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Where You Mostly Cloudy Read It First 56/36 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVIV, NUMBER 59 FRiday, APRIL 24, 2015 TUFTSDAILY.COM Working group to look into housing shortage by Jei-Jei Tan residences and the off-campus News Editor housing market. “We have administrators going A working group led by through the data, so we have all University Provost David this at the ready when the group Harris is being established to is ready to launch in earnest and investigate the student housing get running as soon as the fall situation at Tufts and the pos- semester starts,” he said. sibility of expanding on-campus Harris explained that admin- housing. istrators from relevant offic- The working group will con- es — including the Office of sist of two sub-committees, Residential Life and Learning, Harris said. One of them, head- Facilities Services and the Office ed by Executive Vice President of Community Relations — with Patricia Campbell, will look at access to many types of data finances and facilities. The other, will be gathering information to headed by Dean of Arts and provide a context in which con- Sciences James Glaser and Dean versations about housing can be of Engineering Linda Abriola, carried out. will consider the character of “We’ve agreed to spend some on-campus housing, includ- time gathering data so we can ing whether it should be themed be well-informed about our cur- NICHOLAS PFOSI / THE TUFTS DAILY or include residential faculty. rent housing stock; … concerns Protesters occupy President Monaco’s office during the Tufts Climate Action sit-in of Ballou Hall on April 22. According to Harris, the cre- or needs [and] some financial ation of the working group is models of what things cost,” motivated by several factors, Campbell said. including the Somerville ordi- She added that the condition Administrators deny request for nance restricting off-campus and size of each dorm will be housing, as well as the future considered, as well as the avail- extension of the Green Line, able data on student satisfaction open forum, bar food from Ballou which is expected to drive up and preference. rental prices in the neighbor- A broader group includ- by Kathleen Schmidt told the students that President Affairs Officer Mickey Toogood hoods near Tufts. ing faculty, staff, students News Editor Monaco agreed with this deci- sent a memo to the protest- Harris noted that the and administrators will be sion, Gallagher said. ers outlining this policy on group is in its very early stages. assembled in the fall to exam- University administrators Gallagher, a sophomore, Wednesday, the day the sit-in It began with an initial planning ine students’ current living have denied a request from sit-in also said that administra- began. meeting at the end of March dur- situations and to identify the protesters occupying University tors have banned the students “They weren’t invited in and ing which he, Campbell, Glaser demand for on-campus and off- President Anthony Monaco’s from bringing any more food they are in violation of universi- and Abriola discussed the pur- campus housing, Harris said. office to hold an open forum into the building. ty policy, and I think we’ve been pose of the group, each sub-com- Dean of Undergraduate and to discuss possible Tufts divest- Executive Vice President gracious in how we’ve tried to mittee’s duties, the group’s mem- Graduate Students John Barker ment from fossil fuels, accord- Patricia Campbell said the deci- handle it, but we’re not encour- bership and a proposed timeline. explained that another of the ing to Shana Gallagher, a sion to not allow more food was aging them to stay by providing “What we concluded was university’s goals with this group spokesperson for the protesters, made because the protesters more food,” Campbell said. that, given where we are in the is to work toward develop- most of whom are members of entered Ballou Hall uninvited Campbell said the protesters year, what makes most sense ing a four-year residential expe- Tufts Climate Action. and are in violation of the part can leave to get food, but will is to spend some time getting rience. Gallagher said the protest- of the university’s Gatherings, not be allowed back into the information,” Harris said. He “It could mean that some of ers have been negotiating with Demonstrations, Protests and building. explained that administra- our students live … near [but not Campbell to have an open meet- Disturbances policy that prohibits “Thirty-three people in a tors will look at where students on] campus, it could mean that ing with members of the Board the occupation of a private office. very small private office, and currently live, the quality and of Trustees. This request has Dean of Student Affairs Mary character of existing on-campus see HOUSING, page 2 been denied by Campbell, who Pat McMahon and Judicial see DIVEST, page 2 Spring Fling: A tradition continues by Gabriella Zoia Katie Kurtz, concert board’s other co- ing for. He gives us a list of artists with in many ways to this weekend’s, but dif- Assistant News Editor chair, said that she and Marber often prices. Then we’ll put in a formal bid ferent in others. deal with many aspects of coordinating and he’ll put in a bid with the agency for “It was mostly one big party in the Since Spring Fling kicked off in 1980, the show themselves. booking.” back yard of the President’s house, and when it was headlined by Pousette-Dart “[We] handle everything that can only Kurtz explains that the process is cen- it was live music all day and lots of fun,” Band and opened by the Beelzebubs be done person-to-person when you tralized because working with artists she said in an email to the Daily. “I have and the Willie Nininger Band, a host of need to have actual conversation[s], send necessitates quick responses. great pictures of friends from all classes great artists have brought their music to emails [and] make phone calls,” Kurtz “The reason why this can’t be a school- hanging out dancing … and no one the hill. said. “Because booking artists is very wide process and it has to be the two of ended up in the ER.” “We’re putting together a show, fast, you have to go back and forth so us is because deals happen so fast,” During her time at university, the U.S. not an act,” Matt Marber, co-chair of you can’t always have a group making a Kurtz said. “We can’t send out a poll drinking age was just 18. Concert Board, said. “We want to put decision, which means that it ultimately every time an artist rejects us and we’re “Everyone was able to drink and the together a show that people will love comes down to the two of us.” trying to be as inclusive as possible and flow of alcohol was in the open,” she said. from start to finish.” Marber further explained the process unfortunately we can’t make the entire The administration’s response to Other notable past Spring Flings include of bidding for an artist. student population happy.” Spring Fling has changed since the ’80s. the 1993 show, which featured Violent “How the process works is that we Tello added that budgeting concerns Tello remarked how past administra- Femmes, The Lemonheads and Digable start out with a budget of talent, funded present another challenge. tions focused on making the concert Planets, and the 1998 lineup, which by TCU,” he said. “We receive funding “People think that you can put in itself safe, while the new administration included LL Cool J and Less than Jake. for talent and funding for production a bid for anyone that has a song out is focusing on making the entire day safe T.I. and Lupe Fiasco performed in 2007, costs. Just for talent, we factor in what there,” she said. “They don’t understand for all students. and Dropkick Murphys in 2008; other we think the student body would want the actual amount that people cost. “We are especially mindful of the recent acts include Drake, Nelly and as an overall lineup.” We’re always mindful of staying in our freshmen who [have] heard about Spring Childish Gambino. According to Marber, operations in budget because we want to be respon- Fling all year and don’t know what to “We change the show and logistics based the music industry work by way of con- sible with students’ money.” expect,” Tello said. “The administration on the year before because that’s the only nections, trust and reputation. Marsha Alperin graduated is trying to change the culture that you benchmark that we have,” Ashley Tello, “We don’t communicate directly with from Jackson College, Tufts’ college for can wake up at 7 a.m. and drink more Assistant Director for Campus Life and staff the artists,” he said. “We have a middle women between 1910 and 1955, in 1981. advisor to programming board, said. agent and we tell him what we’re look- She recalls a Spring Fling that is similar see SPRING FLING, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections The BSO’s UnderScore The softball team News 1 Comics 6 Friday Series show- has maintained its cased old and new top national ranking, Arts & Living 3 Sports Back pieces in one showing. standing undefeated at 33-0. see ARTS, page 3 see SPORTS, back 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Friday, April 24, 2015 THE TUFTS DAILY Provost David Harris leads study of housing issues Drew Z.

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