Soccer Earns NCAA Berth the Use of Humor and Anecdotes
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THE~____ ~~~ TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Mondav. October 31,1994 Vol XXM,Number 32 Slater to give lecture on rights for women by KAREN EPSTEM social workers, therapists, and Senior Staff Wnter educatorsindealing with the adop- Tuesday evening, Tufts Lec- tion process since 1984. ture Series is sponsoring a lecture Slater stressed that her lecture entitled, “Women’s choices in the is not just for people who were ’90s: Are we going back to the adopted. She said it is important to O OS?' from 8 to 10 p.m. in Cabot see for anyone who is “sexually Auditorium. The speaker, Ronda active, or even if they plan to be.” Slater, will discuss her personal People who do not relate to the experience of facing an unplanned adoption issue will “appreciate pregnancy in the ’60s and her re- what they have,” Slater said. union with the daughter she gave According to Slater,the lecture up for adoption. is very much about decision mak- Slater, a 47-year old actress ing and how these decisions im- and playwright from California, pact our lives. She said that it will gave birth toachild in 1966 while inspire students from divorced still in college and was forced to families as well. give the child up for adoption. She Slater said the lecture will dis- was reunited with her daughter 18 years later Ronda Slater In her lecture, Slater will dis- cuss her experiences in the ’60s as Speaker on reproductive and they relate to college students to- adoption rights for women day. According to Slater, the lec- When: ture will include a discussion of the challenges of adoption, with Tues, Nov. 1, 1994 &fen 3 Soccer earns NCAA berth the use of humor and anecdotes. 8 p.m. The lecture will also include a Where: slide show and a discussion of her Cabot Auditorium Rematch with Ul%lliamSlOOmS in first- round Of- tOUmeY- Dost-reunion vears withherdaugh-Y - __ by JOHN TOMASE Needless to say, the players are plained. “At 10 o’clock, we won- ter. Sponsored by: Daily Editorial Board euphoric. dered what was going on. It’s great She will perform scenes from Lecture Series The Tufts men’s soccer team “Unbelievable,”gushed senior that it turned out this way.” her one-woman autobiographical faced a straightforward proposi- tri-captain Erik Anderson when Middlebury and Western Con- play “A Name You Never Got,” cuss the link between drinking and tion Saturday at Amherst: beat the informed of the news. “This is a necticut will meet in the other first which she wroteabout herreunion unplanned pregnancy. Slater said Lord Jeffs and advance to the monumental day for the program. round game, with the winner fac- with her daughter. This play has that in her own experience it was, NCAA Tournament. Lose, and We were a little bit worried after ing the victor of Tufts-Williams. “one date, one drink, one decision don’t. the tie. We knew a win would Ah yes, Williams. This highly that changed my life.” But what about a tie? definitely have been the’clincher. anticipated rematch has been in Slater insists that she doesn’t Just to make their fans sweat a Unbelievable.” the works since the Eph scored a “come at people wagging my fin- little longer, the Jumbos surren- Fellow captain Jon Bank sec- controversial, last-second goal to ger.’’ She said she will discuss dered two goals in the last six onded that emotion. beat Tufts two weekends ago. these issues in an entertaining minutes against Amherst and “Unbelievable,” Bank said. “I “We’ll be incredibly pumped manner. Slater even plans toplay a settled for a 2-2 tie, to finish their can’t even express how I feel right for them,” said the team’s leading song that she wrote about her re- season at 11-2- 1. now. The end of the season was a scorer,junior Peter Maglicic. “It’s union with her daughter. Accord- But late last. night Tufts was disappointment.Idon’tknow how a rematch that we’ve all wanted ing to Sherry Dong, chair of Lec- rewarded for the best season in we pulled through this.” ever since we lost to them.” ture Series, the timing of this lec- school history with a berth in the “Unbelievable,” he added, in Anderson agreed, and is confi- ture is “excellent” as an introduc- NCAA Division I11 Tournament. case the reporter didn’t notice. dent the Jumbos will more than tion to the upcoming women’s Tufts earned the fourth seed in the The Jumbos spent the better compete. “If we’re on top of our conference on Friday. She men- New England region and faces a part of Sunday afternoon waiting game, we can beat them.” tioned that next week is also first-round rematch against Will- for the phone call they thought Bank began to describe the Women’s Week. iams, which dealt the Jumbos their would never come. At 10:15 p.m. Williams matchup, but stopped Dong described Slater’s topic first loss of the season on Home- last night, the wait ended. mid-sentence. of adoption and reproductionrights coming. The day and time of the “Coach [Ralph Femgno] told “I’m sorry,’’ he said, “but I’ve Daily ffie phdb match will be announced today. us he’d call today,” Bank ex- got to go hug my other captain.” Ronda Slater‘ see LECTURE, page 9 Exhibit is tribute to Mission Statement proposed for 50 year anniversary TCU, will outline student rights by JOHN O’KEEFE ing reception will be held from 5- by GREG GEIMAN could not have been an actual bill George Bush as an example. Daily Editorial Board 8p.m. The show runsthrough Dec. Contributing Writer of rights. “Some students and faculty on A year of anniversaries, 1994 11. TheexecutiveboardoftheTufts In addition, Brinker said that campus were trying to preempt or has seen the Tufts School of Engi- The works were produced by Community Union (TCU) Senate, he would have felt uncomfortable censure Bush’s speech,” Brinker neering celebrateits centennial and 29 teachers in the joint program which has recently been involved with the task of finding a body to said. “Is that consistent with the the Experimental College enter its between the two schools and rep- in a revision of the TCU Constitu- determinewhen therights included philosophy of the student body? 30th academic year. For Tufts, this resent a wide spectrum of media, tion, is considering adding a Mis- in this bill had been infringed upon, We have to provide for freedom of year also marks the golden anni- from painting, photography, and sion Statement as art of the re- The Supreme Court decides when expression.” versary of the ongoing University sculpture to installations, video, vised constitution. While the ad- a constitutionally given right is collaboration with the School of and performance art. dition of this new statement is still infringeduponin the United States see RIGHTS, page 11 the Museum of Fine Arts in Bos- One of the featured works will under discussion at this point, there but Tufts has no defining body of ton. be “Circle of Stone” by Paul is agreement among members of judicial review such as this. For the past 50 years, art stu- Stopforth. Stopforth’s piece is a the board that a statement such as “The Tufts Community Union. dents have enjoyed the benefits of vivid blue cut-out painting depict- this is necessary in order to guar- Judiciary (TCUJ) could probably Inside Tufts’ tradition of academic ex- ing a configuration that he came antee certain rights for Tufts stu- do it, but it would definitely be a Features........................... P. 3 Ms. McHenry devises Halloween cos- cellence combined with across in Namibia. “It has strong dents. strain on them,” Brinker said. iumesfornotewoahypple,anddabout mentorship from leading contem- mythological overtones, and also This Mission Statement was Brinker feels that a Mission !he annual West Hall Party.. porary artists on the faculty of the strong links with my African past,” developed as a substitute for the Statement like the one currently School of the Museum of Fine Stopforthsaid. He began his affili- original notion of a bill of rights to being discussed would provide for Arts .................................... P.5 Arts. ation with Tufts as artist-in-resi- be included within the constitu- student rights such as freedom of A mediocre concert review, a taLk To celebrate the 50-year col- dence in 1988, shortly after arriv- tion. “A bill of rights,” said TCU speech and freedom of associa- with a British band member, and a sup- laboration with the Museum ing in the United States from South President David Brinker, “might tion, but not in an enumerated way iortive review of a campus play. School, a two-part juried exhibi- Africa. have been limiting in its guaran- such as in a bill of rights. tion of works by faculty from this Stopforth acknowledged that teeing of certain freedoms.” “TheMission Statementwould Spor............................. pp. 6-7 educational partnership begins its Boston is an important center in Brinker added that judiciary provide a set of written principles The football team suffersanotherloss, second half starting this Thursday, the American cultural landscape, decisions are made on a case-to- for the Tufts community to ascribe field hockey comes out on top, and a Nov. 3, in the Tisch Gallery of the case basis, depending on specific to,” Brinker said. He used the re- men’s soccer tie doesn’t hurt. MUSEUM, page 4 Aidekman Arts Center. The open- see case circumstances, so that there cent speech of former President page two THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, October 31,1994 THETUFTS DAILY Letters to the Editor - here at Tufts and thus have had several of even have a couple mistakes.