Where You Read It First Sunny 58/39 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LIX, NUMBER 48 THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 TUFTSDAILY.COM Committee chair Dolan discusses search for new Tufts president BY ELLEN KAN Daily Editorial Board As the Presidential Search Committee this week visited the Medford/Somerville campus to get input about the search for the new university president, Peter Dolan (A ’78), the committee chair and vice chair of the Board of Trustees, sat down with the Daily to discuss the process. The search committee, made up of 13 representatives select- ed in February by the Board of ASHLEY SEENAUTH/TUFTS DAILY Trustees, is currently in the infor- Crowds gathered on the Boston Common for the Tea Party Rally. mation-collection phase of its search, in preparation for crafting a full position description against Tea partiers rally which potential candidates will be measured. “Part two [of the process] is to around Palin in Boston conduct these discussions where we’re gathering input from the TIEN TIEN/TUFTS DAILY Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees Peter Dolan is the chair of the “The big government, big debt community, which we’re in the BY SAUMYA VAISHAMPAYAN Presidential Search Committee. Daily Editorial Board agenda is over,” Palin said. “We are midst of,” Dolan said. “Step three voting them out … we must restore is to translate all that input into a ready toward the end of this and build on what’s been accom- Amid American flags and balance and common sense.” position profile, which describes month, after which the search plished here,” Dolan said. “don’t tread on me” banners, for- Though there was no official as best we can in a summary the committee will undertake its He emphasized that the mer Republican vice presidential police estimate, sources put the collective input … which char- main task of identifying a hand- nominee Sarah Palin and other crowd’s size in the thousands. acterizes how we would define ful of candidates to recommend see SEARCH, page 2 prominent members of the Tea The rally, which occurred on the role and what we think are to the trustees. Party movement spoke yesterday the eve of tax day, was the second- the important characteristics “The search committee’s task See tuftsdaily.com morning to large crowds at Boston to-last stop in a national tour that going forward.” is to narrow the field of possible for a slideshow pro- Common about the dangers of began on March 27 in Searchlight, Dolan expects that the posi- applicants down to three or four file of search com- extensive government spending tion paper defining the role of people that we believe have the mittee members. and intervention. see PALIN, page 2 the university president will be potential to lead the university Panelists highlight censorship in modern age Students discuss BY BRENT YARNELL Daily Editorial Board Bacow’s legacy Panelists at the fifth annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism at forums last night compared media censorship BY MICHAEL DEL MORO in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks AND CORINNE SEGAL to McCarthy-era blacklists. Daily Editorial Board “Did blacklisting really end with Joe McCarthy?” Director of the The Presidential Search Committee Communications and Media Studies this week held two open forums on the (CMS) Program Julie Dobrow, who Medford/Somerville campus to gather facilitated the panel, asked at the student input for the university president event’s opening. selection process. The panelists cited examples of post- The Tufts Community Union (TCU) 9/11 media censorship as possible Senate sponsored on Tuesday the first instances of modern day McCarthyism, forum, whose major theme was finding including Clearwater’s refusal to play a candidate in the wake of the legacy of the Dixie Chicks’ music on any of its University President Lawrence Bacow. radio stations after band members “As difficult as I think it would be to criticized the Iraqi war and the cancel- follow Larry Bacow, I think a lot of the SCOTT TINGLEY/TUFTS DAILY students — and frankly, I think that’s see MURROW, page 2 Panelists at the Murrow forum discussed the media’s coverage of the run-up to the Iraq war. why a lot of the students aren’t here today — trust everyone to make a good decision because being a university Class of 2013 elects its senators president requires you to put your own spin and your own personality in the Seven freshmen were yesterday elect- other freshmen on Senate this year, two did This turnout was significantly higher than job,” TCU President Brandon Rattiner, a ed to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) not run for reelection, while the third was the special election held at the beginning of senior, said. Sophomore Senate. not successfully re-elected. this semester to fill a vacant Senate seat — The first forum saw a low turnout of Freshmen Faith Blake, Logan Cotton, Yesterday’s election saw a 55.6 percent that election saw a 14.46 percent turnout. six students, some of whom questioned Meredith Goldberg, Yulia Korovikov, Wyatt turnout, comparable with the turnout at the Chen attributed this to the fact that special whether or not some of Bacow’s qualities, Cadley, Tabias Wilson and Shawyoun last regular Class of 2013 election in the fall, elections tend to see lower participation and especially his intimacy with the student Shaidani beat out four other contenders to which boasted a 57 percent turnout. None feature fewer candidates. body, should necessarily be what the com- claim the seven Senate seats allocated to the of the other classes voted in the election as “Having 11 versus two [candidates] just mittee looks out for. Class of 2013, according to Tufts Election their classes’ seats were uncontested. makes it a bigger turnout,” Chen said. “Do we maybe look for someone who Commission (ECOM) Chair Sharon Chen, a “I’d say it’s a fair turnout; it is one class She added that the election went smooth- won’t be as engaged in student life but sophomore. Cotton, Wilson and Goldberg and we do expect less as when more classes ly and no difficulties were encountered. who will be engaged in other facets are newcomers to the Senate, while the rest are involved,” Chen said “I’m pleased to see of the university, be it fundraising, be of the winners are incumbents. Of the three that the freshman class is active.” —by Ellen Kan see FORUM, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s Sections A thrilling weekend of News 1 Op-Ed 11 Tufts students sew competition is on the their own fashionable horizon for three Tufts Features 3 Comics 12 pieces. teams. Weekender 5Classifieds 13 Editorial | Letters 10 Sports Back see WEEKENDER, page 5 see SPORTS, back 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Thursday, April 15, 2010 Tea Party activists attack health care reform, big government PALIN movement appeals to constituents ment … We are going to put the istration like the student loan sys- Palin said. “Energy in America is continued from page 1 across political parties. government back on the side of tem and auto industry bailout, she security for America, so yeah, let’s Nev. The tour featured a series “We vote on principles and the people … The Constitution labeled radical changes that will drill baby drill!” of speakers showcasing the Tea values; we don’t vote on the letter provides the perfect path to a per- hinder the economy. Kremer cited the victory of Sen. Party platform of small govern- next to a person’s name,” Kremer fect union. The government that “We need to cut spending to fix Scott Brown (R-Mass.) in January ment and a strict interpretation of said. “We are here to take back governs least governs best.” the economy,” Palin said. and Congressman Bart Stupak’s the Constitution. our country.” Some rally-goers agreed with Tea Party Express speak- (D-Mich.) recent decision not to “We believe in expanding free- Rally-goers expressed similar many of the anti-large government er John Phillip Sousa IV con- seek re-election as indicators of the dom and opportunity for all, not sentiments. sentiments expressed in the rally. demned the health care bill in growing movement’s success. the intrusive reach of government “I’m here because of a general “I believe in small government,” more explicit terms. The rally, however, drew many into our lives and businesses,” disgust with the incompetence Jan Solley, a participant from “We want a simple solution to the protestors, with chants from dis- Palin said. and arrogance of the government Maine, told the Daily. “Big govern- ills of our medical system and we senting groups at times obscuring Chairman of the Tea Party about every issue, from Democrats ment leads to a loss of freedom, have the right to protest the arro- the speakers’ remarks. Express Mark Williams emphasized to Republicans,” Jim Hermance and health care is simply an assault gant abuses of our government,” One group of protestors — the that the Tea Party is not simply a told the Daily. on our freedoms. I’m appalled at Sousa said. Raging Grannies — clad in rainbow political party. “We are a constitu- Tea Party speakers stressed the the government spending, and Palin also addressed the United attire and peace signs, demonstrat- tional movement,” Williams said. need to ensure that the govern- we cannot continue on this crash States’ dependence on foreign ed their dissent through song. “Massachusetts is a blue-collar, ment truly serve the needs of the course of spending.” oil, calling for the country to “We are for peace,” Laurie working-stiff state, and we’re people, highlighting the role of Palin’s remarks about exces- boost energy production through Taymor-Berry, a member of the reclaiming it for America.” the government as described in sive spending seemed to target the nuclear sources, clean coal and Raging Grannies, told the Daily.