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THE[Where You Read It First TUFTS Thursday, February 13,1997 DAZLY Volume XXMV, Number 18 1 2 Protest against trust held outside of B Haymon under criticism for labor policies

byKAREN-IN “overall arrogance” of Sappi. The com- Daily Editorial Board pany, he said, feels it “doesn’t have to deal During their meeting this past Saturday, fairly with its employees.” the University Board of Trustees was He said the protests will continue “until shocked to hear labor and student activists [Sappi] stops anti-worker policies in both shouting outside of Ballou Hall. The pro- countries.” test was sparked by trustee Monte The protest on Saturday came as a shock Haymon’s involvement with Sappi Ltd., a to members of the administration and the South African-based paper manufacturer Board ofTrustees. “It was a total surprise,’’ that is under attack for safety, health, and Provost Sol Gittleman said. “Nobody knew, environmental violations and its labor poli- none of the trustees.” cies in both the US and South Africa. Russ Davis, director of jobs with Jus- Haymon, atrusteeandchairoftheBoard tice, said that the protest on Saturday was Daily file photo of Overseers at Tufts’ School of Engineer- to “let the Tufts community know that the Monte Haymon’s company is under protest in both the US and South Africa. ing, is CEO of Sappi’s US subsidiary, S.D. person who represents them is involved Warren, a 140-year-old paper manufacturer with these activities.” mill in Skowhegan, Maine, feel that the ated for 17 months with the union on this with headquarters in Boston. Haymon is Davis added, “These are practices I don’t company is not making an effort to negoti- contract. “The company is pleased that serving a ten-year term as trustee, which think most people at Tufts would feel com- ate with workers in the US as well. Carl after [ 17 months] we were able to get ratifi- began in 1994. fortable being affiliated with.” Turner, president of UPIU Local 9 at the cation and agreement to a very fair and Saturday’s protest involved approxi- Protestors distributed pamphlets out- Somerset mill, said he feelsthe management generous economic package combined with mately 75 Massachusetts area labor and side ofBallou detailing Sappi’s labor poli- style in the US “has not changed since workflexibility,” hesaid. student activists in conjunction with the cies in South Africa and the US.The litera- South Africa.” It took 17 months, he said, because the Mass. Jobs with Justice coalition, accord- ture stated that “Sappi management contin- When Sappi took over the mill, Turner company made several offers which the ing to Mark Brooks, director of special ues to resist change in the new South Af- said, “the philosophy of working together union rejected, until finally accepting this projects for the United PaperworkersInter- rica. The PPWAWU clashes frequently with to solve problems ceased to exist.” six-year contract. national Union (UPIU). Sappi over the union’s efforts to improve Despite voting on a new labor contract This new contract, Haymon said, offers “This isjust the beginning ofan ongoing wages and working conditions forthe 8,000 last week, Turner said that the union and the workers at Somersetjob security, an annual campaign against this company and its Sappi workers the union represents.” company are still not in “agreement.” increase in income of three percent, and a management,” Brooks said. “This weekend Additionally, the PPWAWU accuses According to a press release by UPIU, $5,000 per person ratification bonus. was primarily to support the dispute [in] Sappi of apartheid-style management prac- this contract “made significant economic Turner said, however, that “if the com- South Africa.” tices. “In an August 1996 decision,” the gains but failed to address workers’ con- pany wants to be successful, they are going Thecriticism of Sappi’spracticesin South pamphlet reads, “three independent media- cerns over Sappi’s so-called ‘flexibility’ to have to sit down and bargain this con- Africa, Brooks said, involves low wages, tors found indications of racism at one of proposals.” tract again.” unfair working conditions, and an “overall Sappi’s South African mills, including de Brooksdescribedthe flexibility propos- He said, “One thing we’ve learned in our failure to negotiate with the [South African facto segregated facilities.” als as the “company’s demands for Ian- 17-month fight at Somerset is that workers Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers’ The pamphlet asserts that these media- guageeliminatingdecadesofrulesprotect- have to organize internationally in order to Union (PPWAWU)].” tors found that “officiaIs of the company ing workers’ rights and job assignments.” resist Sappi’sunfair attackson ourfamilies’ On Saturday, membersoftheUPIUpick- may be too apt to brush allegations of UPIU stated that union members had standard of living.” eted at Sappi mills throughout the US, while racism aside.” “worked without a new contract at the According to the pamphlets distributed the PPWAWLJ conducted two-hour work When questioned by the Daily, Haymon Somerset mill since Sept. 1995 because of by theprotestors, on Dec. 13,1996, theUS stoppagesand other demonstrationsin their said that the “allegations with regard to Sappi’s demands to eliminate long-stand- Occupational Safety and Health Adminis- campaign for fair working conditions in apartheid-style [management] are un- ing workrules safeguarding workers’ rights tration (OSHA) issued 13 safety violations South Africa. founded and untrue.” in job assignments and security.” Brooks described what he termed the Many union membersat Sappi’s Somerset Haymon said that his company negoti- see HAYMON, Page 10 CSL rules sQ Fund-raisingem campaigne reachesl can co-exist with 49 percent of $400 million goal Amalgamates by JOHNO’KEEFE Amongrecent gifts, Lee said, is an anonymousdonation byLAURENHErST Daily Editorial Board of $1.25 million to the Fletcher School’s endowment for Daily Editorial Board Tufts’ capital campaign has reached almost half of its scholarships. Also, aphilanthropist from Rhode Island has There is room on-campus for students groups of $400 million goal, and the endowment has climbed to a given $2.5 million to the International Famine Center at the similar nature, the Committee on Student Life ruled 1 record $325 million following the most successful fund- SchoolofNutritionScienceandPolicy. In recognition ofthe their recent recognition of sQ, a coed a cappella grou raising year in University history, development officials donor, thecenterwill be renamedthe Alan Shawn Feinstein which is very similar to the only other coed group u reported this week. International Famine Center, Lee announced. campus, the Amalgam- The Tufts Tomorrow fund-raising drive has reached In Arts & Sciences, development officials have made ates. $196.6 million,or49percent ofthe totalgoal, development steady progress in raising money for financial aid and Currently, accord- director Brian Lee told trustees over the weekend. Of that construction projects, while seeing somewhat slower growth ing to the regulations total, donors have given $88 million to Arts & Sciences, in faculty-development initiatives such as endowed chairs, regardingthe recogni- about 45 percent of the goal for the University’s largest says Gary Lowe, senior director ofArts & Sciences devel- tion ofnew student or- school. opment. ganizations, “The The campaign officially began in November, 1995 but One noteworthy gift to the school, Lowe says, is a goals and purposes of includes all donations since the $10 million gift from the $330,000challenge grant from a philanthropic foundation ii group applying for Tisch family in May 1992. The last capital campaign raised in New York City. The Calder Foundation will donate the recognition and the just over $250 million, including the Tisch gift. Tufts offi- money ifthe University can raise another$670,000, making constituency which it cials say this campaign must be completed by 2000. a total of $1 million, for scholarships for disadvantaged serves may not par- In the 15 months since the formal kickoff of the Tufts studentsfromNew YorkCity. tially or wholly dupli- Tomorrow drive, the University has received about $58 “This challengerelates very directly to the University’s cate any organization million, fund-raising records show. goal of achieving diversity,” Lowe said. already registered.” Development officials say they currently are involved in The most significant building component ofthe capital discussions with unnamed individuals to secure at least campaign, the new field house at CousensGymnasium, has Professor of Me- Darly file phof chanical Engineering Austin Putnam one giftof$25 million or more and severalgifts ofmore than reached about one-third of its total fund-raising goal. In James O’Leary, who $10 million, but that nothing is definite. order to commit to the project, Lowe says his office needs chairs CSL, said that the Tufts Community Union Judi Donation commitments in the last six months total $30.3 another $3 million, on top of the $3 million it already ciary (TCUJ) is currently considering rewording th million, $26.7million ofwhich hasgone totheendowment received. The total cost ofthe field house is projected to be regulations. The rule may be amended as early as ner fund, Lee said. Unlike gifts for buildings and other capital $9- 10million. week at the TCUJ’s next meeting on Feb. 20, O’Lear expenses, the University invests endowment money and The athletics department is not the only group anxiously said. uses only the annual income from those investments. awaiting the money for the field house, Lowe says. The “We ought to be in the business of encouragin: The six-month fund-raising total puts the University 3 expansion of music facilities on campus also is tied to the groups, not discouraging them,” O’Leary said. percent ahead ofpace to meet its goal forthis fiscal year, Lee gymnasium plan because Jackson Gym would b;e reno- “The sense the committee had was that the idea o told the trustee development committee. To put the $30 varcd to make room for additional performance space. million figure in perspective, Lee pointed to figures from Development officials are working to raise money for the see sQ, page 8 just nine years ago. In the last six months, Tufts raised the see page 11 same amount as it did in all of fiscal year 1988. CAMPAIGN, page two THETUFTS DAILY Thursday, February 13,1997 THETUFTS DAILY@ Letters to the Editor P.O. Box 18, Medford, MA. 02155 (617) 627-3090; Fax: (617) 627-3910, [email protected] More tasty treats at structure. Online: http://www.tufts.edu/as/stu-orgltuftsdaily He is joined in the same issue of the Daily by a Tufts columnist who inveighs against exorbitant charges Dan Tobin To the Editor: without offering any facts to support his claims Editor-in-Chief In response to Dan Tobin’s column (“Food makes (“Dollars and business sense,” 2/11). Managing Editor: Karen Epstein the campus go ‘round,”2/12), I would like to respond I have no idea what Boston College charges, and Associate Editors: Bill Copeland, Gregory Geiman, Amy Zimmet to Tobin’s assertions with a few comments. The the author cites no numbers. I understand, however, NEWSEditor: Pete Sanborn Mayer Campus Center, built in 1985, has always been that Boston College has chosen to absorb some or all Assistant Editors: John OKeefe, Lauren Heist adelight for gastronomes everywhere. However, the of the costs of installation of its telephone system. But these systems do not come free. A little more VIEWPOINTS Editor: Jason Cohen research for the aforementioned column was incom- Assistant Editor: Alex Shalom plete in the following areas: research would reveal that the increase in Boston College’s total charges for 1997 was 4.7 percent while FEATURESEditors: Laura Bemheim, Annie Risbridger, Katie House The Information Booth, in addition to serving Assistant Editor: Merredith Portsmore papyratarians, sells tickets to events, movie passes, Tufts’ was 4.2 percent. In 1996,the increase was 5.1 stamps, and sends and receives faxes. The stamp percent while Tufts’ was 4.4 percent. ARTSEditors: Jay Ruttenberg, Cara Maniaci, Pornsak Pichetshote With the difference in those numbers, which Assistant Editors: Abby Schwartz, Alexis Rivera glue, by the way, does have a measurable caloric value as reported in a Marilyn vos Savant column, amounts to an extra $300/year on Boston College’s SPORTS Editors: Sam Erdheim, Marshall Einhorn charges, you would be able to buy a lot of phone Assistant Editors: Gregory Youman, Jordan Brenner, Vivek Ramgopal but I seem to have misplaced the figure. You didmention the Senate office but omittedthe service. Absorbing the costs does not mean that PHOTOGRAPHY Editors: Susan Habit, Rony Sham other offices and meeting rooms in the building. they go away. Assistant Editor: Kate Cohen There are seven reservable meeting rooms in the My point is that there are various ways of charg- ONLINE Editor: Mike Weissman building, in which food can always be consumtd, as ing. Tufts Connect’s costs over nine months is well as the tasty events created by the Programming roughly the cost of NYNEX Metropolitan service Pratiksha Thakkar (even assuming suspended service over the semes- Production Director Board housed here. The lobby of the Mayer Campus Center is often ter break). This is, I suggest, a reasonable basis for Production Managers: Haley Stein, Amy Rutenberg rented by off-campus vendors with mouth-watering comparison. I would be happy to arrange a meeting for any editor or reporter interested in learning the LAYOUT Editors: Julie Guinn, Pamela Abrams goods for sale. Fromjewelry to sweaters to roses on Assistant Editors: Doug Clancy, Gabriel Safar Valentine’s Day, you’re sure to find a treat. facts about communications costs. GRAPHICSEditors: Wenimo Poweigha, Josh Goldblum Two vans are available for rental from the Office ofstudent Activities. They arerentedon adaily basis Steven Manos Copy Editors: Judith Dickman, Andrea Benoit to transport people to and from events, and have Executive Vice President Neil D. Feldman been known to go to restaurants on occasion. Executive Business Director Hungry for more? The lounge has a pool table, Thanks for Ears for ping-pong table, and a large-screen television that Office Manager: Sanitha Narayan has been known to be tuned to “Yan Can Cook.” On Peers article Advertising Managers: Abby Krystel, John Gendron a non-culinary note, we have both a handicapped- Receivables Manager: Pamela Mills To the Editor: accessible ATM and press-plate doors to the build- We, the spokespeople for Ears for Peers, would The Tufts Daily is a non-profit independent newspaper, published ing. like to thank the Daily for the article featuring our fonday through Friday during t!!e academicyear and distributed fret Ifthe information here has whetted your appetite, organization. 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Thank You Class of for Peers is there to listen to any concerns and LETTERSTO THE EDITOR thoughts, no matter how small you think they are. Letters must be submitted by4 p.m. and should be handed into the 1997! As written in the article, the hotline, which is laily office or sent to [email protected]. All Letters musl To the Editor: totally anonymous and completely confidential, can iclude the writer’s name and phone number and must be verified by On behalf of the Senior Fund Steering Commit- bereachedat 627-3888. le Daily. There is a 350 word 1imit.The editors reserve the right to edil tee, we would like to thank everyone who attended etters for clarity, space, and length. For the full policy on Letters tc the ’97 Days ‘til Graduation PubNight on Tuesday. Dianne Scheinberg LA’97 ie Editor, contact the Tufts Daily. Thanks to your support and generosity the event Ron Zaczepinski LA’98 was an enormous success. We received nearly 80 Spokespeople for Ears for Peers pledges and gifts totalling over $2500 which sup- ports financial aid for the Class of 2001. Please confront racial This marks the single greatest fundraising effort by a senior class in the history of Senior Fund. In issues Female cadet’s father to steer order to reach our goal of $15,000, we need the To the Editor: continuing support of every member of the senior I write to you because of my deep interest in a Citadel through. latest crisis class. We intend to set a new standard for the Senior place where I grew up. A place where I learned toturn Class Gift. my cheekto racialproblemsandignorethem. Aplace College Press Exchange knowledge, if true, went too far. We IookliketoextendaspeciaIthankstoMargarita where racial incidents and concerns were brushed COLUMBIA, S.C-A Citadel Nine cadets face punishment, Blandon, Damon Eastman, Karen Hardy, ElenaLaskin, aside and not dealt with by people in power. A place graduate whose daughter is one while two others accused ol Khanh Nguyen, Cori Palladino, Julie Robinson, and which defined itself as a diverse community but a oftwo remaining female cadets at wrong-doing did not return to cam- LoriZartarian4hemembersoftheSteering Commit- place where a serious discussion on race has yet to the military college signed this pus this semester. tee who helped plan this event. occur. The place I referto is, of course, Tufts Univer- week to help the school solve its Transferring Trez, 49, “is in no If you missed the Pub Night, you should be sity. latest public relations crisis. way an adverse reflection on his receiving a letter along with apledge card for Senior I have grown a lot during my three years at Tufts. Emory Mace, aretired one-star performance (as commandant),” Fund. We hope you take the time now to consider I have been an apprentice to an administration that general, willjoin interim President Poole said. “He has done a remark- your pledge. Once again, thanks to those who have slithers through controversial issues by not ac- Clifton Poole’s staffasactingcom- able job of preparing for the as- already contributed to Senior Fund. knowledging them. What can you expect except a mandant in two weeks. Mace’s similation ofwomen into thecorps continuous cycle ofracial tension and incidents from daughter, Nancy, is a freshman and for carrying out the plans for Bryan Krause LA’98 a student body which has an administration that honor student. that assimilation.” Trez was un- Brian Ostrer LA’98 does not have a stance or even confess to any Mace will assume the job cur- available for comment. Co-chairs, Senior Fund Steering Committee problems? rently handled by retired Army Cadets learned ofthe adminis- I would like to urge President DiBiaggio and the Col. Joseph W. Trez, who March 1 trative shuffle during announce- rest of the deans, to confront these issues that are becomes special presidential as- ments at lunch Monday. happening around campus. Tufts might be a diverse sistant. Manos says Tufts “What we want to do is re- place to the eye, but underneath the surface, it’s as TheCitadelcommandant isthe spond as quickly as we can to clear as black and white that ignorance is brewing. top administrator who Connect costs= NYNEX oversees changes in the assimilation plan, i Respect and responsibility are lacking. cadet training and conduct. they’re called for,” Poole said costs Take a firm stance and express your responsibili- Trez’snewassignment is work- “We’re just being very, very re, To the Editor: ties. Suggest and take part in dialogues with the ing full-time on an internal inves- ceptive to constructive criticism The author of a Feb. 1 1 Letter to the Editor (“BC student body. Create an administration that is not out tigation into hazing complaints of that plan.” Federal Judge C has great phone system, why don’t we?’) concedes of touch and out of sight, but one that is out in front, that prompted two female cadets Weston Houck last week ap. that his previous argument about the relative costs to quit the college. leading the campus on these critical issues of race pointed consultants to provide him ofTufts Connect andNYNEX was flawed. He finds, and diversity. Perhaps then, when Tufts speaks of its “We want to bring that to con- with an analysis of how The Cita. however, a new way to fault Tufts Connect, arguing clusion as rapidly as possible,” diverse campus, it just won’t be a hollow ring, but a del has handled the transition to i that Boston College’sphone service is cheaper than rich and diverse truth. Poole said. coeducational student body. Tha Tufts’. To remedy this, he proposes that Tufts ab- Trez met last week with Jeanie report is due March 15. sorb some ofthe costs ofthe communicationsinfra- Albert Cho LA’9 Mentavlos ofCharlotte,N.C., and By then, Mace will be the toy Kim Messer ofclover, SlC., to get adult military officer in charge 0‘ their versions ofwhat they experi- the 1,700-student corps. Place a Valentine’s Pay personal in the enced at the hands ofmale cadets. The women, ortheir intermedi- “I like a challenge,” Mace saic Paily.A Pue TOPAY at p.m. in theA aries, described an array ofphysi- Monday. “I never sugarcoat any cal, verbal and mental abuse last thing. I’m an upfront guy. My ap semester that Citadel leaders ac- proach is, ‘Call it like you see it.”’ Paily office, CIuutis Hall @ Thursday, February 13,1997 THE TUFTS DAILY page three Viewpoints

The search for a higher- truth by Onaje Oladuwa just to America but to the world. “My only sin is in my skin.” It is Wells, MumiaAbu-Jamal, Arthur God forbid that a black man Wenow, however, wait 11 months ingrained in every sector of our A. Shomburg, and the 54th Mas- have the audacity to suggest that Nightmare. That’s what I am. each year in order to have some- society, from corporate America sachusetts Infantry, to name a few. we take up arms to combat the America’s nightmare. I am what body else teach us. Instead of to education to sport. Black His- It is their spirit, infused with the open hostility and state-sanc- youmademe, thehateandtheevil making the search personal, we tory Month, in its current state, is hope of my generation and the tionedmurder, rape, and torture of that you gave me, I shine as a allow others to do the work for us. very simply a reflection of that promiseofthenext, that will bring our people. A black person armed reminder of what you have done I wonder, where did the passion racism which has crippled a cul- our people into a new age in which with an identity, an understanding to my peoplefor 4OO-plusyears, for self-exploration go? Why is ture; another cruel and deliberate black is not only beautiful but be- of the evil truths that America ac- You should be scared. You should the history ofAfrican-Americans, product of a society that contin- loved. tively works to suppress, and be running. You should be trying indeed, the history ofthe building ues to operate under the tenets of But, back to the farce that I a gun is a horrific picture in to silence me. Ha! Butyou cannot ofAmerica, relegated to the status white supremacist thought and feel Black History Month has the minds of many white

’ escape fate, for it is my turn to action. . become. It has lost its mean- Americans. They do not. come. Just as YOU rose, YOU will Although- it did not being- because we no consider this modus faZ1- by my hands. America... “God forbid that a black gin this way, Black History IOngeI-areWibgtO operandi self-de- You reap whatyousow. (Tupac Month now seems to be mostly explore the depth fense but “unpro- Shakur, 1991). man have the audacity to aboutappeasementandpacifi- of our stolen his- voked” aggres- There is nothing beautiful Suggest that We take Up cation.GivetheNegroamonth tory and culture sion andmisplaced about the present-day manifes- arms to combat the open to feel like Americaappreciates ourselves. The tation of Black History Month. him, highlighting only those menand women The men and women profiled hostility and state- aspects of his history that are profiled during &. daily in the newspapers and on sanctioned murder, rape, considered acceptable; but for February are kill ourselves, not television are beautiful. The and torture of our people.” the other 11 months, continue largely the “safe those who histori- more than 100 million souls who to foster self-loathingby teach- niggers,” as a fell to the disease of white su- ing a history in which black former history premacy during the Middle Pas- of being celebrated in only one people are mentioned only in ref- professor of sage and still scream out for jus- month per 12? This is neither a erence to slavery and the Civil mine once la- black unity from a tice after more than 400 years are coincidence nor an accident. RightsMovement. (MartinLuther beled them; cohesive commu- painful to hear, yet the pure spiri- The history of America is King is often the focus of these those who nity demanding an tuality in those voices is beautiful deeply rooted in the oppression of references, and even his views are pushed for end to the tyranny indeed. Beauty lies deep within people of color. We live on land distorted). People of color con- integration ofAmerica, andwill- the children who go to school each acquired by theft and the geno- tinue to be portrayed as savages, ing to die for this day, beaming with pride as they cide ofan entire nation comprised while Europeans are glorified as cause, is terrifying finally hear something positive of many nations. The “SUCC~SS’~God’s anointed people, sent to protes to the existing about people who look like them. of these United States can be subdue, convert, and pacify the power structure. The legacy of the continual traceddirectlytothe blood, sweat, “ignorant heathens” ofthe non- And it should struggle of black Americans to and tears of Africans stolen from white world. But who, I ask, is be-death is a find a sense of self, to define and theirhomes,treatedaschattel,and the true “savage”? implement a black consciousness forced into slavery. And though The history of Africans and and community in a hostile land, is things have changed - We now African-Americans is rich and beautiful. But there is nothing have the right to vote (but for how beautiful. In America, everything try to emulate white folks. Rarely *’ Now please do beautiful about the way that we long? Will we begiventhis right in from the Washington Monument mentioned, though, are those who not make assumptionsabout what now approach this month. 2007 when the Congress votes on tothedollarbill(researchmasonry) fought against white supremacy I have written. Read the words, Carter G. Woodson introduced the Voting Rights Act again? We to philosophy is deeply rooted in by urging black people to form and if you have the courage, ac- the concept behind Black History are the only people who call them- the ideologies and structures of their own identity, separate from cept the truth and work to change Month in 1929. Initially, it was a selves Americans yet need per- the African continent. We must the one imposed upon us by white the reality. But do not think that week in which black people were mission to vote), and supposedly remember the black men and America. To propose fighting the you now know all about me and encouraged to learn more about we can sit, eat, and live wherever women,pastandpresent,whowere mental, physical, emotional, and how I feel. ourselves,andtoexplorethedepth we want - they remain disturb- possessed of foresight and char- spiritual terrorism with force is to Idonotdislikeallwhitepeople. of our historical significance, not ingly unchanged. acter so deep that it enabled them assumetheriskofbeing portrayed Far from it. Some of my closest Onaje Oladuwa isaseniormajor- In America,racism isan institu- to continuously fight, and some- assubversive, communist, or anti- times even die for freedom: Ida B. American. see FREEDOM, page 11 ing in English- and socio~ogy~ - tion: As Louis Armstrong said,

leedB‘ *a of a new advising system You know how it is. It’s Orientation Week of your their adviser teaches. But aside from this minimal interac- Sohow do werectifytheadvisingproblemhereat Tufts? freshmanyearand somewhere in between walking in apack tion, there is very little focus put on the relationship Undoubtedly, there is no simple solution. There has been with 20 of your new best friends and eating better food at between the adviser and the typical freshman. Advisers are talk in the past of doing away entirely with faculty advisers the Freshman Food Fair than you’ll ever eat again at Tufts, not really compelled to make an effort with their freshmen and hiring a handful ofpeople to advise full-time. In other you find that you have to register for classes. students, and thus, usually no attempt is made. Conse- words, there would be an “advising center” of sorts where i Classes! Younearly forgottheywere part ofthedeal. All quently, many freshmen end their first semester - and students could seek advice from people who were hired of a sudden you’re in a frenzy trying to often their freshman year -feeling neglected, let down, solely to know the TUBSBulletin cover-to-cover and give understand the block schedule, get the and sometimes even intimidated by their advisers. accurate and reliable advice. “inside” advice from yourjunior or se- The real root ofthis problem lies in the fact that a good There is certainly something to be said for such an idea. nior host advisedleader, pick your number ofthe faculty who are given freshmen advisees are It would take a burden off of the faculty at Tufts while classes for the semester, and get your really not interested in the job. As one professor recently allowing students the opportunity to take advantage of adviser’s signature. Whose signature? noted, “I came here to teach, not to advise freshmen.” professional advisers. The administration might want to Your adviser’s -- that professor you met Undoubtedly, this view is shared by many freshmen advis- implement such a system on a trial basis to see if it would for a couple of minutes on your first day ers and their lack of interest is often apparent to new produce positive results. I tend to believe that it would. rr-- -~ - ---___~ --x at Tufts and whose sig- students. The fact is that faculty advisers are given no On the other hand, there is certainly something impor- The View nature you now need training on how to be an adviser. Often, they are as unin- tant about the interaction between students and faculty on your registration formed about distribution requirements as the average members and the mutually beneficial relationships which (I FromHere form in order to sign-- up freshman. So when an adviser displays a blatant lack of can be built as a result. By the time a student is a junior or 11.---. -__lforclasses.Nevermind knowledge about such requirements, the freshman is bound senior, he has often formed a bond with his adviser and his name. Chances are that you’ll only see him again come to turn to another classmate or an upperclassman for greatly values the frank advice and personablerelationship November when you need your spring registration form advice. which often develops. Such a bond would surely be unable signed. Fortunately, the advising problem is usually cured when to form if students went to an established advising center. Sound familiar? This is the case for the overwhelming a student selects an adviser within his major and is able to Thus, when all is said and done, I think that faculty advisers majority of Tufts freshmen. They are given the standard form asolidrelationship with whomeverhe haschosen. The should remain intact -with some modifications. advice from their student advisers: what math course to “chosen” adviser is normally able to give sound advice First, no faculty member should be compelled to be a take, how to decide what level language class to enroll in, about the student’s major and departmental requirements. freshmen adviser against his will. There is no conceivable and who the best history or political science professors are. However, this is not to say that these advisers are far more way a freshman will benefit from a disinterested adviser. It is usually the student host adviser or Perspectives/ knowledgeable about general distribution requirements. Second, there must be some sort of training -even if it is Explorationsleader with whom the average freshman feels Take a look at any DaiZy from this past week and you’ll see minimal - for faculty advisers. They must be aware of most comfortable getting his advice; the upperclassman the following half-page ad placed bythe Senior ClassDean: University policies and requirements, and they must be can relate to the freshman hysteria involved in choosing “SENIORS! In no case will both Math 5 and Math 11 be able to give solid advice on how to go about selecting a classes and is usually understanding and helpful. counted for credit.” Obviously, there are some seniors who manageablecourse loadand even choosing amajor. Third, However, a freshman’s relationship with his faculty werenot aware ofthis policy, andnow, in their last semester the University must stress the importance of interaction adviser is usually quite different. The faculty adviser nor- they must take an additional math class. There simply is no between freshmen and their advisers. The faculty member mally has much less interaction with the student. As excuse for such an oversight, and my feeling is that -as should make it agoal to have lunch at some point during the mentioned earlier, most freshmen only meet with their much as students need to be aware of the distribution semester with each one of his advisees. Such an act would advisers when they need their registration forms signed or requirements- it is the adviser’s responsibility to prevent see FELDMAN, page 11 ifthey have an occasional question about the field in which these situations from occurring. page four RPE TUFTSDAILY Thursday, February 13,1997

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Kwan in the spotligh at upcoming Nationals byME~DITHlWR”I0RE downtime, Nationals has garnered wide open. sister Karen, and pair champion top of his game, he doesn’t go Daily Editorial Board three hours of prime-time cover- Twenty-six-year-old veteran Kyoko Ina. Any ofthe three could unchallenged. Though Tonya Harding and age (8-1 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. ToniaKwiatkowski is consistently sneak onto the medal podium- if Scott Davis, also a two-time Nancy Kerrigan have thankfully 15) and some key afternoon time just a little off, but it would be a not this year, then maybe next. National Champion, has the best faded from the spotlight, figure (2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16) on hugemistake to count her out. She In the men’s field, Todd spinsaroundandhugetripleaxels. skating as a sport has not. The ABC for the final free skates ofthe has all the skills and the poise to Eldredge is the shining star in a Davis typically shines at Nation- little knee-bashing incident has men’s, women’s, and pairs compe- pull out a brilliant performance a la field that’s deep in achievement als and flops at Worlds, but his pushed skating’s popularity to titions. Paul Wylie at the 1992 Olympics. and experience. Although he recent move to a brand-new Con- new heights and promoters have This year’s competition fea- FormerNational Championandthe placed second last year to Rudy necticut training facility and a been drawn to the sport like vul- tures returning champions in 1995 World BronzeMedalistNicole Galindo, who has since turned pro- change ofcoachesmay yield some tures to a carcass. They have de- women’s, pairs, and ice dancing. Bobek, who withdrew from Na- surprises from him. vised new “competitive” events Michelle Kwan is set to defend her tionals- due to injury last year, Also eyeing a place on the po- that feature spotlight skating and National Title. Last year’s World returns to compete, having dium are last year’s Bronze Medal- pseudo-rivalries. While these Champion as well, ist Dan Hollander, Aren Nielsen, events provide a source of income Kwan is hotter then ShepardClark, Michael Weiss, and for both amateur and professional ever. Dubbed by Michael Chack. Hollander hasn’t skaters (a serious consideration some as the next had a spectacular year but the when it costs $80,000 a year to Kristi Yamaguchi five-foot-two-inch bundle of en- train a top skater), they have com- because ofher con- ergy is waiting to make his move. promised the integrity and image sistency, Kwan is Clark andNielsen have mademany of the sport. rock-solid and tech- trips to Nationals, never quite Where, then, do you go if you nically superior to pulling out the performancesthey want to see “reay’skating?Where most of the ladies wanted, but they have the advan- do you go if you want to see the in the event. At fif- tage ofexperience.Both Michaels highest-caliber athletics combined teen, she’s not a -Weiss and Chack -are young with artistry on ice? You go back to littlegirl butamajor * and hungry and just waiting for purely amateur competitions, like force to be reck- II the greats to fall. Skate America, the World Champi- oned with, having Photos by J. Bany Mittan There are two hot teams in the onships, and the event on the won all the major 1996 National silver Medalist and World Champion Todd Eldredge and pairs field, defending champions agenda for this weekend- the competitions she 1996 National and World Champion Michelle Kwan. and World BronzeMedalists Jenni U.S. National Championships. entered this year. Meno and Todd Sand, as well as The best by-product of With a program last year’s National Silver Medal- skating’s rise to fame is that major choreographed by Sandra Bezic changed coaches for the ump- fessional, Eldredge went on to win ists Kyoko Ina and Jason Dunjen. amateur events, like Nationals, (Brian Boitano’s choreographer) teenth time. She’s inconsistent, the World Championships. He’s The red-headed, married pair of have gained more television cov- and a string of victories behind flaky, andaditz to boot, but every beentheNationalChampiontwice Meno and Sandshave experience, erage and better time slots, her, Kwan is poised to capture her so often, through some miracle of before and has battled back from dedication and renowned pairs Granted, an event on ice would thirdNationa1title.AlthoughKwan God, she has a stellar day. back injuries and vapid perfor- coach John Nicks in their favor. never boot a football game, but is the predicted winner ofNation- Keepaneyeonnewcomer Tam mances to become the epitome of insteadof using skatingto fill ESPN als, second and third places are Lipinski, Michelle Kwan’s older a champion. While Todd is at the see SKATING, page 13 ‘Figure Skating’ contains P hotos, insights for fans by MERREDlTHlWR’ISMORE Stojko’s opening sets the tone for the Daily Editorial Board rest of the book. Although he is one of the The jumps, spins, and lifts of figure greatest skaters ofthe 1990s, Stojko neither skatingcan’tbedescribed withmere words, glorifies the sport nor the stars it has cre- and picturesalone can’t explain them. Most ated; instead he reduces skating to its base I case -one person on the ice doing something for himself. He shares that his vision of skating for the 21st century relies on technology that will make quadruple and quintuple jumps possible. His love for thc Beverly Smith sport is evident and his tone inspires one to McClelland & Stewart I dive into the huge hardcover book. From Stojko’s multi-revolution future, people are content to appreciate skating for Smith jumps back to the days of tracing its artisticandentertainmentqualities.How- patterns on the ice and single revolution ever, every so often, a few brave fans try to jumps. She peppers what could be a very comprehend the seemingly complex and dry history of invented jumps and outdoor arbitrary rules and cus- competitions with com- toms of the sport, and ments from the skaters and their pursuit usually ends coaches of today, like in frustration. Toller CranstonandEllen With her book Figure Burka. Wisely, Smith ex- Skating: A Celebration, plains just enough of the Beverly Smith tries to give math and rules for people something to all fans. The to understand that regu- book is a collection of lations in place today, like exquisite photos of the scoring a skater out of six best skaters, as well as pointsinstead often, have explanations and in- historicalorigins. She also sights derived from the maps the effects of war leading coaches, chore- time, increased women’s ographers, and adminis- liberation, and television trators of the sport. on the content and --judg- “Skating isn‘t ajob- it’s a way of life. ing of the sport. You train for months, giving 100 percent What this section emphasizes the most eachday, foracompetitionthatwillbeover is that Smith has connections to the inner in a matter of minutes. You skate through trackofskating. Her quotationsandsources fatigue, injuries, and sometimes disappoint- originate from some of the most notable ment, not because you have to skate, be- personalities in the skating world and her cause you love to skate,” writes Olympic collection of historical photos is unusual Silver Medalist and World Champion Elvis see BOOK, 1s Stojko. page page six THETLTFTSDAILY Thursday, February 13,1997

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Diary of an underdo om Tufts to the NFL IfLas Vegasplaced oddson it, it wouldhave easily and proved every nay-sayer wrong. been a million to one. But on a fall day in 1979, the “Not having been a real jock, I don’t think I knew long-shot came home. Satan reportedly laced up his what I should have known. There were a lot ofpeople ice skates and pigs were spotted on air traffic control who came from the Oklahomas and Nebraskas who radar. The New England Patriots either burned out or let their minds talk them out of made their final cut on that day, and it. I hadnothingtolose-peoplewereamazedatwhat Greg Boyd was given his release. I could do,” Buben said. Kept on the roster was an obscure, “Initially, the thought was that it would be good undrafted, Division 111 football press to bring me in for a little bit,” Buben continued. Photo by Mike Neffo player from Methuen, MA, who, to “There were no local guys on the team then. At that Super-quicksenior Jesse Chertoff (left) has three meets left to that point, hadplayedbutfive years time, I was fortunate as I was the only guy from the qualify for the National Championships. of organized football. The Patri- area. A lot of outside people didn’t give me much of

l&-- a chance, but I was certain I would make the team.” fensive lineman Buben played three years for the Pats and then 11 The Inside 11 was Mark Buben, played the strike-shortened 1982 season for the Runners qualify 11 Corner I] Tufts University; Cleveland Browns. But during the strike, Buben, like -~- Classof 1979. many other players, participated in mediamogul Ted “He was kind ofgoofy coming out ofhigh school,” Turner’s All-Pro league. Browns owner Art Modell, for Division I11 Bill Samko, current Tufts head football coach and a strong supporter of management, released Buben Buben’s defensive line coach, recalled. “He had only as soon as the strike ended and blackballed him. “It by ALBERT SU ally well, posting a career best in played one year of high school football and he had actually was a blessing,” Buben remembered. Senior Staff Writer the 3,000 with a 9:08.91. “I was The New England Division I11 never run before. And when he ran, he looked like a In 1983, Buben, impressed by George Allen’s hoping to run under nine, and taxicab with the doors open. training camp, joined the Chicago Blitz ofthe USFL. Championships was on the minds since the 3,000 isn’t in the nation- of the Tufts men’s track team this als, I had to run by myself, so I felt “The key to his success was his work ethic,” He suited UD for the Ari- Samko continued. “I wish I could capture it and put zonaoutlaw’s the next like I did well under the circum- it in a bottle. He was the best player I ever coached year and was then traded Men’s stances,” Kaye said. Someone to look out for in the because he never stopped working.” to the Denver Gold, where Track next few meets is senior Jesse No one ever doubted Buben’s strength or desire he finished his playing ~~ I Chertoff, who ran a lightning-quick to better himself; he was able to bench press 330 Ibs. careerin 1985. past weekend when they ran in a 8.04 in the 55 high hurdles this past his freshman year and by the time he was asenior, 500 “ T h e r e was a pos- non-scoring meet that included Ibs. was the norm. His football ability, though, left sibility of me going back weekend. He is recovering from a UMass, WPI, MIT, Norwich, and much to be desired in his early years as a Jumbo. to the NFL, there were a hamstring injury that has both- “I had no technique and I had no clue,” Buben lot of guys going back. Rhode Island College. Each ath- ered him all season. lete looked to qualify for the New Already having qualified for remembered. “But Samko and the other coaches were But I thought that itmight all there for me and made sure that I left no rock be time that I grow up,” England Division Ill Champion- theNew Englands, Chertoffwill be unturned.” Buben said. ships in his personal events. looking to qualify for Nationals, One of those was Rod whose qualifying time for the 55 Just as Buben’s bench press improved, so did his B u b e n Mark Buben, U’79 went from skills as a football player. His 5.9 time in the 40 his the locker room to the Hemingway, who qualified in the high hurdles is 7.89. “Running a freshman year turned into 4.9 by his senior year. board room,jumping into the emerging cellular phone 5,000 meters fortheNew Englands 7.89 is a hard time, but he’s got Although unspectacular during his first two years, market before selling his business in 1989 and enter- witha 15:28.99. three meets to qualify,” Putnam “That race was the first race Buben finally came into his own by the time he hit the ing the investment banking industry. He calls Denver said. where I felt like I really concen- gridiron as a junior. The stats speak for themselves: his home, and while football is no longer part of his At MITthis weekend, the team trated for it. was able to set my will look to place high in the New 16 sacks in 1977, 12 sacks and 90 tackles in 1978. life, Buben has turned to yoga, kickboxing, and golf I mindtothetaskandqualify forthe England Division Ill Champion- Along with the sacks came the accolades: 1978team as hobbies. New Englands,”said Hemingway. MVP, 1978 New England Division 111 Player of the Buben never forgets how lucky he has been. “In ships. Other runners posted seasonal “We are a very young squad Year. It was then that the pro scouts found their way scouted, theyearIgraduated,therewere45,000people bests at MIT. Ross Moser ran his that has done really well in dual to Ellis Oval. 300 were drafted, and 300 more were brought to bestoftheseasonwitha6.80 inthe meets, but our youth has hurt us “After my junior year, and maybe there was a bit camp,” Buben said. “The year that I made it, only 2 1 55, coming in third behind WPI ofnaivety there, there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that defensive linemen made it. To play in the NFL was a against experienced teams with I would play professional football somewhere,” Buben dream come true, and it’s even better when you get and MIT. Also in the 55, Peter Shih seniors in big meets,” Putnam said. said. “I certainly wasn’t going to be a high draft to play for your home town team.” did his top performance ofthe year “Wewill have problemsthis week- choice, and it probably would have been better if I But is there one story that defines Mark Buben? witha7.12. end and our goal will be to place Cross-country star Mike third behind Williams and MIT, just went as a free agent so I could have some choice. Go back to the 1978 game against Williams. In that Fortunately, it all ended up working out for me.” game, Tufts lost their two captains to knee injuries Northrop ran a great race, posting both very experienced teams.” Buben was not chosen in the 1979 draft, but was and then lost one of their starting linebackers, who a seasonal best with a 4:02.99 in Even third place will be atough the 1,500 to place frst in the event. task. Brandeis, Wheaton, Bates, invited to Patriots’ camp and signed as a free agent. wasnearlyparalyzedonapassplay. With morale low, But the question remained, could the kid from Tufts Tufts traveled to play Amherst the next week. “This meet was a tune-up for some Bowdoin, SpringfieldCollege, and and an important meet for others,” compete on the same level as those players from “I honestly thought we would get the [expletive: Coast Guard will all make the Jum- Alabama, Ohio St., and Michigan? With the odds Northrop said. bos work for their goal. Putnam firmly against him, Buben threw on the shoulder pads see YOUMAN, page 10 Despite running alone, fresh- calls it, “A one-point war forthird men Stephen Kaye did exception- place.” Unscored Smith invite proves productivea .e

Thursdav. February 13 by JEFFMARGOLLES Smith-King has been realistic this women was the performance of about people. ‘Christy Northrup, season about the team’s goals. Rachel Wildman inthe5,OOOmeters. Men’s Basketball: vs. Senior Staff Writer an 800 runner, came in on Saturday “I came into this season with Finishing third overall, she stands UMass-Boston @ Cousens Beginning with last Saturday’s hoping to break 2:40. She man- the idea of developing individu- as the only Jumbo to qualify for Gym, 7:30 pm. Smith Invitational, the Jumbos agedthat with a time of2:38. Those als,” she commented. “Realisti- the All-New England meet. Women’s Basketball: @ were looking towards the upcom- two seconds may not seem like a cally, this team is not as strong as Smith-King spoke about Elms College, 7:OO pm. lot, but it is a big breakthrough; it the teams we have had in terms of Wildman’soutcome: “Itwasafan- is simply a matter of setting one Women’s talent. They are, as a group, get- tastic race. It was the best she has goal at a time and being patient as Fridav. Februaty 14 Track ting anxious to compete and I have ran all year.” both a coach and athlete in track.” Women’s Squash: Howe ___~~~ seen the improvement that I have Qualifyingforthe ECAC’s were Also noted for their perfor- Cup (@Yale) ing Championship meets. A n d been looking for.” Missy Bargmann in the 55 hurdles, mances, were the 1,600 and 3,200 while scores were not kept, the The Smith Invitational pro- and Rosalie Ferrara in the 200, relay teams that both finished in women managed to achieve quite vided the Jumbos with achallenge Caitlin Murphy in the 600; and third place. a few personal goals. and the outcome was positive in Randi Henry in the 800 hurdles. Murphy once again proved to “What impresses me most the eyes of the coach. “We need to sharpen our skills be impressive, finishing fust in the Please find some about this team,” said Coach “Everyone ran better,” Smith- and realize the level that we are at,” 600. She was described by her Branwen Smith-King, “is the indi- King commented. “It was a long said Smith-King. “Our focus is on coach as “the real thing, a very G-rated vidual desire to achieve. These day and we are just not quite there the goals that we have set, and talented runner, and an overall wallpaper.. . women have shown me their de- with quality. Scoring well is just a because some of the freshmen great team person. termination and they continue to matter oftiming and getting people have yet to attain the top level of “We must look at the bright -the all female work hard.” back from injuries. I have no wor- their ability, we realize the amount spots and let the weaknesses take Responding to her team’s per- ries about the future ofthis team.” of work that is left. late night staff formanceat the Smith Invitational, One of the bright spots for the “This meet showed me a lot see WOMEN’S TRACK page11 page eight TIIETUFTSDAILY Thursday, February 13,1997 SQ is officially recognized Trying to find yowself ... - SQ - Sklaver, the Recognition Chair of Wondering if there is anybody ebe \ike ~ouO..continued from page 1 the TCUJ. organizations of this kind on this “The Amalgamates didn’t go Wanting information about coming out ... campus is something we’d rather that far,” Putman said, but they did promote than oppose,” he added. admit that SQcould not exist as a The TCUJ, which normally re- subcommittee of the Amalgam- . views student group appeals for ates. recognition, originallyrehsedrec- “This year they’ve been very ognition to sQ because it felt that helpfu1,”Putman saidofthehal- the a cappela group did not have gamates. Then come to.. . a purpose that was significantly Putman said that SQ is very different from the Amalgamates. excited about being officially rec- Describingtheruling, TCUJco- ognized as a campus organization QUEST chair Josh Rubin said, “[sQ] at- because itwill legitimizethegroup. tempted to define it by saying they “Well, basically [we wanted rec- Questioning, Understanding and Educating wouldsingonlyrockmusicbutwe ognition] so we could get to be a about Sexuality at Tufts saidthat wasn’t different enough.” real campus group ... and you know, One of the members of sQ, people dream big. Maybe some- Austin Putman,saidthatthe group day there’ll be an sQ album and the is substantially different from the first step inthat is recognition,” he Thursdays at 9pin Amalgamates. “We’re different said. people; we have slightly lower In addition, official recognition at the LGB Resource Center rehearsal commitments,” he said. grants groups the right to apply The Amalgamates practice almost for funding from the Tufts Com- in Camiichael Hall 13 hours per week, Putman said, as munity Senate student activities opposed to the members of sQ, fund. who only practice for seven hours For the past three years that SQ For more information, call 627-3770 aweek. has been in existence it has funded The TCUJ suggested that sQ itself. “We’ve been paying out of appeal to CSL for recognition be- our pockets,” Putman said. cause CSL is the final arbitrator in “We do a lot of off-campus disputes concerning student performances,” Putman said. The group recognition. group has not been able to have very many shows on campus be- The current TCUJ regulations cause it was not officially recog- alsostate, “Ifsuch aproblemarises, nized. ATTENTION ENTREPRENEURS: the new group is required to sub- Putman admitted that all ofthe mit awritten statementexplaining current members of sQ are people why they cannot exist as a sub- who were not accepted by the committee of the older group.” other established a cappella The Amalgamates concededto groups. “I think that’s what it is submit a letter to the TCUJ in sup- right now,” he said. “I think that port of sQ. “The Mates had no has something to do with their for Entrepreneurial Achievement objections to sQ,” said Ben organization,” he said. I Why, hello there. 1

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And films,Richard Linklater is although Linklatereventually dropped still best remembered in out ofthe college (the period would artcirc1esas“theguywhodidSlacker.” be followed by a short stint on an Which is not at all a bad thing, offshore oil rig in the GulfofMexico, considering the Austin-based saving up money to eventually make wandering narrativeprobably tops the his first short film, It ’s Impossible to “Movies Film Students are Really Learn to Plow by Reading Books), Pissed SomeoneMade Before Them” Linklater does remember life in the list, andthe filmitselfmadeenoughof suburbs. an impact to hand the media another “When you’re young, you don’t term to label 20-somethingsbesides evennotice.The wholementality.The Douglas Coupland’s“Generation X.” look of it. But it’s sort of a weigh For better or worse, Slacker is the station. You have to start off filmpopularly seenasthedefiningcmx somewhere in there. I just have really of Linklater’s heart, soul, and mixed feelingsabout it. On one level, personality. What’s perhaps been less it’s kind of screwed-up, but on another, noticed, however, is how Linklater’s TheYoung Americansof “suburbia” it’s so much our culture. It seems so growth has included steadily pushing into afilm, I’d want youto do it. And -ismuchmore dramatic, muchmore American.It’slikecriticizingconsumer his abilities into new filmmaking I was like ‘Oh, wow!’ But then1was confrontational [thanmine]. There’sa culture at this point; it is our culture. environments since his breakthrough doing something else at the time.” lot of issuesflying around... racism and It’s everything. And where do you movie in 1991. That “something else” included things like that,” Linklater says, begin? It’s beyond us, so you sort of WithDazed& Confusedin 1993, finishing Before Sunriseand writing contrasting the two artist’s styles. “I dealwithit. the director marked his first visit into the screenplayfor another film he had thought [the movie] brought out the “But then you can read a couple the world of Hollywood high-budget hoped to shoot.Nevertheless,Linklater best in each of us. [Eric] tends to be important books, andthings change,” directing (Dazed’s cost ofproduction still kept in touch with Bogosian and very dramatic, very big - actors Linklater continues. “Ithinkit’s good came to $6 million as opposed to eventually, after the postponementof chewing up the scenery, like the to struggle. Like you should. Life is a Slacker ’s $23,OOO), and his eventual his post-Sunrise project, a simple characters he loves. I struggle, and realizationofhowagonizingworkwith phone call to Bogosian finalized tend to be just the that’s not a bad Hollywood studios can be. A year Linklater’s agreement to adapt opposite: this very thing. Everybody later came Before Sunrise, in which sub Urbia. loose, nothing’s-a- wants to live in Linklater moved away from the “I had never forgotten about the big-deal sort, like in a this antiseptic ensemble stylesofhis previous movies play, and I was like ‘God, it really lot of my characters. world where to alove story involvinga24-hour love attractedme, ’” Linklater said casually, So we met in the everything’s affair of two people who meet in a while nonchalantly playingwithaplastic middle.” takencare of and everything’s clean, train. Before Sunrise wouldalsoprove bottle cap. It’s a demeanor that only For these reasons, Linklater and you get what you want, but you to be his first opportunity to direct seems fitting for the man who said, assures that suburbia is just as don’t have to work hard enough to get higher profile stars, EthanHawke and “Withdrawingin disgust is not the same personal to him as any of his other it.There’snostrugg1e.Youjustexpect JulieDelpy. as apathy.” films, and in the case for certain films, rewards. With Linklater’s latest film, “Something about it ... It got its this relationshipis very personal. For “Particularly in the arts,if you want suburbia, aglancemay leadaudiences hooksinme. Personally, I really liked example, to answer the question to do anything, you really have to go to think that the director has retreated the characters, and I felt that it was a undoubtedly on the minds of anyone through aperiodwhere you feel really to f&liarterritories. Similar to Slacker missing linkinmy ownautobiography, who’s seen Dazed and Confused, shitty. Youjust haveto struggle withit. and Dazed, suburbia is another when I was a 20-year-old. It was a yes, like the freshmen the movie puts On all levels: physical, psychic, ensemblepiece followingthe lives of good depiction of 20-year-old life. I part of its focus on, Linklater was everything. For me, that’s what my five teenage friends who all live in had done teenage [life] and a little paddled in high school. 2Os,particularlyearly2Os,represented: suburban Burnfield, older, but that “Yeah, I was definitelybrought up some period of really intense, USA. And while the was pretty in this whole corporal punishment philosophical struggleandquestioning. surf-~similaritiesm specific.And then world which I guess doesn’t exist Andit’sneversocleancut,but you’ve pretty substantial, any the challenge of anymore. But yeah, Dazed was got to do it, or you’ll never leave . resemblances making a play probably the most poignantly suburbia.” between Linklater’s work as film was autobiographical,just because this little latest film and his alwayswith me; shitty town in which I lived in East Linklater’s suburbia will reach previous ones end at [it] seemed like Texas had this ritual at a high school theaters next Friday, Feb. 21. the surface. Looking at tough thing to level, but you atthesmallprint finds pull OR’’ see it in that sub Urbia is also As can be hternities and Linklater’sfirstmovie expected, sororities.I like in which the independent writer/ working with a story ihat wasn’t the whole idea director has not written the original origmllyhisgivessub Urbiaanaturally ofinitiationand story. Rather, suburbia adapts Eric different feel fromLinklater’s previous hazing, but Bogosian’s play ofthe same name to films. It’s by farhislongest-20orso everythingI’ve the screen. minuteslengtherthananyofhisothers. done - and “Eric heard that I had gone to [see It is also more highly structured and I’ll say that the play], and he was a big Dazedand plotted; action and dialogue, while about Confused fan,” Linklater recalls. “I seemingly loose and random, has a suburbia too had met him before, always liked his necessary relevancetothe progression - is really work, and when he heard that I had ofthe film. .autobiograp- . .., gonetotheplay,hecalledmeixi Austin “Eric’s writing -which is what nlcal.’’ Linklater (left) directs Giovanni Ribisi. . and said, if [suburbia] ever got made partially attractedme [to the project] Thedtant page I1 THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, February 13,1997 WEEKENDER

Esliibitian reflects artist‘s personat and artistic cl~elapment by CARA MANIAC1 Biggers’ workwithmuralistCharles White at the Daily Editorial Board HamptonInstituteintroducedhimtothetraditionof n the past, the Museum of Fine Arts’ Gund mural painting, which was revived in the work of Gallery hasbeenthe siteofexhibitionsshowing social-realist Mexicanartists Jose Clemente Orozco I some ofthe most impressive, eloquentworks of andDiegoliivera.Withhisfirstmural,Biggerswas American art. Alfied Stieglitz’s photography able to expanduponhisvision ofcreating anart that exhibition this fall was no exception. And while it wasasignto othersofthefican-Americanperson doesnot cany suchcelebrity asthe Stieglitzshow, in society. Several studies of this mural, Dying this spring’sexhibitionpresentsuswithacollection Soldier, are on view here; most notably the self- ofobjects -- sculpture, drawings, andpaintings hm portrait in which Biggers portrays a soldier at the the hands of an artist ofsupreme talent and vision, moment ofdeath, witnessing his life flash before his JohnBiggers. In fact, when1 realizedthatthis “View eyes. From the Upper Room” was Biggers’ first one-man These images, like his early paintings, use exhibition in asurvey museum, I was shocked that expressionistic distortion of figures to express such artistic brilliance had not been given due emotions. On this larger scale, however, Biggers .- recognitionuntil now. beginsto include some ofthe symbolswhichreappear by LORNE BEHRMAN Prior to this solo debut inBoston,Biggers’ work inhis later works. He also begins to experiment with Senior Staff Writer had been shown in the context of other African- compositionswhichallow him to express avariety of unks ofjagged chords and gorgeously ideas through several scenes in one image. nse riffs dripping with youthful Americanartists. Curiously though, afterwitnessing Biggers’ artwork its recurrent themes offamily After his visit to Africa in 1957, we find that exuberance. A desperate sandpaper croon with R and community identity among black Americ ansand Biggers’ portraits of black Americans take on a andmachinegundrumming. Ten yearsago, Squirrel more positive Bait wrapped itselfaround a stagnant and lethargic Africans, it becorn& countenance. These music scene, and squeezed new life out of four apparent that suchgroup exhibitions probably works illustrate how, chords and suburban adolescent angst. Today, suited .his artistic amidst distress. and however, the urgent dissonance of bands like intentions more oppression from Jawbreaker and Superchunk dwarfsquirrel Bait’s appropriately than does American society, scrappy back catalog, reducing yesterday’s sonic African-Americans firestorm to a trail of smoke and a few ashes. this solo show. What this show does enable us to havestrengthintheirties For its six-year history, Squirrel Bait held together realize, however, is how to the earth, nature, and like a rubber band stretched to maximum elasticity; the universe. Biggers threatening to snap when band members relocated Biggers’ life experiences presents these themes to attend college and band relations went from havedeeply informedhis work. The “View From ’ through the use of amiable to ornery. Its two-record history launched the Upper Room” is a familiar, archetypal the imaginative and inspired careers ofcult stars like Seven Little Sisters exemplifies Biggers’ use of the quilt symbols, which render David Grubs (Bastro and Gastro Del Sol) and Brian vistafromwhichwecan look at the development motif to unify the painting’s composition. them accessible to McMahan(S1int). ofBiggers’ themes and techniques, fiomhisvery first in~~dualsofanyraceornationality.Theuniversality Its shows were tense and tightly wound. Often, mural, DyingSoldier, to his present creations. of his symbols, along with his expert grasp of the band would play and tight-lipped, expressing stiff Most ofthe wall text intheexhibitionisdevoted physiognomy and gesture, provide these works with its discomfort its bandmates, and other times with to describing Biggers’ situationinlifeatthe timethe expressivity. the music would melt the band’s stoic exteriors, work was made. We find that John Biggers’ life AfterhisvisittoAfrica,Biggers’imagesofblacks revealing broad grins the quartet dug into their as began not much differently than that of any other standtaller, by the oppressive conditions instruments. unhampered African-Americanmalebom in the Southduringthe which had draggedthem down in the earlierpieces. Squirrel Bait’s yinand yang personaseepedinto 1920s.However’the strengththat Biggers’ familial Hehas remarkedabout howmuchthe Afiicans had itsmusic: dissonancebecamebeautiMlypalatablein ties have providedhimwithis extraordinary. we hometown shambolic brilliance. Onsongs suchas“Hammering As incommonwithblackAmerimnshmhis follow his development as an artist, we come to in North Carolina. Women play an especially So Hard” and “Thursday” (off the band’s 1985 understandhis personal development. Weals0 come important and multi-faceted role for Biggers Homestead debut), sloppy chording and melodically as to realize his ever-renewed understanding of the artistic motifs symbolizingboth creative force and tense riffs were delivered such passion that pain with ideaof‘family” through the evolving motifs ofhis nurturing strength. First Shotgun is an image which seemed to melt into bliss. When singer Peter Searcey images and sculpture. clearly presents this theme in Biggers’ work. The wraps his teenage rasp around the lyrics: “What’s painting showsawomanstandingfirmly against her the use when you don’t want it” on “Hammering Early works show Biggers’ preoccupation with the sorrowfid predicaments African-Americans have small three-room house. Because her form takesup Away,”not wanting becomes repulsion. Simply put, faced. Paintings from the OS, such as Coming a major portion of the foreground, she appears to Searcey-attheageof 17-hassomeofthemost support the small house like apillar,metaphorically endearing and urgent vocals I have ever heard. Home From Workand Mother and Child, display the weariness and agony ofday-to-day life and labor Skag Heaven, the band’s sophomore release, see BIGGERS, page 111 reveals Squirrel Bait’s developed use of dynamics with expressionisticcolor and line. andits buddingabilitytoputavalancherhythmsunder IBand: Allen Ginsberg (plus Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, and I shimmering melodicmotives. “Kid Dynamite” and I Lenny Kaye) I “BlackLight Poster Chi1d”epitomize such growth, Album: The Ballad the Skeletons here the band explores the melodic contour oftheir I of I Funded By: Mercury Records I songsby puttingfiery ~dosagainst~melodicI The Scoop: Record biz hot shot Danny Goldberg spotted Ginsberg’s formulaic I I plateaus.Butquicklytheformidablebecomes poem in The Nation and ordered up a record, which features as all ten songs have the same sonic fabric. I I composer Philip Glass on piano and former moptop“Macca”doodling Putting Squirrel Bait’s output into context today I I around while Ginsberg eerily kvetches about the Man. Patti Smith- is difficult and frustrating. Here is a band that I I lackey Lenny Kaye produced the whole shebang. pioneered the atonally melodic swirls that have I I Sentence Required (bye the State) in every Review: become popular with bands like Jawbreaker and I I Ginsberg’s caustic edge gets dimmed significantlyby the prevailing Superchunk. However, what was innovative I I yesterday has almost become the norm today, and I veil ofcynicism seenas the millennium draws its final feeble breath. I Squirrel Bait’smusicjustdrowns inthe wakeofits I Sure to be Compared to: That CobaidBurroughs collaboration; Holy Soul Jelly Roll I present day counterparts - Jawbreaker writes I Should also be Compared to: The Kids of Widney High I more emotive lyrics and Superchunk rocks harder. 1 Favorite Press Kit Quote:“(His greatest hit is the lengthy poem entitled “Howl”)” I I can’t help but think of itchy-palmed record I Reason for Tuning In: These four seminal figures from separate spectrums and erasjoin hands to 1 executives thinking they’ll cash in by re-releasing I bemoan our times.. . I Squirrel Bait’s backcatalog for the second time. 1 Real Reason for Tuning In: ...with a chicken kickin’ lickin’ beat! I After all, its band members went on to be successfbl I Reason for Tuning Out: On the fourth and final track Rebel Ginsberg recites a “c1ean”version ofl andextremely influential. 1 “The Ballad ofthe Skeletons.” So much forthe revolution. I But, hey, maybe ifPeter Frampton’ s next record I Reason for Review: Old men are funny. I 1 Record would sell platinum if... this was 1966. doeswellthey’llreleasehisearlyalbumswithHumble I Pie. I stars:planets or configurations ofplanets that are held in astrologyto influence one’ s destiny or fortune. I page I11 THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, February 13,1997 WEEKENDER Sci-fi Uaratbon shswcases freaks ofa11 sizes by ELIYA SELHUB the Mars LiberationFront intheir red Airplane to Best Alien Mating-Call. few classic film experiencesthat have Contributing Writer berets distribute “Free Mars” This year’s alien invasion theme faded from our culture. These include or the past 22 years, strange propaganda, and aliens from Klingons includes the following features and a the 1929silent filmMjz#eriou.sI..Zand, people ofall ages have made an to Ewoks roam freely. host ofother surprises: with live musical accompaniment by 4 fannual pilgrimage to the If you’ve ever enjoyed the show Independence Day, the 1996 the fantastic Alloy Orchestra. For Coolidge Corner Theater inBrookline Mystery Science Theater 3000,which blockbuster, probably wasn’t the another sort of classic experience,It for America’s oldest movie marathon has three characters making fun of a greatest sci-fi movie of all time, but Came From Outer Space will be -the Boston Science-FictionFilm two-hour movie, imagine 600people-- wait until yousee it onone ofBoston’s shown in 3-D, and the film Starman Marathon. Fromnoon Sunday to noon making fun ofmovies will be shown in the original 70 mm Monday, 600 people will strap in for for 24 hours. This format. 24 non-stop hours of sci-fi flicks. exmrienceisnotforthe As always, this year’s marathon Believe me when1tell youthat you wiakofspirit. m&ng &ofit. includes agreat lineupofclassic sci-fi have never seen a concentration of The Coolidge Ifyoumissed films as well. Flyingsaucer, the first weirdos quite like this. The Sci-Fi Comer Theater boasts it onits first run,now’s UFO film, will be shown to celebrate Marathon is always a blast for the one of the largest your chance to catch the 50th anniversary ofthe first UFO sheer people-watching potential. screens in the Boston area. If you Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks in a modern sighting. War ofthe Worlds, We’re not just talking about a few haven’t seenthisclassic moviehouse, theater; which is not to be confused the classic H.G. Wells tale, is amust- TrekkiesandaDungeonsandDragons now’s your chance. This year’s Sci-Fi with the Flash Gordon film, Mars see for sci-fi fans. In Terror of - player or two. The Marathon attracts Marathon features 11 full-lengthfhs, Attach the Earth -also playing at MechaGodzilla,everyone’s favorite some of the most eccentric weirdos cartoons, trailers, special guests, and this year’s marathon. fire-breather faces a mechanical foe from all over the world. Members of contests ranging from Best Paper TheMarathonoffersmoviegoers a created by aliens. Also playing are Roger Corman’s Not of This Earth and Ray Harryhausen’s 20 Million we ?Ian Your we Miles From Earth. There’s nothing like regression. Starting tomorrow, the Brattle’s The full-lengthfilms will be shown where to go: BtattIe Bugs Bunny FilmFestival’97takesBugsandeveryoneelsefiomAcme along with a collection of trailers, Acres away from their home on TV and onto the bigger screen. vintage Max Fleischer cartoons (of Note the “’97,”though, meaning the festivalhas runpreviously,and Betty Boop and Felix the Cat fame), theweek-longeventsjustmaybepartofaplottomilkatimeless source and as always, the marathon starts off ofentertainment for a timeless source ofrevenue. Andmaybe that’s withDafflDuck,MarvinMartian,and true, except this year the lineup really does get better. mything but agiant Porky Pig inthe Chuck Jones classic Along with classics like “DuckDodgers in the 24 1/2 Century,” DuckDodgers in the 24 112 Century. “Carrotblanca,” and “What’s Opera, The 22ndAnnual24 Hour Boston Feb. 14 to Feb. 20 ”that have played previously, the Science Fiction Film Marathon dial rattle is adding 16 new cartoons to 876-6837 for moreinfonnation begins this Sunday, Feb. 16 at the festival, includingBugs Bunny’svery first cartoon andthree Oscar-nominated noon and continues to the shorts. following noon on Monduy, Feb. Of course, in the spirit of capitalism,the Brattle isn’t making it easy to find all 17. Ifthe $32.50 in advance ($40 those cartoons in one sitting. The “TazGone Looney” marathon on Mondays the day of the show) price tag is and Wednesdays, features all the Tasmanian Devil and Marvin Martian out ofyour range, a mini-maruthon 1 cartoons,while on the remaining days, “Fest ofthe Best” showcases Warner will be shown from Sunday Bros.’ traditional mainstays. Plus, Valentine’sDay features two extracartoons, midnight to Monduy noonfor $15. starringnone other than Pepe Le Pew. For more info, call the Coolidge Corner Theater at 734-2501 or e- -Ed Pichetshote Ill mail zeotrope@tiac. net. Exhibition shows how Biggers’ personal development transferred into art BIGGERS unifyingthe figureswithinit. Room’’ without noticing the a kind ofparadise in which all ofthe continued from page I1 A wonderful example of this incredible sense of form and burdens of their current existence suggesting the woman’s role in the development inhis workarethemural expression that Biggers so perfectly would be lifted. Through this household. studiesAscension and Originswhich, translates from his two-dimensional exhibition, we actually trace Biggers’ The“shotgun”shackswhichhoused through the quilt-like composition, works to his sculpture. Mother and own development as an artist, from - black sharecroppers throughout the achieve a stained glass-like effect, Child is the stand-out - a tender the bowels of melancholy to the early half of this century are also rendering the abstract compositionsof terra-cottawhichexudesthe warmth enlightened sense ofpower and spirit employed in Biggers’ later work as a symbols and figures akin to religious ofthematernal bond throughgesture in the human- specifically,African forma! device with which the artist images. This aspect of Biggers’ later and pose. Woman Listening is the -identity. In learning about the life creates geometricpatterns reminiscent workshas beendescribedasamotion three-dimensionalmanifestation of story ofthis giftedartist, we are able ofquilts.Biggers, whosemotherwasa toward more metaphysical content. In Biggers’ most prevalent theme, to understand the details of his own quilter, apparently usesthe idea ofthe these and other contemporaryworks, woman as bearer of spiritual insight journey to the “Upper Room,” and quilt in a multi-faceted manner. through the use of abstraction, he and power. hopefully make for ourselves a Formally, it createsavibrantdynamism explores the psychic meaning ofthe personal versionofthis place. Biggers’ inhisimageswhiletheideaofthequilt various symbols employed objectiveiy We leamthroughtheexhibitionhow art, here displayed, can hence act as as a textile also tends to the notion of in his earlier works. the term “Upper Room” came from guide or map for our own journey to > it asawrap which enclosesthe image, One cannot leave the “Upper blackAmericanspiritualsandsignified ;he “Upper Room.” THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, February 13,1997

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Los Angeles Times-Washington Tom DeLay, R-Texas, a term-limits oppo- trenched in Congress and isolated from proposal by third-term Rep. Robert C. Post News Service nent who is in his seventh term. voters. “Bobby” Scott, D-Va., that would have al- WASHINGTON- The House defeated Proponentsblamed internecine warfare “Congress has become too much like a lowed state legislatures to enact lower term a constitutional amendment that would have among term-limits supporters for the set- permanent class of professional legislators limits. limitedthetime lawmakersmayserve in the back. Many lawmakerspointed tothegroup who can use the powers of the federal Lawmakers also rejected, 274 to 152, a House and Senate - a major issue in the US Term Limits, which sponsored ballot government to perpetuate their own ca- proposal by Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Republicans’ takeover of the House two initiatives calling for six-year limits that reers,” said Rep. Charles T. Canady, R-Fla., John D. Dingell, D-Mich., to apply to the six- years ago -as supporters barely mustered prevailed in nine states and directed law- a third-term lawmaker who is chairman of term limittheymservedbeforetheamend- even a simple majority of those voting, makers to vote for the term-limit proposal the House Judiciary subcommittee on the ment took effect. much less than the two-thirds needed for that passed in those states and no other. Constitution. That would have required both lawmak- passage. Those who do otherwise will be labeled as Opponents argued that limits on con- ers to retire: Barton is in his seventh term The 217-to-21 1 roll call was a drop in having disregarded voters’ instructions if gressional service would thwart the will of and Dingell, currently the longest-serving supportfhm 1995,whenaterm-limitsamend- they seek re-election. the people to elect the representatives they member, is in his 22d term. ment won 227 votes as part of the GOP’s “We would have made progress today, want and rob Congress of valuable experi- A version offered by three-term Rep. effort to fulfill its “ContractWith America” we would have increased the vote” ifnot for ence. Tillie Fowler, R-Fla., thatwould have set an in the first 100 days of the session. that, saidnine-term Rep. Bill McCollum, R- “This seeks to alter democracy to re- eight-year limit for the House and a 12-year Opponentsofthe measure, which would Fla., a leader ofthe term-limits drive. duce the choices of the voters,” said nine- limitfortheSenatewasdefeated,335to91. have establisheda 12-year limit toHouseor The measure that failed Wednesday, like term Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. Senate service, cited the vote as evidence the one defeated two years earlier, would “America has need of its giants with their Public-opinion polls show that term lim- that the drive for term limits was losing have limited lawmakers’ service in each senseofthepastandavisionofthe future,” its remain popular with the voters. steam, especially in light ofthe tremendous chamber of Congress to 12 years. Years in said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Wednesday’s vote fulfilled the pledge made turnover in the House recently. More than office before the amendment took effect Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill., who is in his 12thterm. by House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., half of the members of the House are new would not have been counted against the “To adopt term limits is to play Russian afterthe 1995 effortfell61 votesshortofthe since 1992. limit. roulette with the future.” the two-thirds majority mandated by the “We should have faith in the voters to do Backers ofthe effort said limits are needed Before rejectingthe GOP-backed amend- Contitutiton to make it the first significant the right thing,” said House Majority Whip to prevent lawmakers from becoming en- ment, lawmakers voted 329 to 97 against a vote of the new Congress. Abortion pill OeJe says he can’t clears way for confess to murder Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Setvice Los Angeles Times-Washington In offering to give up his hard-won mil- The holder of US rights to the French Post News Service lions, Goldman also volunteered his attor- abortion pill said Wednesday that it has LOS ANGELES-just days afterajury neys for a bit of unanticipated altruism. settled alawsuitandas aresult willbeable awarded him millions of O.J. Simpson’s His lawyers worked on the case on a to bring the drug to the US market by the money, Fred Goldman said Wednesday he contingency basis, expecting to receive a 3 2nd of this year, purchase Trans World Airlines Inc, would forfeit his right to collect even 1 percentage of any money Goldman col- The settlement ends a dispute between The settlement Wednesday ended a penny if Simpson would publicly confess lects. Though they would not disclose the the Population Council and Californiabusi- complicated story that began in Decem- to being a killer- but the former football contingency fee, a typical arrangement nessman Joseph D. Pike over control of ber 1995, when Pike and the Population star promptly turned down the deal. would allow them to take 35 to 40 cents of selling the pill. The council is anonprofit Council reached their licensing agree- “No matter how much money I am of- every dollar Simpson pays Goldman. New York family-planningorganization, fered, I would never confess to a crime Still, lead attorney Daniel M. Petrocelli which contractedwith Pike in 1995to set which I did not commit,” Simpson said applauded his client’s offer. “We’ve all said up networks for marketing and distribut- through one of his attorneys. from day one that this case was never about hg the drug, known popularly as RU486 Simpson has always insisted he had money,” he said. md technically as mifepristone. nothingto dowith the June 12,1994, slayings Goldman’s share ofthe total judgment is The Population Council aIso an- of his ex-wife Nicole and Goldman’s son, stillnot fixed. He is entitledto halfthe $12.5 nounced it had set up a new compan Ronald. Butaciviljurylastweekfoundhim million in punitive damages awardedto his Advances for Choice, to sell the drug. The liable forthekillingsandordered him to pay son’s estate, plus an undetermined per- Fmis headed by Jack Van Hulst, a Dutch- $33.5millionindamages. centage ofthe $8.5 million in compensatory jorn US citizen and fomerphmmxutid After the verdicts, Goldman dismissed damages. RonaldGoldman’smother,Sharon sxecutive with Akzo,a Dutch fm. the stunning damage award as unimpor- Rufo, will share both those judgments. In Hulst said that the project has enough tant, repeating again and again that the civil addition, the two young children of0.J. and money to bring the drug to market, but case was about assigning responsibility, Nicole Brown Simpson won another $12.5 ieclined to say how much that was. The not collecting cash. “If (Simpson) wants to million in punitive damages. US market for the pill has been estimated make a signed confession with all the de- zt $100 million annually. day that the settlement ‘harks the con- tails and print it in newspapers all over this Rufo’s attorney could not be reached for Population Council President Marga- country and around the world, we’ll be glad comment Wednesday. Lawyer Gloria Allred, ret Catley-Garlson said hatelephonenews to ignore the judgment,” Goldman vowed a spokeswoman for the Browns, said they :onference, “We’ve laid a good founda- Wednesday. would not discuss Goldman’s offer either. :ion and now that we have a new partner- hip and new partner, we can make this iappen” by the end of the year. Council Sweet Nothings For 90s: 3fficials had said earlier the pill would be 3n the marketby mid-1997. Taken in the early weeks of pregnancy, ‘‘I Don’t Think So” nifepristone induces an abortion. The Food and Drug Administration said in College Press Exchange has also added“Awesome,” “Hello,”and “I September that mifepristone was CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Love may be Don’t Think So”to this year’s 125 sayings. 7 eternal but its expression changes with “Awesome issimply how some individu- technology and the times. als would describe their sweethearts,” said Those pastel-colored heart candies still Necco’s Walter Marshall. “While ‘Excuse le intends to provide that data to the FDA say “Kiss Me” and “Be Mine” but this Me’ and ‘Hello’ with a flip intonation ex- )y June. Friday, Valentine’s Day, they also will im- press the skeptical way many people view Under the settlement, Pike has “sold a plore loved ones to “Page Me”, “E-Mail romance today.” rubstantial portion of his equity’’ in the Me” and “Excuse Me”. The six sayings that are being sent into narketing venture to other “existing” in- The Necco candy company, based in retirement as too stale are: “BUZZOff’, rrestors, a Population Council press re- Cambridge, Mass., has made more than 8 “Stop”, “Try Me”, “Bad Boy”, “Hot Stuff ’, ‘ease said. was willing toaeonthepoUticaHysen- billion ofthe little hearts for the holiday. It and “Say Yes.” He “retains a modest, although pas- sitivepill. ThecouucilwasgrantedtheUS I 1 rive, equity interest” in the project but patent to rnifepristone by the French ‘will play no present or fbture role” in its pharmaceutical fmRoussel Uclaf, nanagement, the statement said. Advances in Health Technology hc,, I The XX chromosome I Catfey-Carlson said Pike had signed a Washington-based nonprofit grmp that iocuments agreeing not to reinsert him- Pike and the Population Council setup to ;elf into the project in any manage does wonders for a I xipacity. . BrianM. Freeman,aNewYorkinvestor said. newspaper page ten TIpE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, February 13,1997 What in the World Sappi’s practices protested HAYMON public outcry by community Can You Do With Your Education? continued from page 1 groups and pressure from the min- against Sappi at the Somerset mill ister for water affairs in President and proposed fines of $1 10,000. Nelson Mandela’s government, TEACH The OSHA citations, accord- UPIU said. in a developing country ing to UPIU, charge Sappi with In response to allegations of forcing workers to clean under environmental pollution, Haymon giant paper machines while they said, “Sappi as a corporation is IMPACT are still in operation, providing very committed and behaves in a communities inadequate respirators for work- responsible manner with regard to ers potentially exposed to deadly the environment.” .EXPERIENCE chlorine gas, and exposing work- Haymon continued that Sappi other cultures ers to dangerousmachinery,steam is a “responsible member of the pipes, and electrical hazards with- manufacturing community.” out required safety equipment. He said, “Tufts was clearly an Haymon acknowledged that innocent bystander in all ofthis ... these citations are “accurate.” He the target was me.” said his company is currently in Haymon is one of 34 trustees discussion with the OSHA and currently sitting on the University 1-800-4-TEACH-00 [email protected] www.igc.org/worldteach refused further comment. Board. Linda Dixon, secretary of He said, however,thatthe“com- the corporation for the Board of pany has spent over $20 million at Trustees, described him as a hard the Somersetmilloverthepasttwo worker who serves on three com- years on training and improve- mittees. ments in working conditions.” Since he is “relatively new” to He added that they are “dedi- the board, Dixon said she does not cated to providing a safe working “think anyone had the time to get environment.” to know his business.” The literature distributed Sat- urday also criticized Sappi for cases When asked whetherthe Board ofenvironmentalpollution. In Oct. plans to investigate this issue, she 1996, Sappi agreed to clean up said, “AS far as I know, the Board water pollution at its pulp mill in ofTrustees doesn’t plan to follow Natal province, but only after a this up.” The diarv of an underdop YOUMAN 4 a continued from page 7 Amherst QBjust fell down when he saw Buben coming at him.” kicked out of us 100-0,” Samko Tufts won that game 10-3. “I

remembered. “ButI neversaw one...- couldn’t believe it,’’ Sank0 con- man, at any level, dominate a foot- tinued. “That’s when I knew that ball game the way Buben did that this guy could play in the pros.” day. He should have had ten sacks, “I was a little bit inspired,” - as there were times when the Buben recalled. “But it’sreally not me who’s the hero. It’s guys like Samko who dedicate their lives to .= people. IjustdidwhatI hadtodo.” And when Mark Buben did

what he had to do, he did it better < than any football player ever in the history of Tufts University. 1 c- Come see the documentary and talk wifh Ds. Mildred Bolfner, Filmmaker Under ~e aegis of the Israe!i Consulate, Dr. Pollner interviewed children. mothen. Isrx5 Ministry of Health Psychiatrists, and social workers. For the 51.t hein Israe!’s hisrcqJ 215 chdian pcpulation was under direct attack! What long term psycholc~calimuac: xay cct’Jr I - on the children of Israel?

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A bit of the massive pin that this search continued from page 1 The total campaign goal for friends are white. My mother is advice: stop, it is both annoying may cause - and allowing that music expansion, Lowe says, but faculty development is $46 mil- white. To hate all white people and offensive). Supposedly I am new, intimate knowledge of self to “the field house has to come first.” lion, most ofwhich will go toward would be to hate my mother and aggressive by nature, athletically fuel a new and vibrant movement, Lowe says his office has se- chairs, Lowe says, but Arts & myself; 1 have a deep love and gifted, and incredibly virile be- arevolution ofthe mind, body, and cured several commitmentsto es- Sciences also has raised money to appreciation for both. But al- cause I am black. These things soul. The concept of “each one, tablish new endowed chairs for enable faculty and students to do though 50-percent “white” blood may be true or false. Either way, it teach one” is very applicable here. faculty, which requires a donation research together. flowsthroughmyveins,I will never has absolutely nothing to do with Wemust embrace0urpastas“seek- ofatleast$l.25million.Tuftscur- “When people speak of faculty know the privilege that it affords- the color of my skin. But, perhaps ing to forget prolongs exile; in re- rently has only four endowed fac- development, they usually speak just as no white person, not even you wonder how this all relates to membrance lies redemption.” It is ulty chairs. ofendowedchairs, but other funds my mother, can ever comprehend Black History Month. long past time that we rise from the The University recently re- are significant in bringing in dis- what it is like to be a black man in I just wanted to shed light on prison of ignorance in which the ceived cbmmitmentsfor two new tinguished faculty,” he said. America. The political reality in the fact that there are those of us theft of our music, religion, lan- chairs, includingachairinmodem America denies me access to this who are aware of the hypocrisy guage, and indeed, our culture has Armenian studies and one in eco- Lowe says he expects fund- side of my heritage (imagine me and do not feel aneed to either say left us trapped. nomics. The economics chair en- raising for faculty development to trying to celebrate St. Patrick‘s Day “thank or passively sit by as dowment was given as an estate pick up as his office begins to meet inaSouthBostonpub).No, Idon’t an attempt is made to gain the Wake up you people full of gift, meaning the money will be its goals for construction projects. dislike all white folks, but 1 do confidence of my people through promise. Thispeople...mypeople. despise this system that they have smiles that hide lies, threatening Dare to ask yourselvesthe painful created. And I do have contempt our very existence. There are those questions and face the awful real- Frosh need trained advice for those who tell me that every- of us who still believe in revolu- ity that is the truth. Give your- FELDMAN continued from page 3 would be less inclined to feel ne- thing is okay,that racism is athing tion. My goal is to open eyes dur- selves that gift -the gift of self- glected by their advisers. More- of :he past, and that I have equal ing and after the 28 days of this identity at the price of sacrificing be a simple way to make sure that over, even ifa student does choose I opportunity. I live each day ofmy month, hoping to encourage dia- your comfort, a gift that comes a student is given the attention to change his adviser come sopho- life under this ever-present blan- logue, but more importantly, ac- from the heart. My people... this and advice that is so essential, yet more year, hopefklly some elements ket, what DuBois ca1led“the veil.” tion. As Malcom X said, “Today, people. A people full of spirit who so rare, on campus today. of a meaningful relationship will I look on patiently, tolerating it’s time to stop singing and start grow ever closer to understand- These suggestions, if imple- be retained between the student the white women who slide to the swinging.” ingthe beautythat lies within. Our mented together, would improve and his freshman year adviser. other side of the elevator, clutch- Edwidge Danticat declaredthat poetry, rich with the emotion of a our freshmen advising system in ing their purses, fear in their eyes, black Americanscome from aplace people, who survived physical invaluable ways. They wouldpro- The students at Tufts chose to though I am wearing a suit and “where breath, eyes, and memory bondage and fought for and wit- vide the basis for the formation of come to arelatively small, student- carrying a briefcase. I have to be are one, a place from which you nessed emancipation, have yet ta vital freshmen/faculty adviser centered, liberal arts institution for constantly aware of my surround- carry your past like the hair on overcomemental slavery but con- bonds; they would cure the mob- a reason. Let them reap the ben- ings: the police are not my friends, your head.” As long as we rest on tinue to foster a hope for all ages. lem ofpooradvising, andswdents efits of their decision. they are not interested in protect- our laurels, content with one short has yet to be written. Now is the ing my best interests. Stereotyp- month per year to be toldour own time to begin that process. Ask thc A strong day ing affects me daily. I am seen as a story, we will continue to fail. difficult questions of your sou WOMEN’S TRACK thug, inherently ignorant, am sup- Power lies in our ability to take and confront the answers that wil continued from page 7 posed to be able to play basket- action, to say “no more,” to de- twist your stomach and rock you care of themselves,” Smith-King ball, and should speak Ebonics as mand that the truth be recognized, reality. said. “This is an off-year as a team Good opposed to proper English (Why no matter how high the personal in terms of championshipcompe- do so many white people seem cost. Blackpowerwillbecomereal- tition. We are agood duelmeet Ad surprised that I am articulate? So ity when black folks start exploring Are you free, my people? quad meet team and we must con- lIBe good and do &e to set goals and look to-

Learn language- - of skating- wards the future.” IPr oductionl WGUAGE turn-out, Brian Boitano, made the continued from page 5 spread eagle famous. With both explanatory. Layback spins, usu- feet pointing in opposite direc- Participate in a DrugFree ally performed by women, require tions, the elementtakesflexibility Scient& Study on Sleep!!! an arched back, outstretched arms, and strength. and a lot of balance. All skaters are required to do a The Other Stufl Good skaters footwork sequence;the best ones Receive up to $1450 canjump, spin, andappearelegant maintain speed and involve mul- all at once. Great skaters do all the tiple changesofposition,feet, and Qualifmg Healthy above plus thoughtfully complet- direction. A large component of Men Ages 18 to 30 ing other elements like spirals, the artistic mark comes from how Maintain a regular sleep schedGe for several weeks at home and then spread eagles, and footwork. wellthesemovementsareexecuted. spend up to 16 days (up to 15 nights) living in a private laboratory suite These display superior flexibility If you watch enough of the wPiilc wc iiioiiilor slecp and lroriiionc ICVC~S. YOU IIliIy ciigagc in Icis.urc and artistry. During spirals, skat- televised coverage of skating activities for much of the time in the lab and all meals will be provided. ers hold their legs in the same 90- events, you are bound to catch Benefits include a free medical evaluation and up to $1450. degree leg position as acamel spin one ofthe short documentaries on Please Call Gail at: (GI 7) 732-8093or BRIGHAM AND but, instead ofturning, they speed skating moves. Combine a lot of Email [email protected] across the ice. Nancy Kerrigan to: WOMEN’S HOSPITAL TV with a little research at the for more information. andNicole Bobekdojustice tothis library on skating and you can be elegant movement. The master of a couch-side. critic.

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Updated Daily Thursday, February 13,1997 TUFTSDAILY page thirteen Kwan, Bobek, and other skaters await the National Championships- - SKATING continued from page 5 advancing as a pairs skater. The make a splash. rate of ice dancing leaves them pulsory portion of the competi- rest of the pairs field lacks the Defending National Ice Danc- among the top competitors. Amy tion is over. Their worst finish this year was experience thatthe top two couples ing ChampionsElizabeth Punsalan Wehster and Ron Kravette are the Nationals is the last step before when they came in second to 1994 have. Many are newly formed and Jerod Swallow are predicted oldest dancers in the competition Worlds, the premier skating com- gold Medalist Artur Dimitriev and groupings and the theme of four- to repeat their victory. The two at 28 and 34, respectively. They petition of the year. Based on the his new partner. However, Ina and teen-year-old-girl-with-late-twen- have been booted by Renee Roca have placed as high as third at achievements of skaters last year Dunjen are young and eager and ties-man runs through them. and Gorsha Sur and April Sargent Nationals and have a good chance at Worlds, the US can send three pushing the technical boundaries Two couplesthat may be fight- and Russ Witherby in the past, but of standing on the podium. Ice men, three women, three pairs, and as hard as they can. ing for the third spot on the po- they continue to improve and stick dancing in the US is characterized two ice dancing teams to Worlds. In a is also competing in the dium are Shelby Lyons and Brian it out in the fickle world of ice by a constant shifting of partners The results from Nationals deter- singles portion ofthe competition Wells, as well as Lance Travis and dancing. They face their greatest aswellasalackofsupportfromthe mine who goes and who stays. which may distract her a bit but Sara Ward. Both couples have at competition from Kate Robinson skating world. Hence, in this disci- This year’s field may not be as attests to her strength as a skater. least a year of partnership under and Peter Breen. Robinson and pline anything can change from deep as in an Olympic year’s, but UnlikeKristi Yamaguchi, who com- their belt and very hungry older Breen have been consistent in the year to year, but once the compe- it nonetheless promises to make peted in both singles and pairs, male partners who have hadmany past two Nationals, placing fourth tition is underway there’s rarely a for agripping, exciting, and utterly she has a much better chance of partners and are dying to finally both times, but the high turnover change in rankings after the com- breathtakingcompetition. Pretty pictures and detailed stats about figure skating fill this book . ~. BOOK explain judging. She succeeds in often confuse spectators. moments ofdespair. Smith does a events, and Smith lost. Her loss continued from page 5 explaining how people become Once Smith finally gets down remarkablejob ofpulling together severely dates the publication and and impressive. Smith’s connec- judges and how the world’s politi- to writing about the disciplines, the scattered bits of skating infor- compromises its future as a his- tions obviously give the reader cal atmosphere affects judges’ the reader can appreciate the $35 mation, opinions, and debate and torical account of skating. some of the most reliable and in- marks. Herbreakdown ofthemath cover price ofthe book. Amongst forming a cohesive whole for the side information that one could that goes into calculating a score a very thorough and enlightening reader. hope for. Unfortunately, though, falls flat, though. Her thoughtful discussion of the champions of Her one small flaw in these sec- Smith’s ties to the sport seem to attempt to simplify the subtrac- the sport are glorious full-page tions is that she tries to predict The book is a worthwhile ac- have forced her to exclude any tion of tenths-of-points and base color photos of today’s champi- future champions. Most likely an quisition for both the avid fan and negative or objective commentary scores is just as confusing as the ons, as wellas those ofyesteryear. effort to make the publication as the couch-potatospectator. Ifyou on skating. official document that the Intema- Smith’sdiscussions stem from her current as possible, she features want to know which man com- Before going into her interest- tional Skating Union publishes to own inquiries of judges, skaters, skaters who have won one or two pleted the first triple axel and in ing and in-depth discussion of explainit. Intryingtosimplifyscor- and their coaches. major competitions. what year- it has that. Or if you each ofthe fourskatingdisciplines ing she also excludesthe elements Her text includes their 20/20 It’s a crap shoot in figure skat- just want to look at stunning pic- (Pairs, Ice Dancing, Men’s and and subtleties that play a major hindsight as well as thoughts cap- ing to say whether someone will tures of your favorite skaters -it Women’s Singles), Smith tries to role in determining scores and most tured at the peak of a career or in succeed after only a few major has that too.

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