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The Tufts Daily Volume Lxxii, Number 8 Tufts Prof-chaired discussion group to foster conversa- TUFTS VOLLEYBALL tion, connection in Medford Volleyball spikes the see FEATURES / PAGE 3 competition SEE SPORTS / BACK PAGE Election fever? Catch these political podcasts see ARTS & LIVING / PAGE 5 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXXII, NUMBER 8 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 tuftsdaily.com Tufts Food Rescue Collaborative coordinates dining center food donation by Juliana Furgala This fall, Dining Services Assistant News Editor leased a food packag- ing machine for its own use Tufts Food Rescue and that of TFRC, Zwigard, a Collaborative (TFRC), a stu- junior, said. She added that the dent-led food donation machine is located in Dewick- umbrella organization, is work- MacPhie Dining Center. ing to package and distribute According to Luce, a senior, uneaten food from Tufts Dining the machine eliminates the use Services this semester, accord- of many plastic bags that were ing to TFRC founders Shelby formerly used for temporary Luce and Lucy Zwigard. packaging. TFRC is a partnership “We used to have to take all between Dining Services, stu- of the food and just bag it and dents, faculty, staff and Food weigh it and donate it to [Food for Free, a local NGO dedicated for Free], but now we actually to redistributing food to home- have a brand new machine,” less families. When it launched Luce said. “Now we can actu- last March, TFRC worked to ally make the meals ourselves.” connect Dining Services to Packaged meals can contain Food for Free for packaging a variety of foods, according to purposes, but this semester Richard Kaup, chef manager at TFRC obtained a food packag- Carmichael Dining Center. ing machine which allows vol- “Whatever [food] comes back unteers to heat-seal prepared … we’ll set it up and package it MAX LALANNE / THE TUFTS DAILY food trays themselves, accord- Senior Shelby Luce, left, and junior Lucy Zwigard, pictured here on Sept. 19, co-founded Tufts Food Rescue ing to the founders. see EXCESS FOOD, page 2 Collaborative. Tufts Union Debate holds two-state solution debate by Daniel Nelson of the Israeli military, ‘sani- Assistant News Editor tized,’” Goldblatt said. Phillips argued that the lack Tufts Union Debate held its of a stable, unified Palestinian inaugural event yesterday in government made a two-state Braker 001 at 7 p.m. during solution impossible. which four students debated the “From top to bottom, motion, “This Campus Believes Palestine’s political administra- that the U.S. Should Support a tion lacks the organization and Two-State Solution.” The event the basic fundamentals of cen- was attended by approximately tralization needed to exist in a 30 students. global world,” Phillips said. The motion was debated Once the opening statements by two pairs of students, one had been presented, Debate KEVIN HO / THE TUFTS DAILY for the motion and the other Chair Nimarta Narang opened against. Each pair began with the floor to the audience and seven-minute-long open- invited attendees to share their ing statements explaining positions. their positions. Arguing for “That kind of ignores the the motion were sophomore entire fact that the Palestinian Andrew Goldblatt and senior people don’t want to be with the Chad Kramer. Arguing against Israelis, and that they’ve been the motion were junior George looking for self-determina- Phillips and senior Darby Young. tion,” audience member Noah Goldblatt opened the debate Cohen said in response to with a personal account from Phillips’ argument. his time in the Palestinian ter- During the closing argu- ritories. ments, Young challenged the “I walked by locked store- debate’s motion directly. fronts and sealed doors on a KEVIN HO / THE TUFTS DAILY street that was, in the language see DEBATE, page 2 Contact Us Please For breaking news, our content archive and recycle this exclusive content, visit P.O. 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BACK 84 / 63 [email protected] 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Tuesday, September 20, 2016 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY Inaugural debate features policy dispute ARIN KERSTEIN Editor-in-Chief DEBATE continued from page 1 EDITORIAL “The [two-state solution] cannot – Sophie Lehrenbaum and should not – be addressed by an out- Jake Taber side player with no stake in the outcome Managing Editors beyond personal gain,” Young said. “The Evan Sayles Associate Editor U.S. should not support the two-state Kathleen Schmidt Executive News Editor solution … because it is by no means in Melissa Kain News Editors Robert Katz the position to support without exac- Liam Knox erbating the issue and corrupting any Gil Jacobson Catherine Perloff progress towards peace.” Jei-Jei Tan The debate was the first ever held Hannah Uebele Joe Walsh by the Union, which is a newly-formed Kyle Blacklock Assistant News Editors group that aims to promote respectful Juliana Furgala Jesse Najarro campus discourse. According to Narang, Danny Nelson who co-founded the Union, the motion was chosen for its polarizing nature. Miranda Willson Executive Features Editor Constantinos Angelakis Features Editors “We figured that this was a good debate Nina Joung to get people involved,” Narang said. Becca Leibowitz Justine Chung Assistant Features Editors According to the polling results post- Siddharth Divakaruni ed on the group’s Facebook page after the Justin Krakoff Executive Arts Editor event, the pre-debate numbers were 66 John Gallagher Arts Editors percent in favor of the motion, nine per- Merilla Michael Eran Sabaner cent against the motion and 25 percent Isaac Brown Assistant Arts Editors undecided about the motion. A second Jocelyn Contreras Alison Epstein poll taken after the event revealed that Elliot Storey 68 percent were in favor of the motion, 24 percent were against the motion and Emma Henderson Executive Op-Ed Editor Shannon Geary Cartoonists eight percent were neutral about the Stephen Dennison motion. The opposition was named the Allie Merola KEVIN HO / THE TUFTS DAILY Miranda Chavez Editorialists winner of the event, as the side gained Sophomore Andrew Goldblatt speaks during the first Tufts Union Debate event, “This Campus Aneurin Canham-Clyne the greatest percentage change. Believes that the U.S. Should Support a Two-State Solution" in Braker 001 on Sept. 19. Frances DeFreitas Eriko Koide Anita Ramaswamy Noah Weinflash Phillip Goldberg Executive Sports Editor Student umbrella organization packages excess food Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editors Alison Kuah EXCESS FOOD gathering volunteers. This semester, TFRC is not the only group contrib- Maddie Payne continued from page 1 their focus is on promoting food safety, uting to the effort, according to Luce. Eddie Samuels Assistant Sports Editors Maclyn Senear up for Food For Free in six ounce por- they said. “There’s so many people passionate tions across the board,” Kaup said. “So “It’s really important that all of our about food on campus — especially Max Lalanne Executive Photo Editor six ounce proteins, six ounce vegetables, volunteers take this very seriously with the whole new food systems and Mia Lambert Photo Administrator Caroline Ambros Picture Tufts Editor six ounces starch of some sorts … All of and follow food safety best practic- nutrition minor,” Luce added. “We just Ray Bernoff Staff Photographers those products that were before possibly es,” Zwigard said. want to make it so that we’re all working Maria Eduarda Ferraz Henry Hintermeister thrown away at some point or just brought The pair produced a food safe- towards the same goal of saving food in Leila Li straight to composting [have] now found ty training video and plan to hold train- all of the different ways possible.” Julia Press Evan Sayles its way to feed people in need.” ing sessions for volunteers in Dewick, The dining centers have also been Angelie Xiong The dining centers strive to save all Luce added. active in promoting the program. extra food, no matter how little there According to Luce, campus dining At Carmichael Dining Center, Tufts PRODUCTION might be, Kaup explained. centers often overestimate how much workers have been reaching out to David Westby “Even with small amounts, whatever food to prepare and end up with left- garner volunteers for packaging extra Production Director it may be, we’ll still retain it because over pre-consumer food or food that pre-consumer food. Allie Merola Executive Layout Editors it’s still something that can be utilized has not been put on a plate that can be Luce and Zwigard expressed hopes Sebastian Torrente … [If] it’s ten french fries in a pan we’ll donated. for the program’s future and expect Jewel Castle Layout Editors Abbie Gantner still hold back on that because we can When Luce and Zwigard began changes within the group. Among Leila Li package that,” Kaup said. working with Food For Free, they the collaborative’s goals is adopt- Brianna Mignano Mandip Pokharel According to the TFRC website, found widespread support on campus, ing a new name, since the current Emily Sharp Dining Services donates about 200 Zwigard said. name was intended to be tempo- Astrid Weng pounds of food per week to Food For “[We have] a lot of allies in the com- rary, Luce explained. Petrina Chan Creative Director Free through TFRC. munity health department and envi- Kaup expressed his support for Tufts’ Allie Merola Executive Graphics Editor Perina Chan Graphics Editors Last semester, during their first ronmental studies [department] — pro- contribution to the Food For Free program. Juliana Furgata few months working with Food For fessors who take an interest in the food “[The program] is one great way of giv- Dana Pek Ashton Stephens Free, Luce and Zwigard focused on rescue, the idea behind it,” Zwigard said.
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