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Where You Showers Read It First 59/43 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXI, NUMBER 46 TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011 TUFTSDAILY.COM Tufts to implement Couric discusses new media in journalism cluster-hiring BY ELL E N KAN program next fall Daily Editorial Board CBS Evening News anchor Katie BY MINYOUNG SONG Couric at yesterday’s sixth-annual Daily Editorial Board Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism said that the expansion of The School of Arts and Sciences last social media has greatly increased the month decided to begin using a new reach and impact of her work. hiring practice, known as cluster hir- “Things live on in perpetuity on the ing, next semester, with the hopes of Internet … A lot of the interviews I’ve enhancing and forging interdisciplinary done are online; that’s allowed people connections between departments. to share it and view it, repeatedly in Cluster hiring is the practice of some cases — certainly that added to simultaneously taking on multiple the impact of the interview had it just tenure-stream professors whose areas run alone on the CBS Evening News,” of expertise are complementary. The Couric said, referring to her interviews university will pilot this initiative in with then-Republican vice presidential conjunction with the interdisciplin- nominee Sarah Palin, which were widely ary Environmental Studies program, believed to have changed the 2008 elec- according to Dean of Arts and Sciences toral landscape. Joanne Berger-Sweeney. The forum was jointly sponsored by the “We will hire three tenure-stream Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship professors who will be full, par- and Public Service, the Communications ticipating members in home depart- and Media Studies (CMS) Program and ments and have courses cross-listed the Edward R. Murrow Center for the with Environmental Studies,” Berger- Study of Public Diplomacy. Sweeney said. Couric, who also spent 15 years as co- The new hires will begin teaching in anchor of NBC’s “Today” show, also cau- fall 2012, according to Dean of Academic tioned the audience at the packed Cabot Affairs for Arts and Sciences Andrew Auditorium not to let the time pressures McClellan. The process will address the of social media compromise reporting need to forge interdisciplinary connec- standards. tions by employing faculty to teach “I think there are dangers. It’s a rela- outside of their home departments, tively new instrument, it’s incredible — I McClellan said. marvel at what you can do with this new He explained that the three new fac- technology — but I think that some- ulty members would ideally be drawn times, our values don’t keep pace with from distinct distribution areas — the this immediacy,” she said. “We have to natural sciences, the social sciences be respectful of this incredibly powerful and either the humanities or the arts. tool and learn how best to use it, and The new hires are expected not only in some ways we still have our training ALEXANDRA GOLDMAN/TUFTS daily CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric signs books in the campus bookstore before see HIRING, page 2 see COURIC, page 2 speaking at the Edward R. Murrow Forum yesterday afternoon. 2011-2012 TCU Senate seats go Student group donates idle computer uncontested; 17 students walk on Seats for next year’s senior, be the representatives for the time to facilitate global research junior and sophomore classes class of 2012 on next year’s on the Tufts Community Union Senate. BY SARAH TRALIN S to remotely harness energy from tory research to cure cancer. (TCU) Senate The class of 2013 will be Contributing Writer their computers and use it to “We are using cancer specifi- were last week represented by Ard Ardalan, power computations for research cally to advertise it, but it does a finalized in an Wyatt Cadley, Yulia Korovikov, A group of students has put in a wide variety of fields. lot of research on different topics,” uncontested elec- Shawyoun Shaidani and their computers’ idle time to work While the idle time can benefit Pilchik said. tion, according Jeremy Zelinger. curing cancer and saving the envi- scientists doing research in any- The software, Berkley Open to Tufts Election Joe Donenfeld, Christopher ronment. thing from possible cures for mus- Infrastructure for Network Commission Ghadban, Christie Students that join the initia- cular dystrophy to finding new Computing (BOINC), supports a (ECOM). Maciejewski, Joe Thibodeau tive started last month by fresh- sources of clean energy, Pilchik is worldwide grid that connects any Seven rising and Lia Weintraub will repre- man Brian Pilchik can download aiming his effort, called “Tufts 4 computer running the program to seniors, five rising juniors and sent the class of 2014. a program that allows scientists the Cure,” specifically at labora- a database of scientific research. five rising sophomores quali- Empty seats on the TCU BOINC, developed six years ago fied for spots on the Senate Judiciary and the Committee at the University of California at next year after submitting the on Student Life will be filled Berkeley, allows personal comput- required paperwork. during a special election in the ers to receive data associated with The Senate reserves seven fall, according to McManus. a research project indicated by the seats for each class. ECOM Members of the LGBT and user’s choice. chair Katherine McManus, Latino communities at last The computers, once joined to a sophomore, said the two night’s candidates meeting a global network, process the data, empty seats in next year’s submitted uncontested appli- completing calculations that sim- junior and sophomore classes cations for positions as com- ulate processes like protein fold- will next fall be offered to munity representatives to the ing or chemical reactions. Once senior and junior candidates. If Senate. the calculations are complete, no candidates claim the spots, Candidates for the Senate the computer sends the solutions ECOM will arrange a special presidential election will be back to the labs from where they election to fill them, according nominated at a Senate meet- originated. The program saves the to McManus. ing later this month, at which researchers time and allows them Elections for incoming fresh- point they may begin their to complete their research faster. men will be held in the fall as campaigns, McManus said. According to Pilchik, members well, McManus said. Students will vote for next of the Tufts community using Juniors Jonathan Danzig, year’s TCU president in an the program have collectively Tomas Garcia, John Peter election on April 26. DANAI MACRIDI/TUFTS Daily provided the processing time to Kaytrosh, Timothy Lesinski, Freshman Brian Pilchik is leading an initiative encouraging students to save researchers across the world Nunu Luo, Benjamin Richards —by Martha Shanahan and download a program that donates their laptops’ idle time to calculations and Matthew Schuman will Kathryn Olson which benefit cancer research. see CURE, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections News 1 Op-Ed 11 Senior theses allow for “Source Code” soars experiential learning. high but falls flat. Features 3 Comics 12 Arts | Living 7Classifieds 13 Editorial | Letters 10 Sports Back see FEATURES, page 3 see ARTS, page 7 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Couric recounts ‘frightening’ experience covering Tahrir Square protests in Egypt COURIC — she has spoken at about 10 continued from page 1 commencement ceremonies, wheels on.” she said. The book compiles 116 Jonathan Tisch (A ’76), bene- contributions, including one factor of the namesake Tisch from Michelle Kwan, who was in College and current co-chair- the audience. Proceeds from the man of the Board of the Loews book will go toward Scholarship Corporation, participated in the America. forum as Couric’s interviewer. “There’s so much snarkiness The forum, now in its sixth and cynicism out there, it’s nice year, brings together panelists to to read something that’s just sin- discuss the legacy of renowned cere and honest,” Couric said. broadcast journalist Edward R. “There’s some very consistent Murrow in relation to contem- themes in the lives of successful porary journalism. people, like being able to deal Murrow set the standards with failure … [and] the impor- for pioneering reporting and is tance of making an imprint on credited for his role in expos- the wider world.” ing the questionable practices Tisch asked Couric to pro- of then-Sen. Joseph McCarthy. vide the audience with the best Past speakers at the forum have advice that she had ever been included former NBC Nightly given. News anchor Tom Brokaw and “‘To thine own self be true’ MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris is something I tell people and Matthews. something I remind myself,” Couric said that social media she responded. “There’s a lot of have enabled her to connect noise out there passing judg- with her audience in a more ment, telling you what to do … I interactive process. try to encourage people to listen “I like being connected to to their inner heart.” viewers, to the people who are Tisch noted that Couric’s watching and who are engaged reporting has brought her to the in the world around them,” she heart of many difficult situations said. “Things like Facebook and and asked how she balances per- JUSTIN MCCALLUM /TUFTS DAILY Twitter have given me space to sonal safety with quality report- CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric spoke about her career yesterday at the sixth annual Edward R. Murrow have conversations — find out ing. Forum on Issues in Journalism. the things people care about, “I take my responsibility very their concerns.” seriously and try to be on the Couric cited reporting in just didn’t know what was going that she will be parting ways Couric earlier in the day also scene because I think being a Egypt during the February revo- to happen.