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November 19, 2016 Volume CXXXI, Issue 5 Tufts Observer, SInce 1895 Tufts’ Student Magazine
Staff Editor-In-Chief // Carly Olson Managing Editor // Eve Feldberg Creative Director // Chase Conley
Section Editors
Web Columns // Jordan Lauf Features // Sahar Roodehchi News // Will Norris & Claire Selvin Opinion // Julia Doyle & Ben Kesslen Campus // Greta Jochem & Emma Pinsky Web // Susan Kaufman & Misha Linnehan Poetry & Prose // MT Snyder & Liza Leonard Arts & Culture // Carissa Fleury & Jamie Moore Tech & Innovation // Lily Hartzell & Lauren Samuel
Art, Photo, & Design
Art Directors // Nina Hofkosh-Hulbert & Rachel Cunningham Lead Artists // Jake Rochford & Annie Roome Photo Director // Lily Herzan - Photo Editor // Kyle Scott Designers // Abigail Barton, Alexandra Benjamin, Benson Cheng, Josh Goodman, Hannah Vigran & Conrad Young
Multimedia
Publicity // Yumi Casagrande & Ashley Miller Video // Anastasia Antonova, Evie Bellew, Aaron Watts & Luke Zhao Interactive // Gabby Bonfiglio, Jade Chan, Danielle Kong & Kayden Mimmack
Writing & Copy
Staff Writer // Katie Saviano Lead Copy Editor // Dana Guth Copy Editors // Matt Beckshaw, Henry Jani, Julia Press & Sivi Satchithanandan
Contributors Madeline Lee, Emily Van Milligen, Bahar Ostadan, Jordan DeLawder, Eliza Kaufman, Riva Dhamala, Bruno Olmedo, Cam Mbayo, Nikita Shukla, Ethan Laverack, Liam Brady, Becca Leviss, Jacob BresciaWeiler, Nathan Foster, Jack Kessler, Mishla Baz, Jon Adams, Doo-yun Her, Jessica Mar, Jay Gray, Joseph Caplan, Allie Merola, Lizzie Boston, Justine Marie Aquino, Anique Barch, Sara Bass Nasrin Lin, Amanda Ng Yann Chwen, Megan Mooney, Joseph Tsuboi, Saba Kohli Davé, Jonathan Jacob Moore, Manal Cheema, Ashley Shen COVER BY BRUNO OLMEDO // EDITOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY NINA HOFKOSH-HULBERT