WOMEN’S LACROSSE Work-study students discuss pressures, commitments see FEATURES / PAGE 4 Jumbos put on offensive clinic in win over Continentals A call for trustee transparency SEE SPORTS/BACK PAGE see OPINION/ PAGE 10 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 HE UFTS AILY VOLUME LXXVII, ISSUE 30T T D MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019 tuftsdaily.com More than 800 people attend picket for dining workers, strike vote set for March 14 KYLE LUI / THE TUFTS DAILY Tufts Dining workers and students are pictured marching in the ‘Picket for a Fair Dining Contract’ on March 5. by Alexander Thompson “Tufts University can afford for one job He said the university hopes to resolve the situ- Trisha O’Brien, a dining services atten- Assistant News Editor to be enough for all workers. It was never ation as soon as possible. dant at Kindlevan Café who held the banner a question of affordability, it’s a question of The dining workers first began their negoti- at the head of the procession as it moved to In a dramatic development in their sev- respect for human dignity,” Lang told the ations with Tufts in August 2018. Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center, said that she en-month campaign for a contract with crowd through a megaphone. “This admin- In an email to the Daily after the latest would vote for the the strike because she the university, Tufts Dining workers will istration is getting increasingly isolated on round of negotiations on Feb. 27, Mike Kramer, thinks negotiations are not going well, and a vote on whether to go on strike on March this campus and in the communities around the lead negotiator for UNITE HERE Local 26, strike is necessary in order for the workers to 14, according to UNITE HERE Local 26 this campus.” wrote that the sticking points were key eco- secure a fair contract. President Brian Lang. Lang said the rift would only worsen in nomic issues, including wages and healthcare. O’Brien appealed to University President Lang made the announcement yesterday the next few weeks unless the university Collins said that both parties have made Anthony Monaco directly. evening at a picket attended by more than 800 accepted the workers’ demands, which he progress in the talks. “Just work with us. Just listen to us. Just give demonstrators, according to a count by Tufts described as modest. The crowd of demonstrators began to us what every other college has,” she said. Dining Action Coalition (TDAC), in front of Patrick Collins, executive director of pub- gather in front of Carmichael Hall around Other dining workers who took part in the Carmichael Hall. lic relations for Tufts, said that the university 4:15 p.m. for the picket. By 4:45 p.m., the line demonstration, like Jane Scoppa, a dining ser- “The next stage of this campaign begins respects the right of the workers and commu- of marchers stretched from Wren Hall park- vices attendant at Tower Café, also explained over this next week,” he said. “Dining workers nity members to express their opinions on the ing lot to the corner of Houston Hall and why they were going to support the strike. are going to begin a discussion amongst them- negotiations, and that the university is commit- continued up to the F.W. Olin Center for “Tell [Monaco] to try supporting a family selves about whether or not it makes sense to ted to reaching an agreement. Language and Culture Studies. on what I bring in. I got a 14-cent raise three take the ultimate action, and that’s a strike.” “We hope the union doesn’t go on strike,” The crowd was made up of dining work- years in a row, then they raised the parking Several dining workers then unveiled a Collins said in an email to the Daily. “We think ers, students and community members chant- [fee] $10,” she said. banner bearing the words “Tufts Dining: doing so would hurt students and other mem- ing slogans including “What do we want? Fair Georgia Kay, a member of TDAC, the group Ready to Strike!” above the pictures of over bers of our community and harm the union’s Contract! When do we want it? Now!” and “If we that organized the demonstrations, said that 100 dining workers who intend to vote in relationship with the university.” don’t get it? Shut it down!” and toting signs that fault for a strike would lie with the universi- favor of the strike. Lang said that a substantial Collins said that in the case of a read “One Job Should Be Enough” and “Tony ty who have “forced the workers’ hand” by majority of the dining workers had already strike, Tufts would be able to continue feeding Monaco making the big bucks, why do you pay pledged to support a strike. students, but that services could be reduced. your workers peanuts?” see PICKET, page 2 For breaking news, our content archive and Please Contact Us NEWS............................................1 recycle this exclusive content, visit OPINION ..................................10 newspaper P.O. Box 53018, FEATURES.................................4 tuftsdaily.com Medford, MA 02155 SPORTS ........................... BACK Mostly Sunny [email protected] /thetuftsdaily @tuftsdaily tuftsdaily tuftsdaily ARTS & LIVING ......................8 27 / 12 2 THE TUFTS DAILY | NEWS | Wednesday, March 6, 2019 tuftsdaily.com THE TUFTS DAILY ELIE LEVINE Judith Altmann delivers Hillel’s keynote address Editor in Chief EDITORIAL David Levitsky on Holocaust and genocide education Anita Ramaswamy Managing Editors “We went to the left, and they went to their Luke Allocco Associate Editor deaths,” she said. Jessica Blough Executive News Editor Altmann then shared her experiences in Austin Clementi News Editors Charlie Driver the camp, including the work she had to do Jenna Fleischer Juliana Furgala dragging bodies from the camp’s crematorium Kat Grellman to mass graves and the horrible conditions and Abbie Gruskin Liza Harris memories she had of death marches. Zachary Hertz Gil Jacobson Altmann also spoke on her experience as Rachael Meyer the British Army rapidly approached, and even- Cathy Perloff Seohyun Shim tually liberated, the camp. Hannah Uebele Joe Walsh “Hitler saw he was losing the war … he Alejandra Carrillo Assistant News Editors Robert Kaplan gave an order that ‘if you see anyone coming Noah Richter to liberate [Jews], you give every prisoner a Jilly Rolnick Alexander Thompson poisoned piece of bread,'” she said. “[Hitler] wanted the British to find dead bodies … that’s Grace Yuh Executive Features Editor all he wanted.” Costa Angelakis Features Editors Jenna Fleischer Fortunately for the camps inhabitants, the Sean Ong Michael Shames Germans never had the time to distribute the Fina Short Sidharth Anand Assistant Features Editors poisoned bread, Altmann said. The British lib- Amelia Becker erated the camp shortly after. Mark Choi Sarah Crawford ALINA STRILECKIS / THE TUFTS DAILY “On a beautiful morning we saw soldiers Claire Fraise Jacob Fried Mrs. Judith Altmann addresses the audience in ASEAN Auditorium as the speaker of the 2019 in a different uniform [say] ‘you are free,’” Mitch Lee Keynote Address for the Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education on Altmann said. Ellie Murphy Ananya Pavuluri March 5. Altmann ended her talk to a standing ova- Libby Langsner Executive Arts Editor butter for other family members and hiring tion by the full auditorium. She then took ques- John Fedak Arts Editors Tommy Gillespie by Anton Shenk local peasants to deliver it. tions from the audience. Steph Hoechst Staff Writer “One day, the peasant came back and In one question, an audience member asked Setenay Mufti Chris Panella said, ‘I regret very much I could not Altmann about the prevalence of people who Rebecca Tang Julian Blatt Tufts Hillel hosted Judith Altmann, a deliver the food’ … but I witnessed her deny the Holocaust ever happened — people Stephanie Hoechst Holocaust survivor and educator, as part of execution,” she said. that believe Altmann’s story is fabricated. Christopher Panella Danny Klain Assistant Arts Editors its Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust This was only the first story of Altmann “Tell them what you heard today … tell Amanda Rose Yas Salon and Genocide Education last night for a losing a family member. After Altmann them to seek out Holocaust survivors and ask Aneurin Canham-Clyne Executive Opinion Editor lecture sharing her story of surviving dis- shared several other horrors she and her them about their lives,” she said. “Maybe you’ll Arlo Moore-Bloom Executive Sports Editor ease, death marches and Auschwitz. family underwent, she described her be able to convince them and teach … that’s Yuan Jun Chee Sports Editors Altmann shared a number of heart- experience first arriving at a concentra- the only thing you can do — teach.” Ryan Eggers Liam Finnegan breaking stories, from witnessing the death tion camp, asking her captors where she George Behrakis, a junior who attended the Jeremy Goldstein Savannah Mastrangelo of dozens of close family members to her had been taken. event, told the Daily he was excited to hear that Maddie Payne Haley Rich eventual liberation by the British Army. “This is hell. There was a big sign [that read], Altmann was this year’s keynote speaker. He Brad Schussel Altmann began her story by describing ‘Work will liberate you,’” she said. noted how powerful Altmann’s story was. Josh Steinfink Sam Weidner the rise of Hitler and eventual invasion of Altmann described, soon after arriving “I was struck by how vivid her descriptions Julia Atkins Assistant Sports Editors Tim Chiang her home nation of Czechoslovakia. at the camp, seeing Joseph Mengele, who was of these events were. I think it’s inspiring that Jake Freudberg “Week one [of Germany’s invasion infamous for sending Jews at concentration she has devoted her life to speaking about this Noah Stancroff Helen Thomas-McLean of Czechoslovakia], us children couldn’t camps to their deaths.