THETUFTS DAILY . L. - [Where You Read It First Tuesday, February 20,1996 Volume XXXII, Number 19 I GOING FOR TEN INA ROW 1 Arnmons to step down as Dean of Arts and Humanities this fall by GREGORY GEIMAN joyedit very much,” Ammons said. which a University trustee ques- Daily Editorial Board “I think that a person in a position tioned the writing skills of Tufts Dean of Arts and Humanities such as mine can help shape im- students. “The writing skills of Elizabeth Ammons announced at portant agendas, such as working students nationwide could im- the last meeting of the Arts & to have a more diverse faculty. I prove,” she said. “I look at it as Sciencesfaculty that she would be think we’ve made some progress, one of the jobs we have to do, to stepping down from her position. and there are a number of people look at the ways that student writ- Ammons, who will have served here who care a lot about that.” ing could be improved.” two years as dean when her term The $400 million “Tufts To- She said that she feels Tufts ends on Sept. 1, will continue morrow”capitalcampaign kicked has a very talented first-year writ- teaching in the English Depart- off in Ammons’ second year as ing department, and that student ment. dean. She said she hopes that the evaluation forms the department Ammons had served as chair money raised through this cam- has received over the past few of the English Department for paign will be used in part to ben- years have been a tribute to the three years prior to being named efit arts and humanities on cam- success of those teachers. Dean of Arts and Humanities. pus. “I’d like to see money raised In addition,Ammons said, even After becoming dean in 1994, she forthecompletionofarts spaces... though a first-year student who said she told her colleagues that for rehearsal rooms and a concert gets an A or A- in the expository she would not be able to serve hall.” writing course English 1 does not more than two years in that role. Ammons also addressed the have to take English 2,14 percent “That would make this year my comments made at the November fifth in an administrative role,” Board of Trustees meeting, in see AMMONS, page 12 she said. “For me, it was as much time as I could be away from teaching. At heart, I am a profes- DiBiaggio meets with sor.” In the upcoming fall semester, Ammons will return to the En- forty campus leaders glish Department where she will by AILEEN CARR versial issue of culture represen- teach courses in American Litera- Daily Staff Writer tatives in the Senate. Senate Vice ture, focusing on women’s writers Presidents of various campus President Andi Friedman agreed and other “multi-cultural” topics. organizations joined University with Delaney. “I have been trying I The men’s basketball team takes on Amherst at 7:30 tonight. I “I liked serving as dean, I en- President John DiBiaggio at a to think of a way to set up some “Presidents Meeting” on Satur- kind of positive debate of this day afternoon in the Coolidge issue,” she said. Students meet with Stackman and Room of Ballou Hall. TCU Sen- DiBiaggio said that a dialogue ate President Ancy Verdier and like the one suggested would not other senatorsorganized this event be unprecedented. He also said discuss quality of Tufts social life to provide a forum for communi- that the Philosophy Department cation between campus groups. could be used as a resource to by JESSICA ROSENTHAL Many participants in the focus sees is that “outside vendors are Nearly 40 students were in at- facilitate debate and discussion. Daily Editorial Board groups expressed a need for “a only willing to do it if they could tendance, representing over 30 “We have an extraordinary Phi- The University has begun to cafe one can go to and hangout set up a normal retail operation so campus organizations. They were losophy Department,” he said. respond to student concerns and after midnight.” Increasing the that they could sell to anybody, given thechancetoexchange ideas “They could help set up a thought- is implementingsome changes in options that students have after not just Tufts students. It’s not with other campus groups and ful exchange of ideas and discus- response to a series of five focus midnight is a major concern. clear if Medford will be willing to publicize their organizations’ sion.” groups concerning campus social “We want to implement a lot of grant a license for that.” events. Verdier said he hoped that After the meeting, Friedman life. While a major student issue, people’s ideas, and the big one In addition to voicing the need bringing campus leaders together and Delaney said that they would the campus coffeehouse, is still in unanswered yet is the coffeehouse, for a coffeehouse, students looked would promote school spirit. “We begin organizing this school-wide the planning stage, less complex and that one is a complex issue,” at smaller issues of campus life as need to push school spirit on the debate on the issue of culture rep- changes are already being put into well. One major area of concern students as a whole,” he said. resentatives. They plan to meet effect. to participants was publicity, and DiBiaggio said that he also this week with members of cam- The focus groups were held students complained that bulletin encouraged the growth of school pus culture groups, media groups, last spring and were led by Direc- boards were too cluttered or awk- spirit. He stressed the importance Programming Board, and other tor of Student Activities Bill wardly placed on campus. of student leadership,both for the members of the Tufts community. Stackman. The sessions, which Inresponse,Stackman saidthat University as a whole and for the The student leaders also used Stackmanconducts annually,con- the Office of Student Activities individual leaders’ futures. the meeting as an opportunity to tained ten to fifteen undergradu- has installed two boards outside “You’re getting a great deal par- announce different activities that ates per group, with an equal num- of the Campus Center and placed ticipating in student leadership, their respective groups wereplan- ber of representatives from each four new bulletin boards across skills that you will carry with you ning in the near future. A member class. campus. Further, Stackman said for a lifetime,” he said. of the Pan-African Alliance said Stackman said that the discus- that his office has developed a He added that many of the suc- that her organization has planned sions were about social life, but he newsletter (the Campus Center cessful business CEOs and pov- many events throughout this told the participants “to not think Commique) that is distributed ernment officials that he knows month, which is Black History about just parties, but life outside monthly to all studentson campus were in leadershippositionswhile Month. These events include a the classroom and how they feel and all student organizations to in college. photography exhibit, ajazzshow- about that.” inform people of events. Many individual students dis- case, and a semi-formal dance. In past years, Stackman said Some students expressed the cussed ideas for coordinating Representatives from the Tufts that students voiced complaints opposite concern, that there were events with different groups. Edi- Spirit Army, TCU Senate, Con- about parties and the campus so- Dai/y file photo too many posters. Stackman said, tor-in-Chief of theprimlySource cert Board, and Programming cial policy, but this year, the com- Bill Stackman ‘We’ve been enforcing the poster Colin Delaney suggested the de- Board discussed JumboFest and ments in this area were more posi- Associate Dean of StudentsBruce policy.We’ve now seen adecrease velopment of a forum in which tive. One student said that “cam- Reitman said. “But I’m hoping in illegal spaces for posting and students could discuss the contro- see PRESIDENTS,page 12 pus parties are better - they’re that we have something in place posting on other posters.” not busted anymore,”and another by September.” Students also expressed the concurred that “policies are not as Regarding the possibility of a feeling that the Campus Center is Inside: strict, especiallythe social policy.” coffeehouse in Curtis Hall next not inviting, commenting that Viewpoints...... P- 3 One concern of students this year, Reitman said that the issue “aesthetics are poor,” it “does not More students speak out against cul- year was events on-campus in ad- of performancegroups now using feel like it is our space,” and that ture representatives, plus the dark side dition to fraternity parties. Many that space “is an important issue. it “is sterile - it feels plastic.” of the Telecom Bill. participantssaid they wanted more It’s partly why we’ve looked at Placing the coffeehouse in the outdoor Spring Fling-type events. other locations for it ... Not having Campus Center instead of Curtis A& E...... P. 7 Additionally, some students ex- an alternative space for the many might relieve this feeling. Samantha’s guide to movie pressed an interest in MacPhie users of Curtis could be a project According to Stackman, an- munchies, music from Walt Mink, and Pub sponsoring more events for stopper.” other student concern was the in- the Muppets (left) set sail again. all ages. Stackman said that this Reitman confirmed that “Din- effectiveness of the Tufts Com- year, many organizations are tak- ing Services would love to [run munity Union Judiciary (TCUJ). p. 8-9 ing advantage of the Pub, and the coffeehouse]. Several outside One student said that “the re-rec- Sports...... vendors have also expressed in- Men’s basketball find victory over there has been a “significant de- ognition process is terrible - it Panthers, plus Copeland on the,NBA crease” in events held in the Pub terest in the project.” and a few Jumbo losses. that serve alcohol. One problemthat Reitman fore- see FOCUS, page 10 -_ )age two THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, February 20,1996 rHE TUFTS DAILYLetters to the Editor - Be considerate when are musical instruments. They can be dam- not be expected to stop because of your , Jessica N. Rosenthal aged if they are used as tables. Put your show. You have reservedcertainrooms, not Editor-in-Chief using Cohen cups and bottles elsewhere. the entire building. 2. Clean up after yourselves. Clothes, I hope that organizations continue to use Managing Editor: John O’Keefe the Cohen auditorium facility. I also hope Associate Editors: Dan Tobin, Samantha Levine To the Editor: jewelry, dead flowers, food, random text- Editorial Page Editor: Greg Youman Many organizations use Cohen Audito- books and trash are not welcome additions that these organizations use some common Production Managers: Ryan Otto, rium for shows. This use of the facility is to theclassrooms!Use somecommoncour- courtesy so that the “residents” of Cohen Pratiksha Thakkar, Raquel Almeida welcome and should be further encour- tesy and take your belongings with you and those others who use the building can Consulting Editor: David Meyers aged. These organizations should realize, when you leave. have more harmonious relations. - NEWS however, that Cohen is “home” to music 3. Take down your signs. It is a good Editors: Karen Epstein, Gregory Geiman majors, many dual degree students and idea to post the program order of your Catriona Shepherd LA’96 other musicians. Here are some sugges- show, but it is yourresponsibility toremove VIEWPOINTS tions to those using the facility that will thesigns. Editor: Amy Zimmet help improve relations between the visitors 4. Understand that the students rehears- FEATURES and those who live in Cohen. ing and practicing are not just there to Editors: Laura Bemheim, Micol Ostow 1. Please respect the equipment. For annoy you. Practicing is a very important instance, the kettledrumsin the stage wings element of a musician’s life. Practicing can ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Editors: Julie Eisenstein, Cara Maniaci, Duy Linh Tu Exodus expected with Sarajevo changes WEEKENDER Editor: Liza Cohen Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service said Branka Gogic, 32, a mother of three Bosnia said it has stepped up troop deploy- Assistnnt Editor. Rob McKeown HADZICI, Bosnia-Henegovina- The studying one of the handouts. “We don’t ments in the five suburbs in case things dreaded news amved in simple leaflets want to live together with Muslims. We should spin out of control. About 300inter- SPORTS Editors: Bill Copeland, Eric Polishook handed out by French soldiers on street started fighting because we didn’t want to national police officers will also be as- Assistant Editor: Marshall Einhom corners in this Bosnian Serb suburb of live together.” signed to the communities to keep an eye Sarajevo on Monday. Across town, in the northern suburb of on the 545 Bosnian governmentpolice who PHOTOGRAPHY The Bosnian Serb police department Vogosca, where the Bosnian Serb police will replace the ’900 local Serbian forces Editors: Jennifer McCarthy, Shane Tilston here will soon be shut down, it was an- will losejurisdiction Friday under thetrans- Assistant Editor: Nick Hnatyk over the next few weeks. nounced. A new force, run by the Muslim- fer timetable, the police chief said there is A U.N. official, who asked not to be PRODUCTION led Bosnian government along with inter- no telling how people - desperate and at identified, saidthe international police had Layout Editor: Karen Thompson national monitors, will take its place. wit’s end - will react. “stretched their mandate” to impose re- Graphics Editor: Wenimo Poweigha “Stay put,” the leaflet urged, quoting a Violence, he said, is not out of the ques- strictions on the so-called federation po- Copy Editor: Karen Altschuller favorite Bosnian Serb poet. “The sun of a tion. lice, including requiring U.N.-issued iden- distant sky will never warm you as the sun “There was a lot of blood lost on both tity cards, restricting their movements be- does here.” sides - are we suddenly supposed to kiss tween suburbs, and forbidding searches Neil D. Feldman A policeman snatched a circular. He and make up?’ said Police Chief Jovan and arrests outside the presence of a U.N. Executive Business Director read a few sentences and then ripped it into Maunaga, 38, whosemother andtwo broth- monitor. pieces. ers were killed in the war. “No one can No one, however, knows if it will be Business Manager: Freya Wolke “Never,” he said, fury in his stare. guarantee anything here. There will be no enough.“Everybody has a serious problem on Office Manager: Ethan Goldman “People are fed up. We defended this place Serb police, no Serb army, nothing.” Advertising Managers: Anna Papadopoulou, Abby Krystel during 3 years of war. Now we will go.” U.N. officials say they also fear the their hands,” said Michael Steiner, deputy Subscriptions Manager: Dean Gendron Hadzici is one of five Serb-populated unknown, particularly because some to the U.N. HighRepresentative inBosnia- Receivables Manager: Megan Hoskyns-Abrahall suburbs of Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, Bosnian Serb officials in Pale, their head- Herzegovina. “In other areas of the country scheduled to come under the control of the quarters near here, have made inflamma- that were vacated, there was mass destruc- Muslim-Croat federation by next month. tory remarks about the transfer and, ac- tion. We won more time here, but I don’t The Tufts Daily is a non-profit newspaper, published The transfer of authority is one of the most cording to some reports, have intimidated know what will happen. There is so much MondaythroughFridayduringtheacademicyearanddistrib uted free to the Tufts community. The Daily is entirel) volatile aspects of last year’s Dayton, Ohio, Serbs who might want to remain. mistrust.” Studeflt-Nn;thereare no paid editorial positions.The Daily is peace accord, and its first stage - the The Bosnian Serb news agency, SRNA, The handing over of the Serbian suii - -_ printedat Charles River Publishing,Charlestown, MA. change in police forces announced Mon- reported Monday night that a three-day The Daily is locatedat the back entrance of Curtis Hall a1 urbs was scheduled to take place last month Tufts University. Our phone number is (617) 627-3090, OUI day - is beset with potentially explosive evacuation of the suburbs will begin Tues- under the Dayton accord but was delayed to lax number is (617) 627-3910, and our e-mail address is problems. day at noon and that a call is going out for make the transfer more palatable to reluc- TDAILY @EMERALD.TUFTS.EDU. 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.. Tuesday, February 20,1996 THE TUFTS DAILY page three VIEWPOINTS A 50-member Senate Representation must cannot function py\ come from election by Lee Brenner and Ben Sklaver cultural groups on this sidered. At this point in time, though, that campus, and by allowing is not a problem. The prejudice that does When, in October, the freshman class three cultures distinct exist on campus is not sufficient enough to went to the polls, they elected seven sena- representation, a prece- \ \ I-\-- 4 Fifteen years stop qualified members of minority groups tors to represent their views and opinions dent is set for at least 16 ago, the TCU Senate from winning elections. on issues before the TCU Senate. Accord- more. If this campus is to h/ created non-voting positions for Todd McFadden, director of the Afri- ing to Article 11, Section A of the TCU be divided up to the point culture representatives in an at- can American Center, explains that some constitution, the role of those seven sena- that each group has one tempt to give some minorities cultures need more voice in Senate deci- tors is to “represent the needs and interests culture rep on the Senate, on campus more of a voice sions “because the culture of agroup might of the TCU before the faculty of the un- as well as seven repre- in major decisions. Now, have been shaped from an entirely differ- dergraduate colleges, the administration, sentatives per A I \ -2 the Senate is engaged in ent historical reality than your own ... their and the trustees of Tufts College.” The k debate to decide if perspective and concerns will be informed Tufts Community Union, which the afore- they should give by that historical reality.” It is true that mentioned senators represent, include these culture reps the African Americans may have different con- “those students of Tufts University paying power to cerns and viewpoints, and it is imperative the Student Activities Fee” (Article I, Sec- 7vnte as_I that the Senate make every effort to take .r. -...\ tion A). these concerns into account. However, to Two weeks ago, the TCU Senate voted suggest that a white person cannot ad- to remove culture representatives from the them in their original capacity, equately represent a black person simply standing Senate body and place them on a (‘G or move them to a subcommit- because of a difference in race is to say permanent committee to advise the Senate tee of the Senate. that whites and blacks are so dissimilar that on issues of culture. This committee would of over 50 mem- *T \ While the idea of allow- there is no hope of reconciliation. No one be led by one voting senator and could po- bers of the Sen- ing culture representa- person can truly understand what it means tentially contain many more. Last week, the ‘I -\ ate. A student / tives to vote’may sound noble, it goes to be any other person, regardless of race. Senate voted to overturn this decision and government that size cannot function. against the founding concepts of Ameri- Despite this, the fact remains that we are to return culture representatives to the body. If placed on committee, all 19 cultures can government. In a democratic society, more similar than we are different. Those Following the outcry on campus, this issue can voice their opinions openly, and issues the majority rules. If the majority of Tufts people who would think otherwise are be- should be placed in the hands of the TCU, would be expressed through at least one students voted to have an all-female Sen- ing hypocritical by even attempting to per- in the form of a referendum. voting senator on the committee.Issues that ate, or an all-Asian Senate, or an all-barn- suade members of a different race to agree As mentioned previously, senators are agroup feels are not addressed by this com- yard animal Senate, then that’s the way it with them. elected to represent all members of the mittee can, as always, be addressed to in- would be. The Senate has the cultural The proposal to allow culture reps to TCU. Their role is to discuss pertinent cam- dividual senators during office hours, dur- makeup that it does because that’s the way vote as regular senators is analogous to pus issues with all students who pay the ing Open Forum at Senate meetings, and the students voted. No group, be it a mi- Alaska appealing to President Clinton by Student Activities Fee. To that end. it is at a meeting when recognized by a sena- nority or otherwise, has the right to demand saying, “President Clinton, because you all senators “CUrreIltly, Class Senators all? Culture culture still the form of additional “The prejudice that does exist Alaska, you to go be- representatives, religious does not feel voting power simply on campus is not sufficient don’t know fore their representatives, ethnic representatives, represented by because they are enough to stop qualified what it’s like to assigned a senator from happy with their cur- experience six districts but most importantly, they are student theirclass,it is rent level of represen- members of minority groups months and seek representatives.” theirresponsi- tation. That is not how from Winning elections.” ness. You have out the bility to use democracy works. never felt the feeling of their constituents. This is done their influence and replace that senator in If any minority on campus feels they are cold of an Alaskan winter. We want you to regardless of race, religion, culture, or heri- the spring with one who will represent their not sufficiently represented for whatever hold a special election in which only people tage of their constituency. All senators needs. fiat is the role of all members of reison, then it is their duty as citizens of who appreciate‘what it’s like to be from should be open and accessible to all mem- the TCU, regardless of race, background, the community to either run for positions Alaska are allowed to run, and the winner bers of this campus, and if a constituency or religion. on the Senate, or help someone with simi- will have the same power as you.” That is does not feel they are being adequately rep- lar beliefs to do so. In the TCU Senate elec- not the way democracy works. resented, it is their role to write letters, Race is an issue on campus today, and tions for this year, 54 percent of the white The second possibility for handling the speak at meetings, and vote those senators it is the role of the TCU Senate to repre- students who ran for office won, 57 per- culture representatives is to keep them on out of office. sent all constituents of all backgrounds. All cent of blacks who ran were successful, and the Senate, but not give them voting power. Currently, culture representatives, rep- senators have the responsibility to repre- 80 percent of Asians who ran were success- At first, this may seem to be a harmless resenting African American, Hispanic, and sent their class, all members of their class, ful. Here at Tufts, anyone who wants a po- solution. The minority groups will be able Asian cultures sit on the TCU Senate. They on all issues on this campus. A student Sen- sition on the Senate has an equal chance to to express their concerns without having a serve to advise the Senate on issues per- ate splintered into 19 cultures, four classes, get one. If Tufts students had displayed direct say in the decision making. taining to constituents of their culture and three trustee representatives, and a com- some sort of overwhelming bias against However, it is discriminatory toward the background. Tufts recognizes 19 distinct muter representative will accomplish noth- minorities in past elections, then allowing many other minorities on campus. There ~ ~-~ing. Currently, class senators are culture culture reps to vote would have to be con- are currently five culture representatives: Lee Brenner and Ben Sklaver are both representatives, religious representatives, Pan-African, AsiadAsian American, His- freshmen TCU senators majoring in inter- ethnic representatives, but most impor- Dan Pashman is a freshman who has not national relations. tantly, they are student representatives. yet chosen a majol: see CULTURE,page 10 The Communications Decency Act is censorship by Jonathan Block only granted, but is encouraged. My point is this: whose right As I have stated before, it is government to censor free expres- First of all, let’s just see what is it to tell me what is decent and not the right of sion, and so should you. If the On Feb. 8,1996, President Bill the CDA will do. According to its what is indecent?Certainly not the democratic ernment can deem what ma- Clinton signed into law the wording, material that is deemed federal government’s. Over the form of gov- 1 is decent and indecent, who Telecom Bill and the Communi- “indecent” is now banned from pastfiveyearsorso, wehaveseen ernment to ows how much farther they will cations Decency Act. The the Internet. The idea behind the numerous attempts by the govern- regulate the go’?Do you really want to live Telecom Bill will, for the first bill was to prevent young children in a society where the govern- time, create competition for local from viewing adult and porno- ment acts as a babysitter? I cer- phone service, allow phone and graphic material on the Internet. tainly don’t. The United States cable companies to merge their However, as the law now stands, tain recordings with stickers say- case, we was founded as a democratic na- services together, and eliminate banning pornographic pictures ing, “Parental Advisory: Contains wouldn’t be tion to ensure the free will of its antiquated communicationslaws and adult discussions is just the explicit lyrics.” While I see the living in a people to express themselves. If originally created for radio sig- tip of the iceberg. In a last minute good nature of our government democratic so- the Communications Decency nals. This bill is a piece of far- move, US Senator James Exon of trying to protect the “virgin” eyes ciety. We’d be Act stands, the government will reaching legislation that will Nebraska @) decided to add the and ears of our nation’s youths, it living in some essentially be taking away the surely effect our lives in countless provision that any discussion on very liberty that provides its ways in the future. the topic of abortion is illegal and, democratic foundation. At the same time, Clinton also therefore, punishable by jail time. Already, the ACLU and signed the Communications De- Additionally, Exon said that any- other organizations have cency Act (CDA), While I am thing deemed indecent would also brought suit to the Supreme completely in support of his sign- be banned. This leads me to be- looked at the Court calling the Communica- ing the Telecom Bill, I am com- lieve that discussions on Subjects First Amend- tions Decency Act unconstitu- pletely against the CDA. In my such as AIDS awareness, safe sex tional. Hopefully, the nine jus- opinion, the CDA is a blatant form practices, and amultitude of other tices will clearly see that the of censorship. Simply put, the act related subjects would fall under CDA is a serious threat to free has no place in a democratic so- this law because many people expression and, therefore, rule ciety where free expression is not view discussions on these areas as it unconstitutional, as well as ex- indecent. Furthermore, who will posing the CDA for what it re- Jonathan Block is a freshman decide the decency of these con- ally is: a conspicuous form of majoring in political science. troversial issues? First Amendment quite literally. attempts by legislators and the censorship. page four THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, February 20,1996 Ukraine leasing aircraft to Colombian drug traffickers Los Angeles Times-Washington employed along traditional drug with traffickers. terests, the official said. tually operating in Colombia ei- Post News Service routes from Colombia, Peru, “It would be like [in the US] Despite the warnings, how- ther in legitimate or illicit trades. KIEV, Ukraine - The Ukrai- Panama and Mexico, according to NASA selling rockets to drug ever, American sources say there Colombian aviation records re- nian government, through its US and Colombian law enforce- lords,” said an American source are few signs of official action by viewed by the Times show nine state-owned +rcraft factory here, ment sources and former partners familiar with the Ukrainian trans- Ukraine to reverse the deals. In are registered, but Colombian na- is engaged in a series of business in the Ukrainian aircraft ventures. actions. fact, at least six new sales were tional police say they have spot- deals with the Colombian cocaine The Antonov aviation factory, The United States has privately still pending last month, aColom- ted at least 12. Canadian authori- cartels, selling and leasing a small which operates under the author- warned Ukraine that drug runners bian aircraft broker involved in ties documented the transit of 20 fleet of Soviet-designed military ity of Ukraine’s Ministry of Ma- are acquiring its planes and has the transactions said in an inter- Antonovs through their airports cargo planes to drug tiaffickers, chine Building and Defense Can- urged Kiev to “be very careful view. last year alone; all of those planes the Los Angeles Times has version, retains legal ownership of whom you sell them to,” a senior The planes are flown by expe- are now believed to be in Colom- learned. at least six of about a dozen Clinton administration official in rienced Ukrainian and Russian bia, according to the US Drug Antonovs known to be operating Washington said. Equipping drug pilots who also assist in training Enforcement Administration. The Antonov-32Bs, twin-en- in Colombia. As aresult, the now- traffickers with planes that in- local flight crews. US law enforcement officials gine turboprops regarded by US ailing state-owned factory stands crease their capacity for deliver- believe the unaccounted-for anti-drug officials as “the ultimate to profit from what appear to be ing cocaine to US markets is a US officials say they are un- Antonovs also ended up in the smugglers’ plane,” have been continuing business arrangements threat to US national security in- sure how many Antonovs are ac- hands of traffickers.

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1 Tuesday, February 20,1996 THE TUFTS DAILY page five FEATURES E-Mail and Female Tufts Democrats campaign for People are strange. At least, they better be, or this column isreaZZj pointless. How strange are people? Here’s one: Ijust read in Rollinc Stone Magazine that there are a number of World Wide Web site5 Bill Clinton in New Himishire dedicated to encouraging people to eat bugs. “Lemon ants, eater Was a line Of abut 2,000 people, alive, are ‘really delicious but hard to keep in the mouth.’ ”Okay, toc by JONATHAN BLOCK attended the weekend came from Daily Staff Writer Brandeis, Harvard, -MlT, and his was more than an hour much information.It’s true, though-checkouthttp:/hww.uky.edul How many college studentscan Wellesley, Boston University, and before the President was sched- Agn’cultur~ntomology/ythfacts~ say they were able to hear the Boston College. Other schools uled to arrive. Luckily, “Clinton/ Adam Kraemer bugfood2.html. (You realize that United States President speak 25 included Smith, Brown, the Uni- Gore ’96” had procured special means there’s a bugfood?) people Are strange versity of New Hampshire, and tickets, and the- students got in Anyway, speaking of the the University of Vermont. Half relatively quickly through the Internet (segues arecool), my topic the fun of the weekend was meet- press entrance. this week is e-mail, etc. In the four years that I’ve been at Tufts, the inn many other college students Despite the fact the President Internet went from being something that most people wouldn’t admii L ’ who shared commonideals and was over an hour late, the crowd they’d heard of to being something which most people bitched aboui feet in front of them? Not many. interests. of a few thousand people were on constantly when Emerald kept crashing last year. Ahhh ... technology Butduring the weekendofFeb. 2- The weekend started with the their feet applauding and cheer- (Speaking of technology, I’ve completely forgotten how to write 5, about 15 lucky Tufts students deumure from Boston Fridav af- ing,- “Four more Years!” any type of paper longhand. I only mention this because I broke my went to New Hampshireto hear During the President’s finger on Saturday and am currently coming to grips with the nine Bill Clinton speak and partici- speech, which at many times fingered typing system I’ve worked out for myself. I really only pate in campaign activities. was a reiteration of his State of mention this because I want the sympathy.) Sponsored by the Tufts Demo: the Union address, he outlined The Internet has invaded everywhere. Would you believe that my crats and billed as a “Clinton/ both what he has achieved thus 88-year old grandfather has an e-mail account? Well, he does. Would Gore ’96 Campaign Weekend far in his more than three years you believe that he goes golfing every day at his age? Well, he does in New Hampshire,” the week- in office and what remains to be that too. Would you believe he regularly gets stoned with me and my end was one that the students done. Some of the legislation dad? Well, he doesn’t, but I wanted to make sure you were paying are not likely to soon forget. passed during Clinton’s admin- attention. Seeing and hearing the Presi- istration has included the Brady Everybody (except my friend, Hillary) has e-mail. It’s become part dent speak was only the begin- Bill, the assault weapons ban, of our lives. There are a few stages to e-mail exploration. The first is ning of what turned out to be a putting 100,000 more police that of experimentation. This stage consists of sitting down at your very exciting and interesting officers on our country’s streets, computer and typing ‘tfingerl more. ” A whole list of people who are weekend. increasing funding for doing the same thing as you appears in front of you. Although the Tufts Demo- Headstart, and theNational Ser- Youthen type“taZkakraemer”(tousearandomexample) andIget crats sponsored the event and it vice Plan and “Pay-As-You- interrupted in the middle of reading a letter from my grandfather. was open to the entire Tufts Can” loans for college students. I then type “talk (insert your name here) ” and we start a conver- community, the weekend was The President mentioned he sation which is usually initiated by my query “Who are you?’ After actually organized by the New would like to see every high about five minutes Irealize you’re aguy and use any excuse to quickly Hampshire ClintodGore ’96 school intheunitedstates wired extract myself from the conversation. It’s great fun. Re-Election Campaign,-- specifi- to the Internet by the end of the The second stage is entered when you start looking for people at tally for college Democrats from ternoon en route to Salem High decade and see more of America’s other schools. From aguy’s point of view, this is kindacool. The trick schools all over New England. School, where President Clinton is really to make sure that you’re not talkrequesting amember of your StudentsfromtheBostonareathat was to speak. Upon arrival, there see CLINTON, page 10 own gender. This can be accomplishedpretty easily by only looking at women’s colleges, Mount Holyoke, for example (Ineverdid this, by the way). So you start talking to them and if they’re in the minority Making money, success out of latex of women at women’s colleges who are heterosexual, you’re golden. :By the way, any conversation that starts with “I randomly fingered by MERREDITH PORTSMORE safer sex. They also make dona- are also committed to making it you” can’t really go anywhere but into the gutter; you do, however, Senior Staff Writer tions of their product to schools funandpleasurable.Thebestplace As May looms closer, many find out a lot about a person in those first few exchanges.) and health educators. to check out Condomania is at seniors wonder what they will do The next stage of e-mail use, after you get tired of only talking to While Condomania is con- with their degrees from Tufts. One people at other colleges, is that of visiting those schools. DANGER! cerned with making sex safe, they see SEX,page 11 Tufts graduate turned his junior DANGER! This can be extremely hazardous to your health. While and senior year entrepreneurial heheard stories of people who met over e-mail hooking up and efforts into a successful business. getting into cool relationships, this is a very rare occurrence. Before you run off to meet the man or woman of your dreams, ask yourself Adam Glickman (LA ’89) sold me question: why are they on e-mail? (Imean, I know you, dear condoms as an undergraduate at reader, areobviouslycool, but are they?) Friends of mine and I visited Tufts, creating his own “Jumbo someone once; we still get chills just thinking about it (by “it”1 mean Brand Condoms” packaged in a ‘her”). matchbook with a cartoon of So then you move on to stage four, where you basically use it as a Jumbo on the cover. The packag- tool because the thought of making another mistake like in stage three ing read “A Safe Jumbo is a Happy still has you waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night Jumbo.” For $1 each, he managed Here’s where it actuallyproves its use. You can start chain letters, you to sell over 100 in the first two can send mail to friends telling them that you’re out of the hospital. weeks of business. you can argue about abortion (oh, wait, no you can’t), you can keeF Glickman’s effort were not up correspondence with that girl or guy you met at that party withoul motivated solely by money. As a your boylgirlfriend finding out, you can keep in touch with my double major in philosophy and grandfather,and you can search the news groups and the World Wide sociology, he was very aware of Web. the AIDS epidemic and attitudes (An aside: list servers and mushing and mudding are pretty strange concerning it. themselves, but they deserve their own column. That’s called fore- “It was clear from the start that shadowing.) the only way we could curb the These last two are both really useful tools and incredibly phenom- spread of AIDS was with the use enal wastes of time. There’s actually an awful lot of things you can gel of a condom, yet we had an entire information about, and I encourage you to try. On the other hand, any population of sexually active time you can get to aplace called “alt.binan’es.nude.celebn’ties” you people that were either unfamiliar can’t possibly be doing research. I was recently told that there are ovei with condoms, uncomfortable 20 alt.sex news groups, including alt.sex.toupees, aZt.sex.wizards, with condoms, did not like to use and aZt.sex.Adarn-Kraemer (well, that last one was just a rumor) condoms... and certainly did not There are some scary people out there. feel comfortable buying The World Wide Web is kind of cool, too, as long as your compute] condoms,” Glickman said. can do256 colorgraphics. Otherwise,everything will look like the sel Glickman explored these feel- ofDick Tracy. So you get on to the Web and (get this) surf. Interesting ings about condoms and their use choice of words, because I get this image of some long-haired dude in his senior sociology thesis en- hanging ten off a lap-top. You can go anywhere and look at anything titled, “Condoms: The Private and spend hours and hours of useful time doing it. Sphere and the Public Domain.” And every single company has its own page now. I don’t know This magna cum laude gradu- why, but it didn’t stop me from making my own Web page (which ate of Tufts went on to open up his sucks, ifIdosaysomyself).I’mreallynotsureofthepoint, but1 think first condom boutique in New I actually hurt my knees jumping on that bandwagon. York’s Greenwich Village. His So, I guess, in conclusion, what I’m trying to say, in a manner oi company, Condomania, which speaking, to an extent, is this: Have Fun, Be Young, Drink Pepsi. No. Glickman is both president and that’s not it. Go, go Gadget flanges? Nope. 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The Daily. Where you read it, write it, advertise in it and enjoy it ... first. Tuesday, February 20,1996 THE TUFTS DAILY page seven ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Salty, sweet and Muppets and Pirates make new crunchy Brian Henson release a real blast “For an extra25 cents, you can have somebody pour liquiddirectlj by ROB MCKEOWN .nto your mouth during the entire film...” Daily Editorial Board What bargains -not to mention variety -they now have at you This time the Muppets have local movie theater. RemembeI used their comic wares to tackle Samantha levinethe days of buttered uoucorn yet another literary staple: Trea- Ten Cents For the (popped in lard) and plain old Sideshow Coke? Well, kiss them goodbye and say hello to lattes and biscotti. Review Doesn’t quite work for you, does it? In fact, it probably work: ibout as well as a mudslide in a bowling alley. Some foods anc )everages are just designed for certain locations; save the cappucinc sure Island. The result is a giggly -or a cafe and stick with the carbonated option in the theater (small and playful send-up of Robert )lease, or I guarantee that the bathroom will be your friend). But ij Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of iou’re like me, you cannot sit for two hours without something in you] loot, love, treasure, and traitors. nouth (and, but for Extra, does any gum really last that long?), so let’r Besides the occasionally-altered :xplore the choices. name and some fancy period duds, You walk into the theater and are greeted by the concession stand everybody’s favorite characters, vhich not only sells candy, popcorn, and soda, but also pizza, hoi from Kermit and Beaker to the logs, nachos, pretzels, ice cream, and Fruitopia. So you ask yourselj SwedishChef andMiss Piggy, are fyoureally wantpizzathat, ifyou’relucky, willrivalPizzaRing. You present and accounted for, trying Kermit and Miss Piggy turn in Oscar-worthy performances. iecide no and also choose to skip the hot dog that’s been rolling their hand at the treasure-hunting round that little grill thing since the release of Casablanca. Well business. ready and eager to do what they Commissioned by Squire lone, friends, you’ve narrowed your options. To be sure, Muppet Treasure do best. And that means being Trelawney, led by Captain Then you have your choice of nachos, popcorn, or pretzels. That’s Island does not pretend to be a themselves. Smollett, and given raison d’etre L tough one ‘cause it has a number of considerations. The nachos are movie in the traditional sense. It The film follows young Jim by the map-bearing Jim Hawkins, irobably decent (assuming you like Cheez Whiz), but do you have the diffuses the conventionally scary Hawkins (Kevin Bishop), the most of the film’s action takes ine motor skills necessary to dip the nacho chips into the cheese and and suspenseful aspects of Great Gonzo, and Rizzo the Rat, place on the treasure-seekingves- ilace them into your mouthin the dark without either making a mess Stevenson’s tale with rollicking as they venture from the seedy sel Hispaniola. As the characters ircausinginjury to yourself and others?If you do, more power to you. musical numbers, witty interjec- confines ofthe Benbow Inn to the waltz their way about the thin con- f you don’t, moving on ... Pretzels offer an interesting taste experi- tions, and the mere presence of South Seas in search of treasure. fines of the plot, the Muppets pro- :nce.They’re usually soft (depending, of course, on how long they’ve the Muppets. Along the way, they manage to vide an array of enjoyable musi- ieen sitting there) and they might even have pretzel nuggets. ‘Course, The advantage Muppets have pick up the funding of the cal numbers, comic interjections, f you’re into the whole mustard scene, you potentially have a similar over human actors is that they live dimwitted Squire Trelawney and dramatic fillers which are oc- lipping problem as with the nachos, but no sharp edges this time in a time vacuum. They can pop (a.k.a. Fozzie Bear), the amphib- cupying enough to tide one over round. And they come in handy if you happen to be at the theater with up anywhere, saying and doing as ian Captain Smollett (Kermit), and until the next blast of humor. ’ourfriend Jennifer who has a hearing andlor psuedo-psychological they please, and still manage to a mutinous ship full of freakish Gonzo and Rizzo are probably iroblem that makes it impossible for her to listen to people chew. make sense. While human actors Muppets. Led by a sentimental the film’s most amusing pair. Their !specially crunchy stuff, like popcorn ... are bound to a film by garb, plot, cook named Long John Silver self-consciousremarksandlaugh- Ah-ha, popcorn. Popcorn seems to have gotten a pretty raw deal and script, their colorful and fuzzy (Tim Curry) and his faithful talk- able jabs mark the essence of ately, what with cholesterol and all, but theaters have tried to counterparts can easily defy the ing lobster Bad Polly, the defiant Muppet humor. Mr. Arrow (Sam iccommodate their more health-consciousconsumers. Some places boundaries of the silver screen. crew may well have been bred Eagle) is the ship’s first mate, and IOW offer air-popped popcorn, which really does taste like card- By exploiting this fact, director next to Chernobyl - their looks his smooth blend of hard-nosed, ioard, as well as the regular kind, usually modified from coconut oil Brian Henson loosens the plot’s couldonly be the product of chemi- humorless commands and me- o something less saturated fat-ish. Either way, you can then choose hold on the film, rightfully allow- tal infection. Jim Henson’s Crea- chanical behavior are yet another o add butter. But this butter, excuse me, golden topping, has prob- ing the Muppets, and not the story, ture Shop must have put in over- outlet for laughs. Kermit the Frog ems of its own. Namely, that the first three pieces you eat are actualty to be the definingaspect ofMuppet time to finish this movie, for there is remarkably mild-mannered as Treasure Island. With the plot are a record 400-plus Muppet vet through with grease, and after that, no go. Well, don’t despair, my see MUPPETS, page 11 irother devised a solution. He asked the concessioner to fill the subordinated, the Muppets are characters in the film. iucket half way, put butter in, then put the rest in with more butter on op. Incidentally,if you are doing the popcorn thing, you might wan1 ‘El Producto’ an eclectic release o splurge the 25 cents on the larger soda. The salt factor might just iutweigh the bathroom factor. But hey, that’s your call. Walt Mink uses studio tricks to produce an exciting disc “Now,” you say, “but wait, I don’t like nachos, pretzels, 01 )opcorn.”Again, do not despair, because you still have an extremely by MIKE ENDLAMAN has displayed a love for the studio. with pulsating noises and twisting arge variety of candy options. There are the old standbys such as Daily Staff Writer The band has exploited the studio guitar riffs that finally slam to- joobers, Raisinets,M&Ms, Twizzlers, JuJubes, and Jujyfruits.These The insidecover of Walt Mink’s to its fullest by integrating sounds gether into a pop song at break- ast two wiZl seal your jaw shut, so unless you’re comfortable enough latest album, El Producto, dis- that are uncommon in most music neck speed. But instead of merely vith your viewing partner to activelyremove sticky licorice-flavored plays an old cigar box filled with today. Recently, rock has been very following the chord progression, tuff from your teeth, you might want to refrain. The same goes for conventional in its use of the stan- the band maneuvers its way dilk Duds. , dard rock instrumentation -gui- through stoplstart grooves and If that weren’t choice enough, there are now the self-serve candy tar, bass, and drums. Walt Mink cqmplex spiraling guitar lines with )ins.Featuring Swedish fish,jelly beans, M&Ms, chocolate-covered goes .beyond that. While studio ease. One moment it seems like ookie dough balls (I’ve never really caught the bandwagon on this tricks and overdubbing don’t over- they will be taking it by the num- ookie dough stuff, but it is available in numerous unrefrigerated- the junk of life - shoe polish, power the album, they are used to bers and out of nowhere they toss ver heard of salmonella,guys? -forms for you and yours) and just beaded necklaces, cigars, fire- create sonic landscapes that are a firecracker into the mix. bout any other gummy, chocolatey, or chewy option you can imag- crackers, rolling papers, a rubber beyond the norm. Chirping birds, “Settled” is a folk song that ne. Incidentally,if you’re completely lost in this melange of options, frog, and old buttons. This ran- string sections, soaring harmonies, places solo acoustic guitar along he current “in” candy seems to be Sour Patch Kids. dom assortment of items reflects sitar, Eastern percussion, andhand side sitar and percussion.It trans- My favorite used to be chocolate-covered almonds, which seem to Walt Mink’s eclectic foris a pretty song into lave vanished from both the movie theaters and just plain old stores approach to music- something morepower- anybody remember Hershey’s Golden Almond Solitaires?).But that making. Like junk in ful and unusual alto- nention of a con-movie theater-sold treat brings us to that infamous a box, their music gether. “Overgrown” rime - smuggling food into the theater, and don’t even try to deny conjures up memo- has a melody that is .Remember when you were little and your parents would bring you ries of times gone by. oddly reminiscent of 1 a juice box and grapes or cookies? Did you know that they were These moments fade Crosby, Stills, & Nash, ommitting a crime and you were pretty much an accomplice? Well, in quickly, are clear yet set among propul- 1 this case, it’s fairly safe to say that the crime is in getting caught. for an instant, and sive drumming and Vhile I wouldn’t advise a shopping bag - or worse, shopping cart suddenlvfade backout intoaswirl- Dercussion, and handclam all turn slamming guitar. “Little Sister” - overflowing with goodies, you can probably conceal a candy bar ing mix. up in the music without being ob- could be&ght off classic rock r bag of Doritos in a pocket or pocketbook. Walt Mink is a power-trio con- trusive. radio, but it is taken at an immense This whole movidfood thing works especially well if you’re with sisting of John Kimbrough (gui- The mixture of pop, Indian in- speed. riendsAovers1family who have similar tastes because then you can tar, vocals), Candice Belanoff struments, and a string section re- Kimbrough, lead guitarist and hare. Wow, I just sounded frighteningly like my first grade teacher, (bass, vocals), and Orestes Morfin flect an obvious 1oveoftheBeatles vocalist, writes lyrics that aren’t lut it’s true. If you can’t decide between popcorn and Twizzlers, you (drums). On El Producto, they and the studio experimentation of immediately memorable, or ex- an split the two with your buddy. After all, why else do they offer that have crafted an album of many Sgt. Pepper. Walt Mink’s mixture tremely profound, but he has a eat popcornlcandylsodacombo- which by the way, I’mconvinced strengths and styles.This embrac- of electric and acoustic, plaintive way of creating situations or im- j a definite rip-off, but I’d be the last one to trust my math skills, so ing of various styles and sounds is and joyful, Eastern and Western ages that is powerful. In “Every- Fit works for you, don’t hold Ijach. But do be careful not to toss your . what makes Walt Mink such an sounds is reflective of that era of thing Worthwhile” he creates an lcket in the trash with the co::tbo special. Been there, done that. interesting band. While rooted in experimentation, but has helped image that we may not have actu- And if you arc there w;tn a si.nificant/not necessarily significant rock, they are also - at different to evolve it by the use of more ally experienced, but is very fa- ther, you can go thc large pop:orn route and hope that your hands times - part pop, part psyche- modern rock styles. miliar: “there is a sadness on a mch in the carton. Sigh. delic rock, part punk, part hard The opening track on the al- c!ear night, the wind is up1 and we Actually, I think that was done in some TV show... Brady Bunch? rock, and part folk. bum, “Stood Up,” reveals many Vonder Years? Well, don’t hold me to it, but if it worked for Marcia... With El Producto, Walt Mink of the band’s strengths. It begins see RECORD, page 11 page eight THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, February 20,1996 SPORTS Tufts succumbs to Middlebury Referees are complete idiots as Jumbos lose ninth straight by BILL COPELAND Then Middlebury exploded on a she did a good job.” Richmond, Daily Editorial Board 20-6 run for a 34-23 lead while who has battled back injuries of Ball goes to Stephanie Buia. the Jumbos offense stalled. late, played 36 minutes,. Buia sets to make a post move. Middlebury led 36-28 at the half. “I think we are a pretty good Out of nowhere, a whistle sounds. “I thought offensively we defensive team. Normally that is struggled,” Savitz said. “Rushing one of our strengths. These play- @ Milidlebury 65 the shots, off-balance shots. Of- ers play hard and if you get ‘em 49 fensive execution was abysmal.” to play hard and play together, The statistics back up Savitz’s that’s half of it right there.” . I statement. Tufts shot 26.4 percent The 5-14 Jumbos have two Buia goes to the foul line. from the field for the game, with games remaining to hopefully That, in a nutshell, was the first an awful six-for-25 (24 percent) bring some cheer to a disappoint- Photo by Nick Hnaty half of Saturday afternoon’s in the first half. Take out Amie ing season. They visit Brandeis on Doug Gentile, who scored another hat trick Saturday, helps his matchup between Tufts and Hansen (4-7,ll points) and Buia Wednesday and host Connecticut opponent skate towards the boards as he awaits a rebound. Middlebury. Buia, a freshman (4-9), and Tufts was an incredible College Saturday night in the fi- center, led the Jumbos in scoring six-for-37, or 16.2 percent. nal games in the careers of co-cap- in the first half with nine points, Along with Buia, who finished tains Nobile and Sonia Raman, in - Jumbos surrender to all from the foul line, as the Pan- with nine rebounds, Joy Rich- addition to Richmond. thers won, 65-49. Buia led Tufts mond was the star for the Jumbos. with 18 points, but only played 20 The senior had team highs with Asked if the team might get out Falcons in 3rd period minutes due to foul trouble, as the five steals and 17 rebounds to go of its funk in the ccmclusion, by MARK LERMAN Forgotten in the bitter defeat Jumbos lost their ninth straight with nine points. Savitz said, “That’s why you play. Senior Staff Writer was a hat trick by cocaptain Doug game to the second-ranked team “She had to log a lot of min- You’ve got to believe that you’re “It’s down to a two game sea- Gentile. Gentile admitted that he in New England. Utes in there,” Savitz said, “and .going to win.” son.” likes playing Bentley at the rink “The foul situation obviously Tufts head coach Steve Hoar in his hometown of Newton. really hurt us,” coach Janice “I always liked the hard and Savitz said. “Steph did a great job, fast ice surface here. Maybe that’s and when she had to sit, [we lost] -@$$- Hockey why I seem to play a little bit bet- a lot of our offense, getting the ball ter here,” he suggested. inside. She’s a big player, and she ~~ I Jay Carta put Bentley ahead did a good job posting up and stressed the increased importance just a minute into the game off a playing the game. When she had of the last two games of the regu- feed from Dave Tallent. Gentile to sit, we don’t have a whole lot lar season after a disappointing scored on the power play to tie it of bodies to rotate on the inside.” loss to division rival Bentley on five minutes later, but Steve The officiating was absolutely Saturday. For the first time this Schriber put Bentley back on top atrocious. Cries of “Let them year, the Jumbos could not main- before the end of the period. play” were heard throughout the tain a lead they took into the final Cahill knotted the game again game, as the refs called fouls for period. Playing without the inten- early in the second period by scor- movement and breathing. The sity they displayed the in first 40 ing on the power play for his 12th Jumbos pouted more than Bobby minutes that helped them come goal of the year, but Tony Hurley did his freshman year at back on three occasions, Tufts Langelier put Tufts behind again Duke, thanks to officials who surrendered four goals and fell 7- two minutes later. Gentile drew blew whistles where none could 4. Tufts even again a little over mid- be expected. The loss dropped the Jumbos’ way through the game before he On one play, three Jumbos sur- record on the year to 10-7-2. completed his hat trick to put the rounded a Panther in the post, al€ Though winning their last two Jumbos on top for the first time maintaining their distance. As the regular season games would still all evening. His 20th goal of the forward made her move, scoring enable the Jumbos to make the year was the last time the Jumbos untouched, the ref called a foul on playoffs, the ECAC loss to the would score on the night, though point guard Chantelle Nobile, Falcons virtually ensures that any they watched the Falcons record who was guarding the passing playoff games Tufts plays will be four unanswered goals to ice the lane from two feet away. Nobile on the road. victory. could be seen saying to Savitz, “I “We’ve dug ourselves a hole, The Jumbos traveled to didn’t touch her,” but it was to no but we can still see the daylight. Bentley following a strong effort avail. We just need to re-charge and at Assumption only two nights come to play for 60 minutes, earlier. Tufts played a complete Tufts played strong early in the which we didn’t do at Bentley. In game for 60 minutes and over- first half. The Panthers, not sur- the third period, they beat us to came an early deficit to defeat the prisingly, were hampered by early every loose puck and won every Greyhounds 5-2 for the first time foul trouble, picking up their sev- battle along the boards,” Hoar in three years. enth foul 6:21 into the game. The Sarah Howard and the women’s basketball team are for confessed. “That was a huge win -prob- Jumbos had a 17-14 lead as Buia la,oking ‘We played the third period ably our best complete gape all hit her first six foul shots early. a win to end their nine-game losing streak. like we were trying not to lose, not year. The seniors were really fired like we were trying to win,” up for the game because we’d agreed co-captain Jim Cahill. “We never beaten them,” said senior just came out flat in the third pe- Cahill. riod and went into a shell.” Yet it was a junior who put If that weren’t enough, Tufts Tufts on the board early in the also learned that goalie Justin game. Paul Nemeskal netted his Rishel - who injured his ankle first of two on the night when Brad in a first period pileup in his goal Taylor set him up five minutes - into the game. crease could miss the rest of II the season with a severe sprain. Assumption fought back with Though back-up Sean Lothrop goals from Todd Sloper and Mike has played very well in his lim- Scnhyer to take the lead, though and ited appearances, Rishel’s ab- the Jumbos still appeared to be sence will still be a blow to the dominating play. team. ‘We feel like we were control- iFudaisxn ling the whole game. Even when Upcoming schedule we were down we just weren’t ’Iiresdav. Feb. 20 putting away our chances,” Men’s Basketball: vs. claimed Cahill. Following Shabbat Dinner Amherst, 7:30. The Jumbos started putting away their chances just into the Friday, February 23 second period. Cahill restarted the Wednesdav. Feb. 21 offense by scoring his tenth goal Reform and Traditional Services 6:OO pin Women’s Basketball: of the season. Dan Cohen added @Brandeis,7:30. a goal two minutes later to put Dinner 7:OO pm Tufts ahead for good. Cahill bur- I For dirrircJr-wsciv~(io/i.y rdeasc call 627-3242 by Wednesday 5:OO prn.1 Thursdav, Feb. 22 ied his second of the game in the Men’s Basketball: vs. third period before Nemeskal Brandeis, 7:30. closed out the scoring in the final ce Hockey: @N.H. College, 7:30. see HOCKEY, page 11 Tuesday, February 20,1996 THE TUFTS DAILY page nine

SPORTS - Middlebury blowout spurred by

’ strong backcourt, 0nofrio’s 26 by BILL COPELAND was punctuated by a three-pointer a long two-pointer, the Panthers Daily Editorial Board by shooting guard Chad Onofrio, sandwiched travelling violations Tufts had won eight of their who watched the ball go through around a Brian Skerry miss. Chad last nine, only losing to Williams, the hoop with three seconds left, then missed a three-point attempt, the fourth-ranked team in thecoun- turned around, and ran straight to and Will Riordan grabbed the of- the locker room as the buzzer fensive board and kicked it back @ hl:&dlebury 69 sounded. to him, where he nailed a trey AskedifMiddlebury’swinover from thetop of the key. 106 Williams made him nervous,Tufts Middlebury’s Matt Hussey coach Bob Sheldon said, “No, committed a foul on the rebound try. Middlebury had won four in a actually I was kind of glad that attempt, giving the ball back to the row, including their last game, a happened. I figured we’re just Jumbos. Onofrio found his way to Daily file photo 58-54 win against those same lowly Tufts; we’re not Williams. the foul line*knocking down two Andy Horn (sitting), John Carroll (holding ball) and 11 of their They don’t have to come in here Purple Cows. It should have been free throws to give Tufts a 67-41 teammates scored the Jumbos obliterated Middlebury. a classic game, right? thinking they’ve got to get a big lead. He then guarded the Pan- as Wrong. Following their trade- win. I think what it did for them is thers’ point gukd tight, stole the Skerry was also strong for roll, things start to click. It carries mark slow start, falling behind that’s like the highlight of their ball, and ran for an uncontested Tufts, leading the team in assists over to everybody.” 23-21, Tufts went on 26-7 run to season and they really couldn’t layup. (six) and rebounds (seven). The The game ended with ten min- end the first half, using a 47-30 get any higher after that. So I think After Onofrio’s slow first half 5’ 11” point guard would lead the utes of fun. Sheldon emptied the halftime lead to obliterate they might have been down a little in. which he scored only eight team in rebounding, and the team bench and the team just tried to Middlebury, 106-69.The first balf bit coming in here actually. points, Sheldon told his team, outrebounded their opponents 47- pour in the points against “We don’t use what the other “Give [Onofrio] the ball. Give 44, a surprising accomplishment. Middlebury’sstarters. “It was nice team’s doing as much as what we him some shots.” And he hit his “Brian finally realized he can because they come out in the end need to do, anyway.” shots, going four-for-seven from pass the ball to guys and they’ll be and they knew that Andy [Horn] I Middlebury 2/17/96 While the Panthers beat Will- downtown and hittingall six of his able to knock ‘em down,” Sheldon FG neb. iams last week with defense, it foul shots. said of Skerry. “When you’re on a see MEN, page 12 Min. M-A M-A O-T A E Pts Faucher...... 29 4-9 3-3 1-3 3 I 12 was hard to imagine them con- Maletis...... 14 3-7 0-0 0-2 2 3 a taining Tufts. Even at 23-21, the Ausin ...... 13 0-2 0-0 1-3 o o a Poulos ...... 26 2-9 11-12 1-5 2 2 17 thought was not, “How are we Edwards...... 3 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 u Plank ...... 19 0-3 0-0 3-3 I 4 u going to beat this team?” but “How ...... 13 0-6 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 are we losing to this team?” Re- Lasek...... 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 I 2 a Bianchi...... 8 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 3 2 bounding kept the Panthers close Vuckovic ...... 24 4-8 2-5 3-7 0 1 11 early in the first half, as the half- Dunkerly...... 6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Kricgsm an...... 23 4-9 4-9 2-11 3 4 12 time rebounding margin was 26- Boffcy...... 16 1-4 4-6 0-3 0 4 6 15 in favor of Middlebury. Totals...... 200 19-62 25.31 1444 13 25 69 “I’ve got to work on my Vince FG% .306. IT%,676; 3-point goals: 6-21. ,286 (Maletis 2-6. Poulos 2-6. Vuckovic 1-5. Fauchcr 1-1. Lombardi speeches and ‘Win one Ausin 0-1, Edwards 0-1. Hussey 0-1). Team Re- bounds: 4. Blocked Shots: 4 (Kriegsman 2). Steals: 5 for the Gipper’ stuff,” Sheldon (hck 2). Turnovers: 21 (Poulos 5). joked about his team’s sluggish Tufts start. “Right now we’re playing EG FT Reb. well and we’re going out relaxed. Min. M-A M-A O-T A F Pcr Sulfivan...... 16 2-5 0-0 0-20 4 5 I think once we get into the game Cunnmgham..... 24 3-7 2-2 0-2 2 2 11 Horn ...... 7 0.2 2-2 2-20 I 2 and they play themselves into it _. 5 0-0 0-2 0-1 I o 0 and take off. .. 27 3-10 6-6 1-7 6 2 12 DeBcvoix...... 5 2-5 0-0 2.5 I o 5 “Plus part of our stuff is to get Onofrio...... 26 8-17 6-6 1-4 I 0 26 running and get ‘em tired and ex- 7 0-0 3-4 2-4 0 2 3 24 6-9 2-4 1-3 I 4 16 ploit it a little bit too. Once the Holden...... 17 4-7 0-0 0-1 I 4 8 Rio dan...... Io 0.1 0-0 2.4 1 0 a game gets going and they get a .. I1 2-4 2-2 0-2 I 4 8 little bit tired and we don’t be- SkSOn...... I2 3-4 0-0 0-20 3 6 .. 9 2-4 0-0 0-3 0 2 4 cause we’re playing nine or ten .. 200 35-75 23-28 12-47 I5 28106 guys, that’s when we start to open 7,IT% 321:3-pointgoals: 13-28. ,461 it up.” (Onofrio4-7. Cunningham 3-6, Donroc2-3. Ragsdale 2-3,Sullivan I-2,DcBcvoise I-3.SkenyO-I.Holden Then, the second half came O-3).Team Rebounds:5. Blocked Shots: 3(Skerry2). Steals: 10 (Onofno 4). Turnovers: 10 (Cunningham along. With the score 60-41, 3). ‘Onofriowent on a 9-0 run, bring- ing his teammates along for the A-550 ride. After hitting his favoriteshot, lkstfive champs Sunday’sNBA on NBC doubleheader featured the last the roles the players play. Rodman could surely hold back hideous in the second half, as Olajuwon was useless and five NBA champions, the Houston Rockets and the Chi- McHale, while Pippen might cancel Bird, but what is the Spurs outscored the Rockets in the fourth quarter 26-9. cago Bulls. The Bulls are an unbelievable 46-5 after Ainge going to do against Jordan? If the Celtics tried to Of course, the regular season does not mean too much. recently suffering a two-game losing streak while the double Jordan, the Bulls would counter with sharpshooter The Rockets are now looking at a fourth seed and could Rockets, going into last night’s game, were 33-19, two Steve Kerr at the point, and Kerr would crush the C’s. play the feared Lakers in the first round. Magic Johnson games behind the Utah Jazz in the Midwest Division. The Celtics would have to use Parish against theLongley/ has made the good Lakers better, and the Rockets could be The Bulls are un- Bill Wennington tandem. Longley is surprisingly impor- looking at a first round exit if the seedings don’t change. Bill Copeland stoppable.They are the tant for the Bulls, as their recent losses came with him on The Rockets are still to be feared, but they are no longer . odds-on favoritesto win the shelf. If Parish could dominate in the middle against the NBA’s best. High, Far, and Gone the NBA Title, and are two fresh men, then the Celtics would surely win. The Bulls will win the NBA Championship this vex. battling more with the Who would win this battle? I played it out on my Their only weakness, the center spot, is deep enough that ‘72-73 Los Angeles Lakers for the best all-time regular computer(actually,in my head), and my computer blew up. they can reasonably contain the top players in the league. season record than with their NBA opponents. They toyed Ken-would probably chip in €5along with Jordan’s 40, and The Rockets won two straight titles against a depleted with the Indiana Pacers Sunday, falling behind 9-0 to start it would bea tightcontest. Phil Jackson is currently the best NBA and should not be forgotten, but they don’t have the the game before cruising to a 110-102 win. coach alive (yes,betterthan Dean Smith andBob Sheldon), goods to hold offtheBulls, whoright now areonly playing The more interesting comparison to make with the and I’d bet on him to outfox KC Jones in the end. against history. Bulls is the ‘85-86Celtics,the local all-time favorite team. Anyway, now that that five paragraph tangent is over, Bili’s Bits No one will question the greatnessof that team, as they had the rest of the season is all ceremony assuming the Bulls Not that I’ve written this before or anything, but go to three great players (Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and wife- aren’t rock@ by injuries and Rodman doesn’t go more the basketball games this week. The men are playing beater Robert Parish) along with a solid point guard insane. Jordan and Pippen each got 40 points Sunday, the excellent team basketball, and the backcourt is just fun to (Dennis Johnson) and a deadly shooter (Danny Ainge). first time teammates did that since Adrian Dantley and watch. The Bulls counter with thegreatestplayerever(Michae1 John Drew (yes, that John Drew) performed the feat for When is mass going to lose? Not until the Tourna- Jordan), perhaps the best all-around player in the league Utah in 1984. ment, if then. Here are two things to deflate the high of the today (Scottie Pippen), the best defensive forward and The Rockets are having their second straight mediocre Minuteman fan, however. First, the Atlantic 10 is awful. best rebounder playing (Dennis Rodman), and two ad- regular season. They haveslumped of late, thanks tocenter Virginia Tech was the number ten team in the nation, but equate starters (Luc Longley and Ron Harper). Hakeem Olajuwon. The two-time defending NBA Finals they don’t play anyone besides UMass. Second, teams that Comparing the players position by position doesn’t do MVP is celebrating the Muslim holiday Ramadan and play well early don’t necessarily play well late. The this justice. Johnson easily tops Harper at the point, while cannot eat during daylight hours. This caused the Rockets Minutemen were surely the best team in December, when Parish clearly beats Longley. Jordan is on another planet to get pummelled by the Spurs yesterday, exploiting their they beat most of their top opponents, but they could get (Mars) than Ainge. Bird edges Pippen. Although McHale obvious weakness. complacent going into the tourney as an undefeated team likely is better than Rodman, Rodman’s value on the glass Olajuwon did not drink any water during yesterday’s which hasn’t played adecent team in months. On the other and on defense is immeasurable. game. I have had two cups of water since I started my hand, if they do win, don’t forget who predicted them to The one thing to note while making this comparison is column. Do you see a problem here? The Rockets were win in early December (me, if YOU already forgot). page ten THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, February 20,1996 Shaking the President’s hand U CLINTON ibility (people cheering the Presi- DOMINO’S TUFTS continued from page 5 dent and holding signs so he looks youth going on to college. As far good in front of the cameras), and as issues affecting college stu- still others were drivento achurch dents, the President is planning to in Manchesterto see the President institute a $1,000 scholarship for and do more visibility. The nn SPECIALS the top five percent of students in Manchester church group turned every high school graduating class out to be a fortunate one. going to college, as well as fund- Going there, students antici- $7.99 Medium unlimited Toppings ing more money in his Americorps pated they would only see the and student loan programs. President’s motorcade go by. The $8.99 Large 3 Toppings When the President finished group was in for a treat, however, $9.99 Medium 2 Toppings, Twisty his speech after about 45 minutes, because as the motorcade neared the crowd rose to its feet, and the church, the President was ac- Bread and 2 Cokes began cheering the now familiar tually walking and greeting “Four more years!” chant. Before people. He soon neared where the $12.99 2 large Cheese Pizzas leaving the gymnasium, thePresi- group was standing, and nearly all 2 Large 2 Topping Pizzas dent walked along the barrier that of us got to talk to the President, if $14.99 separated the students from the only momentarily, and shake his podium and began shaking hands. hand. Needless to say, the image Add Ons: Buffalo Wings, Twisty Bread or Cheesey Bread Many Tufts students were fortu- of being face to face with the nate enough to shake hands with President and shaking his hand is Now Serving: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite the President. an image that will be hard to for- After the Salem rally, the Tufts get. students were on their way to Manchesterwhere the New Hamp- Even though most typically had shire ClintodGore ’96 headquar- only four or five hours of sleep ters are located. After spending a during the two nights, the whole short time there, the group was experience was very worthwhile. transported to their accommoda- Maybe many of us will get in- tions at the Goffstown YMCA. volved when the next New Hamp- On Saturday, the real work be- shire Primary comes around in . gan. Some students spent the day four years. If you’re even slightly at the Manchester headquarters interested in politics, get involved doing phone banking -- calling up with an on-campus political orga- THIS TUEDAY AT PUB! people and asking them primary- nization. Who knows?Maybe you related questions -- others were too will get to shake the President’s driven to Nashua to do some vis- hand. Students complain- about stuff EAIXTHSHOE FOCUS two times. continued from page 1 In terms of student interaction discourages groups.” on campus, many complainedthat Stackman said that this year, class unity is a problem, suggest- the TCUJ has “become more ef- ing that more class activities need fective themselves. [TCUJ Chair] to be held prior to senior year. In James Lavallee has done well. response, Programming Board They felt they didn’t have a clear establishedclass councilsto orga- understandingof what their charge nize events for each class, was, so they wrote their own toget Stackman said. Student Activities approved by CSL [Committee on and the class deans serve as advi- Student Life].” sors and offer assistmce to the Along similar lines, Stackman councils, he added. said that many student organiza- tions feel frustrated with the pro- Other problems touched onin cess of being recognized by the the focus groups, Stackman said, TCUJ and separately registered include alackof interaction among by StudentActivities. In response, groups and school spirit. Stackman Stackmanis working to make this said that these issues are being process take place only once a addressedby ProgrammingBoard year, as opposed to the current and other groups. Manv culture groups excluded v * CULTuh can voice their concerris to a sena- continued from page3 tor who will reDort to the rest of panic, GayLesbiadBisexual, and the Senate. Many have claimed Commuter. The Senate is ignor-‘ that one senator‘would not do a ing many other minorities, includ- sufficient job of conveying the ing Jews, Muslims, Native Ameri- results of meetings to the Senate. ‘cans, and international students. A solution to this problem is to Another totally illogical aspect of have several senators on the com- this policy is that international stu- mittee in order to guard against dents from Asia and Africa are incomplete reports. Abo, there is zgiven culture reps, but interna- an open forum at the start of each tional students from the rest of the Senate meeting where culture reps globe are shut out. It is unfair to could voice any concerns that had pick and choose the minority not been properly relayed to the groups that will be given this spe- other senators. /‘ cial representation. If they have to Nobody denies that there is remain on the Senate at all, then prejudice at Tufts. However, Af- representatives of every recog- rican Americans, Asians, Hispan- nized minority group on campus ics, and gays are not the only vic- must be selected. tims of such abhorrent behavior. Unfortunately, the addition of If the Senate wants to take into 1Opm - lam 15 or so voices on the Senate, consideration the concerns of mi- bringing the total to about 45, norities on campus, then they must 2/20/96 -MacPhie could considerably slow down the include all minorities on campus. process. It is far more logical to Precluding certain groups is just $2 - 21 and over - ID required move all of the various culture the kind of prejudice they are try- reps to a subcommitteewhere they ing to eliminate. Sponsored by Student Activities Tuesday, February 20,1996 THE TUFTS DAILY page eleven

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We need to come to- handed them earlier this year. gether or else we’ll be packing up “Although they’re out of the and ending our season early,” said Career Planning Center Calendar and Area Events playoffs, this is the last home Hoar. game for all New Hampshire’s After Thursday’s contest, the February 18, - March 8, 1996 seniors and I’m sure they’ll be out Jumbos close the regular season there to win,” predicted Cahill. with their final home game against “They’d also take some pride in Stonehill on Saturday. Week of February 18 Walk-In Hours, 2:OO-4:00 p.m., Tuesday-Friday Monday, February 18 The Career Planning Center is closed. Information Session: How well do you know your Green Corps 7:OO p.m., Lane Room, CC parents? Tuesday, February 20 Careers In Public Health How well do they know you? 4:OO pm., East Hall Information Sessions: PlRG 7:OO p.m., Zamparelli Room, CC R.S. Carmichael 7:OO p.m., Lane Room, CC Wednesday. February 21 Symposium on the Ethics Pre-Med Applicant Workshop 3:30 p.m., Bromfield-Pearson 101 Information Session: Turner Construction Company 7:OO p.m., Zamparelli Room, CC of Thursday, February 22 Summer Opportunities Workshop 200 p.m., CPC the Parenilchild Interview Skills Workshop for International Students 4:OO p.m., Zamparelli Room, CC Relationship Information Session: Eastern Bank 530 pm., Zamparelli Room, CC

Week of February 26 Walk-in Hours 2:OO-4:00 pm., every day Monday, February 26 Thursday. February 29 Recruiting Program Meeting Preparing for Second Interviews 11:30 a.m., CPC (sign up in advance) featuring Ann Fabririo. TJ Maxx Hold the date! Sunday March 31st Tuasday, February 27 5:OO pm., Large Conference Room, CC Work Abroad Workshop Recruiting Program Meeting 5:00 P.m., cpc bpiore the issues that touch your Noon, Large Conference Room, Campus Center life: Wednesday, February 28 Information Session: 6 You love ‘em, you hate ‘em, you can’t liie without ‘em Summer Opportunities Workshop TJ Maxx Family dynamics 4:OO pm.. CPC 7:OO p.m., Large Conference Room, CC - Week of March 4 6 Your parents, do they rule your life Walk-In Hours 2:00-4:00 p.m. every day - Power issues between parents and college students Monday, March 4 b Are you Daddy‘s little girl? Are you Mommy’s liie man Recruiting Program Meeting Gender issues 4:OQ pm., CPC - Information Sessions: b What is normality versus reality? CSC Consulting - Issues that affect today’s family: divorce, terminal 6:OO pm., Large Conference Room, CC illness, interfaith relationships Cerner Corporation 7:OO pm., Zamparelli Room, CC Call Hillel for more information x3242 Tuesday, March 5 Co-sponsored Tufts Hillel and the Child Study Department Interview Skills Workshop by 5:OO pm., CPC Information Session: MIT Lincoln Labs 6:OO p.m., Zamparelli Room, CC Pie-Med Applicant Workshop 7:OO p.m., Eaton 201 Wednesday, March 6 Health Professions Presentation - General Surgery - 4:OO pm., Large Conference Room, CC Information Session: If you don’t recycle this Conde Nast Publications 8:OO p.m., Lane Room, CC Thursday, March 7 newspaper, we’re telling Life after PracticallAcademic Training: Information on H1B Worker Visas on you. And then you’ll 4:OO p.m., Large Conference Room, CC be in real trouble. page twelve THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, February 20,1996

-2 Tufts University Leadership Institute presents Cheerleaders rock in 2nd half ... SIDEBAR And then he doesn’t get that frus- Leadership Styles: continued from page 9 tration and he just starts to drop a transfer red couple.” Task Oriented vs. the team in total points (12), re- Garbage time began around the bounds (four), and attitude 11 : 18 mark in the second, when Relational (cocky). Onofrio came off the floor. By the In the midst of a 2 1-5 Tufts run end of the blowout, Sheldon had Come discover which style in the closing minutes of the half, played all of his rkserves. For a you prefer...and how to gain Skerry had his second blocked brief period near the end of the shot of the game. And he made game, asmall crowd began chant- in both! skills sure everyone knew it, holding up ing “Mikko, Mikko,” (referring to two fingers as he trotted downcourt backup Mikko Simon) asking the Presenter: Scotty McLennan, Chaplain past the benches. team to pass the ball to the sel- Tuesday, February 20,19FG While Skerry’s street-court dom-used junior guard, who had Lane Rm. 218, Campus Center play dominated the first half, yet to score. Onofrio’s stellar shooting touch The team obliged, running a took over in the second. Despite a play for Simon, who found him- Register at the Office of Student Activities slow first half, Onofrio quietly self at the foul line shooting two. by Friday, February 16,1996 contributed 26 points (18 in the He missed both. The crowd Target audience: all Participant Limit: 12 second half alone) and four huge seemed more disappointed than treys. he did. According to Sheldon,the only .- = Onofrio seemed to find his other player who didn’t score, se: rhythm at the close of the first nior guard Will “The X-Factor” half, hitting a buzzer-beating three- Riordan (who contributed four For more information. contact Anadri Chisolm, Program Coordinator. ext. 3212 or [email protected] pointer. In the second half, he never rebounds in ten minutes of play), h looked back, notching 14 points was asked if he wanted to return at over one five-minute stretch, in- the end. Rodman, err... Riordan declined. Teaching to Effectively Lead the Pach! cluding two of his four threes. You In fact, each Onofrio trifecta seemed to drain the Middlebury Jumbo Jottings squadof any enthusiasmthat might In other related action on Sat- have been left over from their urday, the Tufts cheerleaderscame stunning 58-54 upset over Will- out sporting sharp new uniforms iams on Wednesday. and a great new repertoire which Sheldon said of his co-captain’s effectively utilized therecent male “The Women’s Clinic” performance, “Actually, what additions to their squad. The first Chad’s learned to do over the last half routine was a little stale and at the Health Service coupleofmonths-thathe wasn’t included aminor injury and alittle doing in the very beginning of the blood. Apparently inspired by season, when he was really look- their fallen mate, the cheerleaders The Focus: to provide health care for women in a private, positive ing for his shots and forcing it a came out better than ever after and caring atmosphere. The services offered include gynecological and little bit, and not making them, halftime. breast exams, as well as information on a variety of topics including and getting frustrated. Now he’s And they’ve got three more waiting for them to come to him, chances to top that performance sexuality. ‘cause he knows it’s gonna come. in the next week.

The Clinic takes place every Wednesday evening from 4:OO PM to Senate lanning major forum 8:OO PM by appointment only. PRESIDENll? in the forum, she said. continued from page 1 Courtney Reed, president of encouraged other groups’ partici- Tufts Democrats, told those in at- / If you have questions, or are interested in booking an appointment, pation. tendance of her group’s plan to Friedman announced that the coordinate a voter registration please call 627-3350. An appointment can also be made in person at the Senate has been planning a forum drive for all students. She said that . Health Service, 124 Professors Row. As always, services received at the in April to discuss how Tufts can suchadrive wouldbevery impor- better prepare students for a ca- tant in this election yea. Health Service remain confidential. reer after graduation. They plan to “The ‘PresidentsMeeting’ was include input from faculty, ad- successfu1,”Friedmansaid. “It was ministration,alumni, andstudents a positive step for school unity.” Search begins for a new dean AMMONS dents not to have one.” continued from page 1 While Ammons serves her fi- of students who achieved those nal semester as Dean of Arts and grades in English 1 signed up for Humanities, a letter has gone out FINANCIALAID APPLICATIONS English 2 this past semester. from Vice President of Arts, Sci- The one improvement that ences, and Technology Melvin Ammons said she would like to Bernstein asking for self-nomina- see in writing at Tufts is the inwo- tions and peer nominations forthe FOR 1996-97 ARE NOW AVAILABLE duction of a writing center. “Other post. The dean’s position is ex- institutions similar to Tufts have pected to be filled by the time the AT THE AID OFFICE 1 writing centers on campus,” she Ammons returns to English said. “It’s a disadvantage to stu- department on Sept. 1. Jumbos host Amherst tonight MEN games remaining as they continue continued from page 8 their drive for an NCAA Tourna- hadn’t scored and they ran a play ment bid. They host Amherst to- and got Andy a shot. Then Mikko night as the Lord Jeffs also strive [Simon] hadn’t scored and they for a bid. A win would certainly got Mikko a shot.” Thirteen of 15 keep the tenth-ranked Jumbos Jumbos scored, as Simon missed above Amherst in the polls, while two foul shots, and defensive for- winning Thursday’s and ward Will Riordan sat out the last Saturday’s home games against nine minutes to let his teammates Brandeis and ConnecticutCollege Play. might just be enough to include Tufts among the top ten teams in You must be up an applkatwn packet in person.Packets will NOT be mailed. The Jumbos have three home the Northeast Region. Office of Financial Aid 128 Professors Row Make a friend smile. SPORTS. WRITE IT. Send a personal. Tuesday, February 20,1996 THE TUFTS DAILY page thirteen US & WORLD NEWS -. UFO or not, crash site’s become a Starship Enterprise Los Angeles Times-Washington Post capital of southeastern New shadowy outpost of government News Service Mexico, a city of overachieving activity situated among the talis- ROSWELL, N.M. - Some- retirees in a rolling, but not terri- mans of the atomic age: Los thing crashed out here nearly 50 bly picturesque, landscape of ar- Alamos, White Sands, the Trinity years ago, out where the town tesian wells and dairy farms. site. In the 1930s Robert Goddard gives way to the empty hills and But in the town square on Main did his early experiments with the bright stars. Street sits the two-year-old Inter- rocketry in Roswell; the 509th Maybe it was “a flying saucer,” national UFO Museum and Re- Bomb Group, still stationed at as the Army first said. Or just a search Center, a flying saucer Roswell Air Field in 1947, was weather balloon, as the Army said proudly launched from its roof. trained to deliver the Big One. the next day. Or a listening device Within, volunteers like Hugh With that kind of background, for spying on the Soviets, as the Barker speak knowledgeably believers venture, the town would federal government announced about aliens emerging from “the have been an obvious curiosity to only last year. But there are old- mother ship.” any unearthly forces wanting to timers here who will always look “My interest is the interest of look things over. at the big, clear sky with the slight- believers everywhere,” said It was only about 10 years ago, est shiver and wonder what really Barker, who retired here a dozen with the first books claiming to rip happened. years ago from Chicago. the lid off the Roswell secret, that Nobody knew it then, but on Nearly 80,000 people a year, curious and long-withheld facts ,- that evening in early July 1947, from all the states and 60 coun- began to emerge. Then, as inter- the fate, and the very identity, of tries, come to Roswell and this est in the otherworldly began to this unassuming town was forever museum, looking for something. steamroll, with television hits like sealed. The theories about forces There are differing degrees of “X-Files,” the stigma of believing beyond our ken, the dark whispers belief in the UFO Town. Mayor in a world beyond began to dis- of governmental coverups, the Thomas Jennings tries to sell the solve. People in Roswell began to hopes of believers everywhere in area’s agricultural strengths, but talk. alien journeys and visitors in sil- the official Roswell pin is still The events of early July 1947 very suits have come together in shaped like a flying saucer beam- are preserved on the front pages this far-flung spot: Roswell, the ing down rays of otherworldly of the Roswell Daily Record. First UFO Town. light. came this startling headline on “People didn’t want to have The tongue-in-cheek return July 8: “RAAF (Roswell Army fun with this for a long time,” said address for the festival commit- Air Field) Captures Flying Sau- Stan Crosby, 45, a lifelong resi- tee isRoswel1, N.M., USA, Earth, cer on Ranch in Roswell Region,“ dent who is organizing the town’s Milky Way Galaxy. Out beyond with the information that a re- second annual UFO festival for the town limits 25 miles, at Eden spected hardware-store owner and next summer. “This was a military Valley Farm, owner Hub Corn di- his wife had watched from their town. People kept their mouths rects guided tours of the cracked front porch several evenings ear- shut. There are still tender feel- earth where the glittering wreck- lier as a glowing object zoomed ings about this. And some people age was strewn, for $15 aperson; through the skies and disappeared felt like Roswell didn’t need to be last time Japanese visitors were over the treetops. known as a kook city.” here, they rented helicopters.The The Army offered few details, Were it not for the mystery of town’s embarrassment has gradu- except to say that the disk was 1947, Roswell, population ally turned into cheerful enter- flowri “to higher headquarters.” 45,000, might have been nothing prise. But the next day, July 9, the more glamorous than the cheese This land has been part of a newspaper reported a “never- mind” attitude from top brass at the airfield. Brig. Gen. Roger M. New V-Chip could be a boon to broadcasters Ramey coolly announced, accord- Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service This is precisely why the Rev. Donald early on, for instance, but later adding the near- ing to the article, that the “myste- Didn’t care for the recent CBS telecast of Wildmon, the American Family Association X NC- 17 category). The purpose of such ma- rious objects found on a lonely “Co-Ed Call Girl?’ Wait, say people in the president who has led boycotts of various net- nipulation, says Douglas Gomery, a Univer- New Mexico ranch was a harm- TV business, the tube is going to get much, work programs, despises the V-chip. It “insti- sity of Maryland economics professor, was to less, high-altitude weather balloon much worse. Not more sleazy, not more vio- tutionalizes violence,” he told me recently. preserve the economic viability of “controver- - not a grounded flying disk.” lent, but nicer, kinder - and blander. What Wildmon may not recognize is that sial material” by placing it within the bounds In a separate story, rancher “We’re moving toward a world in which the V-chip could also eliminate much of his of an identifiable,socially approved structure. W.W. Brazel, then 46, on whose the only thing that will pass muster on TV is reason for being. After all, when Playboy Sound familiar? property the remnants were found, sorry “Sesame Street,’ ” says Richard Cotton, comes sealed in a plain brown wrapper, it’s Much of the same has happened, for good said he was he had ever men- NBC’s general counsel. hard to argue that Playboy is corrupting chil- or ill, in the recording industry. The campaign tioned the wreckage. The culprit, says Cotton and others, is a bit dren down at the local newsstand. by parents, including Tipper Gore, to place “If I find anything else besides of micro-circuitry the size of a baseball card Though the medium is different, consider warning stickers on albums during the 1980s a bomb, they are going to have a -the V-chip. Envisioning a day when every the experience of the movie business. did little to stop the spread of objectionable hard time getting me to say any- TV set in America will be equipped to auto- After the breakdown of the industry-spon- music. thing about it,” Brazel, now de- matically block certain classes of programs sored Production Code Administration (a cen- Granted, this may not have been the point ceased, was reported as saying. (as required by the new V-chip law), broad- sorship board that decreed, among other of the campaign. But warning labels became The mystery and the madness casters fret that advertisers will desert any pro- things, that “no picture shall be produced something of a badge of honor for “gangsta” of those first days are vivid memo- gram that receives a scarlet-letter rating. which will lower the moral standards of those rappers and heavy-metal groups. In the name ries to Walter Haut, then a young Hence, goes the argument, the next “NYPD who see it”), the film industry confronted new of providing parents useful information (the first lieutenant who worked as Blue” won’t get made, because it won’t be - calls for government censorship in the 1960s. same rationale for the V-chip and the movie press officer at the airfield. can’t be - sponsored. Hence, the “Sesame Jack Valenti, then as now the head of the ratings), the labels also may have expanded Instructed by his superior, who Street”-ing of the airwaves. Motion Picture Association of America, pre- the boundaries of the acceptable. was supposedly acting on orders On the other hand, maybe not. empted this threat by devising a self-regula- Network producers such as Dick Wolf, cre- from Washington, Haut wrote the If history provides any guide, the V-chip tory system of assigning letter ratings to films ator of the NBC series “Law & Order,” argue initial press release reporting the could have precisely the opposite effect. More (then M, R andX; now G, PG,etc.). “It worked that their business isn’t like the movie busi- flying saucer. But curiously, he first-rate shows like “NYPD Blue” could get beautifully,” Valenti says today, “because par- ness or record business. A movie, after all, said, after the weather-balloon re- on the air, but so could inferior (and more vio- ents knew what kind of movies were in the can be financially viable with a relatively small port came out, no one at the base lent) imitators. marketplace.” audience, Wolf says, while a network TV show ever mentioned the episode again. Some additional sleaze might find a spot Movies didn’t necessarily get better under needs a large audiences to attract adequate ad- It was taboo. on the dial too, but so might edgy, exciting this scheme (though some might argue they vertising support. Haut, 74 and a founder of the --. adult drama. In short, in the name of helping did), but they clearly became different. With Large, yes, but no longer that large. Every non-profit UFO museum, is not parents, the V-chip may greatly expand the the upheaval of the 1960s already chipping broadcaster knows that the mass TV audience sure if he believes in alien craft possibilities of television, for both better and away at social standards of every kind, the these days is really a series of “niche” audi- - “although we are darn foolish worse. rating code gave film-makers greater license ences -young men, for example, tend to watch if we think we are the only ones” This calculation is based on a simple to produce movies in sync with the times, and very different programs than do older women. - but he does believe there was premise: The V-chip buys cover for everyone free of the controversy that had surrounded Advertisers know this too and tailor their a government coverup of some- and almost everything. Broadcasters, whose such pre-code films as “Who’s Afraid of Vir- messages accordingly.Why then should, say, thing. programs enter every household with a TV set, ginia Woolf?’ and “Bonnie and Clyde.” a tire advertiser worry that “Walker, Texas “As time goes by, the story could rightfully claim that a V-chip gives all (It’s more than an accident of history, inci- Ranger” might get a V-for-violence rating? changes. More witnesses have viewers fair warning: dentally, that the man attempting to broker a Adult viewers who tune into this show now come forward,” Haut said. “The Those viewers whose sensibilities might be deal to create a “voluntary” rating system for do so on the expectation of violence, whereas current theory is, as I see it, there offended by glimpsing “controversial”mate- the TV industry last week was none other than the children who might be denied this program were two craft, they had a midair rial would now have the means to keep the Jack Valenti.) under the V-chip weren’t the tire company’s collision ... If the government 7 bad stuff from entering their home unbidden Over the past 28 years, Valenti has tink- potential customers anyway. could prove it was a weather bal- - and no one to blame for it but themselves. ered with his movie-rating brainchild several In any case, the V-chip won’t happen soon, loon or something else, we’d say, Forewarned would indeed be forearmed. times (dumping “X’ as an official category and it may not happen at all. well, thank you. We want proof.” page fourteen THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, February 20,1996 Dating Milky Way's oldest stars

Los Angeles Times-Washington time, the impact of all the known concerning the composition of the I Post News Service uncertainties about the evolution stars: their nuclear reaction rates, 1 Scientists continue to wrestle of the oldest star clusters in the how effectively they store light with the hottest puzzle in cosmol- Milky Way. The bottom line is and heat, the relationship between ogy: The universe appears to be that the oldest stars aren't neces- a star's color and its temperature younger than the oldest stars con- sarily as ancient as previously es- and other factors. 1' tained within it. ' timated, but they are still too old The analysis pegged the most ' The problem emerged in 1994 to accord with the estimates of a likely age of the stars at about 14.5 11 I Of Basic Program with valid-c0llege 1111 after astronomers using the young universe. billion years. But it contains a 95 Hubble Space Telescope, along The results are reported in the percent certainty that their age is with other teams, produced evi- Feb. 16 issue of Science. at least 12 billion years, Krauss dence that the universe must be said. Allowing at least another l "We 'created' four million I! I! much younger than previously stars, and let them burn," said 100 million years for them to form , thought-less than 12 billion years Krauss. The task required running (some would argue it took much I old, unless some unknown phys- a program on supercomputersfor longer), that puts the barest mini- Iics is at work, and more likely three months. While astrophysi- mum age at 12.1 billion. around 10 billion years old. cists had estimated the stars to be This means that even if nature Now an international team led between 14 billion and 16 billion pushed everything tb unlikely ex- . by Lawrence M. Krauss of Case years old, Krauss's team found the tremes, there is still an unex- . Western Reserve University in range to be both higher and lower plained gap between the birth of Cleveland has used high-speed when they systematically studied the first stars and the creation of a computers to analyze, for the first the impact of all the uncertainties universe to hold them.

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Burma Action Group Programs Abroad Slide show on HUMAN RIGHTS Study Abroad General Informatic ABUSES in Burma. Meeting. Barnum 104.8pm. Eaton 134. 3:30pm.

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