Today: Few Showers THE TUFTS High 72 Low 60 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Mostly Cloudy Since 1980 High 73 Low 63 VOLUME LIV, NUMBER 28 DAILY THURSDAY , OC T OBER 18, 2007 Dr. Drew brings ‘Loveline’ sex discussion Abraham, Saade win Senate to Tufts; speaks about ‘hook-up’ culture elections marked by low turnout BY ROB SI L V ERBLA tt “It is definitely better than pre- cussion of the role of gender in Daily Editorial Board vious years; we’ve gotten 10 per- sexuality. cent before for special elections,” In comparing the questions Sophomore Stanley Abraham she said. typically asked by men and and Junior Mario Saade prevailed Both candidates will take their those asked by women on his in an election yesterday to fill the seats on the Senate with expan- radio show, he said that both two recently vacated seats on the sive platforms, and although their genders are primarily con- Tufts Community Union (TCU) ideas may be idealistic, DiBiase cerned with the sexual experi- Senate. said that their enthusiasm will be ences of men. “I’m excited to work with Mario welcomed. “It bothers me that the men and Stanley,” TCU President Neil “It reminds us why we’re doing are calling about the men, and DiBiase said. “I think they should what we’re doing,” he said. the women are calling about be honored that they were select- Specifically, Abraham, who the men, too,” he said. ed by their [peers] to represent defeated classmates Emily Pinsky used the topic of gen- them.” Gianetta, Alexandra Roy and D.C. der to transition into a lengthy The 24-hour contest was Wolf, ran on a platform of making discussion revolving around marked by the moderate-to-low the Senate more transparent to college campuses and their voter turnout that has come to be the Tufts community. hook-up cultures, probing stu- expected from special elections. Last night he said he intends to dents to explain why they use Twenty-five percent of juniors fulfill his promises. alcohol as a catalyst for sexu- submitted their online votes, as “I plan on trying to increase the al activity, and why men and compared to 35 percent of sopho- connection between the student women’s views of hooking up mores. body and the Senate,” he said. differ. Elections Commission (ECOM) “I’m going to try to open channels JO DUARA/ TUFTS DAILY “I insist you have a conversa- Public Relations Chair Anjali of communication.” Dr. Drew Pinsky spoke about sexuality last night. He challenged stu- tion with me tonight,” he said. Nirmalan, a junior, said that the While he waged an unsuccess- dents to be upfront about the topic. “Why do you get loaded to hook sophomores probably had better ful Senate campaign last year, he up?” participation because they had saw a second chance in Kolbe’s BY CARR I E BA tt A N Pinsky’s discussion was focused Pinsky’s inquiry was met more candidates to choose from resignation. Daily Editorial Board on allowing students to openly with an array of responses from and because a large number of “When I saw that a seat had discuss a range of sexual issues both female and male audience juniors are abroad. opened up, I decided to jump on The famed co-host of the —from the hook-up culture to members, with members of While four students ran to fill the opportunity,” he said. call-in radio show “Loveline,” STDs to orgasms — chosen by both genders citing the desire the seat vacated by sophomore Meanwhile, Saade had never Dr. Drew Pinsky, turned a audience members. to have sex without being Callie Kolbe, only two threw their run, but said that he had previ- packed Cohen Auditorium into “I got the green light to go involved in a relationship as hats in for the junior seat that ously considered being a candi- an open forum on sexuality last anywhere tonight,” he told the the reason that students turn to opened up after Constantin Sabet date and after “some messy issues night. crowd. alcohol. D’Acre left the Senate. surfaced” this year, he decided Sponsored by Vitality, Hillel’s Critical to Pinsky’s question- Still, Nirmalan said that the health and wellness initiative, and-answer session was a dis- see PINSKY, page 2 turnout could have been worse. see SENATE, page 2 PERSPECTIVE | WILLIAM MOOMaw After serving on Nobel-Prize-Winning panel, Moomaw gives insight into climate change Last week former Vice President Al Gore whose data and articles were reviewed and and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental analyzed and studied by the members of the Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) won the panel over the years. Nobel Peace Prize for their work in research- ing and bringing awareness to global climate JB: How much control do we really have change. over the Earth’s climate? Adil Najam and William Moomaw, both of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, WM: What’s really stunning is how, in the last have served on the IPCC for several years few years, we’ve just seen dramatic increases and helped produce the panel’s fourth assess- in not only the carbon dioxide and other ment report. Najam was a lead author of this heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, but report, which was released this year. [also in the] temperature. Eleven of the 12 This week I sat down with Moomaw, a warmest years on record occurred in the professor of international environmental last 12 years, just to put it in perspective. policy and the director of Fletcher’s Center The concentration of carbon dioxide is now for International Environment and Resource about 37 percent higher than pre-industrial Policy, to talk about the recent award and get levels. his opinion about climate trends. So at the very least, we’re changing the composition of the atmosphere. And Jamie Bologna: You basically won a Nobel through the carbon dioxide we’re changing Peace Prize last week. the acidity of the ocean, causing coral reefs to dissolve and shellfish to die off. EMILY EISENBERG/TUFTS DAILY William Moomaw: I guess I did, yeah. We Economist Stephen DeCanio was one of the two recipients of the Leontief Prize. were sort of joking about this. There are [so JB: So where do we go from here? many] of us on the panel, so it is like being a “Nobel laur-ette.” WM: You have to look at it in terms of what Leontief prize-winners speak about the opportunities are in transportation. For JB: Still, how does it feel to win that award? example, it’s not that difficult to double the efficiency of the transportation fleet. … distribution of wealth, climate change WM: It feels good. It means that the work In fact, had the United States not doubled BY SARAH BU T RYMOW I CZ Global Development and Environment of the agency has been recognized. Let me the efficiency of the auto fleet between the Daily Editorial Board Institute to economists whose work com- put it this way: Al Gore couldn’t have won 1970s and the 1980s, which is where we’re bines theoretical and empirical research the award without us, because we provided stuck now ... our emissions from the auto Economists Stephen DeCanio and and promotes a better understanding of him with all the data. He did a wonderful fleet would be dramatically higher than they Jomo Kwame Sundaram received the social and environmental processes. job of publicizing it, but the heavy lifting of already are. They would just be enormous. Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers Both recipients addressed a crowded getting all the information was done by the of Economic Thought yesterday. panel and all the researchers in the world see MOOMAW, page 2 The prize is given annually by Tufts’ see LIEONTIF, page 2 Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections Is a computer capable of Radiohead is letting listen- reading your mind? Not ers name their price for Comics 9 quite, but the Daily explores the band’s latest record. News 1 how new imaging technol- The Daily investigates this Features 3 Classifieds 10 ogy is allowing computers strategy and lets you know Arts | Living 5Sports Back to interpret brain activity. if the album is worth it. Editorial | Letters 8 see FEATURES, page 3 see WEEKENDER, page 5 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Thursday, October 18, 2007 Pinsky brought Tufts-specific content to talk Saade seeks improved social PINSKY said. “I suggest you become genuine and really cared about continued from page 1 aware of it and stop it. Let your [understanding] Tufts and scene, diversified meal plan Those in attendance were women friends do what they knowing what social life at Tufts SENATE was quite smooth,” he said. “My happy that the speaker was want to do.” was like,” said Vitality Co-Chair continued from page 1 opponent [is] a great guy.” prodding them to engage with While some college stu- Laura Hoguet, a sophomore that it was the appropriate time. Voting yesterday went off him on the subject. dents balk at the idea of dating, who helped coordinate the “I had resisted ... the tempta- without a hitch, according to “I like how he wouldn’t just Pinsky preferred relationships event. tion [to run] before, but now I just Nirmalan. The peak time was let us sit there and listen,” fresh- to “friends with benefits” situa- He demonstrated this com- couldn’t handle it,” he said. between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.; over man Kimberly Reisman said.