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Visiting the Hill this week TUESDAY “Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster” Details: Economist Peter Victor will present his reasoning for challenging the idea that economic growth should be an economic policy priority of wealthy nations. When and Where: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Cabot 702 Sponsor: The Global Development and Environment Institute WEDNESDAY “Challenges to the UN: Institutions and Issues” Details: Peter Maurer, permanent representative of Switzerland to the United Nations (UN) will discuss the issues he dealt with during his experience with the UN. When and Where: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Cabot seventh Floor Sponsors: Swiss Consulate, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and The Fletcher United Nations Club
“Socialism in a Top Hat” Details: Elisa New, professor of English at Harvard University, will discuss her new book “Jacob’s Cane: A Jewish Family’s Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore.” When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Center for the Humanities Sponsor: Center for the Humanities “Is God the Problem or Solution to Racial Injustice?” Details: Dr .Anne C. Bailey, social historian in the departments of history and Africana studies at Binghamton University, will discuss the role of faith in racial reconciliation. When and Where: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Pearson 104 Sponsors: Tufts Christian Fellowship, Office of the University Chaplain “Israel 101: Yaakov Katz” Details: Yaakov Katz, military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post, will discuss his experience
reporting on Israel’s military endeavors. When and Where: 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Eaton 206 Sponsor: Friends of Israel THURSDAY “Chaplain’s Table: A Look at Religion” Details: Father Nick Kastanas from the Greek Orthodox Church in Arlington will speak on the Greek Orthodox Church today. When and Where: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Goddard Chapel Sponsor: Office of the University Chaplain FRIDAY “Just Because I’m Nice, Don’t Assume I’m Dumb” Details: Harvard Business School Professor Amy Cuddy will discuss the effects of the outcomes of warmth and competence judgments in people’s social perceptions. When and Where: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Paige Hall, Crane Room Sponsor: The Diversity and Cognition Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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specific changes but said that the university’s investment officers have always and will continue to practice prudence and ensure that investment allocations will meet Tufts’ long-term needs. “We constantly evaluate our asset allocations and constantly review the managers of our university endowment funds and make changes if appropriate,” Safran said. While the financial crisis has hurt endowments significantly, Redd noted that universities on average actually increased spending rates and were able to support students and faculty through these increases. According to the NSCE report, 43 percent of the institutions surveyed increased their spending. Investment managers “did everything that they could” to continue to provide financial aid packages to support students and families, Redd said.
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“While we can control the public distribution of alcohol to a great extent, the choices that students make in the privacy of their own rooms will always be there for them to make,” he said. Dartmouth, unlike Tufts, does not have its own campus police force. It has a Department of Safety and Security, which is not made up of sworn police officers. This factor makes a significant difference in dealing with alcoholrelated issues, according to Tufts University Police Department ( TUPD) Captain Mark Keith and senior Sam Pollack, president of the Tufts Interfraternity Council. “Having fully trained police officers on campus [is] a great benefit to the community in all areas of public safety,” Keith said. Pollack added that cooperation between TUPD and members of Greek organizations on campus is integral to student safety at Greek events. “At Tufts, we benefit a lot by having a police force that works closely with Greeks and the administration … Cooperation allows for success,” Pollack said. “TUPD and the administration are very supportive of us, and their main goal is to cooperate with us in a realistic fashion to ensure that everyone is safe.” Keith also pointed out that TUPD has a certain amount of discretion in handling cases involving underage drinking. The internal possession law in New Hampshire allows the police to charge intoxicated underage individuals with illegal possession, which often leads to arrest. Giaccone cited statistics of alcohol-related arrests on campus in his Feb. 4 announcement as an impetus for the new enforcement policy. There is no internal possession law in Massachusetts. “If you are under the influence, you cannot be arrested,” Keith said. In cases of extreme intoxication, however, students can be sent to the hospital and will face disciplinary actions by the university. Although there has been a relatively steady increase in the number of Tufts Emergency Medical Services ( TEMS) calls over the past five years, the increase in severity of the calls is more troubling, according to Reitman. “What is more alarming is the percentage of those TEMS calls where the level of dangerous drinking has been dramatically high and where my staff has had to call families because we were worried about the student’s well-being,” he said.
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The TCU Senate is considering tying community representative positions to the culture centers, including the Asian American Center.
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this everyone’s issue.” According to TCU President Brandon Rattiner, a senior, the Senate will bring the issue before the student body in the spring in the hopes of putting a proposal to a campuswide vote in April. Rattiner said the Senate plans to put together a task force composed of administrators and students, similar to the alcohol task force, to study the issue. Senators, CECA members and culture center directors stressed that proposals have not yet been finalized and that the final outcome was very much undetermined. “It’s not an easy answer,” Latino Center Director Rubén Salinas-Stern said. “It takes a lot of talking, and hopefully these kinds of discussions can continue.” Rattiner said the discussion was not just about community representatives, but the broader issue of minority representation on Senate as a whole. “The community rep is just a focal point,” he said. “It’s a conversation on representation and fair governance. If the solution includes a community rep, fine. If it doesn’t include a community rep, that’s fine too.” Rattiner said the conversation must find a better system for representing the interests of minority groups in Senate and stressed that the question at hand concerned the
bridge between diversity and governance. “It’s really important not to confuse this conversation with diversity on campus,” he said. “Senate has an interest in representing the needs of every single minority that’s at this school, but we can’t do that without the proper infrastructure.” Some see tying the community representative position to the culture centers as a way to connect them more directly to the groups they represent. “As a director, I do get to see more people who are part of the communities,” he said. “I’m aware of more issues than a student might be,” Salinas-Stern said. “So I think I would give a perspective that’s a bit broader.” Asian American Alliance Representative Rob Siy noted, however, that tying community representatives to culture centers would still leave minority groups without a center, such as Muslim students, unrepresented in the Senate. Adrien said that the eventual solution should allow minority groups to share their experiences with Senate, which is mostly comprised of students from majority groups. Siy, a senior, feels that relying solely on TCU-recognized student groups to represent the needs of minorities is insufficient. “It’s practically equating entire minority communities with student-formed groups,” he said. Adrien raised one of the issues that
initially prompted the current reevaluation of the community representative position, saying that the community representatives’ jobs are made difficult by the lack of a clearly defined role. “If you don’t know what your role should be, you’re kind of stuck in limbo,” she said. This ambiguity is partly the result of the lack of full voting rights for community representatives. Under the TCU constitution, community representatives may now vote on all matters “that do not pertain to the disbursement of the Student Activities Fee.” “If you don’t have full capabilities, you don’t feel like a full senator,” ALAS Representative Lisnerva Nuez, a sophomore, said. Junior Nadia Nibbs, who attended the meeting, said the consensus was that the issue needed a lot more consideration. “It’s a discussion that needs to continue, certainly,” she said. “By the end of the meeting, I felt as though it was unanimous; everybody felt they needed to do some reevaluations, rethinking.” Adrien noted that CECA remains open to new ideas and proposals. Junior Chartise Clark, who also attended the meeting, was encouraged by the knowledge that the discussion will be brought to the whole campus. “I definitely believe that Senate and CECA will see a strong attendance from students of color, especially in meetings where community reps will be discussed,” she said.