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Tufts appoints members to investment review committee, considering fossil fuel divestment

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Last week, the university identified the members, including two undergraduate students, who will comprise the Responsible Investment Advisory Group (RIAG), which is tasked with reviewing Tufts’ investments in the fossil fuel industry.

The RIAG members will consist of the following: Charming Dube, a senior and non-voting student representative on the Board of Trustees’ Administration and Finance Committee; Temple MillerHodgkin, a sophomore and member of Tufts Climate Action; Katherine Sulka, a third-year Ph.D. candidate at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Steven M. Galbraith (LA’85), trustee emeritus and chair of the RIAG; Douglas A. Rachlin

The Boston Globe endorses Warren for President The Globe’s Editorial Board on Wednesday endorsed Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, citing what they praised as a wealth of robust policy proposals, consistent advocacy for her consumers and bright electoral prospects to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election.

They conceded admirable traits in all of the leading remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination that would make them preferable compared to the current president; however, the Globe’s Editorial Board emphasized that Warren’s promise to prioritize eliminating corruption from politics would excite and enthuse the electorate, in addition to what they considered “the greatest potential among the candidates to lay bare Trump’s weaknesses on a debate stage.”

Warren is polling in fourth place at 12% for the nomination nationally, according to yesterday’s Real Clear Politics average of six recent surveys. In Massachusetts, Warren trailed Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders by one percentage point for second among likely voters at 20%, well within the adjusted margin of error of 6.1%, according to the latest polling from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell Center for Public Opinion.

Delegates from Massachusetts, in addition to 13 other states and American Samoa, will be allocated next week on Super Tuesday in the Democratic primary.

Scotland set to become first country to provide tampons, pads free Scottish Parliament on Tuesday approved legislation that would make menstrual products free across the nation, according to Reuters. Now headed to an open amendment phase, the bill received 112 votes in favor, none opposed and one abstention wwhen it passed the legislature earlier this week.

Scotland already broke ground in 2018, when it became the first country in the world to make menstrual products free in all public schools, colleges and universities in Scotland.

Reuters reported at the time that nearly half of girls in Scotland were forced to use makeshift alternatives.

Menstrual products are currently taxed at 5% in the United Kingdom. According to Reuters, British governments as early as David Cameron’s in 2015 claimed to want to eliminate the tax, but haven’t yet.

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Temple Miller-Hodgkin poses for a portrait in Carmichael Hall on Feb. 27.

Tufts professor, PhD student win idea competition, setting NSF research agenda

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Matthias Scheutz, a professor of computer science and director of the Human Robotic Interaction Lab, and Vasanth Sarathy, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science and cognitive science, became one of four grand prize winners this month in a highly selective National Science Foundation (NSF) competition.

The competition, called the “2026 Idea Machine Competition,” was the first of its kind, providing an opportunity for the NSF to find potential areas for future research and advancement of science through input from the public.

As one of four entries from among about 800 that advanced through five stages of competition, their proposal “From Thinking to Inventing” awarded Scheutz and Sarathy a $26,000 prize. The other entries receiving this award came from Harvard University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Chicago.

Scheutz and Sarathy proposed the idea to broaden the capabilities of machines and use creative problem-solving to address global issues, ranging from climate change to inequality.

“The grand challenges our society faces may be too large and too complex for us to solve in time,” Scheutz and Sarathy said in the video pitch they submitted for the competition.

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“We may need to design and build machines to help us get there and get there faster.”

To make this a possibility, Scheutz explained, there is still much to learn to bridge the gap between human brain functioning and machine processing.

“People are very good at problem-solving. People are very good at handling novel things, and we still don’t understand that well enough. Because if we were to understand it well enough, we very likely would be able to replicate it on machines, and then not only

replicate it but improve it,” Scheutz said in an interview with the Daily. “We might get superhuman performance, but across the board, not in a very narrow sliver of performance.”

The “sliver of performance” Scheutz mentioned refers to the narrow bounds within which artificial intelligence (AI) machines function, unlike the ways of human thinking.

“Even though they are called AI, there’s nothing in there that’s intelligent,” Scheutz said. “These see AI, page 2

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Vasanth Sarathy, a winner of the National Science Foundation 2026 Idea Machine Competition, poses for a portrait in the Mayer Campus Center on Feb. 13.

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continued from page 1 (LA’85) and Lori Roth (J’86), both trustees; Sally Dungan, Tufts’ chief investment officer; James Hurley, vice president for finance and treasurer ad interim; Paul Joseph, chair of the sociology department; Dan Richards, chair of the economics department and Barbara Kates-Garnick, a professor of practice at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Patrick Collins, Tufts’ executive director of media relations, confirmed that the group’s members will explore Tufts’ fossil fuel investments, their implications for climate change and consider divesting the university’s endowment from the fossil fuel industry.

In January, Tufts decided to convene the RIAG, which the Board of Trustees voted to establish in November 2019, following nearly seven years of student advocacy for fossil fuel divestment in addition to a formal proposal submitted by members of Tufts Climate Action (TCA) that called on Tufts to join more than half a dozen of its peer institutions in divesting its endowment from fossil fuels.

Nadine Aubry, Tufts’ provost and senior vice president, nominated the investment advisory committee’s student and faculty member representatives, deviating slightly from the Board’s policies relating to the group’s membership, which only calls for two student representatives.

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to add an additional student representative in order to include more voices in the review process.

“In response to strong arguments by some students and faculty members that this issue deserved wider representation, we petitioned for a one-time exception to the group’s make-up in order to expand student and faculty membership on the RIAG,” Howard wrote in an email to the Daily.

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate on Feb. 9 amended its bylaws to require that the student representative sitting on the Board of Trustees’ Administration and Finance Committee should serve as the undergraduate student representative for the RIAG, should it convene at any point during the year.

TCU President Shannon Lee explained the amendment was born out of a conversation with Aubry and University President Anthony Monaco, who both expressed that the RIAG’s review process might be made more efficient if it incorporated a student who was already somewhat familiar with how the Board of Trustees operates. “[The Administration and Finance trustee representative] knows the confidentiality rules, they know how to conduct themselves and they were elected by TCU Senate,” Lee said. “So we decided that the student trustee representative would be the most suitable person to sit on the committee.”

The Board of Trustees, however, has yet to codify TCU’s amendment into its policies relating to the RIAG’s composition. As

of now, the policies only call for including when possible a student associated with the sponsored proposal around which the RIAG is convening.

Members of TCA still worried that TCU’s amendment would prevent a student who was connected with its divestment proposal from being nominated to the RIAG, and took action accordingly.

“TCA is relieved that Temple MillerHodgkin will be serving on the RIAG because it was initially unclear if the administration would honor the RIAG’s intentional design and appoint a student associated with the divestment proposal,” Hanna Carr, a senior and co-author of the TCA proposal, wrote in an electronic message. “When we became aware that TCA might be excluded from the RIAG, we expressed our concerns to the administration, who promptly responded by expanding the undergraduate representation by appointing both [Dube] from TCU Senate and [Miller-Hodgkin] from TCA.” Both the date of the group’s first meeting and the extent to which students and the general public will be informed of the progress of the RIAG’s review while the process is ongoing remain unclear.

“The group will begin meeting soon, and at that first meeting will decide such matters as frequency of meetings, the process for review, how to communicate the progression of its work, and other relevant matters,” Howard wrote in an email to the Daily.

Scheutz, Sarathy to propose NSF workshops on research theme AI

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continued from page 1 are very, very customized, optimized programs and the way they do it is in a statistical data-driven fashion. But there’s no insight. There’s no reasoning, there’s no cognition going on.”

To further demonstrate the current limitations of artificial intelligence machines, Scheutz and Sarathy gave the example of AlphaGo, the first AI computer program to defeat a professional human player in an ancient Chinese game called Go. Despite the growth of AI with great pattern recognition abilities to perform tasks such as playing Go, these systems were relying on information given by humans and could only perform in limited situations. They were not able to operate with new data, such as a color change in the Go pieces or grid pattern changes from squares to triangles, Scheutz and Sarathy said.

Their goal is to create machines that they trust can adapt to their environment, improvise and make the right choices.

“You want machines out there that are resilient where they face situations where we hadn’t planned for before, and they should be able to handle if things break, if they don’t have the right set of parts to do something and if they don’t have sufficient capabilities to handle something,” Sarathy said.

To further develop these winning ideas, the NSF will welcome proposals for workshops and Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGERs). Funding from EAGERs supports early research that is “high risk-high payoff,” using new approaches or perspectives, according to the NSF. Scheutz and Sarathy recognize that making their idea a possibility would require a collaborative, multidisciplinary effort from experts in artificial intelligence, robotics, psychology, cognitive science and other fields. It is this interdisciplinary aspect that Scheutz and Sarathy hope to expand through these proposed workshops stemming from their research theme.

“We need to bring people together who are experts in the field in different fields and set the stage for them to discuss important questions and figure out what the next steps are exactly,” Sarathy said.

Scheutz admitted that there are concerns for research which leads to more independent machines, but emphasized that there are ways to address them.

“These machines need to have from the beginning built-in ethical guidelines that will prevent exactly the idea that they, for example, set their own goals or set goals that are inconsistent with the goals you give them,” Scheutz said.

In the long term, Scheutz would like to see the proposal extend into a sustained investment by the NSF. “The hope would be … that the NSF, based on the outcome of a workshop like that … would sponsor will develop a whole funding program on this. They’ve done this in the past based on the outcome of competitions of that sort,” Scheutz said.

Caroline Genco, Tufts’ vice provost for research and Arthur E. Spiller M. D. professor of immunology at the Tufts University School of Medicine, believes that this project is an opportunity for collaboration across the different schools at Tufts University.

Genco said that she would like to build upon Tufts’ AI research with a new AI institute. She believes that with the NSF’s focus on Scheutz’s AI research, there will be potential for Tufts’ schools to start collaborating on an AI institute.

“The proposed AI institute at Tufts is one such example of how … I would like to expand the interdisciplinary nature of the Tufts research enterprise,” Genco said. “Our unique schools collectively are poised to tackle … AI research and teaching opportunities from multiple perspectives..”

Genco plans to meet with Scheutz soon to plan how her office can help foster engagement in his research across Tufts’ schools.

TRASHING ONE EGG WASTES 55 GALLONS OF WATER

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Lewis Hall is one of the largest of the six traditional residence halls on campus for sophomores, housing 57 doubles, 74 singles and three triples. Lewis has undergone several renovations in recent years including bathroom repairs and roofing replacements, according to Gretchen Von Grossmann, director of capital programs at Tufts. She added that there are plans to have the exterior of Lewis renovated in 2023.

“Lewis Hall’s bathrooms were renovated in 2011, including new piping, and it received a new roof in 2016,” Von Grossman wrote in an email to the Daily. “Each of those elements has an expected lifespan of at least 20 years. There is a placeholder in the Deferred Maintenance capital plan for work on the exterior of the building in summer of 2023.”

Despite these past renovations, Lewis Hall has consistently had maintenance issues that have affected residents living in the hall, including roof damage in 2015 and piping issues that caused rainwater to seep into the building and flooding in student dorms.

This has caused many Lewis residents to feel frustrated with how Tufts chooses to renovate buildings, especially considering that Lewis is a sophomore dorm and current freshman dorms such as Tilton Hall and Bush Hall have undergone more recent renovations.

“I don’t think Lewis is a great dorm, which is widely known around campus. I especially think considering the dorm’s age and condition it isn’t given as much attention as it needs,” Karen Dooley, a sophomore and Lewis resident, said.

When asked about how Tufts chooses which residential halls deserve the top renovation priority, Von Grossmann explained that the Office of Residential Life and Learning (ORLL) works with multiple groups on campus to determine the condition of each building.

“Residential Life works with Operations’ Campus Planning and Campus Renewal department and the School of Arts and Sciences [and] School of Engineering leadership to include ORLL priorities in a multi-

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year capital plan,” Von Grossmann said in an email. “Residential projects are balanced against priorities in other types of buildings across campus. Other data helps establish priorities as well, such as a Facilities Condition Index which provides an assessment of building systems and where they are in their life span for each building on campus, and observations and experiences of the Facilities Maintenance staff.”

Von Grossmann later referenced the Tufts buildings that have received partial or full renovations.

“For context,” she wrote, “Tufts just completed a substantial building program in the residence halls, investing over [$75 million] in four years. Buildings renovated in part or in full included Lewis, Bush, Haskell, Tilton, Latin Way, Harleston, Hillside 1 and 2, Hallowell, Carmichael, Miller, Houston, Richardson, Stratton, CoHo, Metcalf, and others.”

Despite having received these partial renovations, several students living in Lewis this year have experienced burst pipes in their rooms causing flood damage. Hannah San Sebastian, a sophomore and resident of Lewis Hall, explained that she was not initially notified by Tufts after they had become aware of the flood damage. She explained that she discovered that Tufts maintenance workers had entered her room when they discovered the flooding without her knowledge.

“In November, there was a pipe burst that flooded my hallway and also my room,” San Sebastian said. “However, I was never notified that this happened, and only found out when I entered my room to find the floor wet, with items of clothing that were wet having been tossed onto my bed by Tufts staff, which ruined my bedding as well. It was very frustrating to have this happen and not be noticed. Many of my items, including sneakers and carpet, were totally ruined.”

Similarly, Dooley explained how she was notified not by Tufts faculty, but by her roommate about the flooding issue. She later claims that she was initially being blamed for the flooding incident, despite not having any control over the pipes bursting.

“My roommate came back to our room a bit before me after winter break and let me

know that there were some water issues,” Dooley said. “Facilities originally blamed us and the room next to us that had flooded for unplugging our fridges over break. This, in our case, was not true. We discovered the next day that the heater behind my bed was leaking. Two out of our three rugs were ruined as well as a fair amount of stuff under my bed. I tried to save as much of the stuff I had in storage under my bed but had to throw away a suitcase, a pair of shoes, my sports backpack, and some of my clothes.”

When asked if the Lewis floods were concerning as a member of the operations division, Von Grossmann responded that flooding issues with many old buildings on campus are sometimes inevitable.

“Facilities are managing residential buildings housing over 3,400 people on the Medford campus, in space totaling over a half-million square feet, in buildings ranging in age from 150 years to 17 years,” Von Grossman wrote. “Just like in a home, from time to time a pipe will break.”

Joshua Hartman, the director of residential life and learning, added that ORLL aims to work promptly and effectively when a flooding issue occurs.

“Any time there is any disruption to the residential experience for our students, our office is concerned and works hard to provide support to those affected,” he wrote in an email. “Additionally, we work with our partners in Facilities to address maintenance or building issues. When our office is notified of facilities or maintenance issues in the residence halls, we connect with our colleagues in Facilities who respond swiftly to address any concerns. Facilities trades professionals are on call in the evenings and weekends for emergency situations and are often called for such issues.”

According to Hartman, ORLL and Facilities work to address any maintenance issues as they arise.

San Sebastian and Dooley recount having difficulties working with Facilities following the flood damage. Dooley said the flooding itself was resolved quickly, but wished she see LEWIS, page 4

s I’ve alluded to many times in the past few weeks, as an introvert I need solitude and “me” time to recharge and really feel like myself. And as I’ve mentioned again and again, finding and making time for yourself in college — a bustling place where it’s sort of impossible to ever be truly alone — can be a challenge.

Especially with the jam-packed, ridiculously busy schedule with which so many Tufts students seem to find themselves But that doesn’t mean that solitude is impossible; it’s just a matter of having time alone while still being around people. Even with crazy busy weeks, there are little things that I do to help my introverted batteries recharge.

Eating breakfast alone. While the thought of eating a meal alone in a dining hall might not be the most pleasant one, I love eating breakfast alone. I get up pretty early and am in Carmichael Dining Center by 8:30 a.m., so it’s usually pretty empty. I get to sit and eat in the relative silence of the early morning dining hall, drink my coffee and, by the time I leave, I’m ready for what the day might throw at me. Getting some “me” time early in the day helps me feel energized and ready for anything, from bustling group activities to camping out in the basement level of Tisch.

Headphones. If you’ve ever wanted to be alone in a crowded room, headphones are one way to do it. They’re a non-verbal cue to other people to let you be, to leave you to your podcast or music or whatever it is you’re listening to. Or not listening to.

One of my friends at another college will sometimes just put earbuds in without listening to anything. Music and podcasts can also be calming, something to get lost in other than everything you need to do and places you need to go.

Be okay with veering off schedule.

I love planning. Yes, I am one of those people who still has an agenda book and marks out what they’re doing and on what day they’re doing it. When I’m doing something with friends, I like to know what we’re doing and when we’re doing it (yes, I know, one of those people).

Plans are great, but sometimes they get in the way. Especially when you’re feeling particularly stressed out or drained, it can be good to veer off-schedule and do something for yourself. While I am not advocating not doing work, what I am saying is that sometimes, if you have the time to finish it the next day, you can push work to the next day. Sometimes an impromptu solo movie night on a Wednesday is just what you need, even if it means reading 80 pages the next day instead of 40. Taking care of yourself — whether you’re an introvert, extrovert or ambivert — is important. There’s nothing wrong with putting yourself and your mental sanity first.

Sometimes it’s the little things that can make the difference, that can take your internal battery from 50 percent and bring it closer to 90 percent.

For more, check out this short article about the ups and downs of being an introvert in college, the ways introverts are perceived and why that is.

Emma Rao is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Emma can be reached at emma.rao@tufts.edu.

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Students reflect on flooding in Lewis Hall LEWIS

continued from page 3 had received more information about the timeline of other repairs.

“Some of the support was helpful and some was not. The leaking was solved rapidly and room cleaning took a couple of days. However, communication between all parties wasn’t very clear, and I wish that they had given me a timeline of what work was being done,” Dooley said.

San Sebastian recounted that while the flooding issue was resolved, she had many issues with the replacement of her destroyed items. While she claims that Tufts initially offered to pay for her damaged items, San Sebastian says they later retracted their offer until her parents became involved.

“Initially, Tufts offered to pay but then after I sent in the list of destroyed items, I was told that Tufts would no longer pay,” San Sebastian said. “My parents got involved and eventually Tufts apologized for the incident, not informing me of the flooding and replaced the damaged items, but overall a very long and frustrating endeavor.”

When asked about the process for replacing destroyed items, Hartman explained that students sign a liability agreement that states Tufts is not responsible for replacing items that are lost or destroyed in many circumstances, including flood damage to a room.

“Unfortunately, Tufts is not able to provide reimbursement for damage to personal belongings,” Hartman wrote. “We recommend that students obtain renters insurance or include their residence hall room on family policies. In our Housing Agreement, under ‘Liability,’ we notify students of this policy.

This is included in the housing agreement that must be agreed to before participating in the housing selection process or completing an application for housing.”

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Broken window mesh on the exterior of Lewis Hall is pictured on Feb. 26.

Some students felt as if they didn’t receive adequate support from the ORLL. Dooley felt that this made balancing academics with replacing her belongings and fixing other damaged items difficult.

“I had to put essentially all of my stuff into my closet and had to figure out how to live without a room for a week,” she said. “I was hoping to start off my semester on the right foot and this made it really hard. It became difficult to balance starting off school work and also communicating with all the different people from residential life. I still have

some things on my to-do list that has to do with this whole situation that I’ve put off due to school. It took a lot of my time and energy to try to recover shoes and clothes I had under there that were sitting in mold all of break.”

Although Lewis has faced damages in the past, Tufts works to keep buildings up to date. Maintenance workers continually assess the state of the building, Daniela Sousa, residential facilities manager, wrote in an email to the Daily.

“The Facilities team, comprised of Licensed Trades Professionals and Zone

Managers perform weekly walk-throughs of the Facilities to ensure maintenance tickets are completed as well as triage daily calls that come through the department requiring immediate attention.

During the summer, we walk every location with both the city of Medford and Somerville to obtain our Lodging House License for the year. We walk with Fire, Health, Building and Electrical Inspectors to perform these walk-throughs and correct any issues identified prior to students moving back to campus in the fall,” Sousa wrote.

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De Wilde, Taylor-Joy talk making Austen adaption ‘Emma.’

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Lovers of Jane Austen’s 1815 iconic novel “Emma” — and fans of the coming-of-age film genre — can rejoice at the release of “Emma.” (2020) this weekend. It’s a story we all know in some way (possibly from “Clueless” (1995); a girl who loves meddling in her friends’ love lives but doesn’t have a clue how to approach her own). But this adaptation, helmed by first-time director Autumn de Wilde and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, revitalizes the timeless story for a modern audience. The film is beautifully stylized, wonderfully acted and directed with a clear and crisp vision.

Earlier this week, de Wilde and Taylor-Joy gave a Q&A at a screening of “Emma.” at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, during which they discussed their approach to the adaptation, the complex character of Emma and the film’s gorgeous production design and costumes (and its absolutely scrumptious cakes and desserts). The duo later elaborated on these topics at a roundtable interview.

“I was the first person that was cast,” Taylor-Joy said, “And [de Wilde] had me chemistry read with a few people for different roles, specifically the male roles, but for Knightley [George Knightley, a character in the film], there was only Johnny [Flynn] on the list. And I hadn’t met Johnny before, but from the second that he walked into the room, the relationship was just there.”

Taylor-Joy and Flynn’s connection is visible throughout “Emma.,” like in the moments when the two sit together with Emma’s father, Mr. Woodhouse (Billy Nighy), when they argue throughout Emma’s luxurious mansion and when they meet at the Woodhouse estate during the film’s climactic confrontation.

There’s also an infectious chemistry between Taylor-Joy and Mia Goth, who plays Emma’s best friend and protégé Harriet Smith. But that friendship isn’t just palpable because of the duo’s acting skills; de Wilde told Taylor-Joy that she wanted to cast Goth in “Emma.” before Taylor-Joy revealed that the two are best friends off-screen.

“She showed me a picture of her, and I was like, ‘I was on the phone with her this morning, she’s been my best friend for four years,’” Taylor-Joy said.

It’s just one of the many spooky moments from the creation and production of the film, including a real nosebleed from Taylor-Joy during a scene in which her character is supposed to suffer from one (they originally were supposed to use fake blood, but happy accidents work just as well).

At the core of “Emma.” is both the titular character’s friendship with Smith and her

spicy relationship with Knightley, but the latter presents a love trope from Austen’s novel that de Wilde connected with.

“This story is so iconic because of that condition between two people that fight so much [that] they don’t realize that they’re in love,” she said. “And I think that translates across gender and across time periods and ages. It’s so fun to go back to kind of the first book that did it.”

And de Wilde is right; that love trope is timeless. But her decision to set “Emma.” in its colorful, Georgian era is ripe and smart.

“Jane Austen created a satire about the class system, on top of everything else. I was really interested in pointing my finger at the class system as well as all the other layers,” de Wilde said.

There’s a definite focus in the film on the ideas of class and what’s appropriate etiquette, especially during the dance scenes (more on that later).

De Wilde noted that this story could be put anywhere — and it has — but for her, “the opportunity to go into fashion history and design history” and make a true period piece was exciting. “Emma.” captures its Georgian time period with that dedication. De Wilde noted that she was able to ensure that all of the costumes were tailored for their characters and that the mansions they used were updated with wallpapers and paints from that era.

But much of her character inspiration — especially for the more intimate moments — came from caricatures.

“I started looking at what the cartoonists of that time period were poking fun at, and they poked fun at the rich, they poked fun at fashion,” de Wilde said.

Those caricatures feed many of the quick, but hilarious moments when we’re alone with characters.

While “Emma.” derives much of its humor from both its source material and those intimate moments, it also features plenty of character quirks and facial expressions (like the most subtle looks that Emma displays when she’s speaking — or rather, being spoken to — by Miss Bates, played by Miranda Hart).

“Very early on, I started pulling these expressions, and [de Wilde] was like, ‘Wait, what you just did, do it, but put it in the scene,’” Taylor-Joy said, adding that the relationship with de Wilde as a director was exciting. “Even the first time that that happened, I was like, ‘Oh, okay, she wants me to play, she wants me to be big and express myself.’”

All of the actors worked in similar subtle ways to understand what their characters were saying, doing and feeling, especially during the dance scenes. De Wilde said that “by the time we got to the ball, [all the actors] were reporting to me” about their

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A promotional poster for “Emma.” (2020) is pictured. looks throughout the scene. It connects to de Wilde’s understanding of the dance scenes as the place for young people of that time to communicate with touches and looks.

That actor and director comfort, especially highlighted by Taylor-Joy’s casual relationship with de Wilde, is nothing short of splendid and refreshing. When Taylor-Joy talked about working with de Wilde from the very first time they met, she noted that the two always worked collaboratively to bring “Emma.” to life.

And the film’s liveliness also comes from its music, written by Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer.

“I wanted it to seem like the orchestra is misbehaving,” de Wilde said, adding that she drew inspiration for the music from

spaghetti westerns. “I wanted there to be distinctive instruments for each character and themes.”

But “Emma.” is ultimately a success because of Taylor-Joy’s interpretation of the iconic character. Emma is a flawed, messy character, but for Taylor-Joy, “that’s what it means to be human.” She commented that Emma is a three-dimensional character who deserved to be played with various layers. Emma’s redemption throughout the story is not only fulfilling, but also makes her story much more interesting and relatable. It’s the reason we’ve been reading and seeing Austen’s story for over 200 years and yet keep coming back to it.

“Emma.” is in theaters everywhere this weekend.

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‘The Invisible Man’ reboot cleverly changes narrative, feels fresh

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A promotional poster for “The Invisible Man” (2020) is pictured. looming presence, mirroring the thought process of Cecilia, and intimately involving us in her psyche.

Moss’s performance as Cecilia is not a career-best, but it certainly builds upon the fantastic work she has done before. While not as unflinchingly badass as Offred from “The Handmaid’s Tale” (2017–), Moss’s portrayal of Cecilia’s vulnerability makes her bravery in the face of terror that much sweeter. Moss’s characterization supplements the intelligence detailed in Whannell’s screenplay; Cecilia is the only person in the world able to outsmart the tech-mogul-sociopath-genius that is Adrian.

This is increasingly compelling when viewed as a post-#MeToo film; both

Whannell and Moss have outlined the extra sensitivity they took to successfully portray an intelligent, strong female character who has suffered abuse from a romantic partner. All in all, it is hard to compare Moss’s acting to the iconic horror performances of the last decade (Toni Colette in Hereditary, Lupita Nyong’o in Us), but Moss proves to be endlessly compelling and believable.

Ultimately, the film’s strength lies in its ability to manipulate the audience’s expectations; the film cleverly toys with the concept of invisibility in ways that steadily increase the tension. Even as the film ends, choices with the soundtrack and sound editing ensure that we never forget the impact Adrian has had on Cecilia — invisible but never gone.

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In the age of reboots, it comes as no surprise that Universal Pictures has remade its 1933 classic “The Invisible Man.” In the original, “The Invisible Man” is an imposing but sympathetic protagonist, a brilliant scientist with the capacity for despair, remorse and love. In this sense, the original “The Invisible Man” and the 2020 remake are similar only in name.

The new character behind the Invisible Man is instead the antagonist — a violent, maniacal scientist who abuses his girlfriend, Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss), fakes his own death and becomes invisible to enact his revenge. By refocusing the story on the victim, writer and director Leigh Whannell breathes new life into the classic tale of “The Invisible Man,” combining the story of an iconic movie monster with modern perspectives on abuse, technology and accountability.

The film begins in near-silence as we are thrust into Cecilia’s world. Despite never seeing Cecilia’s abusive boyfriend, Adrian (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), we still feel the tension escalate due to masterful direction and Moss’s enrapturing performance.

The silence is finally broken when Cecilia escapes, calls her sister and makes her aware of the abuse — becoming a literal “silence-breaker” to a previously secret cycle of abuse.

And so begins the movie’s introduction to the new Cecilia, the Cecilia without Adrian’s vitriol, gaslighting and lies. The supporting cast rounds out Cecilia’s character in surprising and welcomed ways; Aldis Hodge’s performance as Cecilia’s childhood friend James is both hilarious and heart-warming, and Storm Reid as Sydney flips between sarcasm and sincerity with ease.

One of the weaker portions of the movie, B unfortunately, comes with Harriet Dyer’s portrayal of Cecilia’s sister, Alice. Whether the elack of chemistry between Cecilia and Alice rcan be attributed to the performers or the script, plotlines involving Alice fall flat, rensdering one of the major turning points in the ffilm less effective than it could have been. , Perhaps the greatest feat of the film is its scinematography and sound-editing. With -the concept of an invisible, but deeply dan-gerous monster, Whannellv stated that his dgreat challenge was how to “make empty nspaces tense.” This works fantastically well -for the film as lingering shots of empty ehallways, rooms and parking lots become nunbearably terrifying, which serves as a stestament to Whannell’s artistic vision.

- The concept behind Adrian’s invisibility adds additional layers to scenes beyond sthe aforementioned empty corners and hallways; simple conversations and joyful moments shot from afar force the audience to never forget Adrian’s (potential)

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ntroduction: In case you live under a rock, white sneakers are everywhere. We usually try to stay ahead of the trends so we can give our advice to our loyal readers on whether they should try out a look. But the prevalence of white sneakers on this campus has necessitated a response from us. So, today we are not giving our opinions on whether this look is Ha(u)t(e) or not, but instead on the overall trend and how it has become so common.

Coco: White sneakers seem to have reached a level of popularity I have not seen in a shoe style since Uggs in middle school, in large part because of their versatility. While largely ordinary in their appearance, their simple white appearance is their entire beauty. Their plainness makes it so that they can work with any other item of clothing. They solve the eternal problem of having a fly outfit but lacking a pair of shoes that works with it. So just because many have also noticed their versatility does not mean that you have to think twice about wearing your own pair! Unlike other trends that might have been hurt by how popular they became, like beanies and kanken backpacks, the white sneakers solve a problem and just highlight the outfit you are already wearing.

When I wear my white sneakers, they are just the things I wear on my feet because society has decided to make shoes necessary. They are by no stretch the highlight of my outfit or what makes it unique, but merely a means to an end.

Because of this, I don’t really care if they are considered basic since they are just fillers. So, go jump on that bandwagon and treat yourself by buying those white Air Force 1’s (or whatever brand floats your boat).

Beans: The white sneaker trend is truly a gift from above. Sent from the heavens (or Zappos) and arriving outside my Latin Way suite in 1–2 business days, the white sneaker is a godsend.

Much to Coco’s dismay, I have fully embraced this trend and made it not only a staple of my wardrobe, but the crux of it. It fully reinforces my fashion laziness and allows me to wear the same pair of shoes every day until the soles wear out. Unfortunately, this habit has caused me to unwillingly hop on the gray shoe train, as I am notoriously bad at keeping my sneakers looking fresh. If any of our loyal readers have recommendations for how to wash my sneakers, please email me at madison. lehan@tufts.edu. I need help. I am so close to getting a new pair just to avoid washing my current pair. The thing that I didn’t understand when I bought these shoes is that white is a commitment.

Our sneakers aren’t just a trend — they deserve love, care and attention. I have proven myself unworthy of mine. My recommendation is to continue to hop on this trend, but only if you are willing to put in the time and effort.

Colette Smith is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. Colette can be reached at colette.smith@tufts.edu.

Madison Lehan is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major. Madison can be reached at madison.lehan@tufts.edu.

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Editorial: Tufts must champion student health by improving non-varsity athletics facilities In 2012, Tufts finished construction on the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center.

Although undergraduate enrollment has increased over the past eight years, the university has not expanded its facilities to accommodate the fitness needs of the growing student body. Thus, the limited resources in the gym do not currently meet student demand; many students cite a lack of adequate space for non-varsity athletes, equipment issues and a shortage of cubbies as hindrances to exercising. Physical activity is key to maintaining a healthy mind and body, vital for the academic and personal success of college students.

As a student-centered institution, Tufts must allocate more resources towards its non-varsity athletics facilities to promote student well-being and allow all students access to a healthy lifestyle.

Before even attempting to exercise, students encounter a shortage of resources; the often limited storage space makes it difficult to securely store personal belongings, including jackets, backpacks and phones. Although the athletic facilities provide a locker room to hold students’ items, many gym-goers are not even aware this resource exists. However, these lockers do not appear to be particularly viable options anyways, for they are tiny, old, dilapidated and rusty, and students must undergo an inconvenient, time-consuming lock check-out process. This inadequate system leads students to use the

cubbies next to the gym, but this resource proves deficient as well; the cubbies are often full, causing the waiting area to become chaotic as students try to find a spot for their belongings.

“I am worried someone is going to steal my items when I have to throw my jacket on the ground because there is no place to put it,” first-year Alexa Brown said.

Further, students who leave items scattered outside of storage spaces run the risk of losing their belongings or having them taken. This poses a significant issue considering some students exercise to relieve anxieties, yet worries about the security of belongings counteract this goal by creating an additional stressor.

The shortage of equipment acts as another obstacle that prevents students from exercising. Many students, especially in the winter months, attend the gym to run on the treadmills; however, these students may often find themselves waiting for up to 30 minutes to access an available treadmill.

Additionally, many treadmills commonly are out-of-order or unplugged — problems that the university could easily remedy by assigning specific staff to ensure that machines are plugged in and repaired in a timely matter. It is not only treadmills, however; equipment such as ellipticals, cable rows and weight machines often do not function properly, and students also face a waiting time for gym resources such as bench presses and mats.

First-year AJ Arbuckle reflected on these issues, stating that “oftentimes, I go to the gym and certain equipment I want to use is taken up. There is a shortage, and I just can’t do the exercises I want to do.”

The gym should be a stress-free environment where students can take full advantage of facilities, not a place where they must sacrifice valuable time to the equipment waiting game. Long wait times at the gym mean that students have to allocate a larger portion of their schedule to exercise, making it especially difficult for busier students to incorporate exercise into their weekly routine and thus live healthier lifestyles.

Tufts can remedy many of these issues with simple fixes, and they must do so to support the health of its student body.

To address the lack of storage space for personal items and associated stress of the cubby system, Tufts should revitalize the non-varsity locker room. Tufts must also ensure the functionality of the aforementioned gym equipment such as treadmills and workout machines and add additional mat space, benches and exercise machines; this way, Tufts optimizes space in its athletic facilities and validates the needs of its student body.

These changes are vital to ensuring that all students can access the resources needed to live a healthy lifestyle, vital for the current and future wellness of all students.

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Friday, February 28, 2020

Matt Rice Primary Colors

Dear establishment, you might be too late

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o say that the Democratic “establishment” is nervous about a Sanders nomination is a wild understatement. For the first time in American history, one presidential candidate has won the popular vote in the first three nominating contests. That candidate is the septuagenarian, Jewish Brooklynite-turnedGreen Mountain democratic socialist Bernie Sanders. No candidate of either party or any president has ever been as successful as Bernie this early in the nominating process.

Trump lost Iowa to Cruz but rebounded in New Hampshire.

Obama came from behind to win Iowa but lost only a few days later to Clinton in New Hampshire.

John McCain won a New Hampshire primary landslide in 2000, but Bush stopped him cold in South Carolina.

Three consecutive victories have undeniably put Bernie in the driver’s seat. Of the nonself-funders in the race, Bernie leads with nearly $17 million on hand while Joe Biden has just over $7 million. FiveThirtyEight currently projects that Bernie has a 31% chance of winning the nomination, and it seems the “establishment” which Bernie so often rails against has noticed.

A recent memo from the centrist think tank Third Way was addressed to every Democratic presidential candidate with the headline, “Stand Up to Bernie or You – and We – All Lose.”

“At the Las Vegas debate … you declined to really challenge Senator Sanders. If you repeat this strategy at the South Carolina debate this week, you could hand the nomination to Sanders, likely dooming the Democratic Party,” Jonathan Cowan, president of Third Way, and Matt Bennett, executive vice president for public affairs of Third Way, wrote.

Their concerns largely reflect the fears of the entire Democratic establishment. Chris Matthews likened Sanders to 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern, who lost all but one state to Richard Nixon.

But the alarm bells they are ringing might be too little, too late. According to FiveThirtyEight, Bernie has a lead in every one of next week’s Super Tuesday states, except Oklahoma, Minnesota and Arkansas, although Sanders won a 10-point victory over Clinton in Oklahoma in 2016.

At this point, certain facts are undeniable: Bernie has the money, the momentum and the support to decisively win from here on out. He may lose a few contests here and there, but, as FiveThirtyEight acknowledges, Bernie’s greatest barrier isn’t another candidate but the possibility of a brokered convention.

Bernie may be clearing hurdles now, but as former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his tens of billions wait in the wings, the Sanders campaign will need a true grassroots army to overcome and win the nomination outright.

Matt Rice is a junior studying political science. Matt can be reached at matthew. rice@tufts.edu.

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Op-ed: Can a Jewish candidate win?

by Hannah Kahn

Disclaimer: Hannah Kahn is a former executive opinion editor and executive audio editor at the Daily.

If you’re waiting for a critique of Bernie Sanders or Mike Bloomberg, you can stop reading. As someone who believes that healthcare is a human right, and that the wealth gaps in this country are disgusting, I would be no short of thrilled if Bernie was our president. As a Jew, it’s endlessly satisfying to see a presidential frontrunner who is motivated by Tikkun Olam (‘repair of the world’), not to mention one who is played

by Larry David on Saturday Night Live. As for Bloomberg, he has proven himself as of late to be a talented Democratic Party sugar daddy. I will support either of them enthusiastically if they were to become the nominee.

My grievances are, mostly, with the media.

Some people will not get this far in the article, or will not read it at all spare the headline.

Let me make this very clear: Jewish candidates can win. We can have a Jewish president.

Bernie Sanders can win. Michael Bloomberg can win. Jonah freaking Hill could win.

But you can imagine that, for many, reading that headline over and over again might sow seeds of doubt. Which is why the media coverage this election cycle has been so excruciating for me, as a woman, and especially as a supporter of Elizabeth Warren.

As Lori Poloni-Staudinger and J. Cherie Strachan wrote for the Washington Post, even raising the question “Can a woman win?” has real consequences. The authors cited research like one study from 2018, which found that media sexism really does tamper with women’s motivation to run for office. You can envision, then, this effect extending to voters’ decision to ‘take the risk’ on a female candidate.

Many people might argue that Warren brought this issue to the spotlight herself, when CNN published a story that Sanders had told Warren in a private conversation that he didn’t think a woman could win.

Sanders and Warren were both asked about the remark during the Iowa debate,

a conversation where the moderators seemed to take Warren’s word. Warren got to deliver a punchy electability message: “The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they’ve been in are the women, Amy and me.”

Whether or not her team was or was not responsible for this leak is not for me to say. Whether or not this conversation transpired as he or she remembered it is not for me to say. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

But if you think this was a conversation Warren wanted to have in the first place, I disagree. She hit on a worry that had been gnawing at her support since she announced her run — a woman? After 2016? And ultimately, although she got a powerful soundbite, bringing the question of female electability out in the open did not help her. If anything, it emboldened people, particularly media pundits, to ask it aloud, which hurt her.

In the time I’ve spent volunteering for Warren in Iowa and New Hampshire, I’ve heard a healthy dose of coded sexist remarks. One man said he “can’t listen to her” because she’s “shrill” and a “nag.”

Another man, even less subtle, told me her whole “‘I am woman, hear me roar,’ mantra” was “alienating half the country.”

But most of what I got were fear-based comments, mostly from women, about whether or not a woman could win. “I don’t know if the country is ready for a woman president,” was a common Iowan refrain, which usually was accompanied by a long sigh.

For the most part, I don’t think these people are being sexist — I think they want to see a woman president. I just think they’ve internalized a ton of sexism — and haven’t we all! They’ve picked up on historical cues (as Amy Klobuchar put it, “Name your favorite woman president”). They’ve examined the rhetoric of the last presidential winner (cough cough “Grab ‘em by the pussy”). And they’ve read the headlines from Slate (“Can a Woman Win the Election?”), the Associated Press (“Can a Woman Win the Presidency? Clash Exposes

Deeper Issue”), The Wall Street Journal (“Can a Woman Win in 2020?”); there are lots more, but I think you get the point.

Some of these articles appear like clickbait (like this one, admittedly). But many of them ask the question with a painful earnesty. It’s like a patriarchal chicken and egg — is the media directing public opinion on women’s electability, or is the media picking up on societal doubt in women’s ability to win? Obviously it’s both, but one is supposed to have better editors.

At this point in the race, it looks more and more likely that Sanders is going to win the nomination. Some polls show Bloomberg in second. Standings may fluctuate, but there is a good chance we have our first Jewish presidential nominee, which means Democrats — and others who want to keep Trump a one-termer — will have to fight to elect the first Jewish president of the United States. This would be a serious undertaking and a huge deviation from the norm.

Commander in chief is just about the most goyish title you can have.

In all seriousness, we have seen the white supremacist underbelly of this nation come out in full force post-2016 — and it is really important to note that they weren’t exactly hiding before. But events like the Charlottesville rally, the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh as well as a “dramatic increase” in antisemitic “physical assaults” according to the ADL, remind us that being Jewish is still a category of otherness that is often shunned, even targeted.

You might think that, in ‘liberal havens’ like Tufts, or the New York suburb where I’m from, we would be past asking questions like “Can a woman win?” But even in these places, these reductive queries come up all the time, circling around the same issue: electability.

Our sample size of presidents is very small, meaning studying which presidential candidates are “electable” is impossible until we elect them. These electability discussions are often just thinly veiled referendums on how much our country

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is supposedly willing to deviate from the 44 of 45 straight white male presidents we’ve had.

And if “Can an X win?” is asked here, you can imagine the way its phrased in more socially conservative parts of the country.

Back in Iowa, a woman told me that, if Bernie Sanders is the nominee, “a lot of people are gonna say ‘they won’t vote for that [expletive].’ (The woman said she had converted to Judaism, so it was “okay for her to say [expletive]” to me.)

Questions of this nature, “Can an X win?” not only harm by contributing to the mythical ‘electability’ narrative; they are also extremely unsophisticated. Can a woman win? I don’t know, but maybe a senator from Massachusetts with a background in public education and fighting for working families could. We drain all the nuance out of journalism and politics when we reduce people down to one facet of their identity.

This is mostly a plea to the media but also to all of us who get sucked up in it.

Asking “Can a woman win?” has not helped Warren. Asking “Can a Jewish candidate win?” will not help Bernie. And even if you don’t care to assist those candidates individually, you should care about future generations who want to run for office but fear they won’t be able to get over the ‘electability’ hurdle, either.

Media, please be responsible. And fellow voters, please be thoughtful. I sincerely hope that the Tufts Daily is the most prominent news publication to publish this headline. And in future election cycles, let’s be mindful of the content we put out and take into our virtual ecosystem, in the hope that we don’t sideline marginalized groups going forward. They are the future of the Democratic Party, and they don’t need one more hurdle to get over.

Hannah Kahn is a senior studying English.

Hannah can be reached at hannah.kahn@ tufts.edu.

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Friday, February 28, 2020 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY

Men’s, women’s track and field wrap up regular indoor season

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Runners compete at the Branwen Smith-King Invitational at the Gantcher Center on Feb. 1.

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The men’s and women’s track and field teams finished successful regular indoor seasons on Saturday at the Springfield College Triangle Classic in Springfield, Mass. For many of the athletes, it was their last chance to qualify for championship meets, and the teams rose to that challenge.

On the men’s side, junior Aiden Lewis posted a time of 1:24.48 in the 600 meters, giving him not only second place in the event, but also a personal best. This performance ranks him 26th on the Div. III New England region performance list, giving him a confidence booster going into the championship part of the season.

“I had to take a couple of weeks prior to the start of the season,” Lewis said. “It felt really good to get back into shape and be able to get a [personal record].”

In the 1,000 meter run, senior Dylan McEniry finished with a time of 2:36.57, earning him second place, as well as a qualifying time that ranks 33rd in the Div. III New England region. In the mile and 5,000 meter, respectively, senior Taylor Wurts finished third with a time of 4:31.33 and junior Patrick Nero finished second with a time of 15:54.23.

In the short distance events, senior Robert Jones finished third in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.06, ranking him 13th in the Div. III New England region. Firstyear Willy White also took advantage of the situation, posting a personal record in the 60 meter hurdles. His time of 8.49 in the finals, which was a 0.18 second improve-

ment from his preliminary time, gave him third place in the meet as well as a ranking of 10th in the Div. III New England region.

First-year Hunter Farrell tied his personal best of 14″’ 7” 1/4’ in the pole vault, earning him third place, while junior Matthew Manteiga jumped 21’ 7 1/2” in the long jump to secure fourth place in the event.

The women’s side was led by two distance event wins in the 3,000 meter by first-year Meghan Davis and in the 5,000 meter by junior Hannah Nelson. Davis ran a time of 10:40.21, giving her a new personal best. Nelson ran an 18:31.14, giving her a new personal best and a ranking of 25th in the Div. III New England region.

There were also two field event wins led by sophomore Kathryn Ezeoha in the long jump and first-year Lia Rotti in the triple jump. Ezeoha posted 17’ 1 1/2″”, placing her 15th in the Div. III New England region, while Rotti finished with 38’ 5 1/2”. Notably, Rotti is only the third athlete in team history to go over 38-feet in the event.

Other impressive showings by the women’s team included a fourth place finish in the mile by junior Johanna Ross with a time of 5:16.05 and a fifth place finish in the 600 meters by junior Scarlet Bliss with a time of 1:42.32 that earned her 30th place in the Div. III New England region.

There were also some impressive firstyear showings, including Aliya Magnuson in the 800 meters and Jaidyn Appel in the high jump. Magnuson ran a personal best of 2:26.73, coming in fourth place in the race. Meanwhile, Appel jumped 5’ 3 1/4”″, placing second in the event.

Both the men’s and women’s teams saw success from first-years, a positive sign moving forward.

“I feel like we have very strong new members of the team,” said Lewis. “This [first-year] class has been very impressive, and I think in the coming years as long as they manage to stay healthy and they can build on their talent, we’re going to have a very strong team.”

This meet was a success not only for the first-years, but also for many of the veteran athletes as well, such as for Nelson.

“It was kind of a breakthrough race for me,” said Nelson. “I’ve been dealing with a lot of injury throughout my running career at Tufts. To cut down on time was pretty exciting.”

As the Jumbos look ahead to the championship part of the season, the men’s team will return to Springfield College for the New England Div. III Championship on Friday and Saturday, where many of the athletes such as senior Matt D’Anieri, junior Harry Steinberg and senior co-captain Roman Lovell, who did not compete at the Triangle Classic, will be back in action. The women’s team New England Div. III Championships will be hosted at Middlebury.

Nelson, still recovering from running the 5,000 meter at Springfield, is nonetheless optimistic about the championship race despite the fierce competition.

“It’s a little tough. The field is definitely really competitive,” Nelson said. “I ran the 5k on Saturday, and have to run it again six days later, but I’ll be in great company.”

ith the NFL Combine having already gotten started, it seems like an appropriate time to begin a mock draft and speculate where college football’s outstanding prospects will be playing professionally next year.

1) Cincinnati Bengals: Joe Burrow, Quarterback, Louisiana State In his 2019 season at Louisiana State University, Burrow threw for 5,671 yards and 60 touchdowns which made him the obvious selection for the Heisman Trophy.

In the Peach Bowl, which is usually a competitive contest, he threw for 493 yards and seven touchdowns. His unbelievable season, his Ohio roots, the Bengals’ need for a quarterback and head coach Zac Taylor’s offensive background make this a no-brainer for the Bengals.

2) Washington Redskins: Chase Young, Edge-rusher, Ohio State Before Burrow’s historic season, Young was a lock for the No. 1 pick. A physical specimen made of tree-trunk-like legs and long arms with a lighting-quick first step, Young has the potential to be a game wrecker in the NFL. Young is said to be better than both Joey and Nick Bosa, both highly rated pass rushers from Ohio State who have been successful in the NFL. With the Redskins set with Dwayne Haskins at quarterback, they will take Young because he is far and away the best player available.

3) Detroit Lions: Jeffrey Okudah, Cornerback, Ohio State The Lions could use this pick to address its offensive line, defensive line or secondary. Addressing the secondary by selecting Okudah makes the most sense because star cornerback Darius Slay is entering the last year of his contract and appeared to be unhappy with the franchise after they traded away Quandre Diggs during the season. An elite athlete with terrific ball skills and a star in man coverage, Okudah has drawn comparisons to Jalen Ramsey and can be the NFL’s next great cornerback, which makes this a great pick for the Lions.

4) New York Giants: Jedrick Wills, Offensive Tackle, Alabama Selecting Wills, who is considered to be a physical enforcer with advanced footwork, helps the Giants protect the future of its cornerstone players Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley. While the Giants have holes all over its roster, the injuries to Jones and Barkley throughout the season should be enough to convince the Giants to select an impact offensive tackle in order to protect its star offensive players.

5) Miami Dolphins: Tua Tagovailoa, Quarterback, Alabama During the season, it seemed like the Dolphins had won too many games to select the highly touted quarterback.

However, Tagovailoa’s hip fracture allows the Dolphins to reel him in at the No. 5.

While Tagovailoa’s durability may be questioned after various ankle, wrist and hip injuries, his talent is undeniable. In five games last season, he threw for 2,840 yards and 33 touchdowns and has been compared to a left-handed version of Drew Brees. With the Dolphins seemingly having given up on Josh Rosen and the end of Fitzmagic being almost inevitable, choosing Tagovailoa with this pick makes too much sense for the Dolphins.

Henry Gorelik is a first-year who has yet to declare a major. Henry can be reached at henry.gorelik@tufts.edu.

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Friday, February 28, 2020

Sports

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Hockey misses out on playoffs with loss to Bowdoin

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Sophomore Brendan Skarda is pictured during a home game against Conn. College on Feb. 7.

by Jake Freudberg

Executive Sports Editor

The hockey team wrapped up its season with two home games at Valley Forum over the weekend, after defeating Colby 3–1 on Friday and losing to Bowdoin 4–2 on Saturday.

Going into the weekend, Tufts, Colby and Bowdoin were all vying to qualify for the NESCAC tournament in the extremely tight conference.

“Our approach was that we knew we needed to win two,” coach Pat Norton said.

“The guys had a good attitude and a good focus coming into the weekend. I thought that we were ready to play and I felt that we understood the task at hand.”

In Saturday’s matchup against the Polar Bears, the two teams played a relatively even first period, although the Polar Bears outshot the Jumbos 14–5. Bowdoin got on the scoreboard first just over six minutes in with a goal from first-year forward Ethan Kimball. However, Tufts quickly responded, as senior defenseman Cory Gottfried scored a power play goal about four minutes later.

But the game quickly slipped away in the second period. Sophomore forward Jimmy

Duffy scored for Bowdoin off a rebounded shot that deflected off sophomore goalie Josh Sarlo, bringing the score to 2–1. Less than 90 seconds later, Kimball scored his second goal of the day. A few minutes later, sophomore defenseman Cam Berube brought the score to 4–1 on a power play goal.

Playing to keep their season alive, the Jumbos did not let up and held the Polar Bears scoreless for the rest of the game. In the second period, Tufts outshot Bowdoin 14–13, and in the third period, Tufts again outshot Bowdoin 14–9.

“I thought we responded well and we played great after [the goals],” Norton said.

Senior forward and assistant captain Anthony Farinacci was the only Jumbo to convert, though, as he scored just over 12 minutes into the third period, assisted by sophomore forward Justin Brandt and junior defenseman Michael Gordon.

Norton pulled Sarlo from the net with three minutes remaining, and despite some scoring opportunities, the score remained 4–2.

“We had a great chance with the goalie pulled, five on four, to score goals, and their kid made some great saves,” Norton said, talking about Bowdoin junior goalie Alex Zafonte.

“That’s the best I’ve ever seen him play.”

Friday’s result was more positive for Tufts in the must-win weekend, as the team defeated Colby 3–1.

Sophomore forward Nick Schultze scored for Tufts just 1:56 into the first period. But Colby equalized the score 1–1 with a goal from senior forward J.P. Schulen. Despite being outshot overall 33–28, the Jumbos scored goals in the second and third periods and held the Mules scoreless. The second period goal came from Farinacci, while junior forward Mason Babbdige — the team’s leading scorer this season — ensured the victory with his third period goal.

With the win and the loss, the Jumbos ended up as the ninth seed in the NESCAC and missed the playoff cut. Bowdoin, meanwhile, moved up to a three-way tie for fifth place. Colby got tenth place and also will not play in the tournament. Overall, Norton emphasized just how tight the NESCAC was this season.

“We played a lot better this season in almost all areas and I think we were four points less last year and we got in the playoffs,” Norton said. “I think if we had the record we had this year, we would’ve [been] fighting for fourth place of fifth place last year. It’s just the way the league goes.”

Despite taking the second-to-last spot in the conference, Norton emphasized that his team played close games.

Many of the more lopsided scores came from pulling goalies at the end of close games, a necessary risk that sometimes does not pay off.

“We pulled a goalie seven or eight times this year,” Norton said. “That’s a close competitive season.”

Nevertheless, the team did not qualify for the playoffs. For seniors like forward Blake McIntyre, it was a frustrating end to the season.

“You can attribute [it] to whatever you want, but we didn’t get the job done,” McIntyre said. “It was a sad weekend especially for the seniors. … It still stings, but as a program, it’s moving forward with the right steps.”

Looking forward, although the team will graduate a core group of seven seniors, Norton is optimistic about the future of his team.

“There [are] a few things we can continue to work on to get better at,” Norton said.

“It’s just this year, the pucks didn’t quite go our way.”

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