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Where You Sunny Read It First 53/35 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXI, NUMBER 43 THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011 TUFTSDAILY.COM President’s marathon team to be cut in half next year BY MICHAEL DEL MORO Friedman School of Nutrition. Daily Editorial Board John Hancock did not make the change for economic reasons, but that The university’s partner in the instead cut the grants because it is seek- President’s Marathon Challenge (PMC) ing to diversify the charitable activities starting next year will cut in half the it benefits, according to Johnson. number of Tufts community members it “John Hancock is very interested in sponsors to run the Boston Marathon. supporting a broader range of nonprof- For the past nine years, John its,” Johnson told the Daily. “This was a Hancock Financial Services has been way of kind of getting what both sides the primary sponsor for the 200 char- wanted … and [giving] them the oppor- ity numbers given to Tufts as part tunity to provide to more nonprofits in of the challenge. University President Boston besides Tufts.” Lawrence Bacow originally bro- PMC Director Don Megerle, who kered the relationship between John called the challenge one of Bacow’s Hancock and Tufts, a contract that was legacies at the university, was disap- originally meant to last 10 years. The pointed with the decision and said the two institutions made the deal to cut change could threaten the dynamics of the PMC participants by half — to 100 the team, which runners have grown runners — this semester in exchange accustomed to over the years. for extending the partnership for two “It was a discussion that we had with years beyond the original 10-year John Hancock last fall. We were trying to agreement, according to Executive figure out a way to extend our relation- Director of University Development ship beyond two [more] years,” Johnson DAILY FILE PHOTO Eric Johnson. said, adding that the original contract Following the leak of financial documents, the university will neither pursue the leaker of To participate in the marathon, all would have allowed for only two more 2010 financial documents nor adjust its investment policy. runners must either meet strict quali- years with 200 challenge runners. fying times or receive a charity num- “It would have been difficult to go ber that waives the requirement if from 200 members to all of sudden hav- they raise funds to donate to a chari- ing nothing, so now we have four years University to maintain current table cause. [with 100 runners each],” he said. In return for bypassing the qual- Johnson added that the university ifying stage, PMC participants must would continue to negotiate with John policy in wake of Jumboleaks raise a certain amount of money in Hancock to try to lengthen the relation- order to run. Students are required to ship beyond two additional years, but BY AM ELIE HECHT tion rather than keep it confidential,” raise $1,000 and non-students, includ- that such an extension has not yet been Daily Editorial Board Campbell said. ing faculty, alumni and parents, must raise $2,500 to benefit programs at the see PMC, page 2 In response to the leak of the uni- Relationship with the ACSR versity’s alleged investment informa- Campbell said that the leak would not tion by the newly established group alter the university’s relationship with Jumboleaks on Saturday, the univer- ACSR, which the university created in sity is not at this time actively pursu- 2007 to allow for greater student input Air Force ROTC cadets ing the individual or individuals who on direct investments. The three under- disclosed the information, according graduate students who compose ACSR, to Executive Vice President Patricia according to Campbell, are privy only accepted to flight school Campbell. to information regarding direct invest- Jumboleaks released a confidential ments. Because the university currently BY KATHRYN OLSON list of 35 companies in which it purports possesses no direct investments, the Daily Editorial Board the university had a direct holding in body at this time has no access to cur- 2010, citing the dual goals of promoting rent investment information. While many Tufts seniors continue to financial transparency and encourag- ACSR members are required to sign grapple with their post-graduation futures, ing investment in socially responsible a non-disclosure agreement when they two juniors already know what they’re corporations. assume their positions, a contract that doing — and it’s no desk job. The group did not reveal who pro- remains in effect post-graduation. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps vided them with the list. Current ACSR member Maggie Selvin, a (AFROTC) cadets Brittany Trimble and The university also has no plans, as sophomore, said that no consequences Jared Kaminski last month learned they of yet, to alter either its endowment were ever clearly expressed for students have been guaranteed slots with the U.S. transparency policy or its investment found breaking the agreement, though Air Force’s flight school following their grad- strategies, Campbell said. none would ever consider doing so. uation from Tufts next year. The organization, composed of cur- “We never had a discussion about it Trimble and Kaminski were two of 750 rent and former Tufts students, claimed because it was a non-issue,” she said. AFROTC college juniors nationwide who on its website that the published docu- “It’s something we do as a sign of respect applied for the competitive positions — ment represented a complete list of for the Board [of Trustees], and it was only 502 were awarded slots. Trimble will the university’s direct investments in absolutely unquestioned that none of enter pilot training, and Kaminski was the year 2010. Campbell declined to us would ever consider disclosing it.” accepted to train as a Combat Systems either confirm or deny the authenticity Gabe Frumkin (LA ’10), who was Operator (CSO), or navigator. of the leaked information, but she did influential in the founding of ACSR All four of the cadets in AFROTC acknowledge that the university last and served on the committee for two Detachment 365 — the unit based out of year possessed direct holdings and this years, said that the Jumboleaks incident the Massachusetts Institute of Technology year does not. should demonstrate to the university with which Tufts’ cadets complete their Members of the student-composed the need to provide the ACSR with addi- ROTC training — who applied were award- Advisory Committee on Shareholder tional power as a means of involving ed positions in the school, according to Responsibility (ACSR) have access to students more deeply in investment U.S. Air Force Captain Daniel Sawicki, who a password-protected website with decisions. instructs the detachment. a list of the university’s direct hold- “If the administration is savvy … Kaminski was also placed on the wait- ings, Campbell said. This list, she [it will see] it is a really good time to list for a pilot position and is optimistic believed, was what was published on be a more proactive partner with the that he will be accepted to the higher the Jumboleaks website. ACSR,” he said. “Now is a good time training program. COURTESY BRITTANY TRIMBLE “[A list of our direct investments] was to be reminded and to learn that the We’re crossing our fingers,” Sawicki Tufts AFROTC cadets Brittany Trimble, pic- made available to those handful of stu- committee hasn’t really helped Tufts yet said, going on to praise the Tufts cadets’ tured above, and Jared Kaminski, both dents … and it would appear it might because the ACSR hasn’t had the sub- dedication. juniors, learned last month of their admit- have been one of the students that stantive role that similar organizations tance into U.S. Air Force flight training. had that password-protected access see ROTC, page 2 — [who] chose to share that informa- see JUMBOLEAKS, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections With the 2012 election Iceland isn’t all cold News 1 Op-Ed 11 season off to a start, and Björk: It’s also new forces within the home to an exciting Features 3 Comics 12 Republican Party will new music scene. Weekender 5Classifieds 13 likely play a large role. Editorial | Letters 10 Sports Back see FEATURES, page 3 see WEEKENDER, page 5 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Thursday, April 7, 2011 See tuftsdaily.com for an Tufts cadets secure post-graduate Police Briefs interactive map. SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY the content of the bags, as the case is slots in Air Force flight school A student flagged down at 3:30 a.m. ongoing. ROTC on Friday morning a Tufts University continued from page 1 Police Department (TUPD) car on SMOKE AND MIRRORS “Both cadets are very motivated and Professors Row to report that one of well-rounded, and what that means for the his housemates had just robbed him. Two TUPD officers at 12:15 a.m. on Air Force is that we end up with very quali- In an altercation at his Sunset Avenue Saturday responded to noise reports at fied leaders. The combination of a Tufts residence about 10 minutes before, the a Powderhouse Boulevard house party. education and ROTC training builds strong student said, his housemate struck him, Upon its arrival, TUPD met officers character and strong individuals, which is stole two bags and fled. Two TUPD offi- from the Somerville Police Department what the Air Force and our government cers later that day arrested the house- already on the scene. The officers need and what both exhibit,” Sawicki said. mate, a 24-year-old male who does observed fog seeping out of one of the Trimble and Kaminski will begin training not attend Tufts, and charged him with doors, which they found to be coming next summer, and their positions require assault and battery and larceny.