Where You AM Showers Read It First 39/38 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXVIV, NUMBER 48 THURsday, APRIL 9, 2015 TUFTSDAILY.COM Medford City Council unanimously votes to support Tufts janitors On April 7, the Medford Councilor Robert Penta raised quently critical of Tufts, and City Council unanimously concerns that Tufts, a pri- believes than since some of voted on a resolution to ask vate university, was out of the the janitors are Medford resi- Tufts University to re-evaluate jurisdiction of the Medford dents, issues at Tufts should be its plans to cut 35 part-time City Council, and therefore a discussed among the Council. janitors from its staff. resolution from the Council “This is an issue that’s Councilor Adam Knight may be ineffective in getting affecting Medford residents,” proposed the resolution at Tufts to reconsider cuts. He Lugo-Koehn said. “We harp the public meeting. Knight, agreed, however, that janito- on Tufts University a lot … this who attended the Tufts Labor rial cuts seemed inconsistent is well within the purview of Coalition (TLC) Forum in with a project of expansion. the Council.” March, said he was skeptical “Common sense would tell According to President as to why Tufts would want me that if they are going to be Frederick Dello Russo Jr., to cut janitors given the fact expanding more of their foot- the resolution will be sent that it is in the process of con- print, why would they be lay- to Executive Vice President structing several new build- ing people off?” Penta said. Patricia Campbell and Director ings. He suggested that the Penta also suggested that of Community Relations Council ask Tufts to maintain the Council invite a member Barbara Rubel. current staff levels. of the Tufts administration to The Somerville City Council NICHOLAS PFOSI / THE TUFTS DAILY “A divestment from the work- defend their position. The vote will propose a similar reso- George Stephanopoulos spoke at the 10th annual Murrow Forum on force is misguided and inap- was taken, however, despite lution on Thursday, April 9, Wednesday, April 8. propriate,” Knight said. “This the administration’s absence. according to Councilor Paul resolution will send a message According to Council Vice Camuso. to Tufts University that we sup- President Breanna Lugo- Stephanopoulos talks port working men and women.” Koehn, the Council is fre- —by Emma Steiner changing media landscape by Audrey Michael adapt to a different kind of envi- Executive News Editor ronment,” he said. After leaving the Clinton admin- ABC News’ Chief Anchor istration, Stephanopoulos said he George Stephanopoulos dis- realized he wanted to start build- cussed a variety of topics per- ing a new career, rather than rely- taining to his two main areas of ing on his reputation as a former expertise, journalism and poli- Clinton senior advisor to carry his tics, as this year’s guest at the career along. He was hired by ABC Edward R. Murrow Forum on News, which he said gave him the Issues in Journalism. space to “learn how to be a jour- The forum marked its 10 year nalist” on the job. anniversary yesterday, April 8, Stephanopoulos said his expe- with an interview-style discussion rience in politics has allowed him between Stephanopoulos and to understand how politicians and Jonathan M. Tisch (LA ’76), co- government officials think and chairman of the board of Loews make decisions. However, he added Corporation and vice chair of that it has also made him somewhat Tufts’ Board of Trustees. less skeptical than other journalists Stephanopoulos said he first when handling political matters. learned about the challenges of “That’s what I need to work politics when working on the tur- on,” he said, adding that journal- bulent and ultimately unsuccess- ists should ideally have a balance NICHOLAS PFOSI / THE TUFTS DAILY ful Michael Dukakis presidential City Councilor Adam Knight advocates for his resolution during the Medford Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, April campaign. “You had to learn to see MURROW, page 2 7. The Medford City Council passed a 7-0 resolution to recommend that Tufts “reassess” its janitorial cuts. BARCC to host annual Walk Leonard Carmichael for Change this weekend Society to host LCS Fenway by Melissa Kain “[BARCC] has been leading the move- by Gabriella Zoia This year, the 200 tickets will again Assistant News Editor ment to end sexual violence by offering Assistant News Editor be available for students to purchase completely free services, and those services for $30. Students will also be allowed to This year’s annual Boston Area Rape include a 24-hour hotline, … individu- The Leonard Carmichael Society buy tickets for guests at a price of $35. Crisis Center (BARCC) Walk for Change, al and group counseling, as well as legal (LCS) will host a spring fundraiser at All proceeds will go to the Somerville which aims to raise donations to support advocacy,” she said. Fenway Park, called “LCS Takes Fenway,” Homeless Coalition. Bast added that the center’s operations, will be taking place The funds raised by the BARCC Walk for the Red Sox April 27 game against the they hope to raise close to $3,000 for the on Sunday. for Change will go toward support- Toronto Blue Jays. Somerville Homeless Coalition, which Executive Director of BARCC Gina ing BARCC in providing those free services, Junior Skyler Bast, co-presisdent of would be similar to the funds they raised Scaramella explained that the walk, which according to Foz. LCS, described the event as a good at last year’s event. starts at 9:30 a.m., is five kilometers long Foz noted that in 2014, BARCC received opportunity for students to give back LCS Director of Publicity Joey Cheung, and begins at Artesani Park in Brighton, 4,723 hotline calls and met with 386 sur- to the community at the end of the a junior, explained that the publicity Mass. Anywhere from 1,200 to 2,000 walk- vivors at hospitals. BARCC also hosted year. The fundraiser will kick off with team is always looking to publicize the ers have participated in the event in the over 2,000 individual counseling sessions drinks and food at the Lower Campus event in new and creative ways. past, she added. and over 400 group counseling sessions. Center Patio, and buses will then “What’s great is that we’re doing this “It’s an important, exciting day for vis- Furthermore, BARCC held 321 community transport students to Fenway Park for event for the second time,” she said. ibility for survivors in the community events, reaching almost 16,000 people in the game. “We’ve always been shaky in terms of and it’s … a public offering of support,” the greater Boston area, Foz said. “The Office for Campus Life was able establishing a spring fundraiser because Scaramella said. “[BARCC does] a lot of different speak- to get the tickets at a discounted price, [LCS] Vegas is always successful in the Caroline Foz, an intern at Brodeur er events and informational events, so which increases our margin of fundrais- fall. We’re trying to consolidate this event Partners, a PR firm that works with BARCC, they have a lot of things that are geared ing,” Bast said. “We planned it last year for as the LCS Spring Fundraiser to the same explained that BARCC is the only rape crisis the first time. Two hundred tickets were center in the greater Boston area. see BARCC, page 2 available, and they were all sold out.” see FENWAY, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s sections Senior Grace Hoyt will The women’s crew News 1 Op-Ed 11 curate her own exhi- team ended its first bition in the Slater weekend with a tie Features 3 Comics 12 Concourse Gallery. against No. 1 Trinity. Weekender 5 Sports Back Editorial | Op-Ed 10 see WEEKENDER, page 5 see SPORTS, back 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Thursday, April 9, 2015 Stephanopoulos shares political, journalistic experiences MURROW Despite a “Good Morning America” continued from page 1 interview with Michelle Bachmann in of skepticism and understanding. which Stephanopoulos presented Stephanopoulos analyzed the changing Bachmann with a copy of Barack Obama’s media landscape, both in conversation with birth certificate, he noted that even today, Tisch and in response to audience ques- 50 percent of Republican voters still tions. In an era in which the number of believe Obama was not born in the United diverse media outlets is rapidly expand- States. “It’s hard to agree with basic facts ing and each outlet can reach an ever- in a world where no one has to have their widening audience, it is difficult to predict views challenged.” which stories will take off, he said. Still, Stephanopoulos stressed that net- “Everything is mass and everything is work news still has an important role to niche … you don’t know which interview is play in national media. He elaborated going to pop,” Stephanopoulos said. that ABC’s morning program, “Good In this new landscape, Stephanopoulos Morning America,” still delivers news, while said the large media networks, including “This Week” focuses more on context and ABC, are having to find new ways to get sto- analysis. In addition, Stephanopoulos said ries from around the world in light of budget networks still have a responsibility to cover cuts and changing consumer interests. For and explain breaking news. example, he said, ABC now sends young In addition, Stephanopoulos dismissed digital journalists to report relatively inde- the concept of “print journalism” as a sepa- pendently from abroad, rather than main- rate media arena, noting that journalism taining large offices in major foreign cities.