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THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Wednesday, November 17,1993 Vol XXW, Number 47 I KENNY G, EAT YOUR HEART OUl? EPIIC to host panel, simulation covering changes in Yugoslavia by DAVID MEYERS tion.” Ths year, 17 local secondary Daily Editorial Board The participantsin the program schools, including Medford High Education for Public Inquiry will be asked to consider the PO- School, are participating in the and International Citizenship litical and psychological factors program. (EPIIC) will be holding a panel involved in ethnic conflict and how “INQUIRY’S university-school discussion concerning the former to address ethnic minoritieswithin collaboration provides a dynamic Yugoslavia on Thursday, Nov. 18, states and the protection of minor- and tangible process that empha- according to Assistant Director ity rights. sizes an unusual educational pre- Heather Barry. Also, they will discuss the hu- paratory process that providesboth This panel will be part of the man rights dimension of ethnic teachers and students with exten- INQUIRY Secondary School Out- conflicts, the validity of self-de- sive and sophisticated, but acces- reach Program which “has had termination movements, how con- sible,syllabus materials ... and with considerable success and been flict resolution can be fostered and opportunities to meet the authors enthusiasticallyembraced over the encouraged, and the role of the of their readings,” Teichman said. last two years -- both in the high international community and the Assistant Superintendent for schools and by EPIIC’s students,” emerging norms of intervention. BostonPublic High SchoolsAlbert Barry said. INQUIRY challenges second- D. Holland is interested in keep- Thursday’s event will be the ary school students to perform at ing the Boston schools active in first gathering of all of the high their highest ability while promot- the program. school delegations at Tufts Uni- ing ethical choices and leadership ‘With the tremendous increase versity. The students will be intro- at the secondary school level. It Of foduY’s problems* I that duced to the simulation topic and encourages a collaboration be- INQUIRY is a the simulation roles will be dis- tween secondary school teachers curriculum which presents inter- tributed at 6:30 p.m. and university-level faculty. Following the simulation, the see INQUIRY, page 12 students will stay for a panel and discussion on “The Fall of Yugo- I slavia: The Resurgence of His- tory,” which is open to the entire Tufts community. “In consultation with the par- Daily file phofo ticipating teachers, we have cho- (Strikeus the band! Let’s hear some ofthat good old Dixieland iazz. sen the former Yugoslavia for this year’s simulation topic,” Barry said. Wellesley is divesting EPIIC Director Sherman Teichman said, ‘We believe that exploring the ethnic, religious and from Hydro-Quebec national tensions that have split by GAYLE BERKOWlTZ cently, and there has been little Yugoslavia will help the students Senior Staff Writer student debate on the issue. understand the complex issues The administrationat Wellesley One senior at Wellesley, behind the headlines as well as the College has announced intentions Roopali Phadke, who leads the continuing dilemma of United EPIIC Director Teichman Dairy file phofo to divest its bond holdings of student alliance in the fight to pro- States and international interven- roughly $17,000 from Hydro-Que- tect the James Bay region, stated, bec, making it one of the first “I think it is important to note that colleges in the northeast to do so. we are not quite sure why our E=Mailchanged to ease students’ Hydro-Quebec is a multi-na- administration has decided to sell tional corporation that is construct- its bonds. We would like to think ing large-scale hydro-electric that it is because of the environ- access to system for course work plants in the northern, James Bay mental implications of the invest- by CAROLINE SCWFER able at Tufts. However, through While students use E-Mail to con- region of Quebec, which is home ment, but there is a strong possi- Daily Editorial Board JumboNet, studentshave been able verse with Tufts students as well to Cree and Inuit Indians. bility that it is for economic rea- Citing a “flooded” computer to obtain personalE-Mail accounts as friends and family in other ar- Opposers of the project argue that sons, instead.” system, AcademicComputing Ser- since the beginning of the semes- eas of the country and world, ad- the plants cause irrepwable dam- Phadke also expressed concern vices and a faculty committee on ter, Finlon said. ministrators and faculty use the age to the environment, such as over the fact that although the Computer Usage recently decided Since September, the number program for memos and inter-of- the contamination of water and the school has said it will sell its bonds, to restrict students’ personal ac- of E-mail accounts at Tufts has fice communication. emission of greenhouse gases. no action has been taken. ‘We still cess to electronic mail (known as exceeded 3,000, and interest in “I have gotten complaints from Wellesley, Boston University, want to draw attention to the situ- E-Mail). This restriction extends new accounts remains consistent, both students and faculty because Brandeis, Harvard, and Tufts are ation because we want to see [di- to TALK, the Internet system Finlon said. of the restricted access to personal among the many universities that vestment] actually happen. We which allows students to “con- “The response has been over- accounts,” Finlon said. have invested large sums of money don’t just want lip service,” she verse” directly with someone else whelming. We never anticipated SophomoreMaxWeinstein said in Hydro-Quebec.Dartmouth Col- said. on another computer between 9 such a high demand so quickly. that the restrictions on the per- lege had invested approximately Colleges all over the northeast a.m. and 5 p.m., according to As- We have had over 1,OOO requests sonal accounts limit the student $6.8 million, and became the first have been pressuring their schools sociate Director of Academic for new personal accounts,” Finlon communication,but also students’ school to divest in December in to divest from Hydro-Quebec be- Computing Services Mary Ann said. E-Mail accounts can be ob- ability to obtain academic infor- tained free of charge by all stu- 1992. cause of the project’s adverse en- Finlon. mation. dents with a valid Tufts ID, and The decision for Wellesley to VirOnmental implications. The Despite the fact that the restric- “I feel that they’re cutting off allow students to use E-Mail ei- divest comes as a surprise to many campaign at Tufts has been going tions attempt to relieve the com- an entire world of information at a students, as the campaign to pro- puter traffic, students have had ther on their own personal com- school where they stress the im- tect James Bay started only re- see WELLESLEY, page 12 mixed reactions to the recent deci- puters provided they have a mo- portance of education and acquir- sion. dem or one of the terminals in the ing information,” Weinstein said. ‘We needed to alleviate some Tufts computer labs. He added that though the personal of the demand on the system. Stu- Accounts tap into the Pearl sys- accounts are not designated to one 1 Inside~ -. - dents and faculty members were tem, which is located at the Ad- course, they offer students differ- Features ......................... Pa3 having difficulty logging onto the ’ ministrative Tab Building. ent types of operations and pro- columnist reflects on the latest How- Our system during the day for come ever, the Pearl system is old and grams that the accounts for course ofournation’ssex scandals, and Israeli work do not. dancing is a hot new pasttime. work,” Finlon said. cannot accommodatethousands of According to Finlon, there are accounts simultaneously, Finlon Freshman Brian Novack, who has a personal E-Mail account, A&E p. 5 two types of E-Mail accounts, one said. ....... ........................ “The system got flooded. Pearl also expressedannoyance over the 10,OOO Maniacs releases the next designated for personal commu- nication and the other for course had more users than it could recent restrictions. album of MTV’s Unplugged series, “I’m upset by the fact that you and Jurassic Park lives in Boston. work. The course work accounts handle,” Finlon said. have three purposes: professors’ Though the restrictions are in- can’t use TALK during the day, especially on Saturday and Sun- sports p. 7 assignment of homework, stu- tended to better servestudents who .......................... dents’ turning-in of this homework, use E-Mail for course work, many day,” Novack said, adding that The Tufts hoopstem are geared up needs a “more efficient sys- for a shiny new season, and Sailing and general student-faculty com- students and faculty have com- Tufts prepares for its regatta in Japan. munication. Previously, only plained about the recent restric- course work accounts were avail- tions. see EMAIL, page 13 page two THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesdav. November 17.1993 THETUFTS DAILE Letters to the Editor Elin M. Dugan Viewpoint contained calling,and column counting of the atroci- but bulimiaas well, which exists on campus Editor-in-Chief ties committed on both sides does nothing on a more evasive fashion.] That is very inaccurate statements but turn a deaf ear to the needs, visions, scary. Do you know how many women that Managing Editor: Caroline Schaefer To theEditor: and reasoning entrenched in the voices is on the Tufts campus? Not 1)O. Not 200. Associate Editors: Nadya Sbaiti, Marc Sheinkin and threatened humanity of both peoples. Not even 400. But 563 wornenthat we see Editorial Page Editor: Stephen Murhnot We are responding to Mohammed Sarhan’s article (“The Facts about Israel,” There is no listening, no contemplationof every day.

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