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No More Noro: Norovirus outbreak is on the decline TCU Senate Education Committee looks to initiate new language minors

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Approximately 72 students were infected with Norovirus last week, according to Margaret Higham, director of Tufts Health Service. She noted that the number of cases is decreasing and that she did not expect to hear of new cases emerging. Higham explained that this approximation may be an underestimation because some students are treated through Tufts Athletics, and others do not seek assistance from Health Service at all throughout their illness. Health Service sent out an email announcement on Feb. 11 notifying the student body of a Norovirus outbreak. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Norovirus can be transmitted through contaminated food, water or surfaces and through person-to-person or fecal matter. Symptoms of the virus include vomiting and diarrhea. A common source for the initial cases of the recent outbreak remains unknown, Higham said. “There is no indication that it comes from one specific location,” she said. “And it’s interesting it’s happening at the same time that there’s a sharp increase in Norovirus cases in Boston area.” She said that students who were diagnosed with the virus were told to stay in bed and given sick bags. She also said that there is medication that Health Service can give to some, but not all, affected individuals to ease the nausea. A large supply of sick bags had been distributed to students after the department had already ordered more bags and Tufts Emergency Medical Service (TEMS) received a number of bags as well, she said. Health Service and TEMS are two of many departments that have been working to address the Norovirus outbreak, Higham said, explaining that an interdepartmental approach was coordinated to address the outbreak with an emergency plan created by the university earlier in the academic year. The university-wide Norovirus response plan involves departments such as Dining Service, the Tufts University Police Department, the Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) and Athletics, among others, she said. Prevalence of the virus continues to decline as a result of these interdepartmental efforts across campus to limit student exposure to fecal matter and vomit. According to Facilities Services’ Director Gary Hill, Facilities has been

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working with ResLife to ensure proper sanitation in common areas, dining areas and living spaces on campus in order to prevent further spread of the virus. He said that Facilities Services has been working on frequent bathroom sanitation since the outbreak, noting that janitors have been cleaning bathrooms twice a day, rather than once a day per usual. “The chemicals that we use [regularly] are ones that kill Norovirus,” Hills said. Additionally, she noted that ResLife has designated restrooms, stalls and sinks specifically for the use of only infected students in order to contain the virus. Janitors then sanitize common surfaces, such as doorknobs, handles and other bathroom fixtures, and

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clean stalls twice a day. The janitors are given extra time to disinfect bathrooms and are paid for that extra time, he said. Higham added that Health Service’s current efforts involve prevention of the virus and education techniques surrounding it. She added that in response to last week’s outbreak, the department has been working on preventing the spread by educating students about the virus. Education about the virus’ behavior, mode of transmission, symptoms and hygienic practices have helped lessen the number of new cases, she said. “What we do for [infected individuals] here at Health Service is number one educate them,” Higham said. “[We tell them,] ‘this is what you have, and this is what you can expect.'”

After conducting a survey earlier this month to gauge student interest in major and minor programs, the Tufts Community Union ( TCU) Senate Education Committee is working to use survey results to advocate for the creation of new major and minor programs for undergraduate students. According to Rati Srinivasan, chair of the Education Committee, areas emphasized in the 268 survey responses were language minor programs, the Cognitive and Brain Studies and Linguistics minor programs and the creation of a new urban studies major. TCU Senator Chris Leaverton has been leading the push for the creation of minors in both Spanish and French, which he said survey respondents emphasized as an academic priority. The Department of Romance Languages does not currently offer minors in either Spanish or French for students in the School of Arts and Sciences. Special minor programs are available, however, for students in the School of Engineering, according to the department website. “I understand there would have to be some kinks worked out, but how I see it is that if you offer this, it would be a more viable option for some students who can’t maybe major in Spanish or can’t study abroad to get all those classes but still be able to get a Spanish or French component,” Leaverton, a firstyear, said. Srinivasan, a sophomore, noted that the committee has encountered more resistance than expected throughout the process of recommending these changes. “It would seem that something that increases a student’s educational opportunities, while not seeming to be that much of a burden to particular departments, should be something that is much more easily accepted, but as

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continued from page 1 we’ve figured out we’ve been met with a lot of pushback,” she said. Pedro Ángel Palou, chair of the Department of Romance Languages, said that the department is open to working with the Education Committee on its initiatives. Palou emphasized that he and the faculty of the Department of Romance Languages are willing to listen to what the Education Committee and what students are requesting. “We work very close to student projects and student initiatives, and we are willing to hear and to work towards one of those initiatives, and if it’s the minor we will obviously start talking and thinking what will be the benefits, and the pros and the cons, because sometimes you don’t know the cons you just think, ‘I just want the minor,’ but you don’t know the cons,” he said. Palou explained that a key first step is figuring out and defining what a minor program would look like in order to ensure that it has the necessary components of both culture and language. He outlined further steps he would like to take place if the committee continues to push for the creation of these minors.

“[Looking forward], we can see the creation first of a survey really trying to study if it’s just the interest of a group of students or the entire community, then [we need to ask] what does a minor involve and what type of minor will be suitable to a Tufts language-based education,” he said. Palou explained that he believes the majors in Spanish and French are more worthwhile and a better path for students to take. “I’m not discouraging the minor but I am trying to make a case now that you just need four more courses and you will be majoring and…it involves some intellectual effort [but] it’s just four courses more,” he said. “Then you will have a major, something that is really potent and strong from Tufts.” While Palou encourages majoring in language programs, he noted that the discussion for minors is not off the table. “I think that the most important path will be studying a major, but we’re willing to study and make a survey, for example, [to gauge interest in minors], but we need to do it on a larger scale, not because of the interest of two or three students,” he said. For this reason, Srinivasan spoke about the importance of student feedback in getting these initiatives created.

“We’re still very much working on all of these things and gaining as much student feedback as possible,” Srinivasan said. “It’s very helpful for any students that respond to the ‘TwoMinute Thursday’ surveys because that data is very much looked at by us and very much presented to the administration when we have these meetings.” She emphasized the significance in having students reaching out, commenting and speaking about their desires for possible minors. “As senators, we are meant to speak on behalf of the student body and find educational opportunities that the student body wants,” she said. “So by using exactly their quotes and their voices along with all the selections they made, it’s a much better representation then just us going in and saying what we think.” Leaverton also explained the importance of the student body voice in creating change. “In defense of the various departments, they don’t know that things should be changed in the minds of the students unless students talk about it,” Leaverton said. “The more and more that [students speak up] the more that the faculty will be open to the idea. But if no one’s demanding it, then there’s no point.”

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Tufts employees give to local charities through Neighborhood Service Fund

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Raising money from Tufts employees and choosing local charitable organizations to award grants of varying sums each year, the Tufts Neighborhood Service Fund (TNSF) provides supports for organizations where Tufts volunteers work at. This year, TNSF awarded $18,500 to 38 programs and projects in the four neighborhoods where Tufts has a major presence: Medford, Somerville, Grafton and Boston’s Chinatown. “About [20] years ago, we borrowed an idea from MIT for another giving option that would solicit money from faculty and staff, create a fund and then solicit grant proposals from non-profit organizations within our host communities,” Tufts Director of Community Relations Barbara Rubel, said. “Then that money that faulty and staff had given would be given out to these non-profit organizations in small grants.” Before the conception of TNSF, according to Rubel, Tufts has always had annual campaigns where it raises money from employees for certain causes. “Initially the money was raised just for United Way of Mass Bay,” Rubel said. “Back in about 1975 or 1976, under President Mayer, there was a decision made to expand the giving options, so faculty and staff could give to the United Way, or they could give to something called Community Works. And then the following year, another option was added, and then the following year, another, until this campaign was getting pretty robust with options for giving.” With this plurality of charities as options for donating, TNSF was created to streamline the process and is still in place and growing today. According to Rubel, when the fund began in November of 1995, TNSF raised $8,000 for its selected organizations; in 2015, this amount had grown to $18,500. According to a Feb. 1 article from the Somerville Times, TNSF received 53 grant proposals this year, which totaled more than $79,000 in requests. “The criteria are that the organization that applies has to be a not-for-profit, has to be located in or serve residents of [Medford, Somerville, Grafton, and/ or Boston’s Chinatown], and the organiza-

tions must have Tufts volunteers working with it,” Rubel said. According to TNSF 2015 Recipients page, the selection of organizations is based on “a desire to address the most pressing needs in the communities and to encourage expanded involvement of Tufts volunteers.” According to Rubel, once the Office of Community Relations and TNSF receive all the proposals, the Community Relations team and TNSF board have to figure out how to split up the donations. “We send them all the proposals in early December; we have one meeting, a marathon meeting and we decide how to divide up the money,” she said. “Community Relations administers the funds, but there are staff from the Boston campus and from the vet school and there are faculty, administrators and general staff who are on this committee.” The most recently awarded organizations include Medford’s English at Large, which is putting their grant money towards one-on-one tutoring programs, and Somerville’s YMCA Preschool, which received $500 for music enrichment programs. Medford’s Coalition for Arts, Culture and a Healthy Economy (CACHE), a former TNSF grant recipient, was awarded $300 this year. This summer, they plan to use the money to help fund their festival series. “We received a $300 grant this year, and it’s for our Circle the Square pro-

gram, which is our summer festival series in Medford Square,” President of CASHE Laurel Siegel said. “It’s a street festival of art and music and activities held throughout Medford Square on the third Thursdays in the summer months of June through August.” CASHE’s mission is to celebrate and promote the arts in Medford. “We’re a coalition of about 20 arts and culture organizations throughout Medford, and we collectively advocate for the arts and a vibrant community, bringing together the art and business world,” she said. “Our primary activities are large events and festivals. We have Circle the Square in the summer. In the fall we do the Mystic River Celebration at the Condon Shell.” Rubel said that many of the grant recipients are groups that petition for and receive funds from TNSF every year. “The proposals tend to come from the same organizations … year after year,” she said. “The largest grants go to food pantries and programs that serve really disadvantaged people or focus on the homeless. Aside from that, it’s a real variety. But all of them have either Tufts students, Tufts staff or Tufts alumni volunteering with them.” While the grants are somewhat small, Rubel said that TNSF looks to allocate its funds to where it’s most needed. “The committee really looks for the opportunity to provide little bits of financial support where it feels like it’s really needed,” she said.

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Rayn Riel Bridge the Gap

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ven though the T is a perpetually cash-strapped authority, the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) curiously lacks the motive to innovate. Why, for instance, have they not built a taller facility for its one-story Red Line station entrances at Davis Square, when surrounding buildings are all at least a few stories tall? Davis Square is the bustling central business district of the thriving City of Somerville, and the T could build additional stories atop its entrances in order to rent to a supermarket (Trader Joe’s) and build apartments to increase the supply of housing in the neighborhood. This would create jobs, provide a better transit experience and improve the dynamism of Davis Square. Conveniently, as a state authority, the T does not even need to obey municipal land use or zoning regulations and that station would have all the real estate revenue necessary for maintenance, just as the Green Line Extension would have ample funding if developers contributed to construction costs in exchange for building tall along the route and atop the future station structures. Indeed, this is how the proposed light rail in Brooklyn and Queens in New York City would primarily be funded, with ample new housing to be built in order to meet demand and alleviate (at least some) valid affordability and displacement concerns. But unfortunately, the T does not have a developer mindset, and it is hard for it to coordinate with private partners. Plus, local residents would surely (and sadly) object to change and to increased density. Even though the city is growing and demand needs to be met in order to combat displacement, politicians tend to bow to the fears of current residents, without considering the voices of those that would like to move into the community. And to be fair, even if the T maximized its limited assets for transit-owned development, it would still be quite marginal and it would still need plenty of additional funding from the Commonwealth. Many of the T’s real estate assets are in far-flung locations, where the costs associated with decking atop active operations would make joint development infeasible. Yet in Davis Square, there is arguably no valid excuse. As a public authority, the T is risk-averse, and even though it does not legally need to follow municipal zoning regulations, it has no motive to innovate. Also, as aforementioned, the T is controlled by politicians that easily bow to Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) activists. These so-called progressives are strangely against progress. Yes, increased density could mean increased congestion, which is a valid concern, though building atop a rapid transit hub would be the best place to alleviate vehicular congestion concerns. And the region is growing regardless of whether or not buildings become taller; in fact, if they don’t become taller, housing costs will continue to rise while poorer people continue to be displaced. Change is constant, but we must plan for it and renew, enhance and expand so that Boston can continue to prosper into the 21st century and beyond; building an underground North-South Rail Link and a Red-Blue Connector, for instance, in order to bridge the gap and fill the void. Rayn Riel is a graduate student in City/ Urban, Community and Regional Planning. He can be reached at Rayn.Riel@tufts.edu.

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GALLERY REVIEW

Portaits of Iranian women featured in exhibit ‘IRAN: WOMEN ONLY’ by Margaret Gorguissian Contributing Writer

A photo exhibit showcasing life in the Islamic Republic of Iran opened at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Center for International Studies on Feb. 3. The exhibit, titled “IRAN: WOMEN ONLY,” features work from photographer Randy Goodman’s time in the country during three historical moments: the hostage crisis, the IranIraq war and the recent signing of the Iran nuclear agreement. Between 1980 and 1983, Goodman made two different trips to Iran, reporting for CBS and TIME magazine. In addition to photographing politically significant figures such as the Ayatollah Khomeini, she captured images of Iranian women, from schoolgirls playing in the streets to university students holding U.S. Embassy employees hostage. More than three decades later, she returned to the country, photographing Iranian women as their country experienced another turning point: this time, the signing of the international nuclear pact. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, women face injustice in the legal system, segregation in public spaces and compulsory modesty laws (with harsh punishments for failing to comply). Yet the status of women in the country is not so simple; Iranian women enjoy relative freedom in many spheres that other women in the region do not. For example, as in the United States, women make up a majority of college students. The exhibit highlights the contradic-

tions that exist in a country that officially constrains how much women can do, while at the same time women live out lively internal and public lives in society. Unfortunately, the venue does little service to Goodman’s exhibit, as her photographs share space with flyers and office furniture, which detracted from the power of the images. The exhibit includes both blackand-white and color photographs. Goodman also makes smart use of

The subject stands on a “Women Only” bus, looking into the camera, though her eyes are obscured by large-framed sunglasses. texture in her photographs of prayer services in both 1981 and 2015, where a monochromatic expanse of women in prostration fills the frame. One photograph features a female driver of an eye-popping lime green “Women’s Taxi,” and in another, identical green taxis pepper the traffic in Vanak Square, a contrast to the surrounding sea of yellow taxis and black cars. Many photographs place an emphasis on the color green, perhaps referencing the Iranian Green Movement that followed the 2009 elections. A photograph titled “Embassy Girls” shows young college students at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran smiling and sharing food. In a note on

the side, Goodman details how one of the women pictured became the first female vice president of Iran. Another was responsible for painstakingly translating the reconstructed, shredded documents taken from the U.S. Embassy after the Iranian Revolution, which were then published as a book in Iran and widely distributed. Goodman, along with journalists William Worthy and Teresa Taylor, later sued the FBI after their copies of the book were seized at Logan International Airport, according to a Jan. 20, 1982 Harvard Crimson story. Goodman’s photography is intimate without being heavy-handed. Many photographs feature women sharing closedlipped smiles and knowing looks with the camera, as if revealing a secret to the viewer. One image exemplifies this. The subject stands on a “Women Only” bus, looking into the camera, though her eyes are obscured by large-framed sunglasses. Her hijab is pushed back, revealing her hair, and several other women’s scarves in the background are bedazzled—far cries from the unembellished chadors of the ’80s. “In Transit,” the name of the photograph, is appropriate for a photograph epitomizing an exhibit that captures the blurring of fundamentalism with modernity during yet another transitional period in Iran. The exhibit is on display until March 31. The gallery is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. On Feb. 26 at 3 p.m., a reception and gallery talk will be held in MIT’s Lucian Pye Conference Room.

TV REVIEW

Though formulaic, ‘The Bachelor’ still manages to entertain by Alison Epstein Staff Writer

“The Bachelor” (2002–present) is hard to like. It turns love into a sixweek competition and sells the idea that it is okay for a man to date 25 women at one time. And while it is not a scripted show, “The Bachelor” is so edited and producer-manipulated that it can be hard to tell what’s real and what’s not (spoiler alert: most of it’s not). Society would probably be a little healthier if this show did not exist. But it does. And it’s entertaining. This season, in which “it’s raining Ben,” is no exception. Bachelor Ben Higgins is the ultimate boy next door. A software salesman living in Denver, CO., but originally from Warsaw, IN., 26-year-old Ben loves his parents, speaks fondly of his church group, was the quarterback of his high school football team (but with a pass completion of only 42.9 percent, it appears football was not his true calling) and has an Instagram filled with pictures of him and smiling children from his service trips to Honduras. Also, he is handsome in the kind of way see BACHELOR, page 7

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Stina Stannik After Years

Chapter Three Edgar had been watching the car wind towards his house for the better part of half an hour now. So open were the fields between here and the horizon. For 30 years, any movement on the road had caused his heart to clench — lock all the doors, close the shutters — and even though this time company was expected, he couldn’t entirely banish the impulse to flee. He considered his fortitude, remaining at this window, a verification that skills once thought lost through carelessness could still be counted on. He liked to think of the road as his driveway, even though it passed dozens of other homes on either side of him. Still, as far as the eye could see, it was his alone. Whether that made the little house more vulnerable or more defensible depended on who was doing the defending. The car had pulled up, but he didn’t go downstairs. One more minute to get his thoughts in order for the weeks to come. He wasn’t sure what he’d expected, but the women getting out of the car looked distinctly American. They were family, of course, but they were still Americans, by birth, language and loyalty. It wasn’t nationalism, exactly, that made him bitter with this observation, but it certainly was with less than eagerness that he finally descended to greet them. The younger woman, the one he’d never seen before, had already started unloading her luggage onto the front step with a fervor that seemed to imply that the sooner they moved in the sooner they could leave. She fumbled at the handle of a suitcase as Edgar opened the front door, ultimately dropping it. “Where would you expect to put all that, then?” he groused, itching under the collar of his wool sweater. Damned humidity. “Nobody warned me you’d be moving in permanently.” “With you about to kick it, I figured we should come prepared, in case I inherit the house! You are planning to leave it to me, right?” The older woman smiled cheekily at him. “Mom! Not the time!” “Why didn’t you ever tell me how pretty it was over here, Dad? Such a deep green and all those quaint little houses with mossy shingle roofs and chickens in the yard—” “It’s not quaint; it’s poverty!” Edgar snapped. This was going well. His daughter, Alicia, blew out a breath into the tense silence that followed, but she looked unoffended and unsurprised. Finally, the younger woman stepped forward, proffering her hand. “I’m Cecilia. We haven’t met, obviously. Should I call you Edgar or Grandpa? You seem like a ‘Grandfather,’ but that just sounds weird coming out of my mouth.” Remembering himself, remembering why he had set this all in motion, Edgar softened, pulling Cecilia into a hug. How to handle this best? “Call me whatever you’ve been calling me in your head for the last thirty years. Doesn’t make much sense to start something new now. Come in, come in…” Alicia watched them disappear into the shadowy front hall, wondering at her father’s ulterior motives in bringing them here, wondering if he would ever tell. Stina Stannik is a senior majoring in peace and justice studies. She can be reached at Stina.Stannik@tufts.edu.

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'The Bachelor' is formulaic, shallow entertainment BACHELOR

continued from page 6 that makes you think his high school superlative was “best to bring home to meet the parents.” But truthfully, as nice and well-rounded as Ben is, he is kind of boring. Luckily, the producers had a great batch of women this season to keep the entertainment levels up. After 20 seasons, the producers have this show almost down to a science. It’s not dissimilar to a scripted television show, with producers casting women for different parts and then molding whatever the women say into a story arc. It is not really okay that they have this much control over a woman’s image on TV, but the drama that they’re able to generate makes it almost worth it. Almost. One of the show’s tropes, the so-called “crazy girl,” was especially successful this season. Lace, a 25-yearold real estate agent, started the season off strong when she got too drunk

at the first cocktail party and even after receiving a rose, accused Ben of not making enough eye contact with her during the rose ceremony. Lace’s portrayal of a car accident from which you can’t look away only lasted three episodes, but she still managed to drunkenly assure Ben “I’m not crazy” several times. Olivia, however, was the number-one talked about woman this season, as the mean 23-year-old news anchor who was prone to crossing the line. The recipient of the First Impression Rose, Olivia began her downward spiral almost immediately after, referring to herself as Mrs. Higgins and declaring to Ben that she likes thinking. The majority of the drama this season has centered on the other women’s dislike of Olivia. A few girls even went so far as to make fun of her “ugly toes” and claim she had bad breath. While these comments were immature, they made for great television. Overall,

most of Olivia’s actions and the things she said seemed more misguided than anything. Watching her “in the moments” (moments where contestants are shown seated alone, talking to the camera) made it clear she was at least partially a victim of producer manipulation and deserving of some sympathy. Regardless, she ended up self-destructing, and it was ultimately a relief when Ben sent her home on the infamous two-on-one date. His choice to give the rose to a woman whose occupation was “Twin” instead mercilessly left Olivia on a deserted island during a storm. Other highlights from the season include a date where the women had to work out and then Ben had to smell their armpits to test their compatibility, a date in the Bahamas where swimming pigs chased the women around while Ben pretended everyone was having a great time and a voiceover where Ben called Las Vegas “a place

where people do find love.” As always, there have been plenty of hot tubs, helicopter rides and tears. It’s now down to the final three, so that means next week are the notorious overnight dates in the fantasy suite. The lucky, remaining women are 24-year-old software sales rep Caila, 24-year-old real estate developer JoJo and probable winner 25-year-old flight attendant Lauren B. ( There were three other Laurens and a Laura this season.) “The Bachelor” is not about love; it’s about a formula. And it has its problems, both in content and society. But watching other people crash and burn on TV is not only entertaining — it’s a self-esteem booster as well. Also, show promos imply Ben regrets sending a woman home at the final rose ceremony and calls her, so it’s probably worth it to tune into ABC on Mondays at 8 p.m. to see if Ben pulls a Jason Mesnick-like switch or actually just calls his mom.

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Why Myanmar matters for American foreign policy With a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that is just a fraction of that of the United States and sandwiched between the rising powers of China and India, Myanmar is not on the minds of many Americans or many Tufts students for that matter. But the November elections in the country could be the most important step towards democracy in the region since the 1987 South Korean presidential election, which transitioned the country much closer toward a full democracy but one that retains problems which threaten its incipient reforms. Political power has been centralized around the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a party controlled and supported by the military, for a significant amount of the nation’s contemporary history. The USDP, made up largely of nationalist Buddhists, began and perpetuated the violent oppression of the Rohingya people, who are predominantly Muslim. In power since the 2010 election, which was the first national election Myanmar had after 20 years of military rule, the USDP is widely considered a massively corrupt party that has taken active measures to stymie democracy in Myanmar. Over the past

few years, the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) began gaining support around the country — thanks to the pro-democracy, liberal ideas of their leader, the world-renowned Aung San Suu Kyi. The United States’ relationship with Myanmar has been rocky ever since the country had an anti-democracy military coup in the late 1960s. After signs of a possible democratic renaissance at the end of the last decade in Myanmar, President Obama and Congress attempted to piece back together the relationship with the country. While the United States has been engaged in Myanmar’s economy for the past five years, the introduction of a liberal, democratic leader from Suu Kyi’s party may be just what is needed to help jumpstart a strong relationship. As the Center for Strategic and International Studies explained in their December 2015 report, the United States can play a hugely influential role in the building of Myanmar’s democracy. The NLD and Washington largely have their goals aligned. However, in order to ensure that any of these changes can occur, the United States needs to commit to a cautious and thoughtful relationship with Myanmar.

This is most important with regards to attaining equality for the Rohingya, who are still struggling under violent attacks and repression despite the success of the NLD in 2015. Outside pressure is needed in order to protect the Rohingya, whether hard or soft. Furthermore, Myanmar needs infrastructure and economic investment. Many representatives in their new government faced over a week long commute to reach the capital due to a lack of access to roads and vehicles within the nation. Microloans, a form of low risk loans of around $1,000 to help start businesses in Myanmar, have proven to be an effective tool. The United States should reemphasize its commitment to foreign aid, and make that aid more honest, with fewer hooks and exploitative clauses. Myanmar is a fledgling democracy that needs our help. Using soft and hard power for the right reasons not only improves the lives of those in Myanmar and makes the region safer but also gives the United States a facelift around the globe. Let’s stand in solidarity with Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy. In spite of our domestic issues, we must not forget about the good we can do abroad.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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Marco DeMarco Rebecca: I often write about my mom, mostly because I regard her as a sage. When giving advice, I always fall back on her musings. However, today’s introduction is about my mom’s interaction with Mac DeMarco. My brother is a huge Mac DeMarco fan, and after finding out that Mac was summering on our peninsula, he asked my mom and me to get him an autograph. The next day, my mom and I drove to Mac DeMarco’s house with a pound of cookies and hilarity ensued, mostly because my mom had no clue what Mac DeMarco looked like. She began poking me and whispering, “Is that him?” with every passing shaggy man. When she finally met Mac DeMarco, she began asking him about his Italian last name, “Are you Italian? I’m Italian!” We learned that Mac DeMarco’s grandfather was Italian. Then she asked him if he was kosher and when he said no, she responded with “Perfect, when I make you a meat sauce, I can put pork in it!” As we were leaving my mom waved and said “Bye Marco DeMarco.” My mom called Mac DeMarco Marco DeMarco. I often wonder if Mac DeMarco remembers this. This question was answered this weekend when a friend met him and asked if he remembered the mom who called him by the wrong name. He does and specifically that she offered to make him sauce but only if he promised to return her pot. Pooja and I can only hope to give advice as memorable as my mother. Dear NYSD, I am a senior and have a crush on a freshman boy, but I don’t know if he’s of age. What do I do? Seeing as it’s second semester, I’d say you’re safe. Chances are the little nugget had a wild 18th birthday some time in 2015 (probably inclusive of #FinallyLegal #StillCantDrinkInAmerica tags), and all action you venture towards will be 100 percent legal. A little Facebook creeping never hurts though, just to make sure. Dear NYSD, I have a crush on my orientation leader, but I don’t know if she’ll date down? Well, if the orientation leader happens to be our last advisee then you’re in luck. Let them know you’re 18 (or lie if you’re not?), and you two lovebirds are good to go. I think it’s time NYSD started to function as the Tufts platform of Craigslist missed connections; so, reader 1 and 2, go forth and find your matches.

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Dear NYSD, How do you choose an advisor? Rebecca and I have probably had more break-ups with academic advisors than real heartbreaks. To be honest, these ones are probably even more destabilizing. The end to a three-year relationship is never pretty, so I advise you reserve the advice giving for your two favorite writers of NYSD. We deliver weekly without fail and have been doing so for the past 1.5 years. That is more than I can say of some of our academic advising relationships. Pooja Sivaraman is a senior majoring in economics. She can be reached at pooja. sivaraman@tufts.edu. Rebecca Solomon is a senior majoring in economics. She can be reached at rebecca.solomon@ tufts.edu.

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Tufts Faculty Statement in Support of Indigenous People’s Day by Matt Hooley As Tufts faculty members, we write in support of the official celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, in substitution for the university’s celebration of Columbus Day. Changing the name of this holiday is a chance for our campus to acknowledge and challenge the legacies of genocide and slavery of which Christopher Columbus is a symbolic and historical forebear. In this we join cities, universities and organizations across the country who renounce

Columbus’ record as settler colonial governor (he directly oversaw the murder and enslavement of 7.5 million people) and the mythology of his “discovery” of lands and people who had been thriving here for many thousands of years. Changing the name is not only about renouncing this history, it is an opportunity to reorganize ourselves in the present. We write in solidarity with student organizers who, in petitioning for this change, inspire intellectual debate and growth on our campus. By changing the name we can support the

Signed, Matt Hooley, American Studies Adriana Zavala, Art History, American and Latino Studies Lisa Lowe, English, American and Colonialism Studies Amahl Bishara, Anthropology, Middle East Studies Adlai Murdoch, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Africana Studies Heather Curtis, Religion and American Studies Pawan Dhingra, Sociology Judith Haber, English Elizabeth Remick, Political Science Christina Sharpe, English, Africana Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Sheriden Thomas, Drama & Dance Hyunmin Yi, Chemical and Biological Engineering Natalie Shapero, English Thomas Abowd, GRALL/American Studies Julian Agyeman, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning John Lurz, English Jean Wu, American Studies Sarah Sobieraj, Sociology Ronna Johnson, English and American Studies Ken Olum, Physics and Astronomy Tom Ozden-Schilling, Anthropology Helen Marrow, Sociology and American, Latin American and Latino Studies Sabina Vaught, Education Gary Goldstein, Physics and Astronomy Steven Marrone, History Kendra Field, History and Africana Studies Elizabeth A. Foster, History Paul Joseph, Sociology Monica White Ndounou, Drama and Dance, Africana and American Studies, Film and Media Shameka Powell, Education Kamran Rastegar, German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literatures Jeanne Marie Penvenne, History

efforts of our students and continue to imagine how we can be organized better: with a greater consciousness of the university’s complicity in settler colonialism and toward the fostering of indigenous life and thought on and beyond our university. In asking our colleagues to vote on Feb. 24 to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day, we see an opportunity to harness one of Tufts’ strengths—its commitment to critical thinking and conscience. Changing the name is an occasion to confront interlocking systems of domination, from

histories of colonialism and slavery to the uneven resource distributions that produce endemic poverty and shortened lifespans today. It is also an opportunity to find new ways at Tufts to celebrate the flourishing traditions of indigenous life and thought in the Americas—those stories of resistance and invention that the legacies of Columbus have never succeeded in erasing. Matt Hooley is a visiting assistant professor of Native American studies. He can be reached at matt.hooley@tufts.edu.

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continued from back Lackner leads the team with eight goals. If the first-year and sophomore classes are able to get going against Williams then Tufts’ offense should be able to keep up. Williams slightly edged Tufts in season scoring 49 to 43. On defense, Williams reigns supreme, having allowed a NESCAC-best 27 goals to league opponents. Tufts is tied with Bowdoin for sixth place at 42 goals allowed. Traditionally Tufts’ greatest advantage is its goaltending. Pulde’s save percentage in the NESCAC is 0.946 and Nugnes’ is 0.943, good for second and third best in the conference respectively. All but nullifying that advantage, however, is Williams’ senior goalie

Noah Klag, whose 0.961 save percentage is the best in the NESCAC. “The key to beating [ Williams] is sticking to our system, not taking any dumb penalties because if you take a penalty they have a pretty good power play, and we need to find a way to score,” Brown said. “Basically stay out of the box and find some offense against them.” Tufts’ eight seniors, who were honored before the team’s final regular season home game against Colby on Saturday, are also expected to contribute their strong leadership capability. “The one thing I can say about this senior class is, I feel like the leadership from Brian [Ouellette] and [Bell] has been outstanding,” Norton said. “They’ve done a great job of trying to

help to maneuver the program forward. They’ve been a great help to me in terms of trying to develop the team, and I think guys that maybe haven’t seen as much ice time as they would have liked to see have shown up every day at practice and really battled and showed up and given their best every day. Overall our team is better than we were when we started the season, and I believe a lot of that is due to the play of upperclassmen, whether it is in games or practice.” Although Tufts is the dark-horse team, they were in a similar situation last year and knocked off Trinity, the No. 1 ranked team at the time and eventual national champion, in the opening round. The NESCAC quarterfinals game will be played at Williams on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

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t was January 2014, and I stayed up all night to watch tennis. The men’s final of the Australian Open was to be held half a world away in Melbourne, and because of the time difference, it would start at 3 a.m. local time here at Tufts. On one side of the court stood the substantial underdog Stanislas Wawrinka. Across the net stood his opponent, my reason for watching. Rafael Nadal lost that match, and I cried. His recurring injury history resurfaced at the worst time, on the biggest stage, and the match turned into a surreal exhibition; Nadal’s balky back limited his movement, suppressed his serve and extinguished the prospect of victory that had staved off my sleep. Tennis is not my favorite sport. But Rafael Nadal is my favorite athlete. In July 2008, I watched my first full tennis match. It was the greatest match ever played. I watched with the uncomfortable zeal of the uninformed fan, craving desperately a rooting interest to cheer for but wholly unqualified to justify or explain my choice of Rafael Nadal. He was still the underdog then, playing against the unfaltering Federer, and the contrast in the styles was evident even to me. Federer’s serenity and control was hypnotic. Nadal’s insistent ferocity and unrelenting presence were unavoidable. Nadal faced 13 break points that day. He won 12 of those points. He also won the match. Over the years, Nadal would be pushed to the brink time and time again, ready (or so it seemed) to yield a point or a set or a match. In these moments, he refused to bow. If a player was going to succumb to the pressure, to his adversary’s will, it was always going to be his opponent. Jeff and Stan Van Gundy, the lovable NBA coaching brothers, have said numerous times that the toughest thing to coach in sports is an aging superstar. Watching your beloved icon age and decline isn’t easy either. That January night, I watched Nadal receive treatment on his back and refuse to forfeit the match so that he could lose properly. I agonized over the loss but didn’t know then that it was the beginning of the end. In the two years since that match, Nadal has won only one major, fallen in the rankings, seen his various maladies frustrate him and beat him down. He is the greatest clay court player ever and one of the most accomplished on all surfaces. He could retire tomorrow—as some are calling for him to—and be remembered as one of the truly great champions of the sport. I know the day is coming when Nadal steps away, but that day is not today, and I hope it is not tomorrow. When the French Open swelters into Nadal’s season this June, the red clay of Roland Garros will be someone else’s kingdom to defend for only the second time in a decade. Rafa will not be favored, and he will almost certainly not win. But he will try. Eric Smiley is a senior majoring in Mathematics. He can be reached at eric. smiley@tufts.edu.

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Hockey secures playoff berth, but in tough eighth seed by Phillip Goldberg Sports Editor

Coming off a 4-3 win over Hamilton, Tufts played Bowdoin to a 4-4 tie on Friday and fell 4-1 to Colby during Senior Night on Saturday. The Jumbos, 9-9-6 overall and 5-8-5 in conference play, failed to secure a win over the weekend but guaranteed their NESCAC playoff berth with the tie against the Bowdoin Polar Bears (9-5-4). The loss to Colby flipped the teams’ seeding and Tufts now enters the playoffs as the eighth seed with Colby being the seventh. Now seeded in eighth, the Jumbos are set to take on the No. 1-seeded Williams Ephs this Saturday in the opening round of the NESCAC playoffs. The Polar Bears entered the contest against the Jumbos on an eight-game winning streak and looked ready to continue their streak when senior captain Matt Rubinoff broke away and shot past Jumbo junior goaltender Mason Pulde’s left shoulder at 3:41 in the first period. However, Tufts struck back halfway through the period. Bowdoin’s sophomore goalie Peter Cronin deflected junior Matt Pugh’s shot, but first-year Nick Abbene collected the rebound and tied the score. Junior Joseph Lace put the Polar Bears ahead 2-1 with 48 seconds remaining in the first period and Pulde made an excellent one-on-one save with just seconds left in the period to prevent the Jumbos from going down 3-1. Sophomore Brian Brown, who leads the Jumbos in assists with 12 on the season, notched his sixth goal of the season 4:33 into the second period to tie the game at two apiece. First-year Clay Berger and junior Sean Kavanagh assisted on the play. Neither team could break the tie in the second period, but not for lack of trying. The Polar Bears managed 23 shots on goal in the period to the Jumbos’ nine. The Polar Bears jumped out to their third lead of the game early in the third when sophomore Spencer Antunez’s shot ricocheted off the goal-post and past Pulde. Junior Mitch Barrington assisted. Their lead was short-lived, however, as Tufts’ sophomore Dan Kelly went up high to beat Cronin on an assist from sophomore Nick Flanagan just 46 seconds later. Junior Conal Lynch earned the Jumbos their first lead at the six-minute mark off an assist from co-captain Brian Ouellette. The Jumbos couldn’t maintain their hold on the game in the final minutes, however, as Rubinoff found sophomore Matthew Melanson in front of the net and forced overtime with a late game-tying goal. Neither team was able to score in overtime, although Tufts managed seven shots to Bowdoin’s three. There were remarkably few penalties throughout the contest and Bowdoin failed to score on any of its three power plays, while Tufts couldn’t capitalize on either of its power plays. “While we made a couple of errors and got behind the eight ball, I thought we really battled back for the game and really competed hard,” Coach Pat Norton said. “It was a very well-played, very high-paced game between us and

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Tufts junior defenseman Sean Kavanagh (LA ’17) passes up the ice to a teammate in the game against Conn. College on Feb. 5. Bowdoin. For us I think it demonstrated what we are capable of.” Naturally the Jumbos were upset with their performance against the lower-ranked Colby Mules. Berger was called for elbowing at the 4:44 mark and then tossed for game misconduct. Despite being short-handed, Ouellette scored on sophomore goalie Emerson Verrier from the mid-slot area just eight seconds later. Flanagan assisted on the play for his ninth of the season. “Now at this point we always think we are going to score [on penalty kill],” Brown said. “We even scored a penalty kill goal five seconds into our penalty kill against Colby the other night. It was our only goal. I would say that [penalty kill] doesn’t scare us at this point but that obviously it’s a lot easier to play five on five.” Sophomore goalie Nik Nugnes protected the net well through two periods, stopping 24 shots on goal. The second period turned out to be uneventful, with much back and forth but no scoring. Just under four minutes into the third period, senior co-captain Stewart Bell was called for interference. The Mules’ first-year Nicholas O’Connor tied the game by hitting the far side post against Nugnes a minute and a half into the power play. Juniors Jack Burton and Colin Reilly assisted. Another ill-timed penalty, this time against junior Patrick Lackey, cost the Jumbos five minutes in the box for cross-checking. Burton hit what would be the game-winner just six seconds later and Tufts found itself down one in the third period while serving the remaining 4:54 of a major penalty. The Jumbos were able to kill the penalty, but two more minors with around five minutes remaining severely crippled the offense. Norton elected to pull Nugnes twice but each time the Mules made the Jumbos pay with a goal. The first went to sophomore Michael Rudolf

on Verrier’s only assist of the season. Senior Alex Walsh was accredited with the game’s final score at 19:22. “I don’t know if it was because guys were a little bit fatigued from Friday’s game,” Norton said. “I didn’t think guys had great jump in our legs all game and I thought that kind of hampered us a little bit. We reverted back in the third period to some poor penalties and those penalties came back to haunt us on the scoreboard. The most disappointing part was the penalties. I felt like we had addressed those situations and had made some strides in terms of trying to improve that and for whatever reason we got ourselves into that situation again.” Although the final score of 4-1 belies how close the game truly was, the Jumbos’ collapse in the third period of their final regular season game hardly bodes well for the playoffs. The Jumbos are 4-5-3 against NESCAC opponents since the December break, a slight step up from their pre-break record of 1-3-2. This past weekend’s tie and loss marred that record as the team gave up eight scores this weekend—the most of any other set of games this season— though that statistic is somewhat misleading because two of the goals were empty-netters. “The guys understand that the Colby game was not our best outing, not just because of the penalties,” Norton said. “We just didn’t have great jump in our legs and we’ve usually had outstanding jump, especially for our second games. Some of that may be the fact that we were emotionally wound up. It was Senior Night and guys get very excited and amped up. I don’t expect there to be any carry over from Colby to Williams.” “I think as a team we might be sour about that Colby game, but I said something to the guys after the game, and I think coach has reiterated the message as well, but the way we

have to look at it is from here on out, everyone is zero and zero,” Brown said. “It’s playoff time. It’s a new season. To quote one of the guys on the team, ‘all you need is a ticket to the dance.’” Tufts’ loss to Colby shined a light on some of the skeletons in the team’s closet. Having struggled with playing a full 60 minutes with intensity in every game throughout the season, Tufts gave up four third period goals in a game with real seeding ramifications. Rather than a rematch with No. 2 seed Trinity, who Tufts upset last season in the first round of the NESCAC tournament, Tufts is now matched up against Williams, whom they failed to score against in two meetings this season. The first was a home game on Dec. 4 in which Williams won 2-0. More recently the Ephs hosted the Jumbos on Jan. 29 and defeated the visitors 4-0. Staying competitive for 60 minutes is paramount to the Jumbos’ post-season hopes, but so is staying out of the penalty box. Tufts leads the league in penalty infraction minutes (PIM) at 274 over 18 games. That is 87 minutes more than the second worst offender Trinity and well over league best Williams with 118 PIM. Berger and fellow first-year Jefferson Martin lead the team with 14 penalties each. “What they’ve done in the past and what we’ve done in the past is irrelevant,” Norton said. “The penalties that we’ve taken and the things that we’ve done to try and resolve those issues, we have another opportunity to try and demonstrate that we are taking strides in that direction.” Despite their weaknesses, the Jumbos are as dangerous a team as any in the playoffs. Most of the Jumbos’ scoring comes from its younger players. First-year Berger and sophomores Brown and Flanagan combine for 30 of Tufts’ 93 assists, and first-year David see ICE HOCKEY, page 11