Where You Partly Cloudy Read It First 68/52 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXII, NUMBER 22 TUESDAY, OCtoBER 11, 2011 TUFTSDAILY.COM Happy Birthday, President Monaco! Berman appointed dean of Tufts School of Medicine BY GABRIELLE HERNANDEZ tical company Merck & Co., cial stability,” Rosenberg said. Daily Editorial Board Inc. Over the past two years, Prior to his appointment as Berman has created three After ushering in a period interim dean, Berman served new educational programs: an of growth and increased rev- as the dean of public health and expanded public health pro- enue during his nearly two- professional degree programs gram, a master’s program in year service as interim dean at the School of Medicine. biomedical science and a post- of Tufts School of Medicine, Berman worked in the field baccalaureate program to bol- Harris Berman was last week of health management before ster the School of Medicine’s appointed permanently to the coming to Tufts, serving as revenue. position. chief executive officer of the “I think he’s engaged and The Office of the Provost Tufts Health Plan for 17 years reenergized our faculty in decided not to conduct a and co-founder of the Matthew thinking about new ways of nationwide search to fill the Thornton Health Plan in New contributing to the school by opening because the post was Hampshire. working to develop new educa- vacated at a time when both Dean of the Sackler School of tional programs; that’s a really the positions of university Graduate Biomedical Sciences big plus,” Rosenberg said. president and provost were Naomi Rosenberg expressed During his time as interim in transition, according to support for the work that dean, these programs turned Interim Provost Peggy Newell. Berman had accomplished dur- the School of Medicine’s “He was doing a great job as ing his time as interim dean. annual deficit into a $2.7 mil- interim dean,” Newell said. “By developing new pro- lion surplus. Former Dean Michael grams and focusing on new “By doing that, we’ve taken Rosenblatt stepped down after programs that are education- the pressure off,” Berman said. a six-year tenure in Dec. 2009 ally responsible but will bring “Now, we can just worry about to assume the role of chief in revenues to the school, he’s medical officer at pharmaceu- improved the school’s finan- see MEDICAL, page 2 Tufts students join Occupy VIRGINIA BLEDSOE/TUFTS DAILY Boston march downtown University President Anthony Monaco visited the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate meeting last night to meet and answer ques- BY CORINNE SE G AL tions from the student representatives. To honor the president’s Daily Editorial Board birthday, which was yesterday, TCU Senate surprised Monaco with a double-layer ice cream birthday cake. Senators also elected junior Hundreds of students from Jeremy Zelinger and sophomore Lia Weintraub as co-chairs of the Boston and elsewhere joined Senate Services Committee. together in a march yes- terday to protest — among other concerns — American economic systems, corpo- Tufts considers eventual plan to rate corruption and a lack of affordable education. The student march began relocate Greek houses to one block in the Boston Common and met a larger march of com- BY LAINA PIERA Delta Chi (123) and Zeta Psi munity groups and labor Daily Editorial Board — would not need to move unions in Dewey Square, because they are close enough where they continued on University administrators are to the block at their location toward the North Washington considering long-term plans to across Packard Avenue, accord- Bridge. The whole group move all fraternity and sorority ing Reynolds. marched throughout Boston houses in the block bounded by Four remaining Greek houses for approximately four hours. Professors Row, Sawyer Avenue, — Theta Chi, Alpha Omicron Pi Students at the march rep- Packard Avenue, and Curtis (AOII), Alpha Phi, and SigEp — resented a range of schools, Street, where most Greek houses are now outside of the block and including Boston University are already located. would most likely be affected if (BU), Tufts, Northeastern “I think everybody’s thinking plans materialize. University, Emerson College, that this is a good concept,” Dean Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Harvard University, Boston of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman Reitman said that the plan is long- College, University of Vermont, said. “It serves many agendas: term and gradual, with no specific Salem State University, school spirit, social venue, town- timetable for moving forward. Massachusetts Institute of gown, fraternity and sorority life.” “It’s a conversation that I’ve Technology and Fitchburg Reitman said he would pre- had with any number of people, State University. fer to relocate Sigma Phi Epsilon but never do we talk about it as Students first gathered (SigEp), who this year left their if we’re going to see it in two or at 1:30 p.m. on the Boston house at 114 Curtis St., within this three years,” Reitman said. “This Common, where Occupy block. is a long-term, evolutionary pro- Boston members informed VIRGINIA BLEDSOE/TUFTS DAILY Vice President for Operations cess as opportunities become the group that they risked Tufts students prepared for the Occupy Boston march yesterday by Dick Reynolds said the long- available.” arrest by marching. making signs on campus before setting off for the Boston Common. term plan involves gradually Administrators said removing Speakers at the gazebo on converting the other housing Greek houses from residential the Boston Common recom- including a need for afford- debt in their attempt to get and office space in the block neighborhoods would improve mended that students keep able education and finan- an education. into units appropriate for the community relations, while track of the legal observers, cial transparency in schools. “Students are getting out of remaining Greek houses that are a planned outdoor common volunteers present to monitor Signs read, “State school stu- college and being enslaved to not located in the block. space in the middle of the block police actions. The speakers dent and proud of it” and debt,” Lyle said. “I know a lot “The concept is that we only would benefit Greek activities. also reminded students that “Pay your share — we do!” of students are really scared.” have three or four [Greek houses] Reitman said Greek houses’ the protest needed to remain Beau Lyle, a member of the Richard Peet, a that are outside of this block,” social activities often disturb off- nonviolent. movement who attended the Massachusetts resident, Reynolds said. Many protesters expressed College of Charleston, said Two Greek houses — Theta see GREEK BLOCK, page 2 student-related concerns, that students accumulate see OCCUPY, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections News 1 Op-Ed 9 The Daily explores Björk returns to the the Baha’i faith on music scene with Features 3 Comics 10 campus. ‘Biophilia.’ Arts & Living 5Sports 11 Editorial | Letters 8 Classifieds 12 see FEATURES, page 3 see ARTS, page 5 2 THE TUF T S DAILY NEWS Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Visiting the Hill this week TUESDAY When and Where: 4:30 p.m.; Pearson 106 “Early Modern Absolutism in 18th-Century University of Singapore will discuss the effects Sponsor: Department of Chemistry India” of emotional perception on one’s ability to “Phenomenology of the CAH+ Measure” Details: Columbia University Professor of Middle make moral judgments. Details: Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford WEDNESDAY Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Partha When and Where: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; University Michael Salem will speak at this Chatterjee will discuss absolutism in India. Miner 224 week’s Tuesday Cosmology Seminar hosted “Secondary Schooling in Kenya” When and Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Sponsor: Department of Philosophy by the Tufts, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center Details: Isaac Mbiti, assistant professor of eco- Cabot 7th Floor for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Massachusetts nomics at Southern Methodist University and Sponsor: Center for South Asian and Indian “The New Middle East: Challenges and Institute of Technology (MIT) joint partnership. MLK Jr. visiting professor at MIT, will speak. Ocean Studies Opportunities” When and Where: 2:30 p.m.; Robinson Hall When and Where: 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.; Details: This year’s Fares Center for Eastern 250 Cabot 703 THURSDAY Mediterranean Studies Annual Conference will Sponsor: Tufts / CfA / MIT Sponsor: Department of Economics and The cover various topics relating to the Middle East, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy “The Financial Crisis and the Descent of and it will feature a keynote address from the “ECE Seminar: Members of INTEL Tech Staff” the West” Thomas R. Pickering (F ‘54), former ambassa- Details: Visiting INTEL Tech staff members “Artist Lecture: Ken Gonzales-Day” Details: Noted economic historian Niall dor to Russia, India, the United Nations, Israel, will offer a lecture through the Electrical and Details: Los Angeles-based artist Ken Gonzales- Ferguson will deliver this year’s Richard E. El Salvador, Nigeria and Jordan. Computer Engineering Seminar Series. Day will discuss his exhibition “Profiled,” which Snyder President’s Lecture. When and Where: Oct. 13 and 14; Cabot When and Where: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; is currently on display at the Tufts Art Gallery. When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Intercultural Center Halligan Hall 111A When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Distler Performance Hall Sponsor: The Fares Center for Eastern Tufts Art Gallery Sponsor: University Advancement Mediterranean Studies “Drugging the Undruggable” Sponsors: Tisch Scholars Program, Tisch Details: Drug researcher and University of College of Citizenship and Public Service, the FRIDAY Colorado at Boulder Professor Hubert Yin will Department of Art and Art History, and the speak at this week’s Department of Chemistry Latin American Studies Program “Emotional Perception of Morality” seminar.