Today: Scattered T-Storms THE TUFTS High 74 Low 58 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Partly Cloudy Since 1980 High 78 Low 50 VOLUME LII, NUMBER 18 DAILY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2006 NEMC, NEBH will build joint suburban facility No break for Bacow BY JENNA NISSAN Daily Editorial Board Attendees at this weekend’s Tufts-New England Medical Center Homecoming might have noticed that (Tufts-NEMC) and New England Baptist University President Lawrence Bacow Hospital (NEBH) are joining up to build a attended the festivities with his left new hospital in the Boston suburbs. arm in a sling. Brooke Tyson-Hynes, a spokesperson But have no fear, Jumbos. The representing both hospitals, said the idea president didn’t take a tumble, but was the result of a partnership between underwent some shoulder surgery. Chief Executive of Tufts-NEMC Ellen “I had a bone spur removed from Zane and Chief Executive of NEBH Joseph my shoulder on Friday late after- Dionisio. noon,” Bacow told the Daily in an e- “[They] have a great working relation- mail message. “The spur was imping- ship, and with both Tufts-NEMC and ing on my rotator cuff and giving me NEBH being Tufts teaching hospitals, they a fair amount of pain.” realized that they wanted to have a part- Dr. John Richmond, Tufts’ mara- nership together and look into a hospital thon team doctor, performed the in the suburbs,” Tyson-Hynes said. surgery, he said. Both Zane and Dionisio realized that The procedure won’t be tripping many patients travel from the suburbs into up his chances for the 2007 Boston downtown Boston for illness or emergen- Marathon, however. cies. According to Tyson-Hynes, as many as “I should be able to resume run- 160,000 patients in eastern Massachusetts ning in about two weeks,” Bacow drive into the city for care at academic DAILY FILE PHOTO wrote. “It should not affect my mara- medical centers. Tufts New England Medical Center (center) is situated at the edge of Boston’s Chinatown thon training.” “There’s a maldistribution of hospital neighborhood. Since the hospital announced plans to open a second facility in the suburbs, —James Bologna some have criticized the hospital for its level of commitment to the city of Boston and its see HOSPITAL, page 2 current neighbors. Brewing up some tunes Somerville woman caught in Cousens Gym with narcotics BY SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ woman as a white female with Daily Editorial Board bleached blond hair in a pony tail wearing white sneakers, blue Police responded to a call jeans, and a red shirt. from Cousens Gym at 6:40 a.m. She was estimated to be about on Sept. 23. 5 feet, 4 inches tall and about 22 “A student reported a female years old, according to TUPD suspect was going through her Captain Mark Keith. gym bag,” said Sergeant Douglas Officer Morales and Sergeant Mazzola of the Tufts University McCarthy arrived at the scene Police Department (TUPD). and “spotted an individual that The student confronted the matched the suspect in the suspect and “was able to pull [Cousens Gym] parking lot,” away her keys and clothes,” Mazzola said. Mazzola said. The student came to the scene The suspect, a Somerville res- and identified her positively. ident, then fled the scene. The student described the see ARREST, page 2 UTOPIA cruise a dystopia? Friday night’s UTOPIA boat boarded the boat and given cruise culminated premature- bracelets if they could prove ly due to excessive underage that they were over 21. Once REBEKAH SOKOL/TUFTS DAILY drinking, Chinese Student on the boat, only the stu- Adrien, an acoustic guitarrist from Nashville, Tenn., plays Brown and Brew last night. Association (CSA) Vice dents with bracelets could buy President Diana Chang said. drinks. There were over 500 stu- However, if students with dents on the boat, includ- bracelets were caught giving ing students from Tufts, MIT, drinks to students without Davis’ BigBellies are gobbling trash, sunlight Harvard, Wellesley and BC, bracelets, security guards cut CSA President Lien Duong off their bracelets. BY JOHN MEYERS According to the Boston facture, and sell innovative, ener- said. The guards saw too many Contributing Writer Business Journal, “each unit... gy-efficient products.” According to Chang, the drinks in the hands of stu- uses in one day the amount of But not everyone approves. boat departed at 9:30 and dents without bracelets, which Davis Square has gone “green.” energy that a hair dryer consumes Senior Aditya Nochur, a mem- returned “between 11:00 and prompted them to turn the The Somerville city govern- in twelve seconds.” ber of Tufts’ Environmental 11:15,” or about an hour ear- boat around to protect the ment has replaced Davis Square’s Installed on Aug. 20, the Consciousness Organization lier than its scheduled return Bay State Cruise Company’s trash cans with six new solar- Somerville city government is cur- (ECO), thought that while the time. liquor license, Chang said. powered trash compactors. rently leasing the six units from project has good intentions, the The contract between Bay “As far as we know, [the Each new trash can, called the the manufacturer, Delaware- plan is misguided. State Cruise Company, which students who caused the prob- BigBelly, has a capacity of 150 based Seahorse Power. While the “They are neat technology, but operated the boat, and the lems] weren’t Tufts students gallons, almost four times the vol- lease costs are not available, each they are very expensive and might UTOPIA planners was clear on and they weren’t associated ume of an average city trash can. individual unit costs approxi- not be the best way [to go green]” the fact that any illegal activity with the Tufts CSA,” Duong Photovoltaic cells on top of mately $4,700 to purchase. he said. would force the boat to return said. each BigBelly generate the energy Seahorse Power developed the Nochur suggested that to the harbor. She also added, “As far as I needed to compact trash. They BigBelly and according to its Web Somerville take a different route According to Chang, stu- know, people had fun.” are energy self-sufficient and can site, “applies proprietary energy dents were frisked before they — Pranai Cheroo be placed almost anywhere. management to develop, manu- see BIGBELLY, page 2 Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections IN OUR MIDST GALLERY REVIEW News | Features 1 International 13 The daily profiles Lyle The Daily previews Arts | Living 5Comics 16 Friedman, who recent- the MFA’s “Domains of Editorial | Letters 8 Classifieds 17 ly spent the summer in Wonder” exhibit. Viewpoints 9Sports Back Uganda. National 11 see FEATURES page 3 see ARTS, page 5 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Tuesday, October 3, 2006 POLICE BLOTTER Boston officials concerned about possible job losses Sept. 26 12:22 a.m. A larceny was reported from the HOSPITAL the community’s needs. We have a lot of President was worried about was a loss of gym. A student left his or her wallet in a continued from page 1 interested parties,” she said. jobs or services in Boston,” said Andrew locker that was unlocked. When the student beds, with a surplus in the city, and an Tyson-Hynes said that once a site is Kenneally, a spokesperson for the Council returned, someone had stolen his or her ID, insufficient capacity in the suburbs,” she chosen, Tufts-NEMC and NEBH can make President. “Ellen Zane assured him that credit card, and $60 cash. said. “The hospitals want to take acute the decisions about the services the hos- nothing would be lost, and he under- care out to the people who need it so that pital will provide, choices that will likely stands the need to survive and live in this Sept. 28 they don’t have to drive in and they can depend on the town’s building regula- new healthcare world.” 11:09 p.m. Police found a student urinat- get care conveniently.” tions. “All towns have an approval process Vice Dean of Tufts University School ing on the sidewalk in front of 127 Powder In addition to addressing demand, for any type of new development, and we of Medicine Jeffrey Glassroth said a joint House Blvd. The student was identified, and Tyson-Hynes said, a suburban hospital will certainly go through all those require- facility in the suburbs of Boston raises the report was sent to the Dean of Student presents a great opportunity for both ments when a site is selected,” she said. many exciting possibilities for the medi- Affairs Office. Tufts-NEMC and NEBH. According to Tyson-Hynes, NEBH spe- cal school. “[The organizations] can offer patients cializes in orthopedics, so the new hos- “Since both institutions would con- Sept. 29 a chance to get acute care close to home, pital will have an in-patient orthopedic tinue to operate their existing facilities, a 1:30-2 a.m. A student reported that her car which not only fits the mission of both unit, but officials have yet to decide what new, state-of-the-art hospital would likely was vandalized on Whitfield Ave. The driver’s hospitals of meeting patient need, but other services will be available. draw new patients who are not presently side mirror was ripped off, and the passenger’s also allows both hospitals to grow,” she Also still undetermined are the hos- seen at either of the current hospital loca- side window was broken. said. pital’s completion date, number of staff tions,” he said. Tyson-Hynes said that NEBH needed and patients, and total cost, Tyson-Hynes Tufts students could learn from more 2:32 a.m.