WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ‘Rent’ still shines on 20th anniversary tour Jumbos usher in new era see ARTS&LIVING / PAGE 3 under coach Pace Women’s cross country finishes runner-up at NESCAC SEE SPORTS / BACK PAGE Championship, touts two All-Conference players see SPORTS / PAGE 5 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 HE UFTS AILY VOLUME LXXVIII, ISSUE 48T T D MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019 tuftsdaily.com Fletcher hosts the Women’s Leadership Award Ceremony by Stephanie Rifkin straight line from that to investigative journal- Contributing Writer ism. Even more importantly, this was the most diverse student body I’ve ever been a part of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and probably the most diverse group of people hosted the sixth annual Fletcher Women’s that I’ve ever existed in, and that forces you Leadership Award (FWLA) ceremony last night. to listen. If you’re a reporter and not listening, At the ceremony, Fletcher alumnae Karoun you’re not getting the story,” she said. Demirjian (F’06) and Siobhan MacDermott She also highlighted the importance of hon- (F’13) were honored for making a meaningful oring a reporter in an academic space like this impact in the world through their careers. and continuing to support journalism as much Demirjian, who graduated from the Fletcher as possible. School with her Master of Arts in law and “I think it’s really great that Fletcher is hon- diplomacy in 2006, was honored first for her oring a reporter this year. Attitudes are clearly contributions as a reporter for the Washington changing in this political time and in this inter- Post. Alice Finn, chair of the FWLA Committee, net age, I think people are starting to come highlighted aspects of Demirjian’s career, such around to the idea that having well sourced as her correspondence in Israel, the West information quickly turned around is import- Bank and Gaza for the Associated Press and ant,” she said. her work covering the conflict in Ukraine. Demirjian closed her talk by calling on the Currently, Demirjian is focusing on the House crowd to support journalism by subscribing to of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry into their local media outlets. AUSTIN CLEMENTI / THE TUFTS DAILY President Donald Trump. The second honoree, MacDermott, grad- Karoun Demirjian (F ‘06), a Congressional reporter for the Washington Post, discusses her Demirjian began her speech declaring that uated in 2013 with a global Master of Arts experience as a reporter, accepting the Fletcher Women’s Leadership Award in Cabot 207 on she doesn’t see herself as model alumna to in law and diplomacy. She currently works Nov. 14. receive a career award. as vice chairperson of global and corpo- the world, and really being able to sit and lis- where nearly as successfully beforehand,” “Basically, I spent my first few years after rate investment banking at Bank of America. ten to them and understand their concerns MacDermott said. Fletcher just trying to hang on and assuming Like Demirjian, MacDermott credited her about how things are being done made me MacDermott also specifically addressed massive amounts of debt,” she said, noting that Fletcher education for the skills it gave her to rethink everything,” MacDermott said. the issues that she’s faced as a woman in a she had difficulty holding down a journalism effectively do her job. When she started to work at Bank of America male-dominated industry. job for years after graduating. “As I walked into the room at Fletcher, I in a position concerned with cyber public poli- “I don’t think [there] was probably a more Demirjian credits the education she received looked around and realized that I was one cy, the Fletcher School alumni network helped male-dominated profession out there [than at Fletcher for helping her find her way to even- of two people that came from the corpo- her succeed. financial services]. But it is changing. You’re tually being a foreign correspondent, and then rate world in the program. When we sat “I have people all over the world I could starting to see more women at the top and to covering events in Washington, D.C. in our groups, and we tried to apply these call and say, ‘Hey, what’s going on? Can you more women in leadership positions and more “Nobody comes to the Fletcher School corporate world policies, especially from tell me what’s happening in your country? gender parity in boardrooms, but it’s still diffi- because they want a preordained path, but it Wall Street on how to get stuff done, it didn’t How are people thinking about this? What’s cult,” she said. does give you the tools to be able to carve out really work. I learned so much from my going on over here? How do we piece all The event closed with a question and your own. I learned how to question the status classmates. We had people from NGOs, we these pieces together?’ which was some- answer session with the Dean of the Fletcher quo here and really, really dig. You can draw a had people from governments from all over thing I wouldn’t have been able to do any- School Rachel Kyte. Heginbotham speaks about war games at inaugural Applied IR Speaker Series by Matthew McGovern The Applied IR Speaker Series aims at RAND Corporation and the Council on He also recounted the wargames Assistant News Editor encouraging creative thinking in interna- Foreign Relations, two think tanks which and simulations that Japan conducted tional relations (IR) students, especially focus on policy. in preparation for World War II which Disclaimer: Kevin Doherty is an assistant as it pertains to career paths, according to “In the lead-up to World War I, war showed that Japan would lose the war. features editor at the Tufts Daily. He was an introduction by senior Kevin Doherty, games were used by all the major powers to Heginbotham noted that sound analy- not involved in the writing or editing of this president of the IR Student Advisory Board. develop war plans. Perhaps the best docu- ses and simulations are quite frequently article. Heginbotham’s talk was focused around mented use of war games to date was done ignored by policy makers. Research scientist and specialist in wargaming and war simulation, which by the U.S. Naval War College during the He went on to describe the effectiveness Asian security issues Eric Heginbotham have developed into integral tools in mod- interwar years,” Heginbotham said. of war games and simulations during the spoke last night at the Cheryl Chase ern warfare. These games covered a wide variety Gulf War as well as during the Cold War. Center in the first installment of the Despite risks and pitfalls associated of factors such as attrition, supplies and “All U.S. Service branches run what they call international relations (IR) depart- with these war games and simulations, the tactical importance of various bases. ‘futurist games,’ though I have only participat- ment’s Applied IR Speaker Series. He Heginbotham said that he was a believer Heginbotham emphasized their applica- ed in the Air Force ones,” Heginbotham said. currently works at the MIT Center for in their effectiveness. His expertise in the tion in the Pacific theater in the lead-up to International Studies. field comes from his work at both the World War II. see APPLIED IR, page 2 For breaking news, our content archive and Please Contact Us recycle this exclusive content, visit newspaper P.O. 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BACK Sunny [email protected] /thetuftsdaily @tuftsdaily tuftsdaily tuftsdaily 52 / 23 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Friday, November 15, 2019 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY New speaker series shows IR majors career paths JESSICA BLOUGH Editor in Chief APPLIED IR how students of international relations can Celia Bottger, who is studying IR and EDITORIAL continued from page 1 enter the field. a member of the IR Student Advisory Ryan Eggers Justin Yu Towards the end of the discussion of Heginbotham detailed the variety Board, explained some of the objectives Managing Editors wargaming and simulation, Heginbotham of ideological affiliations of think tanks, of the Applied IR Speaker Series to the Mykhaylo Chumak Associate Editor concentrated on their application during funding sources and destinations for their Daily in an interview. the nuclear arms race in the second half of research. He emphasized that the nature of “Bringing in Heginbotham is part of an Austin Clementi Executive News Editor think tanks’ work largely hinges upon their Alejandra Carrillo News Editors the 20th century. effort to bring in people that work in the Connor Dale More specifically, he made the point that sources of funding. field to campus and allow students of inter- Abbie Gruskin Liza Harris analyses have become increasingly compli- Heginbotham closed with two pieces national relations to hear from them about Robert Kaplan Elie Levine cated because nuclear warfare is no longer of advice: that students should study a relevant careers,” Bottger, a senior, said. Natasha Mayor an issue solely between the United States breadth of subjects, and that they should Lionel Oh, a member of the IR Student Alexander Thompson Daniel Weinstein and the Soviet Union. not limit their scope of their job search Advisory Board, echoed these sentiments. Andres Borjas Assistant News Editors Bella Maharaj The last portion of Heginbotham’s talk solely to think tanks. Despite his extensive “The most important aspect of this Matthew McGovern Sara Renkert was dedicated to what he called the “think background in think tanks, Heginbotham series is having speakers talk about their Noah Richter tank world” and the different types of func- also encouraged students to consider look- experience applying international rela- Jilly Rolnick Anton Shenk tions, funding structures and goals that var- ing to academic institutions for work in tions education on an everyday level,“ Fina Short Executive Features Editor ious think tanks have.