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Congressional candidate Ayanna Pressley holds media roundtable for college students

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Congressional candidate Ayanna Pressley speaks with students at a roundtable event on Oct. 17 at the More Than Words bookstore in Boston, Mass. by Liza Harris News Editor

Boston City Councilor and candidate for Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives Ayanna Pressley held a college media roundtable at the More Than Words bookstore in Boston last night. At the roundtable, Pressley took questions from student journalists from Tufts, Harvard University, Boston University and Northeastern University. Directly following the media conference, Pressley held a larger public event in the bookstore, which focused on helping immigrants and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, sexual assault policies, affordable housing, improving school safety and student debt.

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Pressley gained national attention for her primary upset of incumbent Rep. Michael Capuano. Many of the questions students asked Pressley focused on the current political state in America and how she will conduct herself if she is elected to Congress. One student asked Pressley on how being a woman of color plays into her campaign and if it means she is better qualified to represent the 7th District. “I don’t think it’s for me to say that I’m better,” Pressley said. “That’s ultimately up to the electorate.” Pressley said that diversity, especially in thought, is extremely important. “I do think that our democracy is strengthened by an engagement of new and different voices,” Pressley said. “When you have that cognitive diversity … that is shaped and informed by lived personal

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and professional experiences, it makes a difference … The issues that are raised around decision making tables are different, and ultimately … the solutions are more innovative and more enduring.” Pressley also cast doubt on the national rhetoric of a “blue wave” referring to Democrats’ chances of winning elections in November. “When I was elected to the Boston City Council in 2009, the media was saying that I was the beneficiary of [former president] Barack Obama’s post-racial America and that a number of post-racial candidates who were transcendent of race were running and getting elected,” Pressley said. “There are some that would summarily dismiss and marginalize our win as a fad or a trend or who would summarily dismiss it and define it as a fluke and an anomaly.”

She noted that regardless of election trends, every election requires real effort by the candidates that is not to be discredited. “I would never give short shrift to a blue wave or a black girl magic wave or a women’s wave,” Pressley said. “Victory is not magic — it’s work. And we worked hard.” Pressley said in August that she was unsure about her support for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Before any leader earns Pressley’s support, she said that the Democratic Party must convene and establish its values and identity. “What’s top of mind and a priority is after the midterms, having a discussion within the party about who we are. What are our values?” Pressley said. “[That] to

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me is so much deeper and anchoring and enduring and redeeming than a platform. Platforms are malleable and have the potential to be shifted based on the winds of change, but values are guiding and anchoring.” Pressley rejected the idea, however, that the Democratic Party must agree on one single message or nationwide effort. “I think [the Democrats], post-2016, have created this narrative that we have to choose whether or not we are the party of jobs and the economy or of criminal justice reform, as an example,” Pressley said. “These are false choices and I reject them … I can’t begin to think about who should be the leader until we have a conversation about who we are as Democrats.” The congressional candidate also touched on her campaign and how it relates to President Donald Trump. “I think people responded to our campaign because we were talking about more than just resisting Trump. We were telling the truth about systemic inequalities and disparities that plague the Massachusetts 7th,” Pressley said. Nevertheless, Pressley noted Trump’s ability to rally supporters and suggested that the Democratic Party must do better in organizing its elections and turning out voters.

“How are we going to run and win elections? We can remove all the barriers to voting and make it more convenient, but ultimately we also have to give people a reason to vote,” Pressley said. “Even when I disagree with [Trump], he is authentically and unapologetically himself, and he makes people feel something. I don’t like what he fans the flames of and what he makes them feel, but he makes them feel something.” Students questioned Pressley about her opinion on the recent release of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test revealing Native American ancestry and the anger it sparked from Cherokee communities. Pressley maintained that it was not an issue of real importance in her campaign or nationally. “When I’m spending time with people on their front porches or around their living rooms or at an early vote polling locations … no one is talking about this,” Pressley said. “There are too many issues of real consequence, like gun violence.” Pressley also talked about the #MeToo movement and her personal relation to it, saying she herself was a survivor. “I survived a near decade of childhood sexual abuse and also campus sexual assault, and I have been very transparent about that, not for the purposes of telling my story, but for the purposes of creating space and dignity for others who are survivors to feel seen and also to know that someone is fighting for them,” Pressley said.

She reminded students at the roundtable that with any national movement, the hefty work is done by organizations at the local level. Pressley asserted that if elected to Congress, she will fight for funding for these organizations. “Organizations like the Victim Rights Law Center don’t have the pro bono legal counsel to support these survivors and give them the justice they deserve,” Pressley said. “Organizations like the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center don’t have the staffing or the counselors they need to answer the hotline or to support people in their health and wellness in the wake of trauma.” Following the media roundtable, Pressley headed an event that focused on five main issues: DACA, sexual assault, affordable housing, school safety and student debt. People who attended the event were divided into groups and invited to share their personal experiences with that specific issue. There was a discussion facilitator for each issue, and Pressley went around to each group to listen to people’s stories. At the event, Pressley affirmed her commitment to being inclusive of all voices and her objection to the rhetoric around “tolerance.” “People and their lived experiences are not to be tolerated. They are to be understood,” Pressley said. “We foster that community when we come together in spaces like this.”

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Student volunteer organizations highlight LCS’ impact before 60th anniversary celebration

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In 1958, a handful of Tufts students under the then-small organization, Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS), volunteered at the Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham, Mass. Sixty years later, LCS now has more than 1,000 student volunteers, spread across more than 30 different groups, who amassed a total of 24,000 service hours in the 2017– 18 academic year mentoring children, teaching health education, walking dogs and more. LCS will be celebrating its impact in both the Tufts and local communities at its anniversary event, “LCS Presents: 60 Years of Service,” on Saturday. The event will serve as a fundraiser with the primary goal of allowing LCS to buy a new van in order to transport volunteering students to service sites. Groups within LCS include: Peer Health Exchange, which trains college students to teach health education in nearby public schools; Animal Aid, which facilitates dog-walking opportunities in the neighborhoods surrounding Tufts; and DREAM, which provides programming and mentoring to children in subsidized housing, according to the LCS website. LCS co-President Emily Chen said that LCS connects student volunteers in the Tufts community with the cities of Medford and Somerville. “By providing our time, commitment and services without charge, we try to help out the greater community in the best way possible,” Chen, a senior, said. “LCS is a great way for people to get in touch with the surrounding communities.” Peer Health Exchange co-Coordinator Bennett Fleming-Wood said her club’s

mission is to help surrounding communities by empowering young people with knowledge, skills and resources to make healthy decisions. “We are able to provide a holistic, skills-based form of health education, which increases equity, and both students and educators get a lot out of it,” Fleming-Wood, a sophomore, said. “Tufts volunteers, no matter their health education background, learn both the information they are teaching as well as how to be in a classroom and convey the material to groups with wide ranges of prior knowledge.” Peer Health Exchange is in the process of implementing various inclusivity initiatives so that it will have resources readily available for marginalized groups. “This year, we are … working on centering POC students in the classroom,” Fleming-Wood said. “If we are centering … marginalized students and their voices, everyone will benefit from that.” As Peer Health Exchange and its 80 members strive to provide the highest quality teaching and service, the group appreciates the funding and support it receives from LCS, FlemingWood noted. According to Fleming-Wood, Peer Health Exchange will adopt a relationship-focused teaching model this year, in which a few educators will work with the same classroom every week, increasing the regularity of volunteer schedules. Due to this shift, the group will rely more heavily on LCS vans for transportation. Chen said that DREAM, another group under LCS’ umbrella, also needs a van to reach the underprivileged communities to which it provides programming and opportunities.

“The LCS van is really helpful because we have a few mentees who have moved out of the housing community, so we have to drive to pick them up every Friday,” DREAM co-Chair Rachel Klein said. “When the van breaks down, it is really stressful for us because we cannot pick up the kids and they do not get to be a part of the programming that week.” DREAM seeks to show children living in subsidized housing that there are people who believe in them and that if they work hard, they will have opportunities to attend college. The 25 Tufts mentors create fun, meaningful programs for the kids, including discussions about self-confidence and body positivity, scavenger hunts, going to the New England Aquarium and learning about healthy eating, Klein explained. “DREAM helps the mentors understand what is present outside of the Tufts bubble,” Klein, a junior, said. “The housing community is 10 minutes away, and I do not think that a lot of Tufts students realize that right outside of our bubble of wealth and privilege, there are people who are struggling with poverty — and a lot of them are children.” LCS’ impact spreads far and wide, from blood drives to dog walking and animal therapy, Animal Aid co-Coordinator Ella Taubenfeld said. Animal Aid provides dog owners in the Medford and Somerville communities with dog-walking services, typically serving for 160 hours each week. “It’s a win-win situation,” Taubenfeld, a senior, said. “These dogs are getting walked for free by students who love dogs and miss their pets at home. It’s animal therapy for the student and a free service for the community.”

Taubenfeld’s fellow co-coordinator, Nora Maetzener, explained that the program’s dogs serve as links between Tufts students and individuals in the community. Although Animal Aid does not rely on an LCS van, Maetzener, a junior, said that the organization supports her group by sharing contacts and suggestions to help plan events. While LCS supports the surrounding community through its more than 30 subgroups, it also directly impacts local causes with donations collected from fundraisers. LCS organizes a fundraiser every semester, with the spring edition dedicated to the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Chen said the 60th anniversary event will mark the first time that LCS is fundraising for itself in her four years with the organization. The event will include a silent auction, a showcase of the work done by LCS and entertainment from various Tufts groups. Chen said that the anniversary event will also be a way for current LCS members to connect with the organization’s alumni. “It will be nice to meet alumni and hear about their experiences and how LCS impacted them,” Chen said. Despite the focus on LCS’ past, Chen noted that she is optimistic about its future and continued impact on local communities. “It’s nice to know that LCS will be growing and continuing for more than 60 years after this event,” Chen said. Fleming-Wood hopes that LCS will continue to empower students to interact with the community outside the Tufts ‘bubble.’ “Community service is a two way street,” Fleming-Wood said. “We are doing need-based service and getting so much out of that.”

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‘Last Seen’ podcast explores Boston history through unsolved art heist

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Rembrandt van Rijn’s ‘Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee’ (1633), oil on canvas, one of the paintings stolen in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist on March 18, 1990, is pictured. by Ryan Eggers Arts Editor

“This case is like the perfect storm for someone like me — for it to ruin your life. You know, to have 13 albatrosses around your neck forever because I know that if I go to my grave unsuccessful that I’ll go to my grave an unhappy person.” These words come from Anthony Amore, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s security director. Of course, he refers to the infamous night on March 18, 1990, when art and Boston history were changed forever. The Gardner Museum, designed and developed by Boston philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner, was robbed. In an astonishingly long 81 minutes, two thieves stole 13 works of art, worth an estimated value of $500 million combined. With only two guards on duty, the robbers, masquerading as cops, immediately subdued them. In the near hour and a half that followed, no police were alerted, and the thieves got away scot-free. To this day, none of the 13 works of art have been recovered, and the two that performed the act have not been caught, despite an award of $10 million for the recovery of the lost pieces. So, with a case that has gone unsolved for over 28 years, what else is there to say? Where else can you investigate? The podcast “Last Seen” sets out to answer that very question. A joint venture between WBUR and the Boston Globe, “Last Seen” is the result of over a year of research, accessing never-before-seen files and interviews with people surrounding the case who have never gone on record before now. The true crime podcast is headed by Kelly Horan and Jack Rodolico of WBUR, with the Boston Globe’s Stephen Kurkjian, author of “Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist” (2015), serving as a consulting producer. In the 10-episode series, they’ve set out to tell the definitive history of the heist, as well as investigate every possible angle. There is an episode

looking into the possibility of an inside job, along with multiple stories of famous criminals during the era who may have had a connection. No stone is left unturned. With such a massive undertaking, an immediate question arises: Where does one even begin? For Horan, the investigation began with research of Isabella Stewart Gardner herself. She sought to gain an understanding of the visionary Boston art collector and what the 13 pieces meant to her, as a means of getting a background on what led to the fateful day in 1990. Subsequently Horan and her team began a close examination of the theft. “I went back to the earliest coverage of the heist,” Horan told the Daily in an interview. “I basically read everything from March 18, 1990 forward, and I did two things. I compiled a long list of names of anyone who has ever been mentioned in relation to the Gardner [heist] on both sides of the law, and then I divided that list into categories: who’s still alive, who can talk, and who’s no longer alive — but where might we find tape of them? And I just started going through this list methodically to find out who would tell me stories.” One such story features Rick Abath, the security guard who let the thieves in the night of the heist, and a man who has been speculated to be the robbers’ inside help. Abath had given his two-week notice around the time of the theft, brought a party from his Allston-Brighton home inside the museum after hours a few months prior and eerily opened the outside door 20 minutes before the robbers arrived — a door that was not supposed to be opened after hours. The story of TRC Auto Electric in Dorchester, a car shop that doubled as mobster Carmello Merlino’s crime headquarters, is also featured. Multiple people associated with TRC, including David Turner, a classic kid-gone-down-the-wrong-path, and George Reissfelder, a man who became close to circles within the TRC after serving 16 years

in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, are featured around this old shop, with several blooming leads from the headquarters. What makes “Last Seen” compelling are these exact stories — although everyone featured obviously has some sort of connection to the heist, all of their stories are self-contained, and we learn a great deal about their lives as well as general Boston history within the episodes of the podcast. “One of my chief goals was to get to as many voices as I could, but also to present them as human beings,” Horan said. “No one is all good or all bad. I always want to find the humanity in my subjects, so that we’re not caricaturing people, we’re not making fun of them — we’re not portraying one-dimensional people.” The most recent episode of “Last Seen” features two people, both named Bobby, who may have had a part in transporting the stolen art, along with the FBI’s official statement on the matter in 2013. “For the first time, we can say with a high degree of confidence we’ve determined that in the years since the theft the art was transported to Connecticut and to the Philadelphia area,” Rick Deslauriers, a special agent in FBI’s Boston division said on March 18, 2013, the 23rd anniversary of the heist. “However, we do not know where the art is currently located. And with a high degree of confidence we believe those responsible for the theft were members of a criminal organization with a base in the mid-Atlantic states and in New England.” And as “Last Seen” continues its own investigation, it becomes clear that the FBI’s findings may not quite add up: Bobby Gentile, the man who the FBI thought of as “their guy,” is surely a person of interest, but there’s no clear evidence that he had anything to do with the heist itself. He has accepted two jail sentences for separate crimes, and neither time did he answer questions about the Gardner heist in order to receive a reduced sentence. Halfway through the series, we’ve already heard many well-crafted stories and interesting quips about Boston history, and we’ve gotten closer to an idea of who may or may not have been involved

in the heist, but the fact remains that the art hasn’t been found. And, 28 years after the fact, the works may never be found. Horan said hope does remain, though, and there may be a precedent to follow: Sometimes, in these cases, works can still be found generations later. “In the last couple of years, there was a major recovery of a painting that had been missing for 40 years by an artist named Norman Rockwell,” Horan said. “That was recovered because more people were hearing about it — there was a big publicity push on the part of the law enforcement. And because of this, a fellow in Philadelphia realized: ‘Oh my God, that’s hanging in my kitchen.’ “I believe that if the Gardner art is returned, it’s not going to be because a criminal had some pang of conscience and decided to do so. I think it will come back because somebody comes across it by accident.” Horan hopes that “Last Seen” can play a part in getting the conversation going and familiarizing the public with the art for this very purpose. More than anything, though, Horan wants listeners to learn and understand the story of the museum, and more specifically, the story of Isabella Stewart Gardner, whose vision guided Boston in the late 1800s and early 1900s. “Boston looks the way it does in no small part because of what [Gardner] gave to this city,” Horan said. “She helped create the Boston that we know today. It was a time when the Boston Public Library was being built, the Boston Symphony Orchestra was being organized and a concert hall was chosen — and she was a part of that. If you love Boston, you owe a little bit of a debt of gratitude to Isabella Stewart Gardner.” “I think that we should all know more about these women who were here. We know a lot about men, and that’s good too, but Isabella Stewart Gardner was a true visionary in this city. And her friends were the women who helped create the century. They were suffragettes, they were writers — they were thinkers. And to get to know Isabella and her circle is to truly get to know the city we inherited.” New episodes of “Last Seen” are released every Monday on all major podcasting apps as well as the WBUR website.

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Édouard Manet’s ‘Chez Tortoni’ (about 1875), oil on canvas, one of the paintings stolen in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist on March 18, 1990, is pictured.

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ast week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a shocking report on the impacts of global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels — a diplomatically and scientifically relevant benchmark for global warming identified in the 2016 Paris Agreement. So what’s significant about the report? It’s the first report of its kind, since previous reports focused on the 2°C threshold set at prior international conferences. It paints a dire portrait: Many of the disasters we have feared at 2°C could happen at 1.5°C, and preventing global warming from reaching even this level will have life-and-death consequences for millions of people. For a long time, the threshold beyond which we could not warm our planet has been 2°C. This is a result of multilateral negotiations over the past several decades, but largely it’s because at this level of warming, much of the damage we will have done to the earth will be irreversible. At 2°C of warming, for example, virtually all coral reefs could die. The IPCC’s report warns that while planetary warming to 1.5°C would be disastrous, it is significantly preferable to a world with 2°C of warming. At the former, Arctic sea ice would vanish in the summer once per century, while in the latter scenario, it would vanish once per decade. Further, it’s still possible to limit warming to this level. But of course, there’s a catch. To limit warming to 1.5°C, the entire world must be engaged politically, and the global economy must be transformed, at likely an enormous up-front cost, all in the next 12 years. Already, there has been pushback from coal lobbying groups, and it’s not clear that the political will exists — even though the report is clear that apathy will most likely lead to climatic catastrophe by 2040. It’s helpful that the IPCC presents a message of hope as well as urgency in its report. We can do this. It is essential to take coal out of the economy and to switch completely to dependable renewable energy (though unfortunately, the IPCC is increasingly hesitant about the use of nuclear power — a source of energy I’ve spoken on as valuable, reliable and established, as well as our best course of immediate action). When we face a crisis like global warming, it’s easy to lose hope. But, though it may seem small, everyone does have a role to play in protecting our future. Individuals need to significantly reduce energy consumption and think actively about how their habits affect the Earth. Disconnect the smart fridge; ride a bike; buy local. Further, the IPCC clearly rejects high-tech solutions for carbon recapture like iron fertilization, instead focusing on something we all can take part in: planting billions of trees. It’s all been said before, but it must be done at enormous scale. There is hope. Tys Sweeney is a sophomore studying political science. Tys can be reached at tys. sweeney@tufts.edu.

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Tufts bounces back from frustrating draw with win over Trinity MEN'S SOCCER

continued from back played in their half, play through our big center forward [Braun], who has been really effective and play off of him. We wanted to create a little more width and get some more delivery in, that we did, but also to be positive and opportunistic and if you have a chance, be confident and have a go.” The Jumbos threatened four minutes in, as the defense blocked a shot by sophomore forward Liam Noonan, allowing Lane to push the ball up the field in transition. With Braun following him up the right flank, Lane had a

potential chance but lost possession before he could make a pass. In the second period of overtime, Marcucci made a key save for the Camels on a shot from junior midfielder Jack Delaney. Neither team could muster a goal after 110 minutes of action, as the clock ran out on a Tufts offsides call. “It was a heavy, wet field, so it made it hard to play the style that both of us would prefer to play, which is more of a passing game,” Shapiro said. “Given the circumstances of the game, I was happy with the chances we were able to create, we just needed to have someone to have that execution in the final moment and we didn’t.”

Braun said that moving forward the offense needs to be remain calm while probing for good scoring opportunities. “Honestly, I thought our team played well and outplayed Conn.,” Braun said. “We just have to be a little more patient on offense in terms of getting good opportunities off and not just settling for a distant shot.” The Tufts squad will have two final opportunities to do so in the regular season, both against NESCAC opponents. Tufts hosts Williams at home on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., before traveling to Bowdoin on Tuesday for a 2:30 p.m. matchup to conclude the regular season.

Sailing team wins McGill Cup, posts impressive results at other regattas

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Senior Chris Keller and sophomore Juliana Testa balance the boat during the Hood Trophy on Sept. 22. by Jason Schwartz Contributing Writer

The Jumbos outclassed their competition over the weekend, competing at various regattas throughout New England, and even one in Canada. The team sent two boats to the McGill Cup, which was hosted by the eponymous university in Montreal, Canada. Sophomores Evan Robison and Delilah Roberts handled the A Division boat under cloudy skies and a consistent breeze of 12 to 14 knots on Saturday, while first-years Connor Sheridan and Margo Muyres sailed in B Division. Both boats finished atop their respective divisions after the two-day event to propel Tufts to a first-place finish (26 total points). Up in Burlington, Vt., the Jumbos sent a pair of boats to participate in the Callagy Ross Trophy. The A division duo of sophomore skipper Austen Freda and junior crew Duke Saunders accumulated 70 points to place fourth. First-year Alex Fasolo skippered the team’s B Division boat with sophomore Jacob Whitney on crew, as the pairing finished fifth with 82 points. With a combined score of 152 points, Tufts finished third overall behind host Vermont (72) and Bowdoin (147). “We did really well the first day,” Whitney said. “I think we ended the first day in second place out of 10 teams. At the end of the second day, we ended up finishing in third place overall.”

Tufts also traveled to the Edgewood Yacht Club in Cranston, R.I., where Brown hosted the Women’s Showcase Finals. Teams competed in Z420-style sailboats. On Saturday, sailors experienced shifty winds between six to 12 knots, which allowed both divisions to complete the full slate of 10 races. Four more races were completed on Sunday under calmer conditions. Sophomore Talia Toland skippered the Jumbos’ A Division entrant with firstyear Ann Sheridan handling crew duties, as the duo tallied 141 points to finish ninth in its division. Meanwhile, junior Charlotte Lenz and first-year Abbie Carlson split skipper duties for the team’s B division boat, while sophomore Marley Hillman and senior Taylor Hart split time as crew. The B division team tallied 183 points for 17th place. In all, the Jumbos accumulated 324 points to place 15th out of 18. On Saturday at Great Herring Pond in Plymouth, Mass., Massachusetts Maritime Academy hosted the Crew’s Regatta, where Tufts sent two teams in each division to sail in FJ boats. The Jumbos posted an excellent performance despite rain throughout the day. In A Division, the “Jumbos 2” partnership of first-year skipper Jessica Friedman and first-year crew George Sidamon-Eristoff finished fourth with 20 points. Junior Kelsey Foster skippered the “Jumbos 1” boat in the same division, with first-year Lera Anders handling crew. Foster and Anders tallied 31 points to come in fifth, just behind their teammates. First-years Kristina Puzak and

Hailey McKelvie expertly maneuvered the “Jumbos 1” boat in B Division to a firstplace finish with just nine points in all. Despite Tufts’ impressive results, Brown was victorious with just 30 total points. The “Jumbos 1” (40 points) and “Jumbos 2” (49) teams placed third and fourth, respectively. Meanwhile, Tufts competed across three divisions competed at the 17-team Captain Hurst Bowl, hosted by Dartmouth. Senior Florian Eenkema Van Dijk skippered the A Division boat with sophomore crew Juliana Testa, and the duo garnered 110 points to place 11th. Senior co-captain Chris Keller skippered Tufts’ B Division entrant for the first six races and the last seven races, while classmate Jackson McCoy skippered for the middle four races. Together with senior crew Sarah Bunney, the B Division team finished 11th with 113 points. Senior co-captain Jack Bitney skippered the C Division boat with classmate Ashley Smith and sophomore Maria Brush splitting crew duties. The trio accrued an impressive 62 points, earning second place in the C Division. In total, the team accumulated 285 points to earn 10th place at Dartmouth. “Winds at the Captain Hurst Bowl were shifty because we were sailing in a mountainous region,” Bitney said. “Wind ends up getting tumbled in that area, which makes sailing a little bit more difficult and less consistent.” Closer to home, the team sent a single team to participate at New England Match Racing Championships in Marblehead, Mass. The quartet of senior Samuel Shea, sophomores Lindsay Powers and Bram Brakman and first-year Ansgar Jordan steered the Jumbos to an eighth-place finish. As the top two finishers, Dartmouth and Boston College qualified for a spot at the national regatta in Corona del Mar, Calif. in November. The Jumbos have grinded out six straight action-packed weekends, and as the end of fall season edges closer, Bitney expressed that the team is looking forward to competing in its final regattas of the campaign. “We really only have two big weekends left,” Bitney said. “We have the Showcase 2 regatta next weekend and the Schell [Trophy] at Dartmouth. We are kind of past the hump of the season right now, and people are looking forward to the big regattas and finishing the season strong. This showcase is really competitive and we had to qualify for it two weeks ago, so it means a lot to us.” Among other regattas this weekend, the team will drive down the I-95 corridor to compete at the Fairfield Cup hosted by Fairfield University, as well as the Co-ed Showcase Finals, hosted by Navy.

Bradley Schussel The Coin Toss

NFL Week 7

elcome to The Coin Toss, where I make bold predictions about your favorite professional sports. Last week’s predictions went one-forthree. I had the Patriots and Chiefs scoring at least 60 points combined, and the two teams came through with 83 total points. I had the Titans beating the Ravens, which did not work out as the Ravens won in a blowout. My last prediction was three interceptions from the Bears defense against the Dolphins. Chicago came very close with two picks off of Brock Osweiler even in a disappointing day for the team’s defense as a whole. Let’s get to the predictions for Week 7. Jaguars set season-high in sacks (fourplus) against Texans The Jacksonville Jaguars are thought to have one of the league’s best defenses. Yet, despite their nickname “Sacksonville,” the Jaguars have only managed 14 sacks on the year so far. This puts them tied with the Jets for 18th in the league in defensive sacks. The most they’ve gotten in a game is three (against Tennessee and the New York Jets), and I think they’re due to break that season-high mark with at least four sacks this week. The matchup is key here; the Jaguars will be at home against the division-rival Texans. In Houston’s last game, Deshaun Watson threw for 177 yards with two interceptions and just one touchdown. He was also sacked seven times. That was against the Buffalo Bills, and this Jaguars defense will present a much greater challenge. Houston’s offensive line has been poor the whole year, so Jacksonville’s front seven will be licking their chops to bring down Watson. Panthers beat Eagles in Philadelphia I picked the Vikings over the Eagles a couple of weeks ago even though the defending champions were favored to win at home. I’m doing the same for the Panthers in another tough NFC matchup. Philadelphia (3–3) opened as 3.5 point favorites, which likely accounts for the fact that Carolina (3–2) hasn’t won a game on the road yet this season. The Panthers are a strong football team, however, and I think they’ll beat the spread and get the win. Don’t let the Eagles’ blowout over the Giants last week fool you: The Eagles have issues. Their offensive line just wasn’t blocking well and was bailed out by a bad Giants defense. Carson Wentz won’t have as much success against Carolina, who rank seventh in the league in passing yards allowed. I think Cam Newton is versatile enough to score on this Eagles defense and get his team the win. Baker Mayfield goes for more than 300 yards against Bucs Baker hasn’t quite recaptured the magic from his debut against the Jets: His passer rating hasn’t been in triple digits since. He has put up plenty of passing yards, however, with an average of 292 yards in his three starts. You may chock that up to playing from behind in those games, but you can’t doubt the volume. That volume will continue this week in an inviting matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Their secondary has been laughable this season, allowing the second-most passing yards in the league. This opens the door for Baker to air it out, and I predict he’ll provide at least 300 yards. Bradley Schussel is a sports editor at the Daily. He is a senior studying biomedical engineering. Bradley can be reached at bradley.schussel@tufts.edu.

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Men’s soccer dominates Trinity after drawing Conn. College in double overtime

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Junior forward Joe Braun celebrates his goal in Tufts’ 4–0 NESCAC semifinal win over Hamilton on Nov. 4, 2017. by Jake Freudberg Contributing Writer

After earning a 0–0 draw against No. 5 Conn. College (11–0–2) on Saturday and then defeating Trinity 6–0 on Sunday afternoon, Tufts remains one of the best teams in the NESCAC. In doing so, the Jumbos regained their position as the top-ranked NESCAC team, at No. 3 in the nation. After a frustrating match against Conn. College just one day before, Tufts jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first half of Sunday’s matchup against Trinity (2–11). After a few opportunities in the opening minutes, junior forward Joe Braun notched the first goal of the day in the 18th minute. Braun’s effort was followed with a goal from senior co-captain and back Sterling Weatherbie about 15 minutes later, giving Tufts complete control against the hosts. The offensive momentum carried into the second half, as the Jumbos added two more goals in a five-minute span. In the 50th minute, senior defender Jackson Najjar found junior midfielder Zach Lane and then in the 54th minute, junior midfielder Brett Rojas connected with a pass to Braun, who collected his second goal on the day, good to bring him up to second place in the NESCAC goal-

scorers chart. With the score at 4–0, the Bantams pulled starting first-year goalkeeper Everett Lyons, but the Jumbos kept up their momentum. First-year defender Ian Daly scored the fifth in the 68th minute, before turning provider for junior midfielder Zach Trevorrow’s 79th minute strike. With that, the Jumbos recorded their biggest victory of the season. Overall, the Jumbos outshot the Bantams 22–4, only allowing the Bantams limited offensive chances. The Jumbos had five corner kicks to the Bantams’ none, and both teams had seven fouls called on them. “We knew we were a better team, so it was just a matter of finding our legs and finding our energy in the second game of the weekend,” Braun said. “I thought we did a good job linking from front to back, connecting through the midfield to me, and getting out wide and swinging it in.” The lead allowed coach Josh Shapiro to sub in several players with limited game experience, including first-year goalkeeper Erich Kindermann. “It was great to get some of those guys on the field and have them get some exposure and I think that’s a huge advantage for us,” Shapiro said. “We got a great result, but we also learned quite a bit about some of the guys in our bench who

we haven’t had a chance to evaluate on game day that much yet.” On Saturday, in what was a crucial game for determining the top team in the NESCAC, Tufts drew 0–0 against Conn. College in double overtime. Coming into the match, both teams sat at 10–0–1 and were ranked in the top five nationally. Defense was the story of the match, with both teams generating a combined total of five shots and only one corner kick in 45 minutes. The first five minutes were filled with energy, the possession quickly moving back and forth. Senior forward Uzii Deng, senior midfielder Michael Mihollen and senior forward Christian Murphy kept the pressure on for the offensive attack for the Camels, but they could not make any real scoring opportunities against a strong Jumbos’ defensive back line led by Weatherbie and junior back Tanner Jameson. Rojas got the first shot of the day for Tufts at the 11-minute mark but was blocked. About eight minutes later, Rojas then had his shot saved by the Camels’ sophomore goalkeeper AJ Marcuci. Then, in the 21st minute, Braun passed the ball to junior midfielder/forward Gavin Tasker in the left corner. Tasker attempted a cross to a diving Lane, but the ball rolled out of bounds for a Conn. goal kick.

The second half proved to be another defensive battle, though the Jumbos quickly generated a few opportunities to begin the quarter. Rojas tried to keep the offensive pressure on during the second half for the Jumbos with two shots (four in total on the day), along with sophomore midfielder/ forward Mati Cano, who added three shots in the second half. Although Tufts outshot Conn. College 18–4, a strong Conn. College backline, led by junior Freddy Stokes and sophomore Liam Donelan, put constant pressure on the ball and limited Tufts’ scoring opportunities. “I think they did a pretty good job at containing our team from a defensive perspective,” Rojas said. “But, that being said, I felt we were sort of all over them and they began to sit in and even time waste a little bit, which was increasingly frustrating.” After a scoreless second half, the game went to overtime, as the Jumbos hoped to carry some of the momentum from the second half to score. “We thought we were doing quite well the last 20 minutes of that second half,” Shapiro said. “[We tried] to keep the momentum going, try to get the game see MEN'S SOCCER, page 7