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University will not divest Arianna Huffington to speak at Murrow Forum Editor-in-chief and President of the Huffington Post Media Group Arianna from fossil fuels ‘at this time’ Huffington will address the Tufts commu- b y Victoria Le i s t m a n comes to important decisions within the nity at the ninth annual Edward R. Murrow Daily Editorial Board university.” Forum on Issues in Journalism, accord- Katie Walsh (F ’13), who was initially ing to Director of the Communications University President Anthony Monaco in chosen to serve on the working group and Media Studies (CMS) Program Julie a Feb. 12 announcement stated that the uni- before she graduated last spring, said that Dobrow. versity will adapt three recommendations she feels the members of the group rep- “We always try to get an A-list journal- from the Tufts Divestment Working Group. resent only a minority of the community. ist to come for our Edward R. Murrow The Board of Trustees, during their Feb. The composition reflected an imbalance Forum on Issues in Journalism and it 8 meeting, agreed to adapt the recommen- in the decision-making process and disre- seemed to us that while we have had dations, which include refraining from gard of the recommendations made from a lot of television journalists who have divestment at this time, creating a separate Tufts Divest, she said. come, we have had far fewer print jour- Sustainability Fund — which would allow “Everyone was cherry-picked by the nalists,” Dobrow said. “Of course now donors to ensure that that their contribu- university,” Walsh said. “From the get-go, that online news is such an incredibly tions are not invested in fossil fuels — and the formation was decided. We had other important part of the whole complexion pursuing other courses of action to expand recommendations, other professors, other of news, we could think of few people climate change awareness. knowledgeable staff — folks with a lot of who have had more of an impact on Monaco established the Divestment expertise and background in business. We online news than Arianna Huffington.” Working Group last April in response to recommended different Trustee members. Online platforms, like the Huffington Courtesy Wikimedia Commons a written proposal that members of the From the initiation of the working group, Post, have sped up the news cycle, which Huffington will speak at the Murrow Forum student-run organization, Tufts Divest for it was very much a university-driven and Dobrow said she is interested to hear in April. Our Future, had presented to the Investment university-decided process.” more about from Huffington. Committee of the Board of Trustees in Weilerstein, who took Walsh’s place on “I’m hoping she will talk with us about izing news and I think that is something February 2013, according to Tufts Divest the group when she graduated, said that her perceptions about what online news that potentially the Huffington Post does member Devyn Powell, a senior. he also felt from the onset that the group has meant for all of the competition as well. ... I wanted to have Ariana Executive Vice President Patricia Campbell, was created without the intention of seri- in print broadcasting and other online Huffington come here because just like who served on the working group, said ously considering student voices on the sources,” Dobrow said. “Does online Edward R. Murrow, she in her own way that each member was chosen to create an issue of divestment. news continue to democratize news for has really been a trailblazer in the way accurate representation of students, fac- “The way that they set up the working us? Does it mean we increasingly can that news has been presented to us. ulty, Trustees and the administration. The group [and] the questions that they asked read about or tune into only the news According to her bio on the Huffington 11 members included were Trustees Laurie going into it were meant to basically cut off that which we basically already agree?” Post website, Huffington won a Pulitzer Gabriel (J ‘76), Bill O’Reilly (A ‘77; A13P) the option of divestment, were meant to Dobrow emphasized that both Murrow Prize for national reporting in 2012 and and Andrew Safran (A ‘76; F ‘77); Advisory show why divestment wasn’t a good option and Huffington have participated in revo- was named to Forbes Most Powerful Committee on Endowment Responsibility or wasn’t a good idea, instead of looking for lutionary changes to news media. Women list in 2013. (ACER) student representative Andrew Peng, ways that we could make it work,” he said. “One of the things that characterized This year’s forum will be held at 12 p.m. a senior; Tufts Divest student representatives Campbell said that all members were Murrow was that he did a lot of really on April 16 in the Cohen Auditorium. junior Lila Kohrman-Glaser, sophomore Ben actively heard and respected during the cutting edge things in his day,” she said. Weilerstein and Powell; and faculty members working group’s seven meetings. “When news went from radio to televi- Kelly Sims Gallagher, R. Bruce Hitchner and “I would say it was a very open dialogue,” sion, he was right there making that — by Justin Rheingold Ann Rappaport, in addition to Campbell. she said. “I think it was clear from the start transition, he was very important in that. Hitchner said that all entities serving on that the students did have a particular point [Murrow] was amazing about contextual- the group approached the three charter of view and were advocating from the point points with different perspectives and levels of view of divestment. Everyone was able to of understanding, but that their collabora- participate fully.” about it, we were all in favor of doing that efits and feasibility of that model. tion was necessary. Gabriel, the chair of the Board of Trustees’ — provided that it made sense for the uni- Hitchner explained that the model was “I thought engagement [of] students, fac- Investment Committee, agreed, and said the versity,” she said. put together to look at and understand how ulty and members of the Board of Trustees working group took on a serious tone. Campbell said that employees of the the endowment is managed, and revealed and administration was a good mix for this “I think that everybody on the commit- school’s Investment Office put together a the complexity of the divestment concept. purpose, and an essential mix,” he said. tee came into the conversation recogniz- model representing the effects that divest- “Rather than to simply say if [divestment] “It’s important that all those perspectives ing that global climate change is a serious ment would have on the university. The is good or bad, we could actually put togeth- be continually taken into account when it issue and that if we could do something working group then discussed the risks, ben- er a model of what divestment would look like,” he said. “Initially, my view was that this might be best done by an outside firm. But the resources for doing that were not available, and so it was done in house by the Investment Office. It’s probably fair to say that it’s hard to have gotten a totally objective perspective on that, but there was undoubtedly some risk no matter what you did with divestment.” According to Monaco’s announcement, the model revealed that even the most con- servative divestment approach would affect 60 percent of the university’s investment strategies and result in a $75 million loss to the endowment. Weilerstein said that he was frustrat- ed that so much time and weight was given to the model conducted by the Investment Office, instead of seeking out third-party consultants and considering alternative routes. “Their energy was very focused on prov- ing how we couldn’t do it, not [on] finding how we could do it,” he said. According to Weilerstein, alumnus Michael Kramer (A ‘88) of Natural Investments, LLC was consulted by the working group and offered alternatives that were not taken. “They spent so much time with this model,” Weilerstein said. “And yet [Kramer] identified managers that we can begin to switch to and [he] identified alternatives that we have. We know we can’t divest all of Zhuangchen JJ Zhou / The Tufts Daily Boston-area students stood with pro-divestment signs outside a Jan. 24 meeting between Tufts Divest For Our Future and the Board of see DIVEST, page 2 Trustees at the Tufts School of Dental Medicine campus.

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see FEATURES, page 3 see ARTS, page 5 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Tufts Divest not giving up hopes on campaign

ing emission reductions and research, tutions go beyond just their fiduciary inter- Campbell said. ests and that institutions like Tufts may not “There are things that are truly positive benefit from making decisions on a purely actions the university is taking to operate economic basis. in a way that’s really responsible,” Campbell “I mean, after all, the university invests said. “I think that the university will ... time in programs inside the institution [that] encourage its community to be supportive don’t make money,” he said. “In other words, of actions that can mitigate climate change, if we are mission-driven, that mission should by reducing emissions [and] research[ing] permeate all aspects of the university ... For ways to do that.” those people who are strongly committed Campbell also said that the newly formed to that, [it is a] challenge for a fiduciary role Campus Sustainability Council will begin to strictly to make the endowment perform release a regular progress report, and that ethically. They’re not there yet.” projects are underway to create cogenera- Despite the university’s decision not tion at the Medford campus’ central heat- to divest, Powell said that Tufts Divest ing plant and to install a solar plant on the will not give up on the possibility of Grafton campus. future divestment. Tufts alumni Andrew Hastings-Black (A “We’re not acting on this out of a desire to ‘08), who has functioned as the alumni orga- be destructive,” she said. “We’ve been trying nizer on divestment, said that such actions for at least a year to ‘act nicely,’ and we’ve are not sufficient and that larger scale action been working with them, and we’ve been is necessary. talking to them, and it’s becoming increas- “I really think that a lot of those are small ingly clear to us as an organization that the potatoes,” he said. “They say, ‘Oh, it’s only Tufts administration is simply not willing to two percent on the endowment,’ but that’s engage with us on an honest and necessary Courtesy Dan Jubelirer Tufts Board of Trustees at their Feb. 8 meeting accepted a recommendation from the Tufts a lot more money than will be invested at level about this incredibly urgent issue.” Divestment Working Group to refrain from divestment from fossil fuels at this time. the Grafton solar plant and the amount Campbell said that the administration of energy generated at the Grafton solar would not be surprised if the members of DIVEST according to Campbell. plant will only offset a small amount of Tufts Tufts Divest continue their campaign on continued from page 1 “The effect of us divesting is clearly very university’s carbon emissions. I would be campus, but that she hopes that the organi- the endowment now. We know that doesn’t minimal,” Gabriel said. “But because at a dif- more interested in Tufts committing to 100 zation acknowledges the university’s efforts make sense. It’s not an easy process, and we ferent point in time we could have a very dif- percent renewable energy — very ambitious to work with them. never thought it would be.” ferent exposure, and because we can’t con- goals that are equal in magnitude to the “We think they’re very passionate about Campbell said that Kramer was given plen- trol what happens within the co-mingled problem of climate change.” this,” she said. “I think we’d be surprised ty of time to offer suggestions to the group. fund, the impact on the fund is enormous.” Many members of the working group if they don’t treat the process we had with “We spent a lengthy time with him, dis- According to Hitchner, members of the view the Sustainability Fund as an alterna- respect, because we think it was a very open cussing the assessment that had been made working group felt that fiduciary risks to tive for divestment. and engaging process for everybody.” about the potential impact ... on our endow- Tufts would be too great. “I think it’s a great first step,” Powell said. Gabriel said that, despite the divergent ment if we were to divest,” she said. “We “Energy stock performs well, historical- “It’s not anywhere near enough. We support views on the outcome, she thought the pro- asked him to give us information about ly,” Hitchner said. “There were people who it conditionally, recognizing that [it’s] not cess was an excellent one that gave everyone other opportunities to invest in ways that clearly thought there was a strong interest going to make a big enough difference if the opportunity to be heard. would not include fossil fuels.” in saying, ‘We don’t want to threaten the Tufts is really serious about combating this “I think the university did a great job in Gabriel said that the group never heard endowment for a particular issue that is crisis of climate change.” involving the students who clearly came back from Kramer after asking him to iden- much bigger than us.’” Hastings-Black said that in the comments into this with a point of view [and] involving tify more fossil-free managers to fill the Campbell said that if the market changes he has collected from alumni, the general them directly in the conversations, in the percentage of Tufts’ portfolio that would to a point where divestment might benefit reaction to the decision was one of disap- discussions,” she said. “I’m very aware that be left should divestment occur. Managers, the university’s investment, the Investment pointment in that the university failed to other institutions did not take that step and she said, are the investment companies Office would take up the issue again on a align its actions with the values of active sort of went behind closed doors.” that manage the co-mingled fund — the touch-point basis. However, she said that citizenship and global leadership that are a Hastings-Black, however, said that sup- portion of the endowment that includes a reevaluation would only occur if market major part of the Tufts culture. porters of Tufts Divest are operating at many fossil fuel investments — in which Tufts is indicators changed. “For a lot of alumni, it’s so dishearten- levels and will not back down. one of many investors. “We don’t intend to do an extensive ing to see the Board take such a narrow “We’ve worked hard to build a large coali- “We undertook a study to say, ‘If we remodeling on a frequent basis,” Campbell position on this issue and not practice its tion of students, faculty and alumni, and were going to go ahead and replace all of said. “It was a tremendous amount of work values in a big way,” Hastings-Black said. that coalition has great energy and deter- the managers we would need to termi- and, unless things change enough to indi- “This is such a huge opportunity for Tufts mination for Tufts to be a leader on climate nate in the fund because they either do cate that would be fruitful, we wouldn’t put to show why those values are important to change,” Hastings-Black said. “I imagine or could use fossil fuels in their investing, that effort in.” the university and what positive effect you that this decision will inspire the members could we replace them with fossil fuel free Efforts will instead be directed toward can have on your community by embody- of that group to redouble their efforts to managers from the list that exists today?’” the other two recommendations made by ing those values.” persuade the Board and other faculty mem- Gabriel said. “We used a published source the working group: the establishment of a Hitchner said that through his position bers, alumni and students that this issue is to identify managers who self-identified as Sustainability Fund and a focus on alter- in the New England Association of Schools something worth fighting for and perhaps to sustainable, fossil fuel free. We could not native ways the university might mitigate and Colleges (NEASC), he has had access to expand into other climate change issues that identify enough managers.” the impact of climate change, includ- reports that state that the interests of insti- Tufts as a community can address.” Kramer disputed this notion, however, and suggested that the school’s analysis had multiple problems. “I sent a really extensive email questioning the methodology [and] just asked a whole lot of questions ... they never responded to any of that,” Kramer said. “I believed we were going to be engaging in a process ... I totally disagreed with their methodology, so maybe they were just hoping I would give them names of managers, but that’s one of many issues in how you can analyze a whole portfolio ... We had one phone call, and I am still willing to help demonstrate the efficacy of fossil fuel managers if there is interest, but it sounds like there is no interest.” Weilerstein said that the details of the investment office’s model were not released to any other third-party consulting sources and that the move to declare divestment as impossible was hasty. Walsh added that the lack of access the community has to the details of the report is problematic. While it is privately held infor- mation meant to protect the university’s fiduciary interests, it makes it difficult to know the extent to which all aspects of divestment were considered, she said. Climate scientists have advised that in order to avoid catastrophic climate change, we cannot burn anywhere near all of the fossil fuels that are currently in underground reserves, Walsh said. “The value of the fossil fuel companies, [of which] ... 60 percent [of Tufts invest- ment strategies] is based on now, doesn’t reflect the true cost,” she said. “It makes the assumption that you’re fully valuing all the fossil fuels of what hasn’t come out yet of the reserves.” However, Gabriel said that, on average, less than two percent of the school’s endow- Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily ment is invested in fossil fuel companies. The Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts University hosted a panel discussion to mark the 40th anniversary of the These findings were based on a snapshot of Boston busing crisis. Panelists (left to right) included Horace Small and Donna Bivens, the executive director and project director at the co-mingled funds that cannot be tracked Union of Minority Neighborhoods, and the center’s founding director and Professor of History Peniel Joseph. regularly, but would not fluctuate wildly, 3

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Rebecca Hutchinson | What’s Poppin’ Long live boy bands

o a lot of music lovers, the first concert they see is a big deal. It apparently makes a huge state- ment about their music taste Tand speaks to their level of cultural awareness. If they’re lucky, they see a group that was not only very in when they saw it, but will be so famous that when they tell their children what the first band they ever saw live was, they will have to be impressed. Personally, I don’t buy into putting such high value on the first concert somebody sees. A concert is a concert. The first one you see says nothing more about you than the second one you see. I have come to believe this because the first concert I ever saw was the Jonas Brothers in 2009, and I refuse to allow anybody to Nick Pfosi / The Tufts Daily read into that. Student groups have protested a variety of issues on and off campus, including fighting for a change in minimum wage at the Minimum In eighth grade, I would have been Wage Rally in Davis Square, in Medford, Mass. proud to tell anybody that I was seeing the Jonas Brothers for my first concert. I was an unashamed fan. I had t-shirts, I knew the words to every song and I Tufts maintains protest culture, some see celebrated their birthdays. I was the most typical teenybopper there was, but I wasn’t alone. Of course, there room to expand were plenty of girls who were not the Jonas Brother fan type (they missed b y Ke n d a l l To d d to remove fossil fuel companies from to realize their complicity with this system. out on all the fun, but also are prob- Daily Editorial Board Tufts’ investment. A group that turned “We had a very mixed reaction,” Atalla ably a lot less embarrassed about their heads nationally last spring after sev- said. “Though I think that’s how it is with middle school years). But, there were When Supreme Court Justice Antonin eral members interrupted an informa- most protests. A lot of people will say things also plenty of girls who were just as Scalia delivered the Snyder President’s tion session for prospective students, like, ‘This was an incredible wake-up call,’... obsessed as I was. There was a pseudo- Lecture Series last fall, a number of Tufts Tufts Divest is still working toward its and then, of course, we have people who cult of awkward preteen girls scream- students mobilized in protest against Scalia’s campaign goals, despite a recent “no” disagree [and] say, ‘This doesn’t have a place ing the lyrics to “Burnin’ Up” and argu- politics and the university’s decision to host from the Board of Trustees. on a college campus.’” ing about who gets Nick when we all him. Although this event sparked some dia- Evan Bell, a junior who is heavily Atalla also said he thinks that the United eventually meet the band. logue about race and gender politics, with involved in Tufts Divest, explained that States as a whole doesn’t have a protest- Nobody should be surprised by the roughly 20 students involved, it remained this response from the administration based culture, especially in comparison to hype surrounding the Jo Bros. Boy relatively small, calling into question the does not mean the end for the divest- other places such as London, where huge bands are to pop culture today as poo- activeness of the protest culture at Tufts. ment movement. numbers of students protested rising uni- dle skirts and the hand jive were to In comparison to the outrage that erupt- “We are definitely hoping to escalate versity tuition fees in 2011. Atalla, however, pop culture in the 50’s (side note: all ed at Brown University during a lecture by our campaign in some way,” he said. is optimistic. my 50’s pop culture information comes NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly ­— where “We haven’t decided to do anything “I think that things are changing,” he from “Grease” and therefore might over 100 students heckled Kelly off the stage, crazy yet, but ... we are hoping to con- said. “The Occupy movement was some- not be entirely accurate). In the early according to an Oct. 30, 2013 Associated vene a big town hall-type meeting [to] thing that really changed the atmosphere of 2000’s, we had the Backstreet Boys and Press article — Tufts remains much more address this problem of how we can get campus protests. It showed that even in this N’Sync. I want to say that these bands tame. The “protest culture” scene, which the student voice more active.” era of corporatization, students are willing were cultural icons, but that might consists of occasional rallies on the Tisch In the past, Tufts Divest has held rallies to resist and are willing to put their bodies upset some music snobs, so I’ll just say Library steps or posters in the campus center, outside of Tisch Library and led marches on the line.” that they were a very, very big deal. You is not as active as it purports to be, according from the Mayer Campus Center to Ballou Other groups, however, are less pleased naturally could only be loyal to one. I Professor of Sociology Paul Joseph. Hall. Devyn Powell, a senior who is also with the general state of student activism. was a dedicated Backstreet Boys sup- “[Protest at Tufts] is less than at some a Tufts Divest member, explained that Julia Malleck, a sophomore and the Urgent porter, and I knew the dance to “Bye schools such as [UC] Berkeley, which has when student activists turn to radical pro- Action Coordinator for Tufts Amnesty Bye Bye” — not knowing that dance a longstanding protest tradition,” Joseph, test, it is often because they have no other International (Amnesty), expressed her irri- was pretty much admitting that you who has taught the course “Sociology of War choice. The interruption of the informa- tation at student apathy towards protest lived under a rock. and Peace” for over 20 years, said. “There’s tion session was one example — after sev- and activism on campus. The Backstreet Boys were great. They a very impressive record at Tufts. [We’re] eral weeks of the administration ignoring “I’ve been very frustrated in the past could sing and dance in perfect syn- toward the top, but not at the very top.” Divest’s requests for a promised meeting with the student population not caring very chronization and they all rocked some Joseph also noted that the frequency and with the Board of Trustees, Divest members much,” she said. “They don’t seem very pretty unique facial hair. Their songs intensity of protests at Tufts is issue and determined that they needed to take more engaged or concerned with these issues.” were super catchy and had wonderfully time dependent. Historically, students at action, according to Powell. Last semester, Amnesty organized a cheesy lyrics. And while I’m not try- Tufts and across the country were involved “The reason why you do actions that protest outside of Tisch Library, calling ing to claim they’re a group of musical in protesting the Vietnam War in the 1960s are ‘disruptive’ or ‘pushing the envelope’ is for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay geniuses or that their sound is incredibly and nuclear weapons testing in the 1980s. because ... we tried asking nicely and they Detention Facility. Members wore orange unique (especially with N’Sync lurking According to Joseph, topics of protests have ignored us,” Powell said. “We had to work jumpsuits and black hoods, and asked around), they were extremely likeable. continued to evolve over time. with what leverage we had.” passersby to sign a petition that would be And a group of likable, fairly talented “Over the time I’ve worked here, there “It was actually very successful,” Bell sent to President Obama. Stina Stannik, the and kind of attractive young men who have been several important instances of said. “It’s unfortunate that it alienated a lot sophomore External Liaison for Amnesty, could do things in unison is enough Tufts protests about our investment port- of people, even within the group, but ... it noted that it was often difficult to convince to make teenyboppers go ballistic. The folio,” Joseph said. “South Africa, Hydro- made people talk. It made people have to students to stop. Jonas Brothers followed this same pat- Quic ... climate change right now — on think about what was going on.” “I think there’s something where peo- tern, and got the same success. those issues, Tufts has a strong record “Change doesn’t happen just because it’s ple don’t want to acknowledge you,” she The most recent development in the of protest. There have been a lot of suc- a good idea,” he continued. “Students have said. “People are very afraid of that kind history of boy bands is One Direction. cesses, as well.” to actually mobilize and fight and develop of thing — they don’t want to be inter- One Direction has all the attributes Joseph explained that, about 30 years ago, campaigns and escalate. A lot of groups on rupted. If they’re involved with the group, of the Backstreet Boys and the Jonas Tufts returned a monetary gift from Imelda campus are still just realizing this and start- they might come, but random passersby Brothers, and they have the added asset Marcos, the wife of then-dictator Ferdinand ing to feel it, and certainly Tufts Divest is. probably won’t. of being British, so their success should Marcos of the Philippines, after students It’s a learning process, and we’re all sort of “[People] aren’t willing to spare the time,” really come as no surprise. I’m proud to protested against it. According to a May trying to get it right.” Malleck said. “You would think Tufts would say I have grown up enough that I am 2, 1983 Harvard Crimson article, Marcos Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), be more politically active, but it’s not.” not a hyperventilating, obsessive One planned to donate $1 million towards Tufts a student group that aims to promote the Regardless of who is listening, however, Direction fan. That’s not to say I’m not endowment. Palestinian narrative on campus, erect- students from different organizations are a fan at all; I’m just a more casual, dis- “There was student protest about tak- ed an eight-foot tall, 30-foot wide mock continuing to speak out for causes they tant one. After all, you can never fully ing money from [this] repressive regime in checkpoint wall during the annual Israeli deem important. outgrow a love for boy bands. the Philippines,” Joseph said. “The gift was Apartheid Week. Munir Atalla, a junior and “It’s all about organizing [events] so that blocked. It was returned.” SJP member, explained that the purpose of they come at the right moment,” Atalla said. Divestment continues to be a the checkpoint was both to highlight the “There’s a balance between being pragmat- Rebecca Hutchinson is a freshman major- popular movement on the Hill. Tufts difficulties that Palestinians face with the ic about it and trying to represent your ide- ing in international relations. She can be Divest has urged the administration Israeli occupation and to force Americans ology as fairly and as purely as possible.” reached at [email protected] 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y ADVERTISEMENT Tuesday, February 25, 2014 5

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Ryan Buell | The Beat Season two of ‘House of Cards’ triumphs, Album surprises audiences sales in the b y Ja m i e Ho a g l a n d Daily Editorial Board Internet As the first episode of the “House of Cards” second season ends, Frank age Underwood (Kevin Spacey) looks directly his past Thursday afternoon, House of Cards ScHoolboy Q’s highly anticipated album “Oxymoron” was leaked to the Internet a full five days before its scheduledT release. Soon after, the deluxe ver- Starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, sion of the album was officially distributed Gerald McRaney, Kate Mara to everyone who had pre-ordered it. It was Airs on Netflix a brilliant marketing move by the artist and his label, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). By into camera and says, “Did you think I’d releasing the album early to select individu- forgotten you? Perhaps you hoped I had als, they rewarded the loyal fans who had ... Welcome back.” If the hype surround- Maryland GovPics via Flickr Creative Commons already committed to buying it. This strat- ing this season’s release is any indication, Kevin Spacey-led ‘House of Cards’ challenges audiences by introducing complex sub-plots egy is symbolic of the problem facing the audiences certainly have not forgotten and compelling romantic dynamics. music industry: the explosion of file sharing about Frank. The second iteration of this in recent years. As the Internet continues to political thriller is a leap forward — albeit where they are. Frank is about to be sworn his power to reap even more power. He thwart attempts at stemming music piracy, with some boring moments — as the in as the Vice President and, while the tracks down super PAC funds contributed the industry is increasingly facing a reality in show explores power hungry characters first season made the process almost look by a cabal of shady Chinese business- which album sales no longer drive profits. willing to do the unthinkable to expand easy, that is remarkable. Thanks to Chief men. He sabotages investigations into For years, the record industry operated their clout in Washington, D.C. of Staff Douglas Stamper (Michael Kelly), Peter Russo’s death. And he avoids a with profitable sales margins. In retrospect, The second season starts where the reporter-turned-lover-turned-reporter- government shutdown with the precise these profits were unsustainable, but those first left off: Frank and his wife Claire again Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), the late application of parliamentary procedure. who reaped the benefits were naturally (Robin Wright) jogging silently through Representative Peter Russo (Corey Stoll) To say the least, the Machiavellian wheel- opposed to giving up their cash cow. This has an unnamed Washington, D.C., park. The and others, Frank has fought his way up ing and dealing required to keep all of these left the music industry clinging fruitlessly to Underwoods maintain a breakneck pace, the Washington food chain. the past. The Digital Millennium Copyright only stopping momentarily to reflect on Season two follows Frank as he uses see CARDS, page 6 Act takedown notices, the relentless govern- ment pursuit of file sharing services, the anti-piracy legislation — these are all prod- Theater Preview Album Review ucts of an industry refusing to adapt itself to a changing market. The proof is in the album sales. Nearly 800 million albums were Tinariwen weaves sold in the year 2000; by 2009, that number had dropped below 400 million. Streaming services, however, have alleviated some of this decline in recent years — but though into Malian sound fans are listening in a legal way that makes some money for the artist, the yield is fairly Americanb y Ch rinfluences i s Ga r c i a insignificant. With labels ignoring the writing Daily Staff Writer on the wall, it has forced artists to come up with their own ways to handle the decline of Tinariwen’s new album, titled album sales and make money. “Emmaar,” begins with a spacey guitar Notably, the loss of income in album sales playing a twanging defiant note. Then has placed increased importance on concerts and tour merchandise. Concerts have great- Emmaar er earnings potential, in large part because there are fewer mouths to feed: Much of the profit goes to the artists, rather than Tinariwen their labels. The same goes for merchandise. The explosion of free mixtape releases is ANTI Records a response to the preeminence of touring. The more ears an artist can reach, the more come lyrics growled in English instead of people are likely to attend a concert. By Caroline Geiling / Tufts Daily Tuareg, and instrumentation that would sacrificing album sales, artists can substan- Persephone and Theseus share a bizarre evening in the underworld in one be at home in any American rock band. tially increase their audience, thus increasing vignette. Tinariwen’s sound has evolved from its profits on concerts. This is the model that Malian roots, thanks to the band’s relo- was pioneered by Lil Wayne, who used free cation from the Sahara Desert to anoth- releases to establish a vast and loyal fan base Student work on display er — the Mojave. But that evolution that helped him stay massively profitable. has not come just because of a shift in However, a different approach is emerg- scenery. Rather, Tinariwen has not only ing, one that is embodied in ScHoolboy Q’s tonight in Balch Arena developed with a changing landscape response to his album leak. The apparent but has also matured in its own right. logic is to create a reason for fans to purchase b y Dr e w Ro b e r t s o n lot in common, Henthorn said. She said It is impossible to discuss “Emmaar” the album. ScHoolboy rewarded people who Daily Editorial Board she aimed to explore their shared expe- as an album without first understand- pre-ordered the album with the deluxe ver- riences with deaths that prematurely ing recent events in Mali which have sion, while the album leak was merely the Tufts students bring to life a peer’s tore them apart from their beloved. taken place since the release of the standard version. It was an appeal to loyalty, work tonight. One of two minor pro- In another vignette, called “An group’s previous album, “Tassili” (2011), a way of acknowledging that his true fans ductions produced by Pen, Paint and untouched salad,” Theseus (sopho- a vibrant record filled with a sense of bought the album when they easily could Pencils (3Ps) this semester, “Katabasis” more Elliot Cobb) and Persephone the wide open spaces of the Sahara. In have downloaded it for free. Indeed, this is is sophomore Kellyn Henthorn’s origi- (sophomore Michele Herzog) — god the last few years, the country which an approach that the entire TDE label seems nal work. Five short scenes compose and goddess of the underworld — go Tinariwen calls home has been subject to be taking. When Kendrick Lamar’s “good Henthorn’s play, each of which tells a on a painfully uncomfortable date. to various destabilizing uprisings that kid, m.A.A.d. city” (2012) leaked a week early, different story about death, loss or the While not everyone may be familiar almost entirely overthrew the reigning he dropped a promotional song in which nature of life. with the myth of Persephone — and government. The dissident movement, he announced, “Even when my album leak However, the audience should not Tufts students have certainly not vis- originally comprising Tuareg separat- [sic], fans still buy it for proof.” It’s a novel expect anything too somber or morose. ited the underworld — the scene won’t ists, ousted the Malian president in approach within the music industry. If peo- The vignettes are quirky and fan- be all Greek to audience members. a coup. Fighting between separatists, ple no longer need to purchase an album to tastical, Henthron said. “Katabasis,” “[Persephone] comes in late and is Islamists, governmental and regional hear it, artists need to make them feel obli- which loosely means “to go into the very frazzled and tries to be all sexy, but forces in the northern portions of the gated to buy it anyway. If the artist rewards underworld,” offers poignant com- is not actually sexy,” Herzog said. country led to French intervention and us with good music, we should reward them edy intended to defy preconceived In fact, anyone who has shared an a ceasefire. The French military has with some of our hard-earned money. File notions that the title’s meaning could awkward romantic encounter can eas- now, for the most part, left the country, sharing and album leaks aren’t going away, otherwise connote. ily relate to the humor behind the her- but a ceasefire brokered between the but neither are album purchases. As fans, we “The one that I wrote first ... takes oine’s plight. In this regard, “Katabasis” government of Mali and Tuareg groups have a certain duty to support our favorite place in purgatory, and it’s a group offers a valuable message, according to has fallen apart, resulting in a sporadic artists, whether it be by attending concerts therapy session between Jay Gatsby, director Tori Otten, a sophomore. clashes and bloodshed. or paying for the album even when we don’t Jack Dawson of ‘Titanic’ (1997), Satine “Death is a ripple effect, it affects the After international success with have to. from ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (2001) and Padme people who die, and the people who “Tassili,” which ended up winning a Amidala from ‘Star Wars,’ so you can they leave behind,” she said. Grammy (among other accolades), the tell it was very early in the morning Themes about hope also factor tables then turned on Tinariwen. Islamic Ryan Buell is a sophomore who is majoring when I wrote this,” Henthorn said. in psychology. He can be reached at Ryan. All jokes aside, the characters have a see KATABASIS, page 6 see TINARIWEN, page 6 [email protected]. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Tuesday, February 25, 2014 ‘House of Cards’ middle episodes lack action that shines in rest of season

CARDS ant. This is particularly prevalent continued from page 5 in the context of modern elec- balls in the air, while still advanc- tions, in which one presidential ing his own interests, keeps candidate can spend nearly $1 Frank quite busy. Additional billion to get elected. Perhaps a romantic interludes fill much result of Netflix’s all-at-once con- of the rest of the season’s time, tent delivery, it’s easy to tune out including one between Remy much of the intricate set-ups of Danton (Mahershala Ali) and some episodes and tune back in newly appointed Majority Whip for their inevitable results. Jacqueline Sharp (Molly Parker). As such, the better episodes of Yet the season’s main plot the second season are at the front focuses on Frank separat- and back. Episodes one and four ing the feeble, easily manipu- (“Chapter 14” and “Chapter 17”) lated President Walker (Michael are standouts, as are 11, 12 and 13 Gill) from his friend and men- (“Chapter 24”, “Chapter 25” and tor, ultra-wealthy business- “Chapter 26”). Of particular note is man Raymond Tusk (Gerald episode four, in which the prom- McRaney). Unfortunately, that ise of Claire’s depth, hinted at in plot forms much of the season’s episode four of the first season, weaker middle episodes. The first is finally fulfilled. Wright displays season thrived in its plot diver- some of the best acting of the sea- sity. Unlike this season, the ini- son here, skillfully exploring her tial 13 episodes never had Frank character’s painful history in the involved in one bump in the road most public manner possible. She for more than a few episodes. puts forward a provocative thesis: As he idiosyncratically broke the the past can exist both as pain fourth wall, Frank easily placed and as drive. Claire may be a vic- each obstacle within the context tim, but she can — and does — Omar Chatriwala via Flickr Creative Commons of the last. transform her victimization into Robin Wright, who plays the stoic Claire Underwood, showcases some of the best acting in ‘House of Cards.’ In season two, much of motivation. Credit belongs to the Underwood’s problems are writers, who included so-called Wing” (1999-2006) and “House of In the current political climate, It’s like, Kevin Spacey, man, this embattled in his tug-of-war ripped from the headlines issues Cards” are abound, but the essen- with a gridlocked and ineffectual guy’s getting a lot of stuff done.” Has with Tusk over President Walker. without the haphazardness that tial difference is this: the former government, it is not particularly Frank Underwood’s rise reflected a While all of Frank’s complex other shows have attempted, but involves good people exercising surprising that audiences want a new, post-idealist America? Who machinations come into focus don’t always succeed in executing. power for the right reasons and protagonist who can wield power knows and, as Frank would prob- by the final two episodes, much What makes the popular- the right ends, while the latter is effectively to accomplish anything ably say, who cares? All that matters of why Frank cares so much ity of “House of Cards” so inter- about morally ambivalent, or even at all. Even President Obama him- in Frank Underwood’s America is about $25 million dollars being esting is how it differs from other morally bankrupt, people exercis- self remarked, when asked about who has power, who doesn’t and re-routed to Republican super wildly popular political thrillers. ing power for their own reasons the first season, “I wish things were who is in the way. All of that and, of PACs seems fuzzy and unimport- Comparisons between “The West and their own ends. that ruthlessly efficient ... It’s true. course, a good rack of ribs.

Students’ collaboration exam- ines love, death with humor KATABASIS performances with a greater continued from page 5 appreciation for the creative potential of student theater prominently into the meaning at Tufts. Henthorn’s work, of the play. Even if a story- tweaked through multiple book ending is not possible, on-campus workshops and “Katabasis” highlights that brought to life by a dedicated there is always a chance that team of Jumbos, is the brain- anything — even death — can child of Tufts students’ artistic get better. collaboration. Henthorn and Otten expressed “I hope [people] take away, a great deal of pride and excite- first of all, that student theatre ment about “Katabasis,” both as can be good and it can be fun,” a work of theater and a product Otten said. of collaboration between Tufts Those who wish to see students. “Katabasis” must act quickly. “It almost doesn’t feel like The show will be performed something I wrote, which is only twice, at 7 p.m and then exactly what I want it to feel 9 p.m. this evening in Balch like,” Henthorn said. Arena Theatre, with each show Working with limited fund- estimated to last just under ing and resources, the cast and one hour. “Katabasis” is not crew have nevertheless creat- a ticketed event, so audience ed a work they could be proud members need only report to of. They said they hope the the theater on time to see this audience leaves “Katabasis” new student work. scannerFM via Flickr Creative Commons Experimentation and collaboration has been an integral part of Tinariwen’s success as a band. Tinariwen creates new kind of desert rock with latest release TINARIWEN touted to be a precursor to American blues. continued from page 5 This shines through in this song. Despite the militant group Ansar Dine imposed strict inter- rest of the tune carrying an extremely differ- pretations of Sharia law in the portions of Mali ent vibe, the guitar plays a riff that would be at they controlled, outlawing the band’s music home with one of the blues guitar legends. and placing the musicians themselves in dan- Tinariwen’s work has often been labeled ger. They were forced to flee the country. “desert rock” or “desert blues,” and for good The exodus led to Tinariwen’s eventual relo- reason. The music gives the vague impression cation to the United States, where the influ- of the Saharan winds blowing at your side, the ence of American music was able to further hot burning sun shining down on your face creep into the band’s sound. Tinariwen had and the seemingly endless expanse of sands. previously experienced foreign music: its pre- “Timadrit in Sahara” is one such song in which vious albums have gained the band interna- the band calls back to its native Sahara, and tional recognition, exposing it to musicians much like the unforgettable “Kashmir” (1975) like Carlos Santana, Thom Yorke and Bono. by Led Zeppelin, one can’t help but be swept Despite this, Tinariwen remains true to its to another faraway place, if only through the Saharan roots in “Emmaar,” albeit with a dark- music and the hypnotically chanted lyrics. er twist. The songs tend to be of a slower and “Emmaar” is not a perfect album, and there more melodic nature than in previous works, are some points where it slips into a bit of a lull, and, even if you don’t speak Tuareg, you can but l, it represents a step up from the already almost feel the political energy with which established repertoire that gained Tinariwen the album is charged. This gives “Emmaar” international fame. If “Tassili” was worth a a much more personal edge than Tinariwen’s Grammy, then this album should be an obvi- previous records. ous favorite for futher awards, “Emmaar” is This energy is clearly felt in the second well worth a listen or two, if only just to escape Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily track, “Chaghaybou.” The guitar and percus- a frigid winter climate for the sands of a much Sophomore Michele Herzog plays Persephone at her most awkward, as sion-driven music of the Sahara has often been warmer place. the character tries and fails to be alluring. Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Advertisement 7 8 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Editorial | Op-ED Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Ca r o l i n e A. We l c h Huffington contrasts with Murrow’s vision Editor-in-Chief Editorial The Huffington Post co-founder is between people who are aware of with the caliber of serious journalism J.L. Hoagland Arianna Huffington is set to speak at what I call ‘the two nations’ (rich and previous Murrow forum hosts have Stephanie Haven Tufts for the ninth annual Edward R. poor), and those who are not.” created. Huffington’s work, while Managing Editors Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism Huffington now boasts a host of inspiring and indicative of tremen- Justin Rheingold Executive News Editor in April. While this year’s speaker is sure accomplishments. These make for the dous intellectual and business prow- Daniel Bottino News Editors to bring an excited crowd, Huffington basis of an interesting talk, no doubt ess, was not created in the vein of the Jenna Buckle Abigail Feldman is a surprising selection. Though she is — just not one suited for the likes of body of work for which the Murrow Daniel Gottfried esteemed journalists such as Christiane forum was founded. We’d be remiss to Alexa Horwitz among the most powerful individuals Victoria Leistman in media — and has been a columnist, Amanpour and Brian Williams, the not call into question what this says Annabelle Roberts Denali Tietjen panelist, commentator, author and Murrow forum speakers of the last two about the state of news, and what we Josh Weiner CEO — Huffington has never actu- years. Huffington is a cult hero among consider journalism in America. Sarah Zheng Meredith Braunstein Assistant News Editors ally been a journalist. Murrow left a American progressives and a popular Now more than ever, the lines are Dana Guth legacy of objective and fearless report- media icon, worthy even of spot-on blurred between The Huffington Kathleen Schmidt Jei-Jei Tan ing. Despite Huffington’s undeniable spoofing on Saturday Night Live. She is Post model of journalism and the success in online media, there is some- a powerful businesswoman, keen influ- establishment journalism Murrow Charlotte Gilliland Executive Features Editor Emma Arnesty-Good Features Editors thing to be said about the decision to encer and leader in politically-slanted helped create. Yet Huffington her- Emily Bartlett have her represent Murrow’s legacy. media. But The Huffington Post, which self remains outside the realm of a Hannah Fingerhut Caitlin McClure While many are aware of Huffington’s admittedly a few Tufts Daily staff mem- journalist in either definition. As a Sabrina McMillin modern success, few know of her bers contribute to, is not the model of Communication and Media Studies Jessica Mow Shannon Vavra many political roles in public life. the unbiased, hard news journalism department guest speaker, Huffington Maya Blackstone Assistant Features Editors Huffington, who used to be married that defines Murrow and his forum at would be an excellent selection. But Sophie Laing Jake Taber to former Republican Representative Tufts. for a forum designed to feature prom- Kendall Todd from California Michael Huffington, While entertaining and full of myri- inent journalists, Huffington is not Lancy Downs Executive Arts Editor was a conservative commentator in ad opinions, ideas and articulations of entirely appropriate. She is certainly Brendan Donohue Arts Editors Veronica Little the mid-1990s and aligned with the the modern American landscape, The an acceptable choice based on her Dan O’Leary right until the end of the last decade. Huffington Post is first and foremost impressive achievements, but her Drew Robertson Dana Guth Assistant Arts Editors Huffington then abandoned conven- a blog, and often a news aggregator. place as a journalist in the new age Nika Korchok Wakulich tional party lines after she said she Though it does feature some original of news would be one Murrow would Anthony Martinez realized that, “the primary division news reports, these do not compare unlikely recognize. 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Emily Rourke Andrew Stephens The Minnesota Daily service providers to connect to Netflix- Assuming that the FCC will fail, Chelsea Stevens dedicated servers, which would lower which is likely given its track record, Betsy Allman Assistant Layout Editor Hannah Fingerhut Comcast recently announced that it congestion. Unfortunately, Comcast this merger will have a negative impact Kathy Lu will acquire competitor Time Warner does not participate in this program. on young Americans. Hannah Steinberg David Westby Cable in a deal that will increase its The principle of net neutrality Considering that Comcast will own share of the Internet service market doesn’t allow ISPs to discriminately 38 percent of the ISP market, the com- to 38 percent. Several anti-trust and speed up or slow down specific web- pany will gain more damaging power in Hadley Gibson Executive Copy Editors open Internet advocates, such as Sen. sites. Comcast is not guilty of this direct the market. If college students want to Charlotte Rea Julia Russell Copy Editors Al Franken, (D-MN), lambasted the violation of the law, but it exploited watch an educational documentary for Rachel Salzberg Vidya Srinivasan merger because it could harm competi- a loophole in the law, bypassing the class, or spend their free time watch- Arthur Beckel tion and lead to higher Internet prices. consequences of ignoring the requests ing their favorite reruns on a service for Aastha Chadha Assistant Copy Editors Kelsey Davenport While I agree with Franken and other of major website competitors. In this which they pay, Comcast could hamper Jose Garcia digital advocates, I also wanted to con- case, Comcast has the incentive to their experience. Kristiana Jordan Reena Karasin sider college students, who grew up keep Netflix slow on its servers so that Moreover, the issue delves into a Sophie Krakoff with the Internet and will be the merg- they can maintain Hulu. deeper, philosophical concern regard- Vanessa Miller Patrick O’Shea er’s biggest losers. Moreover, Comcast has the capac- ing the open access of the Internet. Jei-Jei Tan For example, the Internet movie- ity to punish those that decide to do Most people, especially young Tai Williams Yan Zhao streaming website Netflix is incredibly business with its competitor by placing Americans, view the Internet almost popular with the younger generation. A their shows and channels in obscure as a utility, a service that they pay for Nitesh Gupta Executive Online Editor recent study from market research firm channel areas. In 2012, for example, the on a monthly basis in exchange for BUSINESS Harris Interactive shows that 43 percent Federal Communications Commission consistent access. Do we need to fear Daphne Wu of Americans between the ages of 18 forced Comcast to move Bloomberg municipal utility providers because Executive Business Director and 36 subscribe to Netflix’s monthly Television, a business news channel, to they do not act to improve services Li Liang Receivables Manager services. These rates are much lower for its general news section slot after dis- after customer complaints? Jade Chen Ad Managers Chris Chininis middle-aged and older Americans. crimination complaints. This merger threatens net neutrality, Kristie Le This is significant because Comcast For the third time, the FCC is attempting and unless the FCC successfully acts to Tanay Modi Yiran Xu owns one of Netflix’s largest rivals, Hulu. to reform the rules to make it more chal- protect our online rights, college stu- P.O. 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Op-Ed Adam Kaminski | The Cool Column Why we can’t take no for an answer A week b y Be n We i l e r s t e i n a n d De v y n Po w e l l take the first steps toward a more ethically- one of the largest, most powerful industries invested endowment. In his Davos address, in the history of the world. They are afraid to “This is the year to take action on cli- President Kim said, “Corporate leaders take leadership. of (un) mate change. There are no more excuses,” should not wait to act until market signals We, like so many of our fellow students, Jim Yong Kim, current President of the are right and national investment policies chose Tufts because we believed it was a World Bank, proclaimed at this year’s World are in place,” challenging administrators’ place that valued ambitious leadership, bold health Economic Forum in Davos. “We can divest claims that Tufts should wait for the carbon innovation and active global citizenship. [from carbon-intensive assets],” he contin- bubble to burst before taking action. These are the values that Tufts promotes Unlike I usually do, I planned to prepare ued, saying that investing in the fossil fuel Meanwhile, many corporate and institu- to us throughout its admissions process, in for this column. I planned to make an out- industry betrays investors’ “responsibility to tional leaders are already taking leadership. the classroom, and ultimately in the paths line more than a day in advance, start writ- future pension holders who will be affected Mayors of cities including Seattle, Wash., we take after graduation. We are expected to ing a few days later and regret not editing by decisions made today.” Madison , Wisc., and our own Somerville lead, make moral choices and improve our thoroughly enough before even submitting Less than three weeks later, Tufts are pursuing divestment. Norwegian finan- society. But the recent announcement that anything. The concept was simple: I’d live University’s Board of Trustees voted not cial services firm Storebrand, which con- Tufts will not divest showed that our admin- healthily for a week and report my findings. to divest from fossil fuels, citing, “signifi- trols more than $60 billion in assets, has istration is failing to live up to its own values. Of course, such an endeavor failed. When cant anticipated negative impact on Tufts’ announced its intention to pull its invest- In his letter to the Tufts community, “living healthily” entails maintaining an endowment.” ments out of coal and tar sands companies President Monaco wrote, “We are com- acceptable hygienic condition, not eating As part of President Monaco’s Tufts to ensure “long-term stable returns” because mitted to meeting ambitious sustainabil- your weight in chocolate kisses (Valentine’s Divestment Working Group, it quickly they know that those stocks will be “finan- ity goals for Tufts’ operations,” and cited Day was brutal. I love you too, mom), going became clear to us that the group had not cially worthless” in the future. In January, the new projects in building energy meter- to sleep before 2:30 am and motivating your- convened to have an “open discussion” about CEO of Google joined sixteen other manag- ing and cogeneration. These are impor- self to walk to the gym, let alone workout, it’s the possibility of divestment from fossil fuels, ers of charitable foundations in divesting tant steps, but compared to the scale and certainly a herculean task. So now, without as President Monaco claimed. Instead, it their assets from the fossil fuel industry. The urgency of combating climate change, anything to “report” other than the confirma- existed to generate financial models sup- list goes on. Tufts’ “sustainability goals” are not in any tion that chocolate kisses are indeed compa- porting the administration’s expectation that Our administration and trustees have not way “ambitious.” rable to real kisses, I’m just as unprepared to it was financially impossible. joined these other institutions because they We have seen this lack of ambition from write this column as I always am. In one of our committee meetings, are afraid, not because they are unintelligent our institution many times before. It took But maybe not. Although my week of Patricia Campbell, the executive vice presi- or misinformed. Perhaps some of our trust- forty years for Tufts to create an Africana health was an utter failure, I did learn a dent of our university, said that divestment ees are afraid to consider that the profits they studies department. It took more than a few valuable tidbits. They’re not valuable could indeed be feasible — but it was clear gained from their investments in fossil fuel decade to divest from apartheid South enough to be considered “lessons” or “pieces to us that the administration wasn’t willing companies have accumulated at the cost of Africa. We don’t have a decade now. We do of advice,” but they’re good anyway. “Tidbit” to consider the changes to Tufts’ invest- a stable climate and human lives. We have not have the luxury to be anything short of serves them well. ment strategy that it would entail. The work- heard both President Monaco and trustee ambitious. Not when too many communi- 1. I’m gross, and there will never be a con- ing group identified fossil-fuel free money Laurie Gabriel admit that divestment is the ties are already fighting for their lives, for venient time for me to shower. Ever. I think managers that were willing to help Tufts moral choice, but they are afraid to challenge clean air to breathe, clean water to drink I’m destined to smell like I’ve just P90X-ed and food to eat. Not when the fossil fuel throughout the entire school week, when industry imperils our generation’s ability to taking a shower is admittedly not a prior- live, work and raise children in a stable and ity. To counteract this inertia, I’ve taken up just world. a new shaming technique — sniffing my The student body showed its support for clothes and inspecting myself in the mir- divestment last semester in a referendum. ror. It works sometimes. If only I could ever We know that we, the student body, have deserve to smell this bad. the moral clarity and ambition that our 2. There is no such thing as a Girl Scout administration has failed to show. Tufts will who can’t sell me cookies. Similarly, I pre- not change unless we fight for that change. sume, there is no such thing as an old, So we ask that as this campaign moves grimy and purulent man who can’t sell me forward, you stand with us to make Tufts a Girl Scout cookies. Thanks-A-Lot girls for a place that we can be proud of, for the sake caramel delightful time - unlike your Thin of our future. Mints, I’m fat as ever. 3. Never try new things. Ever. When you try a new thing, there’s always some poten- Ben Weilerstein is a sophomore major- tial that it’ll stick, become habit, and ruin ing in ACS-certified chemistry. He can be your life. For example, I’m a newbie in the contacted at Benjamin.Weilerstein@tufts. realm of on-campus eateries and have only edu. Devyn Powell is a senior majoring in just begun to leave the safety of my din- international relations. She can be con- ing halls and my unlimited meal plan. I’ve Justin McCallum/ Tufts Daily Archives tacted at [email protected] started ordering food, finding alternative foods and utilizing an array of food sourc- es. Consequentially, I’m “utilizing” an array Op-Ed of food. Interested in a midnight snack of Frosted Flakes from the Commons, anyone? I just raised my own hand. Why you should teach a freshman seminar 4. I only sort of want to sleep. I’ll com- plain to you, like I complain to most, that I b y Re b e c c a Cz a j a turned it into an amazing opportunity for the lessons you’ve learned and the mistakes don’t sleep enough. What’s not entirely true freshman to learn something new, adjust to you’ve made, helping ease the transition for about what this suggests is that I’m totally The Tufts Experimental College website college academics and find a group of stu- your students. unhappy not sleeping enough. Really, I’m states that teaching a freshman seminar dents who all share a common interest. For someone like me who is planning on just exhausted, and not disgruntled. If I can allows students “to refine their organiza- But the learning experience isn’t just for teaching after college, this opportunity is be productive in the wee hours of the morn- tional, analytical and interpersonal skills.” I the freshmen. I taught Superheroes in Movies particularly valuable. The ExCollege’s goal ing, I’m definitely going to pounce on that agree with every word of that statement. But and Media, a topic I had taken a class on is to have interactive classes that keep opportunity. it doesn’t begin to describe the academic and already, and for which my years of watching students invested in the material. They Now you can judge — was my week an personal gains freshman seminar teachers superhero movies had more than adequately accomplish this by encouraging students insurmountable failure, or did what I learn reap from the experience. Teaching a fresh- prepared me. No matter how much knowl- to try a variety of classroom activities, from while tripping down the stairs accredit the man seminar is a unique opportunity to be edge I had coming in, though, my students’ debates and student presentations to writ- fall? Actually, no, that’s a lousy question. an educator, mentor and friend to incoming ideas and comments constantly expanded ing scripts and making movies. I was able Considering I posited, “never trying new freshmen while expanding your own views of my opinions on the material. to try out all of these options in my class- things,” I don’t think this is where I want to a topic about which you are passionate. Both Explorations and Perspectives are room, learning what activities fit which steer my conclusion. There are two forms of freshman seminars: discussion-based classes. No matter what topics and how to organize each type of Instead, an observation is due: I had Explorations and Perspectives. Perspectives you come into the class thinking about, your activity. This information will be invaluable planned to prepare for this column, and classes are built around teaching media students will undoubtedly think of some- when I set out to teach again. those plans fell through. But in the process while Explorations classes do not have any thing that you had never considered. It keeps I get a lot of different looks when I tell of my failure, I found a new topic and a new restrictions on topics. Any current sopho- you on your toes — constantly rethinking people that I’ve taught a college class, a class plan. Where my plans fled, my organization more or junior can teach one of these classes your own opinions as you weigh their argu- for which both my students and I got college remained. Why is it necessary to delineate with a partner. Throughout the semester ments. I walked out of each class feeling credit. Some people are impressed, some heroic victories over insomnia and hedo- freshman seminar teachers teach a weekly enlightened by the knowledge that I had confused and others can’t imagine how it’s nism when you could offer entertaining class to a small group of freshman and also gained from my students. possible. One thing is for sure: I have yet to “tidbits?” receive support and training from ExCollege Being a peer teacher also allows you to meet a non-Tufts students who has said, “Me Organization is important not because faculty to better prepare for the experience. take all the knowledge you’ve learned about too.” I encourage all students to take advan- it always succeeds, but because it always Teaching a freshman seminar is an amazing surviving at Tufts and pass it on to a new tage of the incredibly unique opportunity to prevails — at least in the case of a particular opportunity for students to learn and grow generation of Jumbos. Peer teachers are one teach a freshman seminar. You never know college student who lacks self-surveillance. both academically and personally. of the first people freshmen meet, and your how much you can learn, how proud you When my plans crumble once more (because The ExCollege weekly newsletter poses relationship grows as you watch your stu- can be or how much of a difference you can I know they will crumble once more), maybe the question: what will you teach your stu- dents navigate through the challenges and make until you step into your classroom on their durable structure will provide another dents? Answering that is one of the great- joys of freshman year. the first day. topic and another outline. If not, I guess I’ll est parts of teaching a freshman seminar You’ve spent years learning the in-and- just continue to drown my sorrows in that because it’s completely up to you. Last year’s outs of Tufts, from trick-turning to the best midnight cup of Frosted Flakes. classes were about everything from futurism study spots. My co-teacher Jehan Madhani Rebecca Czaja (LA ’15) is a Junior major- to music revivals, hip-hop to the business of said, “You can help your students through ing in environmental studies. She is a cur- Hollywood, and female comedians to medi- the pitfalls that come with being a fresh- rent Experimental College student execu- Adam Kaminski is a freshman who has not cal T.V dramas. Each topic represents two man, and hopefully make a friend in the tive board member. She can be reached at yet declared a major. He can be reached at students who took their own passion and process.” This is your opportunity to share [email protected] [email protected].

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Sam Gold | The Gold Standard Full-contact labor dispute re college football players students or employees? The question has dogged the NCAA, universities and students for years. ATensions have recently come to a head, con- comitant with mounting concerns over safety and athlete mental health issues that were brought to light most recently by the 2011 suicide of former University of Missouri swim- mer Sasha Menu Corey, and the school’s sub- sequent cover-up of the alleged rape that pre- ceded Corey’s suicide. Fed up — presumably on behalf of thou- sands of players — with not reaping any of the windfall from this cash cow, now-for- mer Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter co-founded the Collegiate Athletes Players Association. On Feb. 18, Colter testified before the National Labor Relations Board as part of his bid to unionize, saying that Northwestern decidedly placed athletics before academics, which forced him to abandon the pre-med track. He asserted that the school footed his $75,000-per-year scholarship so that he might perform a particular service, one that has amassed a net figure of nearly $90 million over the past decade. But CAPA claims it does not seek to negoti- ate wages; rather, as articulated by David Berri, expert witness and Professor of Economics at Southern Utah University, because college football has burgeoned well beyond the scope of typical extracurricular activities, it seeks Annie Levine / The Tufts Daily compensation in the form of protection from The men’s track and field team had another strong weekend, coming in second at the Div. III New England Championships. injury, from fending for oneself after one has rendered due service to the school and ineluc- tably forsaken education. Still, there remains one seemingly insur- mountable obstacle: the law prohibits stu- MEN’S TRACK senior Andrew Shapero also finished second 1/2” to surpass his previous best by almost dents pursuing a degree from organizing. continued from back in the 5,000, barely staving off a late kick from two feet, broke into the top-20 in the nation. CAPA is the first case of its kind regard- as the favorite to win it all. Colby junior Jeff Hale. “Too many guys had great days to pick just ing athletes, so the players face a grueling, Tufts This past weekend, finishes Beutler did not behind run the Although MIT, not technically first an amongindividual vic- oneNESCAC MVP,” Swett said. “Withteams that said, [Brian] uphill battle to overturn precedent. (Graduate 400 but rather the 200, notching the third of tory, the 4x400 relay team of Black, Goins, Williamson showed up big in the shot put.” students at NYU, in light of a favorable deci- three individual victories for Tufts. His time Beutler and sophomore Alex Kasemir won its With Open New Englands looming, Tufts sion handed down by the NLRB, voted to of 22.42, while well off his personal best, was event with a time of 3:21.64, which ranks 10th appears to be in prime position for a deep unionize in December.) Expectedly, skepticism enough nonetheless, as he crossed the line in the country. postseason foray. abounds in legal circles as few anticipate that just one-tenth of a second before MIT senior The 4x800 relay team ran its way to a “We performed great across the board,” the NLRB will rule in favor of the athletes; even tri-captain Tyler Clark-Singer. third-place finish, coming in less than two senior Max Levitin said. “Our energy carried Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald testi- Taking over for Beutler in the 400 was seconds behind NESCAC rivals Bowdoin a lot of guys to great performances and will fied against his current and former players. sophomore Francis Goins, who took fifth and Williams. certainly continue to carry us through the Then, about a month ago, the NFL Players with his time of 50.34. Off the track, Swett and fellow sophomore rest of indoor into [the] outdoor [season].” Association voiced its support for Colter and Senior tri-captain Jamie Norton carried Brian Williamson took third and fourth in The Jumbos will compete next at Open the legions of fellow players trying to reform the distance squad on Saturday as the fourth- the shot put. Both throwers recorded per- New-Englands, alternatively known as the the system. Though brother organizations of fastest miler in the country, recording a time sonal bests and threw above their seeds, and All-New England Championships, on Friday the NBA and the MLB declined to comment, of 4:13.15 for a second-place finish. Fellow Williamson, who threw a distance of 53’ 5 and Saturday at Boston University. this could be a watershed in the midst of a protracted war, despite the legal hindrances. If, like the players assert, it becomes clear that the objective — stated (certainly not) or otherwise — of big-time college football Individuals shine, set six school records is to churn out professional-caliber players MEN’S SWIMMING career and Matt was new to three- improving his time from 50.63 to while making gobs of money in the process, continued from back meter this year, so for him to win the 50.49. For good measure, he set his the NCAA may have to accede to its players’ won the competition’s one-meter dive event with dives he just learned in the third school record of the weekend demands in order to avert a crisis among its for the third time in his career with a past few months is phenomenal. [His] on Sunday by eclipsing his mark in alumni. The NFLPA holds tremendous sway personal best in the event. The senior future is very bright.” the 200 backstroke. in its own realm, and it could easily pres- tri-captain’s final score of 578.15 set a Tufts established new school Metcalfe finished his excellent week- sure the NCAA into providing adequately for pool, school, NESCAC and conference records on the swimming side as well. end with another national B cut time its athletes; should it not, the NCAA could championship meet record, helping Freshman William Metcalfe swam a on Sunday in the 200 butterfly with a emerge only with a pyrrhic victory, both in him earn Diver of the Meet honors. 1:51.63 in the preliminaries for the time of 1:51.21, enough for fourth in terms of public relations and standing with Rohrer was tremendous in his first 200 individual medley, shattering the the event. The team as a whole domi- players — its lifeblood. conference meet, coming in third with five-year old school record by nearly nated the event, as Metcalfe was one No one is clamoring for a pay-for-play sys- a score of 528.90 in the one-meter and three and a half seconds. He went on of five Jumbos in the top 16, and one tem. Thus, it is reasonable that the players, winning the three-meter with a score to top himself in the final with a time of four to post a National B cut time in girded with harrowing data on their predeces- of 533.70, just edging Schmidt’s score of 1:51.53, which was good enough the event. sors’ ailments and penury, fight to insure their of 524.25. for third place and a qualification Sophomore Anthony Debenedetto present and future. Universities furnish for all Diving coach Brad Snodgrass was for nationals. Sophomore Michael scored his cut time in the prelimi- their students a whole host of services, which duly impressed with his two divers, Winget broke the school’s 50 back- naries of the event with a time of makes the NCAA’s reluctance to do so seem who are hoping to qualify for NCAA stroke record with a time of 23.52 in 1:51.26 before finishing fifth with a asinine by comparison, especially considering championships this weekend at the the preliminaries. time of1:51.42. Freshman Gus Simms the palpable nature of injuries. Zone Regional Meet at Rensselaer Metcalfe and Winget were out- was the other top-10 finisher for The NCAA knows the solution — or tempo- Polytechnic Institute. standing again on Saturday, breaking Tufts, as he placed eighth with a time rary fix, depending on the school of thought “It was a thrill to see both Johann one more school record apiece. The of 1:53.25. Similar to Debenedetto, — to this problem, and it can stop it dead in and Matt perform so well this past former set another school record in Simms had his best time in the pre- its tracks with a few unremarkable gestures. weekend,” Snodgrass said. “They have the 100 yard butterfly and made a liminaries, where he swam a 1:52.41. It’s not like it doesn’t have the means. both worked very hard this year and national B cut with his time of 49.49. While the season is over for most I had hoped they’d do well, but they In the 100 backstroke preliminar- of the Jumbos, several will be compet- have both exceeded my expectations. ies, Winget toppled his own record ing in the NCAA Championships in Sam is a junior who is majoring in religion. He I can’t say enough about Johann’s that he set last year as a freshman, Indianapolis over spring break. can be reached at [email protected]. 16

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b y Ty l e r Ma h e r said. “Being a captain has made Daily Editorial Board it fun to watch the other boys improve throughout the sea- The men’s swimming and son from practices and dual- diving team performed excep- meets, and to see swimmers Jumbostionally at the NESCAC finish con- [achieve] fourth season and lifetime at NESCAC championships ference championships this bests is fantastic.” weekend, finishing fourth The Jumbos got off to a great overall and setting six school start on the first day of com- records in the process. The petition, reaching the finals meet, hosted by Bowdoin, in seven events and setting lasted three days, from Feb. three school records. That per- 21 through Feb. 23, and was formance set the tone for the won by Williams for the rest of the weekend, which 12th consecutive year. Tufts was highlighted by strong per- totaled 1,147 points, finishing formances from Tufts divers, behind Williams, Amherst and Schmidt and freshman Matt Connecticut College. Rohrer. Competing in the final “It was an amazing meet for NESCAC championship meet all of the boys, and we had of his stellar career, Schmidt Caroline Geiling / The Tufts Daily some fantastic swims,” senior The men’s swimming and diving team finished off their season with a strong performance, setting six school tri-captain Johann Schmidt see MEN’S SWIMMING, page 15 records on the way to a fourth place finish at the conference championships.

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b y Aa r o n Leibowitz Jumbos are runner- Daily Editorial Board b y Sa m Go l d What will you say in four years when ups atDaily Div. Editorial III Board Fivesomeone asks you,takeaways “Remember the Winter from Sochi Olympics in Sochi?” Maybe you’ll say you Championships Heading into the Div. III New England missed it because you didn’t have cable. Championships last weekend, Tufts had Maybe all you’ll remember is how you already accumulated one first-place and two had a field day making fun of Russia. second-place finishes against tough competi- We’re here to make sure that doesn’t tion in a season packed with personal bests happen. In the interest of our readers tak- and school records. After being edged out by ing away actual, sports-related memories a mere two points by Bowdoin at the same from the Sochi games, the Daily gives you meet a year ago, the Jumbos, ranked eighth in five takeaways from the past two weeks. the nation prior to the meet, sought to avenge that loss and emerge with a victory. 1. Russia ruled MIT was the heavy favorite as the defending That’s what you get for teasing Russia. champion of the meet. Once again, the Jumbos The hosts won the overall medal count unfortunately had to settle for second, as the (33) and the gold medal count (13) Engineers continued their dominant season to become the first host nation since and capitalized on their home-field advantage Norway in 1952 to sweep both the over- to finish with a resounding 38-point win. all and gold counts. Russia had more But with three individual wins and a host of medals than any other country in figure impressive performances, being the runner- skating, short-track speed skating, skel- up to MIT — something that happed previ- eton and bobsled. ously at the Feb. 1 Tufts Stampede Invite — Russia also led the world in athletes suddenly seemed far more palatable. competing (232) and ultimately ranked “We’re incredibly pleased with the perfor- fifth in “athletes per medal,” a statistic mances that we’ve put down this year so far, that USA Today went to the trouble of and everyone in the region knows that Tufts calculating. While Russia had 7.0 athletes Courtesy Wikimedia Commons track and field is a force both on the track and per medal, the Netherlands had a remark- Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won his 13th career Winter Olympics medal, the field,” sophomore thrower Atticus Swett able 1.7 athletes per medal. More on that surpassing countryman Bjorn Daehlie for most medals all time. said. “Not only that, but people know we have interesting tidbit shortly. a presence on the national level.” One of the biggest surprises was Adelina junior Jordan Brown, earned bronze in King Harald V of Norway. The meet was split into two days, with the Sotnikova, who became Russia’s first gold the team-skating event and turned heads “He knows exactly what we have prob- heptathlon kicking things off on Friday. Senior medalist in women’s Olympic figure skat- on the figure skating scene. lems with, in the shooting, on the skiing, Andrew Osborne and sophomore Alex Karys ing. Russia won three figure skating golds and he was really happy with my shoot- placed fifth and sixth, respectively, out of a and five figure skating medals in total. 3. Dutch speedskaters dominated ing today,” Bjoerndalen said afterward. field of 12. It was mentioned before that the “Yeah, he was impressed.’’ Karys won the shot put with a throw of 2. The U.S. was ... meh Netherlands earned one medal for every Bjoerndalen still has a long way to go to 42’ 3 3/4”, while Osborne won both the long Second place isn’t bad — but the 1.7 athletes at the Games. That had every- catch the most decorated Olympian ever: jump and the 60-meter dash. MIT sophomore Americans’ performance was a bit disap- thing to do with the success of the Dutch Michael Phelps. The U.S. swimmer has 22 Adrian Samsel did not win a single compo- pointing. The U.S. finished five medals speedskating squad, which won 23 med- summer medals, 18 of which are gold. nent event, but proved to be the most con- behind Russia with 28, nine fewer than als — eight gold, seven silver and eight sistent competitor and came away with the the U.S. won in Vancouver four years bronze. All other countries combined for 5. The U.S. can’t curl overall victory. ago. Twelve of those 28 were bronze, 13 speedskating medals. America had fairly high hopes for its As has been the case the entire season, more than any other nation, but only Another hat-tip to USA Today for some curling teams in Sochi. At the very least, middle distance stole the show, as soph- nine were gold. statistics to put this in perspective: The many expected them to do better than omores Veer Bhalla and Mitchell Black, Perhaps most notable for the U.S. were Dutch speedskating team alone would they did in 2010, when both the men along with senior Graham Beutler, each the shortcomings of some of its biggest have placed sixth in the overall medal and women finished last. But 2014 only recorded a victory. names. Speedskater Shani Davis and count. And while Canada earned 25 med- brought more disappointment. The men Bhalla broke the school record previ- snowboarder Shaun White left empty- als with 180 athletes, the Netherlands won just two of their nine matches while ously held by Black in the 600, besting handed. Lindsey Vonn did not defend earned 24 with just 41 athletes. the women won one of nine. sophomore Kevin Desmond by nearly one her 2010 gold in downhill skiing due to Why is the Netherlands so good at skat- There were some embarrassing moments. and a half seconds. injury. The women’s hockey team blew a ing fast? Most notably, the U.S. women lost their last “I’m feeling super confident after that 600, two-goal lead against Canada and lost the “We grew up with [speed skating],” Dutch match to South Korea, 11-2. and I’m hoping to book my ticket in the 800 gold medal game in overtime. The men’s speedskater Michel Mulder told reporters. Curling has gained a cult following — at this weekend,” Bhalla said. hockey team lost its semifinal game to “Every little kid in the Netherlands does it.” least for two weeks every four years — among Black recorded his second individual vic- Canada before getting crushed, 5-0, by some Americans, including 49ers tight end tory of the season in the 800, crossing the line Finland in the game for bronze. 4. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won Vernon Davis, an honorary U.S. curling cap- just two-tenths of a second before Bowdoin Still, the U.S. had some memorable Bjoerndalen, a Norwegian biathlete, tain in Sochi and Vancouver. But unlike the sophomore Jacob Ellis to claim victory with moments. At age 36, Bode Miller took became the most decorated Winter best teams in the world — such as Canada, a time of 1:53.99. Black’s official personal best bronze in super-G to become the old- Olympian of all time by winning his whose men and women both earned curling time of 1:49.58 in the 800, recorded at the Tufts est alpine skier ever to win a medal. On 13th career medal. His record-breaking gold in Sochi — the U.S. squad is comprised Stampede Invite, remains atop the national the other end of the spectrum, 18-year medal was gold, earned in the biatha- of amateurs who balance curling with their leaderboard. Barring any record-setting per- old Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest lon mixed relay. Bjoerndalen surpassed full-time jobs. formances from other runners between now alpine skier ever to win slalom gold. Ice fellow countryman Bjorn Daehlie, who Critics have called for the U.S. to change and mid-March, he should go into Nationals dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White won 12 medals in cross-country skiing. its selection process to funnel top talent into were the lone Americans to take multiple Among the first to congratulate one elite team. The debate will rage on lead- see MEN’S TRACK, page 15 medals. And Jason Brown, brother of Tufts Bjoerndalen after he broke the record: ing up to the 2018 Games in South Korea.