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Where You Read It First Partly Cloudy 33/18 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LIX, NUMBER 7 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010 TUFTSDAILY.COM Bacow announces decision to step down as university president BY ELLEN KAN Daily Editorial Board University President Lawrence Bacow at this weekend’s Board of Trustees meeting announced his decision to step down as uni- versity president effective June 2011, according to a press release forwarded to the Daily by Kim Thurler, director of university pub- lic relations. Bacow, who took office as Tufts’ 12th president in September 2001, explained that the decision was motivated by the length of his tenure. “When I took the job, I told the [Board of Trustees] that I thought 10 years was about the right amount of time as president,” Bacow told the Daily. “It’s long enough for one person to have a substantial impact but not so long for either the institution or the president to get comfortable.” Bacow added that multiple fac- tors came together to make this the right time to leave. “The timing was right for me — and I’d like to think for Tufts,” he said. “By June of 2011 we will fin- ish the [Beyond Boundaries capital campaign]. I’ll be just about to turn 60. It just feels right.” Both Bacow and Chair of the Board of Trustees James Stern indi- cated that this decision was not a surprise and to an extent had ANNE WERMIEL/TUFTS DAILY see BACOW, page 4 University President Lawrence Bacow will step down after a decade at the helm of Tufts. Positive reviews for new Winter CEO of DuPont says experience as a female Bash, despite chaos at coat check engineer was instrumental in her success BY MARTHA SHANAHAN “We designed it to be a class- BY SAUMYA VAISHAMPAYAN ting my MBA so I had a more full fortable in an environment, you Daily Editorial Board ier, semi-formal event,” he said. Daily Editorial Board business view. make other people comfortable in “I think we did a great job … a the environment as well as being Attendees and organizers lot of people had fun and were Ellen Kullman (E ’78) is the Chief SV: At Tufts, were you a member the one who’s a little different, so deemed the revamped Winter very happy with the venue, food Executive Officer (CEO) of global of any clubs or organizations that I think that learning how to work Bash a general success except and dancing.” Fortune 100 chemical company influenced your career path? in a very open and a very engaging for mishaps surrounding the Zuniga added that students DuPont. She shared at Thursday’s fashion with all different kinds of coat check and departures from behaved well for the most Lyon and Bendheim Lecture her EK: So I played basketball for a people is something that I took the hotel. part, in contrast with previ- experiences at Tufts and how they couple years, was actually on the away from my experiences here. “I would rate it a B plus,” ous years’ events that featured influenced her career. The Daily team. I was always very competi- said junior Sarah Habib, the excessive drunkenness and sat down with her beforehand for tive, so that was a lot of fun. You SV: What advice can you give stu- Programming Board co-chair. public urination. an interview. know, engineering school pretty dents about life after graduation? “Everything that we could con- “[Attendees were] largely… much took up a lot of your time, trol went well.” respectful of the rules, and the Saumya Vaishampayan: As an so there wasn’t a lot of time to do EK: Well you’ve got to really figure Approximately 2,700 tickets Sheraton was fine at the end of undergraduate engineering stu- other things. out what you love to do and the costing $10 each were sold for the night,” he said. dent at Tufts, what did you see younger you are, the easier it is the overhauled event, held off Habib agreed and said hav- yourself doing post-graduation? SV: In 2009 there were only 15 to try different things and move campus at the Sheraton Boston ing students board buses to Fortune 500 companies run around because you don’t have a Hotel for the first time, accord- the hotel at pre-assigned times Ellen Kullman: You know what, I by women. How did your time whole [lot] of stuff or a whole lot ing to Habib. This fell slightly worked well. went into engineering because I at Tufts prepare you for being a of roots usually. So, I tried a couple short of the 3,000 tickets that “Students’ behav- was always drawn to math and sci- female CEO in a male-dominated of different companies and differ- Programming Board was hoping ior was great,” she said. ence and I really enjoyed that kind business world? Or your time after ent jobs and ended up going back to sell. “The DJ was awesome; peo- of work. But as I got into it, what I Tufts? and getting my masters. Just enjoy Programming Board decid- ple who were dancing had a lot realized was that’s not really what I it and try to figure out what your ed to make Winter Bash, now of fun. People loved that there wanted to do. I didn’t want to nec- EK: Well, you know, I was always real passion is because if you really named Break the Ice, a more was real food. The shuttle sys- essarily work as a design engineer; the only woman or one of only one love something, then you’ll do it. upscale event in response to stu- tem worked out well too.” I like working with people, I like or two women in most of my class- People always ask me the ques- dents’ past misbehavior at the Many students, however, being out, so I ended up going into es coming through Tufts, so you tion of, “Gee, you’ve sacrificed a lot annual dance and other com- complained of problems with sales of technical products, I ended learned how to deal in that world. to get to where you are,” and my munity events. the shuttle system, which they up going to work for a company — I didn’t view myself as any different response is always, “If I thought it Sophomore Jimmy Zuniga, said caused lines through Cohen you know, electrical distribution than the men. We were just there, was a sacrifice, I don’t think I would marketing chair of the Auditorium and delays while en equipment, that kind of stuff, into we competed, and so I think that have done it.” I mean, I’ve loved it Programming Board, felt that sales and product management, I was obviously very comfortable the changes went over well. see WINTER BASH, page 4 and ended up going back and get- in it. I think that when you’re com- see KULLMAN, page 4 Inside this issue Today’s Sections Junior Clark Duverger News 1 Editorial | Letters 12 reflects on the person- Men’s basketball team al impact of the earth- defeats Amherst 69-68 Features 5 Op-Ed 13 quake in Haiti on his on Saturday. Arts & Living 7Classifieds 14 family and friends. Comics 11 Sports Back see FEATURES, page 5 see SPORTS, back 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Monday, February 8, 2010 University President Lawrence Extreme makeover Tufts edition: campus improvements Generous donations sought by New York Giants executive Steve Bacow have enabled extensive con- Tisch (A ‘71) committed $10 million struction and renovation on Tufts for the expansion of Cousens Gym campuses. and athletic facilities. University Trustee Bernard Gordon Tisch Library has experienced gave a gift of $10 million, making significant changes during Bacow’s possible the environmentally friendly tenure, including the creation of the Sophia Gordon Hall, now a favorite Tower Café. living option among seniors. The library roof, renamed Alex’s Completed in 2006, the residence Place in 2009 in honor of for- hall was the first at Tufts to be mer Tufts student Alex Mandell, built along Leadership in Energy and has benefitted from public plan- Environmental Design (LEED) stan- ning initiatives. Bacow believes the dards, and uses approximately 30 presence of the redesigned space percent less energy and water than will help create a stronger sense of normal buildings. community for students. The Granoff Music Center, The newly renovated Packard Hall, which opened in February 2007, now the home of the political sci- was supported by a gift from ence department, is the latest in the University Trustee Marty Granoff series of changes on the Medford/ and his wife Perry. The state-of- Somerville campus. the-art facility is home to the music Improvements have been made program and Distler Performance on other campuses too, including Hall, and it hosts over 180 con- the landmark addition of five addi- certs and events annually. tional floors to the 10-story School of In the same year, producer and Dental Medicine, completed in 2009. ANNE WERMIEL/TUFTS DAILY Expanding the network: connecting students and alumni Bacow has made strengthen- alumni have now joined the ing Tufts’ alumni network by Tufts online community. connecting alumni to students Tufts has also improved its and the university through alumni communications through improved resources and com- various media, such as the Tufts munication one of the priorities Magazine, which has received of his tenure. many national awards for its The Tufts alumni network has content and design. expanded its regional program- Bacow believes that these ming for alumni, and the alum- advances have helped strength- ni chapter program has grown en the relationship between fourfold, from 15 in 2001 to 68 alumni and the university.