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MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. Monday, February 5, 2018 tuftsdaily.com TUPIT examines education in prison at first-ever symposium by Jessica Blough posed of Tufts (“outside”) students and Assistant News Editor incarcerated (“inside”) students. Tufts stu- dents travel to a nearby prison to take class- The Tufts University Prison Initiative at es alongside currently incarcerated men. the Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT) Binda selected and contacted the panel- hosted its first symposium on Feb. 1 ists while the student organizers planned the and 2, focusing on providing perspec- schedule, recruited co-sponsors and handled tives on education in prison and soli- logistics, according to Maetzener, Plucker tary confinement through presentations and Pearlman. by experts and formerly incarcerat- Both Plucker and Pearlman cite the ed people. The two-day event, entitled “Inside-Out” course as their inspira- “Prison and Education Symposium: The tion for putting together the sympo- Responsibility of Engagement,” fea- sium. Pearlman said this motivation tured panels, presentations and film stemmed in part from discontent screenings in the Aidekman Arts Center. because she felt unable to properly TUPIT is a program that focuses on link- explain to her peers the impact that the ing students at Tufts with students pursuing “Inside-Out” class had on her, especially education in prisons. Directed by Hilary regarding her friendships with incar- Binda, who also serves as the director of cerated students. Plucker and Pearlman the women’s, gender, and sexuality stud- said they wanted to prioritize incarcer- RAY BERNOFF / THE TUFTS DAILY A member of the Tufts University Prison Initiative at Tisch College (TUPIT), reads opening ies department at Tufts, TUPIT’s initiatives ated people’s voices in explaining the remarks at the second day of TUPIT’s event The Responsibility of Engagement: Prison & include the Inside-Outside course, accord- prison system. They believed this would Education at Remis Sculpture Court on Feb. 2. ing to Nora Maetzener, one of the sympo- help foster the same empathy in their sium’s co-directors. classmates as the “Inside-Out” class had Moderated by Assistant Professor of Medicine reading of letters from Tufts’ incarcerated stu- Binda emphasized that TUPIT is focused fostered in them. Alysse Wurcel, the panel focused on health- dents. Some of these letters praised the uni- on education rather than prison reform. “I think with any form of prison reform care conditions in prison and treatment versity for its initiative to educate prisoners, “We are absolutely not a policy or advocacy or justice or advocacy, the more that you of incarcerated people. while others demanded education and action group,” Binda told the Daily in an email. “We can hear from and learn from people Later in the day, the symposium moved from those on the outside. are developing educational programming.” who have experienced it, the richer your to the Medford/Somerville campus, com- Immediately after the reading, Binda mod- The symposium was directed by three knowledge and understanding is of the mencing with a keynote address by Andrea erated a panel of seven formerly incarcerated undergraduate students — Maetzener, a issue,” Pearlman said. “Our class was an James, the founder and executive director of individuals, including James, titled “Learning sophomore, Maude Plucker, a senior, and opportunity to connect with the students the National Council for Incarcerated and in and in Spite of Prison.” Sophie Pearlman, a senior — and two inside as people rather than as incarcer- Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls. After Each of the panelists had spent several medical students, Anusha Jayaram and ated individuals, and I think … having a performance by Essence, the all-female years in the prison system and each had either Yoelkys Morales, both first-years. Plucker the symposium allows others in the Tufts a-cappella group focusing on music from the taught or taken a college-level course while and Pearlman took Binda’s course “Mass community to do the same.” African Diaspora, the night concluded with a incarcerated. These panelists highlighted Incarceration and the Literature of The symposium began on Feb. 1 at screening and discussion of the PBS Frontline the necessity of education in discouraging Confinement” last fall. According to an Oct. the Boston Health Sciences campus, where documentary “Last Days of Solidarity.” released prisoners from recidivating, as well as 2017 Daily article, the course runs as an five formerly incarcerated professionals led a The symposium resumed the next morn- explaining the difficulty of studying in prison “Inside-Out” prison exchange class com- panel titled “Prison, Patients, and Healthcare.” ing at 9 a.m., starting with breakfast and a see SYMPOSIUM, page 2 Biden brings American Promise tour to Medford by Joe Walsh At the event, he explained that he hopes father: an abhorrence of abuse of power “There is a growing realization on the News Editor the book will preserve the memory of his and a strong belief in treating everybody part of the public at large [that] we’ve Former U.S. Vice President son for his family, while also conveying with dignity. He added that the current got to focus on the things that made us discussed his upbringing and values and how he dealt with the tragedy to a wider state of affairs — with President Donald who we are,” Biden said. “The glue that shared memories from his eight years audience. Trump’s equivocation around alt-right holds this country together is the working in ’s presidential admin- “I wanted people to know there’s a way demonstrators and counter-demonstra- and middle class. That’s why we’ve had istration during an event at Medford’s through this enormous grief,” he said. tors in Charlottesville, Va. last year — economic stability. That’s why we’ve had Chevalier Theatre Thursday night. In addition to his son’s recent passing, defied dignity. political stability. That’s why we’ve had The event, which was moderated by Biden also faced the untimely deaths of Regarding Trump, Biden said that he social stability.” former U.S. Ambassador to the United his wife and daughter in an automobile senses a combination of embarrassment, Ultimately, Biden is optimistic that the Nations Samantha Power, was part of accident in 1972. He said that, through fear and anger in many people with is well-positioned for suc- a nationwide speaking tour coinciding these experiences, he has found “relief in whom he has spoken. Beyond the current cess in the 21st century, with a produc- with the release of Biden’s new book, purpose,” and felt a strong duty to con- administration, however, he expressed tive and highly educated workforce, strong “Promise Me, Dad” (2017). Biden did not tinue his work, rather than turn inward concern that establishment figures in publicly-funded research universities and address speculation that he is consider- in sorrow. both major parties have forgotten about plentiful venture capital. To that end, he ing a run for president in 2020, instead “If you can turn your grief into a pur- working-class and middle-class people. added, he hopes people feel an obligation focusing on his personal story. pose that you think would reflect what the He says this is a mistake because jobs to participate in government in response to Biden’s book deals heavily with the person you lost would want you doing,” are a source of personal dignity and self- Trump and argued that millennials need to death of his son Beau Biden, the former Biden said. “I think there’s a way out.” worth and because the nation’s work- become more politically involved. Attorney General of Delaware who died Sharing childhood stories, Biden high- ing-class labor force is essential to the in 2015 after a battle with brain cancer. lighted two values he inherited from his country’s success. see BIDEN, page 2

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This was pos- Arin Kerstein Simran Lala sible, he said, because Obama placed a Sophie Lehrenbaum Natasha Mayor great deal of trust in Biden and delegated Seohyun Shim important tasks to him. Emma Steiner Joe Walsh Biden was not initially interested Jess Blough Assistant News Editors Jenna Fleischer in serving as vice president, he noted, Liza Harris but he decided to join the Democratic Daniel Weinstein Minna Trinh ticket in 2008 because of his admira- Sean Ong Executive Features Editor Emma Damokosh Features Editors tion for Obama. He said that he and Jessie Newman Obama share a similar set of values Emma Rosenthal Michael Shames and claimed that, while they occa- Fina Short Grace Yuh sionally disagreed with each other on Jenna Fleischer Assistant Features Editors Kenia French tactics, they always agreed on larger Ilana Goldberg strategic issues. Michelle Kwon Ameenah Rashid “I watched this man make incredibly Alison Epstein Executive Arts Editor John Fedak Arts Editors difficult decisions, and all I saw was John Gallagher character,” Biden said. “He has more Tommy Gillespie VIA FLICKR Justin Krakoff character than any president I have ever Former United States Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event in Merrimack, NH on Sept. Setenay Mufti Cassidy Olsen worked with.” 22, 2012. Ryan Eggers Assistant Arts Editors Issay Matsumoto Jack Ronan Hannah Kahn Executive Opinion Editor Maria Fong Cartoonists Prison Symposium examines relationships between Shannon Geary Lydia Ra Rebecca Tang Deeksha Bathini Editorialists prisoners and students Emily Burke Carrie Haynes Joseph Lim SYMPOSIUM seven-minute documentary Solitary ships with inmates. The final panel was a Sarah Nechamkin Madeleine Schwartz continued from page 1 Voices, which centers the narratives of roundtable conversation targeted at Tufts Caleb Symons Executive Sports Editor people who have been held in solitary faculty, encouraging them to consider Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editors Liam Finnegan and the demand for committed, empathetic confinement for extended periods. The teaching a college-level course in prison. Phil Goldberg Savannah Mastrangelo professors. documentary concluded with a panel Speaking on the impact of the sympo- Eddie Samuels Bradley Schussell In the panel discussion, James reflected discussion led by Cassandra Bensahih, sium, Plucker explained that she hopes it Sam Weidner on the importance of elucidating the pris- the coordinator of Massachusetts Against will push Tufts community members to Sam Weitzman Emily Burstein Assistant Sports Editors on experience through the voices of those Solitary Confinement Coalition, which get more involved with TUPIT and other Ryan Eggers Arlo Moore-Bloom who have lived it. She referred attendees featured Nico Machado, a representa- programs that promote the understanding Haley Rich to the National Council for Incarcerated tive from Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners of incarcerated students. Delaney Tantillo Liam Knox Investigative Editor and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Organizing for Community Advancement “I’m hoping that people will draw that Alexis Serino Executive Photo Editor Rachel Hartman Photo Administrator Girls website to learn more about support- who has firsthand experience with sol- these [people] are human beings, that injus- Mike Feng Ray Bernoff ing incarcerated people and policy change. itary confinement, Khari Charles, com- tices have been committed to lead them to Erik Britt Sophie Dolan “The more that institutes of higher edu- munity engagement manager at GLBTQ where they are, that Tufts community can do Shaivi Herur cation open the door and give a platform for Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) something about it and is doing something Ben Kim Rachael Meyer formerly incarcerated people to be heard, and Elizabeth Matos, attorney at MA about it, and that sitting there and listening to Vintus Okonkwo Evan Sayles the closer we’ll get to changing this system Prisoners’ Legal Services. the voices that carry these experiences is the Seohyun Shim in a meaningful way,” she explained. The final event of the symposium first step in that direction,” she said. Annette Key Executive Video Editor Ana Sophia Acosta Staff Videographer A brief performance by the a cappella involved three separate breakout work- Binda said she is pleased that the “out- Olivia Ireland Asha Iyer group S-Factor followed, focusing on songs shops. The first focused on changing local side” students involved in organizing the PRODUCTION of encouragement and praise from the legislation to advocate for incarcerated event could learn from their experiences Ellah Nzikoba African Diaspora. The performance show- people. The second was led by current with prisoners. Production Director Isabella Montoya Executive Layout Editors cased the kind of songs that three members Tufts students involved in the Petey Greene “I learn more from the humor, resilience Seohyun Shim of S-Factor plan to teach to current prison- Program, which brings Tufts students to and critique that emerges under these cir- Bridig Bell Layout Editors Betty Cao ers as part of a recent TUPIT initiative to prisons to tutor incarcerated individu- cumstances than I do from almost any other Caroline Cohen Connor Dale create a choir in a prison. als. The workshop focused on the experi- situation in life, and I have now watched Julie Doten After a break for lunch, the sympo- ences Tufts students had while regularly my wonderful ‘outside’ Tufts students have Jordan Isaacs Maygen Kerner sium continued with a showing of the entering a prison and building relation- similar experiences,” Binda said. Honor Kalkin Omeir Khan Allison Kumarasena Emai Lai Frank Ma Aidan Menchaca Daniel Montoya TCU SENATE SHARES ELECTION UPDATES, HEARS FUNDING APPEALS Khaliun Naragerel Sebastian Torrente by Seohyun Shim TCU’s Student Services Committee Boston Anime Convention; $1,138 in fund- Alice Yoon News Editor shared with the body that it has been work- ing to Sino-US Relations Group Engagement Ezgi Yazici Sitong Zhang Executive Graphics Editor ing with the Tisch Library for possible chang- (SURGE) for its future speaker events; $2,450 Maria Fong Graphics Editors Peter Lam The Tufts Community Union (TCU) es in printing and its hours of operation. in funding to TURBO for Turbomania, the Joseph Lim Senate met in Remis Sculpture Court on Administration & Policy (A&P) Committee organization’s annual event; $4,954 in fund- Khaliun Narangerel Belinda Xian Sunday at 3 p.m. to hear funding requests shared that Trustee Representative Nathan ing to Computer Science Exchange (CSE) Astrid Weng Anna Hirshman Executive Copy Editors and share committee updates. Foster, a senior, will open a discussion with for its future events; and $1,451 in funding Nihaal Shah Norrie Beach Copy Editors The meeting was rescheduled to 3 p.m. the Board of Trustees to ensure that they fac- to Vietnamese Students Club (VSC) to send Anna Dursztman from its regular meeting time of 7 p.m. due to tor in economic diversity among students in six people to the 4th Annual Vietnamese Madhulika Gupta Tess Jacobson the Super Bowl, according to Parliamentarian its decision-making process. A&P Committee Empowerment Summit. Melissa Kain Adam Kercheval Adam Rapfogel, a junior. member and Class of 2021 senator Grant The body tabled Tufts University Social Lauren Kim TCU President Benya Kraus opened the Gebetsberger shared that he is looking to Collective’s (TUSC) additional funding Maria Kim David Levitsky meeting, announcing that the special elec- hold a town hall meeting about campus request for Tuftstonia’s Day 2018. ALBO ini- Katie Martensen Jack Ronan tion, which had been scheduled to take place mental health. There were no other signifi- tially recommended providing $12,000 in Arielle Sigel Madeleine Schwartz on Feb. 3, would be postponed until further cant updates from other committees. funding out of TUSC’s original request of Hannah Wells notice from the Tufts Elections Commission Next, TCU Treasurer Emily Sim, a $16,000. After a brief debate phase, sena- Jiayu Xu Vanessa Zighelboim (ECOM). According to Kraus, ECOM will junior, took the floor to introduce supple- tors motioned to table the request as several Deepanshu Utkarsh Executive Online Editor Juliana Furgala Senior Online Editor amend its internal bylaw to allow the can- mentary funding requests. senators mentioned the lack of details in Asli Akova Executive Social Media didates running unopposed to be appointed The body voted to match initial rec- some items, especially regarding the $6,300 Mitch Navetta Editors Ercan Sen to their respective roles immediately without ommendations of the Allocations Board in funding requested for T-shirt giveaways. Lexi Serino Social Media Editors Elisabeth Blossom an election. (ALBO) for the following groups: $50 to Tufts The body will vote on a new number in the Rachel Hartman Kraus added that change in ECOM bylaw Teach-in-CORES for its new whiteboard for next meeting, according to Rapfogel. Shaivi Herur Olivia Ireland Assistant Social Media Editors would become effective after an approval classes; $575 in funding to Spoken Word Before the meeting adjourned, Kraus Asha Iyer Lillian Miller vote by the Senate Executive Board and the Alliance at Tufts (SWAT) for its registration shared with the body that the university has Amy Tong TCU Judiciary. for College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational plans to install a gender-neutral bathroom BUSINESS TCU Vice President Anna Del Castillo then (CUPSI); $390 in funding to Tufts Anime in the Mayer Campus Center within the next Rayane Haddar Executive Business Director opened the floor for committee updates. Brigade for six of its members’ admission to three weeks. Romain Dard Receivables Manager Features 3 Monday, February 5, 2018 tuftsdaily.com

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hen you were young, you maybe had a dream. You were going to fly to the moon, pass EC 5, cure cancer. Then you grew up. You Wcut your hair, chose your major, changed your outlook. You changed a lot, but did you change your dream? Last week, sophomore Timi Dayo-Kayode watched a video for his Introduction to Cognitive and Brain Sciences class. One scene depicted a bustling city at night, with hurried little people scurrying about and swirling into an indistinct blur. Granted, Timi was watching the video at twice its standard speed, but he never wants to feel like a blip on a busy screen. His eyes convey an urgent fire as he states, at half his standard speed, “I want to have a real meaning.” Timi grew up in Nigeria, where from the

JIAXUN LI / THE TUFTS DAILY ARCHIVES age of five he realized that he wanted to Jeffrey Berry, professor in the political science department, talks during an interview in his office in Packard Hall on Feb. 10, 2016. work in the magical realm of technology, but because the field of software programming is almost alien and inaccessible in Nigeria, he Q-and-A: Professor Jeffrey Berry talks about didn’t really discover his particular passion until one night when he was 16. His family partisan politics and government shutdowns had recently immigrated to the United States, and as he sat in his darkened living room by Jessie Newman such that most things that came to the onism and partisanship, so there [are] watching “The Internship,” he experienced Features Editor floor were budgetary and, therefore, not a lot of time periods in American a eureka moment. In the movie, the protag- they did not need 60 votes to terminate history where we can say that things onist approaches a whiteboard and confi- Jeffrey Berry is the John Richard a filibuster, they only needed a simple were really calm and cooperative. You dently writes lines of programming code, Skuse Professor of political science majority of 51 votes, which gave the can work back in time and look, not and Timi’s future instantly coalesced into at Tufts. He focuses on urban govern- Republican party more power in the during the McCarthy era, not during sharper focus. He explains, “I was like, ‘Holy ment, American politics, media and budget talks. the Nixon years, not during the Reagan s—! This is interesting.’ I have a phone, an nonprofits. Berry spoke to the Daily TD: How did DACA and the DREAM years. Republicans look at the Clinton app, a Facebook, but I never thought about on the recent government shutdown, Act come into play with this shutdown? and Obama years as awful periods. The how that app got there. Seeing [that code] as well as on how the current trend of JB: So this goes back to the lever- reality is that [polarization] is a matter blew my mind.” partisanship and gridlock in Congress age that the Democrats had, to force of degree, but that degree has seemed He spent the next month and a half fever- has been growing since the 1960s. Republicans to negotiate with them. to grow recently. ishly learning everything he could about pro- The Tufts Daily (TD): Was the shut- One of the things that they chose TD: Can you point to any factors gramming and over the course of his senior down in January comprehensive? to negotiate over was DACA, and other than the shifts in the voter blocs year he hopped from hackathon to hack- Jeffrey Berry (JB): There is never a Republicans refused to cooperate and to account for the polarization in athon as quickly as he could get reimbursed full shutdown because essential ser- push any legislation forward, so essen- American politics? for his previous trip. He arrived at Tufts as vices like the armed forces never shut tially it became a game of chicken with JB: Weaponization of the media. The a determined computer science major, but down and will continue operating. Congress [being] willing to let the gov- ideological media that has emerged now he says, “I don’t see myself ever using Exactly what these essential services ernment shut down over the weekend on both sides. It is denser on the con- my degree.” He recognizes the possibility of are from year to year definitely has so people did not really feel it, and servative side with and talk “working for a corporation and making like a little bit of massaging at the edges, then the Democrats blinked. radio. The left side has it, but does not six figures out of college,” but his dream has depending on who is president. Most TD: Could you foresee the gridlock have as much of it. Media that appeals taken a more philanthropic turn. At Tufts, of the government is shut down. being experienced in Congress leading to high-octane voters, people that Timi splits his time between completing TD: Do shutdowns always come to future shutdowns during the Trump are really interested in politics, real- his homework and promoting his nascent from an inability in Congress to agree administration? ly ideological and disproportionately startup company, which aims to help tech on a budget? JB: Yes. However, … to explain what vote in primaries. They overweight in companies diversify their workforce. This JB: When the government shuts is going on, it is best to look back Republican and Democratic primaries. year, Timi has pitched his plan to a number down, there is a failure to reappropri- before looking forward. The growth of TD: Has the Trump administration of potential investors, and their excitement ate funds in order to pay people’s sal- polarization and partisanship goes all exacerbated this? fuels him through long nights of laborious aries. The consequence of this is that the way back to the civil rights move- JB: President Trump is unique. All brainstorming, mounds of Comp 40 home- you are told not to show up because ment when the parties basically got presidents have been polarizing to the work and limited sleep. “Maybe I do actually the agency within the bureaucracy is reformulated. The newly enfranchised opposing party, but Trump is more know what I’m doing,” he thinks. “It’s like a unable to pay you. If you show up for African-American voters moved to the combative, more vulgar and much pregnant woman and her baby shower — work, you expect to get paid. It’s not Democratic party, and conservative more narcissistic than previous presi- everyone is excited for what’s to come.” more complicated than that. white groups, especially conservative dents of either party. He pushes him- Like any entrepreneur, Timi wants his TD: What were the key reasons for white Southerners, moved out of the self to the center of every fight, but he startup to be impactful, and he wants to the short shutdown in January? Democratic party and into the con- is a part of a longer-term trend. harness his influence for noble causes. Some JB: The immediate context was that servative party. The Republican party TD: Is there a breaking point when heroes wear capes, and some go back to Democrats for the first time had some became more conservative and the a country cannot be as divided as it is? Nigeria to “establish some kind of tech school leverage in blocking legislation in the Democratic party became more lib- JB: That is a question that political for the youth.” According to Timi, “some peo- Senate that they did not like. Many of eral. Policymaking in the middle, the scientists are struggling with: when do ple just go to work, get groceries, feed the the previous decisions were based on moderates, the center of policymaking institutions become too broken? There dog, rinse and repeat.” Clearly, he does not a process called reconciliation, which began to dwindle. Now we have parties is a lot of discussion about that today want to be one of those people. In Timi’s simply means that when it is a budget- that are more ideologically homoge- with the release of the Nunes memo opinion, “the access to tech gives you some ary matter, they cannot be filibustered. neous and conflict grows out of this. but I don’t know of a clear answer. A kind of superpower. It changes nations. It The Senate created a rule for itself that TD: Has the polarization been grow- consensus has not been reached. It changes everything.” said, yes, we have the filibuster rule ing since the 1960s, or have there been is very hard for political scientists to but there can be exceptions and one of any points in history where it has eased make such cataclysmic judgments in Ross Sonnenblick is a sophomore major- the exceptions is budgetary items. The up or moved closer together? real time. ing in psychology and international liter- Republican majority extended what is JB: The reality is that politics incor- Editor’s note: This interview has ary and visual studies. He can be reached a budgetary item to the furthest reach, porates a significant degree of antag- been edited for clarity and length. at [email protected]. 4 THE TUFTS DAILY | ADVERTISEMENT | Monday, February 5, 2018 tuftsdaily.com

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‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture’ revamps the comic Alec Provost biopic The Art of Games: ‘What Remains of Edith Finch’ is a joy of tragedies elcome to the newest addition to the Tufts Daily Arts sec- tion: The Art of Games. In this new weekly column, I will be Wreviewing games, giving my thoughts on the state of the industry and just taking a look into the world of games. Without any further introduction, here is my review of the video game “What Remains of Edith Finch” (2017). “What Remains of Edith Finch” is one of the most profound interactive experi- ences to come out of 2017. A first-person adventure game, you play as the titular character, Edith Finch, Jr., a 17-year-old girl who returns to her childhood home hoping to confront her family’s past and investigate an alleged curse behind the deaths of all her relatives. What results is a thought-provoking experience consisting of fun gameplay, interesting characters VIA NETFLIX and heartbreaking moments. A promotional image for ‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture’ is pictured. The house that you explore through the game is just as much a character as any of by Julian Blatt interview with “Modern Doug” (Martin much-needed respite from the perva- the Finches. Its secret passageways and Staff Writer Mull), even though Kenney died in sive gloom and doom of the current locked rooms are handcrafted and feel real 1980, so by all accounts this character era. The film’s visually stimulating style in spite of the house’s impossible struc- A child of negligent and unloving should not even exist. Yet Modern Doug pairs well with its hilarity, and not a ture. A particular standout is a recreation parents can travel one of two diverg- refuses to acknowledge this basic fact, single camera shot or line of dialogue of an elementary school classroom, which ing roads. He can either wallow in making his voice heard throughout the goes to waste. was so spot-on that it brought on nostal- misery his entire life, each day more movie as both an on- and off-screen Sadly, as with many of Hollywood’s gia for my own elementary school days. crushing and cruel than the last. Or he narrator, and at times even going so greatest, hopelessness struck The game’s short length is what allows for can become the man who will change far as to interact with the other char- Kenney like a bolt of lightning and threw this level of detail; clocking in at just three comedy forever. Fortunately, this is the acters. Sometimes, the meta nature of him hurtling from the sky. Abandoned hours, Edith Finch is a short game by any path Douglas Kenney chose to follow, the film verges on societal critique. For by both his wife (Camille Guaty) and definition. However, it never gets boring, and the world of and absurdity example, when the original National Lampoon partner (), and the length is a worthy trade-off for has never been the same since. Lampoon writers are introduced to the Kenney could find happiness solely the level of detail in the world. Constantly The Netflix movie “A Futile and audience, a black couple angrily ques- in his work, desperate to become rich crossing the line between real and fantas- Stupid Gesture” is not like the typical tions why all of the writers were white, and famous, just to prove to his par- tical, the Finch house is representative of biopic. Detailing Doug Kenney’s (Will to which Modern Doug replies, “If it ents that his life had value. Yet, after the rest of the experience. Forte) victories, as well as his trials makes you feel better, we also had very doing so, he only grew more miserable. In spite of its fantastical and whimsical and tribulations, as co-founder of the few Jews.” Many recent movies that As punishment for the pressure he nature, “What Remains of Edith Finch” is National Lampoon take place in mid-20th-century United subjected himself to, Kenney squan- not a happy game. Rather, the game con- and writer of one of the most profit- States depict the blatant and rampant dered his money on cocaine, devel- tinually returns to tragedy, with the player able movies of all time, the film main- discrimination that was characteris- oping an addiction that slowly began experiencing the death of each of Edith tains a brisk pace, delivering laugh tic of the time, but very few address to replace work as his escape from Finch’s ancestors through a series of one- after laugh. It also makes clear, though, it so directly. The extent to which “A reality. And sadly, in 1980, Kenney’s off experiences. Although often lightheart- that even the funniest man alive must Futile and Stupid Gesture” strives to life came to an end when he fell off the ed and fun on the surface, these experi- face moments of utter loneliness and be self-referential deserves absolute 35-foot Hanapepe Lookout in Kauai, ences never let you forget that death is at despair. Thus, at its core, “A Futile and respect and proves just how much time Hawaii. However, despite his tragic their core. All of them are thought-provok- Stupid Gesture” offers a glimpse into and effort were involved in its creation. death, Doug’s friends and family hon- ing and many of them employ a playful the mind of a comedic yet suffering Also noteworthy is the incredibly ored him with amusement, namely the nature that makes their morbid subjects genius, whose inability to connect with vibrant color scheme. Everything from futile and stupid gesture of turning his all the more profound. the people who loved him would ulti- the sets to the costumes is bathed funeral into a food fight. In this way, “A “What Remains of Edith Finch” is not mately lead to his downfall. in bright hues that appeal to the eye Futile and Stupid Gesture” beautifully without flaws, however. Perhaps the most However, what truly separates this and draw the audience in. Additionally, conveys that it is not what we do while significant annoyance is the controls for film from others of its genre is the the overall design perfectly captures we are alive, but what our loved ones some of these one-off experiences. While extremity of its self-awareness. The the carefree atmosphere of the ’70s, do after we die, that defines us and the majority play without issue, some have movie begins with a snippet of an offering viewers a refreshing and gives our lives meaning. controls which are inexact, leading to frus- tration. Alongside frustrating controls, your goal is often unclear, further adding to the annoyance. While these issues would have A big step for Bughead and a double homicide in been less problematic in another game, they stand out in “What Remains of Edith Chapter 25 of ‘Riverdale’ Finch.” Instead of being small complaints, they can turn what was intended to be a by Alison Epstein 25: The Wicked and the Divine,” and cooing at guys through a webcam. As profound experience into one of frustra- Executive Arts Editor know that this was the episode where much as Chic is loving the new family tion. These issues are only present in a “Riverdale” finally and truly went off business, he has also gotten himself a few of the experiences, however, and the Every television show always has the deep end. At long last, “Riverdale” job at the local movie theater so he can majority control without flaw. Whether you a few select episodes that viewers completely succumbed to its own pay rent to stay at the Coopers’. Hal is are taking pictures with a polaroid camera can point to and say, there, that was “Riverdale-ness,” and honestly it was not cool with this and leaves. Okay, bye or jumping from tree branches as a cat, a watershed moment for this show. kind of incredible to watch. Hal, maybe you should just go join the all of these experiences are engaging and Twenty years from now (yes, we are Guys, Betty is actually a full-on farm cult with Polly. wondrous, if depressing — a statement still going to be discussing “Riverdale” cam girl now. She has resurrected her Betty and Chic aren’t the only ones that applies to the game as a whole. decades into the future), we are all Dark Betty™ wig from the Chuck-in- securing jobs in this town, though. Alec Provost is a junior majoring in histo- going to look back on this week’s epi- a-hot-tub incident (never forget) and ry. He can be contacted at Alec.Provost@ sode of “Riverdale” (2017–), “Chapter now spends her evenings in a lacy bra see RIVERDALE, page 6 tufts.edu. 6 THE TUFTS DAILY | Arts & Living | Monday, February 5, 2018 tuftsdaily.com

In Chapter 25, a confirmation is followed by not one, but two murders

COURTESY DANIEL POWER FOR THE CW NETWORK KJ Apa as Archie and Camila Mendes as Veronica in Chapter Twenty-Five of the CW’s ‘Riverdale.’

RIVERDALE Penny Peabody. She is (understand- situation because he’s still working for Tall Boy is to blame, he kicks him out continued from page 5 ably) unhappy that Jughead sliced off a the FBI so he probably shouldn’t be of the gang. Archie has landed a sweet new intern- chunk of her arm, and is willing to help helping Hiram, but it also probably Back in the trailer, Betty uses her ship as Hiram’s errand boy. Archie is the Serpents with their legal battle, but isn’t great for his relationship if he gets newfound cam girl confidence to already doing a great job with the dry only if Jughead gets kicked out of the his girlfriend’s dad killed. mount Jughead so they can finally lose cleaning and the food delivery, but group. Oh and also, she wants to cut Now it’s time for the confirmation, their virginities to each other. Bughead then Hiram finds out Archie beat up a off Jughead’s tattoo too … with a dirty where Veronica and Josie sing “Bitter shippers, rejoice, the holy day has defenseless, bedridden Nick St. Clair, knife. Whoa, hope you got your tetanus Sweet Symphony” (1997) because that’s finally come. Between the dramat- and is so impressed that he invites shot, Juggy. an appropriate choice of song for a ic unzipping of Betty’s dress and the Archie to work the Lodge family’s poker All this sends Jughead running off confirmation ceremony. Side note, as extremely passionate kissing (Cole and game. Moral of the story, kids: Beat up to Betty, the only one who understands she prances down the aisle (is there Lily, have you been practicing or some- a teen with two broken legs and you him, and the only one sick enough to typically a lot of prancing in confirma- thing?), it was a pretty steamy scene. just might land yourself a promotion. not be turned off by the fact that he, as tions?), Kevin at first looks incredibly Betty returns home all glowing and The reason the extended Lodge family he puts it, grabbed and cut a woman. proud but then his face drops, definite- smiley, but her happiness quickly turns is in town is for Veronica’s much-await- Actually, she definitely was kind of ly because he finally lays eyes on her into horror when she walks in on her ed confirmation. Veronica is excited, turned on. Never change, Betty. dress. Veronica also is able to success- mom and Chic cleaning up the blood but she is slightly concerned about Betty and Jughead plan to put up fully renounce Satan, but only after see- of some guy who had showed up on the renouncing Satan because she thinks flyers to crack the case of the missing ing Archie’s sweet, innocent face in the doorstep earlier but now is bludgeoned her family business might be unethi- head in order to save the Serpents and crowd. Too bad Archie’s on his way to and dead on the floor. Looks like the cal and that she might end up hurting prevent baby Jug from getting scalped, becoming even darker than Dark Betty Lodges aren’t the only killing family in Archie. Hey sweetie, it’s probably a red but first they have to have an awk- (and we know what a feat that is). town anymore. flag if what you’re doing is so bad that it ward conversation about who they’ve At the after-party, Archie warns So there you have it, a Bughead makes you worried you can’t renounce hooked up with during their relation- Hiram about Papa Poutine’s evil plan virginity loss and a double murder. the literal devil. Just saying. ship break. Jughead admits he got with so that Hiram can protect himself, It’s not even a mid-season finale. But let’s forget about Veronica and Toni, but specifies that they did “some and next thing you know, Papa Poutine There were as many murders tonight her heinous confirmation dress for a stuff but not everything.” Classic high is discovered with a bullet in the back as the total number inflicted by the minute to discuss what is truly import- school. Then he asks Betty if she did of his head. Godfather Hiram strikes Black Hood, which really just goes ant: the reintroduction of the Bughead anything with anyone, and she straight again. When questioned by the FBI, to show how lame the Black Hood romance. Jughead is stressing because up lies and says no, even though we all Archie claims to not know anything, actually was. This episode was so the sheriff is trying to evict all the know she kissed Archie right before she so it looks like he’s really in deep bizarre (still not over “Bitter Sweet Serpents. Sheriff Keller and Mayor was forced to almost bury him alive. with Hiram now. Welcome to the family Symphony” at the confirmation) and McCoy are claiming it’s because of the And considering Cheryl is aware of this business, Arch. over the top, especially with all the decapitation of General Pickens’ stat- hot gossip, it’s sure to not stay secret Also during the after-party, Betty mob drama and “Godfather” refer- ue (even though they have no proof a for long. and Jughead get a tip that a tall man ences. (The Serpents also sent the Serpent did it), but Jughead figures out Speaking of hot gossip, Archie gets in a Serpents jacket had deposited the Lodges the statue head at the end the whole thing seems to be an excuse an earful over at Hiram’s poker game. Pickens statue head in a scrapyard, of the episode, because apparently to get rid of the Serpents and continue While plunging the toilet, he overhears which can only mean one thing: It was that’s the closest thing they could their sketchy plan with the Lodges. this one mobster named Papa Poutine Tall Boy! It doesn’t seem like Tall Boy is find to a horse’s head.) Say what you Jughead has another prob- (he loves poutine, okay?) saying that he that unusually tall, but oh well, it’s in will about “Riverdale” — this reviewer lem though, and that is the return wants to “remove” (aka murder) Hiram. his name so okay, we can all pretend certainly does — but at least it always of snake charmer/devil incarnate This puts Archie into kind of a sticky this makes sense. Once FP finds out keeps you on your toes. tuftsdaily.com Monday, February 5, 2018 | ADVERTISEMENT | THE TUFTS DAILY 7

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by Tys Sweeney 1800s? They mean the same as they did any moral high ground America still cause, that it is a necessary piece to then. Here, I would like to apply them retained internationally. In Donald restoring peace? As an American, and To begin this piece, I lift the words to the air war carried out by the United Trump’s first year in office more than as a person coming of age in a time of of two of history’s greats. The first is States in the Middle East. Though tra- 10,000 coalition airstrikes have been brutal conflict across the globe, I can- Victor Hugo, romantic author of “Les ditional aircraft are present in the skies carried out in battle zones across the not accept this view. It is wrong to kill Misérables,” a book which gave voice over Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other Middle East. What is more, several noncombatants. That is a fact. Nobody to the trodden-upon in the 19th cen- Middle Eastern countries, many of the nations previously excluded from our disagrees, until they blind themselves tury and earned for Hugo immortal Hellfire missiles that rain from the sky hellfire have now been added to the list with the enigma of total war. We are dignity. On war, Hugo contemplates: are deployed from Predator Drones, of battle zones. Among these: Yemen all combatants in a global struggle. No. “Civil war? What does this mean? Is a combat unit originally designed to and Somalia. We are people. People should not kill there any foreign war? Is not every war “defeat Soviet tanks on the plains of It is horrific that religious zeal- people. People should especially not between men war between brothers? Europe.” It is war, they say. We were ots bent on dealing a vicious blow to kill noncombatants. It is murder. It is War is modified only by its aim. There attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, and we are the pride, power and impenetrability “unjust war.” is neither foreign war nor civil war; fighting back. It is total war. American of the United States attacked us. We So what do we do? We say to ourselves, there is only unjust war and just war.” civilians perished on that day. It was a must tread carefully when discussing “Doing the right thing costs so little and The second is Simón Bolívar, the vicious attack. And this is true. It is also American terror campaigns abroad, is worth so much.” We say to ourselves, Latin American revolutionary who wrong, and morally flimsy. but in our ruthless, often inaccurate we are Americans; we will take the high- led the fight for freedom against the The Guardian reported less than attacks across the region in response er road; we will rise above violence. I Spanish Empire for most of his adult a month ago that the drone war has to 9/11, we have killed thousands of welcome challenge and disagreement, life. His words? “Doing the right thing become “increasingly indiscriminate.” civilians. It is illegal to target civilians, but in my commitment to the value of costs so little and is worth so much.” Drones were employed as a weapon of so most civilian deaths are mistakes. human life, I will remain firm. What do these words mean in terror and destruction by the Bush and Whatever the reason for their deaths, Tys Sweeney is a first-year who has not today’s world, one wracked with as Obama administrations, the actions can America truly say to them that it yet declared a major. Tys can be reached many troubles as the world of the of which have severely undermined is in their best interests to die for our at [email protected].

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‘Tufts Police Chief travels to Israel for counterterrorism seminar,’ published on Jan. 26, has been updated to remove any reference to Zeff’s position on the Israel-Palestine con- flict, as it was misrepresented, and to clarify the link between the ADL exchanges and an NYPD policing program. The Daily regrets this error. Opinion Monday, February 5, 2018 | Opinion | THE TUFTS DAILY 11

COLUMNIST INTRODUCTION Anita Ramaswamy Anita's Angle Letter from the managing board: Spring 2018 columnists The singularity This week, we will be starting daily 617,” featuring Alexa Weinstein cover- The Sports section features Arlo production and the beginning of regular ing Massachusetts politics. Derek Castle Moore-Bloom returning with his col- is near columns. We’re excited to announce our will be writing about the experienc- umn “The Equalizer,” which discusses As graduation looms nearer for many of lineup of columnists, who we hope will es of students and staff in the R.E.A.L. U.S. Soccer on Mondays. On Tuesdays, my friends, I can’t stop thinking about the introduce a variety of interesting per- (Resumed Education for Adult Learning) Sam Weidner will be writing “Weidner’s realities of the job market and having daily spectives on Tufts and the wider world. program in R.E.A.L. Talk. Dorothy Neher Words,” where he will discuss institution- existential crises. Even if I have the next step For the opinion section, former exec- will profile different working popula- al biases and corruption in professional figured out, what about the one after that? Is utive opinion editor Anita Ramaswamy tions at Tufts in Thursday’s “How Tufts and collegiate sports. David Meyer will my liberal arts degree marketable? Should I will be writing “Anita’s Angle” each Works,” and Hayato Miyajima will give return on Wednesdays with his column have bought Bitcoin? Am I saving enough for Monday where she will discuss and ana- color to life as an exchange student in “Postgame Press” that looks at off-the- retirement? lyze contradictory topics in our lives “Jumbo Exchange,” published on Fridays. field topics in professional sports, and Some people tell me I’m overthinking ranging from technology to politics. On Arts will start each week with Alec on Thursdays, Yuan Jun Chee returns it, but for someone who delays the line at Tuesdays, Nesi Altaras will continue Provost’s “The Art of Games,” which with “On the Spot,” covering the English Hodgdon because I take too long to agonize writing “Looking Out” and offer his per- will feature reviews of video games and Premier League and world soccer. over what I want in my quesadilla, you can spective on various international events. discussions of video game culture. On We hope you follow these columnists imagine how much trouble I have making big Aneurin Canham-Clyne will be bringing Tuesdays, Nikki Margaretos returns with throughout the semester. If you want to life decisions. Besides, the stakes for our gen- a Marxist lens to culture and politics in her column “Is This Thing On?” where engage with any of these perspectives, we eration are higher than ever. Not only do we his column, “Red Star” each Wednesday, she will comment on and analyze popu- encourage you to email the columnists or have to contend with higher Social Security and on Thursdays Paris Sanders will lar artists and music. Christopher Panella us directly at [email protected]. costs and environmental degradation (thanks, continue to write “P.S. …” and explore will be writing “A Column From a Galaxy mom and dad!), but we also have more stu- contemporary social and political issues. Far, Far Away” on Wednesdays, focusing Sincerely, dent debt to pay off than our parents did. All Our features columns will aim to shed on all things Star Wars. Wrapping up the Catherine Perloff, Editor-in-Chief in all, my nervousness about the future seems light on unique perspectives at Tufts. week for Arts on Thursdays is Julian Blatt Mary Carroll, Managing Editor justified. On Mondays Ross Sonnenblick is writ- with his column “Tufts Creatives.” Each Zachary Hertz, Managing Editor But maybe we’re asking ourselves the ing “The Tuftonian Dream,” where he week, Julian will interview a Tufts student Ellah Nzikoba, Production Director wrong questions. The job market has adapted will interview various students about from a different artistic discipline who is Arman Smigielski, Associate Editor to prior technological change, from industri- their dreams. Tuesdays will have “The currently creating something. alization to the internet, but this time around could be different. Automation of lower-level jobs has the potential to make the world a bet- CARTOON ter place by increasing the demand for high- skilled human labor and reducing inequality. I’m an optimist, but there are certainly enough skeptics to balance out my point of view. Either way, fundamental societal change is on the horizon, and it will affect our institutions and norms on a structural level. Masayoshi Son, the CEO of Softbank, believes that thirty years from now, smart robots will equal or outnum- ber human beings on this planet. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have publicly jousted over whether or not artificial intelligence will precipitate the apocalypse. The singularity, the moment when machine intelligence surpass- es human intelligence, could indeed be near (the year 2045 is a popular estimate). Being qualified for a job now does not translate into being qualified for a whole career. By the time we’re ready to move on from our first jobs or graduate schools, our long- term concerns will be completely different. Google’s Pixel Buds, competitor to Apple’s AirPod headphones, can translate foreign lan- guages in real time. This is my favorite fact to recall when I’m frustrated with the liberal arts language requirement. Wouldn’t our resources be better spent requiring students to learn the fundamentals of computer science than on rote memorization of a skill that has already been automated? Although academic insti- tutions have done a great deal of research on automation, schools and students alike could do much more to account for it in everyday decision-making and implementa- tion. On a university level, we have to think bigger. Curriculum requirements and career counseling must find a way to preempt, rath- er than react, to technological change. Every member of the Tufts community should be thinking about their role within it and how we can fundamentally change our institutions to mirror our fundamentally changing world. As Tufts students, though, perhaps we can find some peace in the idea that our tendencies to plan our careers forty years in advance are decidedly futile.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL Arlo Moore-Bloom The Equalizer Tufts splits weekend results against Amherst and Who’s who in the Hamilton USSF presidential election? ans and pundits alike have com- pared the 2018 United States Soccer Federation (USSF) pres- idential race to the 2016 U.S. Fpresidential election. At first glance, the two frontrunners — Kathy Carter and Eric Wynalda — appear to reflect traits of and , respectively. Carter, the current President of Soccer United Marketing (SUM) — the commer- cial arm of Major League Soccer (MLS) — has been a member of the top brass in U.S. soc- cer for decades. With support from outgoing president Sunil Gulati and MLS commissioner Don Garber, her vague status quo campaign aims to “make soccer the leading sport in America.” Wynalda is a USSF outsider with main- ly playing and television broadcasting expe- rience. For many, Wynalda’s agitated, radical, populist campaign speaks for the soccer com- munities that have been overlooked by the U.S. Soccer establishment. Sounds familiar, no? But after careful investigation, Carter appears more Trump-like, and Wynalda appears, if anything, more in the vein of Bernie Sanders. Similar to Trump’s questionable con- flicts of interest, SUM — Carter’s employer —

RACHEL HARTMAN / THE TUFTS DAILY has a close relationship with USSF, which has Sophomore Miles Bowser drives towards the basket in a home game against Hamilton in Cousens Gym on Feb. 2. raised eyebrows for years. For example, since the USSF exempts from its conflicts-of-interest policy “any … affili- by Ryan Eggers the game, which wasn’t enough to the Mammoths came up with a buck- ated member of U.S. Soccer,” members of Assistant Sports Editor keep up with an offensive power like et to tie the score, the Jumbos came for-profit companies like SUM vote on USSF Hamilton. Tufts put together a decent right back with a score of their own. policies that can directly benefit the very same With its regular season and NESCAC defensive effort, holding Hamilton Free-throw shooting might have been companies. This grants members the power schedule coming to a close, the Tufts below its season averages in points the difference, as Tufts converted all to grow their companies while limiting their men’s basketball team squared off per game, field goal percentage (40.4 seven of its attempts from the charity competitors. against Amherst and Hamilton on percent vs. a season-average of 46.2 strike in the final three minutes, while Carter recently stated that the U.S. Open Friday and Saturday, finishing the percent) and three-point percentage Amherst went 2-for-4. The Mammoths’ Cup, the oldest club soccer competition in the weekend with a win and a loss. (18.2 percent compared to 36.2 per- trips to the line could have either tied U.S., should be partly owned by MLS, an orga- On Saturday, the Jumbos hosted the cent), but the shots just weren’t falling the game or cut their deficit to one, nization she works with through SUM. As the No. 21 Hamilton Continentals (19–2) in on its own end. but both times they missed a free USSF president, would she be unbiased and what was likely their biggest remain- “We’ve been struggling with bring- throw. Tufts sealed the 60–56 victory treat all soccer organizations equally, regardless ing test on the regular season docket. ing the energy every given night,” with two clutch free throws by soph- of their relationship with the USSF? In an inter- Hamilton is by far the best offensive Savage said. “Other teams seem to be omore center Patrick Racy with a few view with ESPN that raised these issues, Carter team in the NESCAC, scoring an aver- out-energizing us, and you can’t win a seconds remaining. pivoted to explain the financial benefits of SUM age of 87.7 points per game. lot of basketball games if you’re being “Down the stretch [at Amherst] we and the cozy relationship with the USSF. While the Jumbos didn’t allow the outworked.” were able to play good solid defense,” Wynalda seeks to disrupt these conflicts Continentals to reach that number, On Friday, the Amherst Mammoths Savage said. “It’s been a staple of our game of interest. they still struggled to keep up with the (14–7) came to town for a gritty, down- the past few weeks, which is something “I propose a threat to a monopoly because visitors’ high-octane offense. The first to-the-wire matchup that ended with that we didn’t really expect to be a staple of that’s what this is,” he said in a recent inter- half started slow, with neither team the hosts on top, 60–56. Neither team ours at the beginning of the year.” view with . scoring until about two and a half shot particularly well — Amherst Pace’s spectacular scoring night Currently, only MLS franchises can com- minutes into the first half. The squads knocked down 34.8 percent of its field ended with a game-high 27 points. pete in the top professional tier of U.S. Soccer, remained close throughout the half: goal attempts, which slightly topped He also contributed eight rebounds which is why Wynalda calls it a monopo- the largest lead by either team was a Tufts’ mark of 33.8 percent. As such, the and four assists. Other notable per- ly. That’s what Wynalda seeks to undertake mere six-point advantage by Hamilton. game came down to pure determination formances included Racy, who put up through the implementation of promotion The teams headed to the locker room and some clutch free throws, the latter six points and eight boards in 20 min- and relegation (pro/rel), a league system used with the Continentals up 29–25. of which Tufts converted at a higher rate utes, and senior guard and co-captain globally that stimulates investment through The Jumbos’ lack of shooting came (12-of-16 vs. Amherst’s 5-of-10). Everett Dayton, who posted a line of financial incentives. to haunt them in the latter half of The teams traded buckets through- nine points, three boards and two Carter has stated that pro/rel “is not a the game. While they held their own out a hotly contested first half. assists. viable option at this time,” because profes- throughout the first 10 minutes of the Senior guard and co-captain Vincent “[Pace] kind of carried us,” senior sional leagues are still developing. As MLS second period, the team started unrav- Pace dropped 13 of his game-high 27 guard and co-captain Thomas Lapham enters its 23rd season, however, the North eling as Hamilton’s offense came to life. points in the first half, as Tufts went said. “He was making a lot of big buck- American Soccer League (NASL), a lower-tier After sophomore guard Eric Savage’s into halftime with a 29–24 lead. ets down the stretch.” league, has sued USSF over alleged antitrust three-pointer cut the Jumbos’ deficit The second half was just as back- The Jumbos are now 16–7 in the violations. to one with 14 minutes remaining, the and-forth, with both teams holding year, with a 5–4 record in the NESCAC. Wynalda’s record is not unblemished. His Continentals pulled away on a 25–10 leads for a few minutes at a time. The They have one game remaining on their campaign is partially funded by Ricardo Silva, run that put the game out of reach. It Jumbos appeared to be in danger with regular season schedule, as the Trinity the owner of a NASL franchise and media ended 74–57. five minutes to go, as the Mammoths Bantams (14–7, 3–4 NESCAC) come to company behemoth MP & Silva, which also “We kind of let them get away from grabbed a 50–46 advantage. However, town on Sunday before the conference suggests possible conflicts of interest. us,” Savage said. “They killed us on Pace nailed a three-pointer and con- tournament begins in mid-February. the offensive glass and got a lot of sec- verted an and-one layup in successive “Our tournament starts this week- Arlo Moore-Bloom is an assistant sports ond-chance opportunities.” possessions to give Tufts a 52–50 lead. end against Trinity,” Lapham said. “We editor at the Daily. He is a first-year who Overall, Tufts shot just 24.1 per- Tufts did not relinquish its lead just have to take it weekend-by-week- has not yet declared a major. Arlo can be cent (14-for-58) from the field during for the rest of the game. Any time end and win.” reached at [email protected].