THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Thursday, October 13,1994 Vol XXM Number 22 Classified Dukakis results in speaks to a hearing students-~ by JESSICA ROSENTHAL by JL McHENRY Daily Editorial Board Daily Editorial Board Last week, a disciplinary panel All the controversy these days found a member of Student Ac- is over which 200 students will be tivities Council (SAC) not guilty seeing a speech by Former Presi- of fraud and endangerment in an dent George Bush, but almost 50 incident that occurred last spring. students were lucky enough yes- SAC, a division of the Student terday to sit down in Eaton Hall Activities Office, is a group of with former Massachusetts Gov- employees in charge of entertain- ernor and Bush opponent Michael ment. programs. Last spring, a Dukakis. member of SAC placed numerous Through the efforts of James classified ads in The Tufts Daily Glaser, Tufts professor of politi- advertisingtheBattleoftheBands. cal science,Dukakis came to cam- Associate Dean of Students pus yesterday to speak with stu- Bruce Reitman said that one of the dentsfrom twoofGlaser’sclasses, ads depicted the author as being in Political Parties and American one of two fraternities involved in Politics and the Media. - ... .^ .. ~ a rivalry. However, the true author Photo by Jennifer McCarthy Uukakis spoke lntormally tor of the advertisement was a mem- The upcoming- Tufts capital campaign-- may result in fundsfor the expansion of music and art facilities. about half an hour before starting ber of SAC, not a member of one his lunch and taking questions. He of the fraternities on campus. spent most of his time discussing The ad that appeared in The Tufts capital campaign includes the role of the media in politics as Daily stated, “Hey 123, we know well as his 1988 campaign. who beat up our pledge. Don’t He characterized the popular showupattheBattleoftheBands. renovation offine arts facilities media as “tabloid television,”con- We’ll be there. Watch out.” by KAREN EPSTEIN “brick and m0rtar”projects which restal hall on the first floor to be centrating too much on unimpor- Reitman said that in response Daily Staff Writer Tufts must complete before this used for music performances as tant, sensationalizedstories instead to the ad, the Inter-Greek Council Under the new capital campaign proposal takes place. well as for large lecture classes of real news. “They seem to cel- (IGC) filed a complaint with the at Tufts, the Arts ‘Departmenthas Locke described the new capi- from other departments. “The ebrate failure, tragedy, corruption, Dean of Students’ Office, charg- proposed plans for the renovation tal campaign as an effort to raise whole campus stands to gain from bizarre happenings, almost to the ing themember of SAC with fraud of Jackson Gym into a new three- money primarily oriented towards this,” Locke said. exclusion of anything else,” he and endangerment. According to floor music facility within three to people. This includes endowments Thenew recital hall will enable said. Reitman, the IGC said that the ad five years. for financial aid for students and Cohen Auditorium to be available In an age when newspaperread- would lead students to believe that These proposals include added raising money for different faculty ‘for events such as speakers. Find- ership is decreasing, he said, the one of the fraternities wrote it and facilities for dance, drama, and chair positions. However, the ing adequate space for campus problems with television news that it would incite violence. fine arts in the basement of the buildins and renovation propos- events has always been a problem have an even more detrimental There was an unsuccessful at- Aidekman Arts Center and the als for Aidekman are a “high pri- as many different musical groups effect. “I have to conclude that all tempt at mediation last spring fol- construction of a new dance stu- ority” in this campaign. currently use Cohen as their re- of this is having a profound effect lowing the incident, and the disci- dio. All of these renovations hope The three components of the hearsal space. on the public psyche, and it’s not plinary hearing was heldlast week. to compensate for the inadequate arts at, Tufts, music, dance and Plans include the construction for the better,” Dukakis said. At the hearing, the defendant performance spaces which cur- drama, in addition to the fine arts, of a new music library which will As for his campaign, he gave a argued that the advertisement in rently exist. will all benefit from this proposed “most likely” take the place of the very straightforward and honest question was oneof approximately According to Professor David construction.Music will be moved one in Aidekman. The basement description of why he thought it 20 ads placed by SAC regarding Locke, chairman of the music de- intotherenovatedfacilitiesin Jack- of the new facility will include failed. The main problem, he said, the Battle of the Bands. There- partment, these plans are “under son Gym while the other arts will several practice facilities partly was that there was no clear strat- fore, that individual said that since consideration, contingenton fund- have added facilities in the base- comprised of nine rooms for up- egy to counteractthe negativeBush this ad was in the middle of the raising efforts.” The construction ment of Aidekman. right pianos, seven rooms for grand ads attacking his record as Massa- of the new library and athletic fa- The plans for the renovation of others, it should have been read in see DUKAKIS, page 2 the DroDer context which would cilities in Cousens gym are the Jackson include adding a 290-seat see MUSIC, page 2 to Fraternities, Sororities, and In- rather than integrating them dependent Living Groups. He said through hazing, whether it be Inside that his career in this field has left physical or mental. Features ........................... p- him acutely awareofthe problems He vehemently asserted that Ixvine rationalizesrational- surrounding some Greek initiation pledging processes that use fear izing and Tufts’ improv comedy troupe processes. and intimidation or physical ini- Cheap Sox is ready for action. “why did you pledge your fra- tiation, such as paddling or forced ternity or sorority?’ he asked the drinking, were not only dangerous Weekender.................. P.’-Iv new pledges. The answer he re- but also pointless. Get psyched fOrpahliStS and fOflUne ceived was uto make friends in the Dorow also suggestedthatsince tellers, The Specialist is anything but, fiaternity.” hazing-related activities do not and Barenaked and the Bosstones rock. “Okay,” he responded, “To teach the pledges anything and make friends. Over40peoplehave have nothing to do with brother- sports................................. Ps5 died in the last ten years besause; hood or friendship, they should Winnersarebeingproducedinmen’s they wanted friendshipin theirfraz - not ‘be included in pledging. He soccer and cross country, and the sail- ternity or sorority. Can anybody encouraged anyone who felt that Photo by Jennifw McCarthy ing team is looking ahead to victory. explain why? Or how?’ they were victims of hazing to -GAMMAsponsored ahazingawarenesslecture forpledges Tuesday. page two THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, October 13,1994 THETUFTS DAILY Letters to the Editor clear that all of these pieces of environmen- ing spaces for students uphill? Faculty has tal legislation are indeed headed for even nearly four times as many spaces uphill Marc J. Sheinkin Congress neglecting more trouble. What is to be done? than students do. They also have Hetcher Editor-in-Chief issues of environment Matt Kelly Parking Lot which is used entirely for Fac- Manager of Broddie Mountain Ski Resort ulty and Administration. Managing Editor: Nadya Sbaiti To the Editor: Associate Editors: David Meyers, Basically, Public Safety tried to imple- Michael J.W. Stickings In just three weeks, the 103rd Congress ment changes while we were home parking Editorial Page Editor: Rachel Levine will come to a close, and it is outrageously Mad about parking? our cars in our driveways. John King did Production Managers: Leah Schwartz, Ryan Otto distressing that not one single piece of Write to John King not even ask the TCU Senate, which is the major envirohmental legislation has been voice of the Tufts students, for approval of NEWS passed. Clean water, safe drinking, endan- To the Editor: Editors: Jessica Rosenthal! John 0’ Keefe this plan. Instead, we came back to school bsistant Editors: Andrea Grossman, Remy Stem gered species, the California Desert bill, This summer whilemost Tufts’ students were home enjoying the hot summer only to find out that there were less spaces the Superfund Program, fisheries manage- to park in. VIEWPOINTS ment, solid waste, overhauling the mining weather, the department of Public Safety Editors: Darrah Feldman, Jordana Wiener laws, ratification of the Biodiversity Treaty, decided to attempt to run a quick one by the students. While we all know that there is a In my three years and $80,000 at Tufts, FEATURES creation of a “Biological Survey” agency I have seen student right slowly dissipate. Editor: Dan Tobin within the Department of the Interior, and lack of parking spaces for students uphill in the Carmichael parking lot, the Department Enough is enough! If you think that some- raising the Environmental Protection thing should be done about the parking ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Agency (EPA) to cabinet level, are all ma- of Public Safety, headed by John King, Editors: Jay Ruttenberg took twenty former student spaces and con- problem, I urge you to call or better yet Joshua Davis, Samantha Levine jor legislative acts withering away. Tradi- write John King and tell him what you think tionally, a new executive administration verted them into faculty/staff spaces. This is quite interesting. Why would of the Department of Public Safety’s idea WEEKENDER will be most successful with its first con- of taking these spaces away from us.