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CTHE TUFTS DAILYJ Medford, MA 02155 Tuesday, November 20,1990 Vol XXI, Number 50 WMFO staff approves Motion to dissolve Senate rejected by CONSTANTINE ATHANAS Barnes said that if Marks is so Freedman immediately objected. anti- o bsc e nity policy Senior Staff Writer opposed to the Senate, then he Marks then asked Meagher if it by PATRICK HEALY , deadline for WMFO’s license The Tufts Community Union should resign. would be possible to censure Daily Editorial Board renewal application materials ta Senate voted 1-21Sunday against Senator Debbie Feldman said Freedman. Tufts University Radio Sta- the Federal Communications a motion proposed by Senator Marks’ motion was “stupid” and Senator Harlan Tenenbaum tion WMFO staff members passed Commission. Chuck Marks to dissolve the body. it was the kind of motion that joked about the exchange and said an anti-obscenity policy Sunday “Since WMFO is applying fo1 Marks’ motion stated that the “should never be brought before that the Senate had quickly gone night by unanimous consent after the renewal of its license, it has ta Senate has a policy of supporting the Senate again.” from being “proactive to reactive four hoursof debate,according to comply with FCC standards. The some views while ignoring or The Senate voted 14-8 to uphold to inactive.” station General Manager Bret Administration is not involved in suppressing others and has “re- Barnes’ ruling to not consider Feldman said that although Bicoy. this, but I did want to know what fused to provide an open forum Marks’ motion. Marks’ motion was “embanass- “Everyone agreed this policy their policy was,” Knable said for the discussion of civil liber- After the vote, Marks an- ing and ludicrous,” he did have a was in the best interest of the last night. ties, in direct violation of its nounced that every senator who right to speak about the inten- station. We have to obey certain Although the policy passed by constitutional duty.” had voted againstconsidering his tions of his motion. laws that require us to have cer- unanimous consent, one membeI The statement further main- motion had “violated the Senator Jon Trachtman said tain standards of decency for the of the WMFO staff, who asked to tained that since the Senate’s constitution very flagrantly.” He he agreed with Feldman and said community and that’s why we remain anonymous, said that Bicoy behavior is “hypocritical, child- said the Senate had violated Ar- Marks should be able to say his passed the policy,” Bicoy said. expressly told members of WO ish, and just plain stupid,” and ticle 2, Section A of the piece although he said Marks The policy bans profanity, not to comment on the goings-on has humiliated and enraged the constitution, which states that the “makes us look like a bunch of obscene or indecent remarks and of the meeting. Although Bicoy student body, the Senate should elected representatives of the cartoon characters.” descriptions of sexual activities said this was normal procedure, “dissolve itself, never to meet student body should provide a TheSenate voted 15-8toover- or organs in derogatory or offen- the WMFO staff member disputed again save under emergency situ- forum for all students to discuss ride Barnes’ executive order and sive ways over the radio airwaves, this assertion. ations.” their concerns. Marks said he is a resume debate on Marks’ mo- Bicoy said. No other members of the Senate President Julian Bar- part of the student body and thus tion. Dean of Students Bobbie WMFO staff or editorial board nes immediately ruled the mo- has a right to have his motion Marks said that the intent of Knable requested last week that a could be reached for comment tion out of order because he said discussed. his motion was to bring to the policy on obscenity for WMFO last night. that discussing the motion would Senate Parliamentarian Bob senators’ attention their own bias be written after the radio station Bicoy said that the policy is “not be a productive use of time.” Meagher then made a motion to against considering issues that they informed her that WMFO had no similar to policies at other col- As chair of the meeting, Barnes reconsider Marks’ motion, to are against. He cited his own which Adminismion and Finance set policy. The ratification of this see has the power‘ to dismiss issues SENATE, page new uolicv. -- precedes the Dec. 1 for discussion. Trustee Representative Matt see Committee considering University honor code by CONSTANTINE ATHANAS Senior Staff Writer An ad hoc committee com- prised of members of the Tufts Community Union Senate and TCU Judiciary is working to draft a proposal for an honor code sys- tem at Tufts that the committee hopes to install at the University as early as next year. TCUJ Chair Jeff Allen said that an honor code at Tuftswould serve to improve school spirit and reduce instances of cheating and stealing. “With the honor code, we’re looking for a lot of things. We hope it’ll create a sense of com- Dailv,I fi/e ohofo minity atTufts. Hopefully, it will TCU J Chair Jeff Allen reduce instances of stealing, like jackets at fraternity parties, and feasible at ‘hfis. reduce cheating,” Allen said. TCUJ Treasurer Michelle South African Youth Congress member Mpho Lekgoro disputed the Western media’s portrayal of The committee, which has been Masters, a committee member, black upon black killing in South Africa as tribalism. meeting since mid-October, has said that the committee hopes to been studying the honor code create an eight-person honor systems at several other universi- council with two representatives Youth Congress members describe ties and has contacted members from each class who would in- of the Administration and Uni- vestigate honor code violations. struggle for change in South Africa versity President Jean Mayer to see page 3 discern if sucha system wouldbe by CHRISTOPHER BODEEN The speakers for SAYCO, In his opening remarks, Senior Staff Writer Mpho Lekgoro and Brian Thami Thobejane recalled the preem- TCUJ de-recognizes 17 organizations Speakers from the South Afri- Hlongwa, have been speaking at inent role of South African youth The Tufts Community Union Judiciary re-recognition committee can Youth Congress and the United universities and to community in effecting change, a theme at last night officially de-recognized 17 organizations that did not file States regional branch of the ANC groups for the past three weeks as the center of the evening’s pres- re-recognition materials by yesterday’s deadline. youth league stressed in apresen- part of their Free South Africa entation. He welcomed’the gov- The de-recognized organizations will no longer have the privi- tation last Wednesday evening that Youth to Youth Tour 1990, an ernment reforms of apartheid that leges of a recognized organization including TCU Senate funding. international involvement remains effort on the part of SAYCO to have been introduced since June, use of the Tufts name in its title, and the ability to book space on vital to the struggle against apart- inform people on the issues and but, as Lekgoro pointedout, these University property. heid. raise support in the US for their changes have been largely cos- - The TCUJ de-recognized the Anthropology Collective, the Col- cause. metic, with little meaningful ef- lective on Latin America, Cheap Sox, the Entrepreneurial Society Speaking up to four times a fect on the lives of the people. the Hellenic Society, the International Club, the Irish-American Inside 1 day during the 12-city tour had The government’s concessions Society, the Islamic Center, the Tufts Mountain Club, the Pre-legal Features .......................... p. 5 taken its toll on the SAYCO speak- have seen the repeal of petty Society, the Returning Students Organization, the Tufts Republi- Oxfam and MASSPIRG remind us ers. As a result, Hlongwa’s part of apartheid laws suchassegregated cans, the Sports Spectrum, the Student Organization for Awareness. thatnot everyone has aturkey,andGeoff the presentation was assumed by bathrooms, but have left apart- TOOT (Tufts Organization for Open Thought), the Tufts Students Edgers speaks his mind. Again. the representative from the ANC, heid‘s most entrenched structures, Against Homelessness and Unframed Pictures. Senti Thobejane. Thobejane con- the land and segregated living The TCUJ tabled votes on four additional organizations until nexi Arts ................................ p. 7 centrated his talk on the interna- areas, intact. Support from the Monday’s meeting of the TCUJ re-recognition committee. These You can touch this. The second an- tional developments that have industrialized nations is needed organizations were the Black Theater Company, the Geology Soci- nual ARTrage exhibit invites everyone affected the situation in South more now than ever as the newly ety, the Hispanic-American Society and the Ronald Blackburr to comeand participatein this orgy of art. Africa. He was followed by legalized ANC attempts to bring Scholarship Fund. Lekgoro, who spoke on the inter- its organizational structures above Committee Chair Karen Vitale said de-recognized organization! Sports ........................ pp. 8-9 nal struggle. After their presenta- ground and resettle political ex- wishing another chance at re-recognition should come to the Nov. 2f Spirits are high as men’s basketball tions, a question and answer ses- iles and the victims of govern- meeting at 7 p.m. in Room 208 of the Campus Center. Organization: gets ready to begin their season, teaning sion involved the audience and ment relocation policies, must submit a list of at least 15 members, a list of officers and a~ with confidence and experimce. all three speakers in a lively de- see SAYCO, page 6 example of the purpose or publication of the organization.

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