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Where You Sunny Read It First 44/33 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXIV, NUMBER 39 TUEsday, NOVEMBER 6, 2012 TUFTSDAILY.COM Campus activism culminates with Election 2012 MCT MCT Tufts Democrats bring energy Tufts Republicans gear up to campus for election season for senate election BY JAMES POULIOT President Barack Obama, Massachusetts BY DA P HNE KOLIOS he assumed leadership as co-president of Daily Editorial Board senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren Daily Editorial Board Tufts Republicans and began to re-focus the and U.S. Congressional candidates Joseph group’s efforts. His personal participation in Tufts Democrats is wrapping up two Kennedy of Massachusetts and Ann Throughout the semester, Tufts the Scott Brown campaign inspired him to months of election preparation efforts with Kuster of New Hampshire, according to Republicans has been primarily focus- carry the campaign activities over to campus a week of election drives, canvassing and senior Bronwen Raff, president of Tufts ing their outreach on the Scott Brown through Tufts Republicans. phone calls to constituents that aim to reg- Democrats. (R-Mass, LA ’81) senatorial campaign “As a result of me kind of being in charge ister voters, educate the public and increase The group is also advocating support for rather than the presidential election, on- ... Tufts Republicans just completely focused voter participation on Election Day. Question 4, a ballot initiative in Somerville campus and beyond. on the Scott Brown re-election campaign, The organization has rallied support for Following the effective dissolution of the various Democratic candidates, including see DEMOCRATS, page 2 group in May, junior Bennett Gillogly said see REPUBLICANS, page 2 STORM update ExCollege to host Election Hurricane Sandy causes campaign cancellations, polling changes Night Extravaganza tonight To Tufts, Hurricane Sandy meant permitted to submit a provisional ballot at power outages, a day off from classes any open polling location across the state. BY MELISSA MAN D ELBAUM polls close in different time zones across and minor flooding. Nationwide, the The state is also using military trucks to Daily Editorial Board the country, according to Woolf. storm’s effects were much stronger, dev- replace damaged polling places. “If people are really serious about just astating areas of New Jersey and New In New York City, 59 polling places The Experimental College (ExCollege) watching footage of people walking out York. The storm also disrupted the presi- have been moved due to damage from will host its eighth Election Night of polls the whole time, I’m sure we’ll be dential election. the storm. These changes are expected to Extravaganza at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the annoying, but at the same time, I think The specific effects of Sandy vary affect 143,000 residents, according to the Mayer Campus Center. that will get repetitive,” Major: Undecided drastically from state to state, bringing New York Daily News. Major news networks will be airing on Artistic Director Mitchell Friedman, a challenges that range from power out- Both candidates have had to tread care- six televisions set up in Hotung Cafe, while senior, said. “There’s only so much analysis ages to floods to snowstorms. Obama fully in the aftermath of the storm, being a separate screen will stream Internet news you can hear between the polls closing [in canceled campaign events last week in cautious not to use up any resources that sources to broadcast results as they come each time zone].” Florida, Wisconsin and Ohio in order to could be used in relief efforts. in, according to Associate Director of the Seniors Matthew Stofsky, Clay Grable focus on managing disaster relief efforts, “This is an example yet again of the ExCollege Howard Woolf. and Friedman, each members of the par- while Mitt Romney swiftly converted president having to put his responsibili- Senior Lecturer in the Department ticipating comedy groups, will be emcee- a planned campaign rally into a storm ties as commander-in-chief and as leader of Education Steve Cohen, Dean for ing the evening, according to Woolf. relief benefit in Ohio. of the country first, while at the same Academic Affairs in the School of Arts “Everyone is very interested and very The swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania time he pursues his responsibilities as and Sciences James Glaser, Professor of invested in the outcome, so I imagine it’ll and Virginia are all highly reliant on elec- candidate for election,” White House Political Science Kent Portney, Chair of the be a very exciting vibe,” Stofsky said. tronic voting machines, according to a USA spokesman Josh Earnest told CNN shortly Economics Department Daniel Richards According to Beky Stiles, program Today article. In states that are not used to before the storm struck. and representatives from Tufts Democrats assistant at the ExCollege, the ExCollege using paper ballots, the storm brought on As storm-ravaged areas rush to make and Tufts Republicans will be in the audi- also hopes to engage attendees through- a slew of logistical nightmares, including sure their citizens will be able to cast their ence, available to comment as results roll out the night. the cancellation of early-voting days in all votes, only time will tell if the effects of in, Woolf said. “We’re going to have the emcee’s pass- of Maryland and in parts of Virginia and Sandy will actually change the outcome of University President Anthony Monaco ing the mic [to professors and students] North Carolina. the 2012 presidential election. Professor and administrators, including Dean at important moments when we need the In New Jersey, residents affected by the of Political Science Jeffrey Berry expressed of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman and extra insight,” Stiles said. storm have been designated as “over- doubt that the hurricane will alter the elec- Associate Deans of Undergraduate In 2008, there were consistently 300 to seas voters” to make voting easier. This tion results. Education Karen Garrett Gould and Robert 500 people in the Campus Center through- means they can request a ballot by email “I don’t believe the hurricane will have Mack, will also be in attendance. out the night, with close to 700 attend- or fax and return the ballot and a signed a significant impact on the outcome of the Over the course of the night, there will ees watching President Barack Obama’s waiver of secrecy by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, election,” Berry told the Daily in an email. be performances by student comedy acceptance speech, according to Woolf. which some experts see as a security risk. groups The Institute, Major: Undecided Displaced New Jersey residents are also —by Amelia Quinn and Cheap Sox in between news cycles as see EXTRAVAGANZA, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections Student groups on The international Election 2012 1 Comics 12 campus campaign community on cam- for Scott Brown and pus remains politically Arts & Living 7Classifieds 13 Elizabeth Warren. engaged despite voting Editorial 10 Sports Back ineligibility. Op-Ed 11 see ELECTION 2012, page 3 see ELECTION 2012, page 5 2 THE TUF T S DAILY ELECTION 2012 Tuesday, November 6, 2012 TIMOTHY STRAUB / TUFTS DAILY ARCHIVES KYRA STURGILL / THE TUFTS DAILY Tufts Democrats remain engaged throughout the semester in preparation for the election. Tufts Republicans have focused their energy on campaigning for Scott Brown this semester. Students advocate support for Republican student group organizes Democratic candidates, Question 4 DEMOCRATS Elizabeth Warren,” sophomore Zobella REPUBLICANS wasn’t something they felt particularly strong continued from page 1 Vinik, who volunteered to canvass in continued from page 1 about,” Gillogly said. “Most of the turnout that would enact a 1.5 percent surcharge Taunton, said. “Massachusetts is so inter- and that began from the first time we went we’ve gotten has just been politically-in- on property taxes and receive matching esting, because we have many people who to the activities fair through a couple gen- clined Republican students looking to make funds from the state under the Community say for sure they’re voting [for Democratic eralpre-election interest meetings that took efforts place in the their presence known on campus.” Preservation Act of 2000. These combined congressional candidate] Joe Kennedy, but beginning part of the semester,” Gillogly said. Students worked on raising grassroots funds would be applied to open space pro- they’re [also] voting Scott Brown. So we “We had members from the campaign come awareness and support for Brown through- tection, historic preservation and afford- have conversations with them.” and talk to us about their role, talk to us out the semester, according to Gillogly. able housing. Residents are generally considered more about a campaign, talk to us about this par- Tufts Republicans has been working with According to Raff, the Tufts Democrats receptive to canvassing students because ticular election here in Massachusetts.” Students for Scott Brown, a coalition work- executive board began planning their strat- they are not paid by candidates to gather As Brown’s re-election is at the forefront ing at universities across Massachusetts, egy in August, forming a coalition with support. Still, some residents do not open of the group’s activities this semester, for- according to junior Marshall Hochhauser, Emerging Black Leaders, the Lesbian, Gay, the door to canvassers, and most try to mer Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s co-chair of Students for Scott Brown. Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center, avoid long conversations or arguments, presidential campaign has not been a prior- “It’s an opportunity for students to see Tufts Votes and the Institute for Political Vinik said. ity, Gillogly said. a campaign firsthand, be part of the literal Citizenship within the Jonathan M.