Where You Sunny Read It First 59/45 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXIV, NUMBER 23 THURSDAY, OCtoBER 11, 2012 TUFTSDAILY.COM Social activist Mel King visits the Hill BY JO S H WEINER “There’s a saying, ‘If they Daily Editorial Board can name you, they can claim you,’” he said. “So I told myself, Mel King, senior lecturer ‘don’t let anybody name me.’ emeritus at the Massachusetts No change can come to any Institute of Technology and movement or group until they former candidate for Boston can assert that they are deserv- mayor, last night present- ing and have a right.” ed a lecture in the Alumnae King acknowledged the Lounge, documenting the progress that has been made observations he has made against segregation and dis- during his lengthy career as a crimination in his lifetime but social activist in the area. believes that society is plagued King, a lifelong resident of by the fact that certain groups Boston’s South End, spoke on are denied the privileges and the many instances in his life opportunities that are so read- in which he has had to com- ily available to others in the bat racism and discrimina- same environment. tion. One of the earliest cases “Lurking still in our cul- of segregation that he expe- ture is the fact that we value rienced occurred within the some groups less than oth- KYRA STURGILL / THE TUFTS Daily Church of All Nations, where ers,” he said. “Romney called In celebration of National Coming Out Day, the Tufts Queer Straight Alliance hosted a rally in the Mayer Campus he worshipped as a child from this group the 47 percent, the Center yesterday. the 1930s onwards. Occupiers called it the 99 per- “Something was wrong cent. But isn’t dividing groups with this picture,” King said. like that denying folks the crit- Crowd gathers for annual Coming “It was divided into black ical privilege of being able to and white. In later years, we say for themselves what’s in participated in bringing this their own interests?” Out Day rally church back together.” As a longtime educator, King BY CORINNE SEGAL environment for all students. are,” Bourdon said. King described numerous pointed to the school system Senior Staff Writer Tufts launched the Office of All 50 states did not observe cases of this nature that gave in Boston, in which people Intercultural and Social Identities the holiday until 1990, according rise to his support of the early of different races and social Members of the Tufts com- Programs (ISIP) last semester as a to group facilitator of QSA Sophia African-American Civil Rights standings often lose out dis- munity yesterday filled Hotung way to engage the Tufts commu- Laster. Tufts had its first Coming Movement. proportionately to others. Cafe in the Mayer Campus nity in dialogues about diversity. Out Day rally in 1991, which 18 “I admire the self-definition He suggested combating this Center for the 24th annual “A National Coming Out Day students attended, she added. of Rosa Parks,” he said. “She disparity by making the record National Coming Out Day. is not only symbolic, but it is “As political and social aware- said to herself, ‘If I give up my of achievement of each class- Organized by the Tufts Queer [also] important for the history ness of LGBT issues on campus seat on this bus, it’s because room available to the public, Straight Alliance (QSA), the and direction of our country and has grown, so has the span of this I’m less than who I know I am.’ so that parents can know that rally allowed students, faculty our university,” Barker said. event,” Laster, a junior, said. It was a big, big moment as they are sending their children and staff to share their stories Director of the LGBT Center Laster stressed the need for a to how I would define myself to a school where they will and discuss what it means to Tom Bourdon noted that it is change in the national attitude from there on.” receive a valuable education. identify as a member of the important for all members of toward the LGBT community. King stressed the absolute “On you, on all of us, is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and the gay community to celebrate “Why do our sexualities, the need for activist organizations the importance of taking Transgender (LGBT) commu- their identities. people we love, the people we to build their own identity and developing approaches nity or as an ally. “Today I hope you remember sleep with, mean so much to oth- for themselves rather than let which show and create a new Dean of Undergraduate and to let people know how you feel, ers in this country?” Laster asked. those from the outside do it Graduate Students John Barker to have a good time, to not let “Why do those in power favor for them. see KING, page 2 discussed the importance of people hold you down and to creating a safe educational have no regret for being who you see LGBT, page 2 Nutrition Debate COVERAGE Third Senate debate highlights education, women’s rights Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass) and Harvard “I went to a commuter college and I ended up online learning Law Professor Elizabeth Warren met for their a professor ... I’m proud to have made it where I third debate in Springfield, Mass. last night to made it in my profession,” she said. “But I paid programLIZZ GRAINGER offers talk unemployment, education costs and other $50 a semester because America was investing in Daily Editorial Board national and local issues in the race for the U.S. colleges and universities at the time.” Senate Massachusetts seat. Brown extolled his experience in the Senate The Friedman School of The candidates dug deep into each other’s since his unexpected victory in the January 2010 Nutrition Science and Policy histories, drawing on ideological differences special election. announced last month that its on issues including jobs, health care costs, “[I’m] truly working very hard in a bipartisan Master of Nutrition in Science high college tuition, the federal budget and manner,” he said. and Policy (MNSP) degree pro- women’s rights. When asked to defend his record on wom- gram will enroll its first class of Brown (LA ’81) and Warren answered ques- MCT en’s issues, Brown noted his pro-choice stance students at the school’s Boston tions posed by Massachusetts residents before the The third Senate debate between on abortion and his support of women in the campus next fall. debate, which was moderated by WGBY-TV host Massachusetts candidates Scott Brown and armed forces. The four-semester “blended Jim Madigan. Elizabeth Warren took place in Springfield On the same question, Warren pointed back learning” program is the only Warren and Brown sparred over the Symphony Hall last night. to several “no” votes that Brown has taken in the master’s degree in nutrition in Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, Senate that she called “bad votes for women,” the country that offers a com- the Democratic candidate emphasizing that including those for equal pay for equal work, bination of online courses with the bill would benefit research and savings in an undergraduate — as supporting his experi- birth control and a pro-choice woman on the campus residencies and face- Massachusetts. ence with the issue. He claimed that Warren’s Supreme Court. to-face teaching, according to “This is going to be a big driver for the $350,000 salary for teaching at Harvard is part of Recent polls show Warren and Brown in a close Lynne Ausman, professor at the economy here in Massachusetts and ultimately the problem of “out of sight” education costs. race that is being watched across the country as Friedman School and director of for saving health care around the country,” “I’ve been working very hard to find ways to the Democrats vie to keep control of the Senate. the MNSP program. Warren said. provide a good value for our dollar and to stretch A final debate between Brown and Warren will “[The residencies] last In a spirited exchange over the high cost those dollars,” he said. be held on Oct. 30 in Boston. between one [and] one-and-a- of education, Brown cited his time attending Warren bemoaned the lack of investment in school in Massachusetts — including at Tufts as education compared to when she was a student. —by Martha Shanahan see FRIEDMAN, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections PBS’s Frontline docu- News 1 Op-Ed 11 mentary, “The Change HONK! Festival livens 2012,” delves into the up Davis Square with Features 3 Comics 12 presidential candi- music and dancing. Weekender 5Classifieds 13 dates’ personal lives. Captured 8 Sports Back Editorial | Op-Ed 10 see WEEKENDER, page 5 see CAPTURED, page 8 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Thursday, October 11, 2012 Friedman School master’s program comes to Boston campus FRIEDMAN work part-time and take the mas- continued from page 1 ter’s degree.” half weeks for every semester, Krumm said studies have so for every class a student is shown that blended learning pro- taking, they get two to three duces equivalent and sometimes full days of lecturing and stu- better outcomes than the full res- dent interaction in that class,” idential classroom experience. Ausman said. “By the time the “You can actually come to student leaves here, they’ve met Tufts, sit in the classroom, be all the faculty, they know the face-to-face with the faculty and resources of the school and they your fellow students and then kind of know each other.