Today: Mostly Sunny THE TUFTS High 67 Low 43 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Partly Cloudy Since 1980 High 56 Low 43 VOLUME LV, NUMBER 62 DAILY FRIDAY , APRIL 25, 2008 Amalgamates sing for Sox Bacow announces loan forgiveness program for alumni in public sector University President Lawrence Bacow university is using the interest from the has announced the official launch of fund to pay for its LRAP. the university-wide Loan Repayment Graduates of any Tufts school who Assistance Program (LRAP), a pioneering work at a nonprofit or in the public sec- system that will help alumni who take jobs tor can now apply for loan repayment. in the non-profit or public sector pay back Applications are due Sept. 1. Tufts will their student loans. give away $500,000 in loan repayment “It is especially appropriate for Tufts to this year. make this commitment, since as an institution “We’ll coordinate with all the schools we seek to encourage a spirit of public service on campus when it’s time to make the in our students,” Bacow said on Tuesday in decision of who’s going to receive the an e-mail to the Tufts community. awards,” said Patricia Reilly, director of Tufts is aiming to make it easier for financial aid. “We have not yet decided alumni to enter the non-profit or public how that’s going to be split. That’s going sphere, even without comfortable finan- to depend on the number of applications cial cushions. Professions of this sort typi- we get and the need of the applications.” cally offer lower salaries. The administration believes Tufts’ LRAP “Career and job choices can be dis- to be the world’s first program of its kind torted by those financial realities,” said to be implemented on such a large scale. Rob Hollister, the dean of the Jonathan “Lots of law schools have very effective M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public LRAPs, the Fletcher School had a very Service, which will run the LRAP. positive experience with an LRAP for five Bacow and Provost Jamshed Bharucha years,” Hollister said. Tufts’ new program envisioned the program after Pierre and “seems to be the first really university- CourtESY ALEX GREEN Pam Omidyar (LA ‘88 and J ‘89, respec- wide effort that has this strategy.” Tufts a cappella singers the Amalgamates sang the national anthem at Fenway Park tively) gave Tufts $100 million to launch yesterday before the Red Sox game against the Los Angeles Angels. the Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund. The —by Giovanni Russonello Governor Patrick approves funding for Green Line extension BY DA N PASTER N ACK The bill was passed in the project’s completion, it will ing that while garnering federal munity members to discuss the Daily Editorial Board the state legislature largely not do anything to speed up the funds is difficult, he believes locations and amenities of the unchanged before reaching the process. But the bill will act as the extension of the Green Line new stations. One such meeting Massachusetts Governor governor’s desk. a type of insurance in case the will be a front runner for fed- occurred at Sophia Gordon Hall Deval Patrick signed a bill on According to Stephen Mackey, federal government chooses not eral funding. on campus. April 17 appropriating $600 mil- president of the Somerville to fund the project. Mackey also mentioned that At the moment, several stud- lion to fund the extension of the Chamber of Commerce, the bill Mackey said that the bill the details of the project have ies must be completed before Green Line into Somerville and marks a large step in the push to should guarantee that the proj- not yet been finalized. “It’s pre- the project can move forward. the Tufts campus. extend the T in Somerville. ect will be finished on schedule mature [to talk about the proj- “They’re doing an environmen- The transportation bond bill “It’s another major milestone in 2014. “I know the state will ect’s details]. Some of the hur- tal impact study and an engi- authorizes the state to float $3.5 towards the realization of the be looking to leverage federal dles you can’t get over until you neering study. Only after they billion in bonds for transporta- extension. Each milestone will funds,” he said. get to it,” he said. do the [studies] will they file tion projects across the state, bring further interest in terms “It’s a very competitive pro- The project is still on the the application for the federal including the Massachusetts of development,” Mackey told cess, but the belief is that it drawing board as of today. [funding],” Mackey said. Bay Transportation Authority’s the Daily. will be a most competitive pro- Earlier this year, those working (MBTA) Green Line extension. While the funds help to ensure posal,” Mackey said, explain- on the project met with com- see MBTA, page 2 Student group urges administration Live Jumbo Aid holds Human Rights Fair to improve dorm common rooms BY ALEXA N DRA BOGUS Morrison, a member of the Daily Staff Writer committee. “[The administration is] A group of students working thrilled to get student toward improving residential input,” said Morrison, a Tufts life is one step closer to achiev- Community Union senator. ing its goals. Stuart said that the meeting Tufts Students for the with the dean was very suc- Improvement of Residential cessful, although he refused Life and Community, a com- to comment on the details of mittee that has over 300 mem- their discussion. “She was very bers in its Facebook.com receptive to our ideas,” he said. group, met with Executive McIntosh told the Daily that Administrative Dean of Arts she was “absolutely very inter- and Sciences Leah McIntosh ested in [the committee’s] sug- on April 14. gestions” and said that she will Committee head Shabazz continue to talk to the group Stuart, a freshman, said the and any other groups that have group is more of a movement suggestions. She was also par- than a traditional organization. ticularly interested in hearing Students formed it in January from the Senate on the mat- as “a way to take people’s frus- ter. The Senate passed a resolu- tration and channel it in a pro- tion on March 30 endorsing the ductive way,” he said. committee’s recommendations. In response to a report The organization’s focuses written by the committee in span from improving resi- February concerning the state dential facilities, particularly of Tufts’ residential life and dormitory common rooms, to MEREDITH KLEIN/TUFTS DAILY campus community, McIntosh increasing the sense of com- A number of student organizations came out for the Live Jumbo Aid Human Rights Fair yesterday evening. invited core members of munity on campus. Speakers, informational booths and interactive activities speckled the academic quad at the lead-up to last the group to meet with her, night’s Live Jumbo Aid Sleep Out, which sought to raise awareness of human rights issues. according to freshman Chas see DORMITORIES, page 2 Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections The baseball team won Universities nationwide an out-of-conference are eliminating trays News 1 Sports 9 game against Bentley from campus eateries Features 3 Classifieds 14 Wednesday ahead of a in an attempt to slim Arts | Living 5Comics 15 critical weekend series. down their students. see SPORTS, page 9 see FEATURES, page 3 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Friday, April 25, 2008 THE TUFTS DAILY Police Briefs MATTHEW J. SKIBIN S KI Editor-in-Chief More Water Balloon after a fire alarm sounded. As they officer was able to see into one of the THROWING at Zeta PSI entered the suite where the alarm was dorm’s rooms, where he spotted a male EDItorIAL going off, they noticed a Kegerator, a rolling what the officer believed to be a Ross Marrinson Managing Editors The Tufts University Police Department small refrigerator used to cool kegs and marijuana cigarette. Evans Clinchy (TUPD) received a call around 3:50 p.m. dispense beer, sitting in the common The officer went in to investigate. The Raven Anderson Editorial Page Editors on April 17 from a passerby complain- room. No one was in the common area student allowed him to enter and turned Anne Fricker Jacob Maccoby ing that three individuals were launching or claimed the refrigerator, so TUPD over one bag of marijuana containing Marc Raifman water balloons from the roof of Zeta Psi identified the students that live in that approximately $200 worth of marijuana Kelly Rizzetta fraternity at 80 Professors Row. When the apartment and the Office of the Dean of and two smaller bags containing approxi- Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor officers arrived, they saw two males and Student Affairs was contacted. mately $50 of marijuana each. A report one female on the roof and asked them was filed and turned in to the Office of Alex Bloom News Editors to come down. The individuals did not ‘ThE DOORS UNLOCKED’ COME the Dean of Student Affairs. Madeline Garber comply. Bennett Kuhn ON IN AND PUT ME ON PRO I Christy McCuaig The officers rang the door bell, and Urinating IN PUBLIC IS ACTU- when no one answered, they entered TUPD officers were called to Hill Hall ally ILLEGAL, LADIES — at Nina Ford Assistant News Editors the house through an open door. Two to investigate a strong aroma of burnt Ben Gittleson BOTH TUFTS AND Harvard Gillian Javetski males inside ran toward the basement, marijuana coming from a student’s room Marysa Lin but eventually everyone involved came at 9:30 p.m.