Handel and Haydn Society performs Mozart, Beethoven, Handel see ARTS&LIVING / PAGE 6
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Jumbos cap off strong season with Elite Eight appearance
Asian & Asian American students express concern about Group of Six director departures see OPINION / PAGE 7
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TEDxTufts hosts Mosaic in Motion by Abbie Gruskin
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Disclaimer: Mitch Navetta is a current social media editor and former executive social media editor at the Daily. Navetta was not involved in the writing or editing of this article. TEDxTufts hosted Mosaic in Motion on Sunday in Cohen Auditorium, a day-long event featuring talks from guest speakers, TEDx videos, refreshments and interactive art exhibits, with the goal of unifying a diverse range of voices and stories, according to Head of Marketing and Publicity Sarah Minster. TEDxTufts sold out the event, which marked its fifth year as a licensed TEDx group. Over 500 students and Tufts community members attended for the event, according to Mitch Navetta, a junior who is a member of the marketing and publicity team. TEDxTufts kicked off Mosaic in Motion at 12 p.m. with presentations from the first four speakers until 1:30 p.m., followed by an hour-long break for lunch from local vendors including Yoshi’s, the Oat Shop and J.P. Licks, Executive Organizer Akshat Rajan, a senior, told the Daily in an email. A second session of talks from the remaining four speakers followed, concluding at 4 p.m. During the break, Tufts groups sQ! and BEATs performed for attendees. Interspersed among the presentations were short videos curated by the TEDxTufts team and opportunities to interact with a pop-up art exhibit, according to Navetta, a junior. Rajan said that the event was the culmination of a year’s worth of work.
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Speaker Taylor Lomba addresses the audience in Cohen Auditorium on March 10. “The TEDxTufts team spends all year on this one day, we really try to make sure every minute of the day is filled with authentic experiences and we want our attendees to leave Aidekman arts center having felt a whole prism of emotions,” Rajan, a senior,
said in an email to the Daily. “We want people to feel like they are part of a global conversation about our shared future.” The eight speakers included students, alumni, faculty and lecturers carefully selected from over 500 nominations and
100 applications, according to Rajan. The search for speakers began in September with an application and interview process, according to Minster, a sophomore.
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Broadway Bridge to close for a year due to Green Line Extension, local residents raise concerns by Alexander Rowe Contributing Writer
The Broadway Bridge at Ball Square will be closed for a year due to the Green Line Extension (GLX) project beginning March 22. The closure is expected to affect the traffic around the university and the surrounding communities. During a public meeting held at Medford City Hall on March 6, some attendees raised concerns around issues of traffic and the extent to which affected residents would be informed. Terrence McCarthy, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) deputy program manager of stakeholder engagement, began the event with a presentation, followed by a Q&A session. McCarthy discussed the broader goals and
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projected effects of the GLX on communities as well as the specific changes that the bridge closure will bring. Rocco DiRico, director of community relations for Tufts, told the Daily in an email that the GLX will have a positive impact on the university. In particular, DiRico said that the GLX will facilitate transportation for the community members and among campuses. “[The GLX] will make it easier for our faculty, staff, students and visitors to come to campus using mass transit,” he said. “It will reduce the number of vehicles on local roads, which will have both traffic and environmental benefits.” DiRico added that the GLX will connect Tufts’ campuses in Chinatown and Fenway with the Medford/Somerville campus. For breaking news, our content archive and exclusive content, visit tuftsdaily.com @tuftsdaily
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Local residents, however, raised concerns about the closure, specifically safety and detour issues. An attendee at the event, Donald Carriger, said that the closure will make the traffic circle at Powder House Square more dangerous. “There’s gonna be too much cross traffic, so there could be potentially traffic issues inside the circle where everybody’s gonna ram into somebody … so that’s an accident waiting to happen,” Carriger said. Other attendees pointed to the lack of publicity for the residents. Mary Anne Adduci said that the closure had not been sufficiently publicized, especially for residents who did not own computers or use the internet. She said that the lack of communication with the GLX team has been an ongoing issue.
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“Our big complaint is the lack of communication with the team. We’ve had [this] experience for the last 10 years; they hold meetings they don’t tell people about,” Adduci said. She added that public announcement door hangers that were distributed throughout the surrounding communities and at the event do not provide enough information for the affected residents. “I have been saying this forever: to please put a phone number on there for people that don’t have computers or who have a problem that you can’t solve by looking at a website,” she said. McCarthy responded by saying that the GLX team has made various efforts to
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