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Monaco attended 2018 meeting with Saudi crown prince

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University President Anthony Monaco (front right) attends a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and leaders from five other Boston-area colleges and universities on March 25, 2018 at Harvard University.

by Alexander Thompson News Editor

University President Anthony Monaco and leaders of five other Boston-area colleges and universities met with Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, whose human rights record has sparked widespread controversy, on March 25, 2018. Tufts did not disclose the meeting at the time.

The meeting, held at the Harvard Faculty Club, was hosted by Harvard

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University Provost Alan M. Garber, Tufts Executive Director of Public Relations Patrick Collins confirmed.

The other attendees at the meeting were then-Babson College President Kerry Healey, Boston University President Robert A. Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President L. Rafael Reif and Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun. Harvard was represented by Garber, per a Saudi Press Agency news release published the day of the meeting on the website of the Riyadh For breaking news, our content archive and exclusive content, visit tuftsdaily.com @tuftsdaily

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Collins told the Daily in an email that Monaco meets routinely with foreign dignitaries and academics and that the discussion with bin Salman centered on higher education and technology’s role in the classroom. He did not offer details on Monaco’s contribution to the exchange.

In a Harvard Crimson article that did not report Monaco’s presence at the meeting, Harvard Vice Provost of International Affairs Mark C. Elliott noted that bin

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Salman was particularly interested in economic catalysts such as research, entrepreneurship and innovation. “[Bin Salman] really spent 90 percent of the time simply listening and making polite but limited responses to what he was hearing,” Elliott said in the Crimson article.

The Saudi news release diverged slightly from the accounts offered by the universities.

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O’Rourke speaks at Tufts town hall

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Former Congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks at a town hall hosted by Tisch College on Sept. 5.

by Liza Harris News Editor

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke addressed students, staff and faculty at a town hall in Cohen Auditorium on Thursday night, during which students were able to question O’Rourke. The event was hosted by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.

During the talk, O’Rourke repeatedly stressed the need for stricter gun laws, citing the rise in mass shootings around the country, specifically in his hometown of El Paso, Texas. O’Rourke told the crowd that the gunman later told the police he came to that town with the intent to “kill Mexicans.”

“That is the cost and the consequence of Donald Trump. That is the cost and the consequence of the gun laws or lack thereof in this country,” O’Rourke said.

O’Rourke stressed that gun violence is caused by people and that potential solutions lay in policies like background checks and the government purchasing all AK-47s and AR-15s.

The event was moderated by Dean of Tisch College Alan Solomont, who questioned O’Rourke about how to enhance

the role of young people in the political process. In response, O’Rourke shared his support for policies geared toward increasing voter turnout, such as automatic voter registration when a person turns 18, same day registration and a new voting rights act.

The town hall marked O’Rourke’s first public appearance in Massachusetts since announcing his bid for the presidency.

“We were thrilled to [start] off Tisch College’s Presidential Town Hall series with Beto O’Rourke and feel proud that Tufts University was his first Massachusetts event since launching his campaign,” Program Administrator at Tisch College Jessica Byrnes told the Daily in an email.

Byrnes added that she hoped the event both informed voters of critical issues and platforms in the 2020 elections and created more excitement surrounding Tisch College’s town hall events in the future.

“We look forward to hosting more candidates—from both sides of the aisle—in the coming months,” Byrnes said.

Tisch College’s Director of Communications, Strategy, & Planning Jen McAndrew stated that O’Rourke’s town hall is only one of several events it hopes to host this

semester that allow students to interact with political and civic issues.

“In addition to seeking a diverse group of leaders from all areas of civic and public life, we prioritize events that allow for direct engagement, by students, with our speakers,” McAndrew said in an email. “This week we were proud to kick off the semester with two events that exemplified that commitment: Beto O’Rourke’s Town Hall, and our conversation with Congressman Will Hurd.”

McAndrew commented in particular on students’ high level of interest at both events.

“In both instances, most of the time was devoted to students’ questions, and we saw Tufts students continue to engage on challenging and interesting topics–from climate change to healthcare to data security. We look forward to keeping this going throughout the semester!” McAndrew said O’Rourke emphasized the need for an improved and quicker immigration system and discussed how much non-citizen immigrants strengthen the American economy.

“Imagine how much more they could do as legal residents, as U.S. citizens,” O’Rourke said.

Students had the opportunity to ask questions during the event, the topics of

which included the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, federal legislation to protect internet privacy, American foreign policy, the Medicare for America health plan that O’Rourke has endorsed and foreign interference in elections.

O’Rourke shared his support for federal legislation to enhance privacy on the internet.

“Our likes and dislikes are all traded, sometimes sold without our knowledge or content. I see these platforms more akin to a publisher than a utility. I would change the way that they are treated,” O’Rourke told the audience.

He also cited climate change as one of the most urgent world crises and asserted that the U.S. needs to work with every country to leverage against climate change.

O’Rourke also acknowledged the seriousness of foreign interference, including phishing and cyber attacks.

“I’m under no illusion about the dangers we face in this country and in political campaigns in particular,” O’Rourke said. “It does not help when you have a president who still will not acknowledge that attack took place…

We really need a commander-in-chief who is aware of the scope and severity of this problem.”

2014 and is now serving his third term, according to his website. Currently, he is the only black Republican serving in the House of Representatives, according to the Tisch College website. Last month, Hurd announced that he will not be seeking reelection in 2020.

Max Morningstar, a student who attended the event, was interested in the reason behind Hurd’s decision not to run for reelec-

tion in 2020. Morningstar, a first-year, wanted to dig specifically into the former CIA agent’s future plans surrounding cybersecurity.

Almost immediately, Hurd addressed his reasoning for not returning to Congress for a fourth term. He stated that his three terms have seen 15 pieces of legislation signed into law and that he wished to help the country in other ways, emphasizing his wish to focus on cybersecurity.

Although Hurd admitted that his influences are largely conservative-leaning, he emphasized his determent from political challenges founded on generational lines.

“Elections are won by creating contrast … and this only ends in contrast,” Hurd said.

Congressman, former CIA agent Hurd speaks at Tisch College

by Rhys Empey Staff Writer

The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life held an event called Coffee & Cookies with Congressman Will Hurd on Sept. 6.

A computer science graduate from Texas A&M and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative, Hurd was elected to represent Texas’ 23rd District in

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continued from page 2 Tufts Republicans President Rachel Wolff noticed that Hurd’s ideas were often unique ones within the Republican Party. “[It would be] good if people got out of it … greater diversity of opinion within the Republican Party,” Wolff, a senior, said.

Hurd said he does not always vote along Republican Party lines, pointing to the fact that he voted against repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. “It needs to be fixed, but taking money out of it is not part of the problem,” he said.

Hurd stressed that regardless of party lines, the most important item for our generation is to focus on is international security.

After a brief introduction and some explanation of his past CIA work, Hurd opened the floor up for questions. Attendees asked about China and Russia, which have been considered significant threats to national security, especially during the most recent election. Hurd was quick to respond with ideas for new legislation surrounding cybersecurity, citing especially the lack of national breach laws in the U.S. Toward the end of the event, Hurd high-

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US Congressman Will Hurd is pictured. lighted Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, saying it was an issue that bridged party lines.

“Republicans and Democrats agree that Russians influenced our elections to erode trust in our democratic institutions,” he said.

As he closed, he became emotional when describing the diplomats that have focused on U.S. security since 9/11. Hurd added that he is proud that Tisch College examines civic engagement, stating it greatly excites him for the future of the CIA.

TCU Senate tightens belt for clubs, announces new voting student trustee representative

by Alexander Thompson News Editor

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night for its first meeting of the 2019–20 academic year in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room, where the main order of business was the passage of the Treasury Procedures Manual (TPM), which governs TCU club funding.

TCU Vice President Sylvester Bracey also announced there will be a new voting student member of the student affairs subcommittee on the Board of Trustees, a historic addition to the university’s governing body, which previously only counted student representatives who could not vote or attend closed sessions among its numbers.

TCU Treasurer Sharif Hamidi was in the limelight for much of the meeting, laying out changes to the TPM to reinforce fiscal sustainability.

“The worst thing that could possibly happen is if we have to turn down a perfectly valid request that are completely within the merits of the treasury, but we have to turn them down because we don’t have enough money,” Hamidi said. “If we ever get to that point I will have failed as treasurer.”

The bulk of the fiscal headwinds for the Allocations Board (ALBO), the senate body primarily concerned with the TPM, come from the increasing number of student groups recognized by the TCU Judiciary, Hamidi told the assembled senators. He pointed to the more than 50 new student groups that have been recognized since the fall of 2017 as evidence.

Many of the amendments to the TPM proposed by Hamidi sailed through the Senate with unanimous votes, but the measure that would arguably do the most to control costs was also the most contentious.

Hamidi proposed reducing the per-capita travel subsidy to off-campus non-competitive events from $300 to $200, after it had been raised from $100 last year.

He explained that, according to his calculations, 57% of the $71,000 rise in supplementary funding between the 2017–18 academic year and the 2018–19 year was due to travel expenses.

“Not only were we shelling out more money to each student that wanted to travel off campus, it also provided an increased incentive to request travel,” he said.

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He projected that leaving the cap at $300 would only lead to more spending.

Deepen Goradia, a Class of 2022 senator, opposed Hamidi’s amendment saying that $200 was too low and argued for an alternative solution to rein in travel spending.

“If we reduce it to 300 [dollars] there are certain clubs that have certain demographics and certain people with certain financial situations that will be hurt more than other clubs,” he said.

Finn McGarghan, a Class of 2020 senator, countered that the Student Support Fund, which is available to students on financial aid, would prevent the changes from impacting them.

“This is to help so that we don’t pay more money to those who can afford it, those who can’t afford it still have means to cover their whole travel,” he said.

Hamidi agreed that the Student Support Fund would prevent low-income students from being negatively impacted and said that the fund was financially healthy. He added that the changes would principally hit air travel, about 15% of requests.

In the end, the amendment passed 15–4 with one abstention.

The first change that the Senate made to the TPM was to expand the conflict-of-interest restrictions for ALBO members. The proposed language would prevent an ALBO member from being a treasury, signatory or financial manager of a club.

The only current ALBO board member to be affected was Class of 2022 Senator Iyra Chandra, who said that recusing oneself from decisions impacting their club was sufficient. Chandra went on to be the lone no vote against the measure.

The other changes that impacted club budgeting included stating more explicitly that club activities cannot violate the student code of conduct and requiring clubs to buy their food from vendors with a food service license, both of which passed unanimously.

The Senate also unanimously increased the cap for food spending from 40% to 50% for cultural and religious clubs and from 20% to 25% for other clubs.

Hamidi said that while it might seem counterintuitive, the amendment would reduce costs in the long term.

“What often happens during budgeting season is groups will inflate their non-food

[costs] so they can have their food budget fall within that cap. So if you’re increasing that cap, less of that inflation will be necessary,” Hamidi said.

That too passed unanimously.

Hamidi also proposed adding language to the TPM to reinforce that clubs must be budget-conscience when choosing accommodation, that the Senate will pay the highest cost out of registration, travel and lodging for a club’s second trip instead of just registration and require any speaker to request a speaking fee instead of the clubs deciding them.

All three of those amendments passed unanimously.

The next two amendments changed the six-person limit for off-campus travel which, after the Senate voted in the changes unanimously, will only be overridable by the Senate by a two-thirds vote, as is the case for ALBO. But even if the six-person cap is overridden, a new 20-person cap will now be imposed, which is not open to appeal.

The final change, which saw the night’s second abstention, will raise new group funding to $2,000 from $1,000 but will eliminate the opportunity for supplementary funding requests.

Hamidi explained that previously a few new clubs had made $7,000 or $8,000 in supplementary funding requests, and the change would reduce costs.

Once the amendments were wrapped up, Bracey announced that a new student trustee representative would be added to the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, with voting power.

The Senate will make two suggestions for the position, and the Board will select one of the two.

Bracey also announced that there are five positions that are still open on Student Faculty Committees: Art, Library, Summer Session, Code of Conduct and undergraduate advising and co-curricular learning.

Finally, Rabiya Ismail, the Senate historian, announced that the fall elections will be held on Sept. 19.

She also announced that Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 seats that go unfilled will now be converted to at-large seats open to anyone elected in a December special election.

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Goldilox shop owners discuss new Medford bagel source

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Lindsey Gaudet and Ed Thill, co-owners of Goldilox Bagels, pose for a portrait in the store on Sept. 8.

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Goldilox Bagels, a new up-and-coming breakfast and lunch option in Medford, plans to celebrate its soft opening this Friday, Sept. 13. Established by Bostonbased couple Lindsey Gaudet and Ed Thill, Goldilox Bagels will serve freshly-made bagels and coffee near campus on 186 Winthrop St. Prior to making the decision to found Goldilox, Gaudet said that the pair had discussed the idea of opening their own shop for years.

“We had talked about having some sort of food establishment off and on for more than five years. Ed went to cooking school and worked off and on cooking jobs. I had a corporate America job and we would tell each other, ‘I just want a bagel shop, or I just want a diner!’” she said.

Thill has worked in food distribution his entire life, but this is his first time having his own shop. As the resident bagel-maker, Thill said that he has slowly modified and improved the Goldilox bagel recipe for years.

Gaudet described Thill’s recipe as the right mix of all the characteristics of a good bagel.

“It’s a good mix of the right crust, chew, fluffiness, breadiness. Sometimes you get a bagel and it’s really hard, and some people

like that. Other times you get a bagel and it’s super chewy, and other people like that.

Ours is a good mix of all of it,” she said.

Their shop will be open mornings and early afternoon, with fresh bagels made on-site daily. Thill said that the Goldilox coffee is sourced from Massachusettsbased roaster Speedwell Coffee. With both espresso and drip coffee, Thill said that Goldilox will have a wide range of coffee options, including lattes and iced coffee.

Gaudet added that they will also be offering chai from local source Boston Chai Party.

Because of the store’s proximity to Tufts, Gaudet mentioned that they are excited to interact with the Tufts community. Junior Nina Pittas met the couple earlier this year and said that she has been working with them soon after their initial meeting.

“I met Lindsey and Ed in February at a yoga event that my friend was hosting.

They had their bagels there to advertise them in the Medford-Somerville area, and they were really, really good. They also had sea salt chocolate chip cookies, which were also really good,” Pittas said.

Pittas explained that she thinks the small business mentality of Gaudet and Thill creates a welcoming community in Goldilox.

“It’s really fun because it’s a husband and wife opening their own little bagel shop, and that creates a really nice atmosphere. I

went to Bruegger’s when I was growing up, and while their bagels are really good, it has that big-chain atmosphere. The customer experience is not as good because it wasn’t a small business. Goldilox is such a nice vibe, and every time I go in there they’ve done a little bit more renovation, and it feels just a little homier,” she said.

Pittas emphasized that she was excited to find a small bagel shop that was near her, as the next-closest bagel shop for her would be Bagelsaurus in Porter Square.

“I never found any small bagel shop that I really liked until I went to this yoga event.

Their bagels were there, and they were really good. They also had fun cream cheeses to go with them. And that was just bagels and cream cheese. With the toppings, I’m sure it would be even better,” she said.

As Goldilox is a small new business, Pittas talked about how Tufts students should come try them out and get to know the community there.

“You can try a different kind of bagel and also meet new people. Lindsey and Ed are really cool and will be around the shop a lot. They are very integrated in the community of their shop and won’t be behind-thescenes owners,” Pittas said.

Across the hill from Goldilox stands competing establishment Magnificent Muffin and Bagel (MagMuff), a student favorite

with a long-standing reputation among the local community as a quality breakfast joint. With lines that usually go out the door and down the sidewalk, its customers trust the quality of the shop. Tufts sophomores Grace Murray and Hannah Kerber talked about how MagMuff is widely known in the local area.

“We go to MagMuff because it’s close and it has an amazing reputation,” Kerber said.

When asked how Goldilox plans to compete with local bagel establishments, Thill mentioned that Medford does not have its own bagel shop where the bagels are made in-house, since most bakeries outsource their production.

“I haven’t heard of any other bagel shops in Medford [that do so]. MagMuff is not making their bagels in-house, for example,” he said.

Thill and Gaudet said that they are really excited for the opening of Goldilox Bagels after months of waiting, renovation and preparation. Adding to their case for why Tufts students should try Goldilox over Magmuff, Thill cited his background in the industry.

“Try our bagels. We’ve done plenty of market research. Our bagels are our own thing, and we’re right in your neighborhood, so come on down,” Gaudet said.

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continued from front page “During the meeting, [the attendees] reviewed the areas of cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the educational institutions in Boston in the scientific and research aspects in order to deepen partnership with the US educational institutions in Boston,” the release states.

Indeed, that partnership already runs deep.

In total, Tufts, Babson, Boston University and MIT have received, or have been pledged, at least $122.3 million in financing from the Saudi government, Saudi state-owned industries and Saudi public universities since 2012, according to a review of federal data by the Daily as well as reporting by the Associated Press and the Boston Globe.

Harvard does not report the identities of its Saudi donors to the federal government but has received $30.6 million from sources in the kingdom since 2012, according to federal data.

Northeastern is the only school represented at the March 2018 meeting that has reported no Saudi donations since 2012.

A Tufts Daily investigation in May revealed that the university has received over $59.5 million in Saudi financing since 2009, primarily through government-sponsored tuition payments for Saudi students at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

Collins said in the email that the School of Medicine’s engagement with “Saudi students, faculty, researchers and institutions, which have provided Saudi students with access to education, training and research experience in healthcare and the life sciences,” played no role in Monaco’s attendance at the meeting.

Collins said last semester that Tufts was “intensifying” its review process for donations from Saudi Arabia in the wake of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder. Tufts’ new executive vice president, Michael Howard, confirmed changes to the review process in a September interview with the Daily.

Monaco’s meeting with bin Salman, the de facto head of state of a G20 nation, was not mentioned on the university’s website, social media accounts or Tufts Now, nor did Monaco mention it on any of his personal social media.

In contrast, Monaco’s interactions with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in May, Singapore Ambassador Ashok Mirpuri in 2018, then-Secretary of State John Kerry in 2016 and Spain’s King Felipe VI in 2015 were all promoted on social media.

Collins explained the university’s lack of publicity for the March 2018 meeting with bin Salman, writing that the host

institution is typically responsible for media coverage of events.

Harvard’s social media accounts did not disclose who attended events with bin Salman. Monaco’s attendance was noted passingly in the Saudi Press Agency news release, and the kingdom’s embassy in Washington, D.C., tweeted a photo the following day showing Monaco at the meeting.

Monaco’s attendance at the meeting has not been previously reported by U.S. media.

A little more than a month after Monaco met with bin Salman at Harvard, leading humanitarian experts gathered at the World Peace Foundation’s May 4 conference, “The Return of Famine,” held at Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The day closed with a panel on the current crisis in Yemen.

During the panel, Martha Mundy, professor emeritus of anthropology at the London School of Economics, laid out her empirical case that Saudi Arabia has intentionally targeted Yemeni agriculture, fishing, ports and water treatment facilities in an attempt to wield starvation as a weapon of war, according to Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School.

These tactics amount to war crimes, Mundy concluded in a report published by the World Peace Foundation in October 2018.

The air campaign that bin Salman has directed against the Houthi rebels in Yemen has not only sparked famine but has also caused 6,800 civilian deaths and fueled the worst cholera outbreak in decades, according to human rights organizations.

“He has a case to answer in international court for having been responsible for planning and orchestrating war crimes, including crimes of starvation against the Yemeni people,” de Waal, a human rights expert who has done extensive work in Rwanda and Darfur, said.

De Waal added that this was as true in March 2018, when Monaco met with bin Salman, as it is now.

Bin Salman has also exhibited blatant disregard for human and civil rights in Saudi Arabia, imprisoning political rivals in a hotel in 2017, arresting women who petitioned for the right to drive and who were then tortured while in confinement in 2018, and executing 37 members of the country’s minority Shi’ite community by beheading after kangaroo trials this spring. On top of that, a June 2019 investigation by the United Nations concluded bin Salman was responsible for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

At the time of the Harvard roundtable, bin Salman was on tour in the U.S., trying to shake his unsavory reputation.

He made stops in New York, Washington,

D.C., Boston, Silicon Valley and Texas, meeting with public figures including Oprah Winfrey and Jeff Bezos along the way, according to the New York Times.

The trip was widely viewed as part of a public relations campaign to improve the conservative autocracy’s image in the West.

De Waal, who has met with Omar al-Bashir, the recently ousted Sudanese dictator indicted for war crimes, to discuss human rights, said he was not necessarily opposed to Monaco’s meeting with bin Salman. He said that discussing scholarships for Saudi medical students with the crown prince is justifiable.

De Waal cited 1997 U.S. sanctions that prevented educational exchange between the U.S. and Sudan, which he says pushed the latter country further toward its authoritarian allies. However, he said the meeting still put Monaco in a “tricky position” since it came during bin Salman’s charm offensive in the U.S. “It’s not as though President Monaco has gone out of his way to praise the Saudi crown prince, so I think a meeting that has the agenda of making sure that educational exchanges and cooperation … are expanded, I think that’s fine,” de Waal said. “I would not want that to be in any way used to burnish the image or legitimacy of the crown prince.”

But for others, including Michael VanElzakker, a board member of the human rights advocacy group Massachusetts Peace Action and a parttime psychology lecturer at Tufts, that is exactly what the meeting did.

“Because [bin Salman] is trying to portray himself as a modern reformist leader, he wants to meet with elite academic institutions as a form of credibility,” he said.

VanElzakker, who has called for Tufts to stop accepting money from Saudi government sources, argued that the meeting showed the ways in which Saudi payments to Tufts and other universities are compromising.

“It really shows an ability to ignore something terrible if there’s enough money on the table,” he said.

Monaco is not the only high-ranking Tufts official to have met the crown prince in March 2018.

Just two weeks before the meeting at Harvard, then-Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy James G. Stavridis was in Riyadh for a Saudi-sponsored têteà-tête with Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister at the time, according to a Saudi Press Agency news release.

Collins confirmed in an email that Stavridis’ trip was paid for by the Saudi Foreign Ministry, a fact Stavridis disclosed in a TIME Magazine op-ed published April 7, 2018.

“The trip in spring of 2018 was to explore executive education opportunities with the Saudi Ministry of Education, which did not materialize,” Stavridis told the Daily in an email.

In the TIME op-ed, titled “Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Convinced Me He’s a Force to be Reckoned With,” Stavridis claimed he also had a late-night chat with bin Salman in the Saudi Royal Palace.

Stavridis painted a relatively rosy portrait of bin Salman in the piece, opening with a soaring quote from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.”

Stavridis wrote that he had met many world leaders in his career in the Navy, NATO and at Fletcher.

“I would put Prince Muhammad near the top of the list in terms of energy, ambition and vision. His youth means a long, long time in power when he becomes King,” he wrote.

In the op-ed, Stavridis expressed confidence that bin Salman could successfully confront a number of geopolitical and social challenges.

He did, however, note some of the human rights concerns associated with the crown prince, highlighting bin Salman’s detention of royal family members and the war in Yemen briefly before concluding that bin Salman’s odds of success as a leader were “better than even.”

De Waal was categorical about the TIME op-ed.

“It made me feel ill,” he said. “The core agenda of the crown prince is one of promoting his own power and the power of the Saudis in a matter that is profoundly corrupt, profoundly militarized and deeply destabilizing.”

VanElzakker also took issue with the op-ed, saying that Stavridis had reduced war crimes in Yemen to “an asterisk in an otherwise exemplary policy in otherwise exemplary leadership.”

He also pointed to the fact that Stavridis’ March 2018 trip was funded by the Saudi government.

“We shouldn’t allow the presentation of extravagant gifts and trips to [let us] forget the humanity of oppressed people around the world, and it looks an awful lot like that’s what happened,” VanElzakker said.

De Waal’s key takeaway from the 2018 meetings was that academic freedom cannot be jeopardized by the university’s ties with Saudi Arabia.

“We need to ensure that academic independence, integrity and also the core values of the Tufts community are not endangered by this,” de Waal said.

“There’s no sign that it has been, but it may be something to monitor, and maybe something to test.”

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ALBUM REVIEW

Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ diverges from generic pop

by Geoff Tobia Jr.

Assistant Arts Editor

No one makes waves in the pop music scene quite like Taylor Swift. Her previous record, “Reputation” (2017), seemed to mark an immense change in her songwriting style and overall sound. So, of course, when her next project was promoted before its release, every Taylor Swift fan and critic waited anxiously to hear what next steps she would take as a singer. However, instead of deviating further from the sound that built her career (coming off of country-pop albums such as “1989” (2014) and “Red” (2012) to name a few), T-Swift makes a safe return to pop music.

While safety in a genre tends to act as a cushion for artists, her newest album, “Lover” (2019), has more to offer beyond letting fans know that Taylor Swift still makes music. While this record doesn’t seem to push too many boundaries in her artistic style, there are still moments on it that show that Taylor’s still not playing around with her music.

In contrast to the aggressive delivery given throughout “Reputation,” Taylor creates a much more confession-filled and preachy collection of love songs on “Lover.”

The way she expresses love in this album is delightful, and its many forms stand out in every song. This may not have been expected by the second single “You Need to Calm Down,” which seems to be addressing someone in a negative light. The rest of “Lover,” however, is a burst of positivity and passion for herself and her love interest.

Hidden in the middle of the album lie some of its most impressive tracks, each with a catchy chorus, vocally and instrumentally. Namely, on “I Think He Knows,”

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Taylor Swift performs on her Reputation Stadium Tour in May 2018. after a slick, guitar-like bass intro, T-Swift shows off her range by hitting plenty of high notes and adding harmonies on top of her lead vocals. Furthermore, on “Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince,” T-Swift’s delivery is catchy and nearly flaw-

less. A string section is featured in the final chorus of this song, which is one of the standout instrumental decisions on this album. Interpolating various instruments prevented moments on the album from becoming bland and improved moments

that were already solid. For example, the saxophone adds a smooth element to the R&B cut “False God,” and steel drums and trumpet on “It’s Nice to Have A Friend” give the song a more heavenly feel.

Songwriting was hit or miss on “Lover,” put simply. Most of T-Swift’s songwriting was done herself, or with the help of Jack Antonoff (Bleachers, Fun.). If you pay enough attention to word choice, there are cacophonous moments that interrupt her word flow. Nevertheless, she let very little get in the way of her expressing what she wanted. At times, she does bring in help from artists like St. Vincent, who gets writing credit for “Cruel Summer,” which fits the Vincent-esque production of that song. The definite lyrical highlight on the record was “London Boy,” which incorporates relentless use of writing oriented around British lifestyle and general British phrases.

Low moments arrive at some points throughout the record, as T-Swift unfortunately succumbs to generic pop that requires less effort. Nothing really stands out from the song “ME!” featuring Panic! At The Disco lead singer Brendon Urie. Both vocal performances are okay, but the song as a whole in the context of the album is forgettable. The chorus on the intro track “I Forgot That You Existed” is underwhelming and prevents the song from panning out into a memorable beginning.

Other than some thematic inconsistencies and some variation in effort between songs, there isn’t much that stands in the way of Taylor Swift’s latest album. While about 30% of the album likely could have been erased from the final product and still create the same effect, the 62-minute-long “Lover” should not be overlooked by pop fans.

TV REVIEW

‘Succession’ continues its impressive run

by Daniel Klain

Assistant Arts Editor

After an incredible first season, many wondered if there was any room to improve for HBO’s family drama “Succession” (2018–). Following a Murdoch-like family dealing with personal and professional issues, it grabbed national and critical attention thanks to its sharp dialogue and impressive ensemble.

So far, season two has taken a similar approach to the first. After two solid but quiet episodes, the show finally went full throttle with its third episode, “Hunting,” and then somehow managed to go into a higher gear with its fourth episode, “Safe Room.”

These two episodes remind fans why every aspect of this show is brilliant.

Each moment feels like its own dopamine hit. It could be something small, like a line of dialogue that stings but characters soon disregard, or a comment with such an air of wealthy naiveté that we can’t help but laugh at the characters’ ignorance. It could even be when the emotionally stunted members of the Roy family break through to show some compassion, even though we might not fully trust it.

During the last scene of the fourth episode, for example, we see two of the Roy children, Kendall ( Jeremy Strong)

and Shiv (Sarah Snook), share one such moment. For once, the competitive wall between them falls down. They embrace, and Kendall begins to break down, a surprise after spending this season showing little to no emotion.

Kendall returns the favor by giving Shiv a compliment and some hope that she will actually be the successor to her father: “It ain’t gonna be me,” he says.

It’s moving, but even in that moment we feel slightly uneasy. Could Kendall be playing Shiv to trick her and somehow get the upper hand? It’s dark and sadistic, but it would not be out of line for “Succession.”

The performances in “Succession” stand out as well. Actors inhabit their characters so seamlessly that even though we are fully aware of characters’ glaring flaws, we still love them. Take Matthew Macfadyen, playing Roy family doormat and Shiv’s husband, Tom Wambsgans. In the most recent episode, Tom becomes the victim of blackmail, although he hardly acts like one. He basks in the moment and accepts the situation, all the while with a giant smile on his face. It instantly plays for laughs, but also reveals an incredibly dark layer to Tom’s supposed innocent Midwestern persona.

The character on the other side of Tom’s blackmail, Greg the Egg (Nicholas Braun), also proves the show’s brilliance

in character development and dialogue.

Throughout most of the series Greg has remained the show’s avatar for fans to enter the Roy amusement park due to his lack of experience with wealth. He awkwardly stumbles through his blackmail speech to Tom, as he’s never done any of this before. But everyone else in the Roy family has. The act alone signifies that Greg has begun to cross over the line from friendly, confused egghead to Roy family savage, no matter how awkwardly he does it.

It’s hyperbolic, but if any show were to receive this kind of praise, it would be that it thrives off of keeping the dial at 11. And there’s plenty more to praise as well. There’s not a single performance that has disappointed. It’s present and timely. Despite how tuned-in fans are, few, if any, know where the season is going to go. Shiv could legitimately take over for her father at Waystar Royco, and that development would not feel unprompted. Kendall could betray one, maybe even all, of the members of his family. If “Succession” has taught us anything, it’s that everyone plays the game, and most people lose.

This constant reversal of expectations encapsulates the brilliance of “Succession.” Nowadays, when it seems like it is more obvious than ever that greed and power are synonymous, “Succession” isn’t a “Wolf of Wall Street”

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(2013) glorification-slash-cautionary tale. “Succession” is cynical and jaded.

These are evil people, or at least complicit, and unlike most television of the 21st century, it isn’t asking you to think about that. It’s showing you that despite their wealth, they are emotionally bankrupt. Looking forward to the rest of the season, it’s almost a guarantee that “Succession” will keep up its electric, inject-it-into-my-veins dynamism.

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Correction: A version of the Sept. 5 article “Rove, Markey, Burke, Andrés to headline Distinguished Speaker Series” incorrectly stated that Senator Ed Markey has represented Somerville during his entire political career. Markey has not always represented Somerville, but he has represented Medford. The article has been updated to reflect this change. The Daily regrets this error.

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EDITORIAL

First-Year Legacy Reception highlights Tufts’ elitism The Tufts Class of 2023 matriculated into Tufts University on Aug. 28, and while the majority of the newly minted class spent time after the ceremony attending various seminars and bidding farewell to family members, a select group of new students and their families walked down hill to the Science and Engineering Complex, where this year’s annual Legacy Reception took place. The event dripped with the elitism that the Tufts administration tries hard to mask during the rest of orientation.

Hosted by the Tufts Alumni Association, and attended by University President Anthony Monaco and numerous faculty, the event was conveniently left out of published orientation programming. This year’s orientation booklet notes that new students will have the chance to explore the “impact of power and privilege through several Orientation programs.”

Perhaps this was one of them.

When introducing themselves, many parents in attendance chose to not only provide their names but also with their Tufts

pedigree. The Legacy Reception crowd was largely drawn from the white upper-middle class and shared similar professional and community backgrounds. Many new students found themselves running into classmates from their high schools, and one student in particular discovered that three of the four students from her high school entering Tufts with the Class of 2023 had a legacy connection to the university and were present at the reception.

Searching for the Legacy Reception through Tufts’ online resources is mysteriously tricky, and scant record of the event is available save for the statements of those in attendance. Why would the Tufts administration hold this event, then work so hard to keep it off records visible to the general public? Perhaps it is because, though Tufts emphasizes diversity, the university would prefer to direct energy toward families who grow the endowment directly rather than commit to promoting key resources which fortify an inclusive community.

Legacy preferences in admission to Tufts reinforce systems of bias and favoritism and undermines our deepest-held community values. Although other aspects of a student’s academic and personal background are examined during the admissions process, having a familial relationship to Tufts gives applicants, and eventually students, a leg up.

These relationships exist within an acknowledged and dishonest cycle: If Tufts alumni continue to donate to Tufts, the admissions team will move to consider their children “very closely.” Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Management ad interim Susan Ardizzoni told the Tufts Daily in 2010, when she served as director of undergraduate admissions at the university, that the admissions team “look[s] at parents, primarily,” but also “siblings and then grandparents, for all the professional schools as well as the undergraduate.”

Ardizzoni described legacy as an important factor in admissions, but seeing that the Tufts Alumni Association registers 110,000 members, it is evident that those who sup-

port Tufts financially are given further preference. Once legacy students arrive at Tufts, power and privilege continue to afford them networking opportunities and status in the eyes of the administration.

This kind of fiscal favoritism devalues the diversity Tufts claims to hold in high regard and serves to make affirmative action and financial aid seem like small consolation. Legacy students at Tufts are no more or less qualified for admission than non-legacy students, so why not base a student’s admission simply on their application and not their ancestry?

A decade ago, Ardizzoni made clear that money, or more elegantly “the tradition of support of the university,” can ensure a legacy candidate is considered. Today, wealth and heritage remain a ticket into Tufts University, and the Tufts administration continues to place legacy students in a separate sphere once matriculated.

Worse, they seek to bury it, for they know it is wrong.

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Senior defender Tally Clark maneuvers around a Bates player during a game on Kraft Field on Sept. 15, 2018.

by Liam Finnegan

Sports Editor

This week, Tufts women’s soccer played its first two games of the season against Emerson College as well as the defending NCAA Div. III champions — and its fierce NESCAC rivals — Williams.

The team picked up a convincing 3–0 win at home against Emerson but lost a late winner away at Williams to start the season 1–1.

In the first half of the Williams game, the two teams were locked in somewhat of a stalemate. Both teams were pressing each other hard, but neither side was able to create a definitive scoring chance. Despite some dangerous-looking dribbles from Williams first-year forward Jasmine Moore that were snuffed out by the Tufts backline, along with a shot from distance by Tufts junior forward Liz Reed that flashed just over the crossbar, the score remained level going into halftime.

The first goal of the game came quickly after the beginning of the second half.

First-year goalkeeper Hayley Bernstein swatted a cross from Williams junior midfielder/defender Georgia Lord out of the air, but it fell to Williams sophomore forward Rain Condie, who slotted the ball home for the first goal of the game. After the goal, Tufts poured on the offensive pressure in response to the 1–0 deficit, managing 13 shots in the span of 25 minutes. Their efforts were rewarded in the

74th minute when junior forward Sophie Lloyd played a ball into the box to Reed, who deftly placed the ball just outside of the Williams goalkeeper’s reach to level the score at 1–1. This was Reed’s second game on the scoresheet this season following a brace against Emerson. The goal was her third in just two games.

The scores didn’t remain level for long, however. Just two minutes following Reed’s goal, Lord got on the end of a cross from junior midfielder Aspen Pierson to score her first goal of the season, making the score 2–1 in favor of Williams. The Ephs saw out the rest of the game and retained their 2–1 lead, ultimately being rewarded with the win. The scoreline didn’t tell the tale of the game, however, as Tufts outshot Williams in the second half with a whopping 17 shots to Williams’ four.

The Jumbos were a bit disappointed with the result, considering their good offensive display in the second half.

“At Williams, we dominated [the] second half,” Reed said. “We outshot them and outplayed them at multiple points during the game, and it showed us that the bar for this season for this team is high and we should strive for nothing but the very top. The score was not a good representation of the game.”

Against the Emerson Lions, the Jumbos took an early lead and nabbed their first goal of the contest and season in the 19th minute. Junior midfielder Hannah

Isenhart whipped in a cross from the right wing that found senior midfielder Tally Clark inside the box, who was able to get a shot off. Her shot cannoned off the post but fell to Reed, who put the ball away in the back of the net. Just over four minutes later, Reed got her second of the game. Senior co-captain and midfielder Jenna Troccoli carried the ball to the right flank and pulled it back to Reed, who was lurking in space around the 18-yard line.

Reed fired a shot from just around the 18, which flew past Emerson sophomore goalkeeper Megan Rose to make the score 2–0 in favor of Tufts.

Tufts held Emerson to a 2–0 lead for the majority of game and kept possession in Emerson’s end of the field for most of the second half, outshooting the Lions 24 to two in the entirety of the game. In the final minute of regulation, first-year midfielder Margaux Ameer passed the ball to sophomore forward Sophia Wallach, who took a touch toward the middle of the field and took a shot from 20 yards out that flew right under the crossbar to bring the score to 3–0.

This was Wallach’s first goal of her Tufts career, and she was thrilled to have gotten it.

“I felt an amazing sense of pride after scoring my first goal as a Jumbo,” Wallach said. “This is the highest level of athletics I have ever participated in (compared to club and high school soccer) and to be able to score a goal on my university’s

team is surreal. It makes all of the hard work in the offseason feel like it has paid off in some way.”

The team was pleased with its emphatic win over Emerson.

“We’ve been talking since November of last year about what our goals are as a team and how good we know we can be this upcoming season,” Wallach said.

“The emphasis this week has been on taking our season one game at a time and knowing that our team’s success will come with patience, focus and hard work. The win against Emerson is a huge step in the right direction,[and] as we play more and more our confidence will continue to build and that will lead us towards good results later in the season.”

Reed was on top of her game against Emerson and Williams. She was pleased to get three goals and is using it as motivation for the season to come.

“It felt great to open up the season with two goals,” Reed said. “I think the idea was to try to set a good opening for what we hope will be a long season with runs in the NCAA and NESCAC tournament, but for now we are focusing on one game at a time. Getting a goal against Williams proved that they can be beaten and that on another day the result could have gone our way. They are not invincible.”

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Men’s soccer finds 2nd win of season against Williams

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Junior midfielder Travis Van Brewer celebrates his winning goal in Tufts’ 2–1 victory over Amherst at Bello Field on Sept. 29, 2018.

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Assistant Sports Editor

The reigning NCAA Div. III champion Tufts Jumbos were on the road this weekend competing against the Williams Ephs in their second game of the season and first NESCAC matchup. Despite entering the second half down 2–1, the Jumbos came back onto the field full steam ahead, regaining the lead and beating out the Ephs with a final score of 3–2.

Tufts senior midfielder Brett Rojas commented on Tufts’ matchup against Williams.

“The first NESCAC opener is always a tough one,” Rojas said. “There were lots of Williams fans watching, and the energy was really high. It was a super physical matchup. Williams is a great team, and they have one of the most dangerous players in the NESCAC [Williams senior forward/midfielder and co-captain Demian Gass] in their lineup.”

Williams took an aggressive approach in the opening minutes. After stealing Tufts’ first possession, Gass fired the first shot of the game toward Tufts junior goalkeeper Will Harned, who saved the shot.

Tufts managed to keep the ball in Williams’ defensive third in the following minutes.

Tufts junior midfielder Travis Van Brewer took an unsuccessful free kick from the 18-yard box that was followed by two failed corner kicks by the Tufts offense. As the game became more back-and-forth,

Tufts defense remained solid, deflecting attempts by Williams’ offense.

The Jumbos took to the board first with a goal from junior forward Max Jacobs just under 30 minutes into the half. Rojas fired a shot from outside the 18-yard box that found Jacobs, who then repositioned and successfully found the back of the net.

Senior midfielder Zach Lane spoke about Jacobs’ performance in the Williams game.

“Max Jacobs had a great game,” Lane said. “He didn’t play a lot in our first game against Framingham State, but he started against Williams and put up a great performance.”

The Ephs did not let the deficit deter them as they dominated the remainder of the first half. In the 36th minute, Williams capitalized on a turnover; Gass drove the ball up the sideline and fired a seemingly impossible shot, deflecting off the right post and into the net to tie up the game.

Riding this momentum, the Ephs scored a second time right before the end of the first half. Junior defender/midfielder Nick Ranieri took a corner kick for the Ephs that found sophomore midfielder/forward Jake Saudek, who used his head to tip the ball in, giving the Ephs the lead moving into the second half.

Rojas reflected on the Jumbos’ performance in the first half against the Ephs.

“We played well in the first half,” Rojas said. “The end of the first half could’ve gone differently. Williams scored off of our

errors. But that’s what it takes for us to be a good team. To push ourselves to come back when we’re down, especially at away games. These are the games that make or break our season.”

Tufts proved its resilience in the opening minutes of the second half, maintaining dominance and attempting multiple shots on goal. In one such attempt, Rojas found junior defender/midfielder Calvin Aroh in the box, but Aroh’s subsequent shot was deflected by Williams sophomore goalkeeper Teddy Rader. The Jumbos also had two more corner opportunities that they were unable to see through.

The Rojas and Aroh pair had a second assist-and-score opportunity in the middle of the second half. Rojas received a pass in the box and was able to find Aroh by the left post with a clear shot on goal.

Left unguarded, Aroh tied up the game for the Jumbos to make the score 2–2.

After Aroh’s goal, the Jumbos found their groove and refused to give up any more goals. As its defense remained solid, Tufts offense scored again at minute 77.

Senior midfielder/forward and co-captain Gavin Tasker drove the ball to the goal after engaging a defender and passing to his left side. The pass found Van Brewer, who perfectly executed a shot to the top right corner of the net, securing the Jumbos’ ultimate 3–2 win.

Rojas elaborated on the team’s outlook coming out of the late win.

“This was a gutsy performance,” Rojas said. “Coming back at away games is never easy. We’re happy with the result and that we got three points out of this game, but I would say we definitely have some things to tighten up and improve upon.

Our defense shape as a collective team can improve, and we need to start moving the ball with more tempo and purpose.

NESCAC play is highly competitive, and I think we could’ve been a little more prepared for the physicality of it.”

Coach Josh Shapiro further commented on takeaways from Tufts’ matchup against Williams.

“The Williams game was a tremendous test and great reminder of how competitive and physical NESCAC games can be,” Shapiro said. “I felt Williams was better prepared to compete and play with great tempo early in the game. Credit to our guys, we made the necessary adjustments and performed much better in the second half, controlling most of the play. To come from behind in such a tough environment shows what our team is made of. There is a lot of character and experience in our group, and they had to call on that in Williamstown. Great win, recover, learn from it, and on to Keene State.”

With this win, Tufts improves to a 2–0 record overall this season and a 1–0 record in NESCAC competition. The Jumbos will be on the road again Wednesday to take on the Keene State Owls. The game is slated to begin at 7 p.m.