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Shehadi selected as new Fares Center director by Aaron Pomerance Assistant News Editor
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy announced the selection of Nadim Shehadi as the new director of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies last month. Shehadi previously served as the director of Lebanese studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and worked for the European Union writing foreign policy and creating strategies for relations with the Middle East and North Africa. Shehadi will continue to serve as an associate fellow of the Chatham House in London, where he is the director of a program focused on Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. “[Shehadi] was a very good choice,” Leila Fawaz, the Issam M. Fares professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies and founding director of the Fares Center, said. Fawaz led the Fares Center as founding director from its inauguration in 2001 until 2012. Fawaz added that a goal of the Fares Center is to “bring together different viewpoints” in order to communicate an understanding of the Middle East to students, notably
through studying relationships between the groups involved in Middle Eastern conflicts. Shehadi will “take Tufts a step higher,” Fawaz said. She hopes that as director of the program Shehadi will continue to develop the Fares Center as a largely student-run, discussion-based organization, that includes the Mediterranean Club. Student participation and research are important to the Mediterranean Club at the Fares Center, according to Fawaz. She said she believes that open discussion and diversity of opinion are what make the Fares Center successful, and that Shehadi will continue to develop the center according to these values. Ian Johnstone, academic dean and professor of international law at the Fletcher School, also explained that Shehadi’s experience directing research programs and working as a policymaker and advisor made him a good choice for the role. Shehadi has also served as a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs for various media outlets, including CNN and Al Jazeera. Johnstone, who was also one of the members of the see SHEHADI, page 2
Tufts Debate shows rapid growth by Sophie Dasinger Features Editor
The Tufts Debate Society, the only official student-run competitive debate team at Tufts, is coming off a strong semester in which it hosted a tournament and competed at the World Universities Debating Championship. According to senior Noah Kirsch, the team’s president, the team’s membership and skill have grown considerably in just a few short years. “When I was a freshman three years ago, we had about seven active members and a very limited tryout process,” Kirsch said. “Today, after our most competitive tryouts ever, we have almost 30 members, and are now ranked as one of the top 20 debate teams in the country.” According to Vice President Drew Latimer, the team saw its largest first-year class ever this past fall. First-year Nihaarika Sharma was one of these new members. After attending a number of general interest meetings for various student organizations, she elected to participate in the debate team despite entering college with the intention of continuing her Model U.N.
experience from high school. “What got me interested was the fact that … debate was the most focused on reasoning and your logic and critical thinking, which I thought was important in general,” Sharma said. Although everyone is welcome to try out and join the team, certain majors are more prevalent. “I’d say most people on the team do something in philosophy or social sciences,” Latimer said. According to Sharma, practices are held every Tuesday and Thursday. Members of the team are encouraged to bring potential debate topics to practices. Latimer explained that many of these stem from current events. “Every individual thinks about topics that are interesting to them and does research, and then before a debate round they present the topic, give a little bit of background information [and] both teams are able to ask questions,” Latimer said. Sharma attests that these practices are critical in gaining experience for the actual debates. “The more [practices] you go to, the better you get,” Sharma said. “[ The instructors] give us tips on different see DEBATE, page 2
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Students listen to Tufts senior John Kelly speak during the Enough Is Enough Rally for Trans Rights on the Lower Campus Center Patio on Jan. 14.
Students rally against transphobia, declare 'enough is enough' by Emma Steiner Daily Staff Writer
Tufts students gathered at the Mayer Campus Center’s lower patio on Wednesday to speak out against transphobia, conversion therapy, gay/trans panic defense and institutionalized hatred. The rally, titled “Enough is Enough: Rally for Trans Rights,” was sparked by the suicide of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn in December, Jaquelyn Hyde, a first-year who organized the rally, said. Several students, as well as Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center Nino Testa, shared statements about their experiences as LGBT or gender nonconforming students. Rally organizer Taylor Strelevitz explained that sharing personal stories was an important way to raise awareness. “The statements were intended to share a breadth of different experiences and to really be an opportunity for people to use those experiences to inform and contextualize Leelah’s death and then use that to fuel further action,” Strelevitz, a senior, said. Though prompted by Alcorn’s suicide, Hyde explained that the rally was meant to bring to light the many forms of violence, including conversion therapy, that have caused Alcorn and many other transgender people to end their lives. In his speech, Testa described such forms of violence as “terrorism” because they cause members of the LGBT community to feel extreme fear and shame in their own communities. “Leelah is not just a figure, a trope, an icon; she was a person, and we failed her,” Testa told the crowd. “We didn’t offer her the world she deserved, and we will never know what she could have offered us. It is necessary to sit with the discomfort of the loss.” According to Strelevitz, the rally was also intended to raise
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awareness about the transphobia that occurs on the Tufts campus. “Transphobia exists here. It isn’t isolated to the Bible Belt or some random town in the middle of nowhere, it’s happening on our campus, it’s happening to people here and it’s really relevant,” she said. Strelevitz, Hyde and senior John Kelly, all of whom spoke at the rally, discussed their own experiences with namecalling and gender-related slurs on campus. “I don’t walk down [Professor’s] Row anymore,” Kelly said, “which makes it hard to get to Medical Services.” Health Services is one of a number of obstacles that transgender students face at Tufts, Hyde explained. According to Hyde, almost no gender surgeries are covered by the health care plan Tufts offers to students, and hormones are only covered in very specific situations. They also said that the policy regarding gender surgery was unclear. “I sent some emails back and forth to the office. What I got back was … ‘just type into the website “gender surgery” and see what you can find.’ I’m not really sure how to describe that kind of response beyond, I suppose, crass and dismissive,” Hyde said. On a more day-to-day level, Hyde said that changing preferred pronouns within Tufts’ systems is extremely difficult, which can lead to some uncomfortable situations in the classroom. “Its difficult to inform your professor ahead of time what pronouns you want them to use, but at the same time you can’t exactly comfortably raise your hand in the middle of a class of 200-some-odd people and say ‘excuse me, you just referred to me with the wrong pronouns,’” they said. Hyde explained that in order to avoid this situation, students must go to 200 Boston Ave. and ask to have an email sent to their professors. According to Hyde,
simply going through this process can be very stressful, adding that there is no distinct procedure for changing pronouns throughout all of Tufts’ systems. “On one hand, purposely misgendering someone and referring to them with the wrong pronouns is a form of harassment, but at the same time there is no way to specify the right pronouns after you have matriculated,” they said. Strelevitz emphasized the necessity of improving Tufts’ ability to support transgender students by offering adequate medical services, recognizing preferred gender pronouns and providing ubiquitous gender neutral housing and bathrooms. “What’s especially upsetting is that Tufts had been lauded as one of the best in terms of transfriendly health services in terms of college campuses, and then to hear a story like [Hyde’s] just shows how low the bar has been set,” Strelevitz said. Beyond Tufts, Strelevitz and Hyde hope to see an end to conversion therapy, gay/trans panic defense and LGBT hatred, as well as a changed attitude about transgender and gender nonconforming people. According to Hyde and Strelevitz, changing day-to-day interactions is essential to ending transphobia. These changes in attitude go beyond simply being aware of preferred pronouns, Hyde explained; they include eliminating assumptions about gender, combating heteronormative stereotypes and changing beauty standards for women and trans women alike. “Being a good ally is far beyond the step of correcting pronoun usage and not being directly transphobic,” Strelevitz said. “It’s volunteering for organizations, it’s putting your money where your mouth is and donating, it’s being there and being friends with people. It goes so much farther than getting the names right.”
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committee that selected Shehadi as the new director, added that Shehadi has “multi-dimensional talents” and is “very well known for a balanced perspective.” “[Shehadi] fits the bill in so many ways,” he said. Johnstone is confident that Shehadi “[will build] on the foundation that Fawaz created,” and “will raise the profile of the Fares Center for cutting-edge policy research.” With Shehadi’s prior international experience, Johnstone said that there will be “more interaction between the academic and policy world” at the Fares Center, and hopes that Shehadi will help “bridge the gap” between these two spheres in his new role.
Fawaz said that given Shehadi’s vast experience directly addressing issues in the Eastern Mediterranean in his capacity as an academic at Oxford, a policymaker with the European Union, and a commentator in the international media, his tenure at the Fares Center will continue to draw influential figures to speak on campus as part of the center’s Issam M. Fares Lecture series. Past speakers include former British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair; former U.S. Secretaries of State James Baker, Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton; and former U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Johnstone said he feels that Shehadi will also help the Fares Center learn “how to overcome policy paralysis.” “Fletcher prides itself on multidisciplinary research, and the Fares
Center is a microcosm for that,” Johnstone said. In an email, Dean of the Fletcher School James Stavridis expressed his excitement regarding Shehadi’s appointment. “We are thrilled to welcome Nadim Shehadi as the new director of the Fares Center,” he said in an email to the Daily. “Nadim brings a wealth of scholarly and policy experience to the position, and we are hoping to continue to provide cutting edge analysis of key events in the Eastern Mediterranean.” “Given the challenges in Syria and western Iraq, as well as the complicated relationships among Lebanon, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt and other nations in this turbulent area, Director Shehadi will have a rich tapestry upon which to practice,” Stavridis added.
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topics we might run into and how you can structure arguments in that situation, and after that you just do a practice round.” Debate tournaments are held at universities around the country. Tournament attendance is flexible, allowing students to choose how active they would like to be on the team. “There are basically tournaments going on every weekend,” Sharma said. “You choose which ones you want to go to … based on what’s convenient for you.” This winter, Kirsch and Latimer also participated in the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC), which is the largest intercollegiate debate tournament in the world. The tournament has been held since 1981 and has been hosted by cities across the globe. “Last year, we sent a team to Chennai, India, and we ended as one of the top … American teams present, which we were really excited about,” Kirsch told the Daily in an email. This year, the WUDC was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In order to select the students who would attend the tournament, the team had interested students try out. “Basically we did a mock debate,
and [last year’s president, Kate Epstein (A ’14)] selected the two people she thought would be best able to represent Tufts well at the event,” Latimer said. Latimer noted that they had the opportunity to compete against international teams, including one from Oxford, as well as other teams from the area, like the Amherst College Debate Society. “We had a really fun time, we did really well, had some good debates,” Latimer said. “It was really cool because there were teams from around the world.” Both Kirsch and Latimer had to prepare more extensively for this tournament since it was held in the British parliamentary debate format, which weighs factual evidence over rhetoric, unlike the American parliamentary format to which they are accustomed. “WUDC is an unbelievable experience, because you’re talking about some of the world’s most engaging and controversial topics … and often with people who have radically different backgrounds and worldviews,” Kirsch told the Daily in an email. This past October, Tufts hosted its own tournament. According to Sharma, novices were assigned to judge novice rounds, whereas the more seasoned debaters judged the
varsity rounds. “[Participating teams] debated, and everyone from the Tufts team had to be a judge,” Sharma said. “Before the tournament itself we were shown a couple of practice runs, and we had to judge and they calibrated us based on that … so that way they knew whether we were good judges or not.” Latimer said that this year’s tournament drew one of the biggest turnouts in its short history. We’ve been hosting a tournament for, I think, five or six years now,” Latimer said. “This was probably the largest we’ve had … we had about 60 teams from like 15 different universities.” A pair of competitors from Brandeis ultimately won the tournament. According to Sharma, succeeding in debate tournaments takes much more than preparation. “It’s really just a lot of improvisation, because you don’t know the topic beforehand if you are on the opposition team,” Sharma said. “When you can pull it off, it’s just amazing.” Following its successful performances during the fall semester and at WUDC over the winter, the Debate Society will look to carry its momentum well into the spring semester.
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Guster’s catchy 'Evermotion' fails to offer anything new to indie rock
by Anjali Nair Assistant Arts Editor When Guster formed in 1992, soon after its members met at Tufts Wilderness Orientation, the band did
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not even have a real rock drummer. Founded by Tufts alumni Adam Gardner (LA ’95), Ryan Miller (LA ’95) and Brain Rosenworcel (LA ’95), the group cultivated a unique style based around Rosenworcel’s motley drum kit of congas and cymbals. Although this sound has dissipated since the band fell into the mainstream spotlight with “Lost and Gone Forever” (1999), many of its popular albums continued to incorporate unconventional percussive and melodic elements. However, with the release of its previous album “Easy Wonderful” (2010) and now 2015’s “Evermotion,” Guster has shed its early raw shell. Produced by Richard Swift, who works as keyboardist for The Shins and bassist for The Black Keys, “Evermotion” is an indie-pop daydream, full of catchy melodies and echoing synths. Though the album was recorded in only three weeks using lo-fi techniques, the effects of abundant post-production are apparent in the reverb-drenched tracks. On the surface, it’s a solid release with a couple of inevitably disappointing songs. Old fans may find the departure from Guster’s stylistic origins a little surprising at first, but the soft-focus ambience and nostalgic keyboard lines are certainly not unpleasant to the ear. The downside to this brand of amiable, radio-friendly indie is that it has been done before and done bet-
ter. As a result, Guster probably will not stand out among modern indie experimenters like St. Vincent and Spoon. On drowsy Sunday nights and in moments of inattentive tranquility, however, “Evermotion” is an enjoyable choice to nod along to. “Doin’ It By Myself” is a standout on the album. With a backbone of hand drums to complement the syncopated beat of the kit, the song references trademark sounds from the band’s earlier years while adding a new dimension. Still, the track remains stylistically in line with the updated sound of the rest of the album. Synth and horn sounds fill out the sonic field, especially as they swell into the infectious chorus. The song ends with a slick bass line, highlighting the band’s tight rhythm section, an evident strength throughout the record. In fact, without the grooving bass riffs and panned percussion, “Lazy Love,” the next track on the album, would have been so laid back that the listener could fall asleep. “Simple Machine” picks up the pace of the album with its poppy, upbeat melodies. It’s clear by this point that the bandmembers of Guster have a knack for writing a chorus that won’t get out of the listeners’ heads. “Simple Machine” sounds like the song that would be playing during a dance sequence in an indie rom-com as the camera zooms in on the protagonist’s adorably awkward dance moves. But even with the admitted catchiness of the tune, it’s unerringly generic. Though Miller sings, “I’m not a simple machine / I have become something else,” the sugary, repetitive track does seem rather uninspired and mechanical. Luckily, the seventh track, “Gangway,” saves the album with its dynamism. It brings together Guster’s early guitarbased sound with the newfound atmospheric quality of “Evermotion.” The song starts with acoustic guitars, which
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Guster has evolved from its original three-person Tufts group, centered around Brian Rosenworcel’s bongo drums, to a four-person ensemble with electronica influences. are later joined by electric arpeggios and fret noise. These additional elements create a rich texture, providing an interesting listening experience even during the mellow parts of the track. While other songs on the album contain these sorts of layers too, “Gangway” manages to do so without generating an overload of ’80s synth sounds. Furthermore, the band manages to transition through dynamic chord progressions seamlessly, showing some incredible songwriting prowess. Unfortunately, this momentum does not carry through the rest of the album. The last few songs return to the lull of the first tracks, with little to distinguish them from one another. “Farewell,” the coda to the album, is the opposite of
a grand finale, dragging on for twoand-a-half minutes that feel more like hours. Like many of the other songs, this one isn’t necessarily bad so much as unoriginal. Miller’s somnolent voice and the track’s equally lethargic music make for a forgettable conclusion. To reflect on the brighter side of things, it’s impressive that Guster, a band that has been around for almost 25 years, has put out an album that is still relevant to the current music scene. Hopefully the band’s next release will be a little more imaginative, but despite, its shortcomings, “Evermotion” is still contemporary enough to win over a young audience that may not be familiar with Guster’s early material.
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'Galavant' sparkles with goofy wit by Grace Segers Arts Editor
Singing knights and silly humor are coming to a TV screen near you. ABC premiered its new comedy, “Galavant,”
Galavant Starring Joshua Sasse, Timothy Omundson, Mallory Jansen
Airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on ABC a four-week long comedic musical series, on Jan. 4. The show features music by composer Alan Menken, who composed scores for numerous Disney films, including “The Little Mermaid” (1989), “Beauty and the Beast” (1991) and “Aladdin” (1992). “Galavant” focuses on a typical heroic knight named Galavant ( Joshua Sasse), a conventionally handsome, scruffy hero. Early in the first episode, the titular protagonist is spurned by his girlfriend Madalena (Mallory Jansen) in favor of the hilarious tyrant King Richard ( Timothy Omundson), and so he must embark on a quest to regain his honor and his love. “Galavant” uses its trope-filled story to its advantage. The plotline and characters are stereotypical, but written and played with tongue-in-cheek wit. In true fairy tale fashion, this is a story about a knight on a quest to save his fair maiden. So of course he’ll discover the power of teamwork and find his true love along the way. “Galavant” is your ordinary fairy tale and musical, but with a twist: It is actually quite clever.
Sasse is fairly charming as Galavant, the self-centered knight with the voice — and abs — of an angel. Joined by his faithful squire Sid (Luke Youngblood) and the Princess Isabella (Karen David), Galavant sets off on a mission to save Isabella’s kingdom of Valencia and regain the love of Madalena. While the show is ostensibly about this quest, it meanders in storylines of non sequitur enjoyment completely unrelated to the main plot. The group takes random excursions unrelated to the main quest, such as a visit to Sid’s village, complete with singing. Many of these scenes
draw humor from Galavant disproving several knight-in-shining-armor stereotypes. In the first episode, the knight partakes in an intense ’80s-style training montage. Afterward, Galavant is too sore to compete in a jousting tournament, which continues anyway with hilarious results. Although much of the show is absurd, the physicality of its humor and the exploitation of stereotypes make for a successfully entertaining hour. Omundson is the true MVP of this show, playing the murderous-yet-inept king as a cross between “Richard III”
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Vinnie Jones brings physical strength and sharp comedic timing as Gareth, the king’s bodyguard.
(1597) and Andy Dwyer “Parks and Rec” (2009-present). King Richard may be an evil conqueror with violent tendencies, but he’s also just a hapless man-child in a crown. Much like his nemesis, Richard just wants to earn the love of Madalena, who loathes him. Omundson is so clearly enjoying himself in the role that it’s impossible not to laugh along with him. Richard is aided and abetted in his antics by right hand man Gareth ( Vinnie Jones), a towering body guard with surprisingly good comedic timing, and the mousy Chef (Darren Evans), whose entire family has been killed by the king. The three’s dynamic is delightful and odd, a small-yet-winning aspect of the series as a whole. “Galavant” also features a host of guest stars in increasingly ridiculous roles. John Stamos is the French knight Jean Hamm in the first episode, a man with an incredibly off-putting laugh and an inability to hold his liquor. Hugh Bonneville appears as a Pirate King stranded on land who still attempts to carry out the pillage-and-plunder model while not actually at sea. Sure, it makes no sense, but it’s also pretty funny. The music of “Galavant” is entertaining enough. It’s very catchy and succeeds at furthering the plot. Much like the show itself, the music won’t win any awards, but neither are attempting to achieve anything grand. This is a fun show — it manages to execute a unique concept yet feel completely familiar. “Galavant” may not be groundbreaking, but it sure is entertaining, and that’s enough.
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Track and Field
Despite roster turnover, Jumbos look to regain form by Chris Warren Sports Editor
The women’s track and field team returns to the oval this Saturday for the first Tufts Invitational of the season held at the Gantcher Center. Tufts lost important athletes to study abroad this semester, so the team will be missing many key players in its winter and spring seasons. Nevertheless, coach Kristen Morwick will have the Jumbos geared and ready to go when the championship season rolls around. The Jumbos’ distance squad was hit particularly hard by study abroad losses; junior Audrey Gould, who has a 17:09.09 outdoor 5,000-meter personal record, which she set en route to placing second overall at last spring’s Open New England Championships, and junior Olivia Beltrani, who was the Jumbos’ No. 3 runner in cross country this fall, are both absent this semester. However, the team will return a strong contingent of runners, including sophomore All-American Kelly Fahey, who placed 31st at XC Nationals in the fall. With an 18:18.20 5,000-meter personal record from last spring, Fahey will look to improve on that mark and maintain Tufts’ distance running success on the track. Also returning is sophomore Alice Wasserman, who has improved mightily since last spring, claiming the No. 4 spot on the cross country team this fall. “We undoubtedly lost some talent to abroad on the distance side, but I think it’s really opened up the field for our team to step up,” junior mid-distance runner Sydney Smith said. “The sophomores in particular have come into the season ready to roll, so I think we could see some great performances from them as they fill the shoes of people who have graduated and people who have gone abroad.” On the mid-distance side, the team figures to have a strong season despite losing junior Hanako Shigenobu. Smith returns as one of the top mid-distance runners in New England, with a 2:15.99 800-meter personal best from last spring. She, as well as senior Lauren Gormer, are part of a strong group consisting of senior Isa Cuervo, sophomore Sam Cox, and a number of first-years.
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The experienced women’s track distance group will look to carry a young Jumbo squad. Junior Alexis Harrison takes the reigns from Anya Kaufmann (E ’14) and Jana Hieber (LA ’14) as the top sprinter for the Jumbos this season. Harrison, who qualified last spring for the NCAA Div. III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 100 meters, will look to qualify for indoor nationals this season. Junior Marilyn Allen, the team’s top hurdler, also returns and looks to regain her pristine form after breaking the ninesecond barrier in the 60-meter hurdles last winter. They will be supported by sophomores Rita Donohoe, Bianca Rescalvo and Hannah Loss, who showed big improvements from last indoor season to last outdoor season. The sprint squad may not be as strong as it was last year, but the group will still be counted on to score at major meets.
“Anya and Jana will be missed, but their lessons and determination are echoed within the team,” Harrison said. “I do think that the sprinters can rebuild to that level as long as we stay healthy and focused. Right now we have a young team, and I see a lot of potential within it. The freshmen class brings an eagerness to learn and improve everyday at practice, and I’m excited to see them progress over the season and the continued impact they’ll have on the team.” The Jumbos lost the majority of their jumping squad to graduation last spring, but they still have proven veterans and talented first-years to lead the way. Sophomore Keren Hendel returns as the school record holder in the pole vault, and she will be looking to build upon her mark in the new year.
The throwers also lost a key player to graduation, Robin Armstrong (LA ’14). This leaves a very young group; sophomore Bailey Conner, the team’s top returning thrower, heads a squad of mostly first-years in what looks to be the biggest question mark for Tufts. After a long offseason, the Jumbos will debut this Saturday at the Gantcher Center for the first Tufts Invitational of the season. Field events kick off at 10:00 am. However, the Jumbos’ focus this season will be on the Div. III New England Championships, held in February. “We’re looking to stay in the top three teams at Div. III New Englands, and are also looking to qualify our relays as well as a strong group of individual competitors well into the postseason,” Smith said.
Squash
Men's, women's teams fall to Bates by Tyler Maher Sports Editor
Tuesday was a tough day for both men’s and women’s squash teams, as both squads lost road matches at Bates to kick off the second half of their seasons. The men’s team was shut out 9-0 for the second straight occasion, falling to 2-6 on the season. The Jumbos are in a bit of a rut, having been blanked in three of their past four games, and were not able to overcome a formidable Bobcats squad. “Bates is a very strong team,” sophomore Owen Elliot said, who enjoyed his best match of the season. “It was not so much us falling short on that day as much as we need more time to develop and improve.” Senior co-captain Elliot Kardon agreed that there was no question as to which team was superior. “Our team played well,” he said. “But [Bates] was just at a totally different level.” Despite the disappointing final result, Kardon saw several positives during the lopsided contest. “We had some great highlights,” Kardon told the Daily in email. “Our No. 1, [junior] Aditya Adani, nearly got a game off the Bates No. 1, who is one of the top five collegiate squash players in the country. We saw some really close games throughout the ladder as well even though no one managed to take a game.” The women’s team fared better, but still lost 6-3. The defeat dropped its record to 2-9.
“Bates is a very strong program with more depth than us,” senior tri-captain Ann Bellinger said. “They are currently ranked No. 15 in the CSA [College Squash Association]. Despite the 6-3 loss, our players looked very strong and didn’t go down without a fight.” The three individual Jumbo victories came from Anna Bezahler, a sophomore, along with first-years Lauren Banner and Gabi Salomon. All won their individual matches in three games. Senior tri-cap-
tain Paige Dahlman turned in a tremendous effort as well, but lost three closely contested games by scores of 11-8, 11-9, and 11-9. Dahlman, while conceding that Bates submitted a stronger performance, remained impressed by the all-around effort from her teammates and felt that Tufts played its best game of the season. “Bates … was at an advantage — especially because Tuesday was their senior
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The men’s squash teams’ new year got off to a tough start with a 9-0 loss against Bates.
night,” she said. “We knew that we were the underdogs going into that match, but we managed to pull out three matches thanks to Gabi [Salomon], Lauren [Banner] and Anna [Bezahler], who had some solid wins that probably made Bates a little nervous. Collectively as a team, this match against Bates was the best match that I have seen us play this season. I saw a fantastic exertion of effort from each person.” Both teams’ most recent wins were at Vassar on Dec. 5, and they will try to get back on track this Friday against Haverford. That will be no easy task, however, as the Haverford men’s team is 5-2 while the women’s team is riding a four-game winning streak. Nevertheless, both Tufts teams are confident in their abilities to shake off their most recent defeats and rise to the challenge against tough opponents. “We are really confident going forward into the weekend,” Kardon said. “Bates is a great way to practice skills for our closer ranked matches this weekend, particularly against Haverford. We’ve historically beaten Haverford, and we look forward to proving ourselves again against them.” “For Friday’s match against Haverford, we hope to ride out that Bates energy and get a solid win,” Dahlman said. “We have met Haverford numerous times in the past and primarily with wins, yet they have progressed significantly since we last played. With that said, we’ll be going into that match with a keen focus on playing our own game and not letting past results affect our mentality.”