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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 HE UFTS AILY VOLUME LXXIX, ISSUE 30T T D MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. Monday, March 9, 2020 tuftsdaily.com Brown-Long discusses personal journey, advocacy for criminal justice reform by Sam Russo began with an upbringing by a single Executive Layout Editor mother who struggled with alcohol abuse. Solomont explained that Brown- Cyntoia Brown-Long discussed her Long was later the victim of sex traffick- experiences and problems with the ing in her early teenage years by a man criminal justice system and her current with whom she saw herself as being in a initiatives for prison reform as part of relationship. the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic At 16 years old, she was arrested Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series on for killing a man who solicited her for Thursday in Breed Memorial Hall. sex. After she was tried in a court as Alan Solomont, dean of Tisch College, an adult and sentenced to life in pris- introduced Brown-Long with a brief on, Solomont explained that people, summary of her life experiences, which see BROWN-LONG, page 2

AIDAN CHANG / THE TUFTS DAILY Events on the Hill — Week of The Mystic River is pictured in Medford, Mass., on Feb. 19. March 8 MONDAY Where and when: Rabb Room, Jonathan Medford, Somerville awarded “Irishness, Celtic Culture and Magical M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Barnum Hall, Whiteness in the 21st Century” 4:30–6:30 p.m. Details: Sean Williams, a professor of Sponsors: Tisch College and the Program grants to address climate change music at Evergreen State College who spe- for Public Humanities cializes in ethnomusicology, will deliver this THURSDAY by Alejandra Carrillo Alicia Hunt, director of energy and envi- week’s Granoff Music Center Colloquium, “The Souls of Jews? Du Bois, Double Deputy News Editor ronment for the city of Medford, explained focusing on Irish music and culture from Consciousness, and the Jewish Question” that the grant application process consisted an ethnomusicological perspective. Lunch Details: James M. Thomas, associate Medford and Somerville were awarded of clearly outlining the city’s reasons for will be provided at the end of the event. professor of sociology at the University of nearly half a million dollars in Municipal requesting funding and the ways in which it Where and when: Varis Lecture Hall, Mississippi, will discuss his latest research Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action would use it. Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, into the experiences and writings of W.E.B. Grants on Feb. 5, as part of an approximate- “When we apply for grants we apply very 12–1 p.m. DuBois, which analyzes the effect of ly $1.2 million grant package awarded to specifically … in order to receive a grant Sponsor: Department of Music German antisemitism on DuBois while he the Resilient Mystic Collaborative, a group you need to write out exactly what you’re TUESDAY studied at the University of Berlin. Thomas of 18 municipalities of which Medford and going to do with it … you need to develop “Israel-Palestine: Visions of today and will consider the influences on DuBois’ Somerville are members. your program and initiative beforehand,” tomorrow” understanding of “double consciousness” Projects that are awarded this funding Hunt said. Details: The Fares Center for Eastern and also compare European antisemitism are focused on developing strategies to She indicated that the first grant Medford Mediterranean Studies at the Fletcher and American anti-black racism. address climate change, according to the applied for was for the city’s Energy and School of Law and Diplomacy will host Where and when: 48 Professors Row, press release. Environment Office, which oversees and a panel of speakers to discuss the Israel- 12–1:15 p.m. Breanna Lungo-Koehn, mayor of enforces environmental programs in the Palestine conflict and barriers to its reso- Sponsors: The Center for the Humanities Medford, wrote in an email to the Daily that city, according to its website. lution, including alternative perspectives at Tufts and the Sociology Department both the Medford Department of Health and The grant amounted to $36,136 for a through which to view the conflict. FRIDAY Department of Energy and Environment project titled “Equity-Centered Process for Where and when: Room 702, Cabot “Internet of Things: What Should I were awarded the MVP grants to better Climate Action and Adaptation Planning,” Intercultural Center, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Know?” understand the needs of diverse popula- according to the press release. Hunt Sponsor: The Fares Center Details: Khaled ElMahgoub, lecturer in tions in the city. explained that the office’s goal for the fund- WEDNESDAY electrical and computer engineering, will She emphasized the city’s duty to recog- ing was to aid vulnerable communities in “Dislocation and Ambiguous Loss” present in this week’s electrical and com- nize the effects of climate change and work the city. Details: Daniela Rivera, associate profes- puter engineering department seminar to reduce its harmful impact. “The energy and environment office is sor of art at Wellesley College, will discuss on the Internet of Things, which refers to “I believe that it is important that we are working on establishing an adaptation plan her work as a medium for representing dis- a system of interrelated devices that can inclusive in everything we do and that cli- for the city of Medford,” she said. “For the placement in migration, which she perceives transfer data without human-to-human or mate change is considered in every depart- grant what we wanted to do was to connect as difficult to describe or identify. Having human-to-computer interactions. ment in the city,” she wrote. “Our staff will and engage with under-served populations.” arrived in the United States from Chile in Where and when: Room 401, 574 Boston be working with critical regional infrastruc- The office plans to host equity trainings 2002, she recently won the 2019 Rappaport Avenue, 10:30–11:45 a.m. ture managers to identify operational and and will host a speaker who specializes in Prize, which is awarded to support contem- Sponsor: Department of Electrical and capital improvements needed to protect equity and climate issues. This guest will porary artists connected to New England Computer Engineering our communities during and after extreme lead a workshop with those who have partic- with exceptional talent and potential. -Robert Kaplan coastal storms.” see GRANTS, page 2

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THE TUFTS DAILY Brown-Long's education, activism begin during Ryan Shaffer Editor in Chief incarceration tuftsdaily.com EDITORIAL Alex Viveros Nathan Kyn that had stopped at seventh grade. In Managing Editors addition to the community she found Tys Sweeney Associate Editor through the LIFE program, Brown-Long

Robert Kaplan Executive News Editor identified three other pillars of support: Alejandra Carrillo Deputy News Editor her mother, her husband and above all, Connor Dale News Editors Abbie Gruskin God. Natasha Mayor Matt McGovern “Even when I struggled, [my mom] Sara Renkert Anton Shenk was always there, trying to figure out, Seohyun Shim ‘How can I help?’” she said. “She tried. Daniel Weinstein Maddie Aitken Assistant News Editors She tried very hard, so when I was arrest- Carolina Espinal Alex Janoff ed, and I saw that all these people that I Renner Kwittken was hanging around [who were] teaching Bella Maharaj Stephanie Rifkin me all these things that no 13-year-old Sarah Sandlow Elli Sol Strich girl ever should learn, they were nowhere Amelia Becker Executive Features Editor to be found. The only person left stand- Sid Anand Features Editors ing with me was my mother, and she has Jessie Newman Sean Ong MENGQI IRINA WANG / THE TUFTS DAILY been my best friend from that moment.” Michael Shames Fina Short Cyntoia Brown-Long talks about criminal justice reform in Breed Memorial Hall on March 5, Brown-Long explained that her hus- Maddie Aitken Assistant Features Editors 2020. band, Jamie Long, led her to a new reli- Claire Fraise Jillian Collins BROWN-LONG as [if] we were there to be warehoused, gious path while she was incarcerated. She Evelyn McClure Marc Weisglass continued from page 1 put under some kind of strict control; credited God for saving her and for her including celebrities and religious lead- rules changed every single day,” she said. success today. Ryan Eggers Executive Arts Editor Tommy Gillespie Arts Editors ers, heard about Brown-Long’s case and Brown-Long explained that she only “I was told everything about my exis- Sam Heyman Danny Klain took to social media to voice their disap- observed a focus on rehabilitation when tence should revolve around pleasing a Tuna Margalit pointment with how it was handled and grant funding was conditional upon man, and the men that I was introduced Christopher Panella Yas Salon demand her freedom with the hashtag rehabilitative efforts, before suggesting to, I was supposed to put them … on a Colette Smith Megan Szostak #FreeCyntoia. an alternative focus. pedestal, and when I met Jaime, he was Geoffrey Tobia Devina Bhalla Assistant Arts Editor Then-Tennessee governor Bill Haslan “We need to be focused on: How do we like, ‘Wait a minute. That’s not what this later commuted her initial sentence to get them to the other side of this? How do is. You don’t live for me. You live your Hannah Harris Executive Opinion Editor Amulya Mutnuri Senior Editorialists 15 years, and she was released on Aug. we get them to be their best selves? What life for Christ.’ And I was like, ‘Wow, Priya Padhye Liz Shelbred 7, 2019. do we do to make sure this person has a that’s completely different,’” she said. Allie Birger Editorial Paloma Delgado Brown-Long recalled the most poi- successful reentry into society?” she said. “And that’s what showed me God is with Mason Goldberg gnant injustices she perceived over the Despite the prison conditions she you, all the time … Now, I get to spend Milli Lu Emily Nadler course of her incarceration. described, Brown-Long explained that my days with my best friend, with my Eileen Ong Michael Wilkinson “A lot of times when you’re in the she completed a college education while partner. My husband, he’s everything to Caroline Wolinsky court system, you think, ‘Well, if I just in prison through Lipscomb University’s me. He’s awesome.” Carys Kong Editorial Cartoonists Annabel Nied explain this and let them know what Lipscomb Initiative for Education (LIFE) In light of her experiences, Brown-Long Julia Zweifach Valeria Velasquez happened … they’re going to rule in my program. has become an advocate for prison reform, favor,’” she said. “But that’s not what “I was four years into serving my sen- which she began while still in prison. Much Jake Freudberg Executive Sports Editor Julia Atkins Sports Editors happens. What happens is whoever can tence when the opportunity presented of her activism is channelled through her Liam Finnegan Aiden Herrod spin the best narrative, whoever can put itself to me to be part of the program,” own initiative, called Grassroots Learning Savannah Mastrangelo David Meyer on the best performance in the court- she said. “I jumped through a lot of hur- Initiative for Teen Trafficking, Exploitation Haley Rich room, that’s who ends up winning, and dles, but by the grace of God, I got in it, and Rape (GLITTER). Noah Stancroff Delaney Tantillo nine times out of 10, it’s going to be the and I was expecting, ‘I’m going to further “When I saw that there [were] things Sam Weidner Arpan Barua Assistant Sports Editors prosecution.” my education, I’m going to get some- that needed to be changed, I didn’t Jacob Dreyer In addition to discovering that courts thing that’s going to look good when I want to sit in the classroom and just be Matthew Goguen Henry Gorelik did not function in the way she would go before the court and I go before the talking. I didn’t want to say, ‘this isn’t Pranav Jain Ananda Kao have hoped, Brown-Long reflected that governor [in her appeal process] and it’s right in the system, this shouldn’t be this Sruthi Kocherlakota Helen Thomas-McLean her actual experience in prison was going to look good on paper,’ but once I way,'” she said. “I started having conver- Jason Schwartz focused less on rehabilitation than it was got into the class, what I realized is I had sations with people, and next thing you Eric Spencer on containment. been welcomed into a community.” know, I’m sitting in a prison visitation Austin Clementi Executive Investigative Editor “The reality is what I and many of the Brown-Long went on to describe that area with a state representative, talking Elie Levine Executive Audio Editor women I was incarcerated with experi- she graduated with a 4.0 grade point about a bill that he’s going to represent Anne Marie Burke Executive Photo Editors enced is that from the time we stepped average with the support she found on my behalf to change the sentencing Nicole Garay Aidan Chang Staff Photographers foot into the facility, we were just treated there, even though her education before of juveniles.” Patrick Milewski Alexander Thompson Menqi Irina Wang

Stephanie Hoechst Executive Video Editors Caleb Martin-Rosenthal Medford to address underrepresented communities, PRODUCTION Kristina Marchand Somerville to lead vulnerability assessment Production Director “The office of outreach and prevention spaces, according to Breton-Carbonneau. had already kind of written this grant that Her goal is to have these hubs in every Sam Russo Executive Layout Editors GRANTS Kevin Zhang continued from page 1 looked at a resilience hub-type center,” neighborhood. Daniel Montoya Layout Editors Isabella Montoya ipated in the development of the adaptation she said. “Since this is a climate change Somerville was one of six cities part of Alice Yoon plan, according to Hunt. grant I looked into that idea and found the “Critical Regional Infrastructure and Apart from these trainings, the office that there were these hubs that address Social Vulnerability in the Lower Mystic Aidan Menchaca Executive Graphics Editor is partnering with the Medford Family community resilience as their primary Watershed” project, which totaled to an Rebecca Barker Executive Copy Editors Network to better serve underrepresented objective but also have elements of cli- award of $389,995. Jillian Rolnick Anna Hirshman Copy Editors communities. mate change.” The city’s proposal called for the hiring David Levitsky Hannah Wells “The Medford Family Network is working Breton-Carbonneau emphasized that of consultants to lead two assessments. Abigail Zielinski with us to set up two dinners that are target- understanding the resources available The first will consist of a vulnerability Cole Wolk Sophie Elia Assistant Copy Editors ed to specific populations … they are help- in various communities is important to assessment conducted by infrastructure Yiyun Tom Guan Makenna Law ing us figure out how to engage populations implementing this initiative. managers to identify weaknesses and Grace Prendergast that don’t normally participate in general She detailed the central plan of this potential cascading failures following an Mariel Priven Kate Seklir public meetings with the city of Medford,” grant and Medford’s effort to strengthen extreme storm, according to the project Ethan Steinberg Rae Sun Hunt said. community relations and engagement. application. The second will involve iden- Russell Yip Brendan Hartnett Andreanne Breton-Carbonneau, the cli- “Interviewing community-based orga- tifying the possible impacts of infrastruc- mate, health and equity project coordinator nizations to understand what programs ture failures on residents. Sam Chung Executive Online Editor for the city of Medford, was the primary and services they would be interested to Kate Hartke, director of Somerville’s

Julian Perry Executive Social Media Editors author of the second MVP grant awarded to have in these spaces is very important grants development office, expressed Michelle Roitgarts the city. … also surveying vulnerable populations her excitement at Somerville receiving

Luke Allocco Outreach Coordinators This grant, titled “Suitability Assessment and having community discussions,” the grant. Alexis Serino for Equitable, Community-Driven Resilience Breton-Carbonneau said. “This was one particular grant we were Hubs,” consisted of a $65,259 award. She added that they will search for especially thrilled to receive,” Hartke said. BUSINESS Breton-Carbonneau said that she specific sites and locations to build the “[The grant process] is part of that neces- Jonah Zwillinger reframed a previous grant idea in order to resilience hubs. Communities will decide sary but not always glamorous work that Executive Business Director satisfy the MVP grant requirements. which resources will be available in the will affect really big decisions later on.” Features 3 tuftsdaily.com Monday, March 9, 2020 that had stopped at seventh grade. In Ross Sonnenblick addition to the community she found through the LIFE program, Brown-Long From seniors to citizens identified three other pillars of support: her mother, her husband and above all, Something else, God. “Even when I struggled, [my mom] was always there, trying to figure out, with Eric Sinton ‘How can I help?’” she said. “She tried. enior spring to social security. On She tried very hard, so when I was arrest- the hill to over the hill. Graduation ed, and I saw that all these people that I to … grandchildren? Here’s what was hanging around [who were] teaching seniors have to say before all is said me all these things that no 13-year-old Sand done. girl ever should learn, they were nowhere Not for the first time, Eric Sinton is pre- to be found. The only person left stand- pared to move on. “I got to Tufts, took a lot of ing with me was my mother, and she has classes, learned some stuff, made a bunch of been my best friend from that moment.” friends … I’m not really looking for anything Brown-Long explained that her hus- more. I’m ready for something else,” he said. band, Jamie Long, led her to a new reli- Sinton seeks a new challenge. Just one week gious path while she was incarcerated. She after graduation, Sinton will find himself in the credited God for saving her and for her Gila National Forest of New Mexico, a 3.3-mil- success today. lion-acre expanse of rolling hills, shady trees “I was told everything about my exis- and oftentimes tranquil wilderness. There, he tence should revolve around pleasing a will not relax. There, he will fight fires. Sinton man, and the men that I was introduced EVAN SLACK / THE TUFTS DAILY explained, “The risks of firefighting are some- Tufts cheerleading preforms alongside youth squad during halftime on January 26. to, I was supposed to put them … on a thing that you need to compartmentalize and pedestal, and when I met Jaime, he was put in the back of your mind because if I’m like, ‘Wait a minute. That’s not what this Tufts cheerleading team: From bringing school thinking rationally, I’m not gonna do it.” is. You don’t live for me. You live your He spoke from experience. A math major, life for Christ.’ And I was like, ‘Wow, spirit to bringing it at nationals Sinton has spent two of the past three sum- that’s completely different,’” she said. mers in Utah, hosing down wildfires and “And that’s what showed me God is with by Rachel Carp by Webster and Elise Gan (LA’19), and the sors,” Brown said. “We’ve done several junior working 16-hour days for the U.S. Forest you, all the time … Now, I get to spend Contributing Writer newborn 2016–17 program saw less than 10 cheerleader clinics, where we have kids ages Service. His journey in recent years reveals a my days with my best friend, with my members and no coach. Now, graduated Gan three to 13, and we’ll teach them stunts and trailblazing wanderlust, a sense of adventure partner. My husband, he’s everything to The cheerleading team is an integral part teams up with Josh Hartman to coach the cheers at a basketball game and then we’ll do that explains his circuitous path across conti- me. He’s awesome.” of the school spirit at Tufts. At each football nationals-bound team, which has around 20 a halftime dance.” nents and careers. In light of her experiences, Brown-Long and basketball game, you can find it cheering members. The group has raised money through a Before his first year at Tufts , he worked has become an advocate for prison reform, loudly on the sidelines, pumping up the crowd Hartman, who began coaching the variety of fundraising tactics, Webster added. at a convenience store in his hometown of which she began while still in prison. Much and showing off its stunts in between quarters team in 2018, has seen the team grow tre- “We had a big push in the fall, and we Ithaca, N.Y., where the claustrophobic shifts of her activism is channelled through her or at halftime. mendously. raised between $3,000 or $4,000. And that compelled him to stretch his legs and nav- own initiative, called Grassroots Learning When not standing by the court or the field, “They have so much determination and was just through a video. We made a pro- igate nature through the Tufts Wilderness Initiative for Teen Trafficking, Exploitationthe Tufts cheerleading team is preparing to passion for cheer and for their team, that motional video and we were promoting the Orientation program. and Rape (GLITTER). compete at its first ever national competition they continue to push each other and get Giving Tuesday fundraiser with that through Once in the classroom, Sinton pursued his “When I saw that there [were] thingsin Daytona, Fla. better and better every day,” he wrote in an our Facebook page and on our different interest in numbers. He said that as a math that needed to be changed, I didn’t The competition, according to senior and electronic message to the Daily. “Prior to my social media accounts,” Webster said. student, “you learn a lot of patience. There’ll want to sit in the classroom and just be co-captain Hawley Brown, is the same one arrival, the team wasn’t able to stunt at all The cheerleaders will also have a pre-na- be hours at a time where you won’t get a prob- talking. I didn’t want to say, ‘this isn’t featured in Netflix’s docuseries “Cheer” (2020) since teams need a certified coach to oversee tionals showcase, which will be held in lem, and you’ll think, ‘Oh, I can’t solve this,’ right in the system, this shouldn’t be this — though Tufts’ team will be competing in a safety and progressions, so their stunt prog- Cousens Gym on April 4 at 7 p.m. Though the and then you’ll have a breakthrough.” way,'” she said. “I started having conver-different division. To qualify, the team went ress has been especially impressive … I’ve performance is free, voluntary donations will Ever the explorer, Sinton studied abroad sations with people, and next thing you through an intensive two-day, 12-hour camp, also seen a shift in team mindset. This current be welcomed. last spring through a math-specific program know, I’m sitting in a prison visitationput on by a staff member from the National group is hungry for continual improvement, “We’ll be doing our nationals routine, and in Budapest, Hungary. He actually described area with a state representative, talkingCheerleaders Association (NCA). At the end, for supporting Tufts spirit and athletics, and I think the basketball and football teams are math and firefighting in similar terms; on about a bill that he’s going to representthe team was awarded a bronze bid to nation- for representing our University and commu- going to be coming to that because we’ve the latter topic, he said, “you’re digging in the on my behalf to change the sentencing als and a blue “Most Improved” ribbon. nity on the national stage!” supported them all year,” Brown said. dirt a lot, but you still have your moments. of juveniles.” “[A bronze bid means] they paid for part The cheerleading team stresses inclusion, While working hard to prepare for the Sometimes the crew really will prevent a fire of our registration fee, and that we are offi- and will welcome with open arms individ- national competition, the cheerleaders have from overtaking a neighborhood. It’s hours cially qualified to go to nationals,” sopho- uals who have no cheerleading or tumbling continued to support the football and basket- and days and sometimes weeks of what feels Medford to address underrepresented communities, more co-captain Donavan Payne said. “ [The background. ball teams by bringing an enthusiastic spirit like very meaningless work punctuated by staff member from the NCA] was tracking “Our team tries to be as inclusive as it to every game. On the sidelines, they dedicate moments like that.” Somerville to lead vulnerability assessment our improvement from the beginning of the can possibly be,” Webster said. “If you want themselves to fostering high-energy cheers Despite the tantalizing exhilaration of fire- weekend to the end, and we improved a lot.” to join, and you can commit to coming to — so high energy that Payne joked about fighting, Sinton believes that his days as a fire- The team continues to improve, working practice and trying your best, then you can losing his voice after every game. fighter, much like his days as a math student, on new skills and stunts to perform in its two- be on the team.” “The captains will call a cheer by going are numbered. During his first year, Sinton took and-a-half-minute nationals routine. Payne Sophomore Taylor Marchand had no prior through it one time, and then the entire team an EMT training course at Tufts, and he served described the routine as including an opening cheerleading experience before joining during will join in,” Webster said. “Then, in the words as the fire crew’s medic that summer. “It felt “crowd cheer” portion that serves to “get the her first year. of our coach, we’ll ‘hit the crowd,’ which really, really good to be responsible for other crowd pumped,” a stunt sequence, a jump “When I went to the GIM for cheer, I found means we basically just try to yell and pump people. At the end of the night, just to check in sequence, dance, tumbling and — to close — a it to be a very upbeat and welcoming atmo- up the audience a little bit to help get the with your fellow firefighters and maybe wrap pyramid. sphere,” she wrote in an electronic message team going and raise energy for them.” their ankle or take care of really minor cuts and Senior co-captain Allie Webster described to the Daily. “Although I kept messing up the “Outside of the formal cheers, we’re yell- burns, I got a lot out of that, sometimes more the routine that the team has been preparing cheers and dance we were learning, the cap- ing, like, ‘c’mon Tufts!’ and all that. We’re pret- than the firefighting itself,” he said. for nationals. tains and experienced members continued to ty much yelling constantly,” Brown added. Sinton plans to enter the high-octane “I think a fair bit [of the routine] is new stuff encourage me and others as we followed along From cultivating school spirit to getting industry of emergency medicine, perhaps as for nationals,” Webster said. “Until this year, … I was welcomed and accepted just as much ready for nationals, the three co-captains a physician assistant or doctor. One way or we didn’t really do this stunt called a liberty as those who were much further experienced. agree that the Tufts cheerleading team’s another, he said, “[I want to] take the things … lib in cheer terms. And that’s a one-legged It was the first community I found at Tufts. inclusive, fun and supportive environment in my life seriously but not take my life itself stunt, it’s the flyer standing only on one leg Now, it is an ever-expanding family.” makes it special. This environment is partly so seriously.” and the other leg either by their side or pulled Yet a bigger team means a more expensive what turned Payne from a high school theatre Unlike the radio show that Sinton and his up … And all the people holding up that stunt national competition; the team is working to kid into a college cheerleader. friends host every Wednesday at noon on have their arms all the way over their heads.” raise a total of between $20,000–$25,000 to “I did a lot of theatre in high school,” WMFO, senior spring is not always a barrel of “We do a lot of progressions. I started fly- pay for the flight tickets and hotel rooms of its Payne said. “Then I ended up coming to laughs, but Sinton does look forward to senior ing this semester. I’d always been a base, and members and coaches. It is engaging in just Tufts, and, to be honest, I thought it would be week. In particular, he awaits the cruise, a then the coach put me in as a fly for a few about every fundraising tactic it can, from really funny to join [the cheerleading team]. watery excursion for which his firefighting things,” Brown said. “We’re working our way Tufts’ Giving Tuesday to cheerleader clinics But then I ended up really, really enjoying it skills should not be necessary. up, because it can be scary.” to bake sales. Right now, the team is about and I take it very, very seriously … I ended up As the team’s repertoire of stunts has halfway to its goal. joining and finding something that was very Ross Sonnenblick is a senior studying increased, so have its member numbers. “We’re doing a crowdfunding campaign athletic and active … Everyone’s very sup- psychology. Ross can be reached at ross. Tufts’ cheerleading team was revived in 2016 right now. We’re looking for corporate spon- portive and it’s just a fun group of people.” [email protected]. 4 ARTS&LIVING Monday, March 9, 2020 tuftsdaily.com Aidan Menchaca Beginner Mentality Exciting book releases for month of March Beethoven at 250 oll over Beethoven / Dig to these rhythm and blues” Chuck Berry sang these lyrics in 1956 in his hit single “Roll Over RBeethoven” (1956), only to be covered and further popularized by The Beatles in 1963. The song’s premise is that Beethoven would be ‘rolling in his grave’ if he had heard the new music Chuck Berry was playing. While we will never know what Beethoven would have thought about it, Berry gets something right; the image of Beethoven as lifeless, stagnant and old surely has to go. As 2020 marks 250 years since the birth of Beethoven, it’s important to remember how remarkably innovative Beethoven’s music is and to look at his life with fresh eyes. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, which was quite far away from the fashion- able capital of music in Vienna. His father tried to make him into a prodigy like Mozart and, although he was a virtuoso pianist, he never quite succeeded. Beethoven was often prone to bad moods and had periods of deep psychological distress. He was no Vitruvian man, but his music shows the power of expression to transcend life. That is why he deserves to be heard again and again as long as we hear the new things he has to say. GRAPHIC BY ANN-MARIE BURKE / THE TUFTS DAILY At age 28, he began to complain of fluctu- Highly anticipated books being released in March as selected by Assistant Arts Editor Devina Bhalla are pictured. ating deafness and, by 1814, he was almost totally deaf. As a musician, this is my worst by Devina Bhalla N.K. Jemisin is known for her fantasy and Crescent City series on March 3. “The House fear, and I could only imagine what sense Assistant Arts Editor science fiction books. She received the Hugo of Earth and Blood” is about Bryce Quinlan, a of isolation and profound despair which Book Award for best science fiction or fantasy half-human, half-Fae girl, as she attempts to he could have experienced. Some recorded March 2020 brings an exciting array of new book in 2016, 2017 and 2018. avenge the murders of her closest friends by a Beethoven walking the streets alone, sinking books. Here are eight of the most anticipated “The Mirror & the Light” by Hilary Mantel demon. She works with a fallen angel named into alcoholism. Yet, at these most harrow- books of 2020 that launch this month. Mantel completes her Wolf Hall trilogy with Hunt Athalar to dig under Crescent City to stop ing moments, Beethoven was able to com- “Deacon King Kong” by James McBride “The Mirror & the Light.” This book follows the dark power threatening their world. Full of pose his greatest symphonies and sonatas “Deacon King Kong” is James McBride’s the last years of Thomas Cromwell’s life as he action, love and suspense, “House of Earth and from his middle and late period, making a first novel after his award-winning work “The completes his journey from poverty to power. Blood” captures you in its page-turning story. powerful statement on nearly every classical Good Lord Bird” (2013). This book dives into Cromwell was an English lawyer and statesman Maas is known for her Throne of Glass form. It is remarkable that he was able to a Brooklyn community when a church dea- and the first Earl of Essex under King Henry series (2012-2018) and “A Court of Thorns write Symphony No. 9 (1824) with Schiller’s con shoots and kills the project’s drug dealer VIII. The book begins in 1536 with the death and Roses” (2015). “Ode to Joy” (1786) when all worldly joy in September of 1969. The effects and con- of Anne Boleyn. “The Mirror & the Light” puts “The Night Watchman” by Louise had gone out of his life. As Schiller writes sequences of the shooting for the African Cromwell’s aspirations for England within the Erdrich of Joy: “Your magic brings together / what American and Latinx community are illustrat- turmoil of the time, with rebellions and traitors National Book Award-winning author custom has sternly divided. / All men shall ed vividly by McBride. The cops investigating lurking all over the country. He was known Louise Erdrich is back with “The Night become brothers, / wherever your gentle the murder, the witnesses and even the white for being a powerful force behind the English Watchman,” which was released on March wings hover.” Even as ill as Beethoven was, neighbors lives all overlap within a lively and Reformation. 3. “The Night Watchman” is based on the he understood the transformational power difficult 1960s in New York City. “The Mirror & the Light” has been eight life of Erdrich’s grandfather, who worked as of art to break down every human wall. We McBride also wrote “The Color of Water” years in the making and completes Cromwell’s a night watchman for a jewelry plant and could also just as easily replace “Joy” with (1995) and is a popular musician and screen- unforgettable and historically significant life spent his life fighting Native American dis- Beethoven himself. His magic has brought writer. “Deacon King Kong” is his latest work, journey. Mantel is a best-selling author and possession in rural North Dakota in 1953. hundreds of years of musicians together in encompassing tensions and rage that still live won Booker Prizes for the previous two books The book follows the lives within the Turtle service of our common humanity. in our society. in the trilogy, “Wolf Hall” (2009) and “Bring Up Mountain Reservation in North Dakota. Hearing Symphony No. 9 so often, we “The Glass Hotel” by Emily St. John Mandel the Bodies” (2012). Thomas Wazhashk, the character based forget how innovative it was musically. No “The Glass Hotel” will be released on “My Dark Vanessa” by Kate Elizabeth off of Erdich’s grandfather, is a Chippewa composer had ever conceived of putting March 24. It is one of The New York Times’ Russell Council member trying to understand the voices in a symphony. Beethoven created a “20 Books We’re Watching For in 2020.” It is “My Dark Vanessa” is a delicate and raw consequences of a bill that Congress is forc- new world for Wagner, Mahler, Gorecki and Emily St. John Mandel’s fifth novel. It follows novel that will be released on March 10. ing upon them. Pixie “Patrice” Paranteau countless others to explore the power of the Vincent, a bartender on the northernmost tip Vanessa, the protagonist, is confronted 17 is working at the jewelry plant trying to voice in a symphonic setting. As a violinist, of Vancouver Island when she meets Jonathan years after having an affair with her 42-year-old make enough money to go to Minneapolis. I am also shocked by one of Beethoven’s Alkaitis. Vincent poses as Alkaitis’ wife until his English teacher as other sexual assault allega- “The Night Watchman” examines all of the late works, the “Missa Solemnis” (1819–22), international Ponzi scheme collapses and she tions come out against him. Her teacher, Jacob tensions and struggles of trying to live and which took the Christian mass to its greatest walks away into the night. In what at first seems Strane, was her first love at 15. As Vanessa tries survive in a country that doesn’t want you. scale. In the “Sanctus” section, Beethoven unconnected, a victim of the Ponzi scheme is to decide whether or not to come forward, she “New Waves” by Kevin Nguyen wove a lyrical violin solo into the ancient hired to investigate a woman disappearing off faces the difficult decision of whether to contin- “New Waves” follows two workers at a text. The violin perhaps acts as his own voice the deck of a container ship. ue seeing her affair with Strane as a loving one New York tech company, Lucas and Margo. — his own spiritual statement — which is Mandel brings the reader through seemingly or as one of coercion. Margo is a programmer the company’s only beyond language. It is another dream of disconnected worlds like federal prisons, under- The book takes place between the year 2000, black employee. Lucas, who works as a cus- mine to play it. ground clubs and homeless campgrounds. “The when Vanessa had the affair with Strane, and tomer representative, is one of many Asian 250 years later, I don’t care to be remem- Glass Hotel” strikingly attempts to search for the the year 2017, where she is deciding whether employees. Both friends, however, are frus- bered as Beethoven has been, but I hope different ways life takes meaning. or not to come forward. “My Dark Vanessa” trated and decide to steal the company’s I can say that I had the strength of his “The City We Became” by N.K. Jemisin doesn’t shy away from difficult conversations user database. Things don’t go as planned heart and undying passion for art Beethoven “The City We Became” will be released about consent, agency, troubled relationships when Margo dies in a car crash and Lucas teaches me each day. I hope we can listen for March 24. New York Times bestselling author and psychological dynamics. This is Russell’s is left in shock. After his friend’s death, he what is fresh and new in music and all rec- N.K. Jemisin is back with her first book of the first novel and she was Entertainment Weekly’s finds out more about Margo and her world ognize the joy of art which is as unstoppable Great Cities Trilogy. “The City We Became” is Breakout Author to Watch in 2020. of secrets. today as it was then. about five New Yorkers defending their city “House of Earth and Blood” by Sarah J. Nguyen’s knowledge of the tech indus- from an ancient evil. 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It’s a state Sanders shocking- ly won over Hillary Clinton, and one that is the Democrats’ best path to 270 electoral votes. Sanders has consistently argued he can win the election against Donald Trump, but that argument loses legitimacy when Sanders fails to overtake Joe Biden. I don’t believe for a minute that Bernie will drop out if he fails to win Michigan. Like in 2016, Sanders will martyr himself throughout the primary process, not conceding his progres- sive legitimacy until the convention nears. From March until the July convention in Milwaukee, Sanders will fly from state to state, gathering larger crowds than Joe Biden and offering more media availability, but he’ll slowly bleed in the battle for delegates until Biden’s seemingly unshakeable support from African Americans and suburban voters kills his candidacy. Bernie’s political life will end on Tuesday if he fails to win a large share of those 352 delegates. There is no reasonable path for Bernie Sanders to be the Democrats’ candidate for president even if he wins a 70–30 in Washington, as he did in 2016, but falls flat everywhere else. I have a great personal affinity for Joe Biden. I have met him a few times, and he has never failed to be kind. Joe Biden has suffered more personal tragedy than nearly any politician in modern American history: burying his 1-year- old daughter and first wife after they were killed in a car accident, losing his eldest son Beau to brain cancer when he was only 46 and help- ing his younger, misguided son Hunter deal with drug addiction. A common justification for Biden’s candidacy is that he will “restore the soul of America” because Joe’s own personal decency in the face of unimaginable horror will serve as an example of moral leadership. But no one should buy that. Barack Obama is a decent, honorable man. Elizabeth Warren is a ferociously kind politician. Hillary Clinton was more tenacious and graceful than Donald Trump or any other Republican politician. And yet the Republicans pilloried them anyway. On Tuesday, Bernie Sanders will fall even further behind in the delegate count, slowly starving his campaign of fundraising and media attention. And as Bernie soldiers on, highlight- ing Biden’s support for the Iraq War and the bankruptcy bill, the result will be the same as in 2016: An establishment favorite up against the well-funded, race-baiting, jingoistic Republican party machine. Matt Rice is a junior studying political science. Matt can be reached at matthew. [email protected]. The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, published Monday through Friday during the academic year, and distributed free to the Tufts community. The content of letters, advertisements, signed columns, cartoons and graphics does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tufts Daily editorial board. 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ADVERTISING All advertising copy is subject to the approval of the Editor-in-Chief, Executive Board and Executive Business Director. Sporttuftsdaily.coms Monday, March 9, 2020 | Sports | THE TUFTS DAILY 7 Women's basketball advances to NCAA Sweet 16 Player and Coach of the Year accolades, a new coach, you never know what’s going tuftsdaily.com respectively. to happen, but this team just bought in “With Erica, her stats say a lot, but I think right away, which was huge for continuing it’s the things that don’t show up on the stat the standard of excellence for the women’s sheet that say the most about her,” Briggs basketball program.” said. “She’s an amazing leader, she pushes On Friday, Tufts will play Williams in the all of us to work so hard and she’s just a great Sweet 16 game. Williams currently holds a example for everyone, from the freshmen all 20–8 overall record after beating Albright the way through the seniors. She works hard College and Ithaca College this weekend. every day and it makes you want to work hard Tufts and Williams have already played each and give the same amount of intensity that other twice this season — the two teams met she brings to practice and games.” in the last game of regular season play in a Not only did Pace win this award, but 76–60 Tufts win and then again two weeks she did so in her first year as the Jumbos’ later in the NESCAC semifinals when Tufts head coach. The Bowdoin alumna cred- won 69–63. ited her assistant coach, Jamie Insel, as The Jumbos will look to repeat this domi- well as the captains, for making the tran- nation in their third game against the Ephs in sition so smooth. less than a month. “We have four awesome seniors who “Playing a team three times isn’t always NICOLE GARAY / THE TUFTS DAILY provide great leadership and two captains easy, but I don’t think we’ll change anything,” Senior Erica DeCandido dribbles the ball at the NESCAC semifinal game against Williams in in Erica and Lilly who just do a great job Briggs said. “This time around, obviously Cousens Gym on Feb. 29. leading our team and setting an example for we’re playing for a little bit more, we’re play- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL weekend’s games were hosted by Western New everyone in the way we want our program ing for our season to keep going. Not like any continued from back page England University in Springfield, Mass. to be,” said Pace. “It’s definitely a testament other prior games we don’t play hard, but Cortland ended its season with a 22–7 record In addition to these wins this past week, to the seniors, the captains and the whole there’s a little more of a reason to play hard and SUNY Poly ended with a 20–8 record. The DeCandido and Pace received NESCAC team for just buying in. I think when there’s now, especially for our seniors.” Men's basketball rallies against Western Connecticut State en route to Sweet 16 MEN'S BASKETBALL Savage threw down a monster dunk and hit his “We stood together and believed in each other. Tufts now looks ahead to Friday’s game continued from back page and one to bring the score to 62–56. That’s what great friends will do.” against SUNY Brockport, a team that is “I just told [the team] don’t panic,” Sheldon Western Connecticut State recovered pulled While the Colonials outscored the Jumbos coming off a close win against a familiar said about his halftime adjustments. “We ahead again with a double-digit lead. With 3:08 46–27 in the first half, the Jumbos completely NESCAC foe, Middlebury. In 2017, the last changed our press offense. We’ll just chip away remaining, Cohen made a 3 for Tufts, and Sheldon flipped the script and outscored the Colonials time Tufts qualified for the NCAA tourna- and go a little bit at a time.” immediately took a timeout. The Jumbos came 47–26 in the second half. Rogers (15 points) ment, the team reached the Sweet 16; in The shift was clear right away: Cohen kicked out with a press of their own, which resulted in and Cohen (14 points) led scoring for the 2016, the team reached the Elite Eight. The off the half with a 3, and Aronson followed a 3-point play for Thoerner, which brought the Jumbos, while sophomore guard Ahmod host for Friday’s game has yet to be deter- with a layup. The Colonials retained the lead, score to 72–66. Rogers took it from there, scoring Privott (21 points) and senior forward Fenton mined. however, going up by as much as 19 again. six straight points to tie the game at 72. Bradley (19 points) led the Colonials. However the Jumbos finish, it will be a First-year guard Casey McClaren began to shift The Colonials could not convert on their Notably, junior guard Brennan Morris, one significant improvement upon last year’s the momentum for the Jumbos with just over final possession, and with the score tied, of the team’s top 3-point shooters who averages dismal 12–14 season. According to Savage, 12 minutes remaining, draining a 3 and driving fouled Carson. In front of the packed house 12 points per game, was inactive this weekend. the team has been trusting the process. in on a fast break for a layup to cut the lead to at Cousens Gym, Carson calmly nailed his two Contributions from younger players such as “It was a two-year plan — we knew that 57–45 and forcing a Colonials timeout. free throws, and with only seconds left, the Thoerner proved to be crucial in both games. at the start of last year,” Savage said in the Aronson made two 3s with about eight min- Jumbos secured a 74–72 victory. “[Thoerner] steps up tremendously when press conference. “Once the team pieces utes remaining to bring the Jumbos’ deficit “At no point did we go apart at all,” Rogers the big lights are on,” Savage said in a press came together and once our friendship real- to single digits, 62–53. After a Tufts timeout, said in a postgame press conference on Friday. conference on Saturday. ly blossomed, we were tough to stop.”

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Learn more at asegrad.tufts.edu/combineddegrees 8 Sports Monday, March 9, 2020 tuftsdaily.com Matt Goguen Keeping up with the 617 Women’s basketball wins 1st 2 NCAA tournament Jayson Tatum’s games by Ananda Kao Against SUNY Cortland, the game was back than a minute later to give the Jumbos their first contract enigma Assistant Sports Editor and forth in the very beginning, until a 3-point lead that lasted throughout the entire game. jump shot halfway through the first quarter Alibrandi added eight points in the second ver the past few weeks, Jayson Senior guard/forward and co-captain from sophomore guard Molly Ryan sparked a quarter alone, alongside senior guard Cailin Tatum has lit up dozens of box Erica DeCandido and junior guard/forward 10–2 run in which Tufts began to pull away with Harrington, Ryan and senior guard Sadie Otley, scores as he is currently put- Emily Briggs combined for 75 points in the a lead. The Jumbos remained ahead for the rest who all drained 3-pointers. In the third quar- ting the “Hospital Celtics” on his women’s basketball team’s first two games of the game despite a close third quarter. ter, the Jumbos ran up their lead, as junior Oback. In the month of February, Tatum of the NCAA tournament, a 79–53 victory Both teams shot well from the free throw guard Erin Poindexter McHan, senior guard averaged a team high of 30.7 points per against State University of New York (SUNY) line, SUNY Cortland shooting nine for 10 and and co-captain Lilly Paro and first-year guard game (PPG) on a 49.4% field goal per- Cortland on Saturday and a blowout against Tufts 13 for 16. However, the Jumbos grabbed Joelle Zelony hit 3s coming off the bench, while centage, earning him Eastern Conference SUNY Poly 72–34 the night before. The 42 rebounds to the Red Dragons’ 29. DeCandido added seven points. The Jumbos Player of the Month honors. In that span, Jumbos now advance to the Sweet 16 where Four Jumbos tallied double-digit points held their biggest lead of the game, 40 points, the Celtics were 9-3, with two losses against they will face a familiar NESCAC foe: the including 26 from DeCandido and 21 from with 3:15 remaining in the third quarter. the Rockets and one against the Lakers, Williams Ephs. Briggs. DeCandido and Briggs also grabbed 11 Tufts shot an impressive 78.6% on free both juggernaut teams that are legitimate “We probably played some of our best bas- and nine rebounds, respectively. Ryan added 10 throws on the night. Alibrandi and first-year title contenders. ketball, which is really awesome because we’re points and dished out six assists. guard/forward Maggie Russell grabbed a game- It’s safe to say that Tatum is on the cusp in the postseason and it’s the most important The night before, Tufts glided by SUNY Poly high eight rebounds each while Ryan, Briggs of superstardom as he has developed into time to be playing very well,” Briggs said. “We with all 12 healthy players contributing to the and DeCandido had seven. a leader for the Celtics in his third NBA sea- worked a lot in practice on certain things commanding win. DeCandido led the game “From the start, our defense was great, the son. As Tatum slumped in his sophomore the post players had to do, certain things the with 16 points, while junior forward Angela team did a nice job following the game plan season, many fans and sports columnists guards had to do, and we really executed that Alibrandi added 14 off the bench and Briggs and we just executed very well,” coach Jill Pace deemed him a polarizing player who would this weekend. We shared the ball really well, put up 12. Senior forward Jaida Washington led said. “We had good starts in both games and never become a superstar. Tatum proved the we shot well and we played as a team.” SUNY Poly with 10 points and ended the last then we also did a nice job responding to the doubters wrong. He is averaging 7.8 more In the first round on Friday, Tufts defeated season of her collegiate career averaging 12.9 other teams’ runs throughout the game, which PPG this season and is a reliable option for SUNY Poly, while SUNY Cortland came out points and eight rebounds per game. was a great job by our team.” head coach Brad Stevens in crunch time. with the win against Western New England Although SUNY Poly got on the board first, Tufts currently holds a record of 28–1, with Because of his quick ascent to superstar- University. The two winners faced off the next Tufts responded a mere 23 seconds later to tie a potential four games left in its season. SUNY dom, general manager Danny Ainge is active- day in the second round. the game at two. DeCandido added a layup less see WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 7 ly seeking to lock up Tatum for the next hand- ful of years with a major contract extension. Tatum is still on his rookie deal from when Men’s basketball advances to Sweet 16 with 2 close he was drafted in 2017, which is worth $30 million over a span of four years. If the Celtics don’t succeed in contract talks with Tatum victories “We ran our stuff,” coach Bob Sheldon said. Savage blocked a layup attempt from Black, this summer, he will become a restricted free by Jake Freudberg “I think we controlled the game right from the which secured the Jumbos’ victory. agent following the 2020–21 season. Ainge Executive Sports Editor beginning.” At the final buzzer, the Jumbos walked off and Celtics fans do not want Tatum to hit the The Engineers came out with intensity in the court with a 75–66 victory and a ticket to open market; many NBA teams will shell out It was looking like the men’s basketball team the second half, chipping away at the Jumbos’ the Sweet 16. Savage was Tufts’ leading scorer absurd amounts of cash for Tatum’s potential was going to make a quick exit from the NCAA lead. About nine minutes into the half, first- with 19 points, and Rogers and Thoerner each and talent. Unfortunately for Ainge and the Div. III tournament on Friday night. Down year Jonny Angbazo drained a 3 to tie the score kicked in 17. Black led RPI with 22 points. Celtics front office, Tatum’s extension will be 46–27 at halftime,Tufts’ offense was complete- at 48. On the next Jumbo possession, senior Just 24 hours earlier, the Jumbos were on expensive and rival many monster contracts ly shut down by Western Connecticut State guard and co-captain Eric Savage quickly hit a the brink of elimination in the first-round in the NBA. It is vital that Danny Ainge is not University’s press defense. three of his own, which kicked off an 8–0 run. game. The team had no answer for Western stingy with Tatum and does everything in his But after a second half comeback and a “Our team has been playing like that,” Connecticut State’s havoc-wreaking press: In power to shuffle around the cap in order to win on Saturday night against the Rensselaer Sheldon said about the run. “They’ve been the first half alone, the Jumbos turned over the lock him up. Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers, the playing with some confidence and a little swag.” ball 18 times. The Celtics have three options with Jumbos — in their sixth NCAA tournament The Jumbos held on to the lead for the “I blacked that out,” Sheldon said. “They’re Tatum’s contract: sign him to an extension appearance —advanced through the first two next six minutes. But the Engineers threat- not like anybody we play.” this offseason, shell out more money after rounds of the tournament to the Sweet 16 next ened again, pulling within three, 63–60, with a The second half of the game turned out to the 2021 season, or don’t extend a qualify- weekend. fast break layup from sophomore guard Dom be a completely different story, as the Jumbos ing offer and make him an unrestricted free Saturday’s second round matchup in Black, who was fouled on the play and hit his started to click on offense and beat the press, agent. For the possible extensions that Tatum Cousens Gym was a much calmer affair than free throw. while also turning to a zone defense at the end might sign, the contract could either be five the night before. The Jumbos went up 38–28 That was all the Engineers could do, as the of the game. Behind big plays from Rogers, years/$181.25 million, or five years/$217.5 at the end of the first half behind 11 points Jumbos scored some insurance on free throws. Thoerner, sophomore guard Tyler Aronson and million. For the latter contract to occur, off the bench from first-year guard Dylan With just over a minute left and the score 66–60, sophomore guard Carson Cohen, the Jumbos Tatum must make an All-NBA team (either Thoerner and eight points from junior center the Engineers fumbled a pass out of bounds on chipped away at the 19-point deficit. first, second or third) win Defensive Player and NESCAC Player of the Year Luke Rogers. a crucial possession. On their next possession, see MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 7 of the Year (a long shot at this point) or win MVP. Because of his quick rise to a franchise player this season, there is little doubt that Tatum will secure a spot on any of the three All-NBA teams. This leaves the Celtics with the possibility of giving Tatum a massive contract extension and locking the superstar up for another five years; however, Tatum would make an average of $43.5 million per season, making a massive dent in the annual salary cap. In order for the Celtics to be able to maximize Tatum’s extension, they need to move some money around, particularly with players like Daniel Theis or Robert Williams. The Celtics will eventually sign Tatum to a massive contract extension. Ainge is an intelligent GM and he realizes the poten- tial that Tatum gives to the future Celtics organization. Although many money moves are inevitable for Tatum’s massive contract extension to occur, the money is well worth it. Five more years of Tatum in a Celtics uni- form will be an exciting storyline to watch.

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