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Mostly Sunny Read It First 58/48 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVIII, NUMBER 28 Monday, October 20, 2014 TUFTSDAILY.COM Tufts alum examines ZBT hosts annual Get on the Ball career, development of Narratively fundraiser by Melissa Kain by Patrick McGrath Contributing Writer Daily Editorial Board Tufts fraternity Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT)’s Noah Rosenberg (LA ’05), founder, annual “Get on the Ball” philanthropy CEO and editor-in-chief of Narratively, event to raise money for the Boston a web-based, narrative journalism Children’s Hospital kicked off last platform, spoke about his career and Wednesday and will continue through the founding of the platform in a lec- this Friday, according to ZBT President ture titled “Human Stories Will Change Jason Brillon and ZBT Vice President the World,” organized by Friends of Bryan Dumond. Tufts Libraries for Parents and Family Dumond, a senior, explained Weekend in the Hirsh Reading Room of that members of ZBT will be rolling a Tisch Library, on Friday afternoon. ball with a six-foot diameter around Rosenberg was introduced by Laura campus and into Davis Square to collect Wood, director of Tisch Library, who signatures from students, faculty and spoke briefly about his career, dur- passersby on the ball itself. ing which he worked for The New York “We’ve been working with a num- Times, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, ber of partners who have pledged to CBS Channel One News and New York donate a certain amount of money for magazine, among other publications. each signature we get on the ball, so Wood called him an “entrepreneur and the goal is to get as many signatures as storyteller,” noting his contributions to we can and gather as much support as journalistic innovation, and added that we can,” he said. Rosenberg has been involved in different The signatures on the ball itself are components of the journalistic process, an important part of the fundraising including production, editing, photog- process, and the brothers of ZBT hope raphy and writing. to top the number of signatures they Ethan Chan / The Tufts Daily Narratively, which defines itself as “a collected last year to raise awareness ZBT hosted the kickoff celebration for its annual ZBT Get on the Ball event to raise money for the platform devoted to untold human sto- and donations for the Boston Children’s Boston Children’s Hospital. Attendees were entertained by various a cappella groups from Tufts. ries,” releases one theme per week and Hospital, according to Brillon, a junior. one piece per day, according to Wood. “Last year we had around 3,500 signa- According to Dumond, ZBT also hopes featured raffles with gift cards to local res- Rosenberg began the lecture by dis- tures, so that’s something we would like to raise more money this year than they taurant favorites such as Yoshi’s, Danish cussing the changing dynamic of jour- to top this year,” he added. “We’re always have in the past. Pastry House and Dave’s Fresh Pasta. nalism and the role that media plays looking to improve.” “Last year we raised $5,000 for Boston The event also had raffle items such as today, noting that “media storytelling Dumond said that one major Children’s Hospital, and this year we tickets to the Somerville Theatre and an in general has evolved to a fantastically change in this year’s “Get on the Ball” think we can exceed that,” he said. “We’re autographed baseball from the Boston elaborate extent.” fundraiser is the addition of “percent- making our goal $5,500 … and given the Red Sox. The Amalgamates, sQ! and He discussed the current craze with age plans.” On Oct. 21, 20 percent of support we’ve got from alumni in our fra- Anchord all performed at the event. “buzzword content,” increased access revenue from Orange Leaf in Davis ternity, parents and the 20 percent plans “All the money collected from the to information and the hyper-connected Square will go to the Boston Children’s we have instilled this year, we think it’s a raffles will be donated back to the hos- contemporary world. Rosenberg added Hospital, and on Oct. 23, 20 percent of very ambitious yet realistic goal.” pital,” ZBT Philanthropy Chair Joseph that new forms of media, which now revenue from Amsterdam Falafelshop On Oct. 15, ZBT held its “Get on the Cirone, a sophomore, said. will also go to the hospital, he Ball” kickoff celebration in Alumnae see NARRATIVELY, page 2 explained Lounge. According to Dumond, the event see ZBT, page 2

TCU Senate Update The Tufts Community Union (TCU) nization can only appeal an Allocations $3,421.13 to host its Civil-Military Latin American Students to expand oppor- Senate began its weekly meeting last night Board request if the Allocations Board’s Relations and Disaster Response event. He tunities through the TCU Senate, because by briefly discussing problems students recommendation has altered the group’s said that the amount requested this year both groups are questioning whether they face when they remain on campus for request in any way,” and a second clause, was larger than that of previous years want to use the Senate to accomplish their Thanksgiving break, including closed din- 5.1.4.1, that states that under extraordi- because ALLIES has 15 more cadets com- goals. This sparked a discussion on minor- ing halls and general “misery” on campus. nary circumstances the previous rule may ing than usual, meaning they must use ity groups’ attitudes toward the Senate, Senate, along with Dean of Student Affairs be overturned by two-thirds majority of the Tufts Dining Services, which is more expen- with Senator Isabella Kahhalé asking if Mary Pat McMahon, wants to begin to Allocations Board. sive. The Allocations Board recommend- minority groups did not feel comfortable think about ways to bring students who A proposition to vote on the second ed $3,076.30, which TCU Senate passed in the space or if they did not think it was stay on campus over this break together. amendment to the TMP was objected to 26-0-0. an effective organ. Muñoz, a sophomore, The Student Outreach Committee then by Senator Andrew Núñez, who said the Various community representatives from responded “both.” provided its update, which focused on language gave too much power to the the Group of Six then presented updates to Fatima Ajose, community representative its own efforts to brainstorm ways to Allocations Board. A brief discussion on the full Senate body. for the Africana Center, expressed concern connect Tufts community members over the amendment was followed by a vote A report from Leili Ghaemi, community coming from her community that Tufts Thanksgiving break in conjunction with the on whether the Senate would vote on the representative for the International Center, administration was pushing to get rid of Senate’s new effort. amendment. That vote passed, and the was read to the Senate because Ghaemi, a individual culture houses and combine The Education Policy Committee announced amendment was subsequently voted on sophomore, could not attend the meeting. them in one large intercultural house. they were focusing on the needs of the and passed 20-5-1. Her statement concerned struggles fac- Ajose, a first-year, said this was a concern Department of Computer Science by reach- The Allocations Board then reported on ing international students, specifically the for the communities, as each wants its own ing out to students to ask what they felt the the requests it received from Tufts VOX for physical lack of space for them to congre- space. TCU President Robert Joseph said department most needs. The committee said $3,127.73 to host the speaker Oh Meghan! gate. that he discussed this issue with Dean of that it was also moving forward on other proj- for its workshop entitled “Getting Wordy Betty Fong, community representative Undergraduate Education, Student Affairs ects and would potentially follow up on their and Talking Dirty.” Kochman, a junior, for the Asian American Center, reported and Student Services John Barker last year research with the department. explained that they recommended this that the center was thinking about work- and Barker said there was absolutely no TCU Treasurer Adam Kochman proposed money for VOX but rejected their request ing with the Counseling and Mental Health push for this within the administration. two amendments to the Treasury Procedures of $600 to co-sponsor an event with Service to provide more training to council In the open forum Núñez announced the Manual (TMP). The first involved increas- Brown, Blue and Queer because that group students of color and those of differ- National Students for Justice in Palestine ing the clarity and detail of the language was not recognized by TCU Senate as ent experiences. Fong, a sophomore, also Conference will be taking place this week- used in Section 5.1.1, which addresses a Tufts organization. The Senate passed encouraged senators to come to the social end, adding that the slam poetry group how student groups make requests of the the Allocation Board’s recommendation of justice leadership training on Saturday at DarkMatter would be performing, the key- Allocations Board. The amendment passed $3,127.73. 11:30 a.m. note lectures will be open to all and there 26-0-0. Kochman then reported that Arturo Muñoz, community representa- will be a DJ and dance groups. The second amendment was to add Tufts Alliance Linking Leaders in Education tive for the Latino Center, said that the cen- a clause to 5.1.4 that states, “An orga- and the Services (ALLIES) requested ter was coordinating with Association of —by Kathleen Schmidt

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Visiting the Hill this week MONDAY Responding to Terrorism: Do we the decision-making process of such invest- in West Africa, followed by a faculty panel Will Singapore Become a Liberal have to bomb ISIS? Discussion and ments. discussion. Democracy? screening featuring Oliver Stone and When and Where: 1 – 2:30 p.m., Cabot When and Where: 7 – 9 p.m., Cohen Details: Kenneth Paul Tan, vice dean Peter Kuznick Intercultural Center, Room 702 Auditorium and associate professor at the National Details: Oliver Stone, film director, and Sponsors: Global Development And Sponsors: The Office of the President, University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew colleague Peter Kuznick will screen the Environment Institute, Fletcher Net Impact the Office of the Provost, the Office School of Public Policy, will discuss last episode of their ten-part documentary of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, the Singapore’s political situation after the series, “The Untold History of the United Performing Your Life Toupin-Bolwell Fund, Community General Elections in 2011 and talk about States,” which looks at the Bush and Details: Jeffrey Tambor, award-winning Health Program, Environmental Studies the outlook toward Singapore’s future Obama administrations’ policies toward actor, will discuss his own experience as an Program, International Relations Program, democratization process. terrorism. The screening will be followed actor and provide his advice to the artist Department of Biology, Center of When and Where: 12 – 1 p.m., Crane by a discussion about the Islamic State and within. Interdisciplinary Studies, Tufts Institute of Room, Paige Hall the current state of affairs in Syria and Iraq. When and Where: 7 p.m., Cohen the Environment Sponsors: Tufts Singapore Students When and Where: 7 – 8:30 p.m., Cabot Auditorium Association, International Relations ASEAN Auditorium Sponsor: Tufts Entertainment Board THURSDAY Director’s Leadership Council, Department Sponsor: Jonathan M. Tisch College AP Photographer Elise Amendola of German, Russian, and Asian Languages of Citizenship and Public Service’s WEDNESDAY Details: AP Photographer Elise Amendola and Literatures, the Fletcher Association of Distinguished Speakers Series, Dean’s Office, Leadership Is African, Is Female, Is will speak about sports photography. Southeast Asian Nations Society the School of Arts and Sciences, Toupin- Muslim Woman When and Where: 3 – 4 p.m., Anderson 212 Bolwell Fund, Department of Sociology, Details: Pearl Robinson, associate professor Sponsors: Tufts Daily Photo Department The Role of Women in the 2014 Peace and Justice Studies, Department of political science, will discuss feminist Midterm Elections of Political Science, International Relations research methodology and the documen- FRIDAY Details: Kathleen Dolan, professor and Program, Center of Interdisciplinary tary-making of the leader of a Sufi Muslim The Anatomy of Violence: The chair of the Department of Political Studies, Consortium of Studies in Race, women’s movement in West Africa. Biological Roots of Crime Science at the University of Wisconsin- Colonialism, and Diaspora, Film Production When and Where: 4:30 – 6 p.m., Lincoln Details: Adrian Raine, Richard Perry universi- Milwaukee, will talk about female candi- Group, Department of History Filene Center, Rabb Room ty professor of criminology, psychology and dates and congressional elections. Sponsor: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, When and Where: 12 p.m., Barnum Hall, Turkey’s Shifting Identity Studies will talk about subjects including the inter- Room 104 Details: Tufts New Initiative for Middle East action between different factors predis- Sponsor: Department of Political Science Peace will host a discussion on the current Storytelling and the Modern World posing people to crime and biological political and social conditions in Turkey in Details: Jonathan Franzen, author of four treatments for aggressive and antisocial Bridgewater Associates: Where Are We light of current conflicts in the country. novels, a memoir and a bestselling collec- behavior. in the Global Economy? When and Where: 8 p.m., Braker Hall, tion of essays, will lead the discussion. When and Where: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Details: The Fletcher Finance Club will host Room 222 When and Where: 5:30 – 7 p.m., Cabot Barnum Hall, Room 008 Bruce Steinberg, senior investment associ- Sponsor: Tufts New Initiative for Middle ASEAN Auditorium Sponsor: Department of Psychology ate and head of credit markets research at East Peace Sponsor: Center for the Humanities at Tufts Bridgewater Associates, an investment man- agement firm, to discuss current events in the TUESDAY Ebola Outbreak: Causes and global economy and the outlook for 2015. Impact Investing Workshop: Tips of Consequences at a Global Scale When and Where: 7 – 8 p.m., Barnum Hall, the Trade Details: Part two of Tufts’ One-Health series Room 104 Details: Shaun Paul, expert in the impact on Ebola, Joia Mukherjee, chief medical Sponsors: Fletcher Finance Club, Tufts investment industry, will discuss the impact officer of Partners in Health, will provide Career Center, Tufts Finance Group investing sector and lead an exercise on the keynote lecture on the Ebola outbreak —by Jei-Jei Tan

Rosenberg addresses goals of platform Narratively ZBT raises NARRATIVELY continued from page 1 money for Boston have unprecedented access to large populations without significant cost through the expansion of the online Children's Hospital sector, has redefined what constitutes a story, noting BuzzFeed as an example. ZBT “What the heck is a story anyway?” continued from page 1 Rosenberg asked the audience. According to Brillon, this is the third He listed a series of criteria that he year of the “Get on the Ball” fundraiser. finds most important for a real story, Initially the event was supposed to take including its ability to make the reader place every other year, but it is now an think and question, pique curiosity or annual tradition. emotions, untangle complexities, teach “We thought it would be a better idea something new or bring characters or to do it every year, because it is a real- ideas to life. ly big event and we want to develop Rosenberg noted that during his time that relationship with Boston Children’s working as a journalist for different Hospital, and it’s a good way to get their news outlets, he began to find himself name out there,” he said. increasingly interested in human inter- Brillon added that the event is meant est stories, which have grown in popu- to take place on Parents and Family larity in recent years with platforms Weekend to gain further attention. such as Humans of New York. These Grace Cooper / The Tufts Daily “We always try to start or end [the platforms are able to provide a snap- CEO of Narratively, Noah Rosenberg, speaks to students and their parents in the Hirsh fundraiser] on Parents [and Family] shot into the lives of ordinary people. Reading Room on Oct. 17, 2014 about the importance of storytelling. Weekend to engage the larger Tufts com- “Stories of course are appearing in munity and to show the parents … what new ways, surprising ways,” he said, He explained that he began to reflect with creative uses of content, including our organization and what the university adding that the new vehicles for expres- on where journalism was going, and audio, photography and video. stand for,” he explained. sion seem to change every day. it was then that he and a group of “We try to get creative with the Dumond and Brillon said that the event Today, consumers have more and fellow journalists decided to come way that we’re presenting stories,” he is a collaborative event, and ZBT has part- more options for how they choose to together to create a new platform explained. nered with Boston Children’s Hospital, digest stories, according to Rosenberg. that could serve as a destination for Articles on Narratively have even student groups and other Greek organi- He noted the growth in nonlinear storytelling. In order to gauge interest taken to implementing comic strips zations to plan the event. ways of telling stories, with different in the concept and raise some initial if no photography is available, reveal- “We try to work with other group orga- formats and contexts and the use of capital, Rosenberg and the group of ing an ability to tackle weighty sub- nizations throughout the year, and try to new media, always looking to “push journalists began a Kickstarter cam- jects through illustrations, according to make this more of a collaborative thing,” things in new directions.” paign for Narratively in 2012, raising Rosenberg. Brillon noted. Rosenberg explained that during his over $50,000. “So many of our stories are visual in The funds are donated to Boston time working for major news outlets, he Rosenberg noted that although the nature or really begging to be developed Children’s Hospital every year since witnessed the constant drive for mak- campaign was initially intended to visually,” he said, showing a piece titled it is a part of the Children’s Miracle ing headlines, getting quotas and meet- be based solely out of New York City “Just Like Clock Work,” which makes Network Hospitals, which is ZBT’s offi- ing deadlines, rather than generating and eventually expand, the campaign use of audio and photographs to tell the cial nationwide philanthropy, accord- more in-depth stories that may require sparked a broad interest in other cities story of John Metcalfe, a clock repair- ing to Dumond. However, some mem- more time to put together. from the beginning. The project now man in New York City, as an example. bers of ZBT have their own connections “It was into that mix that I started features a team of over 1,000 freelanc- Today, more and more people are to Boston Children’s Hospital. thinking about my stance or my posi- ers around the world. realizing the value of storytelling, “I’m a child development minor, and tion in the future of the media atmo- “We like to connect with our neigh- according to Rosenberg. Narratively is I love working with kids,” Dumond said. sphere,” he said. bors, we like to connect with people able to leverage storytelling in unex- “One of my current suitemates and I Rosenberg added that he began find- halfway across the world,” he said. pected ways, and it can bridge the digi- used to volunteer at the Boston Children’s ing that the little moments he would Narratively has been able to solve tal divide and deliver stories to the Hospital last year … and I really liked the come across during his time as a jour- two keys issues in journalism, namely masses, he noted. environment there.” nalist for bigger news outlets were big- pushing back against the growth of Rosenberg explained that since its According to Brillon and Dumond, ger than back-page news, but weren’t news opinion and “clickbait” material, founding, Narratively has been able to there will also be a closing social event at treated as such. but also help create a space for story- “strike some interesting partnerships” the end of the fundraiser. The event, titled The technological shift of media and tellers to publish their works, according in order to bring in additional sources “ZBT Presents: Halloweentown,” will take the growth of mobile news applications to Rosenberg. of revenue and help increase attention place at the ZBT house. All money raised around 2010, as well as the philosophical “We’ve seen some great results now,” for the initiative. from the event will also be donated to shift toward more thoughtful and engag- he said. “The engagement … is kind of He concluded that the ultimate Boston Children’s Hospital, and tickets ing material such as content on Salon, off the charts.” objective of the initiative is to show- for this event can be purchased from helped create an opening for a platform Rosenberg added that Narratively case “ordinary people with extraordi- Tufts Tickets or at the Mayer Campus like Narratively, according to Rosenberg. has been able to augment its stories nary stories.” Center information booth. 3

Featurestuftsdaily.com With a new name and structure, SURGE Lex Erath | Sugar & Spice hopes to engage more students Fall by Natalia Kastenberg Daily Staff Writer

In a move to expand the group and foster more conversation, this year the ’m very tempted to open this column China-U.S. Symposium has changed its by telling you that Mother Nature and name to the Sino-U.S. Relations Group I have a love-hate relationship, but that Engagement (SURGE). According to would just be false. The truth is there’s first-year Winnona DeSombre, a mem- Ino “love” in our relationship at all; I just ber of the group, the symposium was really dislike nature. originally part of the Alliance Linking Side note: was that really so hard? No, Leaders in Education and Services no it wasn’t. For some reason people feel (ALLIES), but recently broke off to the need to defend or mitigate their dislike establish its own identity as SURGE. of certain widely beloved things. They’ll “The China-U.S. Symposium is some- say, “I’m not much of a pumpkin spice thing we still do,” Deputy Director of person,” instead of “I absolutely despise SURGE Joe Mark, a senior, said. “But it the sugary taste of artificial pumpkin,” as doesn’t encapsulate everything the group’s if they expect all of their companions to about … so we wanted to add to it.” jump back, wide-eyed, and shout “Surely In the past the group has solely not!” when really, no one gives a crap. focused on the symposium, which is It does not affect me in any way if you “a two-and-a-half day academic con- don’t enjoy apple cider, don’t think “How ference that aims to foster relations I Met Your Mother” (2005-2014) is qual- between the two countries and increase ity TV or prefer Ginn to Tisch. That being awareness of the importance of working said, if you don’t enjoy coffee, don’t think with China to address global problems,” “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013) is quality TV according to the Institute for Global or prefer Carm to Dewick, I will insist on Leadership at Tufts University (IGL) taking you to Health Services because you website. This year, the group is seek- are clearly deluded and cannot be walking ing to expand its mission and engage around unsupervised because you are a more people in the topic through more terrible menace to yourself. planned activities, according to Director But I digress. If you know me person- of SURGE Sean Gunn. ally you may be a bit surprised at the “In the past … we’ve been focused very tone of this column (but then you clearly much on creating the symposium itself haven’t read S&S before, and so are we … but we’ve shifted this year,” Gunn, a even friends?), as it’s around this time senior, said. “We still do the symposium, of the year that you are likely to find me but we also want people to be engaged prancing around campus soaking in (read: in the topics and feel like they have some Instagramming) the beautiful colors of knowledge about the topics, that they autumn, showcasing my expertly layered can talk about what they’re interested in, fall outfits and announcing to uninter- rather than coming in and just planning ested bystanders how delighted I am that an event that’s done.” it’s finally fall. Well, readers, that just goes In order to enact this change, Gunn to show that everything is relative. It’s and Mark have been hard at work plan- not really that I love fall; it’s that, of the ning weekly discussion groups, bring- four seasons, I hate fall the least. If I had ing in speakers and working toward my way we would live in a temperature- the spring symposium at Tufts. This Christie Wu / The Tufts Daily controlled environment where it was 60 past week the group brought in Under its new name, The Sino-U.S. Relations Group looks to expand its work and is plan- degrees year-round and the weather was Kathleen DeBoer, the deputy head ning to hold weekly discussion groups. conveniently scheduled weeks in advance of the Organization for Economic (as if you needed any more incentive to Co-Operation and Development The group, under adviser Michael executive board. When she matricu- vote Lex for world dictator). But this is (OECD) in Washington, D.C. Beckley, associate professor of politi- lated this fall, DeSombre was already sadly not the case, and we are stuck with According to Gunn, DeBoer has cal science, attracts many international deeply invested in the topic of Sino-U.S. fall, winter, spring and summer. taught and lived in China on two occa- relations, political science and econom- Relations. Winter, as I’m sure I don’t need to tell sions, once in the early ’90s and once ics students, as well as other students “I’ve always been interested in you, is miserable. You can’t walk from in the past five years. With her expe- who are involved with Tufts in China, Sino-U.S. relations,” DeSombre Dewick to the campus center without half rience living and working in China, according to Mark and Gunn. said. “Growing up in Hong Kong and your face freezing off, and you’ll have DeBoer was able to share her insights DeSombre has been a part of this being an American, I’ve been invested icicles growing out of your head in nano- with the group. shift in the group’s structure, heading on both sides of the politics.” seconds should you dare to step outside “She was able to give us this very her own event called the U.S.-China With a solid foundation and great with even a drop of moisture in your hair. interesting talk about the way she’s Culture Panel. For this event the group plans in the works, DeSombre expressed Spring is really just monsoon season — seen, especially the culture change is talking to students from different enthusiasm about the group’s progress you’re a fool to think you can leave your between the times she was there,” Gunn backgrounds, including students from and future. umbrella at home for even a few hours said. “What she did really well was she Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland “I like the fact that [the group] is because Mother Nature is evil and will brought it down to a human level.” China, who have seen different sides of expanding, and I really like the fact that ensure a vicious downpour before you can Mark considered the event a success Sino-U.S. relations in terms of everyday we are bringing these speakers in to say “April showers.” And then there’s sum- and noted the high attendance. life, DeSombre said. Come November, become more of a niche part of Tufts,” mer. You can wax on all you want about “We had, I think, 30 or 40 people the group will have a discussion about she said. “The members of exec board lazy beach days, barefoot summer nights come to that,” Mark said. “[It was] a their findings. are very much committed to getting a and sun-kissed skin, but I have a one- good way to give more people insights As a new member of SURGE, lot of stuff done.” word rebuttal that destroys your entire into the topic and give them more own- DeSombre has taken on plenty of As seniors, part of Gunn and argument: humidity. ership of it.” responsibility and serves on the group’s Mark’s inspiration behind this commit- Anyway, my current beef with nature is ment is a hope to establish a group this Indian summer ridiculousness that that exists beyond their graduation was going on last week. You might think in May. One of the ways they hope to I’m just looking for something to com- accomplish this is by building a sustain- plain about (and usually you’d be spot- able group and teaching students how on), but 70 degrees in October is all well to keep it going. They have also altered and good until you talk to your cool (aka the group’s planning structure to place Game of Thrones-watching) friends and more responsibility on each member, realize that winter is coming. This awk- enabling them to coordinate their own ward, unseasonably warm weather is not events or pieces of the symposium. pushing back winter’s arrival at all, and so “Our main goal is to build something is only stealing precious weeks of fall away that’s actually going to last,” Mark said. from us. And that, Jumbos, is certainly “Everything we’re doing this year has an something to be upset about. eye towards next year in that we’re both So no matter the weather, this week seniors … so the more we can build and you’ll find me stubbornly nursing my sea- establish this year, the better it’s going sonal coffee and wearing an impressive to last going forward.” number of very thin earth-toned layers. DeSombre also remarked on the unique Chins up, everyone — they might be able existence of the newly formed group. to steal some autumn weather away from “Because SURGE just broke off from us, but there’s always Thanksgiving. ALLIES, it’s a fairly new organization in terms of its name, but we’re lucky that Christie Wu / The Tufts Daily it still has the old foundations of the Lex is a junior double majoring in econom- The China-U.S. Symposium recently changed its name to Sino-U.S. Relations Group old structure,” DeSombre said. “It really ics and biopsychology. 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Interview Helen Schmidt | Tufts Film Series talks to the Daily Around the Book Block by Grace Segers Daily Editorial Board Nonfiction A lot of students aren’t aware that there is a free movie theater on cam- Nuances pus, but Tufts Film Series is working to change that. Co-chairs Sarah Gordon and Timothy Charouk, both juniors, work hard to manage the Film Series, which provides et’s begin with a quick survey: Think pre-selected movies every Friday and of how many nonfiction books you’ve Saturday in Barnum 008. Gordon has held read in the past two months. (And no, this position since the beginning of her books required for classes don’t count!) sophomore year. She spoke with the Daily LAlthough I have no way to collect data from about changes in Film Series attendance, everyone reading, I’m willing to bet most of challenges that she faces as co-chair and you would answer with a big, fat zero. On her hopes for Film Series in the future. the other hand, how many of you have read A modified version of the interview works of fiction in that same time? I’m sure follows. more of you will be part of the latter group. It’s The Tufts Daily: How long have you easy to see why there are disparities between been involved with Film Series? the genres; fiction is exploratory, exciting and Sarah Gordon: I’ve been involved fueled by imagination, whereas nonfiction is with Film Series since freshman year often seen as nothing more than those huge fall. I found the club at the club fair and war biographies your grandfather reads. I started going to their meetings almost Let me just make one thing clear right immediately, and I’ve been a part of it away: Not all nonfiction is engaging. There ever since. are many, many dry, monotonous books TD: How has Film Series changed since out there that make no effort to keep their you began? readers going. However, in the way fiction SG: It has actually changed drastically. is divided into fantasy, science fiction or When I entered as a freshman, it was kind romance, nonfiction can be divided into of at a low point in its existence. Not as collections of essays, historical examinations a fault to anybody. It’s just there’s been a or biographies. Nonfiction is often seen as natural decline in the amount of people uninteresting and limited, but it is just as who want to come see movies because of expressive and engaging as a work of fiction Netflix, or because of movies that can be would be. However, part of the magic of lit- pirated on the computer. Nobody really Courtesy sarah gordon erature is the huge number of authors that wants to leave their room, you know. It’s Junior Sarah Gordon has been involved with Tufts Film Series since her first semester. are able to add their own styles to the pool, just sort of a convenience issue. At the bringing in unique ideas and experiences beginning, when I was a freshman and TD: What are your goals for this year? end, and they’re great movies so people to write first-hand accounts of events they even last year as a sophomore, there was SG: Our goals for this year are to should come. actually experienced. very low attendance. We were having issues hopefully try and maintain this atten- TD: With regards to your collaborations, One of my favorite sub-genres of nonfic- getting people to come to our movies. But dance growth and to collaborate more for the screenings of “Captain America: tion is essay collections. For those unfamiliar this year — we are not entirely sure exactly with clubs. We’re collaborating with the The Winter Soldier” (2014) and “X-Men: with this genre, these are usually autobio- what’s happening — our attendance has LGBT Center [and Tufts Burlesque] on Days of Future Past” (2014), screened on graphical essays compiled under a specific grown tremendously. Because the num- “Rocky Horror Picture Show”(1975) for Sept. 26 and 27, you collaborated with theme, often presented in a first-person bers were low we can actually say that Halloween night … Our [other] goal is Another Option. Do you plan to do more point of view. The best have a fictional feel- they’ve quadrupled, which is pretty excit- just to make sure that people know that with them in the future? ing to them, as the stories are presented so ing. I don’t know if it’s the movies we’re this is a resource available to them. I talk SG: Yes, we will definitely collaborate descriptively it’s as if they were entirely fab- choosing, or if it’s our advertising, which to people about Film Series all the time with Another Option more in the future ricated. They provide a direct insight into the we have definitely amped up, but we’re and they’re like, “Oh, I didn’t know we … Another Option is the club on campus thoughts of the author; rather than searching having a ton more people come to each had that.” So I just want people to know that promotes activities that don’t involve for metaphors and hidden clues as to what of our showings. It’s definitely making a that we have a movie theater on campus the author really believes, nonfiction serves comeback, which is exciting. that shows free movies every single week- see SERIES, page 6 those considerations on a silver platter, ready for the reader to devour them one by one. Another of my favorite categories is sci- Album Review entific novels. These don’t quite fall under a broader category, but they generally cover the research and stories surrounding Flying Lotus comes to life in 'You're Dead!' a scientific discovery. Excellent examples by Timothy Charouk music. The death of one of his friends, head, telling Hancock to play as fast as he include “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Daily Editorial Board Austin Peralta, a pianist featured on can or else face living up to the promise Lacks” (2010) by Rebecca Skloot and “The Flying Lotus’ “DMT Song” (2012), also of “You’re Dead!” Dueling Neurosurgeons” (2014) by Sam After exploring the urban jungle in earned an homage — the circumstances The next two songs are the most indi- Kean. As a newly declared biology major, “Los Angeles” (2008), embarking on of his death are reflected in “The Boys vidual tracks and will probably stand I’m obsessed with micro and neurobiol- a journey through space and time in Who Died in Their Sleep.” the test of time, becoming favorites after ogy, but these are perfect examples of how Instead of mourning the loss of his multiple listens. “Never Catch Me” fea- scientific, nonfiction writing can be exciting You’re Dead! loved ones through melancholic piec- tures hip-hop prodigy Kendrick Lamar, even to people who have no experience in a es, Flying Lotus takes a more uncon- seemingly with the same gun to his head, scientific field. Both books have incredibly ventional approach with this somewhat running through his lines and barely giv- talented authors who utilize astounding Flying Lotus unsettling, playful work. Starting with the stories and research data to give a synopsis album art, designed by Japanese manga see LOTUS, page 6 of the history of cancer research and neuro- Warp Records artist Shintaro Kago, the depiction of science, respectively. death is almost slapstick, featuring dis- These books need authors who are able “Cosmogramma” (2010) and capturing membered bodies and dancing skele- to break down complex ideas and make the essence of the night in “Until The tons. This isn’t to say that the album lacks them understandable and exciting for read- Quiet Comes” (2012), Steven Ellison, also depth and sentimentality; FlyLo switch- ers. Nonfiction shouldn’t be a complex known as Flying Lotus, is at it again. es between soulful, melodic tunes and textbook with horribly confusing words on This time, he turns to his own life and fast, upbeat tracks so that “You’re Dead!” every page. Rather, nonfiction gives readers experience of loss to inspire a fifth stu- never becomes predictable. Flying Lotus an opportunity to expand their horizons. dio album, “You’re Dead!,” which was and, in particular, this album, are any- It’s hard for someone to learn complex new released earlier this month. thing but boring. ideas if he or she doesn’t have training in The exclamation point at the end of Similar to his previous albums, Flying the field. With a book written specifically to the title perfectly represents the play- Lotus’s newest creation is to be taken as a encapsulate the ideas stemming from the ful nature with which Flying Lotus has whole, as each song blends into the next, greatest minds in the discipline, it becomes tackled the subject of death. He does creating a cohesive but cross-sectional easy and accessible for readers to learn a not mourn, but rather celebrates those exploration of the theme. While admit- new period of history. who have recently passed in his life. tedly this approach sacrifices the inde- Nonfiction writing is a remarkable insight According to an interview with Fader, pendence of single tracks in the name directly into the minds of authors. There is Lotus’s great-aunt, Alice Coltrane, who of the whole, there is no denying the a direct author-to-reader connection based died in 2007, was a major influence for creativity and artistic vision needed to entirely on real events, making readers more him. Coltrane’s album “Lord of Lords” create these collections. The album can connected with the material of nonfiction (1973), written as a quasi ode to her late be split into movements, each with its books. They create an eye-opening new husband John Coltrane, inspired FlyLo own vibe. world within the one we all experience, while to mimic her style of paying homage The first four songs, including “Tesla” encouraging readers to stop and take a look to the people in her life. His relation- and “Cold Dead,” start quickly with fast- around. You never know what you’ll find. ship with such an influential jazz musi- paced jazz riffs. “Tesla” features the leg- cian has seeped into his work from the endary jazz artist Herbie Hancock on beginning. A fan of genre-blending, the piano playing at a rapid tempo that Simon Fernandez via Flickr Creative Commons Helen Schmidt is a sophomore majoring Flying Lotus features jazz along with allows the audience to imagine that Flying Lotus pushes boundaries on new in biology. She can be reached at helen. experimental beats and hip-hop in his Flying Lotus holds a literal gun to his album, ‘You’re Dead!” [email protected]. 6 The Tufts Daily Arts & Living Monday, October 20, 2014 Flying Lotus blends hip-hop, modern jazz on new album

LOTUS “Dead Man’s Tetris.” Rife with hectic beats, after death. This haunting interlude of sorts track that brings “You’re Dead!” — and all continued from page 5 comical gun-cocking sounds and even an features songs such as “Ready Err Not” and those Ellison has lost — back to life for one ing the listener time to reflect on the lyrics. appearance by Snoop Dogg, the song is “Eyes Above,” which will remind fans of last goodbye. This song is the closest FlyLo comes to a fun way for everyone to discuss death. older Flying Lotus tracks. Following these Flying Lotus has always been polariz- making a statement of theme — including The track also features a rap by FlyLo’s are songs like “Coronus, the Terminator” ing. The artist’s experimental nature and lines such as “Analyze my demise, I say alter ego Captain Murphy, indicating he (a sort of hymn for the apocalypse), that his work are sometimes simply too much I’m super anxious / Recognize I deprive is more comfortable talking about death break entirely new ground for the artist. for many to enjoy, but there is no denying this fear and then embrace it” — yet the from behind the mask of the captain. The album meanders a bit in the third his creative genius and his role as a genre- speed of the song makes it seem like he’s Listeners are allowed a breather after quarter with the bass interludes of long- blending pioneer. Ironically, this album embarrassed by his own sentimentality. these two songs, and here the album time collaborator Thundercat. It finishes seems more alive than any of his other He then returns to his upbeat frenzy with becomes a more spiritual exploration of life off strong, however, with “The Protest,” a works. It just may be his masterpiece. Tufts Film Series sees attendance surge SERIES by the increased attendance. We’re really, with good quality. It’s just more exciting, that got the most votes. There were a few continued from page 5 really excited about it, but we are con- and they’ve been hearing other friends arguments like “Yeah, that’s popular, but drinking and partying. That’s actually a fused, so we’ve discussed it a lot. We think talking about the movie, and they’re like I hate that movie,” but we all agreed that big part of Tufts Film Series’ mission state- that we definitely chose really recent, “Okay, I have to go see that, so I can get in it’s just better to start shifting towards ment: to provide good, clean fun for people popular movies over these first few on the conversation.” more popular movies to get people com- on campus, because we show movies every weeks. I think that people don’t always TD: Do you feel that you’ve in any way ing. Once people know about us then Friday and Saturday. Obviously parties are have time to go to the actual movie the- compromised the values of Film Series by maybe we can reevaluate — maybe not going on then, so we definitely want people ater, and then when they see that we’re showing more popular movies? show as many big blockbusters, but show who maybe don’t want to go to a party on playing [a movie] just a few months later, SG: We don’t feel like we’ve compro- some more quality films, if you will. But that night to come to our movies. It’s not they think, “Oh, we should definitely go mised it, no. We still do show some more right now I’m happy with the schedule bad to party — definitely go to parties, have see that, I didn’t get a chance to see it.” … classic movies. We [recently] showed that we have and the attendance that it’s fun with your friends — but if you want a The most exciting thing was that we got “The Usual Suspects”(1995) and “Fear brought. low key night, Film Series is always there to “The Giver”(2014) [when it] was actually and Loathing in Las Vegas”(1998), which TD: Have you considered maybe doing a watch a movie. still in theaters, and we played that in col- are older movies, definitely classics. weekend with an older movie and a newer TD: Why do you think Film Series atten- laboration with the InterVarsity Christian People enjoy them a lot, and we’re just movie to draw both audiences? dance has increased so dramatically? Fellowship, [which] happen[s] to know sprinkling them in amongst the more SG: We do that sometimes. There [are] a SG: We’ve been discussing this ques- one of the producers. Barnum 008 was recent movies. We need to reevaluate our lot of factors that determine the schedule: tion a lot at our weekly meetings, because completely full — over 150 to 200 people mission — that we are the campus movie when the companies can give us movies, we as a club are actually kind of confused were there. So we definitely see the cor- theater. We have to give the people what when they’re available, what we choose. relation between the release date of the they want, even if it’s not exactly what We do try to put an old and a new together movie and how many people come to it. everybody in Film Series wants. So, well, sometimes, but it doesn’t always work out TD: So your choice of movies has defi- while I don’t think that “Neighbors”(2014) that way … Something else that we really nitely helped to make Film Series more that we showed at the beginning of the did differently this year was our advertis- popular, in your opinion? year was the greatest movie ever, it was ing at the club fair. Our delightful head SG: Yes, absolutely. A lot of us are film really funny, and people came to it. That’s projectionist, Tafari Duncan, went crazy at nerds, and we love older films; we love the point of Film Series: for people to get the club fair … His enthusiasm was really classics, cult movies. And we know that a together and watch a movie. inspiring and inspired all the other club lot of other people love them too, it’s just TD: Has there been any discord within members to do better… So many of the not what brings people. We really have Film Series over choice of movies? freshmen this year already have so much to grab the attention of the general pub- SG: Not so much. The way that we enthusiasm and are revitalizing our club. I lic, the general student body, and bring pick our schedules is the last week of think that that’s what we really needed — them to the movies. While they might the semester we choose the movies for new blood and new ideas — so I’m really love those [classic] movies, they’ve prob- the next semester in this big, elaborate thankful to the sophomores and the fresh- ably a) already seen them or b) can find meeting where we have a list of over a men who have given us that. them so easily on the Internet, whereas hundred movies and we all vote, and then The schedule for Tufts Film Series is avail- courtesy timothy charouk newer movies are harder to get a hold of we choose the movies based on the ones able on Facebook and on the group’s website.

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Editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Alexander J. Schroeder Editor-in-Chief Narratively transforms journalism into storytelling Editorial Sit in the back of an 8:30 a.m. chem- bait” headlines are virtually unavoidable humanity need not be confined to istry lecture and you’re bound to see, on sidebars and newsfeeds. twelve-point text blocks marked with Justin Rheingold amidst the third-row sleepers and the But do these articles, lists and slide- the occasional captioned photograph. Lily Sieradzki pre-med students frantically scribbling shows really qualify as “stories?” This is Narratively aims to combat the nega- Managing Editors notes, a dozen laptops open to scroll- the question raised by Tufts University tive connotations often associated with ing screens of Buzzfeed and Thought alumnus Noah Rosenberg, who is the “news broadcasting” by utilizing the Patrick McGrath Executive News Editor Daniel Bottino News Editors Catalog, boasting posts as nutritionally founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of website’s clean layout and simplicity Jenna Buckle valuable and easily digestible as a bowl Narratively, an innovative online plat- to “story tell” with videos, photos and Abigail Feldman Shana Friedman of Fruit Loops. form for long-form news stories. The long form writing pieces that adhere to Daniel Gottfried This mindless absorption of enter- website, which aims to bring “untold weekly themes of personality, individu- Nina Goldman Dana Guth tainment is exactly what makes these human stories” to center stage, blatantly ality and humanity. With Narratively, Stephanie Haven websites — and the countless others like challenges the nature of typical highly Rosenberg proves that it is not a catchy Alexa Horwitz Audrey Michael them — so incredibly successful. Their stimulating online media by releasing headline or colorful infographics, but Kathleen Schmidt flashy images and snappy titles are pre- only one piece per day and only posting rather the promise of a meaningful con- Jei-Jei-Tan Denali Tietjen made and perfectly bite-sized in order to stories that pique emotion and curiosity nection with a story, that keeps a reader Melissa Wang Sarah Zheng be shared on Facebook and other social to bring ideas to life. truly engaged with online media. media sites. They take on an air of rel- While there seems to be a dichoto- Stories and timely news are inherently Jessica Mow Executive Features Editor evancy via vague — and often humorous my of online news platforms, of which interesting, and the press should aim to Maya Blackstone Features Editors Hannah Fingerhut — references to political happenings, Buzzfeed and the New York Times integrate multimedia into their publish- Charlotte Gilliland current events and social trends. The would mark the far ends of the spec- ing in a way that makes the emotion and Kendall Todd Jake Taber average Internet user can’t be blamed trum, Narratively seems to evade this curiosity that are so essential to story- Shannon Vavra for spending time on these websites and serve a greater purpose by mak- telling a natural part of the news narra- Sophie Dasinger Assistant Features Editors Mengqi Sun instead of on information-dense news ing the statement that hard-hitting tive, without sacrificing the integrity and Annie Gill sources, especially when their “click- journalism and important stories of investigation that define journalism.

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Rachel Sheldon Executive Multimedia Editor Blair Nodelman Senior Multimedia Editor Aastha Chadha Multimedia Editors Ethan Chan Jade Chan Off the Hill | University of Arizona Kristie Le Tanay Modi Nimarta Narang Josh Podolsky Grace Segers Reducing food waste a first step to fight

PRODUCTION Andrew M. Stephens poverty, climate change Production Director by Nick Havey can chew. This can be quite an issue, it isn't so easy. The Daily Wildcat however, when people only shop every Reducing food waste is a systematic other week because they can't find the issue that must be targeted on many David Westby Executive Layout Editor Betsy Allman Layout Editors A few days ago, I ate four bananas in time to buy produce more often, and fronts by producers, retailers and con- Hannah Fingerhut Kathy Lu one sitting because I was worried that therefore end up eating large quantities sumers. Telling grocery stores to encour- Montana Miller by the next day they would be brown of one thing just to get rid of it. age consumers to buy food near its expi- Reid Spagna and mushy, and I would lose out on both I admit that I'm a bit of a hypocrite. ration date reduces food waste on the the bananas and the money and time I While I make an effort to effectively cou- end of the retailer, but merely passes it Noah Habeeb Executive Copy Editors Reena Karasin spent procuring them. Although I thank- pon, plan my shopping trips efficient- to the consumer. This is an issue that Aastha Chadha Copy Editors Nina Goldman fully don't count myself among the high ly and purchase products in the least requires attention and widespread effort Sophie Krakoff number — nearly 60 percent — of college packaging, I often shop whilst hungry. to combat. Julia Russell Rachel Salzberg students who deal with food insecurity, I This is an epidemic, I'm sure, amongst Berkley Harris, lead board member for Jei-Jei Tan worry about food waste and actively try adult Americans, leading to thousands of the UA Campus Pantry, said that even the Yan Zhao Arthur Beckel Assistant Copy Editors to combat it. packages of flavor blasted Goldfish being smallest effort toward consciousness and Andrew Kager According to The Global Scientist, purchased among groups of other unsus- prevention helps. Serena Kassam Caroline Watson "Food waste is one of the most important tainable, heavily-packaged and hard-to- "The individual definitely has a big environmental challenges we currently finish goods. impact on the issue of food waste," Harris Nitesh Gupta Executive Online Editor face. Because of this, the 2013 U.N. World Alexandra Heeney of The Global said. "Although it is a global issue, real- Qinyue Yu Marketing Director Environment Day theme was food waste Scientist notes a not-so-surprising trend istic solutions start with the individual. Richard Yuxuan Zhang Strategy Manager and reducing your foodprint." progressing. "In countries like the U.S. and Being conscious is a start. This issue is Caroline Talbert Media Coordinator Reducing your foodprint, like reduc- the UK we are making fewer and fewer trips not only an environmental issue, but ing your carbon footprint, is just a part to grocery stores each year, which results in also a social issue. Millions of people go BUSINESS of being a socially and environmentally more food waste: the more frequently you without food every day, and hundreds in Daphne Wu conscious human. shop, the better you plan, the less food you Tucson go hungry — the food one person Executive Business Director Every year, between 30 and 40 percent buy that's likely to go uneaten." wastes could change someone else's life. Li Liang Receivables Manager of food in the United States is wasted These lessened trips mean larger That food can be donated to a nearby Chris Chininis Ad Diresctor Jade Chan Ad Managers from "farm to fork," and that number, purchases and ultimately a larger shelter or food bank." Kristie Le especially when applied globally, is shock- amount of food thrown out when it So make an effort to not pour that half- Tanay Modi Yiran Xu ing. This waste starts at the source and is is forgotten. And while it is ideal to gallon of milk down the sink, because it's P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 exacerbated in the homes of consumers. consider more efficiently planned and not only irresponsible for the environ- 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 Finishing meals is important, even if frequent trips to the grocery store as a ment, but also for your wallet and your [email protected] you sometimes bite off more than you solution to the problem of food waste, conscience.

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OP-ED Adam Kaminski | The Cool Column A vigil for peace: Tufts Students for Two States I’m a duck- faced chillah t’s one of life’s major decisions: new and unites under a common vision hip or classic and cool? To join the herd by Jonah Harris, Keren Hendel, vision, we wrote a petition outlining toward a politics of responsibility, to of “kids these days” or indulge in coun- Noah Weinberg, Aviva Weinstein the necessity of a permanent political present a vision for a better future and ter culture-esque defiance, basking in solution to the conflict. recognize our responsibility to make Ithe hipster street-cred it yields? Tufts Students for Two States is a Tonight we will join together to choices to achieve it. Nowhere in my life has this eternal broad coalition of pro-Israel mem- launch our petition and humanize our We call on members of our commu- struggle been more relevant than last sum- bers of the Tufts University commu- vision for peace by hosting a vigil to nity to join us in affirming that the status mer. I was pestered by more technologi- nity that stands united in our shared remember the loss of such a vision quo is unsustainable. We cannot allow cally advanced coworkers who seemed to belief that a two-state solution repre- in the conflict in Gaza and Israel this this most recent cease-fire to become stop at no lengthy sigh or eye roll in their sents the best future for Israelis and past summer. We will commemorate merely another pause in the fighting. attempts to proselytize the less-cultured. Palestinians. At the start of this year, the loss of life, grapple with the issues Instead, we must push for a permanent This time, the technology under discus- we decided to reinvigorate our collec- of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and political solution to the conflict. sion begged the question, do I stay cool tive push for peace between Israelis address the deepened divisions in our Whatever your background or politi- like Ghostface Killah, or hip like Ghostface and Palestinians that was first started campus community. We hope to shift cal belief, we invite you to join us in Chillah? two years ago. In accordance with our the conversation away from blame and remembering all those lost in this lat- Of course, I’m talking about Snapchat. est cycle of violence and in our mission Snapchat, with its shady upbringing in to bring peace to the Israeli-Palestinian racy photos of half-naked teens or worse, conflict, tonight at 8 p.m. on the Tisch full-naked weirdos. Snapchat, with its clear Library Roof. Please help us maintain emphasis on the selfie and blatant vanity. a respectful space by refraining from Snapchat, not only quirky enough to have a bringing flags, banners or other para- ghost for a mascot, but also quirky enough phernalia. If you cannot attend, but to name it “Ghostface Chillah” in honor would like to sign the petition and of the Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface learn more about our vision, please Killah. Obviously, I didn’t get the hype. visit www.tsforts.com. It felt glib and shallow and, well, kind of stupid. I already waste most of my time on Facebook, so why would I want to Jonah Harris is a senior majoring in civil exacerbate my anti-productivity? I felt like engineering. He is President of Hillel's this was a solid argument. My relentless Student Executive Board and can be coworkers and unsympathetic computer, reached at [email protected]. however, did not. Keren Hendel is a sophomore who has not According to the New York Times, the yet declared a major. She is Campus Liasion app could be “a much more intimate way of Tufts American Israel Alliance and can be to communicate with friends” because reached at [email protected]. “the emotional weight of the content is Noah Weinberg is a sophomore who has heavier … messages are direct and per- not yet declared a major. He is Jewish sonal.” And, moreover, according to only Community Engagement Chair of Tufts the most reputable research published J-Street U and can be reached at Noah. on Yahoo Answers, the app could be “fun [email protected]. if you snapchat the right people :).” I Aviva Weinstein is a sophomore who has assume I am not one of those “fun” peo- not yet declared a major. She is Political ple, although if I were a sexually budding Chair of Tufts Friends for Israel and can tween I think I’d like the look of that smi- carolyn cole / los angeles times / mct be reached at [email protected]. ley face. Praise from credible and not-at-all credible sources alike, in collusion with Off the Hill | University of California, Berkeley external pressures (cough cough, pushy friends), finally piqued my interest. I downloaded Snapchat and decided to try Internationality does not excuse racism it out for at least a week. If it felt like a waste of time I’d scratch it, sort of like by Jessie Quian fair game in an international school. tags, afraid of being left behind. how I scratch all of my bad habits, but if it The Daily Californian As our last summer break before col- In hindsight, we had probably dealt felt beneficial in some substantial way, I’d lege slowly faded away, my friends and with our problems in the worst way pos- keep it. Fair. When we finally landed in the San I kept telling each other over Skype, sible. The main problem with being an My first day with the app feels forced. Francisco Airport after thirteen hours of “Remember to turn down the racism international student was to have peo- I quickly realize I’m bad at making duck arduous turbulence, my mum asked me before you go to a U.S. college. Train ple put you in a “nationality” box at faces and drawing self-defacing doodles if I wanted to go into a Starbucks and yourself.” I sat in front of my computer first glance. Most of the international with my fingers. I get better when the grab a frappuccino. for a good ten minutes after the last students I know realized the process of visual pun battle begins, but I still lose to “Nah, you go,” said yours truly in friend went offline, wondering how long explaining their life story had turned into the seasoned professionals of technology. much-too-loud English. “I'm not white it would be before I run my big mouth a 10-minute-long presentation that no I need to get better, so I do what any enough mum. An hour in a white air- in America. Truth is, I've been so con- one else was particularly interested in. pansy would do: read up. A few of the sta- port is unlikely to make me go near a ditioned into this “it's okay to be racist” In stereotyping ourselves, we had placed tistics surprise me. Seventy-seven percent Starbucks.” I stopped talking as five very state of mind that simply keeping my ourselves back into boxes people can of college students use or have used the stunned, and very white, people were mouth shut just won't do it. understand. The fact that we had lived in app. With 100 million active users and 400 staring at me. Now, half a semester in at Berkeley, three different countries no longer mat- million snaps per day, only 12 percent of S--t. It's already happening. I've already started to notice the visibly tered, even to us Instead, I became sim- snaps are shared with multiple people. Racial stereotyping jokes were the different patterns in my speech. Holding ply a “bad Asian” due to my inability to I also learn that roughly 70 percent of norm at my international high school, back comments similar to those in previ- understand calculus. That was the title I Snapchat users are females, which doesn’t because they were the only way we knew ous paragraphs was painful at first. Have gave to myself, and that was the title that really surprise me. And besides, I may be to survive. The problematic aspects of years in an international community lasted nearly seven years in New Zealand. the only male who subscribes to theS- such jokes became clear to me only after really made my friends and I the worst To this day, I'm ashamed to say that I can- kimm, so it’s something I’m used to. I'd graduated. people on earth? Why did we say those not remember where most of my friends' Soon the excitement of a successful The Asian jabs peaked right before tests things? It wasn't just high school naivete hometowns are. It's really sharply ironic conversion wears off and I start receiv- and finals, when we studied so hard that — we had really trained ourselves to have that we degraded what made us inter- ing snaps that aren’t solely weirdness. I our nights became days. Another equally the mindset that the more stereotyping national in the first place, that we let also begin to use the app in ways I hadn’t East Asian student observed, “If we stud- you did, the better terms you'd be on ourselves be covered with stereotypes in thought of before — not to send stupid ied any harder, our eyes might actually with other people. order to navigate high school. selfies to my friends, but to send great self- just slit shut altogether.” I laughed, per- I guess racial stereotyping made the It's not healthy, this erasure of our ies to other friends, those who I wouldn’t haps only because I hadn't had proper offspring of internationalism feel safer. entire lives, taking the easy way out in otherwise be able to see. food for over eight hours. Our “internationality” meant that none order to get through high school. I still lie I found that my communication For most Americans, this sort of atmo- of us had concrete ideas on who we were awake in bed sometimes, remembering improved tenfold, mostly because com- sphere in a high school would be a com- and where we belonged, so we found the strange, twisted comfort zone created munication now took practically zero plete horror, a visage of humanity reced- catharsis in mocking what we saw as by stereotypes, and wondering if it would effort. Snapchat is easy and mostly risk- ing into the dark ages. For many of the the most distinguishing parts of our- have been easier any other way. free. Embarrassing photos will disappear. international kids I knew — including selves. We weren't hateful towards one It may not have been — but we should Shame will evaporate. And as long as the myself — the racial stereotyping was a another — racial stereotypes were the have fought harder to protect the experi- snap feels personal and is sent to few part of life. It was caustic, it was barbaric only way we could identify ourselves. In ences that were once so precious. recipients, the face, duck-shaped or not, and it was fun. a world where parents constantly move Strangely enough, today no stereo- will look and feel good on the other end. An international school, I've found, to different countries, holding onto one typing directed toward me can truly There’s something liberating in the is a breeding ground for the ideology stereotype was similar to holding onto a faze me. I'm just a normal Asian- ephemeral and something powerful in the “we're all racist, and therefore no one is.” comfort blanket. The more we beefed our looking kid with a normal plate of fried visual, and I think Snapchat’s found them. At every international school I've gone to, differences up, the more secure we felt rice, studying for a normal math exam. Newfangled communication made easy is someone would have some comment on with our separate identities. The thing I'm also a New Zealander who married worth a degrading selfie or two. some nationality that would immediately was, even in an international school, no a sheep in Middle Earth. Only the first make me feel at home, albeit ashamedly. one really remembered everyone else's one translated, however, and I some- Unlike local New Zealand schools, where 15-minute-long life stories. Therefore, we times wonder if people remember me Adam Kaminski is a sophomore who has racial slurs directed at me may well have wore our racial stereotypes — the ones as an "Asian," or as a Kiwi — or some- not yet declared a major. He can be reached sent me into a bawling mess, everyone is that could be recognized — like name one completely different. at [email protected].

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Fahey took fifth overall overall, and proud of all the other girls “While I think our team is in a in 22:15.34, and Beltrani followed for such a strong team finish.” really good position right now, and a half a minute later, as she kicked As a unit, the women’s front pack we have a lot of girls who are run- standards hard to take ninth in 22:40.91. At this has been tighter than ever, as their ning very strong and continuing to hen an athlete does something point, Tufts had its top three runners top three runners have all been con- improve, I know some of the other wrong these days, you hear in before Keene State’s top two. sistently running within a minute of NESCAC teams are also looking good about it. There is an initial rumor Sophomore Alice Wasserman, who each other. and shouldn’t be underestimated,” of wrongdoing, a confirmation of broke out with a great race at Open “As a team we went into the meet Corcoran said. “We’re going to have Wthe wrongdoing, a team or league mandated New Englands last weekend, had a trying to pack up in groups and work some pretty tough competition at suspension, an (often unsuccessful) appeal, solid race as the Jumbos’ fourth- together to push each other and move NESCACs this year.” a long wait and finally a return. Each stage place finisher in a time of 23:08.96, up in the field,” Corcoran said. “I In this two-week span before the meet, of the process seems to come with its very taking 16th overall. Junior Michelle think that strategy worked really well the Jumbos will be preparing wisely. own block on the SportsCenter rundown, de Mars rounded out Tufts’ scor- for us, and we had some great perfor- “Some of us will be tapering off in with no development going unnoticed. We’ve ing offensive with her 23rd-place, mances today.” our practices, as in we will be lower- become accustomed to this circus when it 23:23.69 finish. Junior Lily Corcoran After two straight weekends of rac- ing our miles, but keeping intensity comes to an athlete’s transgressions, but had a career performance as the sixth ing, the Jumbos will have next week- the same to prepare ourselves for our what about an owner? finisher for Tufts, placing 32nd over- end off, but will return two weeks races,” Cox said. “NESCACs is one of I am talking of course about Indianapolis all in a time of 23:39.18, which was a from now at Middlebury College the best races of the year, and we’ll be Colts owner Jim Irsay. On March 16, 2014, Irsay 6k PR by over a minute. for the NESCAC Cross Country working hard to make it a good one.” was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driv- ing. Irsay was also charged with four felony counts of possession of a controlled substance. Blood tests revealed he had “oxycodone and/or Tufts falls to yet another NESCAC opponent hydrocodone” in his system that March night, WOMEN'S SOCCER ond half, continuously putting pres- Williams’ keeper Van Wetter. according to court documents. Irsay would continued from back sure on the Ephs’ defense. Tufts had another scoring oppor- eventually plead guilty to one misdemeanor NESCAC’s most prolific scorer off of the “We had some chances early on tunity in the 58th minute off a corner count of operating a vehicle while intoxicat- scoreboards throughout the duration of [in the game] over the top, but [the kick on the right side. There was a ed. Commissioner Roger Gooddell suspended the game. defense] was really tough to break fumble in the box as Greer’s head- the Colts owner for 6 games and fined him Thomas had scored 10 goals and through, and they figured us out er was blocked, but Fortin’s second- $500,000. After serving his six game suspen- had 21 points heading into the game midway through, which made it a lot chance attempt was thwarted by Van sion, Jim Irsay went back to work. against Tufts, which gave her sole pos- tougher,” Thomas said. “[I have] to Wetter. In the 71st minute Capone On Oct. 17, the Irsay story re-emerged. TMZ, session of first place for points in the give props to the Tufts defense today. took another shot off a right corner, the as-of-late worldwide leader in sports, post- NESCAC. Kirsche’s ninth goal of the They played really well.” but the ball hit the fingertips of Van ed the dash cam footage of the Irsay incident season against Tufts brings her season Sophomore Jess Capone, who is tied Wetter and was pushed out of the goal. which was released by police officials. The totals to 21 points, tying Thomas for with classmate Brooke Fortin as the Just two minutes later, Capone tried video shows Irsay stumbling out of his car and the conference lead. The scoring duo team’s top goal scorer, was the last again, but her strike sailed over the top failing the field sobriety tests administered by has scored 19 of Williams’ 37 goals person to score for Tufts, netting the of the post. police officers. As we’ve learned with Ray Rice, thus far, and is the offensive corner- lone goal in the team’s 1-0 victory over With just three games left in the sea- a video can add fuel to the smoldering ashes of stone of a team that has gone 11-1 this Endicott on Oct. 7. son, Hamilton and Bowdoin remain a story and bring it back to a blaze. season, the sole loss coming at the Capone continued her strong form the only NESCAC teams Tufts has yet At everyone’s favorite four-letter network, hands of conference-leading Amherst. on Saturday with a team-high four to face. Before finishing the season this isn’t the case. There are some stories about Despite the Ephs’ efforts in the first shots taken, including one on goal. with games against these conference Irsay running on ESPN currently, but most half, the score remained 1-0 head- Capone broke away from a pair of opponents, Tufts will try to build up its are about his return from suspension and ing into the halftime break. A spirited Williams’ defenders in the 50th min- momentum starting next Tuesday, Oct. make no mention of the surfacing of video Tufts team took to the field in the sec- ute, but her shot on goal was saved by 21 against UMass.-Boston. evidence. There has been no escalation of the story; if anything, there’s been the opposite. ESPN is currently running a longform inves- tigative piece by Shaun Assael with the Colts Tufts' run defense dominant against Williams owner that will run in the Nov. 11 edition of FOOTBALL ESPN the Magazine. The article is titled “The continued from back shadow life of Jim Irsay,” and explores Irsay’s a 3rd and 2 on its own 28 when Doll then personal struggles. It also details at length his handed the ball off to Trause, who gashed charitable efforts. I do not want to drag Irsay’s the Williams defense for a 60-yard run. name through the mud, I wish him nothing but He was finally brought down at the Ephs health and peace going forward, but it seems 12-yard line, where a quick slant from like ESPN has made up their mind with the Doll to senior wide receiver Greg Lanzillo direction they want to take Irsay stories. gave Tufts a 27-13 lead. ESPN not reporting or making mention of The Jumbos defense looked very the dash cam video as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. strong in the second half, and the Ephs 19 directly shows its willingness to selectively could not muster a single point until report. Why would it do such a thing? Maybe it’s there was just 5:22 left in the 4th quarter. because it doesn’t like the way the a stumbly Jim At that point Lommen threw his third Irsay fits into the 5,000+ word narrative already touchdown pass of the game, but Tufts’ crafted about him by Assael. Maybe Jim Irsay, offense was able to kill the clock, giving a businessman worth $1.6 billion, has a friend the home team the seven-point win. or two at ESPN that could push down a head- The biggest discrepancy between line. Maybe ESPN thinks the NFL needs some Saturday’s win over Williams and Tufts’ positive air time in light of the gauntlets just run. two previous losses was the Jumbos Whatever the reason, there is a double standard ability to stop the run. They had allowed at ESPN when it comes to covering suspensions. over 200 rushing yards in consecutive There has been enough disciplinary news weeks entering the game against the from ESPN in the past couple months to last Ephs, but Williams only managed to a lifetime, and I’m not saying that I want more rush for 46 yards on 29 carries. of that sort of thing. I also acknowledge that a “The last two weeks, we didn’t stop the player’s name recognition might make suspen- run,” senior linebacker Tommy Meade sion information more worth reporting than said. “It was a point of emphasis this Ethan Chan / THE TUFTS DAILY for an owner. More people know the name Ray week in practice. We just made sure that Tufts senior defensive backs Michael DeFeo, left, and Patrick Glose fight to make a tackle. Rice than know the name Jim Irsay, and ratings we got it done. We really harped on flying numbers and clicks are definitely important. into the ball in practice, and it translated last couple weeks. They really wanted to just battling, got us headed in the right Despite all this, ESPN is alone in not reporting onto the field. Jimmy Brao’s ‘scoop-n- make a difference, and that started back direction. He kept guys off Jack [Doll] all the story. NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Deadspin, score’ or pick six, I’m not sure what it was, on Tuesday in practice,” head coach Jay day. We were able to get Snyder in the TMZ and others have all made mention of the but his touchdown was big time.” Civetti said. “All week long they’ve really game, here and there. We can really cre- video but ESPN still has not. It’s hard not to It was truly a complete win for Tufts. been doing a great job. I think [assis- ate some issues with the talent we have.” see that ESPN is more interested in painting a The team had 409 total yards on offense, tant] coach [Frank] Hauser called a great After their win over the Ephs, the 3-2 good picture than painting a true one. allowed just 303, only committed three game. I think he and Jack [Doll] were Jumbos are still undefeated at home and penalties and had its first defensive just on a great page. The whole offensive winless on the road. Tufts will look to touchdown of the season. staff really worked tirelessly to put us record its first win away from Medford Luke Machamer is a junior majoring in eco- “I thought the front seven took it upon in the best position possible to be suc- on Saturday against the undefeated nomics. He can be reached at lucas.macha- themselves, took some ownership the cessful. I think Landon Davis at center, Amherst Lord Jeffs. [email protected]. 12

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FOOTBALL (3-2 Overall, 3-2 NESCAC) at Zimman Field, Saturday Williams 13 0 0 7 — 20 Tufts 7 13 7 0 — 27 losses the team was in danger of falling below .500 in its Week 5 matchup against the Williams Ephs. After the first quarter of this weekend’s game, the visiting team was ahead 13-7, but Tufts thoroughly outplayed Williams over the final three quarters, earning a hard-fought 27-20 victory. Tufts’ offense stumbled out of the gate, with its opening drive ending in an inter- ception thrown by sophomore quarter- back Alex Snyder, and the following two drives ended in punts. Ethan Chan / THE TUFTS DAILY Williams began the game with a three Williams makes a stop during Tufts’ 27-20 victory over the Ephs on Saturday. and out, but on its second drive of the day, junior quarterback Austin Lommen rolled offense down the field for Williams’ sec- middle, which bounced off his receiver’s Eph’s 5-yard line for a 68-yard gain. Doll out left and found senior wide receiver ond touchdown drive of the game. The fingertips and landed in the hands of a then found Trause on a quick 5-yard out Steven Kiesel for a 16-yard touchdown. quarterback completed all four of his diving strong safety senior Michael DeFeo. route. After a botched snap on the extra Lommen was brilliant on the drive, com- passes for 41 yards, including a six-yard Tufts’ offense was able to capitalize point, the Jumbos went into the half with pleting all five of his attempts for 63 yards. touchdown pass to junior wide receiver on Williams’ blunder. Senior quarter- a 20-13 lead. After Tufts first-year punter Joe Nault’s Darrias Sime. The Ephs had 2nd and goal back Jack Doll hit junior wide receiver Both teams’ passing attacks were very second punt of the afternoon, the Ephs at the Jumbos’ six, when Lommen looked Jack Cooleen twice on the subsequent strong in the first half. Lommen threw were leading and had the ball on their own to his right and found Sime completely drive for a total of 28 yards. Then, on for 170 yards and two touchdowns, while 30. On 3rd and 6, Lommen, who had been wide open in the back right corner of the 2nd and 7 at the Ephs’ 25, Snyder tossed Doll was 13-14 for 159 yards and a touch- nearly perfect up to this point, could not end zone. a short pass to senior running back down. The teams’ rushing attacks were handle the snap out of the shotgun. The Williams missed the extra point, but a Zack Trause, who evaded several tackles both mediocre at the half, but a run ball hit off his hands, bounced up in the quick turnover on downs for Tufts gave before reaching paydirt. by Trause blew the game wide-open early air and Tufts senior defensive end James back the ball to Williams, which still held Tufts was leading 14-13 with just under in the 3rd quarter. Brao caught it and returned it for a 31-yard a six-point lead. five minutes to play in the half, when Doll The Jumbos’ first drive of the second half touchdown. But just as the first quarter was com- threw the ball to Cooleen cutting across started off slowly. The team was looking at Despite the mishap, the unfazed ing to a close, Lommen made his second the middle. He then sprinted up field Lommen was able to easily move his big mistake: He threw a dart across the before he was finally taken down at the see FOOTBALL, page 11

Women's Soccer Women's Cross Country Jumbos drop fifth consecutive Jumbos dominate competition at conference game Conn. College by Alison Kuah Daily Editorial Board by Chris Warren Daily Editorial Board Just five minutes into the game against Williams on Saturday, Tufts On Saturday the national No. 10 found itself in a familiar position: women’s cross country team traveled to Harkness Memorial State Park in WOMEN’S SOCCER Waterford, Conn. to compete in the (6-5-1 Overall, 2-5-1 NESCAC) Conn. College Invitational. On this at Kraft Field, Saturday scenic and flat course located on the shores of the Long Island sound, tem- Williams 1 0 — 1 peratures were in the low 70s, winds Tufts 0 0 — 0 near the water were breezy and the course was rather soft. The Jumbos took advantage of these solid racing playing catch-up to a NESCAC oppo- conditions to score a meet-best 55 nent. The Jumbos’ hopes of salvaging points, defeating runner-up Keene their season were put off for another State by 42 points. game, as the team dropped its fifth con- “The course looked like it would secutive conference matchup, taking be a fast, easy course, but it’s actually its season record to 6-5-1, and 2-5-1 in pretty tough in parts,” sophomore Sam the NESCAC. Cox said. “It’s very grassy, which can The lone goal of the day was scored slow you down, and is sandy in one by Williams sophomore left wing Kristi part. But it’s a beautiful place and it Kirsche, who converted off a well-hit was a nice day.” cross to the six from midfielder junior After a quick start, the race strung Mai Mitsuyama and sent the ball into the out quickly. Junior co-captain Audrey right corner of the net. The Ephs battled Gould found herself in the top six to put the game out of reach and con- for the first half of the six-kilome- trolled the pace of the game, while keep- ter race, but halfway in made a push ing the pressure on the Jumbos’ half of to the runner-up position, getting as the field. Williams ended the first half with Alex Knapp / The Tufts Daily close as she could to the race leader, nine shots compared to Tufts’ five. First-year Mariah Harvey-Brown fights for the ball in Tufts’ 1-0 loss to Williams on Saturday. junior Amy Regan of Stevens Institute “We have a lot of respect for Tufts as of Technology. Though Regan won a program,” Williams senior tri-captain and the NESCAC is such a competitive her second attempt off the rebound sailed the race in a new course record of goalkeeper Hannah Van Wetter said. league. We had a ton of respect coming over the net. Before that, a would-be 20:56.94, Gould was able to make up “They’ve been really, really good, so I into the game for Tufts. That’s why we header to Thomas was prevented by Tufts some ground as she placed second think we knew they’d be playing with tried to find that goal early.” co-captain senior defender Catharine overall with a time of 21:46.93. everything thrown at us, because their In the 22nd minute, Ephs sophomore Greer, who took advantage of her size in Not far behind Gould, teammates season is on the line. [At] the end of the Audrey Thomas sent a great ball to the the matchup. Greer managed to keep the sophomore Kelly Fahey and junior day, the record doesn’t really matter — foot of a wide open forward Crystal Lewin, you have to take care of these games, but her shot bounced off the crossbar and see WOMEN'S SOCCER, page 11 see WOMEN'S XC, page 11