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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXXX, ISSUE 52 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020 tuftsdaily.com Psychology department to launch new series on anti-racism, to begin in April NICOLE GARAY / THE TUFTS DAILY The psychology building is pictured on Dec. 3. by Matthew McGovern Chyei Vinluan, a graduate stu- said. “Her work is heavily cited and uals engage with and treat oth- sations about these ideas. She News Editor dent involved in organizing the very well respected, and she has ers, and discuss how the research noted she would like the annual talk series, spoke to some of the honors — too many to name off could be used to make an impact. talks to become a staple for the The Department of Psychology driving questions for the devel- the top of my head.” “Once we kind of commit to department. recently established a new initia- opment of the Psychology of Anti- University President Anthony learning about that, and earnestly Sommers agreed, and spoke tive called the Psychology of Anti- Racism Series. Monaco will provide introducto- try to educate ourselves on that, to the scientific, empirical Racism Series, a talk series that will “What are the other sources ry remarks for the inaugural talk, then we have a responsibility to nature of the research psychol- be held annually. The inaugural that we want to give the commu- Sommers said. do something about it … to push ogists can provide on questions event for this series will take place nity as well as the Greater Boston According to Jessica Remedios, for change, to increase equity,” of anti-racism. on April 9, 2021, and will feature community?” Vinluan said. “What associate professor of psycholo- Remedios said. “What we are hoping that Jennifer Richeson, professor of resources [can we] give them to gy, the talk series will serve to Vinluan spoke to the possibility [what] this series does is [contrib- psychology at Yale University, as help put in a more concerted effort highlight important work and of expanding these ideas to the ute] to the intellectual dialogue the keynote speaker. into addressing racism and taking research in the field of anti-rac- community and shared her goals about these issues on our cam- According to Sam Sommers, a more anti-racist stance?” ism in psychology, and can pro- for the initiative. pus and elsewhere, by providing professor of psychology and Vinluan, who is a Ph.D. candi- vide the community with useful, “I think in order to address some scientific data on questions department chair, the new initia- date in psychology, expressed her practical findings. [these vital inequalities, we] need that are directly relevant to these tive emerged from the work done goals for the talk series and said “Psychology can help us under- to first be informed of what’s going pursuits of creating an anti-racist by the Department of Psychology’s she hopes it can grow every year, stand … at the individual level the on, and I think that having this university,” Sommers said. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion beyond Tufts and to the Greater origins of prejudice and the ways anti-racism program is a good While the details of the inaugu- committee. Boston area. in which people engage and moti- start in that direction, but obvi- ral Psychology of Anti-Racism talk Sommers expressed that the Sommers highly praised vate motivated reasoning, and ously, it’s just a start,” Vinluan said. have not been finalized, Sommers goal of the series is to provide a Richeson and said that she was a how that affects how we treat peo- “And there’s a lot of other steps said in a Nov. 17 email to psycholo- venue for well-regarded scientists logical choice for the inauguration ple,” Remedios said. needed to make this ideal world gy students that more information to share their research on anti-rac- of the series. Remedios further explained become a reality.” will be available in the future, and ism with the community, and to “Dr. Richeson is just a very how she hopes people will come Remedios echoed these senti- that the talk on April 9 will be allow students an opportunity to well-regarded prolific and import- away from the talk series with ments and said that she sees the accessible via Zoom to all who are network with people in the field. ant scholar in the field,” Sommers ways to understand how individ- series as a way to spark conver- interested. Student organizations navigate recruiting new members, some consider class year when selecting by Alicia Zou of the protected categories The protected categories transgender identity; genet- Under Massachusetts law, age Assistant News Editor defined by the Office of Equal are listed on OEO’s website ics; veteran status; retaliation; is only considered a protected Opportunity (OEO). In prac- in a nondiscrimination policy. and any other characteristic category for those who are at Tufts’ student organiza- tice, this means that, under “Race; color; national or protected under applicable least 40 years old. tions can largely determine university rules, clubs have ethnic origin; age; religion; federal or state law,” the pol- Each student organization their own criteria for select- the ability to admit students disability; sex; sexual orienta- icy reads. at Tufts has its own selection ing new members, as long as into their organization based tion; gender; gender identity The one exception is the they do not interfere with any on their class year. and expression; including a protected category of age. see ORGANIZATIONS, page 2 NEWS 1 ARTS / page 3 EDITORIAL / page 6 SPORTS / back ARTS & POP CULTURE 3 COVID-19 encourages Professors should be em- A look into the next NBA businesses to think sus- pathetic this finals season season FUN & GAMES 4 tainably OPINION 6 SPORTS BACK 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Friday, December 4, 2020 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY Some student organizations continue recruitment despite the ALEX VIVEROS Editor in Chief pandemic, others put it on hold EDITORIAL Rebecca Barker Hannah Harris Managing Editors Jake Freudberg Associate Editors Jilly Rolnick Alejandra Carrillo Executive News Editor Maddie Aitken Deputy News Editor Jessica Blough News Editors Tom Guan Liza Harris Alex Janoff Matt McGovern Sara Renkert Sarah Sandlow Anton Shenk Carolina Espinal Assistant News Editors Sam Klugherz Alexander Thompson Alicia Zou Ryan Shaffer Executive Features Editor Sid Anand Features Editors Amelia Becker Jillian Collins Claire Fraise Evelyn McClure Kayla Butera Assistant Features Editor Megan Szostak Executive Arts Editor Devina Bhalla Arts Editors Ryan Eggers Steph Hoechst Tuna Margalit Chris Panella Yas Salon Elizabeth Sander Colette Smith Rebecca Tang Geoff Tobia Drew Weisberg Assistant Arts Editor Liz Shelbred Executive Opinion Editor Priya Padhye Op-ed Editor Paloma Delgado Senior Editorialists Amulya Mutnuri Mike Wilkinson Caroline Wolinsky Abhilasha Bhasin Editorialists Eliza Dickson Sara Kessel Milli Lu Emily Nadler Grace Prendergast Faye Thijssen Sam Wilner Julia Baroni Editorial Cartoonists Carys Kong Annabel Nied Valeria Velasquez Juju Zweifach Sruthi Kocherlakota Executive Sports Editor Tim Chiang Sports Editors Matt Goguen Jeremy Goldstein Aiden Herrod NICOLE GARAY / THE TUFTS DAILY Pranav Jain The Mayer Campus Center is pictured on Dec. 3. Ananda Kao Delaney Tantillo Arpan Barua Assistant Sports Editors ership at Tufts Mock Trial that than for upperclassmen] to uated solely on singing ability, Jacob Dreyer Henry Gorelik ORGANIZATIONS I have the skills of a junior,” block out that time.” and neither age or class year Ethan Ling continued from page 1 Ching said. For other a cappella groups are considered in Enchanted’s Arnav Sacheti Alex Sharp He mentioned that even such as the Jackson Jills, an audition process. Eric Spencer process for new members, though he is a member of all female-identifying group, Shapiro-Albert also noted Austin Clementi Executive Investigative Editor with a variety of variables. Tufts Mock Trial, junior trans- all class years can audition, that Enchanted has flexibility Arlo Moore-Bloom Executive Audio Editor For Tufts Mock Trial, fer students have the most but for logistical reasons, the in determining the number Anne Marie Burke Executive Photo Editors Nicole Garay most accepted members are difficulty joining student group caps the number of of members to accept after Aidan Chang Staff Photographers Patrick Milewski first-years with some soph- organizations. members in each class year, auditions. Menqi Irina Wang omores also being selected. “I’ve only joined Mock Trial according to Miley Xiao, pres- “Enchanted is never locked Austen Money Executive Video Editor Recruitment for the team because I actively reached out ident of the Jackson Jills. at a certain number of mem- includes tryouts that are and … pretty much went out “We try to keep the group bers, so we would always PRODUCTION geared toward first-years and of my way to look for ways to under 16 people, so four each take anyone we’re excited Kevin Zhang Production Director sophomores, according to enter, but no other organiza- grade or five each grade just about,” Shapiro-Albert said. Rachel Hsin Executive Layout Editors Bennett Demsky, co-president tion has reached out to me,” because of transportation “Enchanted is a relative- Yanqing Huang of Tufts Mock Trial. Ching said. purposes, because when we ly young group and so our Laura Mogannam Campbell Devlin Layout Editor Demsky, a junior, cites For the Amalgamates, one do performances off campus, founders who wrote our con- Mock Trial’s rigorous training of Tufts’ all-gender a cappella we do have to provide our stitution took pretty specific Tys Sweeney Executive Graphics Editor Sam Farbman Graphic Designers process as a reason for the groups, all class years besides own transportation.