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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXXX, ISSUE 49 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 tuftsdaily.com Tufts partners with local restaurants, Uber Eats for Thanksgiving meals by Peri Barest Staff Writer Tufts partnered with local restaurants and Uber Eats to provide students with free meals over Thanksgiving break. The meal program aimed to support local businesses while ensuring that students would not have to worry about accessing or paying for food. “We wanted to be sure food security was not a concern over this holiday,” Camille Lizarríbar, dean of student affairs, wrote in an email to the Daily. “We wanted students to be able to take a break from what has been a very differ- ent and often stressful semester and to enjoy the holiday without concerns about cost.” The week prior, students who were planning to stay on campus during the break filled out a sur- vey about their meal preferences and preferred pickup location. ANN MARIE BURKE / THE TUFTS DAILY see THANKSGIVING, page 2 The entrance to the Gantcher Center is pictured on Aug. 28. Medical school, Cummings school professors research viral proteins, COVID-19 infection by Sarah Sandlow Infectious Disease and Global studies how viruses try to change implications for the course of the to make cells that resemble epi- News Editor Health at Tufts’ Cummings the cell in ways that would bene- disease in people,” Gaglia said. thelial lung tissue. School of Veterinary Medicine, fit the viruses’ replication. Gaglia added that with her Runstadler added that his Marta Gaglia, assistant pro- are collaborating to determine Her lab is working to translate the collaborator at the Cummings interest in understanding the fessor of molecular biology and how certain viral proteins influ- same ideas to the COVID-19 virus. School, they are planning on movement of viruses between microbiology in the Graduate ence the way a cell is able to “That’s something that the making viruses that lack specific different hosts, as well as the School of Biomedical Sciences sense a viral infection. virus is going to want to do to proteins to observe changes in difference in animal response (GSBS) at the Tufts University Gaglia explained that her lab delay the onset of the immune cell behavior following infection. versus human response, can School of Medicine, and Jonathan researches how viruses interact response so that the virus can “Our prediction is that the be applied to developing better Runstadler, professor and inter- with their host and what happens keep replicating for a longer virus is going to replicate less COVID-19 treatments and pre- im chair of the Department of when a virus enters a cell. She time, and that may have a lot of well missing those proteins venting viral spillover. because the cell is going to be Studying viral factors involved able to respond more quickly to in pathogenesis will help recog- the infection,” Gaglia said. nize ways that could treat or pre- Runstadler, Gaglia’s collabo- vent the viral infection. rator in the project, discussed “Understanding this in the how Gaglia’s understanding of particular context of [SARS- the way in which viral proteins CoV-2] will help us understand interact with the immune sys- the same kind of interactions tem relates to his experience in with the other viruses as well,” working with viruses that have Runstadler said. “We’ll be more zoonotic potential, or the threat prepared in some ways to both of movement between species. study other viruses or to deal “Part of this project that I’m with and know where to direct really interested in is to see if our research efforts if there’s we can learn a bit about muta- another pandemic.” tions in those viral proteins that Gaglia explained some of the [Gaglia] is really interested in, criteria her lab uses when decid- how changes in those proteins ing on the protein candidates impact the infectiousness of the for study, including how strongly [SARS-CoV-2] virus, particularly they block the cell’s response to for humans but also for other the virus, as well as how much is animal species,” Runstadler said. already known about the protein. Gaglia explained that the lab THE TUFTS DAILY ARCHIVES plans to differentiate cell cultures The Cummings School is pictured. see PROTEINS, page 2 NEWS 1 FEATURES / page 3 ARTS / page 5 EDITORIAL / page 7 FEATURES 3 Rising star ella jane Liturgy impresses fans It’s up to students to con- ARTS & POP CULTURE 5 shares on songwriting, with fourth album tain COVID-19 spread FUN & GAMES 6 production process OPINION 7 SPORTS BACK 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Tuesday, December 1, 2020 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY Students face difficulty ordering meals through Uber Eats after ALEX VIVEROS Editor in Chief Tufts issues credit EDITORIAL Rebecca Barker THANKSGIVING “For me, the lunch food was who were with me were also expe- This year’s Thanksgiving Hannah Harris continued from page 1 good. They had a lot of differ- riencing difficulty when ordering, meal plan differed from that of Managing Editors “Students who had indicated ent selections from a bunch of either because we never received past years. Jake Freudberg Associate Editors they need meals over the break different local restaurants. They the email to set up a business “This is the first time meals Jilly Rolnick [were] asked to complete a sur- had noodles and pasta and dif- account in the first place, so we are being offered to students Alejandra Carrillo Executive News Editor Maddie Aitken Deputy News Editor vey to enable us to communicate ferent sandwiches,” she said. “It couldn’t put down Tufts as the over the Thanksgiving break due Jessica Blough News Editors Tom Guan and/or plan what [was] avail- was super easy to get everything provider for our $15 credit, or to the unusual circumstance of Liza Harris able,” Patti Klos, director of din- … They did a really good job of because once they did set up the the pandemic,” Klos said. “In Alex Janoff Matt McGovern ing and business services, wrote organizing everything.” account, when purchasing food, the past, a select group of stu- Sara Renkert Sarah Sandlow in an email to the Daily. For Thanksgiving dinner, stu- they said there was an ‘account dents with the most need were Anton Shenk Students on the Medford/ dents could choose between a error,'” Jin wrote in an electronic provided a modest Meal Money Carolina Espinal Assistant News Editors Sam Klugherz Somerville campus picked up lunch traditional Thanksgiving meal message to the Daily. stipend to use to acquire food Alexander Thompson Alicia Zou and dinner on Thursday, and lunch- and several special dietary Jin also said that even if the during the break.” Ryan Shaffer Executive Features Editor es on Friday, Saturday and Sunday options. program worked smoothly, Lizarríbar echoed Klos’ senti- Sid Anand Features Editors Amelia Becker at the Gantcher Center during an For dinner on Friday and it may have been a burden for ment and said that many offic- Jillian Collins assigned 30-minute pickup win- Saturday nights, students were low-income students. es across the university felt the Claire Fraise Evelyn McClure dow. Lunch from Thursday through given a $15 Uber Eats credit to “$15 is not a lot for Uber Eats need to provide dining options Kayla Butera Assistant Features Editor Sunday consisted of a variety of use at a local restaurant of their because the cheapest thing for during the break. Megan Szostak Executive Arts Editor Devina Bhalla Arts Editors selections from three local restau- choice, Klos said. a meal might be around $10 or “[When] the university asked Ryan Eggers rants, two in Medford and one in “[We] created a partner- under … But then you have to students to remain on campus Steph Hoechst Tuna Margalit Somerville, according to Klos. ship with Uber Eats and Uber pay tax, tip the restaurant and tip throughout the Thanksgiving Chris Panella Yas Salon Students at The School of the for Business to enable students the driver,” Jin said. break, there was a general con- Elizabeth Sander Colette Smith Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) were to order dinner on Friday and About 2,050 students regis- sensus among several offices that Rebecca Tang offered a similar lunch program. Saturday night,” Klos said. “The tered for Thanksgiving break we should offer the holiday din- Geoff Tobia Drew Weisberg Assistant Arts Editor Because of the school’s smaller [Tufts] mobile ordering app [was] meals, according to Klos. ing program as a way to provide Liz Shelbred Executive Opinion Editor size, a different restaurant provided not used.” Students who were not on a Tufts students with food options that Priya Padhye Op-ed Editor Paloma Delgado Senior Editorialists lunch each day of the break, accord- However, Jin said that many meal plan were still able to par- would be different than usual, Amulya Mutnuri ing to Laura DaRos, associate dean of her friends experienced tech- ticipate in the program, and stu- support our local restaurants Mike Wilkinson Caroline Wolinsky of student affairs at the SMFA. nical difficulties placing orders. dents in quarantine or isolation and give as many dining ser- Abhilasha Bhasin Editorialists Eliza Dickson First-year Ashley Jin said she “[I] called the dean [on] call could place orders through the vice employees time off on and Sara Kessel appreciated the variety of lunch through TUPD non-emergency, Tufts Dining app and get meals around the holiday as possible,” Milli Lu Emily Nadler options. and me and my other two friends delivered to their residence.