THETu Senate Senate reduces 1. 0. discusses its the PAA budget byLAURENHElST ion show,’ which is what it would Daily Editorial Board be without the stage.” byLAURl3”EIST The Senate voted to approve an Describing a concern of some Daily Editorial Board Allocations Board (ALBO) decision of the senators, Pashman said, With only three meetings remaining for Tufts to reduce the budget of the Pan- “Some people thought it was un- Community Union Senate this semester, the Senate African AlliancetPAA), despite an wise to spend $2,500 for a stage committees discussed their progress during the se- appeal by group members during that was going to be destroyed the mester and outlined their immediate goals for the last night’s meeting of the Tufts next day.” He added, however, that remainder of the year during Sunday’s Senate meet- Community Union Senate. the Senate has approved funding ing. Last week, ALBO voted to re- for many things that are used not The Services Committee, chaired by Sean Barrow, duce the budget ofthe PAA, saying reusable. discussed cause dinners, Dishes for Dollars, class that the group did not need to spend After lengthy debate, the Sen- dinners, and cleanliness in the Commons. as much money to supply transpor- ate voted to compromise with the “We’ve been gettinga lot ofcomplaints about the tation to and from a predominately PAA, by agreeing to grant the or- cause dinners thing,” Barrows said. “The Dishes for African-American church in ganization a portion ofthe money Dollars thing has been going along pretty well.” Roxbury. for the runway. In exchange, Senator SashaBaltins has been working on orga- Originally,ALBO recommended Brenner said the group is required nizing facultylstudent coffees. The program is de- that the PAA only use 12 van trips to obtain ?i1,000 in co-sponsorship signed to allow students to invite their professors Photo by Rony Shra, to the church each Sunday, rather to pay for the rest of the runway. for coffee. In order to encourage the faculty-student Andi Friedman than the 25 trips it currently runs. Pashman said the Senate de- interaction, either the student or the professor par- Mozes said that new change machines will be dis- Following anappeal lastweekby cided that the fashion show should ticipating in the program wouldreceive a free coffee. tributed to DewicWMacPhie and Carmichael dining PAA president Aliguma Kabadaki, be run on ano-income basis, which “The servicescommittee spoke withPattiLee and halls before the conclusion of Spring Break. the Senate decided to delay its final means that all of the profits from she agreed to do the class dinners,” said Senator Senate historian Stacey Delich raised the issue of decision on the recommendation the event will go to charity. Costa Nicolaou. faculty tenure at Tufts. “A lot of very unqualified until Sunday’s meeting. “We’re not getting any money Class dinners, designed to increase class unity, professors have tenure,” she said. She added that Members of the PAA appeared back from them,” he said. are meals held in Pound Dining Hall designated for she thinks that the tenure process is more secretive again this week to appeal ALBO’s In an issue related to the PAA, either the senior, at Tufts than at other universities. proposed budget cuts, but the Sen- senator Rommel Childress reported junior, sophomore, Delich also mentioned that she is working to ate still passed the original recom- thatthe Universitydetermined that or freshman class. establish a mentorship ;ii-ogram. She said that the mendation to reduce funding to al- establishing a special policy According to program would encourage all campus groups and low only 12 van trips. against racial harassment is un- Nicolaou, class organizations to send personalized letters to the In addition, the Senate ques- constitutional. dinners will be held freshman class before they arrive on campus, based tioned the validity ofa buffer fund- Currently, The Pachyderm in- the week of April upon what they had listed as interests on their ing request made by the PAA for cludes a harassment policy which 14, with the fresh- applications. the constructionofarunway which includes threats, ridicule, and an- man dinner on New distribution requirements will be in place by would beused in an upcomingfash- noying acts based on race, reli- Monday, the next semester, Senator Dan Fashman said. He also ion show. Group members said that gion, and ethnicity. It states, “All sophomore dinner reported that the add/drop policy is in the process proceeds from the fashion show members of the Tufts community on Tuesday, the ofbeingrevised. “We’ll hopefullyget itchanged for will be used for ascholarship fund. should be able to live, study, and junior dinner on the next semester,” he said. “[The PAA] wanted a $2,500 participate in University life free runway that Buildings and Grounds from interference from others.” I Wednesday, and the senior dinner on There is the possibility that a faculty/student isgoingto build and thenteardown Addressing the proposed Thursday. committee may be established to discuss investor because there’s nowhere to store changes to the current policy, Dai/y file phol In other news, responsibility at the University, Senate parliamen- it,” said treasurer Lee Brenner. Childress said, “You can’t single Costa Nicolaou Senator Gabe tarian Jack Schnirman said. The PAA refused to stage the out a racial harassment policy in fashion show ifthey did not receive the same way that [you can a] funding for the runway, Brenner sexual harassment policy.” China objects to news coverage added. Kabadaki, president ofthe PAA, Clothinc and sponsorship for first suggested that the University Los Angeles Times-Washington position on these allegations of Trade Organization. This year, the fashion-show will be proiided establish a policy against racial Post News Service campaign financing and denied however, high-level visits are by several large corporations in- harassment similar to Tufts cur- BEIJMG-TheChinese Foreign that the Chinese government had planned, and US diplomats have cluding Banana Republic and rent sexual harassment policy at Ministry called in the top US Em- in any way tried to influence elec- said theClinton administrationwill Harley Davidson. the Senate’s Feb. IO meeting. bassy official Monday to protest toral outcomes in the US.” not “hold hostage” the rest of US Senator Dan Pashnian said, “In Childress said, “The policies as “malicious fabrications” sto- The Washington Post has policy because ofdifferences with the words ofTiffanv Ward Ithe vice thatarein placerightnowaregood ries that have appeared in The printed articles saying that on the China over human rights. resident of PAA1, ’They don’t cive I think. but thev’re not public Washington Post about alleged basisofinformationobtained from LaterthismonthVicePresident heir clothes to alow-budget fash- enough’.” plans by Beijing to donate money intelligence eavesdropping, the Gore is to visit China, hosted by to the Democratic Party or mem- Justice Department is investigat- Premier Li Peng. Li also heads the bers of Congress. ing the possibility that the Chi- Communist Party’s leading group A senior Foreign Ministry offi- nese Embassy coordinated an ef- on foreign affairs and has been cial asked US charge d’affaires fort to channel money to US con- involved in discussions about William McCahill to put an end to gressional candidates to influence how Chinamight improve its rela- the reports so they do not damage elections. The Post reported Sun- tions with American lawmakers, recently improved ties between day that the FBI had warned six sources said. the countries, the official New senators to be on guard for illegal Chinahas beenupsetwith other China News Agency reported contributions made on behalf of US press reports, although it has Monday night. the Chinese government through not lodged diplomatic protests The “Chinese side has never foreign corporations. aboutthem. It recentlycomplained gotten involved in US political The Chinese government has that the New York Times treated affairs in any form,” the news denounced these articles as “fab- China as“apotentia1 enemy.” The agency quoted Mei Ping, director rications,” but calling in the US official ChinaDaily said last Thurs- ofthe ministry’s division ofaffairs charge elevated its protest to a day that the Times was “waging a for the Americas and Oceania, as new level. Mei told McCahill the verbal war on China.” The Chi- telling McCahill, the embassy’s reports have “created bad feeling nese newspaper said the Photo by Rony Shram senior official while Ambassador and undermined” relations, the newspaper’s “constant diatribe is A moment from Saturday’s NCAA Tournament game. Jim Sasser is away. “Such slander- New ChinaNews Agencysaid. He bothtiresome and dangerous. Tire- ous news and reports about China called on the United States to “stop some because it goes on relent- are ill-motivated fabrications,” Mei such libel and attacks” before fur- lessly, day after day. Dangerous TODAY’SCOLUMNISTS DISCUSS OUR reportedly said. ther development of bilateral ties because it misleads readers and McCahill said in an interview is jeopardized. damages Sino-US relations.” MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM: this morning that the meeting The United States and China Monday afternoon lasted half an are trying to repair those ties after It added, “Why does the New -See Viewpoints for The Big Picture by Greg Geiman hour. “They called us in to give last year’s disputes over Taiwan, a York Times hate China? Because their views on the stories of Chi- proposed UN Human Rights Com- China isan emerging power. China -See Sports for High, Far, and Gone by Bill Copeland nese Embassy involvement in the mission resolution criticizing pursues an independent foreign (US)domestic political campaign,” China, bilateral trade issues and policy and refuses to dance to the he said.