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Where You Sunny Read It First 59/37 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXIII, NUMBER 33 WEDNEsday, MARCH 14, 2012 TUFTSDAILY.COM Catholic Priest discusses search for Holocaust graves BY STEPHANIE HAVEN Using information from the surviving Daily Editorial Board witnesses and archives from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Father Patrick Desbois spoke about Desbois has discovered numerous graves his search for unidentified mass graves across Eastern Europe. Before Desbois from the Holocaust at Cohen Auditorium found the graves’ locations, they were last night as part of the Cummings/Hillel unmarked and hidden beneath plants Program for Holocaust and Genocide that grew over the burial grounds. Education. “If you go in the forest in these The Roman Catholic priest is the towns now, where lovers are walk- co-founder and president of Yahad-In ing, there are mass graves underneath Unum, an organization dedicated to them,” he said. finding the bodies of 1.5 million Jews Desbois recounted several stories KYRA STURGILL / THE TUFTS DAILY whom the Nazis killed in Ukraine, that eyewitnesses told him, including Jumbo Janitor Alliance (JJA) last night hosted a discussion forum with members of the Tufts Belarus, Poland and Russia. Desbois one where the Nazis took children from janitorial staff, the union representatives and students to discuss workers’ rights and their shared information about this lesser- school and put them in a pit where they role at the university. known era of the Holocaust, which he had to watch Nazis crush babies’ heads. has devoted his life to uncovering. Scared to run away, the children were “If you are here today, you have shot and killed. already opened your eyes,” Desbois “The majority of people will sleep well Jumbo Janitor Alliance said. “Cultivate your heart, cultivate when there’s a genocide,” Desbois said. your attention and then you will find “We have to be the ones who can’t sleep the way.” well when there’s a genocide occurring hosts discussion forum Desbois and his team have traveled nearby or faraway.” across Eastern Europe since 2004 to At the beginning of the night, Paul BY BRIONNA JIMER S ON dealings with sub-contracted workers. record thousands of testimonials from Shapiro, Director of the Center for Daily Editorial Board Tufts’ janitorial staff is provided by eyewitnesses who saw the Nazis shoot Advanced Holocaust Studies at the UGL Unnico instead of being hired Jews near their homes. Outside the United States Holocaust Memorial Jumbo Janitor Alliance (JJA) last night directly by the university. lecture, Desbois sold his book, “The Museum, discussed how the censorship organized and hosted a discussion forum The panel included Paula Castillo, a Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest’s Journey of the former Soviet Union originally with members of the Tufts janitorial UGL Unnico employee who works in to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder restricted research of this phase of the staff, Service Employees International both Bendetson Hall and West Hall, Mike of 1.5 Million Jews,” which details many Holocaust. Union (SEIU) representatives and stu- Sylvester, a SEIU higher education orga- of their stories. “They were hidden in a cloud of Soviet dents to discuss workers’ rights and nizer in Boston with Local 615, Carlos “They were human, like you or me,” anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial,” what they believe to be a lack of trans- Desbois said. “But they were buried like parency in the Tufts administration’s see JANITORS, page 1 animals.” see DESBOIS, page 2 LCS hosts Greeks Go Green working with TSC to Faculty Waits improve fraternity, sorority sustainability BY PHILIPPE MAMAN While project leaders are cur- Contributing Writer rently working with all of TSC, the on You Dinner Sustainable Action Squad — a The Interfraternity Council’s branch of the collective — may BY MELI ss A WANG (IFC) Greeks Go Green initiative, take the lead with involvement on Daily Editorial Board which launched last semester, will the project, according to Segal. join with the Tufts Sustainability “Members of TSC will hope- The Leonard Carmichael Collective (TSC) to continue to fully volunteer to work with Society (LCS) last night at 51 work on improving fraternities’ green chairs from each frater- Winthrop St. hosted its 28th- and sororities’ environmental nity and sorority to make sure annual Faculty Waits On You impact on campus. each Greek house on campus Dinner and Auction, raising The project is being spear- is working to improve recycling rouglhy $3,000 for the Somerville headed by Vice President of habits, start composting and Homeless Coalition (SHC). Philanthropy for Alpha Tao Omega doing anything else that may aid LCS Co-President Zachary (ATO) Victoria Powell and Alpha in making Tufts a greener place,” Michel said that all of the pro- Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Philanthropy Segal said. ceeds earned from this year’s Co-Chair Joshua Malkin. Multiple In addition to promoting gen- St. Patrick’s Day-themed event Eco-Representatives from the eral recycling and other environ- — including entrance ticket Tufts Office of Sustainability will mental improvements, the project sales at $10 each for individu- work with each fraternity’s green will also allow the Greek commu- als and $8 each for groups of representative to promote sustain- nity to create a reputation of being MEREDITH KLEIN / THE TUFTS DAILY ARCHIVES four or eight, raffle ticket sales able behavior, such as recycling, greener, according to Malkin. The Interfraternity Council’s (IFC) Greeks Go Green initiative is joining forc- at $1 each, as well as money energy saving and composting. “We are trying also to improve es with the Tufts Sustainability Collective (TSC) to work toward improving earned from the auction — “We wanted to get recycling on the Greek communities’ rep- fraternities’ and sororities’ environmental impact on campus. will go to the SHC. started in the fraternities and get utation because the houses on “This event is a great way for them to improve their overall envi- campus could be doing so much Another major motivation for The campaign mainly involves us to bring attention to their ronmental impact,” Powell said. more to be greener on a day-to- launching the project was that in coordinating with the Eco- cause,” Michel, a sophomore, “We have been meeting with Eco- day basis,” he said. the past fraternities were not recy- Representatives and working on said. “The money we raise Reps and brainstorming ways for “Our main concern is it is cling and a large amount of waste logistics, Powell added. tonight provides a substantial all Greek institutions on campus becoming a far more pressing products were going through the However, the coordinators of amount to their annual bud- to improve their impact on the issue for the houses and Tufts houses, Powell said. the Greeks Go Green project are get, so they’re really relying on environment overall.” campus in general to be greener. “Some of the fraternities have deciding how to set up the pro- us to come through.” “We are looking at increasing We thought that this would be a taken some green initiative on gram most effectively and what LCS only sold around 70 recycling, saving energy, weath- good way to get everyone involved their own to improve their carbon the Eco-Reps can do with fraterni- tickets this year, a smaller erizing the houses and com- because the fraternities do have a footprints,” Powell said. “Theta ties next semester to improve their crowd than in previous years posting to improve the envi- large impact on the social life here Delta Chi [123] has created a posi- environmental impact on campus, when the event had been sold ronmental impact of Greek life at Tufts,” Powell said. “If fraterni- tion called the Green Chair, which Powell said. out. The timing of the event here at Tufts,” TSC Co-Director ties can set the example, the rest entails monitoring their impact, There are a significant number Katherine Segal said. of Tufts may follow.” for example.” see LCS, page 2 see GREEKS, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections Senior Yun Luo’s Tisch “The Daily Show with News 1 Op-Ed 9 Scholars project helps Jon Stewart” remains a support international Comedy Central staple Features 3 Comics 10 students on the Hill. in its 13th season. Arts & Living 5Classifieds 13 Editorial | Letters 8 Sports Back see FEATURES, page 3 see ARTS, page 5 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Greek houses look LCS raises funds for Somerville Homeless Coalition LCS to increase recycling continued from page 1 probably contributed to the lower GREEKS attendance, according to Michel. continued from page 1 “Given when this event happened, of students involved with Greek life, and right before spring break when there’s organizing the projects has not been an easy a lot going on with exams, we were process, Powell said. very happy with the amount of people “It has been difficult reaching out to that turned out,” he said. and organizing the large number of people The night kicked off with a wel- involved in Greek life here at Tufts,” Powell come speech from LCS Co-President said. “However, everyone I have been work- Shayna Schor, a sophomore, as faculty ing with has been very helpful and we are members served hors d’oeuvres, took certainly making progress.” food orders and delivered meals to According to Powell and Malkin, the pro- students. Executive Director of SHC cess is quickly evolving, but right now it is in Mark Alston-Follansbee thanked LCS its ground phases as logistics between frater- for aiding his organization. nities and the TSC are worked out. Following dinner, students and “So far it has been a relationship between faculty bid on a variety of items the green chairs of fraternities and the Eco- and services that local businesses Representatives and the two of them deter- and Tufts faculty members donated mining what they can do,” Powell said.

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