President's House Undergoes
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THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Thursday, September 9,1993 Vol XXVII, Number 3 Funds still required for President’s house undergoes new Tufts Hillel center by GAYLE BERKOWITZ ing site will be preserved. massive changes and repairs Daily Staff Writer On the lower level there will be The ground-breaking date for a chapel and an auditorium which $1.4 million project a fraction of Tufts’ renovation costs the new Tufts Hillel center is ten- will serve as a multi-purpose room by CHRISTOPHER STRIPINIS tatively set for this fall, but is con- for lectures or dining. The second Daily Editorial Board tingent upon raising the remaining level will have another chapel, s As part of the extensive reno- funds necessary for construction. student lounge, a library, a studeni vations in a number of campus In order to begin building in the office, and two offices for Rabb buildings this summer, University fall, Tufts Hillel must have $2.6 Summit and Rabbi Deboral President John DiBiaggio’s home million, $5 10,000 of which is still Cohen, who is new to Tufts. on Packard Avenue is currently in needed. “The center will be a nice addi- the midst of a $1.4 million over- “We planned on breaking tion to the campus architecture haul, according to University ad- ground over the summer, but and will give Hillel ample room tc ministrators. money was not raised as quickly expand,” said Lunin-Pack. He The University plans to cover as we had hoped,” said Jesse added that the space Hillel cur. the construction costs -- approved Lunin-Pack, president of Hillel. rently has to work with on the by the Board of Trustees at their Parents and alumni have been the second level of Curtis Hall is inad, May meeting -- through a combi- major contributorsfor the project, equate for the number of program! nation of gifts, foundations, and as Hillel is not receiving any funds that the organization oversees an( borrowed funds, Director of Com- from the University. for the number of people involve( munications RosemarieVan Camp “The University is being very in the organization. said. Dairy file photo supportive and generous in pro- In keeping with DiBiaggio’s The President’s house as it appeared before renovations began. viding the land [for the new build- Hillel is the umbrella for man) reputation for being accessibleand ing], but is not giving any funds,” committees of charity, social ac. in touch with students,faculty, and will be madeentirely handicapped- the renovations, Roberto specu- said Rabbi Jeffrey Summit. He tion, and religious programming other co-workers, the renovations accessible. Asbestos was removed lated that rebuilding the house from added that Hillel must also raise These include the Student Unitec will provide considerable space from the site, and the plumbing the foundationup would have been an endowmentfor the maintenance Jewish Appeal campaign, Jewisl for dining and entertainment,Vice and wiring were replaced. more expensive and “would have and operation of the-center be- Women’s Group, Tufts Israel Net, President for Operations John Having received no regular caused a lot more disruption” due cause Tufts is not going to provide work, Holocaust Memorial an( Roberto said. maintenanceother than a thorough to adherence to required munici- money for its upkeep. Educational Programming, thc After an expansion of 1,400 paint job 17 years ago, the 55- pal and building codes. The two-story center will be popular bagel brunch, and thc square feet, including a large en- year-old building “wasn’t horrible, Other renovations on campus built into the hillside in back of widely-attendedreligious services closed porch and dining area, the but needed a lot of work,” Van Along with the President’s Miller Hall, and will include a Rabbi Summit hopes that witi house will be able to host “up to 75 Camp said. home, a number of other campus plaza and fountain as aconnecting the new, more central location people for a sit-down dinner” and Currently a maze of wires and buildings have recently undergone structure to the uphill residential more students will take advantagc more for informal events, Van exposed wall frames, the house is renovations, with total costs auad. Rabbi Summit stressed that of the activities that Tufts Hille Camp said. expected to be completed by Oct. amountingto approximately $11.4 n&vaIlthetrees-- has to offer. “Because the University will 25, according to superintendent million, according to a University # I not have to be constantly renting on site Biagio DiTullio. press release. hotels [for entertainment facili- “We haven’t worked out all the * In addition to the newly reno- ties], this will ultimately save the logistics yet, but the President is vatedMiller and CarmichaelHalls, University money, in addition to eager to get back on campus,” which are currently open to stu- providing the homelike atmo- Roberto said. dents, Roberto expected space for sphere of the campus,” Van Camp “[DiBiaggio] is a people per- a new 6,000 square foot fitness said. son and wants to be where he can center to be open “by the end of “President DiBiaggio likes to interact with people on campus. this week.” He added that equip- entertain, and this will be very Right now, he can’t just go for a ment for the center, which will open -- to students, the faculty, and walk, but has to come to campus,” include resistance machines, free the community,” Kate Ryan, ex- added Van Camp. weights and six stairmasters, “will ecutive assistant to the President, DiBiaggio now resides in a not be available for a couple of said, commenting on plans to even- University-ownedhouse on South weeks.” tually enhance community rela- Street in Medford, which Roberto After an approximately tions through functions with rep- believed would be used to house $320,000 makeover, the Fletcher resentatives of Medford and visiting dignitaries and lecturers School’s Blakeley Hall “will be I I Somerville. when DiBiaggio moves back to completed by Friday and ready for Picture courtesy ofTuns Hillel In addition to the enlarged en- campus. An architect’s conception of the proposed Tufts Hillel Center. tertainmentfacilities, the first floor DesDite the cost and extent of see RENOVATIONS, page 15 Students favor new Miller Hall TCU Senate to focus by JESSICA ROSENTHAL a hotel” and is a “huge improve- place to study other than you1 Daily Editorial Board ment over last year.” room. In the middle lounge on Miller Hall underwent massive Darcey also said that it was each floor, you can close the doors on financial aid, spirit renovation this past summer, a necessary to eliminate a couple of and block out noise from the halls.” project costing the University a rooms in order to make lounges on Cataldo and Roth concurred, de- T-shirt sales begin a series of efforts total of $1.075 million. Bathroom each floor. Previously, Miller had scribing the lounges as “cheery by CAROLINE SCHAEFER lected the T-shirt drive for two upgrades, the creation of lounge only one lounge in the basement and welcoming.” Daily Editorial Board reasons. space on each floor, individual which was seldomused.Now, there ResidentMelissaDuca said that The ongoing marketing of 500 “First of all, selling T-shirts for room temperature controls, and are three lounges on each of the the lounges add more light to the “Class of 1997” T-shirts marks this purpose had never been done handicapped accessibility are top three floors and one large halls, making the tile walls less the first of the Tufts Community before. Second, T-shirts are vi- among the new features of the lounge on the first floor. noticeable. Eckstein also said that Union Senate’s projects to raise sual. When someone sees the shirt, residence hall. Miller resident Tracy Pruzan due to the poor lighting,-- Miller money for and increase awareness they can associate it both with Commenting on the bedrooms approved of the new lounges Say - see MILLER, page 11 about the university’sfinancial aid class spirit and financialaid,” Stein themselves, Director of Housing ing. “It is good to have another situation, TCU President John Fee said. John Darcey said that the rooms said yesterday. ’ see SENATE, page 16 are exactly as they were before, “The T-shirt sale is the kick-off but they have been cleaned up. effort to several upcoming activi- Former Miller Resident Assistant ties to raise money for financial Matthew Eckstein described the aid, while promoting class unity in Inside room alterations as including new the process,” Fee said of the T- Features ......................... P. 5 room doors, a new coat of paint on shirt sale which is still underway. Statistics are in, and Somervilleand the walls, and new dresser tops. TCUvicePresident Matt Stein, Medford’s tap water is er, well..check Current Miller resident Loren who has been active in working on out the latest on getting a watercooler. Roth commented that “the rooms financial aid issues in the past, A&E ............................... p. 7 themselves don’t really look that originated the T-shirt project. Saved by the Bell takes a spot on “We were specifically looking prime-time, and the Somerville The- different, but the rest of the dorm ater hosts a second short film festival. looks so good that it makes a huge for something to increase class spirit while increasing awareness difference.” Sports p. 9 A similar positive opinion was of financial aid,” Stein said, add- ............................ ing that class unity and financial The wacky sports editors challenge expressed by sophomore Cristina a fellow Jumbo, and the Astros’ Dql Cataldo who has lived in Miller aid will be among the priorities of Kile throws a no-hitter at the Mets.