Where You Partly Raining Read It First 61/44 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVII, NUMBER 58 FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014 TUFTSDAILY.COM Junior plans second staff reception by Daniel Bottino in order to generate greater interest. Daily Editorial Board "I know the administration does stuff over the summer and at the Between Hurricane Sandy end of the year for the staff ... so I felt and the manhunt for the Boston like the students should really have Marathon bombers last year, an event where we show how much Tufts' staff stayed hours beyond we appreciate [the staff's] work, so their normal working days on that's the big effort this year: to ... several different occasions. To get more students," he said. honor their work, junior Gabe Although he acknowledged Rothman organized a staff appre- that there is room to improve ciation reception — a tradition upon the current structure of the that will continue this year. event, Rothman said his intention "I decided to do it again this all along has been to create this year, because even though we reception as an annual tradition at didn't have three disasters, ... I feel the university. like the effort those staff put in on a Reaching out to student groups daily basis is something that should to sponsor the event has been part be recognized," he said. of that effort, he said. His plan is Rothman has organized an to find and encourage a student- JUSTIN RHEINGOLD / THE TUFTS DAILY appreciation reception in the run organization to take over the Tim Larkin of the Socialist Alternative Party speaks to students during an event hosted yesterday by the Tufts Remis Sculpture Court this after- organization of the reception in the Labor Coalition. noon starting at 3 p.m. From the future. As part of that search, he athletics and police departments said, he contacted senior Rae Axner, Socialist Alternative Party speaks to dining services and facilities, a member of TLC, to co-sponsor Rothman said that he hopes the the event this year. reception will be an opportunity for Axner said TLC was proud to be about minimum wage the school to demonstrate the value co-sponsoring the event. While TLC of its employees. has focused its attention on negoti- by Justin Rheingold working people," TLC adjunct and, in this context, it only makes "I don't think students real- ations between adjunct faculty and Daily Editorial Board committee leader Lior Appel- sense to begin the analysis with ly acknowledge it around here ... the administration this semester, Kraut, a freshman, said. "We the point in time when the face there's a lot of behind-the-scenes Axner said she has enjoyed work- Two members of the Socialist want to bring different perspec- of capitalism changed ... and that stuff that goes on when people come ing with Rothman to organize the Alternative Party spoke yesterday tives to campus on capitalism would be the economic crisis fix your heat [and] keep the mainte- event, but that though she said to a group of students about their and alternatives to capitalism." in 2007 and 2008," Larkin said. nance up," he said. "The purpose of Rothman should be credited for party's platform and their fight for Larkin began by showing "At this point we had a massive this event is for the student body to most of the work. a $15 minimum wage. a video of Kshama Sawant, a shockwave in the economy and come out and say 'Thank you' to all Axner echoed Rothman's hope The event, which was host- recently-elected socialist mem- throughout society which affected these people who basically keep the for a greater student participation ed by the Tufts Labor Coalition ber of the Seattle City Council. all aspects of society and shifted campus moving for us." in this year's event. (TLC) and cosponsored by the During the video, Sawant spoke what we know about capitalism to While Rothman considers last "I'm hoping that the student American studies and peace and about her desire to work for those a different state of mind." year's event a success, he said he attendance cross-cuts [lots] of stu- justice studies programs, featured who do not earn a living wage During the period of instabil- hopes that more students attend dents," she said. Tim Larkin and Ryan Mosgrove, and those who are denied basic ity which characterized the crisis, this year's. To encourage greater Vice President for Operations two grassroots organizers with social services. Larkin explained people acted in a variety of ways, student involvement, Rothman Linda Snyder and Michael Baenen, Socialist Alternative. that her views echoed those of the according to Larkin, who said that organized the event in conjunction the chief of staff in the Office of "TLC thinks that in defending Socialist Alternative Party which the working class was "jarred to a with Tufts Labor Coaltition (TLC) the President, also worked with worker's rights, we also have to supported Sawant's campaign. shock" and fought back very little. and has integrated performances Rothman in planning the event this question the nature of the sys- "Marxist analysis sort of begins There were a few movements, from two student music groups — tem that creates this inequality, with a socioeconomic analysis of the Amalgamates and B.E.A.T.S. — see RECEPTION, page 2 lack of dignity and respect for class relations in a given society see LABOR MOVEMENT, page 2 GlobeMed partners with new health organization, expands membership by Mengqi Sun an important purpose of the program is to Contributing Writer bring volunteers' experiences back to Tufts. "Because GlobeMed really focuses on Founded by six members in the fall of 2011, advocacy, one part of our trip is to have mate- Tufts GlobeMed, a chapter of the national rials and to have personal stories — real expe- organization that pairs students with interna- riences that we can talk about when we are tional community-health groups, has vastly advocating for PHASE Nepal to the rest of the increased its presence on campus over the Tufts campus," she said. past three years. This year, GlobeMed has Due to the problems that arose from the partnered with a new organization, Practical rapid growth of its previous partner orga- Help Achieving Self-Empowerment (PHASE), nization, Possible, Tufts GlobeMed decided to help increase its public health impact in a to re-partner with PHASE Nepal in order to community in Nepal, where several students continue its GROW trips. will visit this summer. "The changes in the partnership were GlobeMed was started by a small group of spearheaded by the GROW members, who students in 2007, and now has 55 university- came back from last year's trip and brought based chapters throughout the United States. their concerns to the e-board," senior Malina Each chapter is partnered one-to-one with a Filkins, the co-president of Tufts GlobeMed, different international grassroots health orga- said. "It became very clear to us that GROW nization, expanding GlobeMed's collective trips [would] not be able to continue with reach to 19 countries in four continents. our former partner organization. ... It was just One of GlobeMed's most integral compo- too hard for them to commit in September to nents is its Grassroots On-Site Work (GROW) have a GROW trip the next summer." project, in which a team of interns travels Filkins added that this change in partner- to work with its partner organization for six ship would allow Tufts GlobeMed to have a FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS weeks in the summer. According to sopho- GlobeMed interns David Meyers and Laura Corlin, and Tufts MD/MPH program student and more Emily Miller, the coordinator for GROW, see GLOBEMED, page 2 intern Sindhya Rajeev pose with Dr. Paul Farmer, a public health activist. Inside this issue Today’s sections Innovative director News | Features 1 Comics 6 fails to impress with Albeit repetitive, Tycho’s pretentious vampire concert engaged listen- Arts & Living 5 Classifieds 7 film, ‘Only Lovers Left ers. Sports Back Alive.’ see ARTS, page 5 see ARTS, page 5 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Friday, April 25, 2014 THE TUFTS DAILY Tufts GlobeMed attends national Party working Caroline A. Welch Editor-in-Chief conference in Chicago toward $15 mini- EditoriaL GLOBEMED GlobeMed provides through the GROW continued from page 1 program, it also raises funds for its part- mum wage J.L. Hoagland stronger relationship with its partner orga- ner organization. Last year, it raised Stephanie Haven nization and allow the groups to make a approximately $11,000, all of which LABOR MOVEMENT Managing Editors bigger impact together. went directly to Possible. continued from page 1 Justin Rheingold Executive News Editor "In order for the partnership to be sus- "[The donations] were used to help Daniel Bottino News Editors Jenna Buckle tainable, we need to be fundraising, but support the hospitals [that Possible runs however, which highlighted the power of Abigail Feldman Daniel Gottfried also going to the community to really learn in Nepal] so that they can be more sus- workers, and one was the occupation of Alexa Horwitz about what their situation is and do on- tainable," Tehranchi said, "Last year, one the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Victoria Leistman Annabelle Roberts the-ground work," she said. "Those mem- big source of money is what we call [the] Chicago, he said. Denali Tietjen bers will come back and educate our chap- Cause Dinner. We [also] partnered with "They shut down the factory and Josh Weiner Sarah Zheng ter about the situation on the ground." [Alpha Omicron Pi] for a fundraising event.