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Where You Sunny Read It First 49/32 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVI, NUMBER 46 THURsday, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 TUFTSDAILY.COM Hudson-Jinks appointed CNO at Tufts Medical BY VICTORIA LEISTMAN ADL offers reward Daily Editorial Board Former Vice President of Patient Care for informationBY DENA L I TIETJEN on Services at the Tufts Medical Center Terry Daily Editorial Board Hudson-Jinks became the center’s new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) on Oct. 31 after serv- graffitiThe Medford vandals Police Department ing there for 28 years. and the Anti-Defamation League In the new position, Hudson-Jinks is (ADL) are offering a $1,000 reward for responsible for all nursing concerns at Tufts information leading to the identifica- Medical, reports directly to the president and tion of those responsible for numer- sits on the senior team, she said. ous graffiti incidents around Medford “I have influence in that level of discussion over the past year. and decision-making,” Hudson-Jinks said. According to ADL Regional Director “My voice and the voices of the nurses are Robert Trestan, police discovered anti- heard in that arena.” Semitic and racially offensive graffi- According to Michael Wagner, interim chief ti in two vacant Medford homes this executive officer at Tufts Medical, Hudson- September. The graffiti is allegedly Jinks for five months served as interim CNO linked to two dozen incidents of van- when her predecessor, Nancy Shendell-Falik, dalism that have occurred in the city took a job at the Baystate Medical Center in since last spring. Springfield, Mass. Her transition to perma- The reward, provided by the ADL, nent CNO was smooth, he said. serves as a monetary incentive for “It was natural for her to step into the those who have information to interim Chief Nursing Officer role,” Wagner come forward. said. “I led the process ... of coming up with a “From [ADL’s] perspective ... there decision as to how we’re going to move ahead is a person who knows who’s respon- with a permanent CNO.” sible,” Trestan said. “Somebody has Wagner said that, after interviewing four information and somebody knows other strong candidates from outside insti- who’s responsible for this graffiti, and tutions, Hudson-Jinks still stood out as the the reward is an incentive to draw out best candidate. the persons who have information.” “Terry really provided the greatest skill The most recent graffiti included set combined with a deep knowledge of our apparent references to Aryan Nations, organization,” he said. “She was the obvious swastikas and a quote from Red Sox choice for us to move ahead and make the player David Ortiz’s post-Boston mara- permanent CNO.” thon bombing speech in which he said, Hudson-Jinks said that she most values “This is our f**king city.” patient care and plans to stress nurse engage- Similarly profane imagery was found ment as she moves forward as CNO. throughout Medford on April 7, the “As we launch into new and ever-changing eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. elements in healthcare, I think, for me, what’s According to an email to the Tufts com- important is truly ensuring and continuing munity last semester, signs and other the work of quality patient care for every structures on Bello Field were defaced patient every day, having a voice for the nurs- with swastikas and white supremacist es at the senior team level and really engaging slogans, among other offensive graffiti. the staff,” she said. COURTESY THE BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL At the time of the Bello Field inves- A new project that Hudson-Jinks has Terry Hudson-Jinks, formerly the vice president of patient care services, assumed her new tigation, Medford police were already focused on involves reducing “hospital position as Chief Nursing Officer at the Tufts Medical Center on Oct. 31. working with area gang units who acquired harm,” such as infections contract- identified a number of gang tags, ed while receiving care for other conditions. our Chief Medical Officer on our patient as a staff nurse. After returning to gradu- such as clovers and the words, “Crew “There’s an initiative having to do with safety initiatives.” ate school to study nursing administration, 28,” according to FOX 25. catheter-associated urinary tract infec- Hudson-Jinks explained that she joined more opportunities opened up for her at the tion,” she said. “It’s a patient safety initia- Tufts Medical right out of college and worked see ADL, page 2 tive. She’s been working very closely with at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for 10 years see HUDSON-JINKS, page 2 BY YAN ZHAO given to him by one of his stu- Contributing Writer dents, to offer a living example of how locals observe change. Associate Professor in “‘I do think Chinatown is trying the College of Public and to become more modern, but I Leong discusses gentrification of ChinatownsCommunity Service at also think that the community University of Massachusetts is trying to retain its past and Boston Andrew Leong spoke culture,’” Leong read. about gentrification of According to Leong, gentri- Chinatowns around the world fication of Chinatowns is hap- last night in Braker Hall. pening everywhere — even The presentation was host- within Asia. ed by Tufts Asian American “When I go back [to China], Alliance and featured informa- I see the same issue happens tion from the Asian American in Hong Kong, in Shanghai, in Legal Defense and Education Beijing where communities are Fund’s (AALDEF) recent report just wiped out overnight,” Leong called, “Chinatown Then and said. “And then boom, skyscrap- Now: Gentrification in Boston, ers come out of nowhere. We New York and Philadelphia.” are talking about communities Leong was one of four authors in Beijing that have existed for who worked on the report. centuries, all of a sudden, wiped Leong began his lecture by out just like that.” introducing background infor- In understanding these ETHAN CHAN FOR THE TUFTS DAILY mation about historical chang- changes, people must first Andrew Leong, an associate professor at University of Massachusetts Boston, gave a presentation titled es in Chinatowns. He read feed- “Gentrification: Disappearing Chinatowns” last night in Braker Hall. back about a tour of Chinatown, see CHINATOWN, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections Marston “Doc” Balch Alumnus Gregg Kallor News 1 Op-Ed 9 played an integral role discusses finding suc- in the development of cess as a composer. Features 3 Comics 12 Tufts theater. Weekender 5Classifieds 13 Editorial | Letters 8 Sports Back see FEATURES, page 3 see WEEKENDER, page 5 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Thursday, November 14, 2013 ADL continued from page 1 Although Bello Field is the only loca- tionMedford on the Tufts campus police to have investigatebeen offensive graffiti spree vandalized, many areas of the Medford community, including public schools, businesses and playgrounds, have been defaced, Trestan said. “Incidents like this often are not directed at one individual or one individual group,” Trestan said. “They’re directed at multiple, including the community. It’s important to remember that the community has not forgotten, that the police have not forgotten, and that they will continue to work on this until the people responsible for this are caught.” This most recent incident has re- sparked investigations from the spring, Trestan explained. “In the interim time between the recent incident and last spring, nobody had been identified as a possible suspect and so the latest incident was a bit of a reminder for everyone that the person, or persons responsible, [is] still out there,” Trestan said. While Medford police are leading the investigation, Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) is also providing VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS assistance, according to an ADL state- Medford police have partnered with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to grant a $1,000 reward to individuals who come forward with ment announcing the reward. In the knowledge that leads to the arrest of those who defaced property around Medford. announcement, Director of Public and Environmental Safety Kevin Maguire lective voice denouncing these incidents Trestan is hopeful that the award will “Everyone is working together in sync expressed the university’s support of the and, as always, we will assist the Medford inspire people with information to step for- to spread the word which will hopefully ADL initiative. police with their investigation as appro- ward, and is happy for so much cooperation lead to the perpetrators being identi- “We are proud to be part of the col- priate,” Maguire said in the statement. between the police forces and the ADL. fied,” Trestan said. CHINATOWN the social cost that is associated.” continued from page 1 Despite the rise in crime, Chinatowns wonder why Chinatowns are important, did not receive more attention from HUDSON-JINKS with Hudson-Jinks throughout the transi- Leong said. Tospeaks answer this onquestion, importance police or social aid ofprograms. history continuedHudson-Jinks from page 1 planstion to process emphasize to help her acclimate to the Leong described their long histories. Leong also remarked on Chinatown center. She served as nurse manager of the new position. Many Chinatowns were built partly as buildings and the ways that cities have surgicalnurse ICU for engagement 11 years before stepping “Over [her time as interim], she has been a reaction to anti-Chinese movements allowed Chinatowns to become over- into her most recent role as vice president part of our senior team and has been pulled on the West Coast and partly to fulfill a developed. of patient care services. into all of our executive leadership groups,” need for cheap labor. At the time, rac- “It’s city hall that says, ‘We allow adult In the vice president position, Hudson- he said.

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