Today: Partly Cloudy THE TUFTS High 13 Low 7 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Partly Cloudy Since 1980 High 31 Low 27 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 4 DAILY FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2007 Tufts alum Neal Shapiro to take the Internationally renowned speakers to helm of Thirteen’s parent company take part in on-campus symposium BY KAT SCHMIDT Over 20 distinguished guests sion will not be what could have Daily Editorial Board will be speaking at Tufts from been done differently in Iraq, Monday to Wednesday at a sym- but rather what can be done Former NBC News President posium entitled, “Iraq: Moving to bring peace to the country Neal Shapiro (LA ‘80) will become Forward.” now. president of the Educational The symposium is the inau- None of the speakers are Broadcasting Corporation, the New gural event for the Institute for receiving any monetary benefit York-based parent company of Global Leadership’s Robert and for traveling around the world public television stations Thirteen/ JoAnn Bendetson Global Public to meet here. WNET and WLIW21 New York. Diplomacy Initiative and involved According to Robert Bendetson According to an announcement collaboration with The Project on (A ‘73), chairman of the External last week, Shapiro will succeed pres- Justice in Times of Transition. Advisory Board of the Institute ident William Baker in February. Ali A. Allawi, a senior adviser for Global Leadership and chair Baker will continue as CEO through to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri of the Institute’s Executive Board, a year-long transition period, after al-Maliki, will be among the their appearance is an indication which Shapiro will also become speakers, which will also include of their dedication. “They are CEO. leading experts spanning various committed to trying to work “What excites me most about Neal fields and coming from a myriad through the conflict,” he said. is that he is one of the most com- of countries. While the focus of the sym- petent people in the mass media “It’s a very distinct group,” posium will be the future of business, and he is also very familiar Sherman Teichman, direc- Iraq, speakers will also exam- with media as it has changed in this tor of the Institute for Global ine examples of conflicts that new complex environment,” Baker Leadership, said. “It’s very eclec- have ended successfully, using told the Daily. tic ... they are the people who countries such as South Africa “I hoped he could bring public are active players.” and Ireland as examples of areas service broadcasting to a new level, Allawi, for example, has moving away from destruction which it needs to [in order to deal served as Iraq’s first postwar and in the direction of peace. with] this new complicated world civilian Minister of Defense The panels will be open to that exists today.” and has been a member of the the public, but they won’t be Shapiro, a former editor-in-chief Transitional National Assembly the only chance for an improved of the Tufts Observer, oversaw NBC’s and filled the post of Minister of future in Iraq. news division from June 2001 to Finance. According to Teichman, the Sept. 2005, a period that included Another speaker, Brett guests will have between 40 the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, McGurk, is the Director for Iraq to 60 hours for private conver- the U.S. invasions in Afghanistan at the U.S. National Security sations. “It’s the beginning of and Iraq, and Hurricane Katrina. Council. creating relationships,” he said. Programming that he supervised A third will be former ambas- “I think it’s a historic moment included the morning “Today Show,” sador and past Coordinator for for Tufts,” Bendetson said. The “NBC Nightly News,” and “Meet the Counterterrorism at the U.S first panel will be on Monday Press”. Department of State Barbara at 7:30 p.m. in the Cohen COURTESY THIRTEEN/WNET NEW YORK Bodine. Auditorium. see SHAPIRO, page 2 Former President of NBC News Neil Shapiro is transitioning into the realm The main focus of the discus- — Sarah Butrymowicz of public television. Tufts alum seeking White House House supports cut on student loan BY SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ on are energy ... and foreign policy and Daily Editorial Board restoring America’s role in the world,” he interest rates in bipartisan fashion said. BY JENNA NISSAN not have much of an immediate effect on Tufts alum Bill Richardson (LA ‘70, F ‘71) Richardson has increased renewable Daily Editorial Board students. officially entered the race for the Democratic energy use in New Mexico and is very aware “This change won’t give students any nomination in the 2008 presidential elec- of the tie between energy and foreign policy, The U.S. House of Representatives more help in paying their tuition right now, tion on Sunday by posting a video on his according to Berliner. addressed the issue of student loans last and it won’t give the financial aid office any Web site, according to an Associated Press The candidate has also engaged in nega- week in the College Student Relief Act of more money to help pay students’ tuition,” (AP) article. tions on diverse foreign policy issues includ- 2007. she said. The 59-year-old Hispanic governor of ing North Korea’s nuclear capacity and But according to Tufts Director of “The problem with the legislation is that New Mexico further contributes to the diver- Sudan’s position on Darfur. Financial Aid Patricia Reilly, the bill may it will benefit students after they leave col- sity of this race for the White House. If elect- As a politician, Richardson has supported not have a large impact on students at lege, and it doesn’t benefit them at all while ed, Richardson would become the United bringing troops home from Iraq as quickly Tufts. they are enrolled,” Reilly said. States’ first Hispanic president. Illinois as possible and working to decrease the The legislation, which passed on Jan. 17 Reilly said that the default rate at Tufts, Senator Barack Obama would become the division between the parties that currently by a margin of 356-71, received bipartisan which calculates how many students are first African American commander-in-chief, exists, according to the AP. support and, if passed by the Senate, will unable to begin paying back loans two and New York Senator Hillary Clinton the Despite his credentials and successes in gradually cut the interest rate on some stu- years after graduation, is only .3 percent. first female president if elected. New Mexico, his campaign will not be with- dent loans. “For the student population at Tufts, All of them have made formal announce- out difficulties. One such obstacle will be The bill involves subsidized Stafford repaying student loans doesn’t seem to be ments of their intentions to seek the procuring the funds necessary for the cam- loans, a common source of college-loan the problem,” Reilly said. Democratic nomination. paign. funds, given primarily to students from low She said that the bill is limited in that Tufts senior Jacob Berliner, who worked According to the AP, he will rely on an and middle income families. The legisla- it applies only to undergraduates and will at Richardson’s office over the summer, exploratory committee to examine fund- tion supports a five-year gradual reduction not cut interest rates for students taking believes that Richardson would be the right raising issues. of interest rate percentage from 6.8 to 3.4 unsubsidized Stafford loans. choice. “I think he would make a fantastic Another problem might be increasing his percent. “The interest rate on subsidized and president,” he said. public profile. Berliner said that name rec- Only loans taken out during or after July unsubsidized loans used to be the same,” Berliner said Richardson has an impres- ognition is “the number one issue” for the of this year will be affected. she said. “Now there [are] different interest sive résumé that qualifies him for the job. governor’s campaign. Currently, according The initiative was introduced to help rates and different ways of accumulating He has been elected to Congress, served to the AP, he is not doing well in preliminary students with loan payments. Taking out interest, so it’s making it more compli- as a United Nations ambassador, as the polls. loans has been a very popular option for cated.” Secretary of Energy under President Bill “If he had the name recognition of Clinton many young adults trying to finance their Still, approximately 5.5 million students Clinton, and most recently as governor of or Obama, he’d be ahead of them,” Berliner education. According to the Web site of each year will receive some type of benefit New Mexico since 2002. said. the U.S. Representative’s Committee on from the legislation. Those who are affect- Berliner also said that Richardson has If his candidacy is successful, he will Education and Labor, the average student ed can hope to see approximately $4,000 in command of some of the important issues become the first ever Tufts alum elected graduates with a debt of $17,500 along with savings if they take out $20,000 in Stafford for the election. to the presidency. “This is a phenomenal their degree. “Two issues he has the biggest strength opportunity for Tufts,” Berliner said. According to Reilly, though, the bill will see LOANS, page 2

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WORLD BRIEFS RUSSIAN LEADERS CRITICAL OF Pape addresses roots of suicide bombing in conference U.S. PLANS FOR MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE BY ASHLEY PANDAYA “The Tamil Tigers have historically been “Until the invasion in Iraq, there was no Daily Editorial Board the most active and successful terrorist orga- suicide terrorism. Since the invasion, suicide U.S. plans to build an Eastern Europe- nization, and they are a secular Marxist group attacks have doubled every year,” he said. based missile defense shield as a bulwark Yesterday afternoon marked the begin- drawn from Hindu families,” he said. Pape said that he wished he could have against rogue states like Iran are drawing ning of the two-day long conference enti- “Although religion is often used as a tool ended his presentation on a happy note, but rebukes from Moscow, which asserts that tled “The ‘War on Terrorism:’ Where Do We for recruitment, it is rarely the root cause for that “the war on terror is heading downhill.” Russia is the system’s real focus and warns Stand?” suicide terrorism. All suicide attacks have one He instead ended with a number of policy that the move will strain U.S.-Russian rela- The conference, sponsored by the Fares common purpose — to coerce democracies implications, including a suggestion for end- tions. Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, to withdraw military forces from terrorists’ ing the war in Iraq, known as the “off-shore The Bush administration has argued that opened with remarks by President Lawrence national homelands.” balancing strategy.” the shield is needed to defend Europe and Bacow, director of the Fares Center Leila According to Pape, terrorist organizations This plan, an alternative to Bush’s “surge” the U.S. against a potential attack from Iran Fawaz, and Provost Jamshed Bharucha. often target democracies because they are strategy and the Iraq Study Group’s “cut and or North Korea. While neither country has The conference featured keynote speaker “soft” to terrorists’ demands. Their attacks run” strategy, advises relying on airpower and intercontinental ballistic missiles capable Robert Pape, a professor of political science “occur in clusters that resemble campaigns naval forces stationed offshore, intervening of reaching Europe, the shield is warranted at the University of Chicago and founder for specific, mainly political goals,” he said. only if necessary. It is, he said, “a technique because both could develop that capability, and director of the University of Chicago’s Although not all of them have the same that has historically been successful.” U.S. officials say. Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism. source, he said that “95 percent of attacks fol- Reaction to the speech was positive. “Not Scheduled for completion by 2011, the Pape’s address, entitled “What Drives low a pattern.” everyone can do a data driven speech and shield would be made up of 10 ground-based the Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” sought to Pape also talked about research that make it interesting,” Fletcher student Kate interceptor missiles based in Poland and a debunk the idea that Islamic fundamental- showed the relationship between military Brodock said. radar station placed in the Czech Republic. ism fuels suicide bombings and prove that occupation, suicide terrorists’ nationalities “We wanted to go for the best possible U.S. officials say they have kept Moscow military occupation is instead its driving and whether or not the attacks were success- scholar we could find,” Fawaz said. “We updated on the project’s progress and have force. ful. didn’t just want someone who was in fash- made it clear to the Kremlin that Russia is not “The idea that fundamentalism is the pri- “If Al-Qaeda didn’t draw recruits from ion, someone that Washington approved of the shield’s focus. mary reason for suicide terrorism is mislead- Sunni countries with an American presence, ... we wanted someone who will raise the ing and it encourages domestic and foreign they would be much less of a threat,” he bar.” policies likely to worsen our situation,” he said. “I like things that are provocative. Pape’s GEORGIA REMOVES ALL BUT ONE said. Pape then discussed an Al-Qaeda recruit- theory is controversial — not everyone agreed BARRIER TO RUSSIA WTO BID Pape presented several data charts, ment video which described the atrocities with him — and that’s good,” she said. Georgia has withdrawn all its objections “whose sources include terrorist group docu- related to the occupation of Muslim lands. The conference, described by Bacow to be but one on Russia’s entry to the World Trade ments, targeted country lists, the media, and “There was no mention of seventy vir- a “dialogue of civility and respect,” continued Organization, a Russian economics ministry international research,” to prove that Islamic gins,” he said. “This video shows that the best yesterday with a session about the roots of spokesman said Thursday. fundamentalism is not as related to suicide mobilization appeal is to emphasize the con- terrorism. It will continue with three more The South Caucasus state threatened to terrorism as many people think. sequences of a foreign military presence.” sessions today. block the country’s 13-year bid after Moscow banned key Georgian exports last March. The talks, which stalled last summer, resumed at WTO headquarters in Geneva Reporting at Tufts is a great way to Legislation good Wednesday. The countries have long been at odds over the two regions, which broke away from introduce yourself to journalism first step, but may Georgian central government control follow- SHAPIRO duce programs in a different way, and ing a bloody war in the 1990s. Tbilisi has continued from page 1 these challenges that face commercial not go far enough repeatedly accused Moscow of backing sepa- Shapiro left NBC in September of 2005 television are no different than in private ratists there, while Moscow has responded and then taught at Tufts and Columbia’s television.” LOANS by saying that Tbilisi’s policies are a recipe for Graduate School of Journalism. Yet Shapiro said that in adapting to continued from page 1 further bloodshed. “When I thought about what I wanted new challenges, journalists draw from the loans over four years, which is close to the Tbilisi has demanded the closure of what to do next, I wanted some creativity and same roots. “Journalism is a fascinating highest amount allowed, according to the it calls illegal customs checkpoints on the some amount of public service,” he told field in that it changes all the time,” he Web site of the Project on Student Debt. Russian border with the self-proclaimed the Daily. “This job has both.” said. Reilly said that she hopes further legisla- republics, saying Russia must stop trading While his job at NBC made him accus- “But the basic question is, can you rise tion would do more for students by rais- with the breakaway regions. tomed to commercial television, he said above the daily grind of putting out stories ing the amount they can take out in Pell he welcomes the new conditions of pub- and take some perspective? Journalists try Grants, which target students from low and lic broadcasting. “There are a lot of great to write the day’s story as they see it.” middle income families. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION PER- things about commercial television: its This sometimes has its drawbacks. Pell grants are awarded to students with SISTS IN EGYPT DESPITE RENEWED reach is great. But there are limits,” he “[Reporting on Iraq], I wish we’d been able family incomes under $40,000 and cur- OPPOSITION said. to find some things then that seem to be rently give a maximum award of $4,050 per Women discussing female circumcision Ratings might measure the popular- apparent now,” he said. year, according to the Federal Student Aid shared their experiences at a recent gathering ity — in sheer numbers — of commer- For all of his prestige, Shapiro has not Web site. in Eneiba, a Nubian village along in south- cial broadcasts, but they don’t gauge the forgotten his Jumbo roots and the lessons Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy ern Egypt where the Egyptian government “depth or passion” of viewers, he said . he learned during his time at the Tufts is working on a bill, the Student Debt Relief is campaigning to persuade residents to end “There’s a certain freedom in public tele- Observer, where he was editor-in-chief Act of 2007, which will closely mirror the the practice of female genital mutilation. vision. You might have a smaller audience, from 1978-1980. At the time, it was the House bill, but also raise Pell Grants to A government survey released last year but engage them in a deeper and more only newspaper on campus. a maximum of $5,100 for the 2007-2008 found that 96 percent of Egyptian women profound way, which you can’t always do “It taught me about responsibility — we school year and gradually to $6,300 for who’ve been married have undergone some in commercial television,” he said. took our roles and duties very seriously, the 2011-2012 school year, according to sort of genital mutilation and that nearly 70 For a college student, he said, public and had ethical debates about what was the Web site of the National Association of percent of schoolgirls expected to be cut by programming need not replace that loyal right to print,” he said. Student Financial Aid Administrators. the time they turn 18. Thursday dose of “Grey’s Anatomy,” but The best part? “Working hard on the “An increase to the Pell Grants would Those numbers encompass women across can augment what is already out there. paper all week, and then every Friday benefit students in the way that they most Egypt, across religious lines, from illiterate “We don’t want to compete: you want to going to the dining halls to see everybody need it and would also target the students villagers to urban Cairenes. add to what you watch,” he said. reading it.” most in need,” Reilly said. The government is focusing its campaign Shapiro also has plans to keep public Other highlights were in-depth coverage Tufts Associate Professor of Economics on 120 villages with a program that combines television in New York up to speed with of budgeting to “see what tuition increases David Garman agreed. “To my mind, this education with incentives that include new today’s growing