Founder of Teach for America Visits Vanderbilt
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www.InsideVandy.com HUSTLER THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011 ★ 124TH YEAR, NO. 3 ★ THE VOICE OF VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 UPDATTHEE BY KYLE BLAINE SENIOR REPORTER VANDERBILT Se COND PERSON ARRESTED Fraternities IN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE taste test new A second man has been arrested in con- cember 2011 that Hunt and his partner nection with the theft of a large amount of Cole Wakefield had moved to Puerto Val- money from Vanderbilt University. larta, Mexico and opened Crema, a gay alcohol policy Samuel Cole Wakefield was taken into nightclub billed as a “gay party zone.” custody today and charged with the theft According to the Nashville Scene, Wake- of more than $60,000 from the univer- field was a co-owner of a local male strip sity. club, Arrow, which closed in December for parties Wakefield, 30, is partners with Jason 2010. LUCAS LOFFREDO STAFF REPORTER Hunt, the former Vanderbilt Law School Before leaving Nashville, Hunt was elect- employee arrested last Friday for similar ed president of Nashville Pride. He re- Vanderbilt frater- need to bring their charges. signed from that position after leaving the S AMUEL CoLE WAKEFIELD nities will introduce own to the function Out&About Newspaper reported in De- United States. ★ extra-fraternal bar- and check it in with tenders to serve al- the party patrol cohol at parties on members assist- Friday and Saturday ing the third-party nights this week- distributor at the end and the next. bar. Only students The new, temporary who bring their own policy is meant to beer will receive H igh expectations for be a test run for po- beer from behind tential revisions in the bar.” the Interfraternity Vanderbilt Direc- Council and Panhel- tor of Greek Life ‘Reefer Madness’ lenic Council alcohol Kristin Shorter policy. spoke about the new According to the policy. current IFC-Pan- “The bartender’s hellenic Alcohol Pol- primary responsi- icy, written in the bilities will be to fall of 2007, mem- ensure that they bers and registered are only giving al- guests who are 21 cohol to those stu- years of age must dents who have the bring their own al- 21-year-old wrist- cohol to events and band that was is- check it in at the sued by Allied Bar- bar with members ton, and then also of the fraternity. For that they are not the next two week- giving alcohol to ends, there will be a anyone who appears third-party distrib- to be intoxicated,” utor stationed at the Shorter said. “What bar serving guests I really like about their own alcohol. this potential op- IFC President John tion is that there is Hostek summed up someone to share the policy change the liability with in a statement from the fraternity.” the IFC via email: IFC may test out “These distribu- alternative alcohol tors will operate policies in the com- our current BYOB ing weeks. policy as it is writ- “The student lead- ten. The Allied ers have been given Barton security the opportunity to guard (stationed at really think about the entrance to the what is in the best party) will issue an interest of our com- over-21 wristband munity. It seems to any participant like from a leader- CHRIS HONIBALL/ THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER with valid identifi- ship standpoint they cation. Those stu- understand why we J ohn Boyd during a dress rehearsal for VOB’s spring production “Reefer Madness.” Check out page 6 for a full dents wishing to need to try this,” preview of the production. consume beer will Shorter said. ★ Founder of Teach for America visits Vanderbilt KATIR E K OG hosted by the Global Poverty Initia- “This is supposed to be a land of SENIOR PRODUCER tive, YES Prep Public Schools and equal opportunity,” Kopp said, “but Teach for America. The other events for so many kids, it clearly is not one.” The line to get into Wilson 103 in the series will include a screening According to Kopp, the real prob- stretched down the hallway Wednes- of the film “Waiting for Superman” lems facing education in America day evening as more than 150 stu- on Jan. 24 and an Education Panel are the extra challenges that under- dents, faculty and guests waited to on Jan. 31. privileged kids face, including lack of hear Wendy Kopp speak. The Teach for America event start- adequate nutrition and other tools for Wendy Kopp is the founder and ed at 7 p.m. and consisted of an hour- academic success. CEO of Teach for America, an or- long talk by Kopp, followed by a ques- “This is a solvable problem. Kids ganization that sends recent college tion and answer session. Afterwards, do so much when we provide them graduates to teach for two years in Kopp signed copies of her book “A with the opportunities they deserve,” underprivileged communities and Chance to Make History.” Copies of Kopp said. works to improve educational oppor- the book were available free to every- According to Kopp, Teach for Amer- tunities in America. She is also the one in attendance. ica draws 80 percent of their funds founder and CEO of Teach for All, According to the Teach for Amer- from local communities and the re- a worldwide organization similar to ica website, the organization began mainder from government grants. LUIS MUNOZ/ THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER Teach for America. in 1990 with 500 teachers and cur- “I just know we’re going to make a Kopp spoke at Vanderbilt Wednes- rently employs more than 9,000 corps meaningful difference for kids,” Kopp Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach for America speaks day evening as part of Education members as teachers for over 600,000 said. “I just can’t imagine a more ful- to Vanderbilt students and faculty in Wilson Hall Wednes- Nation Month, a series of programs students. filling pursuit.” ★ day. ZETA TAU ALPHA IS COMING TO VANDY WWW.ZETATAUALPHA.ORG . WWW.JOINZTA.COMWWW.JOINZTA.COM ★ ★ ★ 2 THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011 THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER WWW.INSIDEVANDY.COM CE ORR CTION Correction: In Monday’s issue of The R aiders blue after loss Hustler, in the article headlined “ZTA recruitment set to occur this week” it was incorrectly claimed that the former Vanderbilt chapter of Delta Gamma had its charter revoked by the national organization, when in fact the chapter voluntarily voted to relinquish its charter. S eminar taught in ‘virtual classroom’ LAUREN KOENIG STAFF REPORTER Without ever leaving campus, Vander- bilt students can engage in a weekly semi- nar with top researchers and biology stu- dents across the country. The upper-level biology course, entitled B ECK FRIEDMAN/ THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER “Comparative Social Evolution,” is a col- Freshman Anton Kovrigin during the Vanderbilt-MTSU match Wednesday. The Commodores defeated MTSU 6-1. laborative project put together by Vander- bilt’s Dr. Patrick Abbot, Columbia Univer- sity’s Dr. Dustin Rubenstein, University of California, Berekeley’s Dr. Eileen Lacy, and Arizona State University’s Dr. Jenni- fer Fewell. These four instructors are part of an NSF-funded working group at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center at Duke University. While scheduling a convenient time for a Law school scholarships course can often be a challenge, the profes- sors involved in the seminar faced a more unusual concern — each participating school is located in a different time zone. Abbot explained the origin of the profes- increasinglyGRA CE AVILES hard to obtain sors’ creative approach to designing the SENIOR PRODUCER seminar. “We were talking about how productive In the post-recession econ- it would be to stay in touch and how we omy, the hardest part of law could collaborate more effectively if we use school isn’t getting in — it’s more than email. Out of this grew the idea paying for it. of bringing our undergraduates together, A New York Times article either through some social networking published last Spring revealed site or Skype, and if we could be in our that many law school students virtual classrooms together,” he said. who were offered scholarships The use of webcams and a software pro- in their first year were unable gram similar to Skype allows for all four to maintain the scholarship, institutions to see and hear one another often paying full tuition their for two hours each week. Students from second and third years (if they different universities may also have the remained enrolled at all). opportunity to collaborate on projects with Law school classes are often one another later in the semester. graded on a curve, so it would Abbot explained that some of the main be mathematically impossible goals of the seminar are to address the for, say, 60 percent of a first “active nature of learning” and to “close a year class with scholarships to gap between a world of learning and re- meet the criteria for renewal search.” (often to be the top 50 percent “The benefit for students is the oppor- of the class). Segal notes that tunity to be exposed to the leading think- law schools may be tempted to ers in a given field,” said Abbot. “As you’re offer more scholarships than D ANIEL DUBOIS/ VU MEDIA RELATIONS discussing an idea or debating a topic they plan on renewing in an ef- presented by an expert at say, Berkeley, fort to climb the U.S. News and as to advise “creating a bidding flexible policy. “If a student’s Many law students who there’s nothing that prevents us from ask- World Report rankings. war over yourself”), Vanderbilt financial needs change, or they begin school with merit ing that scholar.