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THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Monday, November 28,1994 Vol XXM Number SO Used syringes, needles found by janitorse, ine campus trash barrels by JOHN O’KEEFE sulin was the most likely purpose needles under “lock and key” in Daily Editorial Board for these needles. hard containers and stored in a During the past two weeks, sev- The major concern at this time secure location prior to disposal. eral syringes with needles attached seems to be the proper disposal of “For proper disposal of the have been found in Campus Cen- the needles rather than their pur- filled container, please bring it to ter rest rooms. The items were pose. Rizzone said, “Any person the Health Se.rvice,”Rizzone said. discarded in trash receptacles and whose medical condition requires He further stressed that even when discovered by custodial workers use of a needle and syringe for needles are in puncture-proofcon- cleaning the lavatories. treatment should have a hard, punc- tainers, they still should not be According to Dr. George ture-proof container into which to thrown into waste baskets. Rizzone, director of Tufts Health Daily filephoto Services, the needles and syringes Students can voice their oDinions on dorm life at South Hall tonight. pose “a potentially very serious health hazard.” The syringes were not properly RHA open forum will disposed of, Rizzone said, and pose a health risk to anyone who look at residential lve might be accidentally punctured - by such a needle. Noting that the by ANDREA GROSSMAN Miller said. needles come into direct contact Daily Editorial Board Although Miller realizes that with blood andother bodily fluids, The Residence Hall Association this might be a hectic time of the Rizzone warned students and oth- (RHA) will host two Quality of semester for students, she hopes ers that there is a danger of trans- Life Forums tonight at 7 p.m. in they will take the time to attend the mitting disease or an infection, Carmichael and South Halls. meeting. It is important for the such as the HIV virus, through According to Robyn Miller, RHA to get feedback before win- contact with the needles. president of the RHA, the forums ter break, so that Buildings and “Apuncture wound by a needle will allow students to address any Grounds (B&G) can be notified of contaminated with blood could problems they might have encoun- residence hall problems, Miller result in hepatitis and/or AIDS,” Health Services issued a warning about syringes found in the trash. tered in their dormitories. “The said. Rizzone said. Rizzone was not discard the needles and syringes.” “[The containers] will be dis- purpose [of the forums] is to give “After the meeting, the RHA aware if the needles were con- Rizzone stated that diabetics posed of by [Health Services] ac- residents a chance to voice their will be working with Buildings taminated with HIV positive blood, and others who use syringes for cording to protocol and in ex- concerns about residence hall is- and Grounds to address repair but stressed that there is always a medical purposes should be aware change we will provide individu- sues, and ideas about how they work that can be done over winter concern when dealing with used of the proper procedures for han- als with [Occupational Safety and [the dorms] can be improved.” recess, based on the residents’ needles. dling and disposing their needles. Health Administration]approved She said that the RHA is prima- complaints,” she said. Rizzone also said that the otherHe said self-injected that those taking medicines- insulin or containers as needed.” Rizzone rily concerned with specific com- The RHA will not be the only needles were discovered in the plaints that students have about group to field concerns from the trash by Campus Center janitors should keep their used syringes in see SYRINGES, page 10 on-campus living situations. They residents. Miller said that mem- and that, to the best of his knowl- encourage people to come to the bers of the Dean of Students Advi- edge, no others came into contact meeting with specific ideas for sory Council (DOSAC), a com- with the syringes. Michigan woman dies improving the dorms. mittee of students and administra- One of the most common users ‘We wanttoknow whatchanges tors, and the Office of Residential of such syringes are diabetics who are needed to make Tufts resi- Life will also be on hand. must give self-injections of insu- with Kevorkian’s help dence halls more like homes away Miller added that DOSAC is in lin, often in public places. Al- from homes, whether it be better the process of putting together a though, Rizzone was not sure what equipped lounges, improved light- the needles had been used for, he ing, or more dorm activities,” see FORUM, page 10 indicated that the injection of in- Tickets will be available at Tufts for Indigo Girls’ Brandeis show I it by ANDREA GROSSMAN r n d i L.e --... 1 Daily Editorial Board The Programming Board has pur- chased a block of 50 tickets for a Saturday, Dec. 10 Indigo Girls concert at Brandeis University’s Gosman Center. Tickets go on sale Thursday Dec. 1 at 9 p.m. in the Campus Center, and will cost $17. The Special Events committee, one of the six committees of the Programming Board, is respon- sible for getting the tickets. Ac- cording to Russell Reiter, co-chair- person of the Special Events com- mittee, all 50 of the seats reserved for Tufts students will be on the floor. ts will be sold at Tuftsfor the Indigo Girls’ Brandeis concert. Reiter said that his committee students of Tufts University with line,” he said. self without someone’s help. has bought blocks of tickets for reasonably priced tickets for events Last year, aconcert Board Sur- Royal Oak police continued off-campus events in the past, but they want to see,” Reiter said. vey was distributed to the entire investigating thedeath Sunday but Inside most often they are for theater According to Reiter, the tickets campus. &iter said that a major- declined to comment. Oakland Features........................... p. 3 productions, such as The Nut- will be sold out of Room 201 of ity of the students said that they County Prosecutor Richard Th- I’ll take JLfor $200,4eX, and Ways to cracker. the Campus Center. Between 8: 15 would like to see an Indigo Girls mp n, who has charged enjoy oneself sans inebriation at a frat party. “We usually do this for a the- and 8:30, those people waiting in concert on campus. This influ- Kevorkian with murder in some can that be done? ater event, but this year our budget line will be given numbers. Start- enced the Programming Board to previous deaths, declined to com- allows us to [buy tickets for a ing at 9, people will be called by buy the tickets for the Brandeis ment until after police complete Arts ................................... p. 5 concert] also,” Reiter said. number to purchase their tickets. show. their investigation. Does ‘Low Down Dirty Shame’ live By buying the tickets at Tufts, Students will be allowed two tick- At this time, Reiter is unsure as ~~~~~ki~~left a “certification up to its name? Also, the TOBINATOR students will be able to purchase ets apiece. to whethertheProgramming Board of medicide,y form at ~~~i~h’~on the concert without 9,999 maniacs. them for the reduced price of $17. In order to receive a number, will sponsor transportation to the home, listing her diseases, her di- According to Reiter, a ticket pur- Reiter said that people must be concert. agnosis, herprognosisand herfam- SpOr .................................. p- 7 chased through Ticketmaster present at the Programming Board “There is a [public] bus that ily physician, Schwartz said. An exciting Week in the Nn.UP- would cost $28.25. Office. runs to Brandeis and you can take Kevorkian wasn’t at the house Coming Sports aS Well. And Phil’s COl- “We’re trying to provide the “We’ll be keeping track of the the T.” when police arrived. lege basketball overview. page two - THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, November 28,1994 THETUFTS DAILY Letters to the Editor Marc J. Sheinkin Students ought to be is disheartening to see some of our stu- the ~uftscommunity to think beyond our Editor-in-Chief dents’ daily practices. For exampie, recy- campus and act responsibly. recycling responsibly cling bins are present in dorms. Why aren’t Managing Editor: Nadya Sbaiti To the Editor: they used more often? Each of us has wit- Associate Editors: David Meyers, As concerned students of Tufts Univer- nessed a student carelessly tossing a used Allison Papageorge LA’95 Michael J.W. Stickings Editorial Page Editor: Rachel Levine sity, we are frustrated by the lack of action Daily in a garbage can not marked for Laura Sorkin LA’98 Production Managers: Leah Schwartz, Ryan Otto and concern among fellow Tufts students recycling. We continue to find cans in class- Sharon Solomon LA’95 toward issues pertaining to the environ- rooms, trash barrels, and on the ground. Eric Yaffe LA’96 NEWS ment. Although Tufts is regarded both na- The authors of this letter iepresent con- Glenn Grossman LA’96 Editors: Jessica Rosenthal, John O’Keefe tionally and internationally a leader Assistant Editors: Andrea Grossman, as in cerned students ranging from optimistic Steve Morrison LA’98 Karen Epstein environmentalexcellence and standards, it freshmen to pessimistic seniors. We urge Sitara Kapoor LA’97 VIEWPOINTS Editors: Darrah Feldman, Remy Stern FEATURES Term limits to be heard by Supreme Court Editor: Dan Tobin WASHINGTON (AP)- A political Republican leaders initially promised The Arkansas Supreme Court invali- Assistant Editors: Laura Bernheim, Annie Risbridger whirlwind called term limits hits the Su- some type of vote on term limits within the dated the measure, ruling that the US Con- preme Court this week when the justices first 100daysofthe 104thCongress, which stitution exclusively established the list of ARTS di ENTERTAINMENT hear arguments over states’ power to re- convenes in January.

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