Where You Sunny Read It First 23/13 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVII, NUMBER 26 FRiday, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 TUFTSDAILY.COM Ostrich statue permanently removed after vandalism After multiple incidents of and McCarty discovered addi- vandalism, workers yesterday tional paint on its head when removed the easily recogniz- removing the snow. For now, able ostrich sculpture that was the sculpture will be sent installed near Tisch Library. to a conservator, who will The sculpture, officially decide if its patina, a type of called “Autruche II” or Ostrich gloss, needs to be reapplied. II, was installed in September If that is the case, it will likely and has since been splattered be sent back to the artist’s by red and black paint, as studio in France, according well as covered by pumpkins, to McCarty. When “Banjo” according to Laura McCarty, — as students call him — has the art collections registrar at been restored, the Art Gallery Tufts University Art Gallery. will ship it back to the lender. Made with a special material, It will not return to Tufts. the piece could not withstand “We try to keep costs the vandalism, she said. down here, and we don’t “It has this patina, this have an extravagant budget,” bismuth patina which is frag- McCarty said. “This is going ile,” she said. “It’s meant to to cost us a lot of money ... be looked at. It’s not meant and it’s ridiculous that we to have a pumpkin squashed can’t put nice things on cam- on it and then have all of pus and know that the stu- the material from inside the dents and faculty and staff COURTESY BENOIT ALMERAS-MaRTINO pumpkin drip down [its] will be able to enjoy [them] Cornelia Schneider has spent the last 13 months in the Democratic Republic of Congo trying to improve the neck.” without it being degraded by justice system there. After the pumpkin smash- people who feel the need to ing incident in November, destroy them. a conservator reevaluated The sculpture, which, the sculpture’s locale. But it according to McCarty has remained in its original loca- gained a wide following — tion at Tufts until yesterday. and even has his own Twitter Fletcher award honoring women “At that point, the deci- and Instagram accounts — sion was made by the lenders will be missed. BY SHANNON VA V RA the FWLA committee, the cri- “This is the first women’s because we do not own this “We’ve been very devas- Daily Editorial Board teria to be considered for the award focused on women [who piece ... to leave the pieces tated by this — this is heart- Cornelia SchneiderFWLA are simple. to receiveare] mid-career,” shefirst said. “We because they thought it was breaking,” she said. “We One week from today, Cornelia “You could be in econom- felt very strongly that we didn’t a one-time incident [and] hate to see him go. He has Schneider (F ‘06), will be the first ics, banking, business, environ- want to give it to someone who that it wasn’t going to be been such a great focal point individual presented with the mental [areas], NGOs, peace had already risen to the top.” damaged again,” she said. on this campus.” Fletcher Women’s Leadership keeping — it was wide open,” The creation of the award, During the recent snow- Award (FWLA), established this Powell said. “You didn’t have to in fact, was a direct product storms, however, students year by the Fletcher Board of be married or with children, or of conversations about how covered the sculpture in snow —by Justin Rheingold Advisors. The award was created without. [There were] no other to increase the prevalence of to honor female Fletcher gradu- requirements except [being] an women’s leadership at Fletcher, ates who are making significant outstanding individual who was according to Powell. impacts in both the private and a star in the international field.” “The Fletcher students are public sectors. Powell pointed out that this roughly 55 percent female, and According to Betsy Powell (F award is unique in that it takes it [has] been that way ... for ‘62), member of the Fletcher into account the level of accom- Board of Advisors and chair of plishment of the nominees. see AWARD, page 2 BY DANIEL BOTTINO for understanding a water- ried out by students at the Tufts EngineeringDaily Editorial Board borne professor outbreak was basically discussesMedical School. She explained very similar to what I did in that the study, which was con- Professor of Civil and the past,” she said. “You trace ducted in the Vellore district of Environmental Engineering an outbreak the same way you the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Elenawater Naumova safetyspoke yes- trace in the behaviorsouthern of an unusu- identified India environmental risk terday about enteric infec- al object in 3-D space.” factors associated with diar- tions and water safety in Naumova explained that, rhea and showed a difference southern India, as part of the unlike other diseases, water- between rural and urban infec- Environmental Studies Lunch borne illnesses are extremely tion rates. and Learn Program. dependent on man-made con- “We usually think rural is the Naumova, who is also an asso- ditions. While there are differ- place where you would have ciate dean for research in the ences in infection rates between more infections [and] urban School of Engineering, spoke developed and third-world con- has less infections,” she said. about her current interest in ditions, Naumova said that the “In reality it is the reverse ... waterborne illnesses, which she general characteristics of water- urban [indicates] urban slums, said began after her experience borne diseases do not vary. where you basically have an with the 1993 outbreak of cryp- “If I were to show this data even worse supply of water and tosporidiosis, a parasitic dis- [from Milwaukee] in India, it an even worse supply of sani- ease that affects the intestines, would be laughable,” she said. tation facilities [compared to in Milwaukee. In analyzing this “The rate of infections experi- rural areas].” outbreak, Naumova realized that enced in the developing world According to Naumova, the the study of waterborne infec- is dramatically different, but the study indicated that an improve- tion was similar to her previous patterns are similar.” ment in water quality is neces- COURTESY LAURA MCCARTY / TUFTS UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY study of the paths of satellites Naumova also spoke about sary in order to cut down on the Workers removed the sculpture from campus Feb. 27. over Siberia. a recent study of waterborne “Using mathematical tools diseases in southern India car- see INDIA, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections News | Features 1 Comics 4 Phantogram’s new ‘Pompeii’ plagued by album puts new spin poor character devel- Arts & Living 3Classifieds 7 on old style. opment, worse plot. Sports Back see ARTS, page 3 see ARTS, page 3 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS | FEatURES Friday, February 28, 2014 THE TUFTS DAILY INDIA CAROLINE A. WEL C H continued from page 1 Editor-in-Chief incidence of waterborne illnesses. EditoriaL “If I can improve water quality by J.L. Hoagland reducingNaumova the number ofexplains coli form [bacte- factors in spread of infectious diseases Stephanie Haven ria] ... I have a high probability of reduc- Managing Editors ing diseases by 20 percent,” she said. Justin Rheingold Executive News Editor Another element of the study exam- Daniel Bottino News Editors ined the role of flies in the trans- Jenna Buckle Abigail Feldman mission of enteric diseases. Naumova Daniel Gottfried explained that the researchers gath- Alexa Horwitz Victoria Leistman ered extensive data on the fly popula- Annabelle Roberts tion present in people’s homes, and Denali Tietjen Josh Weiner discovered that the flies were carrying Sarah Zheng a norovirus — something that flies had Meredith Braunstein Assistant News Editors Dana Guth not been known to do previously. Kathleen Schmidt While contact with flies and unclean Jei-Jei Tan water can increase the risk of enteric Charlotte Gilliland Executive Features Editor disease, other factors which increased Emma Arnesty-Good Features Editors Emily Bartlett infection rates include the disposal of Hannah Fingerhut Caitlin McClure trash in pits around the house and the Sabrina McMillin use of firewood as fuel, according to Jessica Mow Shannon Vavra Naumova. The use of indoor latrines Maya Blackstone Assistant Features Editors and the absence of animals, however, CAROLINE GEILING / THE TUFTS DAILY Sophie Laing Jake Taber reduced infection risk, she said. Professor Elena Naumova discusses the role of water safety in spreading infectious disease in Kendall Todd Naumova concluded her lecture by India. The lecture that was part of the Environmental Studies Lunch and Learn Program. Lancy Downs Executive Arts Editor explaining the importance of statistics in Brendan Donohue Arts Editors reducing infectious disease outbreaks. about,’” she said. “However, it is more “I want you to move from just Veronica Little Dan O’Leary “For policymakers, understand- important to know how this data comes dreaming about a fantastic study, Drew Robertson ing the basic statistics is so impor- to life ... [and] even more importantly, from getting the information, running Dana Guth Assistant Arts Editors Nika Korchok Wakulich tant because quite often people dump what to do with [the data] next.” the conclusion, to then completing Anthony Martinez numbers on you and say ‘trust me, I She said that after studies are completed, the loop and making the next step,” Jake Indursky Executive Sports Editor am a doctor, I know what I am talking they should be used to implement change. she said.