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Latino Center Director Julián Cancino announces exit from Tufts

by Austin Clementi

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Julián Cancino announced in a Jan. 16 Tufts Daily op-ed that he will no longer be serving as the director of the Latino Center. Cancino had held that role since the fall of 2017.

According to his op-ed, Cancino first came to Tufts in 2015 when he was invited to speak about educational equity among low-income and undocumented students in higher education.

In an interview with the Daily, Cancino emphasized that his role as mentor was important to his work.

“I am proud of making a difference through one-on-one interaction,” Cancino said. “My position gave me the opportunity to work with a wide range of students, student parents, undocumented, closeted [and] queer Latino students.”

Cancino also stated that, as director, he served as one of the major allies for Latinx students at Tufts, advocating on Latinx students’ behalf. He added that educating faculty on how to improve themselves for Latinx students made up a large part of his job.

In his op-ed, Cancino echoed this sentiment, saying “[As director] I believed that students need allies, particularly in the administration, who will listen, develop their leadership and advocate for change.”

Cancino also said that, through his many intersecting identities, he felt he was better able to reach and connect with students.

Cancino highlighted a video project entitled MyTufts, which sought to add onto panel discussions for incoming freshmen during orientation. For the project, students of different identities and backgrounds participated in filmed interviews on their passions and interests, which were published on Instagram.

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Cancino, center, surrounded by students, faculty, staff and alumni at the Remis Sculpture Court.

Cancino said this project helped foster a safer and more inclusive campus climate for all students, some of whom do not have equal access to all of Tufts’ resources.

In addition, Cancino and several students helped create the inaugural Tufts Latinx Film Festival, which Cancino described as an “initiative to connect students to faculty [and] facilitating connection to administrators, faculty, and other students.”

Rebeca Becdach, an intern with the Latino Center, explained the purpose of the festival in an electronic message with the Daily.

“A goal of ours was to connect with different academic departments and the SMFA, as well as to show members of the Tufts community different stories and identities within the Latinx community,” Becdach, a sophomore, said.

Such films included “Ixcanul,” directed by Jayro Bustamante, with a presentation by Rachelle Mozman of the SMFA. Professors Noe Montez of the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance studies and Juliana Berte, a Romance studies lecturer, also participated in the film festival. Becdach also mentioned that Cancino also presented before a viewing of the Pixar film “Coco.”

Cancino said that students evaluated the film festival as a success.

Alejandro Colina-Valeri, another intern at the Latino Center, praised Cancino’s work as director.

“He was really active … he wasn’t one of those bosses who would stay in his office all day,” Colina-Valeri, a sophomore, said, adding that Cancino would often take time to talk to students outside of his office hours. “I think that’s something that

shows that he actually cares about the Latino Center.”

Cancino said that he believes in his students and is proud of their ability to unite the many Latinx communities represented at Tufts, calling the students involved with the Latino Center a “solid team.”

Patrick Collins, the executive director of public relations at tufts, said in an email to the Daily that the administration is coordinating with staff and student leaders to create an interim staffing plan to continue to support students for the rest of the academic year.

“Longer term, the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs will develop a plan for the [Latino] Center’s future leadership in close coordination with students, faculty and university leadership, including the chief diversity officers,” he added.

Somerville restricts e-cigarette sales to 21-and-over stores

by Joe Walsh News Editor

E-cigarette and menthol products will no longer be sold in Somerville stores open to people too young to buy such products legally, starting at the beginning of April. A new city policy will only allow licensed 21-andover tobacco stores to sell those products, though traditional non-menthol cigarettes will not be restricted.

The city’s Board of Health voted on the policy last month, aiming to stifle a rapid increase in youth vaping that

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has arisen despite record-low combustible cigarette usage. This action makes Somerville the only community in Massachusetts to take e-cigarettes and menthols out of the convenience stores in which they are frequently purchased. The city increased its tobacco-purchasing age to 21 in 2016, and the state followed suit this year.

Thirteen percent of Somerville’s high schoolers reported using e-cigarettes in 2018, almost doubling from seven percent in 2016, according to a Somerville High School health survey.

This trend is not unique to Somerville,

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with current high school e-cigarette use increasing nationwide from just 1.5 percent in 2011 to 20.8 percent in 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

“We’re seeing that the popularity of vaping … has really grown exponentially in our community,” Somerville Director of Health and Human Services Doug Kress said. “It’s very alarming.”

Youth e-cigarette use has increased nationwide at a faster rate than any other substance in recent history, leading some federal officials to call it an epidemic, says Margie Skeer, an asso-

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ciate professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts School of Medicine. She believes Somerville’s new policy is a promising strategy that could work well alongside other restrictions aimed at reducing underage use and adjusting social norms.

“It is a huge step in the right direction,” Skeer said. “Restricting access [for] young people is a highly effective strategy.”

Kress cited two reasons to restrict sales to 21-and-over stores. First, Kress

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continued from page 1 says, this policy will make it harder for underage customers to access e-cigarettes and menthols. Second, Kress explained that removing those products from stores will make young people less likely to want them in the first place.

“This is not just about the access, but this is also about exposure,” Kress said. “Out of sight, out of mind.”

Even though e-cigarettes are safer than combustible cigarettes, the long-term health impacts of vaping are unclear, notes Scott Schroeder, a pediatric pulmonologist at Tufts Medical Center’s Floating Hospital for Children. The nicotine fluid in e-cigarettes can contain impurities like heavy metals, he says, and the flavoring often has propylene glycol, which becomes hazardous when lit.

Most importantly, Schroeder emphasized, nicotine is extremely addictive. Schroeder observed that e-cigarettes can serve as a gateway to combustible cigarettes, which users turn to because of their higher nicotine concentrations, leading to severe and well-documented health risks.

Recent studies suggest e-cigarette use correlates with higher rates of traditional smoking later on, including among high schoolers.

Schroeder has observed e-cigarettes’ rise in popularity among teenagers firsthand, and he believes removing nicotine products from young peoples’ field of view is important. He says e-cigarettes are sometimes a legitimate tool for adults aiming to quit smoking, but their use has expanded well beyond that.

“If it was just for a smoking sensation, they wouldn’t put cinnamon or vanilla or any of these other flavors in it,” Schroeder said. “That definitely is marketing right to kids.”

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people are more prone to developing severe addictions, potentially leading them to combustible cigarettes.

“When a substance that’s very addictive is used early on, brain pathways can be set in a way that … creates longer-term use patterns and higher risk for subsequent addiction,” Skeer said.

The country’s largest e-cigarette manufacturer, JUUL Labs, faced a federal investigation last year into whether it markets its product to young people.

JUUL Labs Senior Communications Manager Ted Kwong declined to comment to the Daily about Somerville’s new policy, but he shared a press release stating the company’s support for raising the age of purchase to 21 and emphasizing that the product is intended for smoking cessation.

Ryan Kearney, general counsel for the Retailers Association of Massachusetts (RAM), believes restricting the sale of e-cigarettes in stores will not stop teenagers from buying those products. He cited that Somerville stores have a 99.2 percent compliance rate, showing that most teenagers are not buying them directly from stores. Instead, he says, adults buy them for people under 21, a practice that could still happen in 21-andover shops.

“The idea of taking it away from retailers isn’t the way to stop this,” Kearney said. “This, to us, is just another unnecessary step that’s going to negatively impact sales.”

Kearney says sales of e-cigarettes and menthols are important for many small stores. He warned that this policy will put Somerville stores at a competitive disadvantage.

Kearney argued that removing e-cigarettes will not decrease nicotine’s visibility because stores will still be allowed to sell non-menthol combustible cigarettes. The policy leaves those products alone, Kress says, because e-cigarettes and menthols are uniquely popular with teens.

A more effective policy, Kearney

believes, would be to make underage possession of nicotine products illegal, allowing authorities to issue civil infractions and notify parents. He called the current lack of a policy like this a loophole in the state’s system.

“If you’re going to be penalizing the retailer who is doing the right thing and is keeping the product out of [young people’s] hands,” Kearney said, “we’re of the opinion that the youth who are taking part in these activities should also have some skin in the game.”

Groups like the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids have criticized these “purchasing, use and possession” laws, arguing that they have not been shown to decrease smoking rates, compared to restricting sales.

The group also says penalizing smoking could prevent people from seeking addiction help.

Beyond Somerville’s 21-and-over store policy, Skeer identified a few other effective strategies. She noted that restricting public smoking and taxing combustible cigarettes at a high rate have successfully decreased their use. Unlike combustible cigarettes, e-cigarettes are not subject to any special excise taxes in Massachusetts. “[ Taxation] has become helpful in terms of prevention because it becomes a deterrent for those who can’t afford it,” Skeer said. “That kind of policy might be effective in the same kind of way for e-cigarettes.”

Kress also emphasized that Somerville works to educate students and families about e-cigarettes, mending a lack of information about the risks. Some people, he said, do not even realize that e-cigarettes contain nicotine.

Kress added that other nearby communities have contacted the city and hope to follow its lead on restricting sales.

“Somerville is a leader in these kinds of efforts,” Kress said. “We are looking at the health and wellbeing of our community.”

TCU Senate convenes for first meeting of the semester

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The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate held its first meeting of 2019 on Sunday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to hear two funding requests and updates from the Executive Board. The Senate then convened in a closed session to discuss a proposed bylaw amendment regarding the hearing of resolutions on religious holidays, according to TCU Historian Rebecca Becdach.

The first funding request was an appeal by the Urban Planning Policy & Prosperity (UP3) organization, which sought funds for catering on Jan. 23 at an event cosponsored with the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning that will host Richard Rothstein, author of “The Color of Law.” Shane Woolley, UP3 Treasurer and a senator for the Class of 2019, explained how the money would be spent.

“The event is at 6 p.m., and we’ll be serving food as people stream in and throughout the event,” Woolley said. “And the catering will be from Tufts.”

TCU Senator Klavs Takhtani, a member of the TCU Senate Allocations Board (ALBO), explained why the initial request of $250 was denied. Takhtani, a senior,

elaborated that he no longer objected to the funding request.

The Senate then voted to approve the funding request of $250, which passed with 22 in favor, zero opposed and one abstention.

The second request was by Tufts Quidditch, who sought funding to cover their travel expenses to attend the US Quidditch Cup 12 in Round Rock, Texas.

According to a report from ALBO, the Quidditch team originally sought $18,217.33 for transportation, housing and registration costs, but ALBO recommended only $8,016 by reducing the allotment for transportation.

Rabiya Ismail, TCU Class of 2022 senator and member of ALBO, explained how the reduction was reached. “[Tufts Quidditch] came in with an itemized list of their expenses,” Ismail said. “They must choose hotels that are approved under the housing rate, so we only cut the transportation.”

Becdach explained the limitations on funding requests by student organizations.

“They have two requests per semester and three per year,” Becdach, a sophomore, said. “This is [Quidditch’s] last request, but sometimes exceptions are made for competition groups.”

The TCU Senate then voted 22–0, approving ALBO’s recommendation.

Aside from the funding requests, the Senate heard updates from the members of the Executive Board on ongoing developments. Vice President Adam Rapfogel announced the intention to begin actively promoting the Students Lifting Up the Spirit of the Herd (SLUSH) Fund.

“We’re shooting for a week from today for a hard launch,” Rapfogel, a senior, said.

TCU President Jacqueline Chen also praised the first event of the Senior Series, Karaoke Night, on Thursday as the beginning of a longstanding initiative for increased student life.

“Senate has been trying for years to get a pub on campus, and this was the first step towards that,” Chen said.

Rapfogel also announced the formation of a committee of TCU Senators and Judiciary members to hear requests for stipends for student leaders on campus.

He explained that a committee of TCU Senators and Judiciary members would hear applications and help allocate funds.

Becdach also announced the upcoming elections, which include two seats in the Class of 2020, two seats in the Class of 2021 and the Latinx Community Representative.

After opening the floor for an open forum, the Senate then entered a closed session.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Digital Collections and Archives brings rich, complex history of Tufts to life

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Leah Edelman, records and accessioning archivist at Tufts Digital Collections and Archives, helps a student during the Tisch Archives drop-off event at the Austin Room in Tisch Library on March 14, 2018.

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Tucked away in the basement of Tisch Library is the office of Tufts’ Digital Collections and Archives (DCA), which manages over five terabytes of data and a collection of physical records that would stretch for about two miles if it were laid out in a straight line. In addition to preserving university records, the DCA is also the archival home to papers of prominent individuals in American history, like broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, and key members of the Tufts community, like former trustee Vannevar Bush (A 1913). The DCA also houses materials from organizations such as the Center for Health, Environment and Justice led by Love Canal activists Lois Gibbs (H ’13) and Stephen Lester.

Pamela Hopkins, public services and outreach archivist at the DCA, explained that the DCA exists not only to collect the university’s records, but also to support education at Tufts on a broader scale.

“One of the beauties of the [DCA] is that … we do actually seek out collections to support the teaching and research needs of our students and staff. … These are important collections out there that we brought in that … also speak to a broader community engagement,” Hopkins said.

The DCA’s collections do not just sit unused and sealed away in storage boxes. With the assistance of Hopkins and her colleagues, faculty and students engage with a variety of archival material through carefully planned lessons and independent research projects.

“Archives traditionally can be seen as a sort of opaque place, or even if you know you can go and use the archives, it’s not really clear what you have to do and their procedures … and that can be intimidating, especially for students who haven’t done archival research.

We try to remove as [many] of [the barriers] as we can,” Daniel Santamaria, DCA director and university archivist, said. “That’s been a big focus of the last few years.”

In recent years, the DCA has worked closely with Ninian Stein, a lecturer in environmental studies, to incorporate the use of archival material into every single one of Stein’s classes at Tufts, including Introduction to Environmental Studies.

“One of the goals with [Introduction to Environmental Studies] is to enmesh students in the history of Tufts. They learn … not only about this environment, but to understand that this is a place that is situated within an environment that has changed over time,” Stein said.

In many of her classes, Stein uses the Lois Gibbs and Center for Health, Environment and Justice papers — donated to Tufts by

Gibbs and Lester — for students to learn from a real-life environmental issue.

“It’s very rare to have people who’ve donated their collections to an archive be as actively engaged as Stephen [Lester] and Lois [Gibbs] are — they come to speak at Tufts at least once a semester,” Stein said. “Not only is it a wonderful resource, it’s got both … living memory and historic written record at the same time.”

Students work with materials as varied as letters to the editor on the Love Canal tragedy, fundraising tally sheets and photographs of Love Canal residents with visiting politicians that were used to publicize the environmental disaster, according to Hopkins.

“It’s really allowing the students to act as proper researchers, like actual historians and sociologists looking at this material, seeing how you can take these raw materials and create a narrative that’s a valid narrative, a true narrative, but also showing that there are different narratives that can be explored by different people at different times for different purposes. It was a really powerful opportunity for the students and for me to see them at work,” Hopkins said.

Stein also sees immense value in getting her environmental studies students to work with DCA materials relating to the landscape and environment of Tufts’ campus and the surrounding communities of Medford and Somerville. This includes having her students work with materials such as photographs of the former reservoir on land that is now the Residential Quad.

“You have to start where you [are], and it’s great to work with what’s around you,” Stein said. “I’m making the argument in many of my classes that if we understand the past of the landscape around us, wherever we go and wherever we work in our future, we’re better prepared to manage that landscape for the future.”

Senior Charlotte Leis, an applied environmental studies major, said she has had an eye-opening experience working with archival material in her many classes with Stein.

Leis noted the educational value of developing one’s own interpretations of primary sources, rather than just reading someone else’s secondary research. “[Stein] really does try to make it not just the papers and not just the archival material, but show how it’s still present and relevant,” Leis said. “[Another] thing that [Stein] always mentions is, well, there was history before the archives. The archives are great but they’re not all-encompassing.”

The educational value of an archive, Santamaria noted, rests upon the ability for individuals to interpret the same archival material in vastly different ways.

“That’s why we keep archives, because we believe that it helps people make better decisions and helps the university become a better place,” he said. “Everyone has their own biases, so it’s not like these are neutral documents, but it’s good evidence of what happened so the best archives can be checks against prevailing narratives.”

Stein said she hopes that, after taking her classes, students will be empowered to continue using archival material and engaging with archives in their academic and professional careers.

“One of the things that is so important about getting undergraduates to archives and to libraries in general … is breaking that barrier of entering the place, of understanding what the rules [are] and how the place works, for the first time as soon as possible and as early in your career, so that you can feel comfortable there and can return for the sorts of deeper engagement that can be possible as you move forward in your undergraduate or graduate career,” Stein said. “I’m hoping if my students go on and work in environmental fields that someday they’ll think about, ‘How are people going to remember these things that we’ve done in our careers? How can we avoid reinventing the wheel?’”

Another faculty member with whom the DCA has closely collaborated is Virginia Drachman, the Arthur and Lenore Stern Professor of American History. While Drachman uses archival material in all her classes, she also regularly teaches a research seminar, titled “Tufts in American History,” where students conduct independent research that culminates in a paper exploring an aspect of Tufts history of their own choosing.

“It’s important for my students to … understand that everything has a history; Tufts has a history, and students have a history,” Drachman said. “The notion is that what’s happening in the country is having an impact on campus. What’s happening on campus is reflecting what’s going on in the country.” “[The students] are discovering things about university history, uncovering narratives and identifying nuances,” Hopkins added. “They’re unearthing different narratives, they’re finding different points of view in those narratives, and they’re bringing their own experience to unpack those narratives — it’s amazing and powerful.”

The idea for a seminar focused on Tufts’ history came about due to the limitations that Drachman and her students faced in using archival material at other institutions, including the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard University.

“As an American historian and a women’s historian, I’ve had the Schlesinger Library, and I’ve always introduced my students … to that repository. And then I realized, they can only go there once or twice in the semester; let’s take this idea of the importance of archives and primary documents and look right in our backyard,” she said.

Senior Daniel Goldstein, a history major enrolled in Drachman’s seminar last fall, wrote about the pivotal role that former University President John Albert Cousens had in steering Tufts through the Great Depression. Goldstein was inspired by “An Entrepreneurial University,” a book authored

by Sol Gittleman (H ’10), former provost and university professor emeritus, which argued that Tufts as an institution “came to life” in the 70s and 80s under the leadership of former University President Jean Mayer.

“I thought that was too simple to be true.

Surely, there have been … important players who shaped the direction of Tufts beyond

just Jean Mayer,” Goldstein said. “So … let me look at a time period where I expect there to be a particularly interesting leadership challenge, which I think the Great Depression is — how do you run any kind of institution during that national time period?”

By reading old copies of the university’s Alumni Bulletin stored in the DCA, Goldstein concluded that, under Cousens’ business-minded leadership, the university was still able to increase its revenue from donations even in an period of economic decay.

“I found that there really, if anything, wasn’t much concern for the Great Depression, for the stock market crash. If anything, the university was asking for more money from its patrons and had no shame in doing so,” he said.

The story of Cousens at the helm of the university is not one that is commonly heard of and could only be discerned by closely interpreting archival material, Goldstein says.

“Why you don’t really hear about [Cousens] is because it’s not a flashy story, because it wasn’t necessarily exceptional, but it was exceptional given the circumstances. It’s a harder story to tell; you’re kind of telling two stories at once,” he said.

Goldstein gave credit to the staff of the DCA, especially Hopkins, for keeping the collections accessible and well-organized.

“The resources are organized … very, very well … It’s very easy to find something that you are looking for. There was a lot of material that’s all really well-digitized. The things that are kept in person within the center are in great condition, very accessible; anything that was hidden away, people were very willing to help find it,” Goldstein said.

The experience of uncovering a little-known part of Tufts history meant a lot to Goldstein.

“It’s a rare opportunity to actually advance understanding and research in a … way [that is related] to one’s own experience,” Goldstein said. “Just given that we have access to these archives, I think it had to be Tufts history that was the place [and] the site of work.”

Hopkins added that all students, regardless of their major, should have a greater awareness of the often complicated history of their own university.

“You’re paying for an education, you came to Tufts for a reason, and I think it helps to inform your experience here to have a sense of the past history of the place, good and bad.

There’s a lot here for every student in every discipline, and I think everyone should do primary-source research,” Hopkins said.

Drachman spoke to the essential role that the DCA plays for Tufts as an institution, beyond its educational value. “[The DCA] is critical for memory,” Drachman said. “It’s important for people who … appreciate [and] respect history to understand the university in its broader context, beyond simply physical boundaries of the school. I think it’s a way to build connections [between] different generations who have been here.”

Still, the task of maintaining and expanding the DCA will never be complete, as Hopkins, Santamaria and their colleagues work to fill in gaps in the archives with a greater plethora of student voices, including student organizations’ records.

“Archives aren’t neutral — we only have what we have, and what people are willing to give us. It’s important to interrogate and unpack silences in the archives. It’s important to … think about who’s not being represented. And that in part fuels our desire to bring in more student voices, to record more student voices, to make this a space where students feel comfortable sharing their voices, because documenting life on the Hill is a critical part of our mission,” Hopkins said.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 4’ serves a ‘LaLaPaRUza’ for the history books

by Tommy Gillespie Arts Editor

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After RuPaul suspended All-Star rules at the conclusion of Manila Luzon and Monét X Change’s double Lip Sync For Your Legacy victory following last week’s roast of Lady Bunny, we were treated to a major face crack as the queens re-entered the Werk Room. In a twist reminiscent of the “AllStars 2” (2016), Lady Bunny appeared behind the mirror along with a cryptic message from none other than Ru herself. When our queens turned around, the eliminated queens were waiting, decked out in their fiercest funeral eleganza extravaganza. So began, as is now the custom for “All Stars” (2012–), the bring-back episode of “All Stars 4.”

At first, the queens make nice and go straight for hugs, but drama soon shimmies and sashays its way to the surface.

Both Manila and Monét reveal that they had chosen to send Valentina home, which will surely fuel fans’ conspiracy theories that the producers have consistently been gunning for Valentina to snatch the crown. Trinity the Tuck wants all these girls to go right back where they came from. Farrah Moan and Valentina continue to butt heads in their feud that dates back to season nine.

Latrice Royale has a bone to pick with Monique Heart, whom she feels made the choice to save her friend Monét in lieu of a fair elimination. This rings a little bit hollow, even coming from longtime fan-favorite Latrice, whom, lest we forget, BFF Manila had made no secret of her plans to save, and whose performance thus far had been lackluster by all accounts.

For her part, Monique, who has established herself as the undisputed queen of confessionals this season, dishes that she’s none too happy to see the eliminated queens back for blood. At this point in the competition, this recapper is inclined to agree. The six remaining queens, to this point, have clearly shown themselves to be a level ahead, and each of the eliminations thus far has felt justified. But this is “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and Mama Ru is BRINGING back our queens for a fresh injection of drama into “All Stars 4.”

All will fall into place soon, and Ru soon sets everything straight in the Work Room. The format for this episode will be a “Lip Sync LaLaPaRUza,” and the eliminated queens will each choose one of the still-alive queens to take on in a oneshot, no-holds-barred lip-sync for your life of one of Ru’s songs, with the winner remaining in the competition and the loser sashaying away. By virtue of their challenge win last week, Manila and Monét are declared safe and will not have to lip-sync.

Back in the Werk Room, storylines

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Rupaul of ‘Rupaul’s Drag Race: All Stars’ is pictured for a season three promotional photo. began to take shape. Latrice makes it crystal clear that she is back for blood, and it is patently obvious that we are heading toward a final Latrice vs. Monique showdown at the episode’s conclusion. Trinity says that she is not worried, but Gia Gunn, pot-stirrer extraordinaire, says that she looks it. Gia later has a more humanizing conversation with Naomi Smalls, which allows the former to show a little vulnerability regarding her position as a transgender woman on Drag Race and gives Naomi some much-needed airtime.

But in this LaLaPaRUza, Werk Room drama must take a backseat, and soon enough we are headed to the main stage, where Ru looks ravishing in a daringly short baby-blue and hot-pink latex-looking number. First up to lip-sync will be Jasmine Masters, in a whimsical stoned catsuit with a rose print. She was saddled with the last pick of opponents by virtue of being the first to sashay away, and will take on Trinity to the tune of “Peanut Butter.” It’s a perfect song for Trinity, who is clad in a revealing black getup, to showcase her assets (pun intended), and after a frankly underwhelming lip-sync, Trinity affirms her place in the competition.

Jasmine thankfully shows us a fiercer side of her drag after her disastrous showing in the first episode, and she sashays away with her head held high.

The next lip-sync pits Valentina against Farrah to “Kitty Girl,” and it follows a similar arc. Farrah looks jaw-droppingly stunning in her trademark pink, and she gives us a more commanding presence

onstage than we’ve previously seen from her. Valentina’s asymmetrical red jumpsuit look is tailor-made for dancing. She oozes sex appeal, playing up the feline lyrics of the song and matching Farrah move for move. It’s an improvement over the previous lip-sync, and in the end Valentina deservedly remains in the running. Farrah is able to depart with grace, and the two share a conciliatory hug.

Though we’ve been building towards the inevitable Latrice vs Monique faceoff, the third lip-sync of the night is this recapper’s pick for the best of the night.

Gia Gunn clashes with Naomi Smalls in a lip sync of “Adrenaline.” Gia comes out flying, voguing, dropping, hair whipping and prancing with the determination of a woman possessed. Despite Gia’s valiant efforts, this lip-sync will go down in history as the moment when Naomi Smalls showed UP on “All Stars 4.” Wearing her trademark next-to-nothing, Naomi truly rocks “Adrenaline,” making use of her signature poses and, in the words of Detox, “pissing all over the runway” with a death-defying back bend. When the music comes to a stop, Naomi has not only secured her place in the competition, but also transcended her record of middling performances thus far and established herself as a front-runner.

Gia, similarly, is able to sashay away proudly and with magnanimity, despite being cast (unfairly, some have charged) as the season’s villain early on.

Now, in the words of Monique herself, we are treated to “the gay super

bowl,” the final battle royale extravangaza between Monique the eliminator and Latrice the eliminated, to the music stylings of “Sissy That Walk.” Latrice and Monique both gag us with two wigunder-wig reveals, jumping splits and twirls, matching each other’s energy at each and every step. Both queens are a picture of ferocity, and the decision is neck-and-neck from beginning to end.

With bated breath, we await Ru’s decision as the music fades out. Ru turns to Latrice, and our favorite “chunky, yet funky” queen is welcomed back into the competition. Simultaneously, our hearts sink for Monique Heart, who has well and truly brought it to “All Stars 4.”

That is, until Ru turns to Monique and utters the saving “Shantay, you stay,” causing our queen to collapse to the floor in relief.

So we are left, six episodes in, with seven of our ten queens still in the competition. While some fans will cry foul at the blatant manipulation of the season for dramatic effect, the absolute drama served up in this week’s lip-sync LaLaPaRUza should silence the majority of these gripes. RuPaul may be drunk on his own power at this point, and there is certainly an argument that the drama has begun to overshadow the show’s stated mission of bringing the art of drag to a wider audience. When we see Latrice Royale hit that stage, however, all this recapper can think is, “This is ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ dammit, and it’s the best reality show on television.”

Five things to expect at the 2019 box office

by Christopher Panella Arts Editor

Watching how blockbusters perform at the box office can be somewhat of an event. The large-budget films open big, break a few records and then go on to gross millions, possibly billions, of dollars across the world. Each year, it seems that more blockbusters are watched, especially as they cross the billion-dollar mark or have a record-breaking opening weekend.

In 2018, five films crossed $1 billion with one film, “Avengers: Infinity War,” even crossing $2 billion. 2017 and 2016 saw the same numbers, and 2015 saw five films, with one film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” breaking $2 billion. Now, as 2019’s box office prepares for some of the biggest and most anticipated releases ever, here’s what to expect and look forward to.

1. Don’t be surprised if this is the box office’s biggest year, both domestically and internationally.

There very well could be five films to pass the billion-dollar threshold again, with most of the releases belonging to Disney. Based on the success of their previous releases and audience hype, “Avengers: Endgame” and “Star Wars: Episode IX” are practically guaranteed to break $1 billion. “Episode IX” might have a little trouble if fan reaction isn’t overwhelmingly positive, especially considering the backlash against 2017’s “The Last Jedi.” It shouldn’t be taken for granted

that “Episode IX” will do well because it’s another Star Wars film — remember what happened to box-office flop “Solo” in 2018? In the end, fan reaction will be the driving force of “Episode IX.” “Endgame” will have no trouble passing the billion-dollar mark, and will most likely break $2 billion. It’ll be the highest-grossing film of the year, followed by “Episode IX,” “Toy Story 4,” “Frozen 2” and see BOX OFFICE , page 7

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Sagas, franchises, fantasy set to dominate the box office Last Jedi” has made things tricky for the saga. Sure, “Episode IX” could surprise everyone and break $2 billion, but expect “Endgame” to top the year, even with nostalgic releases like “Toy Story 4.”

3. But who cares? It’s all Disney!

Disney may very well have its biggest year at the box office ever. The most-expected box office blockbusters are all Disney, the three most anticipated Fandango releases, “Endgame,” Episode IX” and “Captain Marvel,” are Disney and Disney has released the largest number of highest-grossing films for the past few years. Why should 2019 be any different, especially considering five of their films are almost guaranteed to break $1 billion? Given the success of 2017’s “SpiderMan: Homecoming,” don’t be surprised if “Spider-Man: Far From Home” joins the billion-dollar club as well, especially since its July release might see larger hype after “Endgame” in April.

As most fans know, Disney isn’t just a film experience. Its amusement parks are set to bolster excitement for their upcoming releases. Both Star Wars: Galaxy’s

Edge theme park areas in Disneyland and Walt Disney World, which are the biggest Disney theme park expansions ever, along with the recently-opened Toy Story Land in Disney World, are preparing fans of all ages to head to the theater for the latest film releases.

4. Don’t count out other films, though.

Sure, Disney may be set to dominate the box office, but plenty of other releases will make money too. “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” will be a favorite, especially with “The Lego Movie” (2014) and its other spin-off releases having done relatively well.

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” could do well, especially considering the films have been met with strong audience and critical reception.

“Godzilla: King of the Monsters” is also a strong contender.

In addition, DC’s “Shazam!” could pull an “Aquaman” (2018) and surprise everyone, refreshing the exhausted franchise and giving fans an unexpected superhero story. Ultimately, these films might not top the year, but they’ll do

considerably well, especially since all of them are in some way a continuation of a franchise or saga. “Shazam!” might have the most trouble of the mix, but if its critical and fan reaction are as positive as the one for “Aquaman,” it should see success.

5. Sagas, franchises and fantasy rule the year — again.

From superheroes to the Force to singing snow queens, each of these films is a part of something bigger. They all come from franchises, whether they’re sequels to popular films or a final installation in a 40-year story. All of these films have major fan legacy and their releases are special events — they don’t just happen every day (although it may feel like they do). They’ll bring in fans from around the world and fans of various generations and background; they may even win some critical favor and awards while they’re at it.

2019 could very well be the biggest box office year yet, or even ever. With so many releases, expect to see audiences everywhere enjoying what’s to come.

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continued from page 6 “The Lion King,” all of which are almost guaranteed to break $1 billion. Nostalgia, excitement and, especially for “The Lion King,” having Beyoncé in the cast are all helping factors.

2. Yes, “Endgame” will top “Episode IX” and “Toy Story 4.”

In 2016, “Captain America: Civil War” topped “Rogue One” at the box office, becoming the highest grossing film of the year. Sure, “Rogue One” wasn’t a Skywalker saga film and therefore probably wouldn’t have as much excitement, but this should be expected. Last year, “Infinity War” broke a few records set by “The Force Awakens,” including becoming the fastest film to gross $1 billion, accomplishing the feat in 11 days. “The Force Awakens” did it in 12.

“Endgame” comes after over 10 years of constant Marvel Cinematic Universe releases, each of which had done relatively well and built a strong fan base that would see every other Marvel release, no matter what. While Star Wars fans may range more in generation and age, “The

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Support dining workers’ demands Tufts has not yet negotiated a contract with the dining workers’ union, almost nine months after workers voted to unionize. It is time for the university to do the right thing and respect the requests of its employees.

Trisha O’Brien, who has worked for Tufts Dining for 30 years, said in an interview with the Daily that the university did not treat its workers well before the vote and that they are not doing so after the vote, either.

The workers are demanding better wages and benefits, an end to temporary hiring, respect for seniority in wages and promotions and dignity at work. These demands seek to address problems that have persisted for years, including favoritism and harassment. Some workers, O’Brien noted, got fourteen-cent raises while others got fifty-cent raises, despite starting their employment at the same time. This discrepancy meant wages stayed low for many.

“I don’t know how Tufts gets away with it,” O’Brien said of the temporary worker system.

Most temporary workers are non-white and at the mercy of a system that often arbitrarily plays favorites. Temporary workers also face the added anguish of continual insecurity. Some have worked here for a decade or longer without ben-

efits. Workers spent thousands of hours of their lives, caring for students, doing difficult and often physically painful work for little more than minimum wage and no benefits. Tufts has proposed a wage agreement to the union that included raising the base wage to $15 an hour, but in the same proposal sought to eliminate the recess pay on which workers depend during the months when Tufts is out of session. This proposal is unacceptable.

Some of the health benefit plans provided by Tufts, according to O’Brien, cover less than 70 percent of healthcare costs.

Benefits won by unions at other universities in Boston cover upwards of 90 percent of costs. With healthcare costs rising to unprecedented highs, employers who can afford to provide benefits should not leave workers on the hook for huge medical bills. Yet Tufts has done precisely that. In some cases, workers must pay over a thousand dollars a month for healthcare.

According to the most recently available tax returns, for the fiscal year ending in 2017, Tufts’ assets grew by $267 million and the school took in $25 million more in revenue than it lost. Claims that tuition increases will result from paying a living wage to a few hundred workers, out of a workforce of 12,311, stretch credibility.

O’Brien said during the first round of negotiations that the school seemed

receptive to the workers’ demands. But after that their attitude hardened.

“It is a war,” O’Brien said of the latest rounds of negotiations. As many as 80 workers showed up to the December negotiations. The school, O’Brien said, didn’t have enough chairs and didn’t care that many workers had to stand, indicating the disrespect some workers feel management shows them. All they want is a fair seat at the table.

O’Brien says there aren’t enough managers to help workers. As a result, when Kindlevan Café opened last year it was often short of food and other supplies. This lack of support is part of a pattern of unresponsive behavior, according to O’Brien.

Some managers interfere with schedules, and workers feel harassment goes unaddressed. A rally organized by Tufts Dining Action Coalition (TDAC) last November sought to address these concerns through solidarity with the workers who say that university often fails to investigate complaints. Given the stalemate in negotiations, the university has not agreed to proposals to address this.

Injustice manifests itself in the workplace in the form of harassment, discrimination and low pay. It is only through solidarity that workers can address these problems. The union fights to give workers power over their own lives. UNITE HERE

Local 26, which the Tufts Dining workers voted to join, acts as a force for redistributive social, racial and gender justice by organizing industries with majority nonwhite and majority non-male workforces.

At first, O’Brien said, some workers were hesitant to join the union because they were scared and felt alone. The election, in which 90 percent of votes cast were for unionization, and the negotiation deadlock have strengthened the resolve of dining workers.

“I really love my coworkers,” O’Brien said, explaining that this motivated her to fight for the workers’ demands.

Last year, hundreds of students marched alongside workers to demand an election for the union. O’Brien wanted to thank the students who had listened to workers. O’Brien said workers see their own children in the students, especially first-years, many of whom are away from home for the first time. The workers make students feel at ease and help them adjust, making Tufts a more welcoming place.

Tufts students should stand with the workers and show them our support through actions like wearing TDAC buttons and telling the workers we stand with them. We owe them our solidarity, not because they serve us, but because workers deserve human dignity and respect.

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by Rosalind Greenstein

Housing as a window into white privilege

I have been teaching U.S. Housing Policy in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy (UEP) here at Tufts since 2013. Every year I’ve changed the course a bit. However, I’ve always tried to create a course that would support future planners and community change-makers in their professional practice.

In February 2012, when Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., I was teaching urban planning at Jackson State University (JSU), in Mississippi. JSU is a historically black university and in response to Trayvon Martin’s death, I was keenly aware that the tragedy could have happened to any of my students. My white sons, who were also in college at the time, were far more protected from such acts of violence. Teaching at JSU was formative for me and caused me to think about white privilege in new ways.

Despite those experiences, when I began working at Tufts in 2013, I taught a

fairly traditional housing course. I wanted my syllabus to include a survey of national housing programs as well as provide students with tools that they would find useful in their professional practice as policy analysts, planners and community-based change-makers. However, I kept the emotional connections I made with my JSU students, and my glimpse of the reality of their world, separate from the content of housing policy.

However, the next summer, in August 2014, when Michael Brown was murdered in Ferguson, Mo., my course began to take a more pronounced shift. These shootings led me to begin my course every year by asking each student to think about where they grew up and how that has affected and structured their life chances. That question helps us think about the ways that our childhood housing experiences structure the trajectories of our lives.

Housing is not just about shelter, but reflects social priorities and conditions even as it reproduces and reinforces them.

Each year my syllabus changed in an effort to do a better a job of shining a light on the history that has led to spatial patterns of residential segregation that we have in the U.S., as well as to better understand current housing policies, not only in terms of their strengths and weaknesses, but also in terms of the winners and losers.

Framing the question of U.S. housing policy in this way led me to a deeper understanding of the racialized practices of federal, state and local government through formal zoning and regulation as well as through the professional practices of bankers, real estate agents and others involved in the real estate and financial industries.

Moreover, I understood these forces as creating and reinforcing white privilege.

In June 2017, I read Richard Rothstein’s “The Color of Law” and found a cogent historical and legal analysis of how white privilege operates in the housing sector. But, remember, the important thing about housing is that it is about more than just housing. It structures life chances

because housing is also about access to health, education, jobs and labor markets, as well as clean water and safe streets. For white people, this perspective on housing offers a critical historical, institutional and legal analysis for how white privilege operates in one part of our society.

UEP and a group of my students have been working hard to bring Richard Rothstein to campus on Wednesday, Jan. 23. He will be introduced by Boston’s Chief of Economic Development and UEP alumnus, John Barros. We will follow the talk with conversations about how we might put our moral commitments into action.

We invite you to join us at 6:00 p.m. in Alumnae Lounge at Aidekman Art Center.

Rosalind Greenstein Lecturer Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Rosalind Greenstein is a lecturer with the Tufts University Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.

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Women's basketball wins over Worcester State, Bates WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

continued from page 12 ference matchup. While the game proved to be competitive, the visitors ultimately could not overcome the Jumbos’ early lead. Tufts proved dominant in the first half, outscoring Worcester State 16–9 in two consecutive quarters and entered the second half up 14 points. Worcester State came back from the half hungry for redemption and went 8–13 from the field in the third quarter, the highest scoring quarter of the night for either team. In the end, however, Tufts’ strong offensive performance — led by first-year guard Molly Ryan, who led the Jumbos

with 13 points — proved essential in securing their victory.

The games this week also emphasized the home stretch for the Jumbos.

With only seven games remaining in their regular season, the Jumbos, currently No. 6 in the country, intend to return to the NESCAC and NCAA tournaments this year. They face off against five of their remaining NESCAC rivals, including Amherst College (14– 1), who narrowly beat Tufts 44–40 last year in the NESCAC final and currently co-lead the NESCAC standings with Bowdoin.

DeCandido spoke about some of the expectations the team has set

going into the final games of the season, stressing the difficulties the team will face against its strong NESCAC opponents.

“Every win, every point scored is going toward our end goal of going to the NCAA tournament and getting some home games for those tournament games,” DeCandido said. “For [the] NESCAC, every game matters because the NESCAC is really strong and every game at this point is a NESCAC game, aside from a couple out-of-conference games. Those wins will translate later on in the season.”

Despite the high expectations, Berube emphasized the impor-

tance of focusing on improving with each upcoming game.

“We’re not really thinking about the postseason right now,” Berube said. “Of course, we’ve got some goals to be playing in both the NESCAC tournament as well as making it to the [NESCAC] championship game and NCAA [tournament] and beyond. But we’re really trying to focus on our next opponent. And so, throughout the year, it’s always ‘let’s work every day at practice and every game to just get better. Let’s take steps forward, let’s not take steps backward.'”

The Jumbos welcomes the WPI Goats (7–9) to Cousens Gymnasium for a non-conference contest tonight at 7 p.m.

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continued from page 12 the final month of regular-season play approaches. The NESCAC championship hosts the top eight seeds in the 10-team conference. The tournament starts on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Before the tournament takes off, Tufts faces a gauntlet of eight more NESCAC conference games. Each and every one of these games is crucial as the team looks ahead to the playoffs.

With the exception of two meetings

against last-place Conn. College, these games feature familiar opponents. In these games, Tufts went 2–4 and was outscored 21–17; however, these games included two massive victories over Williams and Bowdoin, 6–2 and 6–1 respectively.

“With only eight games left, every one is important,” Sarlo said. “We are essentially in playoff hockey already with how competitive the NESCAC is.”

The upcoming three-game stretch for the Jumbos will be looked back upon

as a pivotal part of the season, for better or for worse. The Jumbos are gearing up for three consecutive home games against Williams, Middlebury and Conn.

College. Notching even one win against these three conference opponents will markedly improve the Jumbo’s playoff prospects. Sarlo maintains that the squad is ready to perform.

“We have the right guys in our locker room to be successful in this league,” Sarlo remarked. “After a seven-game road trip, it’s exciting to come back to

our home barn and have an opportunity to make a statement this weekend.”

The first of these games, against second-place Williams on Jan. 25, offers Tufts the opportunity to knock off a quality opponent and come away with a statement win. Tufts previously did so at Williams with their 6–2 victory way back on Nov. 30, and a repeat victory could give the Jumbos great momentum heading into the next two games. The Jumbos face off against the Ephs on Friday at 7 p.m.

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Senior guard Jac Knapp shoots the ball during a game against Bates on Jan. 19.

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This past weekend brought huge victories for a praised New England dynasty, led by a head coach who has been at the helm since the early 2000s. The 16–1 Jumbos rumbled on this week, picking up a 65–49 win over the Worcester State Lancers (12–5) on Wednesday and a 72–51 victory over the Bates Bobcats (7–8) on Saturday. The team, whose sole loss of the season came at the hands of

Bowdoin College on Jan. 5, has seven more games in a possibly record-breaking season; Tufts women’s basketball has never lost fewer than three games in a season in program history.

Fresh off the heels of their win over Worcester State, Tufts returned to Cousens Gymnasium on Saturday to host the Bates Bobcats for a NESCAC game. The Jumbos were favorites from the start — the Bobcats were eighth in the NESCAC while the Jumbos were tied for third going into the match. But as

junior guard/forward and co-captain Erica DeCandido explained, playing against a NESCAC team is a whole different ballgame.

“The NESCAC is always so challenging, and it’s just a whole different atmosphere,” DeCandido said. “Every game is competitive. It doesn’t matter if a game is really close or not that close, a NESCAC team is going to come at you with all they’ve got.”

Indeed, the Bobcats gave the Jumbos all they had in a very competitive first quarter. The Bobcats came into the game with an aggressive approach, successfully scoring points from range. Senior guard/forward and captain Erica Lamere was instrumental in Bates’ effort, shooting 2–3 from downtown. Among Lamere’s shots was a three-pointer off of an assist by firstyear guard Meghan Graff, which marked the Bobcats’ final basket of the quarter.

This gave the Bobcats a 15–14 edge over the Jumbos going into the second quarter. Coach Carla Berube spoke about the energy the Bobcats brought to the first quarter of the game.

“They came out with a lot of energy and they were getting after loose balls, 50–50 balls, and scrapping,” Berube said. “They really play five guards, so they’re able to spread you out. It was challenging in the first quarter.”

DeCandido spoke about the difficulties Tufts faced in the first quarter of Saturday’s game as well as explaining how her team set the stage for their successful second quarter.

“I think that they were doing a lot on defense, and our shots weren’t really falling,” DeCandido said. “They set a lot of screens, and they were moving the ball really well and knocking down threes. We knew that’s what they were going to do, and I think that we were just in a little rut, but by the second quarter we picked it up on defense.”

The Jumbos’ colossal efforts in the second quarter paved the way for their eventual victory. The quarter started with both teams trading points backand-forth, until junior guard Sadie Otley gave the Jumbos the lead with a layup, setting the score to 21–19.

In an effort to mitigate Tufts’ scoring run, the Bobcats took a timeout, after which junior guard Melanie Binkhorst

immediately banked a 2-pointer to tie the game at 21. The hosts followed up with an outstanding defensive effort. Following Binkhorst’s score, the Jumbo defense held the Bobcats scoreless for the final six minutes of the half, notching eight defensive rebounds and five steals throughout the entirety of the second quarter.

The Jumbos capitalized on their strong defensive performance, going on an offensive run that ultimately secured their strong lead that remained for the rest of the game. Senior guard and co-captain Jac Knapp turned two of her steals into scores through assists and scored five points of her own, including a 3-pointer. Both co-captains scored a combined 12 points in the second quarter, including DeCandido’s impressive performance from the free throw line, where she went 5–5.

The rest of the Jumbos built off of the momentum set by the defense, including first-year guard Janette Wadolowski, who shot 3–3 from the field for a total of six points in the quarter, topped only by DeCandido’s seven. The Jumbos strongly outperformed the Bobcats in the second quarter, scoring 28 points to the Bobcat’s six points. By the end of the first half, the Jumbos had doubled their lead over the Bobcats to push the score to 42–21.

Despite promising runs in the third and fourth quarters of the game, the Bobcats were unable to come within a margin of victory of the Jumbos for the rest of the game, losing to the NESCAC matchup by a final score of 72–52.

Berube spoke about her expectations and goals for the team moving forward, as well as acclaiming the promising signs her defense showed in the second quarter of the Bates game.

“I want our defense to keep getting better. I don’t think it’s quite where it needs to be for us to be as successful as we want to be,” Berube said. “So we’ll just keep on working, and hopefully, like we always say, a great defense fuels easy offense, and that’s what happened last night in the second quarter.”

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After rough patch of ice, hockey looks to correct course

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Tufts’ 2019 road woes continued this past weekend after tieing Trinity (9–3–3) 1–1 on Jan. 18, and losing 3–0 to Wesleyan (9–4–2) on Saturday. They have yet to win more than one game in January; their last victory came on Jan. 5 when they beat non-conference opponent Bryn Athyn (4–14) 2–1 .

The Cardinals, undefeated and first in the NESCAC (8–0–2), proved too strong an opponent for the Jumbos from minute one. It was the Jumbos’ sixth road game in a row. Tufts only had three power plays to Wesleyan’s five, and Wesleyan outshot Tufts 40–25 over the course of the game. Sophomore goalkeeper Drew Hotte notched an impressive 37 saves in the face of Wesleyan’s 40 attempts, further cementing himself as

a workhorse in the three-man stable of Tufts’ goalkeepers.

The day before, Tufts started well against Trinity, scoring first just after the halfway mark of the first period.

Junior forward Anthony Farinacci gave Tufts the first period lead with his goal from one of their two power plays of the game. But sophomore defenseman James Callahan scored a second period goal for Trinity to lock the game up at 1–1. Trinity mounted attack after attack, but first-year goalkeeper Josh Sarlo shut down Trinity’s offense with an astounding 59 saves — a careerbest performance which propelled Sarlo into Tufts history, tying him for the fourth-most saves of all time.

Sarlo credited his impressive performance — which earned him NESCAC Player of the Week honors — to the entire team.

“We battled hard all game,” Sarlo said. “The guys did a really good job of limiting second chance opportunities and allowed me to see the puck. It was a team effort [from] top to bottom.”

Coach Patrick Norton also commented on some of the team’s highlights from the past couple of games.

“Both Josh Sarlo and Drew Hotte have played well, and given us a chance to win games,” Norton said.

“Our zone defense has also been much improved.”

Since the season started back up in January, Tufts has been able to pinpoint many of its difficulties back to offense. The team has only reached the two-goal threshold three times in the past seven games and has yet to surpass it in 2019.

Norton explained his team’s offensive struggles.

“We are struggling to score goals, and that is putting pressure on every other facet of our game,” Norton said.

The team has a produced a few highlight reel performances thus far, with a number of stellar shutout performances nicely paired with notable offensive outbursts — but the trick is stringing those performances together. If the Jumbos can improve their offensive output, they could begin to climb up the NESCAC ladder.

“The youth [of the team] is playing a factor in terms of some of the mistakes we are making,” Norton said.

Tufts now sits at 5–10–1 overall, with a NESCAC record of 2–7–1, seating them at 9th place in the conference. Tufts is half a game behind eighth-seeded Bowdoin, an important distinction as see ICE HOCKEY, page 11