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Where You Partly Cloudy Read It First 75/61 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVIII, NUMBER 24 TUESDAY, OCtoBER 14, 2014 TUFTSDAILY.COM Nurse at Tufts Medical Center receives award by Emma Steiner Williamson noted that there Contributing Writer are many awards designed to honor nurses, but Nurse.com’s Debbie Mitchell-Dozier, a program differentiates itself with nurse in Tufts Medical Center’s its peer nomination system. (TMC) Division of Nephrology, “We are very unique in the was recognized by Nurse.com as fact that our nurses of excel- one of six national winners of the lence are nominated by nurses, 2014 Giving Excellence Meaning selected by nurses and then cel- (GEM) Award for the Home, ebrated in the company of their Community and Ambulatory nursing colleagues, because Care category on Sept. 11. we believe that nurses are in TMC Chief Nursing Officer the best position to recognize Terry Hudson-Jinks said that she excellence among their peers,” believes Mitchell-Dozier deserved she said. the GEM Award because of her Executive Director of Patient deep commitment to her patients. Care Services at TMC Heidi “She is 24/7, full throttle, Waitkus said she nominated patients-first in every way, shape Mitchell-Dozier for her extreme and form in her life, which really devotion to her field. makes her just exceptional to “She is very passionate about us,” she said. “We find that quite what she does,” she said. “She COURTESY OF TUFTS' OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY extraordinary, and we just love was a donor for a kidney to a Tufts Facilities Services recently received new electric lawnmowers to reduce its environmental footprint. that. So did the judges. We real- complete stranger.” ly see her as a true, individual, Mitchell-Dozier explained shining example for all of us.” that her family history with kid- New electric lawnmowers to Hudson-Jinks explained ney disease, as well as her back- that Mitchell-Dozier is the ground with dialysis patients, first member of TMC to claim gave her personal knowledge reduce emissions, noise national recognition for this about the impact a transplant award. Mitchell-Dozier has been can have on a patient. by Sophie Lehrenbaum tric-powered alternative-fuel ity to teach when lawnmowers a nephrology nurse for 20 years “These patients are in a situ- Contributing Writer vehicles, according to Vik. prevent you from being able to and a member of TMC for more ation where either they get a The OOS was interested in pay attention or hear.” than nine years, where she works transplant, or for the rest of Tufts Facilities Services making the switch because the In June, the OOS and the to educate patients about kidney their lives they are dependent on Department has brought reduction in polluting emis- nonprofit organization Quiet disease, dialysis and transplant dialysis,” she said. “Seeing the two new electric lawnmow- sions and the transition to Communities, which works options, Hudson-Jinks noted. impact of patients who … had ers to campus this semester electrically-powered equip- to educate the public about Nurse.com has been in the a successful transplant, I always in an effort to move toward ment would have far-reaching the damaging effects of gas- business of recognizing extraor- wanted to make that difference sustainable and low-impact positive social implications, powered outdoor equipment dinary nurses for almost 30 in someone’s life.” technology. according to OOS Program and promotes the use of qui- years, according to Eileen Meeting a pastor diagnosed The decision to purchase the Director Tina Woolston. eter and more environmen- Williamson, senior vice presi- with kidney failure in 2012 gave electric lawnmowers, which “We want a cleaner campus tally sustainable technolo- dent and chief nurse execu- her an opportunity to experi- was made by Facilities Services for the students and a better gies, hosted a conference at tive at Nurse.com. Williamson ence firsthand the process of Grounds Supervisor John Vik environment for the workers,” Tufts on new technologies for explained that each year 54 donation. Though the pas- in conjunction with the Office Woolston said. “The noise of outdoor landscaping. finalists are selected from nine tor was a stranger at the time, of Sustainability (OOS), was the regular … conventional “I had been trying to con- geographical regions. Of these Mitchell-Dozier said that donat- intended to decrease noise, machines is above what people vert to electric equipment 54, six national winners are cho- ing a kidney to him allowed her diminish emissions and drive should be exposed to. It can … and they represented the sen to represent the six different up awareness of the ecological cause deafness and damage … categories. see NURSE, page 2 benefits of switching to elec- and it really impedes the abil- see LAWNMOWERS, page 2 TCU Senate Update With students living off- its students living off-campus to senators on social media to “give over in the legislative body and creating a phone app similar to campus concerned about their report their addresses, and the a face to the Senate.” the the lack of engagement iJumbo and more. Tufts Canon housing situations, the Tufts university is considering building The Educational Policy with “marginalized communities was awarded $420 for two of Community Union (TCU) Senate additional housing to accommo- Committee reported that it is try- unless it is election season.” their members to go to a confer- spent a part of their weekly date more students on campus. ing to gather data about the The TCU Senate voted on and ence. Tufts Consulting Collective meeting receiving updates on He added that the aldermen demand for the expansion of discussed money allocation for was awarded $140 for a web the University Accountability ordi- didn’t know when Somerville will the Department of Computer the requests of six organizations. developer for its website, a nance being considered in the city begin enforcement or what the Science. GlobeMed was denied funding choice that was made because of Somerville. consequences will be if Tufts fails Following committee updates, for a rally they wanted to par- the consulting group needs to Senator Samuel Berzok spoke to provide a directory of student DCA Officer Andrew Núñez gave ticipate in on Boston Common, work with groups and organiza- about the outcomes of the addresses. a tri-annual report covering a since it was not directed primarily tions off-campus and requires a Legislative Affairs subcommit- Berzok explained that the wide variety of issues on the at Tufts students and would be level of professionalism for its tee meeting at the Somerville amendment will likely pass, and Tufts campus, from Title IX and located off campus. website. City Hall, where he served as Tufts will have to take serious sexual violence prevention to fos- All other organizations that A number of organizations a student voice on the pro- steps to consider resources and sil fuel divestment, and from the applied were allocated funding. were also granted recognition posed law to enforce an existing choices for affordable off-campus Culture, Ethnicity, Community Tufts German Club was award- by the TCU Senate, while others zoning ordinance. Along with housing for students. Three prop- Affairs Committee (CECA) rally ed $800 to bring New York were not. Tufts Thai Students Director of Community Relations erties in Somerville are already in for Indigenous People’s Day to Times columnist Roger Cohen to Association and Spoken Word Barbara Rubel, Berzok attended housing court for violations, and the lack of recognition of gen- campus to speak on Germany Alliance at Tufts received rec- the meeting and explained the he added that there will be hous- der segregation on campus and since the fall of the Berlin Wall. ognition, while the Roosevelt Tufts residential system to the ing available on campus if stu- in Greek life. Núñez, a senior, Students for Sensible Drug Policy Institute at Tufts and Tufts Somerville aldermen, noting that dents are evicted. also spoke extensively about the was allotted $327 for transporta- Tobacco-Free Initiative were Tufts students often sign their Following Berzok’s rundown, way that the university has pri- tion funding for a speaker who not, according to TCU Judiciary leases in September and October various committees gave updates oritized other things over sup- will talk about drug abuse. member Anna Weissman, a for the following year, a fact of on their activities. port for marginalized communi- A new student organiza- sophomore. Sino-US Relations which aldermen were previously The Student Outreach ties at Tufts, including the TCU tion, the Human Factors and Group Engagement is in the unaware. Committee announced that it will Senate elections process and the Ergonomics Society, was given process of recognition. Berzok, a junior, explained that be hosting “Senate Spotlight of determination of who has louder $470 for membership to a Tufts may make it mandatory for the Week,” featuring facts about voices on Senate, the high turn- national organization, funds for —by Sarah Zheng Inside this issue Today’s sections News 1 Editorial | Op-Ed 8 Macy Gray showcases Men’s soccer erupts for a fresh sound on new two weekend wins on Features 3 Comics 10 album, “The Way.” the road. Arts & Living 5 Classifieds 11 Photospread 7 Sports Back see ARTS, page 5 see SPORTS, back 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Visiting the Hill this week TUESDAY Hall, Crane Room Community Health Program, International When and Where: 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Paige Conference: “Thinking About Think Sponsors: Global Development and Relations Program, the Consortium of Hall, Crane Room Tanks” Environment Institute, Tufts New Economy, Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora Sponsor: Communications and Media Details: The all-day conference will address Jonathan M.