CEO of Dow Chemical Liveris Sparks Questions at EPIIC Panel
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Today: Flurries THE TUFTS High 39 Low 11 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Partly Cloudy/WInd Since 1980 High 16 Low 6 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 26 DAILY MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2007 CEO of Dow Chemical Liveris Haskell to house active sparks questions at EPIIC panel citizenship program BY CHRISTY MCCUAIG BY ERIN BALDASSARI opportunities to be available. Daily Editorial Board Daily Staff Writer Through the leadership of the Tisch Residential Leaders and On Saturday night during a The Tisch College of the partnership of Tisch and panel in the ASEAN Auditorium Citizenship and Public Service Residential Life, this will happen about corporate responsibility, and the Office of Residential for the students in Haskell.” a question and answer session Life and Learning (ORLL) are The space for this program highlighted tensions regarding a teaming up to offer an active opened up because more soph- chemical company connected to citizenship program for first- omores were drawn to Wren a massive industrial disaster that year students starting this fall. Hall this year, as students were occurred over 22 years ago. The program, which will be allowed to claim the dormito- The panel, part of the 2007 housed in Haskell Hall, will be ry’s 10-person suites in groups. Norris and Margery Bendetson facilitated by Tisch Residential As a result, Haskell can house a EPIIC International Symposium Leaders (TRLs), who will over- program for freshmen, accord- entitled “Global Crises: see, advise and promote stu- ing to ORLL director Yolanda Governance and Intervention,” dent-organized community King. featured seven speakers, includ- projects. She said that the partnership ing Andrew Liveris, the CEO of “It’s not just community ser- between her office and Tisch Dow Chemical and a current Tufts vice, but projects that originate that was made possible by the trustee. from the students or leaders changing demographics of During part of the night, Liveris and somehow respond to the Wren will be beneficial for stu- had to defend Dow Chemical and community — be it campus, dents. its subsidiary company Union local, state, national or inter- “We are developing a part- Carbide against pointed questions national,” said junior and Tisch nership with Tisch College ... from audience members about a Residential Scholar Matthew to continue to expand our goal massive gas leak in Bhopal, India Alander, who is helping to of creating more vibrant living that led to what the BBC has implement the program. and learning communities at called “one of the world’s largest According to Alander, the Tufts,” she said in an e-mail to industrial accidents.” projects will vary in length and the Daily. Approximately 3,000 people scale, ranging from year- or On an experimental basis, died in the days after the acci- semester-long projects to short- two Tisch Residential Leaders dent at Union Carbide’s Bhopal term day excursions. will also live in Tilton on floors plant, and around 50,000 people If there is enough interest, he where students haven’t speci- required treatment in the same said that all of Haskell will be fied a preference for the pro- period, according to the BBC. More devoted to the program. gram to test the correlation have died in the following years. Increasing student demand between expressed preference Union Carbide has since reached for Tisch College programs and participation. an agreement to pay almost $500 inspired the residential option , If successful in both loca- million, a small amount of what according to Tisch College tions, sponsors hope to see the was originally sought. Student Programs Manager program spread to all dorms on Warren Anderson, the then- JO DUARA/ TUFTS DAILY Mindy Nierenberg. campus. “Hopefully freshmen chairman of Union Carbide, still Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical, speaks at an EPIIC panel. “As Tufts has become more will reach out to other freshmen faces criminal charges in India, and more known for this focus, and pass the idea on,” Alander but has not been extradited. event, during which he defended told one questioner. “Go to New more students are applying to said. Much of the clash between stu- his company. Delhi and talk to the Indian gov- and entering Tufts because of First-year students can indi- dents and Liveris came during the “I am sorry, but you have to [it],” she said in an e-mail to the question and answer period of the get your facts straight,” Liveris see LIVERIS, page 2 Daily. “They expect a range of see HASKELL, page 2 TUPD works to prevent gym Librarians receive several instant robberies by securing entrances messages in first weeks of service BY AMANDA MCDAVID Director for Teaching and Research BY SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ Athletics Department, the gym has a variety Daily Staff Writer Laura Walters. Daily Editorial Board of alternate entrances, enabling people to “Many students IM the librarian from enter the building without ever walking by The screen name “TischLibrarian” far-off, quiet places in the library,” she In the six weeks that Jumbos have been the front desk. has been relatively popular since its cre- said. “They don’t want to have to relo- back on campus this semester, the Tufts Specifically, Miller has found that minors ation at the beginning of the semester, cate all of their things to ask the librar- University Police Department (TUPD) has from the surrounding community present a according to Librarian Laurie Sabol. ian a question in person and they also received at least eight reports of robberies consistent challenge to gym security. Manned by reference librarians, the don’t want to disturb the quiet.” from Cousens Gymnasium. “It’s always been somewhat of a problem screen name exists to provide students Although some questions cannot be Items stolen from locker rooms and the with the younger kids from the area,” he with an outlet to ask reference librarians answered over the computer, she said cubbies in the exercise area range from said. “They live here. They know ways of get- questions about research techniques that face-to-face contact is not neces- sports items, such as swimming goggles, ting in the building.” and library navigation. sary in the majority of the cases. to personal item belongings, such as cell One well-known alternate entrance is a Librarians have received approxi- “Like questions on the phone, many phones and credit cards. side door of Halligan which is attached to mately 50 instant messages (IMs) and questions on [AOL Instant Messenger] According to TUPD Captain Mark Keith, Cousens. will likely get an increasing amount can be answered fully, but sometimes the number of thefts at the gym tends to TUPD is aware of the problem, and is in the future, Sabol said. “This is the students do need to still come in person increase or decrease sporadically. In the past looking into installing a card reader into the beginning of the program,” she said. to get a complete answer,” she said. weeks there has been an increase, he said. Halligan entrance, Lonero said. “I think that it will get more and more Before this semester, Tufts relied on People outside the Tufts community are The card reader would deny access to popular through word of mouth.” a 24-hour chat room provided by the responsible for some of the more recent those who lack identification and gather According to Associate Librarian Boston Library Consortium to provide thefts, even though a valid Tufts ID is information on those who do enter, accord- Chao Chen, the program has been well- similar services. Few Tufts students required to be shown upon entering the ing to Miller. received by those who have tried it so used it and those who did received gym. “They will know who that person is [and] far. “The students that have used the answers from librarians in the Boston There is a student at the security desk what time they came into the building,” program so far have been very grateful area, but not from Tufts. responsible for checking ID cards and a he said. “It will help us control and keep for the help in their research,” she said. “Ninety-six percent of Tufts students’ security officer present in case an issue aris- track of who’s coming into the building.” One of the benefits of the new ser- questions were being answered by es, TUPD Lieutenant Charles Lonero said. Another problem, according to Lonero, vice is that students do not have to librarians from other schools,” Walters But according to Rick Miller, Director of disrupt their study habits by moving Facilities and Field Management for the see GYM, page 2 around, according to Tisch’s Assistant see IM, page 2 Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections ‘INTERN’-AL AFFAIRS GO UNDERGROUND News 1 Viewpoints 11 The Daily examines the ris- The Daily previews ing necessity of the college Tisch College play, Features 3 Sports 15 internship ‘States of Grace’ Arts | Living 7Classifieds 18 Editorial | Letters 10 Comics 19 see FEATURES, page 3 see ARTS, page 7 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Monday, March 5, 2007 WORLD IN BRIEF REFUGEE DISASTER UNFOLDS ON Students question Liveris after the panel’s presentations THAILAND-MYANMAR BORDER LIVERIS “Despite tremendous [economic] Charles Prince, CEO of Citigroup, the Once among the richest countries in Southeast continued from page 1 growth, one-third of people in the world world’s largest international private bank, Asia, Myanmar threatens to be the world’s next ernment. That case was settled long ago still live on less than $2 a day, and 50 per- spoke of a debacle in Japan in which great humanitarian crisis.