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Actors perform dramatic reading of climate change play

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“Sila” incorporates traditional Inuit myths with the contemporary landscape of Arctic politics and is performed in three languages: English, French and the Inuit language Inuktitut.

The play, which includes two polar bears, a climate scientist, an Inuit man and members of the Canadian Coast Guard among its eight characters, displays the impact climate change will have on multiple aspects of human society and nature, according to Bilodeau.

“It’s about the impact of climate change on the Canadian arctic,” Bilodeau said. “The story is a little hard to tell because it is kind of seven interwoven stories that come togeth-

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Winter Ball, which took place Saturday evening at the Royale Nightclub in Boston, was deemed a success by the Sophomore Class Council. According to a TUPD Police Brief, officers received a call about two intoxicated students. One student was transported to Tufts Medical Center, and the other signed a medical refusal and was transported back to campus by officers. This total is a significant decrease from last year’s Winter Bash where 15 students were treated for excessive intoxication.

Actors from the Cambridge-based Underground Railway Theater performed a dramatic reading of a new play, “Sila,” yesterday evening in ASEAN Auditorium.

Playwright Chantal Bilodeau wrote the play, which depicts the impact of climate change on the Arctic, after being inspired during a trip to Alaska.

“I went to Alaska some years ago and got fascinated with the Arctic,” Bilodeau said. “This was around the time when there was a lot of talk about the opening of the Northwest Passage, which this is not about, but that was my original idea ... in pursuing that, I came up with this play.”

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New indoor garden installed at Boston campus by

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The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA), in collaboration with the Massachusetts’ Horticultural Society, installed a new indoor garden on the Boston/ Chinatown campus.

Research conducted at the center analyzes the relationship between nutrition, physical activity and aging, according to John Heine, assistant to the USDA HNRCA director.

“We want to help people realize how easy it is to grow healthy and nutritional food without outdoor space,” Heine said. “We are using the garden as an educational tool to inform people about the health benefits of whole-grown fruits and vegetables.”

The garden expands the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Garden to Table program, which provides hands-on

education and support to people wanting to learn more about nutrition and gardening, Heine said.

According to Heine, the garden has three elevated beds filled with soil and fertilizer. It’s outfitted with grow lights and a drainage system, in addition to user-friendly signs developed

by USDA HNRCA nutrition scientists that explain the nutrient content of the plants being grown at the time.

“Crops are rotated, so we have something that is growing and ready for harvest every three to four weeks,” Heine said. “We plan to change the types of vegetables we grow every few months for variety.”

Radishes, beets, turnips, Vietnamese mint, tatsoi and kale are among the plants currently growing in the garden, which is fully funded by the USDA HNRCA, Heine explained.

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The Friedman School of Nutrition will donate harvest from its garden to a local homeless shelter.

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‘Sila’ tells the story of eight characters, including two polar bears, all of whom feel the effects of climate change in the Arctic.

Cummings School receives donation to renovate hospital by

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The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in January received a $2.5 million donation from Travis and Anne Engen, bringing the school closer to its $5 million fundraising goal for the Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals (FHSA).

In raising $5 million by the end of the year, Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the Cummings School Ana Alvarado said the school would receive the $2.5 million challenge gift from the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund, bringing renovation funds to about $8 million.

“The Peabody grant has been a huge boost to our fundraising campaign,” Alvarado told the Daily in an email. “Because of the Amelia Peabody Charitable Trust’s support, the Cummings School is able to maximize every dollar that comes in this year as a result of the two-to-one matching grant ... The Engens’ gift of $2.5 million gets us halfway toward reaching that goal.”

According to Alvarado, the renovation plans include adding resources that benefit FHSA patients and clients, which is one of the school’s teaching hospitals.

“The goal of the hospital renovation is to reshape our teaching hospitals into the Northeast’s most advanced treatment and education center,” Alvarado said. “Phase I improvements will add 25 percent more state-of-art exams rooms; larger treatment rooms for our ophthalmology; cardiology; neurology and dermatology specialty services and areas that will increase the comfort of our clients.”

In addition to adding newer technology in veterinary medicine and more examination rooms, FHSA Medical Director Virginia Rentko said that the renovations would create more accommodations for clients under stress.

These plans include an updated and expanded reception area, and a peaceful area for pet owners making difficult decisions.

“We are creating a reflection space, and this is an area where pet owners can go to make fateful decisions about their pet when they have a lot of things to consider,” Rentko said.

According to Rentko, the Engens have previously supported hospital programs at the Cummings School, including the research done by memsee DONATION, page 2

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bers of the FHSA faculty.

“The Engens have also had a long relationship in terms of support of our school, primarily through relationships with several of our small animal hospital faculty members — supporting their research and some other projects in the small animal hospital,” Rentko said. “We were just thrilled that they were interested in supporting this project, as well.”

Dean of the Cummings School Deborah T. Kochevar said in a press release that the combination of the Engens’ donation and the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund challenge are bringing the vision for the FHSA closer to reality.

“The Engen family and trustees of the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund understand what the hospital renovation will mean for us and truly value the school’s mission of clinical service, teaching and research,” Kochevar said. “With their support, the Cummings School is now much closer to obtaining the funding needed to start Phase I construction and we hope to be able to do that soon with continued sup-

port from the community.”

Beyond the Peabody grant, the influence of Amelia Peabody can be observed in the architecture of the Cummings School, according to Alvarado. She also said that the grant is connected to Peabody’s past charitable acts and passion for animals.

“The remarkable gift from the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund honors Amelia Peabody’s love of animals and her past philanthropic support of the school,” she said. “In 1981, in one of the rare departures from the anonymity that characterized her giving, she founded the Amelia Peabody Pavilion, which houses a large animal clinic at the Cummings School.”

According to Kochevar, the renovations will better the learning and clinical experience for Cummings veterinary students.

“The Foster Hospital for Small Animals is our busiest clinical care and teaching venue,” Kochevar told the Daily in an email. “Our students learn medicine, surgery and related skills there, and also develop their ability to work well as health professional teams caring for clients and

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A donation from Travis and Anne Engen will supply half of the fundraising goal for the Cummings small animal hospital. vation will do is provide kind of client experience. their animal companions.”

According to Rentko, the “I think that the most impor- an environment within the hosultimate goal for the renova- tant thing for me about this reno- pital so that the client experience tions is to provide services that vation is that we get high grades and the patient experience, parwill deliver quality care and for our medical care that we ticularly in the outpatient areas, improve the overall patient and deliver ... Really what this reno- can be enhanced,” Rentko said.

Produce from garden to benefit Chinatown shelter GARDEN

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public,” he said. “We seek to translate our science into more accessible terms.”

The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society had a relationship prior to the garden’s creation through the “Talk and Taste” lecture series, according to Lisa Kamer, the Garden to Table program coordinator for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

“We have four lectures that each focus on a different nutritious food,” Kamer said. “We bring in lecturers and gardeners to discuss this with the greater community. Our goal is to promote healthy eating habits and raise awareness about the nutritional benefits of gardening through the excitement of cooking.”

Kamer said she is excited about the partnership between The Friedman School and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The program

donated almost 4,000 pounds of produce to two food pantries in 2013.

According to Kamer, the indoor garden at USDA HNRCA will donate all of the harvest to St. Francis House, a daytime shelter in Chinatown that serves as many as 700 meals a day.

Manager of Food Services at St. Francis House Leslie Oliver said she is excited about the donated produce.

“Our mission is to provide healthy food,” Oliver said. “The vegetables will make for higher-quality meals and

Police Briefs I REMEMBER MY FIRST BEER Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) on Jan. 29 at 11:25 p.m. transported an intoxicated student from Hillsides apartments to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

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Police on Jan. 29 at 11:59 p.m. received a call from a fraternity on 98 Professors Row about an intoxicated student there. When the police and Tufts Emergency Medical Service (TEMS) arrived, about 75 people were exiting the building and about 30 remained inside. The intoxicated student was in a chair, being held up by another student. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Fraternity members told TUPD that the student had arrived intoxicated 15 minutes earlier and seemed to be getting worse, prompting them to call the police.

PEE-PING TOM On Jan. 30 at 12:36 a.m. TUPD officers spotted a student standing on the brick wall located at the corner of Professors Row and Packard Ave. urinating into the bushes. He was identified, a report was taken and he was sent on his way.

HASKELL RASKELLS Officers on Jan. 30 at 12:40 a.m. transported an intoxicated student from Haskell Hall to Somerville Hospital.

BEER WITH ME, GUYS Police on Jan. 30 at 1 a.m. trans-

ported an intoxicated student from Houston Hall to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

GOING, GOING, GONDALA Police on Jan. 31 at 9:43 p.m. received a call from the Tufts Ski Team, which was at a competition in Vermont. The callers were trying to find information in order to contact the parents of an intoxicated member of the team who was being taken to the hospital.

Local police arrived where the ski team was staying and gave four team members citations for being over the legal limit for alcohol in minors. One member also received a citation for carrying alcohol for minors.

They were asked to leave, which they reluctantly did. As they were exiting, one of the men punched two of the Tufts students, picked up a glass mason jar, and threw it against a wall. The glass from the shattered jar struck a Tufts student who received a small cut.

SHOULD BE ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT TUPD on Jan. 31, soon after receiving the previous call, got another call from 100 Packard Ave. where the same two men were attempting to enter a party at that address.

The police identified the men and gave them trespass notices, meaning they will no longer be allowed on the Tufts campus.

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TUPD on Jan. 31 at 9:57 a.m. received a call from 20 Professors Row about a suspicious looking backpack behind a bush. Inside the backpack was a device with a clear plastic tube taped to a clear plastic bottle along with a 20 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew. The owner of the backpack contacted the employees of 20 Professors Row who then contacted TUPD. The owner went to the TUPD station to retrieve his backpack.

When questioned about its contents, the owner admitted that the device was for passing a drug test and that the liquid in the Mountain Dew bottle was in fact clean urine for the test. The owner was not affiliated with Tufts University.

Police on Feb. 1 at 1:36 a.m. received a call about an intoxicated student in Tilton Hall. When officers arrived, the student was able to sign a refusal to be transported to the hospital and was therefore not taken.

TERRIBLE TOWNIES Officers on Jan. 31 at 11:50 p.m. got a call from residents of 14 Professors Row about two uninvited males trying to enter the house.

THIS IS WHISKY BUSINESS Officers on Feb. 1 at 1:55 a.m. transported an intoxicated student from Hodgdon Hall to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

DON’T WINE ABOUT IT Police on Feb. 2 at 2:08 a.m. received a call from attendees at an off-campus party on Packard Ave. about an intoxicated student.

The student was transported to Cambridge Hospital.

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encourage healthy eating habits. They will give our guests fresher flavors.”

According to Oliver, the quantity of vegetables is not large enough to make a full meal, but they will be added to soups and salads. The shelter has received three donations so far, she said.

“This is a new development for us,” Oliver said. “We were just called by City FARM, [which is] run through MIT. If you get enough of those [donations] in the city, we will eventually be able to make a full meal.”

Play shows impact of melting ice on people, animals ARCTIC

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er, but it’s about dealing with the changes that are happening up there and trying to figure out how to do the best and work together because there are different interests that are converging.”

Debra Wise, the artistic director for the Underground Railway Theater Company introduced the play and explained the important role the audience would play in providing feedback. Wise also played the part of a climate activist during the reading because the actual actress had other commitments.

“The point of this play is to do readings when it is in process, so that’s why you have in your program this goofy little response sheet,” Wise said.

Following Wise’s introduction, the play begins with Kuvageegai, an Inuit hunter carving soapstone. It then quickly transitions to another subplot — the role of Inuit climate activist Leanna, who is giving a speech at a climate change conference.

“I come from a place of barren landscapes and infinite skies ...

I come from a place where North is where you stand and South is everywhere else,” Leanna (Wise) said. “I come from a people who kept accounts from the early days when the earth was rich ... When spirits roamed the land like polar bears and muskoxen and caribou.

I come from a world where life and death walk hand in hand ... This place I come from we call Nunavut.

It means ‘our land’ in Inuktitut. It’s where we Inuit have thrived for more than 4,000 years.”

Over the course of the play’s two acts, which last for approximately two hours and includes an intermission, tensions play out between

coast guard officers, the climate scientist and native Inuit people.

Through disagreements and discussions between characters, the play demonstrates the impact melting ice will have on polar bears, on shipping through the Northwest Passage and on the national security of the countries bordering the Arctic Sea. After the reading ended, Wise invited the audience to provide feedback so that changes could be made if necessary.

Director of the Environmental Studies Program and Professor of Biology Colin Orians explained his interest in the play’s portrayal of a climate scientist and said that he was impressed with the play overall.

“In science now there is such a push to make broader impacts, to push to engage in the community in which you’re working, and so I think my initial reaction was that [Jean, the climatologist] was being pushed to be this scientist who couldn’t engage in the community and only did because he had to,” Orians said.

“Perhaps you have an opportunity to suggest that maybe he wants to [which] you did at the end. Maybe that’s the beauty of it — that he grows. I’m not actually suggesting you change anything, I’m just telling you how you pull me in.”

“Sila,” which will be performed at the Central Square Theatre from April 24 to May 25, is part of the Underground Railway Theater’s mission to present plays on important modern issues, according to the Joan Lancourt, the company’s board president.

“Our mission is to do plays about vital issues of our time and climate change is about one of the most vital issues of the time,” Lancourt said.

“We were looking for plays about that subject, we came across ‘Sila’ and we decided ‘yes.’”

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While some departments offer consistent course loads every fall and spring semester, other departments vary greatly in their selection.

Political science class makes return, expands law-related courses by

Natalia Kastenberg Daily Staff Writer

“Constitutional Law,” a political science course focusing on court decisions, civil liberties and the U.S. Supreme Court, has only been offered to Tufts students three times in the past eight years. The rare class, currently offered this semester, has remained popular and highly sought after by students.

The class poses a larger question about general course selection at Tufts — why are some courses neglected, while others are offered every semester?

“The objective is to provide students with as rich and comprehensive a repertoire of political science courses as possible,” Chair of the Department of Political Science Professor Malik Mufti told the Daily in an email regarding the department’s course selection.

Creating a balanced course catalog can be difficult. In the Department of Political Science specifically, the catalog is shaped by several factors, including faculty specialization, student demand and major requirements, according to Mufti.

“We therefore try to make sure that our offerings each year are a combination of courses that meet the curricular needs of political science majors and courses that reflect the areas of specialization of our individual faculty members,” Mufti said. “These ... naturally change somewhat over time in line with the professors’ interests, as well [as with] student demand.”

“Constitutional Law” is an example of a class that has been recycled through the course catalog, as the department has tried to create balanced course offerings.

The course was last offered to both Fletcher students and Tufts undergraduates in the fall of 2012 — returning to the Department of Political Science after its last run during the fall of 2006. Taught this semester by Teresa Walsh, a lecturer in the department, the course has maintained its popularity after its six-year absence.

“We capped the class at 40 students and there is a waiting list,” Walsh said.

“Next week is the drop date, and I see no indication that anyone is dropping it.”

Senior Tom Morley, a student in “Constitutional Law” this semester,

echoed Walsh’s thoughts about the popularity of the class.

“There [were] definitely more people in the class than anticipated,” Morley, a double major in political science and Russian and eastern European studies, said. “[And] more people who wanted to get in.”

Morley added that Walsh was generous with additional student sign-ups.

“When a lot of people came to the class, Professor Walsh was great about it,” he said.

The course is suggested by Tufts Pre-Law Advising as a “law-related course” that can help students prepare for the rigor of law school, according to its website. Other courses pertaining to law in the English, philosophy and drama departments are also recommended for students who expect to apply to law school.

Morley said he believes having a constitutional law class at Tufts is an important part of the course catalog for pre-law students.

“Having a constitutional law class shows students what law school is like and gives them an actual grounding in the material before they have to go to law school,” Morley said. “It’s definitely something that a school as good as Tufts should have.”

Morley, however, is not on the prelaw track.

“I thought I might as well take ‘Constitutional Law,’ because I thought it would be fun, and it is,” he said. “It is really interesting and the professor is great, but I never want to be a lawyer. I never want to go into it.”

Walsh, however, described the class as useful for all students at Tufts to take, not just those on the pre-law track.

“I like to think of this class as really the law of democracy, and our students need to understand how that works to be able to make reason judgments on a lot of the things they come in contact with, even on a daily basis,” Walsh said.

Walsh discussed Michelle Kosilek v. the Department of Correction, a recent course that her students have examined in-depth, which focuses on an appeal that grants a sex change operation for a prisoner. Understanding the ruling required a deeper knowledge of the Eighth Amendment, according to Walsh, which her course can help provide.

“Our students and other people commenting on this case really cannot get into the substantive portion of it unless they know what the 18th Amendment is,” she said. “There could easily be a course in several of the amendments respectively ... So I think it is important for our students to have some kind of a background, to have some sense of the tools that are out there and the kinds of analysis that takes place in these very long opinions.”

The class attracted many political science and international relations majors, but also other majors including history, peace and justice studies, American studies and even students from outside of the humanities, according to Walsh.

“Over whelmingly, the highest numbers of majors are political science and IR,” Walsh said. “But we cross the social sciences and have several engineering and computer science students, creating a good cross-section.”

While the class has not consistently been offered, it has been popular every time, according to Walsh.

“There is every indication that they will offer it again in the future because the numbers in ‘Constitutional Law’ have stayed very strong,” she said.

Walsh noted, however, that the class’ reappearance is dependent on a combination of circumstances aside from student interest.

“I think that certainly student demand is a major part of that, but I also think they want a balanced department,” Walsh said.

Looking ahead to next semester’s political science catalog, students can expect a wide and varied course selection.

Next semester, however, will bring great change to the Department of Political Science with higher faculty turnover, according to Mufti. Though the hiring process has not begun yet, Mufti said he sees it as space for some experimentation.

“Since a higher than usual number of our regular faculty are expected to be on leave next semester, we plan to hire a number of parttime faculty to replace them, and it is possible that some of these will teach courses that we haven’t offered before,” Mufti said.

eeing somebody take a seflie in public has become a totally normal phenomenon. But imagine how it must look to somebody who is somehow managing to exist outside of our iPhone-obsessed culture. A person (read: a teenage girl) stopping what they’re doing, holding her phone out an arm’s length, and putting on her best duck-face is, in reality, a pretty strange thing to see. But, nobody thinks anything of it. We all know what taking a selfie looks like. We all know that if a selfie-taker is making a particularly heinous face, that selfie is definitely a Snapchat.

Other than an unflattering facial expression that nobody in their right mind would want anybody to see for more than ten seconds, the other dead giveaway that a selfie is a Snapchat is if it’s taken at a ridiculous time. The girl taking a quick selfie in the middle of her lecture class, for instance, is obviously not trying to get a picture to remember how bored she looks on a random Monday morning. This girl is taking a snap to let her friends know what’s up and has no intention of ever seeing that picture again (I’ll neither confirm nor deny ever being this girl). That is the beauty of Snapchat: it allows us to take endless seflies without the embarrassment of having our camera rolls clogged with pictures of ourselves making the same three faces.

I have mixed feelings about Snapchat.

One the one hand, I’m completely obsessed with it. To be completely honest, I have sent four Snapchats in the time it took me to write this column. I’m guilty of sending absolutely pointless Snapchats. I haven’t quite grasped the less-is-more concept yet, so I’m also guilty of bombarding the people on my friends list with far too many Snaps on any given day. I have taken the “just woke up” Snap, the “studying in the library” Snap, and the “my friend is doing something weird and doesn’t know I’m snapping this” Snap.

On the other hand, I can’t help but be aware of how dumb Snapchat is. A few weeks ago, I was riding the T and was pretty bored, so obviously I started taking Snapchats of myself. I didn’t really think anything of this, until the woman sitting next to me commented to her friend how strange I looked. She made this comment in Spanish, but lucky for me I know enough Spanglish to know what “chica loca” means, and to be able to pick out the word “selfie” in Spanish conversation. When I tweeted about this incident (because if I didn’t tweet about it, did it really happen?), my brother replied that I deserved this comment because “to be fair [I] probably look ridiculous.”

As rude as my brother’s tweet and this random woman’s remark were, I hate to say that I see where they’re coming from. When it’s my friends and I pausing on our way to class to put on our signature selfie faces and take a quick Snapchat, I think it’s the greatest app out there. But, when I’m walking behind people doing the same thing, I can’t help but roll my eyes and think about how weird they look. Even though I know exactly what they’re doing, and so does almost everybody else around them, that doesn’t mean that they don’t look kind of stupid.

I’m not sure how to rectify this mix of knowing how dumb I look Snapchatting and being obsessed with Snapchatting.

Maybe the answer is to stop taking Snaps in public. But really, what’s the fun in that?

Rebecca Hutchinson is a freshman majoring in international relations. She can be reached at Rebecca.Hutchinson@tufts.edu.

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Guilty pleasure ‘Teen Wolf’ surprises with solid entertainment by

Grace Segers

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“Teen Wolf” is the paragon of guilty pleasure television. Populated by attractive supernatural teenagers who fight

Teen Wolf Starring Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Dylan O’Brien, Holland Roden

Airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on MTV bad guys while aggressively cool music thumps in the background, the plotlines are convoluted and often downright ridiculous, but, despite its flaws, “Teen Wolf” is a surprisingly good show.

The MTV series has endeared itself to viewers by not trying to be a serious drama like the “Twilight” films. Instead, the show acknowledges and plays with the overall goofiness of the genre, doling out occasional one-liners to let the audience know that everyone is in on the joke. It’s a bit ridiculous to have so many crime-solving werewolf teenagers disrupting the peace of the fictional city of Beacon Hills. Yet we’re still watching.

As the series has progressed, it has also matured. What was once a lighthearted, fun-yet-campy show is now, in the second half of its third season, an excellently paced drama worthy of a credible televi-

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Frequently bare-chested Dylan O’Brien and Tyler Posey are the leads in MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf.’ sion network. Due to the show’s popularity, the writers have taken risks, telling a more interesting story. By venturing beyond the land of silly teen TV, “Teen Wolf” has transformed into a suspenseful, delicious show with enough twists and turns to make “Scandal” (2012-present) jealous. Each episode is pure entertainment, with a series of cliffhangers punctuated by sassy dialogue and shirtless men. Underneath its shiny surface

Gallery Review

Variations of singular print add dimension to collection by

Nika Korchok Wakulich

Upon walking into the “Creative Process in Modern Japanese Printmaking” exhibit in the Art of Asia, Oceania and Africa wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, a visitor might first be surprised at its compact size. On the walls hang only a small number of works, and the only structural element in the room is a glass case holding a set of books by renowned commercial artist and illustrator Takei Takeo. In this single room however, lies one of the most under-appreciated exhibits in the museum. Lining the walls are modern Japanese prints, woodblock prints from the 20th century that changed the entire perspective of Japanese printmaking. Simple, elegant, surprisingly colorful and vibrant, the collection is a study of both the evolution of Japanese culture and the preservation of an ancient and brilliant art form.

The collection explores the changing face of printmaking as Japan entered the 20th century. The contrasting sides of printmaking — “shin hanga” or new prints and “sosaku hanga” or creative prints — competed as the country moved into a new era. In the 19th century, woodblock prints were used as Japan’s main form of commercial art. As the country progressed other forms took over, leaving audiences to wonder, “What next?”

What resulted from this tension is the focus of the collection. Sosaku hanga emerged as a dominant force in the art scene. Creative prints made, cut and designed by one artist were heralded for their artistry, rather than their simple utilitarian function. Artists were able to use this creative method to explore new themes. This is evident in the collection’s works which focus on everyday scenes and large buildings. The pieces are blatantly modern but also posses clear traces of historical homage. With a healthy dose of 20th century artistic influence from Europe and beyond, the print series is strong and memorable.

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A stunning piece by Yoshida Hiroshi on display at the MFA showcases a print of a sailboat traversing the seas.

Yoshida Hiroshi’s set of six sailboats entitled “Sailboats: Morning, Forenoon, Afternoon, Fog, Evening, and Night” (1926) are all prints made of the same woodblock, then printed with different colors to capture the different points in the day when the artist observed the scene. With rich vibrant hues and a subtle impressionist flare, the set of prints is striking.

The glassiness of the water is pristine — this series of slightly altered images could give Monet pause. Arranged beautifully on a wall entirely dedicated to them, the viewer can truly experience the full effect of seeing, through Hiroshi’s eyes, the sun rising and setting on a lone sailboat on the Japanese shore.

Inagaki Tomoo has fun with his work that focuses on cats in a group of prints accurately named “Night Prowl of Cats” (circa 1960). While some series in the see PRINTS, page 6

is excellent writing and cinematography.

The pacing of the show is phenomenal and underappreciated. It’s an addictive viewing experience that forces fans to keep their eyes peeled and their attention undivided.

“Teen Wolf” also boasts fully defined characters. Show writers are twisting teen show archetypes into real, believsee WOLF, page 6

Concert Review

Kenny Garrett impresses with energetic concert by

Anthony Martinez Daily Editorial Board

One of the most widely recognized and well-respected saxophone players around right now, Kenny Garrett, has produced numerous albums. He has worked with several key players in the contemporary jazz scene (most famously Miles Davis) and has received numerous awards and accolades (including four Grammy nominations). As a well-established musician who has already done so much to merit his reputation, Garrett doesn’t really have anything left to prove.

Or maybe he has everything to prove. At least he plays as if he does.

Garrett’s concert at Cambridge’s Regatta Bar on Jan. 31 was one of the most energetic shows imaginable. Backed by immensely capable musicians, Garrett’s fervor is rare.

His presence live is immense and engrossing.

Much of this has to do with his ability to make every single song feel like its own miniature concert, drawing out endings to absurd, trillsee GARRETT, page 6

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Former Miles Davis sideman Kenny Garrett toys with his audience during concerts.

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A quiet classic: Dilla’s ‘Donuts’

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f rappers are the face of hip-hop, producers are the backbone. One of the classic four elements of hip-hop, DJing can make or break a song. Great production can send a track skyrocketing to mainstream and critical success; lesser instrumentals can leave even the greatest rappers sounding whack. Yet for such a crucial component of the music, producers consistently go underappreciated.

Of course, it’s easy to see why: after all, it’s the rapper’s name on the album cover, and you can’t well sing along to an instrumental.

Indeed, purely instrumental albums are a rare commodity, let alone one that receives any sort of popular or critical attention. However, there is at least one such album that made clear to the world that rapping is only half the equation: J Dilla’s “Donuts” (2006).

The legendary Detroit producer compiled the 31-track album while hospitalized for an incurable blood disease that eventually took his life. Released Feb. 7, 2006, just days after his death, “Donuts” immediately garnered vast critical acclaim and has developed something of a cult following among rap fanatics. Devoid of any un-sampled lyrics, it can take a few listens to appreciate.

Hidden amongst the chopped loops, a certain roughness lays evident. An exercise in sampling — Dilla borrows from artists as diverse as Frank Zappa and the Jackson 5 — “Donuts” is a masterpiece of production and a hip-hop landmark.

The album opens with the 12-second “Donuts (Outro).” More than mere title trickery, the “Outro” introduction is significant because the album itself serves as Dilla’s personal outro. “Workinonit,” the album’s second track, quickly sets the stage for the record with its airy guitar plucks, abrupt screeches and builds and groovy vocal sample. The careful placement with which Dilla arranges this diverse range of sounds creates an emotional dichotomy right from the start.

It is simultaneously uplifting and foreboding. This melancholic happiness continues throughout the album and is in full force on “Stop.” Dilla uses piano crescendos and swirling synths to create a reflective tone, as a sample of Dionne Warwick’s “You’re Gonna Need Me” (1973) serenades the listener with an insistence that “You’re gonna need me, one day, you’re gonna want me back in your arms.” It’s one of the clearest acknowledgments Dilla makes to his looming expiration date on his sign-off magnum opus.

“Time: The Donut of the Heart,” a favorite on an album for many, is the Jackson 5-sampling song that is perhaps the album’s most enjoyable. Dilla intersperses indecipherable vocal samples over a head-nodding progression. It’s one of most easily enjoyable tracks on the album and a how-to in smoothness.

Dilla continues to come to grips with his mortality on “Don’t Cry,” as the vocals of The Escorts — a late ‘50’s rock band from Iowa — plead, “I can’t stand to see you cry.” Perhaps he has his friends and family in mind here, or perhaps the words are, to an extent, aimed at himself. In any case, it’s clear that the sample resonated with him in making the song.

On the penultimate “Last Donut of the Night,” Dilla uses elegant high notes to carry a heavily chopped loop. The song’s many layers spin the listener in circles, creating holes for Dilla’s perfectly curated notes. It’s a classic Dilla beat: a microcosm of his entire style.

The ability to make jagged rhythms sound natural and foreign sounds cohesive is what drives his music, and it is at its best on his “Last Donut.”

The depth of the instrumentals on “Donuts” is both enjoyable and thought provoking. It’s music for the soul — creative and emotive — even if not at first listen. It’s a reminder of the full potential of the DJ booth. Faced with his own mortality, Dilla poured his soul into his music and created a masterpiece.

Ryan Buell is a sophomore who is majoring in psychology. He can be reached at Ryan.

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ing lengths. Such was the state of the third song of the night.

Slowing down to what appeared to be the end, the song suddenly continued on until its extended outro took on a life of its own with a bowed bass and muted drums joining to make this second half feel like one dreamy, rumbling exhalation. The effect was intoxicating, and as the song continued, becoming increasingly viscous. The audience sank into a drowsy stupor while Garrett — the heart and soul of the piece — played on with such intensity he stopped mid-solo to stand trance-like in front of his microphone, mumbling incoherently. Whether it’s sincere or part of the performance hardly matters. It works, and the rest of the song is played out to the thinnest flicks and splatters Garrett’s saxophone can produce.

The audience sits, entranced, for nearly five seconds after the song is done, straining to tell if there is still some microscopic rumination occurring.

The applause is inevitable, and is also very much an involved feature of the concert.

Garrett’s go-to move for hyping his audience is simply reaching one arm back (all the while continuing to play) so that he can gesture for the audience to applaud, egging on each song’s long, almost exhausting conclusion. The last song

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Garrett is a master of high-energy performance. of the night, one of Garrett’s most famous, “Happy People” (2002), was intricately tied to audience applause. Three times Garret lured the audience into applauding more and more, causing the song to mount to an inevitable, soaring terminus — only to relaunch it, never missing a beat. It seems like no concertgoer would fall for this, and it could easily come off as a cheap gimmick. Especially after being propelled by blis-

tering two-minute outros, the song’s ending seems inevitable. But by the third time the song continues, it’s impossible for listeners not to laugh in amusement. The song already has a simple exuberance that’s difficult to pull off in jazz, so this kind of fun, live interaction matches its tone perfectly.

Garrett’s performance was superb, his tone impeccable.

During the beginning of the concert he stuck to his signa-

ture style, urgent yet whimsical, capable of making three repeated notes sound as interesting as seven. Most of the songs were awash with percussion (Garrett was backed by a drummer and an auxiliary percussionist), yet the saxophonist always remained completely audible. This is rather impressive during songs like “J. Mac” (2012) and “Boogety Boogety” (2012), which are fast and so loaded

with sound they’re stupefying live. To hear Garrett cut through the tumult with such clarity was admirable, but also slightly expected, as he is a musician who errs more towards energy than elegance.

The concert was powerful, and Garrett, who is still carving out his own place as a composer, totally confirmed his reputation as one of the premier post-bop musicians of his time.

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exhibit showcase an artist’s ability to transform subtleties in a piece, Tomoo completely revamps his original work. One print shows a series of three alley cats — in the next, the eyes of the cats remain, yet their bodies have morphed into fish. The hungry cats are transformed in a way that is clever yet sophisticated. As with all pieces in the collection, nothing in the artist’s message is obvious. Like peeling back layers of an onion, the viewer must engage with each print individually and then as a collective whole to experience the full drama of the works. In this respect, the series — and the exhibit itself — triumphs. The viewer and the artist are working together to create a mutual experience of understanding and exploration.

This viewing experience ultimately asks the viewer to question preconceived notions about Japanese art and to look at the pieces through a lens both from the past and to the future.

Although the collection showcases 20th century Japanese works, it clearly is just as, if not more, relevant today as it was when many of these pieces were first unveiled. Japan has been moving forward in a direction that is bold and dynamic. As the pieces in this collection show, progress is made when attention is paid to the past while still moving forward, with conviction, into the new uncharted terrain of the future.

The exhibition will be on display until Aug. 17. The MFA is open Saturday through Tuesday 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Wednesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.

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Called ‘Heiwa hakusho (White Paper on Peace)’ (1970), this piece demonstrates the strides that Japanese artists have made in the modern age.

MTV drama matures in third season WOLF

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able humans (or werewolves).

The main character, Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), is not just

the likable-yet-average protagonist. Posey portrays him as a loyal and intelligent high schooler — albeit one leading an unconventional life. Scott is ultimately

just a teenager trying to navigate love, friendship and supernatural bad guys.

Another great character and, arguably the best on the show, is

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Dylan O’Brien and Holland Roden play close friends with a possible romantic future on ‘Teen Wolf.’

Scott’s best friend Stiles, the typical sarcastic sidekick played by Dylan O’Brien. What makes the character so compelling is that O’Brien brings a depth to Stiles, showing a fragility and pain beyond his sardonic wit. O’Brien is probably the best young actor on this show. Viewers get more insight into his character as the season progresses. Stiles is finally maturing into the pivotal character he was always meant to be.

“Teen Wolf” has some excellent, strong female characters as well. In the first season, Allison (Crystal Reed) and Lydia (Holland Roden) were little more than love interests, prizes for their brooding boyfriends. But by the second half of the third season, they have become heroes in their own right. Allison is now a hunter of the supernatural, and Lydia is no longer the archetypal popular girl. Instead she is caring, and an independent genius. She doesn’t need a man

— but she will always help her friends. Even Scott’s mother, the supermom Mrs. McCall (Melissa Ponzio), has developed as a character. She is quickly becoming the rock that all the teenagers depend on, dispensing some pretty useful advice. When “Teen Wolf” decided to start treating its female characters like people instead of props, it ascended into quality television territory. Other shows like it should take note.

Of course, it doesn’t hurt that at least one fairly beautiful person takes off his shirt every episode.

“Teen Wolf” is still a guilty pleasure. There are still cheesy lines that I can’t believe were actually scripted, and the show’s crazy, raging house parties seem like they’re thrown by minor celebrities. However, if you look past the camp, you’ll find a genuinely good show. “Teen Wolf” may be the paragon of guilty pleasure television, but, in this case, that is certainly not an insult.

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Boston’s Olympic bid should be heeded with caution As the small Russian coastal town of Sochi begins to receive the world for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, plans to bring the summer games to Boston in 2024 are already in motion.

In November of last year, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick approved an exploratory committee to look into the feasibility of Boston hosting the games.

While many obstacles stand in the way of Boston’s bid being chosen, including possible bids from Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia and San Francisco to win the favor of the U.S Olympic Committee, the most important are not competition from other U.S. cities. Boston will have to solve a myriad of issues, including transportation, housing and cost to citizens before placing a bid in 2015 for the 2024 Summer Games, which will be selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2017. As the committee proceeds with constructing a bid, it should move with all due caution and consideration, and examine the proposal from every possible angle.

The first and possibly most pressing problem is transportation. If selected to host, Boston would have to find a way to transport an estimated 500,000 extra people every day during the 16 days of the Olympics. With an already over-capacity Green Line and traffic congestion ranked as ninth worst in the country, massive infrastructure improvements will have to be made in the Boston metropolitan area for any proposal to be taken seriously.

Space is another huge concern, despite the city’s large number of event venues. The IOC requires at least 1 million square feet of space for broadcast and press centers, an Olympic stadium to seat a minimum of 80,000 spectators for both opening and closing ceremonies, an Olympic Village that can sleep 16,000 athletes and 30 to 35 sporting venues.

Although Boston already has 43 sports facilities, 29 of these venues are located in eastern Massachusetts, and it has been observed that an athlete village, aquatics center, velodrome for indoor cycling and an Olympic Stadium that can seat at least four times as many people as the TD

Garden would all have to be constructed.

These massive physical and economic undertakings cannot be taken lightly and residents of the Commonwealth, and indeed the whole of New England, should be asking tough questions about how this will affect their lives and what financial burdens the city will be left with.

Supporters argue that modular housing and arenas could be built and afterwards be converted into public assets such as college housing. However, we must look no further than Beijing to realize that this is not always the case. The Bird’s Nest sports complex that fit 91,000 people during the 2008 Summer Games and cost $480 million to construct now sits as a relic and reminder of a failure in forethought, leaving Beijing with an $11 million maintenance bill every year.

While transportation, accommodation, space and funding are all complex considerations that the committee is taking into account, let us not forget that to truly succeed in hosting the Olympics, ignoring logistical concerns to the gain prestige of hosting the games would ultimately be poor planning and worse public policy.

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I chose to sit at home last week and watch the “debate” over evolution between scientist Bill Nye and creationist Ken Ham. It was particularly illuminating the way that Ham, by the end of the debate, essentially just admits that his Young Earth Creationist beliefs are not based on traditional scientific observations.

These types of pseudo-sciences are, unfortunately, common with individuals across the political spectrum and are certainly not confined only to conservative Christians. Many of the most liberal and conservative individuals across the American political spectrum spend a lot of time fighting against programs, technologies and beliefs that are no longer considered controversial, to society’s detriment.

Conservatives continue to attack concepts that are well supported through scientific research, such as climate change.

Between November 2012 and December 2013, geochemist James Powell found that out of 2,258 peer-reviewed climate articles from 9,136 authors, only one rejected man-made global warming. One would think that since the scientific community is so sure that man-made global warming is happening, there would be

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Many Republican leaders, along with think tanks like the Heartland Institute and Heritage Foundation, push an ideology that fossil fuel industries support, which states that global warming either does not exist or is exaggerated by scientists for funding. Both of which have been proven to be incorrect and cause the U.S. to continue to refuse to take action against global warming.

Many liberals have pushed heavily against this anti-science political stance, but many of these same liberals who are attempting to help protect the earth believe in pseudo-scientific ideas as well. Environmental activists have gone out of their way to attack genetically modified foods.

Rather than criticize herbicide and pesticide use common in modern farming or the patent right problems with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), they support the idea that GMOs are going to cause consumers to get cancer and other diseases. This is despite broad scientific consensus that food on the market derived from genetically modified crops poses no greater risk than conventional food.

One of the most potentially harmful

medical pseudo-scientific beliefs is that vaccines cause autism or other developmental disorders. Once again, there is a broad scientific consensus that there is no link between vaccines and autism or other developmental disorders. Despite that, anti-vaccine campaigners such as Jenny McCarthy and blogs on sites such as Huffington Post spread these ideas.

The result of the spread of this pseudoscience is that since June 3, 2007, there have been 1,324 vaccine-preventable deaths in the United States. Additionally, the herd immunities in many communities have decreased, putting the vulnerable, such as children and the elderly, at risk.

It’s important that we have debates and investigations into the effectiveness of technologies and programs to make our government more effective, but these debates must be founded on the evidence that studies give us. Other non-scientific ideas that continue to be pushed into the public forum include homeopathy, creation science, faith healing and the belief that homosexuality is a choice.

If we are going to continue to move forward as a society, we need to push back against these ideas, which are in some cases dangerous, and instead focus our debates on objective and positive goals.

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Reading the op-ed, “CSL changes ‘justified departure’ policy” by Professor Alva Couch and senior Haydn Forrest and the accompanying Daily editorial, “CSL policy changes are important step” we were elated and even a bit teary. The Committee on Student Life’s (CSL) December 2012 creation of a policy that threw out everything we knew to be true about Tufts as a whole, and the religious and philosophical community, marred the winter of our senior years at Tufts. We were tortured with the knowledge that we were leaving Tufts a worse place than when we had entered.

Luckily, there were like-minded students.

Students just like us who saw the “justified departure” policy to be antithetical to the values and beliefs of our university.

Students just like us who believed that any official allowance for a departure from the university non-discrimination policy was an act of institutionalized discrimination.

Students just like us who would not sit back and let an administrative body make decisions that impacted our lives and our university without a fight.

That group of students is CARE: the Coalition Against Religious Exclusion.

CARE was formed in the early days of the 2011-2012 controversies regarding the Tufts Christian Fellowship’s (TCF) former leadership selection. The early model for CARE was a group from 2000, Tufts Students Against Discrimination (TSAD), which had formed under similar circumstances regarding TCF, but 11 years earlier.

After Dec. 5, 2012, CARE transformed — growing in scope and membership — as it welcomed new students hearing for the first time that the CSL existed and that there was a battle between a student organization and the Tufts Community Union Judiciary (TCUJ) over leadership selection.

On Dec. 5, 2012, CARE shifted its focus to one committed to repealing the harmful policy put forth by the CSL. In Couch and Forrest’s op-ed and the Daily editorial, the TCU Senate, the Equal Educational Opportunity Committee (EEOC) and the Tufts University Chaplaincy are cited as voices from the university community who drew attention to the contradictions behind “justified departure” and to the other inherent flaws in the policy as written by the CSL. This is not untrue. TCU senator allies, EEOC faculty, student allies and the new University Chaplain Reverend Greg McGonigle have all been committed to overturning the CSL’s “justified departure” policy. We, in no way, wish to diminish or fail to acknowledge their role in the victory that is the newly created CSL policy.

However, these students and faculty did not work alone.

CARE was there every step of the way.

From canvassing in the Mayer Campus Center, Dewick and Carmichael, to speak-

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ing directly to Tufts University President Anthony Monaco, CARE was there.

Members of CARE were the first to publicly denounce the “justified departure” policy.

Members of CARE were the first to mobilize student action against the decision.

Members of CARE were the first to reach out to, and meet with, members of the CSL. Members of CARE were the first to push for action by the TCU Senate.

In declining to include CARE as a participant in the overturning of the “justified departure” policy both the CSL and the Daily editorial board erase a part of history. The editorial board places all credit for the CSL policy shift in the hands of the TCU Senate, excluding any other group of faculty or students. In their op-ed, the CSL goes a step further. Couch and Forrest do double duty with their words: erasing the impact and power of an antagonistic student group, and praising themselves for a “realization” and “profound shift in the CSL’s own thinking.”

The CSL changed its policy because it was forced to do so. This “subtle, profound shift” was the selection of new co-chairs and the election of new student representatives in the spring and fall of 2013 — some of whom are actively involved in CARE. This “subtle, profound shift” came when Rev. McGonigle succeeded interim-University Chaplain Reverend Patricia Budd Kepler, who had been a stout proponent of the “justified departure” policy. McGonigle actively sought out student opinion and insight into the policy as he transitioned into the school over the summer of 2013, and CARE members were there every step

of the way helping him to understand their side of the story.

Ultimately, this erasure from the history of the “justified departure” policy is not just about CARE being left out of the pages of the Tufts Daily. When the CSL and the Daily editorial board leave out an activist student group that consistently pushes for change and makes its voice heard — whether the powers that be at the university wanted to hear those voices or not — they make it that much easier to remove future groups of student activists from the history that they create. This has happened before.

Pan-African Alliance (PAA) and its allied student groups are rarely mentioned when discussing the University’s recent creation of an Africana Studies Department, even though PAA’s decades-long struggle was its impetus. Similarly, the myriad student groups and individuals involved in the push for gender-neutral housing options are forgotten by the administration after their recent victory with Residential Life and Learning. Looking farther back, TSAD has been forgotten and pushed out of its own history in recodifying the university’s non-discrimination policy as all-inclusive.

As the university updates, and hopefully improves, its responses and responsibilities to students who are sexually assaulted, student alliances such as Consent Culture Network are at risk of being erased from the narrative of the changes. If Tufts makes moves to finally divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies Tufts Divest is at risk of receiving none of the credit. Decisions such as the one to leave out the activities and importance of CARE are not made

in a vacuum: they exist as, and are influenced by, precedents. These precedents serve to erase activist students from the changes that they created while praising the very administrative bodies that supported whatever policy or activity that was challenged.

It is not impossible to rectify this wrong, however. The recognition of the above groups as vital to the changes made is important as a first step. But equally important is a shift in rhetoric by the Tufts Daily and a reminder for an administrative group like the CSL that all groups and individuals involved must share the credit for change.

Tufts University deserves to have on record a true version of events, a complete list of actors involved. The creation of the “justified departure” policy was one of the major events of the 2012-2013 school year and this policy shift only one year later shows the tremendous impact that student voices, passion and power can have when channeled. To erase CARE from an event that it nursed into fruition is disingenuous to the students involved at best, and, at worst, a slap in the face to the hard work, dedication and values of those students who have spent the last year standing up and saying, “I care.”

Martine Kaplan (LA ’13) is a former member of CARE. She can be reached at mkaplan731@gmail.com. Duncan MacLaury (LA ’13) is a former member of CARE and current Masters of Arts in Teaching candidate. He can be reached at Duncan.MacLaury@tufts.edu.

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Last Wednesday, Norwegian lawmakers Baard Vegar Solhjell and Snorre Valen nominated former CIA and National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize for his disclosures about the government spy program, according to the Guardian.

Given the caliber of previous recipients, it is surprising to see Snowden equated with honorable figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and President Barack Obama. Though supporters of the nomination argue that Snowden’s actions led to a vital dialogue about trust and security, Snowden’s actions were anything but peaceful.

The Nobel Peace Prize has honored 126 Laureates since its initiation in 1901, according to its official website. In his will, Alfred Nobel dictated the broad criteria by

which nominations would henceforth be made, highlighting that the Peace Prize should be awarded to “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

Let’s consider more closely the reasons for which Snowden’s nomination stands.

Undoubtedly, Snowden’s NSA revelations resulted in a much-needed inspection of the nation’s mass surveillance program.

The manner in which this discussion was accomplished, however, was neither efficient nor in the public’s best interest. It stems back to the central controversy of the issue — the fundamental balance between privacy and protection, and to what extent the government is able to work in the name of the greater good.

Still, the root of the concern might be the insecurity we feel as a generation.

In an age when everything is electronic, social media users are constantly putting information, often of a very sensitive nature, onto the World Wide Web. With boundaries more blurred than ever, it’s understandable that the nation would panic at the thought of any personal data being compromised, when in reality, we are the cause of the issue.

According to the Washington Post’s foreign affairs blogger Max Fisher, the root of the controversy can divide Americans into multiple distinct camps. One camp views Snowden as a traitor who revealed sensitive information regarding the United States’ programs — revelations that have since resulted in serious negative political issues with foreign countries, allies and adversaries alike.

On the other hand, revealing the nature of these programs permits a second group of Americans to view him as a hero, resulting in a greater need to ques-

tion the actions that the government is allowed to take. Though both viewpoints are understandable, the fact remains that there’s merit to both. As a journalist, or self-proclaimed advocate for the truth, he had the responsibility to consider the effect of his actions before revealing such vital information. Charged as he is with a violation of the Espionage Act, he should be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was acting in the best interest of the public. Given the stark differences in opinions, that is very unlikely.

He should have known better.

Bringing important ethical issues into an international spotlight is no small feat, but the manner in which Snowden did so, if not purely wrong and reckless, is surely not worthy of recognition by such a high honor.

Perhaps, in time, his actions will be viewed as justifiable. But regardless of the ends, if the means are questionable, they certainly aren’t worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Towards the end of the second period, the Jumbos tacked on a power-play score when junior defenseman Shawn Power tracked down a rebound off junior forward Andrew White and sent a shot in from the left circle to pull Tufts within two.

Five minutes later, however, Conn. College extended the lead back to three when Kelly located the puck in a scramble and worked it past Jenkins, making it 4-1.

Entering the final period with a threepoint deficit, the Jumbos were given a golden opportunity when Sednaoui was whistled for a five-minute-charging major. But Tufts made no use of the advantage, squandering the power play without piecing together any real scoring opportunities.

“We let in some penalty kill goals and weren’t able to capitalize on the power play ourselves, so that hurt us,” Lackey said.

“We passed up some prime opportunities, but I don’t think that put us out of the game completely.”

The Camels’ Cangelosi finished a shorthanded score at the 11:45 mark to extend his team’s lead to four with fewer than 10 minutes remaining.

Trailing 5-1 with just two minutes remaining, Tufts refused to give up the ship. At the 18:40 mark, Jumbos’ junior forward Tyler Voigt lit the lamp on a power play. Seconds later, Lackey lit up the boards again, pulling Tufts within two.

“Leary took a hard shot from the top of the circle, and I was situated in front of the net,” Lackey said. “The goalie kicked out a rebound to the slot, and I picked up the puck and sent a one-timer towards the far side where it slid in.”

However, the Jumbos would come no closer as the remaining minute closed out.

“To be honest the early goals forced our team to bear down and start playing with more urgency,” Leary said. “We were able to chip away, but unfortunately it was both too little and too late for a comeback.”

While both losses were tough, the first was especially devastating for the Jumbos who laced up for the Friday night tilt wearing custom white uniforms designed to match the game’s “white out” theme, which served as a benefit for lung cancer research. For White, a three-year member of the squad, the event was particularly important as his father has been battling the disease for the better part of a year.

Despite home-ice advantage and a larger-than-usual crowd at the Malden Valley Forum II, Tufts was unable to get the job done. Midway through the first period Tufts seized an early lead when senior forward Kyle

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4x400 relay, leading junior Lauren Gormer, freshman Rita Donohue, Allen and herself to a 23rd place finish, running at 4:01.05.

“BU’s fast track, especially going down the banking on the final turn, helped a lot of us set a PR on the day,” Harvey said.

“We also got to watch elite runners race in an amazing atmosphere, which definitely inspired us to perform well. That helped many of us set many PRs and a few of us qualify for nationals.”

Off the track, sophomore Mary Ellen Caruso leapt 34’7.75” in the triple jump to win her flight and place 30th overall.

The action heated up as day turned into night at the two-day meet. The distance performance of the night came in the women’s 5000-meter run, as sophomore Audrey Gould ran a time of 17:20.32, securing 21st place at the meet, and seventh in Div. III this year. Gould’s run ranks as one of the top five for the distance in Tufts’ history and ranks her as No. 1 in New England.

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The hockey team was unable to win either of its games against Conn. College this past weekend, extending its losing streak to nine games.

Gallegos, the team leader in points, found the back of the net on a power play.

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College scored an equalizer off the stick of junior forward Adam Patel. Entering the second period at a lock, the Camels came out quickly. Tufts sophomore forward Stewart Bell quickly earned a five-minute major and game misconduct for pushing from behind.

Following junior co-captain Blake Edwards, who was ejected for the same infraction in the previous week’s competition, Bell made an early exit and headed for the locker room.

Conn. College cashed in on the ensuing power play, as senior co-captain forward Mike Sinsigalli took advantage of chaotic play in front of the net to slip one past Jenkins at the 3:04 mark.

Tufts killed the remainder of the nonreleasable penalty, but failed to take advantage of its own chances later in the period, going 0-for-2 on power plays while senior goalie Mike Petchonka made 12 stops between the pipes to preserve the slim lead.

“We definitely would have liked to tie the game up going into the third,” Lackey said. “That would have been huge for us, and it would have completely changed the game’s dynamic.”

The third period featured intense and physical play at both ends, but the Jumbos struggled to put the puck on target. Late in the final stanza, penalties came back to bite Tufts. Rookie defenseman Sean Kavanagh was sent to the sin-bin for kneeing. Just a second after his two-minute penalty was released, the Camels capitalized on Tufts’ disorganization and freshman defenseman Greg Liautaud finished his first collegiate goal past Jenkins to push the lead to two.

“I don’t feel like ... Conn. College did anything special to prevent us from getting back into the game in the third period,” Lackey

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In the 3000-meter run, senior Abby Barker had a similarly impressive performance, as she ran a time of 10:02.18 for 61st place. This time is also among the top five in school history and ranks as the 17th fastest time in the nation.

“Audrey was one of our many incredible performances on the distance squad on the day,” Barker said. “Most of our milers set PRs too, so it was a solid day. We definitely showed to Div. I, II and III schools that we are a legit program.”

The Jumbos return to action next week at home at the Cupid Challenge, where they hope to improve on seed times and marks, and qualify more athletes for postseason action.

“Our biggest goal is to win Div. III New Englands,” Barker said. “Although it won’t be easy with MIT, Williams and Middlebury all competing for the same title as us, it is definitely attainable if we all perform well.”

“We still have work to do, but the performances we’ve seen so far are a good sign of things to come.” Harvey added.

said. “We just had a tough time finding the back of the net.”

With just under two minutes remaining in regulation, Murphy pulled Jenkins, leaving an empty net as the Jumbos sent an extra attacker off to pressure offensively. The Conn.

College defense stifled their attempts to close in on the lead, leaving the frustrated Tufts squad to skate off the ice, heads hung.

“Friday’s game was definitely the most heartbreaking loss of the season,” Leary said.

“I think we all wish we could have done more to get that win for such an important cause, but unfortunately things didn’t go our way.”

Now, sitting in last place and three games behind their closest opponent in the standings, the team has to stay focused and, despite near-insurmountable odds of making the playoffs, finish a disappointing season on a high note.

“In our eyes, this is just another weekend of hockey,” Leary said. “We are excited to get back on the ice and finish our season strong. Although we had higher postseason aspirations, this is the position we are in, and by no means will we let up against two beatable teams.”

This Friday, the Jumbos make the long haul to Clinton, N.Y. to face off against Hamilton in the duo’s second meeting of the winter.

Tufts last faced the Continentals at home on Jan. 17, where they lost 3-2 in overtime. This coming Saturday’s rematch with Amherst is also a chance for Tufts to avenge a close onegoal loss.

“Continuing to play hard all 60 minutes is something we strive to do every game,” Lackey said. “In a way, the fashion in which we finished out Saturday’s game fighting represents our season. We’re going to play our last four regular season games for each other, and we are going to leave everything out on the ice.”

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7.29 seconds. Hoover-Hankerson also jumped 21’2.5” in the long jump to place fifth.

The successful weekend leaves the team in a good spot heading into the final stretch of the season.

“We have some of the top times in the country after this weekend,” Levitin said. “[We are] off to a pretty great season so far and I can’t wait to see what we can do in the coming weeks.”

Tufts returns home for the Tufts Cupid Challenge on Feb. 15, the final buffer meet before the New England Div. III Championships, where the Jumbos, coming off of a strong early season, seek to dethrone reigning champion Williams College.

pon winning the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year award in college football’s grueling Southeastern Conference, he joined the company of NFL standouts Patrick Peterson, Eric Berry, Glenn Dorsey, Patrick Willis and Demeco Ryans. Standing 6’2” in a 260pound frame, he ranks among the best defensive ends in the country. Until yesterday, he was slated for as high as the third round in the NFL draft in May. Michael Sam has three dead siblings, two incarcerated ones and a mother who embodied sacrifice to raise eight children. Yet somehow his being gay — as opposed to his predecessors’ sexuality being concealed until retirement — trumps that loaded history. After all, Sam is about to make history as the first openly gay player in the NFL. Even though scandals of some sort or another annually shake up the college football landscape prior to draft day, none has bewildered, disturbed and empowered the league to this degree. There is not a single openly gay athlete currently playing in America’s four major sports, the mere specter of which has elicited a wide range of responses.

Chris Kluwe, the best punter in Minnesota Vikings history, cut his career short when he ruffled homophobic feathers within the organization as a vociferous advocate for gay rights. Super Bowl legend David Tyree, on the other hand, has crusaded for the other guys. (These two, having been headliners more often than most, represent diametric opposites, but this does not diminish — nor does justice to — the rampant homophobia endemic to the locker room.)

Sam has made clear that he wanted to own the story, to be in control of its rapid dissemination to the American public. In doing so, he has initiated a chess match with a $9 billion-a-year mammoth, its 32 tributaries and the Richie Incognitos and Jonathan Martins of the world.

At the very least, he has forced the NFL onto the defensive and perhaps even into actually upholding its non-discrimination policy.

Last year, in the wake of the pre-draft combine, when players were questioned about their sexual orientation, the league agreed to display posters in locker rooms and train players to foster a more tolerant atmosphere. Imagine one of those players had come out: What kind of action would the NFL have taken then?

It’s no longer a hypothetical. Michael Sam will be on an NFL roster come the fall, and his team — teammates, coaches and upper management — will cope with his sexual orientation; or not, in which case a watershed is on the horizon.

He has already changed the tenor of the Missouri Tigers locker room, whose occupants hail predominantly from red states. It spells disaster for commissioner Goodell, who will have to contend with a guy who, by all accounts, has been a role model and leader — and an outspoken one to boot.

Sam’s entry into the NFL — a sure thing at this point in time — will mark the most daunting crucible of his career, an unprecedented foray into a monolithic bastion of homophobia. But he has much less at stake than does an organization tethered by scant accountability, and whose culture still remains insular and mysterious. Once that dam breaks, not even the commissioner can wield the power enough to stanch the ensuing deluge.

No matter what happens, Michael Sam cannot lose. Either he suffers at the hands of burly ignorance and exposes locker room culture and its concomitant intolerance, or he carves out niche for himself and chips away at institutionalized oppression.

No matter what happens, Michael Sam’s could be the story of a generation.

Sam is a junior who is majoring in religion. He can be reached at samuel_l.gold@tufts.edu

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Beutler, Norton lead team to stellar BU performance

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Divide and conquer was the mantra for the men’s track and field team this weekend, as athletes went their separate ways — the majority to Boston University’s David Hemery Invite, others to the Gordon Kelly Invitational at MIT. These two meets, sandwiched between two home meets, served as the final big-time events before championship season begins.

Because the meets were not scored, Tufts’ athletes seized a rare opportunity to compete against a wide range of athletes — collegiates and professionals hailing from both Div. I and Div. III. Seemingly lost among packed fields of competitors, the Jumbos stood out with a slew of tremendous performances.

Seniors Graham Beutler and tri-captain Jamie Norton led the Jumbos at Boston University with the two most impressive individual performances in the season thus far. Each recorded a personal best and secured a spot at nationals.

In the 400-meter dash, Beutler nearly broke the 18-year-old school record with a personal best time of 48.31 seconds.

This is the fastest time in Div. III this year, which should be good enough for the top five in the nation by the end of championship season. After his tremendous showing in the 400, Beutler took to the track once more for the 200meter dash, where he crossed the line in 21.93 seconds, placing him 16th and in the national top five for Div. III. Norton, not to be outdone by his classmate, placed 33rd in a field of 307 with a time of 4:06.38 in the mile. Not only did

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The men’s track and field team came up big at BU this past weekend, with multiple runners setting personal bests, and several running qualifying times for nationals. the race land him among the top three in the nation for the mile, but he also surpassed the previous Tufts record of 4:07.24 by almost a full second.

Additionally, Norton anchored Tufts’ best overall group of runners, as six Jumbos finished under 4:25 in the mile.

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meet, Tufts’ performance topped off a wildly successful tune-up for championship season in the NESCAC, a conference that consistently boasts some of the top distance runners in the country.

“The Boston University meet was amazing,” senior Max Levitin told the Daily in an email. “Pretty much everyone ran well and PR’ed big. We’re all in really good shape

heading into championships season, and it’s going to be interesting to see what we can do.”

The flurry of personal bests did not stop with Beutler and Norton, as sophomore Francis Goins recorded not one but two, in the 400 and 200. Goins finished 12 places behind Beutler in the 400 with a time of 49.04 seconds — good enough for the top 15 nationally. In the 200, Goins took 57th place with a time of 22.59 seconds.

Sophomore Veer Bhalla joined in on the parade of PRs, recording a personal best for the second consecutive week, crossing the line in 2:29.40 in the 1000meter run.

“I’m really happy with my performance in the 1000,” Bhalla said. “I think this has been our best weekend so far this season.”

Although Tufts’ delegation to MIT, the smaller of the two groups, did not make as much of a statement, it also notched several top-five finishes. It was the underclassmen who stole the show, which bodes well for the team moving forward.

In the field events, sophomore Atticus Swett placed third in the shot put with a 48’ throw, and took third in the weight throw with a distance of 47’5.75.”

Freshman Pietro Possenti finished seventh in the pole vault, clearing a height of 13’1.5,” and tying with fellow Jumbo, junior Mitch Stallman.

The freshman duo of Thomas Wang and Dan Camilletti took two of the first six spots in the 60-meter hurdles, while sophomore Bryson Hoover-Hankerson finished sixth in the 60-meter dash in see MEN’S TRACK, page 15

Men’s Ice Hockey

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As the hourglass continues to run down on the Jumbos’ shot at becoming a post-

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Taking advantage of a fast track at BU this past weekend, the women’s track and field team had several runners run some of their best times of the year.

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The Jumbos proved to be among the best at Boston University’s unscored, annual David Hemery Valentine Invitational last Friday.

Senior Jana Hieber had perhaps the best performance, as she placed seventh (first among Div. III schools) in the 500meter run. Hieber, a multi-eventer who, in the pentathlon, is ranked in the top five nationally, competed among the nation’s best long sprinters with a time of 1:15.84.

She just missed breaking the school record, which still stands at 1:15.20, set by Caitlin Murphy (LA ’00) in 2000.

The Jumbos received top-30 places from sophomore Hanako Shigenobu and

senior tri-captain Laura Peterson in the 1,000-meter run. Shigenobu just missed breaking the elusive three-minute barrier, placing 24th, with a time of 3:01.31.

Following an impressive mile last week, Peterson returned to place 26th overall, also just going over three minutes with a time of 3:01.90.

In the sprints, senior tri-captain Anya Kaufmann and junior Christina Harvey placed in the top 60 of the 200-meter dash, as Kaufmann ran a 25.91 time, finishing at 56th place, and Harvey ran 25.96, finishing in 58th place.

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season contender, the men’s hockey team did itself no favors this weekend. Hoping to come out of its only home-and-away doubleheader of the season with two wins and four points, head coach Brian Murphy’s squad instead skated away empty-handed after dropping consecutive contests to traveling partner Conn. College.

Penalties have become increasingly problematic for the frustrated squad. On the defensive end the Jumbos have continued to rack up costly penalties, including yet another five-minute major game misconduct on Friday. On the offensive end, Tufts has not fared much better. The team has struggled to capitalize on the man-up and went 3-for-13 on the power play over the weekend.

“Special teams has been an area that we’ve really been working on,” freshman forward Pat Lackey said. “We have been trying to focus on staying out of the box, but sometimes the officials are forced to make the call.

Overall on the year, I think our penalty kills and power plays have been solid, but this weekend didn’t really reflect that.”

After dropping a game to Conn. College on Friday evening, the Jumbos loaded the bus and followed the Camels back to New

London, Conn. for a second-straight day of head-to-head action. The result was the same, however, as they uncharacteristically dug themselves a deep first-period hole that proved too difficult to climb out of.

This season, the Jumbos have typically played well in the opening 20 minutes, only allowing games to slip away in the later periods. Saturday’s contest told a different story.

In front of a packed crowd for its own benefit awareness game, Conn. College peppered freshman goalie Ryan Kellenberger in the early minutes and entered the first intermission with a sizeable 3-0 lead.

The Camels executed the dump and chase strategy effectively in the first period, playing the puck deep into the corners of their offensive zone and bringing heavy offensive pressure on the forecheck. Their first goal came at the 4:06 mark, when freshman forward Joe Giordano followed a rebound behind the net and finished a wraparound shot past Kellenberger.

Just 40 seconds later, Conn. College doubled its advantage as senior forward Kevin Kelly dished the rubber to sophomore forward Penn Sednaoui, who flipped the Camels’ second goal of the evening into the back of the net.

Midway through the period, the Camels dumped in their third goal of the evening.

This time junior forward JC Cangelosi broke free of the Tufts defense and received the puck from senior defenseman Kevin Reich, depositing it in the upper right corner.

Following the rough start, Murphy benched the young Kellenberger in favor of veteran goalie Greg Jenkins, a senior who has started most of Tufts’ recent matchups.

“Going down three goals was a result of a lack of focus and intensity during the most difficult time for a team on the road — the first five minutes,” freshman forward Mike Leary said. see HOCKEY, page 15