Where You Mostly Sunny Read It First 62/45 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXIII, NUMBER 57 THURsday, APRIL 26, 2012 TUFTSDAILY.COM Senate relaunches Bauer named dean of academic affairs Capen Street Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Emergency Fund Berger-Sweeney earlier this week announced the appointment of Associate BY MAHPARI SOTOUDEH Professor of Philosophy Nancy Bauer as Daily Editorial Board dean of academic affairs in the School of Arts and Sciences beginning July 1. The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Bauer will replace current Dean of Senate will this fall re-launch the Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences Capen Street Emergency Fund, an Andrew McClellan, who is returning to initiative that aims to provide Tufts the faculty of art history and will work students with a resource to help them alongside Dean of Academic Affairs for obtain funding when confronted with Arts and Sciences James Glaser. emergency situations. “I am particularly happy to welcome The fund was initially founded Nancy and to add her voice to the by Tufts alumni Larry Brown (LA leadership team as we face the chal- ’85), Bill Friend (LA ’85) and actor lenges ahead,” Berger-Sweeney said Hank Azaria (LA ’85) who collective- in her announcement. “She will have ly donated $50,000 in 2005 with the the opportunity to help her faculty col- aim of providing students living off leagues be full partners in the school’s campus with payouts of up to $500 progress and to ensure their voices are in cases of fire or flood. KYRA STURGILL / THE TUFTS daily heard. ... Most important, Nancy is par- The new iteration of the Capen Karl Rove, deputy chief of staff under President George W. Bush, visited the Hill last night. ticularly sensitive, on the one hand, to Street Emergency Fund will pro- recognizing the need to address con- vide funding through $300 pay- temporary issues while, on the other outs, typically in the form of reim- Karl Rove discusses career hand, ensuring we hold fast to our bursements, to students who find historic academic mission.” themselves unexpectedly in need Bauer served as chair of the of money that they were unable to at White House in lecture Department of Philosophy from 2008 previously budget for, such as in until last year. cases of having to fly to a funeral, BY STEPHANIE HAVEN Rove noted that none of the decisions the She first joined the Department of according to TCU Treasurer Christie Daily Editorial Board president had to make in situations, from Philosophy in 1998 as a visiting assistant Maciejewski, a sophomore. national security to international affairs, professor and was placed on the tenure “We’re using it as the exogenous Karl Rove, former senior advisor and was easy. track the following year. She also served shock funds — a lot of people do deputy chief of staff to President George W. “As president, you have to prepare the as director of graduate studies from need help with textbooks, but this Bush, spoke about his career in the White country for big challenges because if you 2001 to 2008. fund is specifically for the exogenous House in Cohen Auditorium last night as don’t, who will?” Rove said. “It’s a serious Bauer’s academic focus is on femi- shocks,” Maciejewski said. “You come part of the Young America’s Foundation place to work, sometimes more serious nism, gender in philosophy and philoso- to college knowing you have to buy (YAF) Wendy P. McCaw Lecture Series. than you’d like.” phy and film. textbooks, but you don’t come to col- The Tufts Republicans worked with In his seven years at the White House, She currently serves as a member lege knowing you’ll have to fly home YAF to bring Rove to campus after for- Rove had a device that told him where the of the International Relations Executive for a funeral.” mer Republican presidential candidate president was at all times. As Bush was en Committee, the Communications and Maciejewski explained that the Herman Cain canceled his lecture, which route to begin his day in the West Wing Media Studies University Advisory Board fund will be accessible to all students was supposed to take place April 12. The each morning, Rove said he had to get to and the women’s studies board and as regardless of financial aid status but club asked Rove to discuss his experiences the president quickly to find out what he a supplemental faculty member in the stipulated that applicants will have at the White House as well as what he would be responsible for that day. Department of Drama and Dance. to provide adequate documentation learned about the job of a president, Rove “My job was to limit the politics,” Bauer has received many awards, in order to verify their need for the told the Daily. Rove said. including the Tufts University Professor funding. Although the Senate has not “There’s no average day at the White Rove also discussed the history of the of the Year distinction in 2002, the delineated the exact procedure that House,” Rove said in his lecture. “You bet- West Wing, which was created in 1902 by Undergraduate Initiative in Teaching this verification will involve, TCU ter understand who you are and what President Theodore Roosevelt to sepa- Award in 2002 and the Joseph A. and President Wyatt Cadley said the body your values are because you’re going to be rate the president’s living quarters from Lillian Leibner Award for Distinguished would spend the summer formulat- bombarded when you get there. There will his office. The building is a lot smaller Advising and Teaching in 2005. ing a more precise description of always be something unexpected.” than people may expect, Rove said. With both the logistics and the legitimate According to Rove, Bush spent many Secret Service officers stationed around the —by Laina Piera days in a series of meetings every 15 to see CAPEN FUND, page 2 20 minutes, each on a different topic. see ROVE, page 2 Students protest lecture with torture reenactment Rove discusses student debt, 2012 presidential campaign include in your lecture? BY STEPHANIE HAVEN Daily Editorial Board Karl Rove: Well, it didn’t affect what I’m going to talk about; you can’t tailor Tufts Republicans and the Young your remarks campus to campus. I gen- American’s Foundation last night hosted erally find on most liberal campuses Karl Rove, who was senior advisor and I’m given a respectful hearing. I like deputy chief of staff to President George going on campuses where conserva- W. Bush, in Cohen Auditorium. Before tives are in the minority because, first his lecture, Rove talked with The Tufts of all, I want the conservatives to know Daily about his experience speaking at that they’re not alone and, second of college campuses and his expectations all, I’d like to convert a few people to at for the 2012 presidential election. least occasionally agree. The Tufts Daily: Even though our mas- TD: Along the same line, the Tufts cot is an elephant, the Tufts campus Disobedience and Justice Collective has a reputation for its liberal bent created a “Karl Rove Un-Welcoming on most issues. From a very involved Collective” on Facebook to rally against LGBT community to a vocal faction of your event on campus. How do you KYRA STURGILL / THE TUFTS daily The Tufts Disobedience and Justice Collective last night held a rally to protest Karl the Occupy movement, Tufts under- plan to respond, if at all, to those who Rove’s invitation to campus. The group staged a reenactment of waterboarding outside graduates are well known to lean left vocalize their opinion against your Cohen Auditorium, the location of Rove’s lecture, to protest his advocacy of the con- on most issues. How did this affect politics? troversial interrogation technique during the George W. Bush administration. both your decision to speak on cam- pus and the subject matters that you’ll see ROVE INTERVIEW, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections Members of the LGBT The Daily previews this News 1 Editorial | Letters 10 community at Tufts summer’s best mov- discuss the challeng- ies to help you decide Features 3 Op-Ed 11 es they have faced on which ones are worth Weekender/Arts 5Comics 12 the Hill. the price of admission. Classifieds 6 Sports Back see FEATURES, page 3 see WEEKENDER, page 5 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Thursday, April 26, 2012 Capen Street Fund to assist students in on purpose of government ROVE banner that read “No dialogues CAPEN FUND continuedRove from fields page 1 audiencewith apologists questions for war crimes.” continued from page 1 building and historical rooms in “My reason for attending was emergencyuses of the fund. financial situations every corridor, it was impossible just to call attention to some of “We’ll be working over the to ignore the significance of work- the things that Karl Rove has done summer to finalize the plans, ing in the White House, he noted. during his career that people although we did agree that it “You always have a sense of his- might not be aware of,” Young doesn’t matter that you’re on tory in that building,” Rove said. said. “I have an issue with my financial aid — I think you’ll “You also learn that this place has student activities fee going to probably have to prove your a sense of structure that’s been pay someone who has promoted need through a bank state- defined for decades and will be torture, the institutionalization ment,” Maciejewski said.