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Sarah Firth

Sarah Firth is a features editor and sports staff writer. She is a senior studying quantitative economics and can be reached at sarah.firth@tufts.edu.

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Features

A visit to Porter Square

By Sarah Firth | November 19

Porter Square is sometimes overshadowed by its neighbors Davis and Harvard Square, but it has a lot to offer. While many Tufts students may initially visit for practical reasons, such as a trip to Target or Star Market, the area is well worth exploring. Just over a mile from the Tufts campus and accessible via the Red Line, the 96 bus or even on foot, Porter Square is a vibrant and unique area that Tufts students should take the time to discover.

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Gymnastics

The Round-Off Roundup: The original script of ‘Stick It’

By Sarah Firth | November 13

Content warning: This article contains mentions of abuse.This weekend, I stumbled across a copy of Jessica Bendinger’s original script for the 2006 gymnastics classic “Stick It.” First, if you read my column and haven’t seen this movie, go watch it. While the first version of the script follows the same basic plot, the final movie tells almost a completely different story.

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Video: Tufts students share thoughts on controversial Massachusetts ballot Question 2

By Ryan Han, Tyler Frojmovich and Sarah Firth | November 5

On Oct. 18, members of the Daily asked Tufts students what they think about Massachusetts ballot Question 2, which could end a state mandate that requires students to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam to graduate. If this measure passes, it would eliminate the MCAS as a graduation requirement for high schoolers across the state.

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Features

The ‘Ghost Bike’ at Tufts: Bicycle safety on campus and beyond

By Sarah Firth | October 24

Where Packard Avenue meets Broadway Avenue at the bottom of the hill, there is a white bicycle adorned with flowers. This bicycle marks the spot where a 70-year-old man named Stephen Conley was killed while riding his bike in 2022. A lifelong resident of Somerville with a wife, three children and a grandchild, Conley was a block away from the Medford/Somerville campus when a car opened its door into the bike lane and pushed him into traffic.

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Sports

Q&A: Gymnast Paul Juda discusses Gold Over America Tour

By Sarah Firth | October 17

Paul Juda won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics with the U.S. men’s gymnastics team this past summer, alongside his teammates Stephen Nedoroscik, Frederick Richard, Brody Malone and Asher Hong. Their efforts ended a 16-year medal drought for the American men’s team. Juda, a native of Deerfield, Ill., also competes for the University of Michigan Wolverines, where he has won three individual NCAA championships. He is touring around the country with Simone Biles’ Gold Over America Tour, which stopped in Boston on Oct. 6 and 7.

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Sports

The Round-off Roundup: An ode to Amy Chow and her post-gymnastics career

By Sarah Firth | October 1

Amy Chow may have to be my favorite member of the Magnificent Seven, the U.S. gymnastics team that competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Born to immigrant parents from Guangzhou and Hong Kong in San Jose, California, Chow began training gymnastics at 3 years old at the West Valley Gymnastics School. Chow started competing at the elite level when she was 11 years old and made her Olympic debut seven years later. In Atlanta, she won a gold medal with the team and an individual silver medal on the uneven bars, becoming the first Asian-American gymnast to win an Olympic medal.

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Sports

The Round-off Roundup: What is the right way to choose an Olympic team?

By Sarah Firth | September 3

Both the 2024 Paris Olympics U.S. men’s and women’s gymnastics teams were two of the most successful in recent history. Both teams were named using a completely different method. This year, the men's team was selected through a new pre-defined algorithm solely utilizing scores from the U.S. National Championships and Olympic Trials, while the women’s team was selected by a discretionary committee based on performances throughout the whole competition season. Which is the better method?

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Sports

Biles claims all-around victory at 2024 Core Hydration Classic

By Sarah Firth | May 24

For the first time ever, three American Olympic all-around gold medalists, Sunisa Lee (2020), Simone Biles (2016) and Gabby Douglas (2012), faced off in one gymnastics competition. The trio competed in front of thousands of fans at the Core Hydration Classic in Hartford, Conn., last weekend alongside other top American gymnasts leading up to this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.

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