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Josh Solomon

Staff Writer

Josh Solomon is the Daily's Executive Layout Editor. He is a first-year studying biopsychology and Spanish. Josh can be reached at joshua.solomon@tufts.edu.

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Sports

Softball earns valuable playing time over spring break

By Josh Solomon | March 25

As the sun begins to peek out from behind the gray, wintry clouds, softball could not be more ready to take on the heat of the spring season. With their last NESCAC championship win in 2021 and two finals and one semifinal appearance since then, the team is eager to kick into high gear and prove their dominance in the conference. This spring break they took the opportunity to learn from their games, preparing to take on their NESCAC opponents in the coming weeks.

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Sports

Squash drops the ball in national tournament

By Josh Solomon | March 13

After taking home second place in the annual NESCAC tournament, falling to Trinity College, the men’s and women’s squash teams worked hard going into the final tournament of their season — nationals — which would be the ultimate test of their strength. The three days at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia, Pa. would define the Jumbos’ spot in the rankings. Only the top 12 teams in the country qualify for the best division of the national tournament, and this was the team’s second consecutive year making it there as the men came in ranked No. 12 and the women at No. 11. Both teams hoped to break the top 10 by beating some of the most competitive teams in the country, but they fell just shy and will have to work extra hard to come back next year to earn their place.

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Squash teams reign as runners-up at NESCAC tournament

By Josh Solomon | February 14

After breezing past their first-round matches 9–0 this past weekend at the annual NESCAC tournament hosted by Trinity College, both the men’s and women’s squash teams faced their closest competition from the regular season in the semifinals. The men faced Williams on Sunday morning, who they had lost 5–4 to just two weeks prior. The women, ranked No. 11, took on No. 3 Amherst, who they topped 5–4 on Jan. 17.

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Squash teams topple Middlebury but come up short against Williams

By Josh Solomon | January 30

Coming off of a three-game winning streak, the women’s squash team went into their away match against Middlebury onSaturday with confidence. The Jumbos, ranked No. 11 by the College Squash Association, had dominated the Panthers the previous four times they played, winning 8–1 consistently with a 9–0 sweep in 2022.

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Sports

Squash teams take down Denison in San Diego to start 2025 with a win

By Josh Solomon | January 15

As students made their way back to campus during the final days of winter break, the Tufts men’s and women’s squash teams headed to San Diego to play against Denison University’s teams. The men and women alike saw lots of success on Jan. 11, with the men taking home a clean 9-0 sweep and the women only dropping one match, winning 8-1. The wins were much needed to start the momentum for 2025 after both teams lost to Cornell in December.

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Sports

Men’s squash beats Rochester, looking toward successful season

By Josh Solomon | November 26

As winter sports roll into season, the men’s squash team has kicked into high gear, having already completed five matches since Nov. 15. The team, ranked 10th out of 34 teams in the College Squash Association pre-season rankings, bested No. 15 University of Rochester 6–3 in an away match on Saturday. The team earned their wins primarily in the middle of the ladder, taking down the Yellowjackets, who have been “one of the best teams in college squash for the past 20 years,” as head coach Joe Raho wrote in an email to the Daily.

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University

Tightropes, tumblers and trunks: Jumbo’s Revenge hits the ring

By Josh Solomon | November 15

One night, as third-year combined-degree School of the Museum of Fine Arts student Candy Li skipped across the Academic Quad, she suddenly became possessed by the statue of Jumbo. She felt its angry spirit and learned the dark truth of Jumbo’s life. While many believe Jumbo to have been a beautiful circus elephant with a heroic end, Li discovered how he was overworked, used and abused. She became filled with rage and vengeance for both Jumbo and other neglected circus animals.

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Jumbos’ efforts fall short in five-set NESCAC playoff thriller

By Josh Solomon | November 15

On Saturday, Cousens Gymnasium buzzed with anticipation for the match Tufts volleyball had been preparing for all season. The Jumbos secured the No. 3 seed in the NESCAC Tournament with a regular season conference record of 7–3. Because they had beaten Wesleyan University and lost to Middlebury College, they sat between the two teams in the standings, despite all three teams having the same record. They bested Williams College 3–1 about a month before this playoff match, but in the end, they came up short when it mattered most in the NESCAC Tournament, falling 2–3 in a true battle.

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News

States to watch: 2024 presidential election

By Michael Onysko, Varya Karpinskaya, Shayna Levy, Eli Brigham, Julian Glickman, Hannah Rajalingam and Josh Solomon | November 5

Pennsylvania’s history of switching between political parties makes it a critical state this year. President Joe Biden won the state in 2020 by less than 1.2%. Polling indicates that this state is even, leaning neither red nor blue. An average of Pennsylvania polling data showed a 0.2% lead in favor of former President Donald Trump, with statistics showing47.9% for Trump and 47.7% for Vice President Kamala Harris as of yesterday.

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Jumbos gear up for NESCAC tournament after weekend setbacks

By Josh Solomon | October 22

As the season inches closer to the long-awaited NESCAC tournament, volleyball is eager to take home this year’s trophy.Although they lost to Colby and Bowdoin over this past weekend, their success at the beginning of the season led to aplayoff clinch on Friday. The top eight teams make the tournament, and the Jumbos currently sit at the fourth spot with a 6–3 conference record.

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