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The Tufts Daily Volume Lxxii, Number 47 La femme in STEM: the women who dominate the envi- TUFTS FIELD HOCKEY ronmental engineering program Field hockey scores spot in see FEATURES / PAGE 3 the final four How to get away with an extended plot twist: Shonda Rhimes’ hit still promises much drama with mid-sea- SEE SPORTS / BACK PAGE son finale see ARTS & LIVING / PAGE 5 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXXII, NUMBER 47 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016 tuftsdaily.com Diana Chigas of Fletcher School appointed first Senior International Officer by John Fedak Contributing Writer Diana Chigas (F ’88) has been appoint- ed to the newly-created position of senior international officer as of Sept. 1 in an effort to continue increasing Tufts’ global presence and ensure that Tufts alumni and faculty can work successfully abroad. “There was a sense that Tufts does a lot internationally, but both the visibility and impact is not as great as it could be, and that we could also do better at filling in gaps here, bringing global issues here and providing opportunities to students here,” Chigas said. According to Provost David Harris, no one was previously responsible for devel- oping and leading the university’s global strategy. Before the senior international officer position existed, Chigas said that it was not easy for Tufts-associated researchers, students and faculty to connect outside of the United States. “There’s a lot to bring together, and part of my role is to help facilitate those connections,” she said. International work and international ALONSO NICHOLS/TUFTS UNIVERSITY Tufts Associate Provost, Senior International Officer and Professor of the Practice at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Diana Chigas see INTERNATIONAL, page 2 poses for a photo on Sept. 7. “Witch, Please” discusses Harry Potter, disability, queerness by Jei-Jei Tan experiences. However, the dismissal of News Editor relatability comes from a position of privi- lege, McGregor noted. Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Brown added that queer, trans and dis- Kosman of Canadian podcast “Witch, abled children often feel isolated. Please” were joined by Experimental “It’s exciting when you find anybody in College Professor Lydia Brown on Nov. 15 fiction that seems to remind you of your- for a panel discussion about queerness self,” they said. and disability representation in the “Harry The speakers discussed the scene in Potter” series. The event was hosted by the which Neville Longbottom meets his par- Tufts Podcast Network. ents, who have been tortured into insanity Brown, a disability activist, began by and are confined at St. Mungo’s Hospital speaking about neurodivergent characters for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Brown in fiction. They mentioned that charac- points out the ableism of such language, ters who are explicitly labelled as autistic as Neville’s parents exist only to “signify are usually described as a “collection of the tragedy of Neville’s life.” deficits,” whereas characters whose dis- Brown spoke about how disabled abilities are implied are more realistic people are often seen as less than fully and relatable. Brown mentioned Luna human, a view that is reinforced by how Lovegood and Hermione Granger as char- the treatment of creatures like elves and acters in “Harry Potter” who could be read centaurs in the Harry Potter universe mir- as autistic or otherwise neurodivergent. rors systems of marginalization in the real McGregor said that as a former English world, such as ableism and racism. MAX LALANNE / THE TUFTS DAILY professor, she often discouraged students Kosman noted that a recurring topic “Witch, Please” podcast co-host Hannah McGregor speaks while her co-host Marcelle from talking about the relatability of lit- in “Witch, Please” is the problem of using Kosman and Experimental College Professor Lydia Brown listen on during a panel discussion erature and instead focused on how lit- hosted by the Tufts Podcast Network on Nov. 15. erature could introduce them to different see HARRY POTTER, page 2 Contact Us Please For breaking news, our content archive and recycle this exclusive content, visit P.O. 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BACK 56 / 43 [email protected] 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Wednesday, November 16, 2016 tuftsdaily.com Chigas hopes to better coordinate resources, students abroad THE TUFTS DAILY ARIN KERSTEIN INTERNATIONAL main ideas: consolidating information He also noted that Chigas’ reputa- Editor-in-Chief continued from page 1 and forming a concrete global strategy. tion would help with the task of coordi- EDITORIAL relations are integral parts of Tufts, Harris “We’re trying to pull together informa- nating large-scale international efforts for Sophie Lehrenbaum said, and it is therefore important to tion about what Tufts does [internation- Tufts in the future. Jake Taber facilitate easier access to grant proposal ally] and make it available to people … “[Chigas is] a very well-regarded pro- Managing Editors applications and funding for internation- where are people working, what kinds of fessor here in international relations,” Evan Sayles Associate Editor al programs. themes are they working in … and also Stavridis said. “This is the part that people don’t get as really working on the global strategy piece, Going forward, Chigas wants to see Kathleen Schmidt Executive News Editor excited about necessarily, but if it doesn’t asking questions around where are Tufts’ increased awareness in Tufts’ interna- Gil Jacobson News Editors Melissa Kain work well, you notice,” Harris said. “If you strengths and what is Tufts’ niche globally tional presence, along with a system that Robert Katz want to do a project in country X or you across the university,” she said. will make it easier to apply for work or Liam Knox Catherine Perloff get funding to do it in country Y, can you Chigas said that Tufts is a very decen- research outside of the United States. Jei-Jei Tan do that?” tralized university and that the goals of Chigas also hopes to target areas where Hannah Uebele Joe Walsh Harris explained that under the pre- her new position are also decentralized in Tufts community members may be start- Juliana Furgala Assistant News Editors vious system, it was unclear who should order to facilitate international projects ing research but where Tufts is still not Jesse Najarro Danny Nelson be coordinating the work done in other without impeding the students and facul- very well represented. countries. The senior international offi- ty carrying them out. With the creation of this position, Tufts cer will help reduce “friction” that has Dean of the Fletcher School James stands poised to coordinate its interna- Miranda Willson Executive Features Editor Constantinos Angelakis Features Editors been caused by confusion over who Stavridis said the goal of the position tional goals while fostering increased con- Nina Joung the “point-person” was. should be to help bring together the uni- nection with the world, Chigas explained. Becca Leibowitz “This position will make it as easy as versity’s various schools. “We are in the process of developing Justin Krakoff Executive Arts Editor possible to achieve your goals,” Harris said. “We think it is very sensible for the uni- a global strategy, so we will start to think John Gallagher Arts Editors Eran Sabaner Chigas graduated from the Fletcher versity to try and coordinate international about how to increase Tufts’ visibility and Isaac Brown Assistant Arts Editors School of Law and Diplomacy with a efforts around campus,” he said. how to increase our impact in some areas, Jocelyn Contreras Alison Epstein Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy He added that he is looking forward to hopefully by providing and being able Elliot Storey and has been teaching there for about hearing about what the Cummings School to track some resources to be able to do nine years. Now, her time is split between of Veterinary Medicine and the Tufts that,” Chigas said. “I’d love to have faculty Emma Henderson Executive Op-Ed Editor Shannon Geary Cartoonists teaching and working as senior interna- University School of Medicine, which tend come and say, ‘I’ve been working in East Stephen Dennison tional officer. to have less obvious international pres- Africa, for example, and I feel I can do it, Allie Merola Miranda Chavez Editorialists She explained that her work entails two ences, are doing abroad. and there’s no hiccups.'” Frances DeFreitas Eriko Koide Anita Ramaswamy Noah Weinflash Panelists discuss characters as allegories of real world oppression Phillip Goldberg Executive Sports Editor Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editors HARRY POTTER Lupin, a werewolf whose lycanthropy was Kosman said. Maddie Payne continued from page 1 confirmed by “Harry Potter” author J. K. She explained that the squibs, especial- Eddie Samuels Maclyn Senear non-human characters as allegories of Rowling as a metaphor for HIV/AIDS. ly Mrs. Figg and Argus Filch, were char- Josh Slavin real world oppression. They pointed out the various ways in acterized by their unlovableness. Filch’s Brad Schussel Assistant Sports Editor Noah Smith The implication is that
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