Elections Postponed Following Constitutional Dispute by PATRICK HEALY Committee on Student Life and Bers of the Outfront Party Outfront Candidates
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CTHE TUFTS DAILY7 Medford, MA 02155 Wednesday, April 10, I991 Vol XXII, Number 56 Elections postponed following Constitutional dispute by PATRICK HEALY Committee on Student Life and bers of the Outfront Party Outfront candidates. had formerly announced them- Daily Editorial Board theTCUJ.Theseelections will be regrouping todecidewhat further According to Allen, the deci- selves as Outfrontcandidates, said In whatwascalledbyonesena- held Thursday, April 11, and the action should be investigated. sion of these three students could last night they will be running as tor as “the most disgusting, unfair new Senate will convene Friday Brown pointed to a TCUJ in- lead totheirdisqualification from independent candidates for the and completely unbelievable dis- to nominate two presidential can- junction issued yesterday after- the elections. Senate. play of student government ever didates. The campus-wide elec- noon that disqualified the six The compromise apparently at Tufts,” members of the Tufts tion for theTCU president will be Outfront Party candidates as the settled upon incorporates several Community Union government held Thursday, April 18. That majorreasonbehind thepostpone- . principles constructed to disasso- last night decided after over six night, the new Senate will then ment of the elections. She said ciate Senate candidates from the . hours of informal debate to sus- elect its officers, begin interview- “the Outfront Party will not be Outfront party. The compromise pend until tomorrow the student ing for Trustee and Peter-Paul able to have any part in this cam- states that the TCU elections wilt government elections and refer- representatives and Educational paign,” adding the Outfront can- be held tomorrow; that tha endum vote originally scheduled Policy Committee positions, and didates have been given the op- Outfront Party agrees not to use for today. make those appointments before tion to agree to a compromise the party name in any literature, However, due to several cir- finals began. reached by the parties involved. forums, pressconferencesorcam- cumstances, TCU Judiciary chair Brown announced the deci- Brown said the Outfront Party paigns throughThursday; that the Jeff Allen said that “any elections sion after deliberations with mem- was given an “unfair advantage” former Outfront candidates can held are going to be unconstitu- bers of the TCU Judiciary, the because the party candidates re- no longer identify themselves as tional” and any undergraduate TCU Senate, the Outfront Party ceived a large amount of pre- Outfront party candidates; that member of the TCU could poten- and several concerned individu- election publicity due to their af- Outfront party candidates must tially ask for the elections to be als. The often chaotic delibera- filiation with Outfront. remove their posters by 8 a.m. annulled. tions, marred by shouting, fight- Outfront candidatcs Marc this morning to receive new, non- Elections BoardChairMarylou ing, disagreements and attempts Guertin, Dalya Monasebian and Daiw filephofo affiliated postqrs; and that the Brown announced late last night to make formal compromises, current TCU senator Carl TCUJ Chair Jeff Allen candidates could only refer to the new timetable for the elec- ended after midnight with Brown Hrycyszyn announced last night themselves as former Outfront\ tions for the TCU Senate, the making final remarks and mem- they will not agree tothe compro- CandidatesAllisonEng, Jason see SENATE, page 12 mise and will remain official Rashkin and Thais Hoyer, who Outfront holds forum for candidates by KRIS MUFFLER system on theTufts campus. Each refused to comment last night on Daily Editorial Board candidate was allowed to speak the status of his affiliation with The Outfront Party sponsored briefly on his or her views, con- the party. a candidates’ forum Monday for centrating on whetheror not there Jessica Foster, an incumbent all candidates running for a seat should be a studendfaculty com- freshman senator running for re- on Tufts Community Union Sen- mittee formed to work with the election, said that she could see ate, giving them an opportunity to system. The formation of this both themeritsand disadvantages voice their opinions on several committee has been one of the of the Greek system at Tufts and campus issues put forth by the platforms of the Outfront party. favored a committee because of forum moderator. Senior seat candidate Mich- thcir “impartiality.” Sixteencandidatesattendedthe elle Trousil said that there should Current Sophomore senator and forum, spanning all classes. be no committee, and as a mem- TCU Assistant Treasurer Randy Outfront co-founder Steve ber of the Greek system, she feels Ravitz said that in “many cases Simon introduced the candidates that non-Greek students and fac- the Greek system is blamed” for Members of the Administration and campus organizations discuss and described the format of the ulty did not see or understand all campus ills such as excessive the use of knock-out drugs in recent sexual assults on campus. forum. Senior senator Scott facets of the Greek system. drinking and date rape, and said Waterman, another co-founder Sophomore seat candidate Ja- that it isunfortunatethat theGreek of Outfront, officiated the event, son Rashkin said that he believed system is sometimes judged by Campus safety discussed asking questions prepared by there should be a committee, and the actions of a minority of its by CHRISTOPHER BODEEN beer from a fellow party-goer af- Outfront members on major cam- that the Greek system could ben- members. Senior Staff Writa ter drinking one poured directly pus issues and giving each candi- efit from an outside point of view. Incumbent sophomore senator Members of the Administra- from the tap for her. After con- date a chance to answer. Rashkin, who originally an- Constantine Athanaq, running for tion and campus organizations suming half of the second drink, The first issue up for discus- nounced his candidacy as being see FORUM, page 16 met with students Monday to dis- she experienced what Reitman sion wastheviabilityoftheGreek affiliated with the Outfront Party, cuss issues of safety and the ru- described as a “debilitating ef- mors of use of knock-out drugs at fect.” The student has identified AVP offer Tufts social functions. Bernstein pleased with her assailant and has a clear rec- possible,” saying he will begin Knock-out drugs, street nar- ollection of the place and time the by PATRICK HEALY sesses a number of research op- coticsor prescription medications drug may havebeen administered. Daily Editorial Board portunities in environmental and his tenure at Tufts by meeting with faculty and administrators called because of their ability Though the student believes she Melvin Bernstein, the final material sciences areas that can so about a number of academic and to induce unconsciousness or al- was assaulted sexually she has candidate for the Tufts’ academic be developed. He also stressed vice presidency, said yesterday the prospect of focusing on the administrative issues as well as tered mental states such as amne- not as yet decided whether to ways to combat the projecteddefi- sia, are believed to have been come forward with an official he was “very excited, honored development of new educational complaint. and pleased” to be the individual programs that wouldcompliment cit in the fiscal 1993 Arts and used in twocasesof sexualassault Sciences budget. on the University campus w here a In the second incident the vic- who will be nominated to the the “already excellent curricu- lum” at Tufts. ‘‘I want to meet with people to dose added to the victim’s tim reported passing out while Board of Trustees for the posi- was Bernstein described his man- drink. crossing Fletcher Field on her tion. see BERNSTEIN, page 11 agemen t styleas be open as In a March 12 Daily Letter to way home from a party. Upon In a telephone interview yes- “to as terday, Bernstein, the chancellor theEditor,AssociateDean of Stu- regaining consciousness approxi- and senior vice president of the Student committee named another dents BruceReitman said that his mately 30 minutes later, she found office had been alerted to the Illinois Institute of Technology, some of her clothes removed. The said he is now writing his formal candidate as top choice for position cases and urged students to exer- student has not identifiedany sus- cise caution when drinking in an acceptance of the nomination. by PATRICK HEALY really what [University President pects. Tufts Provost Sol Gittleman an- Mayerwanted. By unfamiliar environment. At Monday’s forum, attended Daily Editorial Board Jean] nomeans, nounced Monday he will nomi- In one case, the victim, a fe- by seven students, Reitman said The student search committee though,isBernsteinabadchoice. male undergraduate, accepted a both students awoke from their nate Bernstein as the new aca- for the academic vice president I can’t help be disappointed that doped state “clear-headed and demic vice presiden t to the Board did not recommend Melvin our fmtchoicewas not accepted,” Feiner said. feeling fine,” reporting none of of Trustees. Bernstein as their first choice for the usual symptoms of a hang- Bernstein said he is “grateful the position, according to com- Feiner said she did not under- Inside over. They also claimed to have for the opportunity to contribute mittee member and Tufts Com- stand what Tufts Provost Sol Features ......................... P.5 eaten normal dinners prior to to a wonderful university like munity Union Senator Allison Gittleman “meant by ‘universal ’Ihe”StopViolence Against Women” drinking. Reitman withheld cer- Tufts,” adding he believes his Feiner. consensus”’when he spoke Mon- week continues with a student forum of tain other details of the incidents personal vision of education and Although Feiner believes the day of the decisions of the faculty women sharingtheirworkaboutwomen. in the interest of the victims’ pri- administration matches theneeds faculty committee took the con- and student search commiueeson vacy. of Tufts. siderations of the students into the final choice for the academic Arts ...............................