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THE TUFTS Where You Read It First VOLUME L, NUMBER 29 DAILY THURSDAY,OCTOBER 20, 2005 After two kids: a degree and a trip to Zanzibar to fight AIDS BY JAMIE BOLOGNA top-notch institutions with adult pro- knew little about HIV and AIDS before program students often face difficulties Contributing Writer grams,” Associate Dean Jean Herbert, who arriving in Zanzibar. when placed into a classroom setting. “She runs the REAL program, said. “It wasn’t important for me to be an had some trouble at the beginning,” Sitting in Professor Vickie Sullivan’s Sutton works with a non-governmental expert,” she said. “Once the people started Penvenne said of Sutton. “But then she Western Political Thought class, Kathryn organization called the Zanzibar getting the ARVs they came to me and said, rolled up her sleeves, didn’t get discour- Sutton knew she had a plan. Association of People Living With ‘Now that I am living, where can I get a job? aged, and worked very hard.” “Kathryn sat in the front row and she HIV/AIDS (ZAPHA+). The organization How can we feed our families?’ Now my job Sutton applied for a Fulbright made her presence known,” Sullivan said of gives essential drugs to people in Africa. is to guide them in the right direction.” Scholarship after graduation but was the 2004 alumna. “She was a courageous Sutton represents the organization to the Sutton’s interest in Africa started in 1974 turned down. “It was a good thing in the and dogged learner; she simply would not local government and to international when she took a road trip from Cairo to end because now I am not tied down to do let go of an issue until she mastered it.” donors. Cape Town, South Africa with her former research,” she said. “I can really focus on Sutton, who has two sons, is now in Former President Bill Clinton visited husband. On the way, they stopped in what I want to do.” Zanzibar — a pair of islands off the Zanzibar in July to help jumpstart the dis- numerous countries, attending a wedding Sutton visits the United States often but Tanzanian coast — working to fight HIV tribution of free anti-retroviral drugs in Sudan, passing through Ethiopia during has no plans to return permanently. She and AIDS. She was part of the Resumed (ARVs), funded by the Clinton Foundation. its civil war and staying with a tribe in keeps her family and friends updated with Education for Adult Learners (REAL) pro- “Because of the Clinton Foundation, peo- Kenya. a monthly e-mail newsletter. gram, which she entered at the age of 49. ple are living,” Sutton said. “The ARVs have “It was on this trip that I fell in love with She spoke to an introductory English The program — which currently consists given people a chance to stay alive and live the continent and with the people,” Sutton class taught by Herbert two weeks ago 45 students — was started in the 1970s by a productive life.” said. about her experiences in Africa and at Tufts. Antonia Chayes, now a visiting professor at If donors back out of the project, howev- Twenty-five years later she decided it was “She has been an inspiration to the the Fletcher School. It offers a college edu- er, the drugs will be prohibitively expensive. time to get her college degree. “It had adults and also to the younger students,” cation to adults who have not previously “Everyone is absolutely terrified because become hard to find a good job,” Sutton Herbert said. “She has impacted so many attended college. In Sutton’s case, her chil- they know that in reality they are pretty said. “No one would interview me at the big lives here on campus. She always wanted to dren took precedence. powerless over their own fate when it corporations.” give back. She has an innate and noble “There are many state colleges and uni- comes to international aid,” Sutton said. History Professor Jeanne Penvenne, who versities but there are very few selective, A political science major at Tufts, Sutton taught Sutton in two courses, said REAL see REAL, page 2 Joseph’s kicked to the curb Jumbos caught ‘Jaywalking’ as Boston shuttle resumed Senate pays more, hopes for better service BY KRISTEN SAWICKI the School of Arts and Sciences. Daily Editorial Board This was managed by former Arts, Sciences and Engineering Students who shelled out Executive Administrative Dean money for cab rides home from Wayne Bouchard. Boston the first six weeks of When Bouchard left the school will get a respite this school after the spring of 2004, weekend. his responsibilities were split The campus shuttle to and between the School of Arts and from Boston will resume on Sciences and the School of Friday, Oct. 21, and the bus will Engineering. The position in be provided by a more expen- the School of Arts and Sciences sive company than last spring. is now open, so no money has Organized by the Tufts been provided by the adminis- Community Union (TCU) tration for the shuttle. Senate, the service began in The shuttle takes students spring 2004 through the Vocell into Boston on Friday and JAMES HARRIS/TUFTS DAILY Bus Company. The Senate kept Saturday nights. It runs from 9 Alex Raimer, 11, asks juniors Caitlin Sheehan and Ryan Hanofee the contract with Vocell the fol- p.m. to 3 a.m., leaving the cam- questions Wednesday at the football team’s practice. A camera lowing semester, but last spring pus center every hour on the crew from “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” was on campus switched to Joseph’s Limousine hour. It stops at the Boylston T to film a segment. Raimer, who grew up in Natick, started a and Transportation — the same stop at 25 past the hour and the sports blog that was picked up by a local sports writer. He company that runs the campus Kenmore T stop at 35 past the asked cheerleaders and players who did not practice questions shuttle to Davis Square. hour. about the story of Jumbo and why a mascot that got hit by a Due to scheduling problems The bus will run every week- train and whose stuffed carcass burned down would be consid- and delays, though, the Senate end until Dec. 3, except for ered good luck. When asked another question, nobody Raimer chose to return to Vocell for this Thanksgiving weekend, a total spoke with could name the founder of the University, Charles semester. “Despite the higher of 12 nights. Students can Tufts. price, the service provided by board the bus with their Tufts Vocell was superior,” TCU ID cards. President Jeff Katzin said. Sophomore senator Stephen “This project is only effective Blaker, who is now in charge of if the student body can depend the shuttle project, said he will on the timeliness of the respond to any complaints, busses,” he said. Katzin, a sen- especially those about schedul- ior, began the service as a soph- ing. “Basically, we have to make omore senator. sure it stops at the right places, The bus did not run the first and that students know to have six weeks, Katzin said, because their ID cards out when the bus the Senate was trying to find comes,” he said. Boston traffic Engineering students explain research money for the service. The makes it difficult for the shuttle BY CHARLOTTE HAIGH Measurements During The expo was scheduled to Senate has budgeted for the to stay on schedule, he said. Daily Staff Writer Chemical Mechanical overlap with the Career and shuttle to run this semester and Blaker said he was optimistic Polishing.” Graduate School Fair next expects to allocate the neces- about the dozen times the Undergraduate and gradu- The students who worked door in the Gantcher Family sary money to continue the shuttle will operate this semes- ate students and faculty from on the projects were there to Sports and Convocation service next semester. ter. “It worked successfully in all over the city got a chance to explain their research to the Center, Manno said. This was When the shuttle service the past, so hopefully it will peer into the School of people who attended. planned to encourage com- began, the cost was shared by work well again,” he said. Engineering’s labs Wednesday Vincent Manno, the school’s munication between engi- afternoon. associate dean, began plan- neering graduate students and The school hosted its fourth ning the event early last sum- heads of major corporations INSIDE INDEX annual Graduate Research mer. He said the expo had attending the career fair. The Daily explores why Hollywood News | Features 1 Expo in the Carzo Cage in three main goals: the “inter- The event was open to all seems to have lost its luster Weekender 5 Cousens Gymnasium. About mingling of graduate students visitors, but was mainly adver- see ARTS, page 5 Editorial | Letters 10 100 displays illustrated the and faculty,” the chance for tised through word of mouth, National 13 projects now being worked on undergraduates to “get a look Manno said. He estimated International 17 by the school’s graduate stu- at what’s going on in the about 300 or 400 students and An interview with Comics 20 dents. University’s graduate pro- faculty attended. David Strathairn Classifieds 21 Projects on display were as grams” and the opportunity The school’s Web site has a Sports Back page varied as “Managing Nutrients for engineering students in the virtual tour of last year’s expo, see ARTS, page 5 on Agricultural Land” and “In- Boston area to speak with Tufts and Wednesday’s expo will be tuftsdaily.com situ Fluid Film Thickness engineers.

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