers and editors, with some of our initiatives on our website.

The Daily’s current managing board includes an editor-in-chief, two managing editors, one associate editor and a production director.

Throughout the year, two to three of these members typically come to our meetings.

Engagement between I&I and the Daily’s staff changes from year to year. In the past, many of our own members have been executive editors and writers of various sections or former managing board members. Others join I&I without having been part of the Daily before. It has been difficult to solicit any feedback from staff about I&I’s work, and though we offer writer resources, such as a style guide created this past semester with terminology and story frames to address frequently discriminated-against social groups, very few writers have brought specific concerns to us.

Efforts to hold staff-wide trainings and discussions have often felt forced and unnatural, giving us the sense our efforts were burdensome to those who were not already focusing on social justice self-education in their own time. So, when staff told us that we had been referred to by leaders of the paper as the “PC Police” and that we would ‘come after’ writers no matter what they do, we came to truly understand how certain members saw us.

This year, our internal dialogue about the arts column “Is This Thing On? Surveying the

rap scene” became one of the most revealing moments of the relationship between I&I and managing board, as well as the Daily’s position on campus.

As brought to our attention by black students on this campus, the writer’s column carried many harmful and uninformed iterations of stereotypes about black people and rappers. As Issay Matsumoto writes in his account published on the Tufts Observer website, the writer’s column passed before multiple eyes before it was published. What followed was more than one, but not enough, conversations with members of the managing board about why this column ‘slipped through,’ and how this could be prevented in the future.

Despite the 1 a.m. deadline each morning, executives often uphold that deadlines can be delayed and articles can be removed under case-by-case circumstances. Yet when moments of conflict with the Tufts community occur, they are often chalked up as ‘mistakes’ that would not have happened had there been more time to give full attention to the article. We believe that time is not the Daily’s largest issue — it is a culture of insensitivity and the prioritization of professionalism over social-awareness that makes our coverage hurtful and untrustworthy.

Instead of re-evaluating what biases the managing board and the Arts Section within the Daily might have, the quick apology and removal of the column reflected their desire to sweep the issue under the rug and forget about holding actors accountable. After Issay’s piece was submitted to the editors Monday evening for Wednesday’s issue, two members of the managing board met with Issay in an attempt to understand his concerns. However, he felt that his efforts to offer helpful criticism were not trusted and treated with respect, and that the two high-level members did not acknowledge the power imbalance when talking to the first-year writer.

One of I&I’s key roles should be to encourage writers to voice their discomfort and marginalization within the Daily, and we strongly supported the publication of Issay’s piece. For us, how Issay’s concerns were ignored spoke directly to the way that Daily culture did not welcome writers who wish to speak against harmful biases and management in the paper.

Though Issay was a member of I&I and had referred to our committee in his piece, and we had indicated to members of managing board that Issay had allowed I&I to see it before he filed the article, I&I had almost no

say in whether or not it would be published.

This indicated to us that the board was not willing to change or truly recognize its power on campus. As the managing board changes every semester, it’s the responsibility of each new board to uphold high standards of journalistic integrity in a consistent manner. It was not fair that this semester’s board could make a decision that could determine the ethical stances of the Daily.

We want to make clear the ways that efforts of inclusivity do not always translate into structural change and better staffroom culture, and that having a group committed to these types of efforts is not enough, especially when the relationship between the two parties has not always been clearly defined.

However, we recognize that we opened up a much needed space for considering the ethics of student journalism on campus that responds to specific practices in ways that journalism classes, for example, cannot. We joined an institution, The Tufts Daily, because we believe in the civic responsibilities of journalism and have high hopes and expectations for a publication that holds the power to inform an entire campus and hold those in power accountable. Throughout our time at the Daily, we have met individuals and allies who are sensitive, hard-working, open-minded and thoughtful. I&I exists because we have been trying to hold accountable an institution that has mistreated so many people we love and care about on this campus.

In light of this, we are in conversation with administration in hopes that next year we can put in place a Media Advocacy Board (MAB) consisting of leaders from different publications that can operate as a third-party commentary on publications that represent people on campus. In the past, the MAB has honored an ombudsman position or “public editor” who has served as “impartial officials who generally investigate and address complaints made against a publication, government agency, corporation or other entity.”

We implore students who find this issue of power and representation important to join this effort and invite them to email us at iandituftsdaily@gmail.com.

Signed, Former and current chairs of the 2018 Intentionality and Inclusivity Committee Sofie Hecht Nina Joung Shirley Wang

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teammates, not for yourself,” Etkind told the Daily in an email.

Along with Etkind and Duvivier, junior Henry Hintermeister was part of the trio of Jumbos who notched NESCAC titles at the event.

Duvivier’s first-place finish at NESCACs was the third of his career in the high jump. He leaped 2.03 meters to win the event as his main opponent, Bates’ sophomore Beaufils Kimpolo-Pene, was only able to clear the 1.98-meter mark.

Also successfully defending his title was Etkind, who finished the 110-meter hurdles in 14.52 seconds, merely a tenth of a second ahead of the next-closest competitor, Middlebury senior Mike Pallozzi.

Etkind’s time set a NESCAC meet record, shattering his own mark of 14.53 seconds

from last year. His time still leaves him just outside the top 10 nationally, a mark on which he will no doubt look to improve ahead of the national championship meet on the weekend of May 25.

Hintermeister was the last champion of the day, posting 60.45 meters in the javelin throw. With more than eight meters between him and the next closest competitor, Hintermeister won by a considerable margin. Shattering a 22-year-old Tufts record, his mark is good for 16th overall nationally.

Five other Jumbos put up second-place performances in the meet in what proved to be a relatively strong performance for the team. Junior Colin Raposo finished second in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:52.98. First-year Matthew Manteiga was the runner-up in the long jump, posting a mark of 6.86 meters. Other runners-up were

senior co-captain Drew DiMaiti in the 400 hurdles (54.24 seconds), sophomore Kevin Quisumbing in the shot put (15.27 meters) and the 4×100-meter relay of juniors Brandon Levenstein, Anthony Kardonsky and Tommy Miller and sophomore Robert Jones (42.34 seconds).

Duvivier explained that his advice to younger team members isn’t complex. “[I tell them] to keep trusting the process. Our training throughout the year has taken us this far (setting new personal bests, improving every week) so there’s no need to change anything,” Duvivier said. “I encourage them to stick to their same routine and with the added rest towards the end of the season their hard work will show for itself.”

While the Jumbos put up a number of strong showings on Saturday, they’ll need to improve on a number of national rankings to qualify for Nationals. As the season draws to a close, look for all com-

petitors to give their all to qualify for the NCAA Championships in La Crosse, Wis. next month.

Etkind explained that his personal goal was to make it to Nationals and improve on his finish last season.

“I’m hoping to make it to the NCAA national meet and improve upon my place there,” he said. “Last year I got 8th, so I’d love to do better than that.”

Coming up for Tufts is the New England Div. III meet at MIT on May 4 and 5. Duvivier explained that he has his goals set high for the team at the event.

“In terms of team goals, I want Tufts to bounce back from the third place finish at NESCACs to win a DIII New England Title next weekend. Keeping the amount of talent we have on our roster in mind, and the ability of many of our guys to have break out performances, this goal is very attainable,” he said.

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Tufts takes second at NESCAC Championships

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Senior Eliza Lawless competes in the 1,500 meters at the Sunshine Classic hosted by Tufts on April 21.

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The NESCAC Championships took place at Trinity on Saturday, where the Tufts women’s track and field team put on a strong performance, finishing second overall. This is an improvement from last year’s NESCAC tournament at Bowdoin, where the team finished in sixth place.

The Jumbos earned a total of 115.5 points, trailing only an outstanding 200point performance by the Williams Ephs.

In particular, senior co-captains Annalisa DeBari and Brittany Bowman, as well as junior Evelyn Drake, picked up individual victories to lead the Jumbos to a convincing showing.

DeBari set a NESCAC meet record in the preliminaries of the 100-meter hurdles, dashing to the finish line with a

time of 14.32 seconds. Interestingly, the record used to be held by former Jumbo Heather Sibbison (LA ’83). DeBari’s time currently ranks third in the nation, which should secure her entrance to the NCAA Div. III Championship. She went on to win the final race, crossing the finish line only 0.01 seconds slower than in her preliminary run.

“I’m so happy about the time I posted Saturday,” DeBari said. “Breaking the NESCAC record was a pleasant surprise. I felt really good and I’ve been practicing hard, so it was nice to see it all come together.”

DeBari was pleased with how the team performed overall.

“We all did what our seed time predicted, or better,” DeBari said. “I think we went into it with a very focused, positive and excited mindset. All week, the captains were saying little things to motivate

and excite the team for the meet. We did a lot of strategizing and goal setting. I think the high energy and supporting each other in every event started at the beginning of the day in the first event, which really helped our momentum to keep going the whole day.”

In the distance events, Bowman continued her outstanding Tufts track career. Last year, Bowman won the conference title in the 10,000 meters — an event in which she did not compete this year. Instead, she competed and came out victorious in the 5,000-meter event with a record of 17:13.59. Bowman also earned second place in the 1,500-meter event, four seconds behind Bowdoin senior Sarah Kelley. Her 4:32.07 mark just makes the cut for the top 10 times in the country this year.

The Jumbos kept pace in other events throughout the day, as DeBari ran fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.15 seconds. Junior Sarah Perkins added a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, while sophomore Nehalem Kunkle-Read notched a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.09.

Tufts also performed well in the relay events. In the 4×400 meters, the Tufts squad of DeBari, Kunkle-Read and sophomores Julia Gake and Raquel Whiting placed second with a time of 3:54.71, less than three-tenths of a second behind Middlebury. In the 4×100meter relay, first-year Olivia Schwern and junior co-captain Brita Dawson substituted Gake and Kunkle-Read, and the quartet finished in sixth place.

In the field events, junior Evelyn Drake was victorious in the hammer throw — her first win in any event in her collegiate career. Drake’s throw of 43.83

meters was nearly two meters farther than any other in the field. Behind Drake’s breakout performance, Tufts posted many points in the field events.

Senior co-captain Jennifer Sherwill helped the Jumbos score in three events: fifth in the shot put (11.67 meters), third in the discus throw (39.33 meters) and third in the hammer throw (41.74 meters). First-year Nkem Aduka also impressed in her maiden conference championship, as the Camas, Wash. native threw her way to fourth-place finishes in the shot put (11.67 meters) and the discus (38.69 meters). Juniors Sharon Kelmar and Sydney Ladner both cleared 3.10 meters in the pole vault to secure fifth- and sixth-place finishes.

Tufts coach Kristen Morwick was pleased with the results and the way the team competed.

“Everybody gave it their all. A lot of people placed better than what they were seeded, and everyone was supportive of one another,” Morwick said.

“We had a lot of positive energy and enthusiasm, which contributed to a lot of great individual performances.

Everything really came together for us [this weekend], and I’m not surprised we were able to finish four places better than last year.”

The women’s track and field team is in great form heading into the end of the season, with NCAA Championships awaiting in May. The athletes will do their best over the next few weeks to better their marks and ensure qualification in the event, starting with New England Div. III Championships at MIT. The team has about a month left of action before the national championship kicks off at University of Wisconsin–La Crosse on May 24–26.

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Jumbos wait to hear postseason fate after loss to Bantams

WEEKEND SCORES SOFTBALL (25-7 Overall) Trinity (Sat.) Trinity (Sat.)

9–1 5-2

BASEBALL (17-14 Overall) at Bates (Fri.) at Bates (Sat.) at Bates (Sat.)

5-0 0-5 12-2

MEN’S TENNIS (10-6 Overall) Bowdoin (Sat.) Colby (Sun.)

1-8 7-2

WOMEN’S TENNIS (11-5 Overall) Williams (Sat.) at Bowdoin (Sun.)

1-8 6-3

WOMEN’S LACROSSE (12-4 Overall) Trinity – NESCAC QFs (Sat.)

10-12

MEN’S LACROSSE (14-1 Overall) Middlebury – NESCAC QFs (Sat.) 16-12 EVAN SAYLES / THE TUFTS DAILY

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Tufts sophomore attacker Emily Games fends off a defender in Tufts’ 14–9 win against Bates on April 17.

NESCAC Championship

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Maine in a consequential regular-season finale. The teams traded runs throughout, with the Jumbos grabbing an early 3–0 lead before falling behind 4–3. Tufts finally regained the lead on senior mid-

fielder Caroline Nowak’s goal with 27:21 to go in the second half and survived a late Bowdoin comeback for an 11–10 victory.

With the win, the Jumbos secured the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament, while the Polar Bears fell into the aforementioned three-way tie for fourth place.

Despite its tough loss to Trinity in the

quarterfinals, Tufts (12–4, 8–2 NESCAC) is likely to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament due to its strong play during the regular season. The Jumbos will have to wait until the conclusion of the conference tournament, however, before learning their fate.

NESCAC Championship

Jumbos surge to third-place finish at NESCACs

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GOLF NESCAC Championship

4th of 4

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WOMEN’S SAILING at MIT

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Junior Rory Buckman competes in the steeplechase at the Sunshine Classic hosted by Tufts on April 21.

by Eddie Samuels Sports Editor

Following a strong showing in the spring season, the Tufts men’s track and field team traveled to Trinity on Saturday to compete in the NESCAC championship meet. The team finished third in the event with 137 points, three behind

second-place Williams’ 140. Middlebury won the event by a considerable margin, finishing the day with 172 points.

Senior Stefan Duvivier explained that NESCACs are an event the team looks forward to every year because of its position as a huge stepping stone toward later postseason meets.

“NESCACs is a huge championship

meet for our team, given our historic rivalries with the other schools in the conference,” he told the Daily in an email.

“Taking into account the atmosphere and the NESCAC title on the line, it’s hard not to be excited to compete and contribute points to help the team win.”

Junior Josh Etkind echoed the teamfirst sentiments at NESCACs.

“At NESCACs it’s all about the team.

Most meets, the place you get doesn’t matter, all you care about is the time. But at [NESCACs], we’re all out there competing for each other. So the motivation for NESCACs comes from competing for your see MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD, page 10

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Jumbos advance to NESCAC semifinals with win over Panthers

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Tufts sophomore midfielder Nick Shanks runs past a defender in Tufts 19–11 victory against Bowdoin on April 25.

by Caleb Symons

Executive Sports Editor

After downing Bowdoin 19–11 in its regular-season finale, the No. 5 Tufts men’s lacrosse team cruised to a 16–12 win over Middlebury (9–7, 5–5 NESCAC) on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.

Just one week after the Jumbos defeated the Panthers 13–10 on the road, the two teams met again in Medford to kick off postseason play. Third-seeded Tufts came out of the gates firing, scoring three straight goals in the first seven minutes of play.

Junior attacker Ben Connelly accounted for two of the hosts’ early strikes.

Middlebury sophomore midfielder Frank Cosolito responded with an unas-

sisted goal at the 7:08 mark of the first quarter to pull the visitors within two, but Tufts added three more goals to open up a 6–1 advantage.

After the Panthers scored with just 24 seconds left in the first quarter, the teams traded goals throughout the second. Senior attacker Andrew Seiter and junior midfielder John Cordrey netted for the hosts, but Middlebury took advantage of five Tufts turnovers to score three goals and enter halftime with a manageable 8–5 deficit.

The Jumbos responded in the second half, however, as Connelly scored a pair of goals just 31 seconds apart. Turnovers made the difference again, as Middlebury committed six in the third quarter to Tufts’ three. The Jumbos entered the final frame with an 11–7 lead after sophomore

midfielder Nick Shanks scored with 2:44 remaining in the third.

The hosts effectively sealed the victory with a pair of goals to open the fourth quarter — one apiece from junior attacker Danny Murphy and Connelly. Middlebury got one back just inside the 10-minute mark, but Tufts then stretched its lead to 15–8 with another two scores. The Panthers struck four times in the last 3:19, but the Jumbos’ advantage was ultimately too much to overcome.

Connelly, the team’s leading scorer with 45 goals, netted five times to pace the Jumbos. Seiter and Murphy each added three, while sophomore goalie Mason Pollack made 13 saves in the win.

On Wednesday, Tufts wrapped up the No. 3 seed in the NESCAC tournament

with a convincing 19–11 defeat of Bowdoin (8–7, 4–6 NESCAC) at Bello Field.

After the Polar Bears scored the game’s first two goals, the Jumbos registered eight of its next nine to open up an 8–3 advantage. The teams traded goals for the rest of the game, as Tufts snuffed out any semblance of a Bowdoin comeback. Murphy led the Jumbos with six scores and three assists, as Seiter and Connelly added four goals apiece.

With the win over Middlebury, Tufts will now face second-seeded Amherst (14–2, 9–1 NESCAC) in the semifinals of the conference tournament on Saturday in Middletown, Conn. When the teams squared off on April 14, the No. 4 Mammoths came away with a 20–16 victory at Bello Field.

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Tufts falls to Trinity in NESCAC quarterfinals

by Caleb Symons

Executive Sports Editor

Three days after defeating Bowdoin 11–10 to earn the third seed in the NESCAC tournament, the No. 8 Tufts women’s lacrosse team fell to sixth-seeded Trinity 12–10 in the quarterfinal round on Saturday.

The Jumbos hosted the No. 11 Bantams (11–5, 6–4 NESCAC) under sunny skies at Bello Field due to a quirk in the conference standings. With Trinity in a three-way tie for fourth place, the No. 4 to 6 seeds were decided randomly. Despite a legitimate claim to being the most dangerous of the three teams, the Bantams were seeded sixth — earning a matchup with the third-seeded Jumbos.

Heading into the quarterfinal match, Tufts had earlier beaten Trinity 12–9 on March 24, but was 0–4 against the visitors in tournament play. The Jumbos had a point to prove as well, having fallen at a similar stage to the same opponents last year.

After a slow start by both teams, the hosts opened up a 3–1 lead on a goal from junior attacker Dakota Adamec at the 9:04 mark. However, the Bantams responded with three goals of their own in less than two minutes. Adamec and Trinity senior midfielder and co-captain Allie Barrett then traded goals, with Trinity maintaining a one-goal advantage. Junior midfielder Annie Sullivan and sophomore attacker Emily Games each scored for the Jumbos

with under five minutes to play in the first half, and the hosts entered the break with a slim 6–5 lead.

The Bantams came out hot to start the second half, as first-year midfielder Kendall Milligan scored twice in the first 5:15, sandwiching senior attacker Kiley Coffey’s goal to grab an 8–6 advantage.

Tufts struggled with turnovers throughout the second half, committing 10. However, the Jumbos bounced back, scoring three goals in quick succession. Games’ second strike of the contest once again gave Tufts a one-goal lead.

Trinity tied the score at nine with 13:33 to play on another Barrett goal before the visitors added two more to open up an 11–9 advantage with less than eight

minutes left. Sullivan brought Tufts within one at the 7:12 mark with an unassisted goal. Coffey responded with a quick goal, though, and the Bantams shut down the Jumbos’ attack to secure a 12–10 upset victory.

Barrett and Coffey each scored three goals for the visitors, while Adamec led the Jumbos with three of her own. Despite winning the battle in draw controls (14– 10) and shots (34–30), Tufts’ offense was unable to match its league-leading mark of 14.56 goals per game.

Three days prior, Tufts battled No. 13 Bowdoin (12–4, 6–4 NESCAC) in Brunswick, see WOMEN'S LACROSSE, page 11