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IGL’s new Latin American Committee encourages WOMEN’S BASKETBALL regional dialogue Jumbos clinch 3rd seed in see FEATURES / PAGE 4 the NESCAC Men’s basketball split weekend homestand to close SEE SPORTS / BACK PAGE out regular season see SPORTS / BACK PAGE THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXXVII, ISSUE 14 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019 tuftsdaily.com Computer Science Professor Ming Chow to represent Tufts at Day of Shecurity by Ellie Hewell each team of four needed to consist of Staff Writer two male students and two female stu- dents, saying this reflected Chow’s atti- Ming Chow, a senior lecturer in the tude towards actively supporting women computer science department, will lead a in the computer science field within the workshop at the Day of Shecurity, a con- classroom. ference that seeks to support women in “He is very deliberate about making the cybersecurity field, on Friday, Feb. 22. sure that he is welcoming,” Tran, a soph- According to the Day of Shecurity web- omore, said. site, only one in five organizations are Chow plans to lead a workshop called very committed to hiring women in tech- “Packet Analysis Using Wireshark.” He nology-based roles. The conference aims described packet analysis as an analysis of to help women build skills needed for a what happens in the computer network. strong knowledge in the field and pro- “[Packet analysis is] looking under the vide professional resources to facilitate hood,” Chow said. “It’s where all the fun involvement in the industry. In the long- and nefarious stuff happens.” term, the event seeks to inspire women An accomplished expert in the field of to pursue information security and to cybersecurity, Chow worked ten years as eventually change hiring practices within a web application developer at Harvard. the industry. He has spoken at many events, including The sold-out, hands-on event is free to the High Technology Crime Investigation attend with registration. Association and DEF CON, one of the Chow is currently one of two male largest underground hacker conventions speakers at the event. He first got involved in the world. with the organization when the Day of Chow stressed that an increase in per- Shecurity reached out about potentially spective leads to improvement within the hosting the event at Tufts. Ultimately, they cybersecurity field. decided to hold the event at the Federal Kathleen Fisher, chair of the depart- Reserve Bank in Boston. ment of computer science, point- Tufts is now involved as a Bronze Sponsor ed to the implementation of Amazon’s after donating $1,000 to the conference. At Rekognition software as an example of the this time, Tufts is the only college to sponsor danger of homogeneity in the industry. the event; other sponsors include business- Rekognition is a program that uses image es such as Google and IBM. analysis to detect and recognize objects, Emily Tran, co-president of Tufts’ scenes and faces. Fisher said that when Women in Computer Science (WiCS), tested by the ACLU, the organization spoke to Chow’s skills as an ally. She found the system to be disproportionately COURTESY MING CHOW described a recent activity in her cyber- Tufts Senior Lecturer and 2017 Lerman-Neubauer Prize Winner, Ming Chow, poses for a security class where Chow stipulated that see SHECURITY, page 2 portrait. Tisch College dean adds office hours to increase student engagement by Alexander Rowe said. “We know that we can’t do any of this Solomont hosted the first office hours we’re doing, and that includes access to Staff Writer well without student voices. We want to hear yesterday, which were attended by George our readership,” she said. from students and reflect their ideas. Setting Behrakis. Behrakis, a junior, was the first McAndrew said that the decision to add Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life aside this time for office hours is one way to person to take part in the office hours and office hours also reflects Tisch College’s Dean Alan Solomont began hosting month- make sure this happens.” reflected positively on the experience. goals of encouraging civic engagement ly office hours yesterday. Upcoming office Introduction of the new office hours aims “He truly cares about students and both on and off campus. hours, which were announced in a Jumbo to increase student access to Solomont and to civic engagement at Tufts,” Behrakis said “We want students to be empowered Digest email sent to students on Feb. 3, will further Tisch College’s broader civic engage- of Solomont. “He’s always open to new with the skills and knowledge to be active take place in Solomont’s office on March 11 ment agenda among students, according to ideas, ways of promoting dialogue and citizens in their broader communities and and April 22 from 12 to 1:15 p.m. Jennifer McAndrew, Tisch College’s director furthering Tisch College’s goal of encour- the nation and the world, but also right In an email to the Daily, Solomont of communication, strategy and planning. aging student involvement in politics.” here on their Tufts community campus,” explained that the office hours are intend- “It’s sort of a two-way street, and it’s Jessica Byrnes, special projects admin- she said. ed to center the voices of students so that both for students to have access to him istrator for Tisch College, said that the Diane Ryan, associate dean at Tisch Tisch College may respond to them. and ask him about his career or get career office hours will help promote Tisch College, added that the office hours will “At Tisch College we believe in the power advice themselves, but also for us to get College’s efforts on campus. create a window of time for students who of young people, at Tufts and beyond, to feedback from students and to really make “I think it’s been an ongoing effort have previously not been able to meet make real and lasting change in our commu- clear that we value feedback in the form of to try to make […] the Tufts community nities, our nation and the world,” Solomont the dean’s own time,” she said. more aware of Tisch College and the work see SOLOMONT, page 2 Please For breaking news, our content archive and recycle this exclusive content, visit Contact Us NEWS............................................1 FUN & GAMES ........................8 newspaper P.O. Box 53018, tuftsdaily.com Medford, MA 02155 FEATURES.................................4 OPINION ....................................9 Snow [email protected] /thetuftsdaily @tuftsdaily tuftsdaily tuftsdaily ARTS & LIVING ......................5 SPORTS ........................... BACK 33 / 31 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Tuesday, February 12, 2019 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY ELIE LEVINE Solomont will host 2 more office hours this semester Editor-in-Chief EDITORIAL SOLOMONT continued from page 1 David Levitsky Anita Ramaswamy with Solomont due to scheduling conflicts Managing Editors to reach him. Luke Allocco Associate Editor “It’s better to dedicate time, and that Jessica Blough Executive News Editor Austin Clementi News Editors probably does two things,” Ryan said. Charlie Driver “[Having the office hours] communicates Jenna Fleischer Juliana Furgala that he wants to meet with students, and it Kat Grellman Abbie Gruskin also, I think, makes him more accessible to Liza Harris students who maybe hadn’t thought, ‘oh, Zachary Hertz Gil Jacobson it’s possible to go and meet [Solomont], Rachael Meyer Cathy Perloff who’s had these amazing life experiences Hannah Uebele Joe Walsh that I want to know more about.’” Alejandra Carrillo Assistant News Editors Solomont expressed optimism about the Robert Kaplan Noah Richter opportunity to interact with more students. Jilly Rolnick Alexander Thompson “I look forward to it — in fact, it’s one of Grace Yuh Executive Features Editor the best parts of my job,” he said. Costa Angelakis Features Editors Students can sign up for a 20-min- Jenna Fleischer Sean Ong ute time slot with Solomont via Judith Michael Shames Taliaferro, administrative assistant to the SEOHYUN SHIM / THE TUFTS DAILY Fina Short During his first office hour, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life Dean Alan Solomont Sidharth Anand Assistant Features Editors dean, at [email protected]. Amelia Becker speaks with junior George Behrakis on Feb. 11. Mark Choi Sarah Crawford Claire Fraise Jacob Fried Mitch Lee Tufts is a Bronze Sponsor of Day of Shecurity Ellie Murphy Ananya Pavuluri major. Tran explained that intimidation last semester as a way to promote a learn- can be a major obstacle to inexperienced ing environment in which all students feel Libby Langsner Executive Arts Editor SHECURITY John Fedak Arts Editors continued from page 1 people attempting to succeed in comput- comfortable expressing their questions. Tommy Gillespie Stephanie Hoechst misidentifying women and minorities as er science. Tran, a student teaching fellow, clari- Setenay Mufti Christopher Panella criminals. “Experience levels can vary so much, fied that both classes have the same labs, Rebecca Tang According to Fisher, women make up it’s easy for people to ask questions that homework and grading scale. The only Danny Klain Assistant Arts Editors Amanda Rose over 25 percent of the computer science can immediately alienate other people,” difference is the lecture environment. Yas Salon major at Tufts, compared to the national she said. Tatiana Doyle, a senior and co-pres- average of 18 percent. In the past, the To address this concern, introductory ident of WiCS, emphasized the impor- Aneurin Canham-Clyne Executive Opinion Editor Shane Woolley Editorialists department has sponsored female stu- computer science courses are now split in tance of a supportive community of Simrit Uppal dents to attend conferences such as the two groups — a “blue class” comprised of female-identifying individuals.

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