Today: Scattered Flurries THE TUFTS High 26 Low 4 Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Sunny Since 1980 High 33 Low 24 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 29 DAILY THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007 Albright criticizes Bush’s foreign policy NYU professor speaks on media deregulation BY PRANAI CHEROO Daily Editorial Board “Don’t think the media system is ... ordained by God. We’re entering a new digital frontier where all sorts of rules are up for grabs,” Eric Klinenberg, an associate professor of sociol- ogy at New York University told an audience in Eaton Hall yesterday. Klinenberg, whose book entitled “Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America’s Media” was published this year, highlighted the ways in which corporate interests are increasingly defining the content and variety of media available to American citizens. Media deregulation has caused smaller, local media operations to be eclipsed by larg- er and more centralized providers that are fuelled by more capitalistic goals, he said. He said that the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which the U.S. Senate and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) worked to draft and put into law, has contributed to this phenomenon. Prior to the act, a company could own no more than four stations in a city and no more than 40 nationwide. Its passage increased the city limit from four to eight stations and removed the national limit. “After that, 40 percent of the radio stations [in the nation] changed hands,” Klinenberg JEFF CHEN/TUFTS DAILY said. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivers the 2007 Issam M. Fares lecture in Gantcher yesterday afternoon. To illustrate the effects of this turnover, he used a story from Minot, N.D. BY ALEX BLUM In her lecture she focused primarily on She began by urging that those guiding In 2002, a train accident in Minot unleashed Daily Editorial Board Iraq, but also included general advice gar- America’s foreign policy look to historical a cloud of poisonous gas that threatened resi- nered from her years working in foreign precedent to guide their actions. dents of the town. After the emergency radio “America’s focus today should be on how policy. “Before making decisions that will affect broadcast system failed, Klinenberg said that to build peace, not on how to justify another Aside from her service as secretary of our future, leaders should study carefully the the town attempted to call the local radio sta- war,” former Secretary of State Madeleine K. state, Albright has also been a senior fellow lessons of the past,” Albright said. tions to broadcast a warning message. Albright told an audience in the Gantcher in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs at the She used the ill-advised Athenian inva- But not a single one of the six commercial Center yesterday while delivering the 2007 Center for Strategic and International Studies Issam M. Fares lecture. and ambassador to the United Nations. see ALBRIGHT, page 2 see MEDIA, page 2 Tufts Feminist Alliance launches T-shirt TCU Senate releases campus survey The Tufts Community Union for beers, he said that only the campaign to combat negative stereotypes (TCU) Senate is looking to get stu- votes of seniors will be counted. dents’ opinions about the future “When we get the results we’ll BY MICHAEL DOLACKY is not an official celebration of “People probably do [have of the Jumbo statue on the quad, only be tallying the results for Contributing Writer the holiday. preconceptions],” senior Corey the popularity of fraternities and seniors for the beer part,” he “We chose to do it on Miller said. “It’s hard to say the brands of beer to be served said. The Tufts Feminist Alliance International Women’s Day exactly what, but there’s this at Hotung. To try to encourage students (TFA) will launch a T-shirt cam- because of the significance of image that feminism is very A survey released yesterday by to weigh in on brand selection, paign today to coincide with the day, but the campaign is radical and revolutionary, that’s the Senate contains 36 questions, Senior Class Council President International Women’s Day. separate from the day itself,” often exaggerated. I think it’s a which, according to TCU Senator Lisa Berger included a link to the By donning matching T-shirts she told the Daily. pretty common prejudice.” sophomore London Moore, are survey in an e-mail. with the slogan “This Is What An official celebration of the Sophomore Kristine Babick meant to help the Senate find Because the class council is a Feminist Looks Like,” TFA holiday, in which the TFA will agreed. “I would be less ways to tailor programs to the normally on a “slightly different members and their support- also take part, will take place inclined to identify myself with needs of the Tufts community. track” than the Senate, Berger ers hope to raise on-campus today in Sophia Gordon Hall. feminists because most people, Other questions ask about said the survey presented a good awareness of their message. The event will be sponsored by especially men, have precon- whether students would use an opportunity for cooperation Approximately 125 T-shirts the women’s studies program. ceived notions about what they observatory if it were built, how between the two organizations. have already been distributed Beyond the T-shirt campaign, think feminists are. A lot of they feel about universal fobs and Moore said that past surveys and 500 stickers with the same the TFA also has other plans people think of them as being how satisfied they are with the have gotten between 900-1200 phrase will be available today. for the rest of March, which is unreasonable and militant,” work of the Senate. responses and that the major- According to sophomores and Women’s History Month. she said. TCU Senate Historian sopho- ity of them are usually received TFA co-chairs Amanda Harris The group has already put up She said that the T-shirt more Neil DiBiase said that Senate within the first few days. and Elizabeth Fusco, one of the some flyers, and more will be campaign can help dispel these surveys come out roughly two Still, she said that students will purposes of the campaign is to distributed during the rest of conceptions. “I think a lot of times every semester, but that have two to three weeks to fill out dispel myths about feminists. the month. “We just want it to girls are almost embarrassed this one will be unique because it the survey, for which she expects “We are working to reform be continuous so everybody is to call themselves feminists, so asks for nominations for profes- good participation. “I think we’re the common misconception constantly aware of it,” Harris if you put a face on that, you sor of the year and gives seniors going to get a lot of people who that all feminists are ‘man-hat- said. can help get rid of the stigma the opportunity to vote for what want to fill it out,” she said. ers’ and bra-burners, and to Fusco said that the TFA is of feminism,” she said. brands of beer will be served in According to DiBiase, the show people that realistically, also looking into bringing a Freshman Xavier Malina also Hotung. Senate will try to actively respond almost anyone is a feminist if speaker to campus, although said that the day-long T-shirt This vote was supposed to take to the findings of the survey, they believe in ... equality in no definite plans have been campaign could be effective, place during a senior pub night although not all suggestions will rights and opportunity,” Fusco made yet. but added that it would only be last month, but was delayed immediately materialize into proj- and Harris said in a joint e-mail The overarching goal of the the beginning of change. because there were attendance ects. to the Daily. efforts will be to combat stereo- “I think it would open the and logistical concerns, DiBiase “Some [projects] are definitely Although the event will types about feminism. Many door to changing the stigma, said. harder than others,” he said. coincide with International students seem to agree that [but] for it really to go away it Although all students can vote —by Rob Silverblatt Women’s day, Harris said that it these prejudices exist. would take time,” he said. Inside this issue tuftsdaily.com Today’s Sections MIRROR, MIRROR ‘DOUBLE’ TIME News 1 Viewpoints 11 The Daily tears itself away from its The Daily ‘Nickel’ and reflection to look at a new study on ‘Dimes’ Tufts’ punk rock Features 3 Comics 14 college students’ narcissism expert Arts | Living 5Sports 15 Editorial | Letters 10 Classifieds 19 see FEATURES, page 3 see WEEKENDER, page 5 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Thursday, March 8, 2007 WORLD IN BRIEF PUBLIC CHAMBER DECRIES U.S. Blogs can’t replace traditional media, says Klinenberg HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON RUSSIA MEDIA “This was about the time that radio start- has been that many newspaper companies Members of the Public Chamber have continued from page 1 ed to lose its connection with the people have been getting rid of their international slammed the U.S. State Department’s annual radio stations picked up the phone, because listening to it,” he said. “This is also when bureaus, which he attributed to the papers’ country report on human rights practices that Clear Channel Communications had bought you start to see 20 minutes of ads for every 60 realization that more local coverage adds sharply criticizes Russia, a RIA Novosti correspon- every one of them and had reduced their minutes of airtime, because radio operators value to their papers.