Today: Mostly Sunny High 30 Low 19 THE TUFTS Tufts’ Student Tomorrow: Newspaper Sunny High 32 Low 22 Since 1980 VOLUME LI, NUMBER 22 DAILY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006 Five car break-ins Black History Month ends, but The history of Black in as many days debate over its significance doesn’t History Month The celebration of black his- BY VICTORIA KABAK Members of the Tufts community hold varying views tory began in 1926, when Dr. Carter Daily Editorial Board Woodson, a historian, scholar and BY AARON SCHUMACHER “the history of people of African writer of black history known as the Five car-related crime incidents occurred on Daily Editorial Board descent should be yearlong.” “Father of Negro History,” started the Tufts campus in five days last week. Based Africana Center Director Lisa Negro History Week. on the close proximity of the acts’ times and As February — Black History Month Coleman argued that the month This period — the second week locations, police suspect a connection between — comes to a close, African-Americans still serves to highlight oft-forgotten of February — honored the birthdays them. at Tufts are weighing in on its chang- aspects of the past. of two Americans who were instru- The first incident occurred on Feb. 17 between ing and continuing significance. “This is a systemic and systematic mental in ending slavery, Abraham 9 and 11:30 a.m. in the Cousens Gymnasium Associate Professor of History way to recognize the historical and Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. parking lot. One student’s car, a 1999 Saturn, Gerald Gill, who teaches two courses contemporary erasure of the contribu- It was mainly black churches had its front passenger window smashed and its on African-American history in the tions of people of African descent and and segregated black schools that radio stolen. United States, said he believes that to bring attention to ongoing relations celebrated the week. But during Three days later, at nearby 4 Colby Street, sev- black history should be part of regular between and among distinct racial the civil rights era in the 1960s, eral items were taken from a 2002 Dodge Dakota history. groups within the U.S. and outside of when more blacks enrolled in pre- belonging to a Tufts employee. One flashlight, “I’m not happy that February is set the U.S,” she wrote in an e-mail to the dominantly white colleges and uni- four CDs, $5 in change and a pair of sunglasses aside for [celebration],” he said. Daily. versities, black students started a were all stolen between 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. Gill, who is African-American, said Coleman said the lack of acknowl- movement to extend the week-long “There was no sign of forced entry, so [the that the problem with celebrating edgment of minority contributions is history celebration to the full month employee] must have left the door unlocked,” black history in February alone is that unacceptable. of February. Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) students of all ages learn about events “If one could be sure that during In 1976, upon the bicenten- Sergeant Robert McCarthy said. from vastly different chronological all of the months the contributions nial of the founding of the United The following day, Feb. 21, a third car was bur- eras. of people of African, Asian, Latino States, Woodson’s organization glarized between 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. A graduate For example, slavery and the civil descent, women and LGBT people —the Association for the Study of student who had parked her ‘96 Honda in the rights movement occurred in two dif- were consistently institutionalized Afro-American Life and History — Elliot-Pearson lot returned to find the window ferent centuries, yet they and other and recognized we would not need put its name behind this movement smashed and the radio stolen. Twenty CDs were parts of black history are discussed in any of the months or weeks [of cel- and asked then-President Gerald also missing. such a short period of time that black ebration],” she wrote. “However, this Ford to officially make February the Cousens Lot, 4 Colby Street and the Elliot- history appears as if it constitutes a is not the case.” month of black history. Pearson lot are all on the Medford side of cam- very small part of the historical spec- Coleman added that Black History Their request was granted. Three pus. trum. Month is hardly just for blacks, but decades later, February is still known Another incident of damage to a car occurred “I still respect the month of February rather serves to raise awareness of and celebrated as Black History on Feb. 18, but nothing was stolen. Between 1:30 because of its historical importance,” ongoing racial issues in the U.S. Month. and 11:30 a.m., two cars — a Subaru and a ‘99 he said, but he added that he believes see BLACK HISTORY, page 2 Audi, both parked near Hill Hall — were vandal- ized. The passenger’s window of one of the cars and the driver’s window of the other were smashed. The owners of the cars, two undergraduates, did JP Morgan Chase & Co. CEO Dimon to Receive Light on the Hill Award not find anything missing. Tufts alumnus James Dimon (A ‘78) tion made Dimon’s award timely. “There was stuff in there they could have was chosen by the TCU Senate to An open award ceremony for Dimon taken,” McCarthy said. receive the 2005 Light on the Hill will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Mar. 28 in He added that he did not suspect a link Award. The award has been given to the Coolidge Room. between the vandalizations and the robberies, one alumnus each year since 1995. “He hasn’t been back on the hill ... but said that a sudden outbreak in robber- According to a Feb. 26 press release, for a while,” Katzin said. “It’s an honor ies suggests that the first three events may be the Light on the Hill Award is given to that he decided to come back for a related, especially given the lack of car robberies a distinguished alumnus who demon- student award.” in the weeks preceding the incident. strates “ambition, achievement, and Previous recipients of the award According to McCarthy, it is not uncommon active citizenship in his or her profes- include New Mexico Governor Bill for car-related incidents to come in waves. sional career.” Richardson, “The Late Show with David “Usually we get those in stretches,” McCarthy TCU President Jeff Katzin said that Letterman” Executive Producer Rob said. “We haven’t had them in a while.” Dimon was selected because of his Burnett, and actor Hank Azaria. Most recently, a series of break-ins occurred “illustrious accomplishment” in becom- Katzin said that the senate had during the 2004-2005 school year. ing CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co., a searched through different career fields “Last year we made an arrest for breaking into position which he currently holds. and was happy to give the award cars.” McCarthy said. Dimon had been the Chairman and to someone in the field of business McCarthy also said that the perpetrators of Chief Executive Officer of Bank One because of its increasing popularity on a rash of break-ins like this one are usually not for four years before it was bought campus. He specifically noted the grow- Tufts students, but rather young people from the by J.P. Morgan Chase. He spent a ing Entrepreneurial Leadership Program area. year and a half as President and Chief at Tufts. To combat the problem, TUPD has kept a Operating Officer of J.P. Morgan Chase “He was our first choice,” Katzin closer eye on the areas in question with increased before rising to CEO on Dec. 31, 2005. said. patrolling in the lots and areas where the break- Katzin said that this recent promo- — Marc Raifman ins occurred. At press time, the police had no COURTESY TCU SENATE suspects or leads. INSIDE This is the true story of A new influx of Murrow material for Tufts’ Center seven strangers... you BY AUGUST HALES know the rest. Contributing Writer see ARTS, page 5 Thanks to a recent donation, Tufts’ Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy has bol- stered its collection of primary source material. The Center, located in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, has received a large collection of Murrow’s WWII-era telegrams and articles donated INDEX by Kyle Good, widow of late CBS News | Features 1 producer Mark H. Harrington III, Arts | Living 5 a colleague of Murrow’s. Editorial | Letters 8 Murrow was one of broadcast Viewpoints 9 journalism’s pioneer figures, per- National 11 haps best known for his report- International 15 ing from London during World Comics 20 War II, some of the first radio Classifieds 21 international broadcasts ever. Sports Back page Murrow’s career was the sub- ject of last year’s major motion see MURROW, page 2 STELLA DEYCH/TUFTS DAILY tuftsdaily.com Murrow’s passport (pictured) is on display at Tufts’ Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy. 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Now, a broader Black History Month celebration More Murrow for the Hill BLACK HISTORY strongly with people who say MURROW appease Germany’s advances. continued from page 1 the celebration of February is Black History continued from page 1 The papers also show Murrow “Veteran’s day is not only for racist.” picture “Good Night, and Good on the offensive against the Veterans,” she wrote.