THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXXX, ISSUE 55 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020 tuftsdaily.com Applications for the FEATURES Global Research Professor Eitan Hersh invites Assistant Program open grandparents of students to attend for students, faculty course virtually by Ria Agarwal site outside of the United States Contributing Writer assisting faculty with research projects. According to Christine The Global Research Assistant Hollenhorst, a program adminis- Program gives Tufts students trator in the Office of the Provost, the opportunity to work with students receive a weekly stipend professors over the summer on for the duration of the program. international research projects. Additionally, the program covers Recently, the application through international travel costs, includ- which Tufts faculty members ing airfare, local transportation, can submit research proposals food and housing. opened for summer 2021. Senior International Officer Generally, Tufts undergrad- and Associate Provost Diana uate students spend a mini- mum of three weeks in a field see RESEARCH, page 2 Sufficient supply of COVID-19 materials available through spring as ALONSO NICHOLS / TUFTS UNIVERSITY Associate Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh is pictured teaching class in Cohen Auditorium. Behind him Tufts continues to support is a section of the class attending via Zoom. by Madeleine Aitken elderly in our society. He under- come to almost every class. She host communities Deputy News Editor stands that they have an entire- said it has been great for them to by Julian Levy through the spring 2021 semes- ly different set of difficulties, have an opportunity for mental Contributing Writer ter and beyond,” Wagner wrote Professor Eitan Hersh, an and wants to do anything in stimulation while they are physi- in an email to the Daily. “We associate professor in the polit- his power to make sure they cally isolated. Over the course of the semes- also have sufficient supply ical science and civic studies feel valued,” Manca wrote in an “I was super excited, and ter, Tufts has worked to improve of test kits on hand for the departments, has taken advan- email to the Daily. immediately thought that my its supply chain for COVID-19- remainder of the fall semester tage of the pandemic to provide The class, which has 55 stu- dad’s parents … would love it so related materials, and is con- and put in place commitments a unique opportunity for the stu- dents, covers election law, vot- much. My grandparents are avid fident in its ability to support to carry us through the spring dents in his class on U.S. elec- ing rights, the Voting Rights Act, CNN and MSNBC news watchers its host communities moving of 2021.” tions by offering their grandpar- problems such as gerrymander- and pay attention to politics very forward. Wagner added that the uni- ents an invitation to join the class ing and money’s role in politics, closely and thought it’d be really Paul Wagner, senior sourcing versity has expanded its network via Zoom. as well as campaigning, party awesome for them,” Kaplan said. manager, said the university has of suppliers to meet the evolving Hersh first got the idea to strategy and the 2020 election. Donald and Kathie Kaplan, enough resources to last through needs of the community, and is invite his own grandfather, who Manca invited her grand- her grandparents, have enjoyed the spring. not facing shortages of COVID- is 96 years old and lives alone, mother, who she said has been their experience. “Tufts has sufficient inven- 19 materials. to class. He said he thought it alone for much of the last sev- “We are always having polit- tory of face masks, hand san- would give his grandfather some- eral months, to come to class ical conversations with our itizer and wipes to carry us see SPRING, page 2 thing to do, especially as he had on Zoom. granddaughters so this class was never had the chance to see him “I have a grandmother who one we would enjoy and be able teach before. The pandemic, and lives alone in an apartment out- to share thoughts about the class the ways academia has become side of Detroit … She lives 15 with them … we were a perfect more technology based as a minutes away from her sister, fit for this class,” Donald Kaplan result, changed this. but she’s only able to safely see wrote in an email to the Daily. “Once he was on, I just had the her sister outdoors, which is not Kathie Kaplan said she has thought that the students should always feasible in Michigan,” loved feeling like she’s back in invite their grandparents too, if she said. college. they like. Obviously, [COVID-19] Manca said attending Hersh’s “I was always a voracious has been especially tough on class has been good for her notetaker in college and found older folks, and I thought this grandmother. myself in my old groove. I was an easy way to honor our “I think this has been bene- remembered symbols I used elders by inviting them into this ficial for her over the pandemic for abbreviations and took any- academic space with us,” Hersh because she otherwise has very where from 8-10 pages of notes wrote in an email to the Daily. little to do. She’s unemployed per class,” she wrote in an email Alison Manca, a sophomore and alone. This gives her not to the Daily. in the class, said she believes only something to look for- Hersh wanted to provide a Hersh saw this as an opportunity ward to but a way to stretch her space for his students’ grandpar- to support older people, many of mind,” she said. ents to be engaged and learn whom are having an especially Sarah Kaplan, a sophomore something new, but he also difficult time in the pandemic. in the U.S. elections class, also thought it would be beneficial for LYDIA RICHARDSON / THE TUFTS DAILY “I think this was his way took advantage of Hersh’s idea A label maker and testing tubes are pictured at a Tufts University COVID- 19 testing site on Nov. 8. of extending that care to the and said her grandparents have see GRANDPARENTS, page 3 NEWS 1 ARTS / page 4 FEATURES / page 3 FEATURES 3 Princess Di’s Adapting ARTS & POP CULTURE 4 iconic fashion art galleries FUN & GAMES 6 reborn to virtual spaces OPINION 7 SPORTS BACK 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Wednesday, December 9, 2020 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY Students share positive impact, success of Global Assistant ALEX VIVEROS Editor in Chief Research Program EDITORIAL Rebecca Barker Hannah Harris Managing Editors Jake Freudberg Associate Editors Jilly Rolnick Alejandra Carrillo Executive News Editor Maddie Aitken Deputy News Editor Jessica Blough News Editors Tom Guan Liza Harris Alex Janoff Matt McGovern Sara Renkert Sarah Sandlow Anton Shenk Carolina Espinal Assistant News Editors Sam Klugherz Alexander Thompson Alicia Zou Ryan Shaffer Executive Features Editor Sid Anand Features Editors Amelia Becker Jillian Collins Claire Fraise Evelyn McClure Kayla Butera Assistant Features Editor Megan Szostak Executive Arts Editor Devina Bhalla Arts Editors Ryan Eggers Steph Hoechst Tuna Margalit Chris Panella Yas Salon Elizabeth Sander Colette Smith Rebecca Tang Geoff Tobia Drew Weisberg Assistant Arts Editor Liz Shelbred Executive Opinion Editor Priya Padhye Senior Editorialists Paloma Delgado Amulya Mutnuri Mike Wilkinson Caroline Wolinsky Abhilasha Bhasin Editorialists Eliza Dickson Sara Kessel Milli Lu Emily Nadler Grace Prendergast MENGQI IRINA WANG / THE TUFTS DAILY Faye Thijssen Ballou Hall is pictured on Oct. 15. Sam Wilner Julia Baroni Editorial Cartoonists Carys Kong RESEARCH involvement, clear budgets and vide two plans. Plan A would demic, the project participants Annabel Nied Valeria Velasquez continued from page 1 supervision. be the ideal project if students could not collect data, so instead, Juju Zweifach Chigas explained that the Global “There needs to be a clear are allowed to travel, and Plan B they worked on interactive pre- Sruthi Kocherlakota Executive Sports Editor Tim Chiang Sports Editors Research Assistant Program sense of what the sort of educa- would be a virtual version of the sentations and web design. Matt Goguen Jeremy Goldstein started as a result of a donation tional outcome will be for the stu- research project. Trollinger mentioned that Aiden Herrod from an anonymous donor to dents participating,” Anne Moore, Although the pandemic could she appreciated how the project Pranav Jain Ananda Kao the Office of the Provost. Other program specialist in the Office of limit the in summer 2021, past applied her creative interests to Delaney Tantillo Arpan Barua Assistant Sports Editors sponsors include the Jonathan Scholar Development, said. students who participated in it her academic interests. Jacob Dreyer Henry Gorelik M. Tisch College of Civic Life and Chigas underlined the impor- shared how their projects were “I ended up really liking [the Ethan Ling the Career Center. tance of appropriate supervision. engaging even without being virtual setting] because I do like Arnav Sacheti Alex Sharp According to Hollenhorst and “We look for [faculty appli- abroad. graphic design sort of stuff, and Eric Spencer Chigas, in the past, six to seven cants who have] thought through Jessie Yang spoke about how it fit in well with my skill set,” Austin Clementi Executive Investigative Editor research proposals have been all the various other kinds of her exposure to theoretical phys- Trollinger, a junior, said. Arlo Moore-Bloom Executive Audio Editor accepted each year, although support and safety and kind of ics solidified her interest in phys- Moore also spoke to the Anne Marie Burke Executive Photo Editors Nicole Garay the Office of the Provost hopes supervisory kinds of things so ics research.