Where You Read It First Rain 41/34 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LIX, NUMBER 31 MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 TUFTSDAILY.COM Flooding occurs across campus, rain wreaks havoc on buildings BY MARTHA SHANAHAN “They are continuing to work throughout Daily Editorial Board [Sunday] and into [Sunday night].” Additional staff from the department also The incessant rain of the last two days came in to field phone calls from students has caused buildings all across the Medford/ complaining about flooding. Somerville campus to flood extensively, and Richard Reynolds, interim vice president facilities workers have been trying to manage for operations in the Facilities Department, the effects. said that workers on campus have been trying Students in residences across campus yes- to contain the effects of the rain. terday notified authorities of heavy flooding “We’ve got crews on campus trying to miti- caused by the rain that began Saturday morn- gate, but while it’s still raining and blowing, ing and continued through Sunday. there’s nothing we can really do,” he said. “There’s a number of building that are tak- Reynolds added that the nature of the rain- ing on water,” John King, senior director of storm exacerbated the flooding problem. public and environmental safety, said. “[The “Most of the damage is because of Department of Public and Environmental wind-driven rain,” he said. “The horizon- Safety] received several calls during [Saturday tal movement attacks the walls. You don’t night] from students reporting water coming know what it’s going to do, and that’s what in their windows.” makes it so crazy. It’s not just normal roof King mentioned Lewis and Haskell Halls leakage. The wind drives it through the as two dorms that have experienced flood- cracks in the walls.” ing problems. Non-residential buildings have also Residents of Wren Hall and Latin Way have been affected by the flooding. According to also complained of flooding in the buildings. Reynolds, the Facilities Department has also SCOTT TINGLEY/TUFTS DAILY King said that extra staff members came Cousens Gym flooded heavily during yesterday’s rainstorm. in to work on problems caused by the rain. see FLOODS, page 2 Tufts makes Service Honor Roll BY AMELIE HECHT coordinator for Learn and Serve courses offered and the incentives Daily Editorial Board America, a program under the used to promote students’ par- corporation; 29 schools in ticipation in service initiatives are Tufts on Feb. 25 was named Massachusetts, including Tufts, also integral to the final decision. to the 2009 President’s Higher received the award. The corporation then reviews Education Community Service Institutions of higher education up to three project descriptions Honor Roll for commendable are evaluated on a number of cri- for individual initiatives at each volunteer contributions in the teria laid out by the agency. school, according to Days. local area. “Overall, we look at the insti- “We look not just at the number This is Tufts’ second consecu- tutional commitment that the of inputs, the number of students tive year making the honor roll — school is making to support stu- and hours, but also the impact of the highest federal recognition for dent service on campus,” Days the projects and who is benefited,” service and civic engagement — told the Daily. Days said. although the university dropped The judges consider the per- Hollister cited the contributions a level from last year’s standings, centage of students engaged in of the Leonard Carmichael Society in which it was named to the 2008 community service on campus (LCS), Tisch College of Citizenship Honor Roll with Distinction. and the percentage of federal and Public Service, the Jumpstart JAMES CHOCA/TUFTS DAILY The Corporation for National work-study funds that the institu- program, the Greek community Students and faculty on Friday discussed the future of Tufts over lunch. and Community Service, a fed- tion uses to sustain service proj- and non-affiliated service groups eral agency, named over 700 ects, according to Tisch College as pivotal in helping to secure institutions of higher learning to of Citizenship and Public Service Tufts’ place on the honor roll. Students, faculty look the honor roll this year, accord- Dean Robert Hollister. ing to Kevin Days, the program The number of service-learning see SERVICE, page 2 ahead to Tufts in 2020 Cultural groups perform at Parade of Nations BY ELLEN KAN member of the ExCollege board, Daily Editorial Board said in opening remarks to the program. “We want to mimic that Students and faculty gathered and talk about what Tufts is going Friday afternoon to envision Tufts to look like in 2020 with every- in 2020 in light of potential trends thing changing economically and that could affect the future of high- socially in the world around us.” er education. Gimbel is also the outreach direc- Over lunch in the Chase Dining tor for the Daily. Room at Carmichael Dining Hall, In his keynote address intend- tables of faculty, administration and ed to start off the discussion, student representatives debated Provost and Senior Vice President “Tufts in the Year 2020,” the theme Jamshed Bharucha expressed his of this year’s Feedback program belief that the future of education organized by the Experimental would be one of increased inte- College (ExCollege). gration, whether between research The discussion touched on top- and teaching, across disciplines or ics such as pre-major advising, the between undergraduate and grad- growing emphasis on pre-profes- uate study. sional training, standardized test- Bharucha noted that his own ing and the role of teaching in the personal experiences with students tenure process. showed that their long-term reten- A similar event was held a tion of what they had learned in decade ago discussing what Tufts college is often minimal. would look like in 2010, and “The dirty little secret about organizers wanted to replicate learning is that we forget,” he said. that conversation. “As educators, we forget that stu- “Those things [predicted 10 dents forget.” VIRGINIA BLEDSOE/TUFTS DAILY years ago] haven’t necessarily Pointing out that students often The Tufts Garba Team on Saturday night performed at the International Club’s annual Parade of Nations event fea- come to fruition today, but some distinctly recalled their work on turing a fashion show and performances by student cultural groups like the Irish Step Team. Food was available dur- of their predictions have actually ing the intermission, with the profits donated to the Boryana Fund, a scholarship fund for international students. come true,” senior Ally Gimbel, a see FEEDBACK, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s Sections Tufts alumna Tiphanie Tufts’ track and field News 1 Op-Ed 9 Yanique debuts a col- teams competed at lection of stories about Nationals this week- Features 3 Comics 10 the Virgin Islands. end, earning three All- Arts & Living 5Classifieds 11 American honors. Editorial | Letters 8 Sports Back see ARTS page 5 see SPORTS, back 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Monday, March 15, 2010 Visiting the Hill this week MONDAY and its consequences, specifically highlight- Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Center Estimation Using an IMU and a Kinetic “Jeanne and Martin Sussman Endowed ing the case of the Andean guinea pig. Sponsor: Tisch College of Citizenship and Model of Human Gait.” Lecture in Chemical & Biological When and Where: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Public Service When and Where: 3 p.m to 4:15 p.m.; Engineering” Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room Nelson Auditorium, Anderson Hall Details: Professor Enrique Iglesia from the Sponsors: Office of the Dean of Arts and “Is Manliness for Men Only? Sponsor: Department of Mechanical University of California, Berkeley will pres- Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Latin Details: Professor of Government Harvey Engineering ent on “Nanostructures and Nanospaces in American Studies Program, Tufts Museum Mansfield from Harvard University will dis- Catalysis.” Studies cuss what it means to be manly in today’s FRIDAY When and Where: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.; gender-neutral society. “Philosophy Lecture” Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall WEDNESDAY When and Where: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Details: Hubert Dreyfus, the Edward A. Sponsor: Department of Chemical and “Tisch College Research Prize” Barnum 104 Dickson Professor Emeritus at the University Biological Engineering Details: Professor Doug McAdam from Sponsor: Tufts Republicans of California, Berkeley, will present on “The Stanford University, the winner of this year’s Myth of the Pervasiveness of the Mental: TUESDAY Tisch Civic Engagement Research Prize, will THURSDAY Merleau-Ponty vs. John McDowell on “Transnational Guinea Pigs” discuss “From Freedom Summer to Teach “Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series” Ground-Level Coping.” Details: Assistant Professor María Elena for America: Understanding the Impact of Details: Associate Professor Demoz Gebre- When and Where: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Eaton Garciá from the University of Washington Youth Activism.” Egziabher from the University of Minnesota Hall Room 206 will speak about the transnational process When and Where: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; will be presenting on “In-situ Step Size Sponsor: Department of Philosophy Provost emphasizes integration and globalization at Feedback lunch FEEDBACK other cultures into their teaching,” he told continued from page 1 the Daily. a thesis or when partnering with a fac- Associate Director of the ExCollege ulty member on research while forgetting Howard Woolf at the end of the round- what had been taught in lecture, Bharucha table discussion summarized some of expressed his belief that integrating “active the sentiments he had heard as he was learning” more seamlessly into teaching making his rounds from table to table, was the solution to improving education in including the suggestions that it should the future.