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THE TUFTS DAILY

TUFTSDAILY.COM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009

VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 15

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Tisch Library recently compiled a series of research guides aimed at assisting students and faculty in conducting credible and scholarly research on a collegiate level. The project intends to make research a less daunting task for students — particularly freshmen who may be unfamiliar with the process — by collecting all relevant information in one place, hopefully ending the fruitless Internet searches so many embark on when faced with a paper or research project. LibGuides.com, a content management system that is now utilized at 900 colleges and universities, such as Boston College and Northwestern University, allows reference librarians and staff bibliographers at Tisch to author userfriendly guides tailored to specific populations’ needs. Eighty-eight guides have been added since Tisch implemented the system this

summer, and the number is expected to increase. Each guide, with topics spanning the scope of academics offered at Tufts, offers a direct link to reference librarians along with a myriad of information including a list of books, background information and a comprehensive list of recommended, relevant databases. “The system was designed to meet the needs of Tufts students and faculty, and to make it easier [for librarians] to publish and put as much information as necessary in the same place, so it is easy to find,” said Chris Strauber, humanities reference librarian at Tisch. Strauber, working directly with representatives from other Tufts libraries to collect information, acted as a chief organizer in the creation and implementation of the research guides. With the program, the research process should become easier and more efficient, helping scholars find relevant informasee RESEARCH, page 2

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Sophomore Margaret Belchic spent two-and-a-half days last week sequestered in this “closet single,” after a doctor at Health Service diagnosed her with swine flu, or the H1N1 virus.

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BEN GITTLESON

Daily Editorial Board

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Tisch Library recently unveiled 88 research guides authored by its reference librarians and staff bibliographers.

Battling an increase in cases of the swine flu among students, university officials have begun secluding ill campus residents in empty rooms across campus and forcing them to wear masks. Isolation in single rooms has become the preferred method for health officials dealing with students reporting fevers and other influenza-like symptoms, although Tufts has only used the technique a handful of times. Health Service encourages students to travel home and stay with family until influenza-like symptoms subside, but when home is too far away, approximately 50 vacant on-campus singles provide recourse. The university prohibits students in isolation from attending classes, and they must wear a mask when leaving their rooms for

essential purposes. Any visitors to sequestered students’ rooms must wear masks or stay at least six feet away from infected students. In Wren Hall, a few sick students have been isolated in informally titled “closet singles,” small rooms set aside in the dorm, which is mainly made up of 10-person suites for sophomores. “They don’t even have closets in the closet singles,” said Margaret Belchic, a sophomore. She lived in one of these small rooms for twoand-a-half days last week after she went to Health Service with flu-like symptoms. After examining Belchic at Health Service on Sept. 21, a doctor told her that she would have to go home or go into isolation. The sophomore praised Health Service officials, who she said handled her case well and called her every day to check on her condition. But see FLU, page 2

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MATT REPKA

Daily Editorial Board

Barnum Hall will host an advanced screening of Michael Moore’s latest film, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” tonight as Tufts Film Series (TFS) continues to expand its scope and profile on campus. The Film Series-sponsored showing of the firebrand left-wing filmmaker’s most recent work will make Tufts the only college campus to host an advanced screening of said Moore film. The movie hits

theaters nationwide tomorrow. “We have some connections to the industry. Promotion companies are able to come to us with proposals for advance screenings,” said TFS cochair Talia Scotchbrook, a fifth-year senior graduating in December. Vivian Chong, a promotions coordinator for Amp Agency, which is conducting some advertising for the Moore film, explained that her marketing firm reached out to TFS because of their shared history. Last fall, TFS held an advanced screening of “Four Christmases”

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with the firm’s help. “They’re always very professional, very organized,” Chong said of TFS. “They really do a great job ... they don’t just book the theater and wait for students to show up.” TFS operates 35mm film projection equipment — the industry standard — in Barnum 008, where “Capitalism” will screen at 8 p.m. Handling the film requires trained student projectionists, according to Scotchbrook. see MOORE, page 2

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LAURA HILL

Senior Staff Writer

The nation’s struggle with an ever-increasing obesity rate will take center stage on Saturday at the One Health Obesity Awareness Fair at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Grafton, Mass. One Health is a national organization that seeks to improve public health by promoting collabora-

tion and communication between physicians and veterinarians. Each year, the organization chooses a theme for its events nationwide, and the theme for 2009 is obesity. Cummings School students Annie Shea and Lauren Baker coordinated the fair, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. One Health’s emphasis on communication between medical disciplines is an attempt to address a long-standing dearth of interac-

tion, said Shea, the chair of the One Health Committee of the Tufts Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association. “There have not been any other programs that focused on getting students from other programs working together,” she said. “Even the medical students don’t really understand what a vet student is and what our cur-

Inside this issue

see OBESITY, page 2

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Gabriel Bol Deng, who was displaced by the Sudanese civil war, last night delivered a motivational speech in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room. Deng founded the non-profit organization HOPE for Ariang, which provides education and health services to people affected by the conflict in Sudan. Delta Tau Delta fraternity sponsored the talk.

Today’s Sections

Student group FoodTalk and Tufts Dining bring the first-ever Tufts Farmer’s Market to campus today.

Guerilla Opera modernizes a classical genre through innovative direction and a relevant theme.

see FEATURES, page 3

see ARTS, page 5

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