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THETUFTS DAILY ]Where You Read It First Monday, May 1,2000 Volume XL, Number 63 I Senate elects general board, ALBO chairs Greenberg elected Vice Presid.ent byMATTHEWKANE wouldn’t be running for president Daily Editorial Board next year would have made him In the Tufts Community Union more focused on doing his job and (TCU) Senate’s final action this less on preparing for a presidential year, the body held in-house elec- run. tions for its general board, which The parliamentarian race was consists of the executive board the only other general-board posi- and the Committee chairs, as well tion that was contested. Junior as the Allocations Board [ALBO] Moira Poe, who was also a presi- council chairs. Out of 17 positions dential hopeful this year, defeated up for grabs, only four were con- freshman Andrew Potts, former tested. Co-Chair of the Public Ralations The first race of the evening Committee. saw sophomore Senator Eric “I’ve always said all along that Greenberg beat junior Senator I’ve wanted to stay involved. The Alessandro Terenzoni forthe vice only thing I’ve never done is work president position. Greenberg with the [TCU Judiciary] and on spent most of his five-minute constitutional matters,” Poe said. speech discussing the Senate’s She added that she had two main Brad StifchbenyfluftsDaily need to work on organization, pro- goals - taking a closer look at ductivity, and especially public parliamentary procedure i:o make relations. “We should involve stu- sure it is being used in the best Students enjoy Spring Fling dents much more in our daily af- way possible and making sure that fairs. I don’t want one meeting to next year’s constitutional rewrite The Roots entertain the crowd with hiD-hox,I I stvle/ go by without at least one student process is carried out in a manner by ROB LO“ anxious pre-exam studying, whose took the stage. addressing the Senate in open that solicits as much student opin- Daily Editorial Board imposing shadow had fallen upon The band hitthe Hill with horns forum,” he said. ion as possible. She shouted the absurd non- campus the week prior. A con- blaring and characteristically Terenzoni, who had sought the During his speech, Pctts out- sequitur at the top her lungs into certed push from the quintet got peppy lyrics, silly and smooth. presidential nomination from the lined anew idea for periodic “Meet- the large microphone: “I’m Arme- the stone rolling and suddenly all Reel Big Fish thoroughly enjoyed Senate three weeks ago, had hoped ings ofparliamentary Procedure,” things Fling -fun, freedom, and the opportunity to perform, and to implement some of his cam- which he felt would “help sena- Spring Fling much needed relaxation - blan- the band’s enthusiasm was mani- paign goals as vice president. He I keted the campus. fest in its tunes, which, although also said that the fact that he see ELECTIONS, page 29 nian!” After performing a frenetic Joe Deveau, on vocals, piano, exceedingly similarto one another, stage dance and momentarily lift- and acoustic guitar, was accompa- were well-performed. This was a ing her shirt to the masses, the nied by Jason Lingle on drums, show primarily for fans ofthe genre, nameless young Tufts student Adam Larrabee on guitar, and who epileptically thrust their limbs made sure that everyone knew her Tufts’ own Pete Robbins and Sam insharp shortjuts, inwardandout. roots. ‘I nesiiiycomentmadelittle Steams on saxophone and bass, An outsider and non-ska-enthu- sense to the thousand-plus who respectively. The group rocked on siast would be hard-pressed to came to Spring Fling, butthe crowd with an impressive ensemble style discern anything special about the was having too good of a time to as the band members worked off performance or a reason for the let her words’ absurdity bother it. one another, revealing their talent band members’ endless, annoy- Concert goers arrived at the as musicians. Eerily Dave ing banter. (The group seemed to President’s lawn expecting some Matthews Band-esque, the band’s have an odd penchant for men- entertainment. They got what they selection and style seemed to lack tioning the word “balls” in excess. had hoped for and then some. any variety. Regardless, it offered A typical phrase would sound Damp, cool morning air wel- enjoyable fare to get the day something like this: “Wow, there comed Spring Flingto Walnut Hill. started as Jumbos rolled out of arealotofballsoutthere. Somany As blurry-eyed students, many bed to rocking tunes and roaring, balls. What a balmy day! These exhausted from a Friday evening fiery solos. balls just make me want to roll up full offireworks andother colorful As the President’s lawn slowly in a ball and ball my ball-shaped adventures, gathered on the became spotted with more and eyes out. Ball. Ball Ball. Balls.”) President’s Lawn, the music ech- more students, beach blankets, Nevertheless, the group suc- oed outward from the large perfor- coolers, and gargantuan inflatable ceeded in satiating both hard-core mance tent. The smell ofbarbecue carnivalgames, DJDoubleTrouble and passing fans with perfor- wafted through the breeze, and (more like the guy charged with mances of popular hits like “Sell the first group, Joe Deveau Band, putting CDs into the stereo) Out,”“She Has AGirlfi-iendNow,” gave a hefty shove at the inert, passed the time before Reel Big and an odd cover of the ’80s clas- gawkv boulder of high stress and Fish,arelic from theskafadof’98, sic “Take On Me.” “d I* e. As the event reached its half- way mark, many Fling attendees Students, administrators discuss diversitvd wandered the grounds, snagging by ILENE STEM by changingthe way money is distributed. “One dollars on a speaker. I think it is one area where it some sweet cotton candy or grab- Daily Editorial Board [focus] wastotdngtheculturecenteradministra- seems slightly token,” he said. “I think there are bing a tasty burger. Among the As the semester draws to a close, student tors up to full-time, one was to increase the some areas where we are making progress, and masses was the man himself, Presi- leaders and administrators have begun to assess operatingprogram budgetssothattheywouldbe somewhere we are laggingfar behind. Theseareas dent John DiBiaggio who re- progressmade onthe recommendationsissued by ableto havemo re internal programming flexibility; include curriculum,student diversity, faculty and sponded to my outstretched arm the 1996Task Force on Race. Recently,the Over- the third piece was to provide finds for a pilot administration diversity. Those are basically the with awidesmileandavigorous, sight Panel of the Task Force on Race - the program to bring in mentors to support these three worst in terms of where we stand.” almost peppy, handshake. The committee responsible for implementing these communities,”he said. In an attempt to remedy these concerns, newly President, who was leaving later recommendations - held an open meeting to According to Mernaysa Rivera, the student elected Tufts Community Union Senatepresident that afternoon for a few days address the advancement of diversity on campus. representative to the oversight panel, the in- David Moon, who served as chair ofthe Culture, abroad, expressed his joy in see- The allocation ofadministrative funds earmarked creased budgets allowed the culture centers to Ethnicity, andcommunity Affairs committee this ing so many Tufts students. While for diversity initiatives has been aspecific area of expand their programming and fund a speaker year, proposed the formation of an Arts and he cheerily commented on the contention, as some student leaders have ex- series, which brought such personalities asactiv- Sciences Diversity Allocation Board (ASDAB), surprisingly “explicit lyrics” and pressed concern with it. ist Angela Dab is to campus. “There have been a which he hoped would allow for greater student “loudly amplified’’ music, the After 1998’s march on Ballou by the Pan- lot of initiatives to better deal with race relations input in the appropriation of this money. Moon President seemed rather pleased -4frican Alliance to draw attention to race rela- on campus.. .. Foroncethere isaconsciouseffort plans to work with Bemstein over the summer to at the great time everyone was tions, shock waves reverberated throughout the to do something about the topic, but we still need “pound out final details.” having. Tufts ccmmunity and administration. These re- to do more,” she said. “1 think a lot ofthings got done, but we didn’t Next up was Better Than Ezra, sulted in a promise from Vice President of Arts, While new budgeting has helped to improve see as much progress as we would have liked. But who performed an odd mix of Sciences and Technology Me1 Bemstein to allo- the cultural orgmimtions on campus, many are I think there are a lot of good initiatives that the typical everyday-radio-play cate $500,000 overthenext four years to diversity critical ofthe ways in which the hnds have been committee has in place to start next year,” Moon poppishness and heavier, more initiatives. The first installment of this has been allocated.Trustee RepresentativeTommy Calvert said. complex musical selections. The used to increase the budgets ofthe culture centers feels that bringing speakers to campus does not Calvert, however, is still skeptical of the band’s sharp performance, while and programming concerning minoritgr issues on address the core issue of race relations. administration’senthusiasmto improveracerela- certainly indulging in that genre’s campus. “I think what most students want to see is tions on campus. “I think that the administration Bernstein commented that the overarching teachers teaching us over an extended period of see FLING, page 4 goai this yearwastostrengthenthe culture centers time [rather tti& spending] several thousand see RACE, page 2 2 THETUFTS DAILY May 1,2000 Today Tuesday Wednesday Increasing clouds, breezy PRI candidate’s anti- and mild AM rain, PM sun Partly cloudy, beautiful High: 62 High: 63 High: 65 drug puzzle: a state of Low: 42 I Low: 48 I Low: 45 I Wei,-another school year of weather has come and gone, bringing everything from druyc war tropical storms to April snows, and now it is time for my summer outlook.