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THETUFTS DAILY \Where You Read It First Thursdav, April 8,1999 Volume XXXVIII, Number 46 1 Edward Markey to speak at Tufts today Democrat to address manv/ tox>icsI by BROOKE MENSCHEL anyone wants to talk about; it is Daily Editorial Board kind of an open forum for stu- Massachusetts Congress- dents,” said Joe Palazzo, a stu- man Edward Markey, who rep- dent at Tufts who interns in resents Tufts as part of the Sev- Markey’s office. Palazzo, along enth Congressional District, will with professor James Glaser, the address Tufts students today faculty advisorto Phi Sigma Al- on issues of national impor- pha, organized Markey’s appear- tance ranging from NATO’s re- ance on campus. centmilitary involvement in Yu- Markey remains the ranking goslavia to America’s telecom- Democrat on the Telecommuni- munications policies. cations, Trade, and Consumer Markey, who is being Protection Subcommittee after brought to campus by Phi Sigma serving a seven-year term as Alpha - Tufts’ Political Sci- chairman ending in 1994. He ence Honor Society - will at- finds these issues particularly tend the society’s awards pro- interesting because oftheir sig- gram, after which he will make a nificance in the state of Massa- presentation and respond to chusetts and their impact on its Daily file photo questions from the audience. economy. Representative Ed Markey will speak today about NATO and the conflict in Kosovo. “He will talk about whatever On the committee, Markey has helped to develop legisla- tive reforms including the Tele- communications Act of 1996, Department of Energy Secretary will which allows competition be- tween cable and television com- n.ext Tuesday panies. give lecture He has also helped write other Bill Richardson to discuss energy issues important legislation including a law which makes the“V-chip” available on all new television by BROOKEMENSCHEL how could he not come to his alma mat- sets in order to block violence Daily Editorial Board ter?”Graham asked. on television, and sponsorship Secretary ofEnergy Bill Richardson, who Richardson’s representatives have ofthe Children’sTelevision Act is also a Tufts alum, will speak on campus not disclosed the specifics of his ad- of 1990, which worked to in- next Tuesday. Richardson will be at Tufts as dress, he may speak about issues such crease the amount and quality part of his first trip to Massachusetts since as climate change and global energy of educational programming. being appointed secretary of the Depart- policy. Graham saidhewill probably also Markey is also a member of mentof Energy (DOE). AccordingtoTufts’ discuss college education, specifically the House Commerce Commit- Public Relations Manager Christen Gra- at Tufts. tee. He has served on the En- ham, Richardson will visit MITon Tuesday Richardson received a Bachelor of ergy and Power Subcommittee, morning, spend most of the day at Tufts, Arts in Political Science in 1970. He re- the Finance and Hazardous Ma- and visit the JFK school on Tuesday night. ceived a Masters degree from the terials Subcommittee, the Bud- Richardson’s visit will begin with apri- Fletcher School in 197 1. , get Committee, and the Commis- vate lunch at the Gifford House with Presi- Graham said that she has been told sion on Security and Coopera- dent DiBiaggio, invited faculty, administra- Richardson is a “very entertaining and tion in Europe. tion, students, and “friends of Tufts Uni- very good-natured, warm person.” A native of Malden, Mass., versity.” After lunch, he willgive a2:30 p.m. Richardson became the Department Markey received a BA from Bos- presentation in Asean Auditorium in Cabot, of Energy Secretary in June of 1998. He ton College in 1968 and a JD from where he will take questions from the audi- is the highest ranking Hispanic in the Boston College Law School in ence. Two hundred people are expected to Clinton Administration. He isalso fluent 1972. He also served as a mem ber attend. in Spanish. of the US Army Reserve. The University and the TufisInstituteof Last year, Richardson spoke at the Markey served two terms in the Environment are co-hosting Richardson Fletcher School’s graduation, and two the Massachusetts State House to campus. “He is stopping by because he years ago he gave the main address at prior to being elected to Con- built it into his trip to Massachusetts, and the undergraduate commencement. Bill Richardson gress in 1976. Serbs turn back thousands of fleeing Kosovo retugees Los Angeles Times-Washington Commissioner for Refugees. The scene Hungary. At the Greek border, buses Macedonian officials defended their Post News Service was similar in neighboring Macedonia. crowded with 7,000 to 10,000 people were actions, stressing that their tiny country MORINE, Albania - Where once the Thecrisis for days on end had been the refused entry, a UN official said, and turned had been overwhelmed by the influx ofmore cacophony of terror and despair rang out, Blace border zone, where at one point as for Albania. than 1 00,000 refugees in a few days and did the eerie sound of silence echoed across many as 65,000 people had been kept in a Some ofthe refugeesalso went tocamps the best job it could. two countries Wednesday as thousands muddy valley by armed Macedonian guards in Macedonia, but several thousand others “Blace was the urgent problem to be dealt upon thousands of Kosovo Albanian refu- as the authorities slowly admitted them into were still unaccounted for, according to with,andwedealtwith it,”MacedonianVice gees at Yugoslav border points with both the country. But with the cover of night UNHCR spokeswoman PaulaGhedini. President Radm ila Kirijanova-Radovanovik AlbaniaandMacedoniasimply vanished in Tuesday, Macedonian authorities moved In their haste to empty that border zone, told a news conference in Skopje. the night. the last refugees -at least 20,000 -from Macedonian soldiers and police apparently “None of the refugees have been forced At this mountain border post, a miles- the border area, where many of them had moved the population out of the border to the buses,” she added. “There is no com- long line ofrefugees who had been waiting languished after being forcibly evicted from zone without giving people of choice of plete registry of these people because the for days to get into Albania was gone their homes in Kosovo. where they would go and without concern most important thing was to shelter them.” Wednesday, leaving humanitarian officials “In a situation of mass confusion ... the for whether families were staying together, In Albania, which has welcomed nearly frantic that in closing the main exit from Macedonian government began moving Ghedini said. 300,000 refugees from KosovosinceNATO Kosovo, Yugoslav authorities had decided refugeesfrom the border to other countries, Valuables that refugees are extraordinar- airstrikes began March 24, Western offi- to hang onto tens of thousands of ethnic some ofthem against theirwill,” UN spokes- ily unlikely to leave behind - passports, cials were deeply concerned about the dis- Albanians to use as hostages or human man Fred Eckhard said in New York. baby food, small bundles of belongings - appearance ofthe long line of ethnic Alba- shields against future NATO attacks. The Macedonian government an- remained in Blace on Wednesday with heaps nians who had been waiting in Yugoslavia On Tuesday, more than 24,000 people nounced that it had sent almost 10,000 oftrash, thousands of makeshift tents, and to get into the country. had poured across the bridge at Morine into refugees in bus convoys to Albania. a lingering stench. Doran Vienneau, amonitor forthe Orga- Albania. On Wednesday, after the Franquin of the U”CR confirmed that “We do have quite a bit of concern that niiation for Security and Cooperation in Yugoslavs shut off the flow, the total was about 10,000 refugees ended up in a sta- there was some degree of pressure” put on Europe, was coming to work at the border 27. dium in the Albanian town of Kurkur near the refugees as they were transported out early Wednesday at about the time the tide “They didn’t keep them in the country in the border with Macedonia. of Blace, said Ghedini, whose group is orga- from Yugoslavia ended. The last refugees order to host them at the Intercontinental Others were put on airplanes bound for nizing the international relief effort. “We to arrive said that “the Serbs just stopped Hotel in Belgrade,” said Jacques Franquin, Turkey, and still more were jammed into strongly condemn involuntary relocating the convoy and told the people to return to aspokesman for the Office ofthe UN High buses that headed for Greece and possibly that took place.” the interior.” 2 THETUFTS DAILY April 8,1999 The Daily Weather Forecast Today I Friday I Saturday r c Variablecloudiness, breezy, Increasing clouds, cooler Partly cloudy Spinach yielding;- chance of a shower High: 57; Low: 45 High: 53; Low: 43 electric results High: 73; Low: 46 ,. ATLANTA - Never mind silicon. The era of spinach-basec electronics may be on the horizon. Good news today! Expect warm and breezy weather with a slight chance of a shower as a weak front passes through. Temperatures will likely surpass 70! The It may seem tough to swallow, but researchers at the Oak Ridgi weekend is no longer looking like a washout, but it will be much cooler with National Laboratory in Tennessee have been exploring ways to usc temperatures holding in the lower 50s under mostly cloudy skies with a few microscopic protein structures from spinach leaves as electronic devices. showers around from time to time. In theory, those structures might someday find use in optica - Weather forecast by Daily Editor Andrew freedman computers as well as solar cells, artificial retinas, and other device! that convert the radiant energy of light into electrical outputs.

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