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Where You Raining Read It First 67/46 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVII, NUMBER 51 FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014 TUFTSDAILY.COM Venture competition winners selected by Justin Rheingold bring the product to market. Daily Editorial Board Becca Novak (LA '10), the edu- cational manager at ScriptEd, The Tufts University was the other first place winner. Entrepreneurial Leadership She explained that ScriptEd offers Program on Tuesday announced computer programming classes the winners of its $100k New in low-income communities. Ventures Competition. "Classes are taught by expe- The competition, which cel- rienced computer programming ebrated its 10th anniversary this professionals on a volunteer year, was divided into two catego- basis, ensuring that students not ries, including the "classic track" only have exposure to the most consisting of businesses geared up-to-date knowledge available, toward creating private value, but also role models and potential and a "social track" consisting of mentors in the field," Novak told businesses geared toward helping the Daily in an email. "In addi- society, according to the competi- tion, ScriptEd links students to tion’s website. Sponsored through internship opportunities to gain the Gordon Institute, the compe- professional experience in which tition serves to connect under- to apply their coding skills." graduates, graduates, faculty and Novak said she hopes that the alumni with other businesses to award money will allow her team become entrepreneurs and busi- to reach more students and have ness leaders. a greater impact. Of the 12 finalists who pre- "My goal is that ScriptEd con- sented on Tuesday, one winner tinues to grow, so that we can CAROLINE GEILING / THE TUFTS DAILY was chosen in each category. ensure that anyone who wants The Commons is now closing at 1 a.m. instead of 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, after student behavior Benevolent Technologies for a quality computer science edu- caused problems for employees. Health (BeTH), a company cation can have one, especially that makes prosthetic devices, students who are typically under- received first place in the "classic represented in the field," she said. track" and ScriptEd, a nonprof- "I would love to see us continue Dining Services reduces late-night it organization that works with to expand to serve more student under-resourced schools, won in more schools." first place on the "social track." In addition to the 100k hours at the Commons Jeremy Jo, a Tufts graduate Competition, the Gordon by Kathleen Schmidt night meal option. and it was 1 a.m., and there student and one of the orga- Institute recently announced the Daily Editorial Board "The only changes are that were so many people there that nizers behind BeTH, explained winners of its Ideas Competition, now it closes at 1 a.m., and that police came in and were like, how receiving the award which awarded three winning Tufts Dining Services recently was due to a bunch of com- 'We're closing it. We're shutting money will help advance his groups $1,000 for their propos- changed the hours of late-night plaints that the [Mayer] Campus it down,'" she said. "The line company's project. als. One of the three groups con- dining at the Commons Deli and Center employees and Campus was just crazy, filling the whole "Winning the Tufts 100k is a sisted of Thormika Keo and Diana Grill on Fridays and Saturdays, Center manager had regarding area in front of the stairs." great validation of the work the Winston, a clinical associate and after receiving reports of rowdy student behavior," Kahhalé, a Kahhalé said that she under- team has put into the project and a clinical instructor at the Tufts student behavior. freshman, said. stood the kind of crowd the the product," Jo told the Daily Medical Center. Their device, At the start of the semester, According to Kahhalé, there Commons would be serving in an email. "The resources will called the Hadori Catheter, would the Commons was open for was one night in the beginning when she came up with the enable us to continue product help doctors better see the inside late-night meal swipes from 9 of March that seemed to be piv- idea for the late-night meal development, clinical testing and of the intestine while performing p.m. to 2 a.m., but cut back otal in the change to late-night swipe. In the Senate resolu- hire interns for the summer." colonoscopies. according to Isabella Kahhalé, dining hours. tion, Kahhalé explained that Jo said his organization will the Tufts Community Union "One night, all the frat par- work to raise funding further to see COMPETITION, page 2 senator who proposed the late- ties got let out at one time, see THE COMMONS, page 2 Green Line extension brings concerns for housing availability in Somerville by Jessica Mow In addition to these economic benefits, in some of these neighborhoods that trains Despite the successful acquisition of the Daily Editorial Board the Green Line expansion also presents are not going to anymore. East Somerville, in Davis Square stop, the expansion also serves many problems of redevelopment, rising particular, and part of Union Square are very as a cautionary tale to planners. Over the next five years, the Green Line housing prices and shifting demographics. diverse. And that's a value that a lot of people "When you look at the demographics, you will extend into Somerville, ending on According to a report cited in a Feb. 12 article hold really dearly." see that the neighborhoods around Davis College Avenue. Two of the planned stops — on Boston.com, housing prices in Somerville In determining the city's strategy to avoid Square are disproportionately wealthier than at Washington Street and in Union Square — areas are predicted to rise as much as 67 population changes, planners have looked to the rest of Somerville," Rawson said. "They're are scheduled to open in 2017. City planners percent with the Green Line extension. This the extension of the Red Line to Davis Square disproportionately whiter than the rest of are discussing the changes, and analyzing creates a problem for current residents, as from the 1980s. Somerville, and they have far fewer children the ways in which the plan's advantages and well as those looking to move to the area. According to Rawson, the beginnings than the rest of Somerville." disadvantages will be addressed. According to Dr. Justin Hollander, associate of the Red Line extension were similar to Joseph Sacchi, a Tufts UEP gradu- "It's remarkable to me to take a look professor in the Urban and Environmental those of the Green Line extension today. ate student working on a project for the through historical accounts or histori- Policy and Planning (UEP) Department, the Community members fought for the stop in Somerville Community Corporation as cal transportation studies, and then real- desirability of living near a MBTA stop can Davis Square and eventually were granted a part of a UEP Field Projects course, said ize that the Green Line extension has been account for such dramatic increases in rent. stop in Arlington, where an extension from he was hopeful but wary of the results of planned for literally decades," Brad Rawson, "The demand is just really high to live Porter Square was originally planned. the Green Line extension. senior planner at the Somerville Mayor's walking distance to really any mass transit in "Things like Statue Park and Seven Hills "I think the city has done a good job in Office of Strategic Planning and Community the Boston area," Hollander said. Park and Davis Square Plaza were built as terms of planning comprehensively and look- Development, said. Hollander also commented on the chang- a result of that plan," Rawson said. "The ing forward," he said. "I think they're planning The introduction of the Green Line to es in demographics that may come with the community path extension that was built is some more contingencies, ... but whether that Somerville is expected to bring vast econom- MBTA extension. a result of that plan. ... Many of the existing will ultimately be enough to preserve the cur- ic expansion, with a projected 17,300 new "The changes that are happening now, historic commercial properties were refur- rent character of the neighborhood is just jobs and 3,600 residential units to be created and that are going to happen, are not value- bished with public assistance as a result of something that kind of remains to be seen." by 2030, according to a Dec. 5, 2013 Boston neutral," Hollander said. "As a result, there that plan. So we got many things right back Globe article. are a lot of groups that have historically lived in Davis Square in the early 80s." see GREEN LINE, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections News | Features 1 Comics 6 Todd Terje’s first full Russell Crowe’s engag- album features old ing performance helps Arts & Living 3 Classifieds 7 favorites and new hits. ‘Noah’ shine on the big Sports Back screen. see ARTS, page 3 see ARTS, page 3 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Friday, April 11, 2014 THE TUFTS DAILY Hours reduced Caroline A. Welch Editor-in-Chief due to student EDITORIAL rowdiness J.L. Hoagland Stephanie Haven THE COMMONS Managing Editors continued from page 1 Justin Rheingold Executive News Editor food and drink should be available to Daniel Bottino News Editors Jenna Buckle students to decrease the likelihood Abigail Feldman that Tufts Emergency Medical Service Daniel Gottfried Alexa Horwitz would be needed. Victoria Leistman Annabelle Roberts "Every time I went, I was always really Denali Tietjen happy to see so many people there, but I Josh Weiner Sarah Zheng do recognize that it got pretty rowdy, and Meredith Braunstein Assistant News Editors I think it is in part due to the fact that Dana Guth Kathleen Schmidt many students were intoxicated, and Jei-Jei Tan CAROLINE GEILING / THE TUFTS DAILY there were a lot of them there," she said.