Despite Unfavorable Weather, Spring Fling Deemed a Success
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THE~ TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Monday, April 27,1992 Vol XXIV, Number 63 Provost to hear rape case, despite protests Complainant’s mother blasts process by PATRICK HEALY “The faculty members on the Daily Editorial Board panel didnot understand the defi- After shuffling dates for ‘an nilion of rape. The faculty mem- appeal of a rape coinplaint deci- hers were inore interested in siuii made erlrlier this scincster in whether he was a good student. which a Tufts student was found what his year was.“ the woman not guilty of acynaintance rape. said. She said she felt the studcnts Tufts Provost Sol Gittleinan will on the panel asked”thcright qucs- hear the appeal on May 4 despite tions,” but that the faculty mem- protests of the complainant and bers did not seem to understand her parents. the issue of rape. Associate Dean of Students She added her claim that one Bruce Reitman said last night the incinber of the panel “was in an- provost will hear appeal, normally other era,” having “no idea about heard by the Committee on Stu- what was going on.” dent Life, because the CSL and The Dean of Students Office the two students’ attorneys could refused to release the names of not agree on a mutually satisfac- the five panel members, so none tory date. of the individualscouldbereached “The CSL needs a minimum for comincnt lrist night. Since the day was so rainy and gray, students gathered in Cousens for the Swing Fling concert. of three faculty inembers auld two Chargeapproach of ‘hush-hush’ tq appeal students to hear an appeal. They were unable to meet except a1 one Regarding the switches in ap- Despite unfavorable weather, time ... at ’which time the two at- peal dates. the woman asserted torncys were not available.” there was ‘‘a lot of white-wash- Reitinan said. adding he would ing“ in the Dean of Students Of- prefcr the student-faculty coin- fice and the CSL’s decisions. Spring- - Fling deemed a success by CAROLINE SCHAEFER Blues Traveler followed Ur- ing crowds of students. inittee to hear thc appeal because “Wedon’t want this just swept Daily Editorial Board ban Blight and played for allnost “The pinnacle of the show was the CSL is the forum in which under the rug,” she said. Due to the cold,rainy weather. two hours. For the finale of Blues really Shinchcad‘sact.It wasspc- appeals are typically heard. But The woman and her husband Tufts‘ Spring Fling took place in Traveler’s appearance. Tufts‘ cial momeiitslikethat that worked during vacations, and reading auld CousensGymSaturday afternoon, male a capella group, the to pull the concert together,” exam periods, Lhe CSL does not .see APPEAL, page 19 with bands Blues Traveller, Ur- Beezelbubs,sang Blues Traveler‘s Fouche said. convene and the provost is intan- ban Blight. and Shinehead per- hit song “But Anyway.”with lead Although Fouchc said that she dated to hear appeals of Dean of forming to approximately 2.000 singer John Popper supplement- was “worried about possible lo- Students Office decisions. Tufts students, Concert BoardCo- ing the harmonica interlude. gistical problems” of holding the A Dean of Students Office Chair Rachel Fouche said last “One of the best parts of the concert in Cousens. she said the pa~ulel.comprised of three faculty night. concert was when the Bubs sang show turned out “better than she members and administrators and Fouche said that “the show during Blues Traveler’s perfor- had expected.” two Tufts Community Union Ju- would have been totally awesome mance,” Fouche said. ‘‘I was a little nervous that diciary members, found the de- if it had been outside,” but she According to Concert Board some things might go wrong. like fendant not guilty in March. The feels that it went “very well” un- Co-Chair Bruce Hyslop, the con- if 3,000people showed up and the panel ruled that it “did not judge der the circumstances. cert was the most crowdedduring gym was overcrowded. But basi- the evidence to be sufficient to “The audience was really great Blues Traveller‘s performance. cally everything went really well. find him guilty.” even though they were sort of However, he feels that the final including the volunteer help.” But the complainant’s mother, imprisoned in the gym.” Fouche act, Shinehead. was “outstand- Fouche said. speaking under the condition of said. ing.“ According toHyslop,theworst anonymity, said yesterday she Urban Blight opened up the Shinehead closed the Spring part of the show was that “the believes the March complaint show around 12%) p.m. with a Fling show whileintegrating alot acoustics were a little less than hearing was “a real travesty of jazzy. urban-funk sound. The of audience participation into his desirable.” just ice“ and criticized panel mem- bers for what shecharacterizedas Daily file phoh eight-member band played for performance.Hecame down from Dean Bruce Reitman approximate1y an hour. the stage and sane. with the danc- see CONCERT, page 13 “a lot of societal bias. Senate passes resoiution Student to join Weld’s new Gay in year’s final meeting and Lesbian Youth Commision by JOHN WAGLEY in the open forum session.” by CHRIS STRII’INIS school student and one college attempt to push an earlier bill Senior Staff Writer Tufts Community Union Judi- Daily Editorial Board student.” through the Massachusetts legis- The Tufts Community Union ciary member Lowell Reiter sat Tuftsjunior Jeff Javits, amem- Javits believed that “many lature. This bill called for the Senate met for the last time of the in on the meeting. and he said he &rofthe Tufts Lesbian, Gay and other members” of the volunteer creation of an advisory board to ,1991- 1992 academic year Sun- believes that the latter proposi- Bisexual Community, is expected Cornmission “will be educators, the Department of Health for the day. passing resolutionsaffecting tion called for a constitutional tobeappointedtoanew Commis- with some teaching on the high problemsofgay andlesbian youth, the inner workings of the Senate. amendment and not simply a by- sion forGayandLesbianYouthto school level.” said Javits. Senator Leigh Sherman intro- law. be established by Massachusetts The Commission was estab- The initial bill was eventually duced a by-law that was subse- A by-law was proposed as a Governor William Weld. lishedas aresult of work by inem- passed in a “somewhat watered- quently passed. The resolution result of the speech by Nalion of Javits said yesterday he has bers of the Coalition for Gay and down version” that sought to as- will allow Tufts sophomorestak- Islam leader Dr. Khallid Abdul “ken chosen to serve on the Com- Lesbian Civil Rights , which sist teenage suicide problems in ing a year abroad the ability to Muhammad. The by-law, before mission pending a background “spearheadedthe effort to get this general, Evans said yesterday. check.” but stressed that “there [the Commission] created,” said issue their candidacy for Senate its debate was postponed until the see COMMISSION, page 19 their senior year. fall semester, read, “The Senate has ken no official letter of ap- Javits. Another by-law was then put shall under no circumstances is- pointment yet.” Javits said that the Coirunis- forth for debate. It read, “In order sue legislation which in any way According to Javits, the Coin- sion has been formed “kcause for a resolution or by-law to be condemns or censures the speech mission will most likely meet sev- there are so many difficultiesthat I Inside I introduced before the full TCU or speechesof any individualprior eral times a year and “m6ak?kerec- gay and lesbian youth face today. Viewpoints ...................... P*3 Senate itmustbeco-sponsoredby to said individual‘s speech on ommendationstothe health,edu- This will be the only central rc- The mother of a Tufts woman charges at least two other members of the campus.” caion and welfare“ dcpnrt~nents source for these people.” the Dean of Students Office with mis- body (including senators, trustee Muhammad’s highly contro- in the state government. These OtherTuftsstudentshavebecn handling her daughter’s rape complaint. represenk?tives, and cultural rep- versial speech scrutinizedthe role recommendations will deal with involved in the efforts to establish resentatives)or by SO signedmem- of the TCU Senate in expressing ways to cop with the problems this Commission, including se- Features...... .................... P-5 bers of the student body.“ the sentiment of the student body facing gay. lesbian and bisexual niors Willie Evans and Tim A new seafood restaurant has a bit of According to Ravitz. who in- on sensitive issues. Before youth in the state, Javits said. Winslow, who both took part in spice in the menu, and Michele Pennell trvduced the notion, the change Muhammad arrived on campus, Although he was unsure of the the early lobbying efforts at the impatts wisdomtotheTuftscommunity. “would expedite the process“ of the majority of the Senate voted exact makeup of the other Com- State House. Senate meetings. When asked to condemn the portions of his mission members, Javits said, According to Javits, a rally Arts.................................. P-7 Raise the Red Lanurn (in Chinese) is how a senator could bring new speech that could be considered “From what I understand. they and press conference of approxi- ideas with this new rule, Ravitz wanted about 16 members. They mately 15Opeoplewasheldat the much better than The Bube (in New offensiveto membersof the Tufts Yo&). while the Femmes rock MIT. replied,“He or she can bring it up comnmunit y. also wanted at least one hi!$ StateHouselastNovemberinan page two THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, April 27,1992 THE TUFTSDAIL~ Letters to the Editor On behalf of the Conference Commit- David A.