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Mostly Sunny Read It First 53/37 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVIV, NUMBER 58 thursday, april 23, 2015 TUFTSDAILY.COM Phishing email Community rep. scam targets Tufts students by Kathleen Schmidt representative as a combina- by Melissa Kain News Editor tion of factors such as lack Assistant News Editor of transparency in Senate, Shortly after midnight, impatience with Senate oper- On Tuesday, April 7, many junior Brian Tesser won the ations and impressions of Tufts students received a scam positionselection for Tufts Community still Senate asunfilled a harmful space for email, which appeared to be Union (TCU) President. But in minority students. sent from the address alert@ an election held on April 7 for “I think part of it is that tufts.edu and told students that several Senate and other TCU community reps didn’t have someone was trying to replace positions, five of the six com- great experiences on Senate the security information in their munity representative posi- this year and therefore weren’t email account. The email told tions went unfilled. going to recommend it to recipients that if they had not Community representa- other people to do and aren’t Evan Sayles / The Tufts Daily replaced the security informa- tives come from the Asian rerunning,” she said. “And I Student activists marched from the Mayer Campus Center to Ballou Hall tion, they needed to verify their American, Africana, Latino, think that’s partly because we on April 22 to call for university divestment from fossil fuel. account information by clicking women’s, LGBTQ and inter- didn’t start off the year real- a link in the email. This email national communities — ly educating the body about was signed by the “TUFT Email the same communities that anything, so it wasn’t a very Protesters stage sit-in, Team,” and provided a phone comprise the Group of Six. intentional space.” number, adding to the apparent Representatives are full sena- Former LGBTQ community legitimacy of the message. tors with the voting pow- representative Renee Vallejo, According to Sergeant Joe ers and responsibilities of a junior, said they decided not demand divestment Tilton, TUPD did not conduct other senators, according to run again in order to avoid by Kathleen Schmidt nities around the world, and a full investigation into this to junior Paige Newman, being in a space that could be News Editor so we are just hoping to get email scam. chair of the Tufts Elections mentally harmful, silencing commitments from our school “It … appeared to be a scam Commissions [ECOM]. and invalidating. This morning, a group of to move forward on divest- from the onset, so we had Tufts Senate Diversity and “I served as LGBTQ com- 33 students, mostly mem- ment,” she said. Technology Services (TTS) Community Affairs Officer munity rep, but I only ran bers of Tufts Climate Action This is the first action in a [investigate],” Tilton said. Allison Aaronson, a sopho- because if I had not no one (TCA), entered Ballou Hall to series of movements called the According to Tilton, the more, said that in the April else would have, and the demand that the university “month of escalation,” dur- email was a phishing scam, 7 election, only the position of community would have been completely divest from fossil ing which students through- which is a common type of international community rep- without a rep,” Vallejo told fuels over the next five years. out the country have been email scam. Phishing scams resentative was filled. the Daily in an email. “At the The movement is being pushing for their schools are designed to collect personal “I’ve been thinking about time a friend of mine was on spearheaded by sophomores to divest, McGough said. information from those targeted it a lot,” she said. “I’m really Senate, so there was at least Brian McGough and Shana Student activists at univer- and usually appear to come from alarmed by it.” one person that I knew I had Gallagher. sities in the Northeast and a legitimate source. Aaronson attributed the in my corner of support. This According to Gallagher, the around the country, includ- lack of interest in running for campaign to divest has been ing at Swarthmore College see PHISHING, page 2 the position of community see ELECTIONS, page 2 going on for the past three and recently at Harvard years and has included a University, have staged sit-ins student referendum, a Tufts calling for fossil fuel divest- Community Union (TCU) ment that have lasted several Senate vote, a faculty petition days or longer. and alumni petition. “Our pressure on the admin- “We think it’s wrong for our istration doesn’t end with the school to be funding the cli- sit in,” McGough said. “We’re mate crisis and destruction of the environment and commu- see DIVEST, page 2 Engineers Without Borders hosts second 5K by Gabriella Zoia The Tufts chapter of Engineers Assistant News Editor Without Borders currently has two ongoing projects: one in The Tufts chapter of Engineers Uganda and one in El Salvador. Without Borders (EWB) hosted A third is tentatively planned in a 5K run and walk last Sunday, the Dominican Republic.

Courtesy Maya DeBellis April 19 around the Medford/ Sophomore Emma Inhorn, a Somerville campus to raise member of EWB, said that the Tufts Sustainability Collective hosts Earth Fest awareness about the organiza- Uganda project involved creating tion and to raise funds for the a water pump system for a village Tufts Sustainability Collective Sustainability, Tufts Bikes, Tom and made pledges to do so [at group’s projects, according in Shilongo. (TSC) is celebrating Earth Fest Thumb’s Student Garden and the fair],” Ng said, adding that to junior Mary O’Kane, one of “They get their water from a this week to commemorate the Boston Organics. over 100 pledges were made. EWB’s fundraising chairs. EWB, borehole, and our project was 45th annual Earth Day. Events “TSC has been actively Other highlights included free an international interdisciplinary to improve timing so that they include locally sourced food at reaching out to various groups vegan cookie samples from organization, seeks to take engi- could get their water faster and Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall, a on campus because we believe TuftCookie, according to Ng. neering outside of the classroom improve access,” she said. virtual reality simulator of the that everyone has a part to “The Tufts community is at the undergraduate, graduate Senior Matt Walter, also life of a factory-farmed chick- play,” Earth Fest Director concerned about social justice, and professional levels to imple- an EWB fundraising chair, en and an edible campus tour Ashlynna Ng, a first-year, said. but environmental problems ment projects around the world. explained that the project in El led by Department of Biology “Everyone has the capacity to affect marginalized populations “We do all of our own fund- Salvador is similarly aimed at Professor George Ellmore. make a difference just by being disproportionately,” she said. raising, so it’s one of our main improving access to water. The Earth Day Fair, held yes- conscious and making small “Moving forward, environmen- goals,” O’Kane said. “We use TCU “We implemented water terday on the Academic Quad, changes in our lifestyles.” tal justice should have a bigger [Tufts Community Union] fund- tanks to improve both quan- featured a clothing swap by “Lots of students, faculty place on our campus.” ing for prototyping our projects, tity and quality of water in the Eco Reps as well as infor- and even some non-Tufts stu- but we have fundraised all of our the entire community [that mation and activity booths by dents learned about how to travel through grants. Last year we were working in],” he said. groups such as the Office of lead more sustainable lifestyles ­— Jei-Jei Tan Matt [Walter] and I raised close to $13,000 in grants.” see ENGINEER, page 2

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Next year, the QSA looks SOC cultivates talent News 1 Editorial | Op-Ed 10 to restructure in order to across diverse dance styles, better connect queer stu- which it will showcase Features 3 Op-Ed 11 dents, especially first-years, tonight and tomorrow in Weekender 5 Comics 12 with resources on campus. “We Mean Business.” Arts & Living 6 Sports Back

see FEATURES, page 3 see WEEKENDER, page 5 2 The Tufts Daily News Thursday, April 23, 2015 Protesters occupy president’s office to push for fossil fuel divestment

DIVEST McGough suggested that these continued from page 1 efforts were an attempt to “greenwash” not going anywhere, so we’re going to the university while it continues to get what we want and we’re going to place investments in unsustainable continue to pressure the administration companies. until they divest.” “More than that, speaking specifi- Executive Vice President Patricia cally to divestment as the most impor- Campbell said that while the university tant tactic … part of creating a just was open to the possibility of investing in university is, yes, solar is important, other, more sustainable options, it is not yes, the sustainability fund is impor- financially feasible to do it at this time. tant, but you can’t have these things “It would really change the way we without also pulling your investments invest significantly if we were to go to a from the very companies that these fossil-free policy for our endowment,” technologies and these funds are work- Campbell said. ing against,” he said. Gallagher is confident the university Gallagher concluded by reaffirming is capable of divestment, pointing to the students’ determination to pres- other organizations such as universi- sure Tufts to divest from fossil fuel ties, churches, corporations and cities corporations. that have successfully done so. “I think students around the world Gallagher would like to see the universi- and around the country … would con- ty contact other schools that have divested clude that there’s nothing more that we and work with Cambridge Associates, an can be doing, that would have a bigger investment group that handles part of impact, than divestment,” Gallagher Tufts’ endowment and that has offered its said. “That’s why as great as the other clients help to divest from fossil fuels. initiatives are, they’re not enough, and

According to Campbell, a working Nicholas Pfosi / The Tufts Daily we’re going to stay here until we get group was put together last year to Protesters debrief during the Tufts Climate Action sit-in of Ballou Hall on Wednesday, divestment.” investigate and extensively research April 22. Later in the day, students from the the repercussions of divestment. Prison Divestment Coalition and “If we did it now it would have Gallagher said that even if chang- plant under construction, the sustain- TCA held a rally outside Ballou Hall a negative impact financially on the ing the university’s investment strategy ability council chaired by the president, in support of the sit-in under the returns that our endowment could is risky, the benefits of divestment out- the sustainability fund and the large- title “Injustice Is Not an Investment.” earn, and we didn’t feel that financially weigh that chance. scale solar project happening on the Demonstrators identified themselves we should take that risk,” she said. “Even if there were some slight [finan- Grafton campus, among other efforts. as all part of the fight against the corpo- Gallagher disagreed, saying the uni- cial] risk involved, the moral implications She said she believes these tactics are ratization of Tufts and made calls against versity has depended on this argument of what we are funding with our dollars more effective than divestment in fight- university greenwashing and janitor cuts to shield its actions. that we invest in Tufts and Tufts is then ing climate change. while circling the building and chanting “We know we can divest from fossil investing again in this industry that pays “We’re very respectful and aligned slogans in support of divestment. fuels without putting our endowment millions of dollars to spread misinforma- with the students’ concern about cli- Inside Ballou Hall, Campbell told at risk,” Gallagher said. “That working tion … is unacceptable,” she said. mate change and the importance of protestors that no additional students group report that they came up with Campbell pointed to other ways the our world doing something about that, may join the sit-in inside the hall, and was very much, again, something that university has worked toward sustain- and I think that Tufts has behaved very students who leave the building will ‘they’ came up with.” ability, such as the new cogeneration responsibly,” she said. not be allowed to re-enter.

Students advised to verify sources of fall election suspicious emails ELECTIONS ings and sometimes even to be PHISHING their identities. He added that was surprised by how legitimate Opencontinued from pageTCU 1 seatsacknowledged,” to be filled Vargas, a infirst- continued from page 1 phone scams are equally diffi- it appeared to be. past year we had a few commu- year, said. “[These emails] are set up on cult to track. “I thought it was real, so I nity reps step down from their He added that the environ- a host system somewhere, and A phone scam that occurred started freaking out because I position because of how harmful ment of Senate was a con- if you respond back to it, there’s earlier this year also targeted thought that my security had it was to them as minorities.” tributing factor for represen- no way of really tracking it back Tufts students. These calls were been hijacked through my Newman saw the lack of can- tatives deciding not to run for to them, so they have someone from scammers pretending to email,” she said. “I spent … a didates as a result of failures re-election. host it on their website … If be police at Tufts or police in good 10 minutes trying to read in communication on the part “The role that they … have you respond to it, and give your Medford and Somerville. Those through and see if there were any of Group of Six centers to their to play as community represen- personal information, they’ll who received the call were told typos or anything, to see if it was members. tative is either not understood just take that and data resource that there was a warrant for tax fake, and then [I] kind of let it go, “I sent multiple emails to each by senators or sometimes not it and see what’s valuable to evasion for their arrest, and that because it didn’t seem right.” of the Group of Six centers in the taken seriously, and so there’s a them,” Tilton said. they needed to pay in order to According to Cramer, short- weeks leading up to the elec- lot of frustration that comes from According to Tilton, TUPD resolve the issue. Tilton said that ly after receiving the email, tion, asking them to talk to their being in that kind of position,” did not send out a notice about the FBI is currently investigating she heard that other girls in groups,” she said. “I sent them all Vargas said. the recent scam email. He also this scam. one of her classes had received the information they needed … According to Newman, the five said that TUPD tries to avoid According to Tilton, the best it as well. none of them would even answer open seats will be part of the sending out too many alerts way to avoid scams is to verify “The email looked very legiti- an email to get back to me, and election next fall. about phone and email scams. the source of the information. mate,” she said. “I don’t fall for one or two did, but by the time “I think we’re going to have to “How many times can we tell “Verify who the information things like that easily, but it they did it was after the election.” do more in-person visits to the you that there are scams out or the email is coming from,” looked really real.” According to Newman, the centers, which we don’t usually there?” he said. “If we feel that he said. “If it seems like some- Tilton said that using com- position of international commu- do because normally they’re fine it’s really necessary and a lot of one is asking for your personal mon sense is crucial for inter- nity representative has only exist- about answering our emails … people are falling victim to it, or information and having you fill net safety. ed for two years, while the others but clearly this shows us that we there’s a way that we can’t take that out and verify your user- “I think that all in all, the have existed for much longer. need to go in and have a face- that or TTS can’t take it down names and passwords … any internet is a [great] place … First-year Amaya Contreras to-face conversation and really off the host system somehow … place [that] would never ask you for criminals to lurk and take Driggs, the newly elected inter- emphasize the importance of then we will put a notice out to for your username or password advantage of people that are national community representa- this,” she said. the community.” … Trust your instincts.” unsuspecting … use caution, tive, said she ran on her own Vallejo stressed the impor- According to Tilton, finding Anna Cramer, a sophomore make sure that you verify the initiative as opposed to receiving tance of senators receiving train- out who creates these emails is majoring in psychology, received information … use some good information on the position from ing and doing work surrounding difficult because the hosts hide the scam email and said that she common sense,” he said. the International Center. cultural sensitivity. “It was more … like all [of] “There were countless the sudden I decided I wanted moments over the course of to run … no one really encour- the year when community reps aged me for it, no one really would voice their concerns Engineering group completes projects in told me about the position, around their safety and validity,” it’s just by coincidence that I they said. “The offender would Uganda, El Salvador decided to go for it,” Driggs, a apologize and ask to be called first-year, said. out if they did it again, and we ENGINEER design a project back at Tufts, Inhorn said that Engineers Daniel Vargas, former Latino would be right back at it again continued from page 1 the implementation trip [takes] Without Borders hopes to attract community representative, sug- the next week.” “Unfortunately, we had to put roughly three weeks to imple- more non-engineering students gested the lack of interest is due Aaronson said that next year our project on hold after the ment the program. Then, we to bring different perspectives to students feeling that Senate there would be several changes implementation part due to have a monitoring trip a year to their projects. is not the place for them to to make the Senate environ- political tensions.” later to assess the change.” “One of the things we voice their concerns and to poor ment more intentional, hopefully Three to five students travel Although this was only want to make known is that advertising for both the position increasing interest in the commu- to the site for each project, EWB’s second 5K, O’Kane empha- … we have a lot of non- and the elections. nity representative position. These Walter said. The trip can be one of sized that the organization reach- engineering majors, and we “A lot of community reps changes include pushing elections three kinds: an initial assessment es out to the community and tries want more non-engineers have left the positions particu- back two weeks at the beginning trip, an implementation trip or a to get their name out on campus involved because of the dif- larly throughout last semester of the year, focusing the Senate monitoring trip, he added. in many other ways. ferent ways in which they … and I don’t know for sure retreat on creating an inclusive “The assessment trip comes “We participate in Community contribute,” she said. “We [why] but I do know that there’s space and improving communica- first to assess the situation and Activity Day (sic), Read by the don’t only have the technical been a sentiment that it’s very tion about the positions with the talk to the local communi- River and Kids Day, as well as students, but we need the difficult for community reps to Group of Six well before elections ty,” Walter said. “That’s between have representatives at all the cultural, political and health be heard during Senate meet- begin, she said. two to three weeks. 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here are some people who take pride in their appearance — those people that always look perfectly put-together, never have a bad hair day,T and are constantly taking irritatingly attractive pictures. Prominent examples include celebrities, politicians, and celeb- rity politicians. I of course am not one of these people; you will most often spot me in my natural state, workout attire. (Gym clothes are a sneakily effective way of fooling people into thinking you’re ath- letic and motivated, when in reality you’re just too lazy to put on pants that require a zipper. This is a strategy I employ far too often.) In the light of our recent TCU election, it occurred to me that my affinity for leggings and neon sneakers probably precludes me from ever running for office — which is a shame, as I think I would make quite the candidate. In fact, allow me to convince you right now. But, hey, what’s a political campaign without promises you can’t keep? If I were Tufts president, my first action would be to abolish all classes beginning before 10 a.m., because that’s just inhumane. I would also prohibit classes on Fridays because that’s an equally cruel and usual punishment. Although I would very much like to impose a blanket ban on all lab Nicholas Pfosi / The Tufts Daily classes, I recognize that these labs provide The QSA aims to serve as a resource for students, helping them navigate queer communities and student groups at Tufts. practical experience for many majors, like chemistry or physics (see, I can even talk Queer Students Association refocuses role like a politician when I need to!). Since misery loves company, however, I decree that everyone should have to suffer as I within Tufts LGBTQ community did — now all majors will be required to take at least a year of labs. Want to major by Greta Jochem own focuses under the umbrella of the students, especially underclassmen, in American studies? Great, just make sure Features Editor LGBT community. to different resources on campus. you register for orgo! Bausk said that, instead, he hopes As for meetings, QSA plans to have And since every effort to accurately Tufts QSA, an acronym which for- the QSA can serve as a way to help biweekly or monthly meetings in track or improve the reliability of the Joey merly stood for “Queer-Straight students find these existing resources. which anyone is welcome to attend has failed thus far, I would instead take Alliance,” has recently changed their “Since those [resources] are already and propose queer-focused speakers, action to install gambling centers at every name to “Queer Students Association” in place, we felt that QSA would func- activities and events. Events hosted by Joey stop, where you can make an over/ and altered their group’s organization tion better as a means to direct stu- the Queer Students Association will under bet on how late the next bus will to better meet the needs of queer stu- dents to existing groups rather than connect with other queer-focused be. This will teach valuable risk analysis dents on campus. attempting to have a discussion group groups on campus to coordinate and skills to students in all courses of study, According to one of the group’s that wasn’t working,” he said. “There’s work together. According to Fowler, although my econ major buddies will defi- leaders, junior Julia Fowler, before the just a lot of smaller groups we feel are they plan to have representatives from nitely have the advantage. Late for your name change, the QSA had not felt as run well … and are well attended.” other queer-related groups serve on interview in Boston? No biggie; you’ve though it functioned quite as well as The group’s new functional their board to provide input on how to just won the biggest pot of the semester members wanted. goals represent a significant transi- run events and allocate spending. because the Joey never came! “So as we are restructuring it, we tion for the QSA. Tara MacKenzie, a sophomore, was Most importantly, I would demand that are really interested in making it a “This is a big change … this is a present at the “What’s New?” event. the administration support the installa- focus, a hub for queer students,” she complete restructuring and rebranding “I think the new structure of the QSA tion of a Dunks in each and every aca- explained. “Sort of a place where, espe- we are doing to create a more effective is just what our community needs,” demic building. Let’s be real; there’s never cially for incoming freshman, but any and more intentional space for queer she said. “The change in framework a time where every classroom in Eaton interested student, can find what part students on campus,” Bausk said. will be extremely beneficial in uniting is being used, and this would improve of Tufts queer culture they want to be These changes to the group were and organizing the many groups we productivity tenfold. (It’s also a magical a part of. We can help them find that.” detailed in its event, “Tufts Queer have on campus that haven’t inter- ability of Dunkin’ Donuts to sustain a Fowler also pointed out that accord- Student’s Association: What’s New?” on acted much in the past.” seemingly unlimited number of adjoin- ing to the TCU, even before the reval- Sunday, April 19, during which Bausk MacKenzie does worry that the ing shops with no decrease in profitabil- uation, the group wasn’t technically was elected as President and Fowler removal of the weekly discussions ity — just take a walk down any street in listed as the Queer-Straight Alliance was elected as Treasurer. does away with a broader space for the Tristate area for proof.) Since I do care by TCU. Although the group’s name and those who aren’t comfortable attend- about the environment, however, every- “We just sort of realized that tech- organization is changing, they are ing more specific discussions and one would of course be using reusable nically, they have us down as Queer still planning to hold events and meetings. iced coffee tumblers that they can refill Students Association,” Fowler contin- workshops, as well as bring speakers “My only concern about the new every three hours. ued. “It’s sort of been a running joke, to campus. structure is that there will no longer In conclusion, my final action would but as we were thinking of restructuring “Through TCU, we have access to be a general discussion based group be to restructure the distribution require- we thought, maybe we like that better!” the resources to bring valuable pro- on campus,” she said. “QSA used to ments so that everyone graduates with In the past, QSA has held a weekly gramming and queer targeted events serve as a place where people of any at least a semblance of a clue of how to discussion group, but — according to to campus,” Bausk said. identity could come to share and learn survive in this dog-eat-CleverDog kind current plans — these meetings will This semester, the QSA brought about different LGBTQ issues. I’m wor- of world. Required classes would include be eliminated next semester. in Mark Travis Rivera, an activist, ried that ditching this framework will Manipulation 101, Tax Evasion, and “We found that in the past the space choreographer and writer, to speak eliminate a space for those who don’t Introduction to Commuting. wasn’t as intentional as we had hoped in March about self-love and self- feel comfortable participating in or So, you see, I would make quite the for, and it really wasn’t serving the care and its importance in the role of who feel like they don’t completely fit admirable candidate after all, even though needs of students here at Tufts,” QSA leadership, in an event entitled “Love in the more specific groups at Tufts.” I don’t own one set of pearls. Maybe it’s leader and junior Bruce Bausk said. is an Act of Leadership.” They co- However, she also expressed appre- time for Tufts — and America — to step “And we already have so many discus- sponsored events through the LGBT ciation for the new structure in away from its traditional image of the sion groups through the LGBTQ cen- center like Sarah Schulman’s talk on which new students will be able to perfect presidential candidate. Maybe it’s ter … [that] are run well and are well April 15 called “Hearing Palestine: A use QSA as a hub through which they time for us to push forward into a better attended.” Queer Jewish Woman on the Politics can find especially specific groups. tomorrow, to work together to — In addition to QSA, according to the of Solidarity.” “I also think it’s awesome … espe- Nope, sorry, can’t even spout that crap LGBT center’s website, these groups QSA also hosted their annual drag cially since some groups aren’t fre- for a whole paragraph. To be honest, this for queer students on campus show this past Saturday and plan to quently advertised or are new and is my thinly veiled totalitarian takeover, include Ace Space, women’s group, continue the event in future years. haven’t had much exposure yet,” she but at least you can say you voted for the Bisexual/Pansexual Students Group, According to Fowler, this summer they said. “This could be really great for winning dictator! #lex2016 LOQSOCA (Loving Ourselves as Queer are planning to march in Boston Pride freshmen or for others who have want- Students of Color in Action), T-Time as a group. Bausk and Fowler also ed to be more engaged in the queer/ discussion group, Students Who Are expressed interest in a QSA-hosted trans/ace community but didn’t know Lex Erath is a junior majoring in econom- Questioning or Coming Out, Team queer-focused activities fair at the what opportunities exist or how to get ics and biopsychology. She can be reached Q and Rainbow house, all with their beginning of the semester to connect involved.” at [email protected]. 4 The Tufts Daily Advertisement Thursday, April 23, 2015 5

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Weekender Spirit of Color really does mean business by Josh Morris Grossman, an assistant director Assistant Arts Editor of the group, lead the troupe in rehearsing one of their pieces for “S-O-CEEEEEEEEEEE!” A “We Mean Business.” SOC is an familiar call you might hear entirely student-run organiza- on campus year-round is sure to tion, a dynamic which might nor- be heard even more often this mally come with some difficulties week as Spirit of Color (SOC) puts in instruction. But it’s a different on their semester show entitled story in SOC. “We Mean Business.” The show — “For any choreographer there’s scheduled for Thursday, April 23, never really an issue; there’s a and Friday, April 24 — always gar- huge level of respect,” Rennert ners attention from a wide variety said about the group’s strong of students on campus, perhaps dynamic. “I started choreograph- a direct result of the diversity of ing my sophomore year … I had the group itself. From members seniors in my dance who listened of Greek life to a cappella stars and were ready to work.” to LUX models, SOC manages The dancers of SOC were cer- to cover all bases in terms of its tainly ready to work in Hill Hall membership. last Sunday morning. Although Founded in 1993, SOC’s goal Grossman and Rennert stood at was to create a “means of cul- the front of the group instruct- tural expression through singing ing the dancers in rolls, twists acting and dancing,” according and ball-changes, each individual to the group’s website. Once the member seemed to take the cho- average Jumbo gets through their reography into their own head, first year, it is safe to say that most attempt it a few times on their own students on campus have at least until it seemed right and then pro- an idea of what Spirit of Color is ceeded on to the next few steps. Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily Archives and its purpose on campus. But This pattern of cohesive indepen- SOC’s Spring 2014 performance — “20 Going on Legendary” — showcased the group’s unique blend of dance according to its current mem- dence continued for the majority genres; now, the group describes how they have elevated their work to a new level of excellence. bers, what is SOC really? In an of the dance’s walkthrough. When interview with the Daily, Daniel it was time to put what they had the group, explained that these times [to be considered an offi- size extensive previous training Camilletti, a sophomore and learned to music, the music began competitions do not normally cial member],” he said. in modern dance, ballet, jazz, recent permanent member of and, almost magically, all individ- align with their rehearsal schedule Clearly, SOC membership is etc. Meanwhile, SOC maintains the group said it is “definitely ual dance performances coalesced and would require them to pro- no easy feat, and it is a standard less regimented requirements of … a hip hop and contemporary into one seamless group perfor- duce pieces of higher quality and on which members of the dance exactly how much professional group [that is] one of the more mance in which every member quicker paces. Regardless of these group pride themselves. training a member needs to have; talented groups on campus.” relied on one another in a way factors, SOC is continuing to seek Although SOC has strong ties sometimes, members have no “To me, SOC is really a family that their previous rehearsing out these competitions. to hip-hop culture, the group has real professional training at all. first and foremost,” senior Emily might not have demonstrated. After recently being inducted also been known to incorporate “I tell this to anyone that tells Rennert reflects. “We are such a Boys, girls, seniors, sophomores as a permanent member, a presti- genres of music and dance as me they want to try out for SOC … cohesive group and one of the and everyone in between came gious accomplishment, Camilletti diverse as its members, ranging ‘you have to dance first and fore- reasons our shows are so suc- together to work on a piece and spoke about the rigorous audition from jazz to ballet, tap to modern. most, but it’s really about your cessful … is because we all work perform as one functioning body. process that allows for the cre- But on a campus teeming with facials,’” Rennert said. “There is so well together.” SOC conducts their rehearsals ation of such a talented group. performance groups, what sets just … so much energy up on Sitting in on an SOC rehearsal, Thursday though Sunday. Some “I auditioned four times,” SOC apart? that stage.” it is easy to see just what these two members are involved in all of Camilletti said. “It’s a five-hour According to Gonzalez- She believes this is just one members mean when they speak the pieces, some in only one or process where you audition for Yoakum, SOC stands out because of the many aspects that allows of these aspects of the dance group. two. Any member that has been two [separate] pieces … and then it “has dancers that come from SOC to grow and develop as its Early on a Sunday morning in the involved two semesters in a row there’s a callback. It’s really tough really different and diverse own independent group. Formal aerobics room of Hill Hall, Nicki can choreograph a piece. Although and competitive.” backgrounds … you can have a requirements aside, it still takes a Minaj can be heard providing a the majority of their work is cen- Camilletti added that in order salsa dancer next to a modern significant amount of work. wake up call for the 26 current SOC tered around the end-of-semes- to become a permanent or offi- dancer next to a ballet dancer.” “It feels very grown-up in a sense members. Unlike the rest of the ter performance, the group has cial member, dancers must make He further postulated that — in that, along with mastering the campus on a weekend morning, been attempting to participate in it past auditions for two consecu- contrast to SOC — groups like dance moves, you have to ensure SOC is brimming with excitement, competitions outside the univer- tive semesters. Sarabande are perhaps stricter that the show itself is successful seemingly unable to stop moving sity. Sophomore Oliver Gonzalez- “If you make it and go abroad, about the styles of dance they as a whole,” Gonzalez-Yoakum at all. Rennert and junior Hayley Yoakum, an assistant director of you have to audition two more choose to perform and empha- said of his position as an assistant director for the group. Along with Grossman and director Bridget Brazil, he is responsible for a wide variety of logistical tasks includ- ing reserving spaces for rehearsals and the performance itself, finding techies and stage managers and promoting publicity. Needless to say, their jobs entail more than just going through the motions. What can the audience expect from “We Mean Business”? “I’m obsessed with this show,” Camilletti exclaimed. “There’s a wide range of styles … a little Latina flavor … some hard hit- ting hip-hop, some pretty soft contemporary.” Gonzalez-Yoakum elaborated further about the anticipated qual- ity of this semester’s performance. “Something happened this semester in which the quality of every single piece just changed … everyone seemed to try just a little bit harder,” he said. While there is only one dance in which all members perform, Gonzalez-Yoakum has noticed a change in attitude across SOC, one that is sure to lead to an increase in quality of the performance. SOC’s show, “We Mean Business,” will be performed tonight at 9 p.m. and Friday at 9:30 p.m. in Cohen Auditorium. Tickets are free and available at the Cohen Box Office. The show Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily Archives will also feature performances SOC performers go through a rigorous audition process before becoming permanent members of the group. by Envy, Blackout and Sarabande. 6

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Artsy Nugget based on Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain by Anjali Nair CanadianAssistant Arts Editor author Lynn Crosbie to release fictional story Recently, ’90s grunge giants Nirvana have been placed, once again, at the forefront of news media world-wide. Though it’s been 21 years since Kurt Cobain tragically committed suicide, hordes of fans old and new still ache to know every minute detail about the late frontman. The multitude of conspiracy theories, exhaustive biographies and fanfictions don’t ever seem to satisfy this craze. The most recent wave of nostalgia has arisen due to “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” (2015), a purportedly honest and unfiltered documentary about the iconic musician, co-produced by his only daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. Set for release in the United States on April 24, the film will feature previous- ly unreleased songs, home videos, live footage and more. The film’s upcom- ing release has been covered extensively in the media, already winning stellar reviews, fueling the still raging Cobain frenzy and trapping the man in the leg- endary status he never wanted to attain. A lesser-known kindling to this fire, however, is slightly more unexpected than the umpteenth retelling of the Cobain story. In a play on the song “Where Did You bswise via Flickr Creative Commons Sleep Last Night?” performed by Nirvana “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” is a new novel featuring the reincarnation of Kurt Cobain and plenty of other bizarre fan service, sched- on the 1994 album “MTV Unplugged uled for release in May. in New York,” a new novel imagines a reincarnation of Cobain in the modern day. The book, written by University of And not in a metaphorical sense — in lections and novels published, as well as ous readers can only speculate as to Toronto Professor Lynn Crosbie, is a fan- the book, Black really is Cobain’s ghost. acclaimed journalistic works, she may which direction the story will follow. tastical tale about teenage heroin addict Before writing off the novel as yet another have the writing chops to execute this Whether it’s humorous, self-aware or Evelyn Gray, who ends up in a hospital. middle-aged women’s unsettling fanfic- strange plot line. tragic in its delivery, the novel and the There, Gray starts a relationship with a tion — which it may well be — it’s impor- Since the book does not come out film are surely the most unique Cobain- fellow patient, Celine Black, who just so tant to note that Crosbie is well-regarded until May — conveniently timed in related artifacts to garner public atten- happens to be Kurt Cobain reincarnate. for her prose. With multiple poetry col- relation to “Montage of Heck” — curi- tion in recent years.

Spotlight Events Box Julia Stein performs her heart out with What's up this weekend looking to make your weekend artsy? Check out these TDC, Tufts Takht, Wind Ensemble events! Tuftonia’s Day 2015: Start celebrating Spring Fling weekend Says Stein, “In high school … I at Tufts Freshman Class Council’s Tuftonia’s Day. There will be joined the ‘Treble Makers’ a cap- free food, carnival rides, artist booths and lots of fun activities. pella group. The only way I wea- (Friday at 5 p.m. on Fletcher Field. Admission is free. No tickets seled my way into the group was required.) because I can beat box and hum at the same time, so I convinced the Spring Fling 2015 Ft. Kesha, Misterwives and Lauren Lane: group to let me in as a two-for-one The biggest Tufts concert of the year is here, and it’s going to be deal. Freshman year I tried out a glitter extravaganza. Tufts University Concert Board is bringing for almost every a cappella group, Kesha, Misterwives and Lauren Lane to the Prez Lawn for Spring some of the dance teams, what- Fling. Tufts Battle of the Bands 2015 winner, Rollersnakes, will ever you would qualify BEATS as, open the show. (President’s Lawn at noon on Saturday. Doors and failed miserably.” open at 12 p.m. and close at 3:30 p.m. Valid Tufts ID required “Resilience” is Stein’s middle for entry. Tickets are on sale online and in the info booth in the name, however, and she quick- campus center. Tickets are free to Tufts undergrads. Tufts stu- ly found her place with one of dents can buy guest tickets for $30 each. Guests must be 18+.) the most infamous Tufts dance groups: TDC. New at Noon: Resilient Ruminations — Ants in the Kitchen: “Freshman year I joined TDC Tufts Composers celebrate spring with a fun mix of composi- my fall semester, in the ‘Hyphy tions. According to the event page, the show will feature with Class’ dance. Little did I works by “Eli Boninger, Cagdas Donmezer, Allie McIntosh, John know this would become such a McDonald, Ryan O’Connell, Jeffery Shivers, Lincoln Gray and defining part of my Tufts expe- Megan McCormick as performed by Elizabeth Reian Bennett, rience. Every semester after Emmanuel Feldman, Yoko Hagino, Kristofer Siy and Philipp that I was in two dances, and Stäudlin.” (Friday at noon in Distler Performance Hall. Admission then started choreographing my is free. No tickets required.) sophomore year. Now I’m on the executive board!” It’s All Child’s Play: Tufts Opera presents a unique melange of Aside from TDC, Stein two one-act operas: Ned Rorem’s “Three Sisters who are not notes, “[I am] most proud of the Sisters” (1968) and Franz von Suppé’s “The Finishing School” work I did as Concert Board co- (1978). Carol Mastrodomenico serves as stage director and chair with my better half, Mark Thomas Stumpf serves as music director for the performance. Joshua Bernardo … It was such (Tonight and Friday at 8 p.m. in Distler Performance Hall. Michael James Courtesy Julia Stein a great experience to be a part Admission is free. No tickets required.) Julia Stein dances her heart out on stage in Cohen Auditorium. of planning the large-scale con- certs here at Tufts, from picking Choreographers’ Showcase: The Tufts University Department by Jennifer Straitz yet. In an email interview with the artists and tending to their of Drama and Dance presents the Spring 2015 Choreographers’ Assistant Arts Editor the Daily, she not so solemnly occasionally absurd hospitality Showcase. Members of the Studies in Dance Composition reminisced about her time dab- needs to running an organiza- Workshop will perform their original dances for the spring Tufts University will sure- bling in various artistic groups tion with passionate members.” showcase, under the direction of Daniel McCusker. (Sunday at ly miss the energy of senior at Tufts, from Concert Board to The last feats she hopes to 7 p.m. in Jackson Gym Dance Lab. Admission is free. No tickets psychology major Julia Stein TDC, Tufts Takht (Arabic Music accomplish before graduation? required.) when she makes her way into the Ensemble) to Wind Ensemble, as “I want to beat the reigning real world this May. But Stein well as her various artistic influ- champ at ping pong and plan an —by Nika Korchok isn’t getting sentimental quite ences along the way. awesome Senior Week!” Thursday, April 23, 2015 The Tufts Daily Arts & Living 7

Nikki Blank | A SWUG's Life Top Ten Top 10 ways to prepare your body for Kesha Finals got you down? Fear not, because 3. Buy a ton of glitter to throw every- therefore, in order to emulate the full Kesha is coming on Saturday to save us where. Add regular glitter to your Amazon essence of her being, you must do it. Your SWUG all from the doom and gloom. She is our order. You’re going to want extra glitter saviour. She is the light at the end of the that’s not going on your body to throw 8. Yell “Timber!” every five min- is my drug tunnel. She is the hero we need AND at your friends, neighbors and random utes. But instead of a tree falling down, it the hero we deserve. We must celebrate passersby who have no idea what’s going will just be a pile of glitter. You better still this joyous occasion of the coming of on but will be forced into fabulousness move and dance, though. the great “Warrior” (2012) by honoring nonetheless. her in every way possible. “But how do 9. Replace every S with a $. In all your ear SWUG, I make myself worthy of presentation 4. Cats. Get one, tattoo one on your texts, replace every S with a $. You can do Is Kesha a SWUG? How do SWUGs to the goddess of glitter?” you ask. Not arm, or stick them on your sweatshirt. Get this for your essays as well. I would also celebrate Spring Fling? all humans are capable of this great feat some cat stickers (think Lisa Frank – her recommend doing this in your everyday SWUG Fling (but most cats are). There is, however, a artwork is an incredibly accurate repre- speech, but you might have to get a bit D way. I present to you: the top 10 ways to sentation of the spirit of Kesha depicted creative because the letter ‘S’ is very com- Dear SWUG Fling, prepare yourself for Kesha. on a folder). Only in this way can you join mon in the human language… Kesha is probably the OG SWUG. She’ll Kesha’s cat cult. It wouldn’t hurt to buy a disappear for like weeks at a time and have 1. Load up on body glitter. Go to laser cat. Together, we can rule the galaxy! 10. Check with P. Diddy to ask how he everyone wondering, “Whatever happened Amazon right now and, if you haven’t feels every morning, and then do what to Ke$ha?” and then she’ll just randomly already, order a set of body glitter or 5. Put edible glitter into everything you he says. If he’s just like, “I like to take pop onto the radio with a massive hit three because you will want to immerse eat and drink. Oops, go back to Amazon. a nice brisk walk and then read a good like “Timber,” (2012) then she’ll drop her yourself in the glitter culture that will take I forgot — you need to buy edible glitter book,” then that’s kind of anticlimactic iconic $ and disappear again to who knows over this campus on Saturday. so that not only can you WEAR it but and ill-fitting for the events unfolding on where, until she decides to do the college you can INGEST it too! I can’t guarantee Saturday, but at least you will know how spring fling circuit. That is pretty much 2. Watch the Just Dance videos for it meets all dietary restrictions but if you to “wake up in the morning feeling like the exact story of my senior year. We’re like “C’mon” (2012), “Die Young” (2012), won’t eat glitter for Kesha then GTFO. P. Diddy.” twins, Kesha! and “Timber” (2012) religiously until Bonus: Buy a rubber unicorn head. If we Also, just FYI, I’ve decided to go by you can do them in your sleep. You 6. Become glitter. Or just skip Amazon get enough people to do this, we can reen- $WUG now since I bought the $ at a garage want to be prepared for these songs! and dissolve into a giant pile of glitter. act the video for “Blow” (2011). Someone sale in Medford and they said no returns. You don’t want to be the only one Become a true American hero. get me a gun that shoots rainbows. Kesha is who she is, and tells us to be who doesn’t know how to “swing who we R…and we R SWUGS. She liter- [their] partner round and round” prop- 7. Brush your teeth with a bottle of ally wrote us our own anthem, called “Your erly, do you?! Jack. It’s Kesha’s morning routine, and —by Jessica Mow SWUG is my drug.” She just gets us! And while most Tufts students do not have Jesus on their necklaces (we more com- TV Review monly own stars of David), we are known for making the hipsters fall in love. On Fling, we will party like our star, Kesha, 'Orphan Black' season three premiere cause we “Ain’t got a care in world, but got plenty of beer” (don’t worry Su, not from a frat). And just like Kesha, we also “Ain’t got worth the wait no money in [our] pocket[s], but [we’re] already here,” because luckily, our fling by Merilla Michael clones to control the nature of human ping the previous season. The writing tickets are freeeee!! And we are poor. Suck Daily Staff Writer evolution. To make matters more com- is complex and sharp, examining all it, grad students and alums! plicated, a religious cult of Proletheans facets of Sarah’s life. Each clone has Kesha even wrote a song about coming “Orphan Black” (2013-present) is argu- believes the clones are unnatural and is their own separate subplot, which the to visit Tufts, when she sang, “There’s a ably the best science fiction series cur- killing them off one by one. Currently, writers make sure to flesh out to a place downtown, where the freaks all come rently on air. The combination of incred- there are five known relevant, living meaningful level. Sarah’s relationships around.” See?! She came to downtown Orphan Black clones: Sarah, Cosima, a brilliant scien- with her fellow clones have, over the Somerville to see us freaks! She appreci- tist, Allison, a suburban mom, Rachel, seasons, become more intimate to the ates our ‘Tuftsy’ quirkiness! She’s also a the executive of the Dyad Institute, and point where she now considers them huge fan of Guster, so like, she really gets Helena, who was previously an assassin her sisters. We see Sarah open up to us Tufts SWUGs. Starring Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, trained by Proletheans but who has left the other clones in a way she hasn’t Alright, TiK ToK on the clock, SWitches. Jordan Gavaris, Maria Doyle Kennedy that life to become part of a family with been able to open up to most of the It’s time to turn up for Tufts’ best party of Airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. on BBC America the rest of the clones. people in her life. the year. It’s time for Kesha. Our Khalessi, At the start of this current third season, Besides the clones’ dynamic rela- our mother of SWUGS. Wondering how to ible acting from the star Tatiana Maslany, Cosima is extremely ill with a currently tionships, “Orphan Black” explores the celebrate like a $WUG? Here are some tips: the compelling script and the show’s untreatable disease that is unique to the morality of the characters, primarily Wake up on fling morning feelin’ like unpredictable storylines make each epi- clones. The clones have discovered that with regard to the idea of human cloning P Diddy. In SWUG language, this means sode better than the last. “Orphan Black” the military, similar to Dyad, has created and how it affects the personal identity getting ample rest on Friday night, and follows the story of Sarah Manning a male faction of clones, some of whom of those involved. Dyad sees the clones waking up refreshed and ready to “Blow” (Maslany), a young, single mother who, have gone violently rogue in search for as simply props in a grand experiment, (2012) in the morning. along with her foster brother, Felix information on the cloning projects. One an easy task when one is unaware of Please don’t brush your teeth with a (Jordan Gavaris), has been struggling to of the clones, Rudy (Ari Millen), is broken the lives the clones have built for them- bottle of Jack, because that seems nau- provide for her daughter, Kira (Skyler out of Dyad by his brother, Seth (also selves. Rachel has managed thus far seating at 7:oo a.m. So use some regular Wexler). One night, Sarah witnesses the played by Millen), and nearly kills Sarah to emotionally separate herself from toothpaste, and chase it with a bottle of a suicide of her apparent doppleganger, and Kira. Sarah decides that it is too dan- her sisters to a certain extent. Yet, now boy named Andre. He’s yummier. whom she learns to be a local police gerous for Kira to stay with her, and in that she has actually met them in per- The ghosts of SWUGs past will be return- detective, Beth Childs (also played by a gut-wrenching scene sends Kira away son, her betrayal begins to have mental ing to campus for this muddy, glittery, jam Maslany). Sarah assumes Beth’s identity, with the child’s recently re-emerged bio- repercussions on her. Similarly, a Dyad sesh. Show them just how much fun you’re initially hoping to inherit some of her logical father Cal (Michiel Huisman). research assistant, Delphine (Evelyne having by showering them in glitter and money and to discover if and how the The writers waste no time in this Brochu), is assigned to befriend Cosima making them feel shitty about their 9-5 two are related. season premiere, diving head-first for research purposes but ends up fall- job. Then get really sad that in T-minus a After much investigation, Sarah real- into the turbulent storyline. “Orphan ing in love with her. Her loyalty is torn month, we will be them. Go cry in a port- izes that she is one of many clones liv- Black” produces only one 10-episode between two opposing forces, a typical a-potty, and tweet at Kesha for advice. Try ing around the world who have been season per year, so it is refreshing to situation for many of the characters on not to get TEMS’ed. created by the Dyad Institute, a bio- have the writers immediately throw the show. The cast is strong and diverse, That person who you had a crush on technology research institution whose viewers into the action, as opposed with all actors portraying the subtle who came back for Fling three years after main goal is to use the creation of to spending an entire episode recap- nuances of their characters. graduating? They’re still coming back to The best part of the show is undoubt- Fling three years after graduating… edly Maslany. There is no denying that BYO fanny packs, stuffed to the brim she is an incredible actress, whom many with nips, snacks and glitter, and we can fans believe was snubbed for an Emmy make a [day] you won’t remember. But nomination over the past two years. At make sure to bring your selfie stick, so at this point, she has played about a dozen least your phone will remember. different clones, five of whom appear Make sure to hit every darty on cam- regularly. As if that isn’t enough, Maslany pus, and laugh at every punny “This place masters scenes where she plays differ- about to ‘Bo” fling t-shirt. ent clones conversing with one another. Remember to wear sunscreen and sun- Besides the striking differences in physi- glasses. Clouds don’t block da sun. They cal appearance, each clone has a different just pretend to. walk, accent, set of hand gestures and Get a first-year to swipe you into Dewick facial expressions that they make when before or after the concert to refuel. A large exhibiting emotions. Maslany is able to breakfast is encouraged. There is free pizza portray each character’s particular man- on the presidents lawn. Swipe a box or two, nerisms seemingly effortlessly. Her most if you can. mind-boggling performance comes when Alright, $WUGs, let’s make the most of she plays one clone imitating another, the [day], cause we’re going to graduate making every character stand out and soon. allowing the scene as a whole to come BRB crying on the ArcTrainer (it’s a across as completely believable. workout, but for your eyes!) Maslany’s impressive portrayal of XOXO, many characters, in combination with $WUG a strong cast and smart writing, makes Photo courtesy BBC America/TNS “Orphan Black” a science fiction hit that Tatiana Maslany returns as Sarah, and several other clones, in the third season of BBC’s everyone should watch. “Orphan Black” Nikki Blank is a senior majoring in English. She “Orphan Black,” which combines top-notch writing with masterful acting. airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. on BBC America. can be reached at [email protected] 8 The Tufts Daily Advertisement Thursday, April 23, 2015 Thursday, April 23, 2015 The Tufts Daily Advertisement 9

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Editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Drew Z. Robertson Earth Day reminds us not to forget small Editor-in-Chief Editorial impacts, what media can do Jacob Indursky Reena Karasin Yesterday during open block, mem- can also be taken in order to help the As a media publication, it is also our Managing Editors bers and allies of Tufts Climate Action earth. These actions cannot and should responsibility to recognize that not Audrey Michael Executive News Editor (TCA) held a divestment rally and sit- not ever be forgotten. every story happens in the span of days, Daniel Bottino News Editors in as a part of continued efforts to put It is no secret that both the American weeks, months or even years, and climate Jenna Buckle Shana Friedman pressure on the Tufts administration to public and policymakers often tend to change features and stories shouldn’t be Nina Goldman divest from fossil fuels. They also recent- not consider climate change as a press- relegated just to when Earth Day comes Stephanie Haven Patrick McGrath ly held a teach-in about the topic of cli- ing issue facing the country. But after a around. Climate change is an ongoing Justin Rheingold mate action and the necessity for it to be winter such as this, and as weather gets issue, and one way to force people to Kathleen Schmidt Jei-Jei-Tan recognized by administrative authorities more and more extreme, it’s becoming recognize this is for the media to cover it Melissa Wang and policy makers. clear that not only is climate change hap- fairly, as we would cover any other issue. Meagan Adler Assistant News Editors Marianna Anthanassiou But while the campus conversation pening, but one “Earth Day” a year cer- While divestment is important, what is Melissa Kain has been flowing on this topic for some tainly will not make a difference. Climate perhaps just as crucial is education and Arin Kerstein Safiya Nanji time now among activist circles and change is given such little regard because changing the social attitudes toward cli- Sophie Lehrenbaum Aaron Pomerance members of TCA, the current state of it is a very long-term issue, while the mate change. Making this issue relevant Emma Steiner discourse means that it takes Earth Day things that cause it, such as big business and impending is certainly a challenge, Roy Yang Gabriella Zoia for the general public to really hear and industry, provide many short-term but with evidence such as this extreme about and reflect on what the current benefits. Of course, businesspeople are winter, perhaps climate activist groups status of climate change is. Regardless not inherently evil, nor are they going out will have an easier time convincing peo- Jake Taber Executive Features Editor of the aid that large actions such as of their way to actively destroy the envi- ple of the importance of protecting the Lily Sieradzki Features Editors Hannah Fingerhut divestment may have on the planet, ronment. It’s important that we make earth. Until that point, the editorial board Jessica Mow Mengqi Sun however, smaller actions, such as recy- saving the earth just as profitable as it is urges students to recycle this copy of the Nicole Brooks cling, educating and making more con- crucial. With solar technology becoming Daily, and think about the small changes Greta Jochem Arin Kerstein Assistant Features Editors scious, eco-friendly choices with regard cheaper and more efficient, we’re cer- they can make to help our planet out not Becca Leibowitz to commodities like bottles and cans, tainly approaching the end of the tunnel. just on Earth Day, but every day. Yuki Zaninovich Nika Korchok Executive Arts Editor Dana Guth Arts Editors Grace Segers JENIFER LIEN Nitesh Gupta Assistant Arts Editors Jessica Mow Anjali Nair Joshua Podolsky Jennifer Straitz Ross Dember Executive Sports Editor Marcus Budline Sports Editors Alex Connors Wil Glavin Sam Gold Steven Hefter Alison Kuah Tyler Maher Alex Schroeder Maclyn Senear Chris Warren Assistant Sports Editors Ray Paul Biron Phillip Goldberg Josh Slavin Scott Geldzahler Executive Op-Ed Editor Susan Kaufman Olivia Montgomory Ruchira Parikh Ty Enos Cartoonists Fury Sheron Jennifer Lien Hannah Hoang Editorialists Katie Matejcak Natasha Khwaja Bailey Werner

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PRODUCTION Jewel Marie Castle Production Director Molly Harrower Executive Layout Editor Hannah Fingerhut Layout Editors Kathy Lu Letter to the Editor OFF THE HILL | University Of Washington Lily Hartzell Reid Spagna David Westby Jonathan Heutmaker Executive Copy Editors Burying the death penalty Joe Palandrani The current TCU Constitution Arthur Beckel Copy Editors Aastha Chadha states that any candidate for pres- By Devin Edwards Democracies must be held to higher Nina Goldman The Daily Serena Kassam ident must be a current mem- standards. The death penalty is an outdated Michael Rubinstein ber of senate. While this is true, practice that belongs to the bloody days of Julia Russell Rachel Salzberg anyone interested in running for Last week, the jurors deciding the fate of Robespierre’s France and colonial America, Jei-Jei Tan TCU President can run for senate the surviving Boston bomber began delib- yet the United States stubbornly lags behind Caroline Watson Yan Zhao the week before the presidential erations. The prosecution wants Dzhokhar the rest of the world’s modern democracies on Andrew Kager elections begin in order to be eli- Tsarnaev charged with the death penalty, and this point. If the United States was in Europe, Andrew Stephens Creative Director gible for the presidency. So long there’s no doubt he deserves it: More than it couldn’t even join the European Union as they are elected to senate that Shirley Wong Graphics Editor 200 people were seriously injured, some suf- because abolition of the death penalty is a key week, they are welcome to seek a fering lost limbs or their ability to hear. Three requirement for membership. Nitesh Gupta Executive Online Editor candidacy for president regard- were killed outright, including an eight-year- It’s important for democracies to distin- Max Bernstein Executive Tech Manager less of the amount of time they old boy who was waiting for his dad at the guish themselves from the dictatorships of Qinyue Yu Marketing Director have spent on senate. finish line. the world. We must let the world know that we Caroline Talbert Media Coordinator However, the possibility of But for the victims of this barbaric terror- choose the humane way of progress, and that Suhyun Evelyn Kim Social Media Manager Vera Masterson Social Media Manager opening up the presidential elec- ist attack, and for the sake of our democracy, we don’t share the company of backward, exe- BUSINESS tions to the general student body we must not succumb to the death penalty. cution-happy regimes like Saudi Arabia, Iran is something that Tufts Election For now, forget the millions of taxpayer dol- and North Korea. Otherwise, the democratic Chris Chininis Commission (ECOM) has dis- lars spent on death penalty cases, the grow- peace we yearn for will never be realized. Executive Business Director cussed with the administration ing record of horrifically-botched executions The United States, valuing its reputation Li Liang Receivables Manager Ariel Gizzi Ad Managers and will continue to do so in and hundreds of untold wrongful convictions. as leader of the free world, has an incredible Kristie Le Ad Director light of the recent uncontested Think about who we are proposing to execute. responsibility to prove its dedication to liberal Joshua Morris Amanda Saban election. We’re engaged with an enemy that doesn’t just principles. When we compromise our values Yiran Xu fear death, but invites it as martyrdom. The at home — whether it’s state-sanctioned mur- Daphne Zhao death penalty is not a deterrent to terrorists der, mass surveillance, indefinite detainment Best, who are willing to give their lives to fulfill their without trial or torture — we are no better P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 Paige Newman and ECOM ideological missions. By executing them, we’re than our enemies. That is how you lose the [email protected] effectively giving them what they want. “War on Terror.”

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Op-Ed Pooja Sivaraman and Rebecca Solomon | New York Style Delhi In a culture of corruption, Menendez least of Going our worries out with by Sam Berzok indicted. This stereotype and potential believe he isn’t the most trustworthy guy Op-Ed Contributor tip-off led the DOJ to look into New in the world. If you go to his campaign a beep Jersey offices. However, it is still unclear webpage, you are redirected to istand- When I first read the reports of Sen. what operation, individual or organi- withbob.com, a website dedicated to Robert Menendez’s (D – NJ) indictment, zation prompted the DOJ to conduct the Menendez solidarity movement. The ooja: Today I discovered my new I thought it was an April Fools’ joke: “A this personal investigation into Sen. front of the page is listed with quotes of favorite song: “Loud Places” by Jamie Jersey politician charged with corrup- Menendez’s affairs. And we should support from high-ranking New Jersey xx ft. Romy (2015). If this is common tion,” classic! But when I realized that his be skeptical of this DOJ investigation politicians and Democrats. pop knowledge to you, please excuse 14 criminal counts were real, I still found because it started with the allegation of One thing the DOJ could be spending myP residence under a rock; however, today the whole incident very humorous. Sen. Menendez soliciting prostitutes in more time and money on is prosecuting was the first day I realized that Jamie xx was If you’ve ever watched “American the Dominican Republic. These claims their officials in the DEA. Sen. Charles formerly a part of the latter part of his name Hustle” (2013), “The Sopranos,” (1999- were falsified this past summer when Grassley (R-Iowa) said “The Department (which is why his album art always has a 2007), “Boardwalk Empire” (2010-2014) it was revealed that three women were of Justice may not be taking adequate fragment of The xx’s album cover art). For or ever talked with a friend from Bergen, paid to say that they slept with Sen. steps to prevent its own employees from some reason, today, I was also convinced Essex or Hudson County who “knows Menendez. Many members of the sena- buying sex and thereby contributing to that The xx, though they claim to co-exist, a guy,” it should come as no surprise tor’s staff and colleagues agree with the the demand for the human sex trade” no longer exists. If Jaime and Romy are that there is a culture of corruption conclusion that he has been the vic- in reference to the recent discovery pairing up — where is Oliver Sim?! Qureshi ingrained in New Jersey’s public offices. tim of this anonymous smear plot for that DEA agents had “sex parties” with already left, so what if it’s a trend?! I could So it shouldn’t be too shocking that three years now. My bet is that America’s Colombian prostitutes financed by the not find any information confirming this this stereotype is further bolstered by champion Cuban senator and ardent drug cartel lords. A majority of these belief, which brought relief. The end of The Senator Robert Menendez’s indictment adversary of the Cuban regime is being agents testified that they did indeed par- xx would be the end of something beauti- on April 1st. And I’m not talking about targeted with false allegations by the ticipate in these prostitution circles, so ful, as is the end of New York Style Delhi. the lame style of corruption that led very regime we just re-established dip- why is the DOJ going to spend millions Not to compare our writing to the genius Rep. Aaron Shock (R – IL) to resign last lomatic relations with. of taxpayer dollars on a fight they might that is The xx — but we have had quite a month for using taxpayer dollars to fur- There is, however, another man in lose when they could enforce account- successful column, not to mention that our nish his office with “Downton Abbey” this story now and that is Miami oph- ability much more directly? “Intro” (2009) was our biggest hit. The end (2010-) décor. I’m referring to the idea thalmologist and long-time personal I also find it ironic, however, that so of our column is Far Nearer (2011) than one that still holds strong in New Jersey that friend of Menendez, Salomon Melgen. much attention is centered on this per- could have believed and Gosh (2015) darn “if you’ve got my back, I’ve got yours. The charges of corruption filed against sonal instance of supposed corruption if we weren’t All Under One Roof Raving But if you don’t, you better watch your Menendez stem from gifts he received when we see corruption in the face of (2015). Only joking, we are quite sad to see back.” There’s a long history of New from Mr. Melgen. The Government most of our representatives everyday. this era come to an end, even if only for a Jersey politicians using public funds for claims that in exchange for these gifts, Menendez is being indicted for allegedly summer. So, here go the final rounds. private utility or direct money launder- Menendez secured a port contract in the taking gifts from his friend to further his ing. This corruption relies on two tenets: Dominican Republic and added amend- interests in legislation, yet the Supreme Dear NYSD, hmu. favors and loyalty. Not necessarily parti- ments favorable to Mr. Melgen’s practice Court ruled in Citizens United that we Pooja: Dear reader, I would absolutely san loyalty either, a much more personal in a Medicare bill. But they will find it couldn’t call unlimited, publicly listed love to hit you up, but sadly this is an loyalty like we saw from some select New very difficult to prove without a degree campaign contributions under the veil anonymous forum. That being said, we Jersey State Democrats who held strong of doubt that these particular gifts were of ‘non-profit business’ or PACs cor- have realized that many take advantage in Gov. Christie’s re-election campaign the direct impetus for Menedez’s select ruption. President Obama comments of the fact to treat it like their online diary. back in 2013. I don’t laugh at the idea policy changes. These two have attended that nothing “is more devastating to the We have juicy details (some including of corruption but I have decided that weddings and family events together for public interest” than our representatives names) about people’s love lives and their instead of hanging my head in sorrow years. Perhaps they believe the timing of being bought out by special interests. transgressions. Obviously our moral obli- at the failures of our government that I the gifts and the actions of Menendez in Menendez isn’t shaken by special inter- gation to those so generously submitting would laugh instead. So whose failures the Senate are somehow linked, but con- ests, and he makes his decisions based to our forum prevents us from posting am I laughing at? I highly doubt that Sen. venient timing is not a full-proof case on his personal convictions and his duty any of these in print. However, this is just Menendez’s corruption case will end in against the senator. to the country. a shout out to all the “anonymous” posters a guilty ruling, so today I laugh at the A recent Quinnipiac University poll So don’t expect a resignation from out there — keep submitting because it is money thrown down the drain by the found that 52 percent of New Jersey vot- Hart Senate Office Building 514. Robert Rebecca and my main source of entertain- Department of Justice (DOJ). ers believe Sen. Menendez should resign. Menendez is a fighter: He has fought for ment. That being said, keep an eye out for The joint IRS-FBI Operation Bid Rig This is of course only two weeks after the immigration reform, the security of the our special edition column next week that has been an ongoing investigation into DOJ issued its indictment, and the vot- United States abroad and the victims posts our un-answered questions. political corruption in New Jersey in ers haven’t heard the senator’s side of of Superstorm Sandy, and battled his 2002. Since the inception of the opera- the story yet. In addition, a majority of way into the political arena. The DOJ Dear NYSD, What is YOUR question? tion, more than 60 public officials from Democrats are standing by and support- just picked a nasty one against this New Rebecca: I wanted to answer this ques- New Jersey and New York have been ing the senator’s innocence even if they Jersey senator. tion philosophically or use one of those lofty, grand questions, like, “What is life?” However, I am not philosophical, so I’ll ask Op-Ed a question that has been recurring in my week: “Which fire alarm’s battery is dying in my house?” A beep occurs every twenty seconds, only when I am home alone; I The betrayal know this implies that one of the smoke alarm’s batteries are low. I cannot find by Zach Shapiro It is time they are held accountable for it runs much deeper. Palestinians in the dying one. I have gone through my Op-Ed Contributor unkept promises and deceptive rhetoric. Jordan have historically faced brutal whole house with a chair (I am too short When many Arab leaders suffer from repression. For instance, the Black to access the detectors otherwise) and I’ve written about Arab Israeli colum- low domestic approval, there is no September terrorist group—respon- waited for the beep, so far nothing. I have nist and novelist Sayed Kashua recently. It option but to bash Israel. Cheap rhe- sible for the kidnapping and murder a theory that it is in the basement but the is safe to say he has had less than an easy torical solidarity is many Arab leaders’ of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich basement is unfinished and gives me the life. While some of his frustrations with the weapon of choice when in need of a Olympic Games—“was named after the heebie jeebies, so I just do not go down current Israeli government are grounded, quick bump in the polls. Look no further month in which the Palestinians were there. So I guess I am doomed to a life of I take issue with a number of his stances. than Saddam Hussein, who resorted to driven out of Jordan,” according to a beeping? But for all the critique he levels at the tirades and providing financial support BBC report. In Syria, Palestinians in the country, he is insightful in his observation to the families of suicide bombers. Yarmouk Refugee Camp face devasta- Dear NYSD, Want to be on top? in Dancing Arabs (2007) that “My father Almost a decade has passed since tion as ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and the Rebecca: Though I fear that this ques- says the best thing would be for our cous- his death. How true was the Butcher of Syrian government fight for control of tion has some sort of innuendo built into ins in Tulkarm, Ramallah, Nablus, and Baghdad to his impassioned speech- the city. All the while, governments it, I am going answer it as though Tyra Bakat el-Hatab to receive the same blue es? It’s pretty hard to believe he helped across the region turn their backs as the Banks were asking me as I walked down ID cards that we have. Let them become the Palestinian cause. Especially given situation worsens. the catwalk, towards the judges of ANTM. seventh-class citizens in the Zionist state. the fact that he lobbed wildly inac- I take issue with much of the condem- Obviously, duh. Though I am too short He says it’s better than being third-class curate Scud missiles at Israeli cit- nation of Israel. Whether in mass media and lack the grace to be a model, I think citizens in an Arab state.” ies during the First Gulf War, putting or in discourse on campus, people get it that I could be a great hand model; my Though mentioned in passing as the Palestinians at risk. wrong for a number of reasons. As much nails are always trendy. final chapter of the novel comes to a This trend persists to this very day, as I want to discuss this at length, I’ll close, this comment should not be taken as a variety of Middle Eastern countries leave it for another op-ed. Rebecca: That’s all we have for now, I lightly. On the contrary, the excerpt fail to provide relief aid promised to I am sorry to say that no matter how just realized that summer is dangerously touches upon a greater truth about the the people of Gaza. Al-Jazeera recent- hard some try, the world will continue close, and I am not bathing suit ready. If Middle East that is oft ignored. ly reported that “countries have given to find ways to erroneously lash out at you have any questions about this article, For all the talk of the importance of just 26.8% of $3.5 billion promised for Israel. I don’t expect the truth to pre- come find me in the gym. Who am I kid- nuance in our discourse on the Israeli- rebuilding Gaza.” Meanwhile, the EU vail in that discussion. I expect facts ding, I’ll be the one in the Tisch stacks Palestinian conflict, from here at Tufts has already actually donated more than to be pushed aside as acerbic rhetoric with Chipotle. to the Middle East itself, scholars and Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and takes control. activists time and time again choose to Turkey combined. This should not sur- As people continue to wrongly single gloss over some Middle Eastern govern- prise, since these three Middle Eastern out Israel, I ask that they are at least Pooja Sivaraman is a junior majoring in ments’ betrayal of the Palestinians. governments combined have yet to give honest about the regional deception: economics. She can be reached at pooja. The bitter truth is that many leaders a single dollar. numerous Arab and Turkish govern- [email protected]. Rebecca Solomon is in the Arab world and in Turkey have I wish I could say that the betrayal ments’ manipulation and neglect of the a junior majoring in economics. She can used the Palestinians as a political tool. stopped at inaction. On the contrary, Palestinian people. be reached at [email protected].

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cott Brooks was fired yesterday as the coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder after narrowly missing the playoffs on the final night of the reg- ularS season. Surprisingly enough, Brooks had been the fourth-longest tenured coach in the NBA prior to yesterday. The coach who has kept his job for longest is Gregg Courtesy Owen Elliott Popovich, who has been in command of Sophomore Owen Elliott’s seventh-place finish coupled with first-year Taylor Nordan’s victory locked up Tufts’ team win. the Spurs dynasty since December of 1996. After that, the waters get a little muddy. Erik Spoelstra has been the coach Weekend’s victory shows promise of improvement of the Miami Heat since April of 2008, GOLF direction,” he said. “We have placed team’s future endeavors, both golfers making him the second-longest tenured continued from back ourselves at the door of breaking into responded positively. coach in the league. I don’t know about Inn Invitational on April 10-11. The the elite ranks in the NESCAC and “I don’t want to make predictions, you, but that seems a little short. How has team, coached by Bob Sheldon, ended qualifying for NCAA next year.” but we are in a better place now to no coach been able to keep a job for more the spring season on a high note with Nordan agreed with the sentiment. make the jump up to the top tier of than seven years? This is the first year this victory. “[This] season has been better than teams in the NESCAC than Tufts golf that Spoelstra did not make the playoffs When asked about his thoughts years past,” he added. has been in a long time,” Elliott noted. in his seven years in charge of the Heat on this season, Elliott was optimistic Both Elliott and Nordan are already Nordan agreed, adding that he hoped and his first season in the post-Lebron about the team’s improvement. looking forward to next season. the Jumbos would be the best team in era. I believe that Pat Riley has faith in “It has been a big step in the right When asked how they felt about the the NESCAC and qualify for nationals. his young coach, but how many more losing seasons would it take for Riley to start searching for a new coach? I’m not sure, but in today’s win-now NBA climate where the margin for error is so small I Athletic community continues to bring in powerful speakers would not be surprised if it is sooner than HERREN fall, SAAC sought another inspirational on college campuses, where students most people think. continued from back figure for its speaker series. develop hard-to-break habits. The Thunder might be touted as one times, committed seven drug-related “When Chris Herren’s name was “We wanted students to make sure of the most underachieving groups in the felonies and was temporarily home- brought up, there was a positive feed- they were leading healthy lifestyles history of the league if they do not achieve less. He’s been in and out of rehab, back from the group, and his story first and foremost,” Kruyff said. “We anything more than what they already attempted to kill himself at least twice of fighting addiction seemed particu- wanted students to know they can have. Led by Kevin Durant and Russell and was pronounced clinically dead larly inspiring,” Kruyff said. “A member ask for help if they need to and to Westbrook, with MVP candidate James for 30 seconds after overdosing and who had heard him speak before had know that there are resources avail- Harden coming off the bench, the team crashing his car into a cemetery fence. incredibly positive things to say about able. If there are students that are went from being an eight seed in the 2009- He’s disappointed his family, friends his presentation, and his message fit struggling through substance abuse, 2010 playoffs (the first playoff appearance and teammates more times than he the theme of ‘wellness’ that NESCAC Chris Herren’s story of recovery gives in franchise history) all the way to the can count. schools are working with this year.” them something to identify with or at NBA finals in 2012. They lost, ironically, “I had failed at everything in my Gracie Marshall, a senior tri-captain the very least reminds those students to Spoelstra’s Heat. After trading Harden life,” Herren said. “I went from being of the softball team, followed up by that they are not alone.” after the 2011-2012 season to the Houston my town’s biggest hero with the biggest reaching out to Herren’s people to get Tufts Fan the Fire helped promote the Rockets, the team reached the Conference dreams to being its biggest embarrass- a rough estimate of his price. Although event, which was free and open to the Semi-finals and Conference Finals in the ment and disappointment.” it was determined to be outside the public. Based on the positive reactions next two seasons, respectively. Bringing Herren to Tufts was a col- SAAC’s budget, collaboration between of those in attendance, Herren’s presen- To be fair, Durant has been sporadically laborative effort by the Tufts Athletic different departments raised the nec- tation was a tremendous success. injured, including for most of this season, a Department, Department of Health essary funds. “That was really good,” Steve year after his MVP campaign. But that does Promotion and Prevention along “The departments … agreed that the Howard, a senior, said. “By far the best not matter today. If you want to keep your with the Dean of Students Office. topic of overcoming substance abuse speech I’ve ever heard.” job, you have to win games with the players According to senior Carla Kruyff, co- was one that should be addressed to Herren’s life has been the subject you have. No ifs, ands or buts. In the num- captain of the women’s soccer team, college students,” Kruyff explained. of ESPN’s Emmy-nominated docu- ber five spot of the longest-tenured coach the idea of having Herren talk at Tufts “We all hoped that Chris Herren’s story mentary “Unguarded” (2011). He has list is Monty Williams of the New Orleans was originally proposed at a Student was one that everyone could learn also co-authored a memoir entitled Pelicans, but that does not mean he has not Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) something from.” “Basketball Junkie” (2011) with Bill been close to losing his job. Development meeting. After having Herren’s tragic story is an impor- Reynolds, who covered Herren’s junior In fact, it has been reported that GM Katie Hnida — the first female Div. I tant one for college students to hear. year at Durfee High School in an ear- Dell Demps and Williams were told that player football player — speak in the Drug and alcohol abuse is common lier book, “Fall River Dreams” (1994). they would be fired if the Pelicans did not make the playoffs this season. There was no insurance for injuries or anything else, including the fact that the Pelicans played in a division in which every other team Jumbos have historically successful weekend made the playoffs. The Pelicans clinched MEN’S TENNIS important for the Jumbos to main- ers, and even though things don’t go the eight seed in the West, which elimi- continued from back tain focus. our way sometimes, it is important to nated the Thunder from the playoffs. But After defeating No. 32 Washington and “I hadn’t really thought about all keep practicing and working on get- imagine if Anthony Davis had been injured Lee 8-1, Tufts capped off the weekend that before,” Ali said, speaking about ting better and thank God we were for as many games as Durant had been this by making history with its win over the Jumbos’ rare win over the Ephs. able to get a win streak going.” season. Would the situation be different? Williams. Tufts’ last opponent is No. 8 Gregor is also pleased with the lead- Would Brooks, the NBA Coach of the Year The victory over Williams was Bowdoin, another strong team that ership and growth of the team. just five years ago in 2010, still have his job? extremely special for a Tufts team that sports an 11-4 record and a 4-3 record “The team really took accountabil- I would venture to say that he would. had often been unable to compete in the NESCAC. ity and responsibility to do the little Nine NBA coaches were hired in 2014, with the four-time national champi- “We have to continue playing confi- things and to put it on themselves,” with nine more being hired in 2013. That ons over the past several decades. dently,” Ali said. “It’s nice to go into this Gregor said. “It was due to the strong means that eighteen teams have experi- “It is definitely a great feeling,” playing on a four-match winning streak, leadership of Rob and Brian, who enced coach turnover in the past two years. Jacobson said. “It’s a culmination of all but we have to play like it’s our last are doing a ton of things behind the Patience from owners is dwindling and in the hard work that we have put in this match.” scenes to keep the team tight-knit a time when the NBA brand is expanding season and that the upperclassmen have The Jumbos will look to rely on their and keep the morale up. That is way and cashing in, teams do not want to be put in for the last three years. We have a leadership and growing experience as beyond anything I am doing, and the stuck in the lottery for long. Unfortunately new coach and a new culture around this the most important part of their sea- whole group has bought into what it for coaches, that means two options: Win team, and we’re not going to just roll over son approaches. takes to be successful. It’s not over, or go home. to a team like Williams. We played great “Definitely having Rob and [senior but we’ve taken the first steps and tennis and came out with a great result, co-captain Brian Tan] at the helm has hopefully it continues.” so we’re all pretty thrilled about that.” helped, especially during the tough Tufts will face off at Bowdoin on Steven Hefter is a junior majoring in eco- Ali was also excited about the part of the season,” Gupte said. “They Friday at 1:00 p.m. for the team’s final nomics. He can be reached at steven.heft- victory, but insisted that it’s most reassured us that we are good play- match of the regular season. [email protected]. 16

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by Priyanka Dharampuriya two 79s as the fourth Tufts scorer Daily Staff Writer on both days. Elliott also had a success- Runners were not the only ful weekend, shooting a 71 on busy athletes over marathon Saturday, the first day of the tour- weekend. The sunny Saturday nament, and then shot an 80 on and Sunday in Rhode Island Sunday, putting him in seventh were home to the Wildcat Spring place overall. With four Jumbos Invitational and the first team posting scores in the 70s, the tournament victory for the Tufts team ended day one in first place. program since 2007. The tour- “We all hang out before and nament was hosted by Johnson after the round. But during it, and Wales University at the par- we are out there by ourselves,” 71, 6,495-yard Cranston Country Elliott said. “It’s funny, I was Club. While Tufts had a very standing on the 18th green the successful tournament, first- second day and I hadn’t played year Taylor Nordan led the pack great, so I thought we were out as the top individual finisher in of contention. I had no infor- the event. Nordan shot a 74 on mation about how anybody else Saturday and a 71 on Sunday on the team was doing until I for a combined total of 145, the made that last out, and I heard Courtesy Tufts Athletics Chris Herren spoke about his history of drug abuse at Cousens Gym on Tuesday night. lowest score at the tournament. we had won.” He narrowly beat Kevin Wheeler It turned out to be a great of Nichols College, who scored a day across the board, as all four combined 146. of Tufts’ scorers finished in the Herren hopes to help students rebound “I didn’t really have any expec- top 30 out of the 104 golfers in tations, just go out and play well,” the field. by Tyler Maher The presentation began middle school students to Div. Nordan told the Daily in an e-mail. The first-place finish was an Sports Editor with a five-minute video inter- I college athletes to NFL play- “We [could not] qualify as a team exciting one for the Jumbos, who spersing Herren’s basketball ers. His talks have inspired for the NESCAC championship, last won a tournament at the The overarching message career highlights with clips countless young people to so this spring was about playing Husson Tournament in Maine on of Chris Herren’s emotion- from his new career as a pub- turn their lives around and well and proving to ourselves that Oct. 7-8, 2007. While now-junior ally charged, 90-minute pre- lic speaker. By Herren’s own have prevented several from we have the ability to win.” Brendan Koh won the Rhode sentation at Cousens Gym on account, he gives 250 talks a committing suicide. Sophomore Owen Elliott, who Island College Spring Invitational Tuesday night was “Be your- year, sometimes speaking as “I do this in the hopes that has himself had a stellar spring, in April 2014, no other golfer from self.” The audience, com- often as 10-12 times per week. one kid will walk out of here was impressed with his team- Tufts placed first until Nordan’s prised mostly of Tufts athletes “It’s a responsibility that I tonight and say, ‘I want to be mate’s clutch play. victory this weekend. and coaches, hung on Herren’s don’t take lightly,” the 39-year- better,'” Herren explained. “I “Taylor’s 71 on the second day Both Nordan and Elliott every word as he shared his old father of three said. honestly believe I’m making a in the wind was remarkable,” described the win as a sea- tragic life story of substance Sober since Aug. 1, 2008, difference in their lives.” Elliott said. “Also, the performance son highlight. This year, the abuse, family neglect and a the former NBA player and Herren is living proof that freshman Michael Lefkowitz put Jumbos also tied for fifth out of squandered NBA career — a recovered drug addict has no matter how terrible things in was amazing in his first tourna- 17 at the Rhode Island College nightmare he could have dedicated his life to travel- get, it is always possible to ment of the spring.” Invitational at Valley Country avoided had he not felt the ing the country in hopes of get better. The onetime Lefkowitz shot a five- Club, Warwick, R.I. on April need to change himself with discouraging young athletes Boston Celtic nearly lost his over-par 76 to tie for 12th on 3-4. The team also tied for drugs and alcohol. from using drugs and alco- life to heroin and OxyContin Saturday and then shot an 80 on eighth of 17 teams at UMass “My whole life, I wanted to hol. Over the past five years, addiction. He overdosed four Sunday for an impressive 156 Dartmouth at the Hampton be a pro,” Herren said. “I just he has addressed nearly 1 total. Junior Jay Wong had a con- wish I was a pro at being me.” million people, ranging from see HERREN, page 15 sistent weekend as well, shooting see GOLF, page 15

Tennis

by Ray Paul Biron players knew if they wanted to have Assistant Sports Editor any chance of competing for a spot in the postseason they would have to win The men’s tennis team defeated No. the majority of those games, but few 20 Bates College yesterday afternoon expected to win all four. 7-2Tufts and NESCAC defeats rival No. 14 Williams Williams “It feels very good,” for coach first Karl time since 1989 College 6-3 on Sunday to improve to 8-6 Gregor said, “It was a very busy and on the season and 4-3 in the NESCAC. challenging weekend, but our team It was the first time the Jumbos have had been prepping for that the whole defeated the Williams Ephs since 1989. week. We knew it was going to take a The No. 30 Jumbos began the match 15-person team effort, because there is with their signature strong play in dou- just no way we could have our starters bles, sweeping behind an 8-5 victory play four matches in four days. It was from junior Nik Telkedzhiev and first- great that we dug further down in our year Rohan Gupte in the No. 1 match, lineup and had our non-starters step an 8-4 victory from junior Nick Cary up, and then our normal top six guys and sophomore Benjamin Battle in the stayed sharp and really peaked against No. 2 spot and a final victory of 8-5 Williams. The reason we were able to from first-years Zain Ali and Griffin beat Williams was because the whole Brockman on the final court. team believed we could, and everyone The Jumbos then went on to win went out and did their part.” three of the six singles matches to Gupte acknowledged that the team take the 6-3 victory. Gupte defeated was feeling pressure going into the Williams’ junior Rohan Shastri 6-4 and weekend. 6-3 on the second court to put a Jumbo “Honestly, we were on the ropes,” victory within reach. Junior co-captain Gupte said. “We knew we had to win Rob Jacobson and Jay Glickman then matches to make the NESCACs, but I secured the victory with 6-4, 7-5 and am glad that we came through.” 6-2, 6-4 wins, respectively. Tufts began the weekend with a solid The victory over the Ephs was Tufts’ 7-2 win against Colby on Friday. The fourth win in a row after the team suf- Jumbos then took on the Conn. College fered a five match losing streak ear- Camels on Saturday, defeating them in a lier this month. After a 0-3 start in the convincing fashion as well, losing only in NESCAC and a last-place position in the No. 1 singles match. Sunday proved the standings, the Jumbos won their to be a super day for the players, as next four matches, moving into sixth they had a match against Washington place and play-off contention. and Lee University in the morning and The past weekend was extreme- against Williams in the late afternoon. ly busy for the Jumbos, as they Caroline Geiling / Tufts Daily archives played four matches in three days. The see MEN’S TENNIS, page 15 Junior Nick Cary was essential to the team’s winning weekend.