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MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. Friday, November 6, 2015 tuftsdaily.com Fletcher School hosts talk with Kurdistan regional representative to US by Arin Kerstein the ways in which the United States has News Editor and Features Editor helped Kurdistan over the years. She referenced Operation Provide Approximately 80 people attended Comfort — a military operation execut- a presentation on Kurdistan by Bayan ed by the United States, United Kingdom Sami Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan and other Gulf War allies to defend and Regional Government’s representa- aid Kurds after the Persian Gulf War in tive to the United States, in the ASEAN 1991 — which former Fletcher dean and Auditorium Tuesday evening. NATO commander John Glavin led. The talk, “Kurdistan: The New Player Abdul Rahman also expressed grati- in the Middle East?,” was hosted by the tude towards the United States for its role Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean in removing Hussein from power in 2003. Studies within The Fletcher School of “We thank the United States for help- Law and Diplomacy. ing us … The liberation in 2003 changed The event began with an intro- everything for us,” she said. “With all of duction by Richard Shultz, a profes- the troubles that we have in Iraq and sor of international relations and the Kurdistan, it makes all the difference director of the International Security that Saddam is removed.” Studies Program. Shultz spoke about Following Hussein’s removal, Abdul Rahman’s work as a journalist MeganDSmith via Wikimedia Commons Kurdistan experienced a golden decade Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s representative to the and her experience in diplomacy as United States, spoke in the ASEAN Auditorium Tuesday evening. of economic growth, which coincid- a former Kurdish representative to ed with Kurdistan’s development as an the United Kingdom. Rahman’s father, “Our speaker today has terrific and at length about the difficulties that oil capital, she said. This growth has he said, was also involved in the Kurdish important Kurdish roots,” he said. Kurdistan faced in the past under Freedom Movement. During the talk, Abdul Rahman spoke Saddam Hussein’s dictatorial rule and see KURDISTAN, page 2 TUPD records reduction in noise complaints by Isha Fahad three weekends of September. ond noise violation occurs in the same Although noise levels are decreasing, Assistant News Editor “[McMahon and I] feel that this joint year, the fine doubles to $600. After the noise complaints are still a cause of con- communication, as well as the echoing first fine, people make an effort not to cern, not only for the neighbors, but also There has been a decrease in the of that messaging by student leaders repeat being noisy, he said. for students who are actively making total number of neighborhood noise relative to being good neighbors, was “Unlike Somerville and Medford, who efforts to protect the peace and comfort complaints received by Tufts University well received by students living in the charge per resident, the violation fines of others and are looking to better inte- Police Department (TUPD) since stu- neighborhoods immediately adjacent to imposed by the university are issued per grate into the Tufts neighborhood, Tesser dents received an email from Student campus,” Maguire told the Daily in an residence/house,” Toogood said. “We said. Affairs on Sept. 25. email. “[We were] pointing out the need charge a $300 collective fine to the entire According to Toogood, the Dean of In the email to the community, to be good, responsible citizens and house as opposed to each resident.” Student Affairs Office has followed up Director of Public and Environmental highlighting the impact that disruption He explained that there was recently on the Sept. 25 message with reminder Safety Kevin Maguire and Dean of Student of residential neighborhoods can have a case in which three residents living in emails to the student body about the Affairs Mary Pat McMahon remind- on families and residents.” the same house were each fined $300 by enforcement of the Tufts’ Noise and Off- ed students of the importance of Judicial Affairs Officer Mickey the Somerville Police Department. Campus Disturbances Policy, which is being respectful in the Medford and Toogood said that most noise violations “In my meetings with students, I do detailed in the Student Handbook, as Somerville neighborhoods and observ- occur during the first three to six weeks my best to explain to them why they are well as emails, including one sent before ing local laws and ordinances. of the year, when everyone is celebrating being fined,” Toogood said. “No one is Halloween, about noise ordinances in “This semester there have been the start of their academic year. happy to be fined, and I think it is good Medford and Somerville. numerous community complaints about “It is warmer, and both the windows of to warn students about consequence of “Previously, I’ve been consistent- disruptive behavior by Tufts students,” students and their neighbors are open,” their violations beforehand and for them ly holding meetings with students who the email read. “In response to the num- he said. “Later on, when the classes get to understand why we have that policy.” allegedly violated Tufts’ Noise Policy ber of recent noise complaints, our host serious and the mid-terms begin, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) and/or Somerville or Medford noise city police departments and the Tufts number of noisy parties usually drops.” President Brian Tesser agreed that ordinances,” Toogood said. University Police will be enhancing Toogood explained that, every year, neighborhood noise levels usually go up Maguire said that the statistics on efforts to proactively quell neighbor- the university issues several fines for on weekends when off-campus houses noise violations only capture activity that hood noise and disturbances.” noise complaints in this early period of have activities, which decrease as the is reported to TUPD. He added that TUPD According to Maguire, TUPD has the academic year, which help limit the temperature outside drops. works collaboratively with the Somerville received a total of nine neighborhood number of noise violations later on in “Now that the weather is colder and and Medford police departments, shar- noise complaints during the past three the year. He said that there is a $300 fine windows are closing down, the number ing information about neighborhood weekends, a decrease from the 22 noise for first-time off-campus noise viola- of noise complaints have gone down,” complaints TUPD received in the first tions, and in rare instances when a sec- Tesser, a senior, said. see Noise, page 2

Contact Us P.O. Box 53018, News...... 1 Medford, MA 02155 Arts & Living...... 5 For breaking news, our content Features...... 3 /thetuftsdaily 617 627 3090 Sports...... Back Mostly Cloudy archive and exclusive content, visit FAX 617 627 3910 COMICS...... 4 70 / 53 TUFTSDAILY.COM @tuftsdaily [email protected] 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | News | Friday, November 6, 2015 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY News Joe Palandrani News Editor-in-Chief Editorial Lancy Downs Kurdistan representative to US speaks at Fletcher event Abigail Feldman Ashton Carter stated in his speech last the biggest humanitarian contributor to Managing Editors KURDISTAN continued from page 1 week to Congress that he expects similar the U.N. mission in Iraq, but unfortu- Sarah Zheng Executive News Editor made Kurdistan an important force in operations in Iraq in the future, she said. nately, it’s just not enough,” she said. Marianna Athanassiou News Editors Melissa Kain the Middle East region. She also thanked the U.S. govern- While the 30 percent increase in pop- Reena Karasin “Kurdistan is the new player in the ment for its intervention in Kurdistan ulation since 2014 has had a huge impact Arin Kerstein Safiya Nanji Middle East,” she said. “Politically and in 2014, saying that this enabled on the Kurdish economy and community, Sophie Lehrenbaum economically, we are there to be reck- the Kurdish Peshmerga forces to fight the people of Kurdistan have responded Emma Steiner Annabelle Roberts oned with.” against ISIS. compassionately, she added. Roy Yang During a question and answer “America’s support changed every- “The people of Kurdistan have wel- Isha Fahad Assistant News Editors Miranda Willson session that followed Tuesday’s thing for us,” she said. “Up to that point, comed them with open arms because event, Abdul Rahman addressed vari- we felt that we were alone. We didn’t most Kurdish people have been refu- Mengqi Sun Executive Features Editor ous topics, including Kurdistan’s poten- expect Baghdad would help us because gees or displaced at least once in their Kendall Todd Features Editors Arin Kerstein tial independence, the Kurdish fight they never have … And since then, lifetime,” Abdul Rahman said. Nicole Brooks against ISIS and water access we have…a close cooperation with the Abdul Rahman said she strives in her Becca Leibowitz Nina Joung Assistant Features Editors in Kurdistan and the Middle East. United States with the coalition mili- role to strengthen American support for “We are heading towards indepen- tarily. The Peshmerga are the tip of the Kurdistan by making the humanitarian Joshua Podolsky Executive Arts Editor dence, and I say that with more confi- spear against ISIS.” and military issues more widely under- Anjali Nair Arts Editors Yotam Bentov Assistant Arts Editors dence than I would have said it 10 years Abdul Rahman noted, however, that stood. She works with consultants, lobby- Merilla Michael ago,” Abdul Rahman said. “I have a son while the U.S. has provided Kurdistan ists, think-tanks, media outlets and gov- John Gallagher Ascher Kulich and I am confident that he will one day with weapons and training in the fight ernment officials to shed light on military have a Kurdish passport.” against ISIS, there are problems con- and humanitarian issues. She said Kurdish Yuki Zaninovich Executive Op-Ed Editor She added that she did not know cerning the types of weapons that are Americans are often influential in bringing Nick Golden Op-Ed Editor when Kurdistan would gain indepen- transferred and their means of deliv- these issues to U.S. government officials. Erin Sifre Katie Matejcak dence, but said that she would like it to ery. Discussion continues about what “[When they lobby,] their represen- Hannah Hoang happen peacefully. types of weapons are necessary for the tatives listen,” she stated. “In the short Ty Enos Cartoonists Fury Sheron “We would like independence to Peshmerga to adequately combat ISIS, time that I have been in the United Natasha Khwaja Editorialist happen through dialogue and through she said. States, I have already seen how that can Nick Golden negotiation and peace — we are not Current policy states that all U.S. have such a positive effect.” planning a war of independence,” Abdul arm transfers to the Kurds must first Abdul Rahman explained that cul- Alison Kuah Executive Sports Editor Ross Dember Sports Editors Rahman said. “All Kurds want indepen- pass through the Iraqi central govern- tural exchanges can be key to helping Alex Schroeder dence, it’s a Kurdish dream and it’s what ment, which has historically resulted the countries better understand one Chris Warren Steven Hefter everybody strives for…but politically, in weapon delivery delays, she said. An another. Deepening the relationship Phillip Goldberg everybody is realistic.” immense amount of U.S. pressure has between Kurdish and American aca- Ray-Paul Biron Josh Slavin Abdul Rahman told the Daily before been required to ensure that the weap- demic institutions could also be bene- the event that it is in the best inter- ons get delivered in a timely fashion. ficial to Kurdish institutions, she said. Evan Sayles Executive Photo Editor est of the United States to support “The moment [U.S] pressure is off “We’re a new democracy — new to Sofie Hecht Photo Administrator Caroline Ambros Picture Tufts Editor Kurdistan as it continues to develop as of Baghdad, I wouldn’t be surprised if governance, new to government,” she a key player in the Middle East. we went back to delays,” Abdul Rahman said. “We need to strengthen our insti- Merilla Michael Executive Jumbo Beat Editors “Already we’ve proven ourselves said. “We want to have some kind of a tutions, so having relationships with Rachel Allen to be a reliable partner to the United more permanent solution, and the per- any of these American organizations States,” she said. “No single coalition manent solution is to have the weapons would really help us.” PRODUCTION soldier was injured or killed anywhere delivered directly to Kurdistan.” Abdul Rahman hopes that the United Andrew M. Stephens in Kurdistan. That illustrates the friend- In addition to the difficulties States’ relationship with Kurdistan can Production Director ship that we have [with] the United Kurdistan faces in its fight against eventually develop into a full-fledged David Westby Executive Layout Editors States and [with] other coalition coun- ISIS, the region also has a humani- friendship. Nick Golden tries that helped to liberate Iraq.” tarian crisis — around 1.8 million “I do want to broaden all that so Julie Doten Layout Editors Molly Harrower Abdul Rahman pointed to a joint mis- refugees and displaced people have that Kurdistan’s relationship [with] Allie Merola sion completed by Kurdish troops and entered Kurdistan from places such as the United States is broadened out Annabelle Roberts Emily Sharp U.S. special forces in Hawija in mid-Oc- Syria in the last couple years. Abdul to [include] trade and investment, to Natasha Statz-Geary tober, during which 69 Iraqi hostages Rahman said about 80,000 people were [include] cultural exchanges with uni- Sebastian Torrente Astrid Weng were rescued from Islamic State fighters entering Kurdistan each day at the versities and our education establish- and lost intelligence about the terror peak of the migrant influx in 2014, and ments, and it should be a fully-rounded Shirley Wang Creative Director group was recovered, as an example that the current scale of the crisis is relationship,” she said. of close cooperation between the gov- beyond regional control. Sarah Zheng contributed reporting to Alison Epstein Executive Copy Editors Sophie Lehrenbaum ernment bodies. Secretary of Defense “We thank the United States for being this article. Iqra Asghar Copy Editors Arthur Beckel Aastha Chadha Melissa Feito Noah Habeeb Fines, weather cut back noise complaints Jonathan Heutmaker Andrew Kager Noise Melissa Kain Reena Karasin continued from page 1 Serena Kassam complaints and advising them of signif- Claire Mullany Rachel Salzberg icant campus events and activities that Dan Strauss could potentially impact the surround- Caroline Watson Kayla Williamson Assistant Copy Editors ing communities, as well as assisting Sarah Kalinowski with off-campus issues upon request or Paolo Scalla during exigent circumstances. “My office has met with members of Nitesh Gupta Executive Online Editor Max Bernstein Executive Tech Manager the Somerville and Medford community, and our police department is in communication with the Medford Police BUSINESS Department and the Somerville Police Kristie Le Department,” he said. Executive Business Director Maguire said that TUPD is hopeful Chris Chininis Ad Director Yiran Xu Receivables Manager that numbers of noise complaints will Eva Sachar Ad Manager continue to decline and that Tufts stu- Evan Sayles Jahlyn Hayes dents will continue to keep in mind that Qinyue Yu noise complaints can adversely impact the quality of life for all neighbors. Caroline Talbert Marketing Director Qinyue Yu Marketing Manager “We are thankful that the complaint Nicholas Pfosi / Tufts Daily Archive Scott Geldzahler Social Media Editor numbers are heading downward and com- TUPD breaks up the Around the World party at Sophia Gordon Hall on the night of Vera Masterson mend students for their efforts,” he said. May 9, 2014.

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The editors reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, space and length. and rate card are available upon request. Features 3 Friday, November 6, 2015 tuftsdaily.com Counseling and Mental Health Services seeks to improve student experience by Arin Kerstein Absolutely. And we know that. That’s Features Editor Ear for Peers something we’re always paying attention TEL 617-627-3888 to and working on.” Especially during stressful midterm She added that CMHS has ties to all weeks, many students rely on Counseling of the culture centers, along with liaisons and Mental Health Services (CMHS) to with academic departments, athletics, provide assistance. In order to improve Greek life, deans’ offices, the study abroad TEL Tufts Health students’ experiences, CMHS has been 617-627-3360 Counseling and Advocates office, the Academic Resource Center and working with student groups to gather accessibility services. feedback about the quality of its treatment Mental Health Services Ehrlich and Brenner-Bryantare services. Astrid Weng / The Tufts Daily said these liaisons serve as a “great start,” Marilyn Downs, director of outreach selors are so busy, they don’t always fol- until they get stabilized and sort of work but that they are not sure how often the for CMHS, explained that CMHS aims to low-up with people who need to kind of be on that transition slowly.” liaisons are utilized. address the mental health needs of the forced into going to counseling, or need a Downs also said that clinicians always Even with liaisons in place, many whole Medford/Somerville campus stu- reminder, or people who are just going to follow up with students if they cancel or do students expressed that they felt “mis- dent community. let it go when they think it’s not their top not show up for an appointment, as well matched” with their clinicians, according “[Our goal is] to provide direct clinical priority and it really should be, and they as after referring students off-campus. to Ehrlich. Downs acknowledged that a care, to consult with people on campus need someone else to tell them that.” Snyder noted that his current clini- clinician’s identity may impact a student’s when they’re concerned about a student, Working closely with CMHS, Ears for cian did not mention that treatment is experience with CMHS. to advise them or make sure that that stu- Peers strives to provide supplemental time-limited during any of his sessions, “Sometimes the identity of the clini- dent gets the services they need, whether assistance for students who need some- but that he is aware that he may be direct- cian is a salient factor for students seeking that’s with us or elsewhere,” she said. one to listen. All its call-takers, who are ed off-campus in the future. services; sometimes it’s not,” Downs said. Downs noted that about 20 percent on call every day between 7 p.m. and 7 Downs noted that CMHS collaborates “That can be important, and of course, of students seek assistance at CMHS a.m., are trained by CMHS clinicians regularly with Tufts student groups that when we can do that, we do it, but we can’t each year. Initial appointments are usu- every semester, Roberts said. work to address issues related to mental always do that. What we have to do is be a ally scheduled within a week of an initial Mahlet Meshesha (LA ’15), author of health on campus, including Tufts Health staff who are as competent and concerned phone call, she said. the Mental Health and Counseling article Advocates (THA), Active Minds and Ears as we can be about really understand stu- “That’s a somewhat high utilization in the most recent Disorientation Guide, for Peers. dents’ experiences. Even if that experience rate for a campus mental health clinic,” explained that she understands that THA Mental Health Co-Chairs and is very different from our own.” she said. “We feel positively about that accommodating every student seeking seniors Sophie Ehrlich and Emma Brenner-Bryant and Ehrlich hope to because we think it signals that we are assistance is difficult, be that she believes Brenner-Bryant explained that the two work with CMHS to increase transparency doing our job.” that CMHS’s time-limited treatment ulti- serve as liaisons between the student body about clinician backgrounds. With the high number of requests, how- mately deters students from seeking the and CMHS administration to advocate for “We’ve been working with staff to cre- ever, sophomore Eric Snyder said that it is help they need. student needs surrounding mental health. ate biographies online so people can real- often difficult to schedule appointments “I think students are less likely to fol- Last fall, THA led focus groups to sur- ize that they have a lot of control over the because CMHS is so busy. He mentioned low through with getting care because of vey students’ feelings about the treatment people they directly see, and that if they that though he usually meets weekly with the many barriers of seeking treatment provided at CMHS. Each of the three focus have a preference, that they can ask for it, a clinician, he had to skip a week of thera- off-campus, like finding time for traveling groups contained eight to 10 students, and people will try to do their best to meet py because CMHS had no availability during to and from appointments,” she said. they said. those requests,” Brenner-Bryant said. any times in which he did not have classes. She also noted that figuring out how Through the groups, THA found that Meshesha noted that it would be helpful “I really don’t blame people for [seek- to finance off-campus treatment can be a some clinicians seemed to be more pro- for students seeking assistance to be direct- ing treatment], it’s just…I really need barrier for students. One difficult aspect active than others about bringing up ly prompted whether or not they have pref- this weekly thing that I can hopefully of arranging off-campus counseling is the topic of transitioning off-campus. erences about a clinician’s identity. get down,” he said. “It’s just frustrating managing insurance. Even if students can Brenner-Bryant also noted that this Based on suggestions from THA, CMHS because I have to be…so proactive about afford the copays associated with off-cam- seemed to depend on the student’s rela- tested the helpfulness of prompting stu- getting a good spot. I don’t want to have pus counseling, many students remain on tionship with the individual counselor. dents with this question over the summer, to be fighting other people just to get their parents’ insurance, which can be an “Figuring out how to get that to be more Ehrlich said. The THA co-chairs explained therapy.” issue for students worried about commu- of a consistent supportive transition is that their current work involves following According to Downs, there is no nicating mental health issues with their something we’re working towards,” she said. up on the results of this pilot. fixed-session limit, and the number of parents, she said. Brenner-Bryant explained that she Downs explained that some schools sessions provided for a student is deter- Meshesha also believes many stu- hopes that CMHS can further develop conduct phone-screening appointments mined based on the individual student’s dents are unaware of the time-limited resources for students who do not seek to triage students before they come in for need, how much assistance the student nature of on-campus treatment until they treatment at CMHS but rather want to their first appointment. wants and the particular details of the stu- reach the end of their sessions. start their treatment off campus. “We don’t do that partly because we dent’s circumstances, such as the student’s According to Downs, however, all stu- Additionally, THA found that students don’t want to create a barrier, and we access to off-campus treatment resources. dents are told at the onset of their treat- generally expressed need for increased want to people to have their first clinical “We often try to emphasize that we ment that there is a limit to the type of support during transitional phases. THA encounter to be as positive and personal don’t have a set session limit because we services CMHS can provide. She men- has shared specific student feedback with as it can be,” she said. do want people to know we try to meet tioned that this conversation is different CMHS, who has been relatively receptive Junior Danielle Mulligan, president their needs in the best way we can,” she for each student. to their suggestions, Brenner-Bryant said. of Active Minds, hopes that students who said. “At the same time, we know that if “[A student] might know fairly quickly “Something that the staff has been real- feel mismatched with specific clinicians we don’t end care with some people, there that there are some difficult things to talk ly great about doing has been starting to express their concerns so that they can won’t be room for somebody else who is about, [and that] it’s going to be a little bit send out emails when something big hap- find better matches to improve their knocking on the door.” hard to make a relationship with somebody pens in the world that might be affecting counseling experiences. She explained that CMHS conducts and open up about things and then make students’ mental health, or during finals “With any therapist anyone goes to treatment in this way in order to ensure the transition [to another treatment pro- period — kind of making it more person- anywhere, you’re not necessarily going to that there is never a waitlist to receive vider], and so together, we might decide alized,” she said. find that the first time you go to a coun- treatment. that maybe making that transition sooner Based on feedback through the focus selor that it’s going to be the best fit,” “We’re actually a well-staffed counsel- will actually feel better for you,“ she said. groups, Ehrlich and Brenner-Bryantare also Mulligan said. “I think CMHS has a good ing center for the size of the universi- Downs noted that CMHS clinicians working to push CMHS to increase proac- array of counselors, and I think if they ty,” Downs said. “But we can’t see every- complete safety assessment forms for tive outreach to historically marginalized make it more clear that people can change body on-going. We don’t have that [capa- every patient during treatment, and that communities. They mentioned that CMHS counselors or pick their counselor, that bility], and that’s a frustration sometimes.” the clinician’s degree of concern about a has accordingly started a group for students would be a really helpful thing.” However, senior Paige Roberts, a rep- patient may alter the process of transi- of color to discuss their experiences attend- Meshesha recommends that students resentative of Ears for Peers, an anony- tioning a student off-campus. ing a predominantly white institution. be proactive in seeking out the resources mous student-run support hotline, had a “If we’re worried about a student, we’re Downs noted that diversity within the they need. different opinion. She explained that she going to be careful and slower about how staff is a top priority for CMHS when hir- “My rule of thumb is first figuring out does not believe the number of counselors we do that referral because we want to ing new clinicians. who you would like to talk to, what your available allows CMHS to adequately meet make sure students’ needs are met,” she “We have a fair amount of diversity on preferences would be, and then thinking the mental health needs of students. said. “People have a range of what they our staff across those areas in terms of about the type of treatment you want to “It’s really hard for people to get are able to manage at any given time. So if areas of expertise — race/ethnicity, lan- get if you know that, and then asking if appointments — the schedule is always somebody is really needing more from us guage ability, gender/sexual orientation,” [the clinician has] any availability, and changing,” she said. “Because the coun- right now, we might see them for a while Downs said. “Could it be more diverse? then ask about insurance,” she said. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY | Comics | Friday, November 6, 2015 tuftsdaily.com Late Night at the Daily Comics Alison: “Go away! 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Album review Rebecca Solomon and Pooja Sivaraman ‘Amy’ soundtrack a moving elegy to late New York Style Delhi singer-songwriter The bout of by Anjali Nair drums, the track is Arts Editor typical of a live Amy drought Winehouse con- n the eve of this Halloween, I twist- Though British songstress Amy cert, during which ed my ankle. Despite what the Winehouse passed away four years ago the singer veers off “Minions” (2015) movie tells you, now, she still has an unquestionable into elaborate vocal just because you dress like a min- presence in the music world. Known as runs, gripping the ionO for Halloween does not mean you can much for her debaucheries and dramat- listener. The instru- bounce off the walls unharmed. What was ic private life as she was for her remark- mentation does not weirder, however, was my Halloween expe- able voice, Winehouse inspired many take a backseat in rience at the hospital the next day. First of with her unique brand of ’50s-inspired this performance, all, there was NO ONE there. When I went neo soul. however; a hyper- to radiology to get an x-ray, all I found was a Recently, Winehouse has been in the jazzy electric piano black telephone centered in a vacant and stag- news once again with the release of solo builds into the nant room. I picked it up to hear slow breath- “Amy” (2015), a documentary detailing bridge, intensifying ing and a raspy voice: “I’ll be right there.” her life and death. The film includes alongside the vocals. From the yellow-lit hallways emerged a pale clips of live performances, which Another com- man who was slowly sliding his feet along the are placed alongside interviews with pelling track is the marble floor. He would wait five to six seconds Winehouse’s friends and family to downtempo alter- before answering my questions and ran his create a tender depiction of her story native version of eyes over me suspiciously. Am I trying to tell beyond the media spotlight. Though “Some Unholy War,” you that he was a zombie trying to kill me? the film was released over the sum- originally off “Back Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. As I lay mer, its soundtrack only came out to Black” (2006). on the x-ray bed, I knew murder was coming. Oct. 30. It includes rare live record- With a weightier, He forgot to give me a protective vest. When ings of some classic Winehouse hits, darker feel than I reminded him, he responded, “Oh…yes… like “Rehab” (2006) and “What Is It the studio version, That.” “That” was quite literally my shield About Men” (2003), as well as demos the song is given a from any zombie-ray-voodoo that would have and alternative versions. Interspersed fresh perspective. led to a much better Halloween story than this between the tracks are compositions Slowed down, the one. Point is, there are some serious flaws in by Antonio Pinto, who scored the doc- chorus of back-up the Halloween healthcare system, and zom- umentary. Thus, the soundtrack — cre- vocals almost has bies just really suck at doctor-patient relation- ated to highlight Winehouse’s powerful an eerie quality, Rama via Wikimedia Commons ships. They should just stick to the things they vocals — flows with ease. and Winehouse’s Soundtrack to new Amy Winehouse documentary sheds new light are good at: the clean up. After Pinto’s “Opening,” the first song voice is heavier with on the late singer’s music. Hey NYSD, will you have dinner with is “Stronger Than Me” — Winehouse’s its both smooth and me? One of my friends ditched me last week catchy, albeit heteronormative, plea for gritty timbre. Winehouse classic, the track features because she had to study for Italian so I have her man to be more traditionally mas- The live version of “Rehab” might some funky guitar playing and a spirit- to resort to emailing advice columns. culine. While this version of the track be the most attractive track on the ed bass line. thx, is largely the same as the one from album for casual listeners. “Rehab” To fans of Amy Winehouse, the maya her 2003 album,“Frank,” some addi- may have been a huge mainstream suc- “Amy” soundtrack will serve as a post- Rebecca: Here is the downside of email tional mastering brings out the edge in cess and a bit overplayed back when it humous celebration to geek out over. submissions; our friends can voice their dis- Winehouse’s voice, and splats of tuba was released, but this should not take Though it is a little upsetting to listen appointment with us. Sorry Maya, but Italian along with panned guitar and organ away from what a great song it is. The to in light of her tragic death, the pre- Poetry is not a commitment that one takes accents work to create a compelling live version amps up the energy of the viously unheard versions of her songs lightly! I recently learned about “uomo di arrangement. studio recording via the use of lively are the closest things to new releases pena,” literally “man of suffering,” and it is The live version of “What Is It About male backup singers, who sing along as possible. As an incredibly versatile pretty heavy stuff. Sorry that by ditching our Men” starts out with Winehouse telling with Winehouse as she says “no, no, performer, Winehouse made her tal- dinner plans I forced you into a meal without the audience at the North Sea Jazz Festival no” to rehab. The horns and percus- ent known through elaborate recon- me, which clearly caused you to suffer. How that the song is about her dad, and she sion contribute to a truly spectacular structions of already amazing songs. could it not?! However, I also learned in poetry eventually breaks into cackling laughter, performance. Listeners who are not familiar with that, through suffering and continuing on, we which is more than a little heartbreaking The album closer is a version of Winehouse’s studio work will still find grow, and so I guess I allowed you to grow. You to listen to now. With an impassioned Winehouse’s cover of The Zutons’ “Amy”a strong album that will surely are welcome? performance by Winehouse and strik- “Valerie” (2006), performed on BBC inspire them to go back and explore Dear NYSD, As a senior girl who only ing use of electric piano and light jazz Radio. Another great version of a her discography. hooked up with/dated guys in the grades above me, I find myself in a drought. How can I find a new source of boys and quench Album Review this thirst? Rebecca: A lot of my senior friends are going through this. There are three options ‘So Familiar’ makes bluegrass bearable here, all of which are inspired by Woody by Josh Podolsky Bohemians’ “Shooting Rubberbands at ever a case to be made for the merits Allen’s belief that “80 percent of life is show- Executive Arts Editor the Stars” (1988) reached No. 4 on the of this little-loved genre, “So Familiar” ing up!” First, you could start looking at peo- Billboard 200 in the year of its release, would be it. ple in the grade below you, and I know many Perhaps best known for starring but the group subsequently focused on Brickell and Martin won a Grammy people that have done this and all of them in “The Jerk” (1979), “Cheaper by the producing music with less pop influ- for Best American Roots Song in 2013 are still single, but that might have to do more Dozen” (2003) and “The Pink Panther” ence. Incidentally, Brickell met Paul for “Love Has Come for You.” Their with them than the age of their partners. (2006), Steve Martin is much more Simon while playing on “Saturday album of the same name spent 18 weeks Your second option is to look at people in famous for being a movie star than Night Live” (1975 – present) in 1988, at the top of the Bluegrass Albums chart our grade because it is so easy to get stuck in a musician. The accomplished come- marrying the legendary folk singer four and reached No. 21 on the Billboard a routine and think that there only 50 people dy actor’s musical career, however, has years later. 200. It could be said, then, that neither in the grade. Newsflash, there are over 1,000 been a long and impressive one. He As for Brickell’s work with Martin, it is musician is new to accolades or the Jumbos per year, and there is no way you has been putting out albums since his a pleasant hybrid of primarily bluegrass, spotlight. know all of them! Third, meet people outside 1977 debut, “Let’s Get Small,” and has with country and folk influences featur- Remarkably, “So Familiar” in no of the Tufts bubble! racked up multiple platinum releases ing prominently among other genres. It way reflects this reality. While the That’s all we have for this week, send us since then. should be noted that this reviewer does album cover looks like it could be questions PLEASE! For his two most recent projects, not use the word “pleasant” lightly when the movie poster for a typical Martin “Love Has Come for You” (2013) and describing bluegrass music; he lectures rom-com (thus implying the excess of the recently released “So Familiar” his father on the myriad reasons to dis- a Hollywood production), the album Rebecca Solomon is a senior majoring in economics. She can be reached at rebecca. (2015), Martin has teamed up with like bluegrass every time his father uses features rather understated perfor- [email protected]. Pooja Sivaraman is a Edie Brickell of Edie Brickell & New the car radio to foist his misguided love senior majoring in economics. She can be Bohemians fame. Edie Brickell & New of the genre onto him. Yet, if there were see So Familiar, page 6 reached at [email protected]. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY | Arts & Living | Friday, November 6, 2015 tuftsdaily.com A&L ARTS& LIVING Steve Martin, Edie Brickell release sophomore collaboration So Familiar continued from page 5 mances from both Brickell and Martin. One might expect Martin to make use of his commendable vocal chops here, but instead he contents himself with plucking on his banjo, at which he is no slouch. Brickell takes the lead on vocals throughout the album, dynam- ically affecting her voice from breathy and sensual to heavy and sad to light and happy depending on the song’s subject matter, which spans everything from love, loss, drinking and more. The album’s titular song, “So Familiar,” is immediately endearing. With a banjo plucking its way down the instrument’s range, a bouncy bass and a light percussion — almost as if it were just someone’s hands dancing atop a table — “So Familiar” is upbeat without becoming saccharine. The song is repetitive but only enough to be to be true to its name (rather than lazy). Indeed, listeners will be familiar with the song’s cadences by its end. This is the perfect song to put on for a road trip or in the background of a montage of the American countryside, so effortlessly does it conjure images of “down home” wholesomeness — Allen J. Schaben via MCT Best known as an actor, Steve Martin has also had a storied music career. He displays his talent on the banjo in his latest album, “So Familiar. “ which is to say, it conjures the most cliché-yet-heartwarming images. There are, of course, weak points on listener’s point of view. What’s more, so making them longer may just detract thing else, this is good, old-fashioned, the album. For example, “I’m By Your most of the songs run shorter than three from their beauty. homemade music. It may sound like Side” includes the line, “You can look minutes; these short tracks can some- None of the tracks is particular- a detox from the filtered squeezes, in the mirror and never see yourself,” times feel only half-realized. As with ly adventurous, but all of them are 808s and synthesizers of modern pop which is either disturbingly cliché or “So Familiar,” however, these songs also so unwaveringly true to their genre music, but that doesn’t mean listen- magically brilliant depending on the tend to use repetition for atmosphere, that it hardly matters. More than any- ers won’t enjoy it. tuftsdaily.com Friday, November 6, 2015 | ADVERTISEMENT | THE TUFTS DAILY 7

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SAILING Tufts sees mixed results, missed cuts by Bradley Schussel Despite the result, the captain had Staff Writer some praise for the team’s B squad, Armed with a new boathouse and a which won its division on Sunday. squad of determined Jumbos, the sailing “Our B boat probably [had] the best team has competed in multiple competi- regatta of its college sailing career and won tions: the Moody Trophy, the New England the division,” Atwood said. “That’s huge Sloop Championship, the Truxton for us, and we’re really looking forward Umstead Trophy, the Oberg Trophy and, to working off of that momentum that most recently, the Erwin Schell Trophy. [junior] Griffin [Rolander and sophomore] The team saw mixed results in those regat- Emily [Shanley-Roberts] generated for us.” tas, placing 14th out of 18 teams, sixth out To round out the Schell Trophy, the A of eight, seventh out of 19, sixth out of 18 team finished with a score of 134. Junior and ninth out of 18, respectively. The team Scott Barbano and senior Casey Gowrie placed in the top half of the standings in served as the skippers for the competi- three out of the last five competitions. tion, while Atwood, junior tri-captain Liz The Jumbos’ recent placements have Fletcher and classmate Alex Tong switched been decent, but, in some cases, have not off as the team’s crew. The score was good been quite good enough. The team missed for ninth place, just short of qualifying for the cut for further qualification on at least the Atlantic Coast Championships. two separate occasions. Atwood, specifically, felt that her mind- Courtesy Nicholas Pfosi Senior tri-captain Caroline Atwood was set has been better than ever in her last fall The Tufts sailing team races in the Peak Foliage regatta on Mendums Pond in Barrington on Oct. 26, 2013. disappointed in the team’s placing at the sailing at Tufts. Schell Trophy. “I feel the best that I’ve ever felt in the Racing Championship. The sailing team can look forward to “In the Schell Trophy, which is a regat- boat, but my confidence is not translating According to Atwood, however, there its final two regattas of the season later in ta across the country, we placed ninth into scores,” she said. “That is frustrating. is a bright side to the team’s recent per- November. Moving forward, the Jumbos out of 18,” Atwood said. “That’s a pretty I’m looking forward to taking weeks off formances. will try to keep their heads up and sail disappointing score for me, because it this winter and preparing for the spring, “Our starts have improved drastically their best matches of the season. means we did not qualify for the North when we have nationals.” throughout the season, and our B division, “Sailing is a funny thing,” Atwood said. American Atlantic Coast Championships. The sailing team also failed to qualify as well as our [first-years], have made sig- “You can prepare all you want, but when We have a really competitive conference in the New England Sloop Championship. nificant gains in their racing as a whole,” you get in the water you need to have the here in New England, so our qualifier The Jumbos placed sixth out of eight Atwood said. “ That has really pushed the A right mindset.” was probably more competitive than the teams in that regatta, meaning they will team forward in their performance as well, Nevertheless, the Jumbos will look to regatta itself.” not compete for next month’s ISCA Match which will help translate into regattas.” close out this fall season on a high note.

WOMEN'S CREW Jumbos win three events for best finish in program history by Isabel Banta The quad race proved that Tufts was a while,” Hoffman said. “It definitely was a Arielle Mann in the open lightweight double. Contributing Writer an able competitor, although the absence highlight of the weekend.” “In the doubles the girls pick their own of Div. I schools such as UMass Amherst The Head of the Fish was also the culmi- partners for the fall,” Dawe said. “[A large Tufts celebrated a record weekend at could have also contributed to the lead, nation of a fall season spent in sculling boats part] of rowing in my eyes is finding peo- the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga, according to Dawe. and building up technical expertise. ple who do similar things and have similar N.Y. The event marked the end of their “University of Massachusetts Amherst This emphasis on sculling during the fall ideas. A good double requires two people fall season, reflecting their hard work and was our main competitor this year, but they presented a challenge for the first-year novice that are really in tune, and in the case of improvement. were at another regatta [this weekend],” weight. Racing to an impressive fourth place Tobey [Solomon-Auger] and Arielle [Mann], The women’s open collegiate quad was Dawe said. “It definitely would have been finish behind Williams, WPI and Wesleyan, the duo just worked really well together.” the highlight of the event, as one Tufts team interesting to have UMass there just to gage the first-year newcomers established them- Jumbos, Dawe said, emphasize the har- — comprised of sophomore Emma Conroy our time against top competitors.” selves as a force to be reckoned with. mony of the team over the individual. He and seniors Leah Fortson, tri-captain Rachel The absence of a top competitor did “[We] had spent a lot of time in small compared the team to a ballet corps to Siegler and Claire Sleigh — outraced their not diminish the magnitude of the Jumbo sculling boats, so moving to eight boat and describe the level of teamwork necessary for competitors with a swift time of 12:32:7. victory, however. Siegler, a standout of the working well as a team was very rewarding,” a successful boat. “[The event was] almost eerie, since weekend, also competed and raced into first first-year Tobey Solomon-Auger said. “In ballet, if you have one ballerina trying the closest boat behind them was almost a place in the collegiate double — this time This emphasis on teamwork also extended to do something different, it’s distracting, quarter mile down the line,” Coach Brian with classmate Laura Hoffman. to smaller sculling boats. Solomon-Auger took [and] crew is the same,” Dawe said. “That’s Dawe said. “No Tufts woman has won two races in home a gold medal alongside sophomore why we put an emphasis on perseverance and technical achievement. Everyone has to be working together to accomplish the same goal. Everyone has to have the same driving ambition to win for the movements to come together in a harmonious way. That’s when it all falls into place.” Having completed the Head of the Fish, the Jumbos begin their winter off-season, before resuming their spring season in February. “We ended the fall season on a good note, and a lot of our practices involved erging, weight lifting,” Forston said. “The winter season will be more exciting and a way to continue our forward momentum.” Dawe hopes to further develop team camaraderie and place everyone on the medal stand this upcoming spring season. Other NESCAC schools such as Williams, Wesleyan, Hamilton, Trinity and Bates will pose challenges come the spring, and Dawe views the winter season as a chance for Tufts to work hard, improve and perhaps enter the NCAA in the spring. The team sent one boat, which ultimately finished in sixth place, to the NCAA last year for the first time

Courtesy Nicholas Pfosi in eight years. The team aspires to meet or Members of the women’s crew team suffer a breakdown during a practice on Oct. 23, 2013. surpass this success this upcoming spring.