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Iconic Rosebud diner sold to new management, closes for renovations
Abortion debate attracts pro-choice protesters
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Originally published Oct. 4. Rosebud American Kitchen and Bar, which was built in 1941 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, has closed for renovations following brunch on Sunday. The popular 381 Summer St. location, known for its modern American cuisine and formerly owned by Alpine Restaurant Group Inc., was purchased by Bindaas Concepts Inc., which is owned by Babu Koganti. “We love Davis Square, we love Somerville and the community,” Koganti told the Daily. “When Alpine Group approached us [saying] that they want to sell this …
we thought we could help. That’s a great location and … it’s a historical legacy.” The closure will allow time for Bindaas to make repairs within the building and “have every small nook and corner be addressed,” he said, citing a leaking roof and pest control issues. Bindaas also plans to introduce traditional Indian cuisine to the Rosebud menu. Despite these changes, Koganti says he remains committed to preserving the history of the diner. “We want to keep the legacy [of Rosebud] going and add some Indian inspired dishes … which would open up the boundaries,” Koganti explained. “We want to keep the ‘diner feel’ to it and still keep the old classics, like the grilled cheeseburger. … It’s not going to be another average
[Indian] restaurant where you can find chicken tikka masala or butter naan or a mango lassi. It’s going to be a very unique concept.” However, Rosebud’s former staff and management said they felt blindsided and caught off guard by the very short notice of the closure. “It was sort of a bizarre announcement,” former general manager Olivia Papp said. ”[It was like] ‘hey everyone, you don’t have a job after Sunday’ and also, ‘let’s get ready to rumble because we’ve got an extremely busy week ahead of us.’” After learning Rosebud would close, Papp informed staff of the change. “Thursday [Sept. 21], we got a call to come into the see ROSEBUD, page 3
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Editor’s note: João Ribeiro is an opinion columnist at the Daily. He was not involved in the writing or editing of this article. The Federalist Society chapter at Tufts called TUPD in response to a pro-choice protest at a discussion event on the morality of abortion on Sept. 29. The two speakers at the event, Harvard law professor Stephen Sachs and Boston College philosophy professor Gregory Fried, were invited by FedSoc to discuss pro-life and pro-choice views. When the event “Is Abortion Morally Justified in America?” began at 5:30 p.m., protesters moved inside the venue.
The front-row seats were filled by protesters who frequently interrupted the speakers during the beginning of the event. One held a sign which read “I love abortions.” Another held a noise machine which played continuous sounds of cars honking, dogs barking, doorbells ringing, wolves howling and crowds booing. In response to the speakers’ difficulty talking over the noise, FedSoc members called TUPD, and an officer entered the room at 5:51 p.m. In a statement to the Daily, FedSoc wrote, “As a non-partisan public policy and legal organization on campus, we are devoted to fostering respectful discourse see PROTEST, page 3
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Is America’s global dominance fading? Fletcher panel discusses implications of an expanded BRICS Rebecca Barrie
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How will the addition of six new countries to an important supranational organization influence the global balance of power? Could it weaken the United States? Fletcher School Professors Daniel Drezner and Abiodun Williams along with Senior Fellow Mihaela Papa unpacked those questions during a panel discussion on Sept. 28 at the Cabot Intercultural Center. An organization of fast-growing, non-Western economies, the BRICS group meets annually to discuss avenues for economic cooperation and geopolitical advancement. It’s not an official alliance, but more of a loose consortium of countries with a shared interest in chipping away at Western nations’ economic and political dominance. Since 2010, BRICS has had five member states: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. At the most recent summit in August, the group admitted six new countries: Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Papa opened the conversation by discussing the potential implications of an expanded BRICS.
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The BRICS political alliance was discussed at a Fletcher School event, pictured on Sept. 28. It could help offset the existing imbalance in global decision-making, she said, where nations in the Global South are underrepresented despite making up the majority (85%, by one estimation) of the world’s population.
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Williams agreed, pointing to the makeup of the United Nations’ most powerful body, the Security Council. The council has five permanent members — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States —
plus 10 non-permanent members elected to two-year terms. “If you look at the UN Security Council, the council reflects the realities of political and economic power of a bygone era: 1945,” he said. “Yes, there is China, a member
of the council, but there is no India on the council. Africa, which has the largest bloc of votes in the UN General Assembly, 54 countries, is not represented. And you have no countries from Latin America.” Papa and Williams believe the BRICS expansion as an important step towards creating a multipolar world order, one where the West — and the U.S. specifically — isn’t the sole, dominating force on the global political stage. Countries in the Global South have become increasingly frustrated by wealthy, Western countries dominating international forums, according to Papa and Williams. "[The BRICS expansion] highlights growing disenchantment with the prevailing international system, and systemic shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine War, with all its consequences in terms of food and energy security for poor countries and the climate emergency,” Williams explained. “All of these are underlying the deep inequities at the core of the global order.” The Global South is calling for change, and the BRICS expansion is answering that call. But what see BRICS, page 3
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