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School of Arts & Sciences addresses budget deficit by Emily Burke News Editor

The budget for the School of Arts & Sciences (A&S) is currently in a deficit, according to the Sept. 27 A&S faculty meeting minutes, which discussed the school’s budget and financial situation. In the minutes, Executive Administrative Dean for Arts & Sciences Scott Sahagian emphasized that the deficit exists for good reason; the university is investing in academic buildings, housing, research and other areas. “At present, our first quarter models are projecting a $7.5M budget deficit in A&S for this fiscal year,” Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences James Glaser told the Daily in an email. “We’re trying to manage our spending and commitments this year to reduce that number to break even.” In the minutes, Glaser said that the university is working on fundraising and other measures to close the deficit. “The fact is that we have made investments in the future of the institution that are critically important, but this also introduces some challenges,” Glaser told the Daily in an email. “We are in the process of meeting these challenges.” According to Glaser, several factors led to the A&S budget deficit, including recent improvement projects. “The new science buildings, as well as other investments in infrastructure on campus, have added new costs because we have to pay for their operation and the debt required to build them,” Glaser said.

Sahagian reiterated the importance of new university investments, including in the sciences and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts. However, Glaser noted that the SMFA is not part of the A&S budget. “We have made substantial investments in the arts, through the SMFA, the sciences, through the opening of the new SEC [Science and Engineering Complex] building, and in a host of other programs and improvements, such as increased financial aid and enhancement of our dorms,” Sahagian told the Daily in an email. Glaser said that Tufts is facing similar challenges to universities across the country. “Moreover, as is the case with most non-profits nationally, the university’s endowment has been spinning off smaller returns over recent years so the payout to A&S and other schools from the endowment has been reduced by the trustees,” Glaser said. Glaser also mentioned other necessary projects and university responsibilities that affect the budget. “We are making investments to update and improve our housing and dining and to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act,” Glaser said. “We have new obligations because of the contracts we have negotiated with the part and full-time faculty unions.” In terms of the overall university budget, Glaser explained that that each school has its own budget. These individual budgets can undergo periods of

surplus and deficit, as can the university budget overall. Senior Executive Director of the University Budget James Hurley confirmed that although schools share some costs, each school’s budget is independent. “All colleges and universities, including Tufts, occasionally encounter budget challenges as a result of any number of factors,” Hurley told the Daily in an email. “And the schools within the university from time to time encounter budgetary challenges. When they do, we work collaboratively to address them.” Glaser noted that despite these initial financial challenges, investments in the science buildings were necessary, as Barnum, Robinson and Anderson Halls were not sufficient to foster student success. “The new teaching and research laboratories are now state-of-art and will allow for a better student experience as well as the potential for more successful research and more competitive research grants,” Glaser said. Glaser added that there is still work to be done in terms of housing, including improving the quality of the buildings and making them more accessible. Specifically, Glaser named Miller and Houston Halls as priorities for renovating rooms, bathrooms and common rooms. “There is a proposal to turn university-owned wood frame buildings into dormitories to help bring juniors and

seniors back into Tufts-owned properties, enhance student life and provide relief as the rents in the neighborhoods go up,” Glaser said. Director of Administration for the School of Arts & Sciences Tony Luongo elaborated on the ways in which housing costs factor into the A&S budget. “Operating costs related to housing (heat, electricity, minor repairs), as well as the staff salary costs for residential life impact the A&S operating budget,” Luongo told the Daily in an email. “Larger renovations are not part of the A&S operating budget, and are instead considered separately as part of our capital budget.” Sahagian emphasized that one factor contributing to the current deficit, the increased cost of health insurance, is affecting organizations across the country. However, he expressed confidence that Tufts will close the deficit. “We’re working within the school and with our colleagues at the university level to address these challenges and move forward,” Sahagian said. Hurley reiterated that the university is addressing the deficit through a number of strategies, and that discussions are ongoing. “We’ve made some significant investments in the university in the last few years, such as the new science buildings and the SMFA,” Hurley said. “While these improvements are making a positive difference today and will continue to do so in the future, they do come with increased costs.”

Tufts Republicans seek to bring Ben Shapiro to campus, UIJ and TSA object by Emma Steiner News Editor

Tufts Republicans recently submitted a proposal to Tufts Community Union ( TCU) Senate for funding to bring Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator and former editor for Breitbart News, a far-right online publication founded in 2007. The Senate debate on the funding request was scheduled for Oct. 29, but the Tufts Republicans requested that the debate be postponed to enable them to fur-

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ther prepare, according to the group’s president George Berhakis. “We asked the Senate to postpone the debate and vote,” Berhakis, a sophomore, told the Daily in an email. “After the request passed through the Allocations Board a couple of weeks ago, there was a swift mobilization against us by leftist student groups. We thought it best to postpone the process to give ourselves more time to prepare. That being said, we fully expect to debate our proposal in the Senate.” see SHAPIRO, page 2

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Student groups debate value of conservative commentator coming to campus SHAPIRO

continued from page 1 Berhakis was in part referring to Tufts United for Immigrant Justice (UIJ) and Tufts Student Action ( TSA), which quickly notified and mobilized students to pressure members of Senate to vote against the funding request with a Facebook event called “Pack the Room: Vote No to Ben Shapiro.” The event was later cancelled when the Tufts Republicans postponed the discussion. According to the event Facebook page, Shapiro’s “history of spreading fake news and fearmongering, particularly around issues of immigration, has put many of our communities in tangible amounts of danger.” The organizers added in the event’s description that Shapiro’s appearance on campus would give him “a legitimate platform to continue spreading these lies and will threaten the undocumented-friendly environment we’ve spent the past five years fighting for.” Shapiro has falsely claimed that immigrants commit more crimes and are a “drain on public resources,” and denied the existence of white privilege based on the idea that blackness is an advantage in the United States. Shapiro has also commented that the identity of transgender people is a form of delusion, and has posted a video on his Facebook page saying that rape culture is a result of feminists preventing men from protecting women. According to Berhakis, it is important to him for student groups to be able to bring speakers they “find interesting and engaging to campus,” and to bring Shapiro specifically in order to engage in a conservative dialogue. “Many in our club specifically think that Ben Shapiro occupies a very unique space on the right,” Behrakis said. “He’s a mainstream conservative in his beliefs, but also very critical of the President as well as outspoken in his style.” Berhakis explained that Shapiro’s appearance is part of a larger effort on the part of Tufts Republicans to give a platform to conservative voices, which Tufts students do not normally hear. “I think we need to be bringing more conservatives to speak on campus in general,” Behrakis said. “This is something our club has been working on both a smaller scale, by inviting conservative voices to join us during our weekly meetings, as well as on a larger scale, by working with the Tisch

College of Civic Life to bring speakers to campus whose views differ from the intellectual norm here.” However, Ana Manriquez, a member of UIJ, said that Shapiro’s divisive comments undermine the possibility of productive dialogue. “It’s not about not wanting to hear opposing opinions, or opposing thoughts, or anything like that. It’s just [Shapiro’s] opinions directly target my existence or the existence of people I care about,” Manriquez, a senior, said. “That’s not even dialogue any more. That’s you telling me that I don’t have a right to be here whether it’s as a student or as a human being. There’s no way you can create productive dialogue in that situation.” Manriquez and Emma Kahn, another senior and UIJ member, both said that when TCU Senate hears the proposal and if Shapiro comes to campus, UIJ will organize again to make sure their presence is recognized and their voices are heard. “In any situation when our voices are trying to be silenced, that’s when we’re the loudest,” Manriquez said. “Every day [we] have to fight to have our voices heard and him coming is a direct silencing of a lot of this which is what makes us just want to be louder.” If TCU Senate were to provide funding for Shapiro’s appearance, the money would come from the student activity fee, TCU Senate Vice President Anna Del Castillo said. The student activity fee is part of each student’s tuition and fees, and it contributes to the money that the Allocations Board (ALBO) then distributes to student groups to fund their activities, she explained. Del Castillo, a senior, said she has heard differing opinions from the student body on whether or not Shapiro should be invited to campus. She said some students feel his hateful rhetoric should not be welcomed on campus, while others believe that he should be allowed to speak even if many students strongly disagree with his politics. The Tufts Republicans proposal was discussed by ALBO during a weekly meeting to determine how much funding to provide each request, Del Castillo explained. Senators as a whole also had several conversations about the topic informally. Because the Republicans postponed the debate, however, TCU Senate did not have a formal conversation with the full body at a meeting, she said. ALBO receives funding requests from student groups and recommends

whether or not to provide the full amount of the request, and then TCU Senate votes on whether to approve the recommendation, according to Del Castillo. It is currently TCU policy not to publicize ALBO funding recommendations before they are voted on, she said. However, she argued that the ALBO put a lot of thought into this controversial issue. “I think for this particular request, they spent a lot of time and energy thinking about how Senate would vote and what would be best for the student body,” she said. Del Castillo acknowledged that this policy has led many people to question TCU Senate’s transparency, and added that Senate is willing to discuss publicizing Allocations Board recommendations in the future. She said she had not heard student interest in this until now. Shapiro’s visits to college campuses have frequently sparked controversy. In September, Shapiro spoke at University of California, Berkeley as part of a Free Speech Week hosted by the student group Berkley Patriots, according to the Mercury News. Other speakers included controversial political commentators Milo Yiannopoulous and Ann Coulter, both of whom canceled their speeches due to safety concerns. The UC Berkeley administration spent $600,000 on the event to increase security and police presence, according to Al Jazeera. Berkley student groups organized protests which ultimately resulted in some violence when police began physically pushing protesters, Al Jazeera said. Furthermore, Shapiro left Breitbart News in 2016 after he felt the media outlet aligned itself too closely with President Donald Trump’s campaign, according to PBS FRONTLINE News. Shapiro does not identify as a member of the alt-right, whose members have targeted him for his Jewish identity, according to Al Jazeera. Kahn said that UIJ would be sure to protest his appearance on campus and to face him by making sure that the very student to whom he would deny humanity are there to resist with their existence. “I feel invested in when, if or when Ben Shapiro shows up to campus being like here are all these people who you deeply hate and feel so much unnecessary anger towards standing right in front of you, being human, existing,” Kahn said.

Somerville’s first medical marijuana dispensary opens in Davis Square by Hannah Uebele News Editor

SAGENATURALS, Somerville’s first medical marijuana dispensary, officially opened on Oct. 27 in Davis Square, according to Michael Dundas, SAGENATURALS’ CEO. Dundas said that the location already had a promising start. “The first week has been fantastic, we’ve been serving lots of patients from the local area and just getting to

know people in the local area. Davis Square is a great place to work and to live and to be, and so we’re super excited to be here,” Dundas said. The Somerville dispensary is SAGENATURALS’ second location, with its first store located in Cambridge and its third location in Needham coming soon, according to Dundas. Dundas explained how other municipalities zone dispensaries on the outskirts of town but that Somerville chose to allow SAGENATURALS to be right

alongside other businesses to help professionalize the industry. “Somerville elected officials took a very conscientious approach to how they wanted to site medical marijuana facilities,” Dundas said. “Somerville took the approach of wanting to site medical marijuana dispensaries in central business districts, which is unusual for municipalities when it comes to cannabis or marijuana.” see SAGENATURALS, page 3

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continued from page 2 Ward 6 Alderman Lance Davis said his constituency, which includes the Davis Square neighborhood, supports medical marijuana. “Somerville voted overwhelmingly in support of the ballot measure that legalized medical marijuana and the Ward 6 vote was even more one-sided (over 80% voted yes),” Davis told the Daily in an email. “This is clearly a business that is supported by the community and I am glad that people will be able to get their prescriptions filled right here.” While some residents and community officials have questions about SAGENATURALS’ presence in Davis Square, a comprehensive vetting process allowed community members to meet and discuss any concerns, according to Dundas.

“I certainly hope that we were able to assuage any concerns that were voiced, and I think that at the end of the day everybody agreed that it was going to be a good thing for Davis Square,” Dundas said. According to Davis, SAGENATURALS presented a detailed plan for security at their site. He said research does not show a link between medical marijuana and crime. “The data simply does not support any suggestion that crime in areas around medical dispensaries is a particular concern,” Davis said. Dundas said that the dispensary will accept any members of the Tufts community as patients with the legal documentation. “Anyone who has a state-approved medical marijuana card can come into SAGENATURALS in Cambridge and in Somerville, and so yes, the answer is a resounding yes,” Dundas said. Dr. Margaret Higham, medical director of Tufts Health Service, explained that

she sees the benefit of prescribing medical marijuana for specialty conditions, but that the Tufts community at large doesn’t have a need for the product. “I think there’s a small select number of people who I feel would benefit from it. I think that many of the conditions for which [medical marijuana] is particularly well-suited for aren’t things that students are dealing with here at school,” Higham said. Higham noted that medical marijuana is used to treat those suffering from chronic pain conditions and for the pain associated with cancer treatment, but that she doesn’t see it as something being broadly useful to the Tufts community. “I don’t see it as something that we’ll be prescribing here at Health Service. If someone has a medical condition that rises to that level of severity, then they’re going to be getting it from their specialty provider, not from us primary care providers,” Higham said.

SAGENATURALS only provides medical marijuana currently, but sales of recreational marijuana might be possible when laws regarding it become more defined, Dundas added. “I think the recreational program has not yet rolled out, so the rules are still being promulgated. It’s certainly possible that once those rules and regulations are finalized that SAGE could participate in that marketplace, but we’ll make a final determination once we see the actual regulations,” Dundas said. Du n d a s added that SAGENATURALS’ focus is being the best provider of high-quality cannabis products in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. “SAGE is doing everything that it can to professionalize the medical cannabis space and we very much look forward to being a part of the Davis Square and Somerville communities for years to come,” Dundas said.

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The four main characters in TUTV’s new apocalyptic mockumentary, ‘The End Is Now,’ pose for a photo. The film changes the traditional view of women in apocalyptic movies, making these four women the four leading protagonists of the show. by Libby Langsner Arts Editor

Created and directed by Laura Broman and Asha Norman-Hunt, TUTV’s latest series “The End is Now” (2017) is an apocalyptic mockumentary following the lives of four women as they face the end of the world while on a college campus. The group grapples inner conflict as each takes on a different view of how to deal with the apocalypse. The main character Josie, played by Josie Watson, struggles with depression and anxiety, and hopes to find purpose as the world is ending. Her best friend Lacey, played by Ilana Hamer, tries to enjoy her time before the world ends and strives to connect with Josie. Their other housemate Kim, played by Maddy Duke, is the sole survivor of her sorority after the house is absorbed into a sinkhole on campus. She becomes the guardian of the house since she knows how to use guns to kill zombies. The fourth housemate Carole, played by Charlotte Eccles, turns to God and tries to convert as many people as possible, claiming that the rapture is approaching. Unlike many films made in the apocalyptic genre, “The End is Now” chooses to make women active agents instead of helpless objects who are unable to get into survival mode. Broman spoke with the Daily about the filming process. “It was all shot basically inside our house because it was all we had,” Broman said. “We just had no ability to do blood rain or fire balls or the other things that really happen. We

didn’t have extras to wear zombie makeup, so that’s one of the reasons we kept it inside the house. A lot of zombie things are outside, they’re very big, they’re running from a hoard of zombies and those are cool. I like those movies a lot, but it’s just very different in that it’s inside and that they don’t go anywhere. They’re staying.” Setting the show in an apocalypse allowed it to explore issues of gender, religion and sexual orientation and was a deliberate choice, according to Norman-Hunt. “We thought of the apocalypse as more of a situation,” Norman-Hunt said. “You know who people are when they’re at their bare bones. We kept them in the house, yes, because we didn’t have the budget, but also a lot of apocalypse shows happen on the road and we wanted to show what happens when you don’t have that mobility.” The characters in the series all fill different roles in the house, but also defy convention. The characters’ full scope and departure from stereotypes make them multi-dimensional, just like the students they aim to represent. Norman-Hunt spoke about how characters in “The End is Now” defy these tropes. “We have the Christian religious girl and we get to see her point of view,” Norman-Hunt said. “All of their points are logic-based, so you can’t be like ‘oh she’s the bitch’ because we all have made mistakes, and we all are doing things to the best of our own advantage … So when I wrote that I was just thinking, if it comes up, it was taking a sorority girl trope and flipping that on its head.”

The first seven episodes of the webseries were released on Sept. 30, and the final seven episodes will be released on Dec. 1. Norman-Hunt explained the stylistic changes in filming and the arc of the series’ narrative led to this split. “We had originally been like ‘Season 1, Season 2,’ because I thought that we could literally outline the arch of the entire show,” Norman-Hunt said. “It’s not like ‘The Walking Dead’ where [the characters] can just keep on running; at some point the apocalypse is going to catch up with [our characters]. We thought that we either had to come up with some fantastical ridiculous ending or some horrible one.” “The first half was really about the girls coming together, about them figuring out … ‘You don’t have to be my friend, but you have to understand and respect me and work with me because we are all that we have right now,'” Norman-Hunt said. “The second half is going to be like, ‘Now the apocalypse is actually happening in real time, so we’ve kind of gone through the whole bonding element and now we can use those elements to actually survive.’” Broman also spoke about the two-part format of the series. “We also had kind of a format change nearing the end of the series, and we kind of realized that it worked out if we made a part 2 of like a two-part release,” Broman said. “The End is Now” offers an alternative perspective on a male-dominated genre, and the next installment promises to take on existential themes in addition to the groundwork laid out by the first seven episodes.

his is Shirley Wang, a first-year from Tianjin, China, a city about an hour away from Beijing. She’s planning to major in international relations, with a potential double major in education. She has played piano for more than 10 years, she enjoys eating a Tianjin-style crispy cookie dough-like breakfast food and she also enjoys watching cat videos on YouTube. Shirley shared her insight into music today in China. Haruka (H): What’s pop music in China like? What genre and which artists are most popular right now? Shirley (S): The most common genre is pop. Most songs in China have catchy lyrics and have an upbeat rhythm. Themes in pop are romance and have been for a while. Jay Chou is at the top of the rankings on an app that Chinese people use to listen to music that’s similar to Spotify. Zhiqian [Joker] Xue is another popular artist. Rap is an emerging genre. Country music is also popular, but it’s more widely listened to in the South than in the North, where I’m from. I don’t really listen to that genre of music but I know a lot of my friends are into that. Country music is characterized by slow tempos and the lyrics are often beautiful. H: How do certain singers gain popularity over others in China? S: Oftentimes, the most popular artists also have strong [connections to national] political networks in China. Of course, Chinese singers have to be good as artists and in tune with the trend in order to be successful like other performers in other countries. There are a lot of singing competitions and some who win those competitions gain popularity. H: What’s traditional Chinese music like? S: Peking opera incorporates traditional music, and this is all my elderly neighbors listen to. Chinese traditional music in general tends to be slow and the lyrics focus on romance. H: Does modern music incorporate more traditional styles? S: It depends. The theme of romance has been kept constant — even today, songs aren’t often about political agendas like American songs can be. Pop music performers like Jay Chou have moved away from the slower, more traditional styles, while country music maintains that to a certain extent. H: Is music in Tianjin — or more broadly, in northern China — distinct from that of the rest of the country? S: Music in China can be divided roughly into Northern and Southern styles, with Northern music being more pop-heavy and Southern music more traditionally charged. Lyrics are affected by dialects. In Beijing, people speak Mandarin and in Tianjin, Mandarin with a slight accent, so I wouldn’t say there are any specific traits that influence music in Tianjin. In Shanghai, people speak Shanghainese, so when I listen to music from those regions sometimes I need to look lyrics up because I can’t fully understand what the lyrics mean. In Guangzhou, people speak Cantonese, which originated in Hong Kong. People in Guangzhou listen to music from Hong Kong because they are [geographically and linguistically] closer. I don’t, though, because I don’t know Cantonese. Haruka Noishiki is a first-year who has not yet declared a major. Haruka can be reached at haruka.noishiki@tufts.edu.

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DO IT THIS WEEKEND: NOV. 10–12 by Justin Krakoff Arts Editor

The first full week of November is finally over, and a long weekend is here as our reward! While it might be getting colder outside, there is still plenty to do this weekend both on campus and in the Boston area. Be sure to check out these activities, guaranteed to warm your spirit! FRIDAY & SATURDAY Torn Ticket II Presents: Lucky Stiff Torn Ticket II’s fall minor production is here with “Lucky Stiff.” With direction by first-year Cole Friedman and music direction by first-year Mary Reynolds, the musical traverses a variety of themes including love, acceptance and perseverance. Cast includes sophomore Billy Lynn, first-year Amanda Bank, senior Nate Krantz and sophomore Sarah Wagner. No tickets required and seating is first come, first served. When and where: 8–9:40 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; Crane Room Movie Night: “Space Jam” and “Arrival” The TUSC Film Series will be showing the 1996 comedy “Space Jam” as well as Denis Villenueve’s 2016 sci-fi film “Arrival.” All screenings are free, and snacks will be provided! When and where: Space Jam 9:30 p.m. on Friday, 7 p.m. on Saturday; Arrival 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. All showings in Barnum 104

The Boston Jewish Film Festival The Boston Jewish Film Festival (BJFF), now in its 28th year, celebrates the richness of the Jewish experience through film and media. Tickets and special passes are available on the festival’s website. When and where: The BJFF shows films at theaters and museums throughout the Greater Boston area from Nov. 8–20. You can learn more about the festival and screening locations on their website. FRIDAY Study Break at J-House “Rice Ball Making” The Japanese Language and Culture House is hosting a study break with a culinary twist in mind: making rice balls (onigiri). Stop by to take a break from all those problem sets and essays for an hour and half of culinary fun! When and where: 12–1:30 p.m.; 12 Dearborn Rd “Et Tute, Brute?” A Sketch Comedy Show The Institute is back with its second show of the semester, drawing inspiration from Roman times and Julius Caesar’s famous last utterance to Marcus Brutus. The show will feature a mix of live and video sketches. Come for a night full of laughs. No tickets required. When and where: 9:30–10:30 p.m.; Barnum 008 SATURDAY Hacking Arts 2017 The 5th annual Hacking Arts Conference is scheduled to take place this weekend at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge. The event focuses on the intersection between

arts and technology, bringing together people from both disciplines to generate innovation. The theme of this year’s conference is the human connection to art and the role of technology in changing that relationship. Tickets cost $2.55 for students and are available online. When and where: 8:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m.; MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, 6th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139 Open Mic Night Tufts Stand-up Comedy Collective is hosting an open mic night for all. The event is not strictly for comedians, musicians, poets, dancers and all others are encouraged to attend. Sign up for the event online. When and where: 9–11 p.m.; Hotung Cafe SUNDAY Queer Cinema Sunday Night Film Screenings The Department of Drama and Dance continues its weekly screenings with “Go Fish” (1994). The event is free and open to the public. When and where: 6–9 p.m.; Tisch 304 Boston Donuts + Drinks Festival As the title suggests, this event is sure to be a hit for those seeking copious amounts of donuts and drinks on a fine Sunday evening. Come for treats provided by Harpoon, Don Q Rum and Capito Coffee. This event is 21+, and be sure to purchase tickets in advance. When and where: 7–11 p.m.; Battery Park Bar & Patio, 33 Batterymarch St, Boston

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he other day, a friend of mine read some poetry out loud that he was learning for an Italian class. One didn’t have to know what the words meant in order to appreciate the expressions and experience how beautiful they sounded together, the blended “r” and emphatic “l” of the language dancing around each other in a sonorous flow. It hardly occurred to me to ask what the poet was expressing when I couldn’t even venture a guess as to what most of the words meant — too deep. However, through a vague understanding of the language, a single phrase was decipherable and has stuck with me — “a single rain drop falls on a leaf / spreading through the entire forest.” Far away from a forest, this is what it is like, at times in the worst of ways. A single spot of disillusionment can spread its pain from one person to another. These days, at least in this country, one tragedy seems to make space for another with no room for pause. The world stretches itself, crackling on an increasingly unsteady frequency. None of us is separate from it, and each is left looking at the other for how to respond. The news cycle fuels confusion in its relentless churn, urging readers to care and then flipping on, eclipsing the possibility of real processing. More chaos. A shot is heard round the world in an instant. A single notification, once opened, can amplify the pain it contains, spreading across the forest of our hearts. It rains and rains, and you can witness it live while you are supposed to be doing math homework. New technologies are meant to help us access information that we can integrate skillfully, but this is impossible when new messages arrive every few moments. Bad news is harder to look away from. In a twisted way, it makes sense: the same distractions from the work we don’t want to get to and the things we don’t want to look at, if obeyed, will pull our minds into a dark digital sea. New media is a double-sided mirror that laughs darkly, tricking us into tapping our way out of here and likely somewhere uglier. In this context, the news apps on my phone have been deleted. A single action, this one in a more positive direction. People on the street who pass may get a presence, a smile, instead of a weird upward glance. Just the thought brings me happiness. Perhaps we are raining all the time. Others may convince you that the world is this big thing out there somewhere, much larger and more important than where you are. But listen to a whole poem in a language you don’t understand and see if they are really right. Know that all the small acts of bravery and most of the good fight will go unreported, but don’t think this is unlucky. Past the ache of a frenzied world, through your clamor to be recognized, rain on your own and smile, knowing that the forest is keeping score.

Hayley Smith is a senior majoring in international relations. Hayley can be reached at hayley.oliver_smith@tufts.edu.

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hree things in life are certain: death, taxes and the fact that Paul Ryan doesn’t get taxes. Republicans and Democrats alike will lie about the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, and our media will confuse and poorly explain it. Decoding the proposal is quite simple: it is a spiteful bill, designed to take from Democrats and distribute to red states, create a right-wing landed gentry and benefit Republican donors, with our Speaker acting as a perverted Robin Hood. Not all of the bill is bad. The tax break on repatriating corporate cash held abroad should encourage companies to put this money to work in the United States. Allowing corporations to write off the entire value of an investment up-front will actually incentivize them to grow their businesses and hire more workers. Beyond what the bill does for corporations (which is far from ideal), what it does for individuals is extremely problematic. This bill penalizes the coastal states that drive our economy for the benefit of those that helped put Trump in office. Wealthy states already pay more in federal taxes than they receive in spending. Eliminating the state and local tax deduction is a clear attempt to hit the educated, wealthier populations of these states that are likely to be liberal donors. Abolishing the estate tax in six years and increasing the amount of inheritance exempt from $5.5 million to $11 million is designed for one thing. It is intended to create a landed gentry of conservative donors, guaranteeing that one wealthy family member can ensure that their descendants remain perpetually wealthy. Why should your dollar earned be taxed more harshly than someone else’s dollar inherited? So the Koch brothers can keep funding conservative super PACs. One of the less covered aspects of the bill is its repeal of the Johnson Amendment, a provision of the tax code that prohibits 501(c)3 charities from endorsing political candidates. Under the Republican proposal, churches would remain tax-exempt, while being able to spend their money endorsing candidates. Last time I checked, a foundational principle of our government is the separation of church and state. The churches that lack enough shame and have enough money to do this are the so-called deeply “Christian” organizations that think homosexuality is sinful and try to limit women’s reproductive rights. These are not views that we want in our government if we believe “all men are created equal.” As Trump said, “We love the poorly educated!” This bill targets higher education by increasing taxes on university endowments and student loans. The Republicans want to make it harder to get a college education. Remember why Shi Huangdi burned the books? This bill will shrink federal tax revenues by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. What do you think they’re going to cut to make up for that? Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education, environmental protection. Basically, the only things of value our government provides. Reforming our broken system is futile and partisan, it should be scrapped and replaced. This bill is Republican payback for the Democrats ignoring the fly-over states. Make no mistake, this is not reform, it is revenge. Luke Murphy is a senior majoring in economics and Italian studies. He can be reached at luke.murphy@tufts.edu.

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

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The importance of long-awaited housing reforms The vast majority of Tufts students have dealt first-hand with the inefficiencies and frustration that pervade the Tufts housing system. If you are a first-year, you will have to wait until well into spring semester to find out where and with whom you are living. If you are applying for group housing, your friend groups may be separated and your roommate groups may have to be redone several times because of a system that averages out lottery numbers in order to allot housing. The situation as an upperclassman is far worse. There is no guarantee that Tufts will have housing available for juniors and seniors. This lack of guarantee causes many to look off campus. However, the high demand for off-campus housing (a combination of the growing Tufts population and the growing popularity of Somerville as a trendy and less expensive Boston alternative) leads many students to sign leases in October — eight or nine months before they start. Because the current housing lottery does not end until mid-spring, those upperclassmen who do not have great lottery numbers have no option but to look for off-campus housing, as waiting until mid-spring to hear about housing may be too great of a risk.

The high demand of housing in the areas surrounding Tufts campus has led to large rent hikes, a problem exacerbated by the fact that zoning limits in Medford and Somerville only allow three and four unrelated people to live in the same household, respectively. Landlords may also take advantage of the steady demand of Tufts students for off-campus housing as an opportunity to become negligent. Furthermore, the rising costs in Medford and Somerville that have been largely brought on by Tufts students being pushed off campus have led to strained relationships between the university and Medford/Somerville residents. This has all led to a housing crisis that has long needed to be fixed. Because of this, the housing reforms that will take place in the next year are extraordinarily important. The proposed changes to the housing lottery system will make the process less stressful for students by reducing the timeline to just over two weeks (compared to the current system that operates on a timeline of more than two months). The system will require students to apply for housing as early as December, and those who cannot be accommodated on campus will know only a few weeks after having

applied. Moreover, the reform also will allow groups to apply for apartment-style housing based only on the highest lottery number in the group, a reform that will allow friend groups to stay together. These reforms will make Residential Life more prepared to deal with all the incoming students that will be housed, and will generally improve the lottery process. The other reform that is underway is Capen Village, an initiative that will create more housing for upperclassmen. This will not only relieve some of the demand for off-campus housing, but also provide for different social spaces on campus. There is the possibility that Capen Village will consist of themed houses, which is a great social initiative, particularly in light of the recent issues with Greek life. Themed houses for upperclassmen may reduce the prevalence of Greek life in students’ social lives by creating alternative social spaces. The importance of these housing reforms cannot be understated. Not only will they be beneficial to the student population at large, but they will also improve the relationship between the university and the residents of Medford and Somerville.

OP-ED

A Conversation to Continue by Sarah Wiener “Hi, I’m Sarah and I’m a newly elected freshmen representative on TCU Senate.” To which they usually respond, “Don’t even get me started, have you heard what happened last year?” It seems to me Senate’s identity on campus has become synonymous with one resolution, and as shocking as that is for a naive, excited first year like me, maybe that identity is fair. Last year a discussion on an issue that is close to many hearts at Tufts was started and abruptly came to an end. Resolutions that pass are only binding for the specific fiscal year during which they were voted on, and decisions made by past Senates do not carry over year to year. However, that doesn’t mean the conversation is over for Tufts students. I can’t speak for any of my fellow senators, or even any other students that were on campus last year when I was finishing up high school, but I know Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is an issue that isn’t over for our community. It seems we sparked a discussion without time for it to be engaged with critically from all corners of campus. At least to me, it seems that spark, the resolution that started these discussions, occurred at one of the only times it could before the end of the school year, but the school year had to come to an end before Tufts students had the time to put in their two cents.

I was raised in a Jewish home, have visited Israel three times and I had a Bat Mitzvah. At the same time, I have found a passion for human rights and personally believe there are institutions in Israel that validate and legitimize the oppression of non-Jews. All of this background to say, I don’t know where I stand on BDS or what Tufts’ role should or should not be in that movement. But, I firmly believe that in order for all the grievances on all sides of last year’s resolution to be fully appreciated, that four-hour Senate meeting cannot be the end of this campus discussion. I don’t know if Senate meetings are the place to decide the future of Tufts’ investment in potentially controversial holdings, but I don’t know if they are the wrong place either. We were elected to listen to and amplify student voices to the administration, and to push for new and progressive changes that are relevant to our student body. Yet I believe these obligations do not lie solely with how Senate operates in official meetings. We and our classmates carry the responsibility to listen openly, advocate passionately and reach across difference in our daily conversations and interactions with one another. I hope this article serves as a call for students to have the tough conversations and intentionally listen to beliefs they don’t agree with, and I’ll do my best to do the same. How big a mistake it would be to allow all the passion our students have shown for elevating student

voices, demanding seats at the university’s decision-making table and practicing global citizenship to go to waste because of one divisive event last spring. I don’t want to minimize how the BDS events of last year may have harmed any sect of the Tufts student body, but I think it’s time we start seeking a way to tie up the loose ends the resolution last year left. Maybe it’s my first-year naivety rearing its rosy-cheeked face again, but I don’t believe this closure will need to happen in a way that further distances ourselves from our empathy from each other and from our shared community. In fact, this closure may even make our community stronger as it embraces a larger diversity of opinion. As a senator — although still only a few months into my time at Tufts — I’m confident that all the groups involved in last year’s resolution thought they were doing what was best for Tufts respectively. Since that meeting, Senate voted to amend our bylaws to mandate a twoweek discussion and publicity period before resolutions can be heard for a Senate vote. By no means does that imply that our role in this conversation is over, or that those hurt by the process last year are fully relieved, but it’s one step. I hope to see more town halls, more workshops and more organized discussions about issues we are passionate about. The conversation isn’t over; it’s just beginning.

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Cross country prepares for New England Div. III Race this weekend

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Junior Hiroto Wantanbe runs at the Conn. College Cross Country Invitational at Harkness Memorial State Park on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. by Sidharth Anand Staff Writer

Following a successful run at the NESCAC Championships on Oct. 28, the Jumbos will compete at the New England Div. III Regional Championship on Saturday as both the men’s and women’s teams look to build on an impressive season. For the men’s team, juniors Colin Raposo, Brian Reaney, Dylan Jones, Christian Swenson, Hiroto Watanabe and Andrew Doherty Munro, as well as first-year Patrick Nero, will race on Saturday, hoping to qualify for the NCAA tournament on Nov. 18. The men’s team has looked solid throughout the season, with veteran racers like Raposo, Reaney and Jones finishing in the top three for the Jumbos in a variety of races. In the Bates Invitational held at Pineland Farms on Sept. 16, the team came in second overall, with Jones placing first for the team in 11th place. At the Paul Short Invitational race held at Lehigh University on Sept. 29, Raposo and Reaney finished first and second for the Jumbos, helping the team come in ninth overall. The Jumbos also came in sixth out of the 11 teams at the NESCAC Championships held on Oct. 28, scoring a total of 161 points. The race consisted of a single 8-kilometer event in which all the runners competed. Raposo, Reaney and Jones, following up on their consistent season, finished in the top three for the Jumbos in this race as well. Coach Mike Schmidt said that the NESCAC race was, on the whole, a good performance for the men’s team and was indicative of a good season. “Our result was not necessarily as we hoped, but I thought that we did well overall,” Schmidt said. “The problem was that there was a separation in times between the top finishers from the team and the rest of the team

and this did not help us too much. However, I think that the race served as a good preparation for the divisional race this upcoming weekend.” The Div. III Regional race this year will be key for the Jumbos as they must finish in the top four to qualify for the national NCAA Championship on Nov. 18. Additionally, at last year’s regional race, Tim Nichols (LA ’17), finished first. Additionally, Luke O’Connor (LA ’17), finished third. This stellar performance last year gives the team a huge goal to achieve and big shoes to fill as they look for a big performance that will help them qualify for nationals this year. “The good thing is that most of the racers have raced in the New England Div. III tournament before, and this will help the team a lot,” Schmidt said. “We also have had some time to rest and prepare for the race after the previous one. Having two races in consecutive weekends is always difficult, so the added gap will serve us well as we go into this important race.” The women’s team also looks to supplement a great season and repeat an excellent performance at the Div. III race last year. The seven racers who will race on Saturday Nov. 11 will be seniors Brittany Bowman and Margot Rashba, juniors Natalie Bettez, Olivia Barnett and Kelsey Tierney and firstyears Carly Curcuru and Johanna Ross. Throughout the season, Bowman and Bettez have finished in first and second places for the Jumbos in all five races. Barnett has followed behind them in third place in three of the races. Curcuru has finished in the top five for Tufts in all five races thus far, and Tierney, Ross and Rashba have impressed throughout the season as well. In the Bates Invitational, the Jumbos finished first overall with a score of 114, with Bowman coming in second, Bettez in third and Barnett in 11th. Additionally, the Jumbos placed second in the Conn. College

Invitational held at Harkness Memorial State Park on Oct. 14. In this race too, Bowman and Bettez finished first and second respectively for Tufts, coming in second and third overall. At the NESCAC Championship race held on Oct. 28, the Jumbos finished third as a team, with Bowman coming in fifth, Bettez coming in sixth and Barnett coming in 13th. After this performance, all three runners were given NESCAC All-Conference honors. Bowman and Bettez made the First Team, and Barnett made the Second. “I was really happy with how I raced at NESCAC and with how I pushed myself to stay at the head of the pack for the duration of the race,” Bettez said. “Overall, it was good to come in third, beating Bates and coming close to Middlebury. This is going to give us a much better footing for this coming weekend and in helping us qualify for the NCAA tournament.” Last year at the NCAA regional event, Bowman and Bettez were first and sixth respectively, which has both been reflected this season and is indicative of the good chance these two runners and the team have in this year’s reboot. “The NESCAC race has given us a great chance to qualify for the NCAA race,” Bettez said. “We have been performing really well all season thanks to a strong team made up of many [firstyears] who came in to fill in for a strong graduating class last year. Our consistency and success at NESCAC are going to be important because when NESCAC decides who to give spots to after the top two finishers at the regionals race, all previous races are considered. We have done well all season, and this will help us in qualifying.” Both teams look forward to the New England Division III regionals race on Nov. 11, where they hope for a solid performance to help them qualify for the NCAA Championships race on Nov. 18.

aseball and all of its faithful followers were dealt a tragic blow this week. Retired pitcher Roy Halladay, who played on the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies, passed away when his plane crashed. He was 40 years old. The entire Major League Baseball community came out and mourned a great player and great man. In the wake of such a tragedy, is there anything positive that can be salvaged? One thing is sure: everyone can learn from Roy Halladay as a person, if not as a baseball player. Halladay was known for a few things over the course of his career: his nasty cutter, his intensity and his generosity. While I will never approach his pitching prowess, I, along with everyone else, should strive for generosity and intensity like his. There are countless stories that detail Roy Halladay’s kindness. After particularly great outings in any sport, players sometimes give gifts to their teammates to thank them. While Christmas can bring new TVs to offensive linemen from quarterbacks such as Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson and Tyrod Taylor, a perfect game from Halladay was much more special. After his monumental achievement of a perfect game — one of 23 ever in the major leagues — Halladay bought everyone on the team a personalized watch, thanking each player and telling them that it was a team effort. Even players who didn’t appear in the game or weren’t at the stadium during it received one. This is just one of many stories that people have shared in order to commemorate him. He was nominated for the Roberto Clemente award, an award for charitable work, multiple times. Halladay also donated $100,000 from his Blue Jays contract to their charity, Jays Care, every year. His love for people, joy and charity was only matched by his love for the game. Few pitchers have had a career like Halladay. It was a career not solely unique in prowess, but also in the journey as well. Roy Halladay was drafted in 1998 and immediately pitched well. He almost had a no-hitter in his second start ever. So how on Earth did he end up with the highest Earned Run Average in MLB history for pitchers who pitched at least 50 innings in a season in 2001? And how did he then end up winning the Cy Young Award twice, pitching a regular season perfect game and a no-hitter in the playoffs in the same season, and becoming a most-likely Hall of Famer? Grit. Pure grit and dedication. The man was a machine in his work ethic. He would work before games, after them and certainly during them. He trained endlessly, working out until he was so drenched in sweat that it seemed like it was raining outside. Most pitchers who fall as far and as quickly as Halladay did end up staying at the bottom. He made it back and reached the top. His accomplishments as a person and a player were not easy. They came with hard work. Halladay taught many lessons to me and many other players and fans. His spirit will live on in those he taught and left behind. David Meyer is a sophomore majoring in film and media studies, and can be reached at david.meyer@tufts.edu.