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Coffee in the cards: Knights Move Café promises cus- TUFTS FOOTBALL tomers board games and lattes Football heads to Trinity see ARTS&LIVING / PAGE 4 match seeking revenge Pizza and Polyhack: see what’s happening this SEE SPORTS / BACK PAGE weekend on the hill see ARTS&LIVING / PAGE 5 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXXII, NUMBER 25 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 tuftsdaily.com Writer Amy Wilentz discusses Haiti in ‘Free Thinkers’ lecture series by Luke Briccetti Wilentz also discussed being present Contributing Writer as the country underwent its subsequent uprising. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute “I’ve seen a lot of death by machete, (LLI) hosted the second installment and it’s not something you ever want to of its “Free Thinkers” lecture series see,” she said. Thursday night in Barnum Hall featuring As the lecture progressed, Wilentz author and journalist Amy Wilentz. moved into vivid descriptions of the Wilentz’s lecture, entitled “Dependence country she grew to know, such as the and Liberty: What’s at Stake for Haiti” was senses evoked by walking through the centered around Wilentz’s experiences streets of Port-au-Prince, from the in Haiti, ranging from the large topic smell of Haitian cooking, which Wilentz of humanitarian missteps to detailed describes as French cuisine with spice, to descriptions of powerful “charcoal ladies” brooding charcoal merchants who dou- who sell fuel to the community. bled as priestesses and neighborhood After an introduction from Osher leaders. LLI Director David Fechtor, Wilentz Wilentz’s descriptions of Haiti seemed began by first discussing her introduc- to surprise audience members who were tion to Haiti. While working on what she more familiar with an image of the coun- described as “boring stories” for Time try as given by news sources that focus RACHAEL MEYER / THE TUFTS DAILY Magazine, she began to look into the Amy Wilentz speaks during a lecture as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts’ coverage on Haiti’s natural disasters and files on Haiti of the former Time reporter “Free Thinkers” lecture series in Barnum Hall on Oct. 13. political upheavals. for the country. Her interest was piqued, As Wilentz moved from Haiti’s history she decided to learn Haitian Creole and Haitian President-for-Life and perpe- France in the dead of night in 1986. to its tumultuous relations with both the began her journey in Haiti. trator of crimes against humanity Jean- “Airplanes don’t take off at three in the United States and France, the theme of Wilentz discussed at length her expe- Claude Duvalier, colloquially known as morning in Haiti, so the entire city knew rience arriving in Haiti exactly when Baby Doc, was fleeing the country for he had left,” Wilentz said. see HAITI, page 2 TTS creates intiatives supporting Cyber Security Awareness Month by Anar Kansara “Cyber-security awareness is a shared Contributing Writer responsibility,” she said. According to Koppel, there are two Tufts Technology Services (TTS) is aim- main challenges in cyber-security aware- ing to raise awareness among students ness that TTS is attempting to address. to help them stay safe online and inform The first is informing students on how them of services available to keep cyber to maintain their devices and keep them accounts secure as a part of National Cyber- safe, and the second is helping students Security Awareness Month this October, recognize that everybody is a target for TTS Manager of Service Marketing and hackers, she said. Communications Christine Fitzgerald said. “They’re looking for anybody … National Cyber-Security Awareness any account they can get, even email Month was first created in 2004 to give accounts, and turn into an advan- people the knowledge and resourc- tage,” Koppel said. NICHOLAS PFOSI / THE TUFTS DAILY The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy on Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus, pictured here es needed to stay safe online and to The awareness campaign offers sug- on Oct. 14, 2014, is hosting a conference focused on the future of Greece from Oct. 13-14. secure their devices and accounts gestions to students to keep their devic- against attacks, according to Director of es safe including upgrading software, Information Security Lorna Koppel. using different passwords for different Fletcher School hosts conference In past years, efforts by TTS to spread accounts, securing emails sent externally awareness regarding cyber-security had and using two-step verification process- to discuss future of Greece, Europe been relatively light, Koppel said. es, Fitzgerald said. “Cyber-security awareness at Tufts Koppel said that avoiding phishing by Hermes Suen ence, titled “Greece’s Turn? Litmus Test has been fairly low key over the years attempts is also crucial to maintaining Contributing Writer for Europe.” with posters, announcements [and] guest internet security. According to Koppel, Organized by the Institute for Business talks, but we’re really trying to step up our phishing is a trick used by hackers to steal Fletcher students are gathering this in the Global Context (IBGC) at Fletcher, efforts this year,” Koppel said. information through fake webpages that weekend for a conference with foreign the two-day conference began yester- Through its efforts, TTS is aiming to resemble real, secure ones. leaders, historians and CEOs to discuss day with a closed-door session. Today’s educate the community on what it means TTS is also trying to acquire more the economic, political and social issues programming includes panel discus- to be cyber-aware in order to pass that free or affordable anti-virus software for affecting Greece, as well as Greece’s role sions featuring former Prime Minister information on to others, according to in the Eurozone. Attendees are gathering Fitzgerald. see TECH, page 2 at Breed Memorial Hall for the confer- see GREECE, page 2 Contact Us Please For breaking news, our content archive and recycle this exclusive content, visit P.O. Box 53018, newspaper Medford, MA 02155 NEWS............................................1 COMICS ......................................6 tuftsdaily.com 617 627 3090 ARTS & LIVING ......................4 SPORTS ........................... BACK Sunny FAX 617 627 3910 /thetuftsdaily @tuftsdaily tuftsdaily tuftsdaily 59 / 38 [email protected] 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Friday, October 14, 2016 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY Wilentz explores challenges of humanitarian aid in Haiti ARIN KERSTEIN HAITI Editor-in-Chief continued from page 1 EDITORIAL her bittersweet relationship with foreign Sophie Lehrenbaum aid emerged. Jake Taber Wilentz was both critical and sym- Managing Editors pathetic to the institution of foreign Evan Sayles Associate Editor aid in Haiti. To highlight the contra- diction between the romanticization Kathleen Schmidt Executive News Editor of donation and actually providing aid, Gil Jacobson News Editors Melissa Kain she shared a tale from her 2013 book Robert Katz “Farewell Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Liam Knox Catherine Perloff Haiti,” of when a student group posted Jei-Jei Tan on its website saying that it had “an awe- Hannah Uebele Joe Walsh some adventure in Haiti.” Juliana Furgala Assistant News Editors “Your disaster, our resume-builder!” Jesse Najarro Danny Nelson Wilentz said. From her multiple stories about white RACHAEL MEYER / THE TUFTS DAILY Miranda Willson Executive Features Editor journalists and aid workers making mis- David Fechtor, director of the Life Long learning Institute program, introduces Amy Wilentz Constantinos Angelakis Features Editors takes and experiencing triumphs, Wilentz in Barnum Hall on Oct. 13. Nina Joung Becca Leibowitz makes it clear that there was no one answer, or potentially any answers at The statement was both a description “expert in Haiti” while being from subur- Justin Krakoff Executive Arts Editor all, to the challenges aid workers face of her views on how the rest of the world ban New Jersey. John Gallagher Arts Editors Eran Sabaner in Haiti. should educate themselves on Haitian “Unless you know the charcoal lady in Isaac Brown Assistant Arts Editors “Haiti is not for amateurs,” she repeat- culture before interacting with it, and the corner, it’s very hard to get things done Jocelyn Contreras Alison Epstein ed often. her trepidation at being considered an in a proper and respectful way,” she said. Elliot Storey Emma Henderson Executive Op-Ed Editor Shannon Geary Cartoonists Stephen Dennison Comp Sci professor hosts password cracking contest Allie Merola Miranda Chavez Editorialists TECH In addition to online efforts, Fitzgerald been involved in security for ten years Frances DeFreitas Eriko Koide continued from page 1 said that TTS is also hosting more inter- and has advocated for bridging the gap Anita Ramaswamy students in order to protect against com- active opportunities to increase aware- between computer science technology Noah Weinflash puter malware, she said. ness such as an two-hour open house and policy, he said. To make students more aware about in Eaton Hall on Oct. 31 and an “online “Tech people don’t talk to policy mak- Phillip Goldberg Executive Sports Editor Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editors cyber-security issues on a day-to-day scavenger hunt” for answers to questions ers and vice versa,” Chow said. Maddie Payne scale, TTS is planning on implement- surrounding cyber security. Chow said he has recently collaborat- Eddie Samuels Maclyn Senear ing small initiatives around campus and Ming Chow, senior lecturer in ed with the Fletcher School of Law and Josh Slavin online, Koppel said. the Department of Computer Science, Diplomacy in creating a course on cyber Noah Smith Assistant Sports Editor According to Koppel, TTS is in the pro- has also joined awareness efforts, by cre- security and cyber warfare for the spring Max Lalanne Executive Photo Editor cess of creating a mobile app in addition ating Crack Me if You Can, an annual of 2017 in order to further discussion on Mia Lambert Photo Administrator to the regular Tufts mobile app to fur- password cracking contest open to all cyber security.