Volume XXXVIII, Number 61 THETUFTS ’DAILY I Friday, April 30,1999 Block party to Presidential ballots are thrown out kick off spring Allegations of voting misconduct spur decision, re-vote on Monday fling weekend by BENJAMIN GEDAN and amendment. After months of speculatior Outgoing TCU President Jack andplanning, SpringFling1995 JEREMY WANGIVERSON Daily Editoral Board Schninnan said a second election has arrived. The festivities be. hurts his chances of getting his gin today with the annual Inter. The Tufts Community Union (TCU) presidential electionresults proposed amendment passed. If25 GreekCouncil(IGC) block party percent of the student body votes on Fletcher field from 3 - 7 p.m have been deemed invalid amidst allegations of improper conduct in the election, the amendment and will continue througk needs a simple majority to be tommorow with the eagerly an. during the voting process. The decision to discard the ballots as passed. A smaller turnout, how- ticipated main concert. Last ever, would require the support of night, comedian Richard Jeni well as to hold a re-vote on Mori- two-thirds of the electorate. played Cohen Auditorium for day was made late last night by the ElectionsBoard(ELB0). “That’s the biggest problem,” this year’s spring comedy show. Schninnanexplained. !‘Ifyou get a Thegateswillopenat 11a.m. “There’stoomuchevidenceout significant turnout, I think people tomorrow, allowingTufts band there that people were allowed to are going to ... vote for the amend- Brother Chameleon to take the vote more than once for this to be ment,” he said. stage at 1 1:30 considered a fair election,” ELBO a.m. The proposal would allow the It will be followed at 12:45 chair Jon Chines said at a press conference. Photo by Kate Cohen TCU president to create an execu- p.m. bythe Cherry Poppin’ Dad- tive council to address “macro is- dies, and then succeeded by ELBO members said that they Despite the low attendance at Wednesday’s debate, yesterday’s fad received approximately 20 voter turnout was unusually high. sues.” This council would be com- theSugarHillGangat2:30p.m. prised of any qualified students The main act, Ben Folds Five, phone calls with complaints of unethical votingpracticesthrough- According to Chines, elections “Apparently we were not con- chosen by the president.The coun- willat long lasttake thestage for cil members would report regularly its hour-and-fifteen minute set out the day. After two hours of previously have been handled en- tracting with TSR, we were con- discussion, ELBO members cle- tirely by ELBO. In the last Senate tmctingwith Damian Allen,” Chines to the Senate and be subject to at 4 p.m. executive dismissal, but would not The bands will be perform- cidedthatthe electionresultscould election,however, hesaidthat Tufts said. “Allen was not working for not be considered. Student Resources (TSR) was TSR, we thought he was. have a vote on the Senate. ing on the President’s Lawn. Monday’s vote for the TCU Students over 21 should enter The presidential candidates, brought in toshare theresponsibil- “He did not give us any indica- current TCU TreasurerLarry Har- ity of running elections. Chines tion that this was not the case,” he president will again include sec- between Goddard and Ballou tions related to the constitutional and bringtwo forms ofID along ris and Vice President Vivek was under the impression that added. Both candidates, visibly frus- amendmentand theopen Judiciary with their ticket. No more than Ramgopal, later supported the rul- Allen was acting as a TSR repre- ing. However, election coordinator sentative during this election and trated with the prospect ofrenewed position. Chines said that ELBO one six-pack of beer can be members will cover nearly every brought onto the concert Damian Allen, who hired andmoni- the previous one. campaigning,spoke about the im- tored the poll workers, was not “P!anning an election is an ex- plicationsof another vote on Mon- shift at the polls and control all grounds. Students under 21 aspects of the election. He added should enter between Barnum contacted prior to ELBO’s deci- tremely complicated process, and day. All parties agreed that there that each candidate will be given an md Ballou and need only theii sion. Allen said that no impropri- we have not had a full Elections will be a significant decrease in voter turnout. Ramgopal said that additional $50 to spend on week- Tufts ID in addition to their eties took place during the elec- Boardthisyear,”Chines said. “The the reduced voter response will end campaigning. ticket. tions and disagreed with ELBO’s responsibilities get spread pretty affect each candidate equally, but All students, including seniors, Tickets are free and can be judgement. thin,” he continued, explainingwhy “I worked almost nine hours at the group sought TSRs help in Harris disagreed. are eligible to vote. Votingwilltake Djcked up in the Campus Center placefrom i 130a.m.to 1:30p.m. :day.All studentsmust present multiple locations today and no running the election. “Vivek‘s constituency is much more consistentthan mine. The [sec- and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in both I Tufts ID to receive their tick- multiple voting was going on,” Itwasn’tuntillatelastnightthat Allen said. “The allegations are TSRPresidentTrevor Brown spoke ondelection]won’thaveasmuchof dininghallsandfrom 11:30a.m.to :ts. Students over 21 who wish 7 p.m. in the campus center. to drink alcohol must have an unfounded,” he later added. withELBOmembersandexplained an effect on him,” Harris said. Yesterday’s vote was not only Election results will be posted Idditional form of identification Although neither Chines nor that his organization was not in- to decide the next TCU president. on the Daily’s web site, to pickuptheirtickets aswellas Allen witnessedany illegalvoting, volved in either of the TCU elec- Chines believes that students may tions this semester. Also included in the ballot was the www.tu fts.edu/as/stu-orgl to gain admittance to the site. tuftsdaily, soon they are avail- In the event of rain, all guest have voted multiple times. “TSR hasno affiliation with the finalspotontheTCUJudiciary and as as a referendum able. tickets will be void; therain site LLWe’retrying to err on the side elections besides the fact we are for a constitutional will be Cousens Gym. of safety,” Chines said. “We dion’t investigatingthepossibility ofrun- have all the facts. There is enough ning ELBO in the future,” Brown -Jeremy Wang-Iverson reasonable doubt. This is the only said. thing we can do to ensure a fair Chines, however, had a differ- election,” he added. ent understanding. American airlines seek safety checks on their foreign partners Los Angeles Times-Washington became concerned. The Defense Department com- Post News Service plained that contracts with US airlines require many WASHINGTON-Major US airlines Friday will thousands of US military and other government propose for the first time that the airline industry personnel to fly on foreign airlines that are beyond assess the safety of dozens of foreign airlines that the reach of DOD safety assessments. The airlines currently fly many Americans underjoint marketing have also come under pressure from the Transpor- arrangements, airline and government sources said tation Department’s Office of Inspector General, Thursday. which is conducting an investigation of code-share The plan, crafted under pressure from govern- safety. The plan was to be presented by a“ ment officials, implicitly acknowledges that some committee of the Air Transportation Association, US carriers are selling ticketsunder their own name which represents major airlines, to top officials of fortravel on airlines that may not meet an acceptable the Defense and Transportation departments. The level ofsafety. Delta Air Lines recently terminated two departments have often been at odds on how its relationship with Korean Airlines after aseries of to deal with foreign safety, with Defense wanting crashes, and the proposed worldwide safety review authority to do on-the-ground assessments, while could reveal more problems with other overseas Transportation warned that such a plan would airlines. violate foreign sovereignty. I Photo by Kate Cohen Under a lucrative business practice known as But Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater has “code sharing,” an airline can sell tickets suggest- told his lieutenants to cooperate in developing a Campaigning traditions such as painting the cannon will be ingthatit isoperatingaflight toaparticularcity, but workable:plan that wouldnot violate foreign agree- repeated for Monday’s vote. in actuality simply book seats on a flight operated ments. Transportation Department sources said by another airline. These arrangements suggest an Thursday that the airline plan, or some form of it, airline offers seamless service around the globe, but would apparently meet that requirement. they may surprise passengers who fail to read the Mary Lou McHugh, assistant deputy fine print andthinkthey aretravelingaUS carrier all undersecretaryofdefense for transportation policy, the way. expressed optimism about the proposal. “Imple- As the practice has spread to Asia, Africa, and mentation ofthe draft statement of principles, which Latin America, where aviation safety records lag was developed by the airlines and DOD over the behind those of the United States and Europe, past four months, represents significant progress government officials and some airline executives in addressing DOD concerns,” she said. 2 THETUFTS DAILY April 30,1999 The Daily Weekend Outlook I I Today Saturday I Sunday

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nuclear weapons Spring Fling is looking good thanks to an “Omega Block” (after the Greek letter Omega) which continues to hold strong over North America. This will ensure dry MOSCOW- In a rare meeting ofthe Kremlin Security Council weather for the next week, with temperatures getting milder each day. Today’s devoted to nuclear weapons policy, President Boris Yeltsin ap- temperatures in the low 60s will moderate by about five degrees for Saturday, and proved Thursday a new blueprint for beefing up thousands of short- by reading period temperatures may soar to the 70s! Enjoy! range or tactical nuclear weapons that were taken out of service unilaterally earlier in the decade, officials said. - Weather forecast by Daily Editor Andrew Freedman The decision was announced by the Security Council secretary, Vladimir Putin, who said it had nothing to do with the conflict over Kosovo. But other sources said the decision clearly reflected Wages and benefits increase at Russia’s growing anxiety about theNATO strikes against Yugosla- via and its continuing weakness in conventional, or non-nuclear, weapons. s1otl;est pace in almost 20 years A second document approved Thursday dealt with the entire chief economist of John Hancock employers compete for workers, Russian nuclear weapons complex, Putin said. A third document Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service Mutual Life InsuranceCo. in Bos- and that in turn would fuel infla- was described as “top secret.” WASHINGTON-The wages ton. tion. Putin also disclosed that Russian weapons designers are feeling and benefits of working Ameri- Most workers’ economic con- The explanations, in addition to cramped by the long period in which they have been unable to test cans so far this year have risen at dition has been improving be- the persistent low inflation, include nuclear weapons, while other countries use sophisticated computer their slowest pace in almost two cause, while wage gains have been lingering job insecurity prompted modeling. Putin said a way had to be found for Russia to check its decades, clouding what had been moderate, inflation has been even by continued layoffs and the fact nuclear stockpile without violating the international agreements some of the brightest news about slower, which means that what- that moreworkers haverealizedgains banning actual tests. the current boom -its recent suc- ever gains people do gamer are through cash bonuses and stock Details of the decision on tactical nuclear weapons were not cess at improving the lots of a worth more than in the past. options- which aren’t reflected in jisclosed, but Putin said Yeltsin had endorsed “a blueprint for the broad swath of working people. Indeed, when inflation is taken the usual measures of wages. jevelopment and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons.” The . The government said its Em- into account, the wage gains of The booming economy created precise actions were not specified, but some experts and Russian ployment Cost Index, the three years ended March 3 1 2.8 million jobs last year, and the news reports said modernization or rebuilding tactical nuclear Washington’s most reliable mea- have been the best in more than rising demand for workers to fill weapons was possible. This category of weapons generally in- sure ofwhat employers are paying two decades, according to gov- them drove unemployment forthe :ludes nuclear short-range missiles, bombs, artillery shells, and in wages, salaries, and benefits, ernment statistics. year down to4.5 percent, the low- submarine-based tactical nucle3r weapons. rose a mere 0.4 percent in the first “We are ... seeing some very est annual rate in almost three de- three months of the year. impressive real wage growth, cades. Isikoff honored for That is barely half what had which is a big change over what Hourly wagesfor nonfarm work- been expected and only half the was happening earlier in the ers increased amere 3.5 percent in pace at which it increased in the 1990s,” said Alan Krueger, a 1998, slightly more than in 1997. scandal story final three months of last year. Princeton University laborecono- But inflation has been even more Michael Isikoff, the dogged Newsweek newshound who made And forthe first time in at least two mist. Still, Krueger and others ac- tame, rising two percent or less in Monica Lewinsky as famous as Madonna, was rewarded Wednes- years, the latest wage and benefit knowledgedthey are perplexed by 1997and 1998. day with the National Magazine Award for reporting. gain was roughly canceled out by the new figures, given the tight Thanks to the boost in the fed- Isikoffuncoveredthe Lewinsky story in January ’98, introducing inflation. labor market. eral minimum wage in 1996 and the world to a strange cast of characters that included Linda Tripp The unexpectedly small rise “They’re puzzling, and they 1997,as well as low unemployment and Lucianne Goldberg and, incidently,setting offthe bizarre chain could add to pressure that some may show some deceleration of and nearly dormant inflation, work- of events that led to the impeachment trial of President Clinton. observers see building for bigger wage and benefit gains,” said Jared ers have gained back almost all of Much maligned by Clinton loyalists for his pit-bull tenacity in wage increases. The push for Bernstein, an economist with the the wage ground lost during the uncovering the kinks in the president’ssex life, Isikoff saw the award higher pay already has begun in labor-backedEconomicPolicy In- recession, said economist as a vindication for Newsweek. some industries, most visibly air- stitute. Bemstein. “We took a lot of crap,” he said, “but at the end of the day, we lines, where unionized employees If so, and workers begin to lose “Real” wages -average hourly did a good job and we got it right, and that’s what you’re supposed are demanding a bigger share of ground once again, there is plenty pay, adjusted for inflation -rose to do.” the wealth after their wage con- ofsentiment for amore aggressive to $1 1.29 in 1998,nearly returning Meanwhile, Newsweek‘s rival, Time, won the award for public cessions of the early 1990s. posture by labor. International tothepre-recessionwageofS11.35 interest for a three-part series on corporate welfare that was reported “I think we are right on the cusp Survey Research has recently in 1989. and written by two other legendary investigative reporters - of wage pressure,” said John found indicationsthat workers feel But despite bonuses and the Donald L. Barlettand James B. Steele. Time hiredBarlettand Steele Stanek, president of International they are being fleeced. real wage gains of the past two away from the PhiladelphiaInquirer,where they had previously won Survey Research Corp., aChicago “There is a restiveness out years, workers are beginning to two Pulitzer Prizes. The corporate welfare series,their first pieces in companythat plumbs employeeat- there, and I think most employers clamorfor largerbasepay increases. rime, were praised by the judges as “a superb example of a titudes. don’t haveany idea,” Stanek says. Andthat will likely intensify ifthe publication using all its resources to expose a public policy that But economists greeted Yet however workersmightfeel sluggish first-quarterpace’of wage joesn’t really serve the public.” Thursday’s numbers with enthu- about their wages, there has been gains continues. With eight nominations, The New Yorker looked like the maga- siasm, calling it fresh evidencethat no slowdown in the consumer International Survey Research zine to beat at yesterday’s ceremonies. But it was beaten, eight times. inflation remains tame and noting spending binge that has kept the uncovered growing dissatisfac- s The venerable and controversial weekly lost in every category, it reduces the already slim chances nation’s economy booming. Con- tion with pay in its latest survey. :oming away from the luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria with noth- the Federal Reserve would step in sumer confidencehas soared each Only 43 percent ofemployees sur- ng. to slow the economy. month this year, and orders for veyed in 1998 felt that their pay -* “It’s hard not to interpret this durable goods remain robust. was as good or better than ihe pay Job definitions at HUD as unmitigatedly good news for The virtual absence of major in other organizations, compared the macro-economy and invest- upward pressure on wages has with47percent in 1997. Forty-one WASHINGTON-One ofthe newest federaljob titles, “commu- ment. It suggests we can grow been one of the great surprises of percent of employees said they iity builder,” continues to generate passion within the Department much faster than we thought we the nine-yeareconomicexpansion. felt “very much underpaid” for the If Housing and Urban Development. could without sparking any infla- The tight labor market would nor- work they do, compared to 3 8 per- HUD Secretary Andrew M. Cuomo calls community builders tion at all,” said William Cheney, mallysend wages up sharply as centin 1997. -IUD’s new urban Peace Corps. About 500 ofthem are performing wo- to three-year stints with impressiveresults, accordingto HUD. 3ut they have not always slipped harmoniously into their visible, 653,000 to $105,000-a-yearpositionsalongside longtime HUD em- WANT $50? )loyees steeped in the intricacies of the department’s complex )rograms. SUBMIT YOUR IN SLIDE FORM BY A few Republicans have been suspicious that the community PHOTO Juilders would be Democratic Party builders in disguise, although 3 P.M. TODAY TO THE DAILY. XJD says this is a completely unwarranted accusation. Cuomo’s idea was to split the HUD mission between promotion WE YOUR FOR andenforcement, with the community builders handling the former IF CHOSE PHOTO THE and a different set of HUD employees handling the latter. The COVER OF THE COMMENCEMENT community builders’ job is to help the public take advantage of ISSUE, HUD’smany programsand to be problem-solvers for communities and salespeople for HUD’s urban remedies. YOU WIN!

Compiled from the Los Angeles Times-Washington CALL X3090 FOR INFO Post News Service .and College Press Exchange ll L‘ I THETUFTS DAILY April 30,1999 3 Features Modern day Frederick Douglass tries to end slavery

EscaDedA slave Moctar Teyeb shares his story; talks about his hardships and triumphs~ byKIMFOX les that bound him -and moving Daily tasks and general treat- feel pleasure when these deals burden of slavery on their shoul- Daily Editorial Board into a free society, Teyeb is still mentofTeyebandotherslike him come to fruition, slave families ders. Escape, for most people, is There are times when he can haunted by his past. While his are where most of the similarities experience inconceivable hard- an implausible option. barely afford meager vitamin family remains enslaved, he con- between modem-day andantebel- ship. Islam is deeply rooted in eve@ supplements for nourishment. tinues his relentless mission to lum slavery lie. “Our masters see us as prop- one who inhabits Mauritania. Re- Times when he must live in the expose the cruelties that continue “I was raised to serve my erty.Blackfami1iesarerippedapart ligion is a guiding light for the one-room apartment of a dilapi- to wreak havoc on the persecuted master’s every need, often with- when masters give their relatives enslaved in Mauritania just as it dated housing project inNew York Muslims of Mauritania. out regard for my age or my abili- slaves as gifts, or divide a slave was for many enslaved African City. Yet to him this is alife better Teyeb’s experience in bondage ties. I had to haul Americans. How- than any he’s ever known. It is wasnot unusual. Slaveryhas been filled with privilege and freedom an integral part ofhis family’s ex- - a concept he still cannot fully istence. grasp. “Onmy father’s side,my family Some have called Moctar has been slaves for at least three Teyeb a modem-day Frederick generations. On my mother’sside, ofmy master’s chil- - ‘TheBeydanis Douglass. Escaping a life of sla- we cannot remember a time when &en. My only rea- - ~~~t~~Teyeb used the religion to very at the age of 19, Tesb has we were ever free,” he said. son for being was to makeusslaves. They emulated the work of Douglass Although ‘Teyeb wished he care forthemaster’s say, ‘Listen, this is a whoescaped asimilarplight atthe could say differently, his experi- family’severy need.” family among sonsas inheritance.” religionthat comes tiomGod.’ The age of 20 and then spent the rest of ences and the experiencesofthose While Teyeb deemed his mas- Teyeb provides a simple an- important thing for you is to get a his life preaching against the inhu- like him while enslaved were very ter somewhat lenient, he men- swer to those of us who cannot reward in paradise. To do this, you mane institution. Teyeb will be similar to those referred to in typi- tioned that this leniency was not a understand how such barbarism have to obey your master in the speakingat the Anti-Slavery sym- cal slave narratives. universal phenomenon. “Slaves and inhumanity could exist in present,” Teyeb said. In posium today in the Crane Room. “In your history classes, you of other masters would have been Mauritaniaorelsewhere.Slavery, Mauritania, there is a tenet: “The The eventwill run fiom 11 :30a.m to have learned about how this was tortured or even killed,” he said. he explains, is part of the culture; path to heaven is under your 1p.m. done to black slave families in Often, he said, slaves were it is apart ofthe dominant religion master’s foot,” Teyeb added. Even after gaining an educa- America. It is happening today in treated as components of a dowry of Islam. A devout Muslim since birth, tion - the coveted knowledge my country, to my people, to my or as gifts exchanged between “Slavery is a natural thing,” he Teyeb alwaysknew thatthere was that released him from the shack- family,” he reported. masters. However, while masters said. Families are born with the no reason why he or anybody else should live under a system that exploitshis religion.There was no Dan Klainbaum discusses culture and art reason why he should be branded as someone who deserves inhu- 4 Two-time Ted Shapiro Award winner plans his summer studies mane treatment. As a result of this realization, by MARIAROBERTSON he was young, he has been forced to deal with “The diverse cultural makeup ofMiami has Teyeb began to defy those he was f Daily Staff Writer complex issues of ethnic identity in his effort given me a unique perspective on people and supposed to submit to. When he Each year, the American studies program to find his niche in the world. has allowed me to interact with many different was nine, his “fresh manner” got awards deserving students Ted Shapiro “Most of my academic curiosities in work kinds ofpeople. My relationshipstothe people him in trouble with a local Arab. Awards. CreatedbytheShapirofamily14years have resulted from the cultural identity issues I grew up with are how I define myself - After a brawl, he sustained an arm ago, the award honors their son Ted, who I have faced. College has been a time for me to ultimately a Miamino,”he commented. injury that burdened him for years drowned in an accident in 1983. delve into that. It was a personal As far as having specific artistic interests, following the incident. “As a Ted graduated from Tufts as an issue of people labeling and Klainbaum is not interested so much in the slave, I had no right to see adoctor. American studiesmajorthe year treating you in certain ways that stylesofarchitecture, but more in acritical view Look at my ann -it will never be before his death. The award is I found paradoxical,” he said of of architecture and the constructive environ- healed,” he said. presented to students who wish his creative impulses. But today, ment in which it can be expressed. His deepest It was 1979 when “the time was , toexploretheir interestsin Ameri- through his education he has interest lies in how cities are designed and ripe [toescape],”Teyebsaid. With can studiesover the summer. Six been able to come to terms more what are the power relations interpretedthrough a little financial assistance from a students received this presti- with his background. the American landscape. friend, he was able to cross the gious award this year, one of Living in Boston gives “Partofthereason why I’m goingto Califor- Senegal border. “At last, I was my whom is Daniel Klainbaum, a Klainbaum the opportunity to nia this summer is to see how a metropolitan own master,” he declared. fourth-yearMuseum School stu- Photo by Daniel Rodrigues see how Latino culture has really city like Los Angeles has influenced the dy- Though his surreptitious es- dent. Dan Klainbaum affected the way things are to- namics of how so many people interact, and cape did, in essence, leave him in This is Klainbaum’s second day. His present living situation how the dynamics of the city have changed charge of his own life, he still is Shapiro Award. In 1997, he received his first has complementedhis experiencesGowing up over time,” he said. subject to a number of limitations Shapiro Award, which he used to travel to San in Miami. During his childhood, he was ex- He is unsure as to what he wants to do after because he is still aslave. Because c Francisco.He spent the summertaking a course posed to diversity that had given Klainbaum a he graduatesnextyear.Right now, he is follow- he cannot return to Mauritania, at UC-Berkeley in Latin American art history, unique outlook and appreciation for his expe- Teyeb has become distanced from focusing specifically on the Mexican and later riences. see KLAINBAUM,page 15 his family. He has only seen them Chicano movements and the work of painters a few times in the past 20 years. such as Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueros. He also Despite these setbacks, Teyeb travelled to the Mission District in San Fran- Competition today for mechanical has fulfilled his childhood dream cisco. It was here that he became involved of becoming educated. painting murals. engineering students “I studied hard for entrance “It was kind of like adual education, where This morning, the students in Mechanical Engineering I8 will have the opportunity to exams, and was accepted into a I was learning about art history in the class and demonstrate their final projects. Their unconventional assignment was to construct an difficultelectrical engineeringpro- then got to go out and paint the murals,” said automated Tang dispenser using LEGOs as the main building component. gram,” he said. Teyeb further pur- Klainbaum ofhis experiences. According to teaching assistant Chip Jones, the dispensers utilize a robot made by the sued a diverse education. He also Followingastrongdesire topaintmurals, he LEG0 company, which is the “heart and soul of the apparatus.” holds a law degree which he ac- walked up a scaffold one morning and asked In addition to LEGOs, the prototypes that the class made are also constructed from wooden quired in Libya. the artist if he could help. She agreed and frames and hot plates. One of the requirements of the project is that the dispensers also heat He now has embarked on his invited him back the following day. the Tang to a specified temperature. The Tang must not only be heated up, but the temperature newest mission: to create aware- Though he has not finalized his plans for must then also be maintained. ness about the situation in this summer, Klainbaum hopes to participate in Fortheproject;the class,taught by Associate Professor Chris Rogers, divided into six groups. Mauritania. Although he knows amonth-long studio workshop. The workshop The project is a culmination of the three labs that the students completed during the semester. that “this new awareness is a bur- will include students from all over the Ameri- The labs themselves were not specific to the Leg0 project, but the students had to keep den. America is apowerful symbol cas. They willcome togetherto create works of the final project in mind while doing the labs. They did a heating lab in which they had to heat of freedom.” art and conceptual architecturepieces pertain- and maintain water at acertain temperature. A second lab measured the flow ofwater. Finally, Americans, he said, can help ingto cultural identity and globalization affect- a string gauge lab to measure the mass of Tang was completed by the students in preparation. his family and his peop1e“become ing people of the Americas today. Putting the three parts of the project together took the students about three weeks. They human beings.” “It’s pretty experimentaland something that have already held a formal presentation of their project for the class. Teyeb is, as he said, “a man I’m interested in and have had my eye on for a During the demonstration today, the prototypes will be tested and judged. The best Tang caught between two worlds” - while. Hopefully it will be a good experience dispensers will receive prizes. one that is free and one that is which will turn into my senior project,” Each year, the students in the Mechanical Engineering 18 must complete a different final entrenched in the horrors of sla- Klainbaum added. Many Shapiro Award re- project. The class, is a requirement for juniors majoring in mechanical engineering. very. He wants tobe free, heknows cipients use their summer experiences as the The students enjoyedthe project. “I think it’s the best class, lab-wise,” junior Chris Bullard that this requires a lot of people to foundationfortheir mandatoryAmerican Stud- said. “It’s a culm ination of our classwork.” take action. While he has lofty ies senior projects. “It gives you a better understanding of engineering through hands-on experience,” junior expectationsfor Americans, Teyeb Klainbaum’s interest in art and art history Phil Lau added. knows that there will be a signifi- has been influenced by his cultural identity Everyone is welcometoattendthedemonstrationinthe lobby ofAndersonHal1at9:30 a.m. cant call to action. and heritage. Klainbaum, ofeastern European “I know in my heart that you Jewish descent, was born in Colombia and -Kelly Wisnewski will help set us free,” he said con- moved to Miani at the age ofseven. Ever since fidently. 4 THETUFTS DAILY April 30,1999

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$or mora infarmatlon, call 627-aP24 THE‘TUFTS DAILY April 30,1999 5 Arts 8 Entertainment Wednesday nights The great- white-faced HYPE are fun again! I’ufts mime troupe dazzels during its spring show byJAMIEPLA’I” Senior Staff Writer by ETHANTODRAs ous and artful “Momentum,” to a the performers make no sound, the After a long draught (in which many devastated students actuallj w€mEH&L sketch that shows why some music and lighting are particularly had to do work on Wednesday nights), Dawson’s Creek final11 Contributing Writer people are as scared of mimes as important. returned with a shocking ending. Although the previews had hinted When it comes right down to it, they are. Few things aremore flight- And as with everything else deep down who isn’t afraid of ening than agrinning white-faced with this troupe, the technical as- mimes? IfStephen King’sltwasn’t Willoughbycalmly killing his wife pects were very well done. The in several different ways, only to music was critical in expressing But we’ll gkt to that later. be detonated by her at the end of the ideas ofthe skits, even at some The last new episode (weeks the sketch. point helping to tell the actual ago, but no one’s bitter) ended with If the Hype troupe were the story. In mime, there is no clear Joey discovering her paroled fathei cast of any Tufts Drama Depart- way ofexpressingwhat two mimes standing on the Potter doorstep. Thi: at &hen Auditorium ment production, it would be called on stage might be talking about or was only the second time she had seer Rating: e@%@@ an “all-star cast.” The members thinking about except by artful her drug-dealing father in three years are Deseree Anderson, Benjamin use oflights. Whenevertwomimes Joey’s sister, Bessie, is ecstatic at hi: ifficient to scare the America Connelly, Tracy Erickson, Julie would have a “conversation,” a return because he can help them cater e populace, countless silent white- Fulton, Thea Lavin, Shani Mims, white light would silhouette them wedding for the “bluebloods” ol faced mimes coating our streets Anjali Vashi, Geoff Young, against a red background where Capeside. This job will supposedly dig have done the trick. To see the Willoughby, and Trudell. Their behind them other mimes would the Potters out of debt. However, Joe] prevalence of this fear, one need abilityto show their emotions came express the idea that they were is worried about the gossip that wil’ look no further than Webster’s through quite clearly in Wednes- talking about. In this way they spread by her dad coming back into the public scene of Capeside sc dictionary under the entry day night’s performance. All of overcamea most difficultobstacle soon. She is angry that her dad thinks everything can go back to the clownophobia,or intense and irra- the performers were excellent; in silent performance. way it was before he went to jail. tional fear of clowns and mimes. there was not a weak link among But as seven of these ten per- t Joey employs the gang (minus Jen) to help cater the wedding that is This is, perhaps, giving an un- them. Willoughby’s previous ex- formers are graduating seniors, ofcourse,fdlofmishaps. Andyknocksoverthetopoftheweddingcake fair reputation to mimes; perhaps perience was clear, and Vashi what is to become of Hype? Next and Jack must convince the bride to come out ofthe bathroom to take he] there is after all an art form behind showed by the lucid and diverse year, returning to lead the troupe vows. Dawson’s mom decides that she is going to win Mitch back it. Seeing the Spring Nite Mime, expressions on her face why she will only be rising sophomore Conveniently,they are both at the wedding. However, Mitch shows UF the Spring Show by Tufts’ only was voted Tufts’ Best Student Trudell and rising senior Young. with Dawson’s film teacher, knowing that Gail would bethere. He tell: mime troupe, Hype, makes this a Actor/Actress in the Daily’s Best Trudell commentedthathe is “very a- Dawsonthat he wants to move on, but Dawson tells his mom not to givc certainty. To put it bluntly, they of Tufts Poll. excited to keep going with the up. I have a feeling that Mitch and Gail are not done quite yet. were phenomenal. No one ex- Willoughby saidhe feelsmime troupe next year because of the A restless Jen, realizing that she has fallen out 0fthe“inner circle,’ pected the show to be the success is the perfect medium for him right wonderful start.”

d again turns to Abby for friendship, claiming that the best times she it was, not even the members of now because he feels that it is a The show sparked a lot of inter- has had in Capeside have been with her. The two decide to crash the Hype themselves. real “collaborative effort” in that est, and he expects people to really wedding and cause trouble, something that Abby is no stranger to The preparation was fairly “the entire troupe has to work to- turn out for auditions, which will However, Andie shows them the door before they can create “havoc,’ stress-free. They would meet ev- gether to create the illusion.” He be both this year and next. Trudell i but not before Abby steals a bottle of champagne on the way out. ery Sunday, alternating weeks also pointed out that in mime, per- feels he has already learned a lot, Thenow-friendly Dawson and Jack share amoment in which Jack between thinking up sketch ideas haps more than in any other me- andaddsthathewill betakingtime admits that he believes Dawson and Joey are soulmates. Dawsor and practicing basic mime tech- dium, the technical crew is as im- says that he has been trying to get her back, but she will not let hirr niques. Jay Willoughby and portant asthe performers. Because see HYPE, page 15 connect with her. Jack advises Dawson that he needs to somehow Deseree Anderson are the only force the reconnection. members of the troupe who had After a touching (sigh!) moment between father and daughter previous mime experience (they Joey’s father decides to make his way out ofthe kitchen and onto tht were in a community troupe dur- dance floor to face the community. Father and daughter are finall) ing high school in Des Moines, reunited. How sweet. Iowa), so they had to teach the rest Ifthat is not too much sentimentality,her father arranges it so tha? of the members the techniques. Dawson dances with Joey. The two profess their love for each other The learning was “challeng- md this of course is followed by the long-anticipated kiss! Thank ing,” according to Scott Trudell, ;oodness Joey has finally come to her senses. She can discover what the only freshman in the troupe. t is like to be on her own later! The troupe came up with all its However, while I was beaming over this latest development,the own material, and it was not just icene switched to the drunk Jen and Abby joking around near the the experienced mimes who Mater. Hmm ... foreshadowingmuch? Immediately,I knew what was thought up the skits. going to happen after weeks of Dawson ’s previews seeing someone “All thenewmemberscameup getting zipped up in a body bag. Abby hits her head on a wooden post with great ideas,” Willoughby said. tfter she accidentally gets pushed by Jen. When the wobbly Abby And great ideas they were. The ries to stand up, she falls to her death off the high dock. Although show consisted of 15 original Photo by Jeremy Wang-lverson 1 was shocked by this tragic end, I couldn’t help but think, “ding dong., sketches, ranging from a mimed mime troupe Hype rocked Auditorium. .he bitch is gone.” Was that too insensitive? Blood Brothers parody to a seri- Tufts’ Cohen ‘Unauthorized Biography,’ newest release by Spring Fling headliner Ben Folds Five, will please fans byLEsuEKUNG Darren Jessee, and bassist Robert Sledge. man to successfully climb Mount Everest slow love-related ballads, fast-paced sar- Contributing Writer Although the band may be known best for without oxygen. On ReinholdMessner,Ben castic recounts of the past, and songs that Among the four bands making an ap- its ballad, “Brick,”off ofits multi-platinum Folds Five expands the roles of accompa- dare you not to laugh at their lyrics. The first pearance at this year’s Spring Fling is Ben release Whatever and Ever, Amen, the single, “Army,” begins “Well I thought Folds Five, whose newest release, The Un- strength of its music lies in the unconven- about the army/ Dad said, son you’re I 1 tional use of the piano to create a grinding, fucking high.” Folds continues on, saying Ben Folds Five forceful, yet fun and upbeat sound. that heeding his father’s advice led him to Bordering on rock/pop with hints ofblues describe his college experience as “Three The Unauthdzed Bwgraphy and jazz, the trio has created a musical cat- sad semesters/ It was only 15 grand spent of Reinhold Messner egoryoftheirown. The drivingforceoftheir in bed.” Rating: sound is the piano, rather than the guitar. As on Whatever, several of the tracks I (4out of 5) *&e* Few bands, if any, have succeeded in gaining seem to bean intimateponderanceoflost or - ~~ mainstream popularity in the absence of a present loves, such as “Don’t Change Your authorized Biography of Reinhold guitar. However, it was just two years ago Plans” and “Magic,” which are addressed Messner, hit stores this past Tuesday. that Ben Folds Five was catapulted from to potential love interests. Personal experi- c Reinhold Messner, is the follow up to having an underground following to open- nying instruments by incorporating more ences are also the subject of several songs. Ben Folds Five’s major label debut, What- ing select dates last summer for Dave strings and horn sections. Instead of a pair “Hospital” was inspired by an actual hos- ever and Ever, Amen. The album provides Matthews Band andnow headlining its own of violins, as heard on Whatever,Reinhold pital visit Folds paid to his girlfriend. Then h the same addictive melodies, witty and summer tour. This success follows several Messner features a small scale orchestra there are the few songs that can only be clever lyrics, and just plain amazing piano years ofbeing limitedtocollegeradio airplay includingmore violins, in addition to saxes, categorized as random. On “Your Most playing that brought the group to the fore- with its independentrlelease Ben Folds Five. cellos, trumpets, fluegelhorns, and trom- Valuable Possession,” the band plays in the front of the mainstream music scene two While the band named its latest release bones. Making a guest appearance on this background to a recording of an answering years ago. afierthe name drummer Darren Jessee used album are several members of the swingl machine message left for Folds by his fa- Hailing from ChapelHill,N.C.,Ben Folds on his underage fake IDS,unbeknownst to jazz-influencedband SquirrelNut Zippers. Five consists ofpianist Ben Folds, drummer them, Reinhold Messner was also the first Reinhold Messner features a variety of see FOLDS, page 15 * Join us on the Quad Our non-annual Spring 1999 Outdoors Extravaganza RUSIIMOW; The story of a near genius that is failing out of a preppie private academy as he spends too much time creating clubs and -.% ”..-.% * just being weird. Then he falls in love with a teacher and gets into a fight with *- I Bill Murray. That’s about it.

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Sure, everyone wants to see Rushmore, but don’t you want to see these other Short Classics too??? *Chimp the Fireman *Chimp the Aviator (hopefully) *Chimp the Cowboy (hopefully *V.D. -- A New Focus *Covert Operatives *Some Merrie Melodies toons *Some New Release Trailers

Preshow begins at 8:30pm, Saturday 5/1 on the Residential Quad We’ll beemptyingout our Film Series “1ibrary”for this weird preshow PRE SHOW -- before RUSHMORE

If it rains, we probably won’t care enough to For More information about this or anything at all, ask Chris, he’s the chair. Contact hirn at x 1972. show it. No promises. THE;TUFTS DAILY April 30,1999 7 Sports Tufts sweeps doubleheader against Trinity, closing in on .500 at 13-16 by JON J&HA Hermanhas good reason to be proud of third base, went2-4 with arun, whileTrahan Daily Editorial Board her pitching staff, as it has come a long way went 2-3. The Jumbos got contributions Maybe the Tufts women’s softball team since the beginning of the season, drop- from the bottom of the order as well, as should spot itself a 1-6 start every year. ping the staff ERA to a respectable 3.29. Moreau and Erin Boucher each had a hit and Although itwould probably do anumber on It was fortunate that Moreau was on her a run, with Boucher chipping in an RBI. coach Kris Herman’s game, as the Jumbos The impressive hitting could not over- nerves, the Jumbos are couldn’t get much done at shadowthejobJillMcCoydidonthemound playing their best softball Softba11 the plate. Despite scoring against Trinity. In seven innings of work, of the year now that their four runs, three of them McCoy allowed only three hits andone run, backs are against the wall. unearned,Tufts could only strikingout sixwhile walking none. McCoy Needing to finish with at leastE a .500 record muster five hits and one RBI. The top ofthe improved her record to 4-3 this year with a to make the playoffs, the team has won six lineup was the most productive, as Cloe 4.41 ERA, but has been on her game re- out of its last seven games, including a Axelson,Carrie Hironaka, CoraThompson, cently. sweep of a doubleheader against Trinity on Randee McArdle, and Tiffany Trahan, five “Jill McCoy has worked real hard,” Tuesday, and is now only three games out of the top six hitters, all went one for Herman said. “Her last two starts have underwater. three. Thompson had the lone RBI, as the produced two big wins. Our pitching has Pitcher Jodie Moreau shut down Trin- Tufts,now 13-16, entered Tuesdayafter- Jumbos were the lucky recipients of three been real good lately, they’ve been more ity in the top half of Tuesday’s double- noon in what was virtually a must-win situ- extra runs on four Trinity errors. consistent and working hard. They have header, holding the Bantams to just ation against a 15-15 Trinity squad. Five Herman was certainly pleased to see more experience and were getting some three hits. games below .500, and with only seven Tufts on the other side ofthe errors, as her breaks.” games to play, Herman did not remind her defense has been plagued by mental mis- The breaks have certainly been going the season. team that it could ill afford a loss. takes and unearned runs all season. “Our Tufts’ way during this hot streak, and the “We schedule hard so we’re at our best “We’re a business-like team,’’ Herman defense is better across the board,”Herman bats have picked up as well. The Jumbos in the end ofthe season,” Herman said. “We said. “We don’t talk about the postseason said of the turnaround, as the Jumbos only now have four batters - Hironaka, should have won some games early, but that much, but everyone knows what we had one error in the two games. McArdle, Janelle Jordan, and Axelson - those helped us. We’re not going to run have to do.” Withthe4-Owinunderitsbelt,Tuftswas hitting over .300, while McArdle, Moreau, away from tough games.” While the Jumbos’ bats were not as loud looking for a sweep that would bring its Thompson, and Mackey each have more Tufts will close out the season with the as normal, pitcher Jodie Moreau was mow- record three games closer to the magic than ten RBIs. Tufts Invitational this weekend, but first it ing through Trinity in a business-like fash- number. In the second game, the Jumbos While the bats have picked up, the faced a crucial doubleheader against East- ion. Moreau pitched a beautiful three-hit wereclickingon all cylindersas they put up strength of schedule has also softened for em ConnecticutState University last night. shutout, walking one batter and striking out five runs on 11 hits, including asolo shot by the Jumbos. Tufts started the season play- “The season could be made or broken another. She also fielded her position well, Trahan, her first of the season. ing some ofthe strongest Division I1 and 111 tonight,” Herman said hours before the adding three assists. The hittingcame from all overthe lineup schools in the nation in Orlando. While the game. “We’renotguaranteedaplayoffspot strength of schedule could have hurt Tufts’ “Jodie [Moreau] has beengood forusall asHironaka,thecenterfielder,went3-4with see SOFTBALL, page 14 year,” Herman said. a double and an RBI. Jen Mackey, playing record, it has helped the team to peak late in Red-hot Atlanta Hawks tie Indiana for division lead Seven consecutive wins put Atlanta atop the Central; Mookie has been picking up play by RUSSELLCAPONE game’s finalten seconds. throw--line), and Kurt Thomas Mutumbo, amenace in the paint, is Improved play and much-needed Daily Editorial Board Thetwoteamscombinedforthe scored 14 points and pulled down third in the NBA in both rebounds depth have brought them back to Stuck in second place in the second-lowest scoring third quar- 11 boards. Dikembe Mutumbo led and blocked shots, averaging 12.2 the contender status that they pos- Central Division and playing de- ter in the history of the league, Atlanta in scoring with 18 points boards and three blocks a night. sessed just a couple of seasons cent but inconsistent basketball totaling 19points ( 11 from Atlanta and 18 rebounds. Blaylock scored The Georgetown alum is also aver- ago,and,saywhatyou wil1,Atlanta on 3-17 shooting and eight from 13 on just 4-15 from the field, and aging 10.9 points a game. just may have a shot at bringing Inside NewYorkon4-14).Theleaguelow Alan Henderson scored 14 on 5-8. Smith is leadingtheteam in scor- home the championship. for points in a quarter is 18, set by Henderson returned to the team ingwith 18.6anighG andHenderson, @ the NBA Fort Wayne and Syracuse on Nov. after missing six games with a the recipient of last year’s Most Improved Player award, averages ~~ ~ I 29,1958. bruised tailbone. formuch ofthe season,the Atlanta Smith scored 17on the night but It has been defense that has 12.5points and6.7 rebounds agame. Fridav, April 30 Hawkshavenotmadetheirway on shotonly3-13 fromthefield,astat carried the Hawks for much of this The Hawks are a deep team, as Women’s Track: @ Spring- to many people’s contenders list. that resembled the team’s overall season. The team has shot 4 1 per- forwardLaphonsoEllismarkstheir field, New England Division That is, until now. The red-hot play. The Hawks shot just 3 I per- centfromthefieldontheyear,third fifth player averaging in double 111 Championships Hawks have won seven games in a cent (20-64), but managed to pull to last in the NBA, but is fifth in figures for the season (1 02ppg and rowtomoveto29-17ontheseason, outthewinduetoNew York’s simi- opponents’ field goal percentage, 5.5 rpg). Alsomakingnightly con-. Saturdav, Mav 1 amarkwhichtiesthemfor first place lar offensiveineffectiveness. Latrell which is also 41 percent. tributionsareveteranforwardGrant Baseball: @ Cooperstown intheCentralwiththeIndianaPac- Sprewell was a one-man show for Much ofthe defensive prowess Long (9.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg) and Tournament ers. With four games remaining in the Knicks, scoring 29 points on 8- can be attributed to the play of forwardTyroneCorbin(7.5 ppg). Softball: Tufts Invitational, vs. the shortened season, the Hawks 12 from the field (1 2 from the free center Dikembe Mutumbo. ChrisCrawford, a6’9“smallfor- Emerson, 9:30 a.m.. vs. find themselves just a couple of ward in his second season out of Salem State, 12 p.m., vs. games short of the Miami Heat, Marquette, has come out of no- Mass College L.A., 2 p.m. and they could make a late push for where in recent games and is sud- Men’s Lacrosse: @ the top playoff seed in the East. denly oneoftheteam’sgo-to-guys. Wesleyan, 2:30 p.m. Much of the recent success can Crawford, who scoredjust four in Women’s Lacrosse: @ be attributed to the solid play of the game against the Knicks, was Wesleyan, 12 p.m. point guard Mookie Blaylock. averaging 14.7 points a night for Men’s Track: @ Williams Blaylock, an Atlanta veteran, has the fivegamespriorto that contest. Invite, 10 a.m. been picking up his play in recent Withjustoveraweekremaining Women’s Track: @ Spring- weeks, just in time for the playoff in the season,the race in the East is field, New England Division run. On the season, Mookie is av- just beginning. While Atlanta and 111 Championships, 10 a.m. eraging 13 .O points, 5.8 assists,and Indiana are in a dead heat in the Men’s Crew: @Worcester, close to two steals a game. CentralDivision,Miami(31-17)re- New England Champion- “The way Mookie’s playingright mainsjust a game and a halfahead ships now, he could take us a long way,” ofthe Orlando Magic(3 1- 14)inthe Women’s Crew: @ Worces- coach Lenny Wilkens told the At- Atlantic. Atlanta could find itself ter, New England Champion- lanta Journal-Constitution. seeded anywhere from first to ships “Could we win achampionshipwith fourth in the East (first would prob- Sailing: @ Dartmouth, New Mookietheway he’splayingnow? ably pit them against Charlotte or England Women’s Champi- I’d say, yes, I believe we can.” New York in the first round, second onships The Hawks recent win was a orthird against Detroit or Milwau- kee, and fourth against Philadel- Wednesday night 75-73 victory Sundav, April 11 overthe New York Knicks,an ugly phia). Baseball: @ Cooperstown The return of Henderson, com- game which was not sealed until Tournament bined with Blaylock’s recent play, the dosing minute. Steve Smith, Softball: Tufts Invitational, who had his right eye nearly swol- could be enough to push the Hawks overthe edge. Just about six weeks 9:30 a.m. len shut after having it poked by Sailing: @ Dartmouth, New New York’s Larry Johnson in the ago, Atlanta had found itself at 9- 9, and the championship wasn’t England Women’s Champi- third quarter, notched the win by onships hitting seven free throws in the anywherenearinsight fortheteam. 4 8 THETUFTS DAILY*April 30,1999 THETUFTS DAILY&! Letters to the Editor Jason B. Cohen Israel and Serbia appalling massacre in KOSOVO,I know that some- thing is wrong. Why have more Viewpoints in the Editor-in-Chief should not be compared Daily been written on this topic than any other this EDITORIAL To the Editor: semester?The sensationalistmedia has glorifiedthis In his LettertotheEditor(“Adisappearingdream,” tragedy, and has blurred the distinction between Lauren Heist 1/28) Omar Asfour compares the Israeli occupation what is famous and what is infamous. Managing Editor )f the Lebanese town of Arnoun to the forced relo- Mark Bower, LA’OO :ation of ethnic Albanians. Asfour also writes, Jason Salter ‘Whereis justice; where is NATO now?’ The com- Associate Editor ,arison of the Israeli occupation to Serbia’s expul- Futility, not apathy ion of its countrymen and the proposal that NATO To the Editor: NEWSEditors: hould become involved in this incident are absurd. On Thursday, the Daily published a Letter to the Dan Barbarisi, Andrew Freedman Serbia is relocating thousands of people to an- Editor entitled “Activism not a bad thing” (4/29), in Assistant Editors: which Amanda Hayman criticized Daniel Barbarisi David Pluviose, Benjamin Gedan, Will Kinlaw, Ither country or killing them. Israel has taken over Brooke Menschel, Jeremy Wang-Iverson me town. The large difference in size ofterritory and for remaining in his “tired orbit of lethargy and cheap weekend bedr,” instead of becoming involved in the VIEWPOINTS Editor: lumber of people involved makes Kosovo and Amol Sharma irnoun incomparable. countless activist groups on campus. As a hallmate Assistant Editor: NATO isbombing Serbia because the Kosovars’ and friend ofBarbarisi’s, I must say that Hayman has Jay Kahn Iwn country is attacking them. The ethnic Albanians grossly misinterpretedthe meaning ofhis column on FEATURES Editors: ave no defense. However, Asfour states that once student activism. Elizabeth Chen, Jennie Forcier lefore students liberated Arnoun through non-vio- I can sympathize with Barbarisi, not because I Assistant Editors: mce. The Lebanese students have demonstrated relish drinking cheap beer, but rather because I have kmFox, Kelly Wisnewski iat they are able to defend the town. There is also difficulty associating myself w ith any of the campus ARTS Editors: Lebanese army. NATO does not need to involve activist groups vocalizing their concerns. This is not, Alison Damast, Dara Resnik, Caroline Wolter, however, any indication of apathy, but rather a sense Adam Machanic self in every international dispute. Adrian Wilairat, LA’Ol of utter futility for the groups which seem far better WEEKENDER Treasurer, Tufts Friends of Israel at creating noise than they do tangible change. Assistant Editor: However active and involved a student may be, he or Trevor Soponis she still remains within the sheltered environs ofthis SPORTS Editors: Media glorifies- tragedy- campus. Our true concern for UN sanctions on Iraq Kelly Desmarais, Sam Erdheim, Ben Oshlag, Russell Capone ‘0the Editor: is limited by the fact that we are surrounded by a Assistant Editor: Although Idoagreewithmuchoftherhetoricfrom comfortable existence at a private university. Jon Japha le Colorado school shootings, such as recognizing To claim that Barbarisi is unaware or uninvolved le need for gun control and reevaluating societal is acompletely unfounded accusation. Though I can PRODUCTION roblems, I do not agree with the way that the media go to him for information on the parties ofthis coming as portrayed the incident. Why is it that although Saturday night, I can just as easily get an account of Michael Dupuy le total number of school shootings has declined last Friday’s Abu-Jamal rally. His and my cynicism Production Director ince 1994, they are more commonly found on the about the latter is not driven by a lack ofunderstand- -ont page? Does that say something about the ing, but rather by a sense of futility. By criticizing Production Managers: thics of our media? I think so. Barbarisi and his “ilk” for our lack of involvement in Judith Dickman, Haley Stein, Sandra Fried On Wednesday, a small town in Canada suffered student activism, Haymari misconstrues our inten- LAYOUT Editors: school shooting by a 14-year-old wearing a tions and belittles our concern for activism. As Daily Valentina Clark, Meg Tenny ,enchcoatand wielding a sawed-off shotgun (two news editor, Barbarisi is intrinsically involved in all rere shot, one was killed). Coincidence?1 think not. activism on campus. In fact, his very position on the GRAPHICSEditor: Geir Gaseidnes hen the media, including the elitist New York Daily gives campus activism its largest and most hes,thinks that amassacreof 13 people in Colorado important outlet of expression: the media. COR Editors: eserves more in-depth coverage than a far more Cambra Stern, Reshma Bhame, Jonathan Dworkin, Jonathan Willner, LA’02 Phil Emer, Ruthie Nussbaum

PHOTOGRAPHY Editor: Daniel Rodrigues Assistant Editor: Rachel Zlotoff ONLINE Editor: Sonal Mukhi Male dorm residents resist going BUSINESS coed at UNC

Stephanie Wagner College Press Exchange Executive Business Director Here’s an odd one: Guys at UNC Chapel Hill Little. ion’t want women in their dorms. In all-male dorms, guys tend to get “a little more Business Manager: John Gendron Office Manager: Sandra DeFeo That is, they don’t want women living in their rowdy, they like to play a bit harder,” said Debby Advertising Managers: Grace Lee, Kathy Peter, lorms, or at least two of them: Old West and Old Harrison, Davidson’s housing operations coordi- Pamela Abrams 3ast, some of Carolina’s most historic and storied nator. Receivables Manager: Pamela Mills mildings. In other cases, necessity has driven the conver- “The community that has been developed here sion. Since Belmont Abbey College in Gaston s unique,” saysjunior John Brothers, who lives in County is no longer all-male, most of the dorms >Id West. “The guys hang out all day, all night. have been switched to coed. Only one all-male dorm EDITORIALPOLICY “They have the same classes together. We have remains. The TuftsDaily is a non-profit, independent newspaper, pub- lorm-wide soccer games out in the quad.” .The One of the few area exceptions is Johnson C. [shed Monday through Friday during the academic year, and iistoric roots are deep for both dorms, especially Smith University, where all the dorms but one are listributed free to the Tuftscommunity. Businesshours are 9 a.m. )Id East, where the university saw its origins 200 single sex. 6 pm., Monday through Friday, 1- 6 p.m. on Sunday. The Daily rears ago. The oldest state university building in “The school is still kind of conservative when it i printed at Charles River Publishing, Charlestown, MA. henation, Old East, was where UNC once did all its comes to coed living,” said Terry McPherson, di- Editorials appear on this page, unsigned. Individual editors re not necessarily responsible for, or in agreement with, the business, from holding classes to housing stu- rector of residential life. lolicies and editorials of The Tufts Daily. The content of Letters, lents. Still,when a new townhouse-styledorm opened dvertisements, signed columns, cartoons, and graphicsdoes not When a few student leaders this spring raised in 1993 at JCSU, it was opened to both genders. .ecessarilyreflect the opinion of The TuftsDaily editorial board. he prospect of integrating women into the dorms, “The space that we needed, we needed it for both Advertising deadlines: All insertion orders must be submit- motions flared. Men trumpeted tradition. Women male and female,” McPherson said. Id ... Alladvertisingcopy is subject to the approval of the Editor- abeled it sexism. That trend toward coed has run up against I-Chief, Executive Board, and Executive Business Director. A But it may all boil down to what’s trendy. tradition at UNC. And ever since the school reno- sublication schedule and rate card are available upon request. Colleges are increasingly converting single- vatedOldEastandOld West, whicharenowreplete ex dorms to coed halls, with many campuses with pine floors and skylights, the debate over LEITERS TO THE EDITOR aving only a handful left. Of UNC Charlotte’s letting women in has intensified. Lettersmustbe submittedby4p.m. andshouldbe handed into orms, only one remains single-sex: the 80-women Women fightingfortheprivilege oflivingthere, ie Daily office or sent to [email protected] Letters apacity Sycamore Hall. That’s a big switch from though, say it’s about more than aesthetics. lust be word processed and include the writer’s name and 992, when the school boasted two single-sex “It’s not about... skylights and armoires, it’s hone number. There is a 350-word limit and Letters must be orms of 500 students each-one for men and one about the fact that Old East is the oldest public erified by the Daily.The editors reserve the right to edit Letters 3r women. university building in the nation,” said senior )r clarity, space, and length. For the full policy on Letters to the “Five hundred men living in one environment Emily Williamson. “Women should have the right ditor, contact The Tuffs Daily. auses certain problems,” says Jacklyn Simpson, to live there.” And soon, they might. A proposal irector of UNCC housing and residence life. Mix- is on its way to the administration that would he Tufts Daily Telephone: (617) 627-3090 Igmenand women, however, hasmade themen“a eventually integrate the two dorms. After a semes- .O. Box 53018 FAX: (617) 627-3910 ttle moresocialized,not quite so macho,” Simpson ter of debate, the guys of Old East and West are ledford MA 02153 E-mail: [email protected] as found. starting to become resigned to the idea, Brothers Davidson College has noticed the same differ- said. nce. The vast majority of the school’s 1,700 stu- “We’ve accepted the fact,” Brothers said. “It’s http://www .tu fts.edua~stu-org/tuftsdaily lents live on campus, which offers only two single- inevitably going to happen for the university to ex dorms: the all-female Cannon and all-male progress.” THETUFTS DAILY April 30,1999 9 National/World News to virus Malavsia4 slow act on adlvd Spread by pigs Los Angeles Times-Washington back, they had headaches. By the week. Moreover,a CDC specialist Iicly that the virus was something The pig crisis could have long- Post News Service third day,they were shivering.The in the country, Tom Ksiazek, was new and tocall for outside experts. term political implications,particu- BUKITPELANDOK,Malaysia fourth day,theywere in acoma. The quoted as saying the investigating Lim said he suspects an ethnic larly as Malaysia is already deeply - This hamlet of automotive fifth day, they were dead.” team would begin testing any other motivation as well. Pigs are taboo polarized over the jailing of the shops, grocery stores, and sprawl- Scientistsreport asimilar course mimalsthatmayhavecomeincon- to the country’s Malay Muslim popular former deputy prime min- ing pigsties behind wooden fences of symptoms in those afflicted. iact with pigs in infected areas. majority, the core supporters of ister,AnwarIbrahim.Nationalelec- has the look and feel of a ghost TheMalaysiangovernment ini- Ksiazek was quoted by the gov- Mahathir’s ruling United Malays tions are due by mid-2000, but town. tially said the disease was Japa- ernment news agency Bernama as National Organization. The vic- many analysts expect they will be Its inhabitants -the ones who nese encephalitis, or JE, a well- saying that the pig culling likely tims, including the pig farmers, called sooner. The deadly outbreak haven’t died -have mostly fled, known virus transmitted by mos- had eliminated the disease’s main were almost all ethnic Chinese, and the government’s early mis- and hundreds of thousands of pigs quitoes. The Health Ministry source. But other virus experts with a few Malaysians of Indian handling of it could become an have been slaughtered,herded into waged an all-out war against mos- asked whether this could be the descent. “I think they basically issue with Chinese voters who apitwhere they were shot,clubbed, quitoes to wipe out the breeding “calm before thestorm,” since the regarded it as aChinese problem,” might desert Mahathir’s govern- and suffocated.A stench still hangs grounds. The government also virus may have been raging un- Lim said. ing coalition for the opposition. over the town, as overpowering as began administering vaccines checked for six months or more. the eerie silence. Houses and stores against JE to pig farm workers and What began as a killer epidemic are locked and shuttered. And the people in hard-hit areas. shows signs of becoming a major Afrikaners seeking only road leading into town is But as the death toll mounted, political crisis for Prime Minister blocked and barricaded by police- the victims’ bodies were dispersedl Mahathir Mohamad. Despite early men, one wearing a surgical mask to various hospitals - allowing; evidence that the disease was a whites-only dream to ward off infection. independent analysts at the Uni- something other than Japanese Los Angeles Times-Washington Selveraj, 5 1, a store owner, re- versity of Malaya Hospital to con- encephalitis, the government in- Post News Service turned last week to survey what is duct their own tests and conclude sisted it was JE and continued its ORANIA, South Africa - The nearest city is a 90-minute drive left of his home town. Dozens of that something other than JE was anti-mosquitocampaign.The gov- through parched, flat scrubland. There’s neither a cinema, a pub, nor friends and neighbors have died on the loose. ernment-controlled press still is- that quintessential element of South African life, a mall, and the sign at since mid-February of a mysteri- Now health officials, including sues charts of “encephalitis casu- the desolate town’s entrance states in no-nonsense black lettering: ous, deadly disease believed to scientists from the Atlanta-based alties.” Strictly Private. have festered in the pigsties just Centers for Disease Control anti In fact, critics say the To avisitor roaming the dust-blown streets ofOrania, deserted in the behindthehouses.By officialcount, Prevention (CDC), say the strange government’shaste in labeling the midday heat save for a little blond girl herding sheep, it might seem like more than 70 people died here, virus is not JE at all, but a never- virus as JE, its slowness in recog- one ofthe most forbidding places on Earth. To the 600 people who call mostly pig farm workers or others before-seen similar virus called nizing the disease as something Orania home, though, it’s aparadise where they can shut out the reality who had direct contact with pigs. Hendra, a strain ofwhich appeared new and its early reluctance to of black rule and pursue their dream of an independent nation for the Nationwide,morethan 100 people five years ago in horses in Austra- bring in outside expertsfor advice white Afrikanerminority,the descendants ofDutch settlerswhoarrived have died. lia. The new Malaysian strain -- may have added to the death toll. on the southern tip of the continent in the 17th century. “They were my customers, my named Nipah, after the district “They were worried it would Five years into the African National Congress’ rule, and weeks friends,”said Selveraj,who recalls where it appeared - is transmit- affecttheeconomicrecovery. They before June 2 elections that are certain to keep the ANC in power, watching the disease’s painfully ted not by mosquitoes but by d i- were worried it would affect the Afrikanersarestill clingingto that dream and hoping that South Africa’s swift progression. “The first pigs rect human contact with pigs, ex- tourism industry,” said Lim Kit governmentwill help them achieve it, no matter how racist the idea may todie werealwaysthemales.When perts say. Siang, head of the opposition seem. thepigsweredead,theyhadphlegm Since conceding the scope of DemocraticAction Party. “We’re not really asking for much,” says Orania resident Andreas Du comingfromthenose.Thatphlegm the crisis, the government has Lim said he visited Bukit Plessis, echoing a phrase heard frequently among Afrikaners who was what affected the people who slaughterednearly 900,000 pigs in Pelandok five times early last support the idea of a homeland, or “volkstaat” in their Afrikaans died. three states - Negeri Sembilai, month as the death toll mounted. language. “The planned volkstaat is in one of the driest areas of South “They took the pigsand buried Perak, and Selangor- andbegan It was his prodding that finally got Africa. We’ve got very few minerals, so big money isn’t interested in them,” he said. “When they came testing pigs in other states this the government to concede pub- us. We’re not asking for much, but we can make it a prosperous, independent state. We’ve got the knowledge. We’ve got the know- a a. how.” It’s true that the envisioned homeland is in a harsh, sparsely Illinois town of Cicero gives its populated belt in the center of the country, stretching from the Orange River in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, with little but desert gang members 60 days to leave in between. The air is bone-dry, the sun scorching hot much ofthe year, and there’s little to recommend the region as a place to settle. Los Angeles Times-Washington Many people living in Orania, which was bought by a group of Post News Service law professor Daniel Polsby. “This is so out of the Afrikaners in 1991 forabout $500,000, tookyears to leave their lives of CICERO, Ill. -Once upon a cowboy time, bad legal box.” relative luxury and make the move here. They were put off by the guys had until sundown to get out of Dodge. With 64 shootings and 15 homicides in 1998 - isolation of the town and by its small, bungalow-style houses, which Now, they have 60 days to get out of this town. most of them gang-related, according to city were built in the 1970s for black laborers building a dam nearby and Lollygaggers face a$SOO-a-day fine. And regardless, officials --this blue-collar suburb of 70,000 has which give Orania the look of atrailer park. they can’t come back - not even for a visit. tried a host of measures to reduce street violence. The government,which came to power in 1994 elections that ended This grittychicago suburb-onceahaven forAl Most have had little impact, town officials say. white-minority rule, has continued to discuss the volkstaat demand Capone, now in the midst of a federal investigation Other ideas, including Loren-Maltese’ s proposal with Afrikaner politicians and even devoted a special parliamentary into corruption at town hall and led by a town to dress gang members in pink outfits and make session to the issue last month at which black and white politicians president whose late husband was an admitted mob- them paint over their graffiti, have gotten no- spoke of the need to welcome Afrikaners in the new South Africa. ster -is cracking down on organized crime. Orga- where at all. “WeneedAfrikanersasmuch asweneedany other community,” said nized street crime, anyway. So inNovember, the tough-talking Loren-Maltese MangosuthuButhelezi, the home affairs minister. “Each Afrikaner who Following a unanimous vote by the town council -who has fired nearlyone-third ofher 135-member emigrates makes all of us a little poorer in spirit, know-how and Tuesday, Cicero is workingto evict600“knowngang police force For alleged corruption even as investiga- resources.” members,” including minors and people with no tors probe her own dealings with city contractors - The question is why black groups should be so concerned about the criminal records but whom officials believe are in- proposed giving gangsters the boot. And earlier this happiness of the minority that instituted apartheid and enforced the volved in criminal gang activity. month, Cicero voters passed a nonbinding anti-gang system ofracial discrimination for nearly five decades. Security is one It doesn’t matter where they go, so long as it’s resolution by 96 percent. reason, especially in the run-up to the election. White extremist orga- somewhere else. But the resolution “was one of what I like to call nizations such as the Afrikaner ResistanceMovement tried to derail the “My concern is protecting the residents of the ‘Do-you-like-fuzzy-kittens?’ ordinances. Of course 1994 vote with a bombing campaign. town of Cicero,” said Betty Loren-Maltese, the youd0,”arguedMaria Valdezofthe Mexican Ameri- So is long-term political stability. “The government is still worried town president whose false eyelashes, bouffant can Legal Defense and Educational Fund. “It’s like about the possibility of dissent among whites, just as it should be hairdo, and frequent spats with federal investiga- asking, do you want safe streets? Everybody wants worried about the possibility of dissent among other groups,” said tors have made her a colorful area politico. “I can’t safe streets.” political scientist Tom Lodge. “But Afrikaners have capacities to do a wony about the residents of Chicago or Berwyn or Cicero’s eviction process is designed to work in lot more damage, or they’re perceived as having that capacity,” Lodge Naperville.” a fashion similar to that of an administrative hear- said, because many influential Afrikaners who held positions in the The ordinance is the latest in a string of novel ing, town officials say, rather than a criminal pro- apartheid government are now advocates of Afrikaner nationalism. measures designed to rein in street gangs, and is ceeding. Themostprominent isretiredGen. ConstandViljoen,theheadofthe loosely based on laws in Los Angeles and other Police already are beginning to gather evidence pro-volkstaat Freedom Front party, who commandedthe South African California cities that in some cases prohibit gang against gang members suspected of engaging in Defense Forces for five years and whose party placed fourth among I9 members from congregating on certain streets, or criminal activity,said Town Attorney Bany Pechter, in the 1994 vote. The Freedom Front decided to participate in that bar them from flashing gang signs and canying chiefarchitect of the ordinance.That evidencecould election only after wresting promises from the ANC that it would take baseball bats, flashlights, and otherwould-be weap- then be used to summon the suspect to a hearing. seriously Afrikaners’demand for self-rule. At the same time, the ANC ons. Ifthe hearingsofficer findsthe suspectguilty,Pechter cannot go too far toward satisfying the demand for fear of angering Cicero’s law, however, is considerably stricter said, the suspect has two options: cease criminal blacks who say the government has already made too many conces- than any now on the books -and is certain to face activity or hit the road. sions toward whites. a host of legal challenges. The suspected gang member would have the “The government doesn’t want to say no [to avolkstaat], but it can’t “You can send people to prison, you can send right to an attorney - although the city will not countenance this sort of thing,” said Lodge. As a result, the issue them to the gallows,you can make them pick up trash provide public defenders - and to appeal the remains a thorn in the side ofthe ANC as it tries to balance the demands by the interstate wearing orange jumpsuits - but hearings officer’s finding to the Cook County Cir- of all ethnic groups in hopes of achieving a two-thirds majority in the youcan’texilethem,”saidNorthwesternUniversity cuit Court. June vote. I' Friday, April 30,1999 PAIDADVERTISEMENT page i

The Semester in Review program into its ranks this semes- “Leonard’s Letter,” as well as the James L. Weinberg ter, Kids to College and TESEP most sumsfid ‘Leap Into Spring’ Thissemesterhasmadememoreproudthanever (Tufts Elementary Science En- community service initiative that x,beavolunteerforthehnardCarmichaelSociety. richment Program). With these LCS has ever produced. Further- 4lthtough LCS has remained unchallenged for many additions, there are now 39 pro- more, this semester’s Volunteer years as TURS’ single largest student-run organization, grams under LCS’s umbrella, Vacations, Blood Drives, ip until this semester it had only been a matter of more than a 1/5 of which were Jumbolympics,Leukemia Swim-a- )pinion that we were also one of Tufts’ greatest founded in the last 3 years. thon, and Kid‘s Day were all stun- jtudent-run organizations. The University voiced its What’s more, we will be ning successes. Elderly Outreach ]pinion this semester, however, by honoring LCS relocating this summer from our hosted a great ‘Senior Prom,’ and with its two highest awards for student groups: “The present location at 13 Sawyer Cancer Outreach sponsored an Best Club at Tufts Award” (presented by the Best of Avenue, to bigger and better ac- amazing ‘Daffodil Days.’ I‘ufis Survey), as well as the “Most Outstanding commodations on the second These days, there is some- Student Organization at Tufts Award” (presented by floor of 17 Chetwynd Avenue. thing for everyone at LCS . If you he Office of Student Activities). Unfortunately, I This new office space was gen- volunteered this semester for suppose we don’t have much of a chance for this erously provided by the Student LCS, I would like to personally year’s “Most Humble Student Organization at Tufts Activities Office and will allow thank you. If you have not yet Vol- “Caution- Volunteerismin Progress” unteered for LCS, come to the 4ward,” but you can’t win them all. LCS to fhction more efficiently warns VPJames Weinberg. But there is so much to be proud of! The at our present size. It will also General Interest Meeting at the number of LCS volunteers has grown continuously provide us with a more professional and accessible beginning of next semester and help me to fulfill a wer the last few years and is now well above 700 on-campus location such that the LCS office will secret goal of mine which is getting 1000 volun- people. Moreover, LCS currently provides its vol- be more inviting to the general student body, the teers involved in LCS before I graduate. If you unteers with more ways to get involved on-campus prospective freshmen and their families, as well as would like more information about any of the infor- md in the surrounding communities of Medford, the important local community contacts. mation in this article, or if you think that you would Somerville, and Boston than it ever has in its 41 - Other notable events this semester include like to get more involved in LCS, please contact year existence. LCS accepted two amazing new the creation of a new LCS newsletter entitled me at the LCS office, extension 7-3643.

A Look at University A Fond Farewell to the Graduating Seniors Volun teerism Erin Cox & James Weinberg Maia Heyck-Merlin The Leonard Carmichael Society would like to gra- Undergraduates who express inter- ciously thank those members of our staf‘fwho will be graduat- zst in the independent sector, and who also ing at the end of this year. Your four years of selfless commit- volunteer their time to serve others, increas- ment, dedication, and hard work have allowed us to continue ingly confront parental and peer pressures and build on the tradition of excellence in community service of to abandon these pursuits in mder to focus 1 which we are so proud. Those same humanitarian qualities which led you to a life of service in college will undoubtedly hcii time xd energy prep ving tyzra “real , job.” Volunteer activitj,-\ ;LIcLLved as 1 allow you to succeed in the other pursuits of your life. Regard- existing only outside the cuniculum, kstead , less of where you go afker graduation, the positive impact which of as avaluable supplement to one’s intel- you have made wilI be immortalized here at Tufts. To the class lectual development. As a member of a uni- 1 of 1999, we wish you all the best. We’ll miss you! versity community, we have a commitment to prepare students for active public life. Kevin Baran - Community Relations & Kids to College Andrea Benoit -Alumni Relations I concerned, however, with the am Eric Brum - Big Brothers way in which volunteerism is perceived by Mehreen Butt - One Day Events & Leap Into Spring allege students. Service will never become Becca Cornfeld - Peace Games My integrated into our daily lives if we con- Diana DerKoorkanian - Faculty/Staff Liaison inue to compartmentalizeand squeeze it into Chris Domin - Anti-Smoking Awareness Program :asily measured increments. Volunteerism David Gelles - TravellingTreasure Trunk Maia Heyck-Merlin - Lincoln Filene Center Liaison; President 1998 &ys an important role in our society, but uni- Matt Holland - Big Brothers te rsities should look beyond the traditional Carolyn Hyson - LORAX idea of simply tutoring for two hours a week. Karen Kraft - PALS By providing a multitude of opportunities Anne Lac - Historian & Web Master; Vice-President 1998 :such as research,fellowships, internships, and Ann Medway- CHILD service leaming options), universities are able Noelle Mole - Domestic Violence Awareness Renu Muttana - Intercollegiate Rep & Newsletter Editor D pair civic involvement with career devel- Rachael Paris - Special Friends Dpment to prepare students for contribution formed, the notion of service dissolves, and the Tara Parsons - CHILD .o their communities through public service boundaries breakdown. Volunteering connotes Mike Wang - Campus Liaison, Database Manager, & Elderly Outreach u1 both their personal and professional lives. a “one-way street’’ relationship; service-leam- Jenn Wilson - Media Rep, Leap Into Spring, & Leukemia Swim-a-thon Universities possess a knowledge ing allows traac to move inboth directions. Uni- base that can assist communities with local versities have recognized the need for civic edu- needs; while on the other hand, communi- cation and are beginning to impart this to their ies can provide a setting for students to learn students, but until these efforts are viewed as %butcmnt issues facing people. Beyond pivotal to the mission of the university, they will Yormal partnerships, relationships are remain on the periphery. page ii . PAIDADVERTISEMENT Friday, April 30,1999 Adult Literacy conjunction with the Big Brothers Association of Greater Boston, our goal is to provide positive male role models for Eyes for Others Ami Vora and Cathy Bailly . boys in the surrounding Boston area who are currently Anna Rafalski and Alffed Bobek As new coordinators of the Adult Literacy pro- lacking one in their lives. In doing so, the Big Brother Eyes for Others is a social program for the blind gram, we have been busy with our established programs volunteer not only becomes a mentor and role model, but and visually impaired. We meet on the first and third and have added a new set of opportunities for our volun- also a friend. A Big Brother spend around 3-5 hours per Wednesdays of every month in front of Hodgdon, and we teers. As in the past, students are teaching reading, writing week together with his Little Brother (though scheduling is walk to the Tufts Administration Building (TAB). During and math skills to adults at the SCALE Community Center extremely flexible)just “hanging OU~”and having fun, and our two hour meetings, we have a snack with the partici- the Community Learning Center, and the Just a Start Read- occasionally Tufts Big Brothers will hold group events pants, and then usually play a game such as Bingo, or just ing Program. In addition, we have been working with the which in the past have included fishing trips, football and hang out and talk. Eyes for Others is a low key volunteer- READ program where our volunteers read to children in basketball games, and amusement park trips. The most ing opportunity with a small time committment. You have hospitals. Thank you to all our volunteers for their time rewarding part ofthe Big Brothers experience is the oppor- the opportunity to get to know the participants on a one and commitment. tunity to make a profound and long-lasting conoection with to one basis, or to just hang out with everyone. We have a youth in our community. a number of special projects that we’d like to do through- out the semester, but we’d love to hear any suggestions AIDS Outreach that you might have. We always have a great time, so Debbie Weinberg Blood Drive come and join us, for just one night, or for the whole se- AIDS Outreach is a volunteer organization pro- mester! moting AIDS awareness and education on campus and in B yan Boucher, Tea Lane b Rob Loft the larger community. We aim to educate and protect our Three blood drives take place on campus each community with your help through: tabling, condom distri- year. They occurred in October, February, and April and F.O.C.U.S. bution, speakers, and special events. We thank all of you were a big success due to the work of our great volunteers Amy Patel & Neil Farbman who have worked so hard this semester. With your efforts and the support of the Tufts community. We’re looking LCS’s Freshman Orientation Community Service next semester will be even better! forward to our next blood drive, which will take place next (FOCUS) program is a one week pre-orientation program October. A big thank you to all our volunteers for their designed to ease the incoming student’s transition pro- hard work in recruiting donors and making the drive run cess from high school to college, as well as heighten All-Stars smoothly. Thanks for your continued support! community awareness amongst Tufts students from the Alejandra Livas and Blaire Malkin very first day they set foot on campus. This past sum- All-stars, a new LCS program, works with a mer, FOCUSers worked on community farms, construc- Medford after-school program to promote fitness through Cancer Outreach tion sites, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters in the fun sports and games. Our last event of the year will be the Erica Chu and Alison Churnnanvech greater Boston, Hartford, and Springfield areas. As FO- Olympics, a fun afternoon full of relay rac.es, a mini-mara- Daffodil Days was a huge success thanks to all CUS enters its third year, it continues to expand, as it is thon, tug of war, and a wiffle bar tournament. They will also our volunteers! We sole about 1500 flowers and made de- now more than three times as large as it was just two receive awards and ribbons for their good sportsmanship liveries to the dorms. All together we raised over $1200 years ago when it was founded. We’re looking forward and energetic participation. We look forward to expanding throughout the year. We’re hoping to top that next year. to a great summer, where we will be volunteering at many into the Somerville community. of our old sites, as well as providing several new volun- teer opportunities. C.H.I.L.D. Tara Parsons, Ann Medway, Shalini Food Rescue Mehta, bAlyson Viera llana Sausen and Audrey Rabinaoitz C.H.I.L.D. (Caring Helps in Living Food Rescue volunteers work hard to reduce food with Disabilities)has had an exciting semes- waste by picking up leftover food from local restaurants at ter. In keeping with traditions, the volun- the end of every week day. The food is delivered to shelters teers participate weekly in the Gym and Swim and food pantries around the MedfordSommerville area. program. A Tufts volunteer is paired with a The program, thus far, has been very successful and greatly special needs child. For the first hour of the benefits our community. session, the volunteers and their partners enjoy playing in Jackson Gym with hoola hoops, jumbo Legos, a parachute, and much G.I.R.L.S. more. For the second hour the volunteers Karen Fox and Amy Sfrickland and their partners swim in Hamilton Pool or G.I.R.L.S. (Girl Interaction in Raising Levels of engage in arts and crafts projects. This se- Self-Esteem) is a program which works to enhance self- mester C.H.I.L.D. also sponsored Disabili- esteem and provide role models and support bases for ties Awareness Week which included a num- girls of all ages. We have various programs which include ber of activities, workshops, and speakers. weekly trips to the Somerville Boys and Girls Club and Look for the next Disabilities Awareness assisting students from Medford High School with school Week this fall. We want to send a special work, college preparation, and emotional support. Some Kid’s Day Group Leaders Allison Collins and Lisa Kaplan get their kids thanks to all of our enthusiastic volunteers. of our members also volunteer in an eighth grade class- You’ve been wonderful this semester and room at Lincoln Park School bringing excitement and en- psyched upfor an exciting day! we hope to see you again next fall. There are thusiasm to the students through arts and crafts, sports, lots ofchildren waiting for someone to spend and other fun activities. We also participate with stu- time with. Come join the gang! dents from other colleges and universities in leading af- Animal Aid ter-school science clubs focused on getting girls excited Michelle Baiz- E bel, Andrea Balu tis, about science. We are really looking forward to begin- leein Chung &Amy Woo Domestic Violence Awareness and ning next year with two new one-on-one mentoring pro- Animal Aid gets students involved with helping Shelters grams. Thank you so much to all of our wonderful and the local animal community as well as providing an aware- enthusiastic volunteers. We love you! ness of the animal community to the local human commu- Noelle Mole nity. As we usually do every semester, some of our volun- This semester we had four new volunteers make Habitat for Humanity teers walked dogs in the neighborhood for donations that committmentsto shelters in the Boston area. We also had a went to a local animal shelter. In the upcoming year, we number of our own mini-trainings at the beginning of the Dustin Bermudez, Lydia Regopoulos b Iosh Wechsler hope to do more events with the Stone and Franklin Park semester. We tabled in the campus center for the Violence Habitat f.x Humanity is an international organiza- Zoo and the New England Aquarium. Against Women Act. In April, we organized a panel, tion whose voiunteers build low-income housing for fami- “Persepectives and Insight in Domestic Violence,” featur- lies in need. Opportunities to help include building in the ing five members of community shelters and battering in- local Boston area and on-campus, participating in Anti-Smoking Awareness Program tervention programs. CDs to benefit the Respond, a bat- fundraising events, and joining planning committees of the tered women’s shelter, were sold. As part of Leap Into Boston affiliate. This semester, Tufts’ volunteers worked Christannah Domin and Daniel Brocks Spring, we painted and cleaned at Transition House. Thanks The Anti-Smoking Awareness Program aims to on Sites in Dorchester during several day trips. promote awareness of the health, social, and marketing is- for everyone’s involvement! sues surrounding smoking both on campus and in the local community. This year, we have implemented an interactive Elderly Outreach Hospitals three-part curriculum in 15 sixth and seventh grade classes Laura Blumenthal and Cara Hobbs Danielle Haley, Rohini Prakash, and Wang in Somerville. Thank you to all of our volunteers for making Mike Members of the LCS hospitals program volunteer this a productive and successful year! This semester, Elderly Outreach organized a num- in some of the major hospitals in the Boston area. Within ber of exciting events including visits to a local nursing the health care setting, volunteers may gain valuable expe- home for a Valentine’s Day celebration and trips to Hale riences fiom diverse volunteer opportunities. Students who Best Buddies House in Copley Square for game’s night and the Senior participate in this program have a wide variety of career Amy Patel and lennie Forcier Citizen Prom. Each event was greeted with enthusiam by goals. We would like to thank-all of the Tufts Students The goal of Best Buddies is to provide socializa-. both volunteers and residents. Thanks to the efforts of all, who gave some of their time during this semester to volun- tion opportunities for people with mental retardation. Best Elderly Outreach will expand next semester to include one- teer in local area hospitals. Thanks again, and hope to see Buddies pairs Tufts volunteers in one-to-one friendships on-one matching of students and local community mem- you next semester in one of the many available hospital with people with mental retardation living in Somerville. bers. While interacting with volunteers can brighten the volunteer opportunities. Buddy pairs go out together at least twice a month, commu- day of senior citizens, students as well have gained new , nicate every week through phone or letter, and participate insights from elderly friends. in monthly group outings. This semester, we watched our Hunger Project Buddy pairs develop trusting and lasting friendships. We Allison Collins and Tania Fernandez . have also had several exciting group activities to allow our English as a Second Language Buddy pairs to interact on a group level. Our group activi- Hunger Project is a group that goes to soup kitch- ties included a Valentine’s Day party and a bowling excur- Talia Cohen and Suzanne Genaitis ens and shelters, helping to prepare and serve meals to the sion, and we are ending the year with a picnic party. We English as a Second Language (ESL) has been homeless; food banks, sorting and salvaging food prod- thank all of our volunteers for helping Best Buddies have a extremely busy this semester. From tutoring children in ucts to be distributed to local shelters and soup kitchens; Cambridge to adults at the Tufts Administration Building, farms, picking and planting for charity-based local farms; very successful first year at Tufts. ESL has expanded from the MedfordSomerville area to the along with participatingin hunger-focused fund-raising and surrounding Boston area. We also help the hard-working awareness events (walk-a-thons, OXFAM hunger banquet, dining service employees with daily conversation skills. food drives, speakers). This semester we had several regu- Big Brothers Next semester, we are looking forward to incorporatingtwo lar volunteers at local shelters and organizations like Project Eric Brum and Matthew Holland , new volunteer opportunities where students will be teach- Soup, Food Not Bombs, and the Salvation Army, along The Big Brothers program is a unique program in ing their own curriculums. We want to extend a huge thanks with several day trips to the Boston Food Bank, Waltham which volunteers get the opportunity to make a significant to all of our dedicated volunteers this past semester. You Farms, and other Boston-area soup kitchens. We thank all impact in the life of a boy of our community. Working in all did a great job! the volunteers for helping this semester! FridaV, April 30,1999 PAIDADVERTISEMENT page iii

Junior Achievement shelters to play with children. We’ve expanded our contacts Special Olympics this semester to include not only Horizon’s Initiative, but Shira Marili and Seth Haaz Stefanie Reisfeld and Karen Smillie also more local organizations which we will use on regular If you’re interested in brightening the day of a Junior Achievement is a great opportunity for any- basis beginning in the fall. We plan to increase our voIun- individualwith special needs, see what Lcs7Special one wh3 enjoys children and is interested in teaching them teer list next semester using these new contacts. We’d like to Olympics has to offer. Coach atheletes, volunteer at local about the workplace and the world they live in. The pro- thank all of our volunteers for making all this possible!! events, and compete in the JUMBOLYMPICS. This semes- gram is designed to introduce grade school students to ter, the CEO of Massachusetts Special Olympics, Bob economic issues, and prepare them for secondary school Peace Games Johnson, came to speak, and next year we hope to bring in and lifelong learning. Tufts students teach classes to help Becca Cornfeld another captivating speaker. The time committment is up to children develop decision-making skills and show them the Peace Games is a non-profit organization which you and you will quickly see that you get much more than importance Of gettingan education’Volunteers teach teaches conflict-resolution skills to students in eight Bos- you give! Once a week for five weeks’ The is known ton area elementary and middle schools. This has been an world-sYideand ’Ponsored by major corporations and Or- especially exciting and busy semester for our volunteers. Traveling Treasure Trunk ganizations. Through role-plays, games, and discussions, students in David Gelles grades kindergarten through 8th have learned the skills of The Traveling Treasure Trunk is a repertory semi- Kids’ Day peacemaking. The semester culminated in the 7th Annual improv~sationalperfomance troupe for children. Trunk ,,is- Peace Games Festival, held at the World Trade Center in its local schools, shelters, and hospitals performing origi- Lcuren Pepper, Greg Propper and Erika Waddey Boston. Students, along with volunteers, played coopera- nal plays and adapted children’s stories. Our current plays tive games, shared projects, and had lots of fun. Thanks to The 36th Annual Kids’ Day, heldon April 10,1999, include The Is New Clothes, ALL Aboard!, Time was a complete success! This year, over 600 kids from all volunteers for making this semester awesome for your for Bed, and It CouldAlwws Be worse. In exchangefor our Medford and Somervillejoined us on campus as we trans- students! performance, we ask that a donation is given to a charity of formed Tufts into a “World of Wonders.” The local chil- our choice. Currently, we are working with Shortstop in dren, grades K-3, were entertained by rides, booths, and Sex Talk Somerville, an emergency shelter and transitional care pro- shows presented by different groups from Tufts and around Kristin McDonough gram for children. Trunk holds auditions at the beginning the community. The children were amazed by a large-scale Sex Talk is a peer education program. Volunteers of each semester and looks for enthusiastic students who puppet a 20-animal petting zoo, and a parade are trained to provide information on sexuality issues. They want to entertain children. Keep your eyes out for audition ing Tufts Pep- Band and African Drumming Troupe* are available to do presentations on campus by request. dates. We’d love to have you come and join the fun. Thanks to Of Our hard-working committee heads and the Volunteers also provide referrals to on and off campus ser- hundreds Of Other for to make this the vices for sexuality related issues. The goal is to increase Tutoring best Kids’ Day ever! education and awareness as well as encourage communi- Jen Buchwald, Alison Krieger, and Lindsey Repose . cation and dialogue on the issues important to college stu- LCS Tutoring aims to provide tutoring services to Kids to CoIlege dents. We are always looking for new volunteers! elementary,junior high, and high school aged children in the Medford, Somerville, and surrounding areas on both a

i Kevin Baran Shelters one-on-one or a small group basis. The tutor-student rela- This was our first semester in full swing and it was tionship consists not only of academic assistance, but the a success! We taught 1 IO sixth graders in three Somerville Joy Britting and Fred Mo schools. Students taught sixth grade students for five weeks Shelters volunteers assisted in emergency and re- close bond that develops makes the tutoring experience with a special five-session curriculum that combined hands- habilitated shelters in Boston by helping the staff with pa- one of a kind. The tutor is not only a teacher, but a mentor t per work, interacting with the guests of all ages, leading and a friend. Our program this semester provided tutoring on activities with information on careers, academic life, SO- services to many schools in the area, including the Dame cia1 life, and how to choose courses that give them the trips through the Franklin Park Zoo, and playing a lot of bilingual Bingo! ! Through going to different respite health Elementary School, Medford High School, Kennedy Elemen- greatest range of options for education beyond high school. tary School, St. Clement’s Elementary School,Eat Somerville * fie program culminated in April with a visit to ~~ftsand an care centers for the homeless, volunteers have gained ex- posure to various aspects of health care programs offered Elementary School, West Somerville Elementary School, as infomation session held for parents to learn about finan- well as other programs including Tutoring plus, Just-a-Start cia1 aid options available and steps they should take to to the homeless in the Boston area. Through our efforts the prepare their child for college. The emphasis was on en- guests at the various shelters enjoy their stay more and in House, and West Medford Community Center, and .L Dorchester House. Individual tutoring was aharranged. couraging the children to stay in school, educating the class turn we gain a better understanding of what it means to be about the benefits and choices available through higher homeless. We would like to thank all of our volunteers for We and the students in the Medford, Somerville, and sur- rounding areas would like to thank all Of Our 50 plus tutors education, and stressing that such an education is an OP- their enthusiasm and dedication this year. Have a great Summer vacation! who were involved in the program this semester, making it a J- tion available to everyone. For many of the children, “Kids to College” was their first introduction to higher education great success. Without you, none of this would be pos- and their first opportunity to interact with a college stu- Somerville Urban Gardeners sible. dent. I want to wholeheartedly thank our courageous teach- Vickie Slin erland and Kelly Knee ers who made our first semester an incredible success. SomervilleUr an Gardenersworks to improve the UNICEF Thanks for your patience, dedication, and creativity. natural environment in urban settings, mainly SOmerville, Christina Luongo, Kristen Welsh, Shivani Rasalinganr Good luck, seniors! Boston, and the surrounding areas. SUG does much more UNICEF works around the globe to ameliorate than just garden-it tries to help nature in every Way. This children suffering in conditions of poverty. On the Tufts Leukemia Swim-a-thon yearwecleanedup the aroundMysticriverin Medford campus and in Medford elementary schools, UNICEF has Katie Razin and Jenn Wilson as a part of the million river-beach shore clean-ups done been raising concerning the lives children en- Each April, LCSers come together to Leap Into nationally on the same day. In Somervik we plantedone dure in developing countries. This year we piloted a pro- Spring and raise money for the Leukemia Swim-a-thon of thousand bulbs in the Seven Hills Park. Furthemore, we gram in third grade classrooms called ‘‘Trick-or-Treat’’for America. This year, over twenty Tufts students made a didacoupleofeducationalprojects for One was UNICEF, in which volunteers went into the classroom and splash and swam to earn over $1200 in memory of Danny the HalloweeneventatDrumlinFarmin MA taught children about lives in developing countries. The Catalano. The Leukemia Society of America is a national “Tales of the Night.” The other was a Pea Pod Planting Medford children were enthusiastic and they left wanting non-profit organization that sponsers cancer research and booth for Kids’ Day. Overall, the year has been quite a to help an important global cause. This semester UNICEF provides information to schools and hospitals. Leukemia Success, and that is due to our wonderful volunteers. Thank threw a benefit concert and brought a speaker to campus has become one of the top causes for children’s deaths in YOU everyone! to raise awareness and funding for UNICEF internation- the United States and events like the annual Swim-a-thon ally. UNICEF also had a great time taking part in Kid’s help defer research expenses and costly medical bills. Special Friends Day! Thanks to all of this year’s swimmers and sponsors for Rachael Pam’s and Kristin McDonough making this year’s event such a great success! The Special Friends program pairs Tufts students with children at the Tufts Educational Day Care Center. Stu- Volunteer Construction Corps dents volunteer time to spend playing, laughing, drawing, Cyrus Clark and ]in Park reading, building, and just having fun with their Special Friends. Because each student is paired with only one child, The Volunteer Construction Corps. (V.C.C.) is a Lorax they have the unique opportunity to build a lasting and program dedicated to aiding other service oriented organi- Carolyn Hyson, Debbie Jacobs, Amy Metzger, able relationship. The children value hetime that their Spe- zations, such as shelters and youth centers throughout the cial Friend spends hemand heyalways look forward MedfordSomerville area as well as in Boston. We special- and Caitlin Murphy ize in light construction and maintenence for these The Lorax program is an environmental education to their Special Friend’s visits. Thank YOU to all ofour fabu- lous volunteers; you have each made a child very happy. institutions,to provide them with cost-free labor so they program designed for third grade students. Tufts volun- can better utilize their own resources. So, if you like swingin’ teers work in elementary schools in sledgehammers, painting and other the Medford and Somerville areas stuff along the same lines, lookbp to teach the students about con- Cyrus Clark and Jin Park in the Web servation and the environment. Vol- next year. unteers travel to a local school for two consecutive weeks. During the first one-hour session, students watch a film version of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. After the viewing, Volunteer Vacations volunteers lead a discussion about Allison Collins and Jon Lieber the movie and how the students can LCS’s VV program sends out have a positive impact on their en- viranment. Duringthe second one- four exciting volunteer trips to vari- ous places around the United States hour session, volunteers teach the and Canada. This year we sent over students how to make recycled pa- 95 Tufts volunteers to such places per out of scraps of newspaper and as a cooperative community on the construction paper as well as how coast of Maine, construction in to make bird feeders fiom used milk North Carolina, farming in Virginia, containers. The students eagerly and to brave the cold of Ottawa, await our visits each week and love Canada, among many other places. the hands-on activities. Thanks to Volunteer Vacations is a great way all of our volunteers for their com- to help out less fortunate communi- mitment to the program and the en- ties while having fun and bonding ergy they bring to the classrooms. with other members of the Tufts community. What better way to PALS spend your break than to have fun, Karen Kruft, Liz Curtis, and travel, make new friends, and help Linda Cardona others all at the same time?! Be on This has been a great se- the lookout for information next mester for PALS, a program that Fall! i places volunteers in area homeless One of the Kid’s Day participants gets up close andpersonai with an animal in thepetting zoo. page iv PAIDADVERTISEMENT Friday, April 30,1999

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What do you think about Traveling Treasure Trunk's upcoming show?

"Wow, I love it "Makes us wanna just "Well, I'm going to go " Traveling Treasure "Due to my lack of more than my dance until the cows to the show-there is Trunk! Why it's bigger knowledge on the Grandmother's come home!!" no 'uncertainty' and better than my subject matter, I am home-baked, - Kevin Staszowski, about that! " briefs!! !I' unable to give what 1 rhubarb-tomato sophomore -Werner Hiesenberg, -Dave Gelles, feel would be an pie." -Clare McCarthy, chair of theoretical physics senior honest opinion." -Sarah Marcus, junior University of Leipzig - Jeremy Bruce, freshwoman sophomore

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Tufts Association ofSouth Asians WOMEN WITH ANOREXIA: Tresents: sought for 9-monthstudy of new treatment for osteoporosis Ages 18-40 Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations no periods for at least 3 months Study is mostly outpatient at Mass. General Hospital Free test of bone density, stipend of $500. Call Caryn Coyle, FNP at 724-7393 for more information

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Senior staff position at Maine lakeside summer camp Friday April 30 of 140 -+ls, 70 staff. Work closely with directors, department heads, unit leaders to schedule 75 daily classes in the studio and performing arts, land and water sports, horseback riding. We’ll teach you how, 530 pm Cabot Auditorium but will then rely on your self’-motivation to get the job done always several days in advance. Suitable candidates: Calm people who love puzzles; aspiring Lecture on Post-Nuclear Pakistan: COO business students; determined, responsible, logical minds. Focus on Pakistani’s socio-economic Tuesday, J u n e 1 5 - - Thursday, August 26. Non-smokers only. Some preference to candidates and political emerging status in the would want to live in a cabin dvith half a dozen girls international and domestic arenas. aged 7 - 16 as one of two care givers. Kippewa For Girls, Box 340, Westwood, Massachusetts 02090-0340; [email protected]; (781) 762-8291; (800)547-7392; fax, (781)255-7167.

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c 14 THETUFTS DAILY April 30,1999 ‘. Team needs strong showing SOFTBALL pressure. continued from page 7 ‘‘It’s crunch time, and you do even ifwe’re SOO, so we’regoing what you gottado,” Herman said. to have to prove that we belong.” “There’s a lot going on for every- The eventualgoalthis yearmay body, but the fact that every game be the playoffs, but Herman is not is meaningful helps to keep fo- looking past any game. Right now cus.” the goal is to beat Eastern Con- In the end, Tufts controls its feelSomethin%to good a out. necticut and to play well against own destiny, and with four or five some good teams this weekend. wins in the next few days, it can The pressure ofconsistentlyplay- almost assure itself a spot in the United my ing must-win games is trying on a postseason. “We’re going to have of Massachusetts Bay team, but Herman feels that her to play well,” Herman said. “All squad won’t crumble under the good teams come on in the end.”

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I999 TOY DESIGN COMPETITION Spoilsored by Tufts University Biomedical Engineering Club Nine groups presented inventions at the annual Biomedical Toy Design Competition, on April 21, in Anderson Hall. The purpose of this contest is to award groups who best design a toy to discern whether a young child is mentally or physically handicapped. Three winning projects are now on display in Halligan Hall. Congratulations to all participants: Awards: (by group) 1“ Place: Darren Fabbri, EE Michael Mansfield, EE Chris Panagos, EE Amy Strickland, Bio 2”“Place: Dan Landmann, EE Natanya Marracino, EE Brooke Raphael, CEE Ilana Sausen CompE 3rd Place:. Jennifer Edge, BSOT Ben McCormack, CEE Sonal Thaker, EE Andrew Wu, EE Honorable Mentions: (by group) . Jaime Bertner, EE Jason Burke, ENP Mara Quinn-Porzig, EE Saumil Shah, EE Payal Aggarwal, EE Calvin Ho, EE David Lin, EE Adam Mantzaris, ME b Michael Lynn, EE Aron Perlman, EE Alicia Scarfo, ME . Jennifer Chowdhury, Bio Megan Fidler, EE Joshua LeMaire, EE Erin Walker, EE . Tanya Fridnian, CompE Matthew Hoimes, EE Justin Littlefield, EE Jonathan Scabich, Bio a Kazunioto Niki, EE Selma Holden, CompE Yunus Guvenen, EE Robert Sadowski, EE

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TUBEC Offwers: Matthew L. Hoimes, President Eduardo Labat, Vice President Saumil Shah, Treasurer Richard Johnson, Secretary Heather Diaz, Web Designer Tanya Fridman, Web Designer TUBEC Advisor: Professor Van Toi Vo, Tufts University THETUFTS DAILY April 30,1999 15 Mime troupe rocks Cohen HYPE continued from page 5 Hype far surpassed anyone’s expectations. The troupe antici- over the summer to learn more of pated an audience of 100 people the art. He also mentioned that and woundup fillingcohen Audi- Willoughby will be around the torium. The audience responded Boston area next fall and would be better than Hype could have available to assist. hoped: Indeed, it was well nigh a Trudell said he expects Hype to perfect performer’s audience, change and keep changing in the laughing oncue andevenapplaud- futwe.Heseesitasanever-evolving ing in between the sketches. With body whose performances should this powerful start and sparked be entirely indicative ofthe character interest, Hype can go nowhere but and dynamics of its performers. forward. Newest album stays faithful FOlLDS each song. In particular, tempo continued from page 5 and mood changes occur, whereas ther. in earlier works a tempo is main- Ben Folds Five also pays trib- tained throughout a song. ute to its influences Burt ReinholdMessner clearly demon- Bacharach and Simon and strates that Ben Folds Five has Garfunkel. “Don’t Change Your matured and evolved as a band. Plans” incorporates Bacharach’s Although fans will be eager to fluegelhorn stylings. On “Magic,” see the live set on Saturday, those the melody mirrors that of Simon unfamiliar with the bandmay find and Garfunkel’s “The Boxer.” that the style and pace is incom- L Ben Folds fans will find that patible with the energy associated Reinhold Messner remains faith- with Spring Fling. Unless you’rea ful to the sound established on die-hard Ben Folds fan, don’t ex- L Whateverand previously released pect a religious experience. Then albums. One noticeable difference again, anything should be better is the attention to transition within than LL Cool J. Future open for Klainbaurn -- KILAINBAUM bia to visit, an opportunityhe hasn’t continued from page 3 had since he left.He would also like ing his two older brothers’ advice to travel to Israel because as he torelaxandenjoy school.Hispar- said, “it’s somethingthat everyone ents aren’t pushing him in any who is Jewish has to do -at least particular direction in terms of a that’s what they tell me.” profession. For now though, Klainbaum is e One of the things Klainbaurn is concentrating on his time at Tufts su-*eofdoingisretumingtoColom- and living each day as it comes.

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See Sprint PCS Cellular Flip Phone; Like 6292473. Laser Typeset of 3 bedrooms available on College Ave. retarial Services). AAA WORD PRO- new, only 2 months old. Retails for $30.00 396-1124 FOUND nevAy renovated, spacious, klchen, CESSING $150. asking $100. Call me Q 781- LIVING OFF CAMPUS NEXT Impressive lasertypesetresumesfea bath, washer/dryer. Call Rohini at 396-7199 if interested. Don‘twony. it’s YEAR? turing computer storage for future up ~7515or Jessy at x7533 for more info! not stolen. Watch Found in Jackson dating. Your choice of typestyles in- NEED FURNITURE? ACCESSO- Medford Bed And Breakfast RIES?ACAR? Cheapfuton. bureau, cluding bold, italics. bullets, etc. on Gym Tum of the century homes wl elegant, 8 Stereo Identify it and it’s yours. Come to P.E. Strathmore paper. Have your cover N coffee table, lamps, etc. Lease a ‘95 warm, and homey atmosphere. Le 19 inch TV set with remote & Small Nissan Anima for a year! 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WASHINGTON-The refusal be tolerant of a long war.” House’s failure to endorse the air Interviewswith key Democrats members had voted and rushed c of the House to endorse the US- Events Thursday suggested campaign. Rep. RichardGephardt, showed that much ofthe blame for home. As aresult, it was too late to led air campaign against Yugosla- that the congressional response D-Mo., charged that Majority the failure ofthe House to support arm-twist any ofthe defectors into via shows an ominous slippage in to the Balkan crisis still is in flux. Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, went the president’s air campaign could changing their votes to avoid support for the war just where The House Appropriations to extra lengths to cajole Republi- be laid at the doorstep of House embarrassingClinton-ausually President Clinton can least afford Committee approved an emer- cans to vote against the measure Democratic leaders. They persuasive argument. it-among lawmakers ofhis own gency bill providing $12.9 billion as a way to embarrass Clinton. badly underestimated the defec- How allthisultimatelywillplay out on Capitol Hill remains un- party - analysts said Thursday. in extra Pentagon spending - DeLay denied it. tions of both Republicans and - Although Republicans voted double the $6 billion that Clinton At the same time, Gephardtand Democratsfiomthemeasure.They clear. Sabato’s warnings aside, against the measure by an had requested for the campaign. House Democratic Whip David did not finally decide to bring the much is likelytodepend upon how unsurprising 6- 1margin in the bal- But analysts said the bill could Bonior, D-Mich., were clearly on measure up until the very last the air campaign fares in coming c loting late Wednesday, a startling face some rough sledding when it the defensiveover why the Demo- minute. And they plainly did not weeks andwhetherthepubliccon- 26 Democrats proved willing to go hits the House floor. cratic leadership could not per- push very hard to keep Democrats tinues to support it. How much on record opposing the air opera- Besides the $6 billion Clinton suade one of the 26 Democratic in line. attention Clinton lavisheson Con- tion. Theresultwasa213-213 vote, seeks, the measure includes $2 defectors to switch sides - all By the timetheDemocraticlead- gress also will count. atie that killed the resolution and billion for a military pay raise, $3 thwarted what had been designed billion for improving military readi- to bearoutine congressional show ness, and $1 billion for military of support for US troops. construction.The last $900 million Hey! Con you t&e photos? While the White House on includes money for a parking lot Thursday continued to brush off and“vehic1e wash” in Germany. the House action, there was plenty Congressional staffers said Do you wmt $50? for Clinton to worry about. Just as some lawmakers are beginning to US policymakerswere arguingthat have second thoughts about sup- Doyouwant people Yugoslav President Slobodan portingtoobigamoney bill for fear 15,000 Milosevic was losing support at that the “add-ons” would erode home, Clinton himselfwas facing the projected Social Security sur- to see your a similar scenario. plus, which the Republicans have work? Larry Sabato, a University of vowed to protect. Virginia political analyst, said the Lawmakers said some GOP Then enter theDdykCom- sizable exodus of Democrats on conservatives already had begun the air campaign vote - along to pressure the Senate Appropria- with the defection of 45 of the tions Committee to hold down its mencement ISSU;: Photo party’s lawmakers on a measure ownversion ofthebill t0$7 billion concerning the possible deploy- or so rather than the $1 1.2 billion ment of ground troops - is “a that that panel’s chairman, Sen. Contest! The winner’s sign of trouble” looming over Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has sug- Clinton’s future dealingswith Con- gested. r>hoto will Bppear in gress on Kosovo, the separatist Meanwhile,theSenate is slated 1 LL full Yugoslav province. to vote Monday on a proposal by While polls show that the pub- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., filed color the front pqe. lic generally favorswhat Clinton is under the 1 973 War Powers Reso- on doing in Yugoslavia, Sabato as- lution, that would authorize serted that the support “is neither Clintonto use “all necessary force” Must be on slide film md rock solid nor very deep.“ And - including ground troops -to Wednesday’svotes, he said, drove win theYugoslav war. home the point that the President Although GOP leaders raport- received no later thm April has not yet convincedmembers of edly were trying to work out a Congress that he is handling the compromise, aides said there was crisiswell. no consensus on what language 30.Cd1 the Ddpt 7-3090 Clinton has“amonth ortwo, at the Senate should adopt. One most, to resolve this conflict” be- staffer said Republicans “want to fore he will face rapidly growing digest the meaning of for contest desmd debits. opposition from both Republicans (Wednesday’s) House votes.” 18 THETUFTS DAILY April 30,1999

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Music Department Events lhen 4 afternoons (2:30-6) During pus). 1 large, brightly-lit room avail- In Boston. on Essex Street, near working in a hectic environment. $475/month. If interested, call Julie V26 Tufts Composers Concert fea- school year. Competitive salary, holi abbin4bedmhwsefromJan'00 Tuffs, Boston. No fee, modem con- $7.!X-$8.001hour depending expe and Cara at 781-3959775. ures composers affiliated with Tufts. days & vacation. Need driver's li- on to May'00. Only$360/month! Please venience. In-town living with new rience. For more information. please Soddard. 8pm cense. Please call Kate 617-354- call Jo at x7-7502. kitchen, modern bath, Near T 23 Chetwynd Room for Rent: V27 tufts Big Band. Alumnae Hall, contad Laurie Teplow at the Intema- (Green, Orange or Red). Please call 1754. Jun-Aug Just off Curtis Ave. Fur- tional Center at 617-627-3458. Keisha Q 617-348-2198. )pm Summer Sublet nished. Spaaous. $425hnonth. Great U28 Tuffs Orchestra and Chorale per- Sunday School Teacher available 1st May - 31st Aug ($270/ condition! Call Brain Q 629-7799. orm Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Traditional, progressive, egalitarian month + util). Small, unfurnished Summer Sublet :ohen Auditorium. 8pm HOUSING synagogue in Somerville seeks He- bdm. PARKING, WASHIDRYER, 3 rooms, furnished. June 1 until Summer Sublet 1/30 Tufts Opera Ensemble features dorms open. College Ave. short walk brew / Judaica teachers for the 1999/ DISHWASHER, storage space. Non- 1 large bedroom with private bath- NOrkS from the Baroque and Classi- to Davis. Please call Ben at 625 2000 school year. Experience great, Summer Sublet in 6 smoker preferred. Hams Rd (off of room available in 3 bdrm apartment PI periods. Alumnae Hall, 7:30pm 6334. but we value energy, creativity. and Bedroom Apt BOSTON Ave). CalVemail Keith (n) on Boston Ave. (June I-Aug 31) Free commitment. Call Maw Federman $355/month. including utilities. 12 (781) 393-8582. (d) 7-2013, or parking. $433/mo. Call Rachel Q 781- (617) 232-0011. bathrooms. dishwasher, porch + pa- kalbertQemerald.tufls.edu Responsible roommate 393-6814. WANTED tio. Call Ken V. 617-628-7963. wanted SUMMER IN MAINE Going Abroad Next Fall? To share nice two bedroom apt. near Spacious 4-bedroom ON CAMPUS - SUMMER Coed. residential camp in southem Summer Sublet Need housing for Spring '00? 1 room Tufls and T-stop. Off-street parking. apartment for sublet available in a great 5 person house Available June 1st. $3751mo. plus JOBS lakes region seeks general counse- Close to campus. $4OO/month. Avail- W1. Walking distance from campus. on Winthrop (behind Wren). $300/ utilities. Call 628-1975 between 3- relefund is accepting applications for lors. office support staff and specialty able June-August. Call Shivani Q Call Tim at 781-396-4974. iummer. Evening hours, flexible :ounselors in the following areas: ~77768. month. Call Talia Q ~78303. 9pm. ichedule. friendly environment, great NSls. lifeguards, waterskiing, boat- MEDFORD 1/4 mile from Great Summer Sublet Need Housing for Spring?? )ney!!Apply in person, Packard Hall, ing, photography, arls & crafts. ten- SUMMER APT in NYC! - 1 BR in large 3 BR apt. HUGE kitchen! 2 rooms in 5 bedmom apt. on Broad- !nd Floor. This is a fundraising posi- mis, general athletics. Camp season: Looking for female to share furnished Tufts All season porch. washerldryer an& way in Somerville available June 1- ion. 321 - 8/22. For further information. apt for the summer - great location in 5 Bedroom, 2 Bath house. Eat in dishwasher. For more info call Dee Sept. 1. $325lmo. +utilities. 8 minute mntact: Ava Goldman. Director, JCC Midtown Manhattan. $900/month. Kitchen, Washer + Dryer in unit. at ~77251. Camp Kingswood. 333 Nahanton Call Reshma x7-7069 for more info. Hardwood floors, Can Sleep 7 Com- walk to Tufts campus. Call Jon at 6253378 or Jason at 628-3166. Part-time Job Available: Street, Newton. MA02459.(617) 244- fortably. $3000 - $3500 monthly. Summer Rental Student needed for 3-6 hourdweek 5124, or email: infoQkingswood.org. YOU GET A ROOM, I GET Avaliable July 1st. (781) 937-0212. SOMERWLLE Beautiful 2 BR apartment avallable6/ o provide computer-relatedtechnical 1199-8/31-99. Easy walk to Tufts, THE $S 6 room. 4 bedroom apartment. WALK iupport within the Tufts Biology De- Leaders Needed A non-smoking male needs a room Summer Sublet Davis and Porter Squares. HWfloors. to campus, Available June 1. $1500 iartment. Competitive salary, main- Summer Teenage Bicycling Trips. from May 24 to June 30. Close to Avail. 5/24, female only, share w/ 3 i/\lasher/Dryw. Dishwasher. Porches. per month, plus utilities. Call 625- enance & programming, computer JS. Canada, Europe. Minimum 4- Tufts Please. Call x7-1059 or recent Tuns grads, close to Tufts, Shared yard. Great condition. Fur- 3021. iupport (Mac and PC) for staff and Neek time commitment. Salary plus [email protected] minutes from Boston. loc. in Brighton. nished or unfurnished. $1200 nego- aculty. hardware and soffware instal- Sxpenses paid. Student Hosteling $400 a month, free off street parking, tiable. Call 666-0875. ation and troubleshooting. Position %gram, Ashfield Rd., Conway. MA great neighborhood. contact Ken at Summer Sublet an start in either May or September. 31341.800-3456132 1 Bedroom Available in 4 [email protected] Great location on College Ave. Two Iinterested, please email resume to porches, two baths, two floors, For Rent 'hi1 Bibb, Biology Department Man- Bedroom Apt. BIG ROOMS CHEAP RENT! kitchen, den. Two out of six bedrooms Earn up to W80Imo. 4tVpart of summer thru next year. - 3 bedroom home for summer 1999. iger (pbibbQtufts.edu). Summer sublet available on College available. Parking, great price- $4W/ iealthy males needed as sperm d& Boston Ave. 7 minutes from campus, Conveniently located in Teele Sq. 2 Ave. June 1 -August 31. Four huge month. June 1st-August 31st. Call iors. Must be 1940.5'9'ortaller, able 5lromDavisT.Hugekitchen.2baths. blocks from Tufts University, minutes bedrooms. 2 floors. fully furnished. 78 1-396-4974. o commit for 9 months. Call Calior- NashJdryer. living room. parking. Call irom Davis Sq and T stop. Huge PAY for Play Only $350 per room! For more info ria Cryobank Q (617) 497-8646 to Mark Q 617-627-7489. kitchen. large living space, parking, ;reat part time Job beginning in June, ree if you qualify. call Amy 623-3095. 163 College Ave. front and back porch decks. Available aking care of our 2 boys, ages 5 112 $360/month. 611-8/31. 2 mins. Irom June 1. 1999. Catl617-718-1960. .3. Must be energetic, creative +fun SOMERWLLE YMCA One sunny room left!! campus; across from fields. Two wing. Experience and references Roommate Wanted baths + large common room. call 'uII 8 P/T positions available: FIT 19 Teele. nice house 0" campus for equired! Must drive, own car a plus. - 3ne bedroom in fwr bedroom house Leon x 1834 or email 5ummer Day Care positiins: PK the summer. Call Dara x7-1818. Need a Place to Crash? ioursflexible. NearTufts. Call 625 - 3n Capen St. w/ 3 recent Tufts Grads/ ImcleanQemerald. 3ont Desk, Preschool. & Lifeguard Summer Sublet available June I-Au- i904. loung Professional. Available now. gust 31.3 bedrooms left. Kitchen. liv- msitions. Fax resume to (617) 628- :all Mark @ 617-547-6807. E234 or call Teresa for more info Q Summer Sublet Summer Sublet ing room. washer/dryer. Rent $400/ 617) 6255050. 9Whitfield. $445. Great location. Big 2 rooms left in a 4 bedroom apart- no. plus utilities. Located on Ossipee $$Worldwide Opportunity$$ House. Windows in every room. ment. Available from June 1st to Au- Road (behind Powderhouse). Contact .ooking for Entrepreneurs Summer Sublet Now Basement for parties. Porch. New gust 31st. Close by and only $3851 Nicole at 627-1724. lake $$Thousands per month Looking for 2 office Dsecond walk from campus. One kitchen. Call Alex 623-401 1. month. Call Cathy at x8337. ixplosive Internet Business nom left. Contact Lara 628-5056. assistants '02-3a7-z660 24 hr massage Summer Sublet n Career Setvices. Approx. hours FREE ROOM AND BOARD Paul 30 4 bedrooms on Powderhouse Blvd. ier week. Work from May 24 to end IN EXCHANGE OF 1518 HOURS 4 Bedroom June 1-Sept 1. Call Peter Q ~71109 )f August. Flexible hours. Contact Summer Sublet Air Condl- Plus 2 living room. 1 dining, 1 eat-in 3F CHlLDCARE/HOUSEHOLD tioned, Utilities Included HELP. LOCATIONS CONVENIENT NOW SEEKING STUDENT lane Bell at ext 72494. kitchen. 1 plus 112 bath, hardwood Capen Street 112 block from campus. flooring. Bromfiild Rd. $2200 includes Summer Sublet ro TUFTS. CALL NOW FOR SUM- MANAGERS1 2 bedrooms available in 5 bedroom "ully carpeted, two bedrooms. Call heat. Call Cyndie Q 776-7890. No WER AND FALL PLACEMENTS. 'OR ON-CAMPUS PROMOTIONS! The Tufts Literary Corps Man Q (781) 3960530. fee. Available 6-1-99 1 yr lease. Call apartment. 12A Wanes St. Hardwood SEPARATE APARTMENTS AVAIL- JO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. floors. terrace. parking. $420/month. s looking for responsible, enthusias- today! 4BLE FOR COUPLES. THE STU- ARN UP TO $2,500 + A SEMES- Email mlappenQesi.us.es ASAP ic work study students who love chil- 3ENT HOUSING EXCHANGE (617) 'ER> FULL TRAINING. 10-15 lren and want to tutor in the Medford 2 out of 3 bedrooms 2776420 iOURS/WEEK. CALL 8W797-5743 and Somerville public schools. For available Summer Sublet in Fantastic Summer Sublet 'ODAY!! nore information call Dr. Cynthia Krug 'or summer subletting June, July, Rotation June-August 1 brm in 4 brm apart- 3 bedrooms ment. Fully furnished and Practically at ~75325. 4ugust. Very close to campus, bus, Available from June 1 to mid-August, 2f 3 bedroom apartment available for iubway. Washer/dryer. Parking. one bedroom in spacious, sunny 4 on campus - 8 Bellevue St. Females iublet. June 1st-September 1st 1999,. Summer lab assistants W35/mo. Call Monica (781) 391- bedroom apt. at 80 Powderhouse. 1 preferred. Call Meredith 781-396- 3eautiiul. very near campus on cor- 2567. needed IntraMural Commissioner !052. bath, living rm, kitchen, fronthear ierof Winthrop St. and campus. Con- act email@ cmaddoxQadi.uam.es i the Chemistry Department. Call !nd Intramural Commissioner sought porches. Contact pramerQemerald linh at ext. 72064. or 19992000 season. Scheduling. or call mark at 628-3813. Available 1st June- Aug. rganizing referees & equipment etc. Need Spring Semester 2000 t room in a 3 bedroom apartment in SUPERFLY SPRING SUBLET Us0 Commissioners for individual Housing? Brighton. Seconds from the 8-line. 2ollege Ave. 4 & 5 bdrm apts. Fully iports: Field Hockey. Floor Hockey. Walking distance to Washington Sq. urnished. Washerldryer. Parking. Going to Stamford, CT? $ bedmom sublet available. spacious, Hate a Long Walk to Class? Nomen's Lacrosse 8 Tennis. Call n/d. 28 Dearbome Rd (across from 8 Cleveland Circle. $500/month incl. :all Eva x7-1444. ooking for F. roommate starting Au- Capen St. sublet is a stone's throw *alph Ferrigno at (617) 627-5152. 3-P). furnished, front and back porch, heat 8 hot water. Room is fully fur- ust. No smokers. Call Michelle Q homTufls.2 bedroomsavailablefrom 'reference given to students who are itilities included. Sounds perfect? June to August. Call Kit at 617-625- nished. Call Leah 617-627-5346 or 762401. 617-5668693. :ontinued on 17 vork-study eligible. :all Anne x78242 or Shilpa ~71429. 1682. page

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TODAY SUNDAY Programs Abroad Programs Abroad Pre-departure meeting for all Tufts Pre-departure meeting for those going to Programs Abroad Africa, Latin America, Middle East + . SETA (Students for the Ethical Lg. Conf. Rm, Campus Center, 2pm Caribbean TASA Treatment ofAnimals) Lg. Conf. Rm, Campus Center, 3pm Lecture by Pakistani Ambassador to the General Meeting Oxfam Cafe, 8pm U.N. - Ahmad Kamal Programs Abroad Cabot, 5:30pm Pre-departure meeting for students going to Programs Abroad Australia + Asia Pre-departure meeting for students going to Amnesty International MONDAY Lg. Con[ Rm, Campus Center, I lam Europe "How Long 'till Freedom" Lg. Conf. Rm, Campus Center, 1 pm * Come hear an escaped slave speak! Crane Room; Paige Hall, 1 1:30 - 1 :00 T.T.L.C.B.C. Weekly Meeting - Everyone Welcome TOPIC: End of Year Party Beelzebubs East Hall Lounge, 9:30pm Bubs in the Pub Tickets @ Infobooth $5.00 Dewick-MacPhie, 9:30pm Environmental Consciousness Outreach Last Meeting, All Welcome "If you can dream it, you can do it. " Oxfam Cafe, 9:30pm Programs Abroad Study Abroad General Information Meeting -Walt Disney Eaton 202,2:30pm Late Night at the Doily 20 THETUFTS DAILY April 30,1999

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