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Partly Cloudy Read It First 75/61 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVIII, NUMBER 24 Tuesday, October 14, 2014 TUFTSDAILY.COM Nurse at Tufts Medical Center receives award by Emma Steiner Williamson noted that there Contributing Writer are many awards designed to honor nurses, but Nurse.com’s Debbie Mitchell-Dozier, a program differentiates itself with nurse in Tufts Medical Center’s its peer nomination system. (TMC) Division of Nephrology, “We are very unique in the was recognized by Nurse.com as fact that our nurses of excel- one of six national winners of the lence are nominated by nurses, 2014 Giving Excellence Meaning selected by nurses and then cel- (GEM) Award for the Home, ebrated in the company of their Community and Ambulatory nursing colleagues, because Care category on Sept. 11. we believe that nurses are in TMC Chief Nursing Officer the best position to recognize Terry Hudson-Jinks said that she excellence among their peers,” believes Mitchell-Dozier deserved she said. the GEM Award because of her Executive Director of Patient deep commitment to her patients. Care Services at TMC Heidi “She is 24/7, full throttle, Waitkus said she nominated patients-first in every way, shape Mitchell-Dozier for her extreme and form in her life, which really devotion to her field. makes her just exceptional to “She is very passionate about us,” she said. “We find that quite what she does,” she said. “She Courtesy of Tufts' Office of Sustainability extraordinary, and we just love was a donor for a kidney to a Tufts Facilities Services recently received new electric lawnmowers to reduce its environmental footprint. that. So did the judges. We real- complete stranger.” ly see her as a true, individual, Mitchell-Dozier explained shining example for all of us.” that her family history with kid- New electric lawnmowers to Hudson-Jinks explained ney disease, as well as her back- that Mitchell-Dozier is the ground with dialysis patients, first member of TMC to claim gave her personal knowledge reduce emissions, noise national recognition for this about the impact a transplant award. Mitchell-Dozier has been can have on a patient. by Sophie Lehrenbaum tric-powered alternative-fuel ity to teach when lawnmowers a nephrology nurse for 20 years “These patients are in a situ- Contributing Writer vehicles, according to Vik. prevent you from being able to and a member of TMC for more ation where either they get a The OOS was interested in pay attention or hear.” than nine years, where she works transplant, or for the rest of Tufts Facilities Services making the switch because the In June, the OOS and the to educate patients about kidney their lives they are dependent on Department has brought reduction in polluting emis- nonprofit organization Quiet disease, dialysis and transplant dialysis,” she said. “Seeing the two new electric lawnmow- sions and the transition to Communities, which works options, Hudson-Jinks noted. impact of patients who … had ers to campus this semester electrically-powered equip- to educate the public about Nurse.com has been in the a successful transplant, I always in an effort to move toward ment would have far-reaching the damaging effects of gas- business of recognizing extraor- wanted to make that difference sustainable and low-impact positive social implications, powered outdoor equipment dinary nurses for almost 30 in someone’s life.” technology. according to OOS Program and promotes the use of qui- years, according to Eileen Meeting a pastor diagnosed The decision to purchase the Director Tina Woolston. eter and more environmen- Williamson, senior vice presi- with kidney failure in 2012 gave electric lawnmowers, which “We want a cleaner campus tally sustainable technolo- dent and chief nurse execu- her an opportunity to experi- was made by Facilities Services for the students and a better gies, hosted a conference at tive at Nurse.com. Williamson ence firsthand the process of Grounds Supervisor John Vik environment for the workers,” Tufts on new technologies for explained that each year 54 donation. Though the pas- in conjunction with the Office Woolston said. “The noise of outdoor landscaping. finalists are selected from nine tor was a stranger at the time, of Sustainability (OOS), was the regular … conventional “I had been trying to con- geographical regions. Of these Mitchell-Dozier said that donat- intended to decrease noise, machines is above what people vert to electric equipment 54, six national winners are cho- ing a kidney to him allowed her diminish emissions and drive should be exposed to. It can … and they represented the sen to represent the six different up awareness of the ecological cause deafness and damage … categories. see NURSE, page 2 benefits of switching to elec- and it really impedes the abil- see LAWNMOWERS, page 2

TCU Senate Update With students living off- its students living off-campus to senators on social media to “give over in the legislative body and creating a phone app similar to campus concerned about their report their addresses, and the a face to the Senate.” the the lack of engagement iJumbo and more. Tufts Canon housing situations, the Tufts university is considering building The Educational Policy with “marginalized communities was awarded $420 for two of Community Union (TCU) Senate additional housing to accommo- Committee reported that it is try- unless it is election season.” their members to go to a confer- spent a part of their weekly date more students on campus. ing to gather data about the the TCU Senate voted on and ence. Tufts Consulting Collective meeting receiving updates on He added that the aldermen demand for the expansion of discussed money allocation for was awarded $140 for a web the University Accountability ordi- didn’t know when Somerville will the Department of Computer the requests of six organizations. developer for its website, a nance being considered in the city begin enforcement or what the Science. GlobeMed was denied funding choice that was made because of Somerville. consequences will be if Tufts fails following committee updates, for a rally they wanted to par- the consulting group needs to senator Samuel Berzok spoke to provide a directory of student DCA Officer Andrew Núñez gave ticipate in on Boston Common, work with groups and organiza- about the outcomes of the addresses. a tri-annual report covering a since it was not directed primarily tions off-campus and requires a Legislative Affairs subcommit- berzok explained that the wide variety of issues on the at Tufts students and would be level of professionalism for its tee meeting at the Somerville amendment will likely pass, and Tufts campus, from Title IX and located off campus. website. City Hall, where he served as Tufts will have to take serious sexual violence prevention to fos- all other organizations that a number of organizations a student voice on the pro- steps to consider resources and sil fuel divestment, and from the applied were allocated funding. were also granted recognition posed law to enforce an existing choices for affordable off-campus Culture, Ethnicity, Community Tufts German Club was award- by the TCU Senate, while others zoning ordinance. Along with housing for students. Three prop- Affairs Committee (CECA) rally ed $800 to bring New York were not. Tufts Thai Students Director of Community Relations erties in Somerville are already in for Indigenous People’s Day to Times columnist Roger Cohen to Association and Spoken Word Barbara Rubel, Berzok attended housing court for violations, and the lack of recognition of gen- campus to speak on Germany Alliance at Tufts received rec- the meeting and explained the he added that there will be hous- der segregation on campus and since the fall of the Berlin Wall. ognition, while the Roosevelt Tufts residential system to the ing available on campus if stu- in Greek life. Núñez, a senior, Students for Sensible Drug Policy Institute at Tufts and Tufts Somerville aldermen, noting that dents are evicted. also spoke extensively about the was allotted $327 for transporta- Tobacco-Free Initiative were Tufts students often sign their following Berzok’s rundown, way that the university has pri- tion funding for a speaker who not, according to TCU Judiciary leases in September and October various committees gave updates oritized other things over sup- will talk about drug abuse. member Anna Weissman, a for the following year, a fact of on their activities. port for marginalized communi- a new student organiza- sophomore. Sino-US Relations which aldermen were previously The Student Outreach ties at Tufts, including the TCU tion, the Human Factors and Group Engagement is in the unaware. Committee announced that it will Senate elections process and the Ergonomics Society, was given process of recognition. berzok, a junior, explained that be hosting “Senate Spotlight of determination of who has louder $470 for membership to a Tufts may make it mandatory for the Week,” featuring facts about voices on Senate, the high turn- national organization, funds for —by Sarah Zheng­

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News 1 Editorial | Op-Ed 8 Macy Gray showcases Men’s soccer erupts for a fresh sound on new two weekend wins on Features 3 Comics 10 album, “The Way.” the road. Arts & Living 5 Classifieds 11 Photospread 7 Sports Back

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Visiting the Hill this week TUESDAY Hall, Crane Room Community Health Program, International When and Where: 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Paige Conference: “Thinking About Think Sponsors: Global Development and Relations Program, the Consortium of Hall, Crane Room Tanks” Environment Institute, Tufts New Economy, Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora Sponsor: Communications and Media Details: The all-day conference will address Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship Studies Program the overarching project of think tanks in and Public Service Bill Hayton: China’s Claims in the South American public policy. Michèle Flournoy, China Sea THURSDAY former undersecretary of defense for poli- SAAC Speaker Series Presents: Katie Details: Bill Hayton, a reporter with BBC “Jumbo: Marvel, Myth and Mascot” cy, will deliver the keynote address. Hnida Talks to Tufts! News who focuses on contemporary Asia, lecture and reception When and Where: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Details: Katie Hnida, the first woman to will discuss the origins of China’s claims Details: Andrew McClellan, professor of Mugar Hall, Seventh Floor play and score points in a NCAA Div. I in the South China Sea and his upcoming art history, will host a lecture about the Sponsor: The Fletcher School of Law and football game, will discuss her football book on the subject. “Jumbo: Marvel, Myth and Mascot” exhi- Diplomacy career and her activism spreading aware- When and Where: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Cabot bition, which he curated, currently on view ness about violence against women. Intercultural Center, Room 205 in the Tufts University Art Gallery. From Grexit to Grecovery: Is the euro- When and Where: 7 p.m., Steve Tisch Sports Sponsor: The Fletcher School of Law and When and Where: 5 – 6:30 p.m., Alumnae crisis over? and Fitness Center, Third Floor Film Room Diplomacy Lounge Details: Alexandros Tourkolias, chief execu- Sponsor: Student Athlete Advisory Sponsors: Tufts University Art Gallery, tive officer of National Bank of Greece, will Committee PrEP, PEP, and the State of HIV Office of Alumni Relations host the lecture. Prevention: A Conversation with Carl When and Where: 12:30 – 2 p.m., Chase WEDNESDAY Sciortino Libya’s Turmoil in Historical Perspective Center, Carmichael Hall Station House Chili Fest Details: Carl Sciortino, executive director of Details: Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, professor of Sponsor: The Fletcher School of Law and Details: Tufts Dining Services will host local AIDS Action Committee, will speak about political science at the University of New Diplomacy Somerville and Medford Police, Fire and recent advancements in pre-exposure and England, will present. Emergency Medical Services teams along with post-exposure prophylaxis, and in what When and Where: 6 – 8 p.m., Barnum Hall, Economics Department Seminar Tufts Police, Fire and Tufts Emergency Medical ways they have changed the way perspec- Room 104 Series: Auctions Mechanisms and Services to celebrate National Fire Prevention tives on safer sex and HIV prevention. Sponsor: Middle Eastern Studies Program Bidder Collusion: Bribes, Signals and and Public Safety Month over lunch. When and Where: 7 – 9 p.m., Cabot Selection When and Where: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., ASEAN Auditorium FRIDAY Details: R’oi Zultan, lecturer of economics Carmichael Dining Center Sponsors: Tufts Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Noah Rosenberg, LA ’05: Human Stories at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, will Sponsor: Tufts Dining Services Transgender Center Will Change the World present the findings from his research. Details: Noah Rosenberg (LA ’05), found- When and Where: 4:30 – 5:45 p.m., Reading Camus during the West African Nothing But Net: How Profits, Pundits er, CEO and editor-in-chief of Narratively, Lincoln-Filene Center, Rabb Room Ebola Outbreak: An Anthropological and the Press are Changing Pro Sports a platform devoted to untold human Sponsor: Department of Economics Reflection Details: A panel of professional sport jour- stories, will discuss his experience with Details: Adia Benton, assistant professor nalists, including Chris Stone (LA ’92), the organization. Winning Hearts and Minds: Anti-Racism, of anthropology at Brown University, will managing editor for Sports Illustrated, Dan When and Where: 3:30 – 5 p.m., Tisch Feminism and the New Economy present in light of her work as a medical Barbarisi (LA ’01), New York Yankees beat Library, Hirsh Reading Room Details: Chris Crass, organizer, educator anthropologist with multiple years of expe- reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Tony Sponsors: Friends of Tufts Libraries, Tufts and writer, will lead a workshop to discuss rience in Sierra Leone. Massarotti (LA’ 89), Boston Globe contribu- Office of Special Events the development of a more sustainable When and Where: 12 – 1:15 p.m., Tisch tor and co-host of a talk show on 98.5 The economy through multiracial, cross-class Library, Room 304 Sports Hub and Shira Springer, investiga- and feminist movement building. Sponsors: Department of Anthropology, tive and enterprise sports reporter for The When and Where: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Paige Department of Romance Languages, Boston Globe, will lead the discussion. —compiled by Patrick McGrath New electric lawnmowers Mitchell-Dozier commended by Nurse.com, further university sustainability LAWNMOWERS Hill Hall, expressed appreciation NURSE from TMC surrounding her are nearing the stage of kid- continued from page 1 for the lengths that the Facilities continued from page 1 donation or her receipt of the ney failure about their options best technology out there,” Vik Services team has gone to in to become even more deeply GEM Award. for treatment,” he said. “She said. “[Quiet Communities] acquiring the new lawnmower, connectedcolleagues to the patients for she putting “I’m blown away, patients to tell the explains first to them in clear terms convinced us that with these but echoed Vik’s sentiments for works with. truth,” Mitchell-Dozier said. the things they have to do and improved run-times, it would growing the “green” on campus. She also cited Andrew “I’ve always loved being a nurse. the choices they get to make.” be viable [to purchase this new “They really deserve a lot of Levey, chief of the Division of It has always been important to Hudson-Jinks echoed this equipment].” credit for taking care of the nit- Nephrology, as a source of inspi- me, and it’s been my privilege sentiment, noting that Mitchell- In 2004, the university pur- ty-gritty end of sustainability,” ration for her decision to donate. to work with patients.” Dozier’s quality care made chased the Electric Ox, anoth- Bell, a junior, told the Daily in an “In 2008, while working Levey praised Mitchell- the patients feel comfortable er electric tractor mower for email. “Of course, there’s always here, I witnessed the depart- Dozier’s work at the clinic and despite their illness and provid- maintaining the grounds. Vik more we can do, and I’d love to ment chief donate a kidney, the contributions she has made ed them with trustworthy sup- said that while the machine is see Tufts continue to upgrade and that kind of sparked to TMC, as well as her impor- port during treatment. She also no longer functional, he recalls our facilities with more energy- [inspiration] for me as well,” tant role in patient care. commended Mitchell-Dozier’s its power and maneuverability efficient/clean energy options, Mitchell-Dozier said. “The thing I am most relationship with other staff and expects the new machines, such as the low-flush toilets, She added that she had impressed with is how Debbie members. which are being used primarily solar panels, lights that go off not anticipated the reaction has put together a program “She brings out the best in on the Academic Quad and on automatically, etc. Another eco- and support that she received where we educate patients who everybody,” she said. the President’s Lawn, to be just rep suggested an emergency as efficient with relatively mini- hotline for fixing leaks in dorms mal upkeep. so that students could bypass “The maintenance on these is lengthier work order processes much simpler,” he said. “There for fast fixes.” are no engines, there is no oil, Bell cited high costs, difficult there is no gas … all that goes implementation and a laun- away. And the motors are mod- dry list of pressing issues the ular, so if one breaks, you just university deals with on a daily take it out and put a new one basis as possible impediments in. You don’t have to take heads to progress in the realm of sus- off and valves out. It is much, tainability on campus. She also much easier.” referenced other self-imposed Vik emphasized that these barriers, such as a simple lack new models were selected with of understanding of how to go their long run-times in mind. He about making a change toward hopes to convert the entire fleet more environmental awareness. of grounds-care equipment to Both Bell and Woolston electric power within the next agreed that going green begins five years. at a grassroots level. In order for “Because this battery technol- greater change to occur with- ogy is so new, we don’t want to in the university, students will convert all [at once],” he said. have to demonstrate that this is “We just wanted to try a couple something they value and would and see if they did what they like to be a priority on the uni- claimed to do. The big 60-inch versity’s agenda. mower was around $20,000, and “This whole school exists for that’s more expensive than the the students, so I really feel like conventional mower, but the when there is an opportunity savings over a seven-year period to make a change that makes [are] more than double the price the learning environment better of the mower.” for the students and helps the Vik also underscored his environment, that is something desire to involve students more that should be a high priority,” directly in the process of conver- Woolston said. “If students real- sion to sustainable technologies, ly wanted [more electric lawn- noting the potential for oppor- mowers], the university would Nicholas Pfosi / The Tufts Daily tunities for engineering students probably find a way to make Ten Tufts students were able to spend the night at the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford on to install solar power stations that happen. It would be easier Friday through participation the Slave Dwelling Project. The project, which is led by Joseph McGill, aims across campus to charge the to make the argument that we to raise awareness about preservation of former slave dwellings and hosts overnight stays throughout new equipment. should spend a little extra to buy multiple states. Angela Bell, an eco-rep for that equipment.” 3

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Hapa changes name to Association of Stina Stannik | A Jumbo in Ghana Race in

by Yuki Zaninovich Ghana Contributing Writer will tell you up front that this col- For the Association of Multiracial umn will not offer enough space to People at Tufts (AMPT), there is a lot present even a beginning picture of Multiracialin a name. AMPT, formerly knownPeople as at Tufts to reflect new goals the complexity of race in Ghana. I’ll Tufts Hapa, aims to create a commu- weaveI observations throughout all of nity for students who identify as persons my columns, but consider this a broad of mixed heritage. Though the name introduction. change may seem subtle to some, it now For starters, you should know that I better reflects the target demographic am white and female. I chose to come of the group, according to Co-President to Ghana, in part, because I wanted Zoe Uvin. to experience what it feels like to be According to Uvin, a senior, “hapa” in the racial minority. Of course, my means “half” in Native Hawaiian, and is experience here cannot compare to that often used to refer to people who identify of minorities in the United States; for as a mix of two races. However, this choice one, I am still privileged here. There is of terminology made it seem like the club nowhere in the world that I can go where had a limited scope of interest. my white skin will not privilege me. I “The term ‘Hapa’ has the connotation know I say this with the ease of white of being half-Asian, so I think the name skin, but the degree to which whiteness change definitely reflected our priorities is prized in Ghana is actually depress- much more,” Uvin said. “We’re an associ- ing. Some Ghanaian men and women ation, not a political group or movement use skin-lightening cream to become of any kind, and we wanted any person paler. Even billboards use white mod- who is multiracial, or feels that their fam- els, although the main consumer base ily or community makes their identity is African. In some ways the standards multiracial, to feel welcomed to join us.” of beauty are different here, but choos- The name change has been favorably ing to not use native Ghanaian models received, according to treasurer Rachel denies that blackness can also be beau- Steindler, a sophomore. tiful, desirable and elegant. “We’re getting a lot of new faces … White women — or anyone who could people are hearing about us, because we be mistaken for white — are practi- changed our name,” Steindler said. “So cally idolized in Ghana. It is not uncom- it’s kind of a publicity thing, but it’s very mon for us to receive marriage propos- much about trying to advertise that we’re als from strangers, and when walking a multiracial community that isn’t spe- through markets I have experienced COurtesy Zoe Uvin cific to half-Asians. We were never meant The Association of Multiracial People at Tufts gathers at the student activities fair this fall. men reaching out to touch my arms and to be exclusive; we always had this goal neck. Existing on this cultural pedestal in mind, but it seemed like we were only which meets once a week to plan people,” Steindler said. “I’m adopted makes any sort of friendship or relation- attracting half-Asian people, so we really events for the semester. [and Asian] and my mother is white, so ship with men challenging. I constantly wanted to make it clear.” “The potlucks are just to eat food and when we talk about family dynamics, I question whether they are interested According to Uvin, more new upper- realize there are so many multiracials on can identify with [other members’] racial only, or at least primarily, because I am classmen than freshmen showed up at campus of so many mixes, of so many identity development in terms of having white. Can they see me as a person, or their first potluck event, which Uvin attri- backgrounds, but that we all have some- someone of a different race as a parent.” do they let my skin speak for me? butes to the club’s wider and more thing in common, that our multiracial In tandem with its new name, AMPT No matter how long I stay here in approachable demographic scope. experience has changed the way we have has set some new goals. According to Ghana, I could never pass for native. “On top of getting great feedback from gone through life and the way we’ve Uvin, when the club was originally found- I am marked as a foreigner, and so I members, what made me feel great was interacted at Tufts,” Uvin said. “We can ed Joseph Wat (LA ’13) hosted potlucks at feel as if I receive opportunities and seeing a Tufts Confession posting a link connect over something other people his house. Now the club hopes to host favors that I should not be given. I wish to the AMPT page saying, ‘Hey you might might not understand.” events on a consistent bi-monthly basis, I could cast off those distinctions and want to check this out,’” Uvin said. “I The group puts a particular emphasis instead of simply whenever possible. be here on my own merits, but that really think this is becoming a [club] on the potlucks, where students can dis- AMPT has also been actively recruit- is, of course, impossible. I am also where you can read the name and it cuss identity, talk about issues concern- ing for its executive board to allow the conscious that there will be no way to makes much more sense who we are ing multiraciality and share their stories, group to continue after its founding properly convey the complexity of my and what we’re about, so it’s much more Uvin said. members graduate. With a board already experiences here when I transition back approachable.” “The discussions [at potlucks] comprised of four sophomores, and into my life in the States. If I wear my The ultimate aim of AMPT, according made me think of multiracial [mat- with multiple freshmen interested in specially tailored, African-print dress to Uvin, is to participate in the campus ters] that I never really thought of applying, the club hopes to continue around Tufts, it may be viewed as cul- culture of ethnic and cultural groups, before, but [which] pertained to me,” spreading awareness about multiracial tural appropriation. Can I ever earn it? clubs and societies, and to foster aware- sophomore Andrew Narahara said. identity throughout the Tufts commu- Do I need to? Does bargaining in Twi, ness of multiracial culture on campus. “I’m half-Asian, half-white, but I’ve nity, according to Uvin. building a relationship with a seam- “Our goal is to create a space for mul- always considered myself Asian, and “Our recruiting method is so active stress or riding a packed trotro at rush tiracial students and faculty,” Uvin said. [the discussions] opened my eyes to because we really want [the executive hour make it any more acceptable? I am “The founding members noticed how the multiracial side of me.” board members] to feel personally invest- wearing this dress not because I seek there were no cultural groups that catered One distinctive feature of AMPT ed in the club, so that when we leave they to make myself out to be African, nor just to the multiracial experience, and we is its heterogeneous nature. Along will still have a personal connection with to Westernize something African, but wanted to create a space just for that.” with members of racial mixes, the the group,” she said. rather out of recognition and love for a AMPT plans a variety of activities group includes members who aren’t Recruiting new members is also culture that I am embracing. in order to create a welcome environ- mixed themselves, and instead joined intended to support existing members of In addition to standing out as I do, ment for multiracial students, includ- out of interest in their multiracial family the multiracial community. my non-white peers deal with their own ing potlucks with informal discus- or home situations. “We hope to offer something to them specific challenges. All Asian-Americans sions on multiraciality, academic lec- “Personally, I’m not a multiracial that makes their time at Tufts better or are called Chinese; Latina women are tures and joint events with mixed-race person, but I come from a multiracial more manageable, and hopefully they considered white. For black Americans groups from other Boston schools. family, and I found a really great com- will want to give that to the future gen- this is no “return to the homeland,” According to Uvin, these are all orga- munity in AMPT because I can iden- eration and continue this tradition,” as they come to a place still fixated on nized by the club’s executive board, tify with the experiences of multiracial Uvin said. whiteness. As much as coming to Ghana has been an opportunity to discover a new culture, it also reflects back onto our own and has spurred me to open important conversations about race. Does being here, as a black individual who has lived in a country that essential- ly criminalizes blackness, offer any sort of release? Is ethnic diversity desirable in a country like Ghana, where foreign influence usually means dilution of the culture in favor of Westernization? How can I build relationships with Ghanaians without the barrier of my skin color? I don’t expect easy answers to these ques- tions, but I hope my time in Ghana may begin to offer clarity.

Stina Stannik is a junior majoring in peace Caroline Geiling / Tufts Daily Archives and justice studies. She can be reached at Tufts Hapa, now AMPT, hosted its first annual Loving Day Rally, which featured student speakers, in April 2013. [email protected]. 4 The Tufts Daily ADVERTISEMENT Tuesday, October 14, 2014

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Album Review Vincent Carbone | Media & Me New Macy Gray album showcases On pretty experimentation, skill lights by Veronica Little Daily Editorial Board like to consider myself a pretty Macy Gray is a one-hit wonder. Don’t adventurous person. I’ve climbed to believe it? Just try naming one song of hers the peak of a Swiss Alp. I’ve bathed besides, “I Try” (1999). (And no, the theme in the Mediterranean Sea under the lightI of a full moon. I’ve eaten tripe The Way without first asking what it was … it’s stomach. I’ve put belly in my belly. What I’m saying is, I’m not one to turn away Macy Gray from trying something new. So I’ve Kobalt Music always kinda wanted to do a whole lot of drugs. Like, way too many drugs. Not the kind of drugs that you got lectured song for the TV show “As Told By Ginger” about in elementary school, either. I’m (2000 - 2006) does not count). However, talking full-on, mind-expanding, I-am- though Gray has only produced one chart- having-a-conversation-with-a-floating- topper, her style and tone have been humpback-whale-grade stuff. supremely influential to today's music land- I’d never do it, of course. I’m not that scape. After weathering a sordid career and stupid. I’ve got a promising future, good little publicity, Gray has pushed through to grades and a loving family. I’m not gonna release her eighth studio album, “The Way,” throw all that away for the opportunity to on Oct. 7. This album, littered with interest- feel funny for a few hours. But I’ve always ing production and overflowing with Gray’s wondered what it would be like. unapologetic gravelly tones, is a triumph steven howard via Flickr Creative Commons Fortunately, I think I’ve found a pretty for the artist whose fame seemed to wane Macy Gray, after bursting onto the music scene over a decade ago, is now making a bold effective substitute. Here’s the recipe: year after year. Though by no means pop return with her newest studio album "The Way." 1. Stay up for, like, three days straight pleasers, the tracks on “The Way” are inter- studying for midterms. You want no more esting enough to draw listeners and breezy tracks, songs that were characteristically for- sonic scene into which Gray was catapult- than three hours of sleep for a 72 hour enough to calm even the most stressed col- mulaic and predictable in their production. ed. Enter: “I Try,” a somber track explod- period, maximum. lege students. “Genie in a Bottle” by Christina Aguilera ing with tremendous heart and shockingly 2. Ingest a healthy dose of coffee and Gaining fame in 1999, earlier in her career and “(You Drive Me) Crazy” by Britney Chipotle — I mix my coffee into a bur- Gray was surrounded by countless pop Spears, both released in 1999, represent the see GRAY, page 6 rito bowl at a ratio of two parts coffee per each part burrito. You should really adjust the dosage based on your body weight Gallery Review TV Review and level of experience eating imitation Mexican cuisine. 'American Horror 3. Purchase a ticket to the “Laser Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon” show at the Museum of Science, Boston. Story' premieres For those of you who aren’t familiar with the show, the concept is fairly sim- bold new season ple. You sit in a reclined chair and stare up at a huge mirrored dome listening to the by Merilla Michael entirety of Pink Floyd’s 1973 album “Dark Contributing Writer Side of the Moon” over the sound system — and yes, that’s the same one that syncs For those unfamiliar with “American up with “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), but Horror Story” (2011 – present), often that’s a story for another time. While the simply referred to as “AHS,” each sea- album is playing, lasers are used to project American Horror Story several surreal and abstract images onto the domed roof in sync with the music. I had the pleasure of viewing the original version of the show (though instead of Starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Lange, using the traditional black background, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson this version projected the lasers against Airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FX images of space and the planets). I’m rather stunned that the Boston Police son features a new, unrelated story line Department didn’t have a cop car posted Aaron Igler / Greenhouse Media that incorporates many of the same outside the exit door to that theater, because Sheila Hicks' work immediately draws the eye, visually dominating the space. actors and actresses playing different honestly, I feel like I should be arrested for characters. This unique approach, use of illegal psychedelics. For those who along with “AHS’s” talented cast, sets haven’t heard the album, it has a very oth- ICA's exhibition takes a look the show apart. erworldly sound. At times the music can be “Freak Show,” the fourth and new- slow and mechanical, only to suddenly shift est season of “AHS,” premiered on Oct. into fast, electronic beats. Coupled with the at unexplored medium 8 and is set in the town of Juniper, Fla. images being projected above you, the show in 1952. Here’s the new idea: Elsa Mars, has a profound effect on your mind. by Nolan Jimbo be considered fine art? As if in answer to played by the fantastic Jessica Lange, I can recall one particular moment Contributing Writer these questions, fiber sculptors began to owns a traveling freak show, which has very vividly. It was a red and blue spiral, experiment. They manipulated the materi- been on the decline for several months. stretching as far as I could see. It never In museum exhibitions of contemporary al into forms that defied gravity and existed It is in financial trouble, and risks being ended, just reached out infinitely. In some art, a complex conceptual thesis can often in three-dimensional space, trends which kicked off the property due to its low crazy way it made me see shapes even in take precedence over more basic viewing have progressed with the art form through income. The town has ostracized her the places I knew no lasers were being concerns, like the aesthetic arrangement decades of development. show, some from fear of its members projected. It was like I was looking at noth- of works or the overall accessibility of the In the first gallery, two works by American and others from disgust. Meanwhile, a ing, and I could see it. show to the viewing public. This fall, the artist Lenore Tawney — “Dark River,” a murderous clown rampages through a Then I fell into a deep hole, and there Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) black linen and wool weaving from 1961, nearby town, traveling closer and closer was a smiley face falling with me, and then defies this convention with a new exhibi- and “Black Woven Form (Fountain),” a linen to the show, though none of the per- he got angry and started laughing at me tion. Simply put, the ICA’s “Fiber: Sculpture and metal weaving from 1966 — hang verti- formers are aware of this development. and my face started to hurt. 1960-Present,” is beautiful. Tightly curated cally from the ceiling, representing a radi- Very little is known about the killer, but I swear to God I was sober for this entire and tastefully displayed, the show features cal innovation in fiber art’s orientation in he resembles Bloody Face from season experience. approximately 50 fiber-based creations space. Across from Tawney’s looming black two of “AHS,” “Asylum.” I want everyone to see this show. This, made by 34 artists who have stretched the forms is Kay Sekimachi’s “Kunoyuki,” a 1968 When Elsa hears of Siamese twins, ladies and gentlemen, is what art is all about. bounds of the medium over the last half- hanging composed of white, nearly trans- Bette and Dot Tattler (both played by It’s about sitting people down and making century. In terms of purpose, the exhibi- lucent nylon monofilament that has been Sarah Paulson) who have been discov- them feel something. It’s about showing tion’s agenda is clear and simple: to bring delicately manipulated into a rounded, jel- ered after their mother is murdered, them things that they could never see with- attention to an often overlooked legacy of lyfish-like form using a traditional twelve- she is convinced they will be the act out it. It’s about giving them all the pieces art-making and to advocate for fiber art’s harness loom. Sekimachi’s ethereal, fragile that brings fame and success back they need to create a wonderful experience status as a “fine art” akin to painting and creation subtly counterbalances Tawney’s to her show. So, naturally, she seeks and letting them put everything together on sculpture. more rugged installations, though both art- them out hoping to recruit them. The their own. The exhibition begins with works from ists’ works initiate an enduring theme of twins are stark opposites: Bette is kind the early 1960s, a time when the art com- the exhibition: the expansion of the artistic to the point of naivete, while Dot is munity debated the legitimacy of fiber possibilities of fibrous material. cold and cynical, especially skeptical Vincent Carbone is a senior majoring in sculpture as a medium — was suited exclu- biology. He can be reached at vincent.car- sively for decorative purposes, or could it see FIBER, page 6 see HORROR, page 6 [email protected]. 6 The Tufts Daily Arts & Living Tuesday, October 14, 2014

via Fox Flash Unlike last seasons, "Freak Show" promises to stay true to "AHS's" terrifying roots. 'Freak Show' cast mixes old favorites, new stars HORROR world to her small family of “freaks,” and incorporate actors who have unique abili- Orleans who was undoubtedly hated by continued from page 5 Bette and Dot will soon become a part of it. ties in real life, including Jyoti Amge, Mat fans of the show. This season she plays of Elsa’s intentions. “AHS” does a fabu- Though Elsa’s real hopes for this freak show Fraser and Rose Siggins a kind mother, who — despite her son’s lous job of alternating between the twins’ are unclear (does she want a community of The last season of “AHS,” “Coven,” frustrations at being treated as a freak — separate thoughts and their interactions, her own, or cold, hard cash?), she does cre- straddled the line between supernatural, remains faithful to Elsa. Likewise, while often somewhat hostile, with each other. ate a safe space for people who have been campy horror and teen drama. Although it Lange has developed a reputation for Paulson captures each character’s essence rejected by the rest of society. was enjoyable, many fans agreed that it felt playing conniving characters on “AHS,” very well, despite both characters being Season four brings back many fan favor- too light compared to previous seasons. It she still manages to bring her own spin to nothing like those she has played in previ- ites, as well as introducing some brand is refreshing to see that “Freak Show” has each character and surprise fans with her ous seasons. new cast members. Evan Peters is back as gone back to the show’s roots with a suf- convincing performances. The twins, realizing that they are prime Jimmy Darling, a man with ectrodactyly, a ficient dose of horror. The beginning of “Freak Show” leaves suspects in their mother’s murder, decide it condition that enlarges and webs his fin- And as viewers await the subsequent many possible storylines open to explo- is in their best interest to travel with some- gers. Kathy Bates plays Ethel, his moth- episodes of the season, they can expect ration, but makes it clear, even from the one who, at the very least, doesn’t think er, the bearded lady. Arguably the most to be delighted by the versatility of the first episode, that this season will impress of them as monsters: Elsa Mars. Elsa has interesting aspect of “Freak Show” is that core cast. Last season, Kathy Bates played and terrify fans — especially those who brought those shunned by the rest of the this season’s premise has allowed “AHS” to a racist and violent socialite from New fear clowns.

R&B, soul artist Macy Gray innovates in style 'Fiber' provides insight into GRAY a memory of what music used to and a sampling of diverse musical continued from page 5 be like at the start of the 2000s. styles that the singer/songwriter different type of sculpture honest lyricism, two qualities she Yet the echoes of her style made fronts boldly. For such a seasoned had severely lacked. Gray’s voice, waves in the wider pop commu- veteran, this dedication to experi- FIBER delicate work of fiber artists from distinctive and strangely soothing, nity. It’s impossible to hear artists mentation is rare and, what’s continued from page 5 the 1960s, it is clear how far the was a stark reminder that songs like Joss Stone, Corrine Bailey Rae more, Gray’s apparent mastery of The second gallery of the exhi- medium has progressed in terms of require more than a great hook and even Amy Winehouse with- these different styles is nothing bition is brimming with color, scale over the last 50 years. and expert instrumentation; they out sensing the ghost of Gray’s short of impressive. What’s really exploring the ways in which fiber The final portion of the exhibi- need a soul. Bringing R&B square- signature vocal and musical style. appealing about the album as a artists use their medium to real- tion carries the theme of feminism, ly back into the hearts of minds of Regardless of what Gray’s legacy whole, however, is Gray’s ability to ize hues in three dimensions. The showcasing the various ways in many listeners, Gray received a lot is or ought to be, her latest album tell a story. eye is immediately attracted to which artists imbued their fibrous of well-deserved attention for “I “The Way” shows another side to Opening with lighthearted Swiss artist Elsi Giauque’s 1979 medium, traditionally associated Try.” this one-hit wonder, and will give tracks, the album then details the work, “Élément spatial (Spatial with femininity and domesticity, After this initial burst of any attentive listener pause to rise and fall of a relationship, ulti- Element),” an installation of with claims for gender equality. The fame, however, Gray seemed to think, “Macy Gray is actually (still) mately ending with a frank and brightly tinted transparent weav- highlight of this section is undoubt- fade into the background. Despite really good.” intense look at what it means to ings suspended from the ceiling edly Faith Wilding’s “Crocheted releasing studio albums and tour- Notably, “The Way” is full of be alive. “The Way” has something and arranged in identical square Environment” from 1972, an instal- ing, she became little more than adventurous chord progressions else that many albums these days forms that create dynamic opti- lation that fills the entirety of a seem to lack: intention. Gray is cal effects. As viewers circulate room with a web of acrylic yarn saying something substantive around the work, colors fuse and and sisal rope, simultaneously rep- with her music, and it’s a message shapes coalesce. While Giauque’s resenting the comfort of a home worth taking the time to hear. piece may draw the most initial and the danger of a spider web. It Noteworthy tracks include the attention, Naomi Kobayashi’s is in this section, however, that the album’s opener, “Stoned,” which poetic cotton construction from show’s visual cohesiveness begins introduces a cool, easy vibe and 1980, “Ito wa Ito,” leaves a last- to falter for the first time; the space tongue-and-cheek subject matter, ing impact with its quiet, formalist feels visually overcrowded, and the opening up a simple and lovable beauty. Known for creating sculp- exhibition becomes increasingly doorway into “The Way.” tural “songs” with three-dimen- radical both aesthetically and con- Meanwhile, “I Miss the Sex” — sional forms and color, Kobayashi ceptually. Taken together, these ele- the fourth track on the album — combined several strands of bright ments begin to overwhelm visitors. seamlessly incorporates both old- red cotton thread to create a thick, Luckily the exhibition ends timey brass and modern synth. undulating relief in the shape of a here, and the drop in quality in the The production and style of this line, which balances formal con- final portion does not overshadow later track are highly reminiscent trasts — horizontal and vertical, the overall success of the show. of the production on Solange’s soft and solid, straight and curved “Fiber: Sculpture 1960-Present” 2013 EP “True.” Although Gray and, above all, yin and yang. does exactly what it sets out to do: may be taking a leaf from Solange’s The exhibition also includes a bring attention to a lesser known book, however, her signature style gallery dedicated to the theme of legacy of contemporary art-mak- still shines through. “Fiber and Gravity,” which elabo- ing and legitimize its equal sta- Potentially the most interest- rates upon the sculptural possi- tus to painting and sculpture. The ing song is the album’s title track, bilities of fiber introduced in the show embodies yet another cru- “The Way.” Unabashedly strange first room. While every sculpture cial message, however, and one and touting some truly unconven- in this section is visually loud and that is even more fundamental tional percussion, “The Way” is attention-grabbing, Sheila Hicks’ to today’s art world; in merging a compelling and attractive, much “Pillar of Inquiry/Supple Column,” clear conceptual argument with like the album as a whole. completed earlier this year, man- visually stunning works of art, All in all, “The Way” combines ages to dominate the space. Floor- “Fiber” shows that contemporary all the best parts of Gray’s gold- to-ceiling in height, Hicks’ work art exhibitions can be intellectu- en years while still including is monumental in scale and com- ally rigorous yet still maintain an some exciting new innovations posed of colorful acrylic, linen, aesthetic beauty and, most impor- from the artist. It’s well worth a cotton and bamboo that seem to tantly, be accessible and satisfying Daniel Mitsuo via Flickr Creative Commons serious listen. It won’t make you gush out of the ceiling in a rainbow to the viewing public. ”The Way” shows Macy Gray at her best -- experimenting sonically while choke or stumble. You’ve got to of Silly String. When comparing “Fiber” will be open for visitors preserving her trademark gravelly tones. give it a … “Try.” Hicks’ colossal piece to the more until Jan. 4, 2015. Tuesday, October 14, 2014 The Tufts Daily Photospread 7 Captured: Honk!

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Editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Alexander J. Schroeder Editor-in-Chief Reframing the Ebola outbreak Editorial Boston joined the Ebola panic this however. Hospitals need to enforce (NIH) maintains that they would week, as a man checked into Harvard strict policies on handling potential have already developed a vaccine Justin Rheingold Vanguard Medical Associates on Ebola cases. In the case of Liberian if the federal government had not Lily Sieradzki Sunday with symptoms of Ebola. The Thomas Eric Duncan, Texas Health skimped on budgeting in the last 10 Managing Editors man had recently returned from Liberia Presbyterian Hospital released him years. Nonetheless, Canadian Minister and complained of head and muscle after confirming he had a 103-degree of Health Rona Ambrose recently Patrick McGrath Executive News Editor Daniel Bottino News Editors aches, but after being transferred to fever. Two days later, he returned to announced the beginning of human Jenna Buckle Beth Israel Hospital in Boston he was the hospital, and doctors diagnosed clinical trials to test the efficacy and Abigail Feldman Shana Friedman determined not to have the disease. him with Ebola. When anyone who has safety of a potential vaccine for Ebola. Daniel Gottfried News surrounding the potential traveled in countries plagued by Ebola Three days ago, NPR reported that Nina Goldman Dana Guth Ebola exposures in the Boston area comes to a hospital with concerns, 4,024 people have died from Ebola in Stephanie Haven should not incite panic. Thomas R. hospital staff should monitor patients Africa. In contrast, only one person Alexa Horwitz Audrey Michael Frieden, director of the Center for closely during the appropriate incuba- has died from Ebola in the United Kathleen Schmidt Disease Control (CDC), believes that tion period. States. There are other major viruses Jei-Jei-Tan Denali Tietjen there is very little chance of contract- To some, these instances of Ebola affecting Americans, like the recently Melissa Wang Sarah Zheng ing Ebola in the United States because in the United States indicate a need deadly D6B strain of enterovirus that Ebola is not contagious during its to forbid people who have traveled has infected hundreds nationally in Jessica Mow Executive Features Editor incubation period of eight to 10 days, through Ebola-stricken countries to just two months. Ebola, for now, is Maya Blackstone Features Editors Hannah Fingerhut although it sometimes lasts up to 21 pass through immigration and pos- not a major threat to most Americans, Charlotte Gilliland days. Contracting Ebola also requires sibly increase chances of exposure. and we should avoid getting swept Kendall Todd Jake Taber direct contact — specifically having The federal government should main- up in an extreme media-led hysteria. Shannon Vavra fluids from an infected person splashed tain air traffic to West Africa, however However, we cannot trivialize its dev- Sophie Dasinger Assistant Features Editors Mengqi Sun or sprayed into one’s eyes, mouth, nose because countries in this region are in astating impacts on people. Ebola, as Annie Gill or cuts in the skin. desperate need of supplies and medi- one of the world’s many life-threaten- It is still important to treat poten- cal personnel. ing contagious diseases, should be dis- Drew Robertson Executive Arts Editor Veronica Little Senior Arts Editor tial cases of Ebola with caution, The National Institutes of Health cussed rationally and ended quickly. Dana Guth Arts Editors Nika Korchok Timothy Charouk Assistant Arts Editors Abigail Feldman Ty Enos Charlotte Gilliland Grace Segers

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David Westby Executive Layout Editor Betsy Allman Layout Editors Hannah Fingerhut Kathy Lu Phones are ruining our social aptitude Montana Miller Reid Spagna by Chris Caswell It's not just using a cell phone in the A common place to see such use of a Old Gold and Black presence of someone else that interferes phone is in the Pit, particularly at quiet Noah Habeeb Executive Copy Editors Reena Karasin with daily life. At times, even when a times. There are often people eating Aastha Chadha Copy Editors Nina Goldman For many people, cell phones are an phone is not physically used, it can still alone who seek refuge in their phones. Sophie Krakoff extension of the self. It's not surprising capture our attention. Phones readily appear during social Julia Russell Rachel Salzberg considering the range of things a smart- Recently, I was spending time with events without steady conversation. Jei-Jei Tan phone can do. friends when I realized how much I really When someone doesn't know what Yan Zhao Arthur Beckel Assistant Copy Editors Smartphones allow users to check their thought of things like what would make a to say, he or she takes out his or her Andrew Kager email, Facebook and Twitter in seconds. good Snapchat. phone to text or to check various social Serena Kassam Caroline Watson Phones connect the world and bring peo- I'm sure that I am not the only one media outlets. ple together, but it is also important that who thinks of how shareable a moment is Awkward silences are only awkward Nitesh Gupta Executive Online Editor users do not allow electronics to domi- rather than simply enjoying it. Technology if you make them awkward, but cell Qinyue Yu Marketing Director nate their lives. makes sharing and connecting with peo- phones just create a group of people Richard Yuxuan Zhang Strategy Manager Cell phones can do more and more ple so easy, but there are some moments standing alone in silence. Pretending Caroline Talbert Media Coordinator with every new version, but there are that should just be enjoyed. to use your phone just offers a distrac- times that they should remain turned off I know it's really cliche, but living tion, not a remedy to your perceived BUSINESS and stowed. One of my biggest pet peeves unplugged in the moment can help relax loneliness. Daphne Wu is when a friend is glued to his or her and unwind. Sometimes it's to avoid awkward Executive Business Director phone constantly. Another reason that cell phone use social situations, sometimes it's to Li Liang Receivables Manager Even at a meal in the Pit, it is annoying should be limited at times is that phones check Yik Yak or sometimes it's to play Chris Chininis Ad Diresctor Jade Chan Ad Managers and rude to constantly check Facebook, often appear in awkward social situa- that popular new game, but old-fash- Kristie Le Twitter or Yik Yak. Not only is it bad manners tions, such as when someone doesn't ioned face-to-face communication is Tanay Modi Yiran Xu to pay more attention to your phone than know what to say or is sitting by oneself. often better. P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 whomever you are eating with, but also it's Many, including myself, turn to a smart- Memories of Yik Yak and Snapchat will 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 difficult to talk to someone whose attention phone during these types of situations, fade over time, so there is no reason why [email protected] has been captured by a tiny screen. but it really isn't necessary. the apps should take up all of our time.

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Off the Hill | University of Texas at Austin Henry Jani | Reply All Student protests in Hong Kong could Check it determine future of democracy out by Jeremi Suri The Daily Texan ear library-goers, I know your struggle. Hours in The future of democracy might rest on depressing little cubicles; debat- the shoulders of courageous student pro- ing the risk of leaving your laptop testers in Hong Kong. Thousands of young Dto pee due to that third cup of coffee; men and women on the island have taken possibly being squished to death in the to the streets to stall Chinese efforts at moving bookshelves. Everyone can relate. rigging local elections. Hong Kong enjoys But there are some habits I’ve noticed greater political freedoms than any other in the library to be a bit more quirky. part of China, and Beijing now wants to Not even the advertised Tufts quirk (I can end that. If the Chinese leadership suc- study chemistry while pursuing interpre- ceeds, this will have a chilling effect far tive dance and then watch a Disney movie beyond the mainland of Asia. Democratic marathon in the basement of a frat house activists and their government repressors on the weekends!), but just odd behavior. in Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand and even Let me share a few anecdotes to expound Russia are watching. 天下文章一大抄 via Wikimedia Commons on these unique library dwellers. The British Empire wrested Hong Kong One thing I’ve noticed is that some peo- from the Chinese Emperor in 1842 as and other urban areas brought this hope leaders. They want to determine their own ple seem to forget that the library is a public a forced indemnity following the First close to reality. Democracy activists may future, without the uncompromising dom- space. I can empathize with this, though, as Opium War. The British coerced the have been close to convincing Chinese inance over professional opportunities and putting your music on and going to town Chinese into importing opium, and they Communist Party leaders to undertake political authority that the Community on an essay can create the illusion of iso- seized a key trading post off the southern the kinds of democratic reforms they have Party wields on the mainland. lated solitude. But it’s not, friends. As I write coast of the mainland. During the next never allowed. Frightened by what this The United States and Europe have this in the library, there’s a fellow nearby 155 years Hong Kong became a center would mean for their power, China's most been much too silent about events in Hong picking at his nose like there’s no tomorrow. for British trade, a magnet for wealth and elite figures chose military repression in Kong. We are watching with sympathy, No bats allowed in that cave. And last week, a creative space for free thinkers who place of reform, ordering what became a but doing little else. Our passivity reflects I am almost certain there was someone merged British and Chinese language and bloody massacre of students. The crack- fatigue with failed democratic movements, watching an adult video across the room. culture. Hong Kong was part of London's down carried to Hong Kong, but Beijing's especially the Arab Spring, and preoccupa- But worst of all are the barefooters. If your imperial system, but it also emerged as a leaders were careful not to alienate foreign tion with crises in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and feet are socked and odorless, go crazy with thriving island of capitalism. countries, including the United States. other dangerous parts of the world. The the naturalist approach. But if the area The Chinese government regained con- In the last few months, China has democratic struggle in Hong Kong seems around you starts to smell faintly of fetid trol over Hong Kong in 1997, as part of a stepped beyond these limits. Beijing will distant from our daily concerns. Brie and causes sporadic dry heaving, put treaty negotiated with Britain to rescind now require that any candidate for chief The future of democracy in Hong Kong those Uggs back on, please. the imperialist imposition from the prior executive of Hong Kong have prior approv- and other parts of Asia will, however, Another commonplace situation is the century. Beijing promised to protect the al on the mainland. This restriction of polit- affect our lives more than almost any- awkward eye contact. Now, there are two unique culture of Hong Kong, including ical choice for island residents — a clear thing else. If the most populous continent very distinct types of gazing. The first is the its free market system and its freedom of violation of local democratic institutions gives up on democracy, it is unlikely to innocent, accidental locking of eyes. Both speech. Citizens of Hong Kong embraced — is part of a broader campaign to give survive in other parts of the globe. If the parties are faultless. Gazes meet, you shud- a future with China, but they expected the the Chinese Communist Party a stronger Chinese government succeeds in extend- der silently in horror and eyes fly away. But right to elect local leaders who would guard hold over communications, trade and all ing its authoritarian control over the entire a complete 180 degrees over are the delib- their autonomy from the suffocating domi- forms of political opinion. Chinese leader region, then the trade and access that erate stares. Even after the initial acciden- nance of the Chinese Communist Party. Xi Jinping wants to stamp out any pressure Americans take for granted will become tal gaze, this person remains consistent. Many observers questioned whether for reforming his autocratic government. much less assured. Most importantly, the You start to question if there is something this agreement could ever work. How long He hopes to make Hong Kong's "special denial of democracy in Hong Kong will wrong with you. Perhaps your pants flew would Beijing allow an island of freedom administrative region" into another cower- be yet another defeat for the free hopes of off in some sort of extreme studying con- to operate within a larger political system ing province under the dominance of the young entrepreneurs against the repres- niption or your nips are showing through that restricted speech and political choice? Communist Party. sive actions of old dictators. your shirt again. Once you confirm that Would Chinese leaders feel compelled to This is more than just a political struggle. Americans, especially those on college you are not, in fact, reading in just your change Hong Kong, fearful that otherwise It is a conflict that will determine the pos- campuses, must speak up in support of skivvies, the creepiness sets in. Unless the it might change the mainland? sibilities for democracy throughout Asia, the Hong Kong students. We are part of person is admiring your beauty. Still kind of Optimists, myself included, hoped that in the shadow of a stronger and wealthier their struggle for a more democratic, just creepy though. So no to prolonged staring, Hong Kong would become a beachhead for China. The students who are protesting and peaceful world. We can help them by but sneak a peek in if you need to. democratic change, spreading throughout want to be loyal to China and to their raising our voices and inspiring others to The oddly vocal and noisy people in China. In 1989, student protests for greater hopes for democracy. They are unwilling to do the same. We can help them by showing the designated quiet areas of the library freedom in Beijing's Tiananmen Square give up their freedoms and their choice of that we care. are also habitual violators of studying eti- quette. Please do not Skype grammy or call up your friend for an hour and a half in Off the Hill | University of Houston between your studying breaks. And music levels. Obviously, many people enjoy work- ing along with music, which is a great and often essential tool for increasing produc- Cutting back on caffeine increases productivity tivity. But make sure that it’s only you who by Rama Yousef One of the peak cortisol production peri- Caffeine is a drug, and like other drugs, can hear the music through your earbuds, The Daily Cougar ods is between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., when those who drink caffeine frequently are not everyone in your periphery. I listened people are usually drinking their morning more susceptible to feeling tired without to an entire Black Eyed Peas album the Whether heading to work or school, using coffee. Drinking coffee during this time having coffee in their systems. When going other day involuntarily through my library the coffeemaker in the kitchen or making a leads to added stimulation, which reduces through caffeine withdrawal, drinking cof- neighbor. I tried not to judge, but I lost it Starbucks run, coffee has become a part of the effectiveness of the body's own cortisol. fee does not increase alertness or pro- when “I Gotta Feeling” (2009) came on for many people's daily routines. Using Miller's research, blogger Ryoko ductivity, but simply restores the drinker's the second time. Fulfilling your caffeine fix is made easy at Iwata created a visual representation to normal state. But perhaps the worst type of library UH with several coffee places on campus. It's illustrate the best times to take coffee It's possible that the idea that caffeine attender is the hogger, responsible for per- not an uncommon sight to see long lines at breaks, when cortisol levels are low and boosts energy and productivity is more of sonally victimizing nearly everyone. It’s each of the three Starbucks locations early in the caffeine boost can be effective. Iwata a perception than a reality. finals week, and every table is jam-packed. the morning and even throughout the day. said the best times to drink coffee are Because caffeine can affect different You roam around the library in a nomadic According to NPR, coffee amounts to between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 individuals in different ways, the effects of fashion, hoping for a place to set up camp. approximately 80 percent of the caffeine p.m. to 5 p.m., though this can vary from caffeine can vary. NPR reports that studies And then the infamous hogger appears. that people consume, and the average person to person. indicate low doses of caffeine — between Planted at a table intended for four people, coffee intake for someone in the U.S. is Though coffee is part of his daily rou- 100 and 200 mg — are effective for people it’s been claimed entirely for himself, with about two cups a day. tine, Starks also said the caffeine may not who are already tired. However, drink- books and papers galore spread across "I usually drink a cup of coffee every help his productivity. ing large amounts of coffee — 600 mg or the table. Trying to sit down means los- morning before I head to my student "If I have to do something very task- more — can bring about negative cogni- ing a limb, as hoggers are extremely ter- teaching," broadcast communication oriented, I won't drink coffee. I'd rather feel tive effects. ritorial with their space. You’ll just have to senior Greg Starks said. "It's literally the subdued. Every time I study or have a paper Business Insider suggests that coffee can give an award-winning stank eye instead, first thing I do when I wake up." to write, I drink a beer," Starks said. "I would be a healthy part of one's routine, but only if and hope the message is received: sharing Starks is not alone. Although many believe imagine people who are reliant on coffee are one chooses to drink it about once a week. means caring, you selfish mofo. that starting the day with coffee makes one less productive. I feel like people that rely Coffee also keeps those who drink it from So just consider these rules when you’re more alert, Forbes reports that the morning is on coffee use it as a crutch. They're more having a proper sleep cycle because it takes in the library. If you want to go wild, your actually not the best time for caffeine intake. focused on the coffee than the task." about 24 hours for coffee to leave the body room may be a better choice. Underwear Ph.D. candidate Steven Miller from the While many studies suggest that caffeine and any remaining caffeine, even small studying is acceptable there. Uniformed Services University of the Health improves one's performance in the short- amounts, can disrupt sleep. Best, Sciences in Bethesda conducted research term, these studies usually fail to include par- Taking into consideration one's own cof- Henry that revealed how coffee affects one's circa- ticipants' caffeine habits. A study conducted fee habits can help determine how much dian clock. The circadian clock is a 24-hour by Johns Hopkins University suggests that caffeine one should consume. For avid cof- hormonal cycle responsible for the release the boost in energy one gets from drinking fee drinkers it would be wise to cut back on Henry Jani is a freshman who has not yet of the hormone cortisol, which makes us coffee is a result of reversing caffeine with- caffeine, since caffeine withdrawal can be declared a major. He can be reached at feel alert and awake. drawal symptoms. much worse than the positive effects. [email protected].

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With yards, and his second touchdown made Iregbulum scored his fourth touchdown “I thought we came out right out of Brown and Kayne playing like all-stars the score 14-7. of the day, just as the 4th quarter began. the gate, and kept [Trinity] in their end,” this year, and Hoppenot and Santos Tufts senior quarterback Jack Doll While Brady ran for a score on the Brown said. “We kept the keeper under rounding into form, the already formi- went 4-6 with 29 yards on the team’s very next Jumbos drive, the lead was pressure.” dable Tufts attack has the potential to ensuing possession, but on 4th and 2 at already insurmountable, and Tufts left The previous day, Tufts didn’t wait become lethal. the Bantams’ 28, the signal caller was Hartford with a 35-14 defeat. The team until the second half to grab the lead, “This weekend a lot of different guys sacked for an eight-yard loss. will return home next week, where it is as the team scored all three of its goals were looking dangerous,” Brown said. Iregbulum’s two massive runs on the still an undefeated 2-0 on the year. in the first half against Conn. College. “We have a lot of different threats on our next drive would help put Trinity up One of the Jumbos’ biggest issues The Camels put up a fight in the first team, and anybody can kind of step up by 14. The senior busted by the Tufts on offense was the fact that the team half though, and were the first on the to that task and put in a key goal.” defense on 2nd and 10 at the Bantams’ went 2-13 on 3rd down conversions. board with a goal from senior forward Moving forward, the biggest take- 36-yard line, and he was not taken Defensively, one of the team’s big- Kevin O’Brien only six minutes into away from this weekend will be the six down until he was well-inside Jumbos gest problems is its run defense the game. points that Tufts earned on the road, but territory. After this 28-yard run, the which allowed over 200 rushing yards Tufts was not in a hole for long, the team also was able to simply enjoy home team’s offense began to sput- for the second week in a row. though, as Santos and senior defend- seeing its games end with wins instead ter — until 4th down. On 4th and 1 at “The Trinity defense was tough, but er Peter Lee-Kramer scored goals in of ties. Tufts’ 27-yard line, Iregbulum blew by we have to overcome that,” coach Jay the sixth and eighth minutes, respec- “It was nice to finally see three points the visiting team’s defense for the long Civetti said. “When we were down, tively. Santos took a long cross from instead of one,” Brown said. “It was great touchdown. we continued forcing plays. [In terms Brown and deposited it past sopho- for everybody to come together, win An interception from Doll on the next of run defense,] it will definitely be a more keeper Austin DaCunha. Only some games and play well … I think all drive would keep the score at 21-7 at point of emphasis in practice this week. two minutes later, Lee-Kramer found year long we’ve had this capability, and the half. Defensively, we need to really work on the ball at his feet off a rebound and everything just kind of clicked this week- The Jumbos’ first drive of the 3rd tackling in the open field.” quickly capitalized to put his team on end offensively.” quarter was a disappointing three-and- “There is no question that we can top for good. The Jumbos won’t have long to bask in out. After a two-yard Trause run on 1st [still] compete with any team in this “Against Conn., we did a great job their glory though, as the Williams Ephs down, Doll was sacked on each of the conference,” Doll said. “We still have in terms of our response to giving up will come to Kraft Field this Saturday in next two plays, which led to a punt. a lot of confidence in our ability as a an early goal,” junior midfielder Jason a showdown between the second and The Bantams started their next team. We have a great home field with Kayne told the Daily in an email. “No third-place teams in the NESCAC. drive in favorable field position on the tremendous student support, but all of one gave up ,and we trusted each other “As a team, I think we have already Jumbos’ 45-yard line, and on 1st down, our individual jobs [need to] remain the to get out of the hole we dug.” cleared our minds of the success we had Foye found Dugger for a 23-yard com- same whether we play at home or on At the end of the half, Kayne set up this past weekend, and our focus is com- pletion. Consecutive Iregbulum carries the road.” Brown for his team-leading fifth goal pletely on our game against Williams brought Trinity down to the Tufts 8, The Jumbos will face the 1-3 Williams of the year to push the lead to two. The next weekend,” Kayne said. where freshman quarterback Spencer Ephs at home on Saturday.

NESCAC Championships WOMEN'S XC the race, and ended up finishing con- continuedTufts from facesback one finalsecutively meet to roundbefore out the scoring for Hill. Fahey eventually took over and the Jumbos. was the second finisher for the Jumbos, “Our strategy was to try and stay with running 18:46.16 for 73rd overall. people we had been working out with Beltrani was not too far behind, as and to challenge ourselves,” Madden she kicked hard to take 84th overall in said. “We wanted to be uncomfortable 18:50.51. in the middle of the race; we didn’t Sophomore Alice Wasserman also want to settle in.” had a very good day on the course, Bear Cage Hill, which can sometimes as she was only six seconds behind exhaust runners to the point of walk- Beltrani, riding a strong last mile ing, seemed to have little effect on the to a sub-19-minute performance Jumbos. at 18:56.58 for 101st overall. Junior “Lily [Corcoran] and myself attacked Michelle de Mars rounded out the the hill together, and gave each other scoring for the Jumbos, as she took words of encouragement before going 119th overall in 19:04.91. up,” Madden said. “We tried to catch “I think the conditions had little up to Margot [Rashba], whom we saw effect on the race, but they definitely in front of us, and that motivated us to kept me more focused because I knew get over the hill even faster. The work- that the weather was working against out we did at Franklin Park last week me,” Wasserman said. allowed us to see where the hill started The squad hopes that the solid finish and ended, so that helped us in our will help it gain momentum as it steps race strategy.” into the postseason. Madden believes the performances “Placing well at this meet is really by both squads were definitely impres- going to motivate us through the post- sive, given the course conditions. season,” Wasserman said. “We’re getting “Both teams did very well,” Madden our contact our location fired up as NESCACs approaches, and said. “There were incredible perfor- we really want to go for it. These past few mances by many girls. They outran all (617) 440-7361 37 davis square meets have been very encouraging.” expectations, especially in the condi- The Jumbos were also able to display tions we were in. In the varsity race, it was or their depth in the junior varsity race, awesome to see Audrey [Gould] place in somerville, ma in which they finished eighth over- the top 15 and Alice [Wasserman] have 02144 all. The freshmen led the way for the an incredible race.” bostonburgerco.com Jumbos in this one, as the first three The Jumbos will conclude the regular runners to finish were all first-years. season next weekend at Conn. College for Freshman Margot Rashba led the the annual Conn. College Invitational. way for the squad, running 19:24.70 The flat course has been historically mon11 -AM wed: 10 PM for 40th overall. Freshman Prudence fast, a fact that the Jumbos will hope to our hours to Sax was a few seconds behind with take advantage of to set some fast times 19:30.11 for 44th overall, and class- before the NESCAC Championships at mate Sara Stokesbury worked off her Middlebury on Nov. 1. teammate and finished in 53rd over- “To upset Middlebury at NESCACs thurs11 AM- sat: 11 PM all in 19:35.01. Senior Meghan Gillis will take a lot,” Wasserman said. “The to (55th, 19:35.51), junior Lily Corcoran girls that run there are really strong (56th, 19:35.73) and senior Catherine all around, but I think if we push each sun: Madden (57th, 19:36.18) worked other and try to stay with our own 12 PM to 8 PM together to make passes throughout front-runners, we have a good shot.” 12

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Football Sam Gold | The Gold Standard What's in by Wil Glavin Daily Editorial Board a name? Tufts played its second straight road game on Saturday, and despite having hristopher Columbus discovered Tuftsthe lead at the enddrops of the first quarter, second straight game America, my elementary school told me — succinctly, so that it was FOOTBALL digestible for even the youngest (2-2 Overall, 2-2 NESCAC) students.C My middle school told me that at Hartford, Conn., Saturday Columbus was not, in fact, America’s dis- coverer. Rather another man, an Italian rel- Tufts 7 0 0 7 — 14 egated to the obscurest annals of history Trinity 0 21 7 7 — 35 named Amerigo Vespucci, actually discov- ered America, which suddenly made far more the team returned home with a loss. sense as a namesake. In high school, Howard The Trinity Bantams extended their Zinn, the iconoclast who lent his authorita- home winning streak to 53 games in a tive voice to history’s losers, its colonized 35-14 win over the visiting Jumbos. and oppressed, demolished the profoundly The game started slowly, with both ahistorical narrative peddled not just in my teams trading punts, but eventually hometown school district, but throughout the momentum swung in Tufts favor. our public education system, too. Luckily, I Senior running back Zack Trause was not to be a shill for whitewashing. received Trinity’s third punt of the Those of you who have read my column quarter at his own 18-yard line. The in the past know that I am a rabid, if critical, star returner initially eluded all of football fan, though not a supporter of the the Bantams’ defenders and nearly Washington Redskins (go Giants!). Although I reached the end zone before being pay them little mind, I cannot help but bristle caught at the Trinity 5-yard line. at the name, which is indisputably rooted in Following Trause’s 77-yard return, Matt Schreiber / The Tufts Daily pejoration, my discomfort most acute when sophomore running back Chance Tufts hopes to stay above .500 against Williams this Saturday. I listen to Native Americans themselves voice Brady barreled into the end zone on their opposition. Still, except for the prov- 2nd and goal from the 4. Tufts led 7-0, Trinity offense throughout the game, goal, Iregbulum scored his first touch- enance of the term “Redskin”, this hot-button but the lead did not last long. Junior rushing for 184 yards on 28 carries and down of the game on a five-yard run. issue remains without an easy answer. wide receiver Ian Dugger returned the reaching the end zone four times. The Jumbos’ subsequent drive con- The anti-Redskins camp sees itself at the subsequent kickoff for the Bantams to After Dugger’s return, Iregbulum sisted of three straight incomplete forefront of liberal progressivism. It rightly the Jumbos’ 39-yard line. pounded the ball to just outside the passes, followed by a punt. Trinity’s calls the name an epithet, by virtue of which Waiting for the Jumbos’ defense Jumbos’ red zone, where junior quar- next drive was a quick 67-yard one that it should be replaced. The opponents of this was the NESCAC’s leader in total terback Henry Foye then found Dugger only took two minutes and 40 seconds. camp, who consider themselves a bulwark touchdowns, senior running back for a 17-yard completion on 3rd and 14 against insidious political correctness, see Chudi Iregbulum. He carried the at the visiting team’s 26. On 2nd and see FOOTBALL, page 11 things differently: a legion of crazed reformers hell-bent on imposing their ideology on the rest of us, while flouting the First Amendment Men’s Soccer to boot. The pro-Redskins camp will point to an Annenberg Public Policy Center poll from Jumbos earn two wins against conference 2004, in addition to several others before and after, which demonstrated that the majority of Native Americans either were indifferent to opponents or favored keeping the name. They will accuse Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, govern- by Jake Indursky ing Conn. College 3-1 on Saturday before the back of the net, which was awesome,” mental gadfly of the Redskins organization, of Daily Editorial Board besting Trinity 2-0 on Sunday. The wins junior forward Connor Brown said. “Gus pandering to his Native American base. gave the Jumbos six critical points in the had a couple goals, he’s [also] looking In my gut, I’m inclined to side unequiv- Every successful season has its defin- standings, and moved them into second super dangerous.” ocally with the former group, with whose ing moments, and for the men’s soccer place in the NESCAC with an unbeaten Santos’ goal was the first strike on a views my own tend to dovetail almost always. team this weekend was one of those 5-0-2 conference record. penalty kick that was given after a Trinity “Redskins”, despite probably having lost its moments. After ties in its past three In Sunday’s game at Trinity, the handball in the box in the 49th minute. racist quality to most fans – and to Americans games, Tufts broke out in a big way, beat- Jumbos saw goals from a familiar com- Only 10 minutes later, it was Hoppenot’s generally – is enshrined in a mammoth bination, as senior co-captain forward turn. Off a goal kick from sophomore national institution, which of late has begun MEN’S SOCCER Maxime Hoppenot and senior forward keeper Scott Greenwood, sophomore for- to export its brand globally. It stigmatizes and (7-1-3 Overall, 5-0-2 NESCAC) Gus Santos both scored goals within 10 ward Nathan Majumder caught the ball caricatures indigenous peoples, whom we at Hartford, Conn., Sunday minutes of each other in the second half. at midfield and hit Hoppenot with a lob conquered and still conquer. It is the nature of For the past three years either Hoppenot ball on a run up the middle of the field. language, however, to go through more than a Tufts 0 2 — 2 or Santos has led the Jumbos in goals, but Hoppenot took a clean touch with two single iteration. Trinity 0 0 — 0 both have found it harder to find the back Trinity defenders on his back, and was Take the word “lame,” for example. It of the net than usual this year. The goals able to outrace them to the box where he had not been reclaimed by its victims, but at New London, Conn., Saturday were Hoppenot and Santos’ second and fired a shot past senior keeper Jason Katz. through widespread usage, it has come no third of the year, respectively. Tufts was able to keep Trinity off longer to apply solely to those who are physi- Tufts 3 0 — 3 “[Max] has been playing so well [this the board for the rest of the game, as cally impaired. We are all guilty of saying it, Conn. College 1 0 — 1 year] — he’s one of the top players in the but we aren’t; it has lost its original meaning NESCAC, and he finally saw the ball go in see MEN'S SOCCER, page 11 to such an extent that we would scarcely find ourselves reprimanded, let alone subjected to the sort of opprobrium suffered by the Redskins organization, for saying it. Women's Cross Country “Redskins” refers to a specific segment of the population, and indeed discriminates on the basis of ethnicity or race, whereas “lame” does not. Dan Snyder, the white, male owner of the Redskins, should not have ultimate jurisdiction over the name, for that would be analogous to his dictating if and when to by Chris Warren all in Div. III in both the varsity race Junior co-captain Audrey Gould cease saying any other racial epithet. This is Daily Editorial Board and the sub-varsity race. led the Jumbos in the varsity race, a power that, on its face, would be absurd to Jumbos finish in Conditions 16th were lessplace than ideal atat running Open a time of 18:03.06New for 15th confer a man whose predecessors invented it On Saturday, the women’s cross Franklin Park, with temperatures dip- overall. Gould was the third fastest and polluted with it. country team traveled a few miles ping below 50 degrees and heavy rain Div. III runner to cross the line, sur- If a moniker formerly used to oppress Englandsdown the road to Boston’s historic tearing up the course, but the races passed only by Middlebury senior evolves so that it severs ties with its erstwhile Franklin Park for the annual New were quick nonetheless. Alison Maxwell and MIT sophomore self, should it be left alone? Furthermore, is England Intercollegiate Amateur Franklin Park’s five-kilometer course Maryann Gong. She also avenged her it acceptable to disregard the grievances of Athletic Association (NEICAAA) is mostly flat for the entire three-and- loss to MIT sophomore Sarah Quinn, a minority — in this case that of the Native Championships, also known as Open one-tenth miles of its length, but it who beat Gould two weeks ago at Americans — who wish to do away with the New Englands. The Jumbos put does include a 200-meter-long hill, Williams’ Purple Valley Classic but name? Questions such as these are worth- themselves to the test against New dubbed “Bear Cage Hill” due to the was only 28th overall on Saturday. while questions. They will compel introspec- England’s best at the Div. I, II and III abandoned bear cages from decades Sophomore Kelly Fahey and junior tion and deep thinking, both of which are levels. Overall, Tufts had a success- past at the hill’s peak. The first mile Olivia Beltrani, both of whom scored integral to progress. Asking them is the only ful day, as its varsity squad placed loops around “White Stadium,” while for the Jumbos, worked in tandem the way forward. 16th overall and junior varsity squad the second mile takes the race up the entire race, passing many runners, placed eighth overall. Additionally, difficult hill. The third mile takes run- especially down the famed Bear Cage Sam Gold is a senior majoring in religion. He the Jumbos were able to take second ners into a wooded area before conclud- can be reached at [email protected]. overall in the NESCAC and third over- ing on the field where the race started. see WOMEN'S XC, page 11 He is also a Sports Editor at the Tufts Daily.