Where You Partly Cloudy Read It First 68/57 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVIII, NUMBER 34 TUESDAY, OCtoBER 28, 2014 TUFTSDAILY.COM by Emily Sen they waited, Spieler said. He explained that Contributing Writer the culture clubs want to move the Culture Culture Crawl showcasesCrawl to a larger venue in the future and Tufts Culinary Society hosted its third hope to receive more funding. annual Culture Crawl, an event featuring “We really do want to make it more internationalfoods from a variety of cultural organiza -cuisinesaccessible to everyone,” Spieler said. “We tions on campus, on Saturday night in the shouldn’t have to give out tickets. People Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room. should be able to just come and eat.” Thirteen different culture clubs and Lai Hau Choi, a former president of the houses provided dishes to over 400 stu- Tufts Culinary Society, started the event dents, according to Tufts Culinary Society three years ago in an effort to bring stu- President Gabriel Spieler. Those attending dents together, according to Spieler. were given six tickets that allowed them to “[The Culinary Society] wanted an event sample dishes from any of the organiza- that would bring groups together and be tions’ tables. collaborative but that would also appeal The Culture Crawl was free for stu- to a large number of people,” Spieler said. dents with a Tufts ID, and the Culinary “We thought the best way to provide all Society paid for the food with funds pro- this food would be to come together, and COURTESY NICK PFOSI vided by the Tufts Community Union it’s also more fun that way.” Students gamble for a good cause at the Hilton Hotel in Boston. Senate, according to Spieler, a senior. He Spieler acknowledged that Choi had ini- acknowledged that in prior years, the food tially wanted the Culture Crawl to be a would run out within 20 minutes, but this more upscale event in its first year. problem did not arise this year due to “We were focused on decorations and reorganization of the event. nice plates … and then we realized we had “We had good crowd control, and we no money left for food,” he said. planned better as far as the location of The event was very popular in its first the food tables compared to last year,” year, so the focus changed from being by Safiya Nanji RESPOND, a local domestic violence Spieler said. a small, fancy event to a large exposi- Contributing Writer agency, and the Community Action Hong Kong Students Association tion with a lot of food, Spieler noted. He LCS Vegas raisesAgency overof Somerville, the official Co-President Anne Choong noted that added that the Culinary Society is hoping Tufts’ Leonard Carmichael Society anti-poverty initiative for the City the venue was not as crowded as the to receive more funding next year so the (LCS) hosted its 19th annual semi- of Somerville, according to Gemma year before. groups can afford to bring dishes that may formal$5,000 Las Vegas-themed for fundraiser local Stern, nonprofits co-president of LCS. “This year they controlled the door … include more meat or fresh vegetables, LCS Vegas at the Hilton Boston Back “Our main goal is to raise a lot they only let a certain amount of people in which are expensive. Bay Hotel on Friday night. of money for our two nonprof- at a time,” Choong, a senior, said. Ashley Siegel, a resident of the German This year, funds raised from The line to enter the Culture Crawl was the LCS Vegas event will benefit see VEGAS, page 2 long, but everyone was able to try food if see CULINARY, page 2 by Elizabeth Lanzilla ed a monetary donation. The Leonard Contributing Writer Carmichael Society and Student Life Fund also helped to make the event pos- Tufts fraternity Theta Chi hosted sible. Such support yielded an incredible its first-ever Zombie Run, a 4 km fund- atmosphere and impressive fundraising Thetaraising run starting Chi from Fletcher hosts Field, result, first Balmuth added. Zombie Run fundraiser winding through campus and ending at He explained that all the brothers played the Res Quad, to raise money and aware- an active role in running and support- ness for the Jimmy Fund of the Dana- ing the Zombie Run, with Balmuth and Farber Cancer Institute this past Sunday. Philanthropy Co-Chair Noah Habeeb, The event attracted over 100 par- who ia also an executive copy editor at ticipants, including an appearance the Daily, doing much of the underlying by University President Anthony Monaco, work. and raised over $2,000 for Dana-Farber, “When it comes to actually execut- according to Theta Chi Philanthropy ing and getting people to buy tickets or Chairman Evan Balmuth. spreading the word, it really takes every- Theta Chi Volunteer Coordinator Colin one in the brotherhood,” Balmuth said. Burnett described the atmosphere of the “[The philanthropy chairs] really can’t event as “scarily enthusiastic.” put on a whole event — it has to be every- “I just loved watching it because once one in the organization contributing in everyone was in zombie makeup, every- some way.” one was comparing, taking pictures — it Barton Liang, Theta Chi public rela- was great,” Burnett, a junior, said. “To be tions chair, explained that one of the most able to put that fun, creative aspect into effective ways they found to sell tick- a run with athletes and non-athletes alike ets, besides personal interactions, was GRACE COOPER / THE TUFTS DAILY … was just an enjoyable, enthusiastic through social media. Theta Chi broth- Students run in a 4K loop around campus at Theta Chi's Zombie Run which started at experience.” ers were also able to further spread Fletcher field and ended at the Res Quad. Theta Chi brothers worked alongside awareness for the Dana-Farber institute members from Tufts sororities Alpha through links and videos. Farber] would actually go to treatment associated with Dana-Farber. Omicron Pi and Kappa Alpha Theta to “[Theta Chi] has a Facebook page and research and not administrative over- “A couple of weeks ago, we sent a apply zombie makeup for those who also a separate event page,” he said. “On head,” he said. “Dana-Farber was the per- bunch of brothers to the Hope Lodge, presented a “zombie” ticket, rather than top of that, we also have a Zombie fect fit for that. [Theta Chi] has a perfect which is partially sponsored by Dana- a “living human” ticket, according to Run Twitter and Instagram just to engage connection to the institute with brothers Farber,” Liang said. “[Hope Lodge] pro- Balmuth, a junior. on a more casual level. [Theta Chi’s] working there in the past, brothers being vides housing to people who are receiv- For the main event, humans ran in tweets are all, ‘Oh, we will have zombies affected by [cancer], and [Dana-Farber] is ing cancer treatment in the Boston area front of the zombies to create a “chasing running around today. Keep an eye out a very reputable and very efficient charity and live more than 40 miles away.” dynamic,” he said. After the run, partici- for us!’” organization.” Liang emphasized the importance of pants went to the Res Quad to enjoy food Liang, a junior, emphasized the prac- The connection Theta Chi has with getting involved in a program that is so and music. tical and personal reasons why Dana- Dana-Farberis not limited to this run, important to them. Balmuth underscored the impor- Farber was a perfect candidate for Theta according to Liang. Beyond personal “Being able to support a cause that tance of community involvement, as J.P. Chi’s support. connections and past time spent with the does so much and is so near and dear to Licks donated ice cream for all the par- “One key thing [Theta Chi] wanted institute, brothers dedicated free time our hearts is … important to [Theta Chi],” ticipants, and Pranzi’s Pizza contribut- was that all the money we gave [Dana- to further explore organizations that are he said. Inside this issue Today’s sections Eliot-Pearson awards Cleveland Cavaliers News 1 Op-Ed 11 “Sesame Street” in are favorites heading honor of their 50th into an unpredictable Features 3 Comics 12 anniversary. NBA season. Arts & Living 5 Classifieds 15 Editorial | Op-Ed 10 Sports Back see FEATURES, page 3 see SPORTS, back 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Tuesday, October 28, 2014 VAnnualEGAS LCS Vegasdents fromprovides campus to the continued from page 1 event was more orga- funits,” Samantha and Toohey, philanthropy LCS’s nized, and the event staff director of fundraising and ensured that students get on community relations, said. the buses assigned to them LCS Vegas hosted 379 by their tickets. guests and raised a total “We really want students to of $5,745 to be split evenly know of our presence, be able between RESPOND and the to provide a social gathering Community Action Agency for all of LCS’s volunteers of Somerville, according to and get students off campus Stern. The event not only and into Boston,” she said. was successful in raising Stern said she was ulti- money for the two organi- mately very pleased with the zations, but it also allowed event this year. students to have a night “LCS Vegas was definitely of Vegas-themed fun, she successful,” she said. “The added. event went much smoother Stern explained that the than in years past. The event group had hoped to raise staff were extremely helpful. $3,000 for each organization. Also, Joseph Golia was at the For the first event, which was extreme- time, LCS worked directly ly beneficial.