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Where You Read It First Sunny 66/48 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 17 MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009 TUFTSDAILY.COM I-Cruise fails to set sail after alcohol abuse incidents BY SAUMYA VAISHAMPAYAN and took the individual to a nearby hospi- Daily Editorial Board tal. I-Club executive board member Alyssa The boat was all packed up and ready to Edoo, a junior, confirmed a report of an go, but it never left the dock. additional hospitalization and an arrest but Two cases of serious intoxication and one could not provide details for either inci- arrest prevented Saturday night’s I-Cruise dent. from leaving Boston Harbor. Boat employees closed the bar on the The boat hosting the annual event, which boat, which was open to individuals 21 and is organized by the International Club over, about a half an hour after the first hos- (I-Club), remained docked at the World pitalization, according to Edoo. Trade Center for the duration of the evening Sgt. Richard Ball of the Marine Unit of the after employees abiding by company policy Massachusetts State Police, who was at the refused to move the boat in response to stu- scene, told the Daily that students arrived dents’ drunken behavior. around 11 p.m. and “many appeared to have The manager for the Spirit of Boston, been drinking already.” SHREYA GANDHI/TUFTS DAILY the cruise’s boat, informed members of the “The boat was ready to go but there was A series of technological glitches have made the JoeyTracker GPS system unusable this semester. International Club’s executive board that a a medical issue, and emergency medical female student had been hospitalized for technicians (EMTs) had to respond and alcohol poisoning and was in serious medi- remove a body,” Ball said. “The boat stayed JoeyTracker remains idle cal danger. Paramedics removed the student at the dock.” from the boat around 11:30 p.m., minutes With flaws in TCU-run GPS going unresolved, before the boat was scheduled to depart, see I-CRUISE, page 2 student group creates alternative system BY JENNIFER WHITE buses’ locations on the satellite grid and Tufts set to ‘go green’ for Parents Weekend Contributing Writer their estimated arrival times have not been BY CORINNE SEGAL reported on the tracker’s Web site, joey.tufts. Contributing Writer The Joey has been stuck in the same edu, since the start of this year. place for two months now — or so says its Neither the TCU Senate, responsible Parents from around the world will see Web site. for maintaining the Web site, nor Joseph’s a greener side of Tufts in two weeks. The JoeyTracker, the online resource Limousine and Transportation, the com- Weathering a 25 percent budget cut meant to show students the whereabouts pany that administers the Joey and whose for the annual Parents Weekend event, of the Joey, Tufts’ campus shuttle bus, has drivers man the GPS systems, can defini- now in its 20th year, Tufts is planning to suffered from a series of recurring technical tively identify the cause of recent glitches. highlight the university’s enduring efforts malfunctions since its installation nearly Installed in January 2008 through the toward becoming more environmentally two years ago. efforts of the TCU Senate, the JoeyTracker is friendly. As the problems remain largely unin- a free service. Its GPS is meant to transmit Running from Oct. 16 to Oct. 18, vestigated, a group of students outside the the location of buses to the Web site. Parents Weekend is titled, “It’s Not Easy Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate has Tufts’ Support Services Manager Sheila Being Green: Environmental Exploration created an independent Web site to help Chisholm, who works on improving shuttle at Tufts.” locate the Joey. service, said her department is open to The university chose the environ- The university’s JoeyTracker is designed holding a meeting with the TCU Senate “to mental-consciousness theme in order AALOK KANANI/TUFTS DAILY to use a global positioning system (GPS), talk about where everything is going” with to highlight Tufts faculty members who Parents coming to the Hill in two weeks will which has units installed in each of the attend environmentally oriented programming two regularly circulating shuttles. But the see JOEY, page 2 see PARENTS, page 2 thanks to Parents Weekend green theme. Hoping to defy job market, many students attend Career Fair BY BETH MEBRATU attended and the variety of their “I’m here to find a job,” senior non-profit organization, noticed Agarwal said the fair piqued her Contributing Writer class years. Akrati Agarwal said. “The economy a significant increase in the level interest in specific companies. She The 95 employers in attendance is really bad right now and it’s hard of student interest in her organi- initially doubted how helpful the Students gathered in the represented a variety of fields, to get a job, so I’m a little worried.” zation’s volunteer opportunities fair would be, but left Gantcher Gantcher Center on Friday for the including health care, government, “Considering today’s current job compared to past years. hopeful about her employment annual Tufts Career Fair, explor- engineering, education, finance market, it is always good to start “I know at this time most stu- prospects. ing a broad range of employment, and the non-profit sector. They early and see what’s out there,” dents are looking for paying jobs, “I’m optimistic about job oppor- internship and volunteer opportu- offered several different employ- junior Jaya Birch-Desai said. so it was surprising to see so much tunities after being at this fair,” nities. ment options, including full-time Multiple employer represen- interest in service opportunities,” Agarwal said. Over 900 students, ranging jobs, internships and volunteer tatives told the Daily that their Park said. Sophomore Aisha Farley came from freshmen to those in gradu- positions. firms had not yet finalized the Major firms like Fidelity to the fair hoping to explore and ate programs, attended this year’s Thoughts of the gloomy eco- number of candidates they Investments and nonprofits develop new interests. She found fair, according to Director of Career nomic climate hung in the air as expected to hire and were also such as Teach For America saw a policy division on environmental Services Jean Papalia. Papalia students paraded through vendor unsure of the number of posi- crowds of students waiting to health particularly interesting. called the event a success, citing tables. Many attended the fair with tions they had available. speak with a representatives. “I definitely wouldn’t have the high number of students that the recession in mind. Danielle Martin-Alston, corpo- Students expressed doubts that learned about it if it weren’t for the rate paralegal coordinator for Paul, attending the fair would lead to fair,” she said. Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison an actual job offer because of A few of the employer booths LLP, said that her firm did not yet the high level of competition at were manned by Tufts alumni know how many new employees it Tufts for employment. who received job offers after could hire because it did not know “Seeing all the students in line applying for positions they had how many of its current employees makes me think how many kids learned about at a previous Tufts are going to law school. are applying for the job,” Birch- Career Fair. Papalia encouraged Tufts seniors Desai said. “Tufts has a lot of smart There are two more career to attend the Just in Time Fair this students.” fairs coming up later this year. spring, held specifically for seniors, Students from different class In addition to April’s senior when employers will have a better years expressed different goals for job fair, Career Services will idea of the number of positions the fair. Most seniors were inter- hold their annual Science and available within their company. ested in a full-time position begin- Technology Fair in February. Employers who participated ning after graduation, while many Papalia encouraged students to in the fair were more than satis- juniors searched for internship attend as many career events fied with student turnout. Maki opportunities and underclassmen as possible in order to explore JOSH HALE/TUFTS DAILY Park, director of Outreach and looked for an educational experi- a broad range of opportunities Over 900 students attended Tufts’ annual Career Fair on Friday Administration at WorldTeach, a ence outside of the classroom. and employers. Inside this issue Today’s Sections University performance The football team News 1 Op-Ed 11 groups are grappling improved to 1-1 on the with ramifications of a season with its road Features 3 Comics 12 new policy barring ticket victory over Bates on Arts & Living 5Sports Back sales to Tufts students. Saturday. Editorial | Letters 10 see FEATURES, page 3 see SPORTS, back page 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Monday, October 5, 2009 Looking for alternative to JoeyTracker, students Parents Weekend to highlight create text messaging system with bus schedule Tufts’ history of eco awareness JOEY “We haven’t really found that [the normally, nor had he been alerted PARENTS Creighton said, was to make continued from page 1 JoeyTracker] was always available of the current problems with the continued from page 1 Tufts a non-smoking campus regards to the JoeyTracker system. when we needed it,” he said. “It’s JoeyTracker. have strong backgrounds in in 1990. Since then, projects Chisholm said Support definitely a work in progress, too, Another driver, who asked to environmental understand- have addressed transporta- Services is “in the very early and it’s going to be great when they remain anonymous because he ing, according to Provost and tion issues, harnessing solar stages” of looking into possibly get it going, but in the meantime … did not believe he was autho- Senior Vice President Jamshed energy and serving locally attaining a new system for the this provides a serious option.” rized to speak on the record about Bharucha.