The Tufts Daily Volume Lxxi, Number 29

TUFTS BASKETBALL ‘Full House’ spinoff ‘Fuller House’ stays true to spirit of Men’s basketball wins first-ever hit ‘90s show see ARTS AND LIVING / PAGE 7 NCAA Regional at Cousens, women win fifth-straight Regional Tufts Black Freedom Trail provides insight into often- SEE SPORTS / BACK PAGE overlooked aspect of history see FEATURE / PAGE 5 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXXI, NUMBER 29 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2016 tuftsdaily.com #OurThreeBoys commemorates three Sudanese- Alumni speak American victims about media industry, careers at annual ‘On the Air’ event by Daniel Nelson Contributing Writer The Film and Media Studies (FMS) program and the Career Center hosted the annual “On the Air: Media Careers for the Networked Generation” event, where Tufts alumni spoke about their careers in the media industry, last Friday afternoon. The event featured a keynote panel, two panel sessions and an opportunity for students and alumni to mingle and network. Approximately 50 people gathered for the keynote panel discussion between alumni involved in the production of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013). FMS Co-Director Julie Dobrow opened the key- ALEX KNAPP / THE TUFTS DAILY Nazifa Sarawat speaks as a member of the Tufts Muslim Student Association about the killings in Indiana note with a short clip featuring actor David Costabile (LA ’89) as Breaking Bad char- by Gil Jacobson messages include, “I hope that some- Nazifa Sarawat, a Muslim Student’s acter Gale Boetticher. Dobrow intro- Assistant News Editor day we can live in a world with jus- Association board member, who duced the three panel members: Sharon Tufts students gathered in Hotung tice…,” “Words like ‘unjust’ do not shared her thoughts as a member of Hall (J ’86), president of Endemic Shine Café on Friday to commemorate the even begin to cover it. You will not be the Tufts Muslim community. Studios, Alexander Marin (LA ’92), exec- lives of three Sudanese-American forgotten. Rest in Peace. Rest in Power. “It’s a beautiful thing. But it can be utive vice president of international dis- men who were murdered in Fort Rest Easy” and “I pray for Justice and so ugly. And that ugliness can be any- tribution for Sony Pictures Television, and Wayne, Indiana on Feb. 24 — 23 year- that Peace and Love is Restored.” where,” Sarawat, a junior, said of being Costabile, who Skyped into the discus- old Mohamedtaha Omar, 20 year-old First-years Ayotola Onipede and a Muslim in America. sion from his home in Brooklyn. Adam Kamel Mekki and 17 year-old Muna Mohamed then spoke about the Senior David Asamoah-Duodu Hall, who participated in the develop- Muhannad Adam Tairab. murders in Indiana, noting that all then recited a Christian prayer ment of Breaking Bad, explained that she The purpose of the event, titled “Our three men were American and black, to remember one of the Sudanese- was an early advocate for the television Three Boys – Day of Remembrance,” was two of them were Muslim and one American victims, who was Christian. show, which was originally difficult to to “start having conversations about was Christian. They continued to read Before the event’s conclusion, soph- sell to networks. She said that she helped the intersections between racism and aloud a statement commemorating the omore Rebecca Antwi presented a spo- orchestrate its move from FX to rival net- Islamophobia” following these mur- lives of the three men. ken word poem. work AMC, which did not sit well with FX ders, according to the Facebook event. “Let us remember that all black lives “We cannot raise the dead,” executives. Hall said that in regards to the According to a Feb. 28 article in matter, and you being here truly shows Antwi said. “Only give them some show’s tenuous and unauthorized sale, the the Washington Post, the three men that,” Mohamed said. respect… so until then, there should mentality was, “Let’s not ask for permis- were from a predominately Muslim Muslim Chaplain Celene Ibrahim be an outcry.” sion, let’s beg for forgiveness.” community and were killed “execu- then gave an address to attendees. The event concluded with closing At AMC, the show underwent a series tion-style.” The article also quoted Rusty “We can not stay in despair because remarks from Joanah Sylla and Sara of budget cuts that reorganized plot points York, Fort Wayne’s public safety director, staying in despair leads to inaction,” Arman. and forced the series setting to relocate who told WPTA-TV that there is “no Ibrahim said. “But we can’t be over- “[Just] because the person sitting from Pasadena, California to the more reason to believe this was any type of ly hopeful… There’s a middle ground next to you may not have the same tax-friendly Albuquerque, New Mexico, hate crime or focused because of their somewhere.” skin or face as you, doesn’t mean that Hall explained. religion or their nationality whatsoever.” After that, junior Karynne Campbell they should be anything less than the Though critically-acclaimed from the Referencing this quote, Friday’s “Our spoke as a member of the black stu- person you hold closest to you,” Sylla, beginning, Hall said that Breaking Bad’s Three Boys” event intended to ampli- dent community on campus. a first-year, said. viewership struggles prompted AMC to fy #OurThreeBoys and their stories, “Our community as well as the Arman, also a first-year, encouraged cancel it after the first season. She said according to the event description. American population has failed to rec- people to sign a petition asking that she and others fought back, telling AMC At the event, attendees were invited ognize the intersectionality of racism the death of these three men not be leadership, “Not only are you not going to to write down their thoughts, prayers due to skin color and racism due to considered gang violence by default cancel the show, you are going to renew and messages of love on Post-it Notes beliefs,” Campbell said. because none of the men were associ- to place on a poster board. Examples of Campbell was followed by ated with any gangs. see MEDIA CAREERS , page 2 For breaking news, our content archive and Contact Us Please P.O. 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BACK 51 / 34 [email protected] 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Monday, March 7, 2016 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY VISITING the hill THIS WEEK and Justice Studies program, Consortium of SARAH ZHENG 7 TODAY 8 TUESDAY Editor-in-Chief “Imagining synthetic biology futures “CeCe McDonald & Joshua Allen: Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora. and making them real” #BlackExcellenceTour” EDITORIAL Details: As a part of the inaugural Details: First-year Elise Sommers and 10 THURSDAY Nicholas Golden “Technoscience and the State” course, senior Renee’ Vallejo have partnered to “Upheaval” symposium with artists Mengqi Sun several professionals will be dis- bring Joshua Allen, a black transgen- Managing Editors Marcelo Brodsky and Jorge Tacla cussing their experiences in the syn- der-feminine organizer and abolitionist, Details: Artists Marcelo Brodsky and Jorge Nicholas Pfosi Associate Editor thetic biology field. Guest speakers and CeCe McDonald, a black transgender Tacla of the Tufts Art Gallery’s “Upheaval” Arin Kerstein Executive News Editor Isha Fahad News Editors include Christina Agapakis, creative woman activist, to campus as part of their exhibition will be speaking on a panel Abby Feldman director at Ginkgo Bioworks, Kevin spring #BlackExcellenceTour. McDonald and with two Boston-area historians to discuss Melissa Kain Sophie Lehrenbaum Esvelt, assistant professor at MIT Media Allen will share their insights on issues related the historical connections between American Emma Steiner Lab, Rebecca Wilbanks, a PhD student to black and transgender individuals. civil rights issues and South American human Ariel Barbieri-Aghib Assistant News Editors Kyle Blacklock at Stanford University, and Sam Weiss When and Where: 7:00 to 8:30 rights issues. Gil Jacobson Evans, lecturer of the “Technoscience p.m., Alumnae Lounge When and Where: 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., Tufts Robert Katz Liam Knox and the State” class. Sponsors: Tufts Queer Students Association, University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center Catherine Perloff When and Where: 3:00 to 4:15 the LGBT Center, Loving Ourselves as Queer Sponsors: Tufts University Art Gallery, Vibhav Prakasam Hannah Uebele p.m., Room 206, Eaton Hall Students of Color in Action (LOQSOCA), Tufts Arts, Sciences and Engineering Diversity John “Joe” Walsh Sponsor: Science, Technology and Students for Justice in Palestine, Women’s, Fund, Latin American Studies Program, Kendall Todd Executive Features Editor Society program Gender and Sexuality Studies program, Consortium on Race, Colonialism and Nicole Brooks Features Editors International Relations program, Peace Diaspora. Nina Joung Jake Taber Diane Alexander Assistant Features Editors Constantinos Angelakis Emily Cheng Alumni discuss media careers in day-long event Emma R. Rosenthal John Gallagher Executive Arts Editor MEDIA CAREERS At the news breakout session “The cess: How to develop a series for tele- Lancy Downs Arts Editors Justin Krakoff continued from page 1 Spin Zone: Making and Shaping the vision” and “From Pitch to Production: Josh Podolsky it until it reaches its natural conclusion.” News,” Neal Shapiro (LA ’80), president Movies and Features,” according to the Jonah Allon Assistant Arts Editors Cassidy Olsen The show ultimately continued for anoth- and CEO of public television network Eventbrite page. Eran Sabaner er four seasons. WNET, spoke to students about the chal- Nancy Glass (J ’77), the owner of Hannah Hoang Executive Op-Ed Editor Marin, who spearheaded the devel- lenges of the journalism industry.

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