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Where You Partly Raining Read It First 41/35 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVII, NUMBER 36 FRiday, MARCH 14, 2014 TUFTSDAILY.COM Associate Provost to Anne-Marie Slaughter to deliver commencement address Anne-Marie Slaughter, a leader in public policy and international affairs leave after 27 years who in 2012 incited national debate BY CAROLINE WEL C H ing in the community,” Lee on gender equality, will deliver this Daily Editorial Board said. “But I had really enjoyed year’s commencement address on teaching ... [Tufts] offered me May 18, according to a press release After 27 years of service, the job to run the [third-year from Director of Public Relations former Associate Provost and medicine] clerkship for stu- Kim Thurler and Assistant Director Professor of Medicine Mary dents. So, it still was a difficult Katie Cinnamond Benoit. Lee will leave Tufts this fall decision because I felt like it Slaughter will also receive an hon- to assume the prestigious six- was time to be at a differ- orary doctorate of laws during the 9 month Kimitaka Kaga Visiting ent institution, but they con- a.m. ceremony on The Green. Professorship at the University vinced me to try it, and I loved Thurler praised Slaughter’s of Tokyo’s Graduate School of it so much I never left.” accomplishments, saying she will Medicine. Between 1994 and 2006, make a very interesting choice for A formal farewell reception Lee served as the first dean graduates and other attendees. for Lee, who stepped down for educational affairs at the “Someone like Anne-Marie from her position as associate School of Medicine, where Slaughter just seemed like a won- provost on Jan. 15, will be held she helped develop open derful choice in terms of her record today at 9 a.m. in Ballou Hall. access initiatives such as of scholarship, her engagement in Until her official departure the Tufts University Science the world, the kind of work that she in the fall, Lee said she will Knowledgebase (TUSK), a cur- has done in the past in the public retain her roles as a professor riculum management system sphere, as well as what she’s doing at the Tufts University School medical schools across the now,” Thurler said. of Medicine, as well as one of globe now use, according to According to Thurler, this year’s its special advisors for educa- Dean of Student Affairs at the speaker is highly respected for her tion innovation. Medical School Amy Kuhlik. work in a number of fields. Slaughter The visiting professorship is “Now [TUSK is in] a lot of is the current president and CEO of an established, highly selec- medical schools, but this was the New America Foundation, a tive position for which the ahead of the time, and Mary public policy institute which works University of Tokyo selects a was way ahead of the curve to address issues facing 21st century new senior medical educator back when this was done in Americans. She previously served CourtesY TUFTS UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF PUBLIC Relations from around the world each the late 1990s,” Kuhlik said. as dean of Princeton University’s Anne-Marie Slaughter, a leader in public policy and international year, according to Lee. Additionally, Kuhlik noted Woodrow Wilson School of affairs, will deliver this year’s commencement address. “I’ll be helping them with ... that Lee was responsible for Public and International Affairs, as their first accreditation, cur- consolidating curricular devel- well as the J. Sinclair Armstrong Shortly after leaving her posi- Japanese novelist; former Chairman riculum reform, clinical teach- opment, as well as instituting Professor of International, Foreign tion at the Department of State, of the Board of Trustees James Stern ing [and] integration of tech- faculty development and lead- and Comparative Law at Harvard Slaughter published an article titled (A ‘72) and Slaughter. nology into their educational ership training programs. Law School. Between 2009 and “Why Women Still Can’t Have it “As a distinguished scholar, programs,” Lee said. “It’s really “Mary was very interested in 2011, she served as the director of All” in The Atlantic, which quickly academic leader and advocate the opportunity of a lifetime.” faculty development and really Policy Planning for the United States became the magazine’s most read for innovation in public policy After graduating from Tufts introduced that whole concept Department of State. article and sparked a nation-wide and national affairs, Anne-Marie in 1975, Lee received her at Tufts,” she said. “We have a “The work that she’s currently debate on modern-day inequalities Slaughter represents the multifac- masters in Health Services very robust faculty develop- doing now at the New America between men and women. eted excellence and civic engage- Research and Asian Studies ment [program] here, that she Foundation ... is certainly a model According to Thurler, five individ- ment to which Tufts is commit- from Stanford University, only left sort of as her legacy.” for public policy development and uals will be awarded with honorary ted,” University President Anthony to return to Tufts for medi- Lee carried over her empha- an incubator for innovative ideas,” degrees at the ceremony. They will Monaco is quoted as saying in the cal school and her residency. sis on faculty development to Thurler said. “She was, I believe, include Reverend James Lawson, a press release. “We are anticipating She then began working at the the university as a whole when the first woman to be director leader of the American civil rights her commencement address with Tufts Medical Center. she became associate pro- of Policy Planning at the State movement; Jill Lepore (LA ‘87), a great interest.” “After seven years of medi- vost, Dean of Academic Affairs Department, so she’s kind of a writer, historian and Harvard College cal school and residency, I was pioneer in that regard.” professor; Haruki Murakami, a —by Abigail Feldman [actually] planning on practic- see LEE, page 2 Alpha Phi raises more than $13,000 through philanthropy event BY JUS T IN RHEINGOLD have been [giving] donations for and I think they went for between Daily Editorial Board us every year.” 90 and 100 dollars total.” The event was divided into These philanthropic partner- Alpha Phi sorority raised more two parts, a silent auction con- ships, however, extended beyond than $13,000 for women’s heart taining themed baskets and a live Greek life, Meguerian said. Spirit of health at its annual Bid Your Heart auction in Cohen auditorium, Color (SOC) performed at the auc- Out auction on Feb. 28. Meguerian said. tion and John Piermarini, founder Alpha Phi External Philanthropy “After the silent auction, we of Sweet Idea, donated cookies for Chair and event co-organizer [went] into the live auction and the event’s attendees, she said. Martha Meguerian said that near- we [had] two hosts there,” she Rennert said that Tufts’ chap- ly 400 people turned out for the said. “Our live auction items ter of Alpha Phi has gained WILLIAM BUTT / THE TUFTS DAILY event, which benefited the Alpha [were] our bigger ticket items ... national recognition from its Ultimate Frisbee is one example of a club sports team that lacks suf- Phi Foundation. She explained We [had] Avicii tickets, Jets tick- greater organization, Alpha Phi ficient funding, especially for travel expenses. that the amount raised this year ets and Celtics tickets.” International, for its fundrais- matched last year’s total. According to Meguerian, creat- ing prowess. Last year, the orga- Emily Rennert, the other co-or- ing partnerships with other Greek nization raised more money in Club sports expand, ganizer, said that the whole soror- organizations is a big part of Bid a single night than any other ity contributed to the event. Your Heart Out. NESCAC Greek organization. “Every sister has to make a “We had a bunch of Zeta [Psi] “The goal is also just to have look for more funding donation, or [give] a gift card or sophomores and juniors [auc- fun and raise any sum of money,” [tickets] if her family owns season tioned as] Zeta handymen, and Meguerian said. “We were blown BY JAKE TABER sequently, more students. As the tickets to a Jets game,” Rennert, you could bid on them to come away by [how much] we raised last Daily Editorial Board program has grown, however, a junior, said. “We also have a and fix anything in your house year and this year ... If we really the process of managing and committee that goes out to local for a few hours,” she said. “Theta take pride in it, we can raise so Over the past few years, Tufts’ financing club sports has become stores in Davis [Square], Harvard Delta Chi donated ‘Call on Me’ much money in one night for this club sports has expanded to [Square] and Boston and gets them tickets since [they are] such a hot include more teams and, con- see CLUB SPORTS, page 2 to donate to us — some stores commodity. There were 5 tickets see ALPHA PHI, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections ‘Pretty Little Liars’ loses ‘Calle 13’ combines News | Features 1 Comics 6 all semblance of reality caribbean sound in fourth season. with increasing focus Arts & Living 5Sports Back on social issues. see ARTS, page 5 see ARTS, page 5 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS | Features Friday, March 14, 2014 THE TUFTS DAILY Lee set to assume prestigious CAROLINE A. WEL C H Editor-in-Chief visiting professorship in Tokyo EditoriaL LEE “Those will be very big shoes to J.L. Hoagland continued from page 1 fill,” Glaser said.