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. “They conveyed their China’s admission to the World tune called by the United States.” 4

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Q THE TUFTSDAILY ., Letters to the Editor P.O. Box 18, Medford, MA. 02155 Thank you, Jumbos? teams did, and the fans created an environment that c (617) 627-3090; Fax: (617) 627-3910, [email protected] was amazing to play in. Not only were you loud but Online: http://www.tufts.edu/as/stu-ordtuftsdaily Thank you, fans smart as well. The chants of “Ragsy, Ragsy,” and Dan Tobin To the Editor: “Thank you, Jumbos,” came at just the right times Editor-in-Chief We just wanted to take the time to thank the fans and made the end of our season an emotional one. that have supported us over the last few weeks and Thank you. We couldn’t have done it without you Managing Editor: Karen Epstein this entire season. We also wanted to take this and we hope to see you all next year. Associate Editors: Bill Copeland, Gregory Geiman, Amy Zimmet chance to thank the cheerleaders for their support as * NEWSEditors: Pete Sanborn, Lauren Heist well. In short, we couldn’t have asked for better Assistant Editor: John O’Keefe school spirit. We had more fans at the last two games Mark DeBevoise LA’98 VIEWPOINTS Editor: Jason Cohen at UMass-Dartmouth and Salem State than the home on behalf of the men’s basketball team Assistant Editor: Alex Shalom FEATURESEditors: Laura Bernheim, Annie Risbridger, Katie House Assistant Editor: Merredith Portsmore * ARTSEditors: Jay Ruttenberg, Cara Maniaci, Pornsak Pichetshote Clinton and FBI clash over Assistant Editor: Dara Resnik WEEKENDEREditors: Abby Schwartz, Alexis Rivera * SPORTSEditors: Sam Erdheim, Marshall Einhorn China’s election involvement Assistant Editors: Gregory Youman, Jordan Brenner, Vivek Ramgopal sponsibility for counterintelligence matters, and PHOTOGRAPHY Editors: Susan Habit, Rony Sham Los Angeles Times-Washington Assistant Editor: Kate Cohen Post News Service Edward Appel, an FBI special agent detailed to the i office. ONLINEEditor: Mike Weissman WASHINGTON-The WhiteHouseandthe FBI Assistant Editors: Jeff Borland, Heather Diaz Monday offered sharplyconflicting versions oftheir “What they did was proper,” asenior intelligence contacts with each other concerning evidence of a official said of the FBI agents’ briefing. “They pro- Pratiksha Thakkar Chinese plan to influence US congressional elec- vided the information and kept it in intelligence Production Director tions last year, in arare public confrontation between channels but didn’t restrict it from higher-ups.” the president and the nation’s chief law enforcement McCurry said Monday night that White House Production Managers: Haley Stein, Amy Rutenberg agency. Counsel Charles F.C. Ruffwent back to the twoNSC c LAYOUT Editor: Pamela Abrams In an afternoonnews conference, President Clinton officials Monday “and they are adamant in recalling Assistant Editors: Doug Clancy, Gabriel Safar complained that he had only recently found out specifically that they were urged (by the FBI) not to GRAPHICSEditors: Wenimo Poweigha, Josh Goldblum about the alleged involvement of aforeign power in disseminatethe information outside the briefingroom. f COPY EDITORS:Tudith Dickman, Andrea Benoit, Alicia Lerman the elections because FBI agents who briefed Na- Therefore the White House considers the FBI state- ment to be in error.” Neil D. Feldman tional Security Council staffat the White House last summer “for whatever reasons, asked that they not In its statement, the FBI said it also briefed senior C Executive Business Director share the briefing, and they honored the request.” staffmembers ofthe congressional intelligence com- Office Manager: Sanitha Narayan “The president should know,” Clinton said. mittees and likewise placed no restrictionson inform- Advertising Managers: Abby Krystel, John Gendron Within hours, however, the FBI issued a public ing the respective committee chairmen and ranking Receivables Manager: Pamela Mills minority members. ~ ______statement flatly rebutting this account, insisting that . __ ~ ~....- ______.__ it had “placed no restriction whatsoever on the Clinton aides said no one at the White House The Tufts Daily is a non-profit independent newspaper, publishec beyond Beers and Appel was aware of the reports Ionday through Friday during the academic year and distributed frec dissemination up the chain of command at the NSC the Tufts community. Business hours are 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Mondaj on any information provided to theNSC senior staff.” until a January newspaper column about Democratic 0 rough Friday, 1- 6 p.m. on Sunday. The Daily is printed at Charler The White House refused Monday night to back fund-raiser John Huang’s Chinese connections trig- iver Publishing, Charlestown, MA. down, countering with its own assertion that the FBI geredoneofthetwoNSCofficialstorecall theseven- Editorials appear on this page, unsigned. Individual editors are no was wrong. Making his third appearance of the day month-old briefing and mention it to an NSC lawyer. L ecessarily responsible for, or in agreement with, the policies anc on the Chinamatter, press secretary Michael McCurry That attorney, officials said, then informed the White litorials of The Tufts Daily. The content of Letters, advertisements rushed to the White House briefing room to tell House counsel’s office, which made follow-up in- pedcolumns, cartoons, and graphics does not necessarilyreflect thc reporters that the bureau statement was “in error.” quiries with the Justice Department, but did not c ?inion of the Tufts Daily editorial board. The clash came as relations between the White pursue the matter and did not pass the information LETTERSTO THE EDITOR House and the Justice Department appear increas- along to the president or other senior officials. Letters must be submitted by 4 p.m. and should be handed into thc ingly strained by an ever-widening investigation Clinton aides said Monday that the president aily office or sent to [email protected]. AU Letters mus into possible campaign fund-raising abuses by the became aware ofthe briefing in February only after dude the writer’s name and phone number and must be verified bj Clinton re-election effort. The Post reported that a Justice investigation of le Daily. There is a 350 word 1imit.The editors reserve the right to edi It also seemed certain to further complicate Democratic fund-raising practices was looking into 3tters for clarity, space, and length. For the full policy on Letters tc the Chinese involvement. ie Editor, contact the Tufts Daily. Clinton’s effort to win Senate confirmation for An- t ~ ~ ~ . - . - . - thony Lake as CIA director. As they prepare to open In other developments related to the fund-raising hearings into the nomination Tuesday, Senate Re- controversy, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said publicans plan to grill Lake, who directed theNSC as she did not know why her top aide took a $50,000 t Clinton’s first-term national security adviser, about campaign contribution for the Democratic National his knowledge of the Chjna investigation. Committee while in her White House office, but Over the last two days, the White House placed suggested it may have simply been a matter ofgood e Clinton plans to blameon theFBI forwithholding informationvital to manners. the president’sabilitytoconduct foreign policy. The - “The only way I can explain it is that what they Washington Post reported Sunday that the FBI last thought they were doing is being courteous,” Hillary battle illiteracv r d year also provided individual, classified briefings on Clinton said during a briefing for reporters on educa- College Press Exchange college work-study funds 35 per- theChinamattertosix members ofcongress, warning tion policies. SAN FRANCISCO-Why cent to $830 million, creating them that they had been targeted by the People’s Like her husband, the first lady said she doesn’t can’t Johnny read? Because hk 250,000 new work-study positions Republic of China as possible recipients of illegal believe she ever made fund-raising calls from the .. doesn’t know the alphabet. for the 1997-98 academic year. campaign contributions. WhiteHouse butwould not flatlyrule itout.“I’mnot At least that’s what 24-year- Clinton is asking, not mandating, On Sunday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., con- going to say ‘absolutely never,’ “ she said. “I just don’t ever recall being asked to make any; I don’t old Jennipher Zeffaro discovered that schools use at least 50 per- firmed that she was among those briefed. Three more .. when she tutored a first-grade cent of the new money to imple- members of Congress Monday confirmed that they recall making any.” class in Hayward, Calif. ment the college tutoring plan, also received FBI warnings- Sens. Daniel Patrick Meanwhile, the White House said it was looking “Acoupleofkids.. .werereally cal1ed“America Reads Challenge.” Moynihan, D-N.Y., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and into a report that impoverished Oklahoma Indian far behind,”recalled Zeffaro, a se- San Francisco State has an- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The other two remain tribes were solicited for large campaign contribu- C niorat SanFrancisco State Univer- nounced that it will devote the unidentified. tions and pressured to hire top fund-raisers for Vice sity. “They didn’t even know their entire amount of its work-study Duringhis East Room newsconference with Egyp- President AI Gore as consultants to try to win federal alphabetsso they certainly couldn’t increase, about $180,000, to col- tian President Hosni Mubarak, Clinton said he had return of native lands. read at a first-grade level.” lege tutors. The university’s presi- ordered his staff to find out why he was not made The Cheyenne-Arapaho tribes contributed “One child improved, the other; dent, Robert Corrigan, heads a aware ofthe FBI suspicions, saying such information $107,000 from theiremergencyhome heatingoil fund had too many behavioral prob- committee of21 university presi- would have raised red flag” and prompted him to to the DNC last year to try to draw Clinton adminis- * lems,” Zeffaro said. dents set up to devise methods to consider how it should affect his already-delicate tration attention to their effort to regain 7,500 acres In fact, some 40 percent of implement the tutoring program. dealings with the communist nation. potentially rich inoil andgas reserves. Tribal leaders American children are not read- The group includes the presidents “It didn’t happen. It should have happened. It were invited to lunch with Clinton and said theywere ing at their age level by the end of of New York University, wasamistake,”CIintonsaid. Whilehedisplayed no askedbyapartyfund-raiserfora$lOO,OOOcheckthat thirdgrade. By working asatutor, Georgetown University, Univer- outward signs of anger at not being informed, the morning as they prepared to go to the White House. Zeffaro spent last semester doing sity of North Carolina and Ohio president added that no one should assume that his “The president has stated there was no require- what President Clinton wants to State University. In all, more than calm demeanor meant he was not angry. “What I ment to give any money to attend White House c seeduplicated nationwide in Sep- 70 universities have pledged to seen1 and what I feel may be two different things,” events and if anyone suggested otherwise they tember. participate in the“America Reads” he said. would be doing so contrary to White House policy,” The President said he hopes program. Aside from devoting a FBI counterintelligence specialists Jerry Doyle said spokesman Lanny J. Davis. c to enlist 100,000college students portion of work-study funds to and Ray Wickman provided the briefing on the al- Sometribe membersaredemandingthattheDemo- in his “army of tutors” to help pay for reading tutors, the univer- leged efforts by the Chinese to target the members of craticNationa1 Committee return their money. DNC Congress on June 3, officials said. The informatio~i spokeswoman Amy Weiss Tobe said party officials combat literacy problems in sities must agree to encourage c America. But unlike case of students who aren’t in the work- was provided to Raymond Beers, the head of the are looking into the situation, but have not yet talked Zeffaro-who was strictly a vol- study program to also volunteer. NSC’s intellizence procrams office, which has re- to all of the fund-raisers involved. unteerXlinton seeks to tap into Zeffaro says college students college work-study funds to pay can make a difference. “I guess students who get involved with any way you can get people into Please recycle this newspaper the tutor program. the classroom to help these kids Last fall, Congress boosted would be good,” she said. P Tuesday, March 11,1997 THETUFTS DAILY page three

cloningu should scare us by Gavin Button taken from the udder ofa six-year- any organ, brain included, could old sheep. The nucleus from this be replaced with a healthy clone. . Thank you, umbos Probably the most incredible udder cell was extracted and in- The logical next step, if one Sometimes, it’s the little things that pill a school together. On scientificexperimentofmy lifetime serted into an egg cell of a com- could save aperson with acloned Saturday night, hundreds of Tufts students made a trek out to Salem was announced last month and pletely different sheep (a ‘‘surro- heart, would be to save an entire State College to watch their basketball team do battle in the second was dismissed by most people as gate mother sheep”). Somehow, person with a clone. Though reli- round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the University’s simplyacuriosity. I am referringto miraculously, the recipient egg cell gious organizations and ethicists history. They drove, they rode the bus, and they hitchhiked- but they the successful cloning in Scot- was able to induce, the differenti- rail against this possibility, who is got there. IandofanadultsheepnamedDolly. ated udder cell togrow as ifit were to say that someday people might By the time ofthe opening tip-off, and until the end of the game, the Jumbo fans were on their feet, screaming even louder than the 17th rthur Ashe is so great century witches of Salem did when they found them- and has made so selves burning at the stake. It is often muttered that Tufisis aschoolwithoutany spirit, buttrytellingthat The Wall Street tions to our soci- to the legions of Jumbo supporters who stood in the Journal saw her a bleachers. They were blue in the face -some from not let him die an the ever-present face paint, and others from scream- financial impact, sci- ing at the top of their lungs at the sight of a Jumbo basket or a bad call by the referees. - When Dan Ragsdale fouledout of Ashe so we thegame with threeminutes remain- should clone him. j-=+l ing and walked offthe court for the coming an em- After one man is cloned, it seems last time, the Tufts faithful gave him ing of a scientific dogma and the bryoandeventuallyDolly.Though unlikely mankind will be able to - a standing ovation, and a chant of most concrete step in man’s at- thisexperiment may sounddry, its resist cloning another - ideally, “Ragsy” that would have made Lou Gehrig proud. We turned Salem temptto“play God”byrep1icating simplicity and success have over- themselves. State’s gym into a makeshift Jumbodome-a sea ofbrown and blue in himself. turned an idea that has long been Can YOU foresee a day where a land ofmediocrity called Salem State College. We were louder, more Before one can truly grasp the accepted as scientific fact. thecloningofoneman would lead animated, more hungry for a win, and in the end, more thankful for what philosophical significance of If Dolly’s contribution ended tothecloningofmany,most likely our team gave us in defeat than were the Salem State fans for what their Dolly, her scientific importance there, she would still beamiracu- the rich and the powerful? Can team gave them in victory. must be understood. It has long lous sheep; however, the implica- you envision an overpopulation Salem State just did not seem to have the pride in its team that Tufts been a dogma in biology that a tionsofDolly are even more fasci- of the world due to longer lives, students had Saturday night. Five hundred students made the trip to fully differentiated adult cell has natingthan her existence. It is now better medicine, andcloning?Can cheer their team on to the next round ofthe NCAAs, and while the team lost the capacity to become any conceivable that a nucleus (or you see a world where we have fell short, the fans attempted to carry each Dave Cunningham three- other type ofcell. In other words, genes from that nucleus) from a becomeapathetic, knowingwewill point attempt into the basket with the sheer power oftheir voices. They askincellcannotsuddenlychange . persondyingofheartfailuremight live to 120 years of age and can noisily pleaded for Jumbo defense with the clapping oftheir hands and and become a liver cell. Only an eventually be implanted into an then replace ourselves with a the stomping of their feet, until the ball was once again in the hands of undifferentiated egg or sperm has embryo and anew heart, identical clone? 1 can see such a future and the Brown and Blue. The crowd seemed to tense with anticipation the capacity to generate an entire in every respect to the sick it isscary. Even ifsomebacteriaor whenever Brian Skerry began to drive towards the hoop, and when being consisting of all types of patient’s heart except that it is virus does not threaten a future Coach Bob Sheldonjumped to his feet to question aref s call, 500 Tufts cells. Dolly has proventhat dogma healthy, might be grown in an ani- population which is genetically fans were already there tojoin him, questioning the refs manhood, his wrong. mal and used for transplantation. homogeneous, mankind would be eyesight, and his mother’s sexual deviancy. Dolly was created from a cell This.could conceivably eliminate foreveraltered. Today’smankind: To the very end of the game, the Jumbo faithful were on their feet, transplantrejection. Taken further, a population where we get up, cheering their team’s every effort, acknowledging a season of heroic Gavin Button is a second-year maybe someday in the future efforts, and remembering moments, such as Thursday night, when the student at Tujs Medical School. (probably beyond our lifetimes) see DOLLY, page 14 Jumbos prevailed in the first round against second seeded UMass- Dartmouth. With one-halfofa second remaining, senior Dave Sullivan took a pass from Skerry and took a jump shot that pushed the 1996-97 The need for religion on Jumbos into University lore, surpassing the efforts of any prior Jumbo basketball team. When the buzzer sounded, and the UMass gym floor was mobbed college campuses with celebrating Tufts students, nobody remembered that there were Scotty One cannot say anything thought- midterms to study for, or phone companies to be battled, or a cappella by McLennan si@, writes that when these insti- ful about any part of the universe tutions began taking their modern groups to be slapped. Religion has been pushed to without relation to other parts of shape in the late 19th century, the We were all together, right behind our team. It is an unusual position themarginsofmany majorAmeri- the universe. To be educated de- for Tuftonians, to be supporting anything besides our own personal majorNorthern denominationsof can universities, like Tufts, in this mands that one understand this resentments. And Saturday night, when the magical season finally came Protestantism set the universities’ century. Yet meaningful education interrelatedness - in what today standards. Remember that it was to a close, there was no resentment. There was only pride. You could forthe21stcenturyrequiresthatit mightbedescribed,at least in part, the liberal Protestant Universal- see it in the face of Tufts fans when, down 20 points, they screamed for be brought back toward the cen- as an ecological principle. one last Jumbo basket. And you could see it in the face of Coach ists who founded Tufts in 1852. ter. Forexample, itmay be obvious Most people today, as well as Sheldon, as each ofhis seniors walked offthe court and embraced him, Universalist ministers were its that international relations can no inNewman’s time, believe in God presidents until 1912. The aca- saddened by the end of their NCAA ride -and their Tufts basketball longer be understood without ref- - over 90 percent of Americans demic ideal insisted upon by these careers- but proud of what they had accomplished in that time. They erence to the role ofreligion in the do according to a recent Gallup Protestants included Enlighten- are the only Jumbos ever to have made two trips to the NCAAs in their hearts and minds of political ac- Poll. Newman argued that since ment assumptions regarding uni- time at Tufts. tors around the world. Tufts’ re- relationships to God are consid- And a special note of appreciation should go to the offices of versal science, andoptimism about cent decision to rebuild its Reli- ered so important, no university humanity’s ability to progress to- President John DiBiaggio, Provost Sol Gittleman, and Vice President gion Department makes sense on can do its job of pursuing univer- ward a universal moral ideal. In Me1 Bernstein, each ofwhom secured funds for buses to take Tufts fans thisgroundandmanyothers.What sal knowledge without religious their hegemony, they managed to to the games in Dartmouth and Salem. It was a very classy, student- may be less obvious is that the awareness being part of the con- defineoutofintellectual lifeall but centered thing to have done, and it was appreciated by the legions of future vitality ofthe academic en- text of all other knowledge. Many liberal Protestant - or so-called fans who got a free ride to watch their team battle. terprise itself requires a courses beyond the Religion De- “non-sectarian” - ide- Tufts was hungry for a victory, and in the end, that’s what separated religious awareness not als. Whatremained were our fans from those of Salem State. Well, that and IQ. The NCAA - banners hang freely in the Vikings’ gym, as they did at UMass- juscntheReligionDepart- “What I am calling for... is a new conceptslikedemocracy, ment, but permeating the freedom, individualism, Dartmouth, and so this tournament is more an expected bonus to their entire institution. recognition of the importance of and Dublicservice. season than it is a hard-earned privilege, like it was for the Jumbos. The This was clear to John Evehuallv though. the Jumbodome is ripe for some accolades, and ifthis year was not to be the reliclion in academic course work VI Henry Cardinal Newman logic oftheir non-sectar- one in which a Sweet 16 banner hung from the Cousens Gym wall, then aid in intellectual life at Tufts when he wrote his influen- ian perspective ledto lib- at least the memories of Ragsdale, Cunningham, Sullivan, and their tial book. The Idea ofa beyond the classroom.” eral Protestantism itself teammates will decorate the inside of that old gymnasium for years to University more than a ___7 being moved to the aca- come. century ago. His name has since partment need reference to reli- demic periphery to which it had It was no accident that the Jumbos had more fans in the building than been attached to Catholic centers gion. Currently there is explicit previously relegated other reli- did the home-team Vikings. Sure, the argument can be made that Salem at universities all over the world. cross-reference only in courses in gious traditions like Newman’s State was on its Spring Break, but how many ofthat school’s students Newman saw theological under- the history, languages and litera- Catholicism. Sociologist Max would you guess are from out-of-state, much less out-of-town? Hell, standing as central to the proper ture, anthropology, sociology, Weber wrote about the divorce of they all looked like townies, with shaved heads and pituitary gland :onduct of higher education. “A child study, art, and music depart- religion from academic life in this probiems. They were wickedugly. university,” heargued, “by its very And did anyone else notice that one Salem State supporter, a female, ments. way in 1918:“Thefateofourtimes lame professes to teach universal Historically it looks like liberal rang a cowbell? Is it just me, or did she look more like she should be ischaracterizedbyrationalization tnowledge.” All knowledge is Protestantism is largely to blame and intellectualization and, above wearing it than ringing it? :onnected, according toNewman. forthemarginalizationofreligion all, by the disenchantment ofthe The Jumbo chants from Saturday night still ring in my ears. At the in so many American universities. world. Precisely the ultimate and see GEIMAN, page 14 Scotty McLennan is the chaplain GeorgeMarsdeninhis 1994 book, . pf Tujh University. The Soul of the American Univer- see CHAFLAIN, page ti page four THETUFTS DAILY Tuesday, March 11,1997

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b Tuesday, March 11,1997 THETUFTS DAILY page five Features Tufts Robotics Club plays with wire, Legos by KATIEHOUSE Workshops are held approxi- Daily Editorial Board mately once amonth, and are usu- Yoni Garbourg, president ofthe ally well-attended. The club offic- Tufts Robotics Club, smiles ers all expressedexcitementat the proudly as he displays one of the growing number ofstudents corn- club’s creations. Garbourg ex- ing to Halligan Hall, where the plains the handlike functions of workshops are held and storage the robot, which is an impressive space has been offered to the club. structure of Legos and wires, and During the workshops, members how it works by remote control. assemble avariety ofrobots, from And this robot is only one of motion-sensitive “collison cars” many. The Robotics Club has been to those programmed to find their creating and wiring since last year, way through a maze. when it was formed by Yarbourg The club has also recently been and Scott McNamara, a former informed that there is the possibil- member. Yarbourg says the two ity of a new headquarters in the were looking for an outlet for “cre- projects lab that is currently under ativity in design and experimenta- construction in Anderson Hall. tion.” The main obstacle that the club “Everyone said ‘Start a club! has encountered, however, is over- Start a club!”’ Yarbourg stated, comingthe hesitationswhich many adding that the founders received prospective members have to- support immediately from both wards joining the Robotics Club. faculty and students, who were Greg Reiz, the treasurer, and “fully supportive.” Wakefield both expressed frustra- The groundwork for the Ro- tion at trying to attract fellow stu- botics Club was laid quickly and, dents. Photo by Katie Cohen according to club officers, the “They think they have to be a Robotics Club members admire one of their creations. TCUJ, ALBO, and Student Activi- programmer or engineer to be in- simplicity of the workshop ofthe semester. On April 12, Ro- gested. Currently, there is only a ties Office all were very coopera- volved ... it is easier to learn than projects. But he also adds the need botics Club members will attend higher-level class for senior me- tive. “[We] received basically ev- other people think,” Wakefield formore liberal arts students in the the MicroMouse competiton, in chanical engineers. erything we’ve asked for,” stated. club. “We are looking to extend which Tufts robots will compete Yarbourg also cited the desire Y arbourg said. Asthemembership standsnow, the pool of people and variety of with those of other schools. The for more money for equipment, After the constitution and rec- 75 percent are engineers, Schuman people.” winner will be the school whose “bigger and better workshops,” ognition processes were finished, estimated. All four officers are An increased percentage of lib- robot finds its way to the center of and perhaps an exhibit in the engi- the Robotics Club became an offi- hopeful that more liberal arts stu- eral arts students in the member- a maze in the shortest time pos- neering buildings showing adem- cial Tufts organization. Although dents will consider participating ship would actually add to the sible. OnApri120, certain members onstration robot created by the the club is still, as Secretary Matt in workshops. understanding of robotics, will travel to Hartford to compete Robotics Club. Schuman also has Wakefield said, “in the building “One of our biggest stresses is Yarbourg declared. Besides down- in afirefighting robot competition hopes for sponsorships and per- process right now,” meetings and to bring [the club] into the hands and-out mechanics, building ro- at Trinity College. haps a national robotics competi- workshops are being held on a of liberal arts students,” Schuman bots consists of bioethical and “The whole Robotics Club can tion at Tufts. regular basis. Zev Schuman, the said. philosophy issues, such as those cheer forthe team,”Yarbourg said As the Robotics Club grows vice president, estimates a mem- . “Lots of liberal arts students relating to artificial intelligence. hopefully. both in reputation and member- bership of50 students, withausual feel intimidated by robotics ... but Liberalartsstudentsareeasily able There are also long-term goals ship, the club still remains a me- attendance of 20 at the meetings. lotsoflittle kidsplayedwith Legos. to “relate robotics to their fields,” on the horizon. According to the chanical playground for its mem- Garbourg notes increased atten- On a basic level, everyone’s able Yarbourg said. officers, there is a severe lack of bers. classes at Tufts that are related to “We’ve had a good time put- A dance at meetings and workshops to do it,” he continued. Also interesting to note is the when publicity for the events is “When you first come, you get percentage of females in the club. basic robotics. Schuman hopes ting it together,” Wakefield said. visible, especially when postering a box of Legos and an electric What Wakefield describes as a that the club’s recent and future is done. board,” Yarbourg said ofthe initial “handful” of females, Schuman accomplishments will “rally a And members are eager to elaborated to 15 to 20 females. class” that is on a beginner-inter- share their good times. “This club Reiz, Wakefield, Schuman, and mediate level. The idea of a class is open to everyone and to help Yarbourg all have their eyes set on based on the ideas and projects of people learn and become inter- short-term goals for the remainder the Robotics Club was also sug- ested,” Schuman said.

Currents plans to brinp;C the I world into more classrooms by ANNIE RlSBRlDGER we’re doing,” Somekh said. “There is lots ofturnover Daily Editorial Board [in the group] and we’re all trying to balance every- After studying and researching for four classes a thing and also put energy into this. semester, few of us have the energy or time left over “Some good things have been happening inside to research any other subject. A small group of the group, but there have been no presentations,” he students on campus, though, are doing just that. continued. Currents is a student-run ongoing project which Somekh has spoken to “a couple of principals” at involves giving presentations to area classrooms on community schools. In addition, he said, a Boston a variety of subjects. after-school program for older children is “very inter- Created by junior Talli Somekh a couple ofyears ested.” ago when he was a student at a junior college in As of now, the students involved with Currents California, Currents’ aim is to help teachers enhance are working on “the background training,” Somekh

c their curriculum through the aid of presentations. said, which includes research and organization skills, “The schools get a resource they could never get public speaking, and learning how to work with on their own,” Somekh explained. children. The Currents motto, “helping fit the world into the “Then, we’ll transfer it all into a data bank where classroom,”sumsupthegroup’sgoal nicely. In short, community schools can access it,” Somekh said. Currents offers adatabase of information to schools. Somekh isalso speakingwith some facultymem- College students go into school classrooms and bers about the possibility of turning Currents into a present information on a subject in which they have full-credit course in the College of Engineering. an interest. Somekh hopes to start a class “that develops an ‘‘It’s very rewarding; the students get to teach engineering curriculum,” he said. ‘‘It would focus on their passion,” Somekh said. the engine - not only how it works, but how it On the west coast, the program was rather suc- revolutionizes oursocio-political perspective on the cessful and included students from Stanford Univer- world.” sityas wellas from Foothill College, Somekh’s school. The curriculum would involve a multitude ofper- Presentations were on topics such as current events, spectives, and the class would be divided into teams including Bosniaand Rwanda, and a physics-related of four to five students each. presentation on the experimental method. “Each team would have a specific focus, and AtTufts,Currentsisstill inapreliminarystage.No would be made up of engineers, political science presentations have been made yet, but students are majors, arts majors ... it would be very diverse.” currently researching areas of personal interest. “Right now, we’re still trying to figure out what see CURRENTS, page 10 page six THETUFTS DAILY Tuesday, March 11,1997 t I TUESDAY EVENING 0-TIMEWARNER @-OVER AIR CHANNELS i:O:,-TUFTs CONNECT MARCH 11,1997 I .

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Religion should be central in classrooms r CHAPLAIN I meant to be?”, “Why am I here?“, and for re-constituting ofthe aca- continued from page 3 “What is my community and its demic community. Prayers that most sublime values have retreated story?’, and “What really matters begin and end one’s college life c from public lifeeither intothetran- in my life?’ have been addressed sanctify a four-year journey for Open F scendental realm of mystical life or by religious traditions for millen- many students. Celebration ofre- into the brotherlinessofdirect and nia. Often students grow intellec- ligious holidays and weekly ser- personal human relations.” tually and emotionally in college, vices with others on campus can on Public I do not propose a new reli- but they don’t grow beyond their bring people together, promote gious hegemony at Tufts. To the childhood spiritually. If not re- relationships, and create long-term contrary, I encourage the study of jected outright, religious under- loyalties that are often unparal- e comparative religion and affirm standing is usually privatized and leled by other university experi- religious pluralism in campus life, not modeled in the classroom nor ences. Meet Public Safety Director including dialogue with secular in many other parts of university Religion serves as a platform ideologies like classical and mod- life. It is not well-integrated into for academic reform.Religion has em humanism andMarxism. What the liberal arts learning process a “prophetic” dimension which John King, members of his I am calling for, though, is a new through which students achieve a challenges the institutional status recognition of the importance of mature sense of identity. quo by reference to a higher power d religion in academic course work Religion provides a reason or value. Basic questions about senior staff, and members of the and in intellectual life at Tufts be- beyond the marketplacefor a lib- the very concept ofthe university, yond the classroom. Here are five eral arts education. Higher edu- its role in the largersociety, and its c TCU Senate Public Safety areas where religious awareness cation has largely been trans- effect on its participating mem- may becritical to the future vitality formed in the late 20th century to bers are not easily asked from the of the university: serve the economy, rather than inside. Religion can provide the committee. Discuss your campus Religion promotes interdisci- society at large. Universities are fulcrum fromwhich to apply lever- plinary awareness. The best in- increasingly applying market con- age to change the institution when security and safety .concerns. terdisciplinary“wor1d civilization” siderations to their support of needed. courses I ever took were those in departments, to research, and to In conclusion, I call for re-es- comparative religion, where I was how they provide services to stu- tablishing a central role for reli- able to get inside the mindsets and dents. Religion can provide un- gion across the board in univer- in the world views ofpeople from widely derpinning for ethics, a sense of sity life. I do so aware ofthe enor- different cultures. I then learned the common good, citizenship, mous potential for divisiveness Mayer Campus Center how they interacted with each intemationalism,justice,and com- and irrationality which religion other historically, and in terms of munity service. Itreminds students may express. Nonetheless, it is Zamparelli Room (1 12) their art, architecture, music, and that life ‘is much more than eco- highly susceptible to self-criticism literature. Other disciplines were nomic competition and individual and change based on its own tra- called upon in these courses as achievement. ditions of ethics and careful rea- Tuesdays well, including anthropology, ar- Religion gives special mean- soning. Next century’s university chaeology, language studies, so- ingto the passages andseasons of is in great need ofreligion’s inter- February 25, 330pm to SoOpm ciology, psychology, economics, academic life. When students, disciplinary approach, develop- political science, and philosophy. faculty, and staff die, a university mental sensitivity, idealism, ritual 330pm 5OOprn March 11, to Religion assists students in memorial service can provide a power, and reforming instincts. Let’s bring it back from the mar- April 15, 330pmto 5OOpm their developmental struggle for critical outlet forgrief, forrecogni- identity. Questions like “Who am tion of a person’s life, for closure, gins! April 29, 330pm to 50°pm

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Deparment of Public Sakety 627-3502 WRITTENCEIN WALLS WHEN THEY WERE YQUNG TCDcemE DRAW ‘I GRAPHICS. CALLWENime AT 627 ~3090.- Tuesday, March 11,1997 THETUFTS DAILY page seven TQT4lNmINT Howard Stern is tru y a man for all seasons 4 by MICHAJ3LJ.W. STICKINGS figure on the aforementioned King of All Tufts Media Private American cultural landscape. He Let’s begin our review of Pri- & Parts is no Ed Sullivan, perhaps, but vate Parts with agame: Fill in the Stem has helped revive what was blanks: Starring: Howard Stern, once the dominant medium in (blank) willow America. Radio is now, as it once Robin Quivers (blank)-a-doodle-do0 was, a terrifyingly influential ve- Now, for even more fun, put Directed By: Betty Thomas hicle forthe transmission ofideas, “sloppy” in front of the first an- politicalorotherwise, andStem,at swer and “big” in front of the sec- tional syndication to television least in part, has consistently over ond answer. Now laugh. Hard. and now to the Big Screen, Stern’ the past 20 years pushed radio With all due respect to SirTho- has rolled over the American cul- beyond both the formal and infor- mas More (and, of course, much tural (and moral) landscape (what- mal moral restrictions imposed by respect is due), Howard Stern is ever that means), like Gargantua society and the state on public truly a man for all seasons. But, meandering impetuously through communication. alas, Howard Stem is not aman for Oz in some hideous Bunuelian- Is this good for America? Few all tastes. Thank God. Thank the Rabelaisian parody of Swift. And public figures have provoked as In a scene from ‘Private Parts,’ Howard Stern meets Robin FramersoftheConstitution. Thank no one is safe, for when one thinks much debate as Stem. On one side, Quivers in 1981. anyone. Thank God for creating of the great men of our time, one outrage and wrath are hurled at his Howard Stern. ThanktheFramers thinks immediately of Stem, no person (and persona) with undy- belies a dangerous disregard of because you’ve done just what for protecting Howard Stem’s mere shock-jock, but the next stage ing conviction; on the other side, Stern’s importanceasapublicfig- the quacks in Ballou want you to righttospeakfreely. But alsothank in Darwinian evolution, the support and loyalty have swelled ure; more, it belies a downright do. your private parts there’s only one Nietzschean-Zarathustrian Super- his audience to astonishing num- misunderstanding of Stern’s im- But Stern lives on: The radio Howard Stem. man, Freud’s worst nightmare. bers. Why the opposed views? mensepopularity and influenceas show is good and so is the movie. Why? Because Stem is now I say this all with irony, of Stern is acomedian who knows no a spokesman of certain widely- If he were just another hate-filled bigger than ever. And no medium course, but also with a sense ofthe limits tohisownmaterial.Nothing held values and opinions. loudmouth, he would have been is safe. From Hartford to Detroit to deep ambiguities which surround, is sacred, as even his wife’s mis- Outrage and wrath are often offtheairalongtimeago,forthere Washington to New York and na- and even propel, Stem as a major carriage is foodforcomicdisman- directedagainst Stem’sadmittedly are enough good, and decent tling. And yet. crassandvulgarcomedy, his lam- people in America to ship such Is it now trite to say that Stern pooning of everyone and every- idiots back to obscurity. Indeed, thinks and says what we all think thing under the sun. But oppo- Stern’s only real violation is the and say day after day in our sad, nents cry racism and sexism, as occasional foray into bad taste. sad, boring lives? Perhaps. There well as various nasty epithets, (Fartman comes to mind.) But is has been much talk of late of Larry because that is the thing to do Stern important and popular just Flyntandhis ilk,butFlyntisnoth- today. When you don’t like some- because he taunts his guests, con- ing but a repellent pornographer thing, you gather all the political verses with lesbians and prosti- hiding behind and using the First correctness you can muster and tutes, drools over the fake boobs Amendment for his own sordid you spew self-righteous venom in of disreputable porn stars, and amusements.No. Howard Stern is the form of convenient labels at uses bad words like “penis” with no Larry Flynt. Flynt deserves the target e d transgressor of uncommon regularity?No. Stem’s outrage and wrath. However, a simi- meatheaded multiculturalism. And lar response to Stern, I suggest, you feel warm and fuzzy all over, see REACTION, page 12 More of a miracle than movie ‘Drunks’ brings truth about alcoholism to the screen by ABBY SCHWARTZ drugs, alcohol, and the inner Daily Editorial Board struggles caused by their addic- When I was a sophomore in & Drunks tions. It is fascinating to watch the high school, my health teacher group work together and react to gave our class the opportunity to Starring: Richard Lewis, one another as they battle against attend an Alcoholics Anonymous Dianne Wiest, Faye a common disease. meeting, explaining that it would Dunaway, Spalding Gray, The characters’ battle against help us learn more about the evil and Parker Posey addiction, however, is not con- disease of alcoholism. I can re- Directed By: Peter Cohn fined to the basement of Cohn’s ‘Let’s Face It’: the member walking out of the meet- Times Square Church. Another ing feeling extremely confused- ment, starting with the unfolding reason that the film is so in-your- Bosstones are Good sadness, anger, joy, and a range of of chairs and ending with AA’s facereal isthatitfollowsJim(Rich- other emotions seemed to be famous “serenity prayer.” Partici- ard Lewis) out ofthe meeting in a by SASHA CUERDA duking it out in my head. But my pants in the meeting include Jim rase and onto the streets of New Daily Staff Writer emotional response to that meet- (Richard Lewis), the central char- York City, where he struggles Let ’sFaceIt,thenew album by Boston’sownplaid boysTheMight) ing certainly paled in comparison acter, who is struggling with both against the temptations of his dis- Mighty Bosstones,just might be what propels them to household namc to the way I felt after attending a alcoholism and the recent death of ease and lives a night full of self- ;tatus. With the recent emergence of “ska” bands like No Doubt recent screening of Drunks, an his wife; Rachel (Dianne Wiest),a destruction and inner turmoil. By Goldfinger, and Sublime, man) independent film determined to stressed-out doctor who is deter- showing Jim’s slip from the pro- people consider ska to be the nex show the realistic side of one very mined to keep her respectability; gram, Cohn is in no way sugar- big musical trend. And with Let’: long and very intense AA meet- Joseph (Howard Rollins), an ex- coating the evil and seductive side Bosstones Face It, The Mighty Might) ing. con struggling with the guilt of ofalcoholism. Unlike WhenAMan Bosstones are only going to accel. havingalmost killed his five-year- Loves A Wonian and other such Let’s Face Directed and produced by first- it erate the rise of ska. timer Peter Cohn, Drunks is more old son in a drunk driving acci- movies aboutalcoholism, Drunks I With their cameo appearanct ofamiracle than amovie.Not only dent; Debbie (Parker Posey), a re- is a realistic and personal look into n the movie Clueless, the Bosstones have been accused of‘lselling out’ did Cohn work with an extremely covering alcoholic and druggie the mind of the alcoholic, into a md abandoning their true roots. Without a doubt, the first five track small budget, but he shot the en- who tried to live the ’60s in the world which iscompletely out-of- ifthis new album eradicate that thought. All five songs hold true to tht tire film in a mere 14 days and ’80s; Louis (Spalding Grey), a control. 3osstones’ unique style of ska. The drums and horns in the beginnin: managed to recruit an extremely strange man who wanders into the Richard Lewis gives a strong if “Noise Brigade” clearly indicate that the Bosstones won’t be aban impressive cast which includes meeting thinking it is choir prac- performance in the role ofJim, the joning ska anytime soon. Plenty of syncopation along with some grea three Academy Award-winning tice; and Becky (Faye Dunaway), first dramatic role he has ever ac- ,yricsgetthisalbum offtoagreatstart.“TheRascal King”is alittlemorr actors. The cast stayed on set and adivorced womenwho is tryingto cepted. However, I still found nellow, but it is still an energetic and moving track in which plenty o in character for five days and per- stay sober in order to be a respon- myselfwaitingforhimtoslip into Toms accompany frontman Dicky Barrett’s unique voice and sing@ formed the film as one long, ex- siblemother. his famous, neurotic stand-up act. style. tremely powerful ensemble piece. Themagicofthe film lies in the Other actors, however, were so The genius of this album lies in the next three tracks. Thc The tight schedule and intense characters’ “shares,” intimate and believablethat I foundmyselffor- Bosstones do not get much closer to true ska than they do in “Roya working conditions meant that personal monologues in which getting that they were actors. In 31.” This song highlights one of the unique characteristics of thc there was no time for rehearsal. In they express the thoughts, feel- fact, the film seemed more like a Bosstones: they sing as well as they play their instruments. Lyric! fact, most of the scenes were shot ings, and experiences which come documentary in which a camera jominate this song, but manage to mesh beautifully with the synco in one take, and many of the char- hand in handwithaddiction. What was thrown into areal Alcoholics 3ated background music. While Dicky is the main singer forthe band acters’ personal monologues were I find most interesting about the Anonymous meeting. :he other members will capably join him at any moment. pure improvisation and written not filmwastheincredibleway in which Drunks is a film guaranteed to If any song on this album is going to propel this band to stardom by Cohn, but by the actors them- Cohn brings together characters tug at every emotion within you. it will be “The Impression That I Get.” It has already receive( selves. who have various ethnic and Dark and dismal one second, and socio-economic backgrounds, but see BOSSTONES, page 12 Drunks depicts an AA meeting in a Times Square church base- very similar experiences with see DRUNKS, page 10 page eight THETUFTS DA~LY Tuesday, March 11,1997

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Experienced team Burpassing two years ago swings for NCAAs Withabout fourminutes left in Saturdaynight’s game Wilson to just four points in the first half and Brian against Salem State, arealization hit me that I’m sure hit Skerry nailed eight straight free throws down the by KELLY DESMARAIS this spring. the other200 or so seniors at thegarne: It’s all over. When stretch to put away the Lord Jeffs. Daily Staff Writer There are only a few “untested my sistergraduated hmNorth Carolina, she hadasimilar Then against - you guessed it - number-two Although the weather is still players” this season, with fresh- notion, but there we both were Sunday, watching the UMass-Dartmouth, Skerry deciphered the Corsairs’ frigid and the mound is still frozen, man Cloe Axelson starting at the HeelswintheACCToumamentonESPN.Formostofthe impressive trapping defense by getting the ball to another softball season is swiftly hot spot, although she played members of the Class of ’97, this was probably the last leading scorer Sebastien Saylor midway through the shortstop in high school, and with game we’d ever see. first half before Dave Sullivan won it at the buzzer. freshmen Sabrina Vargas and Kit There are so many final Finally, against Salem State, the second-best team Richert vying for action in the moments for seniors, all of which remaining, it was Dave Cunningham who stepped off coming months. are sad in a way. In November, we the bench to score 17 points and put a touch of fear Besides having experience un- all registered for classes for the into the hearts ofthe Vikings before they pulled away. approaching. In only four days, der its belt, the softball team will final time, and we felt reminiscent No, there was no McMahon, who was the hero for the Jumbos will take the field have great team speed. Herman about the annoying process that the Jumbos in just about every game two years ago. against Norwich College in Fort notes that “Murph, Carrie, and Myers, Floridaat 9a.m. “We’renot Cloe are all real fast.” I had wasted far too much of our This year’s hero did not even merit top billing in the time in the past games against the number-two teams, which is in- where we need to be right now, but Despite its quickness and ex- High, Far, four years. That credibly fitting while discussing this run. The hero we will definitely be there come perience, the team will need to same month, we was power forward Joe Donroe, a 6’3” junior who openingday,”Coach Kris Herman improve its hitting in order to be a witnessed our fi- made a name for himself in limited action, yes, two said. threat this season. “One thing we /j-J! Coming off of a quarterfinal need to work on is our consis- nal Tufts football years ago. As a freshman, Donroe impressed fans game, and the sadness was more of a regret that the with offensive rebounds and putbacks, an art he victoryover Westfield State in the tency offensively,” Herman said. team never lived up to its promise in our time here. mastered this season. If there was a man on the floor ECAC tournament, a26-9- 1record, Last spring Murphy was the But this was the opposite feeling. The football chasing a loose ball, you could bet it was Donroe. and an abrupt rain-out ending to premier hitteras she finishedwith team never was our team, a distinction reserved for But it wasn’t only effort that did it for Donroe. last year’s season, the softball a .438 batting average, while the basketball team. The basketball team had every- Incredibly focused, he hit over 80 percent of his foul squad is ready to vanquish any Pedersen, Maurer, and Unfried all thing going in their favor. Samko’s boys peaked at 4- shots, keeping the Jumbos in many games. He was opponents obstructing their path ended with averages in the .300s. 4, but Sheldon’s have been in the postseason for four McMahon-like in many ways, as McMahon, only to success. Everyone is expected to “step- straight years, a fact that’s often forgotten. about 6’3”, did nothave the size to play in the paint, but “Last year we had apretty good up” at the plate this season. It wasn’t just the record that drew us to this team. he forgot that fact and was first-team All-American. season, but not as good as we Leadership should be another Cousens Gym was the only place other than Spring TheotherMVPforthisteamwasBobSheldon. His would have liked,” Herman said. strong point for the team. “[Lima Fling where over 1,000 people gathered at Tufts - assistant, former point guard John Skerry, told me to “We were ready to prove ourselves and Breen] are important mentors with no nudity involved, anyway. It was the one time be quiet about Sheldon, saying that all the attention attheECAC’s, butwedidn’t have and leaders,” Herman said. “They where we had a united front, where all of our differ- was going to his head, but let’s be serious here. This the opportunity. We were disap- are in a position of honor and ences could be put aside for a common goal. And we team was down 3 1-IO to Emerson before they ever pointednotto play. This yearwe’ll respect as they were elected by were successful in that goal, driving our team to a beat three straight number-twos. At some point in be strong. We only graduated two theteam, which isreally important. perfect record in Cousens two years ago. that game, Sheldon’s team finally came together. last year and we have three new “They’ll do a finejob, however, Ah, two years ago. Those three words have been Isolated play led to losses against UMass-Boston freshmen.” everyone is expected to bea leader. used so much in the past few weeks that it makes me and Williams, and the amazing trust this team devel- Anattributethatwill powerthe In a sense, everyone has to do the feel foolish. Just three weeks ago, in what wasthen an oped got them to the round of 32. Jumbos this season is experience. right thing, have a positive atti- appropriately entitled column, “Don’t Look Back,” I The most fitting part ofthe team’s departure from Half of the team conskts of se- tude, and perform well. I also have wroteofthe Williamsgarne from 1995, “That game was the NCAA Tournament was the players who stepped niors who have all played four a lot of faith in Murph, Pedersen, an exception. It was apeak, agreat moment, but it did it up in the final game: Cunningham, junior Marc years at Tufts, including Kara and Simonsen.” not define Tufts. It put Tufts on the map, a map this DeBevoise, and senior Jon Carroll, with the last two Murphy, Shelley Pedersen, Ahne SinceValentine’s Day,the Jum- school is in danger of falling off of after a very tough chipping in six pointsapiece. These players were the Simonsen, and co-captains bos have been practicing indoors, yearin all ofthe major sports except for men’s soccer.” final pieces of the nine-player puzzle, and they got MichelleBreenandMichelle Lima. and now that their pre-season is The point of that column was that the team should none of the hype during the season. Lima, a three-time All-Region rapidly waningtoaclose,thegirls not rest on its history and that they needed to establish Three weeks ago, I said that this school was in Player, willaltematewith Simonsen are anxious to head south next something of their own, starting next year. Next year danger of falling offthe local sports map. The amaz- on the mound. Last season Lima week, as they do annually. the team would be starting with a clean slate and not ing accomplishments of this team in that short time finished with a 14-3 record an a After its Norwich season- have to win all of its games in order to go to the Big enabled us to forget just two years ago. 1.73 ERA, while Simonsen ended opener, the softball team will face Dance. Or, as I said, “I’m not asking for another Chris Bill’s Bits with a5-4 record and a2.73 ERA. 11 other teams during the week- McMahon ... but until [he is] rivaled, we will never AfterwatchinggamesatAmherst,Brandeis, UMass- Filling in the outfield gaps again span. Edinbor0,adivision I1 team, return to where we were just two years ago.” Dartmouth, and Salem St., I noticed that Cousens was this season will be Murphy and and division 111 squads including No one came to rival McMahon, the greatest theonlygym I’d beentothis season lackingascoreboard Breen. Pedersen will continue to Wheaton College, Aurora, Teikyo, player to ever put on the blue and white. But faced that trackedfouls, as we11 as adecent sound system. Oh call theshotsfrom behindthe plate. and Buffalostate will all most likely with an impossible dream, the Jumbos outplayed yeah, it also lacks a regulation court. “They are very comfortable be tough competitors. teams that were clearly better than them by making And on a national note, for the second year in a with each other,” Herman said “Each year it is the same story, them look bad. Against number-two Colby, Dan row, arguably the top two teams are slated to play in about the pitching-catching duo just withdifferentteams,”Herman Ragsdale grabbed seven steals in the second half the national semifinals, with Kansas and Carolinaas of Lima-Pederson. said. and in overtime before Rich Sisson hit a tie-breaking the top seeds. Making it so the East doesn’t always “Shelley does a good job call- When they return to New En- lav-ur, with two seconds left in overtime. Against have toplay the Southeast in the semifinals would be ing the pitches. She didn’t catch gland, the Tufts playerswill battle n;mder-twoAmherst, Rags held Amherst starjamal a logical and easy way to fix this situation. all four years as she just started solid teams such as Bridgewater last year, but she caught every State and Western Connecticut. - inning last season. They both do The team will play in 20 contests, Rags nets Athlete of the Month a good job reading the opponents 12 of which are in April. “This and making good decisions.” season we have a tremendous Contributing to the team ’s schedule,” Herman said. “It is by VIVEKRAMGOPAL wealth ofexperience will bejunior going to be very tough.” Daily Editorial Board first baseman Jen O’Malley and In spite of its vigorously chal- For the second straight month, a member of the junior infielder Andrea Traviglia. men’s basketball team took home the honor of being lenging and busy schedule, Tufts O’Malley was voted onto the New will be ateam toreckon with among named Tufts Athlete ofthe Month. Senior co-captain EnglandDivision 111 SecondTeam its field ofcompetitors. Recently, it Dan Ragsdale earned the title after having a huge last season and is expected to play was ranked fifth, along with its February and leading the Jumbos to their best season tremendous defense this season. rival Wheaton, in aNew England ever. The Jumbos reached the second round of the Traviglia was injured last year and pre-season poll. Division IIINCAA Tournament and finished the sea- is excited to get back out onto the Optimismwill propelthesefif- son with 20-6 record. a field. teen determined and eager ath- Ragsdale played a key role in leading the team to letes through the next few months. a 9-2 record in the month. Rags was named the “The returning players will all “I believe wewilldefinitelyhavea NESCAC Player ofthe Week in the beginning ofthe be in very important places,” month after having one ofthe best stretches in Tufts successful season,” Lima said. - Herman said. “We have manyreturningplay- history. The shooting guard lit up Babson for 37 The underclassmen will also ers. Our core is back and we have points and then nailed the winning three-pointer to play essential roles this spring. all-around experience. I would not giveTuftsa83-80win overHamilton. Ragsdalehad Sophomores Cora Thompson, another dramatic performance when he hit the game- be surprised, by any means, if we EricaMaurer, and Kirsten Unfried make it to theNCAA tournament, winner against Emerson the following week. - One ofthe most popular Jumbos, Ragsdale ended will start at shortstop, play in the which is our goal this season.” -- outfield, and rotate into second his career in third place on the Tufts all-time three- base, respectively. Sophomores Herman concluded, “We’re pointers listwith 148.Ragsdalewalkedoffofthecourt Photo by Michael Weissman Janelle Jordan and Carrie Hironaka confident and we’ll play well to- forthe fmal timeon Saturday with chants of, “Ragsy, Senior Dan Ragsdale ended his basketball ca- sat out last season because of gether. Our high expectations will Ragsy,” thanking him for four years ofhard work. reer as the February Athlete of the Month. injuries, but will be in full swing take us a long way this season.” Tuesday, March 11,1997 page ten THETUFTS DAILY Presentations CURRENTS continued from page 5 The class has not been con- firmed, however. “At this point, it is all talk,” Somekh said. It seems that the prospect of a course is not limited to the Engi- car won’t neering College, either. “We had approached the [Ex- perimental College] last semester, ve to sur but we were not organized enough,” Somekh said. Anyone interested in partici- pating inCurrentsshouldcallTalli to New York. 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Los Angeles Times-Washington racial and ethnic tensions in a city that has -period.” Commission. Deputy ChiefParks is expected Post News Service endured a series ofdivisive jury trials since The commission could beoverridden by to be on the list. LOS ANGELES -Willie L. Williams, the riots, most recently the O.J. Simpson a two-thirds vote of the 15-member City The decision to remove Williams is the chosen to reform the Los Angeles Police civiltrial. Council. Two years ago the council over- latest chapter in a long struggle to establish Department after the Rodney King beating Commission President Raymond Fisher rode a Police Commission reprimand of civilian control overthe policedepartment. and the 1992 riots, was sent packing Mon- praised the chief for improving the public Williams for allegedly lying that he had not Williams, 53, owes both his appointment day by a Police Commission that accused imageofthe police force. He said Williams receivedgratuitiesfromaLas Vegascasino. and dismissal to the furor that followed the him of poor management and uninspired had been a “welcome, calming presence” But Laura Chick, chair of the council’s King beating. In its wake, then-mayor Tom leadership. after the contentious tenure of his prede- Public Safety Committee, predicted that the Bradley named Warren Christopher, later Williams, a former Philadelphia police cessor, Daryl F. Gates. council would not interfere this time. She secretary of state, to head a commission chief, was the first outsider and fistAfrican But Fisher said Williams had failed to win called Williams “a very good public ser- that called for a series ofreforms to expand American to head the Los Angeles force, the support of the rank and file or provide vant” but said it would be a mistake for the community policing and reduce racial and and some black leaders had sought his “direction and focus” for the force. Speak- council to “micro-manage the LAPD.” gender discrimination within the police reappointment to a second five-year term. ing for a unanimous commission, he said Still unresolved is whether Williams, force. But Mayor Richard Riordan moved swiftly Williams had proved “unable to consis- who will remain as chief until July 6,will The Christopher panel also recom- to deflect racial reaction by saying he would tently maintain the reform process” begun receive a financial settlement from the city. mended the retirement of Gates, who clung name Deputy Chief Bernard C.Parks, who by the Christopher Commission, which in- Some council supporters of Williams have to his job until the aftermath of the riots is also black, as the department’s interim vestigated the police department in the discussed informally the idea of a settle- triggered by a suburban jury’s acquittal of chief. wake of the videotaped King beating. ment with the chief s lawyers that would the fourofficerscharged with beating King. Though Williams and members of the Williams, at his own news conference, pay him as much as $250,000 in return for Later that year, voters overwhelmingly five-member civilian Police Commission said he was “deeply disappointed” but did Williams’s agreement not to sue the city passed a city charter amendment that have clashed sharply, their public state- not challenge the commission’s authority for alleged leaks of information from his stripped police chiefs of civil service pro- ments Monday were mostly conciliatory. to deny him a second term. He defended his personnel file. tection and limited them to two five-year The measured tone appeared to reflect a record, saying: “A significant portion of Riordan will choose a successor from a terms, with the second term granted at the widespread understanding of the sensitive this department supports the chiefofpolice three-member list provided by the Police Police Commission’sdiscretion. Plaintiffs can pursue Simpson’s assets independently may well do that in this case, ana- $50 million in cash and collateral, Los Angeles Times-Washington Simpson’s appeals, could not be lion. The children of Nicole and Post News Service reached for comment Monday. But O.J. Simpsonarethe beneficiaries lysts said. money he says he does not have. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Leonard has previously indicated of her estate. However, if Simpson then Meanwhile, despite the sepa- Opening the door to a scramble for that he will ask Fujisaki for a new In order to collect any money at chooses to appeal to a highercourt, rate judgments signed Monday, O.J. Simpson’s assets, a judge trial. He also plans to urge the all, the plaintiffs must file various he cannot put off his creditors the plaintiffs’ attorneys expressed Monday decided that the three judge to reduce the huge jury ver- documents with the SantaMonica indefinitely. To keep them from confidence that they would not plaintiffs who won a combined dict. courthouse, the Secretary of State collecting his money, he would end up fighting one another as $33.5 million verdict against Fujisaki’s signatures on the in Sacramento, and the recorder’s have to post a bond of more than they scrap for Simpson’s money. Simpson should be free to pursue judgments do not imply that he offices of the various counties their claims independently. endorses the jury verdicts. He where Simpson holds property. Superior Court Judge Hiroshi could still accept the defense’s All three locales work on a first- arguments on appeal. Thejudge’s come, first-served basis. So if, for Witnesses helpful in Fujisaki signed separate judg- 1. ments for each of the three victo- signatures are important only be- example, Goldman submitted the rious plaintiffs. As a result, the cause they set the clock running papers to seize Simpson’s bank slain rapper case plaintiffs will not have to coordi- for post-trial motions: the defense account at 9 a.m. and the Brown now has days to file its appeal. estate filed at 9:02 a.m., Goldman Los Angclcs Times-Washington nate their efforts to collect from 15 Post News Service Simpson. Instead, they can act on “This doesn’treallyputapunc- would have the sole right to the LOS ANGELES-Despiteconcerns witnesses would betoofear- their own-and whoever gets the tuation mark on (the case) because money, according to Los Angeles ful to come forward, police investigators said Monday that anumber paperwork done fvst will have first you want to see what happens in business attorney Ronald ofpeople have provided valuable information about the gunman who dibs on assets such as Simpson’s the post-trial phase,” said Michael Michelman. killedrap starNotorious B.I.G. home, car or golf clubs. Brewer, who represented plaintiff (On the other hand, creditors “Things aremoving along,” said Los Angeles Police Department “There could be a very un- Sharon Rufo, the mother ofmurder who long ago put liens on spokesman MikePartain. “Theyhaven’t had aproblem talking tothe seemly race,” said Los Angeles victim RonaldGoldman. “You’re Simpson’s property - including people they’re getting ahold of. The witnesses have been very business attorney Richard W. Bru- always a little anxious until then, his attorneys-are already in line cooperative.” nette Jr. because obviously the jury ver- ahead of Goldman, Rufo and the The24-year-old rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, All collection efforts are on dict won’t make any difference if Simpson children.) was gunned down shortly after midnight Sunday following a music hold, however, for at least 10 days. the judge orders a new trial.” In typical cases, a judge will industry party, as he sat in a parked GMC Suburban. Fujisaki ordered that delay to give Thejudgments Fujisaki signed order the winners to hold off col- Wallace was the second so-called gangsta rap sensation in six the defense a chance to prepare Monday order Simpson to pay lecting money until after the rou- monthsto beslain. Theother victim wasTupacShakur, whowas killed appeals motions. FredGoldman$13.475million,Rufo tine post-trial motions are dis- during a drive-by attack in Las Vegas in September. Defense attorney Daniel $7.525 million and the estate of posed of- a process that usually Several top record executives said Monday that they were stunned Leonard, who is handling NicoleBrown Simpson$l2.5 mil- takes about two months. Fujisaki about the assassination of another rap star. They also adamantly rejected the notion that the culture of hip-hop music was responsible in either case. TWA missle report inaccurate “This isn’t aboutmusic. It’sabout territorialgangwarfarethathas spilledover intothe world ofhip-hop,”saidone executive, who spoke FBI and NTSB say not enough evidence to date on condition of anonymity. “It’s about the Jets and the Sharks. It’s about the Bloods and the Crips. It’s about the East and the West. It’s Los Angeles Times-Washington houron acollision coursewith the sile theory. The plane is being re- a gang war that was going on long before hip-hop was created. Post News Service flight seconds before the jetliner assembled in a hangar on Long Hundreds of inner-city kids get gunned down every month across the NEW YORK,- Both the FBI exploded, kilIingall230peopleon Island. Investigators arestill prob- USA. This is a horrendous social tragedy that seems only to get and the National Transportation board. ing three theories: that the jumbo noticed when a rap star gets murdered.” Safety Board on Monday labeled Investigators said that labora- jet was brought down by a bomb, But C. DeLores Tucker, chairwoman of the National Political as inaccurate and “not supported tory analysis had shown the red amissile, or mechanical failure. Congress of Black Women and an outspoken opponent of gangsta by the evidence to date” a news- residue appeared to be part of The Press-Enterprise report rap, said Wallace’s death was “a tragic reminder ofthe real impact of paper report pointing to a missile adhesive material holding the seats contains “numerous factual and gangsta rap on our lives. ... Gangsta rap glorifies violence.” as the cause of the crash of TWA together. interpretive errors,” and the “re- Police havenomotive for Wallace’s slaying, but they havenot ruled Flight 800 last July. In addition, “analysis of the sulting conclusions are not sup- out the possibility that his death was linked to afeudbetween Wallace’s The unusual joint statement by radar tape showing a missile hit- ported by the facts to date,” the East Coast-based Bad Boy Entertainment record label and Los Ange- the investigative agencies was ting the plane is just not true,” said NTSBandFBI said inastatement. les-based Death Row Records, whose marquee artist was Shakur. prompted by claims published James Kallstrom, assistant direc- Me1 Opotowsky, managing Those in music circles speculated Monday that someone in the Monday in the Press-Enterprise tor of the FBI who heads the editor ofthe Press-Enterprise, said West Coast rap community took offense at Wallace’s high-profile of Riverside, Calif. that a trail of agency’s New York field office. the paper stands behind its story. presence last Friday at the Soul Train Music Awards and at his reddish residue embedded in 15 “We have gotten every radar ex- As forthejoint statement from the appearance at a number of parties around Los Angeles, including seats contains chemical elements pert to look at this.” FBI and NTSB, Opotowsky said, Saturday night’s party at the Petersen Automotive Museum, hosted consistent with solid missile fuel. Another investigative source “It is very hard to deal with claims by Vibe Magazine and Qwest Records. The paper also reported that radar said the findings so far show no that the factsare wrong when they In the Wallace killing, bad blood dates back to when Shakur tapes apparently show aprojectile entry or exit holes in the plane’s don’t specify which facts they’re accused Wallace- his former friend -of being involved in a 1994 travelingfasterthan 1,500milesan fuselage thatwould supportamis- talking about.” robbery in which Shakur was shot several times and lost $40,000 in jewelry. DO YOU have an. opinion3 Of COUS~ - Wallace, who also went by the name Biggie Smalls, denied any we all Write Vievvpints. involvement. do. The tension between the two men escalated last year when Shakur aJason or Alex @ ~2962. taunted Wallace in asong andclaimed that he had sex with Wallace’swife. c page twelve THETUFTS DAILY Tuesday, March 11,1997 Tremendous new album has songs that appeal to all sorts of listeners U I I BOSSTONES tragedy and one of the best songs eighties glam rock. That track is a with the same depressing lyrics. more like the choruses in the first continued from page 7 that the Bosstones have written. dramatic contrast with the songs “Break SoEasily” isanotherhigh five ska songs. originally written lnmemory ofthe The next song, title track “Let’s that came before in its pace and point of this album. It starts with Overall, this album is tremen- women killed by John Salvi in Face It,” epitomizes the emotions style. The drums and guitars play somevery soft notes from thehoms dous. It contains everything that Brookline a few years ago in the and mood of ska music in general, amuch more significant role, and andquicklymorphsintoan in-your- makes the Bosstones great, plus abortion clinic killings. One ofthe and the Bosstones more specifi- Dicky screams quite a bit more. face, unrelentless song. There are more. It is depressing at points but women murdered was a supporter cally. It addresses the racism, big- “AnotherDrinkin’ Song,” is the very little times to rest during this also encouraging. It is entertain- of the Boston music scene, and otry, andprejudice that stillexistsin most emot,ionally heavy song of track. Songs like this illustrate an- ing but also tries to make you she was dating a member of Let- this worldand how“it’s timethatwe the album. Erieguitarrifts and the other unique aspect of the band. think. I tend to agree with those ters to Cleo, anotherBoston band. face it,” because the time is uponus. haunting horns set the stage for Even when they play hard-core and who think that now is the time for After the slaying, local bands This song is my personal favorite, some decidedly depressing lyrics. punkstylemusic,they stillmanage The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. decided to put on atribute concert not only because it is musically an This is an unusual song for the to incorporate their horns which Ska style music has shown that it which soon turned into multiple entertaining song, but also because Bosstones, who usually sing about gives them a truly unique sound. can thrive in the MTV world and concerts. The Bosstones were oce it isrefkeshing to hear music dealing drinking in a much more upbeat “1-2-8,’, the last song of the this album has songs that appeal. of the bands that played, and this with social issues ofthis magnitude. way. Instead, this song is about album, is one ofthe more interest- to all sorts of musical tastes. The song was written especially for The album has adefinitechange the routine and repetitive aspects ing songs that I have heard from Bosstones have definitely not the occasion. “The Impression incharacteratthis point. The hard- ofbeing an alcoholic. This song is the Bosstones. It starts off with sold out and have shown with That I Get” has just about every- core part of the ska-core music initiallymellow, but it does change very heavy guitar riffs with a lot Let’s Faceltthat they are stillvery thing one could want from the that the Bosstones play becomes about half way through. The pace offeedback. Dicky is in true form capable of playing some old- band. Plenty of horns, plenty of much more prominent. The open- quickens, and the horns are no -he is almost growling out the school ska, as well as ska-core, guitar, plenty ofDicky screaming. ing chords of “That Bug Bit Me” longer quite so haunting. The song lyrics. But then the chorus is very and just about everything else for It is a song about dealing with sound like the chords from some ends with more upbeat music, but different, very upbeat sounding, that matter. Mighty mighty good. King of Tufts Media reviews King of All Media REACTION the collective concerns of good fromLong IslandtoWNBC inNew continued from page 7 and decent Americans.. Forget (if York via various outposts on the amazingly diverse audience tran- possible) the incredible moment longandwindingroadto fame. We scends themerely sickandtwisted. with the kielbasa(amouthwatering don’t yet see the struggles with So does Stem himself. Indeed, he scene, to be sure). 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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - no authority over any subordi- Social .attitudes have changed, The United Nations’ Tribunal for nates and compares, in his level of however, and the Tribunal’s con- five days a War Crimes in the former Yugosla- responsibility, with the two defen- sideration of sexual assault now, via opened its third trial Monday, dants the Tribunal has tried so far: as a grave breach of the customs with a prosecutor accusing four a low-grade paramilitary operative ofwarandacrimeagainsthuman- week for your defendants of murdering, raping named Dusan Tadic, and a private ity, represents an attempt to build and committing other violent in the Bosnian Serb army named some case law around this new crimes against Bosnian Serbs. DrazanErdemovic. Tadic’s verdict thinking. reading (and It marked the firsttime Muslims is expected in April. Erdemovic In addition to the rape charges, and Croats had been brought into was sentenced to 10 years last the Celebici indictment cites inci- international court for crimes November. dents in which men were allegedly crossword, and With the four new defendants, forced to commit sexual acts with against Serbs during the war. And e m it was an opportunity for the UN and the varying levels of power other men, or had their private tribunal to dispute charges it is they represent, theTribunal hopes parts tortured. biased against Serbs, who com- to break significant ground in the The four defendants, all of comics, ana prise the bulk of the 74 men cur- areaofhumanitarian law known as whom say they are innocent, are rently under indictment. In this “command responsibility.” accused of either personally tak- case, three of the defendants are Atissuewill bewhetheramili- ing part in acts of torture- some silly Letters to Bosnian Muslims and the fourth is tary officer or civilian can be pun- ofwhich were fatal-orofbeing a Bosnian Croat. ished for crimes committed by his responsible for them. The indict- Critics ofthe Tribunal also have subordinates. It is a question that ment is a gruesome list: Inmates, the Editor) complained it is wasting firepower rarely has been addressed by ci- many of them elderly, allegedly on the petty criminals ofthe Balkan vilian courts since the close ofthe were beaten with wooden planks, war while the main quarries - trials held at Nuremberg and To- baseball bats, chains, pieces of pleasure. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan kyo, just after World War 11. steel cable and shovels; burned Karadzic and his military leader The Tribunal’s prosecutors Ratko Mladic -remain at large. hope to show that commanders on fire; and had designs carved on But the defendants in the new trial are culpable even for atrocities their bodies. Be nice to the trees... represent an entire spectrum of they didn’t specifically order, be- In one case, Delic and Landzo and throw tNs paper in a recyde bin! command authority for one local cause their positions oblige them area. to know what their subordinates The most senior of the defen- are doing, and to prevent and pun- dants, Zejnil Delalic, 48, was the ish crimes. coordinator of Muslim and Croat Any precedent the Celeb forces in his home region, Konjic, caseestablishes inthisareawill in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina. applied to other cases involvi New York University Study Abroad (Muslims and Croats were fight- higher commanders-particula ing together at the time, against Karadzic, should the elusi + the Bosnian Serbs.) Bosnian Serb leader end up in 1 PARISLONDON. PRAGUESPAIN FLORENCE Under Delalic in the power defendant’s dock. structure was Zdravko Mucic, 4 1, Another significant aspect aBosnian Croat who commanded the Celebici case is expected to Celebici, a local detention camp its treatment of sexual violence In your lifetime, you will see the for Bosnian Serbs. Mucic’s deputy awarcrime. No international trit atthecampwasHazim Delic,a32- nal has considered rape as a M world grow smaller. Because you year-old Muslim. He took over as crime since the proceedings need an international perspective to commander in the final weeks of Tokyo after World War 11. Sot the camp’s operation. have suggested that wartime ra compete in our global society, we The fourth defendant, Esad usually goes unpunished becai invite you to join NYU’s premier Study Abroad Program.

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Cloning could cause major life changes -Jumbos have school spirit DOLLY GEIMAN and made them easier, could be- neverpossible(exceptin Star Trek) however, so that; Salem became continued from page 3 continued from page 3 “S-A-L-M-E.” come our downfall. We have been before Dolly. History will prob- work, and enjoy every day be- smart enough not to fire nuclear ably never unfold as written above oeginning, ofcourse, were the old How did some Tufts fans re- cause it might be.our last would warheads at one another and may but now, post-Dolly,it could.Even standards, like, “Let’s go, Jum- spond? By screaming “Hooked disappear, replaced by a society be technologically equipped ifyou are neither a scientistnor an bos!” And after Salem State com- on Phonics!” over and over, much without driveor motivation,one in enough to stop possible cosmic ethicist, Dolly and her significance mitted a foul, the fans would roar, to the delight ofthe Jumbo crowd. which we would know that we collisions; but we are also arro- deserve some serious thought “It’s all your fault!” with the ap- And who could forget, as the clock would live seemingly forever and gant enough to believe we can .about where mankind is headed. propriate finger-pointing. And ran down andthe Salem State faith- that we could always be replaced handle anything we create. Dolly Who knows, ten generationsfrom then, as the Jumbos lost control of ful began to chant “GOhome, rich by a clone. will test us. now people may think “seize the the game, the Tufts fans got a little kids,” the response of the stu- day” is craziness.Rather, we may more, well, creative. Salem State dents of the 22nd best university The scenario of a radically al- be guided by a new saying: relax, fans, suddenly realizing that they in the nation -the future leaders Eventually, it is possible that ofAmerica?“That’sallright, that’s our ingenuity and technical abil- tered or disappearing future for sit back, and enjoy life because it were in their gymnasium for an okay, you’re gonna work for us ity, which has lengthenedour lives mankind, though farfetched, was always goes on. NCAA basketball game, and not for the GED, began to spell out the someday!” name oftheirteam with paper plac- ards. They spelled it incorrectly, No school spirit? I beg to differ.

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Today Tufts Cigar Aficionadoes “Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em ...And Jewish Women’s Collective we got ‘em!” All Welcome. Discussion Group: Women in the Next to Bookstore, 11 p.m. Rabbinate - All Men and Women Welcome!! Tufts University Unitarian a Granoff Family Hillel Center, 5:30- Universalists 6:30 p.m. Weekly Worship + Discussion. Goddard Chapel, 9 p.m. International Scholarship FoxTrot by Bill Amend Committee Alcohol and Health Education * Weekly Meeting Open 12-Step Meeting. Campus Center, Rm 207 Sneider Room 2nd Floor, Campus Center, 12:30-1:30 p.m. I DESIGNING I‘D HATE TO I I Viking Quote of %e Day: Career Planning Center “Deliver us, 0 Lord, from the fury of the Norsemen. Job Hunt Strategies Workshop LGB Resource Center They ravage our lands, they Kill our women and Children.” Tisch Library Electronic Resource Social Night: Movies, Games, and .To read today’s ‘ouchtng Strip about Hagar’s Food. love of famtlv, Click here. Center, 5 p.m. LGB Resource Center (Carmichael A HAGAR WEB SITE EXCLUSIVE!‘! 3U D Asian Christian Fellowship Near Dining Hall), 7-9 p.m. Check these never-before.seen ST^ PI LIQUID DIET: deemed tnappropr!ate by newspapers General Meeting mwo~o Lincoln Filene - Rabb Room, 7:30 The Arab-Israeli Conflict and p.m. the Peace Process-A Lecture Series Tufts Association of South Professor Mark Tessler, University Dilbert by Scott Adams Asians (TASA) of Wisconsin, “Israeli Perspec- General Meeting: Speaker Mridu tives.” Rai “Kashmir Conflict” All Cabot 702,4:30 p.m. Welcome! INEXPERIENCED, SO DAY “DOING E-MAIL.” ALICE CAN STUFF MY Pearson 104,9:30 p.m. Peace and Justice Studies PLEASE EXCUSE THIS HOW DOE5 THIS CONITRID- ENTIRE BODY INTO ONE Info Session for The Institute in NAIVE QUE57TON, UTE TO NET AFTER-TAX SHIRT SLEEVE. Strategic Gaming Society Social Movements. Weekly Meeting Zamparelli Room, Campus Center, Campus Center, Smith Room. 7 p.m. 5-6 p.m. G-DAE’s Development/Environ- Tomorrow ment/Techno logy (DET) Student Seminar Monty Python Society “Rethinking International Technol- Weekly Meeting-All Welcome! ogy Transfer in the Context of Lane Room, Campus Center, 9:30 Non Sequitur by Wile) Sustainable Development.” p.m. Large Conference Room in the Campus Center, 1-2:30 p.m. Hillel Deli Lunch and Learn: Holocaust Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Poetry. Dinner Discussion. Hillel Center, 12:30-1:30p.m. Meet at Baybank Machines, All Are Welcome! 6:30 p.m. Programs Abroad Gen Info Meeting. Eaton 134,3:30 p.m. see AROUND, page 10 Weuther Report Mother Goose & Grimm by Mike Peters TODAY I TOMORROW Q. Q*** Partly cloudy Partly snowy High: 39; Low: 26 I High: 42; Low: 27

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F The Institute Internships Available The institute will explore both the limits and potential of strategic nonviolence in the environmental justice movement, in particular, Each participant will intern twenty-five hours weekly with an EDF member organization. The EDF advocates racial, cultural and economic diversity at all organizational levels and in all policies and programs of the and the prevailing social science theories about social movements, environmental movement. Placements offer leadership development opportunities among strategic deci- T generally. To more Fully accomplish its objectives, the institute sion-making, outreach, mobili;ration, research, and coalition-building efforts. Internships are available with provides internships at organizations advocating social change and the following groups: c public agencies implementing policy on key environmental issues. This intensive action-learning program offers a seminar exploring Alternatives for Community & Environment - to Save the Harbor/Save the Bay - to assist the Policy Director with preparation and implementation of “Har- - academic analyses, social movement theory, nonviolence, strate- assist with educational and legalhechnical support pro- grams specificallyfocused on developing a blueprint for bor Visions Crew 1997,” which involves a youth crew in gies for social change, and participants’ internship experiences. urban environmental organizing with Dudley Street a variety of educational presentations and service activi- Neighborhood Initiative. ties for youth participants in communitybased summer programs.

Eagle Eye Institute - to assist the Director in coordi- Topics To Be Explored: Toxics Action Center - to assist their Urban Toxics nating on-site, multi-faceted, environmental education social movements and social forces of change Campaign with research, neighborhood outreach, and J programs which aim to connect underserved multi-cul- environmental degradation and the disproportionate impact on strategy development to address both neighborhood and J tural youth with rural and urban environments. people of color and on women statewide environmental problems. J theory and principles of nonviolence in the work of Gandhi, King, and Sharp Environmental Diversity Forum - to assist the Wastewater Advisory Committee - to assist this citi- J values of green politics, deep and social ecology, and ecofeminism Executive Director in strengthening coalition activities zen committee, which advises the Mass. Water Resources addressing local watersheds, developing a parents’ lead Authority, with school education about harbor water poisoning prevention network, and assisting community Who May Apply quality, and to collaborate with other harbor organiza- efforts to identify and address neighborhood environ- tions in public outreach and education efforts. Juniors and seniors enrolled in peace studies programs are especially mental problems. encouraged to attend. Students in environmental studies, African American studies, htino/Chicano studies,Asian Americanpacific lslander studies, Native American studies, women’s studies, or one of the social Lead Action Collaborative - to assist the project sciences would also find the institute useful. Master’s candidates will director in coordinating community events such as Lead be considered. Awareness Week, organizing press conferences and meetings, and creating written materials, all ofwhich aim to suhstantially reduce the incidence of childhood lead Academic Credit poisoning in Boston’s highest-risk neighborhoods. Participants may earn two Tufts course credits (equivalent to eight semester-hour credits elsewhere) for the seminar and internship. However, academic credit for the internship is optional. Mass. Department of EnvironmentalProtection - to assist the Environmental Justice Committee with the distribution of information concerning the DEP language . cost Bank, in reviewing the impact of DEP compliance activi- 62,100forseminarandinternship (2 credits),or 81,550forseminar (credit) ties on low-income communities and communities of and internship (audit); plus $40 Summer School registration fee. Tuition color in Massachusetts, and with the distribution of regu- and housing costs (reverse side) are due at the time of registration. latory and environmental hazards information relating to low-income communities. Stipends and Scholarships All institute participants will receivea 6-2,OOOminimumstipend as com- Roca - to assist the Director and youth leaders of pensation for internship responsibilities. Additional stipend and travel YouthSTAR, a youth setvice and conservation corps, with scholarships may become available. Stipends (and scholarships) will be the promotion and evaluation of a strategic plan which paid during the institute. focuses on outreach, education, networking, and tacti- 1 cal innovation among local organi7ations. How to Apply Complete the attached application form and mail the requisite supporting information to the Peace and Justice Studies office no later than April 1, 1997 (postmarked). Materials received after that I Dale Bryan, Program Coordinator date will he reviewed on a space-available hasis. Interviews will Peace and Justice Studies begin upon receipt of all material. 109 Eaton Hill, Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 Phone: (617) 628-5000. ext. 2261 email: [email protected]